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unpainted green Boeing 737 MAX8 with a pre-painted rudder indicating the customer for this aircraft is Arajet of the Dominican Republic
The plane was on final approach to Portland International Airport PDX for Runway 28L
photo by Ian Kluft
August 12, 2025
Portland, Oregon, USA e3b7573c70f3219d.jpeg unpainted green Boeing 737 MAX8 with a pre-painted rudder indicating the customer for this aircraft is Arajet of the Dominican Republic
The plane was on final approach to Portland International Airport PDX for Runway 28L
In the far background a Delta Airlines Boeing 737 can be seen going the opposite direction (left to right, eastbound) in a position where it may have been also inbound to Portland heading parallel to the approach course until there's a gap in the traffic and Air Traffic Control instructs them to make a right turn to final approach.
photo by Ian Kluft
August 12, 2025
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Visitors observe a minute of silence for the victims of the atomic bombing, at 8:15am, the time atomic bomb exploded over the city, at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park during the ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of the bombing in Hiroshima, western Japan, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. (Kyodo News via AP)

By  MARI YAMAGUCHI
Updated 4:49 AM PDT, August 6, 2025

HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Hiroshima on Wednesday marked the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city, with many aging survivors expressing frustration about the growing support of global leaders for nuclear weapons as a deterrence.

[...] eee98bb0749ef277.png a6d4b4701fb171a5.png 4e374f12bd1ce890.png 15b84b3393549d47.png ecd583e1765b80e5.png A brand new green unpainted Boeing 737 MAX8 on final approach to Portland Int'l Airport PDX for painting. It flew in from the Boeing 737 factory in Renton, Washington, probably on this plane's first flight. The pre-painted rudder indicates this aircraft will go to SCAT Airlines of Kazakhstan.
photo by Ian Kluft
July 28, 2025
Portland, Oregon, USA bc89cc63a5528e15.jpg A brand new green unpainted Boeing 737 MAX8 on final approach to Portland Int'l Airport PDX for painting. It flew in from the Boeing 737 factory in Renton, Washington, probably on this plane's first flight. The pre-painted rudder indicates this aircraft will go to SCAT Airlines of Kazakhstan.
photo by Ian Kluft
July 28, 2025
Portland, Oregon, USA fef1854a999497c5.jpeg A brand new green unpainted Boeing 737 MAX8 on final approach to Portland Int'l Airport PDX for painting. It flew in from the Boeing 737 factory in Renton, Washington, probably on this plane's first flight. The pre-painted rudder indicates this aircraft will go to SCAT Airlines of Kazakhstan.
Mount St Helens is 50 miles / 80 km in the background.
photo by Ian Kluft
July 28, 2025
Portland, Oregon, USA ddb6f0dff65ba09e.jpg A brand new green unpainted Boeing 737 MAX8 on final approach to Portland Int'l Airport PDX for painting. It flew in from the Boeing 737 factory in Renton, Washington, probably on this plane's first flight. The pre-painted rudder indicates this aircraft will go to SCAT Airlines of Kazakhstan.
In the background is the Portland Airport, Columbia River (Oregon/Washington border) and a tree-lined ridge in Vancouver, Washington.
photo by Ian Kluft
July 28, 2025
Portland, Oregon, USA 69e44587db4fe158.jpg d81e7e86ddf961f6.mp4 A new Boeing 777-200LR/F freighter taxiing from the Boeing Portland Paint Hangar at Portland Int'l Airport PDX for departure to Boeing Field BFI in Seattle where the customer will complete the purchase and take delivery of the plane.
photo by Ian Kluft
July 24, 2025
Portland, Oregon, USA 81bc47f4f74704ee.jpg A new Boeing 777-200LR/F freighter taxiing from the Boeing Portland Paint Hangar at Portland Int'l Airport PDX for departure to Boeing Field BFI in Seattle where the customer will complete the purchase and take delivery of the plane.
photo by Ian Kluft
July 24, 2025
Portland, Oregon, USA 2221ea3f8e22459f.jpg A new Boeing 777-200LR/F freighter taxiing from the Boeing Portland Paint Hangar at Portland Int'l Airport PDX for departure to Boeing Field BFI in Seattle where the customer will complete the purchase and take delivery of the plane.
In the background: a FedEx A300 waits for takeoff while an IcelandAir 757-200 is lined up on the runway to begin its takeoff
photo by Ian Kluft
July 24, 2025
Portland, Oregon, USA 2ab21c557051d9f1.jpg A new Boeing 777-200LR/F freighter taxiing from the Boeing Portland Paint Hangar at Portland Int'l Airport PDX for departure to Boeing Field BFI in Seattle where the customer will complete the purchase and take delivery of the plane.
photo by Ian Kluft
July 24, 2025
Portland, Oregon, USA 35c655afc22c71db.jpg Boeing 737 Max9 on final approach to Portland Int'l Airport PDX. The plane is unpainted, covered in a green vinyl protective coating which will be removed at the paint hangar. The pre-painted rudder and winglets indicate this aircraft's customer is United Airlines. Photo taken from my backyard with optical zoom at a distance of about 1 mile. The only processing was to crop the photo.
photo by Ian Kluft
July 22, 2025
Portland, Oregon, USA 488a78cfba5dba26.jpeg A green unpainted Boeing 737 MAX9 on final approach for a touch-and-go on Portland PDX Runway 28R
photo by Ian Kluft
July 12, 2025
Portland, Oregon, USA b6559b44e91b784b.jpg Green unpainted Boeing 737 MAX9 on final approach to Portland Airport PDX with Mt St Helens 50mi/80km in the background, and Mt Rainier twice as far back and to the right of St Helens from this perspective.
photo by Ian Kluft
July 12, 2025
Portland, Oregon, USA 5f9ef5da1d19480c.jpeg close-up cropped view of unpainted green Boeing 737 MAX9 with pre-painted rudder indicating it will be going to United Airlines
photo by Ian Kluft
July 12, 2025
Portland, Oregon, USA 7333d9fc838f364e.jpeg unpainted green Boeing 737 MAX9 on short final approach to Portland Airport PDX Runway 28L with the Columbia River in the background
photo by Ian Kluft
July 12, 2025
Portland, Oregon, USA 65ba88df84be1a49.jpg new unpainted green Boeing 777-200LR freighter on final approach to Portland Int'l Airport KPDX
photo by Ian Kluft
July 10, 2025
Portland, Oregon, USA df1b4c9b9ed61446.jpg new unpainted green Boeing 777-200LR freighter on final approach to Portland Int'l Airport KPDX
photo by Ian Kluft
July 10, 2025
Portland, Oregon, USA 736b261ae99b9afd.jpeg new unpainted green Boeing 777-200LR freighter on final approach to Portland Int'l Airport KPDX
photo by Ian Kluft
July 10, 2025
Portland, Oregon, USA a09bc10cbd3b6252.jpg new unpainted green Boeing 777-200LR freighter landing on Runway 28R at Portland Int'l Airport KPDX
photo by Ian Kluft
July 10, 2025
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