Spending my Birthday at TOPGUN
With the National Championship of Air Races being canceled in year 2019, we were more than excited to get back to Reno when the news that the 2021 races would go on….Joe and I...
Author: Dave Budd
F-16 Demo Team “Venom”
We have been working on something special since December 2019 for the 2020 airshow season. While it was scheduled to be completed in March, due to the covid pandemic we paused production to ensure...
Aircraft Profiles – Preview 334th Fighter Squadron
Gonna throw up a preview of a Strike Eagle profile that I have been working on. 334th FS out of Seymour Johnson AFB. So members can see and comment on it. Hope you like...
HAI Helo-Expo 2018
The Helicopter Association International’s yearly convention (HAI Heli-Expo 2018) was held during the last week in February at the Las Vegas, Nevada Convention Center. Over 17,000 attendees and 700 companies alighted in Las Vegas,...
Nevada Aerospace Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony
A successful evening of old friends, new friends, honoring aviation pioneers at the Nevada Aerospace Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony: Hugh ‘Slip’ Slater of the 1129th Special Activities Squadron at Area 51; Lou Schalk,...
Dr Sky Interviews Frank Murray CIA A-12 Pilot
Dr Sky interviews Lt. Col Frank Murray who was one of the CIA pilots in Operation “Black Shield”. Frank had the distinction of being one of the pilots who over flew North Korea and...
Reno Air Race Strega Poster
With the race quickly approaching I wanted to turn my attention to doing some art work that I always thought was cool. Aircraft caricature is not what I’m use to doing….so I started with...
Planes of Fame Airshow 2016
Planes of Fame Air Museum is proud to present Planes of Fame Airshow 2016, April 29 – May 1: commemorating the 75th anniversary of Pearl Harbor. This year’s airshow will feature nearly 50 historic...
North American Aviation Test Pilot – Al White Interview
(Two part interview combined into one) The North American Aviation XB-70 Valkyrie is the prototype of the B-70 nuclear-armed, deep-penetration strategic bomber for the U.S. Air Force’s Strategic Air Command. North American Aviation designed...
Photorecon Visits A-12 Pilot Frank Murray
From the Dr.Sky files, comes yet, another great interview! Here I have the honor of interviewing one of the last surviving pilots of the A-12 aircraft……a single seat CIA, Mach 3.3 aircraft that was...
Death of a Mig Killer
Reatil 21 was a flight of three F-4d’s that took off from Nellis AFB on 28 August, 1979. The three ship formation was on a training mission doing Air Combat Maneuverings. The 435th...
