Airshow done and dusted for 2025. Wish it wasn't so military centric, seems to have changed under new hands. Car park and traffic is still insane.
USMC F-35B of VMFAT-502 'Flying Nightmares" 168724 shows off its hovering skills at the Capital Airshow, Mather Field, California March 2025 #airshow #capitalairshow #aviation #AvGeek #spotter #photography #Nikon #nikonphotgraphy #CCA2025 #F35B #USMC #VMFAT502 #Hover #VTOL
de Havilland DH-98 Mosquito N474PZ (1945!) shows off her planform at the Capital Airshow, Mather Field, California March 2025 #airshow #capitalairshow #aviation #AvGeek #spotter #photography #Nikon #nikonphotgraphy #CCA2025 #deHavilland #Mosquito #Warbird #WWII #UK #British #RAF
P-51D-20NA N473TF "Big Beautiful Doll" makes a pass at the at the Capital Airshow, Mather Field, California March 2025 #airshow #P51 #P51D #Mustang #WWII #Warbird #capitalairshow #aviation #AvGeek #spotter #photography #Nikon #nikonphotgraphy #CCA2025
CAL FIRE S-70i Firehawk makes a pass at Capital Airshow, Mather Field, California. March 2025 #airshow #capitalairshow #aviation #AvGeek #spotter #CALFIRE #FIREHAWK #S70i #fire #aerialfirefighting #aviationdaily #photography #Nikon #nikonphotgraphy #CCA2025 #Z9
Past and Present: P-47G NX47FG Thunderbolt (rare Razorback variant) takes off behind Blue Angel #5 at the Capital Airshow, Mather Field, California March 2025 #airshow #capitalairshow #aviation #AvGeek #spotter #photography #Nikon #nikonphotgraphy #CCA2025 #P47 #Thunderbolt #Warbird #WWII
Grumman TBF Avenger makes a pass at the Capital Airshow, Mather Field, California March 2025 #airshow #TBF #Avenger #Grumman #Torpedo #WWII #Warbird #capitalairshow #aviation #AvGeek #spotter #photography #Nikon #nikonphotgraphy #CCA2025
USMC F-35B of VMFAT-502 'Flying Nightmares" 168724 vapor across the wing allows visualization of the airflow. Capital Airshow, Mather Field, California March 2025 #airshow #capitalairshow #aviation #AvGeek #spotter #photography #Nikon #nikonphotgraphy #CCA2025 #F35B #USMC #VMFAT502
USN Blue Angel #6 shows off its control surfaces. Note the rudder and ailerons deflected for a hard right and the leading edge extensions fully deployed, Mather Field, California. March 2025 #airshow #capitalairshow #aviation #AvGeek #spotter #USN #BlueAngels #aviationdaily #photography #Nikon #nikonphotgraphy #CCA2025 #Z9
CALFIRE C-130 N462DF makes a pass at Capital Airshow, Mather Field, California. March 2025 #airshow #capitalairshow #aviation #AvGeek #spotter #CALFIRE #C130 #fire #aerialfirefighting #aviationdaily #photography #Nikon #nikonphotgraphy #CCA2025 #Z9
Bonus Photo of the Day 26th March 2025.
G-BOAB, British Aircraft Corporation Concorde 102, British Airways, Taxiing along the runway after landing at Farnborough Airshow, some time in the 1990s.
#Farnborough #FAB #EGLF #AirShow #BritishAircraftCorporation #Concorde #BritishAirways
#Avgeek #aviation #planespotting #photography
The only flying example of of a PBJ-1J (Navy version of the B-25) N5865Vmakes a pass with bomb bay doors open at the Capital Airshow, Mather Field, California. March 2025 #airshow #capitalairshow #aviation #AvGeek #spotter #USN #B25 #PBJ #photography #Nikon #nikonphotgraphy #CCA2025 #Z9 #Warbird #WWII
Supermarine 361 Spitfire LF.XVIe NX752TB makes a pass Capital Airshow, Mather Field, California. March 2025 #airshow #capitalairshow #aviation #AvGeek #spotter #Spitfire #SupermarineSpitfire #aviationdaily #photography #Nikon #nikonphotgraphy #CCA2025 #Z9 #BattleofBritan
USAF F-16 Viper Demo with USAF Maj. Taylor "FEMA" Hiester reefs into a turn and bring the heat at the Capital Airshow, Mather Field, California. March 2025 #airshow #capitalairshow #aviation #AvGeek #spotter #aviationdaily #photography #Nikon #nikonphotgraphy #CCA2025 #P51 #F16
USN Blue Angel #4 powers through a turn at the Capital Airshow, Mather Field, California. March 2025 #airshow #capitalairshow #aviation #AvGeek #spotter #USN #BlueAngels #aviationdaily #photography #Nikon #nikonphotgraphy #CCA2025 #Z9
Stuart Humphryes, @official_babelcolour, cleaned & enhanced this autochrome taken at the first Paris Air Show, at the Grand Palais, by Léon Gimpel, on September 30th, 1909, less than 6 years after the Wright Brothers' first successful flight.
This is the autochrome's original colour, and has not been not colourised.
USN Blue Angels 1-4 begin a break at the Capital Airshow, Mather Field, California. March 2025 #airshow #capitalairshow #aviation #AvGeek #spotter #USN #BlueAngels #aviationdaily #photography #Nikon #nikonphotgraphy #CCA2025 #Z9