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Air National Guard Air Force Reserve Command Test Center
Air National Guard Air Force Reserve Command Test Center 162nd Wing Arizona Air National Guard Story and photos by Ken Middleton The Air National Guard Air Force Reserve Command Test Center (AATC) is located at Morris Air National Guard...
2026 Buckeye Air Fair: Aviation, Community, and High-Flying Excitement in Arizona
Each February, the skies above the West Valley come alive with the roar of engines and the excitement of aviation enthusiasts from across the country. The Buckeye Air Fair held February 13–15, 2026 at Buckeye Municipal Airport in Buckeye,...
Radial Engine Round Up – Military Single Engined Aircraft
Photos by Tim Adams, Scott Jankowski, Del Laughery, Don Linn, Bob Finch and Ken Kula Radial aircraft engines have been around since the beginning of powered flight. Usually, air cooled cylinders are attached in a circular pattern around the...
McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle Scrapbook
Photos by Scott Jankowski, Tim Adams, Bob Finch, Shawn Byers, William Ellison, Scott Zeno, Don Linn and Ken Kula With the draw down of the U. S. Air Force’s compliment of the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle air superiority fighter,...
Airline Special Color Schemes – Volume 1
Delta B-757 Breast Cancer Awareness colors Photos by Ken Kula, John Freedman Air Pacific B-747-400 US Airways A-319 in NFL football team colors US Airways’ Piedmont Airlines heritage colors QANTAS B-737-800 “Yananyi Dreaming” US Airways PSA heritage colors Jetstar...
Military Patrol and Anti-Submarine Aircraft Scrapbook
Photos by Bob Finch, Scott Jankowski, Tim Adams, Shawn Byers, Scott Zeno and Ken Kula Since World War I, patrol aircraft have performed reconnaissance flights to help guard countries’ coastlines and sovereign airspace and seas. Patrol aircraft also performed...
Walt Ray Memorial install
With some recent inquiries — and after seeing more people visiting the site where Walt Ray lost his life — I dug through some old hard drives and pulled together a small set of photos from the day we...
Alton Bay, New Hampshire’s Ice Runway Opens Spectacularly in 2026
Story and photos by Ken Kula Alton Bay, New Hampshire is a village nestled at the end of an inlet of the much larger Lake Winnipesaukee. During three seasons, a seaplane base with the identifier of “B18” is active,...
High Desert Thunder: Sentry Eagle 2025 Marks the End of an Era at Kingsley Field
Story and photos by Steve Lewis The high desert of southern Oregon is known for its wide-open skies, crisp mornings, and a quiet that seems to stretch for miles. However, for several days this past July, the calm was...
Turboprop Airliners and Civilian Transports
Photos by Scott Jankowski, Ken Kula, Corey Beitler and Bob Finch Fairchild SA-227 Metroliner Fairchild SA227AT Merlin IV C Avro HS-748 ATR-42-320 ATR-42-300F ATR-42-500 ATR-72-212 BAe 3100 Jetstream BAe 4100 BAe ATP Beech 99 Beech 1900C Beech 1900D C-208...
Boeing B-737-100/-200 Series Scrapbook Part 1
Midway Airlines B-737-25A at the Hartford/Springfield Bradley International Airport (KBDL) Story by Ken Kula and Don Linn, photos by Don Linn, Shawn Byers and Ken Kula Boeing designed and built the early versions of their B-737 design for use...
