This is the last of my series of images of B29 “FIFI” so here’s a full-length image showing the whole aircraft shortly after take-off...
Boeing B-29 Superfortress “FIFI” on the apron at San Marcos Regional Airport, Texas on October 3rd, 2021. FIFI and B-24 Liberator “Diamond...
Here’s another detail of B-29 “FIFI” when she visited San Marcos in October 2021. This is a view along the starboard side of the fuselage...
The vertical stabiliser and rudder of historic B-29 “FIFI” features unit identification marking “A” in tribute to Victor N.Agather...
Another view of B-29 “FIFI”, this time showing the rear of the aircraft including the tail gun. The aircraft is named in honour of the wife...
Back in October 2021, I was fortunate enough to have an opportunity to ride in “FIFI”, one of the world’s only two remaining airworthy...
Four F-16 Fighting Falcons of the United States Air Force Thunderbirds display team seen at Joint Base San Antonio Randolph during the Great Texas Air Show...
A Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II on static display at Joint Base San Antonio Randolph during the Great Texas Air Show on Saturday, April 6th, 2024.
A Lockheed C-5M Galaxy on display at Joint Base San Antonio Randolph during the Great Texas Air Show on Saturday, April 6th, 2024.
The last of this series of images of the US Space and Rocket Center’s A-12 shows the front of the aircraft. The Oxcart is on static display in front...
A detail of the rear of the A-12 Oxcart at the US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama showing the afterburner exhaust and some control surfaces.
I did a bit more reading about the A-12 after posting yesterday’s image. It was a slightly shorter, slightly faster version of the aircraft that...
I was delighted to see what I thought was an SR-71 Blackbird in the static display at the US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. On closer...
Word war II era bombers B-24 Diamond Lil and B-25 Yellow Rose sit on the apron at San Marcos Regional Airport, Texas on October 1st, 2022. Yellow Rose...
A view of the aft fuselage interior and the tail gunner’s position in B24 Liberator “Diamond Lil” as she flew over central Texas on October...
The starboard propellor of B-24 “Diamond Lil” seen at San Marcos Regional Airport, Texas on October 1st, 2022 during the Commemorative Air Force...
Commemorative Air Force pilot Al Benzing sits in the cockpit of B-24 Liberator “Diamond Lil” at San Marcos Regional Airport, Texas during her stop...
I checked another item off my bucket list yesterday with a flight in one of only two remaining airworthy World War 2 era B-24 Liberators. “Diamond...
I spent a fun morning in Kingsbury, Texas at this year’s Pioneer Flight Museum fly-in. The museum is home to several aircraft from the pre-WW2 era including...
A detail of the waist section of historic Boeing B-29 Superfortress “Fifi”‘s fuselage seen when she visited San Marcos, Texas as part...
