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Offline oboe

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Aircraft spotter report (real life)
« on: June 05, 2011, 08:48:43 AM »
Date: 5 Jun 2011  Time: 08:43 hr
Location:   St. Paul, MN   

Aircraft type: PBY Catalina
Approximate altitude and Heading:  1500 ft; 090 degrees.

Wish I had time to snap a pick but was over the house and flying into the morning sun quickly.    Any airshows in Wisconsin this weekend?

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Re: Aircraft spotter report (real life)
« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2011, 12:03:37 PM »
Quote from: oboe on June 05, 2011, 08:48:43 AM
Date: 5 Jun 2011  Time: 08:43 hr
Location:   St. Paul, MN   

Aircraft type: PBY Catalina
Approximate altitude and Heading:  1500 ft; 090 degrees.

Wish I had time to snap a pick but was over the house and flying into the morning sun quickly.    Any airshows in Wisconsin this weekend?



Date: 3 Jun 2011  Time: 15:43 hr
Location:   Vista, California

Aircraft type: Northrop N9MB Flying Wing
Approximate altitude and Heading:  4-6000ft; 090 degrees.

Wish I had time to snap a pick but was over the house and flying towards Alpine before I could run in and get a camera it was loud too.    It is at "Wings over Gillespie" in San Diego Today!

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Re: Aircraft spotter report (real life)
« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2011, 12:11:19 PM »
date: right now Time: right now

location: in my mind

aircraft type: HE177

approximate altitude: it was a rook...: 90*

WISH I took a pic but it was at rook alt to high for my camra
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Re: Aircraft spotter report (real life)
« Reply #3 on: June 05, 2011, 06:46:28 PM »
p51s in 3 ship formation

almost every day over my house
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Re: Aircraft spotter report (real life)
« Reply #4 on: June 05, 2011, 08:28:06 PM »
Date: every thirty seconds
Location:   Centreville, VA

Aircraft type: Cessna 152 - A380
Approximate altitude and Heading:  2000 ft; 010 degrees.

I live next to an International Airport.
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Re: Aircraft spotter report (real life)
« Reply #5 on: June 06, 2011, 02:48:32 AM »
Date: May 30
Location: Concord, CA

Aircraft: Bell UH-1
Altitude: Approx .5-1.5k

Was awesome to say the least, could hear it a full 5-6 seconds before it was visible.
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Re: Aircraft spotter report (real life)
« Reply #6 on: June 06, 2011, 02:51:19 AM »
Quote from: oboe on June 05, 2011, 08:48:43 AM
Date: 5 Jun 2011  Time: 08:43 hr
Location:   St. Paul, MN   

Aircraft type: PBY Catalina
Approximate altitude and Heading:  1500 ft; 090 degrees.

Taking off from MSP?  I was out east of there about that time, wish I had seen it!
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Re: Aircraft spotter report (real life)
« Reply #7 on: June 06, 2011, 06:34:14 AM »
Quote from: LThunderpocket on June 05, 2011, 06:46:28 PM
p51s in 3 ship formation

almost every day over my house
I bet they're "the Horsemen", a 3 pony aerobatics team (well, more like synchronized flying, I don't see them do any wild moves) but they sure fly a tight formation, even through loops!  I think they'll be performing at Mirimar San Diego this summer. I wonder who pays for all the avgas? :airplane:   I'm taking a tour of a B17 tomorrow morning at Gillespie field in El Cajon, only $5. Woot!
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Re: Aircraft spotter report (real life)
« Reply #8 on: June 06, 2011, 06:38:52 AM »
Quote from: STEELE on June 06, 2011, 06:34:14 AM
I bet they're "the Horsemen", a 3 pony aerobatics team (well, more like synchronized flying, I don't see them do any wild moves) but they sure fly a tight formation, even through loops!  I think they'll be performing at Mirimar San Diego this summer. I wonder who pays for all the avgas? :airplane:   I'm taking a tour of a B17 tomorrow morning at Gillespie field in El Cajon, only $5. Woot!

funny u say that,they turn on smoke and do loops in tight formation about 1.5 miles from my house.ive got a friend who lives in El Cajon to  :airplane:
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Re: Aircraft spotter report (real life)
« Reply #9 on: June 06, 2011, 08:30:23 AM »
Quote from: clerick on June 06, 2011, 02:51:19 AM
Taking off from MSP?  I was out east of there about that time, wish I had seen it!

Possible but more likely from one of the other smaller airfields - Anoka County airport has a WWII collection and so does Holman Field in downtown St Paul.   Holman had a Catalina that was severely damaged in a storm a few years back - flipped I think.
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Re: Aircraft spotter report (real life)
« Reply #10 on: June 07, 2011, 01:39:14 AM »
Quote from: oboe on June 06, 2011, 08:30:23 AM
Possible but more likely from one of the other smaller airfields - Anoka County airport has a WWII collection and so does Holman Field in downtown St Paul.   Holman had a Catalina that was severely damaged in a storm a few years back - flipped I think.

I didn't know Holman had a collection! One of my offices is right next to the field.  I'll have to run over and check it out.
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Re: Aircraft spotter report (real life)
« Reply #11 on: June 07, 2011, 07:16:58 AM »
I think its called the Minnesota Wing of the Commemorative Air Force, and they've held air shows there in the past.   But wait, now I'm thinking they moved to a more southern metro location, but I can't recall the name of the field.

Better check the website first!

EDIT:  It's Fleming Field in S St Paul.   I sat inside a Catalina restoration in their hangar a few years ago, talking to the guys one Sat morning.
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Re: Aircraft spotter report (real life)
« Reply #12 on: June 12, 2011, 10:14:09 AM »
Date: 8 Jun 2011  Time: 1245 hr
Location:   Marietta, GA (Dobbins ARB)   

Aircraft type: F-22 Raptor, F-16 Falcon Chase Plane
Approximate altitude and Heading:  2,000 feet, circling the base.

I live a mile away from Dobbins ARB. Lockheed Martin builds F-22 Raptor's here and on any clear day, you can see one in bare metal flying around base for a quick test flight followed by an F-16 Falcon chase plane.

Date: Everyday Time: All hours
Location: Marietta, GA (Dobbins ARB)

Aircraft Type: C-130
Approximate altitude and Heading: 1,000ft and climbing, 2,000ft and landing, circling the base, headings all over place.
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Re: Aircraft spotter report (real life)
« Reply #13 on: June 12, 2011, 05:01:04 PM »
Quote from: Megalodon on June 05, 2011, 12:03:37 PM
Date: 3 Jun 2011  Time: 15:43 hr
Location:   Vista, California

Aircraft type: Northrop N9MB Flying Wing
Approximate altitude and Heading:  4-6000ft; 090 degrees.

Wish I had time to snap a pick but was over the house and flying towards Alpine before I could run in and get a camera it was loud too.    It is at "Wings over Gillespie" in San Diego Today!

 :x
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The Flying Wing always makes an appearance at the Wings over Gillespie airshow in El Cajon.  If no one has been to that airshow yet, it's actually a pretty cool one.  It's a rather small one but you can walk around the airfield and there are a number of WW2 warbird restorations going on.  The last time I went about 6 years ago, I got to walk around a F-82 that was being restored before I think it was shipped off to Texas to be finished.

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Re: Aircraft spotter report (real life)
« Reply #14 on: June 12, 2011, 05:36:02 PM »
Quote from: Pigslilspaz on June 06, 2011, 02:48:32 AM
Date: May 30
Location: Concord, CA

Aircraft: Bell UH-1
Altitude: Approx .5-1.5k

Was awesome to say the least, could hear it a full 5-6 seconds before it was visible.

I lived on Fort Bragg in the early 90s and there still were units of Uh-1s and they would fly about on exercises and I have to say that is one of the most distinctive sounds. All I wanted to do back then was fly a Huey.
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