AZ, NV, CA and RF16-1 (MIL) Yuma Proving Grounds

falcx · Post by **falcx** » 20 Mar 2016, 18:09

Both VFA-106 as VFA-122 were flying out of NAF El Centro on my first visit. And ofcourse the
Blue Angels did one practise event in the morning. Nice to see so much action on a Saturday.

F/A-18D 164228/AD-441 VFA-106 by Charles Dover, on Flickr

F/A-18F 165679/NJ-101 VFA-122 by Charles Dover, on Flickr

KC-130J 166765/QB-765 VMGR-352 by Charles Dover, on Flickr

Hook down, waiting for the cable. by Charles Dover, on Flickr

Blue Angels 163485/1 F/A-18C by Charles Dover, on Flickr

Regards,
Charles

CR-74050 · Post by **CR-74050** » 20 Mar 2016, 18:56

Nice shots and nice variety for a Saturday!

Thanks for sharing!

Cheers, Dick

Oscar01 · Post by **Oscar01** » 21 Mar 2016, 12:45

Hi,

Heard usn / usmc (el centro / Yuma and others) do fly quite often on saturdays (and even sundays)....

Oz

falcx · Post by **falcx** » 21 Mar 2016, 21:58

Oscar01 wrote:Hi,

Heard usn / usmc (el centro / Yuma and others) do fly quite often on saturdays (and even sundays)....

Oz

Oscar,

If there is a unit at El Centro, they will fly Saturday's between 7am up till 3pm at the latest. It is also known
that unit's arrive on the Saturday.
At Yuma not too much is going on in the weekend, although I have had some nice Saturday's there. In general
the Sunday is a quiet day. Never say never though

Regards,
Charles

Oscar01 · Post by **Oscar01** » 22 Mar 2016, 07:42

Thanks Charles.

Will take a look at El Centro first and then look at Yuma. Heard that during WTI they do fly on saturdays.....

Time will tell,
Oz

Basman · Post by **Basman** » 22 Mar 2016, 08:48

Heard usn / usmc (el centro / Yuma and others) do fly quite often on saturdays (and even sundays)....

I stayed near NAS Key West recently. On weekdays, flying started around 7am. On Saturday (to my great surprise) flying started at 9am. The resident F-5's of VFC-111 didn't fly that Saturday, only the visiting units. I guess a couple of temp-based VFA-204 and VFC-12 Hornets and ATAC Hunters fulfilled the bad guy role that day.

Best regards,

Bas

falcx · Post by **falcx** » 22 Mar 2016, 21:15

Last year I made a shot stop in the middle of the night to check out the T-6B's. This year
I was at the fence of Bullhead City-Laughlin, NV by 7.30am, just in time to see the first T-6's
take off for their daily routine.
Two hours later 22 of the 25 had flown

A log can befound here;http://forum.scramble.nl/viewtopic.php?f=88&t=121483

T-6B 166202/G-202 CDR CTW-4 by Charles Dover, on Flickr

T-6B 166045/G-045 on take off by Charles Dover, on Flickr

T-6B 166175/G-175 runway by Charles Dover, on Flickr

Bullhead/ Lauglin flightline by Charles Dover, on Flickr

Regards,
Charles

falcx · Post by **falcx** » 25 Mar 2016, 21:46

During the 10 day trip 3 stops were made at MCAS Yuma. Besides the resident's from amongst others VMFT-401 and
VMFA-121 I had a detachement UH-1Y/AH-1W's from HMLA-469 flying from here. First a couple of visitor's;

UH-1Y 168958/SE-11 HMLA-469 by Charles Dover, on Flickr

UH-1Y 168953/SE-03 HMLA-469 by Charles Dover, on Flickr

KC-130J 169018/QH-018 VMGR-234 by Charles Dover, on Flickr
A brand new KC-130J from VMGR-234

3 T-45C Goshawks on transient by Charles Dover, on Flickr

Regards,
Charles

Post by **Hurricane** » 25 Mar 2016, 22:00

Nice mix of airplanes Charles

falcx · Post by **falcx** » 26 Mar 2016, 21:57

Some of the locals that flew/saw during the stop's that I made here at MCAS Yuma;

F-5N 761546/LS-04 VMFT-401 by Charles Dover, on Flickr

AV-8B 165572/YX-51 VMM-166(REIN) by Charles Dover, on Flickr

A-4K Skyhawks Draken Int. by Charles Dover, on Flickr

F-35B 169166/VK-02 VMFA-121 by Charles Dover, on Flickr

F-5N 761576/LS-08 VMAT-401 by Charles Dover, on Flickr

Regards,
Charles

Stephan Lodewijks · Post by **Stephan Lodewijks** » 27 Mar 2016, 21:00

Nice shots! The F-5's are simply stunning...

One question: did you tilt some of your pics, so the object's attitude looks horizontally straight? Or does it just appear that way?

Regards,

Stephan

falcx · Post by **falcx** » 28 Mar 2016, 13:38

Stephan Lodewijks wrote:Nice shots! The F-5's are simply stunning...

One question: did you tilt some of your pics, so the object's attitude looks horizontally straight? Or does it just appear that way?

Regards,

Stephan

Thanks Stephan!

I'm just a beginner. It could be that I am just not holding my camara straight ofcourse

.
The "08" has a correction of 0,15 degrees, the rest are all taken with these angels, no correction.

Regards,
Charles