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Randomly stumbled upon this fun lil thing I made years and years ago. Happy Wednesday, folks.
For the non-#AvGeek crowd, these are "radomes" on top of various Southwest airlines planes, mostly those with special paint jobs. It's where their terrible satellite inflight connectivity dishes live.
CFWU 196 – How to fly with the other hand
https://www.comeflywithus.de/2025/08/06/cfwu-196-how-to-fly-with-the-other-hand/
I'm sure the RNZAF team enjoyed the larger margins provided by the nice shiny C-130J.
#AvGeek #Aviation
Air Force in ‘daring’ overnight medical evacuation mission in Antarctica for US staff.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360782334/air-force-daring-overnight-medical-evacuation-mission-antarctica
Me and my shadow: a 777 makes the turn to line up for San Francisco International Airport (KSFO) and throws a shadow on lower level clouds June 2023 #KSFO #AvGeek #spotter #nikon #sanfranciscointernationalairport #B777 #photography #aviationphotography #Z9
United States Air Force V-25B SAM 28000 as Air Force One Close up look of the IR sensors behind each engine while on final for Moffett Field June 2023. I still am surprised I was allowed so close underneath (KNUQ) #AvGeek #photography #aircraft #Nikon #Z9 #AirForceOne #USAF #AF1 #VC25B #USAF
Fouga CM.170 Magister runs Star Wars Canyon. May 2019 #Magister #CM170 #Fouga #lowflyingaircraft #avgeek #lowflying #nikon #starwarscanyon #sidewinderlowlevel #jedi #starwarscanyon #jeditransition #nellisafb #sidewinder
Bicycle ride to Portland Airport #KPDX today: Boeing-owned 787-9 flying from Everett #KPAE for the paint hangar. A mystery is why a 787 came from Everett, since they're all built in Charleston #KCHS for years now. My hunch is a Chinese order (CN reg on ADS-B) was declined due to US trade conflict, stored at PAE. Maybe it has a new buyer or China changed an order. Test pilots doing their stuff, it landed with RAT deployed. First time I've seen that. #aviation #business #travel #avgeek #PNW
A lil' sneak peak of a new feature #atc_scanner detecting an emergency at #EWR yesterday shown in the in progress web interface #avgeek
Virgin Atlantic 787-9 G-VAHH "Dream Girl" makes the turn to line up for San Francisco International Airport (KSFO) during the golden hour June 2022 #KSFO #AvGeek #spotter #goldenhour #nikon #sanfranciscointernationalairport #B787 #VIrginAtlantic #photography #aviationphotography
USAF F-35A 15-5118 of the 31st TES, Nellis AFB) on final for Pt. Mugu, August 2022 #AvGeek #spotter #nasptmugu #Mugu #ptmugu #greyflag #photography #nasptmugu #Nikon #aircraft #nikonphotgraphy #OT #F35A #USAF
T-33 Shooting Star makes a pass at the 2023 SF Fleet Week with the Waning Gibbous bearing witness October 2023 #T33 #nikon #Z9 #moon #airshow #SFFLEETWEEK #AvGeek #photography
Globemaster III's in the mist. USAF C-17A makes the turn to line up for San Francisco International Airport (KSFO) March 2024 #KSFO #AvGeek #spotter #sanfranciscointernationalairport #USAF #C17 #aviationphotography #photography
USAF C-5M Super Galaxy 85-0007, Dover AFB, Unloading a satellite canister at Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Moffett Field, Sunnyvale, California (Shot on an Iphone 14+) #space #satellite #KNUQ #moffettfield #ramp #Doverafb #FRED #galaxy #C5M #militaryaviation #AvGeek #iphonephotgraphy #Lockheed
VIVA LA FRANCE! Air France 777 touches down at San Francisco International , January 2024 #aviationphotography #planespotting #AvGeek #spotter #aviationdaily #photography #aircraft #Nikon #UnitedAirlines #ksfo #France #AirFrance #B777 #nikon #nikonphotgraphy
Glider progress on closing out open spaces in the fuselage.
First photo shows the new fiberglass closeout panels I made this weekend. The new panels have bits of blue tape on them.
Second photo shows a fiberglass GPS antenna bracket near the top of the turtle deck.
What you don't see in the second photo are the wing spars, which will run across this space.
I am considering also making fiberglass shields to cover the autoconnect funnels, which are gray and located aft of the wing spar cutouts.