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A bbmf Spitfire and an RAF Typhoon go through their routine in front of assessors during PDA (public display authorisation) to get certified for public displays. This was at RAF Coningsby.
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.
WW1 F1 Sopwith Camel scout captured at Thorpe Park in their first year of operation.
Camera: Olympus Pen F Half Frame SLR.
Reworked in black and white.
File name: 08_06_033036
Title: Japanese flag examined, 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: Flags; Fighter planes; Military personnel; War damage; World War, 1939-1945
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.
The American Boeing P-26 Peashooter, was the first all-metal production fighter aircraft and the first pursuit monoplane used by the United States Army Air Corps.
The prototype first flew in 1932, and the plane was obsolete by 1935, when the prototype of the Messerschmitt BF-109 first flew. But the Corps flew this fighter as late as 1941 in the Philippines because better fighters in large numbers were not available.
An Royal Canadian Air Force CF18 Hornet flying during the RCAF's CF18 demo at the 2025 Abbotsford International Airshow.
from the archives... this is at the Bangalore Aero Show at Yelahanka Air Force Base.
I'm not sure what aircraft this is...
As the sun breaks above the ground
An old man stands on the hill
As the ground warms to the first rays of light
A birdsong shatters the still
His eyes are ablaze
See the madman in his gaze
Fly on your way like an eagle
Fly as high as the sun
On your wings like an eagle
Fly and touch the sun
Flight of Icarus - Iron Maiden
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.
USAF KC-135 Tanker and (2) F-22 Raptors prepare for inflight refueling are heading toward open water.
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.
File name: 08_06_033083
Title: Messerschmitt on display 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.
The most prolific trainer type on the allied side in WW II and after. In the British Empire it was known as the Harvard and was built under licence in Canada
My brother props up a Spitfire at the Shttleworth collection during the late 1960s.
Camera: EXA 35mm SLR.
The North American Aviation T-6 Texan was a single-engine advanced trainer aircraft used to train pilots of the United States Army Air Forces, United States Navy, Royal Air Force and other air forces of the British Commonwealth during World War II and into the 1950s. Designed by North American Aviation, the T-6 is known by a variety of designations depending on the model and operating air force. The USAAC designated it as the "AT-6", the US Navy the "SNJ", and British Commonwealth air forces, the Harvard, the name it is best known by outside of the United States.
I guess I hadn't read the panel closely enough when I was there... it's not until just now that I realize that these are the actual remains of the Zero which crashed on Niihau just after the attack on Pearl Harbor - and not reproductions.
That's really something.
It may not look like much - much of the plane was taken apart and shipped away for examination by the military, trying to figure out what made the Zero so fast and maneuverable - but these are proper historical artifacts right here.