MIA week of December 21

Unusual visitor to MIA was thie 737-BBJ N737ER with different tail markings on both sides. (Photos: Eddy Gual)

Avianca once again with another anniversary scheme - this time the 90th anniversary colors which are basically the same with the addition of a simple note next to the titles. (Photo: Robert Collazo)

Rare visitor to MIA is this OMNI DC-10 (Photo: Eddy Gual)

Centurion Cargo keeps adding MD-11s to their fleet. This is N984AR. (Photo: Eddy Gual)

Cathay Pacific Cargo doing now 2-3 flights weekly from Miami. Seen is B-LIA (Photo: Eddy Gual)

Another Aerosur 727-200 doing special runs to Cuba (Photo: Eddy Gual)

More and more new TACA liveries are showing up. Here is A320 N682TA. (Photo: Eddy Gual)

One of the few A300s now seen in Miami is this new Transcarga A300 N501TR which also flies for Tradewinds. (Photo: Eddy Gual)

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Recent Activity at Miami International Airport

Recent rare visitors to MIA were this British Airways Open Skies 757 and Titan 757 operating special charter run. They came in during a nice sunny afternoon. BA does operate into MIA but not with 757 aircraft.

(Eddy Gual)

(Robert Collazo)

Vision 737-300 N732VA landing on runway 12 after a run from Havana. Vision is operating a number of aircraft now out of MIA for carter work, especially to Cuba.

(Eddy Gual)

N174AA is American's first 757 with the One World scheme

(Eddy Gual)

Finnair is back in Florida operating a Monday flight with long range 757 aircraft just like they did back at FLL some years ago. They did use MD-11s to MIA in recent years.

(Eddy Gual)

Another new visitor to Miami is this Westjet 737-600 for their new Miami route. 737-700s are also used. Westjet was common at FLL.

(Eddy Gual)

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HOT NEW MD-11 FRESH OF THE PAINT SHOP AT MIAMI

Ex-Varig MD-11 freshly painted for Avient seen landing in Miami after test flight. (Eddy Gual)

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RECENT WINGS OVER HOUSTON AND RANDOLPH AFB SHOWS

Selected photos from recent airshows (all Joe Fernandez)

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Eddy Gual's Miami International Airport DVD is out!

Enjoy this preview of a collection of Eddy Gual's videos from Miami International Airport from the 1980s and 1990s. Eddy is well known as one of the legends of aviation slide photography but many did not know of his talent as a videographer. This video will show you the work Eddy has done in filming at MIA. With the help of our friend and fellow slide photographer, Henry Tenby, you will be able to see many of these historical props and jets in operation at MIA. For more information on this great video, please contact the following website. This is a video that all aviation enthusiasts, especially those that have visited Miami in the past, should have.

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Latest Miami Movements and a Little More

Both Lan Colombia 767-300 freighters were repainted with regular Lan titles. Seen here was the former livery of Lanco landing in Miami. N418LA is seen here before conversion back to LAN (R. Collazo)

i Fly (Moscow Vnukovo) has painted their first 757-200 in Miami. The former KrasAir 757 EI-DUD is seen in this new striking livery. This airline is a charter operator and plans to get four more Boeing 757s for their operation. (M. Vazquez top and R. Collazo bottom)

Alitalia 767 EI-DBP arriving in Miami with the new Skyteam livery (R Collazo)

A few Airbus A380s seen recently at Orlando and Los Angeles (R Collazo)

AirTran recently painted one of their 717s with pictures of Mark Malkoff, a person who overcame his fear of flights by riding continuously on an AirTran airlines for 30 days. This plane has probably been repainted. N927AT seen in Miami recently. (R Collazo)

End of the line - Air France A320 F-GFKO came to Opa Locka for scrapping (R Collazo)

Gol 737-300 PR-GLH also seen with small titles at Opa Locka, future uncertain (R Collazo)

Unusual visitor to Opa Locka from Haiti Trislander HH-RPL (M Vazquez)

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