KFIR breaking wind over my house!

[moon puppy]

Sitting here doing my work minding my business and I heard a double boom. Thought a tree fell or something, went out side checking things out and didn't see anything. I did hear a jet and it sounded a little off, unusual.
I went back in and check the ADS-B Exchange website to see what was flying. Sure nuff!

Going to try this link.

ADS-B Exchange - track aircraft live

ADS-B Exchange - track aircraft live - aircraft flight history

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The link isn't his flight history.
Here's Flightaware flight history for that day.

N403AX Flight Tracking and History 06-Feb-2023 (KGYH-KGYH) - FlightAware

Track N403AX flight from Donaldson Field to Donaldson Field

flightaware.com

Here's a screen shot.

Check the 9:55 time stamps

@Frank Hey Frank, I got a unicorn again!

 

[moon puppy]

Here's a photo of the bugger.

Photo of F21 (N403AX) - FlightAware

FlightAware Aviation Photos: F21(N403AX), KNYL

flightaware.com

And the owner. https://www.atacusa.com

 

[jeaton01]

Somebody's gonna get a letter from the FAA!

 

[moon puppy]

Hey John, look at his previous flights out of Donaldson. Looks like it's not the only time he's done it.
FYI, Donaldson is a Lockheed Martin facility, formerly Greenville Air Bas and Donaldson AFB. They are currently building F16s there.

 

[Barney]

When I was a kid th USAF/NG/Reserves flew fighters out of Lockborne/Rickenbacker. They used the lake we lived by to fly low-level missions and occasionally there would be a Sonic Boom! After they broke a couple of dozen picture windows they stopped flying the lake. My father was more than a little ticked off when the window went CRACK in the middle of a football game. I believe that the wing commander made the pilots pay for the windows they broke.

 

[moon puppy]

He did it again. I didn't capture the act but we had two loud booms. When I checked the website I didn't see him but a few minutes later he's squaking.

BTW, the company that owns this aircraft is hiring fighter pilots.

 

[jeaton01]

He did reach Mach 1 when he hit 590 kts at 32,000 feet in that first track but he was a good boy on the one today. Here's an app that calculates mach number which varies with air temperature. He was up to 498 kts at 13,300 but thats only M.77. But he did spend a lot of time above 250kts below 10,000 and that ain't right unless there is a MOA there.

https://www.globalaircraft.org/converter.htm

 

[moon puppy]

I didn't get a track on him after the booms today. Not sure if he wasn't squawking or if a receiver wasn't picking him up. I've been kinda thinking about getting one of those receivers and feeding that website. Being close to Donaldson there are some unique things in and out of there.

There's been several complaints locally about sonic booms, official line is it's testing the new F16 block 70 being built and tested at Donaldson, I haven't snagged a track on one of them yet.

 

[moon puppy]

They done done it again!

Doesn't report type but I have to think it's one of the new F16 block 70. Has Hungarian registration but no registration number logged on the website.

Notice he got up to 745kt at 42000ft, that works out to be like mach 1.2+ and then look how fast it slowed down.

I thought a tree fell but hopped on the website to check aircraft and got payday.


Poor pups were traumatized.

 

[centaur567]

That Kfir is one cool looking aircraft. Gary S.

 

[moon puppy]

I feel sure this one today was an F16.

 

[moon puppy]

They dun done it again.

ADS-B Exchange - track aircraft live

ADS-B Exchange - track aircraft live - aircraft flight history

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This guy topped out so far at 860kts

 

[moon puppy]

Also saw that the Krif was up at the same time. Maybe doing some training with them?

 

[moon puppy]

So this has been happening rather often lately. About every 2 weeks. Cindy and I took off today to go to Costco to restock food we lost due to the power outage.
We decided to go to the Greenville Costco for some reason and coming up 25 Cindy sees something flying and ask what's that? I get a glimps and see that it's one of Lockheed's LM-100Js and I tell her about it, how it's rather rare and the civilian version of their Hercules transport. I have never seen Cindy get excited over an aircraft before, guess after 30 years with me it's rubbed off.
Then she said it, "You want to ride by Donaldson to see what's out there?" I didn't know she ever even paid attention to what I've said about that place let alone retained the name of it.
"Sure, it's just a quick trip."
As we come up to where we can see the taxi and runways she grabs me. "What's that yellow plane?"
"That's not yellow Darling, that's zinc chromate! That's what's been rattling our windows every other week!"
We saw a nekkid F16 on the taxi way!
I got up to one of the viewing points on the west side of the run way and grab the phone to get some pictures.

This is the best I got.

I know one thing, this ol' guy is going to get a proper camera from Santa this year.
He didn't take off, just doing high speed taxi run. The L-100 was still doing patterns when we left.