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October 3, 2015

The Inaugural New York Air Show

Last minute changes forced show promoter Brian Lilly Co. to find a new venue for the 2015 New York Air Show. Originally scheduled for Coney Island Brooklyn NY, the promoters had just seventy-one days to manage all of the...

Airshow / demo teams / europe / Formation Flying / Trainers

August 23, 2015

The Baltic Bees

The photography of Dietmar Schreiber. With 42,000 spectators around Lake Wolfgang and 286 take-offs and landings on the lake, the Scaleria Air Challenge 2015 was the biggest floatplane event to ever happen in Austria. Organized and sponsored by the...

fighters / Formation Flying / Trainers / warbirds

July 4, 2015

The Murphy’s Memorial Day Weekend 2015 Formation Clinic

Over the Memorial Day weekend I had the good fortune of being invited out to Murphy’s Landing Strip in Upstate New York for a formation clinic. The event was hosted by Dave, Lois, and Mark Murphy owner/operators of the...

air force / Airshow / demo teams / fighters / navy / Trainers / warbirds

July 1, 2015

Millville NJ’s 2015 Wings and Wheels Air Show

Subject to inclement weather, heightened security concerns or performer cancellations, putting on an air show can be a risky venture. In 2011, without a presenting sponsor, The Millville Army Air Field Museum took on the financial responsibility of putting...

air force / Airshow / demo teams / europe / fighters / military / Trainers

June 11, 2015

Rhode Island Air Show Hits Jet Team Trifecta

The on-line dictionary Encarta defines the word trifecta like this: “1. bet on first 3 in race …a bet… that involves selecting the competitors that will come in the first three places in the correct order. 2. set of...

bombers / fighters / Liasion Aircraft / news / Trainers / Transports / warbirds / World War II

May 13, 2015

The Arsenal of Democracy: World War II Victory Capitol Flyover

An amazing salute to a rapidly disappearing group of living military veterans occurred on Friday May 8, 2015, when the world witnessed the Arsenal of Democracy: World War II Victory Capitol Flyover (henceforth known here as the “Flyover”). As...