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6 Apr, 2010

Flying Legend – Betty “Tack” Blake – WASP Class 43-1

Last weekend I had the honor once again to meet up with Ms. Betty “TACK ” Blake. The recent visit of the EAA‘s B-17 Aluminum Overcast brought out many WWII Vets, Blake, among the...

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1 Apr, 2010

MCAS Yuma Photo slideshow

MCAS Yuma Air Show 2010 from Joseph Kates on Vimeo.

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29 Mar, 2010

MCAS YUMA AirShow 2010

Photorecon was invited by Dr. Brian Cullen to attend the 2010 MCAS Yuma Airshow. Dr. Cullen is an active aviator and a member of the Yuma Airport Authority.We had front row seats in the...

Marines / post

18 Mar, 2010

Lt. Col. William R. Duncan – 1st Landing Signal Officer in the United States Marine Corps

I first met Lt. Colonel William R. Duncan at the dedication of “Lady Ace 09” in April 2010. He was one of several commanding officers, both past and present, of HMM-165 that attended the...

fighters / friends / post

12 Mar, 2010

Nazzi Hirani “A Custodian Of Aviation History”

3-11-2010 was a sad day; we lost a great man and in his personal words “A Custodian of Aviation History”. Nazzi Hirani left this world doing what he loved to do. Fly his vintage Warbird ...

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12 Mar, 2010

Tribute to Nazzi Harani and P-51 SUSU

I did not know the man..but Joe Kates did. He had met Nazzi at the Luke show a few years back and Joe was instantly taken with Su Su. Joe told me the story...

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5 Mar, 2010

International Society for Aviation Photography – Las Vegas,NV March 4-6 2010

Dave and Joe are attending the 2010 International Society for Aviation Photography LasVegas ,NV and are having a BLAST . This is a great event and as always features world class speakers and presentations....

military / space

17 Jan, 2010

A Visit to the X-15 Crash Site and Memorial

Yesterday I set off on a day trip to discover crash sites of some of the “X” planes that have went down in Southern California’s Mojave Desert. After recording the GPS coordinates from a...

fighters / military / photocalls

9 Jan, 2010

Visit to NAF El Centro

Thanks to Matt and Joe over at Arizona Aviation Photographers(AzAP) Joe and I got to attend the AzAP Photo Call that they had set up with Michelle Dee the Public Affairs Officer of El...

assignments / military

29 Dec, 2009

Photorecon flies With The 161st Air Refueling Wing “THE COPPERHEADS”

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,...