YB-17s overflying NYC, circa 1938
August 15, 2009, 2:54pm
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Swiss Air Force F/A-18C Hornet, Axalp, 2008
(photo by “Alex F”)
July 30, 2009, 7:46am
“A United States Navy Douglas R4D in the Arctic, 1951. The plane is a flying laboratory used by scientists of the U.S. Navy’s Arctic Science Research Group to conduct oceanographic ice soundings.”
July 06, 2009, 7:12pm
Singapore Airlines Airbus A340-541 over Romania, 2004
(photo by “Bailey - AirTeamImages”)
June 30, 2009, 7:56am
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17s of (probably) the “Red Falcons” display team over Moscow, date unknown
June 23, 2009, 9:56pm
Martin XPB2M-1R ‘Mars’ over the Golden Gate bridge, early 1940s
June 18, 2009, 11:34pm
Northrop F-5E Tiger IIs of the “Patrouille Suisse” display team, Switzerland, 2003
(photo by Jerome Zbinden)
May 28, 2009, 5:03am
Westland Whirlwind I, P7110 flown by Westland Chief Test Pilot Harald Penrose, late 1930s
May 26, 2009, 4:34pm
“A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bomber leads a flight of Egyptian, French, Greek, Italian and U.S. aircraft over the Great Pyramids of Giza, Egypt, during Exercise Bright Star ‘99/00 on Oct. 25, 1999”
May 14, 2009, 11:39pm
