Happy Birthday Bruce! This post is especially for you!

This link will take you to the US Air Force’s online photo gallery. They have some of the coolest airplane photos I’ve ever seen, and I’d say they must have pictures of every military aircraft ever flown.

For those of you that stumble upon this page that happen to be pilots like Bruce, be sure to check out his web page at NNumbers.com to buy all your aircraft registration lettering!
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Another post courtesy of Jimbo… This time take a ride along with the Swiss Air Force as they fly over some stunning scenery at what appears to be close to Mach 1 speeds.

I’m no expert but they kind of look like trainer planes especially since they don’t appear to be armed. But I’m sure Bruce could chime in and let us all know exactly which planes are appearing.
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Especially for you aeronautical fans out there, here is a collection of images you can use to decorate your desktop wallpaper.

Some of these photos are really, really cool. I especially like the one of a plane that looks like it’s breaking the sound barrier or something.

For the relatively minuscule price of $4,000,000, you’ll soon be able to park one of these babies in your personal driveway. Well, maybe if your drive way is about 1/4 of a mile long and has a hangar at the end of it. But that’s not the point… Honda is getting into the airplane business and they are doing it by launching the new HondaJet subsidiary.
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I don’t mean for this to sound insensitive, but… Great! Now every moron that decides to scribble a bomb threat on a napkin and leave it on a plane can ensure that the aviation industry cowers to their prank.
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