AirVenture Oshkosh Day 4
Looking back at the Korean War 75 years later By Ken Kula On the fourth day of AirVenture Oshkosh, there were many changes to the static aircraft collection parked parked on Boeing Plaza. The weather turned from warm to...
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AirVenture Oshkosh Day 3
The nighttime air show contained loads of pyrotechnics By Ken Kula Day three of the EAA’s AirVenture Oshkosh 2025 has been completed. Rain in the morning gave way to a pleasant afternoon, and threatening skies – which appeared after...
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh Day 2
BETA’s CX300 during the Innovation Day celebration By Ken Kula Day two of the EAA’s Air Venture Oshkosh 2025 is in the books. Large crowds and pleasant weather made for a great day of aviation. Aviation innovations were featured...
EAA AirVenture 2025 Day 1 Review
Meyers OTW and her crew By Ken Kula The first day of the EAA’s AirVenture Oshkosh 2025 is in the books, with plenty of aerial activity and a rapidly filling convention ground. The North 40 parking and camping area...
Oshkosh Sunday Arrivals Day
Photos by Ken Kula The EAA’s AirVenture Oshkosh 2025 is almost underway, and the day prior to Monday’s beginning chapter saw hundreds of aircraft arrive at Wittman regional Airport. Active military, warbirds and General Aviation planes of all types...
Volunteering To Help AirVenture Oshkosh 2025 Get Off Of The Ground
Story and photos by Ken Kula The Experimental Aircraft Association‘s AirVenture Oshkosh has been and still is the world’s largest gathering of aircraft year after year. Oshkosh Wisconsin’s Wittman Regional Airport sees over 10,000 aircraft movements during one week,...
What We Expect to See at the EAA’s AirVenture 2025 at Oshkosh
The Douglas AD Skyraider design will celebrate its 80th anniversary in 2025 EAA Press Releases with added notes and photos by Ken Kula EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2025 promises to be filled with dozens of examples of aviation innovations, all...
The Former CFB Summerside, Located on Prince Edward Island, Will Host the 2025 Air Show Atlantic
Story by Ken Kula, photos by Ken Kula and Scott Zeno The former Canadian Forces Base Summerside will host the 2025 Air Show Atlantic over the last weekend of June 2025. The base is rich with military history, which...
Kaman K-MAX Helicopter
Photos by Scott Zeno, Story by Ken Kula Connecticut-based Kaman Air Vehicles’ K-MAX helicopter is a medium-sized, single-engined, specialized aircraft whose prototype first flew in late 1991. The design fills the niche market of an external-load carrying helicopter capable...
A Douglas Aircraft Company DC-8 Scrapbook
United Airlines DC-8-71 passenger jet at KBOS Story and photos by Ken Kula The Douglas DC-8 jetliner is a long ranged, four-engined aircraft with intercontinental range. Both passenger and freighter versions were produced, with several variants of each built....
Dwindling Numbers, Part 2: More Older U. S. Military Aircraft Types Are Being Replaced
U. S. Navy E-6B Mercury design has been operational for 36 years. Story and photos by Ken Kula, except for photos attributed to other companies or DOD employees. Some of the U. S. military’s aircraft are approaching or have...
Alternative Fuels Drive Existing Aircraft Modifications and New Aircraft Designs – Twenty Examples
BETA Technologies ALIA CX300 BETA Technologies ALIA A250 VTOL Story and photos by Ken Kula, unless otherwise noted Burlington, Vermont’s BETA Technologies is “an aerospace company manufacturing electric flight”. The company describes itself as “pilots who build planes” and...
