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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...
Civil Air Patrol cadets examine the tail assembly of a P-47 Thunderbolt fighter aircraft under the guidance of Lieutenant Clifford J. Grube (left), Commanding Officer of the unit at Bradley Field.
Date Created: circa 1942-1945
Contributor: U.S. Army Air Corps
Source: Connecticut State Library, State Archives, PG 048
Format Medium: black-and-white photographs
Format Extent: 5 x 4 in.
Type: Image
Format: jpeg
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An F-22 Raptor performs during the 2009 Atlantic City Air Show "Thunder Over the Boardwalk" on Wednesday August 19, 2009.
Photographer: Unidentified
Location: Queensland, Australia
Description: The Lockheed Lightning plane is seen flying along the coast near what appears to be North Stradbroke Island, off the coast of Brisbane. The pilot is visible in the cockpit and the number 17 is painted on the nose.
View this image at the State Library of Queensland: hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/193549
Information about State Library of Queensland’s collection: www.slq.qld.gov.au/resources/picture-queensland
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The plane that I was most excited to see fly at the airshow this year! A restored Mikoyan Mig-17 Fresco flying during the 2025 Abbotsford International Airshow. It was unique to see this Cold War era jet. The Mig-17 was actually the most feared fighter plane for a time. No NATO fighters were able to beat it until the F4 Phantom II entered service in the 1960s. It was still cool to see and just as intimidating as it was back in it's prime.
The Sukhoi SU-27 is a one-seat Mach-2 class jet fighter originally manufactured by the Soviet Union, and designed by the Sukhoi Design Bureau.
NATO designation: FLANKER
A pair of US Navy E/A18G Growlers flying during the Growler demo at the 2025 Abbotsford Airshow. It was loud and the pilots didn't hold back. I can still hear the afterburners when I look at these shots.
Val-Halla, a restored P51 Mustang, flying at the 2025 Abbotsford International Airshow. It was supposed to be taking part in the USAF Heritage Flyover alongside the F35 Lightning II but the F35 hand to land due to technical problems so Val-Halla flew on it's own while the RCAF Snowbirds prepared for their performance. Val-Halla was named for both it's pilots Bill Anders wife Valerie and for the Black Knights P51 squadron that was stationed at Keflavik, Iceland during the Cold War.
Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat fighter on display at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, VA. Note the unusual location of the main wheels when retracted, flush against the lower fuselage.
A Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II belonging to the Royal Netherlands Air Force on the static display at the 2022 Abbotsford Airshow.
Markings are for a Hurricane IIC flown by F.S.J. Leguerrier of 417 Squadron RCAF based in Shandur (near Suez). On September 26, 1942 the pilot shot down a JU88. This was the first Squadron victory of WWII.
The Black Eagles is the only team to boast formations composed of eight aircraft built with home-born South Korean technology, the supersonic T-50. The ROKAF Black Eagles pilots have flown their respective ships over the distance of 3000 nautical miles to perform at the Singapore Air Show. The Black Eagles will soar and embroider the skies of Singapore with twenty exclusive manoeuvres specifically designed for the Singapore Airshow 2014.
Done for a friend who is hoping to become a USAF fighter pilot. My interpretation of Roy Lichtenstein's Whaam! art piece. It is one of my favorites so I tried to do as much justice to it as possible.
Done with watercolors, pen and paint marker.