Reno-The Last Lap
Story and photos by Steve Lewis I’ve had the pleasure of attending multiple air races at both Stead Field in Reno, Nevada, and both years at Williams Gateway Airport in Chandler, Arizona. Nowhere near as many as I would’ve...
Category: air racing
Photorecon attends the 2023 Reno Races
We did a slightly different mission this year at the last Reno Air Races. After attending the races since the early 2000’s Dave and Joe wanted to present our favorite teams with special take-home gifts and thank them for...
Skip Holm attends last Reno Air Race
Joe holding a past Reno guide signed by the legend himself..Skip Holm. In 2003, Skip Holm piloted Terry Bland’s modified P-51D Mustang, Dago Red, and reached an all-time unlimited class speed record of 507.105 mph in a six-lap race...
Photorecon to attend the National Championship Air Races
Tomorrow we are hitting the ground running for the next 7 days!!! See you there for the last running!! If your there..look for us all over…gonna be wearing the bright Orange Aviation Media shirts!!
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2023 By the Numbers
Editor’s note: The 70th annual EAA AirVenture Oshkosh (2023) ended a week and a half ago, and the spectacular event didn’t lack excitement. I hope I’m as vibrant, positive and forward looking when I turn 70! Here is the...
What To Expect at 2023’s EAA AirVenture Oshkosh
The Photorecon.net team will be out in force again at this year’s AirVenture 2023, reporting on just some of the many highlights (at least, what we think are the highlights) of the world’s largest gathering of aviators and aircraft...
The 2022 Reno Air Races Report
by Jeff Serpa · Published December 3, 2022 Stead Airport, Reno, NV Story and Photos by Jeff Serpa The Reno Air Races. If you know, you know. If you don’t, you should. The Reno Air Races have been taking...
AIRVENTURE OSHKOSH 2022
Photos and story by Scott Jankowski AirVenture 2022 is now history, Wittman Regional Airport is back to its typical laidback traffic flow, and once again records were broken. AirVenture 2022 did not disappoint in both aircraft attractions and in...
Aero L-39 Updated
Civilianized L-39 in flight Aero Vodochody, the Czechoslovakian/Czech Republic aircraft manufacturer celebrated their 100th anniversary of existence in 2019, making it one of the oldest surviving aircraft manufacturers in the world. The company boasts that they’ve built some 11,000...
Reno, 2019
Once a year, Stead Airport erupts with the sound of the fastest motorsport on Earth. The Reno Air Races are one of the most iconic aviation events of the year. After finally attending my first air races last year,...
Vimy to Fifth Generation in 100 Years.
RAAF Base Edinburgh has just commemorated 100 years of Aviation in South Australia with a worthy showcase of military aviation combining civil flying with historic defence force aircraft. This weekend’s Air Show – the first for 12 years at...
On Guard at Reno
The National Championship Air Races in Reno, Nevada were held September 11th to the 15th. The event obviously features many highly modified race aircraft, along with civil and military flight displays. As a self proclaimed Eagle fanatic,...
