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 Fairhopeβs 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 Fairhopeβs 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 Chinookβs strengths include transporting cargo and troops, along with search and rescue, casualty evacuation, disaster…
πΌπ¨ π¨π©π§πππππ© π€π«ππ§ππππ ππ¨ ππ© πππ©π¨: Allegiant Air flight 442 passes overhead while preparing to land at Gulf Shores MARA 30 2026. Captured about 5,250 feet up, the Airbus A320 slows from a ground speed of 278 knots or 319 mph while finishing a one hour and forty seven minute flight from Des Moines. Photo…
Sceye, a high altitude helium-filled solar-powered airship, passes directly over Mullet Point Park in Barnwell the afternoon of MAR 27 2026. Captured at an altitude of 50,900 feet or 9.6 miles, the 214 foot long by 65 foot wide airship moves at a ground speed of 42 knots or 48 mph as it moves southeast….
A new Airbus A320 passes over the eastern shore during a test flight MAR 23 2026. Having moved away from flying Boeing 737s, the low-cost airline VIVA now operates an all-Airbus fleet as of earlier this year. In addition to its heavy use of the A320, VIVA signed an agreement to buy 90 larger A321neo…
A US Navy Boeing P-8 Poseidon passes over Fairhopeβs Marietta Johnson School of Organic Education while on a training flight MAR 23 2026. Captured about 1,800 feet up, the aircraft moves at a ground speed of 187 knots or 215 mph while lining up to practice a touch-and-go landing at Brookley Field in Mobile. Known…
A U.S. Air Force Boeing E-3B Sentry flies over Fairhope while on a training mission the morning of MAR 17th 2026. Captured 31,025 feet or 5.8 miles up, the aircraft moves at a ground speed of 433 knots or 498 mph while flying patterns from Baldwin county on the west to Santa Rosa Island, FL,…
