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Man... I'm just up the road in Flagstaff. I should head down your way more often! Nice shots!!

Thank you! Prescott is a bit sporadic when it comes to unique traffic, never know what may come in and when, but fire season is definitely a busy time, especially if the scene is close by.

Fire Season has begun, and the tanker base up here in Prescott is active as always.

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One of Aeroflite's rotund RJ85s

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Western Pilot Service often has a pair of AT-802s up here

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Neptune Aviation Service's Tanker 40 in their new scheme, very happy to catch this before I leave

And some GA for good measure

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A very nice Cessna 340 in early morning light

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Cessna 750 Citation X

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Bombardier CL-604 Challenger

And this, which I know isn't up to normal quality standards, but is way too unique not to include. A B-52 did a low approach in Prescott last week, this was shot from my house about 4.5 miles away. I've never seen one in the air before, and I cannot believe Prescott, Arizona, would be the place I'd see my first.
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Not quite done with April, but some good stuff in the past 10 days

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AZNG came over to the ERAU campus to pick up some ROTC cadets and fly them up to Camp Navajo for some training. I will never get sick of shooting in the early morning light.

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The return flight was a little less ideal lighting wise, but it was still fun to shoot the pair of Black Hawks from closer than you'd normally get at any other public location.

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Another Embry Riddle sponsored event, a pair of Laughlin AFB trainers came over to KPRC to let students walk around and ask questions. They brought the 85FTS heritage bird, with a scheme commemorating the 47th Bombardment Wing, which looked absolutely stunning at 6:45am in front of Granite Mountain

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They also brought a T-1A, seen here laying down some jelly on a spirited departure. This was my first time seeing one, and since they're going away at some point, it was fun to get to shoot it.

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And somehow, a completely unrelated pair of Laughlin T-6s showed up for gas and lunch an hour before the ERAU sponsored ones did, so we all got to watch their departure from the ramp.

It's been so busy, doing a mid-April update.

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CA ArNG that stayed for a quick overnight (0745 departure)

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Brand new AH-64E out of Mesa

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Army Reserve CH-47F, turns out this is one of the four ship I caught about a month before. Always fun to get on the ramp with the crew!

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One of two 63rd FS F-35s that came to do a couple patterns

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This bronze G450 seems to be following me around, including across state lines. Not that I'm complaining.

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ENJJPT T-6A, one of four that stopped by for some gas and food.

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Right after the USAF T-6s arrived, this Navy one decided to join the fun and stop by. By pure chance, turns out they were all headed to the same place.

That's a good variety of aircraft fly through Prescott Brian, nice catch.

Thank you! Had a Chinook come in today, so hopefully going to get that departing tomorrow. We may be small and very busy with flight training, but we do get some fun traffic every couple weeks or so.

Well, not quite the March roundup, as this HMH-366 CH-53E came in earlier today. Always fun seeing an east coast squadron out here.

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Here's the March roundup of fun traffic in Prescott. Mostly military, but a few others thrown in for fun.

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Little Rock AFB C-130J-30

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Locally based Spitfire 1:1 replica

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VMM-364 MV-22B Osprey

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UH-72A Lakota

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Army Reserve CH-47 Chinook

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Private Learjet 31 with a very interesting paint scheme

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RC-12N/X Guardrail from Libby Army Air Field

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RC-12X Guardrail from Fort Bliss

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Private SA341 Gazelle

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Fagen Fighter's F6F-5 Hellcat on its delivery flight from Chino, CA to Granite Falls, MN, flown by Steve Hinton, Jr.

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Fagen Fighter's F6F-5 Hellcat on its delivery flight from Chino, CA to Granite Falls, MN, flown by Steve Hinton, Jr.

Here's a few from my first trip to Luke back on the 16 March

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Here's some from a mostly gloomy, windy day back in January (my first and so far only trip)

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And last but not least, warbirds. We don't get too many, but it does happen every now and again.

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Arizona's favorite B-17, "Sentimental Journey", 7 Nov 2020

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T-6G "Checkers", 21 Nov 2020

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F4U-4 "Korean War Hero," 25 Feb 2021

On the civilian side, Prescott is probably most known for two things: firefighting in the summer, and Embry-Riddle flight training year around. We do get some other fun visitors though.

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Neptune Aviation BAe 146-200, 30 May 2020

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Air Tractor AT-802, 27 Aug 2020

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ERAU Da-42 Twin Star, 12 Oct 2020

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Erickson Aero Tanker MD-87, 17 Oct 2020

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Rotak Helicopter Services K-Max, 16 Oct 2020

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Jet Edge Gulfstream G450, 6 Nov 2020

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Pilatus PC-12, 6 Nov 2020

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HondaJet, 6 Nov 2020

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FAA Super King Air 300, 10 Feb 2021

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And I have to include our gorgeous straight tail Cessna 150s we use on the flight team at ERAU. 31 Oct 2020

(let's try this again)

Hey all, new to the forum here. I'm based up in Prescott, and while we don't get quite the level of activity the major fields get, we do get our fair share of fun activity. Here's some modern military action from the past year or so, civilian and warbirds to follow.

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T-45C Goshawk, 20 Sept 2020

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MV-22B Osprey, 22 Sept 2020

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C-146A Wolfhound, 14 Oct 2020

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MV-22Bs and VH-60N White Hawk, 17 Oct 2020

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Dutch F-35A Lightning II, 19 Oct 2020

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RC-12P Huron, 28 Oct 2020

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AH-1Z Viper, 21 Jan 2021

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UC-35D, 4 Feb 2021

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RC-26B Metroliner, 3 Feb 2021

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C-130J-30 Hercules, 16 Feb 2021

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HH-60W Jolly Green II, 17 Feb 2021

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C-12U Huron, 26 Feb 2021