Is that a C-17 buzzing around?

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Pretty cool.

Rapier108
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Yep
"If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without blood shed; if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves." - Sir Winston Churchill
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Nice to get a little unexpected air show today.
trouble
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Yes. I just talked to my C-17 pilot (no, that's not him out there). It's from one of the training bases.

We might see these a little more regularly for a bit. One of their outbases is having runway repairs done.
dubi
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Did it land?
trouble
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Just touch and goes, I think.
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crap, I could hear but was on stupid teams meeting and couldn't get outside to see it
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Definitely a C-17.

More photos to follow but it was my fini flight from active duty. All Aggie pilots, 3 class of '09 and 1 class of '11.
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trouble
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Congrats!
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Awesome! So glad I got to see it!
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I run outside and look skyward whenever I hear aircraft. My daughter drew this picture of me. See the plane? She's in college now.

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BaitShack said:

I run outside and look skyward whenever I hear aircraft. My daughter drew this picture of me. See the plane? She's a Senior at A&M now.




I do the same thing and live on the southern approach (also work really close to Easterwood but missed the C17 because I was running errands most of the day...). Now that she's approaching 1 year, I've been grabbing mine every time and trying to get her to look at them. She seems to track one about every third time.
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On a side note, single sided deafness has really put a dent in my aircraft viewing. I can't locate sound and have no idea which way to look.
trouble
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When I lived in Garden Acres, I grabbed my oldest (then only) and went outside for almost every plane we heard. He's a pilot now.

The little boys are fast becoming as airplane obsessed as he was.
BaitShack
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I soloed a Piper Tomahawk and ran out of money, so there's that.


Is Gary Gandy still around? Coyotes on the runway! Go around.
dubi
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Post here next time you are going to swing by CLL!
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Awesome. Thanks for sharing the pics.
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BaitShack said:

I run outside and look skyward whenever I hear aircraft. My daughter drew this picture of me. See the plane? She's in college now.


Not bad for a college student. I'm well beyond college and I still can't draw that well.
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Post here next time you are going to swing by CLL!
We should set up a text alert group on WhatsApp for unusual aircraft sightings. I am in a local group for rare birds, and this would just be for different kinds of birds.
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labmansid said:

dubi said:

Post here next time you are going to swing by CLL!
We should set up a text alert group on WhatsApp for unusual aircraft sightings. I am in a local group for rare birds, and this would just be for different kinds of birds.
Would you do that for us poor working folks?
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dubi said:

labmansid said:

dubi said:

Post here next time you are going to swing by CLL!
We should set up a text alert group on WhatsApp for unusual aircraft sightings. I am in a local group for rare birds, and this would just be for different kinds of birds.
Would you do that for us poor working folks?
I knew I should have kept my mouth shut after I hit the post button!

I didn't set up the one I'm in already, so it might take some research. If someone else has done this, feel free to chime in!
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I'd be interested in participating. I work from home and often keep ADSBexchnage open on a monitor to see who is flying around. It's fun to watch all the private jets and the Aggie Athletics charters come and go.

Caught this crazy thing flying by one day last month.

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N941NA

I'm south of town and not near the airport so I miss a lot of the cool stuff (including the C17 yesterday).
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https://faq.whatsapp.com/android/chats/how-to-create-and-invite-into-a-group/?lang=en
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Tailgate88 said:

I'd be interested in participating. I work from home and often keep ADSBexchnage open on a monitor to see who is flying around. It's fun to watch all the private jets and the Aggie Athletics charters come and go.

Caught this crazy thing flying by one day last month.

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N941NA

I'm south of town and not near the airport so I miss a lot of the cool stuff (including the C17 yesterday).

The NASA guppy otherwise known as the "vomet comet"!
Rapier108
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dubi said:

Tailgate88 said:

I'd be interested in participating. I work from home and often keep ADSBexchnage open on a monitor to see who is flying around. It's fun to watch all the private jets and the Aggie Athletics charters come and go.

Caught this crazy thing flying by one day last month.

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N941NA

I'm south of town and not near the airport so I miss a lot of the cool stuff (including the C17 yesterday).

The NASA guppy otherwise known as the "vomet comet"!
The Super Gully isn't the vomit comet. It's an oversized cargo carrier, originally designed to carry parts for the Apollo program. It is based on the Boeing 377 Stratocruiser, itself based on the Boeing B-29 Superfortress. NASA's remaining one has been extensively upgraded and now uses turbine engines rather than the original pistons.

NASA retired their vomit comets, a KC-135 and a C-9B, and now use a Boeing 727 operated by Zero Gravity Corporation.
"If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without blood shed; if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves." - Sir Winston Churchill
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Thanks for the clarification!
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snaglepuss
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They can't publicize their mission beforehand.
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