Originally shared by +Fly By Photography https://goo.gl/c73uuFThe Thunderbirds in echelon formation on Saturday at the 2017 Joint Base Andrews Air Show. #aviation #flying #plane #USAF #Thunderbirds #LockheedMartin #F16FightingFalcon #airshow #FlyByPhotography #avgeek #aviationphotography #1stAirliftSquadron #2017JointBaseAndrewsAirShow
Originally shared by +Fly By Photography https://goo.gl/i4XazN The Thunderbirds Solos during an opposing pass at the 2017 Joint Base Andrews Air Show. #aviation #flying #plane #USAF #Thunderbirds #LockheedMartin #F16FightingFalcon #airshow #FlyByPhotography #avgeek #aviationphotography #1stAirliftSquadron #2017JointBaseAndrewsAirShow
Originally shared by +Fly By Photography https://goo.gl/naaJ2qStar Of Abilene II, a B-1 Lancer assigned to the 28th Bomb Squadron on display at Thunder Over Dover. #aviation #flying #plane #AirForce #GlobalStrikeCommand #5BombWing #28BombSquadron #Rockwell #B1Lancer #DoverAirForceBase #thunderoverdover #ThunderOverDover2017 #airshow #FlyByPhotography #avgeek #aviationphotography
Originally shared by +Fly By Photography https://goo.gl/QsTMPuNot even late afternoon light can bring out beauty in the A-10. #aviation #flying #plane #AirForce #AirCombatCommand #23rdWing #FlyingTigers #74thFighterSquadron #Fairchild #A10ThunderbotlII #Warthog #DoverAirForceBase #thunderoverdover #ThunderOverDover2017 #airshow #FlyByPhotography #avgeek #aviationphotography
Originally shared by +Fly By Photography https://goo.gl/c73uuFThe Thunderbirds in echelon formation on Saturday at the 2017 Joint Base Andrews Air Show. #aviation #flying #plane #USAF #Thunderbirds #LockheedMartin #F16FightingFalcon #airshow #FlyByPhotography #avgeek #aviationphotography #1stAirliftSquadron #2017JointBaseAndrewsAirShow
Originally shared by +Gazing Skyward TV August 7th, 1963First flight of the Lockheed YF-12. The Lockheed YF-12 was an American prototype interceptor aircraft evaluated by the United States Air Force. The YF-12 was a twin-seat version of the secret single-seat Lockheed A-12 reconnaissance aircraft, which led to the U.S. Air Force's Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird twin-seat reconnaissance variant. The YF-12 set and held speed and altitude world records of over 2,000 mph and over 80,000 ft (later surpassed by the SR-71), and is the world's largest manned interceptor to date….. Source:Wikipedia, Lockheed YF-12: http://gstv.us/1J0jCND YouTube, The Lockheed YF-12: http://gstv.us/1J0jBta If you enjoy the "This Day in Aviation History" collection, you may enjoy some of these other collections from Gazing Skyward TV: http://gstv.us/GSTVcollections Photo from: http://gstv.us/2aZM5c7 #avgeek #Lockheed #YF12 #military #USAF #USA #aviation #history #fb
Originally shared by +Gazing Skyward TV If you enjoy the "Aviation Photography by John Chvatal" collection, you may enjoy some of these other collections from Gazing Skyward TV: http://gstv.us/GSTVcollections Pin it for later: #avgeek #aviationphotography #warbird #Curtiss #P40 #Warhawk #Minnesota #CanonUSA
Originally shared by +Gazing Skyward TV March 17th, 1947First flight of the North American B-45 Tornado. The North American B-45 Tornado was the United States Air Force's first operational jet bomber, and the first multi-jet engined bomber in the world to be refuelled in midair. The B-45 was an important part of the United States's nuclear deterrent for several years in the early 1950s, but was rapidly succeeded by the Boeing B-47 Stratojet. B-45s and RB-45s served in the United States Air Force's Strategic Air Command from 1950 until 1959. It was also the first jet bomber of the NATO Alliance, which was formed in 1949….. Source:Wikipedia North American B-45 Tornado http://gstv.us/1Duy90K YouTube, North American XB-45 Tornado First Flight, March 17, 1947 http://gstv.us/1HWoIpA If you enjoy the "This Day in Aviation History" collection, you may enjoy some of these other collections from Gazing Skyward TV: http://gstv.us/GSTVcollections #avgeek #NorthAmerican #B45 #Tornado #military #USA#aviation #history #fb
Originally shared by +Nicolas Brusselaars Picture by l'Armée de l'Air
Originally shared by +Gazing Skyward TV October 15th, 1952First flight of the Douglas X-3 Stiletto. The Douglas X-3 Stiletto was a 1950s United States experimental jet aircraft with a slender fuselage and a long tapered nose, manufactured by the Douglas Aircraft Company. Its primary mission was to investigate the design features of an aircraft suitable for sustained supersonic speeds, which included the first use of titanium in major airframe components. Douglas designed the X-3 with the goal of a maximum speed of approximately 2,000 m.p.h, but it was, however, seriously underpowered for this purpose and could not even exceed Mach 1 in level flight. Although the research aircraft was a disappointment, Lockheed designers used data from the X-3 tests for the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter which used a similar trapezoidal wing design in a successful Mach number 2 fighter…. Source:Wikipedia, Douglas X-3 Stiletto: http://gstv.us/1LMy3X8 YouTube, Douglas X-3 Stiletto: http://gstv.us/1LMypwS YouTube, Douglas X-3 Stiletto: 1950s U.S. Experimental Jet Aircraft: http://gstv.us/1LMyuAG YouTube, Aircraft, USA: Experimental X-3 Stiletto 250199-01: http://gstv.us/1LMyy3p If you enjoy the "This Day in Aviation History" collection, you may enjoy some of these other collections from Gazing Skyward TV: http://gstv.us/GSTVcollections Photo from: http://gstv.us/1LMyCjO #avgeek #aviation #history #Douglas #X3 #Stiletto #USAF #NACA […]
Great shot by +Rick A. Brown Originally shared by +Rick A. Brown Saber Wanted to share another of my favorites from the Oregon International Air Show, this F-86 Saber. Check out more of my images from the show, http://www.rabimaging.com/…/Oregon-Interna…/G0000obKNCC1meEc. #rabimaging #avgeek #saber
Great shot from +Quentin Douchet such a workhorse aircraft.. Originally shared by +Quentin Douchet L'homme et la machine – SIAE 2015. Fairchild A-10 Thunderbolt II US Air Force. Salon du Bourget 2015 (Paris Air Show 2015) – Aéroport de Paris-Le Bourget, Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France. (06/2015) © Quentin Douchet. Flickr : https://www.flickr.com/photos/quentin77/19051800068 #photo #photography #A10 #USAF #USAirForce #avgeek #aviation #salondubourget #SIAE #parisairshow #PAS15 #aircraft #avion #planespotting #USA
Originally shared by +Gazing Skyward TV Aviation June 8th, 1959First un-powered flight of the North American X-15. The North American X-15 was a hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft operated by the United States Air Force and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as part of the X-plane series of experimental aircraft. The X-15 set speed and altitude records in the 1960s, reaching the edge of outer space and returning with valuable data used in aircraft and spacecraft design. As of 2015, the X-15 holds the official world record for the highest speed ever reached by a manned, powered aircraft. Its maximum speed was 4,520 miles per hour (7,274 km/h), or Mach 6.72. During the X-15 program, 13 flights by eight pilots met the Air Force spaceflight criterion by exceeding the altitude of 50 miles (80 km), thus qualifying the pilots for astronaut status. The Air Force pilots qualified for astronaut wings immediately, while the civilian pilots were awarded NASA astronaut wings in 2005, 35 years after the last X-15 flight. The sole Navy pilot in the X-15 program never took the aircraft above the requisite 50 mile altitude. Of all the X-15 missions, two flights (by the same pilot) qualified as space […]
