Wings Over Houston, 2019
The Wings Over Houston Airshow is an annual, privately operated show taking place at Ellington Field in Houston, Texas during the month of October. It was my first time attending the airshow on October 19th and 20th but...
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Looking Back at the 2019 New York Air Show
Are you an air show junkie? Or, did you attend the 2019 edition f the New York Air Show? Here’s a collection of images taken from that event, through the eyes of photographers Scott Zeno and Alice Leong. The...
2019 Naval Air Station Lemoore Air Show
September 21, 2019 Naval Air Station Lemoore, Ca After several years without an air show, Naval Air Station Lemoore brought a big event back to to the Central Valley on September 21st and 22nd. The 2019 Central Valley Air...
Vimy to Fifth Generation in 100 Years.
RAAF Base Edinburgh has just commemorated 100 years of Aviation in South Australia with a worthy showcase of military aviation combining civil flying with historic defence force aircraft. This weekend’s Air Show – the first for 12 years at...
The Past, Present, and the Future. A look at the Heritage and Legacy Flights of AirVenture 2019
We continue our look at the year of the fighter at AirVenture 2019 with a closer look at the United States Air Force Heritage Flight and the United States Navy Legacy Flight. AirVenture 2019 was fortunate enough to showcase...
Chateaudun Air Base Visit
Chateaudun Air Base (Base Aérienne 279) is home to Entrepét de l’Armée de l’air 601, founded in 1951. EAA 601 is the largest storage for military aircraft in Europe. For test flights, the airfield is open on a daily...
OCEANA 2019 – ANOTHER GREAT AIR SHOW!
Six (6) Airplanes! Not Really! Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach held its annual Air Show for 2019, on Saturday and Sunday, September 21st and 22nd and everyone had a fun time even though Oceana got the...
AIRVENTURE 2019 “YEAR OF THE FIGHTER” PART 2 A LOOK AT TODAY’S MODERN FIGHTER AND MILITARY AIRCRAFT.
Our coverage of AirVenture 2019 continues with a closer look at the modern fighter aircraft during the “Year of The Fighter” salute. Almost every modern-day fighter and attack aircraft was present from the United States Air Force, United States...
Red Flag 19-3, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada
When most people think of Las Vegas, they may think of the casinos, the strip, the gambling, the drinking, the lights, or even the shows. (Ed. note: don’t forget to add the Aviation Nation Air Show on the weekend...
Major Paul “Loco” Lopez II: An Interview With The Raptor Demonstration Pilot and Team Commander
The call sign Loco is about to join those of Dozer, Max, Zeke, Schadow, Taboo and Rock as former F-22 Raptor Demonstration pilots. Major Paul ‘Loco’ Lopez II has always been a friend to the airshow community. I had...
AIRVENTURE 2019 YEAR OF THE FIGHTER PART 1: A SALUTE TO THE NORTH AMERICAN P-51 MUSTANG.
Our coverage of EAA AirVenture 2019 starts with a look at an aircraft that hardly needs an introduction and solidified its place in aviation history over 75 years ago. The aircraft that would eventually become known as the Mustang...
Japan’s Iruma Air Base Visit, November, 2018
Iruma Air Base is the Air Defense Command Headquarters of the Japan Air Self Defense Force. It is approximately 1 hour’s driving time west, northwest of Tokyo. While in Japan chasing the F-4 Phantoms at Hyakuri Air Base, our...
