Republic P-47 Scrapbook
Story and photos by Ken Kula Republic Aviation built over 15,000 examples of the P-47 Thunderbolt, in several versions. The first flight of a prototype aircraft was on May 6, 1941, or seven months prior to the Pearl Harbor...
Category: warbirds
Fifteen More Fantastic Warbirds
by Ken Kula · Published September 24, 2022 MiG-17F at a Nellis AFB air show. Bell P-39 Aircobra at an Eglin AFB air show. Curtiss P-40 Warhawk during an evening air show at Brunswick,...
Fifteen Fantastic Warbirds from Scott Jankowski
by Scott Jankowski · Published September 3, 2022 Thunder over Michigan 2019 featured a gathering of Corsairs, pictured here are 11 such examples doing a mass engine runup. Here are fifteen fantastic warbird photos from Scott Jankowski. From time...
The 2022 Reno Air Races Report
by Jeff Serpa · Published December 3, 2022 Stead Airport, Reno, NV Story and Photos by Jeff Serpa The Reno Air Races. If you know, you know. If you don’t, you should. The Reno Air Races have been taking...
CELEBRATING 75 YEARS OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE, AIRVENTURE STYLE.
Photos and story by Scott Jankowski Originally created on August 1st, 1907, and once part of the U.S. Army Signal Corps, was formally established as a separate branch of the U.S. Armed Forces on September 18th 1947. The U.S....
Fifty Warbird Photos From the 2022 AirVenture Show
Photos by Ken Kula Here are 50 photos of warbird aircraft at the 2022 EAA AirVenture event at Oshkosh, Wisconsin’s Wittman Regional Airport. You can hover over each thumbnail for the type of aircraft and click the thumbnail for...
Joint Base Andrews Air and Space Expo 2022
Story and photos by Shawn Byers Joint Base Andrews hosted their first air show since 2019 on September 17th and 18th, the 18th being the 75th Birthday of the United States Air Force. Among us, serious air show...
Radial Engine Round Up – at AirVenture 2022
By Ken Kula Radial aircraft engines have been around for more than a century. Predominantly air-cooled, many engines of the last 100 years or so were lighter than their liquid-cooled counterparts that developed similar horsepower. Their characteristic odd-numbered cylinders...
THE 2022 MILWAUKEE AIR AND WATER SHOW
Story and photos by Scott Jankowski Back after a Covid induced break, my hometown welcomed the Milwaukee Air and Water show back to Downtown Milwaukee. This 2-day event held on July 23rd and 24th was once again held at...
Royal International Air Tattoo 2022
If you maintain an air show bucket list like I do, I submit that the list is not complete without the Royal International Air Tattoo. This exceptional show, which occurs every year in July at RAF Fairford, about an...
EAA AIRVENTURE OSHKOSH 2022 – FACTS AND FIGURES FOR A RECORD-SETTING YEAR
Here’s the official media release with facts and figures of the Experimental Aircraft Association’s (EAA) AirVenture Oshkosh 2022. The massive celebration of aviation is touted as “Unlike Anything Else”, and for a week in mid-summer in Wisconsin, a huge...
Pearl Harbor Survivor: Collings Foundation’s Curtiss P-40B Warhawk
The American Heritage Museum in Stow, Massachusetts, is a must-stop visit for any military enthusiast. The museum operated by the Collings Foundation has an incredible display of military vehicles and equipment. The vehicles and equipment are displayed in 20...
