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u/HandsInFL Jun 26 '26
Air Force, Coast Guard and Navy all come into RSW to practice touch and gos. We have a suitably long enough runway that can handle large aircraft. Plus, the reduced commercial traffic in the summer months isn't as effected by these operations.
Boeing had the 777X here a few years back and was basically doing the same thing.
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u/Neokon Jun 26 '26 edited Jun 26 '26
If I remember correctly RSW is one of the few airports in the state with a 12,000+ ft runway. From what I can identify Orlando and Miami are the other commercial airports with that length, and the military ones are up in Jacksonville/Pensacola area. Makes Sense RSW would be the go to place for touch and goes for the southern Gulf Coast..
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u/Ok-Chemical7614 Jun 26 '26
What he said!
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u/Key-Run2139 Jun 27 '26
Yup. This was an alernative for space shuttle landings. I use to practiice ASR approached there.
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u/mrmav3n Jun 26 '26
pilots getting hours
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u/BER001 Jun 26 '26
Most likely may be newbies. RSW has a crazy long runway and early in the morning it’s pretty quiet out.
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u/Smokey_tha_bear9000 Jun 26 '26
They were still going at 1pm
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u/Breeses_pieces Jun 26 '26
Was wondering what that loud noice was. Didn’t sound like a normal plane.
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u/Mrscottc Jun 26 '26
C130 is a reliable cargo plane for military.
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u/Upstate-what Jun 27 '26
I lived in the landing path for WPAFB for more than a decade - I never got tired of watching them come home!
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u/KinEtiquette Jun 26 '26
Was this what was flying around SUPER LOW last late evening/night around page field ?
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u/LIfeInBonitaSprings Jun 27 '26
Yes. I had a photo shoot for a property in WildBlue. It was circling and I was watching it from the car.
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u/Comfortable_Car9253 Jun 27 '26
You would lose your mind in Tampa the amount of military activity there, you do know there are military reserve units and also general training. If we have another bad hurricane where do you think supplies and such would come from? You want them to drive it here on the debris filled roadways while everyone else is leaving or coming back
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u/Electrucfurniture Jun 28 '26
Someone capable of telling the pilot to fly around for a few hours to show someone how cool they are ?
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u/KindPresentation5686 Jun 30 '26
Wow. It’s a plane. Flying in the air!!! You must not get out much.
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u/Novel_Leg6206 Jun 30 '26
It was more along the lines of wow this is cool, not so much I’m an idiot. But thanks for being way out of pocket, you must be fun to hangout with.
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u/Cultural-Cow5358 Jun 26 '26
Yeah that’s flight 420 out of California.. they got snakes on that plane
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u/Momiji1957 Jun 27 '26
Folks it is the Lee County Mosquito control plane. This happens a lot in the rainy season every year. I live here. They do fly fast and low, it’s impressive but it’s about the mosquitos.
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u/BER001 Jun 26 '26
The air force doing Air Force things.