Northrop T-38N Talon in NASA livery sits on tarmac. Decked out in NASA livery, white with a blue stripe running the length of the fuselage. The NASA meatball looks glorious on the tail fin. Photo by @machspeed.bsky.social

NASA astronauts have the best company cars.

Ridiculously excited for the Artemis II mission. NASA is the feel-good we could all use. Humanity can be amazing when we bother to try.

NASA T-38N Talon.

#T-38Talon #Talon #NASA #Astronauts #JetTrainer #Aviation #Photography #Airshow #AVgeek #ArtemisII

T minus 10 minutes!!!

🤣🤣
They left the gold on the cutting room floor!

Screenshot taken from live NASA feed in the lead up to the Artemis launch.

HYPE!!!
Go NASA go!!
#Artemis #NASA

P-51C Mustang sits backlit catching the sun on a tarmac. Blue painted nose giving way to a natural metal finish with nice patina weathering (for my scale modeling friends). Princess Elizabeth is stenciled white on blue and red on the bare metal. Photo by @machspeed.bsky.social

Who's a pretty Princess?
Yes you are!

P-51C-10-NA Princess Elizabeth
s/n 43-25147

#P-51Mustang #Mustang #Aviation #Photography #Airshow #Warbird #Noseart #AVgeek

Great shot of a beautiful bird!

Really wish I could have gotten some nice prop blur. The cheap lens I was using would error-out my camera body if I tried to shoot slow shutter speeds while zoomed in.

Fat Albert C-130 Blue Angels support aircraft making a banking topside turn. Photo by @machspeed.bsky.social

🎵 I'm not a player I just crush a lot 🎶

Blue Angels Fat Albert
Lockheed C-130 Hercules

Back when they still had JATO bottles

#C-130Hercules #C-130 #FatAlbert #BlueAngels #Airshow #Aviation #Photography #AVgeek

This is how to statue.

White T-45C Goshawk naval jet trainer with black and orange nose and orange tail fin seen parked in a static display. Photo by @machspeed.bsky.social

McDonnell Douglas T-45 Goshawk carrier capable naval jet trainer.
It seems crazy to me that the USN is moving away from carrier qualified trainers. Seems like one of those decisions someone will "learn from" later?

#T-45Goshawk #T-45 #Goshawk #JetTrainer #Hawk #Aviation #Photography #AVgeek

Two Harvard MK IV's dressed as A6M Zeros take flight. Photo by @machspeed.bsky.social

1 + 1 ≠ Zeros

#HarvardMkIV #A6MZero #Zero #A6M #Aviation #Photography #Airshow #AVgeek

There was a time when a challenge like this would have been met with at least a dozen photos of Jags, Buccs, Spits, Mossies, Hurricanes, Gnats, etc... all flying a mere stack of teacups high off the floor. (Look at me using the metric system!)

F-15C 82-0034 of the USAF West Coast Demo Team makes a high speed, low altitude pass along the flightline. I suspect UK aviation friends will not let this go unanswered. Photo by @machspeed.bsky.social

How to get your UK friends to post cool aircraft pictures.

Ahem. Here we go...

American F-15 pilot makes a very low altitude pass along runway.

#F-15Eagle #F-15 #Eagle #LowAltitude #Aviation #Photography #AVgeek #Airshow #HowLowCanYouGo

Corsair is happy you booped its nose. Head on view of A-7E Corsair II on display at the National Naval Aviation Museum aboard NAS Pensacola. The large engine air intake makes it look as if it is smiling happily. Photo by @machspeed.bsky.social

Everything kinda stinks right now so how about a smile from an A-7E Corsair II to brighten our day?

#A-7Corsair #A-7 #Corsair #Aviation #Photography #Museum #AVgeek #NASPensacola

That ghost is clearly an SEP.

(Somebody Else's Problem)

You can only see it if you don't look directly at it.

Yes Very Sad Anyway Loki Sad GIF ALT: Yes Very Sad Anyway Loki Sad GIF

Prices have taken a beating?

"Why are we playing with these guys?"

In my head? Yes... yes indeed.

You are lucky!!!
I took them for granted because they always used to be everywhere. Realized today that I haven't heard that sound in years!

When you hear this sound, you absolutely stop what you are doing and rush outside.

A pair of UH-1 Huey's make a surprise appearance. Not sure who they are, as they aren't pinging and I couldn't make out any markings.

#UH-1Huey #Huey #UH-1Iroquois #Iroquois #Helicopter #Aviation #AVgeek

Film poster for The Final Countdown. The best naval aviation movie of the 80's. Yeah, I said it. IYKYK (Not my photo, obviously)

Real ones know

#Aviation #Film #AVgeek

Scooters are my happy place.

Thank you

Goodyear manufactured version of the beautiful Vought Corsair. FG-1D Corsair running for takeoff on a heat-blurred runway. Sea Blue with white checkerboard on the tail fin and engine cowling. One of the first planes in the Commemorative Air Force collection of vintage warbirds. Photo by @machspeed.bsky.social

FG-1D Corsair taking off.
Shot through the unavoidable heat rising from a Florida runway, she's still a beautiful sight to me.

#FG-1DCorsair #Corsair #Aviation #Photography #Airshow #Warbird #AVgeek

Fair trade

These should be in Ukraine.

I sometimes do a double take too 🤣

😂 When you absolutely, positively need to slip through a rough day and smell bad doing it!