For more than 45 years, Phil Makanna has been capturing incredible images of aircraft in flight. It’s a passion that has seen him photograph an unrivalled range of rare, exotic and historic models spanning the entire history of flight


Having grown up on Long Island, New York, not too far from the Grumman factory, and now living on a ranch in San Francisco, California, 80-year-old Phil ‘Ghost’ Makanna is a legend in the world of aviation photography. He is the go-to guy for every owner of rare and historic aircraft looking to have their prized possessions captured in flight.