A Trip Down Memory Lane, Part 2
How many of these airlines do you remember, or have flown on? The airlines in this set of photos have not only ceased to operate as brands, but many of their aircraft pictured here are retired, or even don’t...
Category: Airliners
Gravelly Point, Washington D.C.’s Great Plane Watching Park
To be totally correct, Gravelly Point is in Virginia, just north of Crystal City and Reagan Washington National Airport. The small sliver of land sits upon the shores of the Potomac River, and is contained within the lands of...
A Trip Down Airline Memory Lane, Part One
How many of these airlines do you remember, or have flown on? The airlines in this set of photos have not only ceased to operate as brands, but many of their aircraft pictured here are retired, or even don’t...
I Was Fortunate to Have Worked the Concorde
This past week marks the 50th anniversary of the first flight of a Concorde SST prototype. A technological marvel half a century ago, it still is one of aviation’s most important accomplishments. A while back I was an air...
A Golden Anniversary
On February 9th, 1969 a legendary aircraft that would become known as the “Queen” of the skies took to the air for the first time. Boeing Aircraft’s Billion dollar gamble would pay off in a big way, as one...
The “Thunder” in the 2018 Thunder Over Michigan Airshow
The 2018 Thunder Over Michigan Airshow held as usual at the famed Willow Run International Airport just outside of Ypsilanti Michigan celebrated its 20th birthday. This annual airshow never fails to impress, the 2018 event brought together several different...
My 2018 Memories
Aviation is alive and well, as I witnessed during my travels in 2018. Innovations are still forthcoming, history is still revered, and air shows and other presentations still draw large crowds. I traveled outside the U.S. for a pair...
WHAT A YEAR IT WAS. A look back at 2018
My Favorite time of year (other than Airshow Season) is almost upon us. As we prepare to say farewell to 2018 and ring in 2019 we stop and reflect on the past year and review all of the...
A VARIETY LIKE NO OTHER – The Uniqueness of AirVenture
As we wrap up our coverage of AirVenture 2018, we will take a look at all the other unique varieties of aircraft that can only be found at Oshkosh. It could be a Commercial Airliner, Homebuilt, Vintage, Helicopter, or...
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport
“Easy Come, Easy Go” has long been an advertising motto of BWI Marshall Airport. Located south of Baltimore and along the Interstate 95 Corridor, typical customers of the airport come from Pennsylvania, Delaware, West Virginia, Washington D.C. and Virginia....
A Unique Partnership
In 2009 a unique partnership was formed between Milwaukee Wisconsin’s General Mitchell International Airport and Airbus headquartered in Toulouse France. This agreement has seen Airbus use Milwaukee as a base of operations to cold weather test quite a few...
Long, Trim and Deluxe: The A350-1000XWB Debuts in Australia
At about the time Photorecon heard the newest in Airbus’s illustrious stable was visiting Australia, we needed little prodding to fly interstate for a mixed media demonstration and spotting trip. As the A350-1000XWB is yet to visit the American...
