Vintage Aircraft

[efinglada]

DC-3 in Blantyre airport, Malawi, June 1999

 

[briansilcox]

North American B-25J "Mitchell," Breckenridge, TX, May 1990.

Kodachrome 64, 1/60, f11, Canon FD 85 f1.2L, Canon F-1N

 

[briansilcox]

Douglas C-117 (R4D-8), Chico, CA, April, 1981.

Kodachrome 64, 1/250 f8, Canon 50 f1.8, Canon IIF-2

 

[briansilcox]

North American P-51D Mustang, Chico, CA boneyard, Aug, 1980.

Kodachrome 64, 1/125 f4, Nikkor 50 f1.4, Nikkormat FT

 

[Ronald_H]

What about this:



Sea bed Stuka by Ronald Hogenboom, on Flickr

 

[briansilcox]

North American P-51D Mustang, Hayward, CA, May, 2002

Kodachrome 64, 1/250 f8, Canon EF 50 1.4, EOS1-V

 

[Taipei-metro]

Selfridge ANGB Air Show 2009 by Wigwam Jones, on Flickr

Soligor 500mm f8 mirror lens, Pentax *ist DS camera.

Super great shot!
500mm, so that's 750mm (eqv) there!
Thanks for sharing!

 

[ASA 32]

North American T-6 "Texan"
Canon F-1, FD 85mm f/1.2L, Fujichrome Provia 100
Freedom Flight America, McGuire AFB, New Jersey, August, 1995


North American T-6 Texan
by ASA 32, on Flickr

 

[ASA 32]

TP-51C "Mustang"

TP-51C Mustang
by ASA 32, on Flickr

 

[briansilcox]

Douglas AD-4N "Skyraider," Troy, AL, January, 1990.

Kodachrome 64, 1/60 f11, Canon 24mm f2.8, F-1N

 

[goamules]

B-36 and Constellation. Nikkor 50/1.4 LTM.

 

[briansilcox]

Hawker Hurricane Mk XII, Victoria, TX, November 2006

Canon 24-70 2.8L 1/250 f6+, EOS1Ds II

 

[briansilcox]

Messerschmitt Me 109G-6, Manching, Germany, September, 2007

Canon 24-70 2.8L, 1/64 f20, EOS 1Ds II

 

[billy8098]

IMGP6473 by Billy Albrecht, on Flickr

 

[Addy101]

Hawker Hurricane Mk XII, Victoria, TX, November 2006

Thank you for that one. The Hawker Hurricane is one of my favourite planes ever 😎

For those interested, this link shows to a forum with some pictures of the restoration in 2006/2007. The first flight - at least in these colours - was in November 2007 (your Exif shows the picture was taken in 2007, not 2006). It seems this mark XII is in the colours of the IIb flown by US ace Lance C. Wade. I thought there was something missing with the picture and I think I'm missing the dust filter the Hurricanes in desert colours usually have.

To bad this Hurricane isn't airworthy. According to this source it is "Stored awaiting repairs" after a collision with a Spitfire and (as they say on Wikipedia) "damage by Hurricane Ike (no relation)" 😀

Just felt I had to share my searching after seeing this picture. Once again, thank you for sharing.

 

[briansilcox]

You are correct re: the Hurricane was taken in 2007... It is owned by Lone Star Flight Museum, Galveston TX, they paint their A/C in the markings of Texans who flew them; in this case Lance Wade flew with the RAF, though he was an American from TX. The airplane is not correct for the markings, the MK XII was a Canadian recovery that came from Newfoundland, a trainer if I recall correctly. Too bad about the crash, and I think they want to sell the project rather than invest any further in it. The chief pilot told me it no longer fit the museum's goals and was a bit impractical to operate, with its short range, and snug cockpit.

 

[briansilcox]

Messerschmitt Me 262A-1c, Manching, Germany, September 2007

Canon 24-70 2.8L, 1/500 f8, EOS1Ds II

 

[briansilcox]

Messerschmitt Me-262A-1c, Ingolstadt, Germany, September 2007

Canon 24-70 2.8L, 1/500 f8, EOS1Ds II

 

[Addy101]

These helicopters were delivered 1998-2002, don't know if that is "vintage". AH-64 Apache RNLAF

Sony A900 | Sony 70-400G | 400mm | f/5.6 | 1/1250s | 160iso

 

[Argenticien]

Messerschmitt Me-262A-1c, Ingolstadt, Germany, September 2007

Canon 24-70 2.8L, 1/500 f8, EOS1Ds II

I had no idea there were still airworthy examples of these. Weren't they barely controllable untamed beasts when new? How the hell do they keep them in flying condition 70 years on? (Or I suppose 60 years on when this photograph was made.)

Brilliant airplane pictures, overall. You have the world's best job.

--Dave