On New Years Eve, I will post a montage of some favorite photos I took this past year. But to think I started this whole hobby back in 2008 seems like it was yesterday... So here is a montage of some of my favorite photos from I guess what you can call my "primitive" years considering the cameras I used...
2008
Humble beginnings usually come with a small digital camera (and willing parents who will let you borrow it!) to get started with...
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| Douglas C-47A Skytrain (Military designated DC-3) on static display at the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum; McMinnville, Oregon. |
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| Ex-Moldovan Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29S Fulcrum on static display at the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum; McMinnville, Oregon. This was the first time I ever got to see a Fulcrum up close. |
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| Jet Class Racer #55 (NX555FA), a Fouga CM-170R Magister taxiing prior to the Jet Class race for the 45th Annual National Championship Air Races held at Reno-Stead Airport; Reno, Nevada. |
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| This was a privilege to witness! A B-17 Flying Fortress, two B-25 Mitchells, and a P-51 Mustang doing a special fly-by on final day of the 45th Annual National Championship Air Races at Reno-Stead Airport; Reno, Nevada. |
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| I had to put this here because I haven't yet done so on my blog! This Cessna 172N SkyHawk II (N5174E) belongs to another one of my uncles! Photo taken at the Nervino Municipal Airport in Beckwourth, California; a tiny town not too far from Reno. |
2009
Without a doubt, 2009 was one of my more eventful years in the aviation photography hobby. Not to mention I got my own digital camera!
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| Yakovlev Yak-9U 'Frank', one of four original models known left in existence and the only one of it's kind on display in the Western World. Displayed at the Museum of Flight; Seattle, Washington. |
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| Nakajima Ki-43-IIIa Hayabusa 'Oscar' replica composed of parts recovered from at least four scrapped Ki-43s on display at the Museum of Flight; Seattle, Washington. |
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| British Airways Aerospatiale-British Aerospace Concorde 102 (G-BOAG) on display at the Museum Flight Airpark; Seattle Washington. One of three Concorde aircraft on display in the United States and the only one on display west of the Appalachians. |
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| Boeing 737-130 (N515NA) on display at the Museum of Flight Airpark. This was the very first 737 ever built. |
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| Boeing 747-121 (N7470) 'The City of Everett' displayed at the Museum of Flight Airpark. This of course, is the very first 747 built by the Boeing company; a piece of history where it should belong. |
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| The very first presidential jet, VC-137B (Boeing 707-153B) served as Air Force One for Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon. Aircraft on display at the Museum of Flight Airpark in Seattle, Washington. |
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| Pilatus PC-12 (N861PP) on exhibition display for Hot August Flights 2009. McNary Field (SLE); Salem, Oregon. |
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Oh no! It's Kent Pietsch and his Interstate S-1A-65F Cadet... Landed on a platform mounted on a moving pick-up truck! Oregon International Air Show 2009 held at Portland-Hillsboro Airport; Hillsboro, Oregon.
What crazy flying technique will this guy think of next!? |
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| Canadair CL-13B Sabre 6 (Canadian built F-86 Sabre) belonging to the Classic Aircraft Aviation Museum taxiing after a flight display for the 2009 Oregon International Air Show at Portland-Hillsboro Airport; Hillsboro, Oregon. |
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| SeaPort Airlines Pilatus PC-12/45 (N933SP) on static display during the 2009 Oregon International Air Show, promoting the airlines Pacific Northwest commuter service. Portland-Hillsboro Airport; Hillsboro, Oregon. |
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Jet Class Racer #67 (N115DH) De Havilland (F+W Emmen) DH-115 Vampire T55 taxiing prior to the Jet Class races for the 46th Annual National Champion ship Air Races held at Reno-Stead Airport; Reno, Nevada.
This aircraft once served with the Swiss Air Force. |
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North American P-51D Mustang (N51RH) 'Ole Yeller' on display at the Legacy Flight Museum; Rexburg, Idaho. This aircraft belonged to "The Pilots' Pilot", the legendary Bob Hoover.
This aircraft along with every other aircraft on display at this museum are still airworthy and flying on occasions. |
2010
I will admit, 2010 was a slow year for my aviation photography but priorities in life called...
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| Left to right: Boeing 727-22 (N180FE) and Boeing 737-222 (N9051U) parked at the Purdue University Airport in Lafayette, Indiana. Both aircraft donated from FedEx Express and United Airlines respectively are used in the schools aviation program as a laboratory for maintenance systems and a taxi trainer under the Department of Aviation Technology. |
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| PZL-Mielec/Antonov An-2 'Colt' belonging to the Ropkey Armor Museum just outside of Crawfordsville, Indiana. Believe it or not, this bird is air worthy! I was surprised to see a Polish Cold War-era plane in this region! |
2011
It's all in Japanese but don't worry! They do actually fly! AND encourage aircraft spotting!!
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Well, except for this one...
Sitting in a parking lot along the city borders of Toyohashi and Toyokawa of Aichi Prefecture, Japan is the fuselage of a Fuji T-1. Who knows what they're gonna do with the remains of this aircraft! Only 66 of them were built and served as intermediate trainers; ALL went to the Japanese Air Self Defense Force. The T-1 was also the first indigenously designed Japanese jet aircraft since World War II. |
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| Hokkaido International Airlines - Air Do Boeing 737-54K (JA8504) on push-back from the gate in preparation for departure from Toyama to Sapporo (TOY-CTS). Toyama Airport; Toyama, Toyama, Japan. |
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| All Nippon Airways - ANA Wings Boeing 737-54K (JA304K) taxiing for departure from Komatsu to Fukuoka (KMQ-FUK). Komatsu Airport; Komatsu, Ishikawa, Japan. |
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| Fuji T-3 on public display at the Ishikawa Aviation Plaza; Komatsu, Ishikawa, Japan. |
So there you have it! My favorites from the four years prior until now in a montage... See you on New Years Eve!
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