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...
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...
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...
Spirit Airlines’ original color scheme on a DC-9-21 at Boston Massachusetts Story by Ken Kula, photos by William Ellison and Ken Kula Spirit Airlines can trace its roots back to Charter One Airlines, which began operations in 1983. Well...
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...
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...
Photos and story by Scott Jankowski Editor’s note: This article went missing from these pages a few years ago… it is reprinted in its entirety to add to our 15-year-old database. It was anything but sunny when N826SY, a...
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...
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...
F-35A Lightning II Arrival at the 104th Fighter Wing 11 June 2026 1:04 PM Story and photos by Ken Middleton At exactly 1:04 PM on 11 June 2026, 4 F-35A Lightning II’s in formation roared over Barnes Air National...
Avro Anson All photos by John Freedman John shares part of his collection of multi-radial engined aircraft photos here, enjoy! Look for another group of his photos here at Photorecon.net soon… next time it’ll be single engined radial-powered aircraft. ...
Story and photo by Shawn Byers “Hard to be Humble” is the moniker of the NATO Tigers. The NATO Tiger Meet is an annual exercise held in a NATO country of Europe and attended by North Atlantic Treaty Organization...
Boeing 737-301 Classic wearing the eye-catching livery of Piedmont Airlines during November 1986. Photos by Don Linn, Scott Jankowski and Ken Kula Known as the Boeing 737 Classic group of airliners, these three versions contained a major powerplant change...
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