Aviation

wanariefimran:

London City Airport by Planecatcher

hazor:

Ephemeral sky show

afp557:

Airbus A330-223 Air Greenland (OY-GRN) at Copenhagen….. I See Red…..

Photo Credit: Can’t remember :(

wanariefimran:

Russian bomber (Lystseva Marina)

afp557:

Dassault Falcon with front radome removed. You can see the weather radar and some of the Avionics.

Photo Credit: Userdeck

(Source: l-aeroport)

planeshots:

Phantom II wings folded

fuckyeahspaceshuttle:

In Columbia’s Grasp

The Spartan is seen in the grasp of the space shuttle Columbia’s remote manipulator system on Flight Day 3 of the STS-87 mission. The photograph was taken with an electronic still camera aimed through overhead windows on Columbia’s aft flight deck. 

architizer:

From experimentsinmotion:

Andrew Gargus found this recent article from Gothamist that rediscovers plans for a mid-city circular landing platform and recalls the brief period when commuters could reach the city via a network of helicopter landing pads.

We still haven’t solved the problem of landing airplanes on top of buildings - New York Airways shut down in the late 70’s after a series of accidents.

The Pan Am building was sold to Metlife in 1981 - given it’s size and prime location next to Grand Central Terminal could it once again serve as an aerial hub for Manhattan?

Is there a way that the subterranean and air space of the city could be fused together through a network of public spaces that functions independently from the regular city grid?

afp557:

Boeing 767-300ERWL Boeing Livery (2 of 2)

Photo Credit: Boeing 

(Source: freedomtofunction)

youlikeairplanestoo:

An EA-6B moments from trapping aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln. The Prowler will always be one of my favorites …

ARABIAN SEA (May 19, 2012) An EA-6B Prowler assigned to the Lancers of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 131 prepares to trap the arresting wire on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Abraham Lincoln is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Zachary S. Welch/Released)
Full version here.

aviationwas:

BA cabin crew

planeshots:

Curtiss SC-1 Seahawk. “USS Alaska (CB-1)
Recovering a Curtiss SC-1 floatplane on 6 March 1945, during the Iwo Jima operation. The aircraft is awaiting pickup by the ship’s crane after taxiing onto a landing mat. The pilot was Lieutenant Jess R. Faulconer, Jr., USNR.

(Source: fabforgottennobility)