Palmdale Plant 42 - PMD

[phantomphan1974]

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?

The Pilot that used Chevy in honor of Col. Olds no longer works there.  Not sure if they kept it, BAE I mean.

[gfydad]

It seemed a bit quieter and wasn't belching any smoke on its approach.

[nmcbride]

No camera with me this afternoon driving home from work. 

Saw 4 F16's flying low (real low) in and over the hills between Palmdale and Acton from the West.   Lost sight of them pretty quick so I'm not sure where they were headed. 

It was a nice sighting for the boring drive up the 14, though.

[Ralph]

The Pilot that used Chevy in honor of Col. Olds no longer works there.  Not sure if they kept it, BAE I mean.

Thanks for the info Jim.

[Ralph]

BTW, the pilot was Bob Kay right?

[gfydad]

That was Bob Kay. You can still see him in re-runs of the History Channel's "Boneyard" special that covers Mojave Airport.

[phantomphan1974]

Yeah, K-Bob's a good guy, known him for the past 5 or so years with the Phantom Society...

[gfydad]

MD ANG C-130 from today. Yesterday was slow so I caught this Jackrabbit with some attitude! 

Today was a more Easterbunny-like cottontail. 

[Midnight Mover]

I caught this Jackrabbit with some attitude! 

Today was a more Easterbunny-like cottontail. 

Very nice, the Jackrabbit with some attitude is killer

[f4_phantom_fan]

Sofia was out n about today. Came back with the door WIDE open.........      Also sighted were: U-2 from Beale, two C-130s (Channel Islands and Maryland ANG); DC-10 FedEx; KC-135 from McConnell, and the NKC-135 from Edwards.

[Midnight Mover]

Sofia was out n about today. Came back with the door WIDE open.........      Also sighted were: U-2 from Beale, two C-130s (Channel Islands and Maryland ANG); DC-10 FedEx; KC-135 from McConnell, and the NKC-135 from Edwards.

Super great catch

[gfydad]

Some of the other visitors today while we were shooting... 

U-2 with ice under wings
U-2 Bank
U-2 after ice melted
FedEx MD-10
MD ANG C-130J
McConnell KC-135

[Midnight Mover]

Some of the other visitors today while we were shooting... 

U-2 with ice under wings
U-2 Bank
U-2 after ice melted
FedEx MD-10
MD ANG C-130J
McConnell KC-135

[f4_phantom_fan]

Excited about today's catch.....I have no idea what this is, but it's very interesting.  Has the Skunkworks logo on the tail, as well as "X-55A" on the side.  I think the N# is N80ZLM, can't quite read all of it.

[Ralph]

  J's Is that's ugly but interesting