Damn - I love Amazon

Most of the time when I go to buy something, I want it NOW, so obviously that rules out on-line shopping. But after checking a couple of places, I will usually end up on Amazon.

What makes Amazon special in my mind, is that they have a major distribution/warehouse here in the Phoenix Metro area. So if I happen to order something that is in stock, and even if I only pay for 2-day shipping, I get it in a single day. It never leaves Phoenix.

(which of course now that I have said this - they will go out of their way to hold the package so that I stop getting this extra special/speedy delivery)

I will enjoy it while it lasts.

Looking for a place to watch airplanes?

US Airways Airbus A319 "NFL/Arizona Cardinals", originally uploaded by rob-the-org.

Yesterday's USA Today published an article on some of the best places to watch airplanes come and go at major US airports.

They didn't list any for PHX - but since all of the runways go the same way - it isn't hard to find them.

Air Force One comes to Phoenix

On Wednesday, the President came to Phoenix to give the Commencement address for ASU's graduation.

So for aviation photographers - that meant a chance to take pictures of Air Force One as it came into land. I had some vacation to use up - so I took the day off and went down early to find a good place to take pictures from. I ended up on an upper level of the airport parking garage - with a good view of the north side runway.

Below is the link to the highlights of this mini photo trip on my Flickr photostream.