A Sikorsky UH-60L Black Hawk flies over the Fairhope area JUL 17 2025. Black Hawks are used for a variety of mission roles by the US military, including air assault and emergency response. The twin engine Black Hawk has been called a workhorse for the US Army, moving soldiers, delivering supplies and performing search and…
Avianca Cargo flight 4259 passes directly over Fairhope’s Paddock Estates neighborhood the afternoon of JUL 15 2025 while heading from Miami to Lake Charles, LA. Captured at an altitude of 40,000 feet or about 7.5 miles, the Airbus A330 freighter moves at a ground speed of 460 knots or 529 mph during the roughly two…
Not seen over the eastern shore often, Turkish Airlines flight 181 passes over Mobile Bay just off Point Clear the afternoon of JUL 3rd 2025 while on a flight from Cancun to Istanbul. Captured at an altitude of 35,000 feet or around 6.5 miles, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner moves at a ground speed of 490…
Seen over Fairhope is what appears to be a Breese 2 ultralight, manufactured by M-Squared Aircraft located in St. Elmo, about 20 miles outside of Mobile…
Fairhope was to have marked this morning’s start of the annual women’s Air Race Classic, but thunderstorms have other ideas. The race features pilots ranging from teenagers to seniors, from all vocations and backgrounds, with one common bond: A love of aviation. Forty one airplanes are involved in the event which consists of a timed…
Too high to be visible to the naked eye due to cloud cover, a high altitude balloon operated by Raven Aerostar floats over Mobile Bay Friday afternoon. Located 64,300 feet or roughly twelve miles high, the balloon moves NNW at a ground speed of nine knots or about 10 mph. Data from the balloon places…
Nicknamed a submarine killer for its anti-submarine warfare capabilities, a US Navy Boeing P-8A Poseidon crew flies patterns over Fairhope MAY 21 2025. If the aircraft looks vaguely familiar, that’s because the P-8A is based on the Boeing 737 passenger jet’s airframe. Based out of Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Poseidons routinely make such flights over…
Spirit Airlines flight 2398 passes over Daphne’s May Day park late the morning of MAY 13 2025 while on a flight from Orlando to Houston. Captured at an altitude of 38,000 feet or about seven miles, the Airbus A320 moves at a ground speed of 413 knots or 475 mph during the roughly two hour…
American Airlines flight 1251 passes directly over Flying Creek in Fairhope MAY 11 2025 while on a flight from Los Angeles to Miami. Captured at an altitude of 35,000 feet or around 6.5 miles, the Airbus A321 moves at a ground speed of 503 knots or 578 mph during the roughly four and a half…
A US Army Boeing CH-47F Chinook passes over Point Clear late Tuesday afternoon. The helicopter is captured around 3,000 feet high, moving at a groundspeed of 136 knots or 156 mph during a roughly 90 minute flight that started from Houma, LA with landing in Pensacola. A heavy-lift tandem rotor helicopter, the Chinook serves both…