Book Review: So I Bought an Air Force…
Mustang #44-84634, N351BD, was one of the P-51 Mustangs imported from Nicaragua to the U.S. by Will Martin and MACO Sales Financial Corporation, originally in 1963. OK warbird fans, how many of you enjoy...
Author: Ken Kula
RIAT at RAF Cottesmore
Ukrainian Air Force Tu-22M3 bomber at RAF Cottesmore close to the turn of this century. The Royal International Air Tattoo is a yearly gathering of military aircraft, aircrews, and aviation history rolled into almost...
Lockheed Martin Ready to Deliver the 500th F-35 Fighter
U.S Navy F-35C dwarfed by the C-5M in the background… don’t judge the F-35’s capabilities by its size though! The 158th Fighter Wing, U.S. Air National Guard, will soon welcome the 500th F-35 Lightning...
T-7A Red Hawk Update
© Boeing photo The U.S. Air Force will be welcoming their new generation of jet trainers to squadron use in 2023. Replacing the venerable Northrop T-38 will be the Boeing Defense, Space and...
JFK Airliners of the late 20th Century
Concorde served JFK from both Paris’ De Gualle and London’s Heathrow airports. Living in southern New Hampshire during the 1980s and 1990s, it was a relatively short drive – about fifty miles – to...
Military and Government T-Tailed Aircraft Scrapbook
The Lockheed C-5 Galaxy has one of the largest T-tails in the world. A readily recognizable spotting trait for aircraft all over the world is the tail configuration. In particular, the T-tail design brings...
The Millennial Farnborough International Air Shows
ATR-42-500 soon to be delivered to Cuban airline Aerogaviota, at the 2002 Farnborough trade show. Here are a number of aircraft photos featuring the aircraft from the 2000 and 2002 Farnborough International Air...
Grumman’s Long-Serving C-2A Greyhound To Be Replaced This Decade
About to catch a wire, a C-2A arrives aboard an aircraft carrier in the Pacific. Dion Makowski photo The Grumman C-2A Greyhound was developed from the E-2 Hawkeye AWACS during the 1960s. More than...
Aero L-39 Updated
Civilianized L-39 in flight Aero Vodochody, the Czechoslovakian/Czech Republic aircraft manufacturer celebrated their 100th anniversary of existence in 2019, making it one of the oldest surviving aircraft manufacturers in the world. The company boasts...
Aerial Firefighting, Part 2 – Some Older Airframes
P-2V Neptune at Alamogordo New Mexico Aerial Firefighting has changed in many ways during the past 90 years or so, since its inception here in the U.S.. In other ways it hasn’t changed very...
