Category: Aviation Record Setters

Some of Bert Rutan’s Aircraft Designs Were Featured at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in 2024

Beech 2000 Starship, Scaled Composites Model 115 Story and photos by Ken Kula “Burt” Rutan has been involved with several scores of distinctive and cutting-edged aircraft designs. Most recognizable are his line of homebuilt aircraft which feature canards and...

“America’s Hangar” Celebrates 20 Years

Lockheed SR-71A Story and photos by Corey Beitler (Originally published in Corey’s “Distelfink Airlines” magazine, December 2023 edition – photo selection altered from original) When its doors open to the public each day, the National Air and Space Museum’s...

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...

EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2023 Update #3

Story and photos by Ken Kula Here comes a very condensed update of two very big opening days here in Oshkosh. The number of aircraft attending sure looks to be healthy, along with the crowds of aviation enthusiasts too....

EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2023 Update #2

Story and photos by Ken Kula The Sunday before AirVenture Oshkosh begins is filled with last minute arranging and rearranging, and putting final touches to booths and displays.  A great deal of aircraft arrive too; they could be for...

Air Mobility Command Celebrates 100th Year of Air Refueling.

The first air to air refueling took place over Rockwell Field, San Diego, California on June 27, 2023. National Museum of the USAF photo Story by Ken Kula. Photos by Corey Beitler, Del Laughery, Dion Makowski, Don Linn, Dave...

The National Museum of the United States Air Force is 100 Years Old

U.S. Air Force photo by Ken LaRock, pilot Matt Kiefer Story by Ken Kula, Photos by John Freedman, Howard German and Ken Kula except where noted. History The National Museum of the United States Air Force (NMUSAF) began as...

Sikorsky Aircraft is 100 Years Old

Cmdr. Frank Erickson hoists Igor Sikorsky during the development of the hoist capable helicopter in the early 1940s in Bridgeport, Conn. Erickson went on to fly many missions, save many lives, train many pilots and redefine Coast Guard aviation....

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...

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