MCAS Yuma Airshow 2012
The MCAS Yuma played out a little different from the original way I was planning on doing the show. The weather people in San Diego had been predicting a large winter storm to hit Southern California with lots of...
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The Flying Leatherneck Museum
It all started on May 22, 1912, when Lt. Alfred A. Cunningham reported for flight training at the Naval Academy at Annaplois, it wasn’t until August 20, at Marblehead, Massachusetts, that Cunningham soloed in a Curtiss B-1 Seaplane and...
El Centro Air Show 2012 in Review
The smell of jet fuel still lingers in the air at NAS El Centro following the conclusion of the first major air show of 2012. The first show brought delight to many after what had been a difficult off...
Flying FIFI at Tico 2012
TICO is the annual fundraising airshow for the Valiant Air Command down in Titusville, Florida. The airport is literally in the shadows of the Kennedy Space Center on the east coast of Florida. Since what seems like the beginning...
El Centro Airshow 2012 – Far, Hot, Dirty, and Awesome
NAF El Centro is just about in the middle of nowhere, it is always hot, and there are no permanently stationed squadrons. Having said all that, the El Centro drew a huge crowd and had top notch performances; not...
10 Tanker Air Carrier: I drop in on the company that drops on fires
Article and Photos by Matt Shinavar 10 Tanker operates a pair of DC-10s which have been modified to enable water or retardant to be dropped on forest fires. When fires get out of hand, nobody calls Ghostbusters; rather, the...
Airshowvid.com launches
Photorecon has partnered with AirShowVid.com to start producing high quality videos. Bringing you video from airshows and major aviation events from around the west coast is not a departure from our regular approach but a welcomed addition. Our mission...
Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course (WTI 1-12)
Weapons and Tactics Instructor In October 2011, Marine Corps Air Station Yuma was once again home for the Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course or as it’s more commonly known as “WTI.” I was fortunate enough to be invited to...
John C. Evans discusses the development of the P&W J-58 engine used in the A-12 and SR-71 Aircraft
Pratt & Whitney Aircraft J-58 (JT11D-20) Characteristics’. Maximum Thrust 34,000 Lb Military Thrust 23,900 Lb Weight 6,250 Lb Length 215.940 In Maximum Diameter 55.43 In Sea Level Air Flow 326 Lb/Sec Compression Ratio 8.5:1 Total Pressure Ratio 2,93:1 Bleed...
Red Flag 12-2 Media Day
On Tuesday, January 31, 2012, fifty photojournalist from around the world gathered at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. They were here to photograph aircraft that were participating in the current Red Flag exercise. Simply stated, Red Flag is an...
Coolidge Fly in
On the first Saturday of every month (except June, July, August and September), Coolidge Aviation, LLC sponsors a fly-in. Breakfast is served by the Coolidge Lion’s Club in front of the main hangar (you know, the 1940’s hangar with...
Sacramento’s 2012 Aerial Firefighting International Airshow and Conference
My lone encounter with a large “wildfire” occurred five years ago while I was visiting Southern California. Watching a steady stream of tanker aircraft shuttle to and from a huge unnatural-looking cloud on the horizon, their bellies red-stained and...
