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• Yakovlev Yak-50

  

  @ Fairfield, CA March 2024 Airshow performer Barry Hancock taxies in Red Thunder #1 after a flight performance by the Red Thunder duo during the 2024 Wings... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2024 PHOTOGRAPHY, SOCIETY

• Airbus A380-800, Emirates Airlines

  

  @ San Francisco, CA January 2024 This Emirates A380 taxies by us in preparation for a long flight to Dubai.  The world’s largest passenger airliner, the A380... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2024 PHOTOGRAPHY, SOCIETY

• Lockheed XP-80 “Lulu Belle”

  

  @ Washington, D.C. August 2018 The XP-80 was the prototype of the P-80 Shooting Star, the first operational turbojet fighter produced in the United States.... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2024 PHOTOGRAPHY, SOCIETY

• Curtiss R3C-2

  

  @ Washington, D.C. August 2018 Hanging in the Pioneers of Flight gallery at the National Air and Space Museum is this sleek Curtiss R3C seaplane. Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2024 PHOTOGRAPHY, SOCIETY

• Bell 47H-1 Bellairus

  

  @ Niagara Falls, NY August 2018 This restored Bell 47H-1, the personal helicopter of Bell president Larry Bell, is on display at the Niagara Aerospace Museum. Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2024 PHOTOGRAPHY, SOCIETY

• Mitsubishi MU-2B-60 Marquise

  

  @ San Carlos, CA March 2024 This Mitsubishi MU-2B-60 Marquise has been a resident at my local airport for many years but I was unable to time it right to see... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2024 PHOTOGRAPHY, SOCIETY

• Aerospatiale SA-319B Alouette III

  

  @ Madrid, Spain May 2014 Seen at the Museo del Aire in Madrid is this Aerospatiale SA-319B Alouette III that was used by the Direccion General de Trafico DGT... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2024 PHOTOGRAPHY, SOCIETY

• Republic F-105F Thunderchief

  

  @ Santa Rosa, CA December 2019 The Pacific Coast Air Museum’s Republic F-105 Thunderchief (63-8331) seen on outdoor display. When it entered service, the... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2024 PHOTOGRAPHY, SOCIETY

• Sikorsky HH-52A Seaguard

  

  @ Chantilly, VA August 2018 Hanging high above in the massive hangar that is the Smithsonian Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, is this Sikorsky HH-52A Seaguard. Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2024 PHOTOGRAPHY, SOCIETY

• McDonnell F3H-2N Demon

  

  @ New York, NY August 2018 During a 2018 trip to New York, I finally got to visit the USS Intrepid Museum. Displayed on the wet flight deck is this McDonnell F3... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2024 PHOTOGRAPHY, SOCIETY

• Douglas A-4E Skyhawk

  

  @ Ford Island, HI January 2023 A tired Douglas A-4 Skyhawk sits on the ramp of the Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum in Hawaii. This aircraft was from the... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2024 PHOTOGRAPHY, SOCIETY

• Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23ML Flogger

  

  @ Madrid, Spain May 2014 The Soviet-built MiG-23 “Flogger”, seen here at the Museo del Aire in Madrid, was designed to replace the widely-used MiG-21. Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2024 PHOTOGRAPHY, SOCIETY

• Bell AH-1F Cobra

  

  @ Merritt Island, FL September 2021 This fully loaded Bell AH-1 Cobra (68-17023) can be seen on display at the Brevard Veterans Memorial Center. Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2024 PHOTOGRAPHY, SOCIETY

• Douglas A3D/NTA-3B Skywarrior

  

  @ Ford Island, HI January 2023 It’s impressive that the A3D Skywarrior first flew in 1952 and remained in service long enough to fly during the Gulf War in... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2024 PHOTOGRAPHY, SOCIETY

• Boeing TK.1(KC-97L) Stratotanker

  

  @ Madrid, Spain May 2014 A long retired Boeing KC-97L (53-0189) seen on display at the Museo del Aire in Madrid, Spain. Introduced in 1951, the KC-97 strategic... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2024 PHOTOGRAPHY, SOCIETY

• Cunningham-Hall GA-36

  

  @ Buffalo, NY August 2018 Smaller aviation museums can surprise you with some rare locally devolped aircraft like this Cunningham-Hall GA-36 featured at the... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2024 PHOTOGRAPHY, SOCIETY

• Fairchild-Hiller SL.4/Hiller UH-12L4

  

  @ San Carlos, CA July 2023 First flown in 1948, the Hiller Model 360 helicopter was designated by the company as the UH-12 (“UH” for United Helicopters) and... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2024 PHOTOGRAPHY, SOCIETY

• Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3

  

  @ Chantilly, VA August 2018 This vintage Naval trainer hangs proudly at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, the Smithsonian’s annex at Washington Dulles... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2024 PHOTOGRAPHY, SOCIETY

• Vought F4U-1D Corsair

  

  @ Chantilly, VA August 2018 This Vought F4U-1D Corsair soars over the main exhibit floor at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center Smithsonian annex at Washington... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2024 PHOTOGRAPHY, SOCIETY

• Northrop M2-F3

  

  @ Washington, D.C. August 2018 On exhibit at the National Air Space Museum is this Northrop M2-F3, a heavyweight lifting body aircraft rebuilt from the... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2024 PHOTOGRAPHY, SOCIETY