AVIATION NATION 2025
Story and photos by Shawn Byers Nellis Air Force Base held their 2025 airshow, “Aviation Nation” on April 5th and 6th. This was my first airshow of the season, a “fly and drive” birthday present to myself. Although I...
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March Air Reserve Base’s – Southern California Airshow
March Air Reserve Base Riverside, California Thousands of spectators were drawn to the March Air Reserve Base for the Southern California Airshow, April 12th and 13th. The airshow featured military and civilian performances, accompanied by static displays including Military,...
A Douglas Aircraft Company DC-8 Scrapbook
United Airlines DC-8-71 passenger jet at KBOS Story and photos by Ken Kula The Douglas DC-8 jetliner is a long ranged, four-engined aircraft with intercontinental range. Both passenger and freighter versions were produced, with several variants of each built....
VFA-22 FIGHTING REDCOCKS
Story and photos by Steve Lewis Following up to the series opener which looked at Air Wing Seventeen (CVW-17) as a whole, I will now look into each of the respective squadrons within Team Quicksand, starting with VFA-22, the...
Dwindling Numbers, Part 2: More Older U. S. Military Aircraft Types Are Being Replaced
U. S. Navy E-6B Mercury design has been operational for 36 years. Story and photos by Ken Kula, except for photos attributed to other companies or DOD employees. Some of the U. S. military’s aircraft are approaching or have...
Verticon 2025
Story and photos by Jeff Serpa Verticon 2025 brought together the global vertical aviation industry for four days of education, discussion, and connection in Dallas, Texas. The world’s largest vertical aviation trade show and conference, concluded its 2025 show...
Alternative Fuels Drive Existing Aircraft Modifications and New Aircraft Designs – Twenty Examples
BETA Technologies ALIA CX300 BETA Technologies ALIA A250 VTOL Story and photos by Ken Kula, unless otherwise noted Burlington, Vermont’s BETA Technologies is “an aerospace company manufacturing electric flight”. The company describes itself as “pilots who build planes” and...
Retired Military Jets – Do You Remember These?
A-7E Corsair II Photos by Ken Kula Here’s an assortment of photos depicting many retired military jet-powered aircraft, while they were active with their respective air arms. Unless noted, these photos are of U. S. military aircraft. How many...
Windsor Locks, Connecticut’s Bradley Field/Bradley International Airport Oldies
Blue Bell Inc. Canadair CL-44 swingtail was used to transport denim material and finished blue jeans between BDL and Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. On New Years morning 1984, this aircraft made an emergency landing at Boston’s Logan Intenational Airport due...
2024 Golden Age Air Museum’s Great Pumpkin Fly-In
Story and photos by Corey Beitler A trip to the Golden Age Air Museum located near the town of Bethel in scenic Berks County, Pennsylvania takes museum visitors back to the early days of aviation. Located at the Grimes...
Alton Bay, New Hampshire’s Ice Runway Is Attracting Much Attention
Story and photos by Ken Kula Airplanes and ice normally don’t mix very well. There are issues like carburetor icing, airframe icing, and contaminated (read: icy – adverse breaking action reports of “medium”,” poor” or “nil”) runways that lend...
VISITING THE FAGEN FIGHTERS WWII MUSEUM
Story and photos by Scott Jankowski Granite Falls Minnesota is located about 130 miles due West of the Twin Cities, with the Granite Falls Municipal Airport better known as Lenzen-Roe-Fagen Memorial Field situated 4 nautical miles from downtown. This...
