Pictures while using frequent flyer miles
#286
02-04-2016, 10:05 AM
145 – Fighting down in the mud.
149 - Remember, if you stop breathing, the burn pit wins.
150/152 – Garfield asked me to drop off Nermal in a box with cut in holes at Abu Dhabi.
155/161 - 3 – Take off out of Abu Dhabi.
164 - Overfly of our favorite place to pit stop back in the day at Al Maktoum International Airport.
168 – Dubai International. Third busiest airport in the world. Crazy amount of jets.
“Emirates 34; Dubai Tower; Fly runway heading, to 3000, contact departure. Break. Reach 657; Dubai Tower; Wind 230 calm, clear to land runway three zero left.”
“Dubai tower; Reach 657; Traffic in sight, gear down, clear to land runway three zero left.”
“Reach 657; Tower; expedite landing roll, vacate left on kilo 2. Break. Emirates 82; Dubai Tower; Line up and wait in sequence runway three zero left, caution wake turbulence heavy charlie one seven on landing roll.”
“Damn, they don’t **** around here at all on timing.”
171 – Dubai tower.
172 – Burj Khalifa – The tallest manmade structure in the world.
176 – Airbus A380
184 – Boeing 777-300
186 – “Overhead panel. Checked. B-loop Off."
189 – “Hey, where is the hold short line?” No missing this one.
193 – Desert sunset
196 – “Reach 657; Line up and wait behind landing traffic short final.”
198 – “Clear for takeoff.” “Good safety LACM.” “Punch it!”
201 – “Power coming in.”
149 - Remember, if you stop breathing, the burn pit wins.
150/152 – Garfield asked me to drop off Nermal in a box with cut in holes at Abu Dhabi.
155/161 - 3 – Take off out of Abu Dhabi.
164 - Overfly of our favorite place to pit stop back in the day at Al Maktoum International Airport.
168 – Dubai International. Third busiest airport in the world. Crazy amount of jets.
“Emirates 34; Dubai Tower; Fly runway heading, to 3000, contact departure. Break. Reach 657; Dubai Tower; Wind 230 calm, clear to land runway three zero left.”
“Dubai tower; Reach 657; Traffic in sight, gear down, clear to land runway three zero left.”
“Reach 657; Tower; expedite landing roll, vacate left on kilo 2. Break. Emirates 82; Dubai Tower; Line up and wait in sequence runway three zero left, caution wake turbulence heavy charlie one seven on landing roll.”
“Damn, they don’t **** around here at all on timing.”
171 – Dubai tower.
172 – Burj Khalifa – The tallest manmade structure in the world.
176 – Airbus A380
184 – Boeing 777-300
186 – “Overhead panel. Checked. B-loop Off."
189 – “Hey, where is the hold short line?” No missing this one.
193 – Desert sunset
196 – “Reach 657; Line up and wait behind landing traffic short final.”
198 – “Clear for takeoff.” “Good safety LACM.” “Punch it!”
201 – “Power coming in.”
Last edited by adrianspeeder; 04-24-2022 at 03:39 PM.
#288
02-12-2016, 11:44 AM
202 – Headin’ out of Dubai.
203 – Burj Khalifa – The tallest manmade structure in the world.
206 – Headin’ out of Dubai.
207 – Desert sunset.
209 – Somethin’ going on down there.
211/212 – Pimpin’ out the headset to listen to the Walkman.
214 - Baghdad Bob!
216 – “In Soviet Russia, C-5ski flys YOU!” These guys were pretty cool actually. Their AC, nav, radio operator, and FE came over and were friendly for a tour. I went back over with a copilot, and chatted with their flight mechanic. Impressive size wise as a C5, but with some interesting differences. Like a KC-135, no air conditioning on the ground, so the whole flight deck is equipped with 8” trucker style fans. No safety cage though, just bare blades turning. I said that our copilots would hurt themselves with that, and the AC just started laughing.
217 – Barcode showed up behind us, and the gremlins jumped off giving me a TAWS fail.
219 – Leaving Iraq.
226 - The new 28-300mm 3.5-5.6 chunk of glass is now my favorite. Along with a rock solid new Manfrotto tripod made even this Chucktown bird look good on this Iraqi night. ISO-200, f/10, 30 seconds.
229/232 – Back to Germany and switched the rental car for something classy. I wish they sold these in diesel in the states. Loved it.
233 – Winter sucks.
238 – Foggy mountain breakdown.
244 - EuroAtlantic was known for operating the last Lockheed L-1011 TriStar in passenger service in Europe. It was phased out in March 2010 and is since stored at Amman Civil Airport in Jordan.
246/248 – Let’s have an epic crew rest in Jordan!
203 – Burj Khalifa – The tallest manmade structure in the world.
206 – Headin’ out of Dubai.
207 – Desert sunset.
209 – Somethin’ going on down there.
211/212 – Pimpin’ out the headset to listen to the Walkman.
214 - Baghdad Bob!
216 – “In Soviet Russia, C-5ski flys YOU!” These guys were pretty cool actually. Their AC, nav, radio operator, and FE came over and were friendly for a tour. I went back over with a copilot, and chatted with their flight mechanic. Impressive size wise as a C5, but with some interesting differences. Like a KC-135, no air conditioning on the ground, so the whole flight deck is equipped with 8” trucker style fans. No safety cage though, just bare blades turning. I said that our copilots would hurt themselves with that, and the AC just started laughing.
217 – Barcode showed up behind us, and the gremlins jumped off giving me a TAWS fail.
219 – Leaving Iraq.
226 - The new 28-300mm 3.5-5.6 chunk of glass is now my favorite. Along with a rock solid new Manfrotto tripod made even this Chucktown bird look good on this Iraqi night. ISO-200, f/10, 30 seconds.
229/232 – Back to Germany and switched the rental car for something classy. I wish they sold these in diesel in the states. Loved it.
233 – Winter sucks.
238 – Foggy mountain breakdown.
244 - EuroAtlantic was known for operating the last Lockheed L-1011 TriStar in passenger service in Europe. It was phased out in March 2010 and is since stored at Amman Civil Airport in Jordan.
246/248 – Let’s have an epic crew rest in Jordan!
Last edited by adrianspeeder; 04-24-2022 at 04:40 PM.
#289
03-02-2016, 10:23 AM
#290
03-02-2016, 01:42 PM
Was at the part of the current deployment the other week where I started spending money online. 10 days and 1100 bucks later, a nice box showed up. The new 28-300mm 3.5-5.6 chunk of glass is now my favorite. Along with a rock solid new Manfrotto tripod made even this Chucktown bird look good on this Iraqi night. ISO-200, f/10, 30 seconds.
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#291
07-24-2016, 09:53 AM
285/286 – I don’t know what was goin’ on out there, but dude was gettin’ it.
287 – Boots in the salty water.
289 - Still early, but gotta head to bed for an early alert on a flight home the next morning after 100+ days in the land of sand.
290 - Trying to sleep and this ******* is honking a loud *** horn.
293/298 – High speed hauling west across the Atlantic, but this guy was above us hammer down big time.
300 – Mission complete!
So sorry for lack of updates, this has been the busiest year of flying I've ever done. Barely have enough time between trips to mow foot high grass at the house. Recently passed 2000 hours, and last Thursday found out I was promoted to Technical Sgt.
Adrianspeeder
287 – Boots in the salty water.
289 - Still early, but gotta head to bed for an early alert on a flight home the next morning after 100+ days in the land of sand.
290 - Trying to sleep and this ******* is honking a loud *** horn.
293/298 – High speed hauling west across the Atlantic, but this guy was above us hammer down big time.
300 – Mission complete!
So sorry for lack of updates, this has been the busiest year of flying I've ever done. Barely have enough time between trips to mow foot high grass at the house. Recently passed 2000 hours, and last Thursday found out I was promoted to Technical Sgt.
Adrianspeeder
Last edited by adrianspeeder; 04-24-2022 at 05:05 PM.
#296
02-01-2017, 06:11 PM
Trip 127, Spring 2016, Diego Garcia
001 Headed out to the Indian Ocean for the first time to Diego Garcia.
002 10ft deep and clear here.
003 New Ocean pinned on the map.
004 Got photobombed on this one.
005 Mr. Crabs.
006 66 lookin’ great tonight under the stars.
007 “Cap’m, she’s preflighted and ready to ride.”
008 Had a GPS fault requiring a check of the antenna 55' up. Most of the other antennas are down on the main body.
009 Copilot hero shot.
010 Pilot hero shot.
001 Headed out to the Indian Ocean for the first time to Diego Garcia.
002 10ft deep and clear here.
003 New Ocean pinned on the map.
004 Got photobombed on this one.
005 Mr. Crabs.
006 66 lookin’ great tonight under the stars.
007 “Cap’m, she’s preflighted and ready to ride.”
008 Had a GPS fault requiring a check of the antenna 55' up. Most of the other antennas are down on the main body.
009 Copilot hero shot.
010 Pilot hero shot.
Last edited by adrianspeeder; 01-16-2022 at 10:20 PM.
#297
02-02-2017, 09:20 PM
Trip 128, Spring 2016, Saudi Arabia & Germany
011 - Next trip was taking Obama to Saudi and Germany. Had a clear view of NYC for a change.
012 – Confused pilots. “Where are we?”
013/015 – More New York City.
016 - Next day, Nile River.
017 - Saudi desert.
018 - Saudi sports at 1000 degrees F.
019/020 – Pilot hero shots.
021 – Riyadh traffic looks like a bitch.
022/023 – Riyadh hot and fancy.
024 – Riyadh International Airport and Air Base.
025 - This guy was scary. "GO AROUND GO AROUND!!!"
026 – I bet that interior looks pretty pimp.
027 - Traded for a cool patch with one of the Secret Service comm guys. Sharks with frickin' laser beams!
028/029 - After making a drop off in Germany, we had three days assigned off. “Hey guys, last year I got a German driver’s license, so I’ll get a rental van if anyone wants to go on a Eurotrip.” Everyone else at the same time yelled, “AMESTERDAM!” Yes, all the rumors are true there.
030 - Survived two days, and made it back in time sober to fire up the birds, although the way that crew parked, it is hard to tell.
011 - Next trip was taking Obama to Saudi and Germany. Had a clear view of NYC for a change.
012 – Confused pilots. “Where are we?”
013/015 – More New York City.
016 - Next day, Nile River.
017 - Saudi desert.
018 - Saudi sports at 1000 degrees F.
019/020 – Pilot hero shots.
021 – Riyadh traffic looks like a bitch.
022/023 – Riyadh hot and fancy.
024 – Riyadh International Airport and Air Base.
025 - This guy was scary. "GO AROUND GO AROUND!!!"
026 – I bet that interior looks pretty pimp.
027 - Traded for a cool patch with one of the Secret Service comm guys. Sharks with frickin' laser beams!
028/029 - After making a drop off in Germany, we had three days assigned off. “Hey guys, last year I got a German driver’s license, so I’ll get a rental van if anyone wants to go on a Eurotrip.” Everyone else at the same time yelled, “AMESTERDAM!” Yes, all the rumors are true there.
030 - Survived two days, and made it back in time sober to fire up the birds, although the way that crew parked, it is hard to tell.
Last edited by adrianspeeder; 01-21-2022 at 09:34 PM.
#298
02-02-2017, 09:47 PM
Trip 129, Spring 2016, Kuwait
031 - New day, new mission, new fun.
032 - The rarely seen view of inside a can of whoop ***.
033 - 155mm of problem solving.
034/035 - Hero shots.
036 – 170 behaving herself this trip.
037 - All clear 1 through 4, fore and aft.
038 - Good electrics, single source of air, pressure, pressure pumps, starting number one, button in…
039 - Sexy piece of Virgin 747.
040 - Ski season still in Canada
031 - New day, new mission, new fun.
032 - The rarely seen view of inside a can of whoop ***.
033 - 155mm of problem solving.
034/035 - Hero shots.
036 – 170 behaving herself this trip.
037 - All clear 1 through 4, fore and aft.
038 - Good electrics, single source of air, pressure, pressure pumps, starting number one, button in…
039 - Sexy piece of Virgin 747.
040 - Ski season still in Canada
Last edited by adrianspeeder; 01-22-2022 at 01:23 PM.
thanks for the update buddy