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A Lockheed P38 Lightning flying in the 2026 Abbotsford Airshow. One of three Warbirds that flew in the flyover. It was cool to see this most unique fighter plane from WWII.
I spent an amazing afternoon on 13 Nov with the team at Stallion 51, flying, performing and learning to fly & perform aerobatics in a drop dead gorgeous dual cockpit P-51 / TF-51 D Mustang named Crazy Horse 2.
I am still wearing an ear-to-ear grin. Great fun.
Full video (Flickr restricts to 3 min) is available at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5CAK-PVIi0
UFO & Outer Space / Heft-Reihe
Their Destination... Oblivion!
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Actor John Phillip Law passed away May 13, 2008. It is inconceivable to me that any other actor will ever equal his performance as Rittmeister Baron Manfred von Richthofen, the Red Baron, in the 1971 film Von Richthofen and Brown. He portrayed the Baron so as to define the role itself.
Codi von Richthofen,
The Red Baron Gallery ©
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.
Probably two of the most iconic aircraft of the Second World War, the Spitfire and Mustang. This year being the 70th Anniversary of D Day, the Imperial War Museum hosted an airshow to commemorate the event.
The Old Flying Machine Company displayed their Spitfire M H 434 and P 51 Mustang "Ferocios Frankie". They flew a very tight two ship formation, the shot shows the two aircraft beginning the run in with the sun giving a glint on the wings and fuselage
Camera Info:
Canon 5d Mark II w/ 85mm 1.8
ƒ2.8 | 1/200 | ISO 800
Strobist info:
SB80 DX at 1/64th Power in Westcott 28" Apollo Camera left and above, held by Tolga
A Vought F4U Corsair flying in the 2026 Abbotsford Airshow. One of three Warbirds that flew in the flyover. This is one of my favorite planes from WWII and it's always a delight to see one fly.
Thunder of Niagara
Praying 4 the victims and familys of the terrorist attacks ten years ago from today. God Bless you.
Hawker Hurricane and Supermarine Spitfire - British and allied WWII Fighter Planes, Warbirds over Wanaka, New Zealand
A WWII era P-51 Mustang flies in formation with a modern F-35 Lightning II, to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the USAF.
An F-35 Lightning II flying with P-51 Mustang Val-Halla during the USAF Heritage Flyover at the 2023 Abbotsford Airshow.
Wikipedia:
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 (Russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-17; NATO reporting name: Fresco) is a high-subsonic fighter aircraft produced in the USSR from 1952 and operated by numerous air forces in many variants. It is an advanced development of the similar looking MiG-15 of the Korean War. The MiG-17 was license-built in China as the Shenyang J-5 and Poland as the PZL-Mielec Lim-6.
MiG-17s first saw combat in 1958 in the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis and later proved to be an effective threat against more modern supersonic fighters of the United States in the Vietnam War.
here is the first version of my F-16. Inspiration for the nose taken from Mike on Flickr
www.flickr.com/photos/pmiaki/7064073019/in/photolist-bLed...
here is the link to the pic that I used. This is only the first version so expect some changes to be made. I would like to rework the air intake quite a bit as well as add landing gear and all of the armaments to the wings. Feedback is welcome. Happy Building!
-Ty
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 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.
Hornet J-5011 of fighter squadron 11, "Tigers" of the Swiss Air Force.
This model in scale 1:32 is based on the excellent Canadian CF-18 by Ryan Harris, whose building instructions I bought to create my Swiss version of a Hornet.
Like the Canadian CF-18s, the Swiss F/A-18s feature a search light on the left side of the fuselage in front of the cockpit. All the working features of Ryan's model can be found on my Hornet as well:
- Opening canopy
- Movable flaps, ailerons and elevators
- Deployable airbrake
- Lowering arrestor hook
- Stowable landing gear with working doors
After I built an initial version following the building instructions, I made quite some changes to Ryan's design to incorporate some more features and better represent the Swiss version of the F/A-18C. Changes I made include:
- All grey color scheme
- Complete redesign of the wings to incorporate folding wing tips
- Section in front of the cockpit features IFF (Identification Friend or Foe) antennae and a deployable refuelling probe
- Radar warning antennas behind the cockpit
- More detailed engine nozzles
- Extended starter rails and different armament
- Smaller details all around
My model represents the plane of the squadron leader of "Fliegerstaffel 11" or fighter squadron 11 with the immatriculation J-5011. The latter one is shortened to 011 on the forward fuselage.
Squadron 11 call themselves "Tigers" and so it is quite obvious that they regularly participate in the NATO Tiger Meet. The livery on the model shows the design of the 2011 edition of the Tiger Meet. The decals are from a supplier of waterslide decals for plastic models and are perfect to scale in 1:32.
The Hornet is shown in a typical configuration for air police service. The armament consists of a 20 mm M61A1 gatling gun, 2 AIM-9X Sidewinders on the wing tips and 2 AIM-120B AMRAAMs on the fuselage hardpoints. Furthermore a centerline fuel tank is carried which shows the standby frequency of 121.50 MHz.
The display base represents a section of taxi way, leading to runway 28 of the Meiringen air base, which is homebase to squadron 11.
A RCAF CF-18 Hornet flying in the evening show of the 2022 Abbotsford Airshow. This Hornet flew along with a USAF F-15 as part of a NORAD Flyover.
Old Korean War enemies share the sky peacefully during the 2011 Chino /Planes of Fame Air Show. Copyright 2011 Gus McCrea, www.gus-mccrea.artistwebsites.com