DOVER AMC MUSEUM AIRCRAFT RESTORATION UPDATE
Photos and article by Bill Sarama It was a cold, dreary, cloudy late morning on December 7th 2023, of all dates, and I was heading south down US-13 in Delaware on track for OBX, to stay for a week...
Category: warbirds
RCAF 100th Part 1 – The First Five Decades
CANADAIR CE-133 SILVER STAR 1953 – 2005 Photographers include: Bob Finch, William Ellison, Ken Middleton, Scott Jankowski, Scott Zeno, Corey Beitler, Don Linn and Ken Kula The Royal Canadian Air Force celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2024. Here is...
Royal Canadian Air Force Special Color Schemes – A 100th Anniversary Salute
Photographers include: Bob Finch, William Ellison, Ken Middleton, Scott Jankowski, Scott Zeno, Corey Beitler, Don Linn and Ken Kula The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) came into being on April 1, 1924. One hundred years later, the military aviation...
A Look Back at Reading World War 2 Weekend 2023 By Don Linn
The Commemorative Air Force SBD-5 climbs to altitude as it departs Reading Airport to begin the Friday afternoon show. Photos and article by Don Linn The Reading World War 2 Weekend shows are one of the best warbirds displays...
Wings Over Batavia 2023
Story and photos by Shawn Byers Compelling. That was the word I kept saying as I read up on this airshow at the Genesee County Airport in Batavia, New York. For the first time since 1999, an airshow would...
Cleveland Rocks! The 2023 Cleveland National Airshow
Story and photography by Shawn Byers Cleveland has long been on my list to attend but I never committed to it until 2023. The kick in the pants was the scheduled performance by the Marine Corps AV-8 Harrier. Having...
Retired Non-U. S. Military Helicopter Types – A Scrapbook
Westland Wessex HC2, Royal Air Force, retired in 1998 Photos by Ken Kula Here are sixteen photos of non-U.S. military helicopter types that have been retired from service over the past half century, with captions containing the country and...
Aichi M6A1 Seiran (Clear Sky Storm): Japan’s Submarine-Based Strike Aircraft
Story and photos by Corey Beitler, first published in “Distelfink Airlines” – An Online Aviation Newsletter The Aichi M6A1 Seiran was designed to fulfill a requirement for a bomber that could operate exclusively from a submarine. During World War...
Wild and Wonderful: West Virginia’s Greatest Airshow 2023
Story and Photos by Shawn Byers I was always interested in this Airshow in nearby Martinsburg, West Virginia but never put it on my schedule. Formerly, it was hosted by the West Virginia Air National Guard on their ramp...
THE 2023 NORTHERN ILLINOIS AIRSHOW
Story and photos by Scott Jankowski The Waukegan National Airport covers 600 acres of land and is located approximately 40 miles to the North of Chicago, Illinois. The airport features two asphalt runways, those being runway 5/23 at 6,000...
Newcastle Williamtown Airshow 2023
Story and photos by David Campion The weekend of November 18th and 19th saw the return of the RAAF airshow to the Newcastle region. The program was split over the weekend, with a flying day on Saturday at Nobby’s...
“America’s Hangar” Celebrates 20 Years
Lockheed SR-71A Story and photos by Corey Beitler (Originally published in Corey’s “Distelfink Airlines” magazine, December 2023 edition – photo selection altered from original) When its doors open to the public each day, the National Air and Space Museum’s...
