Vintage Aircraft

[biomed]

B-25D

 

[biomed]

Spitfire LF MkIXe

 

[biomed]

TBM-3E

 

[biomed]

F8F

 

[scott kirkpatrick]

It's good to see a significant fraction of these pictures with the plane in the air, or rolling with the tail wheel up, ready to go or landing fast. Here's a T-6 which I've flown with its owner, one of several partners who fly it a lot. It lives at LVK, goes to OSH sometimes.

There's a lot of flying in vintage planes at LVK (Livermore, CA). For a recent flight, we needed some (a lot of) very unusual grade of oil before we could take off. Didn't have any in the store room, but moments later another shiny T-6 taxied by. We followed it to its hanger and were able to borrow a gallon or so of what we needed. Here's another, quite a bit bigger, the T-6's replacement, a T-28. (The T-6 had 550 HP, the T-28 1450).

Both pictures with Olympus M-1 and "vintage" 4/3 11-22 lens.

scott

 

[filmtwit]

Virgin's Delight

 

[Don Parsons]

Aeronca 7AC Champs at Night under Milky Way

Aeronca 7AC Champs at Night under Milky Way

Shot at annual Antique Airplane Association Fly-In at Blakesburg.

 

[wacky941]

 

[lxmike]

this thread is a joy to the senses

 

[filmtwit]

 

[TXForester]

 

[nikon_sam]

Not sure if this qualifies it is an older plane but still in service...our son is flying the AV-8B Harrier and we were able to visit with him as he was very local this weekend...
That's my dad checking it out...

My dad was an Air Force Jet Mechanic during the Korean War...

 

[BuzzyOne]

 

[Hatchetman]

Not sure if this qualifies it is an older plane but still in service...our son is flying the AV-8B Harrier and we were able to visit with him as he was very local this weekend...
That's my dad checking it out...

Holy cow, great shot. He looks just like gramps! Thanks for your family's service!

 

[Kenj8246]

A few from Lone Star Flight Museum on Galveston Island. Chamonix field camera, Kodak Tmax 100, Rodinal 1+50. The first is a Beech staggerwing, in spite of what's on the Flickr page. 🙂

Beechcraft staggerwing by Kenny Johnson, on Flickr
Continental DC3 02 by Kenny Johnson, on Flickr
Thunderbolt Hal 02 by Kenny Johnson, on Flickr

 

[goamules]

Sam, great legacy there! Plane, pilot, mechanic, family...

some really good shots after too!

 

[Moto-Uno]

"Kenny" that Beech Staggerwing looks as though it was fast in it's time , any idea what kind of speeds it could get up to ? Peter

 

[Kenj8246]

"Kenny" that Beech Staggerwing looks as though it was fast in it's time , any idea what kind of speeds it could get up to ? Peter

According to some casual looking, with the 450hp Pratt & Whitney R-985-AN-1 Wasp Junior, the Beech 17 had a range of 500 miles and speed(max) was 198mph. Fast for the early 1930's, I reckon.

 

[silverbullet]

JU52 by deandare06, auf Flickr

JU 52 before take off. Before my flight as a 60s birthday gift, the morning sun pronounced the ondulated alumnium.
BESSA R4A with 21mm f4 Voiglander lens.

When there is nice weather, the JU52 is flying above my home near Dusseldorf. The sound of the 3 engines (BMW) is very special.

 

[Robert.M]

Dassault Mirage 2000

Saab Viggen

Doglas DC3

Stampe SV4C