Dwight D. Eisenhower's presidential aircraft. VC-121 Columbine II Air Force One. The presidential call sign was established for security purposes during the administration of Dwight D. Eisenhower. The change stemmed from a 1953 incident where an Eastern Airlines  commercial flight (8610) ... Read More

Team members of Photorecon had a rare opportunity to fly with the Arizona wing of the Air National Guards/ 161st Air Refueling Wing,197th ARS. Our flight with the “Copperheads” took place on December 11th, 2009. During our 2hr flight we ... Read More

We heard that it is no longer called Avaition Nation but rather the Nellis AFB Open House. Something about budget cutting and no longer having Civilian Performers doing routines at a Military Base. Thanks Obama!! ... Read More

Our very own Dave Budd was invited out to Mojave Space Port to photograph the Orbital L-1011 known as Stargazer”  This  aircraft is an L-1011 commercial transport aircraft modified to serve as the launch platform for Orbital’s air-launched Pegasus rocket ... Read More

STILL RED HOT? Bruce Hales-Dutton examines Virgin Atlantic Airways as it celebrates its 25th anniversary. Mark Ayton contacts Dave Budd for use of one of his VS 747 landing shots at LAS. Mark has let on that it’s a two page ... Read More

Walking thru the pits we came upon Kevin who was nice enough to stop and talk with us!! ... Read More

Spent the afternoon shooting at LAX. Got this cool shot of a father and son!! It is a long established fact that a reader will be distracted by the readable content of a page when looking at its layout. The ... Read More

Dave again hit the road and drove to Palm Springs to visit the Air Museum there. It turned out to be a real winner and probably the favorite of the summer visits. I plan on revisiting this museum when it ... Read More

Dave had a weekend free so he loaded up and hit the road. His onjective this day was the Yanks Air Museum located in Chino California. They had two different hangars. The first house aircraft from the “Golden Age” of ... Read More

Dave went down to Riverside and visited the March Air Field Museum after learning that they had an SR-71 there. One of the more interesting aircraft was this F-9 which was in the competition against the fairchild A-10 for the ... Read More