Category: Search and Rescue

Aerobatics / Air Transports / Airbus / Airshow / Aviation History / Centennial celebration / demo teams / featured / Helicopters / military / RCAF Snowbirds / Royal Canadian Air Force / Search and Rescue / Special Aviation Events / Transports

August 28, 2024

The 2024 Quinte International Airshow

Story and photos by Shawn Byers On June 28-30, I traveled north of the border to Canada’s largest military base, Canadian Forces Base Trenton, for the Quinte International Airshow celebrating 100 years of the Royal Canadian Air Force. Airshows...

Aerobatics / Air National Guard / demo teams / F-15 Eagle / Helicopters / military / Search and Rescue / Tankers / U.S. Air Force / U.S. Army / U.S. Coast Guard / U.S. Marine Corps / U.S. Navy / USAF Thunderbirds / warbirds

January 29, 2024

Cleveland Rocks! The 2023 Cleveland National Airshow

Story and photography by Shawn Byers Cleveland has long been on my list to attend but I never committed to it until 2023. The kick in the pants was the scheduled performance by the Marine Corps AV-8 Harrier. Having...

Aerial Firefighters / Airbus / Airshow / Helicopters / Search and Rescue / U.S. Army / U.S. Navy

December 18, 2021

California’s Hansen Dam Recreational Area: The 2021 American Heroes Air Show

November 13, 2021 Lake View Terrace, Ca Hansen Dam The American Heroes Air Show returned to the Hansen Dam Recreation Area on November 13th to close out the California Airshow Season for 2021. After a year break in 2020...

Helicopters / Marines / NASA / Search and Rescue / U.S. Navy

March 2, 2019

Sikorsky’s Sea Kings No Longer Rule the Waves

The prototype Sikorsky HSS-2 Sea King made its’ first flight on March 11, 1959. There are still some later-built versions in use today, some sixty years ago, attesting to the design’s usefulness and reliability. Sikorsky Aircraft began manufacturing the...

Airshow / friends / military / Royal Canadian Air Force / Search and Rescue

October 30, 2018

Why is Airshow London’s Photo Tour the Best Ticket in Town?

Airshow London, one of Ontario Canada’s premier aviation events, offers some mighty fine opportunities for aviation photographers to hone their skills and network with other like-minded people. For the third year in a row, since the show returned from...

Helicopters / military / Search and Rescue

August 31, 2017

Aviation Assets Bring Aid to the Houston Area After Harvey’s Floods

U.S. Coast Guard MH-65D Dolphin Hurricane Katrina, which devastated the city of New Orleans, Louisiana in late August of 2005, serves as a benchmark to compare responses to natural disasters in the United States. Twelve years later, Hurricane Harvey...