This beautiful shot of Boeing 787 ZA005 test plane is our new featured photo. The Dreamliner (N787FT) was caught on landing at San Bernardino International Airport (KSBD), December 19, 2011 (c) Photographer: KSBD Photo Did you know that your photo could be featured here, too? Just enter the Flightstory Flickr Photo Contest.
It’s time for a new Photo of the Week! These two Canadian North American T-6 Texan (Noorduyn AT-6 Harvard II) during dogfight at Gatineau Air Show 2011 (Canada) are the perfect contestants to wear the title. Congrats to Jan Jasinski for this perfectly timed masterpiece. The North American Aviation T-6 Texan was a single-engine advanced trainer aircraft used to train pilots of the United States Army Air Forces, United States Navy, Royal Air Force and ...
This nicely photographed LAN Airlines Airbus A340-313X (CC-CQF) sitting at Frankfurt/Main Airport (FRA / EDDF), Germany, is the new winner of our Flickr Photo of the Week contest. LAN Airlines and its affiliates LAN Peru, LAN Ecuador, and LAN Argentina are the leading international airline alliance in South America providing nonstop and connecting flights to Chile, Peru, Argentina, Ecuador, Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, Uruguay, Dominican Republic and Bolivia from the United States and ...
This beautiful golden girl called “FIFI” is our new Photo of the Week. This Boeing B-29 Superfortress is a four-engine heavy bomber that was flown primarily by the US in World War II and the Korean War. The Soviet Union produced a reverse-engineered copy as the Tupolev Tu-4. The B-29 was one of the largest aircraft to see service during World War II. It was the primary aircraft in the American campaign against Japan in ...
This beautiful sunset landing at Portland, Oregon (US) is this week’s winner of the Flightstory Flickr photo contest. (c) Photographer: Russell Hill (sabian404) Did you know that your photo could be featured here, too? Just enter the Flightstory Flickr Photo Contest.
This week’s Photo of the Week is this vintage Kaman HH-43 Huskie catched at the Olympic Airshow in Tumwater, WA. This true treasure of aviation was used from the 1950s to the 1970s primarily for firefighting and rescue in the close vicinity of air bases, but was later utilized as a short range overland search and rescue aircraft during the Vietnam War. (c) Photographer: “N324F” Did you know that your photo could be featured here, ...
Do you want some air show action? Here you go! This week’s winner of the Flickr photo contest has it all what makes a great air show shot, paired with simply stunning colors and contrast! (c) Photographer: Chris Ball (cmball) Did you know that your photo could be featured here, too? Just enter the Flightstory Flickr Photo Contest.
This week’s Flickr Photo of the Week is this beautiful shot of a KLM Boeing 747. The Dutch Queen of the skies gently dives into the thick clouds shortly after takeoff from Amsterdam Schiphol International Airport (EHAM). (c) Photographer: nustyR AirTeamImages Did you know that your photo could be featured here, too? Just enter the Flightstory Flickr Photo Contest.
This week’s Photo of the Week is a little different than the others. It’s no high-tech jet fighter performing some stunning aerobatics, no historical plane and no shiny airliner. Yet it’s a photo that reflects the true beauty and spirit of aviation. A man and his machine having a great time in the air! Riding his UL plane through this beautiful scenery surely must be one of the most enjoyable things in his life. (c) ...
This week’s Photo of the Week is this F-15C Eagle going up into the cloudy sky of Oregon. As the American jet fighter rumbles into the clouds its powerful afterburners add the only color spots to the dramatic dark scene. High speed combined with humid air creates absolutely stunning vapor trails. The Boeing (McDonnell Douglas) F-15 Eagle is a twin-engine tactical fighter designed to gain and maintain air superiority in aerial combat. It is considered ...
This magnificent photo holds the Flightstory Flickr Photo Award of this week. The beautiful black/white shot shows a Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowler taking off from Naval Air Facility El Centro (KNJK). The plane belongs to Electronic Attack Squadron One Two Nine (VAQ-129), known as the Vikings. The Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowler is an electronic warfare aircraft manufactured as a modification of the basic A-6 Intruder airframe. The EA-6B has been in service with the ...
