Category: McDonnell Douglas

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...

Aerial Refueling / Air Transports / Aviation History / featured / McDonnell Douglas / military / Tankers / U.S. Air Force

June 27, 2024

Farewell to the USAF’s KC-10 Extender

Farewell flyer for the KC-10 retirement at McGuire AFB in June, 2024. Story by Don Linn, photos by Don Linn and other attributed photographers It was a grey and cloudy day as KC-10A 84-0188, the last example of the...

Airshow / Aviation History / demo teams / featured / fighters / Formation Flying / McDonnell Douglas / military / Special Color Schemes / Trainers / U.S. Air Force / Viet Nam / warbirds / World War II

December 27, 2023

THE 2023 NORTHERN ILLINOIS AIRSHOW

Story and photos by Scott Jankowski The Waukegan National Airport covers 600 acres of land and is located approximately 40 miles to the North of Chicago, Illinois. The airport features two asphalt runways, those being runway 5/23 at 6,000...

Aerial Refueling / Air Force Reserve / Air National Guard / Air Transports / Aviation History / Aviation Record Setters / bombers / Centennial celebration / Helicopters / McDonnell Douglas / military / Tankers / Transports / U.S. Air Force

July 3, 2023

Air Mobility Command Celebrates 100th Year of Air Refueling.

The first air to air refueling took place over Rockwell Field, San Diego, California on June 27, 2023. National Museum of the USAF photo Story by Ken Kula. Photos by Corey Beitler, Del Laughery, Dion Makowski, Don Linn, Dave...

Airbus / Airliners / Aviation History / Boeing / McDonnell Douglas

March 6, 2023

Airlines and Airliners 2006 to 2007 Now Retired or Gone

NWA B-747-400 TYPE RETIRED IN 2008 Photos and story by Ken Kula All thirty aircraft that you see were active in the 2006 to 2007 timeframe. Today, they are but a memory. Either the aircraft typw ahs been phased...

Air Transports / Aircraft carrier / Airliners / Boeing / McDonnell Douglas

February 18, 2023

Tristars and DC-10s Enhanced Trans-Oceanic Travel Before ETOPS

After the advent of the Jet Age, large intercontinental jetliners routinely had four engines. The American Boeing B-707 and B-747, and the Douglas DC-8 designs had four; the British Vickers VC-10 had four as did the DeHavilland Comet. Even...