TaskForce23
Some occasional planespotting from around the Aerospace Valley
Full res photos here: flic.kr/ps/3WJdKd
- 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
