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Flying, aviation photography, history, animation, Glendale.

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Scott Lowe
10 months
Hiked up for some incredible shots of the awesome @Whiteman_AFB B-2 Spirit (93-1086) Rose Bowl flyover today. More below! ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿฆ… ๐Ÿ“ ๐Ÿ“ธ
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Scott Lowe
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WOW!!! Boeing E-4B Advanced Airborne Command Post "Doomsday Plane" (ARIS17/73-1676) trailing a KC-46 Pegasus tanker (ARRIS43/18-46041) at 20k over Pasadena a few minutes ago. Jaw-dropping sight. ๐Ÿ”ญ๐Ÿ“ธ
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๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ‘ป Holy WOW!!! An officially "retired" stealth F-117 Nighthawk over Glendale, returning from the coastal ranges with a KC-135 (COPPER4/62-3550) a few minutes ago!!! Spotting one in the wild has been on my dream list for a long time! ๐Ÿ‘ป๐Ÿšจ
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Always keep an eye on tankers, you never know who else may be along for the ride. All taken from my house in Glendale -
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Scott Lowe
3 years
Low pass and an aggressive climb by the Goodyear Blimp!
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๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ“ท WOW!!! Just caught a "retired" stealth F-117 Nighthawk over Burbank, headed south to the coastal ranges with a KC-135 (59-1476) a few minutes ago!!! 15 years after "retirement," a handful are still used in adversary support and test and evaluation roles.๐Ÿ“ท๐Ÿšจ
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Scott Lowe
7 months
INSANE! I just spotted a solo F-117 Nighthawk returning north by naked eye. No tanker or ADS-B. The tankers were RTB and I guesstimated the time the F-117 might come back north and there she was. You can make out the โ€˜TRโ€™ Tonopah Test Range tail code - ๐Ÿ‘ฝ๐Ÿฆ‡๐Ÿ”ญ๐Ÿ“ธ
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Scott Lowe
7 months
Just spotted this once top-secret, "retired" F-117 Nighthawk over L.A. trailing a KC-135 (62-3551) on its way to a playdate off the coast! ๐Ÿ‘ฝ๐Ÿ”ญ๐Ÿ“ธ (hat tip @AircraftSpots )
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Scott Lowe
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Just spotted this once top-secret, "retired" F-117 Nighthawk over L.A. trailing a KC-135 (62-3551) on its way to a playdate off the coast! ๐Ÿ‘ฝ๐Ÿ”ญ๐Ÿ“ธ (hat tip @AircraftSpots )
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Scott Lowe
1 year
Spectacular spot over Glendale this morning - KC-135 tanker out of Edwards (GHOST01/61-0320) with 4x F-22 Raptors and an F-16, and one of the F-22s on the boom! ๐Ÿ‘ปโ›ฝ๏ธ๐Ÿฆ…๐Ÿ”ญ๐Ÿ“ธ
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Scott Lowe
5 years
@ThenSalmanSaid @LAFD when two tectonic plates love each other very much...
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Scott Lowe
4 years
@JamesFallows @NPR "Leni Riefenstahl's flair for the dramatic has introduced a sense of showmanship when it comes to political rallies"
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Scott Lowe
3 years
WOW!!! Caught Edwards-based KC-10 (79-1951/ARRIS02) refueling a KC-46 (18-46046/ARRIS17) tanker at 20k feet over Pasadena. They broke off and reestablished contact as I watched, more photos below ๐Ÿ”ญ๐Ÿ“ธ
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Scott Lowe
1 year
The last time I photographed a flying F-117 prior to yesterday was in 2006 - it flew in the mother of all formations (F-22, F-16, T-38, F-16, F-117, B-52, B-1B, C-17, KC-135) at the 2006 Edwards AFB Airshow! ๐Ÿ‘ป๐Ÿ”ฅ My photos-
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Scott Lowe
1 year
๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ‘ป Holy WOW!!! An officially "retired" stealth F-117 Nighthawk over Glendale, returning from the coastal ranges with a KC-135 (COPPER4/62-3550) a few minutes ago!!! Spotting one in the wild has been on my dream list for a long time! ๐Ÿ‘ป๐Ÿšจ
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Scott Lowe
2 years
Our first truly good look at the Chinese spy balloon courtesy of DOD U-2 selfie!! Fascinating!
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Scott Lowe
4 years
@abc7marc @Ben_Upton5 Quentin Tarantino is probably saying โ€œMarc Brownโ€
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Scott Lowe
2 years
Thread of my ๐Ÿ“ธ from the Edwards Air Force Base Air Show and Open House - the first in 13 years! First up, NASA's SOFIA 747SP showing off its telescope, NASA Gulfstream/F-15/Navy F/A-18 formation, and an F-22 Raptor high speed pass. More below...
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Scott Lowe
4 years
@LASDHQ If be more inclined to give LASD the benefit of the doubt if LASD didnโ€™t demonstrably lie so often. Utterly pathetic.
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Scott Lowe
3 years
A spectacular view of Northrop Grumman B-2 "Spirit of Louisiana" (93-1088) stealth bomber over Glendale as it lines up for a low altitude flyover of the Rose Parade -
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Scott Lowe
1 month
Boeing B-29 Superfortress "FIFI" (N529B), one of two flying B-29s IN THE WORLD, passing over Glendale this morning at 6500 feet. You never know what might fly overhead!
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Scott Lowe
3 years
A bucket list shot that worked out with a bit of luck, best viewed large. I was on a bridge 300 feet above the elevation of the Rose Bowl just as the B-2 was nearing its lowest altitude. I don't think it's possible for a civilian to get closer to a gear up B-2 than 500-600 AGL!
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Scott Lowe
3 years
Extremely up close and personal with the Northrop Grumman B-2 "Spirit of Hawaii" (90-0041) stealth bomber as it descends towards the Rose Bowl in Pasadena! More photos below-
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Scott Lowe
8 years
@realDonaldTrump Two misspellings in one tweet! Sod! I mean, Sad!
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Scott Lowe
3 years
Extremely up close and personal with the Northrop Grumman B-2 "Spirit of Hawaii" (90-0041) stealth bomber as it descends towards the Rose Bowl in Pasadena! More photos below-
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Scott Lowe
7 months
Went up to Mt Washington and got three F-15 Eagles from the 144th Fighter Wing and a KC-135 from March ARB flying over Dodger Stadium for Opening Day ๐ŸŸ๏ธ โ›ฝ๏ธ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿฆ… ๐Ÿฆ… ๐Ÿ“ธ #Dodgers #flyover -
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Scott Lowe
4 years
Amazing, a U-2 spy plane (68-10336) passing over Glendale at 60k feet. This is the first one I've been able to spot at altitude.
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Scott Lowe
4 years
A U-2 is flying over LA and unlike previous times it's flown over and I couldn't spot it, it's contrailing beautifully. You can see the contrail by naked eye. Processing some photos now!
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Scott Lowe
2 years
WOW, incredibly rare NASA WB-57F (N927NA) at 7000 feet over Glendale descending into NAS Point Mugu, presumably to observe an upcoming missile test. An A+ unicorn spot๐Ÿฆ„๐Ÿ”ญ๐Ÿ“ธ. Thanks to @ShorealoneFilms and @Watching_Planes ) for the heads up. (Photographed from a Canberra)
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Scott Lowe
4 months
F-22 in the shadows. Took this in 2008.
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Scott Lowe
2 years
Awesome spot: a KC-10 Extender (86-0027/GUCCI35) with 2x F-22 Raptors and 2x F-16 Vipers headed south to the coastal ranges this morning. I had a perfect view through a gap in the clouds of this awesome formation over Pasadena - ๐Ÿ”ญ๐Ÿ“ธ๐Ÿ˜ถโ€๐ŸŒซ๏ธ(hat tip to @AircraftSpots )
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Scott Lowe
2 years
Wow, an F/A-18 Super Hornet and an F-16 flew over me southbound a few minutes ago. The Super Hornet appears to be dumping fuel, haven't seen that before! ๐Ÿ“ธ
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Scott Lowe
4 years
WOW!!! Beechcraft Starship (N514RS), one of maybe 5 or 6 airworthy in the entire world, just flew over. A truly rare glimpse of the future that never came. One of my favorite planes since I was a kid, this is the first one I've seen in the air. ๐Ÿคฉ
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Scott Lowe
1 year
RIP. I photographed N4037S working a fire in July 2020 -
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Scott Lowe
2 years
@americanamemes Triangle of Sadness (2022)
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Scott Lowe
2 years
I hiked above Scholl Canyon and took awesome photos of the F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning flyover of the Dodgers home opener. More ๐Ÿ“ธ in ๐Ÿงตbelow- #dodgers #flyover #DodgerStadium
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Scott Lowe
10 months
More Rose Bowl flyover B-2 (93-1086) shots from today -
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Scott Lowe
3 years
Incredible - an up close look at an Mi-17 operated by the highly secretive ATO/FCD black ops aviation unit at Ft Eustis after making a precautionary landing. Spare parts are dropped off by one of the mystery gray Bell 407s I spotted in L.A. in January!
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Scott Lowe
3 years
Walked around downtown Glendale with a visitor from India yesterday, and he said "this area is very nice, it is almost like Canada"
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Scott Lowe
2 years
B-52 bomber holding over Pasadena prior to conducting a flyover at the MLB Home Run Derby at Dodger Stadium, what a sight! ๐Ÿ”ญ๐Ÿ“ธ
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Scott Lowe
2 years
Wow, an Indian Navy ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ MH-60R Seahawk (IN752) over Glendale! IN752 was the second MH-60R delivered to the Indian Navy and is used to train crews at NAS North Island. I see a lot of MH-60s but this is my first foreign example. ๐Ÿ”ญ๐Ÿ“ธ
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Scott Lowe
5 years
Unusual: Why did Kobe's doomed helicopter circle over Glendale at 300 AGL? Delaying while trying to call Burbank tower? They're staying just outside of the inner ring of Burbank's Class C airspace. Scud running? Sightseeing makes the least sense.
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10 months
two more B-2 (93-1086) shots from today -
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Scott Lowe
4 years
Incredible - the Northrop Grumman Firebird (N326JG) optionally-manned surveillance aircraft prototype just passed over Glendale at 10500 feet! This goes in the "I can't believe that just flew over" file with the Starship and U-2. ๐Ÿ”ญ๐Ÿ“ธ
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Scott Lowe
8 years
@MittRomney good on you Romney for calling out this stuff early.
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Scott Lowe
4 years
I filmed one of the mystery unmarked Bell 407s practicing landings at the City Hall East building tonight. Seemed to be doing rooftop pattern work. Approach, land, depart 20 seconds later, repeat.
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Tyler Rogoway
4 years
Those mysterious gray helicopters were landing on multiple downtown LA rooftops last night:
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Scott Lowe
2 years
F-22, F-16 and F-35 from Edwards AFB flying over Dodger Stadium for the MLB All-Star Game!
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Scott Lowe
2 years
Holy wow - what a spectacular Falcon 9 Starlink launch! ๐Ÿš€ Saw it very clearly from Glendale - MECO, stage separation, fairing separation, everything. Hundreds of miles away but got an amazing view!!! My photos๐Ÿ“ธ๐Ÿ”ญ -
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Scott Lowe
7 months
I think there's a fair chance @clinty_y spotted a B-21 or RQ-180 (or ?) rather than a B-2. Appears to be light colored and the contrail appears to be 2 engines rather than the B-2's 4 engines... ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ‘€
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@WasatchSkyWatch Seen one going east yesterday over the Tooele valley
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Scott Lowe
3 months
A pair of National Guard tankers with the T-6s of the Condor Squadron over Glendale just now -
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Scott Lowe
2 years
Thread of my photos from yesterday's drizzly Point Mugu Air Show ๐Ÿ“ธ๐Ÿงต-
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Scott Lowe
3 years
@AmericasComic Sledge Hammer!
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3 years
Got up close and personal with an extremely rare National Nuclear Security Administration Bell 412 (N411DE) as it returned from a low level flight over downtown Los Angeles to measure background radiation prior to the Super Bowl -
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Scott Lowe
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Sick vapes at the Pacific Airshow today. Most of the performers couldn't fly due to fog, but it cleared enough in the afternoon for the Raptor, Thunderbirds and Super Hornet to wring some moisture from the ocean air -
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Scott Lowe
2 years
3 MV-22 Ospreys and 2 VH-3D Sea Kings flew over Glendale today as part of prep work for this week's POTUS visit to Monterey Park. Happily I was able to get decent photos from home! ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ“ธ
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Scott Lowe
5 years
Glendale's tense emergency Glendale City Council meeting yesterday had a moment that was straight from Parks And Recreation or Veep, as a random lady was inadvertently patched into the meeting and wouldn't get off the phone:
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Scott Lowe
2 years
Spectacular low pass from a pair of B-1B โ€œBoneโ€ bombers over Glendale this morning as they lined up for the Rose Parade flyover -
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Scott Lowe
3 years
Great day of photography. The B-2 is over 30 years old but remains one of the most aesthetically mesmerizing objects in the world. Unparalleled.
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Scott Lowe
24 days
A majestic, close up look at Boeing B-29 Superfortress "FIFI" (N529B), one of two flying B-29s IN THE WORLD, passing over Glendale this afternoon at 5000 feet!
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Scott Lowe
2 years
You have to laugh at the alarmism. Look up Minot AFB on a sectional. It's not area 51 in the middle of a vast restricted airspace complex; it's a class D airport with airspace that extends to 4200 feet. You can legally fly over it at 4300 feet in a Cessna!
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Scott Lowe
2 years
A framed letter from McDonaldโ€™s complaining about a $15,000 quote alongside a copy of the judgment check for a million dollars is in Marty Krofftโ€™s office.
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2 years
Oh shiiiiiii McDonald's licensed Sid and Marty Kroft to originally design McDonaldLand, and then got rid of them and hired another firm, which just lifted everything they could. Kroft sued for a million and won, explaining why a lot of this lore disappeared.
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Scott Lowe
2 months
NASA ER-2 (N806NA) passing over at >60k at 10:30am this morning -
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Scott Lowe
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Orbis Flying Eye Hospital DC-10 fly by -
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Scott Lowe
2 years
Went up near JPL to photograph this pair of B-1B โ€œBoneโ€ strategic bombers descending out of the clouds for a low pass over the Rose Bowl in afterburner ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ - more pics in thread below -
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Scott Lowe
8 years
@realDonaldTrump you mean @tonyschwartz 's book, Art of the Deal?
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Scott Lowe
3 years
ARRIS callsign is associated with 418th Flight Test Squadron. Yesterday they flew a similar route and were off of Baja all day, with a KC-135 sent down as well. Nothing scary or unusual about test and training activity out of Edwards, but an E-4 is a very rare sight over L.A.
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Scott Lowe
3 years
Caught awesome transonic vapor cones on an F-35C today!
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Scott Lowe
2 years
Big news: I've just uploaded over 3,000 of my high-resolution aviation photos to my long-dormant flickr account! Properly tagging everything will be a months-long project, but there are now plenty of albums and an enormous photostream to peruse:
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Scott Lowe
3 years
MiG-17 (NX117BR) doing a spectacular demo at Wings Over Camarillo yesterday -
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1 year
Neat look at CAP's "Green Flag" capabilities - acting as a lower cost, surrogate Reaper drone during military exercises -
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Super Hornet passing over a few minutes ago. Barely got a pic in the haze. It would have been invisible but for a very brief, well timed fuel dump.
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Scott Lowe
3 years
Very cool, 2 MH-60s and 2 MH-47s from the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment just passed over me in Glendale headed west. The trailing MH-47 had position lights on, the rest were blacked out.
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Scott Lowe
3 years
F-35A Lightningโšก๏ธstealth fighters from the 412th Test Wing pass over Glendale after an opening day flyover of Dodger Stadium๐ŸŸ๏ธ๐Ÿฆ‡๐Ÿฆ‡๐Ÿ”ญ๐Ÿ“ธ
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1 year
Jaw dropping spot today: an AC-130J Ghostrider gunship, bristling with armament, including a 105mm cannon. The first one I've ever seen! ๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐Ÿ‘ป
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2 years
B-1B flyover at March ARB this Saturday -
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Very cool spot over Glendale at around 1pm: a rare NKC-135R (GHOST01/61-0320) returning north to Edwards AFB with an F-16 from exercises or testing off the coast -
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Scott Lowe
3 years
USAF B-52H (LOBO71/61-0021) strategic bomber over Southern California, headed back to Barksdale AFB. Earlier in the day LOBO71 flew in from Barksdale to the test ranges off of Pt. Mugu. First time I've managed to spot a B-52 from my house.
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10 months
My view of the SpaceX Starlink launch from Glendale a few minutes ago ๐Ÿš€๐Ÿ“ธ
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@MuseZack Imagining Keith David following me around, narrating every small humiliation
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Wow, two 160th SOAR Special Forces MH-47s just departed KBUR and passed right over me in Glendale! Nightstalkers gonna nightstalk -
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Scott Lowe
2 years
@PaintingSurfer @masonrothman @Aviation_Intel @thenewarea51 @bradneuberg @lemonodor I was super lucky to get SOFIA. She flew about an hour before the FAQ said flying would start. I photographed a single pass while in line for security a mile away from the flight line.
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Scott Lowe
2 years
I mean just wow. I saw this in my lens but looking at the back of the camera in low light, I thought these were all going to be a blur. When I knocked back the brightness in the RAWs you can make out the whole sequence. Just awesome. ๐Ÿคฉ
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2 years
Some of my favorite photos that I've taken this month ๐Ÿ“ธ -
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1 year
AC-130J Ghostrider gunship flew over again at 7:50pm tonight! Nothing on ADS-B overhead, I heard it and ran outside -
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1 year
Jaw dropping spot today: an AC-130J Ghostrider gunship, bristling with armament, including a 105mm cannon. The first one I've ever seen! ๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐Ÿ‘ป
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Scott Lowe
8 years
@realDonaldTrump oh yeah: How Donald Trump's Company Violated the United States Embargo Against Cuba
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Scott Lowe
2 years
A photographer named Michael DeBock got incredible photos of the balloon shootdown yesterday, much better quality than I've seen on twitter. They're on his flickr here, the whole set is excellent:
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Scott Lowe
4 years
The two Flight Systems F-100 Super Sabres at Mojave are being auctioned off. They're currently a bargain at four cents and $1.50! Seriously, if I had a bigger backyard...
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Scott Lowe
1 year
Wow, juicy spot, USAF KC-46A tanker (ARRIS01/18-46046) headed back north to Edwards with 2x F-22s and 2x F-16s! The outermost F-16 has something on nearly every pylon - ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ“ธ
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Scott Lowe
2 years
Haven't spotted any foreign spy balloons yet, but I do photograph any glints or objects in the sky just in case. The most common objects that I see, by far, are loose mylar party balloons, they are EVERYWHERE, fly up to 15k feet, and cause a large % of power outages.
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Scott Lowe
1 year
NASA ER-2 (N806NA) passing over L.A. at 60k+ feet a few minutes ago -
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Scott Lowe
1 year
Got an amazing view of an exceptionally rare, heavily instrumented NASA Earth Science DC-8 (N817NA) passing over Glendale at 3000 feet this morning! ๐Ÿ“ธ
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Scott Lowe
5 years
@theironlydreams Excellent capture, I've looked for other footage or pics of it over Glendale and your video is all I've found. I started a thread here while figuring out what the Glendale hold was about:
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Scott Lowe
5 years
Unusual: Why did Kobe's doomed helicopter circle over Glendale at 300 AGL? Delaying while trying to call Burbank tower? They're staying just outside of the inner ring of Burbank's Class C airspace. Scud running? Sightseeing makes the least sense.
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Scott Lowe
2 months
Olympics aviation mystery solved! Did Tom Cruise skydive ๐Ÿช‚ to the Hollywood Sign? Well, sort of - he jumped from a 1957 C-130A (N466TM) over Canyon Country on 3/16 and landed about 20 miles away from the sign! @Task_Force23 caught a rehearsal jump over Fox Field! ๐Ÿงตwith details-
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Scott Lowe
3 months
Someone called 911 to report a "plane crash" near Long Beach. I watched ADS-B replay for candidates for a plane going down...and spotted this rare Grumman Albatross (N7025N) seaplane practicing water landings right by the initial report. Now confirmed as false alarm!
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Scott Lowe
5 years
Ok, diving into Netflix's new Glendale-set (but New Mexico filmed) series @daybreak . Will screencap and comment on any real Glendale stuff in this thread! To start: some nice establishing shots of the real Glendale, including a suspiciously empty Americana at Brand.
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Scott Lowe
1 year
I had a lens issue and didn't get great photos of every aircraft in the formation, but an Edwards KC-135 (GHOST58/57-1437) just flew back north with 4 fighters, including at least 2 F-22s -
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Scott Lowe
1 year
A single 160th SOAR MH-47 Chinook passing over a few minutes ago -
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Scott Lowe
5 years
Solved! Found it in the ATC audio. N72EX asked for a SVFR transition westbound along the 101, and KBUR had him hold outside the Class C because an aircraft was flying a missed approach.
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Scott Lowe
5 years
@NTSB This video is very well done, and shows a Google Earth POV of what the pilot would have been seeing (minus clouds). Things go critically bad as they enter rising terrain in poor visibility.
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Scott Lowe
6 years
Wow, this guy in Norway makes huge RC jets with a stunning level of detail. They're big enough that photos of them airborne look like real aircraft.
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Scott Lowe
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Scott Lowe
2 years
Took 3 days but I've now spotted all 4 of the rare ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ/๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ AEW/recon aircraft that have been training together this week: RAAF AP-3C Orion (STKR10/A9-660) & E-7 Wedgetail (SRFR02/A30-002), USAF RC-135W Rivet Joint (HOOVR34/62-4134) & E-3G Sentry AWACS (SNTRY32/82-0006) ๐Ÿฆ…๐Ÿฆ˜
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