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...
Category: Special Aviation Events
The Return of William Tell
Article and photos by Shawn Byers After a 19-year hiatus, Air Combat Command brought back the William Tell Air-to-Air Weapons Meet from the 11th to the 15th of September, 2023 at the Air Dominance Center in Savannah, Georgia. The...
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...
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2023 Update #2
Story and photos by Ken Kula The Sunday before AirVenture Oshkosh begins is filled with last minute arranging and rearranging, and putting final touches to booths and displays. A great deal of aircraft arrive too; they could be for...
The National Museum of the United States Air Force is 100 Years Old
U.S. Air Force photo by Ken LaRock, pilot Matt Kiefer Story by Ken Kula, Photos by John Freedman, Howard German and Ken Kula except where noted. History The National Museum of the United States Air Force (NMUSAF) began as...
The Commemorative Air Force’s Airpower History Tour Lands at Westfield, Massachusetts
Photographs by Scott Zeno “Experience the sights, smells and sounds of historic World War II aircraft” announces the Commemorative Air Force’s (CAF) web site. So, this sensory overloaded visit occurred at the Barnes Municipal Airport from June 8th through...
2023 Mid-Atlantic Air Museum’s World War II Weekend Night-Engine-Run Photo Shoot
Story and photos by Corey Beitler The Mid-Atlantic Air Museum held the 32nd annual World War II Weekend living history event and airshow on June 2, 3, and 4 at the Reading Regional Airport in Reading, Pennsylvania. World War...
The 2022 American Hero’s Air Show
Story and photos by Jeff Serpa The 2022 American Hero’s Air Show, the aviation experience dedicated to helicopters returned to Southern California November 12th. First presented in 1993 at the Santa Monica Airport, the American Hero’s Air Show grown...
Last Year and Next Year – Where We’ve Been and What We See Ahead
British Airways Boeing B-787-10 arrives at Boston with resumption of international travel. Our three digital aviation magazines Photorecon.net, ClassicWarbirds.net and CivilAviationWorld.com cover a lot of ground where history is concerned. Through our lenses and keyboards, we strive to bring interesting...
JASDF 50th Anniversary Photo Album
The 50th Anniversary of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force occurred in 2004. Masaki Komatsu shares some of the colors from that year here, in a scrapbook. You can hover over the photo to check the type, or click for...
MKE HAS SPIRIT!
On Thursday June 24th, 2021 at 1343 a vibrant yellow painted Airbus A321 touched down on rain-soaked runway 19R at Milwaukee’s General Mitchell International Airport, Spirit Airlines had officially arrived. The inaugural inbound flight was operated by a three-year-old...
EAA’s AirVenture 2021 = EAA AirVenture 2020 (Plus One) And Then Some
P-51 Mustang at a past AirVenture EAA’s AirVenture 2021 = EAA AirVenture 2020 (Plus One) And Then Some The AirVenture 2020 aviation celebration in Oshkosh, Wisconsin was forced to be cancelled over health concerns associated with the Covid...
