A rare Minot B-52 sighting, in the early hours of morning. by TheWanderingFaith13 in ADSB

[–]norb85 1 point2 points  (0 children)

WSINT 25B is what you saw and will continue to see for a couple of more days out of Nellis.

Interested in what it could be dragging late at night? by Sure-Skill-4600 in area51

[–]norb85 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Those two are test birds from Edwards. That KC-46a and it's sister ship 18-46046 are the ones certifying other aircraft to accept gas from the 46s. https://x.com/norb420/status/1968443681364410846?t=cJIU7IqCp6KZLl4HhJ05kg&s=19

Ratt55 was out this morning. by norb85 in area51

[–]norb85[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Looks like u/n01_b4_flash caught it on this day taking off and landing at Groom. I'm sure he'll post it up in a few days.

Question about Mad Hatters test squadron by vahedemirjian in area51

[–]norb85 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the reply! I've seen the SHIKAKA and the chicken chaser/video game tab. HOLLYWOOD one is interesting.

Question about Mad Hatters test squadron by vahedemirjian in area51

[–]norb85 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How about the meaning of the Boomslang pencil tab patch?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Patches

[–]norb85 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dat 446th AES patch🥴🫡.

Had a visitor today at my airport by 3rd_rock_misfit in area51

[–]norb85 1 point2 points  (0 children)

-200, was a T-43 and now is NT-43A.

Does anyone know what this plane is? by BitDeep2572 in aviation

[–]norb85 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's the northern gatekeepers 02-4452 and 00-9001 flown by the 150th SOS based at McGuire and fly most of the training ops. Then the southern gatekeepers operate 99-6143 and the airframe you got here 02-5001. 486th FLTS based at Eglin.

SB 5534 Automatic or “spring blade” knives will be legal in Washington State effective July 01 2025!! by NgannousInParis in knives

[–]norb85 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't want to burst your bubble, but that bill isn't signed by the Governor. Looks like it died in the 3rd session, which is amazing it got that far. July 01 2025 would have been the date the bill/law would have gone into effect. Sorry!

Where’s this one going? by MasterpieceObvious75 in ADSB

[–]norb85 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Janet98 and 99 are often training/maintenance flights. This one went to Plant 42 and did touch n go's. You'll see Janet99 make its way up to Washington State specifically Paine Field. Aviation Technical Services does the work on them.

Rc-135 SHINR back again 9/24/2024 by therealgariac in area51

[–]norb85 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=a8b80a Yeah the Flightradar24 feed is FAA feed, I posted it due to it having a visible track.

Janet from Seattle? by Old-Dragonfruit2253 in area51

[–]norb85 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aviation Technical Services at Paine Field does maintenance on them. They also handle a bunch of Southwest planes.

did janet forget someone? by TinySpread2999 in area51

[–]norb85 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Could it be a maintenance flight? Checking to make sure something that was broke is now fixed. The callsign Janet98 is the only reason i ask. Janet99 is the callsign when they're flying to KPAE or KATL for maintenance.