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Wild and Wonderful: West Virginia’s Greatest Airshow 2023
Story and Photos by Shawn Byers I was always interested in this Airshow in nearby Martinsburg, West Virginia but never put it on my schedule. Formerly, it was hosted by the West Virginia Air National Guard on their ramp...
THE 2023 NORTHERN ILLINOIS AIRSHOW
Story and photos by Scott Jankowski The Waukegan National Airport covers 600 acres of land and is located approximately 40 miles to the North of Chicago, Illinois. The airport features two asphalt runways, those being runway 5/23 at 6,000...
PLAY TO WIN INSTEAD OF NOT TO LOSE: Lessons from the Dambusters
Lessons from the Dambusters By George A. Haloulakos, CFA Copyright 2023 © George A. Haloulakos, CFA All rights reserved. This material may not be copied or transmitted in any form without written permission from the author. A Special...
Alabama Guard Takes Delivery of First Three F-35s
Story and photos by William Ellison After years of preparation and saying goodbye to the F-16 in April of 2023 after 35 years of operations, the 187th Fighter Wing has received its first F-35 Lightning II fighter jets at...
Newcastle Williamtown Airshow 2023
Story and photos by David Campion The weekend of November 18th and 19th saw the return of the RAAF airshow to the Newcastle region. The program was split over the weekend, with a flying day on Saturday at Nobby’s...
“America’s Hangar” Celebrates 20 Years
Lockheed SR-71A Story and photos by Corey Beitler (Originally published in Corey’s “Distelfink Airlines” magazine, December 2023 edition – photo selection altered from original) When its doors open to the public each day, the National Air and Space Museum’s...
Coffee and Aviation – Two of My Favorite Pursuits
Story and photos by Ken Kula While waiting for an early morning press conference by Textron Aviation to begin at the EAA’s AirVenture Oshkosh 2023, I was offered a cup of fresh brewed coffee from the “Ground Rush” coffee...
Thunder Over New Hampshire 2023 Air Show Scrapbook
Photos by Scott Zeno, Alice Leong and Masaki Komatsu New Hampshire’s weather is still warm in September, and on the weekend of September 9th and 10th of 2023, the skies were filled with thunder; not late summer thunderstorms but...
Barnstorming in Central Massachusetts, Part 2
Story by Daniel O. Myers. Photos by Scott Zeno, Kevin Burke and Bob Finch And finally, what the crowd had long anticipated and waited for, the F-35A Demo, and the timing could have not been better! It was just...
NORTHERN LIGHTNING 2023
Story and photos by Scott Jankowski The 2023 version of the annual Northern Lightning exercise was held at the Volk Field CRTC (Combat Readiness Training Center) from August 7th to August 18th, 2023. This annual exercise held in the...
The Naval Air Station Oceana Airshow 2023
Story and photos by Shawn Byers This will be the third report in our pages for the Airshow at NAS Oceana. What more can I possibly say about it? Let’s get personal with a long-time attendee. It is...
