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That doesn't look like any SAC shield I've ever seen.
On 6/5/2020 at 5:07 PM, 757flyer said:I am pretty sure the aft one is the 434th ARW one
When did the 434th fly the KC-10? As far as I know, in the "modern era" of the Air Force (1970s up), the 434th has been a Reserve wing at Grissom AFB/ARB in Indiana, flying A-10s and KC-135s.
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3 hours ago, jabow said:
The Embassy Suite Hotel is all sold out, soooo, someone is planning to go.
The convention hotel usually sells out months in advance, and I'm sure most of the guys who booked rooms are waiting to see what happens before they cancel. If the convention goes off as scheduled, I wouldn't be surprised to see a much lower turnout.
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4 hours ago, AeroplaneDriver said:
There is an aviation archive attached to the museum at CLT...maybe I'll check there.
I don't know that they are open, given the museum is shut indefinitely while they figure out where their new home will be.
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I was back home on the Island in December and stopped by the Bethpage Tomcat. From the Google Maps image included, you can see a driveway off Grumman Road next to where the Tomcat is parked. There is a gate and guard booth, but the gate is locked and the booth empty - it was a weekday, and it looked like it's been closed for a while. We just parked in the driveway near the Tomcat to take some photos.
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Sounds like a fun build, Terry, but I'll be spending those 24 hours shooting...
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Took a ride to CLT this afternoon to get a few shots of the Antonov that showed up at 2am.
While we were shooting the Antonov, I saw something unusual arriving on 36R and I realized it was the Orbis Flying Eye Hospital DC-10!!! Orbis operates this aircraft in developing countries to provide eye care, as well as to teach local doctors. It is a state-of-the-art facility with operating rooms and teaching areas. This aircraft was donated to Orbis by FedEx, who also provide maintenance. It replaced an earlier DC-10, also donated by FedEx. In 2009, the older DC-10 was at LGA for several days, and a group of us got to tour it and see the onboard medical facilities.
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5 hours ago, southwestforests said:
You know that T-6 which crashed in California recently, TMZ had this to say about it,
http://www.tmz.com/2018/10/23/nazi-plane-crash-101-highway-flames-the-valley/
How do you make that mistake in the web era?
That round thing that's kinda in your face there on the front should be the first clue - the Bf-109 was inline engine, not radial.
That it is a 2 blade prop should be the second clue, the 109 used a 3 blade prop.
The landing gear configuration should be the third clue as the 109 had differently shaped doors on the other side of the struts.
The canopy frames should be the fourth clue as the 109 had square corners not arches.
The tail shape visible in other images should be the fifth clue.
You know what a T-6 and Bf-109 look like, most people - especially if you aren't a WWII or aviation fan - don't. Heck, even on the Warbird Information Exchange page on FB, several people thought it was an Fw-190 from the first pictures, and it took a while before people figured out what it really was. I've flown in the T-6, and spent hours around them at my museum back on Long Island, and even I had to take a close look at the photos to figure out it was a T-6.
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On 10/20/2018 at 1:38 AM, skyhawk174 said:
I remember being on that base in 1988 and taking pictures of their KC-135s. My memory is foggy now but I also remember that there were some special KC-135 aircraft there too. In fact I subsequently found out they were the tankers used to refuel the SR-71 fleet and called KC-135Q. They were so special that there was an armed guard standing at a barrier and we could not point our cameras in their direction to photograph them. Scary.
I was flying KC-135s out of Grissom AFB, Indiana at the time. In addition to our straight tankers, we also had EC-135G/L radio relay aircraft. We had one EC on alert with the tankers at Grissom, and we had another on alert at Rickenbacker - on a couple of occasions, a sortie I was on dropped into to Rick to swap out alert crews. If they were away from the normal ramp with a barrier and armed guards around them, I would suspect what you actually saw was the alert EC.
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4 hours ago, HCS-5 AO1 said:
It still is a mystery why the Navy couldn't have donated at least one Super Carrier each on the East and West coasts.
Because you have to find an organization that will accept the ship, locate an appropriate place to dock it for display, pay for ongoing upkeep, and maintain it in a manner that it can be safe for the public to visit. That is incredibly expensive for a ship of this size, and incredibly difficult for a private organization to do.
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51 minutes ago, Kurt H. said:
I need to check the settings on my camera, some of these pictures look like the White balance is not correct. Any way, I will keep taking pictures and sharing.
Depending on the type of lights used in the hall, it could be that the light is changing - if you've seen the type of lights used in the average high school gymnasium, you'll know what I mean. The color temperature continually cycles, so frames shot in sequence will have different light balance. Shooting at a preset white balance won't really help that. About the only way to fight it is to shoot in raw and correct the white balance in post processing.
Nice images! Hope to see more from the show.
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My first name is John, but I've also gone by Moose since I was just a little Moose - in fact, my father was called Moose since he was a little Moose too, it comes from our last name. When I joined the Internet back around 1995, it was all new and open, and few people posted their real names. I grabbed Moose135 (I flew KC-135s) when I signed up with Prodigy (remember them?) and have used it as a screen name on most everything since. If you spot a Moose135 on a forum somewhere, it's most likely me.
Moose er, John...
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15 minutes ago, Helmsman said:
The drop tank is attached backwards. MiG-29A has 6 weapons pylons, not 8.
So it is an MiG-29, just poorly built?
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From a Facebook post on the official Thunderbirds page:
QuoteNELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. - Maj. Nick "Khan" Krajicek has been named as the U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron's Thunderbird 4/Slot Pilot for the remainder of the 2018 show season.
Krajicek is an experienced Thunderbird alumnus who performed as the Slot Pilot during the 2016 and 2017 show seasons.
"We're grateful to have Khan coming back to the team," said Lt. Col. Kevin Walsh, Thunderbird 1, Commander/Leader. "His experience and familiarity with our team's mission and the demonstration profile make him the right choice as we safely make our way back on the road to recruit, retain and inspire once more."
To facilitate Krajicek's requalification training, the Thunderbirds' participation at the Charleston Air Show and the Fort Lauderdale Air Show have been canceled. The team's participation in the Laughlin AFB Air Show and the Air Power over Hampton Roads air shows are being evaluated and are dependent on the team's readiness to perform a safe 6-ship aerial demonstration. Krajicek has logged more than 3,400 flight hours as a military pilot, with more than 650 hours of combat experience. He flew UH-60 Blackhawks in the Army, is an F-16C/D Fighting Falcon instructor pilot and commissioned into the Air Force in 2004.
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1 hour ago, habu2 said:
Directional control ? He may have simply run out of runway due to speed and/or length.
Directional control as in it didn't go where he wanted it to - whether that was going off the side of the runway or stopping/turning at the end, he couldn't control it.
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Earlier today, Luke AFB (@LukeAFB) tweeted this:
Quote1/4: An F-16C assigned to the 56th Fighter Wing diverted and attempted to land at Lake Havasu City Municipal Airport, Lake Havasu City, Ariz. at approximately 10:35 a.m. today during a routine training flight.
2/4: During landing the aircraft departed the prepared surface and the pilot ejected from the aircraft. The pilot is in good condition and is being transported to Havasu Regional Medical Center.
3/4: First responders are on site and there is no immediate danger to the publi
4/4: More information will be provided as it becomes available. For questions, please call the Luke AFB Public Affairs Office at (623) 856-6011.Sounds like he got it on the ground but had issues with directional control, and decided it was prudent to exit the aircraft.
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We've had some neat stuff show up at CLT, but here's the current candidate for Catch of the Year. Dubai Air Wing / Royal Flight 747-400 stopped by today!
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5 hours ago, modelingbob said:
I got it also. It basically says Horizon Hobby bought out their business and that includes all customer info. You can opt out of your customer info going to Horizon by clicking a link at the bottom of the page. I opted out since I don't do RC, which is what Horizon does.
I got that same e-mail. It said to opt out, my "request to opt out must be received no later than April 6, 2018." I received the e-mail at 9:56pm on April 6. Nothing like last minute notice. It's good I checked my e-mail before heading up to bed so I could opt out before their deadline.
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The 145th Airlift Wing of the North Carolina Air National Guard, based at CLT, is transitioning from the C-130 to the C-17. Their last C-130 departed about a month ago, and today, their first C-17 arrived. It was a lousy day - low clouds, on and off rain, just perfect conditions. This aircraft, like the rest they will get, came from the 437th Airlift Wing in Charleston.
Accompanying the first C-17 was another C-17, this one carrying special markings commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the North Carolina ANG.
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1 hour ago, southwestforests said:
Interesting. A Phantom doing Mach 3, hmm, that's a thing I would have never guessed.
You apply enough thrust to something...
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I took a ride down to CLT on Saturday afternoon, and found Michael Jordan's new Gulfstream G-V at the FBO. It's around CLT enough (MJ is one of the owners of the Charlotte Hornets) but not always in a good spot to shoot.
I was more than surprised to see this Luftwaffe Global 5000 on the ramp at the FBO - I've never seen the Luftwaffe down here, and didn't know they had a Global. It's been a good start to the year spotting-wise!
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The Dallas Mavericks are in town to play the Charlotte Hornets tonight. The Mavericks are one of the few teams that use their own aircraft, rather than charter with an airline.
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Thanks to the storm the folks along the East Coast are enjoying, we got a few interesting diversions into CLT today.
AA Flight 67 from Barcelona to JFK, scheduled into JFK around 12:30pm, diverted down to CLT. We don't get many 777s in town, so it was a sight to see.
US Coast Guard HC-130J out of Elizabeth City, NC not far from the Outer Banks, escaping the storm.
Not sure if this was storm related or not, it's a Lockheed L-100, civilian version of the C-130 transport.
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I think they may have been connected to the 434th for administrative purposes. I was flying -135s on the active duty side (70th ARS/305th ARW) at Grissom through 1988, and never heard the Reserve guys talk about KC-10s. I know they were never based at Grissom.