6/8/2013 - NASCAR Air Force in NE PA
It's race weekend in the Poconos! Friday was a washout, and with threatening skies today, I skipped the on-track action for a swing through the local airports in search of the NASCAR Air Force.
Started out at MPO, Pocono Mountains Municipal Airport. It's the closest airport to the track, and has become a popular spot for the team jets to park. I only found a few aircraft there today, probably due to Thursday and Friday's poor weather.
Socata TBM-700 of Racing Electronics. RE provides the radios used by the teams and NASCAR officials.
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Clint Bowyer Racing Hawker Beechcraft 390 Premier
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From MPO, I headed to KAVP, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, where I found a bunch of team aircraft, including a few new ones I haven't seen before.
Embraer EMB-500 Phenom 100 N73DB, registered to MPM Leasing outside of Charlotte.
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Stewart Haas Racing CRJ 200, still wearing its old US Express colors.
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Hendrick Motorsports Saab 2000
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Not sure who this Citation X belongs to - it's registered to Cessna Financing - but the paint scheme sure looks like it belongs to a race team.
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