Seen Over Your House Today

[Mossie]

Spotted a bright yellow Piper Super Cub over York Uni, followed by a Sikorsky S-76, possibly of Von Essen Aviation.

The Super Cub had a roundel under the starboard wing & a code under port.  Although I couldn't quite make them out, there's not much doubt that it's this one, G-FUZZ which is locally owned according to the CAA website.

[Jschmus]

I went to Norfolk yesterday to help some friends move some furniture.  I was planning to work, so I didn't bring my camera.  Chambers Field at Naval Station Norfolk is home to VAW-120, the Atlantic Fleet Replacement Squadron for E-2C Hawkeyes and C-2A Greyhounds, plus the COD squadron VRC-40, so I was able to watch flights of both types all morning and afternoon.  Additionally, I saw an F/A-18C, an F/A-18E, a Citation X and a C-12.

Again, no camera, so I suppose it didn't happen.   

[JJC]

ANOTHER AAC lynx and one of the new augusta A-109E's

[Captain Canada]

I got up this morning and there was no milk for the kiddies cereal....so I was all mad and like " now I gotta ride my bike to the store 'cause the car's all covered in frost and I don't have time to defrost it 'cause the boy's got hockey and blah blah blah whine whine whine" So off I went to get milk. My mood changed dramatically with the sight ( and sound ! ) of a glorious Sea King overhead ! Pedalling quickly back to the house, I tossed the milk in the door, grabbed the camera and off I went to the airport.

What a beautiful machine.....



A lovely, sunny December morning !



They told me they were heading up the lake to move a lighthouse...cool ! I jumped back in the car and ran over to Timmies to get them all a coffee. I told them anybody who brings such a cool chopper to my town deserves a little treat !

All wound up and ready to go....
Bye bye !

[B777LR]

Not a plane, but i saw an ICE last saturday. One of the latest ICEs.

[Spey_Phantom]

a few movements today, as i went to run some errands, i saw a Dutch navy SH14D Lynx flying over.
30 minutes later there was a Belgian F-16BM (FB-18, with special marking for the 20th anniversery of the OCU)

here's a picture of the machine 

[JJC]

OMG!!! another AAC lynx!

[jcf]

I got up this morning and there was no milk for the kiddies cereal....so I was all mad and like " now I gotta ride my bike to the store 'cause the car's all covered in frost and I don't have time to defrost it 'cause the boy's got hockey and blah blah blah whine whine whine" So off I went to get milk. My mood changed dramatically with the sight ( and sound ! ) of a glorious Sea King overhead ! Pedalling quickly back to the house, I tossed the milk in the door, grabbed the camera and off I went to the airport.

Not just any S-61, it's a Shortsky, an S-61N shortened by about 50 inches and with the pontoon gear replaced by S-61L gear.

[Hawkeye]

The other day was spectacular...



and in the backyard...

[kitnut617]

Not just any S-61, it's a Shortsky, an S-61N shortened by about 50 inches and with the pontoon gear replaced by S-61L gear.

That's odd Jon, I thought this was the S-61N, a lengthened one:

http://www.canmilair.com/products.asp?cat=84

[jcf]

Not just any S-61, it's a Shortsky, an S-61N shortened by about 50 inches and with the pontoon gear replaced by S-61L gear.

That's odd Jon, I thought this was the S-61N, a lengthened one:

http://www.canmilair.com/products.asp?cat=84

The S-61L and N were factory produced lengthened airframe airliners, the Shortskies (conversions by Carson and Helipro among
others, I worked for Helipro) are those airliners shortened to approximately the same length as a standard S-61/H-3.
We'd take the entire nose/flight-deck off, remove approximately 50 inches from the fuselage, and then put the nose back on.
Removing the extra length/area from beneath the rotor disc adds over a thousand pounds to the lift capacity. Ditching the pontoon gear
also adds a bit of lift, along with reduced weight and complexity.

It was kinda sad to see a gorgeous fully-loaded, and downright luxurious, off-shore machine completely gutted to turn it into a flying
crane for the heli-log market.   Ex-military machines are a no-no to Transport, thus the market to convert the always civil registered
and well-documented airliners.

Cheers

[kitnut617]

Not just any S-61, it's a Shortsky, an S-61N shortened by about 50 inches and with the pontoon gear replaced by S-61L gear.

That's odd Jon, I thought this was the S-61N, a lengthened one:

http://www.canmilair.com/products.asp?cat=84

The S-61L and N were factory produced lengthened airframe airliners, the Shortskies (conversions by Carson and Helipro among
others, I worked for Helipro) are those airliners shortened to approximately the same length as a standard S-61/H-3.
We'd take the entire nose/flight-deck off, remove approximately 50 inches from the fuselage, and then put the nose back on.
Removing the extra length/area from beneath the rotor disc adds over a thousand pounds to the lift capacity. Ditching the pontoon gear
also adds a bit of lift, along with reduced weight and complexity.

It was kinda sad to see a gorgeous fully-loaded, and downright luxurious, off-shore machine completely gutted to turn it into a flying
crane for the heli-log market.   Ex-military machines are a no-no to Transport, thus the market to convert the always civil registered
and well-documented airliners.

Cheers

Thanks Jon, learnt something new 

[nev]

Some of you may remember the pics of the C-47 parked at Humberside Airport I posted some time ago.  Well Saturday I saw it fly!!!  Low and slow over the village, heading north west

[Aircav]

Thats funny that Nev as I could of sworn I heard a Dak fly over Bishop Auckland on Saturday, may be the same one.

[Hawkeye]

Its an overcast and snowy day here today, but I did manage to catch this C-2 Greyhound flying over as it descends out of the muck for a landing at KATW.



If it wasn't so late and close to being totally dark, I'd go snap a few shots of it on the ramp. A rare bird in these parts. My guess it is bringing someone home for Christmas or a crew to pick up a new aircraft from Gulfstream's facility.