Aircraft that make your jaw drop!

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[Enchanter]

This is in a ‘hole ‘nutha level.

 

[augustiron]

Rubbin is racing!

 

[stratslingr77]

So bummed the NAS Lemoore airshow is cancelled. That was supposed to be next weekend. And also totally understandable, given all of the things right now.

 

[Enchanter]

I've got a pic of the Blues wig tips touching an breaking off a part of the LAU. I'll try and find it.

 

[stratslingr77]

F/A-18F Super Hornet from VFA-103 photo bombing the moon.

 

[tuxumino]

Life imitating art, this of course will send that alien space frog in to conniptions.

 

[Abacinator]

Roy Focker

 

[FLH03RIDER]

RED DOG XII - P51D
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[CDONA]

Stock is SLOW,

I believe this plane was dropped in Mohave desert, it had counter rotating props @ the time.
It didn't glide well,

 

[Enchanter]

A quick Google says that Dago Red did not crash and is in a hangar in Kerman CA.

 

[tuxumino]

chased this bird all over Nor Cal for a few years

Edit 3.29.26 just realized that in terms of composition this is a great shot, look at the 4 blade rear rotor in the distance.

 

[CDONA]

Pix posted isn't what I remember,
I didn't think it was repairable, when it went down it was in Budweiser livery.
Early in my career @ AB,

14 August 1979

14 August 1979: Air racer Steve Hinton set a new Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) speed record for piston engine, propeller-driven airplanes when he flew his highly-modified North American Aviation P-51 Mustang, Red Baron, to an average 803.138 kilometers per hour (499.047 miles per hour

www.thisdayinaviation.com

I have the wrong plane, Red Baron, is correct with the counter rotating props.

 

[CDONA]

Chinookin' Around.
This guy doin' T & G's for me this morning,
Wonder who it was, all special paint,

 

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[PaulR]

These photos where from Beale Air Force Base June 2025 at the air show.
PaulR

 

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[Enchanter]

Vandy 1. I’m sad about the missing bunny.

 

[Enchanter]

The F-8 had a 'hard' afterburner. It lit with a sound like an explosion, and the aircraft would occasionally wheelie. There was an RF-8 visiting our flightline and I went out to watch it start and take off. It was amazing to watch. Then just after lift off it caught fire. I watched it continue to climb for a short period then descend below the trees. Then the smoke and fire became visible.

The pilot ejected, landed on his feet, and was the first person on scene helping to put out the fire.

A Navy reserve pilot aimed his disabled photo reconnaissance... - UPI Archives

A Navy reserve pilot aimed his disabled photo reconnaissance jet at a parking lot and ejected to safety at only 300 feet from the ground seconds before the...

www.upi.com

Recent update:

The Navy Jet Generations of San Francisco Kids Played On | KQED

Generations of San Francisco kids grew up playing on real Navy jets in Larsen Park. But what happened to the last plane after it was removed in 1993?

www.kqed.org

 

[buellistic]

Recent update:

The Navy Jet Generations of San Francisco Kids Played On | KQED

Generations of San Francisco kids grew up playing on real Navy jets in Larsen Park. But what happened to the last plane after it was removed in 1993?

www.kqed.org

I think Vasona in Los Gatos still has a jet.

 

[Butch]

That's me a long time ago on Denali with a Talkeetna Air Taxi De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver. An epic day I'll never forget!

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I had a reservation to do that but there was... weather. Can you believe it?

 

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