Category: published

May 25, 2019

Mark Hrutkay Has Gone West

We have lost one of our own here at Photorecon.net (and ClassicWarbirds.net and CivilAviationWorld.com and Motorecon.net). Editor, writer and photographer Mark Hrutkay passed away unexpectedly on May 10, 2019 at age 59. Although many people have seen his fantastic...

Book Review / Civil aviation / museums / published / warbirds

November 18, 2017

The Adventures of an Airplane Nut

If you have even a casual interest in aviation history, you’d be envious of Ron Pagano’s aviation experiences. Interested in aviation well before he enlisted in the Air Force in 1953, his life became an interesting series of...

assignments / featured / friends / legends / post / published

October 14, 2012

Red Bull Stratos: Mission Accomplished

Red Bull Stratos: Mission Accomplished Austria’s Felix Baumgartner earned his place in the history books on Sunday after overcoming concerns with the power for his visor heater that impaired his vision and nearly jeopardized the mission. Baumgartner reached an...

assignments / featured / fighters / published / warbirds

January 26, 2011

MiG-29 Fighter Soars Over The Pacific Northwest

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE http://www.historicflight.org Mukilteo, WA, January 23rd 2011 – A former Ukranian MiG-29 fighter has become the second privately owned MiG-29 to fly, taking to the air over Washington six years after it left Eastern Europe. Capable of...

assignments / bombers / chino / featured / fighters / post / published / warbirds

March 31, 2009

Photorecon Launched

New look coming on strong. This is our new look that we chose to go with. Looks like a big improvement over the last theme. Only good things to come!!! Stay tuned!!