Aviation History / military / tribute / U.S. Navy
by Photorecon Photographer Team · Published November 7, 2021
The Grumman F-14 Tomcat was the successor of the ill-fated General Dynamics F-111B aircraft carrier-based fighter. The first prototype flew on December 21, 1970, and was introduced operationally in 1974, just missing combat in...
Special Aviation Events / tribute / U.S. Air Force / U.S. Marine Corps / USAF Thunderbirds
by Bill Sarama · Published July 25, 2020 · Last modified July 26, 2020
Report From Dobbs Ferry, New York by Bill Sarama on July 7, 2020 Photos from various Flyover cities I never knew anything about it! Not a thing! Thank you Ken Kula for sending...
Aviation History / Aviation Record Setters / Flight Test / friends / Special Aviation Events / tribute / U.S. Air Force
by Joe Kates · Published December 15, 2019 · Last modified December 25, 2019
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...
Air National Guard / Base Visits / fighters / New England / Special Events / tribute / U.S. Air Force
by Ken Middleton · Published April 12, 2019 · Last modified April 13, 2019
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...
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...
air racing / favorite / legends / Special Aviation Events / tribute
by Ken Kula · Published March 24, 2017 · Last modified March 27, 2017
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...
Aviation Art / europe / friends / Helicopters / post / tribute
by Peter Boschert · Published July 24, 2016
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...
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 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...
fighters / military / navy / post / tribute
by Peter Boschert · Published May 5, 2015 · Last modified May 11, 2015
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...
by Douglas Aguillard · Published January 7, 2015 · Last modified January 18, 2015
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...
air racing / Airshow / oshkosh / Reno / tribute
by Ken Kula · Published September 30, 2014 · Last modified October 1, 2014
“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...
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