Palmdale Plant 42 - PMD

[kick Z tail out]

I didn't catch that... Way to go! 

Thanks Jim... it was a lot of fun.   They showed us that the Herc was plenty capable of making people sick. I didn't get sick luckily, but they took us on a roller coaster ride with lots of pitching and yawing.    

[Dragonskiss]

Northrop-Grumman and I think based at Hawthorne.

Yeah, they're based out of Los Angeles, close enough.    I haven't seen very many Beechcraft at LAX.  Anywhow, I caught the same one Jim did about 2 months ago.

**Moderators, please feel free to move this post to the 'LAX' thread, I know these pictures are off topic, but relate to a post on this thread.**

[Midnight Mover]

Yeah, they're based out of Los Angeles, close enough.    I haven't seen very many Beechcraft at LAX.  Anywhow, I caught the same one Jim did about 2 months ago.

Nice 

[gfydad]

Here's a neat little guy with a flir on the bottom from today. 

[akradecki]

Here's a neat little guy with a flir on the bottom from today. 

Nice catch! This might be the twotter flying at Empire Challenge 09...it was flying a surveillance package called "Angel Fire", which according to the media package, is "mounted on a Twin Otter, AngelFire is a wide-area persisten surveillance program begun at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. AngelFire contains a six-camera main array, a high-resolution wide-area imaging system, HIWAIS...." Article about the politics of the system is here: http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/2007-10-02-angel-fire_N.htm (the other system in the article, Constant Hawk, was also fielded at EC09).

[akradecki]

Here's a neat little guy with a flir on the bottom from today. 

Oh, and you might consider submitting that to C4ISR Journal...email me if you need the editor's contact info.

[gfydad]

Thanks! 

[NikonGuy]

Nice catch Jim!   

[gfydad]

Thanks!

[gfydad]

Couple from today. 

[akradecki]

Nice job catching the Eight! I ended up not getting to get back there at all.

[gfydad]

Thanks for the heads up! 
When I went back about 3:40pm, there was no sign of him, probably in the hangar.

[akradecki]

I'm wondering if they're getting it ready for another science mission. I've got to drop Grey Creech a note, I'll ask him about it.

[Midnight Mover]

Nice job catching the Eight!

Ditto on that, man you guys have a great time out there

[gfydad]

Thanks! It's either feast or famine, though. Had a nice visit with a captain from the security folks to pass the time. And I mean that sincerely, we shot the breeze for a bit in good humor.