Category: Special Aviation Events

The 2024 Green Mountain Aviation Field Days

Story and photos by Ken Kula, Scott Zeno and Alice Leong  Editor’s note: Photos of each of the 51 aircraft on the grounds are contained in the Galleries.  With today’s security concerns, the opportunity to leisurely stroll among more...

Frecce Tricolori Flypast Over the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Story and photo by Daniel O. Myers The Frecce Tricolori’s North American Tour included participating in ten air shows along with sixteen flyovers. One of those flypasts took place on Monday morning August 12, following the New York Air...

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...

NATO Turns 75 Years Old in 2024 – An Air Forces Review

One of NATO’s own E-3A Sentry AWACS aircraft in its 50th Anniversary color scheme – 25 years ago. Story and Photos by Ken Kula On April 4, 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was formed by twelve countries...

Royal Canadian Air Force Special Color Schemes – A 100th Anniversary Salute

Photographers include: Bob Finch, William Ellison, Ken Middleton, Scott Jankowski, Scott Zeno, Corey Beitler, Don Linn and Ken Kula  The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) came into being on April 1, 1924. One hundred years later, the military aviation...

Location, Location, Location – Some of My Favorite Perches For Aviation Photography

Story and photos by Ken Kula Lord Harold Samuel, a British real estate tycoon, is widely credited with the phrase “There are three things that matter in property: location, location, location”. I feel that this saying can be attributed...

A SALUTE TO VF-32 AND THE F-4U CORSAIR, AIRVENTURE STYLE

Photos and story by Scott Jankowski In late 2022 the movie Devotion premiered telling the real-life story of VF-32, U.S. Navy Pilots Ensign Jesse L. Brown, the first African American Aviator and Lieutenant JG Thomas Hudner Jr. A major...

Reno-The Last Lap

Story and photos by Steve Lewis I’ve had the pleasure of attending multiple air races at both Stead Field in Reno, Nevada, and both years at Williams Gateway Airport in Chandler, Arizona. Nowhere near as many as I would’ve...

EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2023 By the Numbers

Editor’s note: The 70th annual EAA AirVenture Oshkosh (2023) ended a week and a half ago, and the spectacular event didn’t lack excitement. I hope I’m as vibrant, positive and forward looking when I turn 70!  Here is the...

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