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FCLP Training for the Growlers
Naval aviators have to practice the art of landing on a carrier a lot. Before they ever go to the boat, they undertake a lot of field carrier landing practice. This involves flying the carrier pattern to a runway as … Continue reading
Posted in aircraft, military, Pacific Northwest, photo
Tagged aircraft, airplane, Boeing, E/A-18G, fclp, field carrier landing practice, fighter, growler, jet, military, Navy, nolf Coupeville, photo, USN, washington, Whidbey island
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Fort Casey Lighthouse
My trip to Whidbey Island meant I had a fair bit of spare time to work with. I was chatting with a guy while I was there and he suggested a trip to Fort Casey. It was barely five minutes … Continue reading
Posted in Pacific Northwest, photo
Tagged Coupeville, fort casey, lighthouse, photo, washington, Whidbey island
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A Sick IL-76 Waiting for Help Perhaps?
Suddenly IL-76s are appearing at Paine Field on a regular basis. I came across one by surprise not long ago but didn’t get a chance to track its progress. However, a quick check on Flightaware showed it had departed. Fortunately, … Continue reading
Posted in aircraft, civil, Pacific Northwest, photo
Tagged aircraft, airplane, candid, cargo, civil, Everett, freighter, il-76, Ilyushin, jet, kpae, Paine Field, photo, Volga dnepr, washington
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Cannon Beach
Cannon Beach was quite a way north of where we were staying in Oregon. However, it was on our route home so we stopped off to wander along the sands for a bit prior to hunting down some lunch. We … Continue reading
Posted in Pacific Northwest, photo, Travel
Tagged cannon beach, landscape, oregon, photo, rocks, sand, sea, travel, vacation
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Lufthansa A340 and His Buddy
Heading back to Hawthorne after my flight over LAX, another plane was coming in to the southern complex. I had forgotten it was due and, after moving to the south of the field, we could have got a good shot … Continue reading
Swans on the Lake
When I was still at college (and because I am an old git, I was shooting on film), I spent some summers in Huntingdon, a town in Cambridgeshire that my mum lived in at the time. The river Ouse ran … Continue reading
Posted in Pacific Northwest, photo, wildlife
Tagged birds, Juanita bay, Kirkland, photo, swans, washington, wildlife
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One of My Better Encounters with the Dreamlifter
I have had some mixed luck with the Dreamlifter. Light failing at the wrong moment or the sun setting just before departure are two examples. On this occasion, though, things worked out pretty well for me. I was visiting Future … Continue reading
Posted in aircraft, civil, Pacific Northwest, photo
Tagged 747-400lcf, aircraft, airliner, airplane, Boeing, cargo, civil, dreamlifter, Everett, freighter, jet, kpae, Paine Field, photo, washington
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LR Instagram
I am a latecomer to Instagram. I have had an account for quite a while but I did not use it much and certainly did not spend much time checking it out. One of the reasons was that it was … Continue reading
LAX is Attracting the Neos
The A320neo (and more recently the A321neo) has been a big seller for Airbus. However, introduction has not been smooth with both of the engine suppliers struggling to meet their commitments for powerplants (Pratt and Whitney definitely having the worse … Continue reading
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Tagged a320neo, Airbus, aircraft, airliner, airplane, california, civil, jet, KLAX, Los Angeles, photo
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Beaches in the Mist
The moisture in the air along the Oregon coast can catch you out at times. On one drive south out of Yachats we rounded a bend in the road where we looked down from quite a height along the beaches … Continue reading