REPORT FROM THE DOVER AIR MUSEUM:
Story and photos by Bill Sarama Friday, August 26th — Well, I’m on my way down US-13 to the Outer Banks of North Carolina, OBX, for a short vacation prior to the Oceana trip later in September. Of course...
Category: Aviation History
Old Gems from Bob Finch
Aeronca 7AC floatplane Bob Finch has some very old slides. He has reproduced a dozen images here as scans from slides in the late 1950s, from Teterboro, NJ and Idlewild Airport, NY. WACO RNF, note the Meteor Air Transport...
Giants At EAA AirVenture 2022
Delta Airlines’ Airbus A-350-900 arriving over the runways at Oshkosh, Wisconsin at the EAA AirVenture 2022. More than 10,000 aircraft pass over the western shores of Lake Winnebago during the seven-day celebration known as EAA AirVenture. The flying machines...
EAA AIRVENTURE OSHKOSH 2022 – FACTS AND FIGURES FOR A RECORD-SETTING YEAR
Here’s the official media release with facts and figures of the Experimental Aircraft Association’s (EAA) AirVenture Oshkosh 2022. The massive celebration of aviation is touted as “Unlike Anything Else”, and for a week in mid-summer in Wisconsin, a huge...
Pearl Harbor Survivor: Collings Foundation’s Curtiss P-40B Warhawk
The American Heritage Museum in Stow, Massachusetts, is a must-stop visit for any military enthusiast. The museum operated by the Collings Foundation has an incredible display of military vehicles and equipment. The vehicles and equipment are displayed in 20...
Fokker Turboprop Airliners
Fokker was a Dutch aircraft manufacturer which operated in various forms from 1912 through 1996. Anthony Fokker’s company began its life in Germany before World War I, and ended up in The Netherlands, headquartered in Amsterdam before closing in...
Special Military Aircraft Colors Collection #8
Here’s our eighth scrapbook of special military aircraft color schemes. Enjoy!
Australian International Air Show 2001
Miles M3A Falcon Major I was very fortunate to be able to attend the 2001 Australian International Air Show… some twenty years ago. It was as much a trade show as it was an air show, and what you...
Our Air Show Preview for 2022
Night photography, Thunder Over Michigan 2021 by Shawn Byers We’re planning our 2022 event campaign as the year changes on our wall calendars. Already, a pair of hoped-for military air shows have been cancelled this year. Undoubtedly there will...
Afterburners!!
Afterburners – sometimes called “augmentation” – is a process within a jet engine, which creates additional thrust (which creates more speed) for the jet aircraft that they’re contained within. The process of “afterburning” involves adding more fuel than what...
Last Year and Next Year – Where We’ve Been and What We See Ahead
British Airways Boeing B-787-10 arrives at Boston with resumption of international travel. Our three digital aviation magazines Photorecon.net, ClassicWarbirds.net and CivilAviationWorld.com cover a lot of ground where history is concerned. Through our lenses and keyboards, we strive to bring interesting...
Aircraft Designs That Are More than 50 Years Old, Part 2
Lockheed L-188 Electra Photos by Ken Kula Every one of these aircraft types were designed over half a century ago, but many are still found flying today. How many do you recognize? DeHavilland DH-114 Heron Fokker 27 Lockheed Constellation...
