Bombardier Global 7000 about to touchdown at Austin Bergstrom International Airport. I’m not sure which prototype this is, but according to the registry it has Rolls Royce engines instead of the standard GE Passport engines. This is a $73 million plane with a 7400nm range. Niki Lauda, allegedly, ordered one of these for himself. […]

  Some DHL action at @ausairport if you look in the background, you can see a peek of an Atlas Air Cargo B747. I couldn’t get a clean shot of the Atlas 747, so this will have to do. #kaus #avgeekphoto from Instagram: http://bit.ly/2xBPYKq

The queen B747 abides. To me, it’s weird to think that soon there won’t be many 747s flying around the globe. #avgeekphoto #yyz from Instagram: http://bit.ly/2r1dZYZ I mean, United Airlines just retired their passenger Boeing 747 aircraft from service. Most of the Boeing 747-8 planes that have been sold/ built are cargo variants, so how […]

  Just seconds before touching down at @ausairport @southwestair #avgeekphoto from Instagram: http://bit.ly/2Ak6Urg I snuck in this shot of a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 about to touch down at Austin Bergstrom International Airport. My favorite part of this shot, is that you can see through the leading edge flaps on the wing. I took this […]

Queensland and Northern Territories Air Service Boeing 747-400 ER about to touchdown at DFW airport back in 2011. At that time, this was the longest non-stop regularly scheduled commercial flight… in the world. I caught this the last time I was at Founder’s Plaza. #avgeekphoto from Instagram: http://bit.ly/2mdk2GQ

This is Francisco Sarabia Tinoco’s GeeBee plane. He set a speed record flying from Mexico City to Washington DC. Tinoco died when his Gee-Bee crashed into the Potomac river on his return trip to Mexico. By the way, this is one of 2 remaining original GEE-BEE built by the Granville Brothers. If you want to […]

Jungle jet under @americanair colors about to touchdown at @ausairport #avgeekphoto from Instagram: http://bit.ly/2lOxW39