Hi Guys, well as most of you know i just cant get enough of the planes that fly over our camp near Darwin.
There has been a lot of activity of late with the RAAF, and i spend some of my spare time at the end of the runway, well to my surprise this flew directly into my Lens.
I know it is big and pretty noisy as it passed over head, but would someone please tell me what it is.
A military pilot called for a priority landing because his single-engine jet fighter was running "a bit peaked." Air Traffic Control told the fighter pilot that he was number two, behind a B-52 that had one engine shut down. "Ah," the fighter pilot remarked, "The dreaded seven-engine approach."
Thanks guys, well it is still parked at the RAAF base, that is its third day now, so I expect it will take off soon, hope to be there when it dose, if all goes well.
I saw one flying towards the airbase in Guam when I was there earlier this year - damm camera wouldn't focus through the wet car window, so I missed getting a shot.
amazing image Leon!,you really have done well to capture that-the sound would have been fantastic.These B 52's,apparently will be still in service for many decades-I think I heard someone say even, 100 years-they were made to last,this plane and the A10 Fairchild is also said to be around for another 60 years.Both are already quite old.So the Yanks must be pretty serious about certain pieces of hardware when they build them.
Leon-I think there is a forum called QLD plane spotting or similar,you should post it there-surely IOTM!
