JetBlue E190 lands at LGB with Flat Tire

JetBlue Airways E190 N190JB (c/n 19000011) departed Portland Intl (KPDX) yesterday afternoon and had a tire go flat on take off. The pilots elected to continue to Long Beach and did a couple of flybys for maintenance to confirm that the right rear tire was flat. The plane landed safely at about 4:30pm without any issues and was towed to the gate.

Monday 6-22-09

A RAF C-17 arrived in the afternoon and is parked at Signature.

The second newest E-190 in the JetBlue fleet arrived tonight from Austin. N307JB (c/n 19000286) wears the "Dots" tail scheme and carries the name of "Mi Corazon Azul" which was worn by A320 N528JB (c/n 1591).

Friday 4-24-09

JetBlue Airways second newest E-190, N304JB (c/n 19000257) passed through LGB and carries the name of "Midnight Blue" and a tail design of "Squares" as seen in the photo above. The name "Midnight Blue" was originally worn by A320-232 N527JB (c/n 1557).

JetBlue Airways A320-232 N768JB (c/n 3760) passed through LGB and still does not carry a name on the aircraft.

It's been reported that starting in June, Horizon Airlines will fly 1 flight to Seattle, WA and 1 flight to Portland, OR using their Bombardier Dash 8 Q400's. This is good news for us photographers as they have several of the Q400's painted up in special colors and should hopefully make their way through LGB.

JetBlue E-190 N298JB comes to LGB

JetBlue's second newest E-190 currently, N298JB (c/n 19000249) passed through LGB today. This aircraft was delivered March 13, 2009 to the airline.

Wednesday 2-25-09

Tonight JetBlue Airways used an Embraer E-190 on the LGB-IAD route. The aircraft used was N294JB (c/n 19000185) "Room with a Blue". Here is a link to the route on Flight Aware:

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/JBU300

Staurday 1-31-09

JetBlue Airways has scheduled an E-190 on the LGB-IAD red-eye route every Saturday for the month of February. It will be interesting to see if this route can be done non-stop or if the plane has to make a tech stop for fuel.

Saturday 11-22-08

Republic Airways ERJ-170 N821MD arrived as RPA902 at 3:00pm from MCI and parked at Signature. The plane was carrying friends and family members of the Red Bull soccer team that is in town.

JetBlue Airways newest E-190 N296JB "Blue's Your Daddy" flew into LGB today. The tail design is "Stripes".

McCain-Palin E-190 visits LGB

JetBlue Airways Embraer E-190 N239JB which is carring McCain-Palin titles and flying Sara Palin around arrived from DEN yesterday at 1:45pm and parked at Signature. The plane departed this morning around 9:40am to SFO.

Monday 8-25-08

Gulfstream G550 HB-JEP arrived at 7pm and parked at Gulfstream.

Jetblue Airways E-190 N266JB departed 3 hours late because of an incident in SJC. The contract ground crew in SJC forgot to have the pilot set the brake before disconnecting the tug and towbar. As soon as the tug and towbar were disconnected from the plane, the plane rolled forward over the foot of the ground crew personnel. The flight recorder had be removed and swapped out by maintenance for review.

JetBlue Airways A320 N729JB passed through LGB tonight. This is currently the newest A320 delivered to the airline. The tail scheme is the "Mosaic" design and the name on the plane is "If You Can Read This, You're Blue Close".

Tail numbers noted at Gulfstream: N378L.

Sunday Morning Photo Expedition 8-10-08

This morning I got up eary and made it over to the ramp to get some morning departure shots. Everything below was also shot on K64 slides. Enjoy! (All photos by Stephen Toernblom)