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General Forums => Aircraft and Vehicles => Topic started by: oboe on June 05, 2011, 08:48:43 AM
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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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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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:salute
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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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p51s in 3 ship formation
almost every day over my house
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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:salute
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.
ack-ack
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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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Date, June 12th
Location, Concord, CA
Aircrafts: B-17G, P-51C 2 seater
Their flight path was right over my house, saw them on ground the day before.
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is this a wesbsite>?
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Date: June 13 Time: 0410
Location: Lancaster, PA.
Aircraft Type: International Space Station.
Speed/alt: 17,500mph @ 210mi (1,108,800ft)
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Date: Every 3-4 days. Time: Varied.
Location: Lancaster, PA
Aircraft Type: C-130, AH-64 'Apache', UH-60 'Black Hawk'
Speed/Alt: Between 100-300mph @ 2,000' circling LNS.
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A couple hours ago...P-8, E-2D, a few F-18s, a T-38, and several noisy Navy H-60s.......oh I almost bumped my head on the wing of a C-12 walking back from lunch. Saw the F-35 earlier in the week.
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Every day - two Waco UPF-7s selling rides at (Katama Airfield) 1B2
Nearly every weekend, one or more AT6s arrive for a day at the beach - now and then they will play around with a low pass or two...
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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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:salute
WTF?!? I was on Naval Base San Diego and heard nothing of this?!? NNNNNOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Date: June 13 Time: 0410
Location: Lancaster, PA.
Aircraft Type: International Space Station.
Speed/alt: 17,500mph @ 210mi (1,108,800ft)
:D
Date: Every 3-4 days. Time: Varied.
Location: Lancaster, PA
Aircraft Type: C-130, AH-64 'Apache', UH-60 'Black Hawk'
Speed/Alt: Between 100-300mph @ 2,000' circling LNS.
:lol
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KC-135 tankers
the occasional C5 galaxy, F16s, A10s
Location: Pease Tradeport Portsmouth NH
They do an airshows often, I highly recommend going if you're in the area.
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A couple hours ago...P-8, E-2D, a few F-18s, a T-38, and several noisy Navy H-60s.......oh I almost bumped my head on the wing of a C-12 walking back from lunch. Saw the F-35 earlier in the week.
:rofl :aok <<Been at Ramstein all week moving Med Hawks back to my base for resets.
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p51s in 3 ship formation
almost every day over my house
how close are you to chino?
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Spotted over the north shore of Long Island, July 2.
B-25H, in the colors of Barbie III, R.T. Smith, 1st Air Commando Group, CBI. Seen at approximately 1,500 ASL. Flew west over the shore line, then reversed heading towards the general direction of Brookhaven Airport.
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26th July, 9:30am Spitfire Mk IX 2 Seat Trainer. doing aerobatics over our office :aok
it should be a regular event as it was the opening of a WWII flight academy. they have a Tiger Moth, a Harvard and the Spit. :cool:
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A B-17 flew directly over my house the other morning, but I couldn't find this thread! Anyway, same flight path as my first post - hdg 090 about 1500 ft.
I don't get much warning and have a real poor sky view due to all the trees, but those old radial engines are unmistakeable.
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Weekdays I see F-16's, F-15's, C-130's, AC-130's, occasional C-17, Blackhawks, Chinnooks, V-22's.
Recently saw the first F-35A land at the 33rd fighter wing :rock
Helps to live within one hour of 3 air force bases one being AFSOC and an army special forces bases. :banana: :banana: :banana:
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New Braunfels TX 11:00 am B-25J ,P-39 at 1200 feet over the quarry I work in. They fly out out of San Marcus TX the CAF has a wing there. When theirs a airshow at Randolph AFB the WWII Planes holding area is right over the quarry, I park what ever I'm operating and watch till I'm told to work or get fired. Its a thrill when one of the planes peels off and does a low pass over us.
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July the 19th, 2010 (Just remember this) about 3-ish in the afternoon
Avro Lancaster, about 1000 feet, approx. 2.5 km away from my house.
Take-off point?
Hamilton International Airport, also the site of the Hamilton Warplane Heritage Museum :banana:
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2-11-11 mid afternoon
F8F Bearcat, about 300 feet away, 0 AGL (Pilot was about 7 AGL) Nose-up on the ramp because it taxied behind a B25 doign a run-up (or something like that)
KSAT (San Antonio International Airport)
Rod Lewis was at the helm of the B25, and one of his sons was flying the bearcat. After we had finished at KSAT we were the next departing traffic off of 12L behind 2 P38s and a B25 (He broke one, so what? He's got 15 more) Mr. Lewis also owns the P38 "Glacier Girl" and the Bearcat "Rare Bear" I think total he has 4 bearcats, and 2 tigercats (of 3 in flyable condition) and a whole slew of other warbirds
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Date: 6 Aug 2011 Time: ~ 10:30 hr
Location: Bochum
Aircraft type: Junkers Ju 52/3m
Approximate altitude and Heading: 800m; 270 degrees.
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Summer 1998, middle of the day, southeast Mesa, Arizona.
10 Apache Gunships in staggered, close formation flying south.
That is a sight and sound I will never forget.
We could hear them before we saw them.
About half the neighborhood came running out to look. :old: