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“MX-324 ROCKET WING - (1944) -- Northrop’s Rocket Wing MX-324 was America’s first military rocket airplane. It was completed in 1944 under strict secrecy; the world did not learn of its existence until early in 1947. Its first flight was made in the presence of a few Northrop and U. S. Air Force personnel July 5, 1944, at Harper’s Dry Lake near Barstow, California. The MX-324 was a Flying Wing of 36-foot wing span with a prone cockpit. The prone cockpit enabled the pilot to lie flat and withstand higher accelerations. The MX-324 was powered by an Aerojet XCAL-200 rocket motor, which used monoethylaniline, oxidized with red fuming nitric acid, as fuel. Other glider-type models (MX-334) were designed to take off and land on skids.”
That’s some ‘out of the cockpit’ thinking, although the fuel mixture seems particularly…unappealing.
As you might expect, multiple articles are available online.
Four U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons fly in tight diamond formation, trailing white smoke across a blue sky. The red, white, and blue Thunderbird livery stands out against the soft cloud backdrop as the jets hold precise spacing mid-flight.
Photographed during an aerial demonstration, this moment captures the discipline and symmetry of formation flying. The smoke trails emphasize movement and geometry, drawing the eye through the frame and reinforcing the precision required to maintain this spacing at speed.
Unfortunately we lost a Blue Angel today in Smyrna near Nashville. Captain Jeff Kuss flying plane number 6. Marie and I were fortunate enough to see the Blue Angels perform three days in a row with cameras clicking. Seeing them perform always makes me proud to have served in the US Navy myself. Here are my best shots of him and the other soloist in plane 5. These pilots put their life on the line to not only defend our country but to thrill us at airshows and it's sad to lose one in a tragedy like this. May you rest in peace Cptn Kuss. You were a hell of a pilot.
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FAP BA5 with USAF F16s - Joint Exercise
USAF 91-0351 52nd FW Spangdahlem AB, Germany
General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon
FUBAR Aviation's MiG-17F / Polish-built WSK-Mielec Lim-5.
Seen here at Shuttleworth summer airshow 2026.
Built in 1958, the airframe returned to flight on April 22, 2026, at Modlin Airport in Poland following an extensive restoration by FUBAR Aviation. It is currently the only flying MiG-17 family airframe in Europe and the only civilian-owned ex-military jet with an active afterburner in Poland.
#mig #mig17 #poland #coldwar #FighterJet
using a teleconverter give you reach, my 70-200mm become a 400 plus if we count the crop sensor, but the downside is a loss of pixel and overwhelming softens.
Sigma APO Teleconverter 2x ... a piece of ***
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Sukhoi-30MKI fighter jets, modified to carry BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles displayed in Aero India 2023 at Air Force Station Yelahanka, Bengaluru.
NAS Oceana Airshow 2018
Note the words "Lady" and "Luck" which appear immediately behind the nose gear doors and directly underneath the jet intakes,