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This was an Army Air Corp trainer aircraft, BT-14, used for training US pilots. Here the museum simulates a bad landing
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.
I took a shot of the two fake planes sitting on their stands at the 100th bomber group accross from Cleveland Hopkins airport and thought it would be fun to remove the stnds in photoshop and add some motion blurr to give them the effect of flying.
RAAF F/A 18F Super Hornet (A44-216) from Amberley Air Base takes off for it's routine at the 2013 Avalon air show.
A Royal Canadian Air Force CF-18 Hornet flying in the Canadian Armed Forces TAC demo at the 2026 Abbotsford Airshow.
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 'N' in the squadron number denotes 'Night'. In those days there had to be different aircraft for different jobs. As Jo rightly points out, this one is really an electronic jammer version. The only reason I can suggest for its being painted in this scheme is that the paint gives better protection against the elements.
A SBD Dauntless dive bomber hanging above the entrance to Concourse A at Midway Airport in Chicago. The fighter plane crashed into Lake Michigan during a training exercise. The plane was recovered from the lake in 2001 and repaired at a Florida museum. The initials SBD stand for a scout bomber manufactured by Douglas Aircraft. Dive bombers flying from U.S. aircraft carriers Enterprise, Hornet and Yorktown as well as the Midway atoll attacked the Japanese fleet in the pivotal Battle of Midway. The plane on display was likely one of several that crashed after taking off from the Sable or the Wolverine, former lake steamers that were turned into something like aircraft carriers to prepare naval pilots for ocean conditions.
The Messerschmitt Me 163, designed by Alexander Lippisch, was a rocket-powered fighter aircraft of the German Luftwaffe during WW2. It is the only rocket-powered fighter aircraft to have ever been operational. Its design was revolutionary, and the Me 163 was capable of performance unrivaled at the time. Messerschmitt test pilot Rudy Opitz in 1944 reached 1,123 km/h (698 mph). Over 300 aircraft were built, however, mainly due to the peculiar nature of its power plant, the Me-163 proved ineffective as a fighter, having been responsible for the destruction of only about nine Allied aircraft.
File name: 08_06_033088
Title: Messerschmitt displayed on Boston Common WWII era
Creator/Contributor: Jones, Leslie, 1886-1967 (photographer)
Date created: 1934 - 1956 (approximate)
Physical description: 1 negative : film, black & white; 4 x 5 in.
Genre: Film negatives
Subject: Fighter planes; Military personnel; War damage; World War, 1939-1945; Boston Common (Boston, Mass.)
Notes: Title from information provided by Leslie Jones or the Boston Public Library on the negative or negative sleeve.; Date supplied by cataloger.
Collection: Leslie Jones Collection
Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department
Rights: Copyright Leslie Jones.
Preferred credit: Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection.
File name: 08_06_033085
Title: Messerschmitt displayed on Boston Common WWII era
Creator/Contributor: Jones, Leslie, 1886-1967 (photographer)
Date created: 1934 - 1956 (approximate)
Physical description: 1 negative : film, black & white; 4 x 5 in.
Genre: Film negatives
Subject: Fighter planes; Military personnel; War damage; World War, 1939-1945; Boston Common (Boston, Mass.)
Notes: Title from information provided by Leslie Jones or the Boston Public Library on the negative or negative sleeve.; Date supplied by cataloger.
Collection: Leslie Jones Collection
Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department
Rights: Copyright Leslie Jones.
Preferred credit: Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection.