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...
Category: Special Aviation Events
Aviation Museum of New Hampshire’s Third Annual Fly-In
The Aviation Museum of New Hampshire, located on the east side of the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport, held its third annual Fly-In, featuring experimental and home-built aircraft. Antique, Vintage, warbird and more recent production aircraft were invited too. The one-day...
Another Great Day at Sea
New York Fleet Week 2017 “Another Great Day At Sea – Life Aboard the USS George H. W. Bush” was an excellent book by Geoff Dyer, that came out in 2014 and described in great detail his two week...
Remembering LZ 129, the Hindenburg and the Importance of Naval Air Station Lakehurst
On May 6, 2017, I attended the memorial service of the eightieth anniversary of the Hindenburg disaster at the spot where the Hindenburg crashed at Naval Air Station Lakehurst, New Jersey. The weather was much like it was that...
The Robert A. “Bob” Hoover Celebration of Life Ceremony
A pair of F-86s, Hoover’s favorite aircraft, fly formation with an F-22 Report and Photography by Bob Shane October 25, 2016 marked the passing of R.A. “Bob” Hoover at age 94. He was one of the most accomplished...
Northolt by Night – Night Shooting at RAF Northolt
The Northolt Night Photo Shooting is an event which was started and is still mainly organized by Phil Dawe and his supporting team. He is an aviation enthusiast himself, so is “in the know” when it comes to the...
The 2015 Australia International Airshow
Editor’s note: the Australian International Aerospace and Defence Exposition 2017 and the 2017 Australian International Airshow will occur between February 28th and March 5th. Here’s a look back at the last event, two years ago… The Australian International Airshow...
Red Bull Gives Boston Wings in 2016 !
Photos by Jim West and the author John Alcock and Arthur Brown, Louis Bleriot, Charles Lindbergh, Charles Samson, Charles Kingsford Smith, Harriet Quimby, Charles Manly, Amelia Earhart and Hubert Latham were all pioneering aviators with a common interest –...
