Decades of Aviation Related Pictures
This page contains pictures related mostly to a aviation matters that were taken by Captain Rodney Stich, former Navy pilot, former international airline captain, and former federal aviation safety agent. Also, pictures obtained from other sources.
Navy Pictures During World War II
Pictures taken while a Navy Patrol Plane Commander during World War II.
International Airline Captain 1952-1962
Pictures involving Transoceanairlines.
FAA Airline Safety Inspector 1962-1967
Pictures taken while a federal aviation safety agent for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
General Aviation Pilot 1949-2003
Flights through the Grand Canyon in either a Navion Rangemaster, Beech D-50C Twin Bonanza, and other aircraft.
Flights over Lake Powell.
Flights over Bryce and Zion National Parks.
Flights over the Canadian Rockies.
Flights over various California locations.
Pictures of the Flying Realtors of Contra Costa County in California, taken in the 1980s.
Aviation Pictures from Other Sources
Pictures of the Japanese bombing of December 7, 1941.
Pictures taken by airline pilot John Russell, in Africa and Middle East, during the period from 1947 to 1954. Uploaded as time permits.
Pictures of real estate Stich acquired after a 1966 divorce, located in California and Nevada. (All these assets were unlawfully taken from him by federal judges and DOJ personnel in an effort to halt his exposure of corruption in key government offices.)
Boeing 377 Double Deck Stratocruiser

Cockpit of Boeing 377

Card found on pilot's bulletin board

Winter operations, Bradley Field, Hartford, Connecticut

Lockheed Constellation, Bradley Field, Hartford

Some taken while captain for Japan Airlines, and Some in the Middle East while flying Muslim Pilgrims to the holy cities of Jeddah and Medina in 1953 and 1954.
Captain Stich, Japan Airlines, and copilot, at Haneda Airport, Tokyo

Gulf of Funde, Canada
Curtis C-46 cockpit, flying over Iraq.

Crew chartering aircraft for positioning
crew
From London to Prestwick.

Captain Stich at Japan Airlines

Captain Rodney Stich
Captain Rodney Stich and Japan Airlines Flight Attendant,
Discussing Flight Operations!
Captain Rodney Stich, Japan Airlines, Haneda Airport, Tokyo

JAL flight attendant and copilot

Former Japanese military pilot―
flying copilot to former U.S.
Navy pilot Rodney Stich
Engine shutdown on Japan Airlines
Captain Rodney Stich and co-pilot, Japan Airlines

Monkey Flights from India
to United States
For Salk polio vaccine program
1600 monkeys per flights: phew!

Old Delhi, India, 1953
Flying Muslim Pilgrims (Hajj) to
Holy Cites of Mecca and Medina
Jerusalem 1953
Captain Stich at wailing wall, Jerusalem, 1953
One of several gates to Jerusalem old city
Transportation in Jerusalem, 1953
Along Steps of the Cross, Jerusalem 1953
Transocean Airlines recreation building, Wake Island, 1950s
Wake Island, Japanese shipwreck from World War II
Captain Stich flying gambling run
during furlough from regular
airline


Passengers smooching with Captain Stich

Passenger loading at Reno

Lake Tahoe
Invitation to airline pilots:
If you have airline-related pictures that might be of general interest and would care to have them placed at this site, please send them to stich@unfriendlyskies.com.
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