The_Animal Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 British Airways B747-400 turning on final to YVR...Got the belly of that, coming home from shooting floral photography at Holland Park today. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hornet97 Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 Yesterday on tybee island saw a chinook, hornet, and a member of the sea/black/jay hawk family to far away to tell Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dylan Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 I took these from Nanaimo, It looks like an Arleigh Burke DDG to me. I am assuming that they are using the torpedo range at Nanoose just up the road from us. something different from the usual container ships and ferry traffic sorry if the image quality is really crummy, all i have is a 250mm lens and it is pretty hazy today and a tight crop cheers Dylan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Postman623 Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 That is a burke, flight 3. Could be doing a port stop also- because we have lots of torpedo ranges without running up into caniduh! ;) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dylan Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 well it's definitely working in Nanoose as it is now parked there. maybe they wanted a change of scenery, or the use of a GOOD range ;) thats Nanoose in the background Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Postman623 Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 LOL... either way.. nice catch. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jennings Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 (edited) Not today, but a couple of days ago... Sitting on a beach north of Ocracoke village, NC playing ball with the dog when this little loverly came choppering north up the beach... Not bad for a 105mm lens! MH-60S of HSC-26 out of NAS Norfolk. Anyone know the BuNo on side number 60? Edited June 24, 2012 by Jennings Quote Link to post Share on other sites
parche Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 well it's definitely working in Nanoose as it is now parked there. maybe they wanted a change of scenery, or the use of a GOOD range ;) thats Nanoose in the background Nice target :) Cheers, Dave Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moose135 Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 Anyone know the BuNo on side number 60? According to Scramble, it should be 166295. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 Dylan WOW !! what a picture. Jennings Nice !!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jminer Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 Hello all, This was two nights ago, but I was just pulling back into the driveway from running errands and I heard a louder than normal jet noise above. I looked up and saw a B-1B hustling to catch up to a KC-135 that was flying due east towards Lake Michigan. It was near dusk and I don't have a stellar lens for my camera, but here are the two aircraft. I have yet to see any refueling action up in Green Bay, though I know others who have. I was pretty happy to see it, though, I just wish I could have seen them actually refueling....oh well. Beggars can't be choosers! Here's the Bone: And the Stratotanker: Justin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ross blackford Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 :D, Nothing today but two days ago (Sunday) at Maitland there was a number of visiting aircraft and a local I've never seen before. The visitors included an Maule Rocket and a Robinson R-22. The local resident was a Corby Starlet. I got some pics of them all plus some of the RNAC fleet including the Piper Archer that I went up in with my AAL OC, also a private pilot and RNAC member. As I have to go out now I'll amend this post with the pics tomorrow. , Ross. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 I have not seen it but there is a Tu-154M taking photos across the country this week. Believe its flying out of CFB Trenton with RCAF escort. Russian plane to snap photos over Canada 24/06/2012 10:55:00 PM by Nevil Hunt A Russian military plane will fly over Canada this week, taking photographs of cities, military bases and just about anything else that looks interesting. If a plane bearing the red star of the Russian air force entered our airspace 30 years ago, Canadian jetfighters would have scrambled to intercept it. NORAD would have watched closely and NATO's planes in Europe might have been put on alert. This week, a Russian military plane will spend three days as a guest of this country. Members of the Canadian Armed Forces will escort the unarmed Russian Tupolev TU-154M, acting as friendly hosts. The Russians may use video, regular cameras, infrared sensors and even a form of radar as they pass over our cities, military bases, transport hubs and industrial sites. The visit and data collection are part of the Treaty on Open Skies, which allows signatories to take a close look at any of the 34 nations that are members of the agreement. The goal of the treaty is to reassure all the nations that no other member is preparing a military assault or developing weapons of mass destruction. The treaty went into effect in 2002 and this will be the eighth time a member nation has asked to make an observation flight over Canada. In all, more than 800 Open Skies flights have been carried out globally, including some by C-130 Hercules planes flown by Canadian crews. As a member, we give up some sovereignty, but the payoff is the ability to check up on other signatories. That's more than a fair trade. During the Cold War the world had to count on MAD: mutually assured destruction. The theory dictated that the United States and the Soviet Union would never start a nuclear war because they could not win such a war. If one side bombed the other, they could be assured their opponent had plenty of missiles and enough time to strike back. There could be no winner left standing. Thankfully, it was a theory that worked. The fact that mankind had to count on MAD illustrates how close we were to nuclear war for so many years. Today we have Open Skies and we can all breathe a little easier. By opening up our skies to any member nation, we prove that we are not trying to develop weapons designed to harm them. The process is, in a word, open. All the photographic and imaging equipment used during the over-flights must be commercially available. That means no nation will have an advantage with regard to the quality of information gathered. The playing field is further leveled after flight data has been collected. The treaty allows any member nation to request the data collected by any other nation, as long as they help pay costs. Members don't have to fly over every member's territory on a regular basis; they can just ask to see the material from other nations' flights. Maybe the most surprising piece of information is that just 34 nations have signed on to Open Skies. Given its ease of use and the payoff – mutual trust – one has to wonder why more countries aren't keen to join. Are you concerned about foreign military planes flying over Canada? Is the end result worth the risks? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stephen Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 (edited) At Grand Cayman airport on Saturday were two E-2C Hawkeyes from VAW-77. Stephen Edited June 27, 2012 by Stephen Quote Link to post Share on other sites
majortomski Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Will Rogers World Airport (KOKC) runway 17R from the inside of DC-3 N34 on a fast taxi just to keep the engines limber. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChesshireCat Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 I saw something interesting yesterday afternoon. It was the classic "bamboo bomber" flying overhead, but I also noticed it had a top turret mounted on it. gary Quote Link to post Share on other sites
parche Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Yesterday afternoon... Cheers, Dave Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TomcatFanatic123 Posted July 11, 2012 Author Share Posted July 11, 2012 (edited) Saw a C-40 Clipper out here again shooting touch and goes at Vandenberg. Probably the same one that was poking around here about a month or so ago. Edited July 11, 2012 by TomcatFanatic123 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AlexanderJ Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Nasa Super Guppy. :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
martin_sam_2000 Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Here is the semi-regular update of the things I have seen. a nice EC-130 that popped into work the other day: here is one of the few King air C-90's that are used for multi-training for the RCAF. Really happy I got to see this one since it commemorates a Lancaster I built a model of: a Privately owned A319. Not sure who the owners were but I sure wish I had their money!!: and finally a Fouga Magister that came transited through: Thanks for looking, Sean Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AX 365 Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 I didn't see it today and it's not aviation related but on July 9th, while on vacation in Boston, I went with my cousin to visit 'Battleship Cove ' in Fall River, Massachusetts and toured the retired battleship USS Massachusetts, submarine USS Lionfish and destroyer USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Amazing! Photos not uploaded yet but will post some later. WOW! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cafe Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 July 14th... Saw a Mirage F1, a C-135FR followed by 4 Mirage 2000N or D, later some more Mirage F1s. All were going to Paris to take part in the air parade over Champs Elysées. I heard some more jets but didn't see them, they must have been flying over the clouds. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bigasshammm Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 Saw that Fouga from Sean's post today at a very small local air show. Highlight was the Yankee lady B-25 hitch only flew once giving a ride and an AD-1 skyraider that arrived after we got there made on pass and landed. All in all a crap air show but whatever. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moose135 Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Made my first spotting visit to JFK in a while. It was mostly the usual suspects, but it made for a nice afternoon. jetBlue 10th Anniversary colors Etihad A340 Kalitta 747-400 Freighter AeroSvit 767 looking like a giant Easter egg... American Airlines 757 in One World markings QANTAS 747-400 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
model_monster Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 I woke up to see an Ea-6b Prowler flying over my place.. was a nice change of pace Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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