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Our Mission : Aviation pictures the world needs to see. And some other stuff too.

Saturday, August 31, 2013

Thursday, August 29, 2013

Sunday, August 25, 2013

How to Make an MD-87 Water Bomber

1) Find an MD-87 sitting around somewhere; such as N826TH.


2) Put in some engines.

3) Repair any major fuselage cracks with duct tape. 


4) Re-register as N291EA, and add water. Viola! Instant water bomber!

And thanks to Russell Hill for use of his photo. He has some nice work on JetPhotos, including many from Hillsboro. You can see his pictures here . 

Friday, August 23, 2013

Thursday, August 22, 2013

Happy Hooligan's Phantom at Luke AFB

North Dakota ANG, "Guarding the Northland."

Nowadays, they fly the Predator ....

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Kellogg's Mini 110 Camera




37 MPG Thiamine Mononitrate Special K housing

Anomalous partial dispersion frosted mini wheat fluorite lens elements

1,005-Pixel 3D Fruit Loop Color Matrix Real Time Metering II with Scene Recognition

Electronically controlled RA-sin bRA shutter

51 AF points with 3D Eggo AI servo tracking

Three 1920 x 1080 CMOS Image Sensors for 1080Poptart video recording

Sunday, August 18, 2013

Airplane Spotter - 2

The advanced spotter is never restricted to airplanes.

Formula 1 race Phoenix 1990.

Death Valley Aerial View

Highest temperature ever recorded on Earth was 134° F (56.7° C) on July 10, 1913. Right down there.

Friday, August 16, 2013

Justin Bieber Gets Eaten Alive by Goats

In entertainment value, that is.

A Justin Bieber song costs $1.29 on iTunes. Feeding goats at the zoo is only 25¢.


Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Saturday, August 10, 2013

CAO - Forbidden in Passenger Aircraft

This the new CAO label.


So what's the big deal with arylsulphonic acid? Looks pretty stable.

Thursday, August 8, 2013

Delta N509DA Boeing 727-232/Adv

We found some old slides. This one will eventually be restored and put on display at the Smithsonian Institution.


But what happened to N509DA ?

Here you go ...

Thanks to Botterman Bram for the use of his picture. He has some "museum quality" pictures of his own on Airliners, and you can see them here .

Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Monday, August 5, 2013

Railcar Derailment SHPX

Fixing this required use of a large crane.

The car was fully loaded, of course.

Always a good idea to "lock the switch."

Saturday, August 3, 2013

Hangar One Vodka Review

It's very good.

It's made in an old hangar at an abandoned airfield (NGZ).

And it has a blimp on the label.

Smooth and neutral.

We might even like it better than Tito's, which was recently named the official vodka of United Airlines.

Thursday, August 1, 2013

N502HE Challenger, N71FS Astra

We don't care much for the Challenger. They look like commuter planes.


Don't care for the Astra either. Like Rockwell Commanders, but the wing is wrong.