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Category: Aviation

10 May 2024 Michael Riffle

The British Are Going!

This morning a Royal Air Force KC Voyager passed overhead after departing Lawson Army Airfield

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5 May 2024 Michael Riffle

How Did I Miss This?

Yesterday I was reviewing footage I recorded on 24 April 2023 of a KC-46 tanker

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29 April 2024 Michael Riffle

Doomsday Part Deux

On the heels of the USAF E-4B fly-over a couple weeks ago, another “doomsday plane”

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17 April 2024 Michael Riffle

It’s Doomsday!

Yesterday evening a USAF E-4B “Nightwatch”, aka the doomsday plane, flew over the southern part

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11 October 2023 Michael Riffle

Competition Balloons Over Harris County

Last Saturday sixteen gas balloons lifted off from the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta in New

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29 August 2023 Michael Riffle

Ghostrider overhead!

This afternoon, shortly before 1pm, I glanced at ADSBExchange.com and noticed a C-130 was headed

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10 February 2023 Michael Riffle

SpaceX Intercepts An Aircraft

During the SpaceX Hispasat Amazonas Nexus launch last Monday night I captured a close encounter

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8 February 2023 Michael Riffle

The Flight of HBAL617

Last week was an interesting week for stratospheric balloon flights in the United States. Much

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10 January 2023 Michael Riffle

Hercs & Ospreys

This morning I glanced at the ADSBExchange map and noticed a couple aircraft tracking toward

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6 November 2022 Michael Riffle

Faaaaaat Albert

Late this afternoon the U.S. Navy Blue Angels support aircraft, a C-130 known as Fat

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  • How Did I Miss This?
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  • The Partial Solar Eclipse of 2024
  • Partial Solar Eclipse At NWS Birmingham
  • Competition Balloons Over Harris County
  • Starlink G6-19 Satellite Train

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