NAS Oceana 2023 Air Show
Article written by Daniel O. Myers, photos by Bob Finch and Howard German First built eighty years ago as a World War II auxiliary military landing field, NAS Oceana (NASO) has grown into the U.S. Navy’s East Coast Master...
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A Lockheed S-3 Viking Scrapbook
S-3 Viking executing a wing fold/unfold Story by Ken Kula, photos by Ken Middleton, Don Linn, Bob Finch, Scott Zeno, Jeff Serpa, and Ken Kula In the late 1960s, the U. S. Navy put forth a requirement requesting a...
Airshow London – Sky Drive- The Friday Celebration and Afterburner 2023
Fireworks and drone formation in the London, Ontario sky during the Sky Drive Friday night air show. Story and photos by Ken Kula Colorado Air National Guard F-16 lands at London, Ontario Canada. London Ontario’s Sky Drive – the...
AirVenture 2023 Night Air Show Highlights
Photography by John Freedman, Howard German, Roland Dansereau and Ken Kula, written by Ken Kula Although there are quite a number of weekend-long air shows that begin with a Friday night flying event, the EAA’s AirVenture can boast of...
The Westmoreland County Airshow 2023
Story and photos by Shawn Byers It has been a few years since I was last at this Airshow at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport. The timing was such that I added it to my season roster enroute to Western...
Power in the Pines Returns After Five Years
Story and photos by Mike Colaner As the saying goes, if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. That is precisely what Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst (JB MDL) did when it returned with the Power in the Pines airshow...
U. S. Navy and Marine Corps Aerial Tankers Scrapbook
Story by Ken Kula. Photos by Don Linn, Del Laughery, Ken Middleton, Scott Zeno, Mike Colaner, Ken Kula and US Navy photographers. After the end of World War II, the United States military arms went in different directions as...
Power In The Pines Air Show 2023
Story and photos by Don Linn I haven’t been to a McGuire AFB air show in more than twenty years. I think my last visit to the sprawling air base in central New Jersey was before 9/11. After 9/11...
2023 TBM Reunion
Photos and story by John Freedman Now in its seventh year, the 2023 TBM Reunion was held at Illinois Valley Regional Airport (KVYS) in Peru Illinois. The event started out as a birthday celebration for TBM owner Brad Deckert,...
National Naval Aviation Museum
Photos and article by Del Laughery Situated on Naval Air Station Pensacola, FL, is a national treasure of approximately 150 aircraft which make up about 15% of the National Naval Aviation Museum’s collection of historically significant Navy and Marine...
McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom Scrapbook
Story and photos by Ken Kula The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II entered service with the U. S. Navy in 1961. Later, the U.S. Marine Corps and Air Force adopted the supersonic fighter-bomber as one of the main weapons...
U.S. Navy Trainers Used During My Lifetime
Story and photos by Ken Kula I’ll soon turn 64 years old and have seen quite a few military aircraft over the years. I remember visiting cousins in Massachusetts, near the (former) NAS South Weymouth base. There was a...
