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In my 6 years of spotting at Detroit Metro Airport I have never seen a heavy take off of runway 3L/21R. Today that has changed. This A330-200 headed to Amsterdam rolled down the shortest runway at Detroit and, along with a 777 that did the same thing, completely made my day.

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Aircraft

N857NW - Airbus A330-223 - Delta Air Lines

Alewx N857NW
160 0 0 Airbus A330-223
N857NW - Airbus A330-223 - Delta Air Lines

Marcel Schmidt N857NW
187 1 0 Airbus A330-223
N857NW - Airbus A330-223 - Delta Air Lines

Michael Musil N857NW
164 12 0 Airbus A330-223

Photo location

TC-LLE - Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner - Turkish Airlines

Jack Yang TC-LLE
339 3 0 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
F-HTYD - Airbus A350-941 - Air France

Arrived Runway 21L after going around

Jack Yang F-HTYD
407 2 0 Airbus A350-941
N309JR - Embraer 170-200LR - American Eagle (Envoy Air)

ENY3347 on final for 21L from Miami

Robert Helms N309JR
126 0 0 Embraer 170-200LR

Photographer

N3757D - Boeing 737-832 - Delta Air Lines

Delta 737 preparing to takeoff of runway 3L at DTW

Matt Thaler N3757D
3,613 0 0 Boeing 737-832
N760NW - McDonnell Douglas DC-9-41 - Northwest Airlines

Northwest DC-9 still alive and kicking

Matt Thaler N760NW
3,570 0 0 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-41
N8964E - Bombardier CRJ-440 - Northwest Airlink (Pinnacle Airlines)

Northwest colors are at least still around!

Matt Thaler N8964E
3,099 0 0 Bombardier CRJ-440

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N857NW

Photo Date

Aug 26, 2010

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Sep 19, 2010

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Notes

In my 6 years of spotting at Detroit Metro Airport I have never seen a heavy take off of runway 3L/21R. Today that has changed. This A330-200 headed to Amsterdam rolled down the shortest runway at Detroit and, along with a 777 that did the same thing, completely made my day.

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Canon Digital Rebel XTi | Canon 70-300 IS USM Show Exif data
N857NW - Airbus A330-223 - Delta Air Lines

Alewx N857NW
160 0 0 Airbus A330-223
N857NW - Airbus A330-223 - Delta Air Lines

Marcel Schmidt N857NW
187 1 0 Airbus A330-223
N857NW - Airbus A330-223 - Delta Air Lines

Michael Musil N857NW
164 12 0 Airbus A330-223
TC-LLE - Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner - Turkish Airlines

Jack Yang TC-LLE
339 3 0 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
F-HTYD - Airbus A350-941 - Air France

Arrived Runway 21L after going around

Jack Yang F-HTYD
407 2 0 Airbus A350-941
N309JR - Embraer 170-200LR - American Eagle (Envoy Air)

ENY3347 on final for 21L from Miami

Robert Helms N309JR
126 0 0 Embraer 170-200LR
N3757D - Boeing 737-832 - Delta Air Lines

Delta 737 preparing to takeoff of runway 3L at DTW

Matt Thaler N3757D
3,613 0 0 Boeing 737-832
N760NW - McDonnell Douglas DC-9-41 - Northwest Airlines

Northwest DC-9 still alive and kicking

Matt Thaler N760NW
3,570 0 0 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-41
N8964E - Bombardier CRJ-440 - Northwest Airlink (Pinnacle Airlines)

Northwest colors are at least still around!

Matt Thaler N8964E
3,099 0 0 Bombardier CRJ-440
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photosmart55

Nice capture Matt. A nice surprise indeed !!