Aircraft sighting

[IMAUDIGGER]

For some reason this jet stood out to me as being unusual.
Maybe it was the size and speed. Maybe it was just a nice clear day.
Looks to have 4 engines.

Anybody know what it might be?
It was flying along a flight path that I usually only see military convoys using.

All I had was my phone so the picture wasn't the best.

 

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[GB1]

i saw a plane like that not even a week ago i had no idea what type it was

 

[Blak bart]

Maybe a b-52 ? Or C-17

 

[BLK HOLE]

Swept wing so not a BUFF or Globemaster, looks like a B-1B Lancer.

 

[IMAUDIGGER]

I guess it may have just been a Boeing 747 or Airbus A388, but those are typically international flights.
Seems like most of the commercial jets we have overhead are just two engine models.

 

[IMAUDIGGER]

So I went to Flightradar24.com and played back the radar tracking for the time I took the picture (converted to UTC).
Nothing shows up along that flight path. So it must have been military in nature.

 

[Mackaydon]

Get the app Flight Tracker and it will tell you many things about the planes you see--in real time.
Don............

 

[IMAUDIGGER]

Get the app Flight Tracker and it will tell you many things about the planes you see--in real time.
Don............

That's the same thing Flightradar24.com does.
In browsing the data, I did see what appeared to be military jet training out of Yuma, Az., so that stuff shows up on radar.
I wonder why this flight wasn't shown?
Is this data only shown when a flight plan is filed, or do all planes show up I wonder?

 

[Mackaydon]

Only a guess, but military aircraft may not be shown --for security reasons.
Of course ATC has that date, but not available through Flighttrader24 or Flight Tracker.
Don....