Category: Aviation Record Setters

Aviation History / Aviation Record Setters / Flight Test / friends / Special Aviation Events / tribute / U.S. Air Force

December 15, 2019

Honoring an Aviation Legend Bob Gilliland

Family and close friends turned out recently to honor the life of legendary aviation test pilot Robert J. “Bob” Gilliland. The private event was held on September 28th 2019 at the March Field Air Museum Riverside, CA. This...

Aerobatics / Airshow / Aviation History / Aviation Record Setters / Formation Flying / legends / military / museums / oshkosh / Special Aviation Events / warbirds

July 6, 2019

“Shooting Oshkosh”

One air show I always look forward to shooting is EAA AirVenture. Located in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, AirVenture is a massive show to cover. PhotoRecon will have four (3) photojournalists on site this year to provide coverage of this event....

air racing / Airshow / Aviation Record Setters / featured / military / museums / Reno / warbirds

October 31, 2016

National Championship Air Races, 2016 Edition

What makes a person want to fly? What makes a person want to race? Surely there must be something within the human genetic code that drives certain people to push the limits of man and machine in the sky....

air racing / Aviation Record Setters / Civil aviation / favorite / fighters / legends / Reno / World War II

October 28, 2016

We mourn the passing of Robert A. “Bob” Hoover, “The Greatest Stick and Rudder Man Who Ever Lived.”

(Photo: Smithsonian/National Air & Space Museum) One of the greatest pilots in aviation history passed into the eternal Wild Blue Yonder on October 25, 2016, R. A. “Bob” Hoover. The ninety-four year old Hoover passed away at his Los Angeles home...

Australia / Aviation Record Setters / Transports

June 5, 2016

PERTH – SPOTTING FOR ANTONOVS!

What, exactly, makes four guys from Melbourne, Australia (and one girl) fly to Perth, Western Australia to see one aeroplane? This is roughly the same distance as San Francisco, California to Austin, Texas. Spotters across the globe know...

Aviation Record Setters / featured / news

May 16, 2016

SI2 On the Move Again!

Solar Impulse 2 – Is Crossing the United States! Photography by, and co-authored with Bob Shane After an almost 10 month delay, Solar Impulse 2 (SI2) has begun its journey around the world again. While almost half way through...