Plane Photography

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youd think

but I dont think people here do

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Ahh shit bru. The volcanic fog has made its way to me.. my photos probably be more cooked this Thursday..

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move

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All the islands are affected by the volcano erupting rn.

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went out to YUL again yesterday

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Move

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I cant move till I graduate high school. My parents want me to graduate then will probably move to Vegas to live near my brother, Seattle, or Utah….

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I was just joking lol

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Interesting

https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/id/CJT3030-1741096813-fds-1147p

Don't get these too often

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Huh, Cargojet in Australia. 🤔

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A little bright

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Really just the first one actually

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Thanks for pointing it out

I appreciate your help

[uneven fog]

aight bruh just read the criticism and move on 🥀

another day no F35C schedule 💔

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Fck em

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that’s freaky bruh

I’m not into that

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Na like fck the schedule.

[uneven fog]

that’s more freaky I think

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Bruh

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took it seriously

f35c demo is a joke accept it

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Fr

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it’s getting to that point 💔

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you get the 22 be happy

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They’re here a decent bit

That one’s for the grand prix

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Ah

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I literally just shit my pants

Scrambled to open the noti

Just to open up to that…

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Tf are they so late to post stuff.

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Common theme

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They need a new media team

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Huh

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Did other demo teams post this

Ah they did

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The whole military did 😭

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Ah

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so it's meaningless

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Yep

If they need a new PA they should reach out to me..

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Did blue angels post it to?

It don’t seem they did

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I asked cause I didnt think the f22 demo team posted it

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Not all of em did, i think they are doing it at their own pace.

Not all at once.

Could be wrong 🤷‍♂️

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I mean they still got a day either way. So that would explain why not all got it yet

From what I quickly read up on it. It should be enacted by march 5

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Ye

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It literally does jackshit they just delete like three posts of random shit

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RIP 🕊️

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Will they ever just stop

The loss of life

[wary wren]

Flying is dangerous, news at nine

Death is a tragedy that good aviators learn from

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not just aviators

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This is the beauty of aviation. When the investigate why it happened. They fix it and thus it’s so safe

But this learning costs blood through mistakes

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They were flying past midnight due to a night op. As always there are more risks of accidents occurring during night ops. (Weather, reduced visibility, spatial disorientation and illusions, fatigue, and human factors) can all be at play here.

But like EVY said we will never truly know what happened until the PAF conducts their investigation.

Bru, these guys needa stop doing night ops, and do some morning ops :/

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They were doing mid arvo ops today

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Ye, the ospreys and seahawks usually come out during the afternoon and night. They rarely come out in the morning/noon. Only the hawker hunters will.

And the dooky part is they only fly on weekdays when theres school. They don’t fly on the weekend.

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You got hawker hunters?

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Yea we have a couple of ATAC ones. They aren’t permanently based here, but they are almost always around.

Ill try find a pic of them.

Heres two of em, idk if we have more.

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nothing here flies at all on a weekend

ATAC is so based

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oo cool

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I get a lil bit of weekend flying

time to time

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A lot of what we get in the summer is weekend

People fly up just for lobster

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RAAF

Rarely
Airborne
After
Friday

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lol

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The Hawaiian raptors have started flying less on Saturday’s now..

Only the AMC dudes will fly and visiting fighters.

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Hey @uneven fog they released the F-35C schedule

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I saw

1 show a month is some crazy bs

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All the navy demo shows are short this year.

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Are the A and C teams 2 different teams?

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The A team is the air force, and the C team is the navy.

so ye…

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Ah ok

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Lmao, more murder hornets are back from Sin City.

Thursday is gonna be stacked.

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Lazzy

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Fr.

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No 25 knighthawks flying together

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That was their “official” retirement wasnt it

Wait no

it was like 25 years or something

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Late response…

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Wow, how dare someone continue a conversation

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….

All I’m saying is he kinda responded late…

Idk if he continued a convo.

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Boo hoo

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D1 rage baiter

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The beauty of text communication is that it works across time and space

Wonder of wonders

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👍

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Ye it was for their 25th anniversary and for 250,000 flight hours.

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sorry im not chronically online

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Mb

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yeah it IS your bad

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… idk why you are mad?

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im mad?

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You seem mad

Nvm..

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Why u got Nikon role if ur on an R5

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i switched like a month ago and im too lazy to figure out how to change it

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Fair enough

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WOW

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thats alot

I wonder what the avg was per pilot

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In the article about it. They said a little less than half of em flew for the celebration so assuming there were 50 total f-117s in service during 2006…

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ah

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The avg flight hours per pilot was prolly around 5000

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geez

nighthawk was around long before 2006 though

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Ye

So prolly less.

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still amazing ig

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Yea

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1983

is when it was introduced

558?

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Total pilots that flew the f-117 was 558

59 production f-117s were made.

So you can do the math.

Prolly around 2000 avg flight hours per pilot or smth.

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they have about 6 inservice today and like 20ish in long term storage

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Ahh. 👍

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Either Hawaiian Raptors or F-35’s are conducting nights ops rn. They just flew over my house.

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w

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Yups Hawaiian Raptors

About 10 of em full aft burner.

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fuck yeah

Wish I got up to Williamtown last year to see em arrive at sunset

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Bru HNL is so restrictive with unrestricted takeoffs cuz downtown is right infront..

These guys were probably so happy they could do some cool shit.

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lmao I was so happy they could do some cool shit

RAAF never go unrestricted

they went once this week because they did a practice display

Occasionally they do Friday unrestricteds, but only when they’re using the shit runway that you can’t see the end of

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Ahh usually what they’ll do in Hawaii is fly over the runway and once they get over the lagoon, they’ll pull some Top Gun Maverick shit, and pull g’s shooting for the stars.

(Not my vid clearly)

Surprisingly these are not considered unrestricted.

The shit part is all your shots are cooked because of how backlit it is when they pull g’s.

Dam the raptors went to blow some shit up on Kauai.

I was wondering what that smoke was from that dudes livestream.

Been a while since they did one.

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what im hearing is you need to get a boat out there

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Ehh.. 🤷‍♂️

So did a South Korean fighter just commit friendly fire…

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yup

KF-16

no one killed

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How tf do you drop 8 live bombs…

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how does silly billy just drop bombs on a civvie area

it was probably all in one pass

must've just been 50kg

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Bud miscalculated the target area.

Yup he inputed the wrong bombing coordinates.

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gulp

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he might be cooked fr.

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“Oh we’re sorry about that”-Korean Air Force

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They were 230kg bombs

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Mk82s

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I can see the backlit from here 😭

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That's unrestricted

For sure

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Mmmn raptoor

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Surprisingly thats not unrestricted. They do that everyday. Unrestricted they would start pulling g’s over the runway

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Unrestricted is the rate of climb

...

Im.prerty sure

Idk

That's unrestricted

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Idk.. us here don’t consider these unrestricted

Since they do em everyday.

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...

Whats unrestricted if that's not

I've never actually seen an unrestricted climb...

Nobody does them here

At most they might put their nose at like 35 - 40 degrees

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I’ll try to find a vid.

I have like no bars rn.

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Ah

Id call that unrestricted

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K I found one. They basically do the same thing except they do it way closer to the runway.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDqI8FHSaLM/?igsh=MW53ZmU5dGdna3Fpdg==

And they’re way higher over the runway.

Not a big difference.

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Closer to the runway doesn't matter...

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They might all be unrestricted.

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These are nearly identical videos

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🤷‍♂️

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You can't really climb anymore than having your nose straight up

I don't know that's my opinion

Also lucky yall can see them on the runway well

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Gotta ask the pilots maybe

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I'm like 3000ft away from the takeoff point...

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Damm.

Ig were lucky they share runways with a civi airport.

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Probably more like a mile and a half actually

But from the end of the runway only like 2000

According to google

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Ah.

C-17 central rn.

No fighters yet.

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..c

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130 just left. Still no fighters in sight….

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...

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Caught ya

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Do they clear the raptors for a specific departure

might just be built into a certain departure

PEAK golden hour for this jawn

It’s cloudy tho

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Mrrca

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What do they call when they takeoff

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Idk, I don’t bring my scanner.

Fighters might be coming out rn.

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I think so.. idk I don’t bring my scanner.

Didn’t wanna risk for a bad pan.

Lme try figure out if their all unrestricted’s or not.

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Unrestricted literally just means wether or not ATC clears them to a set altitude or clears them “unrestricted altitude”

then there’s also quick climbs where ATC only clears them to say, 15k feet and they just do the exact same shit as unrestricted just making sure they level off before 15k

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The t38s only get this here

Almost every time I’ve heard an unrestricted cleared it’s when they’re picking up clearance

But I’ve heard quick climbs be given at the hold short

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Thats an unrestricted take off 😭🙏

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Then they do that shit every day 🤷‍♂️

Unrestricted central.

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JEALOUS

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Its probably what Natu said tho, just quick climbs.

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Is it an active duty base or guard

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So do the jets at my local, most do it if there are lots of residential houses down wind

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Both we have a active fs and reserve.

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That or they have no reason to go higher

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Which is raptoor

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Both

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Hm

Need to get a slot there haha

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Very uncommon tho for unrestricteds to be happening everyday.

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Are you in ots?

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No

No

Just dreaming haha

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Like you said tho.

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Just depends on the squadron and airports

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Ye.

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Never even seen an unrestricted lol

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Mfs at fresno are always going unrestricted

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Unless I'm forgetting about one at an airshow

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Almost all of your shots went they point straight up are super backlit.

When*

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Fresno spotters 💀

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I see

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They just have la passion

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I wonder if a guard base would be likely to give a pilot slot to someone who went to usafa but didn't become a pilot there ( just a thought )

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Probably got

Not

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Highly unlikely

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It’s so fucking hard to get a slot in the guard

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Reason?

I don't mean they didn't become a pilot there because of bad grades

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Competition, training requirements, etc.

The ANG probably would choose people who went to the academy.

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I mean they all ready went to officer training

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I said guard i really meant either guard or reserves i don't know much of their differences

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Ohh i read i wrong mb

I thought you said if they didnt go to the usafa..

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Ah

Most of their pilots don't go to usafa

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Oops.

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I doubt really any did

I don't know

Haven't heard of one

Unless they went from active duty pilot to reserve / guard

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Most guard pilots are ex active duty

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Thats what most guys do

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Yeah

Some go straight in though

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very rare the Air Force will spend so much on training someone just for them to be reserves

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Well it does happen

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Rarely

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It's the bases choice I'm pretty sure

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that’s why I said very rarely

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If they like you

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The CO can maybe push for someone to get training for guard only but it would be insanely hard

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It’s the squadrons choice

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Yeah

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The minimum service period for fighters is really fucking long

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Yeah

Worst part about it

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In the RAAF it’s 13 years if you did uni with the Air Force and 10 if you didn’t

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Ah

10 here after all training

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but that starts as soon as you start training so by the time you’re qualified on the fighter it’s about 7 years

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Oh that's nice

Not here lol

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Worth it tho.

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Starts after training

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100%

[uneven fog]

Fresno spotter beef

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Of all the fighter guys I’ve met about half of em have continued after their MSP, the other half have either switched roles in the Air Force or gone to the airlines

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Dumbass beef

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Yeah

Guard/reserves is the way ngl

[uneven fog]

That’s most spotter beef lmao

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All right cya

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Some of it’s deserved

frenso spotter beef was just stupid

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Wasn’t it cuz they were acting stupid and being disruptive? (Based off the tiktok Lev sent) or was it smth else?

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They were just being kids imo, like if it was an airshow id understand but they did not deserve all that hate😭🙏

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Lol, ye thats also true.

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If they were calling the base multiple times that's not cool

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Oh i didnt hear about that

I just thought they were being loud

[uneven fog]

More than that from what I saw on TikTok

Were impeding flow of traffic on the street

called the base asking for departure times

And supposedly they asked one of the pilots for a flyby and then started geeking over him doing an overhead

A standard Air Force overhead

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Crazy work

[uneven fog]

Night photography at 1/60 and F5.6

Am I cooked

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Must’ve been empty cause she did a quick takeoff.

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Shoot like 1/10th

Or 1/5th

[uneven fog]

Bro thinks I’m god

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Its not even that difficult

What are you shooting

[uneven fog]

Was a Southwest special

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Yes

1/60 you ain't getting nothing

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Let's see your 1/5

[uneven fog]

I wasn’t really expecting to get anything tbh

1/80 f5.6 iso 128000 😭😭😭

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1000 ft of separation lol

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Let's see

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Got some more but they’re not edited

[uneven fog]

Standby

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Hmm

[uneven fog]

I’ll drop it lower next time

1/40

That’s noise reduced

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Nog bad

Cool shot

Bad noise

But that's expected

[uneven fog]

R7 is crop too

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Oh

Looks good for the conditions

If you had a tripod you could've tried like 1/30

Would've ended badly though

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Tripod just makes it hard atp

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?!?!?

Wxym

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Tripods just restrict your tracking

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HOW

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Unless they’re still free hand panning is so much easier

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Have you ever tried?

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Yes many times

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I don't know it highly increased my success rate

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Send something you used a tripod to pan im curious

Because most people i know would agree tripods just make panning harder

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Lemme check if I have any on this device

Wasn't any crazy panning cause it was an airshow just like 1/160 and 1/200

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Oh well 1/160 and 1/200 is barely panning😭

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Yeah

Thwre wasn't any ground

Less reason to besides a Lil prop blur

I don't know on the ground like that

I think a tripod would've allowed lower shutterspeeda

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These are all freehand 1/15th

This was 1/40 I think

[uneven fog]

British 👎

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Yeah it's possible but on a flat free surface tripod prob makes it easier

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Oo

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Maybe if the plane isnt moving

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Jealous of all the British spotters

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😔

[uneven fog]

Nelson were u the guy that caught the b21

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Yeah

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... what good does panning do if the plane isn't moving

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What I thought

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Hell nah im not british

Never insult me like that again

[uneven fog]

Bro vacationed to Britian

What the hell

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I didn't say you were

I said I'm jealous of the British spotters..

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Well technically i was vacationing in germany

Just took a little detour to riat

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...

So the uk lol

[uneven fog]

tbf that’s like being in Texas and detouring to New Mexico

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Show b21

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..

That's a long drive

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Riat was more of a business trip not a vacation

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Depending on where

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Business trip >> airshow

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Pretty horrible photo

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Weird looking design

[uneven fog]

Why’s 1 wing look bigger

Or am I geeked

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May be at an angle

Or not straight below

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It was the angle

He was about 20 miles to the east of me

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Oh wow

What mm

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500

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Ah not even a ton

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Freedom packages

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Whats the escort

I can't tell

16?

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Yeah

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Boring escort lol

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I dont think it was really an “escort” it was a photoship

[uneven fog]

Lightroom DN 40 percent success rate

Ts ass

not the denoising

Just even being able to get it to process

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So jealous rn.

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Fr? mine works fine.

I think..

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Charge yo phone

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Lol, I was spotting today. Thats why it’s so low.

🫡

[uneven fog]

Do you just not go to school

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Hopefully these buggahs will fly tmr night.

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Testing was today. I didn’t sign up for it.

So im off.

And we can use our phones in class

So i be scrolling through all my apps.

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School is overrated fr

[uneven fog]

Amen

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Ong.

[uneven fog]

this year I’ve left to see Air Force one, blue angel 7, pair of tornados

Probably something else

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Hmm. Meh photo.

[uneven fog]

Is there too much going on here

[flint smelt]

Na, I like it.

Merica and Merica.

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?

[flint smelt]

Na it’s just interesting.

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ah

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Ah

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W

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Double freedom

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Damm first time I heard the Hawaiian Raptors use their “MaiTai” callsign in a while.

4 of em left for night ops again.

Tmr hopefully I will see em with their aft burners.

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jealous

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It’s Mai tai ain’t it 🤓

They used that one heaps here in aus

It was all mai tai or gamecock

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They better stay flying tmr…

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That or just plain ol raptor.

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Oh shit ya , lmao didn’t even notice.

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not at Williamtown

guess they were getting all fancy for js

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Probs

Damm I was viewing the their insta page. They deleted almost half of their posts for the compliance thingy…

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what posts?

Whats wrong with posting

They're entire existence is recruitment

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Go on the Hawaiian Raptors insta page, they use to have so much more posts.

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ant find it

[flint smelt]

Ah, well they used to have so much more posts, but I guess due to that executive or presidential order they had to remove most of em.

[delicate silo]

What even was the order

Apparently 12 f18s and 6 f16s are coming to town

But i don't think i can see them

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According to chat gpt.

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..

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Chat gpt saves lives.

[delicate silo]

I love chat gpt

But the more i use it the more I hate it

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Ong, sometimes it acts so stupid bru.

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Yeah

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Was a majority of the stuff DEI?

[viscid elbow]

Why? What makes you hate it ?

[flint smelt]

Idk, they used to have much more collaborative posts with planespotters and other stuff.

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Open ship day?

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navy base open days

Had to take my SD card out when I went into the base but phones are fine apparently

dumbass gayvy

[viscid elbow]

Which rule prohibit that?

[viscid elbow]

What ship this ?

[delicate silo]

does something other than what I asked

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Thats weird.

[delicate silo]

or makes assumptions

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Raptor hunting here I come.

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wwww

Gl

Send vids!

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Will do 🫡

They better frickin fly tn, aint come out here for nothing.

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lol that's how it goes sometimes

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HMAS Arunta

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Sunset.

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white

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Ye, was testing out the settings.

[uneven fog]

Ur shit might be just a little blown out

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Just a lil bit.

Still sitting here waiting for fighters. Keeping my hopes up.

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RAPTOOOTOOROROTOROOROROR

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No luck, we will try again tomorrow.

[delicate silo]

its not that late there

Do they always take off before a certain time?

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Its 8 rn.

[flint smelt]

Idk the exact time, but if they don’t takeoff before 8:30-9 they wont fly. We don’t do super late night ops like Nellis or others.

On the dudes livestream I watch, they took off around 6:30-7 on Wens and Thurs. So after the time past I kinda figured they weren’t gonna fly. But stayed 1 extra hour anyway.

[delicate silo]

ah

[flint smelt]

Jetstar captain to the rescue 🦸‍♂️

[sage cape]

Nah it was a passenger

he was on the way to watch his mates son play his 250th AFL game

[sage cape]

for no cameras on base I’ll take that 🥀

[sage cape]

This is sick as fuck

[uneven fog]

@flint smelt idk if the active duty tends to be different, but guard rarely fly Friday’s

Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday are ur best bets

[flint smelt]

Bru… Thanks for the heads up.

The raptors used to fly on fridays, idk what happened.

Theres a couple p-8’s, f-35b’s, and other stuff here, so I’m gonna head out soon.

[flint smelt]

Moana 2 livery.

[uneven fog]

It makes sense if u think abt it

Even tho it’s a fun job it’s still work

No one wants to go to work on a Friday or Monday

So there’s typically less flying on mondays and Friday’s

[flint smelt]

Ye, their schedules used to include fridays, now idk… They’ve been flying less the past month or so.

[delicate silo]

Gotta save fligjt hours on those raptoors

[flint smelt]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DGj8kEix_FJ/?igsh=MTdyZHMwN3pzeTRoMg==

mc_rippinz

God bless America 🇺🇸 @tlewakowski

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Hmm.. im trynna figure out where at our airport this is.

[sage cape]

Best guess is here

[flint smelt]

If so, im surprised if the MP’s didn’t show up. Unless they work for the airport.

[sage cape]

thats the cousin of that pilot

he got a tour of base as well that he psoted in a previous video

[uneven fog]

They’re so Mx heavy

Fuel burn I don’t think is too bad compared to other jets, but they need so much maintenance for every flight hour

That’s the EX and F35s appeal

Wayyy cheaper

[wary wren]

EX is also way cheaper to make afaik

Less even than a 35 unless my info is old

[uneven fog]

Could definitely be true

Way less development cost

Since the airframe was already built

[flint smelt]

Ahh.

Lucky then.

[delicate silo]

F15 slot id love

Just any fast jet

[flint smelt]

The 199th use to have some before they transitioned to the raptors.

[delicate silo]

w upgrade

[wary wren]

Lovely view

[glass charm]

what the heck!!!!

that's amazing

[sage cape]

R2508?

[delicate silo]

woah where at?

[uneven fog]

Family model

[wary wren]

digging through old raws

[flint smelt]

They use this to transport the ruling family yea?

[wary wren]

yeah

was in Cleveland so one of them could visit the clinic there, they have a whole special wing i'm told

when i lived out there i'd see it once every other month or so

[flint smelt]

Ahh 👍

[wary wren]

it must've been wild for those pilots, flying out of the UAE and having to de-ice for the return trip

completely foreign concept in that part of the world

[flint smelt]

In honor of woman’s day heres two pics of Pualani in the Moana 2 liv.

[wary wren]

nice to see Delta isn't the only one still flying those

[flint smelt]

Yea, soon they’ll be the only ones flying em in the US.

Always a privilege to fly in these things.

[wary wren]

what are they like as far as being a passenger?

[flint smelt]

Personally I really enjoy it. The two Rolls-Royce BR715 engines make the 717 have a super quick takeoff and smooth flight. If you ever fly in one, you gotta sit in the back to hear the noisy engines.

[wary wren]

might have to find a route Delta runs them on for my next flight out west

[flint smelt]

The 2-3 layout is bearable. Some people dont enjoy it and especially how loud the engines are.

[wary wren]

i figure the loud engines are part of the fun at this point

[flint smelt]

Ye, in my opinion this is one of the best short haul planes ever made.

[wary wren]

i miss when American still had theirs in silverplate

used to see them all the time when passing through DFW

[flint smelt]

Reals, Americans bare metal livery’s were peak.

[wary wren]

i flew on their retro livery ABQ-DFW once, neat experience

[flint smelt]

🤩

[uneven fog]

The 71 is the last of the Boeing variants I need to shoot to have caught all of em

[sage cape]

In honor of women’s day here’s a sick fucking triceratops

[flint smelt]

Tbh, I didn’t even know it was women’s day, I just saw a post about em.

[flint smelt]

🔥🔥🔥🔥

[delicate silo]

https://tenor.com/view/sml-t-rex-angry-mad-roar-gif-4206695623442034697

[dusk spindle]

?

[dusk spindle]

Sierras

[uneven fog]

Is there a list of who’s attending red flag?

[uneven fog]

Nvm

[dusk spindle]

Check dreamland

[uneven fog]

Unfamiliar

What’s that

[delicate silo]

?

[flint smelt]

Isnt dreamland the nickname for Area 51

[delicate silo]

If it is that's a good name for it

Truly a dreamland

[flint smelt]

So many wonders.

[flint smelt]

Tf is this new livery for Korean Air bru.

This is not it 🙏

[delicate silo]

Could be worse

Not good though

[wary wren]

I don’t like that at all

What a downgrade

[flint smelt]

Idk why this livery needed a update

[wary wren]

Corporate slop mentality

[flint smelt]

fr

[wary wren]

Same reason SWA got rid of the old yellow-orange-red in favor of something worse

[sage cape]

is that the sidewinder

[dusk spindle]

Just ask that then😭🙏 aint no one calling allat

[dusk spindle]

The mountains…

[delicate silo]

gate keeping ngl

[dusk spindle]

Holy shit the backdrop is literally the sierra mountains dumbass

[delicate silo]

lol

[dusk spindle]

https://tenor.com/view/backhand-hoodwinked-hoodwinked2-hd-meme-gif-24300706

[brittle bridge]

That is ugly as hell bro

[flint smelt]

For real

[sage cape]

😭🙏

it’s to the northern end of the west side of the R2508 complex

[flint smelt]

I js saw this shit on tiktok, lol

[uneven fog]

Wonder how much oil ended up in the water

Or jet A

[flint smelt]

Prolly a fuck ton.

I wonder if the tanker is still on fire.

[thorny warren]

Not sure if ive posted this one here before

[rare vector]

background gradient and saturation needed

Kinda like this

Sick pic either way tho

[flint smelt]

🙏🕊️

[delicate silo]

Yikes

[flint smelt]

Bro these Hawaiian Raptors are really rage baiting me. They like do night ops tonight 🤯

[delicate silo]

imagine having raptors

[flint smelt]

https://tenor.com/view/homer-simpson-bush-disappear-awkward-dont-look-at-me-gif-14401816

[thorny warren]

Ohh i appreciate it man!

[tardy compass]

Bro I spent today at a Bizjet conference and they talk about 100k for type ratings like it’s water 😭 I was so heavily humbled cause I’m there thinking how am I gonna pay for an ATPL

[delicate silo]

:

[tardy compass]

Whoops I meant to send that in a gc but oh well 😂

[flint smelt]

https://tenor.com/view/washed-media-randy-trembacki-circling-back-podcast-happy-hour-gif-20816267

The Marine F35B pilots in Hawaii rn…

[uneven fog]

Pretty sure the airlines will typically cover that

And ur type

if ur doing bizjet stuff and have to get it urself good luck 💔

[tardy compass]

Airlines usually do, but I gotta do more research into corporate. Charter companies probably will as I know Titan airways will cover costs but that’s a320 family 🤷‍♂️

[flint smelt]

Where is this?

[uneven fog]

I gotta get connections

I would prefer to not instruct to 1500

but getting a jet job as a fresh commercial pilot is like impossible

[uneven fog]

@dusk spindle this is devious

[sage cape]

TikTok spotter 💔

[dusk spindle]

Silly ass aspect ratio

[dusk spindle]

with better photos than you💔

[delicate silo]

You have friends interested in aviation?!??

Lucky

[brittle bridge]

I have literally like 3 🙏

[delicate silo]

I got 0

[brittle bridge]

rip

[glass charm]

I have converted mine

[delicate silo]

Lol

[tardy compass]

Mainly because I go to an aviation specialist college

[uneven fog]

Riddle rat 🫵🫵🫵

[uneven fog]

What do yall do to make swipe posts

Like stuff like this

Where u swipe and then the other half is there

[flint smelt]

Just crop the image.

Thats what I do.

[flint smelt]

For this one I used 3:4 (Original picture was 3:2)

[delicate silo]

Oh god I hate them

So much

It's horrible

[uneven fog]

How u get it perfectly then

[delicate silo]

Uh doesn't really matter

[uneven fog]

Kinda does

[delicate silo]

Sure you can do it though

[uneven fog]

it’s bad if they’re unaligned

[delicate silo]

Can't think of a way rn lol

[uneven fog]

I’m sure there’s an easy way

[delicate silo]

Ye

[flint smelt]

Duplicate your picture then use 3:4 crop move it to one side of the picture, then on the duplicate repeat the crop and move it to the other side.

3:4 crop works with 3:2 picture

If you want 3 slides, I usually use 2:1 crop on Lightroom and use 2:3 to create each part.

Idk about other crops.

Thats the easiest way I know.

You can do this all through the photos app.

[sage cape]

this

I use 4:5 crops for single, then 16:10 for double

If you want to do a photo with more than one swipe you gotta get a bit fancy with it and use a software

[uneven fog]

What do I do with this then

Or do I need to invest in photoshop

[flint smelt]

Uhhh. Now I’m lost. I usually just export the photos from my desktop to my phone then do the cropping shit in the photos app.

I find it easier that way.

That might just be me.

[dusk spindle]

Well people originally did it to show off quality

Now people do it on their shitty photos because they wanna be special

[uneven fog]

I didn’t ask why yo

I asked how

[uneven fog]

chat I’m just doing what everyone else does

[uneven fog]

Oh

yea

That’s the move

[dusk spindle]

Nonono

Dontttt

[flint smelt]

Lets go. Some of the legacies I caught back in 2024 are back here from deployment.

[uneven fog]

Any of yall been to the oceana airshow?

[flint smelt]

Na, but i heard its pretty good.

You thinking of going?

[flint smelt]

Raptor hunting pt.2

[flint smelt]

Isnt that fuckin beautiful

With the eclipse too.

[sage cape]

Afternoon coastals go hard

[sage cape]

Finally got em lmao

[flint smelt]

Lol

[uneven fog]

I mean

200 dollar flights round trip

That doesn’t have the fleet flyby thing they do either

[delicate silo]

..

[flint smelt]

Ah

[delicate silo]

Send edited

[flint smelt]

Most of em are straight after burner shots. You can only see the outline and formation lights of the 22s, lol.

Im almost done editing em.

[delicate silo]

Send aend

[delicate silo]

Send

[flint smelt]

@delicate silo

Not my best work, but I like it.

[delicate silo]

Dang

Just fire

What time was it?

[flint smelt]

Around 7

[uneven fog]

What settings u run?

[flint smelt]

For some of them I was running 1/500 F/4.5 cuz I wanted to let as much light in as possible and ISO: 3200 of smth

I lowered SS to 1/60th

So I could see some of the plane.

[uneven fog]

Personally I’d push higher iso

[flint smelt]

I think I went higher. Highest was probably 6400

[delicate silo]

I normally limit iso to 8k for day time lol

[flint smelt]

Heres the tanker that went out an hour before them.

[delicate silo]

M

[sage cape]

that’s so tough

[sage cape]

mirrorless privileges

i can mayyyybe push 1600

[flint smelt]

Lol

[flint smelt]

Lol, why did my post in vehicles get removed.

[sage cape]

😭🙏

dumbass mods

[delicate silo]

They didn't get it

They just thought oh flame cool

Or something

[flint smelt]

Bru 😭

[flint smelt]

BRO THESE DUDES DELETED IT AGAIN

Im gonna crashout

AFTER I CLEARLY PUT ITS A F-22

@sage cape how did you do a collab with the Hawaiian Raptors on Insta. Did you dm them?

[sage cape]

nah I just added them as a collaborator and they accepted

[flint smelt]

Ok thanks

LMAO

[rotund heath]

sorry what was that

[sage cape]

🤔

[delicate silo]

Dumb

[flint smelt]

I guess cuz they CANT FUCKIN TELL ITS A FIGHTER JET.

[delicate silo]

Yeah unless you look closely

Looks like fire to the avg person

[flint smelt]

🤦‍♂️

Marine legacies are in town. Hopefully i’ll see some movement tmr.

👍

[rotund heath]

It may make sense for the five of you plane nerds in here but to the average person that means absolutely nothing and is just a black photo with a flame. With the current editing there is no vehicle present and it is snapshot material. Be sure to keep making an ass out of yourself though by all means.

[flint smelt]

How am I making an ass out of myself? I was just asking why y’all keep deleting my photo?

[rotund heath]

capslock and calling us fuckers is pretty uneccesary

[flint smelt]

Ok I get that, but after I clearly stated its a plane you still deleted it.

I get why tho

Im not trynna argue

[rotund heath]

you can state it's the pope but if the pope isn't visible does it matter?

[flint smelt]

I guess not.

Thanks for explaining 👍

[sage cape]

mods own up to their mistakes challenge:

[rotund heath]

what mistake is that

[dusk spindle]

[delicate silo]

look closely and you can tell its a plane..

[viscid elbow]

Just afterburner. No jet attached

[flint smelt]

Just forget about it already. It’s not a big deal.

[flint smelt]

Yea, but you can clearly tell theres something other than just afterburners.

[uneven fog]

You’ve definitely called me a fucker before 💔

Except I’m not getting into the middle of this one so carry on

[brittle bridge]

no

[flint smelt]

You’re joking right?

[brittle bridge]

no

I see afterburner and 2 tiny lights

I see why it was removed in vehicles

[flint smelt]

Ye I understand why it was removed also..

[delicate silo]

look closely and you can see some of an outline

other than that though its just ab

[brittle bridge]

Barely

[uneven fog]

Bro forfeited 😭

[delicate silo]

still there

,,

[flint smelt]

Im not gonna argue over some stupid stuff.

[dusk spindle]

Edited phone shots from my flight today

[uneven fog]

Looks like a tarp

also

Do you pull ur camera out on a flight

[dusk spindle]

Read

[uneven fog]

Ah you right

[flint smelt]

I guess no plane-spotting tomorrow.

[flint smelt]

Ohh what I would do for it to be cold here.

[brittle bridge]

no

(Wednesday is a blizzard btw)

[flint smelt]

Lmao

[brittle bridge]

I’m dead serious.

[flint smelt]

I know 👍

[sage cape]

It was 100 Fahrenheit here the other day

And 85% humidity

lost about a kilo in sweat

[delicate silo]

Perfect day here not too hot not too cold

[azure grove]

Would the tree and electrical thing affect my jetphotos

Can it get rejected with those

?

[flint smelt]

Ye it can, but i’ve seen some other ones that have been approved with things in the way.

[uneven fog]

That’s not cold

[azure grove]

Alright, i'll leave it on the queue then thank you!

[flint smelt]

Thats cold for Hawaii. Anything below 70s.

I think last month it dropped to 65 or smth and everyone at school was wearing hoodies and long pants.

[flint smelt]

Np 👍

[delicate silo]

Wild

[brittle bridge]

ai removal

[delicate silo]

Does jet photos allow that?

[azure grove]

too late though its already too deep in queue to remove

you get what im trying to say

[flint smelt]

We not used to the cold 🙏🙏

[delicate silo]

65 is warm

[flint smelt]

I think if it dropped below 50 here we’d all die.

[uneven fog]

We got a day where it was 60 for the first time in 4 months and everyone wore shorts and t shirts

[flint smelt]

crazy

[uneven fog]

High of 58 tmrw

Might wear shorts

[sharp silo]

below 10°C? are you from the south or what

[flint smelt]

Hawaii…

[sharp silo]

ahh i see

we get like -4f here up north in winter

[delicate silo]

Fr

60 is chilin

[sage cape]

all me 🗣️🔥

[delicate silo]

Wow

[flint smelt]

Today I found out that you actually cant stand on these barriers…

[delicate silo]

Y

[flint smelt]

Not sure.. Some people were standing on em and when a sheriff came by he went on the PA and said get off of em.

First time a cop has done that…

Usually they don’t give 2 shits.

[delicate silo]

Hm

[flint smelt]

Probably cuz its a safety hazard.

[delicate silo]

Stand on your car

[delicate silo]

Ye

[flint smelt]

Thats what I do, but most people prefer to spot there, so they can be closer to their friends and stuff.

[stray blaze]

Beautiful English skies 😍

[flint smelt]

Are the skies always grey there?

[flint smelt]

Amazing pic btw.

[rotund heath]

could also get a folding step stool though you probably won't find one that's too tall

[uneven fog]

That’s gonna draw too much attention at a mil base though

[rotund heath]

or that I just find the others easier to tote around

[uneven fog]

Yea the ladder only makes sense if ur within like 50 ft of ur car

And u can just store it in there

[delicate silo]

Go to lakenheath lol

People do it

[flint smelt]

Fairford too.

[stray blaze]

99% of the time, yes

[stray blaze]

Thank you! I will put some more in here :)

[flint smelt]

👍

[stray blaze]

Fairly sure this was an American exchange pilot, sounded very American over the Scanner - Must be weird flying a different plane all that way from home

Instructor in the back, student in the front I believe

[flint smelt]

I’ve watched the drop nights and when some got typhoons I always wondered.

[delicate silo]

I thought they normally did it near the end of the career

[flint smelt]

Ye towards the end of their training.

[delicate silo]

not training

like end of the career

in the af

[flint smelt]

Drop nights?

[delicate silo]

no

like after theyve flown for the US

if you were watching

enjppt

its international pilots

along side US pilots

[flint smelt]

Oh. Ye. Some of them were surely American tho.

[delicate silo]

never seen that before

but maybe

[flint smelt]

U needa start posting pics on instagram 🙏🙏

[delicate silo]

Ive thought about it

[delicate silo]

send your ig

[stray blaze]

I wonder if they are British exchange pilots who have gone through training in the USAF, but I have no idea

Nice bit of reheat 🔥

[flint smelt]

You guys are allowed that close to the fence with ladders?

Lucky

[stray blaze]

Yeah, I have actually seen people leaning ladders on the fence but I have told them not to lmao - The RAF Police are really relaxed about it tbf

[flint smelt]

Crazy. Here you would get yelled at.

[stray blaze]

I think you have to be more careful at Lakenheath, I have heard that the USAF are a bit tighter on that sort of stuff

[stray blaze]

That's insane, what bases do you spot at?

[flint smelt]

You cant really spot on Hickam since theres no runway. But its a joint base, so they share runways with a public airport.

So i usually spot there, and once in a while I spot at the marine base here

Since their a little bit chiller

[stray blaze]

Ah fair enough, I'd love to see what's on offer at an American base - I can't believe they are so strict on spotting though, I think we are fairly lucky over here for that

[flint smelt]

They’re strict about it cuz of security concerns and what not.

[stray blaze]

Yeah that's fair enough, must make it a bit harder to get certain shots though

[flint smelt]

They really just dont want you taking pictures of any military buildings/installations

[stray blaze]

I agree with that, that's fair

[flint smelt]

Ye

[flint smelt]

Definitely

[stray blaze]

Kind of mad that we are allowed to do this, clipping scanners to the fences 💀

[flint smelt]

Some people say fuck the rules, and spot on base anyway

[stray blaze]

Wow, that's crazy

[flint smelt]

Surprised they don’t get caught that often.

[stray blaze]

Yeah, that's got to be a big security risk

[flint smelt]

Probably. I used to spot at the part of pearl harbor where they build and store torpedoes and what not for the subs.

[stray blaze]

Wow, that's awesome!

[flint smelt]

U have insta?

[stray blaze]

Yeah, it's e.bealephoto

[flint smelt]

Ok i’ll drop a follow

[stray blaze]

Awesome, cheers fella

I'll follow you back

[uneven fog]

Some of them are enjppt

I think

[flint smelt]

Ye

[delicate silo]

Yall in Europe are extremely lucky closest i can get to the runway is 3000ft or something

[delicate silo]

I don't think any US pilots go straight to European airframes after training

Could be wrong

[stray blaze]

I agree, there are some really good bases in Germany where you can get super close - that's crazy

[delicate silo]

How close?

[rare vector]

lemme see if i can find the vids

Only one I can find rn lol

But yeah we can get pretty close