Take a quick look at the Great American Eclipse flight from beginning to end
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A little bit of crosswind pushing the tail out to the right. Time to get on that right rudder. Guess location and aircraft? (Wife can't participate, she took the photo)
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2 months ago
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Here's something different. Guess the location and aircraft.
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3 months ago
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Some more pretty water but in a vastly different location
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3 months ago
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Back with an easy one. At least everyone should be able to get the aircraft.
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3 months ago
🕛 A Look Back
I came across this shot taken back in 2006 with an old Canon Powershot somewhere over the middle of Afghanistan. I noticed it while sifting through all the old photos on my hard drive. Someone had asked me if the strange probe thing off the cockpit was a mirror or a sensor of some sort. Well it is most assuredly a mirror. It gives a kind of crappy view back to see if you're producing contrails (being in a turn helps). Depending on the conflict, that might be some important information. The big hump is a datalink.
But the real reason I have my old hard drives out is that I'm trying to find and catalogue all my old photos up the present. This is the first step in me writing my first photo book. It's still a ways off but it's something I want to work on over the next year. I want it to be a mix of some of my best photos, and some of my best stories about flying the U-2 and being a pilot in the USAF for 20 years. It's something that I've looked forward to for awhile and now I'm taking the first steps to making it happen.
So I want to hear from you. What sorts of things do you think should be in an Extreme Ross photo book? What it's like to fly it? To suit up? To get your ass chewed for going skiing in Dubai (true story)? Let me know.
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3 months ago
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Aircraft and location, Go!
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4 months ago
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A change of pace for sure. Guess the location and aircraft
BTW, I'll end up posting the answers to all of these in the comments from now on, after people have had a chance to vote.
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5 months ago
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#whereisextreme
So the last #whereisextreme was tough. A lot of good guesses and some were narrowing in on it. A lot of you guessed it was taken from the first officer position of a United 737. Usually I provide the clues in the replies to comments so keep an eye out. Somewhere in the western hemisphere, south of the US, that United 737's fly, right near the coast. Also a clue I gave someone is that the country is home to lots of US expats.
Soooo....The last picture was taken while turning final into Liberia, Costa Rica. Not a bad place to go.
This week's picture shifts gears to another part of the world. Can you guess it? Aircraft and location.
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5 months ago
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So the last #whereisextreme was pretty easy. Everyone and their mother told me it was Mt St Helens. Some knew it was shot from the north with Hood and Jefferson in the background. It was also from a T-38A although there weren't any clues that pointed to that.
So this one will be much trickier and require some internet sleuthing. Here are some clues:
It's not in the USA
It's turning final approach to land
Most likely, you haven't been here
Some of the answers to your questions exist in other places on my website extremeross.com or on my Instagram/Facebook pages
Good luck. Guess the place, the aircraft and airline
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5 months ago
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(in)famous mountain
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6 months ago
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So just to give a taste of the other end of the spectrum. The first #whereisextreme was really easy. This one, I think will get some head scratching but I'm sure some will get it. We'll see who reads prior comments and replies
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6 months ago
#whereisextreme
For as long as I've shown people my photos, a common reaction has always been for people to guess what they are looking at in the photo. Sometimes I could tell them and sometimes not. So I'm starting a regular feature called #whereisextreme. These won't come with any lengthy explanations (except maybe later in the comments). They could be from a U-2, T-38, 737, or even other surprise aircraft. There will be some kind of distinguishing features in the photo (not a photo of clouds over the ocean). Also, these will always be a location I can freely divulge. Guessing correctly will award you fame and adoration. Maybe I'll keep track and award real prizes sometime in the future.
Starting off, I'm giving an easy one (they won't all be like this). Guess the location and aircraft for bonus points.
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6 months ago