A US Air Force Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 Hercules makes several passes over Fairhope SEP 29 2026 while crew members practice touch-and-go landings at Brookley Field in Mobile. The crew’s primary missions include delivering equipment and supplies, as well as transporting cargo, personnel and making airdrops. Based at Keesler Air Force Base in MS, the aircraft…
A US Navy Boeing P-8 Poseidon passes over Sacred Heart Chapel over Fairhope’s Battles Wharf community while conducting a training flight AUG 24 2026. Captured about 1,850 feet high, the aircraft moves at a ground speed of 174 knots or 200 mph while lining up to touch the runway at Brookley Field in Mobile, as…
A US Coast Guard CASA HC-144B Ocean Sentry makes a low pass along the eastern shore of Mobile Bay AUG 9TH 2026. Moving at a ground speed of 159 knots or 182 mph, the aircraft is captured about 1,325 feet up as it passes over the Fairhope pier. The Ocean Sentry is considered particularly effective…
A US Navy TH-73A Thrasher flies along the eastern shore of Mobile Bay late Sunday morning JUL 26 2026. Built in Pennsylvania by Leonardo USA, the Thrasher is used for training pilots for the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard. The Navy’s first Thrasher enters service in AUG 2021 at Naval Air Station Whiting Field…
Allegiant Air flight 2634 passes over Fairhope’s Fruit and Nut District JUN 08 2026 while finishing a flight from Louisville. The Airbus A320 is captured about 4,850 feet up, slowing from a ground speed of 209 knots or 240 mph during the one hour twenty minute flight to Gulf Shores. Allegiant is in the process…
A US Army Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk passes over Fairhope MAY 5th 2026. Built to operate in the toughest of battlefield conditions, more than 5,000 Hawk aircraft have been produced for 36 nations. Especially adept at air assault, Black Hawks can carry up to twelve troops with gear or 9,000 pounds of supplies and ammunition….
Spirit Airlines flight 1365, an Airbus 320, passes over Fairhope’s Flying Creek Nature Preserve APR 16th 2026 while on a flight from New Orleans to Orlando. Questions are being raised about whether Spirit can stay in business. Having already declared bankruptcy twice, the ultra low cost carrier faces more pressure because of rising fuel prices….
With its distinctive 30-foot rotating radar dome easily visible, a US Air Force Boeing E-3G Sentry passes over southern Mobile Bay APR 16th 2026 while on a training mission out of Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma. Captured at an altitude of 32,025 feet or about six miles high, the aircraft moves at a ground…
Global Crossing Airlines flight 6182 passes over Mayday park in Daphne the morning of APR 13th 2026 while on a flight from Jacksonville, FL to Harlingen, TX. Captured at an altitude of 36,000 feet or about 6.8 miles, the Airbus A319 moves at a ground speed of 400 knots or 460 mph during the roughly…
A US Army Boeing CH-47 Chinook visits Fairhope’s airport APR 10 2026. The tandem rotor Chinook is considered a workhorse, given its ability to lift payloads weighing more than thirteen tons. Capable of climbing to more than 20,000 feet, the Chinook’s strengths include transporting cargo and troops, along with search and rescue, casualty evacuation, disaster…
