Quick Look – EAA AirVenture 2021 First Look
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...
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Our F-15 Eagle Scrapbook
The McDonnell Douglas, and later Boeing F-15 Eagle initial prototype first flew in 1972; a dozen prototypes were produced. Just shy of 1,200 airframes in several versions were built, with more expected in the...
Our Boeing 727 Scrapbook
Boeing’s 727 jetliner prototype first took to the skies in early 1963. More than half a century later, the type is still in use, although not nearly as widespread as it was in the...
Our Boeing 777 Scrapbook
A Korean Air Boeing B-777 about to touch down after a long-haul flight. A Boeing B-777 prototype first flew in 1994. The standard -200 series jetliner, capable of a gross takeoff weight of 660,000...
Looking Back to my 2001 Australia Trip
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...
World War II Weekend is Back
Written by Shawn Byers, photos by Shawn Byers and Don Linn, where noted. After a one year hiatus for 2020, The Mid-Atlantic Air Museum’s World War II Weekend celebrated a 30 year anniversary, June...
Specially Marked Military Aircraft Volume 4
Grumman EA-6B Prowler Lockheed S-3 Viking Northrop F-5E Tiger II McDonnell Dougles F-4C McDonnell Douglas F-15B Eagle Northrop F-5A General Dynamics NF-16D Lockheed C-130E BAE Nimrod Northrop F-5E Tiger IIs McDonnell Douglas QF-4...
Fokker Civil Jet Transport Scrapbook
Anthony Fokker built and flew his first aircraft before World War I, in 1910. The Dutch citizen later moved to Germany and started his namesake – aircraft building company in 1912. His company was...
Reopening America’s Hangar
When its doors opened to the public in December 2003, the National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center was a dream come true for the Smithsonian Institution. After years of private fundraising...
A Mid-Year Look at How 2021 is Shaping up
Business and General Aviation aircraft flight numbers rebounded faster than airline flights since the Covid-19 restrictions began Mid-Term Report For the Year 2021 By your Assignment and Content Editor We, the combined groups...
EAA’s AirVenture 2021 = EAA AirVenture 2020 (Plus One) And Then Some
P-51 Mustang at a past AirVenture EAA’s AirVenture 2021 = EAA AirVenture 2020 (Plus One) And Then Some The AirVenture 2020 aviation celebration in Oshkosh, Wisconsin was forced to be cancelled over health...
More MASDQ, AMARC, and AMARG Photos from Tucson, Arizona
Davis Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona is home to the United States military’s storage and regeneration center for warplanes. I was privileged to have the opportunity to visit the facility on multiple...
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