Flightradar24 Interesting Finds

[orezok]

Many years ago I was doing touch and goes from Montgomery Field in San Diego. Just as I was lifting off from the runway, the tower sez “Cherokee 23Foxtrot, caution the 727 making a low pass to the north of the field.

I look to my right and there is a 727, doing about 200 knots, 100’ off the ground and less than a eight mile away.

There was a high school football player that got paralyzed during a game and the old PSA airline has a fundraiser flight for his benefit.

The second close call came one day as I was headed out to the ocean when a pair of F4’s flew over the top of me maybe 300’ above after departing Miramar Navy field. Which was just a couple miles north of Montgomery Field.

The third and last was when I was flying to El Paso and I was dropping off my cousin in Yuma which had at that time a shared civilian and Marine airport. I was following the towers direction to land on a specific runway, and just as I touched down again a pair of F4’s crossed right over the top of me at less than 50’. Had I pulled up to do a go around it could have been messy.

Dang those F4 boys!

 

[dmccarty]

Regarding tankers, I see them all of the time over eastern NC and offshore. I saw an KC 135 this morning and there are two KC767s, Backy21 and Backy22, from Seymour Johnson AFB flying around at the moment.

There are a few C17s and C135s flying around today. Quite a few were flying around yesterday, I heard several and saw two flying formation. I assume they were dropping 82 airborne troopers after flying around for awhile.

 

[kenmbz]

Last night we had an unusual amount of large planes all flying at 5000 to 10,000 feet.
Finally cleared up about midnight.
Looks like the wind yesterday had a large affect on all flights going into all the big airports around NY/Philly area.

 

[orezok]

This is a Russian drone flying over Marine Corp Air Ground Combat Center (29 Palms CA). How did we get it and what are we learning from it?

 

[bcp]

This is a Russian drone flying over Marine Corp Air Ground Combat Center (29 Palms CA). How did we get it and what are we learning from it?

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Bruce

 

[orezok]

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Bruce

Yeah, we see Reapers flying out here regularly, but RA 33303 is a Russian designated aircraft. Reapers are always designated as US and typed ar MQ-9

 

[Carl_NH]

Two big birds this afternoon

 

[Redbug]

I notice that the f16's do not have their becons turned on to track on Flightradar24. Cannot see them on the app although I see and hear them flying over the middle of the state. Some of the military helos, too. I live near the airport at Columbia, SC and a P-8 Poseidon from Mayport (FL), comes over quite frequently doing touch and goes or just flybys. In the past it used to have the tracking turned on, but in the past year the tracking is turned off. I think security has been ramped up so they cannot be watched...especially from other countries.