Miramar Air Show 2012
Every year for 3 days in October, an estimated crowd of over 700,000 make the journey to MCAS Miramar near San Diego, CA. It was no different this year, and the 2012 Miramar Air Show continued to bring smiles...
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Gen.Chuck Yeager celebrates 65th anniversary with re-enactment at Nellis
10/14/2012 – NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. — Retired United States Air Force Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager, the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound, celebrated the 65th anniversary of his ground breaking event with a re-enactment here Oct....
Red Bull Stratos: Mission Accomplished
Red Bull Stratos: Mission Accomplished Austria’s Felix Baumgartner earned his place in the history books on Sunday after overcoming concerns with the power for his visor heater that impaired his vision and nearly jeopardized the mission. Baumgartner reached an...
Hawaii’s 2012 Kaneohe Bay Air Show
The 2012 Kaneohe Bay Air Show was presented aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii on Oahu. The Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) offered a great stage to present an air show to tens of thousands of spectators. Brooding volcanic mountains...
SteadFast Unlimited Air Racing
Will Whiteside is a familiar face and name around the Reno pits. Whether it’s the varieties of planes he’s raced over the last couple years or his warm personality and seemingly permanent smile on his sunglasses-clad face. Once the...
39th Annual International Seaplane Fly-In 2012
Greenville Maine might take a note from the famous Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem about Paul Revere…” one if by land, two if by sea”. The town is fortunate to have a pair of community airports; the Greenville Municipal Airport...
Tim Cone Brings Breast Cancer Awareness to Reno
Tim Cone, a newbie this year at the Reno National Air Races, flying his home-built RV-8 in the Sports Class. The Lycoming 0360 engine powered his white and pink plane to its qualifying speed of 218.153. Tim, a 43...
Steve Hinton Jr. Wins Reno Again!!
Steve Hinton Jr. and Team Strega have won the Reno Races again!! It was the fifth consecutive victory and 10th win overall for the Mustang Strega. And third victory for pilot Steve Hinton Jr. (Research shows there was no...
National Aviation Heritage Invitational Announces 2012 Awards
National Aviation Heritage Invitational Announces 2012 Awards to Restored Aircraft and Inaugural Recipient of the Neil A. Armstrong Aviation Heritage Trophy. National Aviation Hall of Fame Enshrinees joined presenting sponsor Perform Air in awarding the Grand Champion Neil A....
The Green Flag Dropped at Reno
It’s here and we are back. If there was ever anything that was up in the air in the past, it would be the 2012 Reno Air Races. After last year’s tragic accident, the thought that the Races would...
A tribute to Bob Odegaard
Robert Odegaard was born and raised in Kindred, North Dakota. Bob’s love for aviation started as a child on the family farm where he would watch DC-3s fly overhead. Bob founded and operated Odegaard Aviation, a fixed-base operation and...
Freedom of Flight Celebration Honoring Heroes, Legends and Reno air Racers
On the evening of September 6th 2012 Photorecon was on hand to cover the Freedom of Flight Celebration Honoring Heroes, Legends and Reno air Racers. This special tribute celebration was hosted by Atlantic Aviation DVT. The event honored the...
