Aeronumerology Blog
Just a wee swally – make mine a Buckie!
Naw Then... Whit a Pure Stoater o' a Security Leak! Ye honestly couldnae make this up. So, here's the story. A certain orange-haired occupant o' the White Hoose wis gifted a shiny Boeing 747-8i, reportedly worth aboot $400 million, by officials fae Qatar. "Naw strings...
The Boutique Flying Experience – The New PAN AM
Pan Am's Return to the Water? Few names evoke the romance of the Golden Age of Aviation quite like Pan American World Airways. For decades, Pan Am's famous "Clipper" flying boats connected continents before the arrival of long-range landplanes transformed...
Catalina II – would be nice.
Straight from the Catalina II news outlets. Pan American Airways System (PAAS) has submitted a funded Letter Of Intent (LOI) to Catalina Aircraft Trust, LLC (Catalina Aircraft) for the purchase of up to forty-six (46) new production amphibious flying boats. Equipped...
If Carlsberg did free gifts!
The World's Most Expensive Free Gift There was once a rather important gentleman who was presented with the bargain of a lifetime, a plush and almost new wide-bodied aircraft reportedly worth around $400 million. It was described as a no strings attached gift,...
Images, the historical perspective.
Aviation Images and History From the earliest days of powered flight, aviation photography has played a significant role in preserving the history of aircraft. The people who designed and flew them, the events that shaped the modern world all equally important. Grainy...
On commemorative paint work, The Special Schemes.
Anniversary Images One of the areas where the official websites tend to score, is the availability of the anniversary image. When a unit or an aircraft have an anniversary to mark, quite often it is marked with a special colour scheme. Solo Display Image One of the...
Finding Military Aircraft Photos Online
What's out there and where to get it. Whether you're an aviation enthusiast, historian, scale modeller, researcher, or photographer, it has never been easier to find photographs of military aircraft. From modern high-resolution digital images to century-old archive...
Repository Image quality, as variable as the content.
Looking at quality. The quality of the imagery available for download from archive sites like The National Archives is variable to say the least. To some extent, there is the issue surrounding the technology available when hard copy was digitised. But in some cases,...
Aircraft Images, A Quick Guide to the public repositories.
Finding those striking images! Every now and again we see an outstanding military aviation image, the kind that leaves the viewer wondering about it. Surprisingly they can come from unexpected places, often made available to the public through official channels. These...