Thunderbird 6, one of the two solo F-16s in the United States Air Force Thunderbirds demonstration team, being flown by Maj. Jeff Downie at JBSA Randolph...
A Southern Giant Petrel (Macronectes Giganteus) silhouetted against the sunset sky near the western Falkland Islands, December 18th, 2024.
I was delighted to find that there are Antarctic Terns (Sterna vittata georgiae) nesting at Godthul on South Georgia where we spent yesterday afternoon....
Apparently Oceanwide Expeditions have installed StarLink on their boats and, as a result, are now offering limited, free internet to guests for the duration...
I’ll end this short Black Skimmer series with a shot of a flock of the birds flying along the shoreline of Cocoa Beach, Florida shortly after sunrise...
A flock of Black Skimmers (Rynchops niger) skims the surface of the waters off Cocoa Beach, Florida early in the morning on March 25th, 2024.
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...
An F-35 Lightning II seen at Joint Base San Antonio Randolph during the Great Texas Air Show on Saturday, April 6th, 2024.
USAF Thunderbird number 6, the opposing solo aircraft in the display team, piloted by Maj. Jeffrey Downie, seen at JBSA Randolph in San Antonio during...
I have many more images from the Great Texas Airshow but I’ll save them for later. For now, here’s a goodbye wave from Maj. Jeffrey “Simmer”...
An F-16 Fighting Falcon of the USAF Thunderbirds display team seen at JBSA Randolph during the Great Texas Air Show on Saturday, April 6th, 2024.
A highlight of the Great Texas Airshow was seeing these two aircraft flying in formation. The Lockheed F-35 Lightning II represents the pinnacle of modern...
Vapour trails from the wingtips of an F-35 Lightning II during its display at JBSA Randolph for the Great Texas Air Show on Saturday, April 6th, 2024....
Vapour forms on the wings of an F-35 Lightning II as it performs a tight turn during its display at the Great Texas Air Show in San Antonio on Saturday,...
Bill Stein, aerobatics instructor and display pilot, throws his Zivko Edge 540 around the sky during the Great Texas Airshow at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph...
The MiG-17 was a 1950s era, Russian jet fighter with a top speed of 711mph. This aircraft put on a spectacular display during the Great Texas Airshow at Joint...
Yesterday was a lot of fun! I spent the day at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph for the annual Great Texas Airshow during which I took somewhere around...
Of the gull-like birds I watched on Cocoa Beach last week, the Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) were probably my favourite. They are so elegant and graceful...
Staying with the theme of birds in flight, here’s another image I took while stalking the Black Skimmers on Cocoa Beach last week. This was taken...
Let’s leave space hardware for a while. Here’s a shot I grabbed while out for a walk shortly after sunrise on Monday morning. There were a couple...
