NATO Tiger Meet 2026
Story and photo by Shawn Byers “Hard to be Humble” is the moniker of the NATO Tigers. The NATO Tiger Meet is an annual exercise held in a NATO country of Europe and attended by North Atlantic Treaty Organization...
Category: Air Transports
Boeing B-737 Classic Scrapbook
Boeing 737-301 Classic wearing the eye-catching livery of Piedmont Airlines during November 1986. Photos by Don Linn, Scott Jankowski and Ken Kula Known as the Boeing 737 Classic group of airliners, these three versions contained a major powerplant change...
FLYING WITH THE 128TH AIR REFUELING WING PART 2
TITLE PHOTO:8064 Story and photos by Scott Jankowski except where noted The 128th Air Refueling Wing has operated the Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker since 1977 after operating another Boeing product the KC-97L Stratofreighter from 1965 to 1977. The unit would...
Here’s a Preview of Expected Attractions at the EAA’s AirVenture Oshkosh 2026
The Royal Air Force’s flight demonstration team, the Red Arrows, will perform in the sky over Oshkosh during the last weekend of AirVenture 2026 Information from official EAA and participant press releases, plus photos by Ken Kula Editor’s note:...
Radial Engine Round Up – Civilian Multi Engined Aircraft
DC-6, Universal, N661TA, PHL Cargo City, Nov 1990 Photography by Don Linn, Scott Jankowski, Bob Finch and Ken Kula Lockheed L-1649A-98 Starliner Originally a U. S. Army C-47, it was converted to a Douglas DC-3C after World War II...
American Business Jets: An Important Tool For Doing Business
Cessna’s (Textron Aviation) Citation CJ2+ Story and photos by Don Linn Business jets are an important tool for doing business in today’s increasingly competitive world for several reasons. Foremost, for many corporations and companies, especially those with multi-office locations,...
SPOTTING COMMERICAL AIRLINERS AT MITCHELL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Story and photos by Scott Jankowski In this second installment of spotting highlights at my hometown airport of General Mitchell International Airport, we are going to take a look at some of the more unique and unusual commercial...
Radial Engine Round Up – Military Multi Engined Aircraft
Florida Air National Guard Convair C-131D Samaritan Photos by Don Linn, Scott Jankowski, Tim Adams, Del Laughery, Bob Finch and Ken Kula Here’s a scrapbook of military multi radial-engined aircraft… including transports, bombers, fighters and patrol planes. A few...
Airliner Special Color Schemes, Volume 2
Southwest Airlines B-737-700 “Maryland” at an event at BWI Photos by William Ellison, Shawn Byers, John Freedman, Scott Jankowski and Bob Finch Royal Jordanian Airlines B-787-8 wearing tourism colors Southwest Airlines B-737 MAX 8 Herbert D. Kelleher retro colors...
SPOTTING MILITARY AIRCRAFT AT MITCHELL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Story and photos by Scott Jankowski My hometown airport of General Mitchell International does see a good number of military movements with the FBO (Fixed Base Operator) Avflight handling the majority of traffic. Milwaukee is also home to the...
Boeing B-737 -100/-200 Series Scrapbook Part 2
Chrono Aviation’s B-737-247 Advanced model with unimproved runway compressed air pipes in front of the engine intakes. Photos by Scott Jankowski, Shawn Byers, Don Linn Here’s the second part of our look at the early versions of Boeing’s B-737....
Government Operated Aircraft Photo Collection
One of the U. S. Air Force’s C-40 executive transports on a short final approach. Photos by William Ellison, Scott Jankowski, Scott Zeno, Bob Finch and Ken Kula Most governments around the world operate aircraft to support its politicians,...
