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« Reply #2225 on: September 02, 2018, 04:50:24 AM »
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« Reply #2226 on: September 03, 2018, 06:11:36 AM »
Pilot: Are those stowaways still in the back?
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Awesome photo of an A400 Herc going through the MacLoop in Scotland, some parts of the valley are so narrow it can only fit through on its side! Amazing! #AvGeek
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« Reply #2227 on: September 03, 2018, 01:49:09 PM »

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« Reply #2228 on: September 03, 2018, 06:53:55 PM »
A Herc can do it.

That is a Herc tho.

You are right.   I thought I saw 8 blades.  Caption fixed.   
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« Reply #2229 on: September 03, 2018, 09:13:59 PM »


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United States Air Force Thunderbirds performance at the Canadian International Air Show. Photo by Officer Clarke from the Toronto Police Marine Unit. Nice shot! I forgot how cool the Air Show was until I worked it yesterday. #Toronto #CNE #AirShow
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« Reply #2230 on: September 05, 2018, 12:45:45 AM »


A-26K Special Kay and friend. Oshkosh 2018. Scott Slocum.
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« Reply #2231 on: September 05, 2018, 01:40:53 AM »


Watching Boeing 377 Stratocruiser, 1951. Comments seem to indicate this is Los Angeles (LAX) .
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« Reply #2232 on: September 05, 2018, 02:04:47 AM »
Brings to mind a whif idea I've had - LAX in the early mid-1950's, a PanAm civil C-99 loading next to a TWA civil version of Lockheed's R6V-1 Constitution.

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« Reply #2233 on: September 05, 2018, 09:01:11 AM »
A-1 & A-26, my kind of air power - "every pound for air to ground"! ;D



I wonder what would happen if anyone pulled over on the side of an expressway to watch planes land & take-off at LAX now?

Also, has it occurred to anyone else that the young lady sitting on her father's shoulder in the foreground would be about 67 years old now?
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« Reply #2234 on: September 05, 2018, 09:47:43 AM »
I wonder what would happen if anyone pulled over on the side of an expressway to watch planes land & take-off at LAX now?


Not much. You can/could do it from the LAX "Theme" building, and can still do it from several spots around LAX (including the 405 freeway...) The 405 wasn't built until long after that picture was taken. I'm guessing that picture was taken either on Sepulveda Blvd. (which goes under several runways now) or on one of the service roads.


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« Reply #2235 on: September 05, 2018, 08:53:29 PM »
Peek-a-boo! I see you!



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« Reply #2236 on: September 06, 2018, 03:25:17 AM »





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A pair of B-52 Stratofortress (60-0057 340th WPS & 61-0015 96th BS) seen here arriving this morning at RAF Fairford for Ample Strike 2018 as SCALP99 flight.
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« Reply #2237 on: September 06, 2018, 09:28:46 AM »
Time to mix things up. Boring taxing airliner photo.



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« Reply #2238 on: September 13, 2018, 10:18:05 PM »
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« Reply #2239 on: September 14, 2018, 09:39:43 AM »




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#ThrowbackThursday to when we flew formation with a CC-150 Polaris from 437 Transport Squadron over beautiful #PEI leading up to @AirShowAtlantic. Check out these stunning photos taken by Snowbird 10 Capt McNaughton and Snowbird 11 Capt Hindle. #CFSnowbirds  #RCAF

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« Reply #2240 on: September 14, 2018, 09:11:01 PM »


Charles Brown photograph: "Fairey Fireflies FR.4 (VH133 227/JR, TW726 228/JR & TW730 231/JR of 816 Squadron and Hawker Sea Fury FB.11's (TF952 106/JR, VR950 107/JR & TF925 110/JR) of 805 Squadron, RAN" no mention of the location (possibly over N.Ireland) but the date is quoted as 3 December 1948
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« Reply #2241 on: September 15, 2018, 10:04:40 AM »
Love the last one
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« Reply #2242 on: September 15, 2018, 12:31:43 PM »
Amphibious Ops: Alongside the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit and the USS Essex (LHD 2) - Official Amphibious Ready Group, U.S. Marine Corps F-35Bs stand ready aboard the Essex during a transit through the Gulf of Aden.

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Would it be too much to point out that two-thirds of that airwing is built in Texas?  I've had the pleasure of working on both aircraft over the years.

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« Reply #2243 on: September 16, 2018, 02:10:22 PM »
Considering the cost of the F-35s should they be parked so close to the edge like that? >:D

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« Reply #2244 on: September 17, 2018, 06:15:50 PM »
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« Reply #2245 on: September 17, 2018, 09:01:50 PM »


Astronaut Chris Hadfield flying the Vintage Wings of Canada Spitfire Mk. IX at the Battle of Britain service yesterday in Gatineau.
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« Reply #2246 on: September 18, 2018, 03:53:58 AM »
Mmmm that's nice !
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« Reply #2248 on: September 18, 2018, 10:39:15 PM »
I wonder if that was taken at Hurlburt Field? I spent about ten weeks there back in the day.

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« Reply #2249 on: September 20, 2018, 08:29:46 AM »


Spitfire pilot flying an Air-to-Air hop over Zoersel Belgium.

Photo: KedarKarmarkar Aviation Photography
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