A blog about planes and other flying machines
I don’t know about you, but I’d be nervous to go out and board a plane like this. Not because I’m afraid of sea planes, but because floating platforms like this are not my cup of tea.
This is a pretty cool shot of this Twin Otter sea plane though.
It turns out, Trans Maldivian Airways has a fleet of 25 sea planes, and it’s the largest commercial sea plane operation in the world. Pretty cool methinks.
Refueling lifeline of US, NATO air ops, a photo by DVIDSHUB on Flickr. Via Flickr: A 100th Air Refueling Wing KC-135 Stratotanker prepares to offload fuel to Royal Danish Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons, which are flying in formation behind the … [Continue reading]
120119-F-ZZ999-900, a photo by Official U.S. Air Force on Flickr. I think this plane should be renamed to something like "Bull Shark" because that's what it looks like. Via Flickr: A pilot takes the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter … [Continue reading]
120104-F-NI784-081, a photo by Official U.S. Air Force on Flickr. There's something not quite right about how the Osprey looks, but it's still an impressive looking aircraft. Some of the Marines that I know say that they call the Osprey a … [Continue reading]
This F-111 Aardvark is on static display outside of Cannon Air Force Base in Clovis New Mexico. The plane is called the "City of Clovis" and it's a memorial to the F-111 crews that were based in Clovis and were lost in action over seas. This … [Continue reading]
Over the summer, I had the opportunity to do some plane spotting over in San Francisco. I arrived early enough that I was able to snag the very best spot. I captured a rather mundane picture of a SouthWest Airlines Boeing 737 touching down at SFA, that just didn’t speak to me. I liked that [...]
This is the first of, I believe 3 parts, of my personal 2011 aviation highlights. This was a very active year with my aviation hobby as I got to see planes that I hadn’t seen before, I went to a couple of airshows and also went plane spotting out of state. Part 1, comes from [...]
