Jets Please

I really enjoy reading these articles. And I always come away with some new detail of an aircraft to go learn more about. 💪

Another cool thread from @massiasthanos.bsky.social
Especially the archival video of the Surface Effect Ship

90% of homes sold in my vacation rental-heavy area were purchased by LLC's.

NINETY PERCENT.

Noseart of a floating skeletal grim reaper character in a dark gray cloak with tattered ends. Arms outstretched to each side, bony hands with index fingers extended with a stream of red, yellow, and orange flames converging downward. The skull has a red left eye and a red crosshair over the right eye. Photo by @machspeed.bsky.social

Spooky Noseart
AC-130U "Total Carnage" s/n 89-0509

#spooky #AC-130 #gunship #noseart #photography #USAF #aviation #avgeek

USAF AC-130U Spooky gunship "Total Carnage" on display at an airshow. Pictured from the left side of the nose looking rearward. People are lined up to enter for a tour. The gray aircraft features noseart of a skeletal grim reaper character with red, orange and yellow flames shooting downward from the fingertips of two outstretched hands. Photo by @machspeed.bsky.social

Spooky aircraft.
S/n 89-0509 "Total Carnage" AC-130U

#spooky #airshow #AC-130 #gunship #noseart #photography #USAF #Aviation #avgeek

I must start posting #aviation #photography again.
It makes me happy.

Switch to HP.
I save a lot on ink because it never prints. Any. Thing.

Bonus:
They conveniently force you to use an app that thinks the resolution to every error is subscribing to an ink purchasing plan.

YouTube history channels are generally the worst history channels. When you find a good one, treasure it.

I read your book shortly after it was published. I found it to be a remarkable historical record of what it must have been like in those moments. Chapter 10 (I believe) was especially tense and frightening. I will definitely be reading your next book.
💪🇺🇦

You nailed it. This image just took me back to flipping through old magazines as a kid. Very nice!

Oh wow! That's amazing. Shows the love involved. Definitely adding that museum to my visit wishlist 💪

I have not heard of this museum before so thank you for sharing.
If I were a millionaire this is the type of place I would spend my fun money on 😆

Fascinating series that you have been posting from this museum. It seems they could benefit from some volunteers to give some of these birds some love.

On this day in 1945 a brave Danish Dutch diplomat drove his car into a Japanese concentration camp and saved my grandmothers and thus my life.
A thread.

It is August 15th 1945, my grandmother and her daughter (2 years old) are prisoners in Japanese concentration camp Lampersari.

The way these Puffins sound like helicopters when they fly! 😂 This is great!

This is wonderful! Fantastic work!

Most of the latter are block heads, so it makes sense.

Ohhh nice! I have photos of that exact bird in flight.

I can hear the Pillars of Creation! 🤣

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
That's forever in my head now!

I have been looking for a reference image of Falcons in that pose and you got two in one!!!

Beautiful shots!

Two Blue Angels streak past in F/A-18C Hornets. Brilliant blue with golden yellow trim, the Blues always look nice in a sunny sky. One sports a large yellow #5 on the tail, the other a #6. Photo 2016 by @machspeed.bsky.social

A Pair of Angels

Blues #5 and #6 making smiles for the crowd. USN Blue Angels F/A-18C Hornets.

#BlueAngels #F-18Hornet #airshow #aviation #photography #NASPensacola

Meanwhile, ANTONOV successfully relocated the modernized An-124-100 Ruslan from Ukraine to Germany, completing a complex multi-year project to upgrade one of its legendary transport aircraft❤️

It underwent a deep modernization, starting in 2021👇

Ukraine’s Antonov plant has completed the modernization of the An-124-100 "Ruslan" transport aircraft. Work began in 2021 but was paused due to the full-scale invasion. On July 11, 2025, the aircraft was safely relocated to Germany.

Woooo hoooo! Scooters!
Nice shots!

This is a fantastic shot!!

I zoomed in on their face and now I can't stop laughing! 🤣

Oh geez I didn't realize you were traveling 😂😂

Have fun!!

Nice! Looks beautiful as a float plane as well.

Oh wow a pair?! Hopefully you will see them in a training flight with their youngster soon. You will definitely hear it 😂
The parents fly along and shout lots of encouragement. It's really something. You are in for a treat!

*Curtiss*
Did that typo so many times in these posts. Sigh.