𝙏𝙬𝙤 𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙠𝙨 𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙚𝙖 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙥𝙞𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙞𝙧𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙚: City of Hamburg, a 415 foot by 67 foot Ro-ro cargo ship sailing under the flag of France, passes Gaillard Island on the way into the port of Mobile the afternoon of OCT 15th 2025. With a draught of 16 feet, the ship moves at 17…
Walk almost anywhere around Fairhope and you can see signs reminiscent of the vision one man had for the city half a century ago. James P. Nix, who served as Mayor for 28 years, wanted Fairhope to be a place of beauty and charm. His vision had grown out of a trip he took to…
Air Canada Rouge flight 1823 passes over the eastern shore of Mobile Bay OCT 13th 2025, while flying from Cancun to Toronto. Captured at an altitude of 35,000 feet or about 6.5 miles, the Airbus A321 moves at a ground speed of 428 knots or 492 mph during the three and a half hour flight….
An Atlas Air Boeing 747 passes directly over Sacred Heart Chapel in Point Clear the morning of OCT 13th 2025 while on a flight from Houston to Jacksonville. Captured at an altitude of 37,000 feet or seven miles, flight 8088 moves at a ground speed of 459 knots or 528 mph during the roughly one…
Scenes from around Fairhope shot OCT 12 2025. Photos by David Black…
CMA CGM Orfeo, a 1,148 foot by 140 foot container ship sailing under the flag of Germany, heads out of Mobile Bay the afternoon of OCT 12th 2025, setting course for Singapore. With a draught of 41 feet, the ship moves at 13 mph while beginning a trip expected to finish NOV 22nd. According to…
Allegiant Air flight 393 makes a direct pass over Fairhope’s Magnolia Beach early the afternoon of OCT 12th 2025 while wrapping up a flight from Cincinnati to Gulf Shores. Captured around 3,800 feet up, the Airbus A320 slows from a ground speed of about 247 knots or 294 mph as it concludes the one hour…
American Airlines flight 2136 passes over Jubilee Suites Bed and Breakfast in Fairhope the afternoon of OCT 11 2025 while on a flight from Orlando to Dallas. Captured 34,000 feet or 6.4 miles high, the Airbus A321 moves at a ground speed of 436 knots or 501 mph during the roughly two hour twenty minute…
Fresh off a change to a different kayak, Granby, MO, resident Jake VanLue crosses under the Fairhope pier early the morning of OCT 11th 2025 as part of a 650 mile paddle race that began seven days earlier. Billed as the longest such race in the nation, the Great Alabama 650 allows contestants ten days…
Its final time to be seen in Mobile Bay, LCS 38, or the future USS Pierre, passes Gaillard Island the morning of OCT 10th 2025, while heading to assignment with the US Navy. The 418 foot by 104 foot vessel is the last Independence class variant warship to be built for the Navy by Austal…
