Photos by Ken Kula Amphibious aircraft are quite versitile… they can operate from either land or sea. This scrapbook shows a wide variety of amphibians… those with built-in landing gear in their structure. Many other aircraft types have been fitted … Continue reading AMPHIBIOUS AIRCRAFT SCRAPBOOK
Photos by Ken Kula Taking a look through some “old” photos I took in 2006 and 2007, it dawned on me that many of the companies and subjects in the photos aren’t operating any more. I’ve put 30 photos together … Continue reading Class of 2006-2007 Airlines/Airliners Who Are Gone
BY: SCOTT JANKOWSKI This past October I spent a beautiful Sunday Fall afternoon spotting at the primary observation area at the Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport. This viewing area is located at the end of Cargo Road and is adjacent to the intersections of Runways 12R-30L and 22-4. This centrally located viewing area is best for photography in the afternoon and evening hours as the sun will be at your back, but a word of caution heat haze can be an issue. There is ample parking available, a few picnic tables and benches to sit at, and of course great … Continue reading SPOTTING AT MINNEAPOLIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Delta Airlines L-1011 Tristar in front of a Northwest Airlines DC-10 at Boston Massachusetts. Photos and story by Ken Kula The McDonnell Douglas DC-10 and the Lockheed L-1011 Tristar prototypes both took their first flights in 1970. Both were heavy … Continue reading DC-10 and L-1011 Scrapbook
Photos and story by Don Linn Philadelphia sports teams, as do all other major teams, use their team jets to recruit high value players and coaches. Sending the team jets to their hometown and fly them back to Philadelphia to visit the stadium, meet key personnel, or a quick tour of the city’s historical districts, giving them the “star” treatment all in an effort to sign that valuable player or coach that could give them a winning season, or better still a championship. Two examples I captured on departure from PHL are Philadelphia Eagles’ Bombardier BD-700-A11, in a striking green and … Continue reading Philadelphia Sports Jets
Here’s a collection of older Boeing jetliners… B-727-100/200s and B-737-100/200s. These airframes most likely don’t exist anymore, victims of the scrappers’ cranes, bulldozers and cutting torches. Most of the airlines don’t exist either, or at least the airlines’ color schemes … Continue reading Old Boeings Volume 1
I’ll soon turn 64 years old and have seen quite a few military aircraft over the years. I remember visiting cousins in Massachusetts, near the (former) NAS South Weymouth base. There was a steady stream of airplanes – both jets … Continue reading U.S. Navy Trainers Used During My Lifetime
Here’s a quick look – back almost a dozen years ago – at airliner traffic at KLAX, Los Angeles International Airport in California. Twelve years doesn’t seem like a long time ago, but as far as airline operatins go, a … Continue reading Los Angeles – KLAX Airport Visit on February 9, 2011
Canadair Challenger 601-3R Bill Lear began the LearStar 600 project as an intercontinental corporate jet design. In 1976, Canadair Ltd. bought the rights to the design and continued to refine it into the Canadair Challenger 600. Although the new bizjet’s … Continue reading Canadair/Bombardier Business Jets
France’s Dassault Aviation can trace its roots back to the beginning of the 20th century. While working with other designers, Marcel Bloch contributed to French aviation during the First World War by designing a superior propeller for fighter aircraft. In 1929, he began his own company, designing and building mail and passenger aircraft. Throughout the 1930s, a stream of transports were turned out, including the four-engined Languedoc, operated by Air France. At the same time, a series of fighters were built for the French Air Force. At the beginning of World War II, Marcel Bloch refused to work for the … Continue reading Falcon Jets… France’s Sleek Corporate Transports