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OSH July 20 Monday

Photos by Ken Kula and Del Laughery EAA AirVenture started off with a smokey sky, warm temperatures and lots of flying. Here are a few photos from Monday’s EAA’s 2026 AirVenture Oshkosh: Fleet 7B A Sling from Africa! USAF...

Report: Sunday Arrival Day at the 2026 EAA’s AirVenture Oshkosh

Grumman F8F Bearcat Photos by Ken Kula Here we are, on the day before AirVenture 2026 begins… just a sampling of the awesome collectionn of aircraft present in Oshkosh, Wisconsin: PBY Catalina National Airplane and Motor Company Bluebird Sikorsky...

Duluth Air and Aviation Expo 2026

Story and photos by Del Laughery Saturday, July 11, 2026, dawned brilliantly over Duluth International Airport. Skies were clear, visibility reasonable for a mid-summer day (unlike last year’s show which was heavily fogged in through late morning), and expectations...

USAF Flying Unit Markings Scrapbook

T-37 of the 89th Flying Training Squadron Photos by Scott Zeno, Scott Jankowski, Bob Finch and Ken Kula There’s a tradition in the US Air Force that one of each unit’s aircraft can be specially marked with the owning...

Sunset of the Harrier

Story and photos by Shawn Byers The United States Marine Corps retired the last of their world famous Vertical/Short Takeoff and Landing (V/STOL) AV-8B Harrier II attack aircraft on 3 June 2026. The primary mission of Marine Aviation is...

More Single Engined Radial Powered Aircraft From John Freedman

All photos by John Freedman Here are more aircraft photos by John Fedeedman, this time featuring single radial-engined airplanes. Yak 18 Antonov AN-2 Hudson, CAC Wirraway and pair of Harvards  Corsair Wildcat and Corsair Gee Bee QED replica Lavochkin...

Military Tail Art Photo Collection

VF-11 “Red Rippers” F-14 Tomcat tail art on display, the CAG Bird is in the foreground. Photos by Scott Zeno and Ken Kula VF-41 F-14A Tomcat Tomcat tail… Fighter Wing Atlantic Tomcat Tail, pride of the Swordsmen, VF-32 F-14...

Military Nose Art Photo Collection

Nose art on a F-15E Strike Eagle. Photos by Scott Zeno and Ken Kula Personalization of an aircraft can represent aircrew, maintenance personnel, or an entire Squadron, Group or Wing. Some artwork is purely ceremonial, but many examples can...

The Convairliner

Mohawk Convair 240 at Las Vegas McCarran Airport, March 13, 1968 Story and Photos by Don Linn What many would say is a last-minute reprieve, as of this writing at least, the last Convairliner, a stretched CV-5800, C-GKFS, with...

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