Friday Photo: Reno Air Races 2023
Sport class racers join up on the pace plane for the final Reno Air Races of 2023.
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Friday photo: two Boeings
I had been flying local ride flights from the FBO ramp with a Boeing 737 BBJ parked close by. During a break between rides, I was admiring the two aircraft from the same manufacturer. Their vast differences in design and function, yet commonality of mission and operation at a basic level.
Friday photo: B17 over the Boeing plant
I thought what better than to fly the iconic Boeing B-17G over the Boeing plant to mark the day. Shiny new jets were parked below as the old gal still gracefully flies overhead 87 years since the first B-17 rolled off the assembly floor.
Friday photo: Generations of air travel
The view: A DC-3 sits outside the Frontiers of Flight museum ramp as a 737NG shadow departs. The first 737-300 delivered to Southwest airlines is also just visible in the upper left corner. The pilot: Chris Schaich The airplane: Boeing 737 The mission: I had flown into Dallas prior to this and saw the DC-3 […]
Friday Photo: a Stearman patiently waits
This was the end of day 7 of a 9-day journey flying cross country to get the plane to its new home in May of 2020. We had been battling high winds and turbulence for seven hours by the time we landed at Winslow, AZ (INS). We pushed the big biplane out of the wind and into the hangar that the airport FBO made available to us. After closing up the doors and unloading, I took a minute to take in the view.
Friday Photo: stunning Arizona sunset
The flight started out as an early evening flight to just go flying. I stopped and refueled at Ak Chin just as the sun was getting low on the horizon. I departed for KCHD in time to catch this fantastic sunset over Maricopa. It reminded me of the Arizona flag.