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A USAF F-35 Lightning II flying in the 2023 Abbotsford Airshow. This was the plane that I most excited to see. The pilot put on an incredible demo too, she didn't hold back, showed off all the F-35 can do, and came close to breaking the sound barrier.
VANDAL 21 in XI[F] SQN markings but a XII SQN callsign, taxiing for take off at RAF Conningsby. Aircraft departed with VANDAL 22 [ZK426] both on unrestricted climb-out's
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.
This Blue 710 captured several records during 1975 and 1977.On 31 August 1977 the aircraft captured a new altitude record.
Martin Baker are best known for their ejector seats but late in 1944 the company produced this striking design for a twin engined, twin boom fighter. It is not known if the design was given a project number, or other identification and is known simply as the Twin Boom. The design was to use two Griffon power units housed one at each end of the cigar shaped fuselage, each Griffon powering a pair of 3-blade contra rotating props similar to those used in some late Mark Spitfires and the post war Shackleton. Construction methods and design would probably have followed that of the MB5 while the crew of two was curiously to be housed in slightly staggered twin side-by-side cockpits. There is no real information about potential armament, even what the expected role of the aircraft would have been, or which aircraft it was expected to replace in service. Though designated as a fighter its strange asymmetrical dual cockpit layout suggests something more than the early war concept of a fighter, as defined by the Spitfire or Bf109. Certainly dog fighting would not likely have been its prime function, while as a night fighter there is little indication of how or where the required radar would be housed. Whatever its role, had it been built it certainly would have made an impressive, if perhaps an extravagant sight. While this and other designs were exploring the extreme limits of piston engined aircraft where 600mph was considered feasible, in reality the jet and the war’s imminent end would never allow them to ever have a realistic chance of seeing the light of day, so their potential would never be proved.
McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle
Nellis Capabilities Demonstration
Nellis Air Force Base
Las Vegas Valley, NV
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.
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.
Vought F4U Corsair speards its iconis gull wing during the 2011 Chino/Planes of Fame Air Show. Copyright 2011 Gus McCrea, this and more atwww.gus-mccrea.artistwebsites.com
The Royal Canadian heritage flyover during the 2023 Abbotsford Airshow with a CF-18 Hornet flying alongside a restored RCAF P-40 Kitty Hawk.
A WWII era P-51 Mustang flies in formation with a modern F-35 Lightning II, to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the USAF.
A USAF F-35 Lightning II flying in the 2023 Abbotsford Airshow. This was the plane that I most excited to see. The pilot put on an incredible demo too, she didn't hold back, showed off all the F-35 can do, and came close to breaking the sound barrier.
The F9F-6P was the aerial reconnaissance version of the F9F Cougar fighter jet. No guns were installed and special cameras and instruments were installed in a lengthened nose section. The nose windows where the cameras were installed are visible in this photograph just forward of the nationality roundel.
Model: F9F-6P Cougar
Type/Mission: Photo Reconnaissance
Manufacturer: Grumman
Bureau Number: 127487
One of 60 unarmed variants of the Cougar fighter jet delivered between June 1954 and March 1955.
US Navy F/A-18E (?)
EAA AirVenture Air Show
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
The EAA Air Show attracted 677,000 people this year, the biggest turnout ever for the EAA event. I did not attend, but got some glimpses here and there of some of the aircraft flying over my neighborhood and from a couple of city parks.
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Seen during the Friday preview day to the 2010 RAF Waddington Airshow in Lincolnshire, UK. This is the Hawker Hurricane Mk. 1, The only surviving Hurricane that saw service in the Battle of Britain. (There are still flying examples of Hurricanes from later in the war)
Planes returning back to Helsinki-Vantaa airport in Vantaa from Helsinki Airshow 2021 #HelsinkiAirshow
A USAF F-35 Lightning II flying in the 2023 Abbotsford Airshow. This was the plane that I most excited to see. The pilot put on an incredible demo too, she didn't hold back, showed off all the F-35 can do, and came close to breaking the sound barrier.
Nose art on this WWII era fighter. It wasn't supercharged and lacked the ability to engage the German Messerschmidts. So it saw action about everywhere except Europe. National Naval Aviation Museum. Pensacola, FL.
Leyton House March Judd CG901 F1 Sywell Airshow.Adrian Newey designed the Leyton House March cars, before going to Williams. Jackie Stewart tested the March and could not find a comfortable seating position, Because of the cramped cockpit, somthing the design overlooked,
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Organizer: Nicholas Gonzalez @americanportra
Venue: March Field Air Museum @marchfieldairmuseum
RAF Hawker Siddeley Harrier Jump Jet.
Certain things in life stay a vivid memory, this was one of them, like being in the middle of a tornado when above you at low altitude.....
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RAAF F/A 18F Super Hornet (A44-204) from No 1 squadron Amberley Air Base takes off under full after bruner for it's routine at the 2013 Avalon air show.
In August 2006 I toured the USS Midway Aircraft Carrier which was made into a memorial and museum in San Diego. Is this ship ever huge, and full of history. On the flight deck actual retired jet fighter pilots tell you what it was really like to take off and land on the USS Midway. The entire ship is extremely interesting and I highly recommend you visit the USS Midway if you get the opportunity.
INFORMATION ON THE USS MIDWAY:
USS Midway (CVB/CVA/CV-41) was an aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, the lead ship of her class, and the first to be commissioned after the end of World War II. Active in the Vietnam War and in Operation Desert Storm, as of 2007 she is a museum ship in San Diego, California. She is the only remaining aircraft carrier of the World War II era that is not an Essex-class ship.
In August 1991, Midway departed Yokosuka and returned to Pearl Harbor and then sailed to San Diego where she was decommissioned at Naval Air Station North Island on 11 April 1992. She was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 17 March 1997.
On 30 September 2003, Midway began her journey from the Navy Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, Bremerton, Washington, to San Diego, California in preparation for use as a museum and memorial.
On 10 January 2004 the ship was moored at her final location at the Broadway Pier in downtown San Diego, where she was opened to the public on 7 June 2004. Visitors may tour the ship's flight deck, hangar bay, mess hall, bridge, primary flight control area, enlisted and junior officer quarters, sickbay, and portions of the engine rooms.
(Source: Wikipedia)
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USS Midway: San Diego Aircraft Carrier Museum - “Midway Magic” is a historical fact. It was a term known throughout the Navy as the USS Midway steamed through a 47-year career of service to country. Imagine a carrier that was commissioned in 1945 and served as a flagship in Desert Storm in 1991. No other carrier served as long as the USS Midway. Time and again Midway remained on station when other carriers broke down and headed for port. It was almost magical how the crew and carrier responded to every call—both military and humanitarian.
The USS Midway set new standards of naval aviation in the latter half of the 20th century. A captured German V-2 rocket was launched off the USS Midway in 1947—the dawn of naval missile warfare. The USS Midway blazed new trails of sub-Arctic air operations off the coast of Greenland. It was the first carrier home-ported in a foreign country, calling Yokosuka, Japan home for 18 years. When others came home, the USS Midway remained at the “tip of the sword” on an odyssey shared by 225,000 Americans that spanned the surrender of Japan in WWII, the Cold War, Vietnam, the era of détente and Desert Storm.
No other carrier carries such a proud—many say “magical”—tradition of diligence, vigilance and mission completion. Midway Magic was real. And it continues today on her final mission as an interactive museum, tribute and education center.
(Source: www.ussmidway.org)
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