As it's nearly the weekend, I thought I'd go for somethingf slightly different. So here's a picture of a Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor reflected in a crewman's visor while refueling.
Credit: US Air Force
Thanks to a lack of captions on the Canadian defence images website we're at a bit of a loss to explain what's going on in this picture. It's likely that its an interdiction training exercise using this de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter and the Bell 412 Griffon, but without independent verification, we're just guessing, frankly. Anyway, enjoy the pic.
Credit: Canadian Forces Combat Camera
Back from when aircraft were aircraft and photos were photos - complete with scratches, dust, noise and other associated lo-fi goodness - is this little gem from our archives of this de Havilland DH106 Comet. Lovely and from before we had colour too.
Credit: Flightglobal
Ahead of its delivery at the end of September, United Airlines' initial Boeing 787 has completed its first production flight. The aircraft took off from Boeing's Paine Field in Everett, Washington on Sunday 19 August. The flight tested the 787's onboard systems at high and medium altitudes. They also checked back-up and safety elements, including cabin pressurisation, avionics, navigation and communications systems.
Credit: United Airlines
Fresh from user vipmig on our AirSpace site is this lovely image of one of the Red Arrows. Nice blur.
Credit: user vipmig on flightglobal/AirSpace
AirSpace user berniec supplies this shot of the Malaysia Airlines A380 displaying at the Farnborough air show in July.
Credit: berniec gallery on flightglobal/AirSpace
Cracking paint scheme on this Lockheed Martin C-130J. It's the first aircraft from a three-unit order destined for Oman and will be delivered later this year, pictured undergoing test flights at Lockheed's Marietta facility. The camouflage brings to mind the sort of pattern you'd daub on your Airfix model of a Hawker Hurricane.
Oman currently operates a fleet of three C-130Hs purchased in the early 1980s.
Credit: Lockheed Martin
Great picture from the US Army's flickr stream showing a Sikorsky UH-60 flown by the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade landing as paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division secure the area in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan.
Credit: US Army
I know, it's developing into a little bit of an obsession, I guess I'm just a sucker for a retro livery. So, taken from Flightglobal's AirSpace forum, courtesy of user Flightstar, is this picture of a retro-liveried Airbus A320 operated by Air Malta.
Credit: Flightstar gallery on Flightglobal/AirSpace
Cracking shot from Marcel Vöse in Germany of a Boeing 767-300 operated by leisure carrier Condor in a new retro livery (if that isn't oxymoronic). Marcel writes: "On Monday 30th July this had just left the paintshop at Air Livery for a two-hour testflight back to Manchester."
The 767 carries the registration EI-CRF and was formerly operated by Alitalia.
Credit: Marcel Vöse
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