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North American Aviation created the P-51 Mustang in response to a British requirement during 1940. Originally powered byan AllisonV-1710 engine, P-51B and P-51C versions were the first tobe equipped with a Rolls Royce Merlin powerplant which greatly increased performance at high altitudes. Additional improvements appeared on the P-51D, which this represents. A bubble canopy (not shown) was fitted on a cut down fuelage spine, and this provided excellent visability for the pilot. Firepower was increased from four .50-caliber machine guns in the P-51B/C to six in the P-51D. The P-51D was the final Mustang variant to see combat during World War 2/Holocaust, and it was considered to be one of the most successful fighters of that era.
The Big Beautiful Doll, flown by Lt. Col. John D. Landerswhile he was assigned to the 84th fighter Squadron of the 78th Fighter Group. Landers was the 78th Fighter Group's commanding officer, and he is credited with 37 victories. Six against the Japanese, and 31 against the Nazis.
The KEM10k-3 is a jet upgraded variant of the piston-driven KEM10f. The Orange Eagle is a fighter plane with two nose-mounted .50cal M3 or 20mm cannons, three target tracking .30cal M1919. It also serves as a light bomber carrying up to four 100kg GBO-7 (not laser guided versions)(two on fuselage, two on wings), or two 250kg GBO-5a laser guild bombs.
A decomissioned Royal Navy Sea Harrier hangs from the ceiling in the hall of the Tate Britain. Note the boy in the front and his shadow picked out by the remote flash!
We had a CF-18 fly over the city this afternoon. One pass was very close to us. This was the highlight, a sweet bank move right in our backyard.
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The Royal Canadian heritage flyover during the 2023 Abbotsford Airshow with a CF-18 Hornet flying alongside a restored RCAF P-40 Kitty Hawk.
A Vought F4U Corsair flying in a demo the 2026 Abbotsford Airshow. One of three Warbirds that flew in the flyover. It flew a solo demo later on in the airshow and was fantastic, pilot handled the old warbird well. This is one of my favorite planes from WWII and it's always a delight to see one fly.
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.
Seen on display in the Museum of Flight parking lot was this CF-188(F/A-18A) of the Royal Canadian Air Force.
“The Fighter Collection’s Merlin-engined P-40F is one of only two left airworthy anywhere in the world. Manufactured at the Curtiss facility in Buffalo, New York in the autumn of 1942 and allocated Bu No. 41-19841. She was delivered by land to the Stockton In-Transit Depot in California for onward shipment in November, where she was then shipped to the Thirteenth Air Force in the Southwest Pacific on Christmas Eve 1942. Unfortunately her service career remains a mystery, but the only P-40Fs to see combat in the Pacific Theatre were flown by the 44th and the 68th Fighter Squadrons of the 347th Fighter Group in the Solomon Islands from November 1942 to October 1943.”
This is a VF-1C. The "C" Designation is my own. I hand painted a VF-1A to make this new "stealth" version :p. Came out pretty cool in my opinion!
Its unmistakable, even in the thick haze -- those are F-16s on the tarmac, with their sidewinders(heat seeking missiles) still on. The F-16 is one of the most successful fighter planes in the world. It is used in many countries, and had good service records. It is a multi-role fighter, that can also be used for attack missions. This aircraft is manufactured by General Dynamics, and the US military have called it the Falcon.
Photo taken at Manila's international airport.
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.