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Re: US CA,AZ,NV trip day 4 DM (photo)

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That ET A-10 at Tucson hasn't moved an inch since i was there 14 days ago.....nice series
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Re: US CA,AZ,NV trip day 4 DM (photo)

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Good shots, Patrick.

Where did you take the shots on the runway at Tucson? Hope to be there during coming March.

Grtz,

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Re: US CA,AZ,NV trip day 4 DM (photo)

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Nice ones again!

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US CA,AZ,NV trip day 5 Nellis (photo)

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ypenburg63 wrote:Good shots, Patrick. Where did you take the shots on the runway at Tucson? Hope to be there during coming March.
Grtz,
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Thanks for the comments! For the questions please sent me a PM.
After leaving Tucson after sunset we drove until Wickeburg. Our first stop in the morning was Kingman, a Mi24 was under repair there:
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and a visitor:
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Teusdayafternoon we stayed at Nellis, the sun was shining and there was a lot of activity. Red Flag takes off around 13.30 and most a/c are recovered before sunset. To get the right pics I ran about 7 miles up and down the road.... We also stayed Wednesday at Nellis and in the morning the locals flew which gave us some extra serials.
Here are some teusdayafternoon pics:
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US CA,AZ,NV trip day 6 Point Mugu (photo)

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Yesterday (Thursday) we tried to go for quality at Point Mugu.... We were not so succesfull, a KC-130F took off and directly banked to the right. When it came back it did not use the approach. But besides the old KC-130F we had another goal, a Viking, one of the last ones. We were Lucky with this one.
But what kind of Helicopter we saw?.... and anyone for the serial of the P-3????? (there are two I guess, like when they were based at Love Field?).

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It was a relaxed but rather frustrating day.... Today we went for quality again at El Centro....
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Hi Patrick,

It is a MQ-8C Fire Scout
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US CA,AZ,NV trip day 7 El Centro (photo)

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Phantom54 wrote:It is a MQ-8C Fire Scout
Aha, ok, thanks. No I hope someone knows the serial of the Orion :-).

Last Friday we visited El Centro. More then 25 Hornets were flying and other aircraft visited the field.
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From El Centro we saw a CH-46 land at nearby imperial. The Sea Knight we just missed (only a bad pic) but for the two MH-60's we were in time.
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After sunset we drove back to LA again for our flight back on Saturday.
In the morning we visited Chino. We photographed 120 ex mil a/c in an hour without visiting the Planes of Fame museum :-).

All in all it was a great trip with many new serials! I hope to be back next year. Hope you liked the pics. Thanks for watching.
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Re: US CA,AZ,NV trip day 7 El Centro (photo)

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Great shots, great report! Thanks for sharing!
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Re: US CA,AZ,NV trip day 7 El Centro (photo)

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Great report Patrick, thanks! I really like the Blue Angel climbing out vertically.
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Re: US CA,AZ,NV trip day 7 El Centro (photo)

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Thanks for the nice reports and pics. Very nice to see what's happening at these bases!

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Re: US CA,AZ,NV trip day 7 El Centro (photo)

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Great report Patrick! That Seaknight is quite a gem to conclude your trip with :worship:
Greetz,

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Re: US CA,AZ,NV trip day 7 El Centro (photo)

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you sure got the most out of this trip..nice!
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Re: US CA,AZ,NV trip day 7 El Centro (photo)

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Thanks for sharing your story and pictures with us! It was a pleasure to read.

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Re: US CA,AZ,NV trip day 7 El Centro (photo)

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I hope you got to enjoy the sight and sound of that HMMT-164! They only have five CH-46s left and the unit will stand down on the 9th April, marking the final retirement of the CH-46 from service with the USMC.
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Re: US CA,AZ,NV trip day 7 El Centro (photo)

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Thanks for your report and the effort while on the road, long hours, little sleep... spotting trips are worse than work!
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