Wings Over Wayne 2023
Story and photos by Shawn Byers Seymour Johnson Air Force Base held their first Airshow in four years on May 20th and 21st, 2023. Traditionally, it is a bi-annual event only just now getting over the post Covid-19 pandemic...
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A VISIT TO THE PRAIRE AVIATION MUSUEM
Story and photos by Scott Jankowski The twin cities of Bloomington and Normal Illinois are located roughly 135 miles Southwest of Chicago Illinois and 162 miles Northeast of St. Louis Missouri. Approximately 130,000 people call the 2 cities home...
Air Mobility Command Celebrates 100th Year of Air Refueling.
The first air to air refueling took place over Rockwell Field, San Diego, California on June 27, 2023. National Museum of the USAF photo Story by Ken Kula. Photos by Corey Beitler, Del Laughery, Dion Makowski, Don Linn, Dave...
The National Museum of the United States Air Force is 100 Years Old
U.S. Air Force photo by Ken LaRock, pilot Matt Kiefer Story by Ken Kula, Photos by John Freedman, Howard German and Ken Kula except where noted. History The National Museum of the United States Air Force (NMUSAF) began as...
The Commemorative Air Force’s Airpower History Tour Lands at Westfield, Massachusetts
Photographs by Scott Zeno “Experience the sights, smells and sounds of historic World War II aircraft” announces the Commemorative Air Force’s (CAF) web site. So, this sensory overloaded visit occurred at the Barnes Municipal Airport from June 8th through...
Heritage 2.0
Story and photos by Mike Colaner “We wanted something that just screamed America,” MSgt Landon Tompkins. Mission accomplished. I have come to Fresno, California, home of the 144th Fighter Wing (FW) of the California Air National Guard, as a...
WHAT’S HAPPENING AT THE DOVER AIR MUSEUM?
Story and photos by Bill Sarama So, it was February 23rd of this year and I was taking another ride south on US-13 on the DelMarVa heading for a short winter vacation in the northern Outer Banks. My flight...
Aviation History In Pennsylvania Exhibit-The State Museum of Pennsylvania
Story and photos by Corey Beitler Located within the State Capitol Complex in Harrisburg, The State Museum of Pennsylvania contains a collection of over five million artifacts that preserve and interpret Pennsylvania and the surrounding region’s history and culture....
Douglas DST/DC-3/C-47/C-53 etc. Scrapbook
Story and photos by Ken Kula The “Douglas Commercial” DC-3 is a large, twin engine commercial transport that the Douglas Aircraft Company produced from roughly 1936 to 1943. Military variants include the C-47, which was produced continuously from the...
2023 Mid-Atlantic Air Museum’s World War II Weekend Night-Engine-Run Photo Shoot
Story and photos by Corey Beitler The Mid-Atlantic Air Museum held the 32nd annual World War II Weekend living history event and airshow on June 2, 3, and 4 at the Reading Regional Airport in Reading, Pennsylvania. World War...
Power In The Pines Air Show 2023
Story and photos by Don Linn I haven’t been to a McGuire AFB air show in more than twenty years. I think my last visit to the sprawling air base in central New Jersey was before 9/11. After 9/11...
Spotting From Deer Island, Boston Massachusetts, May 7, 2023
ITA A-330 arriving to Boston’s Logan International Airport Story and photos by Ken Kula An early Springtime spotting trip to a new location (for me) east of Boston’s Logan International Airport (KBOS) yielded some pretty good results on an...
