Author: Ken Kula

TransNorthern Aviation, Flying Alaska On Demand

According to the Alaskan Department of Transportation, 82% of towns and communities in their state are not connected by roads, and only 2% of the state’s land mass is accessible by roadway. Little wonder then that there are over...

Lake Hood Seaplane Base – Alaska’s Floatplane Pinnacle

Known officially as the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, the 49th state’s largest and busiest airport is really comprised of three airfields that operate as one cohesive and spectacular aviation beehive. Two smaller facilities sit just east of the...

Maho Beach… Been There, Done That, Got the T-shirt!

I’ve travelled to some truly special places to satisfy my passion for aviation photo opportunities. I’ve photographed airliners at London’s Heathrow and Amsterdam’s Schiphol airports, from Imperial Hill near LAX, and at a score of other interesting facilities around...

Iskra Jet Passes 50 Sparkling Years In Service

Poland’s TS-11 Iskra is a training aircraft that was produced by PZL Mielec (Poland’s State Aircraft Works located in the city of Mielec) during the height of the Cold War.  The design has been operational for half a century...

Flying Yankees Begin A New Mission in 2013

The 103rd Airlift Wing (AW) of the Connecticut Air National Guard (CTANG) celebrates 90 years of flying heritage in 2013. This milestone takes place as the Wing transitions from a period of uncertainty to a new mission in a...

Radom’s Superlative 2013 Air Show

Radom is a city a little more than an hour’s drive south of Warsaw, Poland.  On the southeastern edge of town is the Radom-Sadkow airport; home to a Polish Air Force training base.  Originally built in the late 1920s...

NASCAR Teams Descend Upon New Hampshire

Since 1990, the New Hampshire Motor Speedway has hosted one or two major NASCAR auto races under the Busch/Winston/Nextel/Sprint series banner.  These are the biggest races in the New England states, and attract spectators from the northeastern U.S. and...

American Bonanza Society Flies-In to Savannah GA

The American Bonanza Society (ABS) convened its Spring 2013 Fly-In in the historic and elegant city of Savannah Georgia during the long weekend of May 16th through the 19th.  The more than 200 registered participants (pilots, spouses, friends and...

Pease Greeters Welcome Their 600th Flight

The Portsmouth International Airport at Pease has earned its’ International”  moniker hundreds of times over during the past eight years.  The location of the airport in New Hampshire’s Seacoast region  (and near the Maine and Massachusetts coastlines too) is...

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