Airplane Pics

[nogaroheli]

Do helos count? To be fair there are a couple of planes in the background LOL. The Lakota is my older son's ride.

Sweet pic! I don't get to fly manned stuff much these days but I still enjoy flying rotary wing much more. #allhelosmatter

[Hoser]

That time of the year again...

[jgang]

I know first hand how valuable those MAFFS can be....not to mention the crews manning the ship. I'd have let my whole place burn to the ground to have those guys from the 2012 SD crash back. Brave souls....be careful out there Hoser....

[Ridge]

FIFI will be at Jeffco Airport next weekend. I plan to head up Friday afternoon and try to snag some photos.

[rondog]

FIFI will be at Jeffco Airport next weekend. I plan to head up Friday afternoon and try to snag some photos.

No shit? Going to be in The Springs too? I tried to see her in Broomfield (Jeffco?) last time, couldn't get within a mile of the damn airport, let alone park. Shuttle buses only.

Went to Colorado Springs the next weekend, parked within 100 feet of the apron and walked right in. It was WELL worth the drive, I'll never bother with Broomfield again. If she's going to CLSP I recommend going there instead. I got some awesome photos and videos, and you can walk right up to the planes.

[Ridge]

I don't think she'll be heading to the Springs, looks like a weekend stop over on a cross country tour.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1287712674586099/

[Bailey Guns]

Not my pics...but cool nevertheless. Wife and I were in CDA yesterday morning. Driving down the road I saw an airplane at low altitude coming almost directly towards us. I thought that it looked like a B-25 but couldn't be sure from that distance. As it got a bit closer I told my wife, "that looks like a B-25. Holy crap! That's a B-25."

We watched it circle the city a few times before it disappeared. Unfortunately I didn't have my camera. (I know...dumbass!) Today I found out the details.

http://www.cdapress.com/gallery/coll...157866436.html

http://www.cdapress.com/news/local_n...f7bd3bfd1.html

[rondog]

Looks like Broomfield, Cheyenne and Grand Junction.

[KestrelBike]

Not my pics...but cool nevertheless. Wife and I were in CDA yesterday morning. Driving down the road I saw an airplane at low altitude coming almost directly towards us. I thought that it looked like a B-25 but couldn't be sure from that distance. As it got a bit closer I told my wife, "that looks like a B-25. Holy crap! That's a B-25."

We watched it circle the city a few times before it disappeared. Unfortunately I didn't have my camera. (I know...dumbass!) Today I found out the details.

http://www.cdapress.com/gallery/coll...157866436.html

http://www.cdapress.com/news/local_n...f7bd3bfd1.html

Where I used to live/work (SoCal), I'd go south on the 405 freeway to go home after work. You come right under the landing-path for planes at John Wayne Airport. One day, a B-25 was landing and passed right over me as I drove by. It was magical.

It's a fairly busy airport for it's size, because the only other airports are in LA or San Diego (there's Long Beach, but who the hell flies out of there...)

[Ridge]

I did a couple flying lessons out of Van Nuys airport, and right next to the school was a hangar with a restored B-25 in it, and they were kind enough to let me crawl all through it. Amazing plane to be inside.