World War II Weekend is Back
Written by Shawn Byers, photos by Shawn Byers and Don Linn, where noted. After a one year hiatus for 2020, The Mid-Atlantic Air Museum’s World War II Weekend celebrated a 30 year anniversary, June...
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Reopening America’s Hangar
When its doors opened to the public in December 2003, the National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center was a dream come true for the Smithsonian Institution. After years of private fundraising...
Looking Back, the 2008 Rhode Island International Air Show
The 2008 Rhode Island International Air Show was a wide-ranging celebration of military and civilian aviation. Some of the highlights were: the Royal Air Force’s Red Arrows were completing their North American Tour,...
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...
The Peterson Air and Space Museum
The Peterson Air and Space Museum is one of twelve official United States Air Force Field Museums. The Field Museum is located upon Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado, the temporary home...
2020 “Arsenal of Democracy” Flyover
On December 29, 1940, President Franklin D. Roosevelt broadcast a radio fireside chat from the White House stating, “We must be the great arsenal of democracy. We must apply ourselves to our task with...
Bundeswehr Museum of Military History Berlin – Gatow
At the Bundeswehr Museum… an RF-4E, RF-84F and an SU-22M4, all capable of Photorecon missions!. The Bundeswehr Museum of Military History Berlin – Gatow in western Berlin Germany is a large impressive complex with...
WARBIRDS: A Look at the Other Vintage Propeller Powered Warbirds of AirVenture 2019
Warbirds and the EAA (Experimental Aircraft Association) have walked hand in hand since the early days, long before the name was changed to AirVenture. Warbirds play a vital role in the continued success...
Wings Over Houston, 2019
The Wings Over Houston Airshow is an annual, privately operated show taking place at Ellington Field in Houston, Texas during the month of October. It was my first time attending the airshow on...
Brantford Community Charity Airshow 2019
A few seasons ago, I learned about the airshow in Brantford, Ontario from my Canadian Airshow friends but was never in the area during the August time frame. The subject of those discussions always...
2019’s Wings over Camarillo
Wings Over Camarillo continued to step it up again this year as they introduced pyrotechnics to this year’s event. The show was held under beautiful skies and amazing temperatures on August 17th and 18th,...
“You’ve got your stuff right?”: From Street Clothes to Strapped In for the Ride of a Lifetime!
By most accounts, the 2019 edition of Airshow London’s practice day was a bit underwhelming thanks to Mother Nature’s intervention. Low ceilings kept the aircraft on the ground for most of the day...
