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Eventhough we were working and couldn't venture far from the Sony booth, I managed to make some photos
An overview: on the blog
A short video - on Instagram.
A longer video - on Clapper
A USAF F35 Lightning II performing during the Lightning demo at the 2025 Abbotsford International Airshow. It was an awesome demo, it was cut short however due to technical problems. A warning light came on and the pilot had to land. That said she put on a good show, didn't hold back, and she nearly broke the sound barrier.
Taken at the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio, USA. The French aircraft company, Société pour l'Aviation et ses Dérives (SPAD) developed this aircraft in 1917. The US adopted the SPAD as its fighter aircraft in 1918.
A second RCAF CF-18 Hornet performing the CF-18 Demo in the evening show of the 2022 Abbotsford Airshow. It cool seeing the demo at night, the Hornet's afterburners could be fully seen. It was a loud demo too, the pilot didn't hold back.
A Royal Canadian Air Force CF-18 Hornet on the static display at the 2025 Abbotsford International Airshow.
F-15E Strike Eagle of the USAF 48th Fighter Wing the Statue of Liberty Wing based at RAF Lakenheath Suffolk UK. This F-15E had just joined overhead the airfield and was banking round hard coming in for either a go around or landing.
A Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II belonging to the Royal Netherlands Air Force on the static display at the 2022 Abbotsford Airshow.
Wilmington - Wilmington Air Park (Airborne Airpark / Clinton County AFB) (ILN)
Wilmington, OH
McDonnell F-101B-90-MC Voodoo (36AT) c/n 486, 57-0308, United States Air Force
A second RCAF CF-18 Hornet performing the CF-18 Demo in the evening show of the 2022 Abbotsford Airshow. It cool seeing the demo at night, the Hornet's afterburners could be fully seen. It was a loud demo too, the pilot didn't hold back.
The RCAF CF-18 Hornet demo during the 2023 Abbotsford Airshow. The Cf-18s are now due to be replaced by the new CF-35 Lightnings by 2027 making this years airshow one of the last few times that they'll be at Abbotsford. It'll be sad to see them go when they're finally retired.
Photo of the SR-71 Blackbird on display at the Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA. Taken with the Fuji X-Pro1.
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A pair of classic British fighters (Supermarine Spitfire Mk V.b and a Hawker Hurricane Mk I) in side by side formation at the Yorkshire Airshow, Church Fenton, UK. I shot this photo back in 2015 at what was to be a one-off Yorkshire Airshow, but re-processed it recently and thought that this toned monochrome version might be of interest as an alternative presentation or the reprocessed colour version posted last week. Best viewed (L)arge.
Wikipedia:
The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang is an American long-range, single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber used during World War II and the Korean War, among other conflicts. The Mustang was designed in 1940 by North American Aviation (NAA) in response to a requirement of the British Purchasing Commission. The Purchasing Commission approached North American Aviation to build Curtiss P-40 fighters under license for the Royal Air Force (RAF). Rather than build an old design from another company, North American Aviation proposed the design and production of a more modern fighter. The prototype NA-73X airframe was rolled out on 9 September 1940, 102 days after the contract was signed, and first flew on 26 October.
Today's airbrushed style pinup photo features Alisha in another of the ongoing WW2 Nose Art Pinup series! Calling on the classic Vargas style pinup that would often adorn nose of Fighters/Bombers or the backs of bomber jackets during World War 2. This particular WW2 Pinup Art represents the Army Air Force with Alisha and the North American P-51D Mustang. Nose Art and Jacket Art were often very colorful and not only represented the aircraft the person was assigned to but also what squadron or overall group the person was with.
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R-2118 of fighter squadron 10 (Fliegerstaffel 10), stationed at Buochs airfield in Switzerland between 1965 and 2003.
This model in 1/32 scale is based on ILARAK Solutions' excellent design, whose instructions I bought.
After having built the model initially following the instructions, I have made quite some changes to the design to better represent the real aircraft with the identification R-2118:
- The first and main alteration was to move the wheels of the main landing gear outwards to represent the real Mirage's design. I also added landing gear bay covers to the struts.
- The nose landing gear now is much sleeker.
- Smoothed out the underside of the aircraft and added several details like vents. At the same time I was able to add representations of the two DEFA 30 mm cannons.
- Smoothed out the shaping around the cockpit and incorporated a new glass design.
- More detailed engine nozzle and vertical stabilizer.
- More realistic fragmentation of the control surfaces on the trailing edge of the wing.
- Slightly smoothed out the camo scheme.
- Added various under wing details like antennae and payload.
The landing gear is still fully functional, with the little drawback that with my chosen solution, the wheels are no longer able to rotate.
The under wing and fuselage details consist of (beginning at the wing tips):
- 2 x Radar warning antennae
- 2 x AIM-9B Sidewinder for self defense
- 2 x external fuel tank
- 2 x 4 JATO rockets for short take-off from partially destroyed runways
- Centerline reconnaissance pod
The Swiss Mirage III S and RS are a derivative of the French Mirage III, with "S" standing for Switzerland and "RS" for reconnaissance. Most of the Swiss Mirages were built in Switzerland under license. Changes over the French original included US avionics (thus the Sidewinder), reinforced structure for JATO take-offs and duck vanes added with combat value increase program.
There were 18 Mirages of the RS variant, numbered R-2101 to R-2118, with my model representing the last of the series. They featured four optical cameras in the nose section that could be equiped with different lenses and placed at different angles. Each camera had a film roll for 360 frames.
R-2118 carried the nickname "Mata Hari", the famous Dutch female spy of World War I. The name is painted on the left side of the cockpit section together with an owl.
Mirage III RS R-2118 still exists and is on display at the Air Force Center in Dübendorf near Zurich, Switzerland. My model represents the loadout of the real aircraft as exhibited.
To better display the details of the underside and the working landing gear, I built a display stand that shows the plane during take-off.
Val-Halla, a restored P51 Mustang, flying at the 2025 Abbotsford International Airshow. It was supposed to be taking part in the USAF Heritage Flyover alongside the F35 Lightning II but the F35 hand to land due to technical problems so Val-Halla flew on it's own while the RCAF Snowbirds prepared for their performance. Val-Halla was named for both it's pilots Bill Anders wife Valerie and for the Black Knights P51 squadron that was stationed at Keflavik, Iceland during the Cold War.
You can't trust me anymore!! I have finally caved in and bought CS6 (Photoshop) and am really struggling to learn how to use it. I uploaded 2 of my photos -a photo of a sunset then one of a model Warbird and fiddled around with layering and magnetic Lassoos! Suddenly up this came! Sadly I have no idea what I did and can't do it again! Steep learning curve! I promise not to post a lot of these mock ups as Ido feel it is kind of cheating, but this is pretty cool !
A Supermarine Spitfire Mk V.b and a Curtiss P40F Warhawk flying in formation at the Yorkshire Airshow, Church Fenton, UK.
A second RCAF CF-18 Hornet performing the CF-18 Demo in the evening show of the 2022 Abbotsford Airshow. It cool seeing the demo at night, the Hornet's afterburners could be fully seen. It was a loud demo too, the pilot didn't hold back.
A USAF F-15 Eagle flying during the evening show of the 2022 Abbotsford Airshow. Thanks to it being an evening show, I got some good shots of the Eagle's afterburners.
Wilmington - Wilmington Air Park (Airborne Airpark / Clinton County AFB) (ILN)
Wilmington, OH
McDonnell F-101B-90-MC Voodoo (36AT) c/n 486, 57-0308, United States Air Force
I rebuild my old fighter plane, Dragonfly, with modifications. This is it, Dragonfly v2.0. 8th addition to my new Victory Squadron.
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I rebuild my old fighter plane, Dragonfly, with modifications. This is it, Dragonfly v2.0. 8th addition to my new Victory Squadron.