Southwest Airlines flight 1572 passes over the Daphne Civic Center the afternoon of FEB 3rd 2026 while on a flight from Orlando to New Orleans. Captured at an altitude of 32,000 feet or about six miles up, the Boeing 737 moves at a ground speed of 395 knots or 454 mph during the one and…
A C-130J Super Hercules operated by the U.S. Marines flies along the eastern shore of Mobile Bay JAN 30th 2026. Built by Lockheed Martin, the four engine turboprop aircraft is considered by the military to be a proven workhorse, given its multitude of mission capabilities. Airdrops, special operations, medevac, aerial refueling and search and rescue…
A US Navy Boeing P-8 Poseidon makes passes over the eastern shore the morning of JAN 28th 2026 while practicing touch-and-go landings at Brookley Field in Mobile. If the aircraft looks similar to a commercial passenger jet, that’s because the P-8 is based on Boeing’s 737, with modifications made to accommodate military use. The Poseidon…
American Airlines flight 2431 passes directly over Battles Wharf in Fairhope JAN 18th 2026, while on a flight from Miami to Los Angeles. Captured at an altitude of 38,000 feet or a little over seven miles high, the Boeing 777 moves at a ground speed of 415 knots or 477 mph during the roughly five…
A new Airbus A220 passes over Battles Wharf the afternoon of JAN 14th 2026 while lining up to land in Mobile following a test flight. The aircraft is the original creation of Bombardier, which branded it as the CS100. Faced with financial challenges, the only way Bombardier had available to save the aircraft was to…
Southwest Airlines flight 1996 passes over Old Battles Place in Fairhope the afternoon of DEC 30th 2025 while on a flight from Cancun to St. Louis. Captured 40,000 feet or 7.5 miles high, the Boeing 737 moves at a ground speed of 421 knots or 484 mph during the two hour forty minute flight. Cancun’s…
Aeromexico flight 432 passes over Fairhope’s Pier St boat ramp around noon DEC 20thy 2025 while on a flight from Monterrey, Mexico, to Orlando. Captured at an altitude of 37,000 feet or seven miles, the Boeing 737 moves at a ground speed of 480 knots or 552 mph during the roughly two and a half…
American Airlines flight 2762 passes over Fairhope’s Flying Creek DEC 19th 2025 while heading for Texas. Captured about 20,250 feet or roughly four miles up, the Airbus A319 flies toward Dallas while moving at a ground speed of 367 knots or 422 mph during the roughly ninety minute flight from Pensacola. The A319 is considered…
A new Airbus A321 passes over the eastern shore during flight testing the afternoon of DEC 9th 2025. Moving at 170 knots or 195 mph, the aircraft is captured at about 1,750 feet up as it prepares for landing at Brookley Field. Airbus is reported to have delivered 3,536 A321s as of the end of…
A US Air Force C-146A Dornier Wolfhound passes over Fairhope DEC 9th 2025 while doing training exercises. Wolfhounds are the military version of the Dornier 328 turboprop commuter airliner. They are used to transport US Special Operations Command teams and cargo. The aircraft are capable of short takeoffs and landings on rough airstrips, making them…