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San Diego Polo Club Fly In 2013

For Fathers Day, the San Diego Polo Club holds an annual fly-in and car show. This year is no different with antique biplanes, the driving of luxury cars supplied by Aston Martin. Attendees will enjoy a classic woody car...

Wings Over Gillespie Airshow 2013

It’s year Eighteen for the Annual Wings Over Gillespie Airshow, nestled in the valley between El Cajon and Santee, California, it’s on site of a former WWII United States Marine Airfield and Parachutist School. This is a small show,...

Going Low In The Mach Loop

Remember the time that spotting was a hobby which needed patience? You just went to any airfield in the hope to see something. You know, before the web………. hello, anybody? For those of you who miss that time or...

Cross-Country Trek Honoring Our Fallen

While I was attending the F-35B media day at MCAS Yuma on 5-9-2013, Photorecon had the distinct honor to meet  Joe “Tiger” Patrick II. Patrick is a veteran of Desert Storm and he has embarked on a journey to...

American Bonanza Society Flies-In to Savannah GA

The American Bonanza Society (ABS) convened its Spring 2013 Fly-In in the historic and elegant city of Savannah Georgia during the long weekend of May 16th through the 19th.  The more than 200 registered participants (pilots, spouses, friends and...

USS Nimitz Deploys to the Western Pacific

The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) with embarked   Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 11 and Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 11 departed Naval   Air Station North Island, April 19 and will join up with San Diego based  ...

Splash In 2013

For the last 6 years, as a part of Sun n Fun, Kermit Weeks has hosted an event as unique as his Fantasy of Flight attraction.   You see when Kermit was looking for a place for Fantasy of Flights,...

Bill Yoak has Gone West

  Earlier this morning on March 12, 2013, WIlliam Yoak of Lewisburg, West Virginia went west to join generations of aviators.  Bill wasn’t someone who’s name popped up in magazines everyday, but he made some significant contributions in his...

Air New Zealand Unveils “Hobbit” Plane

Air New Zealand – the airline of Middle Earth – has unveiled a Boeing 777-300ER “Hobbit Plane” which will perform standard revenue service while doubling as a flying billboard for the new movie The Hobbit:  An Unexpected Journey.  The...

Miramar Air Show 2012

Every year for 3 days in October, an estimated crowd of over 700,000 make the journey to MCAS Miramar near San Diego, CA. It was no different this year, and the 2012 Miramar Air Show continued to bring smiles...