A US Coast Guard MH-65D Dolphin air crew passes over the eastern shore late Tuesday morning. Part of the Coast Guard’s fleet of aircraft since 1984, Dolphins have undergone upgrades including new engines, digital technology, flight control, weather radar and navigation systems. At least one such upgraded Dolphin is in use at the Coast Guard’s…
Southwest Airlines flight 3240 passes over Fairhope’s Rock Creek Golf Club Sunday afternoon. Captured descending from 10,700 feet or about two miles high, the Boeing 737 moves at a ground speed of 371 knots or 426 miles per hour while preparing to land in Pensacola following an hour’s flight from Houston. Photo shot from Fairhope,…
Volaris flight 4327 passes over Mobile Bay Monday afternoon while on a flight from Washington Dulles to San Salvador. Captured at an altitude of 38,000 feet or roughly 7.25 miles high, the Airbus A320 moves at a ground speed of 432 knots or 497 mph during the four and a half hour flight. Volaris is…
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,…