THE LAST AND LOUDEST
Story and photos by Mike Colaner At the 2024 Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point Airshow held May 11th and 12th, the U.S. Navy Blue Angels were the featured headliner. However, the real draw for the one hundred...
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Exercise Pitch Black 2024
Story and photos by Dion Makowski, material first published in aviationreportdownunder.wordpress.com With Exercise Pitch Black 2024 now winding up we will place it in its context with some informed observations and quotations. Air Force ensured media had access to...
AirVenture 2024 Afterburners!
The USAF’s F-16 Demonstration Team flew a pair of Fighting Falcons into the show. This was the non-colorful jet on arrival on Sunday. Photos and captions by Ken Kula The EAA’s AirVenture Oshkosh 2024 had a very large group...
2024 Fleet Week – New York City
Story by Bill Sarama, photos by Bill Sarama and Howard German “Fleet Week” was held in New York during Memorial Day weekend from Wednesday, May 22nd, when the “Parade of Ships” entered New York Harbor starting at 9 AM...
EAA AIRVENTURE OSHKOSH 2024 RECORD NUMBERS AT WORLD’S GREATEST AVIATION CELEBRATION
The only Rutan Boomerang made a grand entrance during the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024 celebration of all things aviation EAA’s Media Release after AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, photos by Ken Kula Comment from EAA CEO and Chairman Jack Pelton: “This...
Worldwide Aircraft Registration Guide: Part One
Z3-AAG BOMBARDIER CRJ-900 at EHAM: North Macedonia Photography by Ken Kula The Annex Seven of the International Civil Aviation Organization specifies nationality markings for every country’s registered aircraft. Many of these markings begin with a single letter – such...
EAA AirVenture 2024: Day Four
Review and photos by Ken Kula Here’s a wrap up from the 2024 edition of the EAA’s AirVenture Oshkosh. I spent five days at the show grounds, Sunday’s arrival day and the first four show dates. There was an...
EAA AirVenture 2024: Day Three
A very rare sight in this new millennium, two flying B-29 bombers in formation over the AirVenture 2024 crowds. Review and photos by Ken Kula Oshkosh was somewhat cloudy and cool for most of the day, but no weather...
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...
EAA AirVenture 2024: Opening Day Sights
Review and photos by Ken Kula The 2024 EAA AirVenture Oshkosh is off to a great start. Fair weather offered ample time for show attendees and performers to arrive at the airport. There was plenty of gawking as aviators...
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh: Arrival Day Sunday 2024
With over 1,000 aircraft on the ground already at Oshkosh, I guessed that Sunday would bring a rather orderly, steady stream of general aviation aircraft to watch. A quartering headwind for arrivals on runways 36 Left and Right was...
The Red River Valley Fighter Pilots Association – a. k. a. The River Rats
Story by Ken Kula, with plenty of help from the “River Rats” Association U. S. military aircraft began bombing targets in North Vietnam in March 1965 and completed their campaigns by December 1972. Air Force, Army, Navy, and Marine...
