Mysterious Crop Circles

 

The Very Last C-17 Ever to Leave From Long Beach

And by that we mean,

The very last C-17 ever to leave from Long Beach has now left.

Ship # 275 departed today.

Actual on-scene photos by "Son of LBBC."

Mr. Folk Singer Guitar Player at the Airport

We dislike folk-singer guitar players at airports.

No "Puff the Magic Dragon" in the terminal, please.

Our request would be for "Sounds of Silence."

The Prayer at Valley Forge

George Washington's Thanksgiving Proclamation 1789

Johnny Winter Demon Tattoo

Brilliant !

Gulfstream G2 N30HE

What a beauty. Built in 1967, and still plying the skies. Would look even better if they had retained the original styling without the winglets and hush kit.

Let's take a closer look at that hush kit ...

Аэрофло́т VP-BGF, VQ-BUB

The sale of alcoholic beverages on all Aeroflot – Russian Airlines flights was suspended as of August 5, 2013.

American Airlines Boeing 777-223 N772AM at LAX

The new livery only looks good under certain conditions.

Paris

American Airlines Airbus A321 N125AA Hawaii

Now American is using these things to replace their comfortable 757 rustbuckets between Hawaii and LAX.

N125AA was previously worn by an American Airlines DC-10 and the registration was retained when the aircraft later operated for Hawaiian Airlines.

We like to think that there was some guy at American who knew about that history when he submitted FAA form AC 8050-1 to get a number assigned to the new build Airbus.

Aircraft Spotting LAX Imperial Hill

Photo by LBBC. Exact aircraft type and registration unknown.