Wild Blue Yonder

Aviation pictures that are either good photographs or interesting—most are not mine but reposted from web

[dangerousthingobservation]

Boeing/Saab T-7 Red Hawk

[nocternalrandomness]

"Miss Texas"

[nocternalrandomness]

7.62mm General Electric GAU-2/M134 miniguns in the AC-47 "Spooky" Gunship

[j-r-macready]

[deutschland-im-krieg]

24 built, one still stands. Flettner Fl 282 'Kolibri' (Hummingbird) helicopter, Midlands Air Museum, England

[longislandairpower]

[airsllides]

airsLLide No. 13264: N691WN, Boeing 737-3G7, Southwest Airlines, San Jose, CA, March 30, 1997

Lingering black skies: The coastal fog is moving in from the San Francisco Bay while one of Southwest's over 200 Boeing 737-300s approaches on an afternoon schedule to the Silicon Valley's principal city.

[j-r-macready]

[destinationsjourney]

(via Vultee XP-54 Swoose Goose)

[usafphantom2]

F-14 about to take off from an aircraft carrier's deck.

@LineroTifon via X

[planefun]

The island should be on the other side of—so either the picture got flipped or the plane is pointing the wrong direction

[dangerousthingobservation]

Avro Vulcan bombers

[usafpantom12]

Brigadier General Chuck Yeager commanded the 405th Fighter Wing from 1966 to 1968, where he flew over 127 combat missions in the Martin B-57 Canberra bomber in Vietnam. Although primarily a fighter pilot, Yeager utilized the B-57 for close air support and interdiction missions. Though his command included several types of aircraft, the B-57 became his preferred choice for combat operations.

@softwarnet via X

[j-r-macready]

RCAF Airbus Tanker

[usafphantom2]

CVM-22 Osprey

@Bastokya via X

[usafphantom2]

Northrop YA-9 competed vs Fairchild YA-10 (future A-10) and lost in the low-cost Attack Experimental (A-X) competition. YA-9: 2 built, ~1972. Crew: 1; 520 mph; 1 Vulcan; 10 hardpoints.

@Usas_ww1 via X

[nocternalrandomness]

Danish Demo Viper @ RIAT 2024

[j-r-macready]

Privately owned Mig-23