The Ford Tri-Motor: The Tin Goose
Story and photos by Corey Beitler When the Liberty Aviation Museum’s 1928 Ford 5-AT-B Tri-Motor comes in for a landing during one of its ride flights at one of its “Fly The Ford” tour stops in the United States,...
Category: Civil aviation
EAA AIRVENTURE 2023: A Little Bit of Everything for Everyone.
Story and photos by Scott Jankowski AirVenture 2023 is in the record books after celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. This year’s 6-day celebration was held from July 24th to July 30th, 2023, for those who have never attended...
The 2023 Simsbury Connecticut Fly-In, Car Show and Food Festival Review
Story by Ken Kula, photos by Scott Zeno, Alice Leong and Ken Kula Connecticut’s Simsbury Airport has a history dating back to before World War II. It is a private airfield located a few miles west of the bustling...
AirVenture 2023 Night Air Show Highlights
Photography by John Freedman, Howard German, Roland Dansereau and Ken Kula, written by Ken Kula Although there are quite a number of weekend-long air shows that begin with a Friday night flying event, the EAA’s AirVenture can boast of...
VoltAero’s Casio 330 To Feature A Hybrid Powerplant
Story and photos by Ken Kula A mock-up of the Casio 330 was displayed at the record-setting 2023 EAA AirVenture Oshkosh celebration of flight; the media briefing that was given beside the craft gave an insight to the future...
Beechcraft’s Denali displayed at the 2023 EAA AirVenture Oshkosh
Story and photos by Ken Kula A new cabin-class turboprop is poised to enter the market, the Beechcraft Denali. Known as the Model 220, the big single-engined aircraft has had an interesting gestation, and is now in the midst...
The Junkers A50 Junior’s Revival
Story by Ken Kula, photos by Junkers Aircraft Corp. and Ken Kula Ninety-four years ago in early 1929, the Junkers aircraft company of Germany first flew its A50 Junior two-place sport plane. Made from all metal, the aircraft featured...
Some Interesting Sights at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2023
wisk! flew their autonomous flying demonstrator at the air show – and it flew fully autonomously… more about this program here in the upcoming days… Story and photos by Ken Kula There are all sorts of stories to be...
Round-Engined Aircraft at AirVenture 2023 Scrapbook
Photos by Ken Kula and Andrew Spry There were loads of radial engines (sometimes called “round engines”) to be seen and heard at this year’s EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. Antique/Classic and Warbird aircraft powered by radials were numerous, and some...
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...
Aviation History In Pennsylvania Exhibit-The State Museum of Pennsylvania
Story and photos by Corey Beitler Located within the State Capitol Complex in Harrisburg, The State Museum of Pennsylvania contains a collection of over five million artifacts that preserve and interpret Pennsylvania and the surrounding region’s history and culture....
