If you’ve been visiting LH Flyer over the past few days, you might be thinking that the only things happening at Paine Field last week were related to Lufthansa aircraft.    Granted, Lufthansa did take delivery of their last Cargo 777 (D-ALFE), they did unveil the much anticipated Retro Livery on one of their 747-8i (D-ABYT), and of course there was yet another 747, D-ABYS, that underwent her final flight tests ahead of delivery to LH.    For those of you that may have missed some of these moments, you can find those posts here:

D-ALFE:  Lufthansa Cargo’s last 777F

D-ABYS:  Final test and customer flights ahead of delivery.

D-ABYT: Part I (First Looks & Inaugural Flight), Part II (Return From Inaugural Flight), Part III (Additional photos).

However it was a busy week at Paine Field for other carriers as well.   Several airlines took deliveries of their newest birds, Boeing unveiled a few newly painted planes and a variety of test flights filled the 3 days that I spent there.  I’m glad that I stayed at the Hilton Garden Inn in Everett since it’s location right next to the airport made it easy to see everything that was going on, even in the middle of the night!

Because of the amount of photos, I’ll break this plane spotting post into 2 or 3 parts.   Part 2 and 3 will follow in the next few days.

To see my other Plane Spotting related posts, please visit the Plane Spotting Index or Aero-Shots.com where you can see my growing collection (i.e. work in progress) of Airline photographs.

Enjoy!

 

a large white airplane on a runway

Cathay’s B-KQV enters the runway for her test flight

a large airplane on a runway

A new United 787 departs on her final test flight prior to delivery.

a large airplane in the sky

TK’s TV-JJV 777 approaches Paine Field

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Turkish 777 touchdown after ferry flight from California where she was painted.

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Singapore’s 9V-SNA prepares for a test flight.

a white airplane in the sky

Qatar’s 787 A7-BCS departs for a final test flight


a close-up of a sign

an airplane on a runway

Its not all about modern AIrliners at Paine Field…..This DC3 prepares for takeoff.

an airplane parked in a hangar

A rare sight, an ANA 777 being moved in the Boeing Factory.

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KLM’s 777 (new livery) prepares for her first-ever flight.

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KLM’s newest 777 approaches Paine Field

a red and white airplane parked in front of a building

Hainan’s newest 787 minutes after being removed from the Paint Hangar.

a large white airplane on a runway

Cathay’s B-KQV enters the runway for her test flight

a large white airplane in the air

A unique angle as this CX 777 executed an intentional missed approach.

a green and white airplane taking off

Batik Air’s newest 737

a green and yellow airplane flying over a runway

American Airlines 737


a blue sky with white clouds