"It's New Year's Eve. Let's Get This Party Started."

"3, 2, 1... PARTY!!!"

Shot location: JNB & LHR (Photos courtesy of Air Girl)

It's Not Always Sunny In Paradise (Or Horizontal, Either).

Shot location: BGI (Photo courtesy of Biff Sportington III)

Bad Day At In-N-Out Burger?

Shot location: LAX (Photo courtesy Carnac The Great)

"Southwest 6969, Cleared to Land RWY 30L , Report Waffle House."

Shot location: STL (Photo courtesy Donny Match)

Chasing "Daylight:" The Trains, Planes And Automobiles, Edition.

Chasing Southern Pacific Daylight, that is, and make that an R-22, instead of a Plane.

Shot location: 4-Miles West of MHV.

How The Other Half Lives: Most People Just Have A Driveway Full Of Old Cars.

Shot location: O61 (Photo courtesy of Doug Irvine)

Chinese 747's: The Taiwanese Faction.

Shot location: MYJ (Photo courtesy of Moondoggie)

Twofer Tuesday: In Some Parts Of The World This Is What's Known As The Family Car.

Shot location: Lake Norman, North Carolina, USA (Photos courtesy of El Pato Vato)

The Glory Of The Window Seat.

Shot location: THU (Photo courtesy of Marcel Vanderwillik)

Merry Christmas To Everyone, From All Of Us Here At Totally Jacked Up Aircraft Photos. Thanks For All Of Your Support.

Shot location: HEL (Photo courtesy of Nightwish Lover)

The Prettiest Christmas Gifts Always Come In Red.

Shot location: LHR (Photo courtesy of RamperVision)

"It's Christmas Eve. Meet Me Under The Mistletoe."

Shot location: LAX (Photo courtesy of Carnac The Great)

🎼 ♫ "Baby, It's Cold Outside." ♬

Shot location: STL (Photo courtesy of Huang Lo)

Long Before Maverick & Goose Buzzed The Tower, Gunnar & Magnús Did This.

Shot location: RKV (Photo courtesy Enigma)

It's December 22nd. Do You Know Where Your Package Is?

Shot location: SAN (Photo courtesy the Atmospheric Oceanographer)

Photos We Never Get Tired Of.

Shot location: LHR (Photo courtesy of Air Girl)

Soaring Valor: Honoring Our World War II Veteran's.

Watch, and learn, about a generation of humans that didn't require "Safe Spaces," or "Therapy Dogs," if Life did not go their way. These Americans enlisted, and fought, against Tyranny and Evil. Also, if you don't tear-up while watching this, you must a be a Communist.

God Bless the Gary Sinise Foundation for their work with America's Veterans.  Mr. Sinise should have won an Oscar for his role as Lieutenant Dan, as pretty much no one remembers who Forrest Gump was.

Additional thanks to American Airlines for flying the Vets, and a big thank you to Commander John Flores (Ret.) for sending us this video. 

Airpark Humor.

Shot location: O61 (Photo courtesy of Dick Steves)

It's Going To Be A White Christmas.

Shot location: ANC (Photo courtesy Horst Muleman)

LAX From The Air - At Night.

Departing LGB, our intrepid traveler flies over LAX, on the way to SMF, on JetBlue.

Photos courtesy Commander John Flores, Ret.

Leaving Burbank.

Shot location: BUR

Post-Maintenance Test Flight, AKA, "Winging" It Around Houston On One Engine.

Actually, make that reduced thrust on #2.

Shot location: Inflight, IAH, from the jump-seat. (Photo courtesy of Henry's Dad)

WTF!!!

Shot location: STL (Photo courtesy of Shaun)

Our Idea Of Perfection.

Shot location: MCO (Photo courtesy of John Spencer)

The Seedy Underbelly Of A Rolls-Royce Tay.

As seen on N113AR, baseball star Alex Rodriguez's personal jet.

Shot location: ONT

When Biff Was Asked What He Wanted Santa To Bring Him For Christmas, He Answered, "A Big 'Ol Weed Whacker."

Shot location: ANC (Photo courtesy The Warrior)

Three For Wednesday: Kicking Around Some More Inside An American Airlines Boeing 787.

Shot location: LAX (Photos courtesy the Mines Field Gazette)

Twofer Tuesday: Kicking Around Inside An American Airlines Boeing 787.

Shot location: LAX (Photos courtesy the Mines Field Gazette)

More "Luv" From Southern California.

Shot location: LAX (Photo courtesy of Carnac The Great)

Scenes We Hate To See.

Shot location: MWH (Photo courtesy of KSK)

Over BUR.

Shot during a staff trip from POC to SBA.

With All Due Respect To The Band Journey: "I Wanna' Get Back To My Airport By The Bay."

The song "Lights," from Journey's 1978 album Infinity was the inspiration for this post.

Shot location: MRY (Photo courtesy of Norris Zinn)

A Daily Occurrence All "Over" America: A Line At The Gas Station.

Photo courtesy of Commander John Flores, Ret.

The Reason The Old Microsoft Photo Editor Program Died A Glorious Death.

Shot location: ONT

Saturday Night Maintenance.

Shot location: IAH (Photo courtesy our Texas Smartphone Division)

The Boeing 787 And Big, Beautiful Round Things.

Shot location: LAX (Photos courtesy of LA Undercover)

Pearl Harbor December 7th, 1941: No, We As A Nation Have Not Forgotten, And We Never Will!

What a day it was.  What began as an air attack, that fateful Sunday morning, was rightfully ended with the dropping of a single bomb on a Thursday just shy of five-years later. 

And, in between was a whole lot of mayhem.

While the two, top photos are easily recognized as Hickam Field and the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial, the battleship shown (BB-43), is the U.S.S. Tennessee, which was at Pearl Harbor on December 7th.  It was also the boat my current neighbor served upon the duration of World War II. 

While Frank was only 17-years old at the time, he lied about his age to get into the U.S. Navy and serve his country.  Today, 17-year olds have a nervous breakdown if their iPhone batteries go dead.  How times, and people, have changed.

We don't make 'em like my neighbor Frank, anymore.  The people of his generation are passing-on, and the stories they told (and the values they held) may sadly die with them if we refuse to remember, and to honor, them. 

Twofer Tuesday: Boeing 777's, As Seen From Periscope Depth.

Shot location: LAX (Photos courtesy of Sir David Kirk)

Random Aviation "Tips."

Shot location: RNT (Photos courtesy Boeing Boy)

Maintenance Selfies.

Today we present good friend of the site, Brandon. 

You will not find a finer aircraft engineer, motorcyclist, and Great American, anywhere.