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Me 163B-1a, III. / JG 400, Udetfeld in late 1944.
The most famous Komet must surely be the red Komet in which EK16 commander Wolfgang Späte flew the first operational mission with a Komet. Without his knowledge, the ground crew painted his aircraft bright red, similar to Von Richthofen's red aircraft in WW1. Apparently confidence in the Komet's invulnerability was high! According to his own accounts, Späte was not amused, and ordered the paint to be removed after the flight
Information panel pertaining to the Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat fighter on display at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, VA.
Lockheed F104 Starfighter.
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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 The Sea Harrier was withdrawn from service in 2006 and the last remaining aircraft from 801 Naval Air Squadron were decommissioned on 29 March 2006.
The HUP-1 "Retriever" was a tandem-rotor, single-engine rescue and utility helicopter built by Piasecki Helicopter Corp.The overlapped tandem design provided a compact fuselage and rotor system so that the HUP-1 could go down any aircraft carrier elevator without folding its blades. With its blades folded, it could go down any cruiser's elevator. Its fuselage was an all-metal, semi-monocoque construction with conventional fixed landing gear. The cockpit had side-by-side seating with dual controls.
A total of 339 HUP-1/2/3/4/H-25 helicopters went to the U.S. Army and Navy, the Royal Canadian Navy, and the French Navy. Over their 20 years of service life, these helicopters were responsible for saving countless lives. The last HUP left the production line in July 1954. It continued to serve with the French Navy until 1965.
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.
Jaguar
This particular plane is Sepecat Jaguar XZ118.
First flight in 1976, decommissioned in 2006.
The SEPECAT Jaguar is an Anglo-French jet ground attack aircraft, used by the RAF until 2007.
This is the Canadair CF-104 Starfighter (CF-111, CL-90). It was a modified version of the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter supersonic fighter aircraft built in Canada by Canadair under licence. It served with the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and later the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) until it was replaced by the McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet. The CF-104 entered Canadian service in March 1962. Originally designed as a supersonic interceptor aircraft, it was used primarily for low-level strike and reconnaissance by the RCAF. Eight CF-104 squadrons were originally stationed in Europe as part of Canada's NATO commitment. This was reduced to six in 1967, with a further reduction to three squadrons in 1970.Up to 1971, this included a nuclear strike role that would see Canadian aircraft armed with US-supplied nuclear weapons in the event of a conflict with Warsaw Pact forces. (Ottawa, Canada, June 2015)
The wing of the F4 Phantom wreck in Subic Bay. The wreck was scuttled by the US military, so the wing tips are missing.
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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 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.
Jaguar
This particular plane is Sepecat Jaguar XZ118.
First flight in 1976, decommissioned in 2006.
The SEPECAT Jaguar is an Anglo-French jet ground attack aircraft, used by the RAF until 2007.
The first pass this F22 made over my house was very low and slow. I was unloading groceries and didn't have my camera out. This is almost certainly the very last F22s off the Marietta, GA production line. A ceremony was held a couple of weeks back when the last Raptor was rolled out of the Lockheed-Martin plant.The little inset shows the uncropped image. I had the Samsung HZ15W at its full 10X optical zoom setting (240mm 35mm film camera equivalent).
Sadly, the Raptor was four times as high and moving faster when it came over for the second time. I played with this photo in Arcsoft's PhotoStudio as well as in iPhoto 9 as the photo is was bit blurry,
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 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.
See the set index page for more general information, but in summary, this photo was from the "Wings of Freedom Tour", at Norwood (MA) Airport, sponsored by the Collings Foundation, featuring a B-17G Flying Fortress, "one of only fourteen B-17s still flying in the United States", a B-24J Liberator, "the only restored flying B-24J in the world", and a TP-51C Mustang, "the world’s only dual control P-51C Mustang".
WOLF 22 of 12sqn on finals for runway 25 at RAF Conningsby. Aircraft arrived in a 3 ship for a straight in landing from the North Sea Ranges.
Aeronautica Macchi C.202 "Folgore", Serie IX, MM 9476, apparently from the 90th Squadriglia on display in the National Air & Space Museum.
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Japanese Navy land-based version of the N1K. Allied codename "George", considered by both its pilots and opponents to be one of the finest land-based fighters flown by the Japanese during WW2
The N1K was heavily armed and, unusual for a Japanese fighter, could absorb considerable battle damage. The N1K-J evenly matched the F6F Hellcat and was a better match than the A6M Zero for such aircraft as the F4U Corsair and P-51 Mustang. Despite such capability, it was produced too late and in insufficient numbers (some 1,435 total) to affect the outcome of the war.
A later model of Zero, restored and repainted to represent one of those which attacked Pearl Harbor.
The Zero, built for speed and maneuverability, flew metaphorical circles around the more powerful, but heavier and slower American planes in early clashes. Within a few years, however, American tactical and technological advances destroyed the Japanese advantage; new versions of the Zero were used later in the war, but the essentially obsolete concept was never fully replaced with something new, innovative, and better.
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.