What is this guy doing??
Posted by Jamal_Tstone@reddit | flying | View on Reddit | 23 comments
I’ve spotted this Douglas DC-3 flying low over my neighborhood for several days in a row now. It’s owned by a Canadian company which makes it even weirder because I live in south MS. I’m not complaining one bit because it’s a beautiful aircraft, but I’m still very curious as to what he could be up to?
anonymeplatypus@reddit
Survey. Potentially photo or lidar.
whywouldthisnotbea@reddit
Really? So all those lines that line up with the runways and intersect at that international airport are for surveying?
This guy is doing multiple approaches from many angles. Either this is someone getting checked out in the plane and they are practicing crosswind landing/approaches or they are dialing equipment after maintence. Maybe they upgraded their approach equipment.
DueSympathy8122@reddit
It’s aerial survey. They do sensor installs at HSA and do test flights over and around the airport.
whywouldthisnotbea@reddit
Where are you getting that they operate out of Stennis?
DueSympathy8122@reddit
First hand knowledge. My company does sensor installs on our 208’s there ALL the time.
whywouldthisnotbea@reddit
Nice, well I stand corrected
FlatulousStanko@reddit
"His flight pattern is shaped like a penis."
"What the hell does your penis look like?"
"Obviously a smooshed four-leafed clover so let's all have a big laugh at the freak."
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vyqz@reddit
"It's called mescaline, it's the only way to fly."
azpilot06@reddit
🐇
Big-Carpenter7921@reddit
Gotta build that time somehow
plasma0_@reddit
Looks like its actually a BT67, or some other turboprop conversion
DMarrero@reddit
A patterns. Ifr training.
DueSympathy8122@reddit
Aerial survey sensor calibration flight. HSA is a big hub for aerial survey sensor installs.
Flightyler@reddit
Never done it over HSA but as an ex survey pilot myself this 100% looks like a calibration flight
space_bollocks@reddit
Ah! Yes! Never did one of those but remember co workers talking about it. Only other guess I had was jump plane but those "jump runs" were a little long.
Big_Spicy_Tuna69@reddit
Flying
ThatLooksRight@reddit
Nonsense.
iamflyipilot@reddit
Aerial survey, probably a calibration flight based off of the pattern.
sassinator13@reddit
We had a Canadian DC-3 turbo conversion in my area last month doing atmospheric survey.
Adabar@reddit
As far as I can tell it’s all approach work. Plane equipment testing, airport equipment testing, airport approach surveys, who knows. That’s a lot of approaches though .. The one I would definitely rule out is “pilot training”
saxmanB737@reddit
Lots of tracking radials, arcs, and some approaches it looks like.
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I’ve spotted this Douglas DC-3 flying low over my neighborhood for several days in a row now. It’s owned by a Canadian company which makes it even weirder because I live in south MS. I’m not complaining one bit because it’s a beautiful aircraft, but I’m still very curious as to what he could be up to?
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