At The MAVTV 500 2015 With The Med-Flite: One Tool You Hope You'll Never Need.

View from my office in Race Operations for the MAVTV 500 IndyCar race.  An EC-135 at the ready sits on the helipad on Friday, 06-26.  It turned into a Bell 412 on Saturday, raceday.

To the right of the pad is the Infield Care Center, at the top is Turn-4, and the party tent is A.J. Foyt Racing's hospitality tent for the weekend.

Shot location, Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, CA., 4-miles NE of ONT, 5-miles SW of Rialto, L67 (now closed).

Truly Great Aircraft Photography Has Always Been An "Uphill" Battle, At Best.

Shot location: LPL (Photo courtesy of John Spencer)

"Oh My, Bring Your Own?"

Shot location: STN (Photo courtesy of David Kirk)

Remove Cat Before Flight.

Father's Day Reminder: Nurture The Little One's, And They Will Grow Up To Be Big And Strong.

Shot location: DEN (Photo courtesy of The Rabbi)

A Salute To All Of The Photographers That Ruin Their Own Work With The Dreaded Watermark.

We here at TJUAP understand that photographers are proud of their work and seek to protect it from thieving mouse-clicks.  What is not so readily understood is why some uploaders take their image protection proclivities to the extreme and ruin what would have been a beautiful photo with large, dead-center watermarks.

To each their own, we suppose.

Shot location: LAX     

Thunderbirds At Flabob???

According to our on-the-spot reporter, the number of DC-3's currently at Flabob Airport is up to three ships (the normal number is zero).  It appears there may be a maintenance operation being setup for these fine machines, out there.

Pictured is NC43XX of Thunderbird Flying Service.

Shot location: RIR (Photo courtesy of our Inland Empire Smartphone Team)

Life Is Good When You Don't Have To Leave The House To See, And Most Definitely Hear, B-17's And B-24's.

Shot location: On the "45" into SNA

Twofer Humpday.

Even with a cellphone, through a dirty aircraft window, and at night, the A380 is still ugly.

Shot location: LAX (Photos courtesy of Commander John Flores, Retired)

From Sunrise To Sunset, We Have You Covered.

Shot location: MKE (Photos courtesy of Dan G)

Why Can't Airplanes Have Conductors Like They Do On Trains? BOOOAAARRRDDD!!!

Shot location: GEG (Photo courtesy of Bio Man)

In Another Dimension, This Photo Would Be The Stuff Of Magazine Covers.

Shot location: LPL (Photo courtesy of John Spencer)

"Verrrry Interesting."

When we received this photo from Geneva (GVA), it immediately brought to mind Arte Johnson, as "Wolfgang the German," from the television show Laugh-In (1967-1973).

GVA photo courtesy of Bob Holland.