A U. S. Navy E-2D Advanced Hawkeye carrier-based AWACS Story and photos by Ken Kula Airborne early warning and control systems can trace their origins to the World War II era. Ground-based radars became operational by the early 1940s...
Photos by Scott Jankowski, Tim Adams, Bob Finch, Shawn Byers, William Ellison, Scott Zeno, Don Linn and Ken Kula With the draw down of the U. S. Air Force’s compliment of the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle air superiority fighter,...
Story and photos by Ken Kula Alton Bay, New Hampshire is a village nestled at the end of an inlet of the much larger Lake Winnipesaukee. During three seasons, a seaplane base with the identifier of “B18” is active,...
Pratt & Whitney just celebrated 100 years in the aviation engine business – “Dependable Engines” are a big reason for its longevity Story and photos by Ken Kula Pratt & Whitney Aircraft was formed in April 1925 – just...
SAS A-340-313X on approach Story by Ken Kula, photos by Corey Beitler and Ken Kula The Airbus Industries A-340 airliner was designed as a long-ranged, four engined transport in the early 1980s. Although new twin-engined ETOPS-capable international jetliners (Boeing...
Story and photos by Ken Kula The Douglas DC-3/C-47 line has been modified and improved over many decades of use. A series of nicknames have been bestowed upon the design, some official and others whimsical… call it the Douglas...
This Boeing B-747-151 (N603US) was the 45th airframe of the type built. Note the windows on the upper deck… one story mentions that all B-747-100 versions, and a few -200 versions began life with only three windows, as upper...
The U. S. Army’s C-142A leads Kyle Fowler in his Long EZ and the NextGen Eagles before an air show opening parachute jump by the Golden Knights Photography by Ken Kula Here are thirty different groups of aircraft seen...
Cessna’s new C-408 SkyCourier on display at Oshkosh this year. Cessna is part of Textron Aviation Story and photos by Ken Kula Textron Aviation is a familiar name, but at this year’s EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, I learned that the...
Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport Point Woronzof Road runs along the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport’s western boundary and the Point Woronzof Buffer Park. There’s some space for roadside parking and a small hillside abeam the runway 14 touchdown...
Commemorative Air Force’s North American Aviation P-51C wears the red tail markings of the 332nd Fighter Group of World War II Story and photos by Ken Kula A memento in the Aviation Museum of New Hampshire from the old...
1929 CURTISS ROBIN Photos and story by Ken Kula The above photo is of a restored 1929 Curtiss Robin, one of the oldest aircraft on the 2025 EAA AirVenture Oshkosh grounds. There were plenty of fifty-plus year-old aircraft in...
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