Warplane Porn
- North American T-28 Trojan [OC - 1800x1200]
The North American Aviation T-28 Trojan is a radial-engine military trainer aircraft used by the United States Air Force and United States Navy from 1950 to 1984.
Photographed at the Cascade Warbirds Air Show, Kelso Washington, August 2006
- B-24 Liberator Diamond Lil
Taken with my phone at Thunder Over Michigan 2023. Last flying b-24 in America.
- Hornets in Flight [OC - 1800x1200]
Photographed at Portland International Airport, Portland Oregon, June 2007
- Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker [OC - 1800x1200]
A sibling of the famous Boeing 707 airliner, the KC-135 was a regular sight at PDX until the Air National Guard tanker base was closed in 2006. This aircraft entered service in 1959.
Photographed at Portland International Airport, Portland Oregon, September 2005
- Hornet at Rest [OC - 1800x1200]
The McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet is an all-weather supersonic, twin-engine, carrier-capable, multirole combat aircraft, designed as both a fighter and attack aircraft (hence the F/A designation).
This aircraft was in service with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 134 (VMFA-134). Registration #162433.
Photographed at Portland International Airport (PDX) in June 2006.
- Boeing B-17G "Fuddy Duddy" [OC - 1800x1200]
This aircraft is currently airworthy and on exhibit at the Lyon Air Museum in Santa Ana, California.
Photographed at Hillsboro Airport, Hillsboro Oregon, May 2005.
- Grumman F7F Tigercat [OC - 1800x1200]
The Grumman F7F Tigercat is a heavy fighter aircraft that served with the United States Navy (USN) and United States Marine Corps (USMC) from late in World War II until 1954. It was the first twin-engine fighter to be deployed by the USN. While the Tigercat was delivered too late to see combat in World War II, it saw action as a night fighter and attack aircraft during the Korean War.
Photographed at the 2005 Chino Air Show, Chino California, May 2005
- Boeing B-17G "Miss Angela"
The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is a four-engined heavy bomber developed in the 1930s for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC). Fast and high-flying for a bomber of its era, the B-17 was used primarily in the European Theater of Operations and dropped more bombs than any other aircraft during World War II.
Photographed at the 2005 Chino Air Show, Chino California, May 2005
- Harriers in Portland [OC - 1800x1200]
Two McDonnell Douglas AV-8B+ Harriers (165398 and165385) on the taxiway at PDX. The McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) AV-8B Harrier II is a single-engine ground-attack aircraft that constitutes the second generation of the Harrier family, capable of vertical or short takeoff and landing.
Photographed at Portland International Airport (KPDX) in August 2010.
- Lockheed P-38 Lightning Porky II [OC - 1620x1080]
The Lockheed P-38 Lightning is an American single-seat, twin piston-engined fighter aircraft that was used during World War II. Developed for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) by the Lockheed Corporation, the P-38 incorporated a distinctive twin-boom design with a central nacelle containing the cockpit and armament.
Photographed at the 2005 Chino Air Show, Chino California, May 2005
- [OC - 1620x1080] North American B-25J Mitchell
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The North American B-25 Mitchell is an American medium bomber that was introduced in 1941 and named in honor of Brigadier General William "Billy" Mitchell, a pioneer of U.S. military aviation.
Photographed at the 2005 Chino Air Show, Chino California, May 2005
- [OC - 1620 x 1080] Warthog
Officially named the Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II, this ground-attack aircraft was commonly referred to as the Warthog.
Photographed at the Chino Air Show, Chino California, May 2005
- [OC - 1620 x 1080] Curtiss P-40E Kittyhawk
The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk (Kittyhawk in Commonwealth Air Force service) is an American single-engined, single-seat, all-metal fighter and ground-attack aircraft that first flew in 1938.
Photographed at the Chino Air Show, Chino California, May 2005
- Northrop and McDond Douglas YF-23, their alternative to what would become the F-22
It was reportedly more stealthy than the f22, but was not as maneuverable.
https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_YF-23
- [OC - 1620x1080] Northrop N-9M Flying Wing - Chino (California) Air Show 2005
The Northrop N-9M was an approximately one-third scale, 60-foot (18 m) span all-wing aircraft used for the development of the full size, 172-foot (52 m) wingspan Northrop XB-35 and YB-35 flying wing long-range, heavy bomber. The XB-35 program was canceled in 1949, but the knowledge gained about all-wing aircraft was put to use decades later in the Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit bomber.
Sadly, this aircraft and its pilot were lost in a crash on 22 April 2019.
- [OC - 1620x1080] Vought F4U-1A Corsair 799
Immediately recognizable by the distinctive inverted gull wing, the F-4U Corsair was a carrier-based fighter which saw service in World War II and Korea. Photographed at the 2005 Chino Air Show, Chino California.
- Animation telling the story of the Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler incident over Bremen in 1943. Franz Stigler was a man of true honor.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Brown_and_Franz_Stigler_incident
- [OC - 1620x1080] Air Force One (Boeing VC-25A), PDX, August 2004
This photo seemed appropriate for July 4th. VC-25A 29000 seconds from touchdown at Portland International Airport.
- Twelve Grumman S-2 Trackers ready to depart HMCS Bonaventure for Shearwater
Photo by Bob Stevenson [1500x1187]
- [OC - 1620x1080] Collings Foundation Nine-O-Nine, B-17G, Aurora Oregon Airport, June 2004
Nine-O-Nine on the 2004 Collings Foundation's Wings of Freedom Tour. Sadly, this aircraft crashed in 2019 at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut. The aircraft was destroyed and seven of the thirteen people on board were killed.
- [OC - 1620x1080] McDonnell Douglas F-15A Eagle, PDX, Portland Oregon, April 2005
Registration 77-0091. A Portland Air National Guard F-15 on final approach to Portland International Airport.
- [OC] Curse you Red Baron. Sopwith Camel Ft Novosel US Army Aviation Museum. 3872 x 2592
I am disappointed they never put a Snoopy doll in the cockpit.
- [YouTube] Bruntingthorpe Lightnings - The very last fast taxi
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From YouTube: The Lightning preservation group's annual event of the year, starring their three English Electric Lightnings, a pair of F.6s and an F.3.
The F.6s being working examples performed a static reheat and fast taxi for the crowd.
in 2020 the land the airfield sits on was leased to Cox Automotive, who decided to stop the Cold War jet shows from taking place in Favour of storing used Cars on the runway. All the aircraft shown here are now on Static display, but where possible kept in serviceable condition to reduce corrosion.
This subsequently means that this video shows the last ever fast taxi of the definitive lightning mark, the F.6, and leaves just T.5 XS458 at Cranfield Airport the only lightning in the UK potentially capable of fast taxi.
- [1620x1080] Avro Vulcan performing an engine test July 2021
The Avro Vulcan's four Rolls Royce Olympus engines fired into life at Wellesbourne for a test following maintenance work.
Photo: Mark Williamson