Random aviation photos

a reply to: grey580

They're still building those. The only one going into a storage yard is the AC-130J they over stressed testing it.

a reply to: Zaphod58

I think it is the 2 C-133A's that are at Mojave

a reply to: Benzer

Yep, they are. They seem to have an interesting history that I'm going to be digging into when I have time.

Some cool C-133 pics here
www.oldprops.ukhome.net...

In New Mexico today near Kirtland. Caught some great pics of a Commando II and NAOC. Missed an L-159 though.

Kirtland NM.

a reply to: Zaphod58


Nice a -J and an E-4

Yesterday Moffett was quite busy with CDF aircraft flying in to fight the Santa Cruz fire. One airframe was bit different. and all white C-130. Its not an L-100 as it has the wing tanks



however today it was not fighting fires but merely flying around



Not really sure if its an A model and I have no frame of reference because the 129th's C-130 do not shot up on Flightradar. I was driving so I could not get a picture, but the the white airframe really shows the underwing soot from the turboprops LOL

a reply to: FredT

Commando II.

a reply to: FredT

Here's your C-130..

www.youtube.com...

a reply to: FredT

Up engined A model according to the N number in the video posted above. It uses the T56-A-7 instead of the A-1 or A-1A that the A model used.

Big batch of pictures today from Texas.

a reply to: Zaphod58

Laredo?

a reply to: justwanttofly

Fort Worth.

a reply to: Zaphod58

Good to see the mighty 72 still smoking and hauling freight. Must've be a rare day trip for those IFL guys.

a reply to: Zaphod58

The different thing in the photo on the last page is the engine integrated into the vertical tail section of the one aircraft in the two photos, isn't it? What is that, Z?

a reply to: TheBadCabbie

In this pic? The one on the right is a DC-10, the one on the left is a 727 similar to this one from today.

a reply to: Zaphod58

Yeah I meant the one on the right, but I see the one on the left too now that you mention it.

a reply to: TheBadCabbie

DC-10. Fairly popular, but not the most successful. There are still a few flying cargo, but there aren't any flying passengers anymore.