LAST EDITED ON Mar-10-07 AT 03:34 AM (EST)
 
Aviation Week & Space Technology Photo of the Week, Aug. 30, 2405

Photo taken by Chad Collier at the 2406 WDF Air Station Avalon open house and air show, August 20, 2405. The aircraft is a Curtiss P-40E Warhawk, built in 1941. It was flown as part of a WDF History Flight featuring 20th-century Earth aircraft painted in the squadron markings of the Golden Age Eight-Ball Squadron. The P-40 was flown by and is the private property of retired WDF pilot Benjamin "Gryphon" Hutchins, now Chief of the International Police.

Also featured in the flight (not pictured):

- Eight-Ball Two: A Mikoyan MiG-29 Fulcrum jet fighter, ca. 1985, piloted by WDF Grand Marshal Dave "Daver" Ritchie.
- Eight-Ball Three: A McDonnell-Douglas F-4S Phantom II jet fighter-bomber, ca. 1975, piloted by retired WDF pilot Erik "Saurian" Swimm.
- Eight-Ball Four: A Lockheed P-38G Lightning prop fighter, ca. 1943, flown by retired WDF pilot Mark "Haywire" Luchini.
- Eight-Ball Five: A McDonnell-Douglas F-15C Eagle jet fighter, ca. 1980, flown by WDF General Patricia "Terror" Currier.
- Eight-Ball Six: A Sopwith F.1 Camel biplane prop fighter, ca. 1917, flown by retired WDF pilot Maximilian "Genius" Sterling.
- Eight-Ball Seven: A Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat naval prop fighter, ca. 1944, flown by WDF Colonel Miria "Megaera" Sterling.
- Eight-Ball Eight: A Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-8 Würger prop fighter, ca. 1944, flown by retired WDF pilot Komilia "Miss Liberty" Sterling.
- Eight-Ball Nine: A Hawker Tempest Mk V prop fighter, ca. 1943, piloted by retired WDF Veritechnician and pilot Therèse "Charioteer" Sterling.
- Eight-Ball Ten: A North American F-100D Super Sabre supersonic jet fighter, ca. 1956, flown by retired WDF pilot Robert "Ashura" Shannon.

The picture is a photo of P-40E AK940, which belongs to a chap named Tony Banta, cadged from the very excellent aviation photography website of Richard Seaman and twiddled by our very own Chad Collier, let's give him a big hand. :)