The view from the Tropicana, Las Vegas

[philp]

On my trip down to the Nationals in Phoenix I spent the night in Las Vegas at the Tropicana Hotel and Casino.  Room had been recently remodeled and was nice but the casino was still upgrading and their machines were not in a friendly mood  .

I always like to check my view and knew I was probably facing the airport so took a peek and what was sitting out at the closest part to me.


Yes, one of the infamous "Janet" Boeing 737s.  So I watched on and off throughout the evening.


They did a constant business of flying in and out throughout the afternoon with a total of 5 parked when I went to bed for the night.

In the morning there was only one sitting again, just like when I arrived. Seeing these up close and personal (especially with my 30x zoom on the new camera) was pretty cool after hearing about them.


Close up of a couple together.


First I heard of these was the model built by Bill Engar entered in the SLC 06 contest.

Here are a few other visitors I saw.

[sandiego89]

Nice shots.  I was at the Tropicana about 10 years back and also enjoyed watching the Janet planes come and go- Always makes you wonder what those folks are working on out at Groom Lake (Area 51) and the Tonapah test range. Lots of what-if projects that are real.   

[Scooterman]

Here's the old Janet -200 birds (behind the C-21 Lears) at the Boneyard.