I spend much of my time photographing birds but also love to photograph other flying things, specifically airplanes, during the summer airshow season. The North American Aviation AT-6 Texan is a frequent performer at airshows and is one of my favorite airplanes to photograph. The Texan was a World War II trainer. Several hundred thousand pilots from the United Sates and other Allied countries trained in these aircraft before moving to high-performance fighters.

The photographs in this post are from a fly day last year at the Heritage Flight Museum in Burlington, Washington. HFM hosts fly days once a month from April through September. During these fly days a variety of vintage World War II aircraft including AT-6 Texans and a P-51 Mustang perform flying demonstrations. I highly recommend a visit for one of these fun events–there’s nothing like the roar of piston driven aircraft engines!

More of my photographs of Texans and other vintage aircraft can be found on my PhotoShelter photo archive.