Show some pictures of some of the cool aircraft you have seen at your home airport.
I have seen these at KBTV which doesn’t get surprises everyday.
I saw this when walking home the other day. What I don’t understand is when I saw it the wheels were going up like it just took off but it was at the beginning of the runway so it looked like a go around but I never saw it come back and there was no track of it on FA it was as if it never came. airliners.net/open.file/1189824/L/
Saw this being held on a turnoff on my way to school Thursday morning. I think there was delays at Philly so I caught a good break and saw it. airliners.net/open.file/1150570/L/
Saw 4 of these when they had to land to refuel and stay for the night before heading back home. I watched them the next day depart. airliners.net/open.file/0656442/L/
I have exactly 1.5 hours in this airplane, never flew it before, guy wanted me to fly it over to PNE to have a prospective buyer look at it…in about 30 knot gust winds. Nice. Piper Tri-Pacer airliners.net/open.file/0705864/M/
My office used to be located on airport grounds, so I’ve seen every manner of military plane, AF1 about 3 times, saw John Kerry’s DC-9/MD-80 when he was making a campaign stop…saw an Antonov as well.
Only thing I missed was when the Concorde made an appearance…but I saw that one a couple months ago parked on the barge in NYC when we cruised by in a boat.
This one is a little out of focus (had to enlarge it a lot) - taken from outside my house is this laser shooting B747 inbound to McConnell AFB, Wichita, KS
Yup, bigtime delays in KPHL on Thursday for no apparent reason. I was supposed to be on a Southwest flight that was scheduled to depart KPHL for KOAK at 2:35. We didn’t get wheels up until 4:40. ATC had a traffic management program in effect for KPHL for a good chunk of the day which was delaying inbound flights for the better part of 2 hours. The Southwest crew was none too happy with ATC over it… this unfortunately is a major problem at KPHL all the time.
On the bright side, I got to see a lot of departing aircraft while I was waiting in the terminal. More than a few US Air jets with the new livery, a bunch of brand-new Southwest 737-700s, etc.
I took that picture. From feedback I received from viewers at a.net, commutair was practicing with the Dash8s. You may not have seen it on tracking because it was flying using its registration rather than a flight number.
P-38 “Glacier Girl” (N17630) was based at 1A6 (Middlesboro, KY) until recently sold to Lewis Aeronautical of San Antonio, TX. Glacier Girl is a magnificent restoration and it was always special to see it in the air over and around 1A6. This warbird was a real treat to be based at a small GA field here in southeastern Kentucky. It is sad to see her have to move on.
Here are links to a couple of images of this P-38 taking off and ready to taxi (as soon as the left nacelle cover is replaced) for “first flight” in October 2002 at 1A6 …
