Fortissimo – “VERY LOUD —used especially as a direction in music.” And the city of jazz and jets couldn’t have sounded better at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans in Belle Chasse,...
Kevin Walsh, CEO of the Yankee Air Museum in Ypsilanti, MI as well as Event Director of the 2021 Thunder Over Michigan Airshow conducted an impressive and highly entertaining weekend of military and warbird...
Story and photos by Joe Kates, additional photos by Scott Plummer Photorecon was invited to attend the Air Force Heritage Flight Foundation media day leading up to the Super Bowl LVI game day flyover....
Night photography, Thunder Over Michigan 2021 by Shawn Byers We’re planning our 2022 event campaign as the year changes on our wall calendars. Already, a pair of hoped-for military air shows have been cancelled...
The long awaited Pacific Airshow was back for 3 days in Huntington Beach, October 1st – 3rd. The much anticipated Air Show brought aviation fans to Huntington Beach from all over the globe. The...
The “Sky Drive” format, introduced by Airshow London in 2020, returned for another successful show on August 27-29, 2021. In 2020, when most of the airshows were canceled, those that were held typically featured...
EAA President Jack Pelton said it best, “The wait is over”, and indeed it was. It felt so good to be back “home” at AirVenture Oshkosh after last year’s cancellation due to the ongoing...
The McDonnell Douglas, and later Boeing F-15 Eagle initial prototype first flew in 1972; a dozen prototypes were produced. Just shy of 1,200 airframes in several versions were built, with more expected in the...
The 2008 Rhode Island International Air Show was a wide-ranging celebration of military and civilian aviation. Some of the highlights were: the Royal Air Force’s Red Arrows were completing their North American Tour,...
A Royal Canadian Air Force CC-137 tanker/transport departs during an Ottawa air show weekend. Ottawa’s Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (CYOW) serves Canada’s National Capital Region, sometimes known as Ottawa-Gatineau metropolitan area. The airport is serviced...
With an unused airline ticket in my bank, I returned to the Wings Over Houston Airshow for a second year in a row after the official announcement that it was a go for October...
The Great Cities of the American Revolution Flyover 2020 marked the nation’s 244th birthday. Due to nationwide Covid-19 virus concerns, most activities normally associated with the holiday (fireworks, parades, concerts, etc.) were canceled. In...
The United States Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron “Thunderbirds” and U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron “Blue Angels” fly in formation together over the Eastern Seaboard, April 28, 2020. The Thunderbirds and Blue Angels performed...
Snowbirds CT-114 cockpit. On Sunday morning May 17, 2020, shortly before noontime in Kamloops, British Columbia, a pair of RCAF CT-114 Tutors, part of the Snowbirds team, departed the airport carrying the advance coordination...
Seen arriving at EAA AirVenture 2021 in spectacular fashion is this Boeing EA-18G Growler flown by VAQ-129 and based at NAS Whidbey Island WA. Here are fifteen photos of aircraft, aviators, or anything aviation...
T-1A Jayhawk in USAF/Squadron commemorative colors at MacDill AFB Bob Finch took a quick trip to visit family and the MacDill AFB air show in March, 2022. Here are some of the aircraft on...
It was Sunday, September 22nd, 2019, in Virginia Beach. Yesterday, Saturday, was my last day at the 2019 NAS Oceana Air Show, always one of the best military shows in the United States. As...
Around the beginning of the new Millennium – that being 2000 to 2003 I believe, a familiarization program for FAA air traffic controllers was organized to watch and learn about Army and National Guard...
The Constellation was a pre-World War II airliner design begun by Lockheed Corporation in 1937. In 1939, Transcontinental and Western Airlines (later known as just TWA) showed interest in a long ranged transport with...
NASA operates three WB-57Fs, a highly modified Martin B-57 bomber. The WB-57 is optimized for high altitude work, sometimes filling in as a military information relay aircraft or drone, like it did during this...
All of the aircraft in these photos have one thing in common… the color black. You can hover over the photo to find the type or click it for a larger view. Enjoy!
Racewinner VH-GAV(Bunn/Gerraty) is followed by “Millie” T-5531/VH-CXV from Cressy, Victoria, seen landing after the race finish Held in a farmer’s paddock as a nod to similar circumstances a century ago, and with planning across...
Ukrainian Falcons MiG-29A at Burlington, Vermont in 1992 Mikoyan’s MiG-29 jet fighter prototype first flew in late 1977, and entered production in 1981. The design was developed in response to the new American...
Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation CA-18 Mustang VH-SVU / AM-G makes its dedication pass Wednesday, March 30, was the date on which the Royal Australian Air Force concluded its year of centenary celebrations with a moving...
509th Bomb Wing B-2A Spirit “Spirit of America” takes off on a Red Flag 22-1 mission from Nellis Air Force Base, North Las Vegas, Nevada, on 10 February 2022. Catching photos with the moon...
All photos by Del Laughery or the Del Laughery collection As common place as it is, these days, for two aircraft to very nearly occupy the same piece of the sky and move jet...
Aviation History / Base Visits / demo teams / fighters / Formation Flying / meetings / Special Events / U.S. Air Force / warbirds
4 Mar, 2022
Aerobatics / Airshow / Aviation History / Aviation Record Setters / Formation Flying / legends / meetings / military / museums / oshkosh / Special Aviation Events / warbirds
6 Jul, 2019
Mike Wiskus: “I’m Going Out at the Top of My Game!”
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The Human(-itarian) Side of 2021’s AirVenture
22 Aug, 2021
Shot Down: The true story of pilot Howard Snyder and the crew of the B-17 Susan Ruth
