2018 NAS Oceana Airshow
Naval Air Station Oceana held their annual airshow on the 22nd and 23rd of September. This was also the 75th Anniversary of the East Coast Master Jet Base. For me, it is approximately 20 years of making the trip...
Category: Special Aviation Events
The Centennial of Poland’s Air Force Celebrated
The Second Republic of Poland was founded in 1918, after the end of the First World War. Except for the few years’ interruption during the Second World War, the Republic of Poland has since stood sovereign, though with different...
USAF Thunderbirds’ Hometown Hero Flight in Wichita
The United States Air Force Thunderbirds are known for their mission to recruit, retain and inspire future airmen. It is also their goal to honor local heroes at each air show they attend. On September 8th, 2018 at the...
First Look at What I Saw at the EAA’s 2018 AirVenture in Oshkosh
I got to spend the better part of three and a half days at the EAA’s 2018 AirVenture Oshkosh aviation extravaganza, and even though there were plenty of “shiny things” to chase after with my camera, I did take...
A Salute to Veterans and Avengers
Illinois Valley Regional Airport (KVYS) also known as Walter A. Duncan Field is located approximately 1 mile from Peru IL. Illinois Valley Regional has 2 runways, runway 8/36 which is 6,000 feet long and Runway 7/25 which is...
Royal Air Force is One Hundred Years Old
The United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force (RAF) celebrates its’ one hundredth anniversary on April 1, 2018. Formed during the latter part of the First World War, it came into being through the merging of the (army’s) Royal Flying Corps...
Long, Trim and Deluxe: The A350-1000XWB Debuts in Australia
At about the time Photorecon heard the newest in Airbus’s illustrious stable was visiting Australia, we needed little prodding to fly interstate for a mixed media demonstration and spotting trip. As the A350-1000XWB is yet to visit the American...
“NAVSTANOR” — THE 100th ANNIVERSARY AIR SHOW AT NAS CHAMBERS FIELD, VIRGINIA
Grumman E-2D Hawkeye of VAW-123 “Chambers Field”, the Naval Air Station facility located within Naval Station Norfolk (NAVSTANOR), celebrated the 100th Anniversary of the flying component of the base with a fairly big but somewhat “secret” air show on...
Pratt and Whitney’s Sixty-Fifth Anniversary Air Show
The year was 1990, sixty-five years after the Pratt and Whitney company began their work on aircraft engines in East Harford, Connecticut. Frederick Rentschler and six others moved into an empty shop space in 1925, and developed the Wasp...
Nevada Aerospace Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony
A successful evening of old friends, new friends, honoring aviation pioneers at the Nevada Aerospace Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony: Hugh ‘Slip’ Slater of the 1129th Special Activities Squadron at Area 51; Lou Schalk, Lockheed Test Pilot. First to...
EAA AirVenture 2017 Scrapbook from Oshkosh!
Here are a few photos from our team which attended the huge aviation party known as the EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Keep in mind, this is just a small collection of thousands of photos taken during the week-long...
My 2017 Pilgrimage
To some it is called AirVenture, others refer to it as EAA, for a few it is just plain Oshkosh. No matter what you refer to it as, to the Aviation Enthusiast it can be summed up in one...
