Airshow Gallery

Girls waving at an early Aviator flying overhead

The Aviator is the only man girls look up to A very beautifully drawn and interesting postcard, with strong leaning toward the Women's Suffrage movement during this period in the United Kingdom. These strong and confident women see that the only time it is necessary to look up at a man is when he is flying above in an aeroplane. Date: circa 1910

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle 71-0291

McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle 71-0291 (msn 0012/B002), at the 1980 SBAC Farnborough Airshow on 6 September 1980. Built as the second TF-15A, first flown on 18 October 1973 and re-designated F-15B-4-MC. Converted in 1979 to the Hughes/McDD private venture F-15E Strike Eagle prototype; a program that was initially known as the F-15DRF (Duel Role Fighter). In May 1991 the aircraft was inscribed ???F-15RTD Peek Eagle, as a private McDD venture; the aircraft was fitted and tested with a centreline pod with reconnaissance equipment and a data link. To the Alsalam Aircraft Co, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on 6 November 2002 and eventually restored and painted into RSAF markings for the RSAF museum at Riyadh, as 1315 Date: 1980

© The Peter Butt Aviation Collection / Mary Evans A The Peter Butt Aviation Collection / Mary Evans

PAN - Italian National Acrobatic Team

Fabrizio Vendramin

Action, Adrenalin, Adventure, Aircraft, Airplanes, Airshow, Aviation, Contrail, Contrails, Extreme, Fighter Jets, Fighters, Formation, Italy, Jesolo, Jet, Jets, Loop, Looping, Military, Perspective, Rainbow, Show, Sky, Smoke, Stripes, Stunt, Trick