Category: General Aviation

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...

What To Expect at 2023’s EAA AirVenture Oshkosh

The Photorecon.net team will be out in force again at this year’s AirVenture 2023, reporting on just some of the many highlights (at least, what we think are the highlights) of the world’s largest gathering of aviators and aircraft...

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....

Old Gems from Bob Finch

Aeronca 7AC floatplane Bob Finch has some very old slides. He has reproduced a dozen images here as scans from slides in the late 1950s, from Teterboro, NJ and Idlewild Airport, NY.  WACO RNF, note the Meteor Air Transport...

EAA AIRVENTURE OSHKOSH 2022 – FACTS AND FIGURES FOR A RECORD-SETTING YEAR

Here’s the official media release with facts and figures of the Experimental Aircraft Association’s (EAA) AirVenture Oshkosh 2022. The massive celebration of aviation is touted as “Unlike Anything Else”, and for a week in mid-summer in Wisconsin, a huge...

Australian International Air Show 2001

Miles M3A Falcon Major I was very fortunate to be able to attend the 2001 Australian International Air Show… some twenty years ago. It was as much a trade show as it was an air show, and what you...

Aircraft Designs That Are More than 50 Years Old, Part 2

Lockheed L-188 Electra Photos by Ken Kula Every one of these aircraft types were designed over half a century ago, but many are still found flying today. How many do you recognize? DeHavilland DH-114 Heron Fokker 27 Lockheed Constellation...

The Human(-itarian) Side of 2021’s AirVenture

The EAA’s AirVenture Oshkosh 2021 presented the theme of humanitarian-based aviation in a big way. There were a surprising number of aircraft and organizations present at the July event. The aircraft types ranged from heavy jet transports to a...

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