Giant Airplane N18NY

 

Pan Con Airlines (PCA) Boeing 767

Operating as PanCon 257 Heavy JFK-LHR, flight turned back when some passengers and flight crew mysteriously vanished.

N737FK

Aircraft made hard landing when the pilot mysteriously vanished.

CS-DMF

Image reversed for clarity.

18 Wheeler

Violators Will Be Baptized With Beer

N1963N Gulfstream G450

This plane follows us around, and brings rain.

Boeing 747 Aerial Refueling

 Dry hook-up test with SR-71 and F-111 chase plane.

Boeing 314 NC18601 Honolulu Clipper

Restaurant patrons enjoy their food more if there is a flying boat above them.

N941NA 377-SGT Super Guppy Turbine Aero Spacelines

Long Beach Airport today.

Photos by DL and LBBC.

When Style Matters

Sea Hunt

N80918 JetRanger

N750GS Cessna 750 Citation X

Perfect for a golf trip in the Sierras.

Evolution of the Pay Phone

Times change.

Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij KLM PH-BFM, PH-BUP

The former is still flying, the latter went to Mojave 10 years ago.

LAX Runway 7R N914NN American 737

LBBC.

Delta Lockheed L-1011 TriStar Hawaii

Routing for these flights was LAX-OGG-HNL-LAX.

F-2ATC

Eventual crash was due to something other than that sloppy rivet job.

Happy Thanksgiving !

Lalique Crystal Eagle Hood Ornament Packard 12

Vintage LAX

Esther Hall and her granddaughter Erika watching a Pan Am 747. Photo by LA Times, September 27, 1973.

N1734DA Delta Airlines Lockheed TriStar L-1011

N501DA Delta Airlines Boeing 727

Homemade Bomb Shelter

CAUTION : This design may not provide adequate protection against warheads in excess of 50 megatons, so you should consider adding a ¼" plywood cover.

N469AC American Airlines 737-200

Airplane Tray Table

Photo above shows a tray. On airplanes, it's commonly mis-referred to as a "tray table."

A tray is a shallow platform designed for carrying things.

A table is a form of furniture. Alternately, a table is an organized set of data elements using a model of vertical columns and horizontal rows.

So it makes no sense when the flight attendant tells everyone to put their "tray table in the full upright and locked position."

To move it to "upright" would mean that it was "sideways" when it was "horizontal."

And it never gets "locked," it gets "latched."

Don't get me started ...

N726PA Pan Am 747 Clipper Cathay

N519AS Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-800

Hawaiian Airlines DC-8 LAX Airport Dobbs Lot

               

Quadrofoil Q2 Hydrofoil

               

Chicago Midway Airport Name

In 1949, the name of Chicago Municipal Airport was changed to Midway Airport after the Battle of Midway.

9G-SGF Al Waha Aviation Sky Power

Former PanAm "Jet Clipper Eagle" (cn 19372/655).

PH-HZO Aloha Airlines Transavia

N888AC N888GZ N501DA VH-HVH

Boeing 757 Low Pass

N900VL Falcon 900

N12LX Falcon 2000EX

Sikorsky SH-19 HH-19 Chickasaw USAF 34450

Engine Roaring.

N525NG Cessna Citation CJ2

Irony

A state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often amusing as a result.

Airplane Seatmate

Turns out the guy next to me said he was a guitar player.

Magnum PI Hughes 500 Helicopter N369MH

Some guys at Honolulu Airport painted a helicopter in this livery in order to create a new revenue stream.

Arashi Hawaii Concert Helicopter Makani Kai N9511

Japanese boy band Arashi (the youngest member of which is 34) used this helicopter for a dramatic entrance.

Piper Malibu N4372L

A brand new 1984 Piper Malibu for sale in 1984 at KSMO. Pic by LBBC.