My 2017 Pilgrimage
To some it is called AirVenture, others refer to it as EAA, for a few it is just plain Oshkosh. No matter what you refer to it as, to the Aviation Enthusiast it can be summed up in one...
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Reading’s World War II Weekend 2017
For twenty-seven years, a legion of committed World War II Weekend volunteers and re-enactors has turned the Reading, PA airport into an active and entertaining living history lesson. Entering the airports vast grounds, weekend attendees stepped back in time...
75th Anniversary of the “Forgotten 18th Squadron”
Dion Makowski with Anne West They shall grow not old, As we that are left grow old, Age shall not weary them, Nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun, And in the morning We...
Street Signs and Bomb Runs
Some of us go down to the Outer Banks (OBX) of North Carolina. I go down to Duck, NC, on a narrow sliver of sand about an hour and a half south of Norfolk. The house where I...
Don’t Let them Stop Your Air Show!
URGENT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ****Please note that we are asking for signatures ONLY and NOT DONATIONS. If the option pops up, please skip. A lawsuit has been brought against the Planes of Fame Air Museum by the Yanks Air Museum, Flying...
McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II Set to Retire From U.S. Military Service
The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is one of those rare breeds of aircraft design that has served with the U.S. military for over half a century. The first flight of a prototype occurred on May 27, 1958. In...
AirShow London’s Arrival Day Spectacular
Every once in a while, the moon and the stars are aligned just right, and things fall together on an air show arrival day that maxes out the “Fun Meter”. Close to ten hours of aviation excitement unfolded on...
The Other Side of Thunder 2016
The Skies over Detroit’s Willow Run International Airport (KYIP) are devoid once again of high performance fighters – of today and yesterday – once again. Thunder Over Michigan 2016 is in the rear view mirror and in the history...
Reading Pennsylvania World War II Weekend 2016
For twenty-six years the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum located at the Reading, Pa Regional Airport has conducted its World War II Weekend. Consistently attracting a large audience to any venue constantly requires something new and exciting. And that’s just what...
Pitch Black 2016, Part 1
“PITCHING IN” Air Operations during Exercise Pitch Black 2016 This story begins in a secluded bush block near Darwin Airport – DRW/YPDN (Northern Territory, Australia) with barely a puff of breeze caressing the long, dry yellow straw-like grass through...
Legacies of Boeing’s First 100 Years
There’s an oft-used quote that you should “…never forget where you came from”. As The Boeing Company turns 100 years, the rich tapestry of people and corporate entities that became parts of the Boeing company are worthy of a...
Boeing Marks Its 100th Year in Business
Boeing Headquarters in Chicago, Illinois On October 1, 1881, William E. Boeing was born in Detroit, Michigan. He, and the company he would later found, would offer innovation and expansion to a fledgling aircraft building industry in the early...
