Still flying

Caught all four bombers this year, would like to keep the streak going into 2026, especially as some of them get new hardware

The Scaled Composites Model 432 looking a bit more production-representative

Here's a rare sight A NASA RQ-4 (N872NA) flying around today, first time I've been able to capture one Note the SkyRange decal

GE Aerospace's Flying Test Bed landing at Victorville after a flight test last week There's plans to do durability testing on their newer engines in the Middle East next year, so hopefully I can catch that

Saw some cool stuff today

Sad end to Universal Hydrogen's Dash 8 Caught at the Mojave Boneyard Nov. 22, 2025

Stratolaunch's "Spirit of Mojave" lifts off with the Talon-A3 reusable hypersonic vehicle Got the boneyard in the background too 🤙

Phone video of the "Spirit of Mojave" taking off with TA-3 on board!

She's up!

Talon underneath the 747

Stratolaunch's "Spirit of Mojave" minus Talon We'll see if it flies today

Holy cow, people caught an Edwards-based B-52 (likely 60-0031) with a pair of LRSO missiles! lookunderrocks on instagram

L-29 Delfin as FURY02 taking off to serve as chase for the YFQ-44A

YFQ-44A makes its first flight at KVCV, 10/31/2025

Anduril's YFQ-44A making it's first flight today Tail code 'AI' serial 25-1001 Edited photos to come later

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A Calspan G-III with an interesting "pod" It's a 300 gallon tank for an F-16 but crammed with sensor apertures 🤔

Pointy planes in the Southern Californian desert

F414 noises as the X-59 lifts off

X-59 takes to the skies for the first time Oct 28, 2025 Great to see this thing finally in the air, one of my first projects involved X-59 parts

Hearing KC-46 issues live on the scanner is... something

Northrop Grumman Systems' Turbo Stationair (N8898Q) working the pattern at Palmdale earlier this year It's got the same white/blue/gray livery as the SCAN sensor testbeds, so curious what kind of equipment it has on board

Welp, fuel leak means it won't be flying this week or next probably The problems never seem to end on that program

Always check your NOTAMs X-59 first flight imminent 👀

NASA 884 and 846 yesterday

NASA884 and 864 over Edwards 884 serving as an X-59 surrogate while 864 performs chase duties

B-21 flight test tempo really is remarkable

U-2S 80-1099 with some condensation on the wings after going FL600 and above today. Clouds made for a nice background too Delivery to Beale on the horizon...

Best birthday present 91-4006, the oldest flying Raptor gives me a bit of a show on its way back to Edwards Broke the sound barrier above my head earlier in the morning too

Wow, I thought it had left somewhere more remote for flight testing Scaled Composites/Northrop Grumman XRQ-73 SHEPARD chilling at Mojave

That's a bit odd F-15SA going to China Lake

The Scaled Composites/Northrop Grumman Model 437 performing more taxi tests, 9/12/2025

Flight test article #2 taxiing out

Pilot in the front seat sent me a VISTA patch!

Model 437 👀

That's cool, watched the second B-21 take to the skies this morning

AH-64Es with Spike NLOS training missiles stopped by Fox Field over the weekend

Putting the Dehaze slider to the max in Lightroom TORCH92 landing at Edwards last Friday

BAE-owned Sabreliner N376D "FLIGHTSYSTEMS03" taking off from Mojave to participate in Gray Flag activities

My best shot of the X-62 VISTA yet Turns out they were flying AI agents on this flight

Crazy that I caught all bombers except the B-2 today

Wow, glad I stayed in the desert today instead of going to Mugu

More X-59 taxi testing

Always check your NOTAMs N466TM dropping guided parachutes in the early morning over Cuddeback Dry Lake July 2025

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A variety of F-35s, all caught on the same day in August AF-06 CF-08 AF-03 AF-338