There I was . . .

JohnR

JohnR

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. . . enjoying a smooth-as-silk noon time flight in the rental C150. I went up to test out my new Fuji Finepix S9100 digital camera over Jacksonville Beach. My elbow was hanging out the window and it was a gorgeous day.

I got a pile of great photos, then I happened to notice some traffic. I was at about 1200' cruising south to north, and this Navy Seahawk was passing below at probably 500' north to south. I whipped my camera out the window as fast as I could and snapped. If I'd had an extra second it would have turned out sharper and I could have zoomed in enough to fill the screen.

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Good shot, John!

They prolly had you on the fish finder....and the weapons display. :D
 
No doubt. Looks like an aerial tanker, too, from the drogue on the starboard side.

I meant to add that there was only one other aircraft in the immediate area, a banner tow plane that left when I got there, but a lot of traffic around the airport 6 miles west. For the first time in my 18 years of flying, I wished I lived somewhere with as little GA activity as possible, so I could enjoy being up there without the pressure of constantly looking for traffic. (Not that you can ever "not" look for traffic, but you know what I mean.)
 
Great photo John! I was in the practice area a few miles south of Deep Forest once doing some slow flight and stalls, and upon finishing and turning back towards Craig, a flight of 4 S-3 Vikings passed about 500 feet directly below me! It was pretty neat. I was a bit startled though, because I saw them just as I rolled out of my turn towards north. They quickly passed out of sight below me and I looked for them as they got west of me. They were inbound from the coast.
 
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