SR-71 Blackbird Takeoff 1680 x 1050 Widescreen Wallpaper

I think the SR-71 is visually one of the most bad-ass planes ever designed. Menacing and ominous, the plane is legendary in every respect.

What a ride this plane must have been. Mach 3.2+ and >80,000 feet ceiling. Amazing plane.

Boeing X-32B Joint Strike Fighter 1680 x 1050 Widescreen Wallpaper

If you have an appreciation for aerospace engineering, you might look at the Boeing X-32B Joint Strike Fighter and find something of beauty beneath the obviously ugly exterior.

In case you don't recognize this plane, it's the one that lost the JSF competition to the X-35 (now F-35) JSF.

Not many good things were said about the X-32 and it suffered a few set-backs and technical challenges during the JSF competition.
I know I was quite happy when the X-35 was chosen.

Enjoy?

P.S. Here's a video of the X-32 is action with Western fanfare music....

Sukhoi SU-34 Fighter Bomber 1680 x 1050 Widescreen Wallpaper

Here's a rare treat, an excellent photo of an SU-34. I received this picture from one of our site visitors named Marko R. Thanks Marko!

Japanese Air Defense F-15 1680 x 1050 Widescreen Wallpaper

Sweet picture here of a Japanese Air Defense F-15 performing a full afterburner takeoff. Love the heat distortion.

German Air Force Torado 1680 x 1050 Widescreen Wallpaper

Here's an aircraft paint scheme you don't see everyday. It's a German Air Force Tornado painted to celebrate 55,555 hours flying at the Flight Test Center at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico.

I wonder who designed it...

MV-22 Osprey Hover 1680 x 1050 Widescreen Wallpaper

Here's an artistic rendering of the MV-22 Osprey. Part helicopter, part airplane, and some say the worst part of both. The fact that it flies is an engineering marvel.

B-1B Aerial Refueling 1680 x 1050 Widescreen Wallpaper

Nice shot of the B-1B bomber refueling. If you love planes, being a boom operator must be the best job in the world.