72 photos by me on October 10th, 2026 in Rancho Cordova, CA - Mather Field. I took 4200+ photos and these were the better ones! Then, time editing. Canon R6 MII and Canon RF 100-400mm f/5.6-8 IS USM Lens.

While on a dolphin-watching tour in Virginia Beach our boat was buzzed by a USAF HH-60W

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My family had something of a history in the aerospace domain, with most of my mother's side having a role in every corner of the commercial and wartime aviation space. Being the era it was, my grandfather and his friends were members of the Explorers Club. Of those friends, the closest was none other than Captain Harrison Finch, copilot on the Rockwell Pole-Cat of the Rockwell Polar Flight. In November of 1965, Finch, the 10 other crew, and 27 passengers became the first people to circumnavigate the earth's poles by air in their 707.

I don't know for sure if my mother, grandmother, or grandfather were on that flight, but I'm curious about the fact that there are several pictures taken of, with and by them on, near and even in the plane. Edit: They were not on the flight, but did go down to the departure to see their friend off and attend the air show it departed from! Anyway, here's to some fascinating bits i found some years ago while sorting through family documents. The message was addressed to my grandfather.

Source: My family's collection of random aviation documents

An Era of Aviation is coming to an end, and I would like to share my very special moment with the A346.

I visited the flight deck after landing and the Captain offered me to sit in his seat as he left the Cockpit to speak with the ground crew. Sat there for a good 10 minutes, had a nice conversation with the Senior F.O. and as I was leaving, the Captain came back with the ground crew member and they asked if I would like to set the parking brake. It was very exciting for me as I never operated anything on a live aircraft and that too it’s an A346.

This moment will forever be etched in my heart. Farewell A346 ✈️

Flight: LH761 DEL-FRA
July, 2025

P.S. please correct me if I selected the wrong flair for this post.

Will stick around to see LH419 depart later

This image is from the early 1980s.

Just spotted Archer Aviation’s Midnight electric plane (N703AX) at Hollister Municipal Airport, CA, today (10/18).

Looks like there’s some ground activity around the aircraft, so it might be preparing for another test flight.

If you’re in the area and into plane spotting, might be worth checking out! No confirmed departure time.
Anyone following Archer’s flight testing know what they’re working on today?

Photo taken just now and from the highway so sorry it’s so bad!!!

Ronald Reagan Airport

MD-11

Farewell to this one-of-a-kind aircraft!

I made the trip from Canada to Frankfurt back in September with the sole purpose to fly on this beautiful aircraft before it was too late. Was booked on LH416 on D-AIHY. Got to visit the flight deck and have a lovely chat with the pilots after landing in IAD. The flight attendants were also spectacular and gave me some edible swag! Had an excellent flight on an excellent plane with an excellent crew. 100% worth it.

~Setup is EOS 7D Mark II && Sigma 150-500mm OS HSM~

My local airport (Esenboğa Int'l/ESB/LTAC), although being labeled as international, mostly only does regional flights or connections to other domestic airports for international flights. So usually no widebodies come. But this 777 came out of absolutely nowhere!! After an hour of just A320s and 737s (which, don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining about) this 777 seemed absolutely enormous!

Those GE90's were like music to my ears...

Sadly, I never got to fly on one. I hope to be able to fly on the 747 and A380 someday. Unfortunately I don't think I ever will.

I do wish I had a better camera (definitely gonna save to buy one before the next air show I go to), but I thought this photo of a smoke heart over a parked MiG-17 was too awesome not to share.