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The other aircraft involved, since that article doesn't have a photo of it:
http://files.abovetopsecret.com/files/img/ar609d5538.jpg
Delfuego
05-14-2021, 10:38
Wow. Those 2 pilots are living right.
Wow. Those 2 pilots are living right.
Yep, no injuries or fatalities. The pilot was alone on the Key Lime plane, and he sounded unphased in the ATC audio. 2 people in the red plane, both walked away after they landed by parachute.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVyA6jSP_ds
Here's a good aviator forum talking about this crash.
https://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/640394-mid-air-us.html
Looks bad on Centennial Airport, and the Air Traffic Controllers, from my perspective.
I'm going to start a new thread on this, because I don't think it belongs in this thread.
I'm betting bricks were shat in that little red plane.....
I was in the Wings over the Rockies museum a few years ago in the ejection seat room. Started talking to a guy who had Parachute landed in a Cirrus with his wife after an inflight emergency (can't remember what happened), He had pictures on his I phone and was eager to share.
After they landed, the wind grabbed the chute and tumbled the plane around for a while. Not sure if they have a cut-off to release the chute but this guy wasn't aware of one. But they did survive.
Ok, not airplanes but they do fly, so to avoid another thread...
Drove to Alamosa on Saturday to watch some of the National Association of Rockery's (https://www.nar.org/) annual National Sport Launch (https://www.nar.org/site/nsl-2021/) (this year, AKA "Spudnik (https://www.nar.org/events/national-sport-launch-spudnik-2021/)" as an homage to the potato farming in the area). I understand they had clearance up to 30,000 feet.
Everything from small Estes kits to, let's call 'em BFRs.
Growing up I did Estes rockets, but I didn't do kits. I always liked designing and building my own. My most complex rocket was a 2 stage with a 3 engine booster which recovered under parachute (as well as the upper stage, of course).
Engines are lettered depending on total impulse. Common small model rocket engines are A, B and C. Estes came out with a D engine shortly before I got out of rocketry. I believe I heard that there were some O engines on site for this launch event.
To give you an idea of the size of some of the rockets:
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This was a prototype engine launch from one of the far pads:
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This was a mid-sized (probably 3-4 feet tall) rocket launch from one of the near pads:
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Looked like everyone was having a good time. I take it back, not everyone...
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Lots of nerdy kids running around. Took me back... :)
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In the 70’s, rocket geeks were always kind of weird cool! Did a few builds and street launches but never got into it this far!
It looks like a great time!
Cool video. The first few minutes area a bit dry, but after that it is pretty good.
https://tubitv.com/movies/593597?fbclid=IwAR3E7mlnECLQQA8akq_sowKsO_6BJxlbAS ZAR-BV6EiYFhzN-LEtlL2rjIc&_branch_match_id=639787836731434687
No pic, I was not fast enough. But this morning I saw a C130 taxiing between A and B terminals in Denver.
Dark green camo, somewhat shabby looking. Roundel was red center with blue outside, no white at all.
No obvious stenciling on the part that I could see.
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No pic, I was not fast enough. But this morning I saw a C130 taxiing between A and B terminals in Denver.
Dark green camo, somewhat shabby looking. Roundel was red center with blue outside, no white at all.
No obvious stenciling on the part that I could see.
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Sounds like a low vis RAF roundel. Never seen one here but they fly Herc's.
Any reason 3 f18 should be flying over broomfield at 17:20 today?
Bailey Guns
07-12-2021, 17:42
Any reason they shoudn't?
Any reason they shoudn't?
Someone could have been fishing?
Any reason 3 f18 should be flying over broomfield at 17:20 today?
They had gas left.
BPTactical
07-13-2021, 07:54
Cool video. The first few minutes area a bit dry, but after that it is pretty good.
https://tubitv.com/movies/593597?fbclid=IwAR3E7mlnECLQQA8akq_sowKsO_6BJxlbAS ZAR-BV6EiYFhzN-LEtlL2rjIc&_branch_match_id=639787836731434687
Great watch!
Thanks for that Hoser
Military aircraft from all branches fly over Colorado all the time. A couple of years ago my older son snapped this pic when his Blackhawk set down to refuel and the crew grabbed lunch.
https://i.postimg.cc/7Ldy11FQ/E9240C3B-358A-493A-A7BE-44143BCED1A3.jpg (https://postimg.cc/xkv7nmTK)
I enlarged Blue Angel 1 for this photo
https://i.postimg.cc/WbwTRkZh/E6A162DE-5DDD-4B10-9253-8C6516D038BB.jpg (https://postimages.org/)
Delfuego
08-20-2021, 17:43
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AM-JKLUhkVMN0uI5_Tox2V9DRxGhR1V5lOlhio0D_ObfjLa4NXsrP yvUi5OCvOx_Kp1Q6ZtG5Ll80BV_g0QoWYkMMTgnb4fRVeOCYed tfZjUP0iUTaZxw9IQrVS1G4_NWQHGcfo2ZNOR2ZbMOpI4PfKR3 VyI=w450-h230-no?authuser=0
Oh, that's cool! I have hit the "chaff" button in many video games. :)
That looks like a spider exploding babies.
I took this picture the other day down near Yuma. But then I drove a few blocks down and passed the Pima Air and Space museum which is a WAY cooler site with all kinds of awesome stuff. Interesting enough to just look up on Google Earth and take a browse through the inventory. I'm especially interested in the plane that looks to be the size of a blue whale.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AM-JKLVkxdJi7Fld3tNQEB1dRXK65cwn836j94O8hrV91cpRbXzBf x-ioYhOev0FtEsOCKGgw4Lxb6j-GTDsz6m1QJJ_tzMJomhChG5wgr4xRqq4xWo52vd6KRC7Oj3eNm tFTYhJg79ldJwaVClojpRvQrBP9w=w1366-h616-no?authuser=0
What I love about pictures like these, is just imagine how much money is out in that field, decaying.
Each one of those are millions of dollars, and here I am, doing what I do, and maybe I will do a "big deal," but it will never equal the price of even one of those airplanes.
And there are hundreds of those airplanes...
There is always a bigger fish...
Man, the Stratotanker is 64 years old, I'd never have guessed.
Great place to take a tour. Went some 20 years ago. Very cool!
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AM-JKLUhkVMN0uI5_Tox2V9DRxGhR1V5lOlhio0D_ObfjLa4NXsrP yvUi5OCvOx_Kp1Q6ZtG5Ll80BV_g0QoWYkMMTgnb4fRVeOCYed tfZjUP0iUTaZxw9IQrVS1G4_NWQHGcfo2ZNOR2ZbMOpI4PfKR3 VyI=w450-h230-no?authuser=0
My view isnt as cool.
https://i.imgur.com/BcSVZAK.jpg
Delfuego
08-21-2021, 11:43
My view isnt as cool.
I think you still win the "Best Corner Office" contest. But it's farthest from the executive washroom.
My view isnt as cool.
I've always wondered, can you get to the cockpit from the back, or are you stuck in the back for the entire ride?
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Not a picture of a plane but close, looks like a Spitfire Rolls Royce engine mounted on a sleek boat, called a "Water-Slider".
Picture was taken on the Seine river in Paris, 1948. This thing would have made one hell of a racket!
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SideShow Bob
08-24-2021, 18:29
That looks like a spider exploding babies.
I took this picture the other day down near Yuma. But then I drove a few blocks down and passed the Pima Air and Space museum which is a WAY cooler site with all kinds of awesome stuff. Interesting enough to just look up on Google Earth and take a browse through the inventory. I'm especially interested in the plane that looks to be the size of a blue whale.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AM-JKLVkxdJi7Fld3tNQEB1dRXK65cwn836j94O8hrV91cpRbXzBf x-ioYhOev0FtEsOCKGgw4Lxb6j-GTDsz6m1QJJ_tzMJomhChG5wgr4xRqq4xWo52vd6KRC7Oj3eNm tFTYhJg79ldJwaVClojpRvQrBP9w=w1366-h616-no?authuser=0
Sure that wasn’t Tucson ?
Sure that wasn’t Tucson ?
You would be correct, it was the day I was down in Tucson. I was all over the place from Prescott, Lake Havisue City, Kingman, Topock, Yuma, and Tucson.
ChickNorris
08-24-2021, 23:27
Believe its called the super guppy.
Too bad you didn't go in Stu. Theres so much to see... ive spent days there. Most of the volunteers are veterans & have amazing stories too.
I didn't have time. I mean, I guess I did, but I wanted to leave as soon as possible.
I was 12 when we moved to Tucson. Spent a lot of time at DM with my dad watching the U2s do “touch & go” and going to every air show during my time there. Later on we watched the A10s. Spent lots of time at the boneyard and the Pima Air Museum as well the silo museum.
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Well it counts as a plane. [emoji3]
Man, if you haven't visited the National Museum of WWII Aviation at the Colorado Springs Airport, DO SO! I've known there was a museum there for years, but never went until last weekend when the B-29 Fifi was at the airport.
Holy shit, what a cool museum with some KILLER airplanes! They have an F7F Tigercat that's just about the sexiest damn warbird I've ever seen. And lots of other great planess. And best of all, most of them aren't roped off, you can walk right up to them. And they told me that ALL of their planes are airworthy and get flown when they can. Go check it out!
I'm shocked I never posted any photos of the CAF Warbird airshow I went to a couple years ago.
https://i.imgur.com/TmKvLpUh.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/3JA89cmh.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/2lV8wegh.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/RRmuvjkh.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/jjPVdcFh.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/CCxttwth.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/KLbbwd6h.jpg
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https://i.imgur.com/sFOEOigh.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/WbjJxiQh.jpg
Awesome photos, thank you! Can't wait to take the grandkids to the museum in the Springs.
Was that in Arlington? Great pictures.
Was that in Arlington? Great pictures.
Dallas - Love Field
And thank you.
Guess I was thinking about Harlingen where they used to be. They must have a great museum!
Guess I was thinking about Harlingen where they used to be. They must have a great museum!
At some point I'll have to go back to visit the museum. I imagine everything of note was outside, as there were dozens of aircraft on the tarmac, and many vehicles, including Jeeps, Halftracks, tanks and a couple live artillery pieces they started the show off with.
"Good morning, Sun's out, guns out!"
https://i.imgur.com/zoWeo0yh.jpg
Oooh that IS hot.
What was Grumman's thing with felines? Wildcat, Hellcat, Tigercat, Tomcat....
There's a bit more Rotor there than Cockpit, lol.
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Not sure how well this turned out. At the Las Vegas vegas speedway bull ring. F22s, F16s & A10s practicing fly overs of thee big track.
Nellis AFB I believe just east of the tracks. Thought I saw the Thunderbirds practicing when I drove past on I15.
Went to the Vegas Speedway a few years ago for the Red Bull Air Race finals which were cancelled because of high winds (Big yellow inflatable pylons kept collapsing).
Great time either way, first time there. Big facility and like you said, Nellis AFB is right over 'there'. Fun place with lots of stuff to do but Vegas is pretty much Butt Ugly in the daytime.
Went to the Vegas Speedway a few years ago for the Red Bull Air Race finals which were cancelled because of high winds (Big yellow inflatable pylons kept collapsing).
Great time either way, first time there. Big facility and like you said, Nellis AFB is right over 'there'. Fun place with lots of stuff to do but Vegas is pretty much Butt Ugly in the daytime.
Several years back I worked in Vegas for approx 3 months one summer - it was over 100 degrees the entire time I was there, day AND night! Y'all can have it......
Delfuego
10-09-2021, 14:49
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AM-JKLVwqBF9gUhYOn62G2nZGadS7KipEAP_dAP1QkbWIai-I_SkWYLoZq7NrYVtIseDkI1JMRWUx0sG3lmXg_F-ov7CjqxgJKRPTUwQU5RnmEnnu06IT90o_96QG8NQVr7ZFP6ifr w7Cheq9kdSIyo5q_M9=w320-h240-no?authuser=0
I visited this place when I was like 6 years old and I am pretty sure it was the seed that made me love aviation. I found it again last weekend.
https://i.imgur.com/Fn62Jmsh.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/uonGag9h.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/UxxEos0h.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/Vd2GrBMh.jpg
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https://i.imgur.com/dOuKDNFh.jpg
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TEAMRICO
10-18-2021, 19:50
No pic but there was a Rockwell B-1 Bomber flying around COS today…..I think it was monitoring me…..probably.
I visited this place when I was like 6 years old and I am pretty sure it was the seed that made me love aviation. I found it again last weekend.
What you doing at Edwards?
What you doing at Edwards?
This was actually Blackbird Airpark in Palmdale, next to Plant 42 :)
Work sent me to Cali for a couple weeks for work. I was supposed to go back today for another week, but I caught Covid out there so that was cancelled.
Delfuego
11-23-2021, 08:43
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ChickNorris
11-23-2021, 12:35
The camera in my phone is garbage so its hard to see but I'm pretty sure I saw a C5 on Saturday over east Colorado Springs. Might not be very interesting to some but it was new to me to see in the sky. Wish Id taken the picture when it was banking instead of staring at it trying to figure out what it was though.
Every time I'm visiting around San Antonio, it's real cool to see those flying around.
Biggest thing I've ever seen flying was the Antonov
ChickNorris
11-23-2021, 14:23
Getting my nerd on.... like to monitor air traffic locally. The tracker setup is a raspberry pi 4 running piaware, connected to an SDR using a 26in 1090mhz ads-b antenna. Fabricated an outdoor box to house everything & the antenna is about 20' up. Feeding flightaware, adsbx, and flight radar24. Tried feeding plane finder, but their software sucked and kept crashing my sdr. Currently ranked around 5800 for contributors out of 32,000 ish, worldwide. Id like to get the antenna higher & then the score would be better. Still fiddling with the project.
Can see traffic as far as Cheyenne & Pueblo on most days, even farther to the west though the range doesnt extend as far east (respectively) because of the large trees & tall building adjacent to/on the east side of my property.
Haven't looked through the individual records to confirm that was infact a C5 yet but Im pretty sure. Unfortunately Military planes dont have much info associated with them in the logs.
Evidently, I like planes & tracking them more than I ever realized, or was willing to admit until now.
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Getting my nerd on...
Do you do amateur radio? Sounds like the data modes would be a good fit if you don't.
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The camera in my phone is garbage so its hard to see but I'm pretty sure I saw a C5 on Saturday over east Colorado Springs. Might not be very interesting to some but it was new to me to see in the sky. Wish Id taken the picture when it was banking instead of staring at it trying to figure out what it was though.
It might be a C-17 with the winglet wing tips. Real workhorse during the Kabul fiasco.
I was tracking the 'FR 24' app and watching the air traffic for several days. Lots of USAF and reserve aircraft. That was the only time I have seen them recognize and describe a US military aircraft.
You could track the re-fuelers and recon aircraft circling areas around the base and a few MiL-24 copters wondering around.
Very cool tracking hardware out there.
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Very nice picture! Any captions or story behind it?
ChickNorris
11-23-2021, 19:31
It might be a C-17 with the winglet wing tips. Real workhorse during the Kabul fiasco.
I was tracking the 'FR 24' app and watching the air traffic for several days. Lots of USAF and reserve aircraft. That was the only time I have seen them recognize and describe a US military aircraft.
You could track the re-fuelers and recon aircraft circling areas around the base and a few MiL-24 copters wondering around.
Very cool tracking hardware out there.
Yup, winglets.
That was a really nice way of saying I was mistaken. Thank you : )
Ive been spending more time around bases so I get excited by everything & am still learning to identify. Wearing my glasses & having a decent camera would've helped. That sucker seemed huge.
C17 makes more sense around here. There was something flying around in the logs with a call sign associated with the airlift command with the call sign 'Reach' so there's some info available if I dig around.
Have a business account with fr24. Good stuff. Giggle
Getting my nerd on.... like to monitor air traffic locally. The tracker setup is a raspberry pi 4 running piaware, connected to an SDR using a 26in 1090mhz ads-b antenna. Fabricated an outdoor box to house everything & the antenna is about 20' up. Feeding flightaware, adsbx, and flight radar24. Tried feeding plane finder, but their software sucked and kept crashing my sdr. Currently ranked around 5800 for contributors out of 32,000 ish, worldwide. Id like to get the antenna higher & then the score would be better. Still fiddling with the project.
Can see traffic as far as Cheyenne & Pueblo on most days, even farther to the west though the range doesnt extend as far east (respectively) because of the large trees & tall building adjacent to/on the east side of my property.
Haven't looked through the individual records to confirm that was infact a C5 yet but Im pretty sure. Unfortunately Military planes dont have much info associated with them in the logs.
Evidently, I like planes & tracking them more than I ever realized, or was willing to admit until now.
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SDR is software defined radio? One of my earliest online contacts was a pioneer in SDR, using the Amiga Computer.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/bbsceo
Pretty cool that you are making it sing. :)
ChickNorris
11-23-2021, 19:58
Do you do amateur radio? Sounds like the data modes would be a good fit if you don't.
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My Husband is thinking about decoding random data for fun. He wants to know what all those random packets are because he doesn't know, they're taunting him & he needs to know if another layer of aluminum for his hat is required. ; )
I just like learning about the tech & tracking planes for now.
Delfuego
11-23-2021, 20:33
Very nice picture! Any captions or story behind it?
None that I know. I just saw the photo and my first thought was: "That's one hell of a pilot". However, most of the pilots I have known would say something boring and modest like: "It was the safest place to set down" :)
Bailey Guns
11-24-2021, 08:22
It might be a C-17 with the winglet wing tips.
That's what I was thinking. I don't recall the Galaxy ever having 'winglets' and it looks like that plane does. Cool and fun regardless.
C-17s, KC-135s and KC-46s fly over my house damn near every day. I still enjoy seeing them.
ETA: That's what I get for responding without reading the rest of the posts. I see the mystery was solved without my valuable input... [Coffee]
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Inspecting my landing gear above Frederick last weekend. 😀. Sorry it?s rotated a bit.
I was going to say C17 based on the size of the tail relative to the rest of the aircraft. See quite a few C17s and some C5s here going into JBLM. A few have been quite low and loud heading north over the house to circle back for a southern approach into the airfield.
Don't see many fighters though. Did see parts of an airshow at work in Tacoma this past summer. Seeing and hearing a F22 hauling ass banked over and pulling hard left over Commencement Bay was awesome. Set off car alarms all over the place.
CNs station sounds really interesting, but much of that description went right over my head.
Grant H.
11-24-2021, 09:06
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Inspecting my landing gear above Frederick last weekend. ��. Sorry it?s rotated a bit.
I've worked on that pad...
ChickNorris
12-12-2021, 07:43
Looking @ Davis Monthan AFB from the other side of Tucson (Catalina Range through a spotting scope so I can't get a better image) & I see a line of DC10s (used for refueling Im guessing) but does anyone know what the really big plane (top left) facing the opposite direction is? Thanks.
ChickNorris
12-12-2021, 07:54
Saw a line of F16s taking off when I was landing the other day. Air national Guard because of the AZ tail number.
battlemidget
12-12-2021, 08:08
Looking @ Davis Monthan AFB from the other side of Tucson (Catalina Range through a spotting scope so I can't get a better image) & I see a line of DC10s (used for refueling Im guessing) but does anyone know what the really big plane (top left) facing the opposite direction is? Thanks.
I think that's a C-17, but I'm no expert.
ChickNorris
12-12-2021, 08:27
I think that's a C-17, but I'm no expert.
I don't see winglets but didn't want to get excited again.
Bailey Guns
12-12-2021, 15:04
If your referring to the one just over that curved roofline, that's a C-5.
ChickNorris
12-12-2021, 18:57
If your referring to the one just over that curved roofline, that's a C-5.
Ha! Thanks
Some trivia-at one point the AZ Air National Guard was referred to as "Old Gun", take off on Top Gun, due to the experience of the majority of the pilots. Smithsonian's flight magazine even did an article about it (can't remember the name but maybe "Air and Space"?). When we first moved to Tucson my dad used to take me out to an area where we just outside the fence to watch takeoffs and landings sitting in our Pontiac Catalina convertible. Great memories for sure. The first air show I ever went to was that first year, pretty cool for a 12 yr old. Got to go through a B17, need to see if I can find those photos.
Bailey Guns
12-12-2021, 23:29
Ha! Thanks
You're welcome!
[Beer]
Friend of mine sent me these from earlier today. Coolest plane on the planet irrespective of the passengers and the support aircraft is pretty cool too.
https://i.postimg.cc/021v19QS/9A6AEC8B-09D9-4C3E-A794-48A8C934445A.jpg (https://postimg.cc/hhs69WV4)
https://i.postimg.cc/FFLv6Y9m/65D5A5A8-88D4-4E50-A488-1D43E354521A.jpg (https://postimg.cc/JtMSD4Dd)
Pretty neat helo too lol
https://i.postimg.cc/MK0SWgMF/D35EB729-1727-4A32-AA51-94B518EAE1CB.jpg (https://postimg.cc/ZCqgH7L8)
I'm too dumb and slow to take a picture, but we watched a AN-124 destined to Belgium leaving DIA this afternoon. It caught our attention because of the growl of the engines rather than the whine if the smaller stuff. Beast of an airplane.
Saw the 225 land several years back. This planes are distinctive and very recognizable
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F35? At Nellis AFB.
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Not sure how these turned out. Only viewing them on a small screen
That big zoom lens is hard to hold steady and focus on moving objects without a support.
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Thunderbird...
I swear I'm not a spy but at the race track.
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buffalobo
03-04-2022, 18:30
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Not sure how these turned out. Only viewing them on a small screenCool pics, Vegas Speedway in foreground?
Cool pics, Vegas Speedway in foreground?
Yes. Taking these from the stands of LVMS.
buffalobo
03-04-2022, 19:02
Have a good time. Vegas has become our favorite "NASCAR" venue.
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A little Bondo and some of that TV rubber super-spray, good as new!
Early Radio-Plane Target Drone pictures.
I'm guessing these were taken in the late 50's or early 60's. The Radio-Plane Target drones were used from WW2 and into the 1960's. Many versions had parachutes installed, to salvage the drone for re-use if it wasn't shot down at the end of its flight.
One of the pictures shows two Airmen standing by a wrecked drone, notice the 2 aircraft tail turrets behind them. Looks like Boeing B-47 radar controlled twin 20MM guns! 8990489905
Very rarely go to theaters anymore but probably will for this one.
https://youtu.be/LzhwbKDA3JU
Can't remember if I've posted this here before, but this is what our grandson works on in the Navy, an E6-B Mercury - the "Doomsday Plane". Refurbed and modified Boeing 707's. Primary mission is to be a comm link between submerged nuke subs and land. There's a 5 mile long cable antenna that trails out behind the plane, and a shorter one too. Cody's job is to operate the cable reels & winches, he's also the cook for the 18-man crew.
But these planes also have the capability to launch nuke missiles from land missile sites, as a last-ditch measure if land launch centers were somehow disabled. Extremely low chance of that ever happening, but there it is.
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Couple of F15s, enjoy
https://theaviationist.com/2022/04/22/f-15c-last-mach-loop/
BladesNBarrels
04-23-2022, 16:25
Ukraine AN-225 Mriya
Before
https://i.imgur.com/BFZ8WKL.jpg
After Russian invasion
https://i.imgur.com/FOQRcD5.jpg
NFATrustGuy
04-27-2022, 21:17
I took this picture this afternoon after going for a ride in the jet. Bonus points for anyone who can properly identify all the flying machines in my friend's hangar. I've removed the registration numbers to keep from making it easy and to obscure my buddy's identity.
http://www.woodardfamily.com/hosted/AirplaneToybox.jpeg
To Bear Arms
04-27-2022, 21:37
Citation 550, DC-3, 185, jet ranger?
NFATrustGuy
04-27-2022, 22:16
Citation 550, DC-3, 185, jet ranger?
Impressive. Correct on the first reply!
Went to see the B-29 at Centennial Friday and ended up taking a ride in this 1943 Twin Beech Navy trainer. Photos taken by relative when we flew over thier house in Roxboro. Good ride and cheap!!!
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buffalobo
05-10-2022, 21:11
I usually only admire the pics in this thread but ^^^that is pretty damn cool all around.
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The B-29 was giving rides too, all booked up, $400.00 to $1400.00 per seat.
We spent $99.00 for seats on the Beech, you could spend $200.00 and sit in the co-pilots seat, our flight had a 14yr old with 40hrs flying time as co-pilot. Total of 6 people on board.
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We skydived out of a Beech D-18 Twin once back in 1980. Was a cool jump, but we all had to crowd forward so the anemic old toad could get airborne.
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On this date in 1963, Lockheed test pilot Tony LeVier, took a TF-104 from California to Maryland (with fuel stops) in the company's aircraft with 18 yr old Daughter, and co-pilot, Tonianne.
She was able to fly the plane at Mach 2, I doubt this kind of thing could happen today. Good for her!!
ChickNorris
05-29-2022, 20:29
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Wolfshoon
06-03-2022, 18:44
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Literally spray and pray! Love the rear view mirrors by the feet and side bubble window so you can see down better.
More pictures of the UH-190564
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I want one.....
https://youtu.be/LcFb8L2KnFQ
I saw this on another forum, thought someone here would find it interesting.
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I thought I'd share this, cool subject!91635
Very cool, flogger. I tried googling the plane, and it is an iconic plane, but I couldn't find it?
Very cool, flogger. I tried googling the plane, and it is an iconic plane, but I couldn't find it?
B-29 ?
That's it, yes! Long before we had the B1 Bomber, we had the B29.
Such a pretty bird.
B-17 - "I'm the biggest!"
B-29 - "No, I'M the biggest!"
B-36 - <snort> "Hold my beer....."
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buffalobo
10-05-2022, 05:07
No airplane pics but a bit of interesting U.S. aeronautical history.
https://cowboystatedaily.com/2022/10/03/why-are-there-giant-70-foot-concrete-arrows-all-across-southern-wyoming/
No airplane pics but a bit of interesting U.S. aeronautical history.
https://cowboystatedaily.com/2022/10/03/why-are-there-giant-70-foot-concrete-arrows-all-across-southern-wyoming/
Great, now those arrows will be hunted down by assholes that want to spray-paint graffiti and bullshit on them.....
No airplane pics but a bit of interesting U.S. aeronautical history.
https://cowboystatedaily.com/2022/10/03/why-are-there-giant-70-foot-concrete-arrows-all-across-southern-wyoming/
That was an interesting post! Thanks for sharing it.
No airplane pics but a bit of interesting U.S. aeronautical history.
https://cowboystatedaily.com/2022/10/03/why-are-there-giant-70-foot-concrete-arrows-all-across-southern-wyoming/
I wish I'd known about those arrows when I still had my plane. That would have been an interesting day's flight.
Cool, I'll forward this to my boss who still has a plane. Alpha2, if he wants to make this a day's flight, I'll let you know.
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This is a nice site of old, abandoned and 'gone' airports in the Denver area. Great history.
http://www.airfields-freeman.com/CO/Airfields_CO_Denver_SW.htm
Cool, I'll forward this to my boss who still has a plane. Alpha2, if he wants to make this a day's flight, I'll let you know.
-John
Thanks!
-Jeff
NFATrustGuy
10-09-2022, 07:57
I wish I'd known about those arrows when I still had my plane. That would have been an interesting day's flight.
If either of us live long enough for me to finish installing all the new radios in my Glasair, I'd be happy to go for a ride with you! Too many other things keep getting in the way and the project gets pushed aside.
Some friends and I went up last Monday to take a look at the Aspens. We went from Brighton to Steamboat and then to Craig, Hayden, and Walden before heading home. This pic was taken by a friend's wife from their RV-6. I'm in the RV-3 and the polished plane is a 1948 Swift. (I know Alpha2 probably knows all this, but for anybody else who might be curious...).
The aspens were nice and the weather was fantastic.
http://www.woodardfamily.com/hosted/RV3wSwift.jpeg
This is as close as I can manage to get when it comes to taking a selfie with a pretty girl!
http://www.woodardfamily.com/hosted/SarahSelfie.jpeg
buffalobo
10-09-2022, 09:50
Make sure to get and post pics of the Wyo arrows.
Mrs bo originally found the article and would get a kick out of pics of adventure she kicked off.
electronman1729
10-09-2022, 14:31
Did anyone see what looked like a red P-80 Shooting Star flying around Westminster/Arvada around 1pm today?
To Bear Arms
10-09-2022, 20:16
It could have been the red Provost jet that is based out of Broomfield.
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electronman1729
10-09-2022, 22:13
It could have been the red Provost jet that is based out of Broomfield.
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Thanks, that is exactly what I saw.
Make sure to get and post pics of the Wyo arrows.
Mrs bo originally found the article and would get a kick out of pics of adventure she kicked off.
Will do!
-John
If either of us live long enough for me to finish installing all the new radios in my Glasair, I'd be happy to go for a ride with you! Too many other things keep getting in the way and the project gets pushed aside.
Some friends and I went up last Monday to take a look at the Aspens. We went from Brighton to Steamboat and then to Craig, Hayden, and Walden before heading home. This pic was taken by a friend's wife from their RV-6. I'm in the RV-3 and the polished plane is a 1948 Swift. (I know Alpha2 probably knows all this, but for anybody else who might be curious...).
The aspens were nice and the weather was fantastic.
http://www.woodardfamily.com/hosted/RV3wSwift.jpeg
This is as close as I can manage to get when it comes to taking a selfie with a pretty girl!
http://www.woodardfamily.com/hosted/SarahSelfie.jpeg
Nice pictures! Color me jealous.
If either of us live long enough for me to finish installing all the new radios in my Glasair, I'd be happy to go for a ride with you! Too many other things keep getting in the way and the project gets pushed aside.
Some friends and I went up last Monday to take a look at the Aspens. We went from Brighton to Steamboat and then to Craig, Hayden, and Walden before heading home. This pic was taken by a friend's wife from their RV-6. I'm in the RV-3 and the polished plane is a 1948 Swift. (I know Alpha2 probably knows all this, but for anybody else who might be curious...).
The aspens were nice and the weather was fantastic.
http://www.woodardfamily.com/hosted/RV3wSwift.jpeg
This is as close as I can manage to get when it comes to taking a selfie with a pretty girl!
http://www.woodardfamily.com/hosted/SarahSelfie.jpeg
When did you get another -3? We knew a guy in Michigan that had a Swift. Tiny little cockpit, HUGE guy. Still can't figure out why, or how he pulled it off.
If either of us live long enough for me to finish installing all the new radios in my Glasair, I'd be happy to go for a ride with you! Too many other things keep getting in the way and the project gets pushed aside.
Some friends and I went up last Monday to take a look at the Aspens. We went from Brighton to Steamboat and then to Craig, Hayden, and Walden before heading home. This pic was taken by a friend's wife from their RV-6. I'm in the RV-3 and the polished plane is a 1948 Swift. (I know Alpha2 probably knows all this, but for anybody else who might be curious...).
The aspens were nice and the weather was fantastic.
http://www.woodardfamily.com/hosted/RV3wSwift.jpeg
This is as close as I can manage to get when it comes to taking a selfie with a pretty girl!
http://www.woodardfamily.com/hosted/SarahSelfie.jpeg
Happy to see another couple RV folks on here!
NFATrustGuy
10-11-2022, 19:00
When did you get another -3? We knew a guy in Michigan that had a Swift. Tiny little cockpit, HUGE guy. Still can't figure out why, or how he pulled it off.
I’ve had the red three for just a bit over 4 years. Best plane I’ve ever owned.
I’ve ridden in that Swift. It’s similar in size to a Cessna 150.
I?ve had the red three for just a bit over 4 years. Best plane I?ve ever owned.
I?ve ridden in that Swift. It?s similar in size to a Cessna 150.
Dick V always said the -3 was the best of the bunch. I remember the first -3 you owned was pretty nice, too.
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Airbus Beluga heavy mover
electronman1729
12-04-2022, 21:43
New B-21 Raider Bomber reveal
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Airbus Beluga heavy mover
Que audio of my cat hacking up a hairball.
New B-21 Raider Bomber reveal
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Who would have ever thought?
Very cool!
-John
Some recent pictures of our new and improved Hurks to include one with the boys from Buckley during some recent air to air intercept training.
https://i.imgur.com/SsyvDYo.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/KZA8dgL.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/P5jM4pP.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/1WxJPmJ.jpg
^^^ Great pictures, Super aircraft! ^^^
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U-2 cockpit photograph checking out the first Chinese Balloon. Great picture, just wonder if it's real, note the shadow of the U-2 on the balloon!
So the black things are solar panels?
Obviously made for long term endurance?
-John
The picture was taken from a press release today. I had heard that they sent a U-2 up to check the thing out. It would be great to see some data like Altitude, Time and Airspeed. Nice picture!
It looks like we can see the curvature of the earth in the picture, so yeah, cool picture, but also scary, when you realize those are likely huge solar panels, under a huge balloon, supporting xyz payload.
It would be nice to identify the shoreline at the top of the picture.
Also, from what I understand, the U-2 is a handful at altitude, banking and turns are very slow. It's very interesting 'they' are still keeping a/the U-2 on-call! I like it.
Saw a couple of Huey helos fly over the casa this morning, is the military still using those?
Saw a couple of Huey helos fly over the casa this morning, is the military still using those?
After a many-year drought, I've seen a few Chinooks over Colorado Springs lately...
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Saw a couple of Huey helos fly over the casa this morning, is the military still using those?
Yup. The Air Force is still using them. Still a solid airframe, but their days are numbered. The Greywolf will start replacing them.
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This is the cover of a 1920 Kodak catalog for the 'Premo' camera. I really like the image!
My son and his crew were up a couple weeks ago getting their nv qualification
https://i.postimg.cc/6prh7rNM/IMG-3318.jpg (https://postimg.cc/TKPbFW1b)
Saw a couple of Huey helos fly over the casa this morning, is the military still using those?
There was a Heuy, doing bucket runs, at the Cold Springs fire in Nederland. That was a beast and the pilot was incredible.
Bailey Guns
07-13-2023, 06:09
I was in Alaska last month for my son's retirement ceremony (Air Force) and caught a few Raptors landing. Also saw this AWACS from Oklahoma.
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After a long day of dodging thunderstorms.
https://i.imgur.com/y4Fo6Df.jpg
Geez, they get any more blades on those props and they'll be solid disks!
Mammatus - my favorite clouds, but that's from a ground-dweller...
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No pics but just saw four V-22 Ospreys fly by the house. They were booking west.
AirbornePathogen
09-17-2023, 06:11
After a long day of dodging thunderstorms.
https://i.imgur.com/y4Fo6Df.jpg
Which variant of the Herc is that?
The seven-bladed props make it a J or later, if memory serves.
Which variant of the Herc is that?
The seven-bladed props make it a J or later, if memory serves.
It is a 1994 H3 model. They used to have four silver aluminum blades and the J Models (they came out in 1996) have 6 blades. The very first A models and a few Bs had 3 bladed props. I have never seen a 3 blade prop in person.
These NP-2000 props have 8 blades and are friggin awesome. Between the new props and new Rolls Royce engine upgrades, it is a total sportscar.
You wont see any more of the older 4 blade hurks anymore. The props got old and started having issues like blades coming off inflight. That is not good.
hollohas
09-18-2023, 07:09
Please let the Marines know if any of you have a picture of their missing F-35. ;)
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230918/174429fff084ee6eefa037baeb1bb2e9.jpg
KevDen2005
09-18-2023, 19:53
Please let the Marines know if any of you have a picture of their missing F-35. ;)
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230918/174429fff084ee6eefa037baeb1bb2e9.jpg
I'm starting to think that F35 Pilots have the most experience ejecting compared to any other fighter jet.
After a many-year drought, I've seen a few Chinooks over Colorado Springs lately...
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Oh yeah, see those every so often too.
These NP-2000 props have 8 blades and are friggin awesome. Between the new props and new Rolls Royce engine upgrades, it is a total sportscar.
My grandson's in the Navy, stationed at Tinker AFB in OKC, in an E6-B Mercury squadron, tired old Boeing 707's. He says he's hearing rumors of those being replaced with C-130's, hopefully they'd be the latest and greatest versions.
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I imagine they have regular parts runs to Davis-Monthan to keep a 707 in the air.
Grandson was originally supposed to go to an Osprey squadron to do carrier onboard delivery duty, but they didn't have enough planes, so they sent him to the Mercury's. We feel much better about those than the Osprey's.
My brother-in-law went to Reno. Air races last weekend, left about a half hour before the T-6’s crashed.
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Gotta be one of the coolest photos I've ever seen.....
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^^^ WOW, that is Awesome ^^^
Went through some old pictures from long ago.
Short final going into Mogadishu in Oct of 93.
https://i.imgur.com/w46D2kW.png
When the DC-3 Turbofan Basler conversion was new, a few of them were running around Africa doing stuff. This one crashed in Angola a few months after this picture. This was taken somewhere over Sudan/Eithopia or Rwanda from what I remember.
https://i.imgur.com/LqyP8Za.png
Nice DC-3 picture, you don't see THAT everyday!
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hollohas
11-04-2023, 13:48
A-10's have flown right over my house 4 times today. Freaking love A-10's.
A-10's have flown right over my house 4 times today. Freaking love A-10's.
Fly over before the Air Force v Army game at Mile Hi? I saw them from Swedish Hospital making passes between noon-12:15 Saturday.
Wolfshoon
11-05-2023, 20:46
Some artistic perspective.95081
Man that brings back a lot of memories of FR primer and dinol for sheetmetal repair. While I am happy for my time in heavy maintenance overhaul on airliners, I am also happy I don?t do that anymore. Doing Section 141 repairs on B747?s was an amazing amount of work.
For A10 fans.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=lznBG35Wf1s
"Pardo's Push", Amazing story. Bob Pardo died this week.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/who-was-bob-pardo-all-you-need-to-know-as-hero-of-pardo-s-push-in-vietnam-war-dies-aged-89/ar-AA1lDnc0?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=be5f682761e04adea9223b3bbd17e8d1&ei=110
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NASA F-106, they used it to fly into thunderstorms and study the effect of lightning strikes on aircraft.
It was struck over 700 times!
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Some random pictures taken of us or by us during this summers firefighting efforts.
https://i.imgur.com/8nsqVSw.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/xwX7RIO.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/BcpESw6.jpg
theGinsue
09-23-2025, 19:54
You'z guys were leakin' something red. Shoulda avoided the enchiladas the night before.
Always in awe of what you guys do and how you do it. Sadly, people and weather ensure you stay extra busy. Thanks for helping to keep and homes and forests intact.
If you've never been to The National Museum of WWII Aviation at the Colorado Springs Airport you should go check it out! Not a huge museum, but very cool and interesting. 29 fully flyable aircraft, most are warbirds, and most are not roped off, you can walk right up to them. A very cool place!
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If you've never been to The National Museum of WWII Aviation at the Colorado Springs Airport you should go check it out! Not a huge museum, but very cool and interesting. 29 fully flyable aircraft, most are warbirds, and most are not roped off, you can walk right up to them. A very cool place!
They had a bunch of them out flying this morning and again this afternoon. So nice to hear radial engines in the pattern. I spent a lot of time watching airplanes today.
APEXgunparts
09-25-2025, 09:24
We had those 4 warbirds from the National Museum fly over APEX yesterday afternoon.
A very distinctive engine sound!
We heard them heading our way and went outside to watch.
Richard
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