It's a Bird! It's a Plane! | Aero-News Network
Aero-News Network
RSS icon RSS feed
podcast icon MP3 podcast
Subscribe Aero-News e-mail Newsletter Subscribe

Airborne Unlimited -- Most Recent Daily Episodes

Episode Date

Airborne-Monday

Airborne-Tuesday

Airborne-Wednesday Airborne-Thursday

Airborne-Friday

Airborne On YouTube

Airborne-Unlimited-06.23.25

Airborne-NextGen-06.24.25

AirborneUnlimited-06.25.25

Airborne-AffordableFlyers-06.26.25

AirborneUnlimited-06.27.25

Fri, Jul 18, 2003

It's a Bird! It's a Plane!

...and It's Not a Composite Shot

 

ANN Contributor Tom Griffith doesn't limit himself to "only" warbirds; he watches birds of all descriptions.

One day not long ago, he was hanging out with his camera near his Texas home base, and taking pictures of landings, when this bird, no doubt full of whatever birds get that's like machismo, apparently decided to show who's boss.

 

Here's how Tom Tells it:

 

"This is a photo that I took of an Arrow-II that's apparently racing a God-made flying machine. I was busy panning along with the Piper as the young lady pilot landed her bird (I kinda changed the tail number to protect the innocent) at Northwest Regional Airport (52F) by Roanoke, TX (this is some kinda little airport!) and a local airport bird just happened to be flying between me and her at the time."

 

[We still think he spent months training that bird --ed.]

FMI: www.nwratx.org

Advertisement

More News

Airborne 06.30.25: US v ADS-B Misuse, Nat’l STOL Fire, Volocopter Resumes

Also: Netherlands Donates 18 F16s, 2 737s Collide On Ramp, E-7 Wedgetail Cut, AgEagle's 100th In S Korea The Pilot and Aircraft Privacy Act was introduced in the House by Represent>[...]

NTSB Prelim: Piper PA-23

Pilot Also Reported That Due To A Fuel Leak, The Auxiliary Fuel Tanks Were Not Used On June 4, 2025, at 13:41 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-23, N2109P, was substantially damage>[...]

ANN FAQ: Submit a News Story!

Have A Story That NEEDS To Be Featured On Aero-News? Here’s How To Submit A Story To Our Team Some of the greatest new stories ANN has ever covered have been submitted by our>[...]

Classic Aero-TV: One Man’s Vietnam

From 2023 (YouTube Edition): Reflections on War’s Collective Lessons and Cyclical Nature The exigencies of war ought be colorblind. Inane social-constructs the likes of racis>[...]

Klyde Morris (06.30.25)

What Goes Around, May Yet Come Back Around, Klyde FMI: www.klydemorris.com>[...]

blog comments powered by Disqus



Advertisement

Advertisement

Podcasts

Advertisement

© 2007 - 2025 Web Development & Design by Pauli Systems, LC