Wunala gives one final spirited bank over the vast Mojave Desert as her Qantas flying career comes to an untimely end.

Enroute from Fort Worth to Abilene in this incredible piece of history.

Tanker 102 drops a load of Phos-Chek on the Chalk Mountain fire located about 45 miles southwest of the DFW area.

Erickson Aero Tanker's beautiful Tanker 60 - a 1958 Douglas DC-7B. She started her life with Eastern Air Lines before being converted into a fire bomber. Here she is operating out of the Redmond, Oregon tanker base to make drops on the Green Ridge Fire near Sisters, Oregon back in August 2020.

Fireworks and American military might at the 2021 Sun N Fun Aerospace Expo!

Air to air over Lake Lewisville, Texas with one stunning RV-8!

Few know that behind the Pima Air & Space Museum are the remains of a historic USAF aircraft. On August 25, 1968, then Major Hunter F. Hackney flew 2 drop passes over the Duc Lap Special Forces camp in South Vietnam in support of US and ARVN troops. The drops delivered vitally needed ammunition through vicious concentrations of anti-aircraft and automatic weapons fire in which Hackney's Caribou sustained severe battle damage. Major Hackney then flew the paralyzed aircraft to a nearby forward operating base Ban Me Thout. Fully aware that the defenders of Duc Lap wouldn't be able to survive the night without further resupply, he then obtained this very Caribou and once again headed towards the fight, successfully dropping more supplies and again sustaining severe battle damage. The defenders of Duc Lap survived the siege which ended several days later. For his airmanship, bravery, and heroism, Major Hackney was awarded the Air Force Cross and the RVN Gallantry Cross with Silver Star. Another Caribou on display at the National Museum of the US Air Force is painted as this airframe, but this is the real deal.

P-47 Thunderbolt "Bonnie" down low at EAA AirVenture 2023.

NASA817 ascending to the skies for a crew proficiency flight. What a thrill seeing the iconic lines of the Douglas DC-8 passing us below!

UH-60 Blackhawk of the Oregon Air National Guard in the hover.

A vast sea of lights surround the most iconic airplane in the world as it's prepped for its late night departure back to Washington DC.

A USMC F-35B takes its first flight with a USAF F-35A acting as chase.

Dramatic cone of vapor from this F-35A at the 2018 Fort Worth Alliance Air Show!

Bruce Dickinson, lead singer of Iron Maiden in front of the CAF's B-29, FiFi.

Vampire basking under the glow of fireworks at the 2022 edition of Sun n Fun.

The beautiful Twin Mustang performing a flyby at the 2019 EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh.

The mighty F-22 Raptor pulls into the vertical during the sunset airshow at EAA AirVenture 2023.

E-6B Mercury passing in front of a full moon.

Southwest taxiing among the giants at LAX

An American Super 80 taxis in at DFW a week before the type was retired from the fleet.

Beautiful Ameristar Diesel Niner departing Addison, TX

Sunrise at Dallas Love Field.

Spooky P-8A Poseidon beginning to taxi out at Dallas Love Field.

Kalitta Charters II Boeing 727 departing Dallas Love Field during golden hour.

Three generations of SWA at Houston Hobby.

Beautiful evening light as this American Boeing 787 Dreamliner departs DFW.

10 Tanker's DC-10 Very Large Air Tanker (VLAT) departs Fort Worth Alliance Airport after receiving maintenance work.

Southwest 737 slowing down in heavy precipitation at Dallas Love Field.

Deicing at Dallas Love Field during a historical week of winter weather.

Frontier A320Neo departing Houston Intercontinental Airport.

Three generations of Southwest Airlines at Phoenix Sky Harbor!

Mike Patey's heavily modified Carbon Cub "Scrappy" at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2021.

The Orbis Flying Eye Hospital DC-10 departs Fort Worth Meacham Airport after a long sit during the peak of COVID.

Ship 4XC performing what was by far the most spectacular departure of the Roswell boneyard-bound American Super 80s that day.. The American Mad Dogs bid adieu to Dallas/Fort Worth after 36 years of service!

The American Eagle retro-themed Embraer 175 touching down at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.

Two Formula One class racers trade paint at the Reno Air Races. Thankfully, both pilots managed to land safely!

Face to face with the mighty FedEx MD-10 at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.

Vast sea of stored cargo jets at the Victorville Airport in Southern California.

Retired KLM Queen under the stars at Mojave

KC-135 departing as part of a mass launch demonstration at Altus AFB

Omni 767-200 blowing away snow as it departs Fort Worth Alliance Airport.

The rare EC-130J Commando Solo under the fireworks finale at EAA AirVenture 2021.

A line of fresh Qantas Boeing 747-400ER arrivals to the Mojave boneyard post-retirement in July 2020.

Onboard a Cessna Citation Excel business jet as we depart the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.

The beautiful Southwest Airlines "Freedom One" 737 taxiing in at Dallas Love Field.

The elusive Dallas Love Field-based US Navy P-3 Orion taxiing in at 4 AM after an overnight mission.

E-2 Hawkeye coming in for a pass at EAA Airventure 2022.

An F-16D of the Florida Makos departing Homestead ARB.

The E-2 Hawkeye Demo Team making a formation pass at EAA AirVenture 2023.

The B-17 Texas Raiders of the Commemorative Air Force making a pass at Wings Over Dallas 2022 before her untimely loss..

Inside the cockpit of a Kalitta Charters II Boeing 727 in between flights at Dallas Love Field.

Space Shuttle Discovery flanked by the American flag at the Smithsonian in Washington DC.

A Kalitta Charters II Boeing 727 basking in a Dallas sunset in between flights.

BUFF and beef! A Boeing B-52 bomber returns to Barksdale AFB in Louisiana after a local training mission.

P-51 Mustang formation take off at the 2019 Wings Over Dallas Air Show.

USA Jet Boeing 727 departing Seattle's Boeing Field.

Beautiful Vans RV-8 above Justin, Texas.

The MiG-29 Fulcrum of the Polaris Program pulling up during the air show at EAA AirVenture 2022.

The flight engineer stays laser-focused managing B-29 FiFi's four Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone engines enroute to Abilene.

An E-3 Sentry (AWACs) returning to Tinker AFB, Oklahoma among stormy skies.

The crew of Honolulu-bound ADB3845 Heavy release the brakes and advance the four Progress D-18T turbofans to take off thrust, leaving a massive trail of thick exhaust behind it as it departs Dallas/Fort Worth.

The Bayou Militia of the Louisiana Air National Guard gracing the ramp at Fort Worth's Alliance Airport, including F-15C Eagle 85-0102 which shot down 3 enemy aircraft in a 10-day span during Desert Storm! So glad to finally have caught this particular historic airframe.

"Boeing 702 Heavy" departing a cloudy Everett for Portland to receive its Atlas Air paint job. This was one of the final three 747s on order and is now a scene of the past after 53 iconic years. What a bittersweet moment. Long live the Queen!

Doesn't get much more American than this! American Airlines MD-83 touching down at DFW.

T-6 Texan down low in the weeds at the 2022 Reklaw Fly-In!

The last remaining airworthy L-1011 TriStar soaking in the Mojave sunrise.

Curt Lewis' impressive remote control recreation of the Commemorative Air Force B-24 "Diamond Lil" in flight.

Southwest 737 landing during spring in Dallas.

British Airways 747 flaring for touchdown at Miami International Airport.

Lit up prop disk of this Vans RV-8 over North Texas.

Endless rows of C-5 Galaxy airlifters at the Davis-Monthan AFB boneyard.

This Conquest Air crew fires up the radial engine on this classic Convair C-131 at Opa Locka Airport, Florida.

The business end of the A-10 Warthog at EAA AirVenture 2022.

The Dallas Love Field-based US Navy P-3 Orion departs at sunset for a long overnight mission.

Formation flight over Justin, Texas.

Southwest 737 departs Portland International Airport with Oregon's tallest mountain, Mt. Hood standing tall in the background.

Pictures you can hear... An Ameriflight Metroliner taxies in at sunset at Dallas/Fort Worth Internatioanl Airport.

Nice look into the large LEAP engines of the Boeing 737 MAX at Dallas Love Field.

Rows of stored aircraft at the Victorville Airport in Southern California.

The P-51 Mustang and F4U Corsair - two WWII legendary fighters in close formation during a stunning sunset at the 2021 Sun N Fun Air Show.

Laser focus for the crew of B-29 Superfortress FiFi as they slow down the iconic WWII heavy bomber upon landing.

Tanker 232 scooping up water from the Willamette River near Independence, Orgon to fight the nearby Liberty Fire. What an impressive machine!

Oregon ANG F-15 Eagle feeling the need for speed as it departs the Portland International Airport.

The iconic 747 Jumbo flanked by the starry night skies above Tucson at the Pima Air & Space Museum.

The United Airlines A320 Friend Ship retro jet departing the Portland International Airport.

Air France A380 partially eclipsing the moon as it flies above Las Vegas.

P-51D Mustang Gunfighter departs during the 2022 Wings Over Dallas Air Show.

The orca-themed Kenmore Air De Havilland Turbine Otter slows down on Lake Washington near Seattle.

The futuristic Beech Starship on final approach for Addison Airport.

Some of the 57 C-5A Galaxies in storage at Tucson's Davis-Monthan AFB boneyard. Shortly after this photo was taken, the USAF began scrapping some of the Galaxies in this photo.

Parallel take offs by these two American Airlines Boeing 737s departing DFW.

P-40 Warhawk climbing out of Dallas Executive Airport at the 2022 Wings Over Dallas Air Show.

Avro Shackleton under the night sky at the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona.

Golden light on this USAF C-133 Globemaster at the Pima Air & Space Museum.

The stunning Howard 500, an executive transport built in the early 1960s, departs the Fort Worth Alliance Airport. The aircraft had exceptional performance for the time, able to cruise at 300 knots and 21,000 feet. Sadly, this is another story of the right aircraft at the wrong time. By the early 60s, the executive market was already being taken over by turboprop aircraft such as the Gulfstream 1, and the Howard struggled to compete on the market. In the end, only 17 of these stunning aircraft were built.

The four Ivchenko AI-20 turboprop engines on this AN-12 produce a deafening roar as the 51 year old classic gets marshaled into the West Cargo ramp at DFW.

Beautiful Waco amphibian at Flying Oaks Airport in Azle, Texas.

The USAF WC-135W Constant Phoenix beating up the pattern at the Greenville Majors Airport before being prepped for retirement to Davis-Monthan's AMARG boneyard.

The Commemorative Air Force Bell P-63F Kingcobra performing at the 2022 Wings Over Dallas Air Show.

FedEx MD-10 freighter departs DFW.

EAGLE01 shatters the still morning air to go up against two TacAir F-5 Tigers. This superb livery honors the namesake of Kingsley ANGB, 2nd Lt David R Kingsley. Kingsley, an Oregon-native, served as a B-17 bombardier in WWII. On June 23, 1944, his B-17 was damaged during a raid on the Ploesti oil fields. The pilot gave the bailout order but unfortunately one of the crewmembers parachutes was damaged. Kingsley elected to give his chute up and stay with the stricken B-17 and he was killed in action. This scheme was rolled out in 2019 to commemorate 75 years since his heroic actions over Romania.

The Commemorative Air Force PT-17 Stearman airborne above Fort Worth, Texas.

An A-10 Warthog banks out of Red Flag at Nellis AFB.

A ground-level view of the largest mass-produced piston-engined aircraft ever built, the Convair Peacemaker. This giant is on display at the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 FT (v1.2) lifts off the historic Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center! About 90 minutes after launch, the main cargo fairing released 54 satellites into low Earth orbit.

The last flying Lockheed L-1011 TriStar "Stargazer" in the pattern at the Mojave Air & Space Port.

The Commemorative Air Force's WASP AT-6 Texan "Nella" enjoying the fireworks show at EAA AirVenture 2023.

Dumbo, the only Douglas DC-3 on floats in the world under winter skies in Greenville, Maine.

Blue on blue! A KLM Airbus A330 arrives over the St Maarten's iconic Maho Beach.

SPAD 91, an F-16C (SN 86-0246), arrives at it's home base of NAS JRB Fort Worth in a fresh coat of paint to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the 457th Fighter Squadron "Spads." The tail sports the entire aircraft lineage of the 457th while the S/N sports a very Fort Worth western-style font. A welcome sight in a world where there is less and less color on military aircraft.

A vintage Luscombe performing a nice one-wheel touch and go at Northwest Regional Airport in Roanoke, Texas.

An Air Caraïbes ATR-72 departing Grand Case at sunset on the island of Saint Martin.

A 5 State Helicopters pilot expertly positions his vintage Sikorsky S-58T helicopter during a HVAC lift operation at a North Texas school. This classic helicopter was once the star of the 1980s TV series Riptide.

Head on with a T-34 Mentor as it departs Caddo Mills, just east of the Dallas/Fort Worth area.

B-25 Mitchell "Panchito" at EAA AirVenture 2023.

An F-16 pulling incredible vapor at the 2023 Wings Over Homestead Air Show.

An Everts Air MD-83 freighter close to touching down on a late summer evening at Seattle's Boeing Field.

USAF Heritage Flight Team flying among beautiful sunset skies at EAA AirVenture 2022.

Conair's Tanker 540 performs a drop test for the US Forest Service in Lancaster, California. The Dash 8 Q400 had recently replaced the classic Convair 580s in the company's aerial firefighting fleet.

Classic lines of the Lockheed Jetstar at the Aviation History & Technology Center in Marietta, Georgia.

Tanker 23 wasting no time turning for the latest wildfire Northwest of Chico, California. So great to see these ex-Aero Union P-3 Orions get another lease on life!

The Collings Foundation F-4 Phantom departs Houston's Ellington Field at sunrise.

The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (better known as SOFIA) arrives back to Palmdale just before sunrise after an overnight astronomy mission. This 747SP was operated by NASA and was used as an airborne observatory. During 10-hour, overnight flights, it observed celestial magnetic fields, star-forming regions, comets, nebulae, and the Galactic Center.

The BONE (B-1 Lancer) rattling bones as it departs Nellis AFB for a night sortie during Red Flag 20-1.

The Commemorative Air Force Red Tail P-51 Mustang down low at the 2022 Wings Over Dallas Air Show.

Section take off by two P-51 Mustang at the 2022 Wings Over Dallas Air Show.

An artsy take on Southwest Airline's tribute to Texas, Lonestar One, departing Dallas Love Field.

The very C-47 that led the invasion of Normandy (D-Day) making a pass at the 2018 Wings Over Houston Air Show.

A look down the taxiway at this Phoenix Air Gulfstream I. Phoenix Air of Cartersville, Georgia was one of the last operators of the type before they were removed from service in 2021.

A Delta Air Lines 757 preparing for take off during the night time departure rush at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.

A WWII-era P-51 Mustang is flanked by two fifth-generation fighters - the F-35 Lightning II and F-22 Raptor.

A Boeing 737 MAX 10 testbed departs Boeing Field while a Prime Air Boeing 767-300 freighter departs nearby Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in the background.

The Commemorative Air Force's TORA! TORA! TORA! Pearl Harbor reenactment in action at the 2019 Barksdale AFB Air Show.

The Southwest Airlines retro paintjob commemorating co-founder Herb Kelleher taxis in to the gate shortly after a late night arrival to Dallas Love Field.

A "hot reload" of fire retardant for this Cal Fire S-2T airtanker at the Redding, California USFS tanker base.

Air Force One eclipsing the sun on arrival to Dallas Love Field in 2020.

Beautiful sunrise over Central Texas from the window of a Southwest Airlines 737-300.

The very colorful nose of P-51 Mustang "Little Witch" at the 2022 SUN 'n FUN Aerospace Expo.

Nice low pass by this Yak-52TW at the 2022 Reklaw Fly-In.