There are many examples in aviation history where an aircraft model has served similar roles in both military and civilian use. Especially during the early years of World War II, many civilian aircraft were either modified for, or impressed...
Lockheed Skunk Works’ YF-117A Nighthawk prototype first flew on June 18, 1981. Evidently it became operational in 1983, and was publically displayed for the first time on April 21, 1990 at a small event at Las Vegas, Nevada’s Nellis...
Originally designed as a single seat fighter with a secondary bomber role, the French Dassault Mirage family of aircraft was expanded to include advanced fighter-interceptors and pure bomber variants. A pair of these bomber versions could employ nuclear weapons...
Here’s a second collection of older airliners, liveries and companies that no longer exist. Airliners have been retired, color schemes changes, and companies either merged or ceased operations. Sometimes, all three conditions have been met… how much of their...
Ask yourself, how many times have you been through Orlando International Airport (KMCO)? Now, how many of you have seen or visited the B-52 Memorial Park? Next time you are heading into or out of Orlando International Airport, set...
Continuing on a theme introduced a month ago; this is the second installment of photographs from airshows that I attended prior to the age of digital photography. I am not proceeding in any particular chronological order from my collection....
Photography by our Photorecon.net team members. On September 30, 1968, an airplane was rolled out of the Boeing factory near Everett, Washington that would change air travel for the world and become one of the most beloved commercial aircraft...
Mike Colaner caught this MiG-23UB in a sinister pose, at New Castle Delaware. Here are your next two dozen stellar Random Photos of the Month from Photorecon.net… enjoy! Scott Yoak in his pristine North American P-51 Mustang “Quicksilver”....
On an overcast Wednesday with humidity hanging heavily in the air, a McChord-based C-17 Globemaster touched down with a load of support personnel and equipment for the US Air Force’s Ambassadors in Blue, the Thunderbirds. An hour later, the...
On Monday, August 17th, 2020, a Gulfstream G550 Nachshon Eitam led 6 Israeli F-16C /Ds and two Boeing 707 tanker aircraft to Nörvenich, joining Luftwaffe Squadron 31 “Boelcke” for exercise BLUE WINGS 2020. During the flight in German...
Here’s a collection of older airliners, liveries and companies that no longer exist. Airliners have been retired, color schemes changes, and companies either merged or ceased operations. Sometimes, all three conditions have been met… how much of their history...
During the 1990s and into the new Millennium, I had the privilege to fly from the U.S. to Europe at least a half a dozen times. London’s Heathrow Airport was my choice of entry to Europe, and since my...
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