Ishthe47guy Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 On 11/18/2018 at 1:43 AM, Moose135 said: 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. Talk about right place, right time. The original DC-10 that this one replaced was the second one off the assembly line back in 1970, guess it was time for an upgrade. On 11/18/2018 at 1:43 AM, Moose135 said: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ishthe47guy Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 (edited) Some things with wings that take an advanced degree in aerodynamics to create... After the final race of the F1 season here in the sandbox, the teams stayed a few extra days to do some tire testing with Pirelli. I took advantage of living very close to the track to dust off my camera & grab some pics since the crowds were all gone . The team formerly known as Force India's pink livery matched well with the pink hypersoft tires. Both Red Bull and Renault ran some mystery tires with no sidewall colors. Mercedes & Ferrari were the only teams I notice to run the yellow softs Renault was the only team to run the mediums that session from what I saw. Everyone spent time on the ultrasoft purples. Edited December 3, 2018 by Ishthe47guy Editing Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Saw an S-64 Skycrane (civilian CH-54 Tarhe) at airport in Sulphur Springs TX today. No camera, so no pics, was unable to stop or get close anyway. Still an unusual sight..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jaypack44 Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Not today, specifically, but these were all over the past week: This Miramar-based UC-35 is not an uncommon visitor to my area, but until last week, I'd only ever seen it parked - I got lucky on my way home from work, and happened to catch it on final just before the sun went down. GRIZZLY 39 by Josh Kaiser, on Flickr The next day, I got off work a few minutes early, and made it just in time to catch this KC-46A doing some pattern work on a pre-delivery test flight - I'm hoping this becomes a common sight as production ramps up, since I'm not able to get up to BFI or PAE anywhere near as often as I used to. BOEING 027 (4) by Josh Kaiser, on Flickr BOEING 027 (1) by Josh Kaiser, on Flickr BOEING 027 (2) by Josh Kaiser, on Flickr BOEING 027 (3) by Josh Kaiser, on Flickr And last, yesterday I got a pretty awesome opportunity to take a tour of CVN-70, the USS Carl Vinson while it's in port for some renovations and upgrades. I took quite a few photos, but most are strictly for the personal collection. Figured I could share this one though; I got a good chance to poke around the old F/A-18A instructional airframe on deck - best I can tell, this airframe came from the Stennis before she left on her most recent deployment, but I couldn't find a tail number or data plate anywhere, so I'm not sure of the exact identity of this jet. I always like getting to capture aircraft that are considered derelict, forgotten, or out to pasture, since it seems once they stop flying, most people lose interest. I feel like this is still an important stage of their lives to document, if nothing else, to help complete their history. INSTRUCTIONAL AIRFRAME by Josh Kaiser, on Flickr Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ST0RM Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 Nice catch on the -46. And in beautiful lighting. Looks like that very aircraft is enroute for delivery to Altus AFB today. I'm hoping to catch it on arrival in a few hours for the acceptance ceremony. -Jeff Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gambler Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 Beautiful shots of the -46 Josh! Superb. Cheer's, Jeff. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dylan Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 we have a few of these hanging around behind the hangar for the foreseeable future. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bashace Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 On 10/5/2007 at 11:20 PM, Andrew D. the Jolly Rogers guy said: Saw an F-16D with the Israeli-style spine; the local Arizona ANG is training foreign pilots, in their own machines apparently. They train the Iraqi Air Force there using their own Block 52+ jets. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
11bee Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 11 hours ago, dylan said: we have a few of these hanging around behind the hangar for the foreseeable future. To butcher an old saying - if it's a Boeing, I ain't going. Gonna be sitting there for quite a while by all accounts. Nice looking paint scheme though, I like the "mask" on the cockpit windows. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Emvar Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 16 hours ago, dylan said: we have a few of these hanging around behind the hangar for the foreseeable future. Maintenance flights are allowed.... good time for necessary upgrades to the WIFI and IFE which is happening. Hope Boeing gets an upgrade to the auto pilot soon. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
P-38 guy Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 (edited) A CV-22B Osprey stopped for fuel at our local airport (Zanesville, OH) 3/12/19 and the pilot also got to visit his grandfather that lives here. I asked for a fly by when he left and he was kind enough to grant my request. Mike Edited March 18, 2019 by P-38 guy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ST0RM Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Stopped through Love Field on Friday afternoon, otw home from a business trip. Saw one of the last EA-6Bs sitting at the Jet Center, wings folded on the T-ramp. Then the Collins Foundation B-17 and B-24 landed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jaypack44 Posted May 9, 2019 Share Posted May 9, 2019 QUAKE AND FRIENDS by Josh Kaiser, on Flickr MUSEUM COUNCIL by Josh Kaiser, on Flickr Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie D. Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 P-40N just flew over my house, seems like he comes by once or twice a month, and I'm running outside like a crazy person to see it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 I will be in the vicinity of Whiteman AFB tomorrow, is it worth looking for B-2s in the pattern? Do they fly frequently? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scott Taylor Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 When we were at Whiteman in August, we did two laps around the perimeter of the base and saw a pair of B-2s take off. It's definitely worth your while to go by. There's a nice B-29 at the gate as well. Good luck spotting! Cheers, Scott Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SinisterVampire319 Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 Went by McClellan on Tuesday. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie D. Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 V-22 flew over the other day. I'd never seen one in flight, only static. What amazed me was how quiet it was, I didn't hear it coming, only heard once it was almost right over me, once passed over, quickly became quiet again.....maybe I need to get my ears checked! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Slartibartfast Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 That Osprey sure has a lot of vortex generators. Was helping my brother move yesterday and spotted a low-flying P-51D over Nowheresville, Texas. Maybe a private show for the AJ Foyt family? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jaypack44 Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 Not today, but yesterday... got to see quite a few pretty cool things, including one of the F-16s that was scrambled over DC on 9/11... ALOMA 21 by Josh Kaiser, on Flickr WESTERN AIR DEFENSE by Josh Kaiser, on Flickr ...And the couple days before weren't too bad, either: VIPER VAPOR by Josh Kaiser, on Flickr BLACKSHEEP 11 by Josh Kaiser, on Flickr 166933 by Josh Kaiser, on Flickr F-FOURTH-U by Josh Kaiser, on Flickr ...Nor was a couple weekends ago: RAPTOR 1 by Josh Kaiser, on Flickr TRIPLE CRIPPLE by Josh Kaiser, on Flickr BUFF by Josh Kaiser, on Flickr FORTRESS ON FINAL by Josh Kaiser, on Flickr SWITCH 91 by Josh Kaiser, on Flickr (Sorry about the dump; I've had quite a bit to catch up on... half tempted to just create a dedicated thread to avoid spamming here...) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
billi Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 RCAF CH-148 Cyclone was in town yesterday for our local airshow. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
P-38 guy Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 (edited) Surprised to see Norwegian F-35 at Toledo Air show. Mike Edited July 15, 2019 by P-38 guy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dragan_mig31 Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 I took those a month ago IMG_8736 by dragan cvetic, on Flickr IMG_8678 by dragan cvetic, on Flickr IMG_8614 by dragan cvetic, on Flickr IMG_8595 by dragan cvetic, on FlickrIMG_8440 by dragan cvetic, on Flickr IMG_8566 by dragan cvetic, on Flickr IMG_8494 by dragan cvetic, on Flickr IMG_8436 by dragan cvetic, on Flickr IMG_8383 by dragan cvetic, on Flickr IMG_8327 by dragan cvetic, on Flickr IMG_8262 by dragan cvetic, on Flickr IMG_8220 by dragan cvetic, on Flickr IMG_8147 by dragan cvetic, on Flickr IMG_8062 by dragan cvetic, on Flickr IMG_8051 by dragan cvetic, on Flickr Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spike72 Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 Was at Oceana this week visiting some friends. Only CVW-8 was in and that was limited on the ramp to 3-4 F models from -213 and of note, 5-6 new E models from -34 in CVW-8 markings. Unfortunately 400 was all gray. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Viper_944FW Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 (edited) Saw two penguins (F-35) overfly my house here in Crestview Florida, and happily see regularly F-15's & F-16's from the Eglin test center as well as F-22's that are temporarily flying out of Eglin since the hurricane shattered Tyndal. Sorry you F-35 fans, just don't like the penguin . . . . Edited August 4, 2019 by Viper_944FW Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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