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Re: What airplane did you see flying today?(airplane spottin

Fri Aug 16, 2024 12:29 am

airnutz wrote:11:15 am today had Air Force 1(or 2?) enter the Ellington pattern. Nothing in the news about who or why it was here. Looked and sounded fabulous!

Unless someone knows better, I prolly should have reported a VC-25 was visiting.

Re: What airplane did you see flying today?(airplane spottin

Fri Oct 18, 2024 10:34 pm

CAF Helldiver flying around Ellington Field today.

Re: What airplane did you see flying today?(airplane spottin

Mon Jul 21, 2025 3:18 pm

At July 12th Noorduyn AT-16-ND Harvard (T-6) from the Royal Netherlands Air Force Historic Flight at 2300 feet on it's way back to home base at Gilze Rijen airfield in The Netherlands.

Re: What airplane did you see flying today?(airplane spottin

Mon Jul 21, 2025 5:37 pm

Just wanted to say I had another flight in a T-6 on July 2.
AT-6F 44-81693, MSN 121-42415, N85593.

Put on chutes and did rolls and loop. Great fun.

Re: What airplane did you see flying today?(airplane spottin

Sat Aug 23, 2025 11:31 am

Royal Netherlands Air Force Historic Flight Vickers Supermarine Spitfire LF.IXc PHOUQ
on it's way back to home at Gilze-Rijen airfield in the Netherlands.
Flying at aprox. 2300 ft.
As usual it sounded great.

Re: What airplane did you see flying today?(airplane spottin

Sun Aug 24, 2025 9:11 am

Stinson Sentinel today; lovely job!

Re: What airplane did you see flying today?(airplane spottin

Mon Aug 25, 2025 10:42 am

I was four F-16s ripping around in afterburner at low-level along US-421 near Medaryville, Indiana on Friday. Not sure what was up with that - there are no military bases or airports anywhere near the area I saw them - but I certainly appreciated the show while I was heading up to Michigan!

Re: What airplane did you see flying today?(airplane spottin

Mon Aug 25, 2025 10:18 pm

airnutz wrote:11:15 am today had Air Force 1(or 2?) enter the Ellington pattern. Nothing in the news about who or why it was here. Looked and sounded fabulous!

Just to be "THAT GUY": its not AF1 or AF2 unless the POTUS or VPOTUS are on board. I only found that out when Nixon resigned. Left Andrews AFB on AF1, resignation took effect while in flight, designation changed to SAM*** (Special Air Mission).
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