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Aviation Photos - Post your "AirPics" here! - jmp883 - 06-14-2009
A close-up of the nose of the R4D
Aviation Photos - Post your "AirPics" here! - jmp883 - 06-14-2009
A true classic, even among classic warbirds, was this Curtis P-40 Warhawk
Aviation Photos - Post your "AirPics" here! - jmp883 - 06-14-2009
Of course what airshow would be complete with out the North American P-51 Mustang.
Aviation Photos - Post your "AirPics" here! - jmp883 - 06-14-2009
There was even a vintage civilian airliner there. Check out this Martin 4-0-4 in classic Eastern Airlines colors. The interior was also beautifully restored to vintage.
Aviation Photos - Post your "AirPics" here! - jmp883 - 06-14-2009
From England was this Hawker Hunter. A very graceful looking jet.
Aviation Photos - Post your "AirPics" here! - jmp883 - 06-14-2009
And to round out things at Reading here is a F/A-18B two-seat trainer
Aviation Photos - Post your "AirPics" here! - jmp883 - 06-14-2009
The last few shots were taken at the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum. First up is the Spirit Of St. Louis
Aviation Photos - Post your "AirPics" here! - jmp883 - 06-14-2009
Next is the Tin Goose, a Ford Tri-Motor
Aviation Photos - Post your "AirPics" here! - jmp883 - 06-14-2009
This is the Boeing 247, the airliner that began the trend towards monoplane construction. It also sparked the Douglas company into building the DC-series of airliners. Douglas went on to dominate the civil airliner market until the jet age. I hear Boeing eventually caught up though.................. <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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Aviation Photos - Post your "AirPics" here! - jmp883 - 06-14-2009
The unforgettable Douglas DC-3
Aviation Photos - Post your "AirPics" here! - jmp883 - 06-14-2009
Last for today is this rare bird. This is a Northrop Alpha. The Alpha was a hi-speed mail and passenger (only 2, maybe 3, passengers) plane developed from their race planes of the 1930's.
Aviation Photos - Post your "AirPics" here! - Guest - 06-14-2009
[quote name='jmp883' post='313752' date='Jun 14 2009, 17:32 ']Here is a North American F-86 Sabre. The F-86 was the USAF's first swept-wing fighter. It served not only with TAC (Tactical Air Command) but also with SAC. Early in it's history SAC did have a number of fighter units assigned for escort of it's bombers.[/quote]
the air national guard used to fly these out of logan airport in the 1960's. they were always parked along the fence near the first hanger as you entered the airport from rt 1a on the right hand side adjacent to butler avaiation. i remember them flying over my house as a kid. <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/usa.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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Aviation Photos - Post your "AirPics" here! - Guest - 06-14-2009
another amazing site for aircraft is airliners.net. there is a wealth of info and photos
Aviation Photos - Post your "AirPics" here! - jmp883 - 06-14-2009
[quote name='commander' post='313820' date='Jun 14 2009, 21:20 ']another amazing site for aircraft is airliners.net. there is a wealth of info and photos[/quote]
This site, and Airliners.net, two of my favorite websites! And contrary to the name "Airliners.net" they also cover military, private, and rotary-winged aircraft.
Aviation Photos - Post your "AirPics" here! - Guest - 06-16-2009
a shot of an F16 from the Janesville show
Aviation Photos - Post your "AirPics" here! - Guest - 06-16-2009
heritage flight p51 and f16..way cool
Aviation Photos - Post your "AirPics" here! - Guest - 06-16-2009
right when they break formation.....
Aviation Photos - Post your "AirPics" here! - Guest - 06-17-2009
C47 Skytrain...very nice ship
Aviation Photos - Post your "AirPics" here! - Guest - 06-17-2009
Patty Wagstaff doing the upside down ribbon cut...pretty cool
Aviation Photos - Post your "AirPics" here! - Guest - 06-17-2009
Fat Albert on a takeoff roll