Aircraft pictures from Twitter/X
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I got hired to photograph the Wings Over Flagler War Bird Fly In back in 2010.
This C47 drew the most attention.
I was gonna post a boat load of pics, but if anyone is interested they can all be seen here.
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This C47 drew the most attention.
I was gonna post a boat load of pics, but if anyone is interested they can all be seen here.
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Not from Twitter - we had just flown across the Atlantic from London, had a very challenging day with delays incurred by air traffic control in Newark, but I had a great crew in the back and we were rewarded with this view of our jet as we deplaned.
When I was stationed in Alaska with the A-10s, we had one plane, tail number 221, I think, that was painted with white latex in a "winter" camo scheme. It worked well, too well. The wingman constantly lost sight of it against the snowy terrain. So they washed the latex off, only it wouldn't come of around all the rivets and fasteners. It looked like it had chicken pox after that until it was repainted.
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F-14 Tomcat……"Anytime, baby……"
RAF Duxford Battle of Britain Airshow……..
Kernel Crittenden would have swooned over this thread.
Flight engineer's station on a B-36.
If I may.
Dad retired from Hurlburt Field #9/Eglin AFB, Florida in 1966. Before he left the USAF Museum requested a CH-21 be ferried to Dayton for display.
Dad was selected to be on the flight manifest because he was intimately familiar with the Wright R 1820 Cyclone engine having worked on them for 20 years and Southern Ohio was his former stomping ground and he was given 4 days R&R to visit family.
Like dad the CH-21 is now in storage.
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Dad retired from Hurlburt Field #9/Eglin AFB, Florida in 1966. Before he left the USAF Museum requested a CH-21 be ferried to Dayton for display.
Dad was selected to be on the flight manifest because he was intimately familiar with the Wright R 1820 Cyclone engine having worked on them for 20 years and Southern Ohio was his former stomping ground and he was given 4 days R&R to visit family.
Like dad the CH-21 is now in storage.
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Preflight and a flyby, opening ceremonies for the American Air Museum in Britain, Imperial War Museum at RAF Duxford (1 Aug 1997). I took the preflight shot, my wife took the flyby pic.
Here's an A-10 tidbit for you. As with many combat aircraft, the A-10 has fire-suppressing foam in the fuel tanks--for obvious reasons. However, in Alaska, due to the extreme low temps and near non-existing humidity in the dead of winter, the fuel flowing through the foam caused static electricity, which in turn started fires in the fuel tanks, which the foam promptly extinguished. The only evidence of a tank fire was a trail of soot from the fuel vent on the bottom of the aircraft. Opening the individual fuel tank caps would expose melted foam in the tank(s) involved. Several different type foams were used to no solution during my time with the A-10s in AK. The biggest concern I had was with the external "ferry" fuel tanks that had no such foam. Standard ground checkout was to transfer fuel from the external tanks into the wings tanks and back into the externals to verify system integrity. The experts said it couldn't happen, but during one generation exercise, when the pilots performed the transfers as part of the deployment, one aircraft started puffing smoke from the aircraft fuel vent. I shut down the operation and the pilot evacuated. Once again, the foam worked as advertised and extinguished the fire, luckily before it fed through the external tank system into the half- full "non-foam" external tank.
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I don't have anything from twitter/X but here is a photo of a famous B-24 I took here in Richmond about 30 years ago.
I waited until the elderly lady walked into the frame and then I snapped a few frames. For obvious reasons, at least in my mind. Back then I was working as a press photographer. Shot on Tri-X black and white film.
I miss those days. This photo hangs on the wall in my office and sure does bring back many memories. What you see is a copy of the print made with my out of date digital camera.
I waited until the elderly lady walked into the frame and then I snapped a few frames. For obvious reasons, at least in my mind. Back then I was working as a press photographer. Shot on Tri-X black and white film.
I miss those days. This photo hangs on the wall in my office and sure does bring back many memories. What you see is a copy of the print made with my out of date digital camera.
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