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

[68-0037UH]

That ET A-10 at Tucson hasn't moved an inch since i was there 14 days ago.....nice series

[ypenburg63]

Good shots, Patrick.

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

Grtz,

R.

[CR-74050]

Nice ones again!

Cheers, Dick

[stipjes]

Good shots, Patrick. Where did you take the shots on the runway at Tucson? Hope to be there during coming March.
Grtz,
R.

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:

and a visitor:


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:

[stipjes]

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?).











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

[Phantom54]

Hi Patrick,

It is a MQ-8C Fire Scout

[stipjes]

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.

























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.








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.

[grad81]

Great shots, great report! Thanks for sharing!

[Wilfried]

Great report Patrick, thanks! I really like the Blue Angel climbing out vertically.

[CR-74050]

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

Cheers, Dick

[SquAdmin]

Great report Patrick! That Seaknight is quite a gem to conclude your trip with

[warthog64]

you sure got the most out of this trip..nice!

[Arnovdpas]

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

Arno

[Erik_7Xi]

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.

[Worldnis]

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