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So the United States Air Force flew into town today, but it wasn’t the usual C-17 or KC-135 that showed up. Nope they bought in 2 of the latest fighters they have. They flew in 2 Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptors. So here are some shots of them arriving at Boeing Field.

From Seattle Spotting 2015
From Seattle Spotting 2015
From Seattle Spotting 2015
From Seattle Spotting 2015
From Seattle Spotting 2015
From Seattle Spotting 2015

They certainly arrived in style with the usual military arrival (a pass down the field and a split into the Pattern), however they continued to do two passes of the field with aborted landings each time. One of those passes for one of the aircraft was really low, wheels up and a nice tight pull up and split. If I had of used my camera for that, rather than just watching I would have that photo. The aircraft pulled off the runway, onto a taxiway, and taxiied straight into the Boeing Military Flight Center. That is where they will stay apart from the times on display at the Museum of Flight over the weekend. Sadly 🙁

Still… pretty awesome Thursday!

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As you know I just started working at a new job, one that I wasn’t all that happy about. I took this job to help pay the bills, it was purely and ends to some means. Well yesterday I handed in my resignation, the job has served it’s purpose.

I have to admit that I went into this job knowing that I probably wouldn’t be all that happy. Even though I was spending all day with aircraft, it was not going to be easy. Sometimes things just aren’t as good as they seem to be. Don’t get me wrong, I loved being at the airport but it just sucked. I toughed it out, the periods of boredom, the non stop pain & torture to the body, the 3am wake ups and the times when I never got to see Heidi because we just weren’t at home together.

Well that is all over. After almost 2 months of process, I have managed to secure myself a new job, one that I am better qualified for and one that seems almost suited to me directly. I won’t say much about it publicly for a while yet, but I will still be at the airport, just doing something different yet the same.

I can’t wait to get started on this new job. From the moment I saw the first information on it, ages ago, I knew I wanted in, just didn’t think it would be possible. Then I see a job ad with more information and it turns out I am better suited for it than anything else. Sure I moved over here to the USA to work for one company, I didn’t expect this journey over to change my life entirely. To find a passion that I never really had so strongly before, to find the one that I love and now to find a job that is almost like a dream come true.

An extra little thing that this change has allowed me to do is head off overseas for a couple of days. I have always wanted to fly Lufthansa First Class, but only from Frankfurt. I want to visit the Lufthansa First Class Terminal and now I can. I had set it as a goal for 2014, and things happened (Hi Wifey!) that made that goal a little bit harder to get. I think I also set it for 2013 too. Well, wait no more, because that is now happening! In around 11 days time, I will be setting foot inside that famous terminal and enjoying it so very much. I also get to catch up with a friend while in Frankfurt (for that one little day) and now I can have that little break I have wanted so badly.

Life is never a certain thing and change happens all the time. Let’s see where this new adventure takes me!