If it were not for the blister on the side and upgraded engines, I would swear that was one of the Looking Glass birds I would watch flying in and out of Offutt from the hill in Wherry Housing that overlooked the flight line back as a 10 year old kid.

Written on 2021/09/10

Great shot, and it looks like he will catch the 3 wire.

Written on 2021/02/21

That is a lot of planes to deliver worldwide. Also very colorful. Airplanes do make a great canvas for artwork, be it a typical livery for the airlines, or something one off.

Written on 2021/01/29

This is an awesome shot.

Written on 2021/01/22

Dwight, this might answer your question about the N and you are correct as to what it means, but there is more.

https://www.lasvegasadvisor.com/question/mountain-monograms/

I have always loved the Frontier wild life liveries.

Written on 2021/01/17

I was gonna say that looked like an updated version of Looking Glass, but saw the NAVY on the rear fuselage. Great shot.

Written on 2021/01/17

Nice. I wonder how noisy it was in flight?

Written on 2021/01/08

That camouflage pattern looks it would be quite effective.

Written on 2021/01/01

There is just something sexy about Sky Pigs, no matter what the paint job. Great pic.

Written on 2021/01/01

I saw them quite often at Okinawa, from both sides of the fence. One could sit in the cafateria of the PAX terminal on the second floor and look right into their hanger. They would fly over Futenma at night and you knew it was the Habu by the rotating beacon and 2 blue-white cones of flames coming out the back end of those engines. Sadly, I didn't have a long enough lens to get good pictures of them coming in for a landing at Kadena from Futenma.

Written on 2020/12/25