Palmdale Plant 42 - PMD

[gfydad]

Two of the T-38 making the rounds this afternoon... 

[nmcbride]

I was out test driving cars this evening and from a distance I thought I saw a B-52 take off from the Plant.    Was I hallucinating from the new car smells?

[NikonGuy]

Was I hallucinating from the new car smells?

   maybe...  I would.   

[gfydad]

Here's an ED Raptor about five minutes before breaking the sound barrier. Shot Thur from Plant 42. 

[SkyBaby]

Here's an ED Raptor about five minutes before breaking the sound barrier. Shot Thur from Plant 42. 

Great shot.  So that's what my in-laws and I heard..

[SkyBaby]

Here's one of mine from my first time spotting yesterday. 

[f4_phantom_fan]

Beale U-2 #68-329 made one pass this afternoon.

[phantomphan1974]

What up with the bottom of the wings?

[NikonGuy]

What up with the bottom of the wings?

Could it be ice?   

[WARBIRD KEITH]

cold!

[nmcbride]

Could it be ice?    

I saw this a while back...

http://www.air-and-space.com/Lockheed-Martin%20X-35.htm

Mid page  "Ice has formed on areas of the wing that are cooled by cold-soaked fuel remaining in the bottom of the tanks."

[phantomphan1974]

I saw this a while back...

http://www.air-and-space.com/Lockheed-Martin%20X-35.htm

Mid page  "Ice has formed on areas of the wing that are cooled by cold-soaked fuel remaining in the bottom of the tanks."

Thanks! 

[nmcbride]

Grabbed a couple of quick shots this morning on my way home from a doctors visit...just missed a F16 as I was driving down 50th east.   

[gfydad]

First two are yesterday. Looks like the fron-seater is getting graded.  

Other three are from today...
Last is a different aircraft than the one you caught yesterday nmcbride. 

[Ralph]

Jim did you catch the call sign on that F-4? OLDIE or CHEVY would be my guess. And did it sound any different from the other QF-4s?