The Aerodrome: Fighter

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Thursday, July 5, 2012

Holscher's Hub: F-18s at the Natrona County International Airport

Holscher's Hub: F-18s at the Natrona County International Airport: Some F-18s that happened to stop by the Natrona County International Airport. One of the pilots told us that they were from ...

Sunday, January 15, 2012

F-84 Thunderjets in Japan, mid 1950s

Saturday, January 14, 2012

F-86D in Japan

F-86Ds in Japan

Note the drag chute being used on this F-86's landing.

F-86Ds in Japan, mid 1950s.

These photographs were taken by my father, during the Korean War, at the Air Force base where he was stationed.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

F/A-18D

All of these are the same F/A-18-D. CLick for full size.

F/A-18D.

The F/A-18 is a modern, supersonic, and Aircraft Carrier capable fighter/attack aircraft (F/A). It is still in service primarily with the US Navy and US Marine Corps, but also with the Royal Australian Air Force and the Spanish Air Force.

This was at the Natrona County Airport airshow in 2006. I've got a lot more photos from that airshow, but I wont put them up all at once.

P-51C "Betty Jane"


P-51C "Betty Jane"

This is the Dual-Seat P-51C Mustang "Betty Jane". I'm not sure if it has the original Packard engine or not (the Allison wasn't fully introduced until the D model), but I saw it fly in the airshow when it had a fuel system malfunction and had to land to get repaired. It took off again later that day.

Very pretty plane.