Splashdown!

is this superb Howard DGA-15 flying over a stunning autumnal background.

is the theme of today’s National Poetry Day.

I like that and have chosen this poem Antoine by Dave Nicholls about the flying hero and writer Antoine de Saint Exupéry.

There is another Heroes and Heroines… post over on Flighty’s plot.

The French Air Force has just taken delivery of  this brand new Falcon 7X, which I think has a superbly simple yet smart colour scheme!

is my favourite aviation poem.

It can be found in the book Because I Fly : A Collection of Aviation Poetry by Helmut H. Reda, Editor.

this is!

of the night kind!

Wings and water!

Fraggle’s son Robin got two Red Arrows 2009 posters signed by all the team at an airshow he recently went to.  One was for himself, which I’m sure has pride of place on his bedroom wall, and the other he kindly sent to me!

Thanks Robin!

Here’s a great photo of the Reds in action!

The various Dassault Falcon aircraft are my favourite executive jets. Among the ones seen at RAF Northolt recently have been these three.

The only British Falcon 10 is seen here taking off from Samedan/St.Moritz during February.

This is a classic shot of a Caymans Islands Falcon 900 landing at Zurich in January 2007.

Here’s a new Bermudan Falcon 7X on the apron at Zurich during January.

I think that these superb photos represent aviation photography at its best.