Category: Grumman

Aircraft carrier / Boeing / featured / Grumman / military / Sikorsky / U.S. Navy

January 21, 2025

CVW-17 “Team Quicksand”

Story and photos by Steve Lewis This will begin a series of articles that covers one of the most important assets in the entire United States military’s arsenal, the power of the United States Navy Carrier Air Wing. While...

Aerobatics / Air Transports / Airliners / Airshow / Amphibians / Cessna / Civil aviation / EAA Oshkosh / featured / General Aviation / Grumman / Lockheed / Pilatus / Seaplanes

January 11, 2025

A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING AT AIRVENTURE 2024

Story and photos by Scott Jankowski AirVenture, EAA, Oshkosh, whatever you chose to call it, it definitely has a little bit of everything and anything that the Aviation Enthusiast could ever look for or want to see. There is...

Aerial Refueling / Aviation History / featured / Flight Test / Grumman / Helicopters / McDonnell Douglas / military

September 24, 2024

Dwindling Numbers; More American Military Aircraft Heading Towards Retirement

Captions by Ken Kula, Photos by Photorecon.net’s Photography Team Many of the U. S.’s military aircraft are approaching or have exceeded 50 years of use. As such, the military branches are replacing older airframes with new ones; there are...

Airshow / Amphibians / Aviation Themes / featured / Grumman / Seaplanes

September 6, 2024

Amphibious Planes In and Out of the Water at This Year’s AirVenture

Lake LA-4-200 Buccaneer Cessna C-182S on floats at the EAA AirVenture Seaplane Base on Lake Winnebago Story by Ken Kula, photos by Anne Taylor and Ken Kula An amphibious airplane can operate from water or land. There are several...

Airshow / Aviation Photography / Blue Angels / featured / fighters / Grumman / warbirds

June 22, 2024

REPUBLIC AIRPORT – THE OTHER JONES BEACH AIRSHOW

Story and photos by Bill Sarama The Jones Beach Airshow for 2024, also known as the Bethpage Airshow, was an “Over the Beach” Airshow held at Jones Beach State Park on Saturday and Sunday, May 25th and 26th, as...

Air Transports / Airshow / Aviation Photography / Aviation Themes / featured / Grumman / museums / post / warbirds / World War II

June 16, 2024

Mid-Atlantic Air Museum Night-Engine-Run Photo Shoot

Story and photos by Corey Beitler The Mid-Atlantic Air Museum held its 33rd annual World War II Weekend living history event and airshow on June 7, 8, and 9 at the Reading Regional Airport in Reading, Pennsylvania. The museum’s...

Aviation History / bombers / featured / fighters / Grumman / museums / warbirds

May 23, 2024

Fantasy of Flight

Article and photography by Del Laughery Powered heavier-than-air flight became part of human collective consciousness when, on December 17, 1903, Ohio-native Orville Wright flew the 600-pound “Flyer” a distance of 850 feet in 59 seconds at a location just...

Airshow / Aviation History / Aviation Themes / fighters / Formation Flying / Grumman / military / museums / warbirds / World War II

February 23, 2024

A Look Back at Reading World War 2 Weekend 2023 By Don Linn

The Commemorative Air Force SBD-5 climbs to altitude as it departs Reading Airport to begin the Friday afternoon show. Photos and article by Don Linn The Reading World War 2 Weekend shows are one of the best warbirds displays...

Aircraft carrier / Airshow / Aviation History / Blue Angels / Civil aviation / demo teams / fighters / Grumman / Helicopters / Legacy Flight / military / Tankers / Trainers / Transports / U.S. Air Force / U.S. Army / U.S. Marine Corps / U.S. Navy / warbirds / Yearly Review

December 2, 2023

The Naval Air Station Oceana Airshow 2023

Story and photos by Shawn Byers This will be the third report in our pages for the Airshow at NAS Oceana. What more can I possibly say about it? Let’s get personal with a long-time attendee. It is...

Aerial Refueling / Aerobatics / Air National Guard / Air Transports / Airliners / Airshow / bombers / Civil aviation / EAA Oshkosh / fighters / General Aviation / Grumman / Helicopters / military / warbirds

October 22, 2023

EAA AIRVENTURE 2023: A Little Bit of Everything for Everyone.

Story and photos by Scott Jankowski AirVenture 2023 is in the record books after celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. This year’s 6-day celebration was held from July 24th to July 30th, 2023, for those who have never attended...

Aerobatics / Airshow / Aviation History / EAA Oshkosh / featured / General Aviation / Grumman / Helicopters / military

July 29, 2023

EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2023 Update #4

Photos and story by Ken Kula Here’s your next look at the EAA’s biggest gathering of airplanes in the world. Wednesday’s show began with rain and some thunderstorms blowing through Oshkosh and the surrounding area, but conditions improved nicely,...