My 2018 Memories
Aviation is alive and well, as I witnessed during my travels in 2018. Innovations are still forthcoming, history is still revered, and air shows and other presentations still draw large crowds. I traveled outside...
Category: Aviation History
The Missiles of Sandy Hook, Part 3
The Nike Missiles: The early Nike-Ajax missiles came to Sandy Hook in 1954. They were a 2-stage missile that used a highly flammable and explosive fuel mixture of: JP-4 jet fuel; an HNO3...
The Missiles of Sandy Hook, Part 2
The New Nike Missiles at Sandy Hook: The Cold War essentially started in 1946 with the beginnings of the development of the USSR Soviet strategic bomber force. The threat was now Soviet strategic...
THE MISSILES OF SANDY HOOK, Part 1
This is the first of a three part article about the anti-aircraft defenses around New York City from World War II through the Cold War years. Some of you might be old enough to...
A VARIETY LIKE NO OTHER – The Uniqueness of AirVenture
As we wrap up our coverage of AirVenture 2018, we will take a look at all the other unique varieties of aircraft that can only be found at Oshkosh. It could be a Commercial...
A Look Back in Time, the 2018 Mid-Atlantic Air Museum’s World War II Weekend
Reading Pennsylvania’s Mid-Atlantic Air Museum can boast of a collection of over ninety aircraft and replica aircraft, from the past 100 years. Most of these are civilian aircraft, but a lot of the attention...
The Centennial of Poland’s Air Force Celebrated
The Second Republic of Poland was founded in 1918, after the end of the First World War. Except for the few years’ interruption during the Second World War, the Republic of Poland has since...
OSH Warbirds in Review Part #1 80 Years Young, North American’s Texan
All photos by Scott Jankowski – mainly from the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2018 event, with additional file photos – Ed. On September 18th 1938 the first of an eventual 15,495 North American Aviation Texans...
Vintage AirVenture Adventure 2018
This article was first run in our sister digital aviation magazine CivilAviationWorld.com The 2018 EAA AirVenture Oshkosh attracted hundreds of “old” airplanes; many gravitated towards the EAA’s Vintage Aircraft Association, located just south of...
Geneseo Airshow 2018, The Greatest Show on Turf
I am proud to bring you my other hometown area airshow from Western New York. The proper name of it is the National Warplane Museum Airshow, the Greatest Show on Turf. I call her...
