Fifteen More Fantastic Warbirds
by Ken Kula · Published September 24, 2022 MiG-17F at a Nellis AFB air show. Bell P-39 Aircobra at an Eglin AFB air show. Curtiss P-40 Warhawk during an evening air show at Brunswick,...
Category: Aviation History
USAF Trainers In My Lifetime…
I’m 63 years old, and have been nuts about airplanes since I was a child. I’ve chased airplanes in picture books, at air shows, and later in life, as a photographer and writer trying to record aviation history. That’s...
Fifteen Fantastic Warbirds from Scott Jankowski
by Scott Jankowski · Published September 3, 2022 Thunder over Michigan 2019 featured a gathering of Corsairs, pictured here are 11 such examples doing a mass engine runup. Here are fifteen fantastic warbird photos from Scott Jankowski. From time...
OCEANA AIR SHOW 2022
Story by Bill Sarama, photos by Howard German, Bob Finch and Bill Sarama Oceana Naval Air Station in Virginia Beach, VA, had their big Air Show on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, September 16, 17 and 18, 2022, and it...
CELEBRATING 75 YEARS OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE, AIRVENTURE STYLE.
Photos and story by Scott Jankowski Originally created on August 1st, 1907, and once part of the U.S. Army Signal Corps, was formally established as a separate branch of the U.S. Armed Forces on September 18th 1947. The U.S....
The 42nd Annual Simsbury Fly-In (and Car Show and Food Truck Festival, too)
Photos by Scott Zeno and Ken Kula, story by Ken Kula The 42nd Annual Simsbury Fly-In (and Car Show and Food Truck Festival, too) was held on Sunday, September 25, 2022. The airport Is operated as a 501(c)(3) non-profit...
March Field Air Museum, Riverside, CA
Story and photos by Del Laughery First things first: If you are going to be in the Los Angeles area, make it a point to visit this museum. It’s really something quite special. Equally important are getting there and...
Joint Base Andrews Air and Space Expo 2022
Story and photos by Shawn Byers Joint Base Andrews hosted their first air show since 2019 on September 17th and 18th, the 18th being the 75th Birthday of the United States Air Force. Among us, serious air show...
Rapid Pacific 2022 Stops at Hyakuri Air Base, Japan
Photos and story by Masaki Komatsu Masaki Komatsu caught part of the record-setting Rapid Pacific 2022 deployment of German Air Force fighters, tankers and transports as they left the Hyakuri Air Base in Japan, bound for Singapore. The entire group...
Radial Engine Round Up – at AirVenture 2022
By Ken Kula Radial aircraft engines have been around for more than a century. Predominantly air-cooled, many engines of the last 100 years or so were lighter than their liquid-cooled counterparts that developed similar horsepower. Their characteristic odd-numbered cylinders...
Fun Fly Zone Activities at EAA AirVenture 2022
Photography by John Freedman and Ken Kula “Only in Oshkosh” is a rather new Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) saying that describes the activities at the annual Oshkosh Fly-In and Convention. One of the more radical and diverse venues during...
2022 Fokker Scourge/Flying Circus/World War I Airshow At The Golden Age Air Museum
Story and photos by Corey Beitler Berks County in southeastern Pennsylvania is rich with history and heritage. The region is well-known for its Pennsylvania Dutch population and culture. Farms that have been in Pennsylvania Dutch families for generations dot...
