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About two dozen Eclipse Chasing planes (including myself) flying back home diverted to this usually sleepy airport in rural Illinois due to a line of severe thunderstorms, seen here is a shelf cloud approaching from a supercell.

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N1647Y - Cessna 172C Skyhawk - Private

1600px | An early model of the world's most popular airplane

Hongming Zheng N1647Y
1,500 1 0 Cessna 172C Skyhawk
N54100 - Piper PA-32-260 Cherokee Six - Private

Many of us Eclipse Chasers were caught by thunderstorms on the way back north and forced to land at this small airfield in Southern Illinois, here is the end of that long line of showers marked by a rainbow

Hongming Zheng N54100
1,458 1 0 Piper PA-32-260 Cherokee Six
N1303U - Cessna 172M Skyhawk - Private

Over two dozen Eclipse Chasing aircraft (including mine) diverted to this tiny airport on the way home

Hongming Zheng N1303U
2,388 1 0 Cessna 172M Skyhawk

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N512DE - Airbus A321-271NX - Delta Air Lines

(1580px) The land left of the wing (behind our flight path) in complete darkness as the shadow of the Moon comes across during the solar eclipse

Hongming Zheng N512DE
983 29 1 Airbus A321-271NX
N317AS - Boeing 737-990 - Alaska Airlines

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Hongming Zheng N317AS
2,112 69 3 Boeing 737-990
N824UA - Airbus A319-131 - United Airlines

On the ramp during a light snowstorm, with melted snow on the ground providing good reflection photo opportunity

Hongming Zheng N824UA
1,168 24 0 Airbus A319-131

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Aug 21, 2017

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About two dozen Eclipse Chasing planes (including myself) flying back home diverted to this usually sleepy airport in rural Illinois due to a line of severe thunderstorms, seen here is a shelf cloud approaching from a supercell.

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Canon EOS 70D | EF-S 18-55mm Show Exif data
N1647Y - Cessna 172C Skyhawk - Private

1600px | An early model of the world's most popular airplane

Hongming Zheng N1647Y
1,500 1 0 Cessna 172C Skyhawk
N54100 - Piper PA-32-260 Cherokee Six - Private

Many of us Eclipse Chasers were caught by thunderstorms on the way back north and forced to land at this small airfield in Southern Illinois, here is the end of that long line of showers marked by a rainbow

Hongming Zheng N54100
1,458 1 0 Piper PA-32-260 Cherokee Six
N1303U - Cessna 172M Skyhawk - Private

Over two dozen Eclipse Chasing aircraft (including mine) diverted to this tiny airport on the way home

Hongming Zheng N1303U
2,388 1 0 Cessna 172M Skyhawk
N512DE - Airbus A321-271NX - Delta Air Lines

(1580px) The land left of the wing (behind our flight path) in complete darkness as the shadow of the Moon comes across during the solar eclipse

Hongming Zheng N512DE
983 29 1 Airbus A321-271NX
N317AS - Boeing 737-990 - Alaska Airlines

2

Hongming Zheng N317AS
2,112 69 3 Boeing 737-990
N824UA - Airbus A319-131 - United Airlines

On the ramp during a light snowstorm, with melted snow on the ground providing good reflection photo opportunity

Hongming Zheng N824UA
1,168 24 0 Airbus A319-131
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