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Gladiator Fire – Day 4Posted on May 17, 2012
Coming Soon ‘Salmon-Thirty-Salmon II’Posted on May 15, 2012
Gladiator Fire – Day 2Posted on May 14, 2012
Coolidge: A Season In ReviewPosted on May 8, 2012
Pratt and Whitney showing off their stuffPosted on May 4, 2012
Gladiator Fire – Day 4Posted on May 17, 2012- Coming Soon ‘Salmon-Thirty-Salmon II’Posted on May 15, 2012
- Gladiator Fire – Day 2Posted on May 14, 2012
- Coolidge: A Season In ReviewPosted on May 8, 2012
- Pratt and Whitney showing off their stuffPosted on May 4, 2012
28Apr2012
Space shuttle Enterprise arrives at JFK
Space Enterprise Finally Arrives at Her New Temporary Home The wind was blowing hard out of the WNW on a blustery Friday morning in Jamaica, NY. With the winds consistently blowing 20-25mph and gusting upwards of 30-35mph, the hundreds, or even thousands of spotters, aviation and space enthusiasts, and just regular people interested in a piece of history looked to the sky wondering if this would be the day. This would be the
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Thunder Over The Coconino 2011
Almost 30 hours after coming back from Valle, several gigabytes and a few beers later. I have the photos ready. The 2nd airshow in Valle in just over two months, I heard of this one from some guy in a Facebook group and did some research and it turned out it looked like I was going to make it. The reality is that as the show got closer, it started looking not good. First, Flagship Detroit cancelled, unfortunate news, but then I got word that
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High Country Warbirds Fly In 2011
Today was the High Country Warbirds Fly-in, held at the Planes of Fame museum in Valle (40G). When I first learned of the event, I wasn't sure if I would make it, given that this is final exams weekend; to my good luck, my final was at 8 AM, which would give me plenty of time to make the drive up to Valle to see this. So after the final, I jumped in my truck with my roommate and we headed North. Unfortunately the main plane that made me drive
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B-29 SUPERFORTRESS “FIFI” visits Deer Valley Airport (KDVT)
Last Tuesday, April 12, me and some friends traveled down to Deer Valley to watch Fifi, the only airworthy B-29 in the world. We woke up at 5 to get ready for the trip down from Prescott, breakfast and other preparations, and got to DVT around 8:30. Much to our disappointment, all the planes were late; we were informed that the B-17 and B-25 of the Arizona Wing of the Commemorative Air Force were going to arrive between 10 and 10:30, and that
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Heritage Flight Conference Media Day 2011
Every year In early March the United States Air Force gathers together its best pilots at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson Arizona , making up the seven air combat command demo teams and select civilian warbird pilots to train and coordinate for each years airshow season. During select shows the Air Force will fly a formation with one or more of its ACC demo teams with vintage warbirds from the Air Force’s past. I with a few other
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B-29 SUPER FORTRESS “FIFI” arrives at KDVT
On Sunday November 14th 2010, crowds wait at Deer Valley Airport (KDVT) for what is to be expected of a grand arrival. At 12 o'clock sharp I can hear a child in the background "There she is daddy". As I look to the south and I can see "FIFI" turning to make her final approach to 25L. The vision of this B-29 Super fortress getting larger as it gets closer and Touchdown. Airplane enthusiasts and history buffs will want to see three
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WWII Reenactors at Chino Air Show 2010
Not only was it an air show but Planes of Fame had several different clubs show up as WWII Reenactors. You could walk thru many different types of camps. They had a camp for the AVG that flew P-40s in China. They had a British Army camp. My favorite(which I've never come across before) was a German Aviation outfit and they even had two German Storch aircraft. I'll write more about this
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Palm Springs Air Museum
I decided early Saturday morning to head to another Aircraft Museum and do a day's worth of photography. I traveled down to Palm Springs and what an enjoyable time I had. Palm Springs Air Museum is a great War bird collection!! One of my favorite planes was this F4 Corsair that they had restored to original specs and they had graced her with this wonderful painting on the wall behind the A/C. Visit them if you have the
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Planes of Fame Chino
I had the chance to visit the POF in Chino a few weeks ago. I love to visit this place on a Saturday Afternoon. Visitors are low and I get a chance to photograph aircraft with no one else around. The Museum was founded by Edward T. Maloney in 1957 in Claremont, California, with an initial collection of six aircraft. As the collection grew, the museum moved first to Ontario, California in 1965, and finally in 1973 to Chino Airport. On
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P-59 Airacomet
The Bell P-59A was the first United States jet fighter aircraft, designed and built during World War II. The USAAF was not impressed by its performance and cancelled the contract when fewer than half of the aircraft ordered had been produced. Although no P-59s went into combat, it paved the way for another design generation of U.S. turbojet-powered aircraft and was the first turbojet fighter to have its turbojet engine and inlet nacelles
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Henderson Vintage Aircraft museum
A really nice old guy named Frank has this small museum here in Vegas and has airplanes and car cars. He also has much aviation collectables such as this model of the famous Gabe's "Jug". Go by and see
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Another excellant example of a restored A/C
This is a Standard J-1 that is part of the display at POF Valle
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