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Thanks for visiting my photo site!

I've been an aviation enthusiast since my early teens. I
started getting interested in aviation while visiting my grandparents home in New York City. They lived within walking distance of LaGuardia Airport (LGA) where my grandmother worked for United Airlines' flight catering department. I was also fortunate to have parents working for the US Gov't. in many overseas locations. As a result of this, I spent a lot of time traveling around on all types of aircraft and visiting many airports primarily in SE Asia & Africa.

Some of the older aircraft that I have flown on are: Constellations, DC-3, 6, 7, & 8's; Convair 440, 580, 880, & 990's; DHC Caribou; Fairchild C-123 Provider; SUD Caravelle; Comet; Vickers Viscount; Lockheed Electra; Volpar Beech 18; Pilatus Turbo Porters; Helio Couriers; Dornier Do-28; Boeing 707; VC-10; C-130 and on and on.............

I remember the good ole' days when nearly all airports had open observation decks and airport managers were also aviation enthusiasts who encouraged the public to enjoy their airports, those days are certainly history now.

I started out taking photos with a Kodak Instamatic
camera using B&W film in Bangkok in the mid '60's where I was lucky enough to have very good contacts at the local Air America (ssshh!) desk who would let me out the side door onto the ramp of Don Muang Int'l Airport (BKK). This was at the time when the Vietnam war was really ramping up and the photo opportunities were superb in respect to the numerous charter airlines/aircraft ferrying troops & cargo in support of the war.

I have now been thru pretty much the entire line of Canon film camera models and currently use a Canon 40D digital SLR, Canon Rebel XTi digital SLR, and a Canon 7NE film SLR fitted with Canon "L" lenses.

I feel that all my long hours of patiently waiting at airports for the perfect shot of THAT airliner was finally vindicated in 2006 when I was asked by curators at the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum to donate to their photo archives. I have since donated over 8000 photos and continue to make regular contributions to them.

You can find my photos in the following magazines and books:

Aero International
Airliner World
Airports of the World
Skyliner
World Airline Fleets News
some Key Publishing special editions
JP Airline Fleets annuals 2009-10, 2010-11 & 2011-2012
Airlines of the Jet Age by R.E.G. Davies (Smithsonian)

and online at:

Airliners Gallery
High Quality Airliners Action Shots (hqaas.com)
Skyliner photo galleries

I am a member of both the Washington Airline Society and the WashBaltSpotters Group.

***NOTE: If you live anywhere in Asia, Africa or the MidEast and would be interested in trading digital images or color prints, pls. contact me at: mcdonobr2001atyahoo.com***

If you're looking for a particular plane, click on the SEARCH button in the top right of the page. I have the photos cataloged in several ways, by type & registration (file name ie: B737-2.N737WH), OR, you can search by TAGS by typing in the airline name, model type(737,B737 or B737-3), "special c/s", airport code (ie: BWI, IAD, MIA, etc.) , date, or registration.

IF YOU SEE A PHOTO THAT YOU WOULD LIKE,
pls. contact me at: mcdonobr2001atyahoo.com
and I will send it to you. I am more than willing to share my photos for your personal use.
I had to block downloading due to persons submitting my photos as their own to the media.

I hope you enjoy my photos, thanks again for visiting. I will be updating this site on a regular basis so pls. add it to your Favorites list.

PHOTO EQUIPMENT:

-Canon 40D Digital SLR
-Canon Rebel XTi Digital SLR
-Canon PowerShot SX230 HS
-Canon 7NE Film SLR
-Canon EF 70-200mm f2.8 "L" USM lens
-Canon 1.4x "L" extender
-Canon 2x "L" extender
-Canon EF-S 17-55mm f2.8 IS USM lens
-Canon EF 75-300mm f3.5-5.6 lens
-Canon EF 28-70mm f3.5-5.6 lens
-Canon EF 50mm f1.8 lens
-Canon 430EX II Speedlight Flash
-B&W Kaesemann 77mm Circular Polarizer
-B&W 77mm KB1.5 82A filter
-Canon CanoScan 8800F
-Maxtor Black Armor 320GB Portable Hard Drive
-HyperDrive Space 40GB memory card backup device
-Slik Bipod
-Slik Tripod
-Steiner 7x50 Military-Marine Binoculars
-Adobe Photoshop Elements 6

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