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• Northrop F-89J Scorpion

  

  @ Colorado Springs, CO December 2013 The Peterson AFB Museum has a nice outdoor display of aircraft, including this Cold War era F-89 Scorpion straight-winged... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2021 PHOTOGRAPHY, SOCIETY

• Avro Canada CF-100 Mk.5C Canuck

  

  @ Colorado Springs, CO December 2013 The Peterson AFB museum collection contains two representatives from our Northern neighbor, a Canadian Armed Forces CF-101... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2021 PHOTOGRAPHY, SOCIETY

• Republic P-47D Thunderbolt

  

  @ Colorado Springs, CO January 2014 I was able to visit the National Museum of WWII Aviation during a 2014 Colorado trip. The collection is small but has plans... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2021 PHOTOGRAPHY, SOCIETY

• Lockheed EC-121T Warning Star (1049A Super Constellation)

  

  @ Colorado Springs, CO December 2013 Centerpiece of the Peterson AFB Museum collection, this EC-121T Warning Star (a military version of the Lockheed Super... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2021 PHOTOGRAPHY, SOCIETY

• General Dynamics F-111A Aardvark

  

  @ Las Vegas, NV March 2010 A General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark tactical attack aircraft on display in Freedom park, located on Nellis Air Force Base. Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2021 PHOTOGRAPHY, SOCIETY

• McDonnell F-4C Phantom II

  

  @ Honolulu, HI September 2009 While leaving the base after the 2009 Hickam AFB Open House Airshow, we saw this Phantom gate guard in the colors of the 199th... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2021 PHOTOGRAPHY, SOCIETY

• McDonnell F-101B Voodoo

  

  @ Palmdale, CA March 2017 Right outside the West Gate of the fabled Edwards AFB is a display of aircraft called the Century Circle, aircraft that were tested... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2021 PHOTOGRAPHY, SOCIETY

• Nanchang CJ-6A

  

  @ San Carlos, CA May 2015 A pilot taxies his warbird after landing at San Carlos Airport. Designed and built in China, and first flown in 1958, more than 2,000... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2021 PHOTOGRAPHY, SOCIETY

• Airbus A320-200N – Volaris

  

  @ San Jose, CA February 2021 This Volaris A320 is getting cleaned up as it climbs out of Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport. Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2021 PHOTOGRAPHY, SOCIETY

• Lockheed SP-2H Neptune

  

  @ Marana, AZ March 2018 There is a small yet interesting aircraft boneyard located at the Marana airport. First flown in 1945, close to 1,200 Neptunes were... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2021 PHOTOGRAPHY, SOCIETY

• Grumman F-11F Tiger

  

  @ Pueblo, CO September 2018 Another gem from my first visit to the Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum. The Grumman F11F/F-11 Tiger was a supersonic, single-seat... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2021 PHOTOGRAPHY, SOCIETY

• Douglas F4D/F-6A1 Skyray

  

  @ Pueblo, CO September 2019 Visited the Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum for the first time in 2019 and was please to see a Skyray in their collection. Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2021 PHOTOGRAPHY, SOCIETY

• McDonnell Douglas A-4M Skyhawk

  

  @ San Carlos, CA September 2020 As the unofficial Museum photographer, I was tasked with photographing a few of the Hiller Aviation Museum aircraft cockpits... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2021 PHOTOGRAPHY, SOCIETY

• Lockheed A-12B Cygnus (Blackbird)

  

  @ Los Angeles, CA May 2013 This weathered Lockheed A-12 is sometimes referred to as the “A-12B” because of its rear seat. The only A-12 trainer ever built, it i... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2021 PHOTOGRAPHY, SOCIETY

• Ford 4-AT-E Tri-Motor

  

  @ San Carlos, CA May 2015 Ford’s Tri-Motor aircraft, nicknamed “The Tin Goose,” was designed for airline travel. To overcome concerns of engine reliability, For... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2021 PHOTOGRAPHY, SOCIETY

• Piper PA-18 Super Cub

  

  @ Fairbanks, Alaska September 2017 On a 2017 trip to Fairbanks, we went on a riverboat cruise on the Chena River which brought us to a Chena Indian Village. Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2021 PHOTOGRAPHY, SOCIETY

• Lockheed F-104C Starfighter

  

  @ Colorado Springs, CO August 2013 This Starfighter is one of many static aircraft on display at Peterson AFB. This F-104 was manufactured by Lockheed at... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2021 PHOTOGRAPHY, SOCIETY

• Martin SV-5J

  

  @ Colorado Springs, CO January 2014 The Martin Marietta X-24 was an experimental X-plane developed from a joint United States Air Force-NASA program... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2021 PHOTOGRAPHY, SOCIETY

• McDonnell Douglas F-15A Eagle

  

  @ McMinnville, OR May 2012 Saw this pole-mounted Eagle at the McMinnville Municipal Airport, right across the highway from the Evergreen Aviation Space Museum. Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2021 PHOTOGRAPHY, SOCIETY

• Short Solent Mk III

  

  @ Oakland, CA December 2017 This aircraft is the cornerstone of the Oakland Aviation Museum’s collection.  Originally built as a Seaford S-45, this was an... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2021 PHOTOGRAPHY, SOCIETY