The Westmoreland County Airshow 2023
Story and photos by Shawn Byers It has been a few years since I was last at this Airshow at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport. The timing was such that I added it to my season roster enroute to Western...
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The Flying Colors of Oshkosh – EAA AirVenture 2023 Hues
Photos by Anne Taylor, Scott Jankowski, Andrew Spry, Ken Kula When you have around 10,000 airplanes to compare color schemes against each other, it is without a doubt difficult to pick a favorite. At the EAA’s AirVenture 2023, that’s...
Wisk! Away!
Story from Wisk! company material; photos by Ken Kula and Roland Dansereau (above photo is of “Cora” at Oshkosh at dusk) Today’s rapid revolution and evolution into “green” or reduced emission flight has taken companies into many different directions...
Same Place – Portsmouth New Hampshire – Very Different Air Show
One constant of the past four decades of air shows at Pease AFB/airport is the KC-135 Stratotanker. Photos and story by Ken Kula I was looking back through some old photos last week and came across something akin to...
OHTM’s 2023 Wings and Wheels Spectacular: A MidCoast Maine Treat
MidCoast Maine is dotted with small cities, towns and villages linked by winding roads that sometimes run along the picturesque and rugged Atlantic coast. The city of Owls Head sits on a small peninsula, bordered by the cities of...
The Junkers A50 Junior’s Revival
Story by Ken Kula, photos by Junkers Aircraft Corp. and Ken Kula Ninety-four years ago in early 1929, the Junkers aircraft company of Germany first flew its A50 Junior two-place sport plane. Made from all metal, the aircraft featured...
Some Interesting Sights at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2023
wisk! flew their autonomous flying demonstrator at the air show – and it flew fully autonomously… more about this program here in the upcoming days… Story and photos by Ken Kula There are all sorts of stories to be...
A Visit to the Israeli Air Force Museum
Story and photos by Del Laughery Just west of Be’er Sheva, Israel, is a little known but extensive collection of aircraft located at the edge of Hatserim Air Base, known as the Israeli Air Force Museum. As with all...
Power in the Pines Returns After Five Years
Story and photos by Mike Colaner As the saying goes, if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. That is precisely what Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst (JB MDL) did when it returned with the Power in the Pines airshow...
U. S. Navy and Marine Corps Aerial Tankers Scrapbook
Story by Ken Kula. Photos by Don Linn, Del Laughery, Ken Middleton, Scott Zeno, Mike Colaner, Ken Kula and US Navy photographers. After the end of World War II, the United States military arms went in different directions as...
Round-Engined Aircraft at AirVenture 2023 Scrapbook
Photos by Ken Kula and Andrew Spry There were loads of radial engines (sometimes called “round engines”) to be seen and heard at this year’s EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. Antique/Classic and Warbird aircraft powered by radials were numerous, and some...
Genny in June…Again
Story and photos by Shawn Byers The National Warplane Museum held their 42nd Annual Airshow, also known as “The Greatest Show on Turf”, on June 3rd and 4th, 2023. Traditionally held in mid-July, this was the second year it...
