Probably the best light I will catch this bird in while it has been parked at MSP since 15 MAY 2021.

"Lake Virginia", from the Hometown Lakes Project that existed on Sun Country aircraft between 2017 and 2019.

UPS 2557 with a nice wing-wave from the captain on departure!

Taxiing out on its sixth day of revenue service.

Delta 1714 off for Orlando.

Arriving after its third revenue flight, having completed its first earlier in the morning.

Main gears off the ground in well under 4,000 feet of roll with this obviously lightly-loaded Western Global 747 that was brought in to augment UPS' peak-season workload for the 2018 holidays.

Delta 42 rotates off runway 30L, bound for Paris (CDG/LFPG) as an MSP airport snow thrower makes room for more of the record-breaking February snow to come.

The newest aircraft in the UPS 747 fleet, but not the most recent delivery.

After a 30-day stay in Minnesota, the Bahrain Royal Flight departs MSP.

Spewing an assortment of vapors as it flies through the more saturated air in the Minnesota River valley, UPS 560 approaches runway 30L in the early morning.

One of my favorites in all its detail.

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The 150th UPS 747 operation to MSP.

FedEx 1156 off for ORD which looks to be a new leg for this flight.

First delivery of new Sun Country livery. Former AeroMexico. The registration will be reassigned to N830SY.

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"Giant 8543" touching down on runway 12R.

Arriving just before sunrise.

UPS 561 off runway 17 for DFW with traffic departing runway 12R in the background.

N441UP, equipped with Rolls-Royce RB211 engines, landing on runway 12R as N409UP, equipped with Pratt & Whitney PW2040 engines, holds short in the background.

Some nice morning vapors and vortices on the arriving UPS 560 flight.

This airframe started life as a passenger mover for American in 1991 before becoming a freight dog for FedEx in 1996.

The new Team USA special livery accelerates down runway 12R basking in the winter sunset.