EAA AirVenture 2024: Day Two
Story and photos by Ken Kula Tuesday July 23, 2024 was a stormy day in Oshkosh. A thundershower arrived around 4 AM, followed by a rain shower at 6 AM. Weather forecasts called for heavier thunderstorms later in the...
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EAA AirVenture 2024: Opening Day Sights
Review and photos by Ken Kula The 2024 EAA AirVenture Oshkosh is off to a great start. Fair weather offered ample time for show attendees and performers to arrive at the airport. There was plenty of gawking as aviators...
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh: Arrival Day Sunday 2024
With over 1,000 aircraft on the ground already at Oshkosh, I guessed that Sunday would bring a rather orderly, steady stream of general aviation aircraft to watch. A quartering headwind for arrivals on runways 36 Left and Right was...
Dwindling Numbers: The Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II
A-10A, 78-697, 75th FS, 23 FW, London, 3 June 1995 Story by Ken Kula, photos by Don Linn, Bob Finch and Ken Kula Dwindling Numbers is our series of articles showcasing aircraft types in the U. S. inventory being...
The Red River Valley Fighter Pilots Association – a. k. a. The River Rats
Story by Ken Kula, with plenty of help from the “River Rats” Association U. S. military aircraft began bombing targets in North Vietnam in March 1965 and completed their campaigns by December 1972. Air Force, Army, Navy, and Marine...
Air Show T-Shirts From My Past
The Kansas Air National Guard operated ten B-1B Lancers from 1994 to 2002. They participated in the Royal International Air Tattoo in 1997, where I got this great shirt. Collecting aviation memorabilia has been a hobby of mine for...
Falcon Rejoin 50
Story and photos by Jacob Green 50th Birthdays are a very special celebration, and this one was no different. A perfectly sunny day in late January was the setting of the 50th birthday celebration for the F-16 Fighting Falcon....
Preview: EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024
Story and photos, except where noted, by Ken Kula There’s a saying that I’ve heard many times in my life… and it happens “Only in Oshkosh!”. This year’s EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024 has a few of these moments in...
The First State Air Show 2024
Story and photos by Shawn Byers Dover Air Force Base held an air show over the weekend of May 18th and 19th, 2024. Due to a family event in Western New York, I could only attend the Friday practice...
Farewell to the USAF’s KC-10 Extender
Farewell flyer for the KC-10 retirement at McGuire AFB in June, 2024. Story by Don Linn, photos by Don Linn and other attributed photographers It was a grey and cloudy day as KC-10A 84-0188, the last example of the...
REPUBLIC AIRPORT – THE OTHER JONES BEACH AIRSHOW
Story and photos by Bill Sarama The Jones Beach Airshow for 2024, also known as the Bethpage Airshow, was an “Over the Beach” Airshow held at Jones Beach State Park on Saturday and Sunday, May 25th and 26th, as...
Mid-Atlantic Air Museum Night-Engine-Run Photo Shoot
Story and photos by Corey Beitler The Mid-Atlantic Air Museum held its 33rd annual World War II Weekend living history event and airshow on June 7, 8, and 9 at the Reading Regional Airport in Reading, Pennsylvania. The museum’s...
