Random aviation photos

a reply to: Zaphod58

Looking forward to the MRJ pics

a reply to: Woody510

They aren't the greatest, because we had smoke move in from a bunch of fires in British Columbia. But they're pretty good.

Looks like an old Jetstar on the northwest corner of Moffat Field



The area the nacelles would attach too however, are quite smooth with no evidence of plumbing etc. i wonder if this was a wind tunnel model?

Old trailer left from the Bell/Boeing XV-15 project

We see alot of the Coast Guard HH-65's flying around but seldom in pairs



One was doing sling training the other just potting around. Also I'm assuming is a former CA ANG C-130 that is being parked on the far end of the runway.

The CA is still visible on the tail but other marking as missing

Got past Mojave a couple times this week. Caught the NASA Global Hawk the first time by, going into Edwards. The bigger catch was the first engine run of the Stratolaunch. They had her sitting outside the hangar, with one of the ARFF trucks sitting parked in front of her monitoring.

a reply to: Zaphod58

Nice catch! That stratolaunch is an absolute monster.

a reply to: Woody510

It was cool getting to see it again. I couldn't figure out why it was sitting sideways like that, but then I saw the truck, and when I saw it, I figured out what was going on. Very cool to see it running engines. Now if I can just catch the taxi test.

a reply to: Zaphod58

Or it's first flight is there a location you can sit so it's heading straight at you on take off?

a reply to: Woody510

Depends on which way it's taking off. If it's heading towards Edwards, I can park in town and catch it. If it's going away from Edwards, it's a lot harder.

OMG they are using the F-35 to spray chemtrails now?????? LOL

Nice pics

a reply to: FredT

Pretty piss poor spraying. It was gone almost as soon as it was sprayed.

Personally, I was rather interested in the C-12.

Caught this C-17 Departing Moffett Field this afternoon. Of interest it was initially parked in the NE Ramp behind hangers 2 and 3. Its only visible on the trail that runs behind the runways. It pulled out after a bit and turned left down the East parallel taxiway. There is a bit of a departure from what I'm used to seeing it used the B ramp onto 32R and took off from there. I typically see them go all the way down to the end of 32R and the B ramp means they loped off almost a third of the 9200 foot runway. Not that it it needed it mind you. After takeoff the aircraft turned south.

On the NE Ramp




Both were shot on an Iphone 6 Plus

Nice catch on the -10

a reply to: FredT

Surprised the hell out of me. I thought it was the KC-30 at first. Then it was heading out so I thought we only got a couple shots of it. I glanced over at Edwards and it was right next to us.