The airport on San Nicolas Island was closed this Saturday, and the weather was nice, so I took the bike out for a ride…. [Read More]
February 6, 2020 Ground Fog at San Nicolas Island Airport
Behold, a bunch of photographs of the shallow layer of fog near sunrise at San Nicolas Island Airport on this Thursday. This is the… [Read More]
January 5, 2020 Lots of Airplanes at LAX
The weather on my Sunday shift at LAX was dry and nice, with good visibilities. I was able to spend a bunch of… [Read More]
December 1, 2019 Sunset Los Angeles and Jet Photos from LAX
The air was clean and the views were spectacular on this afternoon from the control tower at LAX. A storm had just dumped a bunch… [Read More]
March 13, 2019 Taking off from San Nicolas Island
These images below (other than the first one) were taken just after leaving the airport at San Nicolas Island midday. The views are outside… [Read More]
January 14, 2019 San Nicolas Island Airport
October 26, 2018 Landings at LAX, with Vapor Trails!
I arrived at LAX late in the afternoon this day to pick up a friend. I drove through some thick fog along PCH in… [Read More]
January 18, 2018 Panamint Valley and Rainbow Canyon
There are a few Stormbruiser entries for this date, on which I visited Owens Valley and Panamint Valley. This entry is for the time… [Read More]
March 2017 More Fog and Sunrises At San Nicolas Island
A slew of photos from San Nicolas Island, from foggy mornings and pretty sunrise mornings at the airport…
April 15, 2016 Identified Flying Objects in Los Angeles
Jennifer and I had this day free to roam the greater Los Angeles area with our camera gear. First stop was Del Taco, then… [Read More]
October 30, 2015 San Nicolas Island AP sunrise
My shift at the airport on San Nicolas Island begins before sunrise. There were no clouds around this morning, and I had the camera… [Read More]
April 4, 2013 Catching Up…VNY planes and flooding, NYC and PA
This post should have been up on SB about a year ago, but I never got around to it. I made a trip to NYC,… [Read More]
August 21, 2012 Local Airport and Valley images
I am still behind in getting my spring 2012 chase images up on SB. I found some images taken a little prior to my storm… [Read More]
January 26, 2012 Van Nuys AP Planes and Lenticulars
I worked a rather rare midweek afternoon shift at Van Nuys AP, and brought my camera with me. It was a bright and beautiful day… [Read More]
February 20, 2011 Snow-capped San Gabriels
A cold storm provided Los Angeles and vicinity with rain, some thunder and small hail, and low snow levels on Friday and Saturday (Feb 18… [Read More]