Honoring an Aviation Legend Bob Gilliland
Family and close friends turned out recently to honor the life of legendary aviation test pilot Robert J. “Bob” Gilliland. The private event was held on September 28th 2019 at the March Field...
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Viper Out -158th Fighter Wing – Vermont Air National Guard
Viper Out 158th Fighter Wing – Vermont Air National Guard Burlington International Airport 6 April 2019 Ken Middleton In December 2013, it was announced that the 158th Fighter Wing of the Vermont Air National...
Remembering LZ 129, the Hindenburg and the Importance of Naval Air Station Lakehurst
On May 6, 2017, I attended the memorial service of the eightieth anniversary of the Hindenburg disaster at the spot where the Hindenburg crashed at Naval Air Station Lakehurst, New Jersey. The weather was...
The Robert A. “Bob” Hoover Celebration of Life Ceremony
A pair of F-86s, Hoover’s favorite aircraft, fly formation with an F-22 Report and Photography by Bob Shane October 25, 2016 marked the passing of R.A. “Bob” Hoover at age 94. He was...
The Last Flight Of The CH-53G In Germany.
The CH-53 was developed in the early 1960s as a fast, all-weather and heavy transport helicopter for the United States Marine Corps. The German Bundeswehr bought 112 of these transport helicopters beginning in 1972, which...
Final Flight, Test Pilot James D. Eastham
The staff of the Roadrunners Internationale association regrets having to inform the aviation community of the final flight of Dutch 52, James D. “Jim” Eastham. Jim Eastham, known in aviation circles under the Codename...
Setting the Record Straight…55th Anniversary of the U-2 Incident
Setting the Record Straight By Francis Gary Powers, Jr. May 1, 2015 55th Anniversary of the U-2 Incident 55 years after my father was shot down over the former Soviet Union I still find...
Last Tomcats at NAS Oceana
The movie “Top Gun” made the F-14 Tomcat famous to most everyone. In 1997, after Naval Air Station Miramar was transferred to the United States Marine Corps, all F-14 Tomcats were moved to the...
Saying Goodbye….
Men become attached, even grow to love certain non-human things, like a Cowboy to his horse, it was the same with the U.S. Marines and their Boeing Vertol CH-46 (Sea Knight) helicopters . First...
The Moss Super Q.E.D. II… And So It Is Proven
“Quod Erat Demonstrandum”, a Latin phrase which translates into English as “what was to be proved” has a universally accepted acronym: “Q.E.D.”. This is attributed to the Greek mathematician Euclid… and Euclidean geometry. It...
