Category: Helicopters

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...

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,...

Ottawa, Ontario Photo Scrapbook

A Royal Canadian Air Force CC-137 tanker/transport departs during an Ottawa air show weekend.  Ottawa’s Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (CYOW) serves Canada’s National Capital Region, sometimes known as Ottawa-Gatineau metropolitan area. The airport is serviced by all of the larger...

Mountain Medic

On August 3rd, Golf Company, 7-158th General Support Aviation Battalion, descended upon Fort Carson, Colorado, in UH-60L Blackhawks to participate in a month-long training exercise, dubbed ‘Mountain Medic’. Several other 7-158th GSAB companies participated, to include: Bravo, Charlie, and Delta....

Random Aviation Photos #7

A Northwest Airlines Boeing B-757-200 series jetliner approaches Washington D. C. ‘s Reagan National Airport. Grumman A-6E TRAM at Manchester, New Hampshire. Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King, ready to be mothballed at AMARC. F-15A Eagle at Tucson, Arizona. Interstate L-6A...

About Lieutenant Colonel Mike Pillion’s and KC-10A 860036’s Fini Flights.

As 860036 was prepared for the boneyard, its flying boom was removed while still at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. The all volunteer crew was piloted by Lieutenant Colonel Mike Pillion, who was making his Fini Flight and retiring from the...

Random Aviation Photos #4

Lear 24 at Nellis AFB. Here’s our next Random Photo Scrapbook, enjoy! Schweizer/Hughes TH-55 A at Simsbury, CT. Boeing B-737-600 at Las Vegas NV. Boeing B-757-200 at Andrews AFB. Stodacher S300D at Quonset Point, RI. Boeing B-727-200 at Boston....

Random Aviation Photos #2

A South Dakota Air National Guard F-16C streaking through Star Wars Canyon Good Day Everyone! Here’s a new feature that we’ll be running regularly in the pages of Photorecon.net. “Random Aircraft Photos” will feature two dozen assorted aircraft photos…...

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