Special Military Aircraft Collection #7
Here’s our seventh scrapbook of specially-colored military aircraft, enjoy! You can hover over the photo to see the type, or click for a full sized view.
Category: fighters
Chariots Abound – Get in!
The Commemorative Air Force just hosted its annual airshow from 29-31 Oct, 2021 at Dallas Executive airfield, Dallas Texas. Know upfront that you can fly in a P-51 for 20min for $1695 – pass that spoiler package while shopping...
Improvise, Adapt, Overcome: The 2021 Cherry Point Airshow
Not only did Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point host an airshow on September 25th and 26th, but they pulled it together in only 9 weeks. I received an email on July 16th from MCAS Cherry Point announcing that...
Battle of Britain Air Show 2021
Del Laughery travelled “across the pond” to Duxford, in the United Kingdom, for the 2021 Battle of Britain Air Show. Some rare aircraft just beginning their service before World War II were displayed, such as this Curtiss Hawk 75...
New York International Air Show 2021
Flying off their successful 2020 drive-in air show, the New York International Air Show returned to Orange County Airport, NY for 2021. Surrounded by a bucolic scene of green rolling hills and the Walkill river, the 2021 show resembled...
Airshow London’s Sky Drive 2021
The “Sky Drive” format, introduced by Airshow London in 2020, returned for another successful show on August 27-29, 2021. In 2020, when most of the airshows were canceled, those that were held typically featured a drive-in style with built-in...
The Thunderbirds Are Back With Their First New Demonstration in Nearly Forty Years
The United States Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, the Thunderbirds are back with their first new demonstration in nearly forty years. The Thunderbirds describe their 2021 demonstration as “Where Grace Meets Power.” According to the Team, the new demonstration...
Military Aircraft on Display at the 2021 EAA AirVenture Oshkosh
There were more military aircraft than normal displayed at Oshkosh this year. Some performed in the air, many more were parked as static displays on the grounds. After a strangely quiet year at airshows that were presented in...
Some Aircraft of Interest at the 2021 EAA AirVenture Oshkosh Gathering of All Things Aviation
Culver LCA Here’s a brief bit of coverage from the aviation festivities found in Oshkosh, Wisconsin during the Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of the 2021 edition of AirVenture. Over 10,000 aircraft and hundreds of thousands of pilots, crew, friends,...
Our F-15 Eagle Scrapbook
The McDonnell Douglas, and later Boeing F-15 Eagle initial prototype first flew in 1972; a dozen prototypes were produced. Just shy of 1,200 airframes in several versions were built, with more expected in the next decade. The air superiority...
World War II Weekend is Back
Written by Shawn Byers, photos by Shawn Byers and Don Linn, where noted. After a one year hiatus for 2020, The Mid-Atlantic Air Museum’s World War II Weekend celebrated a 30 year anniversary, June 4-6 at Reading Regional Airport....
Specially Marked Military Aircraft Volume 4
Grumman EA-6B Prowler Lockheed S-3 Viking Northrop F-5E Tiger II McDonnell Dougles F-4C McDonnell Douglas F-15B Eagle Northrop F-5A General Dynamics NF-16D Lockheed C-130E BAE Nimrod Northrop F-5E Tiger IIs McDonnell Douglas QF-4 Grumman C-2A Greyhound Lockheed P-3...
