Eight BMPs of aerobatic aircraft in action, captured at Oshkosh during EAA AirVenture 2001.

What could be better to look at on your desktop than a blazing blue sky etched with the smoke of some of the most exciting aerobatic aircraft and pilots there are? Need I say more?

These photos were captured during the airshow action at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2001. The day most of these photos were taken remained overcast until mid-afternoon, and then the clouds parted to allow these amazing performers to paint the azure canvas with twisting smoke trails.

Even if you don't find these photos dramatic, the crisp blue summer Wisconsin sky will please your eye all winter long.

Eight photos in a zipped archive, each 1024 by 768 pixels, 256 color. Sharp enough to please the eye, but easy on system resources.

Simply download the zip archive, unzip it in your Windows folder, and you can select any of the eight photos to be your active desktop wallpaper.



Eight BMP files in one zip archive, 4656K. Sample BMPs are at approximately 1/3 the resolution of the BMPs in the zip archive.

Eight more BMPs of aerobatic aircraft in action, captured at Oshkosh during EAA AirVenture 2001.

What could be better to look at on your desktop than a blazing blue sky etched with the smoke of some of the most exciting aerobatic aricraft and pilots there are? Need I say more?

These photos were captured during the airshow action at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2001. The day most of these photos were taken remained overcast until mid-afternoon, and then the clouds parted to allow these amazing performers to paint the azure canvas with twisting smoke trails.

Even if you don't find these photos dramatic, the crisp blue summer Wisconsin sky will please your eye all winter long.

Eight photos in a zipped archive, each 1024 by 768 pixels, 256 color. Sharp enough to please the eye, but easy on system resources.

Simply download the zip archive, unzip it in your Windows folder, and you can select any of the eight photos to be your active desktop wallpaper.



Eight BMP files in one zip archive, 6360K. Sample BMPs are at approximately 1/3 the resolution of the BMPs in the zip archive.

The weather was perfect one fall weekend in 2001 in Paris. Here are eight BMPs to remind you why Paris is one of the most beautiful cities in the world.

Many people believe Paris is the most beautiful city in the world. I have no particular opinion on that score, but I can say that it photographs well. On one weekend in the fall of 2001, I had nothing to do by wander Paris with a digital camera with lots of free space on the card. Here are eight of the photos taken that weekend.

Eight photos in a zipped archive, each 1024 by 768 pixels, 256 color. Sharp enough to please the eye, but easy on system resources.

Simply download the zip archive, unzip it in your Windows folder, and you can select any of the eight photos to be your active desktop wallpaper.



Eight BMP files in one zip archive, 26344K. Sample photos are JPGs at approximately 1/3 the resolution of the BMPs in the zip archive.

The weather was perfect one fall weekend in 2001 in Paris. Here are eight BMPs to remind you why Paris is one of the most beautiful cities in the world.

Many people believe Paris is the most beautiful city in the world. I have no particular opinion on that score, but I can say that it photographs well. On one weekend in the fall of 2001, I had nothing to do by wander Paris with a digital camera with lots of free space on the card. Here are eight of the photos taken that weekend.

Eight photos in a zipped archive, each 1024 by 768 pixels, 256 color. Sharp enough to please the eye, but easy on system resources.

Simply download the zip archive, unzip it in your Windows folder, and you can select any of the eight photos to be your active desktop wallpaper.



Eight BMP files in one zip archive, 23448K. Sample photos are JPGs at approximately 1/3 the resolution of the BMPs in the zip archive.

Eight BMPs of what Comanche fans and owners think may have been Piper's best single ever.

Piper created the PA-24 Comanche primarily to compete with Beech's V-Tailed Bonanza. It appears that Piper hit a home run in one of their first at-bats in the all-metal four-place single market. Preceeding the Cherokee series, and remaining in production for only about a decade (tooling was lost in a flood in 1971), the PA-24 is a prized aircraft today, and most of the examples found flying are well cared for.

Here are photos of three different Comanches, at rest and taxiing, taken at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2001. These may well be among the best examples of Comanches in the U.S. general aviation fleet.

Very few pilots have not seen a Comanche and thought that it would be a nice airplane to own, and a great many have found that they simply had to have one.

Whether you are a Comanche fanatic or simply like to look at its clean and slippery lines, you will enjoy having these photos to rotate in as your windows wallpaper.

Eight photos in a zipped archive, each 1024 by 768 pixels, 256 color. Sharp enough to please the eye, but easy on system resources.

Simply download the zip archive, unzip it in your Windows folder, and you can select any of the eight photos to be your active desktop wallpaper.



Eight BMP files in one zip archive, 18144K. Sample BMPs are at approximately 1/3 the resolution of the BMPs in the zip archive.

Beech's two classic and eminently recognizable personal transporation singles are captured in this set of eight BMPs.

Beech has created some wonderful airplanes in its long and storied history, but none have screamed "personal transporation" so loud, nor been so recognizable by so many people as the model 17 Staggerwing and the model 35 V-Tail Bonanza.

The Staggerwing is notable not only for it's amazing beauty, but for the history it made. It was one of the only enclosed-cabin biplanes of its time, and it was one of the very, very few biplanes ever to have the lower wing set slightly ahead of the upper.

Believe it or not, at one time the fastest aircraft in the world were civil aircraft, and the Beech Staggerwing was one of them. In 1936, Louise Thaden and Blanche Noyes won the Bendix Trophy race in a G-17, beating Benny Howard's Mister Mulligan, Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Electra, and a Douglas DC-2, among other notables. This gave it the claim of being the fastest cross-country airplane in the world at that time.

If the Staggerwing has always been considered a classic, then the V-Tail Bonanza was always considered a very modern airplane, from the time the first one rolled off the assembly line in 1948. By the sixties, the V-Bone was immediately recognizable as the epitome of personal luxury and speed in a four-place retractable. It could be said that the V35 created the four-place all-metal retractable market. It is only in the last few years anyone has really looked on it as a classic, though most airplanes have been well cared for throughout their lives.

In all likelihood, you have a preference for one or the other of these airplanes, but don't be surprised if you end up with a little time-sharing going on when it comes to selecting wallpaper. Maybe you could come up with a rotation....

Eight photos in a zipped archive, each 1024 by 768 pixels, 256 color. Sharp enough to please the eye, but easy on system resources.

Simply download the zip archive, unzip it in your Windows folder, and you can select any of the eight photos to be your active desktop wallpaper.



Eight BMP files in one zip archive, 19504K. Sample BMPs are at approximately 1/3 the resolution of the BMPs in the zip archive.