Do they have flight on weekends? It all depends, usually you only see flights on a weekend when a Green
Flag exercise is going on or when some players are arriving for a Red Flag. Sometimes during Red Flag,
they use weekends as an orientation day, to get new players familiar with the ranges. If the base is active
usually they will use Runway 03 for Takeoff and 21 for Landing.
What can I expect to see at Nellis? When there isn't an exercise , all you might see are the based aircraft
which are F-16's, F-15's, F-22's, A-10's, Pave Hawks, and after airshow season, the Thunderbirds. Maybe
you'll be lucky and see a transient aircraft that may stay for the night or just get gas. Click here for a list of
aircraft we've seen here.
What times are the Red Flag launch/recovery times? You need to check notams online at least 3-4 days
before the first day of the exercise, or contact us and we can find out for you.
Can we get into trouble for spotting at Nellis? I dont want to say no, only because its never happened to us,
but I wouldn't do anything to attract any MP/SP attention. I can tell you that I know 1 person that was told to
delete a few of his photos, but was never in actual trouble. Remember to shoot from the speedway side,
other wise you will be told to delete your photos. Lately, MP's have gotten more strict on that!
When is the best time to see the Thunderbirds? The best time to see them is after their tour is over. After
Aviation Nation, you can see them almost every day.
Why Nellis Spotters? Can we expect photos from Nellis all the time? The name was chosen due to the fact
that lots of my youtube viewers kept calling me(Richard) the nellis spotter, with comments such as "Another
awesome video from the nellis spotter" and "great job nellis spotter". We try to go out to Nellis as much as
possible, but have other things in our way, such as school.
How do you get long videos on Youtube? Im not exactly sure. I've been uploading vids on youtube since it
opened, and one of my first or second vids was nearly 20 mins long, so I guess because I've been using it for
so long, they allow me to do it. I don't usually post vids as long any more unless necessary.
Do you guys sell anything? No.
Why 8081rt? I started youtube without really caring about my user name. I didn't think I would be using it for
this long and with such success. 8081rt was my old High School computer Login code, RT is my initials. If I
could change it I would.
How did I become a Youtube Partner? For me, it was easy. Youtube looks for people with lots of viewers and
people with original videos, videos that really grab peoples attention. The reason being, so the advertisers
advertising on your videos can really attract people to what they're advertising. If you have maybe, less than
50 vids with LOW viewers, its very unlikely that you'll get accepted. I have over 200 vids, over 300-400
subscribers, over 3,500,000 views, and am constantly uploading videos.
How do you get shots from between the runways? Contact the Nellis PAO for info on that.
My question isn't on here. If you have other questions, please feel free and contact us and we will put it on
here.