Warbirds Over The Beach 2019
On May 18th and 19th, The Military Aviation Museum in Virginia Beach, VA held their annual Warbirds Over The Beach Airshow. If you love Warbirds, this is a special place. A private air force resides here thanks to Mr....
Category: Transports
‘Bert’s Retirement Surprises Many, What’ll Replace the Iconic Lockheed Transport?
The U.S. Navy’s ‘Blue Angels’ caught nearly everyone by surprise when they announced on May 22nd of this year that their U.S. Marine Corps Lockheed Martin KC-130T Hercules (BuNo 164763 / CN 5258) affectionately known as ‘Fat Albert’ was...
Airbus Celebrates Their 50th Year in Business; Delivers Their 12,000th Aircraft
Air Tahiti Nui A-340-300 At the big Paris Air Show of 1969, a collaboration between two countries with rich aviation histories signaled the beginning of what is known today as the Airbus company. Fifty years later, in 2019, Airbus...
Northrop Grumman’s Final Mission in the BAC 1-11
Northrop Grumman retired their last British Aerospace Corporation (BAC) One-Eleven (1-11) Testbed as well as the last flying example of a BAC 1-11 in the world on May 6th, 2019. Takeoff on Runway 28 occurred shortly after 1:30 PM....
How Aviation Helps Us to Prepare For the “Big One”
A week-long travelling road show (well, actually a travelling air show) began a five-state presentation at Rhode Island’s Quonset State Airport on May 6th, 2019. The event took a multi-faceted approach to hurricane preparedness; it offered education on the...
D-Day Squadron Prepares for Epic Atlantic Ocean Crossing in May
An amazing recreation of World War II transport operations will be assembled in Connecticut in just a few weeks. The D-Day Squadron is the American contingent of a larger anniversary commemoration in Great Britain and France, to be held...
Stratotanker 57-1419 “Goes West”, But That’s a Good Thing!
Last pass of a 157th ARW KC-135R over the runway at Pease ANGB on March 24, 2019 at 1419 military time! At various times in history, the phrase “going west” has meant to die, or being finished, or as...
A Golden Anniversary
On February 9th, 1969 a legendary aircraft that would become known as the “Queen” of the skies took to the air for the first time. Boeing Aircraft’s Billion dollar gamble would pay off in a big way, as one...
The “Thunder” in the 2018 Thunder Over Michigan Airshow
The 2018 Thunder Over Michigan Airshow held as usual at the famed Willow Run International Airport just outside of Ypsilanti Michigan celebrated its 20th birthday. This annual airshow never fails to impress, the 2018 event brought together several different...
FREEDOM’S THUNDER A LOOK AT OUR MODERN MILITARY AT AIRVENTURE 2018
Every year AirVenture always pulls together a fascinating array of modern military aircraft and 2018 was no different. There were aircraft representing the United States Air Force, United States Navy, United States Coast Guard, United States Army, United States...
More Photography From the 2018 Rhode Island National Guard Open House Air Show
The name is rather long – The 2018 Rhode Island National Guard Open House Air Show. The aerial presentations during the show were visually stunning and sounded thunderous, with plenty of jets and high performance piston-engined aircraft flying in...
Frisian Flag April 2018, Leeuwarden AB/Netherlands and EART 2018
The 2018 edition of Frisian Flag was conducted between April 9th to April 20th, 2018 at Leeuwarden AB in the North of the Netherlands. The participating refueling aircraft were stationed at the NATO Base Eindhoven and belonged to...
