So there I was, at 10,500 feet...

[Wayne Little]

Top shots Eric...waiting for more mate!..

 

[Clave]

Heh, nice!

The B2 pics are not showing up for me... conspiracy?

 

[Heinz]

Nah fraid not Clave I see em..........

Great shots really beautiful views. The B2 looks great sweeping through the sky!

 

[evangilder]

Heh, nice!

The B2 pics are not showing up for me... conspiracy?

Switch off your RADAR and go to visual.

 

[evangilder]

The flight back was pretty uneventful, aside from some turbulence from the leading edge of an arctic high. We had to descend quickly to get below the muck, as seen in the air speed indicator (Joe, I thought you might appreciate 150 knots in the Commander!).

The first shot shows the remnants of the flour from the T-6 bombing competition the weekend before.

 

[timshatz]

Great shots Evan! Nice ride too. What year was the Commander? Panel looked pretty new.

 

[evangilder]

It was manufactured in 1997. It's really nice!

 

[Wildcat]

Fantastic shots Eric!

 

[SoD Stitch]

The biggest highlight of the trip up was when I was looking around, as always, helping out looking out for other traffic. Regardless of GPS and RADAR, it's always good to see and be seen, so another set of eyes in the cockpit is always good to have.

The nice relaxing flight was interrupted by me shouting "HOLY SH!T" in the intercomm. Susan, the pilot flinched and said "What?" before I could finish with "It's a STEALTH BOMBER!!!". She said "No way" as my shutter clicked off three shots. A quick photo review on the back of the camera and I gave Susan a high five! We also spotted a U2, but it was too late for me to get a lens on it.

Nice shot! The most amazing part is that the B-2 was actually BELOW you, not above you; any idea where he was headed? I know they're not stationed out here on the West Coast, he must have been going to or from somwhere; Edwards, maybe?

 

[evangilder]

Yeah, I am guessing Edwards because he was going South when I shot that. Earlier in the day, a friend of mine who lives in the AV said he saw one heading north. Edwards has one or two of these anyway, so I am assuming it was probably theirs. I had heard that they were cleared to fly again, but never dreamed I would be able to get a shot like that.

 

[ccheese]

Great shots, Eric. Lucky you !!

Charles

 

[FLYBOYJ]

Joe, I thought you might appreciate 150 knots in the Commander!

You bet - you guys were really movin! Great shots!

 

[evangilder]

Thanks Joe. We did flight following, so I was able to look at the flight tracker data from the trip up, and it looks like our descent on the way up was a bit faster.

Eastern TZ Latitude Longitude kts Feet Location/Type
02:00PM 34.13 -117.68 114 4700 level Southern California TRACON
02:01PM 34.15 -117.65 110 5400 climbing Southern California TRACON
02:02PM 34.15 -117.62 116 5800 climbing Southern California TRACON
02:03PM 34.15 -117.58 119 6300 climbing Southern California TRACON
02:04PM 34.17 -117.53 122 6800 climbing Southern California TRACON
02:05PM 34.17 -117.50 127 7200 climbing Southern California TRACON
02:06PM 34.20 -117.47 132 7600 climbing Southern California TRACON
02:07PM 34.23 -117.45 135 8000 climbing Southern California TRACON
02:08PM 34.27 -117.45 129 8500 climbing Southern California TRACON
02:09PM 34.30 -117.47 122 8800 climbing Southern California TRACON
02:39PM 34.97 -118.52 144 10400 climbing Los Angeles Center
02:43PM 35.09 -118.65 143 6200 descending Los Angeles Center
02:47PM 35.23 -118.81 172 8100 climbing Los Angeles Center
02:51PM 35.33 -119.00 179 5900 descending Los Angeles Center
02:55PM 35.43 -119.17 125 4200 descending Los Angeles Center

 

[fly boy]

The biggest highlight of the trip up was when I was looking around, as always, helping out looking out for other traffic. Regardless of GPS and RADAR, it's always good to see and be seen, so another set of eyes in the cockpit is always good to have.

The nice relaxing flight was interrupted by me shouting "HOLY SH!T" in the intercomm. Susan, the pilot flinched and said "What?" before I could finish with "It's a STEALTH BOMBER!!!". She said "No way" as my shutter clicked off three shots. A quick photo review on the back of the camera and I gave Susan a high five! We also spotted a U2, but it was too late for me to get a lens on it.

nice job dude i wounder how rare that is

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Great shot of the B-2 Eric. That's kind of a once in a lifetime kinda thing. Again, great photo.

 

[Clave]

The B2 is very easy to see in daylight...

 

[Clave]

We also spotted a U2, but it was too late for me to get a lens on it.

U2 - Was that the first fly-by-wire aircraft?

 

[evangilder]

hehe I wish I had spotted it a second ot 2 earlier. I guess one cool shot per flight was all I was going to get.