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2 years

Just in case: I post all my photos on flickr, including stuff I haven't shared on here Have other accounts elsewhere too, but I'll put that in the "About" section when I feel like it

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Roc on approach!

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They really got an E-3 with a BANDOG callsign lol

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First captive carry test of Stratolaunch's TA-1 reusable hypersonic testbed today Check out the TPS tiles on the nose!

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An Edwards F-22 ripping across the sky with what appear to be missiles on the external outboard pylons. A rather uncommon configuration 📸Jan. 20, 2023

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Sharks with frickin laser beams! Scaled Composites N401XP as "SCAT71" landing back at Rutan Field with a familiar ventral payload Oct. 16, 2022 #planespotting #avgeeks

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B-2 82-1069 "Spirit of Indiana" at Palmdale last Friday

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2 years

Let's just say I wasn't expecting this And no, I did not rotate this shot 180 degrees #avairshow

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9 months

L o n g boi

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1 year

Another surprise at the Yuma Airshow was this Hind, often used as an aggressor during exercises Registration N114VS

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4 months

Cropped into oblivion but this is the first time I've seen the LO fuel tanks and pods on the F-22

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4 months

Oh man stealth pods and tanks in the wild

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Roc flight pasing by the moon @Stratolaunch

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1 year

Close ups of the TA-0 test vehicle

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Roc and the "Spirit of Mojave" last week Heat haze isn't great, but always wanted to get both of these in the same frame

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2 months

Scaled Composites ARES with a quick flight Friday, sporting an interesting payload among other things

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10 months

Been seeing these billboards pop up on the 14 Probably the only shot of the B-21 I'll be posting for the forseeable future

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4 months

A buddy got me this piece of aviation history! One of many that was in the aircraft when it made its first flight

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3 months

Ghostly white dorito

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9 months

The things you notice while editing photos... I think I caught the instant before the flare lights off

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8 months

Main focus today was Boom Supersonic's XB-1 Notice anything new?

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21 days

#みんなの夜撮見せてくれ

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9 months

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 testing out its new inlets at Mojave last Friday

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Raptor in the high speed pass Sept. 30, 2023

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8 months

45 years since first flight, so have to post the OG

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4 months

Congratulations to the Boom Supersonic team and their first flight of the XB-1 yesterday! Got there just in time time to catch the landing

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1 year

Took off with a payload, came back empty so that's a good sign

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2 years

Some better attempts a low-light spotting with NASA 806 yesterday at dusk

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2 years

Settings all screwed up, so a nice silhouette of a B-1 Standing pretty much right under those burners was an amazing experience though. Would love to shoot afterburners in low light again #aviation #planespotting #b21raider

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9 months

Shocks and Flares "Beo" tearing up the skies above Huntington Beach Sept. 30, 2023

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2 years

Got off work just in time to catch one of Scaled Composite's Model 401s! This one is N401XP and seems to have a ventral fairing that I haven't really seen before #Planespotting #aviationphotography #Avgeeks

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2 years

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1 year

👀 XB-1 sitting where Cosmic Girl/Roc usually sets up

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1 year

Saw some Boom Supersonic people at Mojave today XB-1 testing soon?

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8 months

Nothing to see here, just a JANET flight from Tonopah Test Range landing at Palmdale

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3 months

My mom sent me this from back in Indiana, so jealous

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8 months

Missed the Raider and got a consolation prize instead

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2 years

x4 F101 #aviation #planespotting

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3 months

Partial eclipse lens flares on NASA 842 yesterday

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11 months

VX-31's F/A-18C painted for the Centennial of Naval Aviation (back in 2011) departing Mugu last Friday

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4 months

Just amazing @F22DemoTeam lighting up the skies over Yuma March 9, 2024

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4 months

Very cool to see, though I couldn't make it to the usual spot in time

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4 months

XB-1 is up 👀

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F-15QAs flew into Palmdale from St. Louis today! Glad I got to catch them since I missed out several years ago

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4 months

First time I've caught the gunpod

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2 years

And the my first catch of the Scaled Composites Proteus! #Planespotting #aviationphotography #avgeek

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1 year

Was a nice surprise seeing a VX-31 Harrier at Yuma. Hope to catch one of these in the air in the desert before they're all gone

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5 years

15 years ago, there was a game... やっぱり５の音楽はいいですね。完璧ではありませんが吹いてみました。 Ace Combat's got some great songs, and 5's "The Journey Home" still gives me the feels. To celebrate it's 15th anniversary, I attempted to play it #acecombat #エースコンバット

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2 years

While I was chasing planes in the desert, my buddy was at Aviation Nation 2022 where they were selling some neat gear Suffice it to say, I'm pretty stoked

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2 years

B-52 possibly involved in some kind of #hypersonic missile test that landed at EDW a few minutes ago. What seems to be a large pylon on the left inboard side can be seen Apologies for the quality, closest I can get without getting into trouble

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2 months

N938TC, the color changing T-38

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Block III Super Hornets from Top Gun grabbing some gas at Mojave last Friday

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2 years

Was nice seeing Darkstar finally uncovered and in one piece over the weekend It wasn't put back together until recently since Paramount kept the cockpit portion A 🧵of some cool stuff I learned from talking to the people who worked on it #avairshow #TopGunMaverick

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9 months

XB-1 doing engine runs

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5 years

Regarding "JPEG Dog" from the 4Gamer interview: "The model for the dog was so well behaved that he was motionless when told not to move, and the original footage showed only his belly moving from breathing" Also the file format is most definitely not JPEG according to Itomi

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1 year

B-52H 60-0036 "Tagboard Flyer" doing some touch and go's at Palmdale on Friday This BUFF is really neat since it has launched at least two Lockheed high Mach vehicles: D-21 and AGM-183A ARRW (and who knows maybe HAWC too?)

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4 months

That's a nice lineup

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3 months

Edwards F-35 with a rainbow contrail

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5 months

Mojave sights

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6 months

Didn't think I would've made it to the corner in time, so tried a new angle E-6B BuNo 164407 as WELCH70 passing by the Palmdale tower

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VFC-12 birds recovering at Mugu

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2 years

Missed the Nighthawks, but got a glimpse of the 65th Aggressor Squadron F-35

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3 months

NASA 817 landing at Palmdale for the final time after spending the past few months in East Asia flying its last airborne science missions

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2 years

👀 F-117 85-0833 at Palm Springs Air Museum

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1 year

Nice seeing 85-0113 in the American flag paint scheme at March ARB

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5 years

I really like how the ADF-11F's blueprint has the same layout as the YF-23 from real life. The attention to detail from @PROJECT_ACES for things like these never ceases to amaze me

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1 year

The RAF's KC Voyager ZZ331 was busy over the Isabella MOA today, refueling some F-35Bs and E/A-18Gs

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4 months

VMFT-401 F-5N in the Felon scheme landing at Yuma

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1 year

Bit better video of Boom Supersonic's XB-1 undergoing engine runs at Mojave Engines still exposed it seems

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1 year

China Lake F-18 tails at Mugu

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6 months

The last flying L-1011 visiting its birthplace earlier this week N140SC "Stargazer"

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1 year

A collection of F-35B tails at Yuma: VMFA-225 VMX-1 VMFA-214 VMFA-211

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B-1B 85-0068 made multiple passes at Palmdale yesterday

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9 months

Only static engine runs today it seemed Nice seeing it taxi back to the hangar under its own power though

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XB-1 doing engine runs

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4 years

25th anniversary site has full image of the elephant walk!

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1 year

Painting of a "F-23" splashing a MiG-29 at the Western Museum of Flight

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1 year

Scaled Composites ARES with metallic-looking leading edges yesterday Don't think this configuration has been seen before

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General Atomics Avenger (N901PC) flying around El Mirage yesterday

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1 year

Gorgeous

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2 years

Lots of cool statics at #avairshow including the F-16XL in Ferris scheme

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US Army MC-12S 13-00282 as RONIN91 landing at KVCV Nov. 6, 2022 This guy has been flying near Fort Irwin while some interesting drone activity has been going on over the past week. Glad I was able to catch it #Planespotting #milair

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Was a nice surprise to see NASA 846, a F/A-18B acting as chase for @SOFIAtelescope too #nasa #nasa747 #planespotting

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6 months

Got a better opportunity to catch Metrea's KC-135 (N569MA) on Saturday Still very cloudy though

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3 years

Yanks Air Museumに来たんだけどこの機体どこかで見たこと...

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1 year

Got a glimpse from the ground, but of course it flies *after* I'm out of the area lol Wonder what that pod is for

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1 year

C-146 just landed at Mojave 🤔

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2 years

Edwards C-17 doing a tactical descent with thrust reversers engaged #avairshow

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Also new for me U-2 dumping some fuel before landing

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1 year

Look who showed up to Mojave earlier this afternoon

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6 months

Looking back at some cool catches from the places I spotted this year Palmdale, CA B-52 "Tagboard Flyer" AF-06, the oldest production F-35 B-2s coming in for depot maintenance NASA 927, the only currently flying NASA WB-57

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N401XD flying overhead last week Still has the strips on the wings and tails, and was sporting some sort of sensor window under the nose

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They say there's a U-2 up somewhere in the world 24/7, 365 80-1080 sure seems to support that

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6 months

50 years of the F-16 and still going strong

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Another shot of N757A departing Palmdale last week

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80-1069 as XRAY77 landing at Palmdale yesterday

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2 years

Desert Falcons in the wrong desert? United Arab Emirates Block 60 F-16F #3001 as ROCKET12 and #3002 as ROCKET11 landing at Palmdale, August 12, 2022 That's a lot of fuel capacity for an F-16 #Planespotting #aviationphotography #AvGeek #FighterFriday

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2 years

NASA809 ER-2 doing some touch and go's this morning at Palmdale #Planespotting #aviationphotography #AvGeek

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Pair of long wing boys at Palmdale today U-2S as PINON72 WB-57 N927NA

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3 months

Now that the ER-2s are at Edwards, I probably won't be able to get many chances to catch them up close, so here's some NASA 806 & 809 shots from the past few years