c.eileen
Member
A strange jet passed overhead here and I was wondering if some of the members more familiar with jet aircraft could help me out with either an ID or an easy-to-use plane-spotting website I can try. I've tried about 4 and they are not user-friendly for someone who is not already familiar with aircraft. Also, I have a couple of questions about this particular aircraft.
The fuselage is bullet-shaped, kind of clunky looking actually (at least to my aesthetic standards) and relatively short compared to the wings. It's a T-tail, two engines mounted on the tail, no props. The wings are swept back, with the base of the wings wide, and the wing overall looks relatively short with blunt tips. I looked up some images of planes that seem to come closest to it in shape and proportion, and I found two that look kind of the same: A Douglas DC-9 (or some smaller version of it) and a Bombardier CRJ-100LR, with the latter the closest match. However, I couldn't tell, from the angle, if the wing tips were bent up like in the Bombardier. It looked to be about the size of a regional jet, and was flying low. My out-spread hand (about 8.5 inches), at arms length, just covered it when it was directly overhead.
This plane passed over 4 times—two round trips less than 10 minutes apart. It was all white with no markings at all—no logo, no numbers, no insignia. I'm about 60 miles W of Sacramento, CA and its large airports. The plane's final pass took it out towards a no-man's-land NE of here toward Glenn County. I don't know what's out there in terms of airports—other than small private plane type—but it originally came from that direction.
When someone buys a new plane, do they take it on a test flight before committing, like a person takes a new car on a test drive? If so, could that be the reason it has no numbers and flew back and forth for no apparent reason?
I'm not a paranoid who sees the NSA behind every bush. I just thought the whole episode, and the plane, rather curious. I'm glad my sister did not see it. She's much into the CT thing and would have been very unhappy, maybe even frightened.
The fuselage is bullet-shaped, kind of clunky looking actually (at least to my aesthetic standards) and relatively short compared to the wings. It's a T-tail, two engines mounted on the tail, no props. The wings are swept back, with the base of the wings wide, and the wing overall looks relatively short with blunt tips. I looked up some images of planes that seem to come closest to it in shape and proportion, and I found two that look kind of the same: A Douglas DC-9 (or some smaller version of it) and a Bombardier CRJ-100LR, with the latter the closest match. However, I couldn't tell, from the angle, if the wing tips were bent up like in the Bombardier. It looked to be about the size of a regional jet, and was flying low. My out-spread hand (about 8.5 inches), at arms length, just covered it when it was directly overhead.
This plane passed over 4 times—two round trips less than 10 minutes apart. It was all white with no markings at all—no logo, no numbers, no insignia. I'm about 60 miles W of Sacramento, CA and its large airports. The plane's final pass took it out towards a no-man's-land NE of here toward Glenn County. I don't know what's out there in terms of airports—other than small private plane type—but it originally came from that direction.
When someone buys a new plane, do they take it on a test flight before committing, like a person takes a new car on a test drive? If so, could that be the reason it has no numbers and flew back and forth for no apparent reason?
I'm not a paranoid who sees the NSA behind every bush. I just thought the whole episode, and the plane, rather curious. I'm glad my sister did not see it. She's much into the CT thing and would have been very unhappy, maybe even frightened.
