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Riding the air force birthday wave from The Italian air force 100th anniversary on March 28, April 1 of 2023 sees the Royal Canadian Air Force turn 99 years old!
Here’s a small selection of RCAF types I’ve snapped over the years:
In a few days, March 28 to be exact, the Italian air force will be celebrating 100 years.
The Aeronautica Militare, the modern Italian air force, was formed as the Regia Aeronautica in 1923. It was given its modern name following the Second World War.
Here’s a few photos of modern Italian air force aircraft I’ve snapped here and there:
The “golden hour” is that small window of time at sunrise or sunset, where the sun is at just the right spot to cast a warm golden hue over everything it touches. It adds an ethereal feel that is much sought after by many photographers.
Today, it was my good fortune to be taking my afternoon walk to Brno’s Medlánky airport as the “golden hour” struck while this Socata Rallye was heading out.
Have a good weekend everyone, I’ll let the photos do the rest of the talking.
December is upon us and Christmas not too far away. For those of you who have followed Pickled Wings for a few years, you’ll know I have a Christmas tradition of posting a gallery of aircraft with red noses or significant red trim in the nose area.
Over the last couple of years, due to COVID restrictions, opportunities to photograph aircraft up close were reduced and I had to improvise a bit to create decent sized galleries. That included flexing for noses in the darker end of the orange range as well as a retrospective gallery with photos covering several years.
Happily, 2022 was a different story and I can give you a gallery of proper red noses all taken in 2022.
Some of these aircraft will be familiar, as I’ve shown photos of them before, but others were new to me.
At that, sit back and enjoy this year’s selection of Rudolfs:
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