Amanda Franklin…. A Flying legend
As we all know Amanda and Kyle were involved in a tragic fire and forced landing several months ago in Texas. Tragic is a word that is overused in our language, but it really fits here; there are few...
Author: Mark Hrutkay
Chino 2011 Media flight
As I get older, it takes more to get me out of the house. It takes a lot more to get me and 150+ pounds of camera gear to move cross country 2200 miles to California. The Chino Airshow...
Sun n Fun 2011
Last year, the EAA show at Oshkosh was became known as “Sloshkosh” after some significant rainstorms. Well, this year Sun n Fun bested it by a few orders of magnitude. I’ve been going to SnF for 25 years and...
Tornado at Sun n Fun 2011
Sun n Fun this year had some unusually bad weather. It was rare event, but people had some problems getting past weather to get to the show. Thus we were short some acts for the airshow on Opening Day...
Valiant Air Command Airshow 2011
The Valiant Air Command hosts an annual airshow in Titusville Florida each spring. In the past (20 years ago) it was one of the 3 or 4 top airshows in the country. It’s still a great show and has...
F4U-4 Corsair “Korean War Hero”
At the Valiant Air Command’s TICO Airshow this spring a new Corsair debuted. The F4U-4 N713JT Bureau No. 97143 is owned by Jim Tobul of South Carolina and has been in the family for about 30 years. This is...
Heavy Metal Jet Aerobatic Team
The real airshow season in America starts at TICO (which comes from Titusville Cocca Airport Authority) every spring in Florida. This event is the annual fund raiser for the Valiant Air Command. This year something new happened which has...
Reno 2010 – The Reno Race that Almost Wasn’t…
The Reno Race that Almost Wasn’t… By Mark Hrutkay The National Championship Air Races at Reno in 2010 did something they never did in the past and that was to cancel the final races in several classes. There always...
The Jet Warbirds at Oshkosh 2010
Going to the annual EAA Convention at Oshkosh has become a part of every summer for a lot of us. I’ve been taking my son since he was four years old. My father went when I was seven (it...
Geneseo Airshow 2010 – A War Bird Gathering
Upstate New York is an area that has miserable winters, lakes, mountains, poor farmers, vineyards, wineries, and the greatest airshow on turf. The greatest airshow on turf happens each summer in Geneseo, New York which is a small college...
SUN ‘n FUN Airshow 2010 – Lakeland Florida
Sun n’ Fun is always a great place to go in the spring to get the air show season started off right. It’s in central Florida and the weather this time of year is generally very nice. Sun n’...
2010 Florida International Air Show – Punta Gorda, FL
Punta Gorda is on the western coast of Florida, south of Tampa. It is one of the nicer small shows in the country. I’ve never been to that part of Florida and never to Punta Gorda in particular; so...
