View from under the Anglo-French Concorde at the 1978 Paris Air Show

Venice from a gondola

Still life with gendarme. That's the YC-15 in the background which never made it past the prototype stage.

The business end of an F-15 from the point of view of a gendarme

If you love planes, you would love this place!

Go for it!!! Oh, and once she makes it up on the wing, she'll be able to look at the F-15 assigned to Bitburg, our neighboring air base

What's an airshow without formation flying?

Fishing in the fjords of Norway, well north of the Arctic Circle

Another also ran, the YC-14 was designed for extreme STOL (Short Take Of and Landing). It utilized the exhaust over the wing for added lift

Another view of the YC-14. You can see the exhaust vectored over the wing.

Aeroflot - the airline that brought us the first fatal crash as a result of letting the pilot's teenager take the controls.

Still life with Russian SST. Standing beneath the Tu-144 watching the crowds.

Tu-144, the Russian SST - coincidence that it's nearly identical to the Anglo-British Concorde? Nope!

Tu-144. Yes, it says Illyusion -144 on the fuselage, but it's officially a Tupolev Tu-144

So in 1977, this is what we thought what transportation in 2020 would look like

Ah, the Rockwell Sabreliner - I have 8 hours in my flight logbook flying this bird's simulator

Introducing the F-16. The technical representative in the pilot's seat is straight out of central casting.

Introducing the F-16

The Anglo-French Concorde.

Remaining A-10 Thunderbolt after a fatal crash the previous day turned the other one to scrap.

The Anglo-French Concorde.

Remember NY to London in 3 hrs? Not anymore ...

Au revoir!