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The F4 Phantom wreck in Subic Bay at 43 meters, shot with an f4 aperture on the way back up from a great dive.
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Air intake of the F4 Phantom fighter jet in Subic Bay. Note teh abundant fish life on this wreck.
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A restored USAF P38 Lightning from WWII flying during the Warbirds demo at the 2025 Abbotsford International Airshow. It flew alongside an F4U Corsair and a P51 Mustang.
The Supermarine Spitfire, bred from the Schneider Trophy winning seaplane racers of the 30s, an incredibly elegant, agile and fast fighter, triumph of design and engineering. But oh so much more than that in the collective psyche of these islands, the Spit is forever associated with that moment when the history of the free world balanced on a knife edge, the Battle of Britain, and remains for many of us a supreme symbol of defiance against the odds in the face of overwhelming evil which had swallowed so much else but found the RAF more than they could chew...
This Spit was constructed late in the war, 1944, so long after that watershed air battle, although in the 1960s she would be taking to the air for part of the movie Battle of Britain. She's been the 'gate guard' at various RAF bases, including Leuchars, over the years and was eventually donated to the city of Glasgow (she had once been part of the City of Glasgow auxiliary RAF squadron in her history), refurbished at the National Museum of Flight at East Fortune and when the magnificent Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum re-opened after a huge redevelopment she was on display, hanging there amid the early 1900s architecture, rather delightfully right over the head of a stuffed giraffe on display with other animals below! There's something quite magical about turning into a wing of this huge, historic edifice and coming face to face with a real Spitfire just hanging there, the lines so elegant and aerodynamic she still looks fast even when hanging still...
Lockheed F104 Starfighter.
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In the F4 Phantom in Subic Bay at 43 meters. Tom Cruise here we come, Top Gun II!
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P40 Warhawk on display at Wright Patterson Air Force Museum,
Dayton, Ohio.
Camera: Nikon D5100
Photo by: D Kacir
U.S. NAVY F4U-1A "CORSAIR" OF FIGHTER SQUADRON VF-17
FLOWN BY COMMANDER JOHN T. BLACKBURN
Fighter squadron VF-17 was lead by Lt. Commander(later Commander) John T. Blackburn and adopted the pirate "Jolly Roger" as their squadron symbol. VF-17 was to become known as the "Skull and Crossbones Squadron" and as "Blackburn's Irregulars". VF-17 served two tours of duty commencing combat operation on 27 October 1943 from their base on Ondonga,New Georgia Island. This tour of duty lasted until 01 December 1943. Their second tour of duty was from 25 January 1944 until 04 March 1944 from their base at Piva Yoke, Bougainville Island. During their 79 days in combat, VF-17 was credited with 154 1/2 victories and created 13 aces
……for the Vickers Vimy. Even a Sopwith Camel showed up.
IT'S HARD to believe, but I did see a former high school teacher (Streetsville Secondary School) at this event.
Not right away……but later, when I was looking over my photos!
Ain't life strange~
The A-10 Warthog of the USAF A-10 East Demo Team at the ESL Air Show at the Rochester International Airport, 07.16.2011.
The HAL Tejas is a lightweight multirole jet fighter developed by India. It is a tailless, compound delta wing design powered by a single engine. It came from the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) programme, which was begun in the 1980s to replace India's ageing MiG-21 fighters. Later the LCA was officially named "Tejas" by then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee
"Penrod and Sam" - Major Robert S. Johnson, 62nd FS, 56th FG
Robert S. Johnson decided to become an Army pilot at age 8, when he saw "The Three Musketeers" perform at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. An interesting side note to that story is that the Musketeers were formed and led by Captain Claire Chennault, later of Flying Tiger fame. Not only did Johnson decide that day to be an Army pilot, he decided he would be the best Army pilot; when he returned to the United States from England on June 6, 1944, he was the top-scoring USAAF pilot in the ETO, and tied at the time with Dick Bong with 27 victories. His score was later revised to 28, making him the fourth-ranking USAAF ace after Bong, Tommy McGuire, and Johnson's squadron commander, Francis Gabreski. In a group filled with aggressive aces Johnson was a standout on that score. Most of his career with the 56th saw him flying with the 61st Fighter Squadron, but when he was promoted to Major in May 1944, he moved to the 62nd FS, as Operations Officer. His autobiography, "Thunderbolt!" is highly-recommended reading.
Led by 88th Squadron Commander Major Abdullah al Ghamdi, the Saudi Hawks are one of the most distinguished and well-loved regional aerobatic teams. Flying British-made Hawk Mk65 smoke-capable jets proudly bearing the RSAF green and white 'coat of arms', the Saudi Hawks' breath-taking performances have been a regular feature of the Al Ain Aerobatic Show for many years, with a fresh take and a brand new set of manoeuvres each season.
The combination of intensive training, constant reinvention and unflinching determination won the Saudi Hawks an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records for the largest ever aerial drawing. The majestic manouevre, dubbed the 'emblem move', resulted in a smoke drawing of the Saudi emblem, consisting of two swords crossed over a palm tree, and took two years to perfect.
"We bring something new to Al Ain every year," said Al Ghamdi. "We create and rehearse fof six months ahead of the display season to surprise the public with every one of our performances."
description taken from www.alainaerobaticshow.com
National Air and Space Museum. Supermarine Spitfire HF. Mk. VIIc in front of murial of B-17 Bombers.
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 MIG-21 in rather bad condition is part of the German Forces Aviation Museum in Berlin Gatow. These russian planes are part of the former GDR´s air force and where not taken back into service after 1990. but some Mig-29 Fulcrums and helicopters did.
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 was built between 1959 and 1995, numberwise the most built jet aircraft of all times (ca. 11.000 planes) and probably had its most effective days during the vietnam war.
HDR from a single RAW.
Lt. Col. James Harvey, retired Tuskegee Airman who flew during WWII, visited the Hill Aerospace Museum in Roy, Utah.
Visit his inspiring web site:
Pictures from the family day @ Jagdgeschwader 71 "Richthofen" , part of the german airforce, located in Wittmund / Ostfriesland / Germany
Darnit, again, kicking myself for not bringing my tripod along (they are allowed in the Museum); you'll hear that a lot. This plane I liked a great deal due to its flashy paint and, frankly, general cute factor (sorry, gentlemen—I like fast-moving machinery, but I'm still a woman!).
According to the Museum's website, the P-26A was very important in fighter plane development, because it was the US Army Air Corps' first all metal monoplane fighter. Powered by a Pratt & Whitney R-1340 with 500 hp, the maximum speed is 234 mph—faster than earlier planes because the metal is lighter than wood and even fabric biplanes.
Peashooters were typically armed with two .30-cal or one .50 cal and one .30 cal machine gun (oooo, give me the latter!) and could carry 200 pounds of bombs I don't know where—this is a pretty small ship (23'10" long, 10'5" high, with a 27'11.5" wingspan). FWIW, .50-cal anything is not a 'pea' in my book, but hey, what do I know?
P-51 Mustang & A-10 Warthog - from the Flight Over the Falls airshow 7/31/11, Great Falls, MT.
Canon EOS 350D Digital Rebel XT
Tamron 75-300mm lens
Title: A Curtis-Kirkham [sic] Triplane Scout - the fastest thing in this Country
Alternative Title: [Curtiss 18T-1, the Curtiss-Kirkham, at McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio]
Creator: Unknown
Date: ca. 1918-1920s
Part of: George W. Cook Dallas/Texas Image Collection
Place: Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio
Physical Description: 1 photographic print: gelatin silver, part of 1 album (98 pages); 10 x 16 cm on 25 x 33 cm
File: a2014_0020_3_4_04_027_nancy_b_opt.jpg
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Lockheed F104 Starfighter.
All of photographs published here are copyright © Anthony Fosh All Rights Reserved. They may not be reproduced and/or used in any form of publication, print or the Internet without my written permission
Led by 88th Squadron Commander Major Abdullah al Ghamdi, the Saudi Hawks are one of the most distinguished and well-loved regional aerobatic teams. Flying British-made Hawk Mk65 smoke-capable jets proudly bearing the RSAF green and white 'coat of arms', the Saudi Hawks' breath-taking performances have been a regular feature of the Al Ain Aerobatic Show for many years, with a fresh take and a brand new set of manoeuvres each season.
The combination of intensive training, constant reinvention and unflinching determination won the Saudi Hawks an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records for the largest ever aerial drawing. The majestic manouevre, dubbed the 'emblem move', resulted in a smoke drawing of the Saudi emblem, consisting of two swords crossed over a palm tree, and took two years to perfect.
"We bring something new to Al Ain every year," said Al Ghamdi. "We create and rehearse fof six months ahead of the display season to surprise the public with every one of our performances."
description taken from www.alainaerobaticshow.com