Aircraft that make your jaw drop!

[Enchanter]

Blue Angels recovery at NAS Moffett.

 

[Enchanter]

Both XB-70’s, a T-38, and a B-58

 

[Enchanter]

The movie birds heading out for filming.

No one has been this close before.

 

[Enchanter]

Me, Oshkosh 1981.

 

[TheRobSJ]

Both XB-70’s, a T-38, and a B-58

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That friggin plane is absolutely massive. Saw one at the USAF museum in Dayton. Look how much they got parked under just a wing of it.

 

[budman]

Me, Oshkosh 1981.

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Fucking hippie. Get a hair cut.

 

[ThumperX]

These used to really get the butterflies in my belly to fluttering. Sadly, my friend Johnny Walker got tangled up in wires with the one he promised to sell me back around ‘93. Lord I miss that man. An amazing aircraft, and it still makes my jaw drop.

 

[dravnx]

My partner has never flown in a small aircraft, so I talked one of my customers into giving us a Sonoma/Napa county tour in his 2025 Cirrus SR22T.

 

[budman]

Nice. Did her jaw drop?

 

[GAJ]

As a Brit these always have a soft spot in our hearts.

 

[Abacinator]

Iron Maiden has a giant spitfire prop suspended over the stage when they play Aces High

 

[Enchanter]

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[Enchanter]

Iron Maiden has a giant spitfire prop suspended over the stage when they play Aces High

One of their musicians was the pilot that flew them while on tour.

 

[Abacinator]

One of their musicians was the pilot that flew them while on tour.

Bruce Dickinson is a licensed commercial pilot. He also runs an aircraft maintenance company!

 

[ST Guy]

For me, it’s the SR-71 Blackbird. I found out, many years after my father died, that he was part of the team that designed it. He kept his work secret his entire life.

 

[TheRobSJ]

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I know that’s the CO’s plane and all. So a 0-6 I can believe (MaVeRiCk WaS a cApTaiN tOo). But would have never expected to see a two star still actively flying.

 

[GAJ]

My uncle helped design this plane that was the linchpin in the Battle of Britain.

Even in his later year he had PTSD from the pilots lost developing it.

RIP Uncle Bob.

 

[flying_hun]

My uncle helped design this plane that was the linchpin in the Battle of Britain.

Even in his later year he had PTSD from the pilots lost developing it.

RIP Uncle Bob.

The Hurricane was a remarkable plane, and its ease of repair was a boon during the Battle of Britain.

 

[Grissom]

Baa Baa Black Sheep

 

[Grissom]

Saw the P51 at the Reno Air Races