Civilian Aircraft
Bell 407 series helicopter operated by Guardian Air approaching Sedona Airport. I was outside my house earlier this year and heard what sounded like the engine of a propeller plane struggling. I thought that doesn't sound good . A few minutes later I heard sirens along Woody Mountain Road and I hoped it wasn't a plane crash. Later that day I found out a plane had gone down in a snowy field not far away. Fortunately nobody was hurt as the pilot was able to make a belly landing. I know I have mostly shown and discussed military aircraft in my plane spotting posts but I also enjoy spotting and identifying civilian aircraft. It's just that military aircraft have specific functions and as a consequence have unique appearances. But civilian aircraft of competing designs often have similar appearances to meet common purposes, compared to the niches of military applications. Flagstaff isn't quite as good of a location for spotting civilian planes but we have commercial servic...
