Random aviation photos

a reply to: RadioRobert
Thanks, although all the aircraft were stripped of parts it was still good to have a close up nose about.

I wasn't able to get a picture, but the other day a drop deck was going east while we were going west, with a TAV-8B on it.

I think this qualifies as "Random".

Luke F-35s leaving Nellis

Nellis flightline with various aircraft

Various Phoenix aircraft

a reply to: Zaphod58

middle jet loos like VIP or a test bed or maybe even ELINT but there are no warts or bumps so im going for VIP or CIA


ETA: nice shot of the B-1B always love to see/hear one take off even more so at night

a reply to: FredT

all we have here is choppers, granted they are very nice and very equipped but that jet has to be for transfer, organs or people?

originally posted by: Zaphod58
I think this qualifies as "Random".

now thats a landing, landed like the fit of a glove

originally posted by: Zaphod58
I think this qualifies as "Random".

That's a Coastguard C-130 without wings?? Yes qualified random.

See next post below👇👇👇👇👇

Out back in Pittsburgh when a C17 from the 911th did several left turns at higher than usual speed ..



Like Nascar... "and we're making a left turrrrrrrrrrrrn"

Wanted to load more pics but they are to big for ATS specs. So low it is.

a reply to: Bigburgh

Coulson. Major bleed air leak, and hydraulic problems enroute to Mesa for heavy maintenance, followed by a post landing fire and partial gear collapse.

originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: Bigburgh

Coulson. Major bleed air leak, and hydraulic problems enroute to Mesa for heavy maintenance, followed by a post landing fire and partial gear collapse.

The coulson that crashed in Australia?

a reply to: Bigburgh

Sorry, not Coulson, International Air Response. Left Santa Maria for Mesa and diverted to Santa Barbara.

a reply to: Zaphod58

Ah, thank you.

Hey if you're trucking along in the Mojave Palmdale area... 2 J.A.N.E.T.'s have been flying from Vegas to Palmdale for what I'm guessing in the time of Coronavirus.. practice touch and goes for flight hours. Past 2 days now.

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Here we go..

a reply to: Bigburgh

Yeah, I suspect that the desert bases rolled up the roads to the gates and locked the doors behind them. If they were smart they did anyway. So the guys that fly there aren't going to for awhile.

a reply to: Bigburgh

Excuse my ignorance, but "Practicing touch and goes:

Could that be some fast delivery or fast evacuation of some/ones/things ?

a reply to: EartOccupant

No. Pilots have to spend a certain amount of time flying to maintain proficiency. That includes landing and taking off. To roll all that into one flight they do touch and gos. They fly a normal approach, and put the wheels on the runway, but immediately go to take off power and go airborne again. Sometimes they'll do a full stop landing, but they stop long enough to get back to the end of the runway and take off again.

a reply to: Zaphod58

Ah, that makes sense (and give some reassurance as passenger or cargo.

< Puts alu-head aside.

A couple for you guys to enjoy.

originally posted by: AnonyMason
A couple for you guys to enjoy.

Sweet, thanks for posting.

Patuxent river NAS?