Aircraft Painting

The Tucson Bone Yard (Davis Monthan Air Force Base)

If you are ever in the Tucson area, the weekly tours of the bone yard are still given through the Tucson Air Museum, located just south of Davis Monthan Air Force Base.

The precision in the way they are parked is impressive. It is difficult to comprehend the size of the "Bone yard" and the number of aircraft stored there. Of course the important thing to remember is that they are all capable of being returned to flying condition if the
need ever arises.

Both the museum and the bone yard are very popular attractions in the Arizona desert. It is difficult to comprehend the number of military aircraft in dead storage until you see these photographs!

This is the 3rd largest Air Force in the world is sitting on the ground here. It's the only unit in the U.S. Air Force that actually makes a profit.






Thanks Julie

Jet Aircraft Breaking the Sound Barrier

Some scientists describe it as the visible manifestation of jet aircraft "breaking the sound barrier" (or creating a "sonic boom"). Others contend that these vaporous cones only form at "transonic" speeds (just under or over the speed of sound), may or may not be accompanied by a sonic boom, and strictly speaking have nothing to do with breaking the sound barrier. They are caused by a sudden drop in air pressure around the aircraft (see Prandtl-Glauert singularity). (about.com)

Thanks Julie

Sultan of Brunei's Private Airplane

[photos removed as owner's request]


This Airbus 340 aircraft was "remodeled" in Waco . Yes, the sinks are solid gold and one of them is Lalique crystal. The Sultan bought the aircraft for roughly $100M; had it flown to Waco , brand-new, had the interior completely removed; and had the folks at E-Systems (now Raytheon) install $120M worth of improvements inside and outside.

St. Maarten Airport

Amazing view of aeroplane. These pictures was taken from beach near Princess Juliana Airport, St Maarten.










About St. Maarten

Saint Martin (Dutch: Sint Maarten; French: Saint-Martin) is a tropical island in the northeast Caribbean, approximately 240 km (150 miles) east of Puerto Rico. The 88 km² (38 square-mile) island is divided roughly in half between France and the Netherlands; it is the smallest inhabited land mass in the world that is divided between two nations (with the possible exception of a small island in Boundary Lake, between the U.S. and Canada and about twenty other islands around the world). The southern Dutch half is called Sint Maarten and is part of the Netherlands Antilles; the northern French half is called Saint-Martin and is part of the French overseas région and département of Guadeloupe. Collectively, the two territories are known as, "St.-Martin/St. Maarten", "St. Martins", or simply, "SXM" (SXM is the IATA identifier for Princess Juliana International Airport, the island's main airport). [wikipedia]

Pictures from Airliners.net