“Sizzlin Liz” over the Sierra
January 25, 2012 No CommentsThe P-51D "Sizzlin Liz" that belongs to Ted Conti (at the stick) is a gorgeous plane. This photograph though is to celebrate the Sierra finally getting snow after a two month drought. Based out of Carson City, ...
Grumman F6F Hellcat
January 22, 2012 No CommentsThe Grumman F6F Hellcat entered service in 1943 to replace the Wildcat. It was a carrier based fighter in the Pacific. Over 12000 of them were produced and while it looks like just a bigger version of ...
The PBY Catalina
January 18, 2012 No CommentsThe PBY Catalina flying boat was a very simplistic plane that was vital especially in the Pacific Theater. The most produced flying boat in WWII, 3281 were made in US/Canada and even more in Russia. Their role ...
Two Lightings Fly in Concert
January 15, 2012 No CommentsIce locked in a glacier on Greenland, a 1992 expedition found almost fifty years later to the day a P-38F that attempted a wheels up landing on the ice. Today we know this P-38 as "Glacier Girl." ...
B-25J “Killer B”
January 11, 2012 No CommentsBuilt in 1944, "Killer B" was restored back to airworthy in 1995. Flying today in RAF colors, the B-25 was made well known as being the plane of the Dolittle Raid. Designed for the US Army Air ...
The Wildcat
January 4, 2012 No CommentsIt's first flight was 1940 and by 1945 the US had "retired" it from front line duty. Yet in its brief time, the F4F/FM2 Wildcat made a difference in the Pacific theater of WWII. Outmatched by the ...
The F22 Raptor
January 1, 2012 No CommentsThe F22 "Raptor" is simply amazing to watch fly! I first experienced a demo flight up close and personal at Reno Air Races in 2008 and watching it being put through its paces was nothing short of ...
Race #74 & Race #57 Together Again!
December 29, 2011 No CommentsThese two, rare Super Corsairs have not flown together since 1949. The highlight of that year is when Cleland & Becker raced on the Cleland Team in the Thompson Race and #74 won (piloted by Becker). The ...
T6 – So. African Style
December 25, 2011 No CommentsBrian Churchill out of Phoenix has a couple of amazing T-6 Texans. I photographed another of his T-6 a few months backed and love its color scheme which is authentic for the field in which he flies ...
The Red Tails – Their Contribution Remembered
December 18, 2011 No CommentsThe story of the Tuskegee Airmen, known also as the Red Tails is being told to a new generation as the movie Red Tails is about to be released. Few in this day and age know what ...