Lytham St Annes Spitfire Memorial in Lytham St Annes, England

During World War II, locals rallied together to buy this plane to support the war effort.#localhistory #warhistory #warmemorial #memorials #worldwarii #airports #airplanes #aircraft #section-Atlas
Lytham St Annes Spitfire Memorial

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Old Warden Series [ X ]
1992 Sunset Flying III

Arrow Active

Built in 1932 for advanced flight training and competition.

#aviation #aircraft #vintageaircraft

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“He took information that was publicly available but labor-intensive to compile, and did something nobody else was doing...I don’t know if he expected this second career to make him basically the world’s only credible public source on U.S. deportation flights, just as they were becoming part of one of the United States’ biggest national news stories.”
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/ice-flight-tracker-deportations/682226/

Two wingwalkers during a display at the Bournemouth Air Festival in 2011.

#photography #planes #aircraft #displays #wingwalkers #biplanes

https://creativesplurgesdailyphoto.wordpress.com/2025/03/29/wingwalkers-2/

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Old Warden Series [ IX ]
1992 Sunset Flying III

Percival D3 Gull

#aviation #aircraft #vintageaircraft

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Illustration from the third Rosemary Kids series written by Alan French.

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Old Warden Series [ VI ]
1992 Sunset Flying III

English Electric Wren

#aviation #aircraft #vintageaircraft

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Old Warden Series [ IV ]
1992 Sunset Flying III

Ryan PT-22 Recruit [detail]

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I especially like the bit where it goes underground #planespotting #aircraft #flightradar24

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Old Warden Series [ II ]
1992 Sunset Flying III

Stampe SV-4C

#aviation #aircraft #vintageaircraft

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Old Warden Series [ I ]
1992 Sunset Flying III

Stampe SV-4C

#aviation #aircraft #vintageaircraft

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I wonder if anyone tracks the frequency of 7700 (emergency) declarations by aircraft by month/year.

DAL4 LHR->JFK diverted to SNN (plane safely on the ground now at SNN)

https://www.flightradar24.com/DAL4/39861cbb