That first Spitfire image did it for me. Special mention to #s 10 & 13.

'Nother vote for the pair of Spits.

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Mon 12 May 2025, 5:52 pm

CF-18 demo (must be a one off?)

The RCAF is doing a small number of non-aerobatic role demos in the CF-18 this year, only at Canadian shows. Not quite a one-off, but very limited.

Does a license-built / modified iteration of an American design count? https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52476198424_6a11942d62_h.jpg Sea King by Sean E. Kelly , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52507993773_6ce7ed9b3b_h.jpg Hawks Away by Sean E. Kelly , on Flickr https://live.staticfl...

Excellent overview there, and what a great bunch of machines and in fabulous weather!

You shaw caught the F-16 nicely, Sean. (see what I did there) Har, har, har. Good 'un. Vampire is an abomination! What is it with non US, US owned warbirds and paint? Ugh, tell me about it. At least they spared it a spurious USN paint job like they've done to so many of the poor L-39s. I think the ...

My second trip South in three weekends, staging out of the lovely city of Savannah for the MCAS Beaufort (pronounced BYEW-fort rather than the more logical and rather more elegant BOW-fort) Air Show. The wall-to-wall sunshine forecasted for Saturday didn't quite materialize, and it was quite chilly ...

That PL-12 is an aesthetic atrocity of the most insidious sort. I love it!

The Robin and Thai-marked Bird Dog are truly beautiful machines as well. Looks like a lovely little event, and superbly captured.

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Sat 19 Apr 2025, 7:58 pm

Looks like C-5s are getting the AMC “minimal markings” treatment.

That looks godawful.

To say it's one of my favo(u)rite aircraft, I've taken shockingly few share-worthy photos of Orions over the years. Shame on me! https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53283238612_1192716e98_h.jpg Swords to Plowshares by Sean E. Kelly , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53280592262_70b650fe...

I visited Savannah, Georgia over the weekend, mostly to stage for the MCAS Beaufort Air Show (photos possibly to come, though I didn't shoot much and what I did shoot isn't really worth sharing), but also dropped into the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force in Pooler. It's an excellent li...

This is one that's been on my bucket list for a while, if for no other reason than that Northern Michigan looks absolutely beautiful. Helps that the lakeshore is north-facing too. As an aside, there's been a bit of controversy surrounding this show due to the proximity of the beach to the airport, i...

After a thoroughly enjoyable visit to Shreveport in 2023 for the Defenders of Liberty Air Show, I decided to head back to the bayou for 2025. The latter edition failed to live up to the former's glory, largely due to the weather (the Saturday of the 2023 show was just about perfect). I only attended...

Glad you got to visit, it really is a great park! Looks like they cleaned some things up since I was there in November 2023; back then getting an uncluttered shot of the YF-17 was impossible, nice to see it worked out for you.

Nothing like a little rain to bring out the creative side (until it causes the lens to fog up...) Taken a week and a half ago at Barksdale. Technically it'd stopped raining by then but... https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54433312194_e4387064ae_h.jpg A BONE to Pick by Sean E. Kelly , on Flickr Nai...

Excellent photos, looks like this year was an improvement on last on many fronts, especially the warbird scene.

Fireworks over the A-26 are superb!

Nice overview of the show! Glad you got to see the Bomber Heritage Flight and Altus heavies. I only went on Saturday and with the weather delay they all got scrubbed.

Love the B-52 cockpit shot!

Nothing too exciting... Multiple Boeing Roles https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53733059421_523126b39e_h.jpg Capabilities by Sean E. Kelly , on Flickr Old Boeing + Inherited Boeing https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53903074274_1f1a312139_h.jpg Team Altus - KC-135R Stratotanker & C-17A Globem...

Trying to make a pig look pretty... https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53657636229_39e48321a9_h.jpg Lightning in the Forecast by Sean E. Kelly , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53733059451_ad4e4014ad_h.jpg Angel Wings by Sean E. Kelly , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53...

A very large wing...or parts of one anyway. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53733489205_9c501e8100_h.jpg BUFF Textures by Sean E. Kelly , on Flickr Wings of Storm https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54000232537_f9b5ece942_h.jpg Krila Oluje (Wings of Storm) :: Croatian Air Force by Sean E. Kelly ...

Some real gems here, but I've gotta give it to Pete Fenwick's Sturmovik and Fw 190 formation. Definitely not something you see every day!

Over to you, Pete...

Let's see your photos of dissimilar aircraft formations, special points for types that otherwise normally wouldn't be in the same airspace as each other. 1. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53280578372_d0d432b019_h.jpg British Classic Jets by Sean E. Kelly , on Flickr 2. https://live.staticflickr...

Many thanks, Derek!

Slightly different kind of display by the Frecce Tricolori: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53903074329_e3c8b8d794_h.jpg Frecce Bike-olori by Sean E. Kelly , on Flickr The Jayhawk had to photo-bomb a perfectly nice picture of that T-Mobile trailer! https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52982756121...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53280592262_70b650fed2_h.jpg Orion: The Hunter by Sean E. Kelly , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53201192106_0f8860dd55_h.jpg Cat Over the Coast by Sean E. Kelly , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53281832579_856242833f_h.jpg Gallic Se...