- Air Force: Private - Collings Foundation
- Aircraft: Consolidated B-24J Liberator
- Registration: N224J / 42-52534 / Q2-M (cn 1347)
- Views: 2071
- Location: Seattle - Boeing Field / King County Int. (BFI / KBFI) , USA - Washington June 22, 2013
The Collings Foundation's B-24J, painted in the colors of Witchcraft, comes in on final to Boeing Field with a full load of passengers on board.
- Air Force: Private - Collings Foundation
- Aircraft: Consolidated B-24J Liberator
- Registration: N224J / 42-52534 / Q2-M (cn 1347)
- Views: 1719
- Location: Seattle - Boeing Field / King County Int. (BFI / KBFI) , USA - Washington June 22, 2013
Witchcraft rolls to stop next to the Museum of Flight at Boeing Field.
- Air Force: USA - Marines
- Aircraft: Gulfstream Aerospace C-20G Gulfstream IV
- Registration: 165153 (cn 1200)
- Views: 1413
- Location: Seattle - Boeing Field / King County Int. (BFI / KBFI) , USA - Washington June 22, 2013
- Air Force: Private - Collings Foundation
- Aircraft: North American P-51C Mustang
- Registration: NL251MX / 42-10651 / CM-M (cn 103-22730)
- Views: 1512
- Location: Seattle - Boeing Field / King County Int. (BFI / KBFI) , USA - Washington June 22, 2013
Betty Jane rolls in after a "training flight" with a very lucky student pilot. A flight in a P-51 on a beautiful, sunny Seattle day...Who could ask for more?
- Air Force: Private - Historic Flight Foundation
- Aircraft: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29UB (9.51)
- Registration: N29UB / 64 RED (cn 50903014896) Aircraft Info
- Views: 2183
- Location: Everett - Snohomish County / Paine Field (PAE / KPAE) , USA - Washington June 15, 2013
One of only a handful of MiG fighters in private hands, is seen rolling out during one of the routine summer "Free Fly Days".
- Air Force: USA - Army
- Aircraft: Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk (S-70A)
- Registration: 12-0430
- Views: 1613
- Location: Gray Army Airfield (GRF / KGRF) , USA - Washington June 14, 2013
A line-up of brand-new UH-60M Black Hawks belonging to the 16th Combat Aviation Brigade sits on the tarmac at Gray Army Airfield, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.
- Air Force: USA - Army
- Aircraft: Boeing AH-64E Apache Guardian
- Registration: 11-09022 (cn B3022)
- Views: 2081
- Location: Gray Army Airfield (GRF / KGRF) , USA - Washington June 21, 2013
One of the 51 LRIP AH-64E's, this Apache Guardian is now assigned to the 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.
- Air Force: Private - Alien Invaders LLC
- Aircraft: Douglas A-26C Invader
- Registration: N7079G (cn 28841)
- Views: 1860
- Location: Renton - Municipal (RNT / KRNT) , USA - Washington June 7, 2013
An A-26C sits on the tarmac in Renton enjoying the sun.
- Air Force: Private - Air USA Inc.
- Aircraft: Aero L-39ZA Albatros
- Registration: NX109ZA / 109 (cn 734109)
- Views: 1517
- Location: Yakima - McAllister Field (YKM / KYKM) , USA - Washington June 19, 2013
One of Air USA's L-59 Super Albatross aircraft prepares to taxi out for a mission to the Yakima Training Center to assist US Army JTAC troops readying for deployment.
- Air Force: USA - Air Force
- Aircraft: Boeing C-17A Globemaster III
- Registration: 09-9210 (cn F233/P210) Aircraft Info
- Views: 1322
- Location: Moses Lake - Grant County Int. (Larson AFB) (MWH / LRN) , USA - Washington April 18, 2013
With engines still running, this C-17 offloads a crew and supplies to get another Globemaster airborne after an emergency landing at Grant County International.
- Air Force: India - Navy
- Aircraft: Boeing P-8I Neptune
- Registration: IN321 / ARK (cn 40611/4014)
- Views: 1902
- Location: Moses Lake - Grant County Int. (Larson AFB) (MWH / LRN) , USA - Washington April 17, 2013
Another P-8I Neptune for the Indian Navy comes in on final approach to Grant County on a beautiful spring day.
- Air Force: Canada - Air Force
- Aircraft: Sikorsky CH-124A Sea King (S-61A)
- Registration: 12413 / 413 (cn 61-256) Aircraft Info
- Views: 1514
- Location: Seattle - Boeing Field / King County Int. (BFI / KBFI) , USA - Washington April 26, 2013
This CH-124 stopped by the Museum of Flight for a while and then took back off for Vancouver on a nice sunny day in Seattle.
- Air Force: USA - Navy
- Aircraft: Lockheed P-3C Orion
- Registration: 163291 / 291 (cn 285G-5816) Aircraft Info
- Views: 1584
- Location: Moses Lake - Grant County Int. (Larson AFB) (MWH / LRN) , USA - Washington April 23, 2013
291 basks in the spring sunlight as it works the pattern over Grant County International.
- Air Force: USA - Air Force
- Aircraft: Boeing C-17A Globemaster III
- Registration: 10-0217 (cn F248/P217) Aircraft Info
- Views: 1293
- Location: Moses Lake - Grant County Int. (Larson AFB) (MWH / LRN) , USA - Washington April 18, 2013
This C-17 broke down during touch and go practice at Moses Lake and had to stay the night until another C-17 could be brought in with supplies and a maintenance crew.
- Air Force: Private - Flying Heritage Collection
- Aircraft: Messerschmitt Bf-109E-3
- Registration: 1342 (cn 1342)
- Views: 1431
- Location: Everett - Snohomish County / Paine Field (PAE / KPAE) , USA - Washington April 12, 2013
A close-up of the badge painted on the fuselage of the FHC's BF-109. Tanslated, it means "God Destroy England". This aircraft was mortally wounded during the Battle of Britain and crash-landed on the coast of France.
- Air Force: Private - Flying Heritage Collection
- Aircraft: Mitsubishi A6M3 Zero
- Registration: NX3852 / UI-161 (cn 3852)
- Views: 1928
- Location: Everett - Snohomish County / Paine Field (PAE / KPAE) , USA - Washington April 12, 2013
FHC's Zero sits in the new hanger on Paine Field during the Opening Day celebration.
- Air Force: Private - Flying Heritage Collection
- Aircraft: Polikarpov I-16
- Registration: NX7459 / 4 RED (cn 2421014)
- Views: 1674
- Location: Everett - Snohomish County / Paine Field (PAE / KPAE) , USA - Washington April 12, 2013
The wreckage of this I-16 was discovered in Russia in 1991 and was re-built in the same factory where it was manufactured originally. It is one of the few flying I-16's left in the world today. The world's only surviving FW-190 D-13 is in the background.
- Views: 1421
- Location: Everett - Snohomish County / Paine Field (PAE / KPAE) , USA - Washington April 12, 2013
The elongated nose section containing the inverted Jumo engine of the only D-13 Dora to have survived the war, now on display (in flying condition) at Paul Allen's museum in Everett, Washington.
- Air Force: Private - Flying Heritage Collection
- Aircraft: Focke-Wulf Fw-190A-5
- Registration: N19027 / A (cn 151227)
- Views: 1999
- Location: Everett - Snohomish County / Paine Field (PAE / KPAE) , USA - Washington April 12, 2013
This beautiful Butcher Bird is part of Paul Allen's Flying Heritage Collection and is routinely flown during "free fly days" during the summer in the skies over Everett, WA
- Air Force: Private - Flying Heritage Collection
- Aircraft: Messerschmitt Bf-109E-3
- Registration: NX342FH (cn 1342)
- Views: 1947
- Location: Everett - Snohomish County / Paine Field (PAE / KPAE) , USA - Washington April 12, 2013
Mortally wounded, this BF-109 limped back to the French coastline during the Battle of Britain where it crash landed. Unlike many preserved BF-109's which contain license-built parts from Spain, this aircraft contains 100% original German parts.
- Air Force: USA - Air Force
- Aircraft: Boeing B-52G Stratofortress
- Registration: 59-2584 (cn 464347)
- Views: 1768
- Location: Everett - Snohomish County / Paine Field (PAE / KPAE) , USA - Washington March 22, 2013
A whole different context on the term "Cold Warrior".
- Air Force: USA - Navy
- Aircraft: Lockheed P-3C Orion
- Registration: 158935 / 935 (cn 285A-5607) Aircraft Info
- Views: 1177
- Location: Moses Lake - Grant County Int. (Larson AFB) (MWH / LRN) , USA - Washington March 12, 2013
This P-3C came up to Whidbey Island from NAS Jacksonville and broke down while working the pattern at KMWH. Why couldn't this happen on a sunny day?
- Air Force: USA - Army
- Aircraft: Beech C-12T-3 Huron (Super King Air B200C)
- Registration: 84-00149 (cn BL-79)
- Views: 1692
- Location: Yakima - McAllister Field (YKM / KYKM) , USA - Washington March 18, 2013
A US Army National Guard C-12 Huron makes a refueling stop at McAllister Field. This C-12 is an ex-USAF bird, now based at Joint Base Lewis McChord.
- Air Force: Private
- Aircraft: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
- Registration: N9505C (cn 1581) Aircraft Info
- Views: 2193
- Location: Ephrata - Ephrata Municipal Airport (EPH / KEPH) , USA - Washington February 26, 2013
Some times it pays to get lost at a small airport...You find cool things like this run-down PBY Catalina. According to on-line sources, this is the PBY from the movie Always.