I spent three hours on the morning of December 23, 2013 on the south bank of the Salt River watching the air traffic at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.

Zoolights at the Phoenix Zoo is a popular holiday tradition. The dazzling light show features Music in Motion shows, with the lights around the lake and in the trees sychronized to music. The show will run until January 12th.

Luke Air Force Base has been hosting Forging Sabre, a Republic of Singapore Air Force exercise involving Lockheed-Martin F-16 Fighting Falcons of the 425th Fighter Squadron Black Widows, and Boeing F-15SG Strike Eagles of the 428th Fighter Squadron Buccaneers from Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, and members of the Republic of Singapore armed forces

Lockheed-Martin F-35B Lightning 2 BuNo 168720 Modex 02 of VMFA-121, based at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, paid a visit to Luke Air Force Base today.

Forest Houses is a compound of cabins ini Oak Creek Canyon. Each cabin is different. My sister has been renting cabins at Forest Houses for many years. I joined her for a few days at Cloud House, on the bank of Oak Creek.

Since its first event in 1973, the Copperstate Fly-In has been bringing together aviation enthusiasts in the southwest United States.

Time lapse movie of weather near Flagstaff, Arizona from September 6 to 11, 2013. The speed of the action has been increased by a factor of 120.

I spent a day at Los Angeles International Airport photographing the airliners.

Wings Over Camarillo featured a variety of warbirds, general aviation, and homebuilt airplanes. The show wrapped up with an action packed warbird flyby that included a Grumman F6F Hellcat, Grumman F7F Tigercat, Grumman F8F Bearcat, Vought F4U Corsair, Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, and Mitsubishi A6M "Zero".

I photographed some of the other airplanes at Sky Harbor while I waited for Honeywell's 757 engine testbed to take off on August 9, 2013.

Honeywell's Boeing 757 Engine Testbed N757HW departed from Phoenix Sky Harbor for Fort Lauderdale, Florida at 9:16 in the morning on August 9, 2013. It had no engine mounted on the test pylon.

Boeing VC-25A (747-2G4B) 92-9000 carried President Barack Obama to the Valley of the Sun on Tuesday, August 6, 2013. The President delivered remarks at the Desert Vista High School. Air Force One took off at 2:10 in the afternoon of a rainy day. The sun came out just in time for the take-off.

Thunderstorms moved through the Flagstaff area on Saturday, July 20. I set up a camera to shoot a time lapse movie of the lightning.

Time lapse movie of monsoon weather near Flagstaff, Arizona from July 15 to 17, 2013. The speed of the action has been increased by a factor of 120.

Time lapse movie of monsoon weather near Flagstaff, Arizona from July 18 to 20, 2013. The speed of the action has been increased by a factor of 120. The speed of the action of the lightning storm at the end of the video has been increased by a factor of 20.

Red Rock Crossing is located on Oak Creek near Sedona. It features good views of Cathedral Rock, which is a popular subject for photographers and painters. It is also popular with new agers who meditate at the Cathedral Rock Vortex and build numerous rock cairns.

The solar-powered Solar Impulse departed from Phoenix at 4:47 AM on Wednesday, May 22. It is is scheduled to arrive in Dallas, Texas at 1:00 AM on Thursday.

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
Jet Fighters at Luke AFB, December 27, 1987
MCAS Yuma Airshow, November 12, 1989
Airliners at Los Angeles International Airport, December 27, 1987
Jet Fighters at Luke AFB, December 27, 1988
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

Farnborough Airshow, September 11, 1994 part 3: Farnborough Airport hosted an airshow on September 11, 1994. Performing aircraft included a McDonnell-Douglas C-17A Globemaster III, Pilatus PC-12, Pilatus PC-9, Sukhoi Su-30MK Flanker, Sukhoi Su-27PU Flanker, and Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 Fulcrum.

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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.

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.

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