Guam Day 30: The Daily Flyover







 3/14/2022 - During the week day, the past couple weeks, it has been common to have flyovers over our tiny house. I thought today would be a good day to try and capture some photos as the planes came over head. I am enjoying this camera, one of the perks is I can zoom way in, post capture, to get a better view of the planes and see what they are. These look to be F-15s , they make quite the noise as they fly over, very distintive pitch which is very different than some of the commercial traffic. My last image shows where Joan and I live in relation to the airport and and air bases. We are in surrounded by the three landing strips. Anderson Air Force base is just North and East of us, we see many jets coming in daily as well as the fighers.  The north west strip is no longer in use based on my reading, this was where we saw the last mission memorial. The airport is south of us, which gives us commercial traffic in the area as well. 

Joan and I rarely have a phone call any more that you can't hear the planes flying over, my parents recently said, there goes another one! And if its not the airplanes flying, then we have plenty of dogs barking, or roosters crowing to keep you on your toes. :)
Location: Guam

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  1. Michelle S.March 16, 2022 at 5:21 AM

    The planes are cool, but the sky is beautiful! Wow!

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  2. Dave S.March 16, 2022 at 7:11 PM

    Wow. ELO's song, Mr. Blue Sky comes to mind, "Hey there Mr. Blue (sky), We're so pleased to be with you (sky), Look around see what you do (blue), Everybody smiles at you..." 🎶🎵 I know our granddaughter would love to watch the planes.

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