Sky Jumpers Over Fairhope
Shot the afternoon of APR 29 2025, looking north from Oak Hollow Farm in Fairhope. The airport is roughly 2.5 miles north of the Farm…
Airplanes
Goodyear Blimp Over Fairhope
Wingfoot Two, one of Goodyearโs fleet of four blimps, passes over the Fairhope/Daphne area at midday Monday. Moving at about 55 knots or about 63 mph, the airship is captured about 1,225 feet up while heading northeast. Based near Fort Lauderdale, Wingfoot Two has the honor of being the first Goodyear blimp in over 50…
Busy Sky Over Fairhope
What might look like a close call in fact is not. A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 heading from New Orleans to Washington, DC passes a business jet in the sky over Fairhope Thursday afternoon APR 24 2025. There was never a conflict between these two. The Southwest flight cruises 39,000 feet up, while the business…
Headed For Beaches of Mexico
American Airlines flight 492 passes directly over Gaillard Island in Mobile Bay at midday Thursday APR 24 2025 while on a flight from Chicago to Cancun. Captured at an altitude of 38,000 feet or about 7.2 miles, the Boeing 737 moves at a ground speed of 442 knots or 508 mph during the roughly three…
Passing Over Fairhope
๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ง๐๐จ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐: Delta Air Lines flight 1816 passes directly over Fairhope’s Battles Wharf community APR 21 2025 while on a flight from Puerto Vallarta to Atlanta. The Boeing 757 is captured at an altitude of 37,000 feet or seven miles up, moving at a ground speed of 464 knots or 533 mph during…
Bound For The Bahamas
American Airlines flight 1005 flies over Fairhopeโs Fruit and Nut district APR 13 2025 while on a flight from Dallas/Fort Worth to Nassau. Captured at an altitude of 37,000 feet or seven miles, the Boeing 737 moves at a ground speed of 481 knots or 553 mph during the roughly two hour forty five minute…
Airbus Up Close And Personal
A new Airbus A220 passes over Fairhope the afternoon of APR 10 2025 while turning to land in Mobile following a test flight. Capable of seating between 100 and 150 people, the aircraft boasts higher fuel efficiency, making it attractive to airlines around the world. Airbus is under pressure to increase production rates of the…
Amazon In The Air
๐ผ๐ข๐๐ฏ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ง ๐ค๐ซ๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ค๐ฅ๐: Amazon Air flight 3019 passes over The Coffee Loft in Fairhope Thursday afternoon while on a flight from Lakeland FL, to Austin, TX. Captured 38,000 feet or about 7.2 miles high, the Boeing 737 cargo freighter moves at a ground speed of 400 knots or 460 mph during…
Airbus’ City of Hamburg arrives
๐ผ๐๐ง๐๐ช๐จ ๐๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐๐ง: City of Hamburg, a 415 foot by 67 foot Ro-ro cargo ship sailing under the flag of France, heads into the port of Mobile Monday morning, finishing 15 days at sea. Moving at 6 mph with a draught of 15 feet, the ship concludes a voyage that began MAR 22nd from Montoir,…
Southwest Over Point Clear
๐๐๐ญ๐๐จ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐: Southwest Airlines flight 3537 passes over Point Clear Tuesday afternoon while on a roughly two hour five minute flight from Jacksonville to Houston. The Boeing 737 is captured at an altitude of 38,000 feet or about 7.2 miles high, moving at a ground speed of 426 knots or about 490 mph. Photo shot…