Cessnateur

It seems there could be a new military designation for the Cessna Caravan. Flightglobal reported that Cessna has won a USAF counter-insurge...

I need help identifying this propeller. It was originally covered in a black rubbery coating. That coating was stripped off, and this is wha...

Now that the 2011 Nationals test has been revealed, I can share my Waco RPT photo shoot. The RPT competed for a US military contract in th...

Let's face it - airports aren't becoming any friendlier toward photographers. Carry a DSLR up to an airport boundary fence, and you...

As NIFA Aircraft Rec competitors know, Jane's All the World's Aircraft is the official source for judging. As NIFA Aircraft Rec co...

If you're anything like me, you view piston-powered helicopters as annoyances that should eradicated from the skies (or at least from th...

Here we have it - evidence that Shorts had eventually become aware of conventional aerodynamic principles: The FJX had a remarkable resem...

Not the greatest quality shot, but here is the latest (yet to be delivered) Pakistani Navy Lockheed P-3C Orion: This is one of seven P-3s...

In the interest of preserving NIFA tradition, I hereby propose the immediate and permanent reinstatement of the "Miss Collegiate Avia...

It's really a pity that the B-52 and E-3 never really hit it off.  Had the -52 been a bit more persistent, or had the E-3 had more of a ...

***UPDATE*** I have, at long last, captured a photo and video of the pylon flaps in the deployed position: -----------------...

I've been asked whether this one is an air-to-air shot: It's not.  In fact, a friend used his cell phone to capture me shooting i...