A U. S. Navy E-2D Advanced Hawkeye carrier-based AWACS Story and photos by Ken Kula Airborne early warning and control systems can trace their origins to the World War II era. Ground-based radars became operational by the early 1940s...
Story and photos by Shawn Byers As an avid air show attendee, I have a plan that takes shape every December. It wasn’t until June that I saw something online to make me drop previous plans for August and...
Photos by Tim Adams, Scott Jankowski, Del Laughery, Don Linn, Bob Finch and Ken Kula Radial aircraft engines have been around since the beginning of powered flight. Usually, air cooled cylinders are attached in a circular pattern around the...
Photos by Bob Finch, Scott Jankowski, Tim Adams, Shawn Byers, Scott Zeno and Ken Kula Since World War I, patrol aircraft have performed reconnaissance flights to help guard countries’ coastlines and sovereign airspace and seas. Patrol aircraft also performed...
Photos by Don Linn, Corey Beitler, Shawn Byers, Scott Jankowski and Ken Kula Grumman’s F-14 Tomcat was a U. S. Navy shipborne fighter and ultimately an attack jet which first flew on December 21, 1970. A total of 712...
Pratt & Whitney just celebrated 100 years in the aviation engine business – “Dependable Engines” are a big reason for its longevity Story and photos by Ken Kula Pratt & Whitney Aircraft was formed in April 1925 – just...
Story and photos by Scott Jankowski The 2025 Northern Illinois Airshow was held on September 6th and 7th 2025 at the Waukegan National Airport, Waukegan Illinois. Waukegan National Airport is located just over the Wisconsin/Illinois border or approximately 40...
Story and photos by Scott Jankowski AirVenture and the EAA have always understood the importance of having Warbirds as a key part of the annual airshow and they vital part they continue to play in the history of Aviation...
Oshkosh night air show sequence, that’s the Pratt & Whitney B-747SP in the foreground All photographs by John Freedman Here are thirty-six examples of what photographer John Freedman recorded for history at the EAA’s AirVenture Oshkosh 2025. During day...
Story by Daniel O. Myers, photos by Mike Colaner Leaping from one of Joint Base McGuire’s (JBM) own 305th AW C-17s, the U.S. Air Force Academy Wings of Blue Parachute Jump Team opened the 2025 show by bringing the...
The RCAF’s Snowbirds performed at the Airshow London during the “golden hour” sunset lighting Photos by Shawn Byers and Ken Kula, story by Ken Kula According to Airshow London, it has been named “the Best Air Show in North...
1929 CURTISS ROBIN Photos and story by Ken Kula The above photo is of a restored 1929 Curtiss Robin, one of the oldest aircraft on the 2025 EAA AirVenture Oshkosh grounds. There were plenty of fifty-plus year-old aircraft in...
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