silva963 Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 Hoist training! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TaiidanTomcat Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 Hoist training! Cool pic! Saw a b-17g and a p-51 fly by. I'm in sunny Scottsdale for the week Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jinxter13 Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 (edited) similar to the one in the link I got a blast from the past today as I watched as long as I could and followed a Beechcraft Bonanza with the Butterfly tail. Beech Butterfly Bonanza Edited April 22, 2016 by #1 Greywolf Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 At NAS JRB Ft Worth today Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ryan Hothersall Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Like the MiG-17 pic. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TomcatFanatic123 Posted April 24, 2016 Author Share Posted April 24, 2016 There's been an upswing of T-38 activity around Vandenberg the last few days. Caught a two ship of them earlier this week (not NASA...most likely ED or BB) over my house, then saw a single black one (almost certainly BB) inbound on Thursday. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moose135 Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 I caught some of the NASCAR Air Force returning to Concord after the race in Richmond, VA this weekend. Stewart-Haas CRJ-200 - this is an old US Airways Express / Mesa jet. Another Stewart-Haas CRJ-200 - this one saw service with Independence Air. Richard Childress Racing Embraer 135 Joe Gibbs Challenger A pair of Miami Air 737s - I think these charters have replaced the Roush 727s we used to see at CLT. Joe Gibbs Racing CRJ-700 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TomcatFanatic123 Posted April 25, 2016 Author Share Posted April 25, 2016 Had a 5 or 6 acre brush fire break out in the field across the street from me today, so the Fire/Sheriff UH-1H was dropping water. Actually got sprayed with some of his residual water blown on me by the wind after one of his drops as I stood outside watching the excitement...LOL. We had winds gusting up to 40 mph today, so not only could the fire have turned out to be a lot worse than it was, it had to be a beeyotch to hold that thing in a hover. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ryan Hothersall Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Nice photos Moose135. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dylan Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Sunday was the first scheduled A380 service to YVR courtesy of British Airways. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ryan Hothersall Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Today Qatar started their new Doha-Adelaide flights with the new Airbus A350-900. QR914/915 is a daily flight and this is the first revenue airline flight to an Australian city. Previously Airbus had flown prototype aircraft to Sydney and Perth. However, we didn't exactly put on the best weather as it was raining on and off during the day. Thankfully the A350 arrived when it wasn't raining. QatarA350-941-A7-ALH-3 by Ryan Hothersall, on Flickr Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Slartibartfast Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 UH-1H or N doing touch-and-goes at Ellington. Watched it do four cycles while sitting at a traffic light. At least, I assume chopper pilots practice touch-and-goes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 A Chinook flew over the house yesterday. Have not seen one of those in over 20 years! Guessing it was a new CH-147F but it was too far away to tell for sure. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ian_maw Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 [/url] A Coyote keeps an eye on Tanker 487 as it stops into Lac la Biche for reload while working the Fort McMurray fire. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 SC ANG Vipers at MCAS Cherry Point last weekend shallow DOF intentional on these next two: . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 Hornets at MCAS Cherry Point last weekend Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 F-35B at MCAS Cherry Point last weekend Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 VMAQT-1 flyby during deactivation ceremony at MCAS Cherry Point last weekend Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TaiidanTomcat Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 Great pics!! Black prowlers are gorgeous Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ajd3530 Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 Just had a flight of 7 C-130s fly over the house at about 800 ft AGL. Haven't seen that one before. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yardbird78 Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 About an hour ago a flight of 4 F-15s in V formation went over my house at about 2,000 feet headed towards Scott AFB. Since the 131st at Lambert lost their F-15s a few years ago, they are a rare site around here. I suspect they were transiting the area and needed to refuel the planes and defuel the pilots. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moose135 Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 (edited) The latest addition to the Hickory Aviation Museum, a Grumman EA-6B Prowler from VMAQT-1 at MCAS Cherry Point, was flown in today. The gentleman with the flight crew is one of our museum members - he's a 92 year old retired Marine. He enlisted during WWII, was selected for flight school as the war ended, and flew Corsairs as a flying sergeant. Commissioned after the Korean War, he flew F7Fs, Skyraiders, recon Banshees, and A-4s. He then transitioned to rotary wing, and served two tours in Viet Nam, flying the H-34 and CH-53. Edited May 14, 2016 by Moose135 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yardbird78 Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 That is quite a fancy paint job on the plane. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tosouthern66 Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 That is a cool scheme on that bird. I don't build Marine birds but this one would be one I would be willing to try in 1/72 scale. Any decal makers interested in making some for us? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moose135 Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 Piedmont Airlines, the regional subsidiary of US Airways/American Airlines, painted a Dash-8 in retro colors to honor their retiring president Steve Farrow. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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