I just LOVE photographing Silver Birds

Often, as a child, airplanes were referred to as the “big silver bird”.  This description was aimed at civilian commercial airliners rather than military ‘planes (the military always applied camouflage schemes to make their aircraft less visible to the enemy).

However, recently, with the restoration of old warbirds (such as the P-51 Mustang, B17 Flying Fortress and B-25 Mitchell) there is a tendency for the owners to go for polished metal – a new take on “big silver bird”.

So why would I just love photographing these aircraft? Because I am thinking BALKCK & WHITE all of the time.

Please tell me what you think.

B-25 Mitchell "Maid in the Shade"

T-6 Texan

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