Very, strange flight, WTF?

[moabmic]

Just had a 727 come overhead and looked it up on FlightAware. http://flightaware.com/live/flight/CXS960

Any ideas what this is?

 

[The_Russian]

Training/test flight?

 

[Fearless Tower]

Was it painted in Pan Am colors?

I'd guess training/test flight too......wonder why El Paso though?

 

[siucavflight]

Oh man, I know what this is, he is out spreeding chemtrails around ELP

 

[Horizon]

Man, he sucks at turns around a point!

 

[Propnose]

Looking at the ID on FlightAware - it was a Pan Am Boston-Maine Airways "Clipper Express". I saw a PanAm 727 at IAD a few weeks ago. N542PA I think...

 

[moabmic]

A tour of white sands missile range? Why at 10,000? Must be a horrific fuel burn!

 

[Midnight Flyer]

Maybe had a maintenance problem of some sort? Maybe the a/c woudln't pressurize and needed to stay at/under 10,000 ft and dump some fuel before returning to ELP?

 

[PURPLEHAZE21]

MOABMIC,

Is that 2YV in your photo ? (Beech 1900).

 

[moabmic]

Nope, it was 3YV; the ol' lady


Good memories of her; not of her owner! LOL!