EAA AirVenture 2024: Day Two
Story and photos by Ken Kula Tuesday July 23, 2024 was a stormy day in Oshkosh. A thundershower arrived around 4 AM, followed by a rain shower at 6 AM. Weather forecasts called for heavier thunderstorms later in the...
Category: Civil aviation
The Airports Which Facilitated Our Pacific Cruise
Vancouver Harbour Flight Centre from the top deck of our cruise ship Story and photos by Ken Kula After the frosty and white winter of 2023 – 2024 in New England, we were ready for a change from those...
MKE SPOTTING PART 2
Story and photographs by Scott Jankowski We continue our look into the variety of unusual and unique visitors to my hometown airport, Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport. As seen in part 1 of this article, Mitchell does get a...
MKE SPOTTING PART 1
Story and Photographs by Scott Jankowski Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport is my hometown airport, living just 9 miles to the west. Mitchell is currently served by 28 passenger and cargo airlines, please note that this number includes multiple regional...
Heli-Expo 2024 Report
Story and photographs by Jeff Serpa Anaheim, Ca The world’s leading Manufacturers of Rotary Aircraft gathered at the 35th annual Heli-Expo in Anaheim, California. Heli-Expo—the show’s 35th-anniversary edition and final under that branding—set a new record attendance, attracting 15,000...
Plane Spotting – San Juan, Puerto Rico
Story and photos by Ken Kula Our winter 2024 cruise departed from and returned to San Juan, Puerto Rico. My wife and I flew nonstop between Boston, Massachusetts’ Logan International Airport to the Luis Munoz Marin International Airport (SJU...
“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...
The Naval Air Station Oceana Airshow 2023
Story and photos by Shawn Byers This will be the third report in our pages for the Airshow at NAS Oceana. What more can I possibly say about it? Let’s get personal with a long-time attendee. It is...
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,...
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...
