I took 1.7 million photos over 6 days to catch this photo of a commercial jet in front of the sun.
The moment it happened, TWO floating prominences were visible, making this not just my best aircraft transit photo, but one of the luckiest of my career! Videos of the transit 👇
To address the misinformation out there again today, the bombers at RAF Fairford have been flying training missions for the last few weeks. Don't believe all the clickbait accounts that keep being vague and claiming strikes are imminent...
Here's an update of the training flights tracked by @MATA_osint team members:
1) 2x B-1B "RATIO" flight on 16th April
2) 1x B-52H "SHINY64" on 17th April
3) 2x B-1B "HYPNO" flight on 18th April
4) 2x B-1B "EPOXY" flight on 18th April
5) 2x B-52H "BALMY" flight on 19th April
6) 2x B-1B "LAMB" flight on 19th April
7) 2x B-1B "CARLO" flight on 21st April
8) 2x B-52H "TONGS" flight on 21st April
9) 2x B-1B "ERNIE" flight on 21st April
10) 2x B-1B "PYRO" flight on 22nd April
11) 2x B-52H "FIRM" flight on 23rd April (flew to US AFRICOM for a flypast (see article linked in reply)
12) 2x B-1B "TORN" flight on 24th April
13) 2x B-1B "MATE" flight on 24th April
14) 2x B-52H "KILN" flight on 25th April
15) 2x B-1B "RASPY" flight on 25th April
16) 2x B-1B "PALE" flight on 28th April
17) 2x B-1B "APHID" flight on 30th April
18) 2x B-52H "LOUD" flight on 30th April
19) 2x B-1B "BAKE" flight on 30th April
20) 1x B-52H "HAIL36" on 1st May
21) 2x B-1B "JEWEL" flight on 1st May
22) 2x B-1B "SKIFF" flight on 1st May
23) 2x B-52H "BANDO" flight on 2nd May
24) 2x B-1B "JERKY" flight today (3rd May)
Most of these flights have gone over France into the Mediterranean, but around a quarter of them have gone via the North Atlantic and Gibraltar.
So yeah... please don't be falling for certain accounts that like to post vague nonsense & claim attacks are imminent...
For factual flight tracking info, follow MATA team members: @ArmchairAdml@vcdgf555@steffanwatkins@TheIntelFrogbu@Saint1Mil@jamjake01@LatAmMilMVMTs@Andyyyyrrrr@AUX_OSINT
@NASAAmes Drones are already being used by LEOs around the country. The LA Sherriff has a few they use in conjunction with the LAPD and CHP for various responses. SpaceX uses drones also.
Ensuring safer skies
Our researchers recently tested tools that could help first responder drones quickly and safely move through crowded skies.
Explore how this could enable emergency crews’ priority airspace access in real time: go.nasa.gov/4eez1h0
@SFJET147@az_aviator It was actually quite busy over the Golden Gate Bridge area on Monday. So far, a T-38 from Beale then a Boeing E-6B Mercury along with a few helicopters, a USCG Aircraft from McClellan...
We are excited to announce the appointment of Andreas Schorling as the new Flightradar24 CEO. He succeeds Fredrik Lindahl who will continue to help guide Flightradar24 as a member of the Board. Welcome Andreas (left, pictured with Fredrik and and co-founder Mikael Robertsson)!
@Rainmaker1973 Great dream but Ummm, no! Concrete such as is this truly bad in close quarters. No proper ventilation, bathrooms, cooking facilities, etc.
@saniyafatma1278 SpaceX Falcon9 Viewed from Ocean's Edge at Belmont Park Lifeguard Tower Beach Launch from Vandenberg Space Base, Lompoc, CA 23 Jun 2024 004 & 005 (Note as the nose fairings fall away)
@honeymoon250 18, a few months after I graduated. My dad literally chased me out. I was trying to get him away as he was abusing/hitting my youngest sister.