The 100th Bomb Group Restaurant site no longer exists.
These are photographs taken prior to April 1, 2000.
Photos taken at the 100th Bomb Group Restaurant
Menu of runway headings during photography:
The following is a series of photographs I took in the evening (therefore low light) following a very-delayed Continental Airlines Flight 66 (CLE-LGW) taxiing out for departure.
Flight 66 finally got off the ground about 2-1/2 hours late.
A Continental Airlines MD-82 on short final for 23R (now 24R):
This is probably the best airliner-in-motion shot I've got so far. (Even if it is a bit out of focus!)
Here's an American Trans Air 727-200 over the numbers for 23L (now 24L):
American Trans Air flies charters in and out of Cleveland to Las Vegas, Nevada in the summer. These flights are not listed in their flight schedules, so I'm not sure if they are direct or if they go through Chicago (MDW) before continuing on to LAS.
Continental Express is converting to all-jet service by 2002. If that happens, this will be all you see when you spot COEx!
This is a USAirways MetroJet 737-200, an older plane, taxiing into position for takeoff on Runway 23L (now 24L).
USAirways MetroJet suspended service to Cleveland as of July 2001, and USAirways has now discontinued its MetroJet brand. Southwest Airlines is the only remaining operator of 737-200 aircraft at KCLE, and the model is being phased out by replacement 737-700 aircraft.
This is a Midwest Express DC-9-10 holding short of Runway 23R (now 24R). This is one of the oldest planes that is regularly scheduled at CLE.
Northwest Airlines also runs a few DC-9-10s.
As the DC-9s are phased out for Airbus aircraft, the 9-10's are going to go first. They may be noisy, but they sure are fun to watch, especially when they take off at a rocket-like trajectory.
It's difficult to get a good approach of an Embraer Regional Jet from the restaurant. Here's two half-decent 5R (now 6R) departure shots:
The departure shots were taken during a nice evening in August, 2000.
Did you ever have a Boeing 727-200 come barreling at your at 200 mph and you thought it wouldn't get off the ground before it hit you? Well, that didn't happen when I took this series, but about a month before, some people watched this same Northwest flight take most of the runway... They thought it would take the fence on its gear! Here's a series from August, 2000.
That 727 was pretty loud, too... See the smoke? Often us spotters can tell what kind of plane is coming just by the light configuration and the amount of smoke coming from the engines!
Here's a series of the Sunworld 727-200 landing on Rwy 10. In the first photograph the aircraft is the bright shiny patch.
Unfortunately without a zoom lens it's hard to get the camera to see what the human eye sees. For me, it's a real treat to see Rwy 10 in use.
Runway 28 is the auxillary ILS runway. Since it is shorter (just over 6,000 ft.) and has a rise in the middle, pilots generally prefer landing on Rwy 23L/5R. But if the weather gets bad along Lake Erie, or the pilot is up for it, this happens...
These photographs were taken on March 24, 2001, during a Lake Effect Snow Warning. Unfortunately they are blurry due to a malfunctioning digital camera, but I thought I would still post the best ones here.
A Delta Air Lines MD-88 in the early afternoon.
Next was America West Flight 534, our daily inbound from Phoenix, Arizona. This is an A320.
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The photographs on this page are Copyrighted by Elizabeth Stapleton, 2000.