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Some occasional planespotting from around the Aerospace Valley Full res photos here: https://flic.kr/ps/3WJdKd
Still flying
14.01.2026 19:43 — 👍 12 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Caught all four bombers this year, would like to keep the streak going into 2026, especially as some of them get new hardware
31.12.2025 00:34 — 👍 38 🔁 6 💬 2 📌 1Caution wake turbulence
27.12.2025 03:28 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
The Scaled Composites Model 432 looking a bit more production-representative
23.12.2025 17:15 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0I'm aware, but the callsign was still NASA872
19.12.2025 01:59 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Here's a rare sight
A NASA RQ-4 (N872NA) flying around today, first time I've been able to capture one
Note the SkyRange decal
GE Aerospace's Flying Test Bed landing at Victorville after a flight test last week
There's plans to do durability testing on their newer engines in the Middle East next year, so hopefully I can catch that
Saw some cool stuff today
11.12.2025 22:54 — 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1
Sad end to Universal Hydrogen's Dash 8
Caught at the Mojave Boneyard
Nov. 22, 2025
This and more shots in the album:
www.flickr.com/gp/193204189...
Stratolaunch's "Spirit of Mojave" lifts off with the Talon-A3 reusable hypersonic vehicle
Got the boneyard in the background too 🤙
Phone video of the "Spirit of Mojave" taking off with TA-3 on board!
22.11.2025 20:20 — 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
She's up!
22.11.2025 19:56 — 👍 11 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Talon underneath the 747
22.11.2025 17:12 — 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
Stratolaunch's "Spirit of Mojave" minus Talon
We'll see if it flies today
Holy cow, people caught an Edwards-based B-52 (likely 60-0031) with a pair of LRSO missiles!
lookunderrocks on instagram
L-29 Delfin as FURY02 taking off to serve as chase for the YFQ-44A
02.11.2025 22:08 — 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
YFQ-44A makes its first flight at KVCV, 10/31/2025
02.11.2025 20:03 — 👍 23 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Lot more people behind me too. Pretty neat to see
31.10.2025 21:49 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Those aren't my shots, but I'll be more than welcome to give you some tips!
31.10.2025 21:30 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Anduril's YFQ-44A making it's first flight today
Tail code 'AI' serial 25-1001
Edited photos to come later
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31.10.2025 14:42 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
A Calspan G-III with an interesting "pod"
It's a 300 gallon tank for an F-16 but crammed with sensor apertures 🤔
Pointy planes in the Southern Californian desert
29.10.2025 05:45 — 👍 47 🔁 6 💬 4 📌 0F414 noises as the X-59 lifts off
29.10.2025 05:26 — 👍 28 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
X-59 takes to the skies for the first time
Oct 28, 2025
Great to see this thing finally in the air, one of my first projects involved X-59 parts
Some kind of pump issue and the birds weren't getting topped up fully
24.10.2025 20:31 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
