The Wandering Disciple

Jerry “Jive” Kirby salutes the crowd after an amazing performance during the 2016 MacDill AirFest. Jive usually performs in his customized Vans RV, however he went with something a little more warbird in the T-28 Trojan. The T-28 Trojan is a piston engine aircraft used by the Navy and Air Force in the Vietnam era. (Photo: March 19, 2016)

A brown pelican flies high along the coast at South Brohard Beach in Venice. The pelicans fly the coast tracking schools of fish before diving down for the attack. (Photo: March 14, 2016)

A great blue heron takes a stroll along the beach at South Brohard Park. Not typically a beach bum, the great blue heron is usually found along the shores of lakes and streams, not the gulf. But they don’t discriminate, they will migrate anywhere there is a steady supply of food. (Photo: March 6, 2016)

Fort Myers, Florida: This week was very limited in plane watching time, but I did managed to get a few new aircraft added to the database. Here is a look at what I saw this week: N17ES – Beechcraft Baron  N511TH – Cessna Citation V  N517A – Piper Cherokee  N560A – Piper Cherokee  N592K – Piper Cherokee  N611DA – Cirrus SR-20  N770MM – Cirrus SR-22  N800KP – Cirrus SR-20  N917EA – Beechcraft Beechjet  N1729H – Cessna Skyhawk  N4931B – Cessna 152  Click on the photo above to view these and the rest of the Page Field photo gallery .

If the walls of Hillsborough High School could talk, oh the stories it could tell from its rich history. Located in the heart of the Seminole Heights district of Tampa, Hillsborough High is the county’s oldest high school and one of the oldest schools in the South. The school was instituted in 1882 but the current high school was built in 1928. (Photo: February 22, 2020)

The A-10 Thunderbolt II, is both a favorite friend of ground troops in the US armed forces and fear foe to enemy combatants. Also known as the Warthog, the A-10 is a close-air support used to destroy enemy ground troops, tanks and armored vehicles. Designed by Fairchild Republic, the A-10 entered service in 1977 and has seen action in multiple theaters of war in the middle east. Over 700 A-10's were manufactured by Fairchild Republic exclusively for the US Air Force and almost 300 of them remain in service. The A-10 pictured here is from the 163d Fighter Squadron of the Indiana Air National Guard. (Photo: February 19, 2020)

A honeybee is hard at work gathering pollen from a colorful plant at ZooTampa. Honeybees were once only found in Eurasia but have spread across the globe thanks to human influence. There are seven species of honeybees with over 44 subspecies. The common one in the United States is the western bee also known as the European bee and is the most domesticated of the bee species. (Photo: February 22, 2020)