World War II Weekend 2025
Story and Photos by Shawn Byers The Mid Atlantic Air Museum held their 34th annual World War II Weekend at Reading Regional Airport in Pennsylvania on June 6, 7 and 8. Weather was…a factor. Temperatures were warm and the...
Category: Yearly Review
The Naval Air Station Oceana Airshow 2023
Story and photos by Shawn Byers This will be the third report in our pages for the Airshow at NAS Oceana. What more can I possibly say about it? Let’s get personal with a long-time attendee. It is...
Last Year and Next Year – Where We’ve Been and What We See Ahead
British Airways Boeing B-787-10 arrives at Boston with resumption of international travel. Our three digital aviation magazines Photorecon.net, ClassicWarbirds.net and CivilAviationWorld.com cover a lot of ground where history is concerned. Through our lenses and keyboards, we strive to bring interesting...
EAA Oshkosh’s Golden Anniversary Celebration – 50 Notes From the 50th Celebration
The year 2019 marked half a century of the Experimental Aircraft Association’s annual Convention, and later AirVenture events at Oshkosh’s Whitman Regional Airport. There were earlier gatherings at different sites, but the Oshkosh airport has seen the EAA add...
Fleet Week New York 2019
New York City held its 31st annual Fleet Week from Wednesday May 22nd through Tuesday, May 28th and was invaded by not only 15 international Naval ships but also by aircraft in overflights including: four F/A-18E Hornets out of...
Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you? I think so.
With a nod to the Foo Fighters, my look back at 2018 saw many great new opportunities open up for me as a member of the Photorecon.net family. I contributed seven articles that brought me great joy, new...
WHAT A YEAR IT WAS. A look back at 2018
My Favorite time of year (other than Airshow Season) is almost upon us. As we prepare to say farewell to 2018 and ring in 2019 we stop and reflect on the past year and review all of the...
NBAA BACE 2018, Business Aviation Shines in Florida
The saying “Time is Money…” is popularly attributed to Benjamin Franklin, although the phrase can be traced back before the American Revolution. A different type of revolution is in the air nowadays; business aviation has definitely taken this adage...
First Look at What I Saw at the EAA’s 2018 AirVenture in Oshkosh
I got to spend the better part of three and a half days at the EAA’s 2018 AirVenture Oshkosh aviation extravaganza, and even though there were plenty of “shiny things” to chase after with my camera, I did take...
A Look Back… Ken Kula’s 2016 Year In Review
Ken Kula’s Highlights for 2016 Military Aviation: Covered the departure of multiple Italian Air Force flight movements from the Portsmouth International Airport at Pease, New Hampshire. In all, saw Eurofighter EF-2000s, a KC-767, Breguet Atlantic maritime patrol aircraft, and...
A Look Back… Scott Jankowski’s 2016 in Review
A Look Back….. By Scott Jankowski As we prepare to welcome 2017 and bid farewell to 2016, I stop to look back on what a year 2016 truly was. It was another spectacular year of time spent at airshows...
