A look back to January 1971 with a S2E Tracker ready for launch as the steam rises from the catapult of USS Intrepid (CVS11) during carrier qualification trials off the coast of Quonset Point, Rhode Island.

 

A KC-130J Super Hercules of Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252, 2nd MAW, in a training exercise. The Hercules is celebrating 70 years since its inception in 1954. The C-130 Hercules is used in over 70 countries with over a million flight hours. USMC photo.

 

Philippine Mars taxiing down Sproat Lake, Port Alberni for final take off.

 

Crash landing in North Wales in 1942, this Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighter aircraft is now protected almost permanently by nature! Nature has uncovered the plane just three times since it crash landed, once in the 1970s, once in 2007 and again the most recent was in 2014. The exact location of the aircraft remains confidential to protect the plane, it remains there today.

 

Beluga Xl 2

 

Grumman XTBF-3 in flight over NATC Patuxent River, Maryland, 16 December 1943.

 

US Marines KC-130 [166765] and an F-35 [Reg.N/A] collide during mid-air refueling over California (US). Fighter crashes, pilot ejects safely, KC-130 crash lands in a carrot field, all 8 aboard survive.