Palmdale Plant 42 - PMD

[gfydad]

Hung out until it started to rain today. 

[gfydad]

None... was out from 0930 until 1240.

[Realbigtaco]

Hung out until it started to rain today.  

Jim love the C-130 pic.  Never ceases to amaze me how steady you can keep your shots on the slow shutter speeds.

[f4_phantom_fan]

Wow, I haven't seen that T-38 in ages.........hey Jim, let's hope the airpark gets some substantial snow tonight! 

[gfydad]

Jim love the C-130 pic.  Never ceases to amaze me how steady you can keep your shots on the slow shutter speeds.

I've been the beneficiary of some great advice. But I've got a long way to go to even get close to Victor!

I didn't get out until late today, but here's a variety. But wait until you see what Brian got! 

[gfydad]

Nope, just play by the rules by shooting from the opposite side of the road from the base, shoot only aircraft with sky and no infrastructure (or even point a lens at the base) and it's all good. 

[gfydad]

Yup, only thing to do on weekends is watch the sagebrush grow. 

[gfydad]

I use both the 200-400 most of the time and the 70-200 (usually for side views of the C-17 and other large aircraft).

[f4_phantom_fan]

Ok, here's what I got today...........

Australian F-18F, B-2, Maryland ANG Herc, a B-2.........and, caught Sofia coming back with the telescope door open!

[g0_command0]

nice catch on the aussia super hornet. I wonder where its training out of

[f4_phantom_fan]

Well I know they've sent a number of them over for the next Red Flag, which begins on the 22nd, but I'm not sure why they'd be down here.

[Ralph]

NAS Lemoore, ive heard a few Australian voices with the callsign XPERT.

[kick Z tail out]

NAS Lemoore, ive heard a few Australian voices with the callsign XPERT.

Good call... that would of course be VFA-122, which makes sense.

[gfydad]

Interesting day today.
Leading off with Maj Gen Eichhorn's (Commander EAFB) F-16 (interesting that the name on the back cockpit rail reads "MRS BOBBI ZAPhA"  

The MD ANG C-130 made a great, steep approach! 

[f4_phantom_fan]

Caught the Warner-Robins U-2 coming back today. There was also a NASA ER-2 out, but did not return while I was out there.