On September 10, 2011, while on assignment at the National Championship Air Races in Reno, Nevada, I had the unexpected privilege and honor of meeting Medal of Honor recipient Captain Thomas Hudner (retired). Captain Hudner was one of only...
Reno 2011 was gonna be the first year that I attended the Reno Races and stayed for the entire week. I wanted to experience Reno in full effect. From the arrivals day.. all the way to the following Monday...
Members of Photorecon who were in Northern Nevada to attend the 2011 Reno Air Races took a day off and went to NAS Fallon on Monday, Sept 12th for a planned Photo call. In attendance were Phil Myers, Mark...
As Dave and I sit in our hotel room in Reno, Nevada and reflect on the events of yesterday, we have decided to write this tribute to Jimmy Leeward. Dave arrived last Saturday and spent a lot of time...
While walking around Reno last week we had the pleasure to bump into Bob Odegaard and had a chance to talk with him. He was piloting this fine Supper Corsair in the races and we watched a few different...
During the two weeks that preceded the 2011 NAS Patuxent River Air Expo, southern Maryland endured the rattle of an earthquake and the rain and winds of Hurricane Irene. Definitely not good air show weather! The two-day (Saturday and...
The dust has settled (I had a quick 3-day business trip to Seattle last week), and I’ve found the time to report on the 2011 Boston Portsmouth Air Show. The weather held out and allowed for almost unlimited flying...
Not Just a Routine Training Mission… PACK61 and 62 Heavy flight departed the Portsmouth International Airport at Pease shortly after nine o’clock in the morning. The pair of New Hampshire Air National Guard KC-135R tankers were on a training...
Today some very sad news came across the wires. Frans Dely,one of the leading international aviation photographers, was killed in a plane crash over the weekend. The crash occurred in the Limpopo province of South Africa, officials say they...
On August 6, 2011, Big Bear Airport hosted its bi-annual air fair. Started in 1984, the Big Bear Air Fair is a combination of community a vendor fair, warbird and vintage aircraft static display, and general aviation fly in....
EVERETT, Wash. –On August 6th, in conjunction with All Nippon Airways (ANA), rolled out the first 787-8 commercial airliner to be used in revenue passenger service. (Original story by Nate Strong) The airplane was presented in a special livery...
In June of 1986 Colonel Graham was selected to be the Vice Wing Commander, 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing (SRW), Beale AFB, California. In that capacity, he was able to fly all of the wing’s aircraft: the U-2, T-38, KC-135Q,...
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