AirNewEngland
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Republic Airlines
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Northwest Airlines
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Delta Air Lines
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Major players in my career
- My Career through a Lens -
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Welcome to Rand Peck Aviation Photography. I spent 38 very enjoyable years flying as an airline pilot and loved every minute of it. I carried a camera with me for much of that time attempting to capture those experiences. Essentially, this is my on line scrapbook that I hope others may enjoy as well. Most shots were taken from my cockpit seat or on an airline ramp during a walk around inspection. Select a "TAB" above to see the airplanes, people, trips, training, layovers and views that I enjoyed.
Click on any photo to enlarge.
Welcome to Rand Peck Aviation Photography. I spent 38 very enjoyable years flying as an airline pilot and loved every minute of it. I carried a camera with me for much of that time attempting to capture those experiences. Essentially, this is my on line scrapbook that I hope others may enjoy as well. Most shots were taken from my cockpit seat or on an airline ramp during a walk around inspection. Select a "TAB" above to see the airplanes, people, trips, training, layovers and views that I enjoyed.
Narita, 4/14/09.
My Scrapbook
First captain flight, ANE, June 1977, HYA to LGA, DHC-6, 45 minutes.
Last captain flight, DAL, October 2012, NGO to DTW, 747-400, 13 hours. (1 hour stop in ANC with medical emergency, then on to DTW)
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First airliner, DeHavilland Twin Otter, DHC-6, 19 pax (MPV, 1/76)
Last airliner, B-747-400, 400 pax, ship 6315, MSN 33001, mfg 4/02. (8/16/11, 1834L, JFK)
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A few interesting sites that you may enjoy visiting.
Click on my wings to visit the ANE Facebook page.
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To visit my BLOG, One Airline Career, where I've chronicled my trips in detail, click on the NWA 747 above. 6/4/07 LAX.
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Everyone I know who needs airline logo items shop at AIRWAYS GIFTS.
Click this pic to visit the Delta Air Lines Museum.
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If you'd like to experience great airline photography, click above and visit with former AIRLINER editor and TWA executive Jon Proctor.
Click this pic to visit our Air New England photo collection.
Click this pic to visit the NWA History Museum.
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NORTHWEST in Boston, 1991/1992. (Click the pic for the video.)
When I wasn't at work flying a jet, I was home flying one of these....
My 1946 J-3 Cub at Zaminsky's, 6/4/05
At the Brookline, NH Airfield, 1/24/06
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My 1942 Boeing Stearman, PT-17.
Jaffrey, NH Airfield, 9/11/04
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I even wrote a book about tailwheel flying.
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Before (1988) and After (1991) shots...
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of my 1947 Cessna 140.
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Hawking rides at a country airshow with the Stearman
Giving rides in the Stearman was a ball and I met very interesting people. I had two ride options; a simple straight & level half hour tour of the southern NH mountains listening to the soft beat of a seven cylinder radial engine and the other ride incorporated loops, rolls, spins and hammerheads into the standard ride. There was nothing straight & level about it. Seventy-five percent of the flights were aerobatic!
If you peruse my site, you'll soon discover that flying wasn't a job for me, nor a career, but simply a way of life.
A very enjoyable way of life at that.
A very enjoyable way of life at that.
Sampling of the cameras that I carried with me. They had to be compact, quick, easy to use and produce quality photos.
