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A shot that I'd been wanting to take, some light trails of a plane taking off. This was about the best position I could get on the RAF Base,
P-47D-6-RE "Feather Merchant II"
Unit: 84th FS, 78th FG, 8th AF, USAAF
Serial: WZ-Z (42-74641)
Pilot - Maj.Jack Price. Duxford, UK, November 1943,
The current 2010 Duveen Commission, by Fiona Banner.
The suspended Sea Harrier transforms machine into captive bird, the markings tattooing its surface evoking its namesake the Harrier Hawk. A Jaguar lies belly up on the floor, its posture suggestive of a submissive animal. Stripped and polished, its surface functions as a shifting mirror, exposing the audience to its own reactions. Harrier and Jaguar remain ambiguous objects implying both captured beast and fallen trophy.
[From the Tate website]
Both planes are de-commissioned fighter planes.
The Jaguar has been polished, the Harrier painted with feathers.
Sea Harrier.
This particular plane is BAe Sea Harrier ZE695.
The British Aerospace Sea Harrier is a naval VTOL/STOVL jet fighter, reconnaissance and attack aircraft, a development of the Hawker Siddeley Harrier. It first entered service with the Royal Navy in April 1980 as the Sea Harrier FRS1. The Sea Harrier was withdrawn from service in 2006 and the last remaining aircraft from 801 Naval Air Squadron were decommissioned on 29 March 2006.
I tried to make a plane a while back and I was pleasantly surprised and satisfied with the result.
RF-9 (reconnaissance fighter 9)
A two person (pilot and navigator/photographer) jet developed for heavy missions, built like I tank it can withstand multiple small caliber round hits without sustaining much damage. Very few were ever created because of the great cost of manufacturing such a beast.
The AIRCO DH2 was the first effectively armed British single seater fighter plane. It was designed by Geoffrey De Havilland based on the earlier DH1 but with a Lewis Mk 1 machine gun. The propreller is behind the cockpit so the gun can shoot forward without a problem. It first flew in July 1915 but was shut down by German plane in Nov 1916 and later relegated to a training role.
The engine had 100 HP, max speed 93 mph, ceiling 14,000 ft & range 250 mls. Plane is a reconstruction. No airframes survived the war.
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A test pilot demonstrates the versatility of the P-47 Thunderbolt fighter aircraft in a demonstration over Bradley Field.
Date Created: 9/6/44
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
Vought A-7 Corsair II.
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Venue: March Field Air Museum @marchfieldairmuseum
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.
A pair of Royal Canadian Air Force CF18 Hornets flying during the RCAF's CF18 demo at the 2025 Abbotsford International Airshow. The RCAF had two Hornets fly this year, a single seater CF188A and a CF188B two seater.
American fighters of the time (e.g., Brewster Buffalo, Boeing Peashooter) had no chance against the Zero.
Experimenting with texturing to get a vintage look.
This the first of three images of the North American P-51 D Mustang fighter built in Inglewood California. The D model became the major production model. Nearly eight thousand of this model were built. It was heavily used on all fronts during World War II and continued in use in the Korean War until it was replaced by the earliest jet fighters.
The P-51D was powered by a V-1650 Rolls-Royce Merlin engine, which was built in America under license to Packard Motors. A versatile aircraft it had a maximum speed of 436 MPH at 25,000 feet and could fly up to a ceiling of 42,000 feet. The effective range of the aircraft was 950 miles. The P51_D's were heavily armed with six 50 caliber machine guns and had a payload of ten five inch rockets or 2,000 pound bombs.
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Chance Vought F4U Corsair on display at the Marine Corps Museum in Quantico, VA. The Marines used Corsairs for close air support in World War II and the Korean Conflict.
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 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.
Photographers get a night time shot of a WWII Navy Hellcat fighter at the Cavanaugh Flight Museum, Addison, Texas.
Unconditional Surrender is a series of sculptures by Seward Johnson resembling a photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt, V–J day in Times Square, but said by Johnson to be based on a similar, less well known, photograph by Victor Jorgensen.
File name: 08_06_033084
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.