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| A dredger makes its way north. |
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| Gulfstream G350. |
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| The incredibly unique and rare Epic LT, a carbon fiber kit-built single engine turboprop. I believe this airframe, one of just 54, is a demonstrator and has appeared at Epic's booth at EAA Oshkosh. |
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| An Embraer Praetor, which may have suffered a landing gear issue and was met on the ramp buy a fire truck. |
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| A pristine 1947 (76 years old!) Beech model 35 Bonanza! |
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| And a Bombardier 601 Challenger to round the day off. |
Yesterday was the last day of the Farmer's Insurance Open at Torrey Pines, so McClellan-Palomar was absolutely buzzing with private and corporate jets.
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| The Bombardier Global 6000. One of the highest-performance long range jets on the market, and one of the largest aircraft that flies regularly into Palomar. |
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| Always the star of the show, a gorgeous Dassault Falcon 90EX trijet. |
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| L'originale- the Gulfstream. This is a Gulfstream V, a massive beauty that cuts an imposing figure on tall landing gear struts with two Rolls Royce BR710 turbofans that push this beast of a jet to Mach .88 at an absolute service ceiling of 51,000 feet. |
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| With a range of 7,500 miles or 14 hours of endurance she could be going just about anywhere on Earth. |
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| A nice surprise- a Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet |
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| Cessna's ultimate 210- turbocharged, pressurized, with retractable gear. |
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| A wonderful little Cessna 310P |
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| The ubiquitous Global Challenger |
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| Very excited to finally get pictures of a Honda Jet |
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| Dornier 328 from Mammoth |
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| A gorgeous little RV-6 |
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| A UC-12F from Twenty Nine Palms |
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| Taxiing for takeoff |
Normally, aircraft departing Palomar airport take off from runway 24, towards the west, but on windy Santa Ana days they take off from runway 6 towards the east making for a great photo opportunity.
I spent day two of a trip to Mountain Valley Airport in Tehachapi pacing UP and BNSF freights along the Mojave division, across the Tehachap...
