American Airlines First Class Hawaii

Crab cakes should only be served at sea level. Boeing 757 PHX-OGG.

1995 Buick Roadmaster Wagon

Sentry dog is Tucker.

American Airlines Boeing 747 Inaugural Coin

KC-135A Winglet Test Flight Takeoff

               

PA-30 Twin Comanche Tail Flutter Test

               

Shuttle Endeavour Flyover of Los Angeles Landmarks

          

N85NV Gulfstream V

Shown on Alpha.

Canadair CL-13 Mk.6 Sabre RCAF23671

Painted as "Hell-Er Bust X" FU-756. Registration NX1F, s/n 51-2756.

XB-70 Photo of the Week

McDonald's Lobster Roll

Latest attempt to destroy what remains of the original McDonald's concept. At least they didn't call it "McLobster."

Truckstop Hot Dogs

Sikorsky CH-37B Mojave

Ferrari Dealer Monaco

Infinity minus Infinity equals Infinity.

Boeing 717 Round Thing

Does anybody know what that round thing is on a 717?

Bucket Wheel Excavator

"Bagger 288" has the right-of-way.

LAX Airport Terminal Realignment May 2017

Delta Air Lines is moving from the Western Airlines terminal to the Pan Am and TWA terminals. Press Release : CLICK HERE .

Selfie at WalMart

KAL Flight Crew

Crossing downfield.

Boeing 747 Emergency Slide Deployment

Rooftop landing evacuation drill.

R/V Kilo Moana

SWATH technology.

Delta Airlines Seat Map

Not a good load factor with the 12-across layout.

Medium Pepperoni Mushroom

To the 8.6% of our readers who only stop by for pictures of pizza, our apologies ~ we'll try harder to supply more new content.

Honolulu International Airport NAME CHANGE

Someone decided to change the name of one of the worlds best known airports to "Daniel K Inouye" instead.

Airport codes HNL and PHNL will still be used. And the Tower callsign will still be "Honolulu Tower".

But they have already put the new name on a revised FAA diagram :

Hawaiian Airlines New Livery

They call it "a more contemporary representation."

Fulcrum Daily Trivia

The Микоян МиГ-29 has always been our favorite enemy interceptor from the Golden Age of the Cold War.

The Russians don't name their planes. But they thought the NATO name "Fulcrum" was cool, so that's what they started calling it too.

The wide spacing between the Klimov RD-33 turbofans allows the body to generate lift and reduce wing loading; improving maneuverability.

Target Entrance Sphere Paint Prep

Atlantic Aviation Executive Terminal PDX

The redesigned facade evokes a sense of wealth and prosperity because any passenger arriving on a Global Express insists upon seamless reassurance.

Missing Black Boxes Located

They were at Costco this whole time.

Remove Before Flight

We wish to express our sincere thanks to all of the idiots out there without whom this blog might not be possible.

Tomcat Daily Trivia

It's radar system could simultaneously track 24 targets and the AIM-54 Phoenix missile system had a lethal range of 115 miles. It had a chin mounted TV camera so a bogey could be identified from a distance.

The F-14 didn't have ailerons. Instead, it used wing spoilers at low speeds, and differential 'tailerons' at high speed.

Tasmanian Devil Growls

             

Hornet Daily Trivia

It's fleet nickname is Rhino.

The FCS of the Super Hornet selectively modes a rudder toe-in for takeoff and landing. With high AoA at slower speeds, the wing blocks flow over the stabilators affecting their nose authority. The rudders automatically bias to the inside and create downforce, which pitches the nose up.

Photo by DL at the 2017 LA County Airshow.

N8589A 1958 Beechcraft J35

         

Airplane Life Loves Bread

N917CK Kalitta

Astounding 1967 Series -15 at Long Beach by LBBC.

Robinson R44 Raven

This is how you will normally see one. On the ground, and with a maintenance hatch open.

This particular aircraft is owned by a Swiss Family.

Island In The Sky 1953

Not even John Wayne could get the engine started on the Corsair.

Link: Island In The Sky was not filmed at the Airport In The Sky .

Hughes Airport Culver City (CVR) Then and Now

Home of the H-4 Hercules, and a bunch of other really cool stuff back in the day.

How it looks today now that it has transformed into a movie studio and overpriced condos.

Today's photos by E.B.

Aerobatic McDonnell Douglas MD-95

  

Convair B-36J Peacemaker USAF PIMA

With "Six Turning, and Four Burning," the B-36 would have been a challenging aircraft in which to make your first solo flight.

LBBC.

North American F-107A USAF PIMA

They say that test pilots didn't like the F-107A.

Something to do with the relationship of ejection seat and jet intake.

Korean Air HL7463 MSN 20770 Boeing 747-2B5B First B1 Flight April 16, 1973

 

JW action sequence.

Moving Day

photo by JW.

Self-Cleaning Toilet

Honolulu Airport 1965

Ernie Moody "Four Aces" Embraer Legacy Jet N900EM

Ernie hit the jackpot by inventing (and patenting) "multi-line" video poker. As such, Airplane Life helped finance this aircraft.