Looking Over The Edge
by Keith “Rosey” Rosenkranz Aviators who’ve been to “the edge of the envelope” definitely know the name “Chuck Yeager.” On Oct. 14, 1947, the legendary test pilot became the first person to fly supersonic,...
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T-BIRD BOMB BURST
BY GEN. MERRILL A. (TONY) MCPEAK , Del Rio could be the movie set of a West Texas border town. It’s windy, and the weather tends toward seasonal extremes. A large U.S. Air Force...
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KILLING TRAINS
By Ed Rasimus (Excerpted from When Thunder Rolled: An F-105 Pilot over North Vietnam) Our target for the day was a bridge at Bac Ninh on the northeast railroad. Ingress could be along the...
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FAREWELL FLIGHT
FAREWELL FLIGHT by Capt. William R. Tymczyszyn I hoped we’d fly together again someday, but I didn’t know just when. Then a sense of something special came over me, as I released the brakes...
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GORILLA – THE FIRST JET-POWERED PRIMATE
by William B.Scott At the dawn of the jet age, a small group of test pilots, engineers, technicians and maintenance troops secretly evaluated the Bell XP-59A, America’s first military jet, at the remote Materiel...
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B-52 STRIKE ON IRAQ
January 16, 1991; 1900 Hours: “We’re going!” That simple announcement from “Moondog,” our radar navigator, triggered a flurry of activity. We were going to war with Iraq. Jamming last-minute gear into our helmet bags...
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THE FIRST NIGHTHAWKS
by William B. Scott Depicting a symbolic nighthawk in flight and worn on a man’s suit lapel, it’s just a small, innocuous silver pin. But a red ruby in the hawk’s eye silently...
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A Few Words With Gregory W. “Wired” Colyer – T-33 Airshow Performer
Good morning Gregory, Ok, I’ve seen you perform at a few air shows in New England. Before that I’ve only seen T-33s in books. I understand you are from California and took your first...
The 2021 Pacific Airshow
The long awaited Pacific Airshow was back for 3 days in Huntington Beach, October 1st – 3rd. The much anticipated Air Show brought aviation fans to Huntington Beach from all over the globe. The...
Specially Colored Military Aircraft, Volume #6
Here’s our sixth scrapbook of specially-colored military aircraft, enjoy! You can hover over the photo to see the type, or double click for a full sized view.
Spotting at KBOS on Sunday August 15, 2021
Lufthansa A-350-900 on final to Runway 4 Right at Boston’s Logan international Airport Here’s a look at a few of the many arrivals to Boston’s Logan International Airport on a beautiful late summer...
NORTHERN LIGHTNING 2021
Photography by Scott Jankowski and Howard German (be sure to click on the thumbnail photos for enlarged photos!) The skies above Central Wisconsin were once again filled the sights and sounds of aircraft participating...
Grumman’s F-14 Tomcat Scrapbook
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...
Mike Wiskus: “I’m Going Out at the Top of My Game!”
Unfortunately, it seems that 2021 will be the last year we will see Mike Wiskus flying that little orange – or is it red – biplane on the air show circuit. At 63 years...
Great State of Maine Air Show Presents New Blue Angels’ Aircraft, Other Great Performers
The Brunswick Executive Airport, formerly part of the Naval Air Station at Brunswick, Maine, is the host venue for the Great State of Maine Air Shows. In 2021, another edition of the air show,...
Thunder Over New Hampshire – “Live Free and Fly” 2021
The 157th Air Refueling Wing of the New Hampshire Air National Guard decided to host an air show in 2021. They worked in conjunction with Herb Gillen of the Herb Gillen agency to produce...
New York International Air Show 2021
Flying off their successful 2020 drive-in air show, the New York International Air Show returned to Orange County Airport, NY for 2021. Surrounded by a bucolic scene of green rolling hills and the Walkill...
The 40th Anniversary Geneseo Airshow – The Incomplete Story
Also known as The Greatest Show on Turf, The National Warplane Museum titled their 40th Anniversary airshow, “Operation Thanks from Above”, which took place on July 10th and 11th, 2021. This represented a carryover...
Airshow London’s Sky Drive 2021
The “Sky Drive” format, introduced by Airshow London in 2020, returned for another successful show on August 27-29, 2021. In 2020, when most of the airshows were canceled, those that were held typically featured...
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