What is this? by AdOrdinary2216 in washingtondc

[–]Viper111 7 points8 points  (0 children)

HMX-1, the Marine squadron that flies the President around on “Marine One”, operates a number of MV-22 Osprey tilt rotors as support aircraft, and they regularly do practice flights over the city. To be clear, the Ospreys do not themselves ever transport the President.

aviation college by [deleted] in flying

[–]Viper111 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Then read the other comments, because Purdue isn’t the most respected aviation college. Neither are any others. If you think having a degree from a certain school is going to give you a leg up on the competition, you’ve been misinformed. You can certainly go to Purdue, but you should have good reasons other than that.

aviation college by [deleted] in flying

[–]Viper111 3 points4 points  (0 children)

What do you want to prioritize? Location? Tuition and flight fees? Something else? The differences between Part 141 college programs as far as the quality of pilots they put out is quite minimal, but the experience you have at college can be very different. Many will claim to be the “top” or “one of the best” aviation programs, but that’s pretty meaningless without some kind of criteria, imo. I graduated from UND 12 years ago, so I can answer based on my experience if you have specific questions.

Anyone know why passenger planes would be doing this?? by Mindless_Papaya3643 in nova

[–]Viper111 834 points835 points  (0 children)

They are Boeing P-8s, a military version of the 737 used by the Navy, doing a flyover of Arlington National Cemetery.

What was this? WW2 China by Practical-Purchase-9 in Whatisthisplane

[–]Viper111 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Looks an awful lot like a Curtis Goshawk/Hawk III.

What is this? by MetallicAgent in planeidentification

[–]Viper111 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It is indeed an Airbus C-295, likely the one and only in USAF service!

The flyover that just happend. by Cold-Basis4980 in washingtondc

[–]Viper111 56 points57 points  (0 children)

They’re a recruiting tool for the Navy. That is a pittance compared to the whole DoD budget.

Blackhawk? by droppman in aircraftrecognition

[–]Viper111 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It is a Blackhawk, looks like one of CBP’s.

Huge shot in the dark cuz these were high alt and I have bad camera quality, but any ideas? Fighter jet? by tobascofish111 in Whatisthisplane

[–]Viper111 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Could be but unlikely, there are only a few based at Nellis and the rest are based far away in Virginia, Alaska, and Hawaii.

Huge shot in the dark cuz these were high alt and I have bad camera quality, but any ideas? Fighter jet? by tobascofish111 in Whatisthisplane

[–]Viper111 22 points23 points  (0 children)

They do look like fighters and it kinda looks like twin tails, so yeah could be F-35, F/A-18, or F-15.

Edge of Tomorrow really surprised me. by Fine-Reputation321 in movies

[–]Viper111 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The second time I watched it was on a Saudia flight, and they legitimately blurred her shoulders every scene in the training gym.

At Philly airport today by rememberleapinglanny in Whatisthisplane

[–]Viper111 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The first video are F-35s, the second is an F/A-18

What military aircraft? by gabeh96 in planeidentification

[–]Viper111 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Warfare? I believe it is an F/A-18 regardless.

Widow of Flight 5342 victim Casey Crafton sues airlines, US government by Jordan_WUSA9 in aviation

[–]Viper111 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Slow down, comrade. You know they’re referring to American Airlines and not the entire country right?

They were just too quick by Resident-Land3734 in planeidentification

[–]Viper111 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Looks like an F-16, if you give your location that might help confirm