Posted on 06/29/2024 11:06:01 AM PDT by suthener
Unusual aircraft in my area.
“I thought I might not be using the correct terminology but no origin, no destination, and no owner are unusual for a commercial aircraft.”
Those items are not available to Flightradar via squawk.
This was a charter flight, not a commercial.
See #6
So what % of US air defense systems do you think are in Ukraine ... Numbers please.
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less than 0.0001%. The US only sent one (1) Patriot battery to UKR of the 1000 systems made, German has sent 2 (two)
Other systems include disposables like the Javelin, of which the US has tens of thousand with more being made every day.
I have seen a few antonovs, but like another person said, I some are owned/used by Boeing frequently.
the US Govt may also own one
ULA factory is in Bama.
same with a flying guppy
but I might have some trouble with this
Air Force Academy is currently flying a DISCUS and a DUO-DISCUS around Salt Lake City.
Never seen these in ADS-B.
Just had a C-17 fly over my house (Mich) at less than 5000 feet.
Not transponding on ADS-B.
I believe it was Ford that once contracted one of these to transport misaligned door dies for the Fusion from Hermosillo Mexico to Detroit to be retooled because it's one of the few airplanes licensed to carry very heavy objects in the United States.
-PJ
Doesn’t airbus have a mfg facility in Alabama?
The Airbus U.S. Manufacturing Facility, the first commercial aircraft production site for Airbus in the country, opened in Mobile, Alabama in 2015. The line currently assembles A319, A320 and A321 aircraft, producing 60 aircraft annually.
Carrying parts
“The Airbus U.S. Manufacturing Facility, “
Google shows it located at the Mobile International Airport.
I read that Russia was attending a UN session. Could be related.
Might want to sell and buy another house out of the flight path!
“I read that Russia was attending a UN session. Could be related.”
Not likely. The original poster figured that by the altitude, speed and such of the aircraft it could be flying to Mobile (AL). There is a “Foreign Trade Zone” that encompasses air freight facilities at the Mobile (AL) airport.
The UN is of course in NYC and there would be no sense of Russian diplomates flying on course through Mobile Alabama.
“There is a “Foreign Trade Zone” that encompasses air freight facilities at the Mobile (AL) airport.”
There is an AirBus assembly plant at the Mobile (AL) airport.
Probably chartered by the Gov’t to bring in thousands more illegals (excuse me ... Newcomers) with voter registration documents all set to vote in November.
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