READING – WORLD WAR TWO AT ITS FINEST
(Here’s another look at the World War II Weekend, held yearly in Reading PA, through the eyes and words of Bill Sarama and Don Linn. See Shawn Byers’ take on the show in an earlier article posted at the...
Category: World War II
World War II Weekend 2019
In it’s 29th consecutive year, World War II Weekend descended upon Reading, Pennsylvania during the first weekend in June. I discovered this show in 2010 and have attended regularly since. To be assigned as the lone media representative from...
REPUBLIC AIRPORT – THE OTHER JONES BEACH AIR SHOW
The Jones Beach Air Show, officially known as the “Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach State Park 2019”, was held on Saturday and Sunday, May 26th and 27th, 2019, at — Jones Beach! But there was another air show...
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....
D-Day Squadron – Missions Accomplished!
On June 6th, a group of aircraft collectively known as the D-Day Squadron will make history when they will mark the 75th Anniversary of ‘Operation Overlord’, the D-Day invasion of Europe. A group of volunteers will make a legendary...
Chino’s 2019 Planes of Fame Air Show is Right Around the Corner!
The Planes of Fame Air Museum has two branches, one in Arizona, the other and oldest, is in Chino, California. On the weekend of May 4-5th, 2019, their annual air show, chock full of warbirds, will be presented once...
P-51 Mustang Scrapbook
This feature first appeared in our sister warbird magazine – http://ClassicWarbirds.net North American Aviation’s P-51 Mustang changed the course of World War II, the Korean War, and quite possibly a few other conflicts. The type served in front...
A Look Back in Time, the 2018 Mid-Atlantic Air Museum’s World War II Weekend
Reading Pennsylvania’s Mid-Atlantic Air Museum can boast of a collection of over ninety aircraft and replica aircraft, from the past 100 years. Most of these are civilian aircraft, but a lot of the attention surrounding the Museum focuses on...
OSH Warbirds in Review Part #1 80 Years Young, North American’s Texan
All photos by Scott Jankowski – mainly from the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2018 event, with additional file photos – Ed. On September 18th 1938 the first of an eventual 15,495 North American Aviation Texans took to the sky. The...
A Salute to Veterans and Avengers
Illinois Valley Regional Airport (KVYS) also known as Walter A. Duncan Field is located approximately 1 mile from Peru IL. Illinois Valley Regional has 2 runways, runway 8/36 which is 6,000 feet long and Runway 7/25 which is...
Thunder Over Michigan 2017
You never know what you will see or hear in the skies around Detroit’s Willow Run International Airport located in Ypsilanti MI. Willow Run has a little of everything from locally based USA Jet or Kalitta freighters to the...
Collings Foundation’s 2017 Battle For the Airfield Report
The Collings Foundation’s annual Battle For the Airfield took place during an early Autumn weekend in Stow, Massachusetts, less than an hour’s drive west of the city of Boston. There were some new wrinkles and some old traditions in...
