San Bernardino International Airport KSBD

Despite the name, there are no international flights. Go with LAX.

Icelandair TF-FIR 757-256/W "Askja"

Askja is the name of a volcano in the highlands of North Iceland. The last eruption was in 1961.

Merry Christmas

**Airplane Life Classics**
             

Sixth Ear by Pascal

Sixth Ear?

The Classic C-9

Nothing says "Christmas" quite like the classic C-9.

Speaking of classic C-9's, here's one from Derin.

Derin has some great pictures on Jet Photos, you can see them HERE .

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Congratulations, you found Airplane Life. Now get back to work and order some stickers.

 

Lufthansa 747 Advertisement 1970's

American Airlines 747 Advertisement 1970's

Virgin America N282VA "Judy Ann"

Seen today arriving OGG from SFO as Redwood 039.

N401WN Southwest Airlines

Arriving Las Vegas and taking the Pledge of Allegiants.

Invisible Invaders - 1959

If the aliens from another galaxy already have the ability to make themselves completely invisible, what is the strategic advantage to be gained by transforming into zombies that everyone can see?

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.

N352SC, N350SC Eurocopter

Interesting that both the "good guys" and "bad guys" happened to charter their helicopters from the same place.

First Air C-FNVT

Spotted at YEG preparing to depart to YCO.

Copilot and Best Friend

We lost our copilot, and our best friend.

There are no words to describe this.

We will try and continue Airplane Life, but will no longer have anyone saying, "That's too stupid," or "Don't put that on there, you'll get in trouble."

There are no words.
 

Airplane Life is Coming Back

Airplane Life will return in October.

Intermission

Airplane Life will be taking some time off for a while.

Until we are back, we encourage you to click this link to see: THESE INCREDIBLE PHOTOS FROM THE AIRPLANE LIFE ARCHIVES .

Dirty Air

North American B-25 Mitchells fly by Mt. Vesuvius during 1944 eruption.

Editors Note: Airplane Life welcomes "unknown quantity" to our contributors. We have been working with "unknown quantity" to identify software issues with additional contributors. The vision of Airplane Life becoming open source is getting closer.

RC Airplane

Airbus Not Welcome

A growing trend at airports around the world.

Blue Angels Skyhawk 1984

Luxury Liner

Luxury Liner

Luxury Liner

Become an Airplane Life Contributor

Think you have what it takes to create a post for Airplane Life?

We will soon make an announcement. Stay tuned.

National Guard Civil Support Team WMD

It was slightly unusual to see a WMD response team in the Costco parking lot. Are the $5 rotisserie chickens really that bad? Yikes!

Special D. Livery

Gulfstream owned by German superstar DJ and dance music artist "Special D."

 Creative Commons photo by Alec Wilson from Hampton-in-Arden, UK.

N483HA

N88899 1978 Emroth-emair MA-1B c/n041

Gilster-Mary Lee Trucking

There are so many of these trucks, they even show up on Airplane Life.

Atlanta Bureau file photo.

PEZ Machine