Maurice B. Quirin has been a landscape and transportation photographer since 1972. He's a member of the New Hampshire Aviation Historical Society and National Railway Historical Society. Mr. Quirin is co-author, with Edward W. Brouder Jr., of Manchester's Airport: Flying Through Time (ISBN 0-9721489-9-X). Mr. Quirin also worked as a freelance editor and anchor for The Wall Street Journal Radio Network and was news director at WBNS radio in Columbus, OH.

Monday, February 20, 2012

On the Ramp with Southwest Airlines at MHT - November 18, 2004

 In preparing to write "Manchester's Airport: Flying Through Time," I obtained a ramp pass for Southwest Airlines on 11/8/2004.  Here are a few shots from that morning's memorable visit to MHT.

Southwest Airlines N798SW at Gate 12 with Wiggins Airways fueling truck.
   
A close-up of N798SW as the push-tug prepares to detach prior to taxi clearance.

N798SW on Taxiway Alpha heading south to Runway 35 (9,250 feet).

Below are several photos of N436WN, a Boeing 737-7H4 (built 2003) used on MHT-LAS service.






N717SA (Boeing 737-7H4) taxis in front of Wiggins Airways general aviation terminal and hangars.


N717SA (built in 1998) taxis to just-vacated Gate 12.


One of Southwest's dedicated deicing trucks at Manchester, NH.


The Southwest Operations Center at MHT.


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