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Low Flier
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11/08/23 05:10 PM
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My land is situated smack dab in the middle of training flight routes out of Dyess AFB. This C-130J flew close enough to trip the camera. There are typically 4 ships in a flight so this was probably the lead ship. Camera is set on 1 minute delay so the other three would have been long gone before it reset.
Last edited by Bar-D; 11/08/23 05:11 PM.
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Re: Low Flier
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11/08/23 05:19 PM
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That's pretty cool. Thanks for sharing.
To be determined
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Re: Low Flier
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11/08/23 05:19 PM
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Wonder if they’re the same aircraft that appear fly over me here in Brock from possibly Mineral Wells Airport towards Granbury direction. I’ll get 2-4 overhead regularly at least twice a week. What direction is that c130 going?
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Re: Low Flier
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11/08/23 05:37 PM
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Most of the flights I see are on a northwest heading outbound from Dyess. I also see a lot of Blackhawk and the occasional flight of Apache gunships heading to and from Dyess on pretty much the same flight path. As I was checking cameras and filling feeders this morning, there was a lone UH-60 Blackhawk heading out northwest. The B-1 flights are normally about a 1/2 to 3/4 of a mile south of the flight path the helicopters and C-130s take and of course greater altitude. They still rattle my windows when they pass over though.
Last edited by Bar-D; 11/08/23 05:44 PM.
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Re: Low Flier
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11/08/23 07:34 PM
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Gotta be different crews. 8-12 of those things flying around just between Weatherford and Abilene. (just what we’ve seen anyway). Seems like a lot of those birds around here
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Re: Low Flier
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11/08/23 07:38 PM
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I was in Arkansas a few yrs ago when the C130 flew low and slow over the river, tree-top level. Evidently training from local AFB Little rock. Didn't make much noise, full flaps, then popped over a tree-line at the turn of the river. Acted much like a little Piper Cub. Cool to watch.
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Re: Low Flier
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11/10/23 07:09 PM
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Cool pic 
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Re: Low Flier
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11/10/23 08:15 PM
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Used to see them pretty low in the Buffalo Gap area making the big circle.
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Re: Low Flier
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11/17/23 02:41 AM
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That happens all the time on my place between Childress and Wellington , and they are always flying North/West
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