Category: Aircraft Pics

F-15 Strike Eagles & A-10 Thunderbolts

To honor health care workers in the Treasure Valley two F-15E Strike Eagles from the 366th Fighter Wing and two 124th Fighter Wing A-10 Thunderbolts flew in a tight formation across the valley today, soaring over all of the hospitals one at a time. I found a parking garage that had a top floor open to the air and it was full of medical workers and local residents waving and cheering as the four aircraft flew over. It was heart warming.

I caught a couple of images, one of them here. Click on photo to see larger image.

 

Cirrus SF-50 Vision Jet

This is a very cool personal jet aircraft! I caught it landing at the Boise airport today. Owner is the company that made Dave’s Killer Bread. This is the first jet aircraft that comes standard with it’s own aircraft parachute! In case of some horrible problem, the parachute is blasted out of the aircraft’s nose and allows the aircraft to float to the ground. While the plane itself will be damaged, the passengers will survive!

It can fly as high as 31,000 feet. The jet engine is on top of the plane, thus the tail wing had to be designed to accommodate that.
Check out the company’s website.