What airplane did you see flying today?(airplane spotting)

Mon Apr 27, 2009 10:35 pm

Saw a C-17, perhaps two (same one?) orbiting Watertown, NY.... home of 10th Mtn.Div. at Fort Drum... anyone know why they were there?

Cheers,
Richard

Wed Apr 29, 2009 6:44 pm

Ol' 927! I was westbound on the President Bush Turnpike, and she passed right over my truck on final to Addison. Sweet! It sure makes the commute more bearable when you get to see warbirds in flight!

Cheers,

Thu Apr 30, 2009 10:02 am

Four Royal Navy Jetstream trainers in an unusually tight diamond 4 formation, probably rehearsing for the forthcoming RNAS Culdrose air display.

Thu Apr 30, 2009 4:05 pm

It's like I live in the friggin' woods. Looking out my window and all I see is
Beavers and Otters with the occasional Buffalo passing by. Last week I had to stop the car to let a Goose cross the road!

Brian.

Thu Apr 30, 2009 4:26 pm

I wish SeaTac had as nice of an area as Vancouver Int'l does to shoot planes. these are from last Sunday.

Fri May 01, 2009 12:16 pm

This woke me up this morning! :lol:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJPDB-zDVz0

Another pass from the back porch this time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPtNIK2cDUM

Fri May 01, 2009 2:54 pm

The C-17s are a pretty common sight here in Charleston, SC. There were a couple shuttling back and forth to North Field this morning, and when the noise died down, I could hear a single radial engine off in the distance. Never did see it because of the trees. May have been the N3N from Charleston Executive.

Also saw (and heard) a couple of Harriers from Cherry Point. The Harrier is the most efficient way man has ever concocted to convert jet fuel into noise.

Walt

Website · Fri May 01, 2009 5:19 pm

Shannon and I were looking at ducks at Sea World the other day and this went by....

Sorry about my bad timing, but it was not a place I expected to see that.
There was R-44 traffic following that same route all afternoon. Tours up I-Drive I guess.
Then I heard a completely different sound and saw that heading away from us.

Sat May 02, 2009 3:55 pm

i was outside mowing this afternoon and four Blackhawk helicopters flew past at about 500 agl. much earlier this morning i was out spraying and heard the same flight on unicom passing by a local airport.

Sat May 02, 2009 6:17 pm

EAA's Ford Trimotor was in the air today for the season opening of Pioneer Field.

Mon May 04, 2009 9:43 pm

Didn't actually see it flying, but when I stuck my head out of the hanger late this afternoon there was a R4D-8 sitting on the ramp getting fuel and oil. In transit from Florida to its new home in Anchorage and the crew was hoping to make it home late tonight or early tomorrow

Mon May 04, 2009 9:51 pm

This is from last Friday...

We were doing about 10 KTS less then them and they were about 500-1000 ft below.

Ryan

Mon May 04, 2009 11:47 pm

Sunday afternoon was gorgeous. Working in the yeard we heard the usual buzzing of the local training traffic - a couple of Cessnas, a Piper, a DA-20, then I heard a distinctive grumble. I looked up and saw a brief flash of a T-6 planform.

Yer takes what yer can gets, eh?

Tue May 05, 2009 8:03 am

The Aerostars were having a work out at North Weald in their Yak 50s on Friday. A couple of Gnats were out as well...

The P40 also arrived back from filming in the Czech Republic.

Tue May 05, 2009 10:02 pm

A KC135 look a like (no fueling boom) doing touch and goes @ Ellington early this evening, flew over my house at least 10 times. Maybe RickH can ID.