Horizon Dash 8 Q400 Diverts to LGB

Back on the night of July 22nd, Horizon's Dash 8 Q400 N417QX diverted to Long Beach for fuel after circling LAX for weather. Below is a photo of the aircraft and a video of the taxi out taken by Cabel Parker.



Video of taxi out:

A Look Back at April

The photos above were taken back in April and I thought it would be nice to share them with you. Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Horizon to pull LGB-PDX

Horizon Airlines announced on their employee site that they will discontinue LGB-PDX as of April 20th. The two CRJ-700s that are being freed up will be used to add an addition flight on PDX-BUR and PDX-ONT. No word right now if they will be adding a third SEA-LGB flight for the summer.

Tuesda 9-29-09

NetJets Gulfstream G-IV(SP) N499QS (c/n 1299) departed from the Gulfstream ramp at 7:55pm headed to San Francisco Intl (KSFO).

Horizon Airlines has two CRJ700's that are broken and staying overnight. N612QX (c/n 10042) is parked on pad 9 with two broken hydraulic brake lines on the right main gear. N603QX (c/n 10011) is parked on pad 5 with an engine deicing restriction so the plane could not ferry to Seattle due to there being icing conditions forcasted there tonight.

Tuesday 5-19-09

Katlitta Charters 727-2B6(F) N720CK (c/n 21298/1246) arrived as KFS720 at 2:50pm from Nashville Intl (KBNA) and parked at Long Beach Air Center. This was a government charter.

Horizon Airlines CRJ700 N609QX which carries the Oregon State Beavers College colors was the aircraft used on the second PDX flight of the day.

Sunday 5-17-09

Horizon Airlines started serving LGB today again flying two daily flights Portland, OR. Their first flight arrived from Portland Intl (KPDX) as QXE551 at 9:47am. The plane departed back to Portland Intl (KPDX) at 10:47am as QXE552. The plane used was N606QX.

Allegiant Air MD-87 N945MA ferried from San Diego Intl (KSAN) as AAY5175 and arrived at 7:50pm. The plane departed to Laughlin/Bullhead Intl (KIFP) as AAY5175 at 9:10pm.

At 8:40pm there was a 4.7 earthquake based near Inglewood. The airport was closed for a few minutes while the runways were checked for any damage.

Tail numbers noted on the Gulfstream ramp: N17ND

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.