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The National Aviation Heritage Invitational – Reno 2010

National Aviation Hall of Fame Enshrines joined presenting sponsor Rolls-Royce North America, Inc. in awarding the Rolls-Royce Aviation Heritage trophy to the 1945 North American P51-D NACA 127. Owned by William Allmon of Las Vegas, Nev. and restored by...

Lightning Strikes Sacramento!

Living on the East Coast, I always look forward to attending West Coast air shows, for they usually contain a totally different group of aircraft than those I routinely see.  The 2010 California Capital Airshow in September presented something...

Boston-Portsmouth Air Show 2010

The Portsmouth International Airport at Pease, a former Strategic Air Command base in southeastern New Hampshire, is about an hour’s drive up I-95 from Boston.  Long gone are the FB-111As and KC-135As of the active Air Force, the base...

Flight Training the Coast Guard Way

Flight Training the Coast Guard Way For its’ core missions, the Coast Guard operates five types of airframes: the EADS/Eurocopter MH-65B/C Dolphin and Sikorsky HH-60J/T Jayhawk helicopters, plus the FalconJet HU-25A/B/C/D Guardian, the new EADS/CASA HC-144A Ocean Sentry, and...

Chino’s Planes of Fame Museum host Aviation Photographer Paul Bowen

Chino’s Planes of Fame Museum host Aviation Photographer Paul Bowen On Saturday, July 17, 80 aviation photographers, pilots and enthusiasts and I were fortunate to hear legionary aviation photographer Paul Bowen speak at Chino Planes of Fame Museum in...

It’s coming back!! Reno Baby, Oh Yeah !!

Air shows and other flying events are pretty much the same.  No matter where you go, air shows are similar.  A few locals flying, a military jet, some over priced food and if you are lucky, one or two...

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