DL979 is pictured taxiing out to rw25R for an early morning departure to New York (JFK).

UA39 is pictured lifting off rw25L at the start of the flight across to Tokyo (HND).

Former US Navy 138258. Registered as N86AW in 1986 then VH-SHT in 1990 and VH-JUD in 2019.

Delivered to the USAF as KC-97G 53-202. Converted to a KC-97L. Stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ in 1977. Left in 1980, converted back to a KC-97G and registered as N8540D. Scrapped at Miami, FL in 1993/4.

Delivered to the US Navy as 17799 in 1942. Withdrawn from use in 1945. To the MGM studios for use as a film prop. Never used and stored. To the Planes of Fame Air Museum in 1970. Registered as N83782 in 1977 and restored to airworthy condition. Current on the register with them in 2025.

Built for the USAF as T-33A 51-4033. Transferred to the US Navy as TV-2 126591. Redesignated as a T-33B in 1962. Sold as N335V in 1966 then N6633D in 1969. To the Palm Spings Air Museum in 2007 and maintained in airworthy condition in USAF markings as 14033.

Vultee BT-13B converted to an Aichi D3A Replica for the film Tora Tora Tora in 1968. Current on the register in 2025.

Rebuild of an unidentified OH-13E. Registered in 1977. Current on the register in 2025.

Ex-Chinese Air Force. On restoration to airworthy condition. Later registered as N87CN

First delivered to American Airlines as NC25629 "Flagship Kingsport" in July 1940, it served until 1949. It then briefly flew for Capitol Airways Inc. before passing to Ozark Air Lines Inc. who in 1957 re-registered it N137D. Retired by Ozark in 1967 it then passed through the hands of a number of corporate owners, including Air Exec (short for Air Executive Co.). This Ontario, CA based company, founded by James Webb and Russell Meek, was operational in the early 1970s. The aircraft was officially re-registered N29MA in December 1979, but that registration was never applied. It remained stored at Chino as N137D, which was still visible on the left-hand side of the fuselage at the time of this photo.

Registered to the Department of Defense - Missile Defense Agency (Tulsa, OK) on 10 Dec 2018.

Late night refueling stop during Bamboo Eagle.