EVA Air's small Gutetama Kitty jet welcomes to Fukuoka!/エバー航空のぐてたまキティジェットが福岡へ飛来！

On July 29, I went to the airport to see planes takeoff and landing. Now it's quite hot during the day, so I went there in the evening.
先週の土曜日（29日）は飛行機を見に行きました。昼間がかなり暑いので涼しくなる夕方に行ってみました。

I was lucky to see the EVA Air's small Kitty jet, Gutetama (ぐてたま). He came to a special flight of BR/EVA 1106 from Taipei. We usually can't see this pretty and cute plane because she'll going to Osaka and Tokyo Narita on a daily basis. This day was a strong typhoon named Nesat which hit in Taiwan so that the airline's afternoon flight from Taipei to Narita was cancelled. 
この日は台北からのエバー航空午後便が突如の機材変更で小型のぐてたまキティジェットで飛来したのが見れてラッキーでした。通常だと午後は成田便（BR196/BR195）に入るのですが、週末に台湾を直撃した台風9号と10号の影響で成田便が運休となり急遽福岡にやってきたようです。

 

Plane spotting @ FUK on 15 July/7月15日福岡空港での飛行機たち

After taking pictures of the C-3PO ANA Jet, I moved to the Oi Central Park spotters place located in the northwest of the north runway. Here is the popular spot for plane enthusiasts. You can see the impressive plane takeoffs up close when landing from the north side.
C-3PO ANA JETを撮影後飛行機ファンたちの撮影の名所、北側滑走路の北西にある大井中央公園そばに移動しました。北側から着陸するときには迫力ある飛行機の姿が見れます。

A Japan Airlines (JAL) flight JL325 from Tokyo Haneda was landing at 5:57 pm. Aircraft registration number JA614J was used for flight of the day. This is a fleet of JAL's B767-300 ER (B6) series mainly used for their short and middle haul flights. Now she's flying in Japan only.
午後5時57分に日本航空の東京羽田発JL325便が着陸。機体番号はJA614Jでした。当機はもともと国際線機材でしたが、昨年6月ごろから国内線に転用されています。

An EVA Air's additional flight BR1106 from Taipei was coming around 6 o'clock. This is a seasonally operated flight offers until the end of August. From October 29, the airline will be increased their current one flight per day on the route to 10 flights per week.
6時ごろエバー航空の台北発BR1106臨時便が着陸。当便は季節運航で8月末までの週2便（水・土）となっています。来る10月29日からは現在の週7便から週10便に増便する予定です。

Finally I caught the C-3PO ANA "Star Wars" jet at Fukuoka/やっとC-3PO ANA JETを捕獲しました！

On July 15, I went to the airport to see planes takeoff and landing in the afternoon, from 2 pm to 6 pm. It was the first day of three day weekend in Japan. I was lucky to see the C-3PO ANA "Star Wars" jet from Tokyo Haneda. I know they put already into service in March, but I've never seen it before.
先週の土曜日（15日）は飛行機を見に行きました。午後2時から6時まで4時間ほどいたのですが、全日空の東京羽田発NH255/260便がスターウォーズジェット（C-3PO ANA JET；機体番号：JA743A）が飛来していました。当機は3月21日から運用に入っていて、去る25日には福岡に初飛来。その後数回ほど来ているようですが、たまたま自分が見に行ったときには来なかったので初収穫となりました。

The plane was landing on Rwy 34 at 3:18 pm. The aircraft registration number JA743A is a special livery which is collaborated with the Star Wars movies. It's a lovely plane, drawing with C-3PO which is a popular character of the sf cinema in a yellow gold color scheme. Currently the airline has been owned four fleets and two of them are mainly used for their international routes.
飛行機は午後3時18分に滑走路34へ着陸。

The NH260 return flight to Tokyo Haneda was taking off at 4:44 pm.
午後4時44分にNH260便東京羽田行きが離陸。