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Mooneys in echelon formation during the Mooney Caravan, viewed from above

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Aviation.

Aviation has been the rhythm since I was small; pilot training in progress. Mooney Caravan in summer, Oshkosh at the end of it, time at the airfield the rest of the year.

Caravan

Mooney Caravan — formation in cruise, the overhead break.

Two Mooneys in echelon formation, own wing visible from the cockpit
Three Mooneys in close formation, viewed from above
Two Mooneys in formation enroute, tilt-shift treatment

Oshkosh

EAA AirVenture — the airshow at the end of the Caravan.

F-22, F-35, A-10, F-16 heritage combat flight at Oshkosh
A-10 Thunderbolt II head-on, GAU-8 centered
Canadian Forces Snowbirds, 9-ship echelon
Snowbirds, 9-ship.
Sean Tucker's Oracle Challenger III biplane
Mike Patey's Scrappy
PBY Catalina
BETA Technologies electric aircraft on the ramp
Mooney Caravan 2025 crew on the Oshkosh grass
Crew, 2025.

The Mooney

The airframe — sunset, weather, the cockpit.

Mooney silhouette at sunset
Mooney cockpit view, Alberta storm cells building
Mooneys staged at Madison, Wisconsin, pre-Oshkosh formation staging
Mooneys in formation

Air Zoo, Kalamazoo

Inside the museum — SR-71, F-117, J58, an F-1 nozzle.

SR-71 NASA #831, side
SR-71 · NASA #831.
SR-71 trainer, wide
Pratt & Whitney J58 engine, beside SR-71
F-117 Nighthawk, three-quarter
F-1 rocket engine display
F-1 rocket engine nozzle, from below

RC — Yellow E-flite Extra 300

A day on the strip with the yellow Extra. Aerobatic RC — same flying at a different scale.

  1. On the field.

cf. The team aircraft are in Building →

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