Welcome to Air-and-Space.com (previously known as the Goleta Air & Space Museum). Its primary themes are aviation, astronomy, and astronautics. Mostly it's an excuse to post my photographs taken at airshows, air museums, and hanging around the approaches to airports and military bases, etc. Its pages also contain links to aviation and space oriented web sites.

Air-and-Space.com is a one man operation. My name is Brian Lockett. I take most of the pictures, write the captions, create the pages, and make all the arbitrary editorial decisions.

Please note: Air-and-Space.com is just my web site. It is strictly virtual. I have no brick and mortar air museum for people to visit. Air-and-Space.com is not affiliated with any other air museum, public or private. It's not nice to use my pictures on your web site without asking.*

Click on the images below to link to pages of photographs of air and space related subject matter:

The solar-powered Solar Impulse flew from San Francisco to Phoenix on Friday, May 3, 2013 on the first leg of its flight across the United States. It was placed on public display during its visit to Sky Harbor International Airport.

The Commemorative Air Force's Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress Sentimental Journey N9323Z and North American SNJ-5 Texan N3246G made revenue flights from their base at Falcon Field on the morning of Sunday, April 28.

The Nature Conservancy maintains a desert river habitat at the Hassayampa River Preserve near Wickenberg, Arizona.

Comet PanSTARRS can be seen shortly after sunset for the next few days. It appears just a few minutes before it sets. Use binoculars to see it.

A small fleet of World War II warbirds flown by the Commemorative Air Force arrived at Deer Valley Airport on Monday, March 4. On Thursday, March 7, the warbirds departed from Deer Valley and flew to Marine Corps Air Station Yuma to appear at an airshow.

A small fleet of World War II warbirds flown by the Commemorative Air Force arrived at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport on Thursday, February 28. On Saturday, March 2, I had the opportunity to photograph the warbirds during and after sunset.

A small fleet of World War II warbirds flown by the Commemorative Air Force arrived at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport on Thursday, February 28. They will be at Mesa Gateway through the weekend. The public has the opportunity to buy rides aboard North American B-25J Mitchell Maid in the Shade N125AZ, Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress Sentimental Journey N9323Z, and Boeing B-29 Superfortress Fifi N529B, North American P-51D Mustang NL44727 Man-O'-War, Beech C-45 Expeditor N70GA Bucket of Bolts, and North American SNJ-5 Texan N3246G. These pictures were taken on Friday March 1, 2013

Winter storms have been dropping snow on the mountains around Phoenix.

My latest Arizona Gigapans feature snow on Four Peaks and the Superstition Mountains.

I have added over one hundred of my old aviation videos to the videos display. I started shooting video in 1987. The events that I videotaped include:

First F-15 Arrivals at Luke AFB, November 16, 1974
Air Tanker Operations at Santa Barbara, October 3 - 5, 1987
Fairchild C-123K Provider Tanker 63 at Santa Barbara October 4 - 5, 1987
NAWS Pt Mugu Airshow, October 18, 1987
Edwards AFB Open House, November 8, 1987
Airliners at Los Angeles International Airport, December 27, 1987
Jet Fighters at Luke AFB, December 27, 1988
MCAS Yuma Airshow, November 12, 1989
Jet Fighters at Luke AFB, March 15, 1990
Davis-Monthan AFB Airshow, March 17, 1990
Van Nuys Airport Open House, July 21, 1991
Abbotsford International Airshow, August 10 - 11, 1991
STS-42 Landing at Edwards AFB, January 30, 1992
Palmdale International Airport, January 30, 1992:
Luke AFB Airshow, March 21, 1992
Luke AFB Airshow Departures, March 22, 1992
Doolitle Flight at Santa Barbara Airport, April 22, 1992
MCAS El Toro Airshow, April 25, 1992
Hill AFB Airshow, June 27, 1992
Reno Air Races, September 19 - 20, 1992
Central Valley Cropduster, September 21, 1992
NAWS Pt Mugu Airshow, October 10, 1992
Gathering of Mustangs at Santa Maria, September 25, 1992
Luke AFB Airshow Practice, March 26, 1993
Luke AFB Airshow, March 27, 1993
Luke AFB Airshow Departures, March 28, 1993
Air Tankers Over Nipomo, June 23, 1993
Air Tankers at Santa Barbara, September 30, 1993
Edwards AFB Open House, October 23, 1993
Castle AFB Airshow, October 24, 1993
Castle AFB Airshow Departures, October 25, 1993
NAWS China Lake Airshow, November 6, 1993
Titan II/Clementine Launch from Vandenberg AFB, January 25, 1994
Luke AFB Airshow Arrivals, April 15, 1994
Luke AFB Airshow, April 16, 1994
Luke AFB Airshow Departures, April 17, 1994
Farnborough Airshow, September 11, 1994
NAWS Pt Mugu Airshow, October 1, 1994
Castle AFB Airshow, October 9, 1994
Edwards AFB Open House October 22, 1994
Phoenix 500 Air Races, March 24, 1995
Phoenix 500 Air Races, March 26, 1995
Camarillo Fly-in, June 18, 1995
"Enola Gay" at Camarillo, June 19, 1995
Edwards AFB Open House, October 21, 1995
Camarillo Fly-in, June 16, 1996
Airshow at Tushino Aerodrome, Moscow, August 18, 1996
Edwards AFB Open House, October 19, 1996

Luke AFB Airshow Arrivals, April 15, 1994: Luke AFB hosted an airshow on April 16, 1994. On the day before the airshow, a variety of trainers, fighters, cargo, and tanker airplanes arrived to be displayed at the show.

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The Parada del Sol is an annual parade through Scottsdale. It ia a showcase for a wide variety of horses. It also features vintage cars, firetrucks, and some notable local celebrities.

My latest Arizona Gigapans feature Fish Creek Canyon and Snowy Four Peaks.

Luke Air Force Base is a fighter training base located a few miles to the west of Phoenix. For years I have made a habit of photographing the fighter and trainer operations at Luke. In the seventies, U.S.A.F. pilots were training in McDonnell-Douglas F-4C Phantom IIs against aggressor pilots in Northrop F-5E Tiger IIs. Luftwaffe pilots in Lockheed F-104G Starfighters flew more hours at Luke AFB than any other Luftwaffe base. The first McDonnell-Douglas F-15A Eagles were being introduced into service. During the eighties, the Century Series fighters were retired, the McDonnell-Douglas F-4 Phantom II was phased out, and General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcons and McDonnell-Douglas F-15E Strike Eagles entered service in the squadrons based at Luke.

On November 29, 2012, I rode aboard the Verde Canyon Railroad from Clarkdale to Perkinsville and back. The trip starts with views of remnants of the mining industry around Clarkdale. The ride features spectacular views of the geology of the area. Trees along the route were still displaying fall colors in late November. Several Bald Eagles were seen soaring high above the canyon. Perkinsville was one of the filming locations for the cinerama production of How the West Was Won.

On Wednesday, October 24, 2012, I participated in a photocall at Naval Air Facility el Centro with photographers from Arizona Aviation Photographers, Aviation Photographers of Southern California, and Fencecheck. We were greeted by a Lockheed-Martin KC-130J of VMGR-352 Raiders shooting a series of touch-and-go landings. We photographed F/A-18 Hornets and Super Hornets from VFA-106 Gladiators, VMFA(AW)-533 Hawks, and VFA-115 Silver Eagles. Red and white McDonnell-Douglas T-45C Goshawks of TW-2 and Grumman EA-6B Prowlers of VAQ-129 Vikings shared the runway with the Hornets. The day was sunny and quite warm.

On my way to a photocall at NAF el Centro, I stopped off at MCAS Yuma and photographed operations associated with WTI 1-13.

On October 17, 2012, I toured the Mogollon Rim near Payson, Arizona to photograph the fall colors. I followed the Rim Road and other forest roads from Woods Canyon Lake to Highway 87 north of Strawberry. The weather was sunny and warm.

The town of Camp Verde celebrates Fort Verde Days on the second weekend in October each year. Fort Verde was a base for General Crook’s U.S. Army scouts and soldiers in the 1870s and 1880s. Fort Verde Days is part county fair and part historical reenactments.

Scattered thunderstorms blew through the east valley on Thursday, October 11, 2012. The speed of the action has been increased by a factor of 27.5

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A variety of airplanes landed at Los Angeles International Airport while I waited for the arrival of the Space Shuttle Endeavour. I took up a position at the west end of long term parking Lot C while I waited for the 747/Shuttle stack to fly along Runway 24 Right on the north side of LAX. After the first pass of the 747/Shuttle stack over the north runway, I moved to Lennox Park, east of the 405 Freeway to wait for its pass over Runway 25 Right on the south side of the airport.

A variety of airplanes took off and landed on Runway 22 Left while I waited for the arrival and departure of the Space Shuttle Endeavour.

Boeing 747 Carrier Aircraft N905NA landed at Edwrds Air Force Base with Space Shuttle Endeavour on its journey to Los Angeles. This was the first time that a Shuttle Carrier aircraft brought a shuttle to Edwards froa nother airport The Space Suttle endeavour made the last leg of its cross-country journey from the Kennedy Space center to Los Angeles International Airporton September 21, 2012. The 747/Shuttle stack conducted a tour of California before landing at Los Angeles.

I spent twelve days in Pioneer Valley, northeast of Flagstaff, Arizona photographing the summer thunderstorms associated with the monsoon weather. I shot over 70,000 exposures to assemble a dozen time lapse movies. It was the most spectacular monsoon weather I have seen in many years. Every day brought new phenomena. Each mountain creates its own orographic clouds. Look for cumulonimbus clouds that spread out when they reach the stratosphere. Lenticular clouds hover over the mountains when the speed of the air mass increases.

Tragically, Bob Odegaard and Race 74 were lost in a crash at Barnes County Municipal Airport in North Dakota on September 7, 2012 while preparing for the Wings and Wheels Airshow.

Scattered thunderstorms blew through the east valley on Thursday, October 11, 2012. The speed of the action has been increased by a factor of 27.5

Business Aero Tupolev Tu-204-300A visited Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport on August 6, 2012. It departed at 11:25 AM on August 7.

The NB-52A 52-0003 and NB-52B 52-0008 that launched the North American X-15 rocket planes carrried mission marks commemorating each flight. This display illustrates the changes to the mission marks on both of the Stratofortress motherships over the course of their careers.

Lockheed C-5B Galaxy 87-0038 delivered Convair XC-99 components to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base on June 1, 2012. Steve Bazar provided pictures of the delivery. Its components have been stored outside at the Naitonal Museum of the US Air Force for several years. Exposure to the weather in Ohio is corroding the airframe. Storage at AMARG will reduce the impact of weather on the airplane.

Time lapse movies of rainfall and turbulence on the underside of a cumulonimbus cloud over Scottsdale on July 28 and the approach of a cumulonimbus cell toward Phoenix on July 29, 2012. The speed of the action has been increased by a factor of 150

I spent several days in Pioneer Valley, northeast of Flagstaff, Arizona photographing the summer thunderstorms associated with the monsoon weather. Warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico moved into the area on Thursday, July 19.

The Grand Canyon Planes of Fame Museum at Valle Airport, Arizona hosted the High Country Warbirds Fly-in on Saturday, June 23, 2012. The weather was warm and very windy. The flybys were lower and closer to that audience than any other show that I know of, and the sun was behind the audience during the morning. It's a small show. The crowd was just a few hundred people, so there was always a lot of room on the crowd line. The Planes of Fame annex has many rare antique planes, including VC-121A Bataan, the Pacific Air Martin 404 that used to be at Camarillo, and the Western Convair 340 that used to be at Chino. There is also a remarkable collection of vintage automobiles in the Airport terminal building. Some of the attendees bought rides aboard the P-51D Mustangs.

The Arizona Wing of the Commemorative Air Force hosted a gtoup of Arizona Aviation Photographers for a night shoot at Falcon Field on June 16, 2012. The CAF staff graciously moved two Mig-15s, a North American P-51D Mustang, and a Stearman N2S onto the flightline for the photographers.

On Friday, June 15, BAE-146-200A N146FF Tanker 40 arrived at the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport from Albequerque. It dropped a load of fire retardant on the Poco Fire near Payson on its way. It joined Lockheed P2V-5E Neptune N69278 Tanker 05 and 10 Tanker Air Carrier McDonnell-Douglas DC-10-30 N17085 Tanker 911.

On June 5, 2012, the planet Venus passed between the Earth and the Sun. This will not happen again until the year 2117.

On May 20, 2102, the Moon passed between the Earth and the Sun. The Moon was near Apogee, the high point in its orbit, so it did not cover the entire face of the Sun, resulting in an annular eclipse.

The most recent additions to displays of the museum are listed on the New Displays Page.

Displays of various types of aircraft, ordered roughly by the dates of their first flights.

Events in chronological order.

Displays of aircraft arranged by location.

I am now a beta tester for the Gigapan robotic camera mount. It automates the process of capturing multiple images to assemble into a panorama. My earlier panoaramas were typically composed of 24 pictures and contained about 70 megapixels. Now I am producing panoramas assembled from over 500 images and containing over two billion pixels. My Gigapan ID is GoletaBrian.

The Natural History Museum is home to displays of photographs of landscapes of the Southwestern U. S., springtime wildflowers in the Antelope Valley, and wildlife in Antarctica.

Displays about particular topics that don't fit the above categories.

Older displays grouped by the year of creation.

My photographs can also be seen in other internet galleries.

Links to other web sites with aviation and space themes.

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