<p>A quick planespotting session on Sepulveda Boulevard just outside LAX, while I had a bit of time.
</p><p>SkyWest 5516, operating for United Express, arrives from Fresno. SkyWest's EMB-120 fleet are among the last few aircraft still wearing United Airlines' 1993-2004 Battleship Gray livery, whereas all other United Express aircraft, and all mainline United aircraft, have been repainted to a newer look.
</p><p>It's good to do a bit of planespotting on the 13th anniversary of my most memorable air travel day - 9 December 1999, when I was coming home from a nightmare visit to the Netherlands, and relieved to be on the "Lesbian-Friendly Skies" of United.
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N294SW, Embraer EMB-120ER
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