I love turboprops.

As a fan of unconventional aircraft design this little Honda Jet caught my eye. Take note of the engines mounted to the top of the wings.

Cessna Citation X. I have always loved her lines.

What’s the urban legend about black, CIA helicopters? Probably not true. But this Bell looks pretty awesome, nonetheless.

We had a special appearance in our hangar today. We do not attend to turboprop aircraft very much at all. So seeing this gorgeous PC-12 brought in was quite a treat for me.

Another Global Express with a basic white livery. I liked it because she sported the German registry.

I enjoy working on Falcons. Especially the tri-jet models like this Falcon 50. She reminds me of the Lockheed L1011. Last pic is looking forward through the #2 engine S-duct intake.

One of the many Texans that frequent Van Nuys Airport (KVNY).

Just flew over our hangar.

Later model Learjet. Still has “the look”.

A Global 7500 with a very clean livery. Picturesque but not too fancy.

A Gulfstream G450 being towed.

Apparently this bird is a film & television star, appearing in several episodes of “NCIS” and “CSI”. She was also featured in the movie “Step Brothers”.

She no longer flies, but lives on to teach new generations of A&P mechanics at NVOC. In fact, this is the only aircraft at NVOC that still has a fully operational engine.

Van Nuys Airport is home to several of these beauties. The T-6 is a pretty common sight here.

I thought the tail registry number was funny. “Cool plane?” “Eh…” 😁

Rumor has it that this Global Express has a famous owner.

The big orange Erickson Sky Crane helicopter is usually parked in this spot at KVNY. But this day it was occupied by the big yellow Sky Crane.

Another plane of unconventional design. The Cirrus Vision Jet is definitely interesting to look at.

This Challenger 604 was among the first planes I worked on when I started out in my new career as an A&P mechanic. When you work as one you get many opportunities to see aircraft in ways that most other people do not. Di…