Seen Over Your House Today

[B777LR]

Upnorth, the Prague trams are a mix of old and the new ones you showed. At least they were in the winter of 2008

[Mossie]

A Robinson R44 just passed almost directly overhead.  Thought it might be one of the Hughes 500 family from a distance, although the sound is fairly distinctive for both types.  Slightly gutted, as I've never seen a Hughes in the flesh, I've always wanted to since watching Airwolf as a kid!

[upnorth]

Upnorth, the Prague trams are a mix of old and the new ones you showed. At least they were in the winter of 2008

I don't doubt it, though October was my last run to Prague and I didn't see any of the newer trams at that time. Mind you, Prague is a fair bit bigger than Brno so perhaps the newer trams were on other routes the day I was there.

[JayBee]

A Robinson R44 just passed almost directly overhead.  Thought it might be one of the Hughes 500 family from a distance, although the sound is fairly distinctive for both types.  Slightly gutted, as I've never seen a Hughes in the flesh, I've always wanted to since watching Airwolf as a kid!

Mossie,
not sure what you are talking about here.
Airwolf was based on a Bell 222.
Where does Hughes come in to it?
JimB

[kitnut617]

Where we are situated, we don't get many (if any) airliners passing overhead at any altitude.  But today, very high with exhaust plumes stretching out for miles, one passed over and definitely with four engines. Then not twenty minutes later, another passed over, on the exact same course as the first.  This time I had the binoculars handy and although by the time I got to look at it, it had already passed over but studying the exhaust plumes, this didn't look like any normal four engine job, the exhaust plume was very wide so I'm surmising that I saw two B-52's

[B777LR]

Where we are situated, we don't get many (if any) airliners passing overhead at any altitude.  But today, very high with exhaust plumes stretching out for miles, one passed over and definitely with four engines. Then not twenty minutes later, another passed over, on the exact same course as the first.  This time I had the binoculars handy and although by the time I got to look at it, it had already passed over but studying the exhaust plumes, this didn't look like any normal four engine job, the exhaust plume was very wide so I'm surmising that I saw two B-52's

I suppose that is very possible. In what way was it wide? Was each individual contrail wide (In other words, 2 contrails combined into one?), or was it just one big contrail from outer engine to outer engine?

[kitnut617]

Where we are situated, we don't get many (if any) airliners passing overhead at any altitude.  But today, very high with exhaust plumes stretching out for miles, one passed over and definitely with four engines. Then not twenty minutes later, another passed over, on the exact same course as the first.  This time I had the binoculars handy and although by the time I got to look at it, it had already passed over but studying the exhaust plumes, this didn't look like any normal four engine job, the exhaust plume was very wide so I'm surmising that I saw two B-52's

I suppose that is very possible. In what way was it wide? Was each individual contrail wide (In other words, 2 contrails combined into one?), or was it just one big contrail from outer engine to outer engine?

From what I could see it was one big contrail from outer to outer, very wide and not possible to be just two engines that's for sure (I've seen many high flyers to know the difference between two and four engines Thomas, living in Calgary you got to see hundreds criss-crossing the skies)

[B777LR]

(I've seen many high flyers to know the difference between two and four engines Thomas, living in Calgary you got to see hundreds criss-crossing the skies)

I'm in no doubt about that

I would agree on a B-52, but wouldn't leave out the possibility that water vapour/weather could do the same. Never seen anything like it though...

[Jschmus]

I walked downtown to the post office this afternoon, and took a little stroll along the waterfront before returning.  The USS Nassau (LHA 4) was parked in the river, with a stripped-down CH-46 on the flight deck.

[Captain Canada]

Jason, don't make me have to call you into the office again ! Pictures, darnit !

[Jschmus]

Jason, don't make me have to call you into the office again ! Pictures, darnit !

Todd, if I can get the cursed thing to work, I'll get you some photos.  I promise.

I used to take pictures almost daily.  The last couple of months, it's been like I was missing a limb.  I don't know how else to describe it.

[upnorth]

I had my camera today and as I was leaving a client's office a PZL Wilga flew over. Unfortunately the sune was in just the right spot to make any picture pointless until the thing was out of range of my camera.

[Hawkeye]

Let me play a bit of catch up...

This nice clean Gulfstream flew low over the place the other day.


Then there were these two that flew formation from horizon to horizon. Not sure what they were, at first I thought one was passing the other but they held position.


Then there was a spectacular sunset the other evening...this plane is on final for runway 3 and it looks as if it is entering the blazing sun.

[nev]

Last photo is an absolute beauty

[upnorth]

I had my camera today and as I was leaving a client's office a PZL Wilga flew over. Unfortunately the sune was in just the right spot to make any picture pointless until the thing was out of range of my camera.

I have to make a correction to that.

I looked at a few pics when I got home and realised it wasn't a Wilga I had seen but a Let L-60S Brigadyr. I guess the radial engine fooled me.