#planespottings

[planeyboys]

dudespotting

[planesawesome]

[learnearninfo]

Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker #aviation #airplane #flight

[trammellesstangent-planes]

Planes my brother saw at the airport:

RAAF C17A Globemaster (A41-210)

This plane was produced by Boeing for the Royal Australian Air Force thirteen years ago. The Globemaster is just over fifty metres long and about as wide, giving it an aspect ratio of around 1:1. It’s used as a strategic heavy lifter, and it can comfortably move as many people as most 737s, or take seventy-five tonnes of freight (on top of its empty weight of 128 tonnes!). To give you a concept, this lovely beast can fit a CH-47 Chinook in her belly. This plane is capable of carrying a large helicopter inside it. For four and a half thousand kilometres.

NASA Gulfstream V (N95NA)

This sleek beauty came to Australia to watch the Starship return to Earth. The landing is cool enough in itself but then we also get graced by this small jet with a very recognisable logo on the tail. This plane is 23 years old, and its usual callsign is NASA 5. This plane has a max range of over 10000 km, and can reach a ceiling of more than 50,000 feet. Since this photo was taken it has now returned to the US (currently in Texas), which it made in three legs.

I am jealous.

[sayxit]

Adjusting

[brianfrench1995]

China General Mil Mi-8 Postcard . B-7802 .

@postcardtimemachine

[usairforcehistoricsociety]

[transhuman-priestess]

Went Planespotting today

[aliceleerodriguez]

At the 1986 EAA Oshkosh, Steve Pitcairn, son of the then famous aircraft designer Harold Pitcairn, demonstrated the newly restored PCA-2 Autogiro ‘Miss Champion’. Steve saved this ageing aircraft and his efforts are now preserved in our museum as a valuable example of early rotorcraft flight.

[friendlywinglet]

"White 33" returning to the National Museum of World War II Aviation after a flying demonstration.

[kvetch19]

[planesawesome]

[learnearninfo]

Lufthansa AirbusA320

[ihatebrainstorm]

tfoc duo name idea: Turn and Burn

A "turn and burn" take off in planespotting terms generally means when an aircraft is given immediate clearance to take off (prior to rolling onto the runway)- Essentially, instead of having to sit and wait on the runway, the aircraft immediately begins takeoff roll without pause after getting off the taxiway

A good example of a turn and burn:

[captainmipy]

plane post fo today <3 we got a Frontier Airlines a320 passing just over my head!! small little airplane compared to the big ass jets that also come in here often

I can’t wait to fly these things <3

[brianfrench1995]

Late Night Vibes

Delta Air Lines 727 at the Portland Maine Airport Postcard

@postcardtimemachine