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Haven't posted much since the move to Charlotte, but today I had a triple treat at CLT...

US Dept. of Justice Gulfstream V - word is Dr. Jill Biden, wife of the Vice President, was on board.

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Looks like someone took a wrong turn at Helsinki...Finnair Embraer E-170 arriving. FlightAware shows it came in from Boston, perhaps heading somewhere for maintenance?

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The Russian Beast! Antonov An-124 in the house!

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ETA: I found out the Finnair E170 has been operated by Honeywell since January for test and development work, based out of Phoenix Deer Valley Airport, which makes it an even cooler catch!

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Wow moose 3 unique aircraft, awesome pics!! Wanted to share these 727 shots from late last week as they may soon become more rare to catch

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and I also like this 737 shot too from the same day

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The Louisiana Air National Guard's 159th Fighter Wing, the Bayou Militia, sent a 4-ship of F-15s to Charlotte on Saturday for a flyover of Sunday's Carolina Panther's NFL game. I was able to catch their departure for the game today, as well as their arrival following the flyover.

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Pardon the quality of the pics but they were taken by a co-worker on his eye-pad. Saw it landing at Ottawa yesterday afternoon. Tail RA - 82012. He must have left last night or early this morning.

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Must be Russian-Fest in Canada these days!!

I caught this beast in Ottawa today. Came in from Atlanta round 1530 and then left for Miami round 1930. Not too sure what he was here for!

Sean

cool!! any idea what country it's from?

check out this post #1196

it was in YVR in may of this year. I wonder how long it will be flying around north america before it gets grounded by the FAA/TC?

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Jeez a TON of Antonov's I'm uber jealous!! I've just been seeing the usual YHZ traffic, CRJ's, Dash-8's, Airbus, Westjet sent one of their 738's and all the shots I took of it were a little blurry, and a Top Aces Alpha with a bunch of pods and such....

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And to finish off, an A380!!! but it's kinda lacking detail lol flight tracker listed her as SQ26 SIN-FRA-JFK

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Not from today, I'm on my last week off, before I head back up to work, so I thought I'd take the time to throw in a few pictures.

MY machine, what I go to work to fly, one of VERY few Bell 214ST's...

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Another angle:

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AS my friend said: "Rotor blades like a cessna wing" which is not untrue! This thing shares the engines, drivetrain and rotor system with the Whiskey model cobras...

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I work out of CYFB (Iqaluit/Frobisher Bay, Nunavut), and this thingy is in every week:

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"art photo" shot from airside:

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Cheers

H.

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I'm not 100% sure, but I think I saw a P-51 as I was walking across the parking lot at the grocery store yesterday afternoon. I've never seen/heard on in person, the only reference I have to go by as far as sound is what they sound like in movies & video clips, and if those are close, then I'm pretty sure it was a Mustang flying over head.

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cool!! any idea what country it's from?

check out this post #1196

it was in YVR in may of this year. I wonder how long it will be flying around north america before it gets grounded by the FAA/TC?

It is from Uzbekistan, but the three AN-12 are based in Florida. Kinda of a loophole around aircraft registration.

Sean

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Here are a few from recent weeks...

Power company inspector checking the high tension lines.

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Here is series of images taken of a regional jet as it departs from KATW as seen from my backyard.

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Honk Honk!

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Foggy morning departure as the full moon sets.

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A shot of an approaching "High Flier"

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New G5 heads out on a test flight as it passes over the house.

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Last friday, while my coworkers and I were walking out to the plane, we were lucky enough to see a "naked" F-15C do a short take-off straight into a vertical climb that ended with the jet pulling over onto its back, doing a half-roll and bolting off to the east. Pure power. Even though she was about a 1/4 mile away on the runway when she started her takeoff roll, she was louder than our 747 that we were standing right behind that had two engines running. Awesome. Absolutely awesome.

Cheers,

Dave

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