A privately owned Sikorsky S-92A passes over Fairhope’s North Beach park Saturday afternoon on its way from Mobile to Florida. Captured at about 1,325 feet up, the aircraft moves at a ground speed of 142 knots or 163 mph. The aircraft continues moving southeast over Josephine and then flies over the Gulf along Santa Rosa…
Flying low over Fairhope: A Bell 206 helicopter is seen making several low altitude passes over Fairhope from the Point Clear area to north of Hwy 104 Tuesday afternoon. The aircraft is registered to the US Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Photo shot from Fairhope, roughly half a mile away…
Airbus A321 test flight over Mobile Bay. Photo shot from Fairhope…
A new Airbus A321neo passes over The Shops at Point Clear and Battles Wharf Thursday afternoon while turning to land at Brookley Field in Mobile. Capable of carrying up to 244 passengers, the A321 is manufactured across the Bay in Mobile, as well as in Hamburg, Germany, Tianjin, China and Toulouse, France. More than 3,300…
A US Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk air crew flies along the edge of Mobile Bay JAN 15 2025. In service since 1990, the Jayhawk provides multi-mission capability for the Coast Guard. Search and rescue, law enforcement, drug interdiction and marine environmental protection missions are among the roles the aircraft handles. Capable of cruising at 170…
Poseidon over Fairhope: A US Navy Boeing P-8A Poseidon makes passes over Point Clear late Tuesday afternoon while practicing touch-and-go landings at Brookley Field in Mobile. Based on the design of Boeing’s commercial 737 aircraft, Poseidons are modified for military use. Specializing in anti-submarine warfare, the aircraft is capable of carrying torpedoes and missiles. Poseidons…
Breeze breezes out of Mobile: In a photo shot from Fairhope AUG 07 2024, A Breeze Airways Airbus A220 lines up to land in Mobile. Breeze has just announced that it is terminating air service from Mobile effective JAN 31st. The airline began flying out of Mobile in April of 2024, offering service to Orlando,…
US Navy Boeing P-8A Poseidon crews make frequent passes over the eastern shore Friday while practicing touch-and-go landings at Brookley Field in Mobile…
Its Texas livery with white star clearly visible over the eastern shore, Southwest Airlines flight 1231 passes over McMillan Bluff in Daphne Thursday afternoon while on a flight from Austin to Tampa. Captured at an altitude of 36,325 feet or 6.8 miles, the Boeing 737 moves at a ground speed of 522 knots or 600…
Caught in the act (of training): A Coast Guard MH-65D Dolphin flies north along the eastern shore of Mobile Bay on Alabama’s Gulf coast Monday morning. Captured about 500 feet in the air, the aircraft moves at a ground speed of about 93 mph. Dolphins are among several types of aircraft based at the Coast…