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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.
Canon EOS Rebel series users are going to be very familiar with this view! :)
Just being a little cheeky.. ;) :P
Romeo: I have Bandit locked in my crosshairs.Taking him out.
Charlie: Roger.
Romeo: Click!
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A Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II belonging to the Royal Netherlands Air Force on the static display at the 2022 Abbotsford Airshow.
My mom used to tell me stories on how she worked on these planes back in the day. She was a Rosie the Riveter.
Persistent URL: www.floridamemory.com/items/show/35469
Local call number: RC13099
Title: Six Navy planes in formation -
Date: ca 1945
Physical descrip: 1 photoprint - b&w - 10 x 8 in.
Series Title: Reference Collection
Repository: State Library and Archives of Florida, 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 USA. Contact: 850.245.6700. Archives@dos.myflorida.com
A restored USAF P51 Mustang from WWII flying during the Warbirds demo at the 2025 Abbotsford International Airshow. It flew alongside an F4U Corsair and a P38 Lightning .
The Lancaster pictured above represents Lancaster / R5868.
One famous aircraft was typical of, and ultimately came to symbolize, the men and machines of Royal Air Force Bomber Command. Flying initially with 83 Squadron Pathfinder Force, then 467 Squadron RAAF, Avro Lancaster serial number R5868, call sign S for Sugar, took part in almost every major attack on Germany between summer of 1942 and the end of hostilities. With the life expectancy of a new Lancaster being just a few months, it was a miracle she survived the war.
The mighty Lancaster, the mainstay of RAF Bomber Command, crewed by volunteers from Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Rhodesia, South Africa, and many other nations opposed to Nazi rule, flew day and night sorties whenever there was a chance of reaching the target. Their unflinching courage and selfless devotion to duty paved the way for the D-Day invasion, and the ultimate liberation of Nazi occupied Europe.
Embellished with Goering’s infamous quotation “No Enemy Plane Will Fly Over The Reich Territory”, S for Sugar took her bombs to Berlin, Hamburg, Schweinfurt, Bremen, Hanover, Wurzburg, Munich, Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Dusseldorf, and other prime targets, flying the second greatest number of operational sorties of any bomber in the Command. Time and again Sugar brought her crew home, often limping back riddled with flak and bullet holes, occasionally on three engines, and once all the way back from the German capital with a badly damaged wing following a mid-air collision over the target.
By the war’s end this trusty bomber had completed no fewer than 137 operations over enemy territory, bringing her crew home every time. Now magnificently restored to her former glory, S for Sugar resides in the RAF Museum at Hendon, providing a lasting tribute to the gallant men of RAF Bomber Command.
An F-35 Lightning II flying with P-51 Mustang Val-Halla during the USAF Heritage Flyover at the 2023 Abbotsford Airshow.
An F-35 Lightning II flying with P-51 Mustang Val-Halla during the USAF Heritage Flyover at the 2023 Abbotsford Airshow.
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.
North American F-86 Sabre
Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II
Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor
Heritage Flight
Nellis Air Force Base
Las Vegas Valley, NV
The Messerschmitt Bf 109 was designed by Willy Messerschmitt and Robert Lusser during the early to mid 1930s. It was one of the first true modern fighters of the era, including such features as all-metal monocoque construction, closed canopy, and retractable landing gear.
The BF-109 was powered by liquid-cooled, inverted-V12 engines, first by a Jumo 210 of 700 HP, then by DB 601 of 1,100 HP, then DB 605A-1 of 1,475, and up to 2,000 HP. Top speed was 640 km/h and more.
The 109 first saw operational service during the Spanish Civil War and was still in service at the dawn of the jet age at the end of World War II (1945). From the end of 1941 the Bf 109 was supplemented, but never completely replaced in service, by the radial engined Focke-Wulf Fw 190.
Originally conceived as an interceptor, later models were developed to fulfill multiple tasks, serving as bomber escort, fighter bomber, day-, night- all-weather fighter, bomber destroyer, ground-attack aircraft, and as reconnaissance aircraft. The Bf 109 was the most produced fighter aircraft in history, with a total of 33,984 units produced up to April 1945.
It was also supplied to several of Germany's allies, including Finland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, and Slovakia.
According to some sources, the Bf 109 achieved more aerial kills than any other aircraft. One hundred and five (possibly 109) Bf 109 pilots were credited with the destruction of 100 or more enemy aircraft. Thirteen of these men scored more than 200 kills, while two scored more than 300. Altogether this group shot down nearly 15,000 enemy planes. Official ace status was granted to any pilot who scored five or more kills. Applying this, Luftwaffe records reveal that "Ace" status belonged to more than 2,500 German pilots. Against Soviets, the Finnish-flown Bf 109Gs claimed a victory ratio of 25:1 in favor of the Finns.
Spitfire stunt flying over East Preston
It arrived "out of the blue" and I thought it would only be over the village for a few seconds. How wrong I was. Anyway I grabbed the camera and poked it out the window to grab a couple of shots only to find he stayed around for several minutes. Time enough in fact to dash down the road to the beach and get some decent clear shots.
At the speed and altitude he was flying he only appeared in the gap between the roofs for a couple of seconds at the most on each pass.
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Old & New Fighter Planes ✈️ -
Practicing for 2019 Airshow
Practice Flights On Sunday
Tucson’s Davis-Monthan AFB
Seen from my backyard.
Central Tucson
Tucson, Arizona
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The Royal Canadian heritage flyover during the 2023 Abbotsford Airshow with a CF-18 Hornet flying alongside a restored RCAF P-40 Kitty Hawk.
Spitfire stunt flying over East Preston
It arrived "out of the blue" and I thought it would only be over the village for a few seconds. How wrong I was. Anyway I grabbed the camera and poked it out the window to grab a couple of shots only to find he stayed around for several minutes. Time enough in fact to dash down the road to the beach and get some decent clear shots.
At the speed and altitude he was flying he only appeared in the gap between the roofs for a couple of seconds at the most on each pass.
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