The Decatur Illinois Airport celebrated its 75th anniversary by holding the first airshow in 25 years. I was asked to be the official photographer. It was a great show, with three and a half...
On Thursday June 24th, 2021 at 1343 a vibrant yellow painted Airbus A321 touched down on rain-soaked runway 19R at Milwaukee’s General Mitchell International Airport, Spirit Airlines had officially arrived. The inaugural inbound flight...
Here’s our first report from the EAA’s AirVenture 2021, in the form of photos. After a year off due to the COVID19 crisis, early estimates point to a resumption of the same levels of...
I took a trip to Australia to see the 2001 Avalon Air Show, which celebrated the Centenary of Federation of that country. There were many aircraft types that I’d never seen before, and there...
Airbus’s A-380 super-sized airliner was launched at the end of the year 2000. A little more than four years later, the first flight of a prototype occurred, on April 27, 2005. European and U.S....
It took only 45 minutes on a Saturday evening in July to “get my groove back” again! The COVID-19 pandemic had grounded me as far as aviation photography was concerned, with no air...
As we wrap up our look into a recent spotting trip to Chicago O’Hare International Airport, we take a closer look at the narrow body and regional traffic. Chicago O’Hare International Airport is an...
We continue our look into a recent spotting trip to Chicago O’Hare International Airport with a closer look at pure freighter traffic. The downturn in traffic on the passenger side has been very evident...
The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic continues to affect air traffic and the airline industry globally. Air Travel is slowly recovering with most airlines adding flights and putting aircraft back into service, but there is a...
Here’s a second collection of older airliners, liveries and companies that no longer exist. Airliners have been retired, color schemes changes, and companies either merged or ceased operations. Sometimes, all three conditions have been...
HOMETOWN SPOTTING A LOOK BACK AT THE PAST YEAR PART#2 In this article we continue our look at the comings and goings here at my hometown airport of General Mitchell International Airport, Milwaukee WI....
HOMETOWN SPOTTING A LOOK BACK AT THE PAST YEAR PART#1 This year has not been typical in any sense of the word. The world has been and continues to battle the Covid-19 Pandemic, it...
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