Sightings thread

**CRD99** · 01-24-2012 09:14 PM

Huh in the pictures of most of my landings you can see the wings flexing downward due to impact G-loading

Too bad I didn't have a camera a few months ago, I could have taken a pic of Gern taking off from EUG.

**AirRaid** · 01-26-2012 11:20 PM

anyone know whats up with this? At Hillsboro Airport in Oregon.

409 by AirRaid Photography, on Flickr

**AirRaid** · 01-29-2012 04:45 AM

found the info thanks to someone telling about flight tracker. its a retired JAL dc somethin.. lol not sure how it got here though, maybe trailer-ed

took these today at PDX. Dont got my telephoto lens for the new camera yet, so kinda crappy IMO

117 by AirRaid Photography, on Flickr

136 by AirRaid Photography, on Flickr

144 by AirRaid Photography, on Flickr

089 by AirRaid Photography, on Flickr

193 by AirRaid Photography, on Flickr

**Imaslipper** · 01-29-2012 09:43 AM

That Southwest one is awesome!

**GolfTango** · 01-30-2012 11:54 AM

Some of my aviation photos are on MyAviation.net. All General & Commercial Aviation:

http://www.myaviation.net/search/sea...iam%20Lombardi

**Gern_Blanston** · 01-30-2012 09:16 PM

Originally Posted by CRD99

Huh in the pictures of most of my landings you can see the wings flexing downward due to impact G-loading

Me too, in fact the flight mentioned below ended rather firmly if memory serves.

Originally Posted by CRD99

Too bad I didn't have a camera a few months ago, I could have taken a pic of Gern taking off from EUG.

Every once in a while someone snaps a pic. This is kind of a cool shot that a guy took of us landing in Scottsdale yesterday.

Dassault Falcon 7X by FrequencyChange, on Flickr

**OOOO-A3** · 01-30-2012 09:29 PM

Originally Posted by Gern_Blanston

us landing in Scottsdale yesterday

I was just in KSDL on Thursday!

**Gern_Blanston** · 01-30-2012 09:48 PM

Nice...! We get in there a few times every winter, but I haven't been on the ground for more than a few minutes for quite a while. Lots of drop-and-run, or grab-and-go trips this year. I kinda' like to have a weekend down there once in a while when it's been 40 degrees and raining at home for a month straight.
30 degrees and 30 knots in Cleveland last night. Quite a change from Scottsdale!

**OOOO-A3** · 01-30-2012 10:08 PM

Originally Posted by Gern_Blanston

30 degrees and 30 knots in Cleveland last night. Quite a change from Scottsdale!

Thursday: KILG KIAD KICT KSDL
Friday: KSDL KLAS KAPA
Sunday night: KAPA KGJT KFWA KRDG KILG

60 hours this month.

**Gern_Blanston** · 01-31-2012 06:15 AM

Holy Mackerel! That's a lotta' flyin'!

**Gern_Blanston** · 01-31-2012 09:51 AM

Originally Posted by AirRaid

anyone know whats up with this? At Hillsboro Airport in Oregon.

409 by AirRaid Photography, on Flickr

Some craptastic project that Aero Air was the low bidder on?

**OOOO-A3** · 02-01-2012 09:17 PM

Originally Posted by Gern_Blanston

Holy Mackerel! That's a lotta' flyin'!

I know.

I need some time off-call, but we're the only crew for the plane and have no relief. It's been selling on transcon trips instead of northeast <--> Florida day-trips as we expected, so we've spent more time flying celebs out of SoCal than we have on our own coast. The worst is one-ways that end up in Denver.... we wind up stuck there for days and then doing overnight trips back east eventually.

Today I got to sit in a stunningly gorgeous F900....

I need a Falcon job asap.

This living paycheck-to-paycheck and in hotels 24 days/month isn't sustainable.

**Gern_Blanston** · 02-01-2012 11:03 PM

Yeah, that sucks. We generally go crazy for a few days straight, then a lull. We're in the middle of a 6-day run right now, but then we have a 8 days with nothing on the schedule.
I highly recommend a Falcon job.

**Imaslipper** · 02-02-2012 06:20 PM

I know it disgusting quality, but bare in mind it was taken with a very.."early" form of a picture phone in an airplane, on a hot day. They're prowlers that I had to wait for to land when I was flying at a Navy base!

**yz1337** · 02-02-2012 07:21 PM

3 needs to stop pissing all over the formation and get into position

**Imaslipper** · 02-02-2012 07:30 PM

Hahahah I had a friend comment basically the same thing on this photo. Hah Except his was, "what a loose formation, come on noobs tighten up"

**Gern_Blanston** · 02-06-2012 10:31 PM

Originally Posted by Gern_Blanston

...We generally go crazy for a few days straight, then a lull. We're in the middle of a 6-day run right now, but then we have a 8 days with nothing on the schedule.

Here's the final result of the trip. 21 legs in 6 days. Pretty entertaining, but I'm glad to have a week off.

KSLE-KSDL-KHND-KDAL-KBKL-KCAK-KCMH-KSWF-KPWM-KBGR-KBVY-KABE-KGSO-KSOP-KCHS-KRUQ-KAVL-KLWC-KCOS-KHND-KSDL-KSLE

KRUQ and KBVY have absolutely great FBOs: Rowan County at RUQ and North Atlantic Air at BVY. Both airports are tight taxiing with an 86 foot wing, but great service.

**Imaslipper** · 02-07-2012 02:55 PM

KABE is my hub! Damn wish I knew you were flying in!!!!

Let me know next time you're up! I'm taking a class down there at the GA hangar, probably where you were, Mondays and Wednesdays around 2ish

**Gern_Blanston** · 02-07-2012 03:37 PM

Will do. We rolled in Tuesday night at 21:00 and parked at Lehigh Valley Aviation; airborne by 10:30 Wednesday morning. just enough time to eat, sleep, eat again and blast off.
We get in there a couple of times a year. I'll let you know the next time.

**Imaslipper** · 02-07-2012 08:33 PM

Will do! What plane are you guys flying through there?

**Gern_Blanston** · 02-08-2012 12:54 AM

We were in the 7X last week.
Next time?... Who knows.

**WeenerBoy** · 07-10-2012 05:40 AM

out at Hood River a few days ago..

Cessna 140 @ Hood River Airport by AROregon, on Flickr

and i just loved the paint on this Global air Lear!!

Global Learjet landing @ Hillsboro by AROregon, on Flickr

**AC Schnitzer** · 07-11-2012 04:05 PM

Supper Guppy and T-38 at BFI

**WeenerBoy** · 07-11-2012 04:10 PM

Nice!

Surprise visit @ KHIO yesterday

Black Hawk by AROregon, on Flickr

**SOAR** · 07-14-2012 05:10 PM

Crappy phone pic of a Dreamlifter. I live about a 1.5 miles from Paine Field.

**Bryan S** · 07-15-2012 10:41 AM

Here's a few of mine over the last month...also saw a Dreamlifter. Usually try to grab my camera when I head airside and see what's out.

Untitled by bmansmitty, on Flickr

Untitled by bmansmitty, on Flickr

Need to practice some more, wish I'd captured some prop blur on the B-17.

**WeenerBoy** · 07-15-2012 04:51 PM

Cleared for Takeoff! by AROregon, on Flickr

F-15D Landing @ PDX by AROregon, on Flickr

**dblueS40** · 07-16-2012 05:13 PM

Originally Posted by WeenerBoy

Nice!

Surprise visit @ KHIO yesterday

Black Hawk by AROregon, on Flickr

Where were they coming from/heading? we had a few of ours come back this past weekend.

**WeenerBoy** · 07-21-2012 02:17 AM

Originally Posted by dblueS40

Where were they coming from/heading? we had a few of ours come back this past weekend.

I'm not sure, scanner only picked up their arrival, nothing else. Came from the North though..

Fedex MD-11. Seconds before throttle up @ Pdx by AROregon, on Flickr

**ATL_Av8r** · 07-22-2012 07:39 AM

This thread makes me wish I knew how to use my damn camera

**WeenerBoy** · 07-22-2012 08:45 PM

Originally Posted by ATL_Av8r

This thread makes me wish I knew how to use my damn camera

what you got? i could give you a crash course depending what is

**NHDUBN#2** · 07-25-2012 09:50 PM

Any info on this? Its in and out of Pease ANGB all the time.

**USN_JeepWK** · 07-25-2012 11:38 PM

#4 and Mt. Adams

Mt. St. Helens

**WeenerBoy** · 07-26-2012 06:01 AM

Originally Posted by USN_JeepWK

#4 and Mt. Adams

Mt. St. Helens

P-3!!! Love those things!! What do you do @ Widbey? Big fan of the Growlers there

**WeenerBoy** · 07-26-2012 06:05 AM

Originally Posted by NHDUBN#2

Any info on this? Its in and out of Pease ANGB all the time.

Not sure what it's doing there, but apparently it's a regular. it's a cargo version out of Utah

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