Vapor Shots!
Almost any aviation photographer appreciates a good photo showing vapor coming off of an aircraft in flight. Vapor is formed when moisture is wrung out of the air due to a combination of humidity and air pressure… the more...
Author: Joe Kates
Our F-16 Scrapbook Series, Part 1: U.S. Operators
The first official flight of the General Dynamics/Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon occurred on February 2, 1974. An unplanned hop occurred a few days earlier, during taxi testing, but that’s a story to be told later. Originally designed as...
Our A-10 Thunderbolt II Scrapbook
The Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II is an attack and close air support jet operated exclusively by the U.S. Air Force, Air Force Reserve, and Air National Guard. The twin engines are in pods to the rear of the...
Our Special Use Lockheed C-130 Photo Scrapbook
The original YC-130 prototype first flew on August 23, 1954… that means we’re coming up on the 67th anniversary of the event. Originally designed as a cargo and troop transport with medivac mission capabilities, the basic C-130 airframe has...
Special Military Color Schemes, Volume #2
This is the second of many volumes of specially painted military aircraft photos from our Photorecon.net photographer team. You can hover over each photo for an overview of the aircraft type, operator and/or special occasion.
Remembering the Doolittle Raid
One week and seventy-nine years ago, a formation of U.S. Army Air Force North American B-25 Mitchell bombers launched off of the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Hornet to deliver a counter-attack against Imperial Japanese Forces. (The formation above was a...
Airline Colors, Scrapbook #1
We’re at the beginning of a new monthly feature on our sister publication CivilAviationWorld.com featuring airline color schemes of the past and present. The COVID-19 pandemic has decimated most airline operations in 2020 and into 2021, and we are...
Special Military Color Schemes, Volume #1
This is the first of many volumes of specially painted military aircraft photos from our Photorecon.net photographers team. You can hover over each photo for an overview of the aircraft type, operator and/or special occasion.
Our LTV A-7 Corsair II Scrapbook
The LTV A-7 Corsair II was a single engine, subsonic attack jet that was operational in U.S. service between the Vietnam War and the Desert Storm war. The Ling-Temco-Vought (LTV) company won a 1964 contract to build a replacement...
Our Civilian Helicopter Scrapbook
Here’s a look at many types of civilian-operated helicopters from around the world. It is not a totally inclusive collection, but just some of our favorite types and photos. Helicopters have become necessary in many areas of business and...
Our McDonnell DouglasA-4 Skyhawk Scrapbook
The Douglas/McDonnell Douglas A-4 Skyhawk is a lightweight, single engine, single pilot combat jet which performed its first flight on June 22, 1954. Intended as an aircraft carrier-based attack jet, it was built ruggedly to handle that punishing environment....
Our Military Helicopter Scrapbook
So, do you like to browse through photo albums? Here are a number of military helicopter photographs from our collections of airshows and exercises. Some types are retired from use, some are still on the front line today. You...
