This year’s RIAT
Let’s me start with the bad news and frustrations. This is the show aviation enthusiasts love to hate. That is off course the result of the hollow pompous humbug which surrounds the show nowadays. This all in the name...
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1st Marine F-35B to land at MCAS Miramar
It was around noon on July 30, 2013, and several F/A-18’s from Marine squadrons, VMFA 314 “The Black Knights” and VMFA(AW) 225 “The Vikings” were taking off from the runways at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, just northeast of...
Twas The Night Before Oshkosh…..
It’s Sunday evening, we just got to Oshkosh for the 2013 EAA Convention. AirVenture is ready to start in the morning. People have been here for months setting up the show. Campers have been coming in for weeks. Airplanes...
Half a Lifetime Ago at Oshkosh 1986….
How did I get to writing this? I was scanning all these P-51s. I started to write the history and “where they are now” on each of them. I saw the family pictures and figured and decided that maybe...
Reno Air Races 1964 to 50th Anniversary
There have been few events in sports that manage to last 50 years. Fortunately the National Championship Air Races at Reno are one of them. This year will mark the 50th running of this race during September 11th-15th...
Jane and Charlie
Another sad day in the 2013 airshow season happened on June 22nd in Dayton. Jane Wicker was sitting on the “top” of the left bottom wing of her Stearman while Charlie Schwenker made a low inverted pass. Instead of...
Flying F-15E Mission Training in the U.K.
“Ratch 2, you’re cleared for take-off”. The dark grey Strike Eagle thunders down the runway only seconds after we got the take-off clearance from the tower in RAF Lakenheath. The acceleration is amazing after my pilot Chris “Skull” Bridges...
Ole Griffith “The Fascination Of Flight”
Our very own Drsky conducted an audio interview with Col Ole C. Griffith USAF (Ret). The story of a life in the air and a fascination with flight. Please visit the links below to find out more about this world...
Patriot Guard Riders – Standing For Those Who Stood for US
As we celebrate the 237th birthday of our nation we must never forget the sacrifices of those brave individuals who have served and continue to serve the greatest nation on the face of the earth. Every American should find...
Dawn Blitz 2013- Ground Assault “A Multi-National Military Exercise”
One of the longest and largest military exercises to take place in Southern California. Along with the US Navy and Marine Corps, Canada sent several Royal Canadian Naval vessels, as well as a Infantry unit from Quebec. New Zealand...
Dawn Blitz 2013 – Air Assault
It’s was a bright typical summer day at Camp Pendleton in sunny Southern California. The Dawn Blitz 2013 Exercise has been taking place since early June. Dawn Blitz 2013 is a multinational exercise that the Navy and Marine Corps...
Historic Landing of MV-22 “Osprey” on Foreign Ship
For most of the month of June, Operation Dawn Blitz 2013 will be happening off of the San Diego County coastline from Coronado to Camp Pendleton and will include exercises at San Clemente Island. Three Japanese ships are currently...
