Monthly Archive: December 2011

December 23, 2011

Santa Claus Makes Seattle Stop in Private Plane

The Jolly Christmas icon arrived at this city’s Museum of Flight aboard a restored single-prop aircraft dubbed “Santa One,” greeting eager children and their parents with Mrs. Claus on a visit from the North Pole.

Santa decided to travel by plane instead of his traditional sleigh because his reindeer are unavailable during daylight hours, he said, and also because they need to rest for next week’s midnight marathon around the world.

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December 15, 2011

2011 Aviation Events – My Year In Review

2011 Aviation Events – My Year In Review In 2011, my main focus in aviation photography was to cover the Centennial of Naval Aviation (CONA) from both the air show side of the celebration as well as some day-to-day...

demo teams / fighters / military / navy / post

December 2, 2011

Blue Angels 2011

Every year 11,000,000 people look into the skies at airshows and see six blue and gold F-18s performing precision aerobatics representing the best the United States as well as the Navy and Marines have to offer. The Blue Angels...

military / museums / navy / warbirds

December 2, 2011

National Naval Aviation Museum

If you are headed to the Florida panhandle the Naval Aviation Museum is a great stop. Located in Pensacola, it’s the nicest military museums in the country. I haven’t seen all of them, but this one is superb. There...