Vero Beach and Fort Lauderdale Air Shows 2022
In May I formulated a plan to attend two air shows in Florida in one weekend while visiting my son who is attending college in Orlando, including a practice day at one of the shows. The shows were at...
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Old Gems from Bob Finch
Aeronca 7AC floatplane Bob Finch has some very old slides. He has reproduced a dozen images here as scans from slides in the late 1950s, from Teterboro, NJ and Idlewild Airport, NY. WACO RNF, note the Meteor Air Transport...
Red Flag and other Air Exercises in the NTTR
This will be place holder for a future post about Red Flag Exercises.
Royal International Air Tattoo 2022
If you maintain an air show bucket list like I do, I submit that the list is not complete without the Royal International Air Tattoo. This exceptional show, which occurs every year in July at RAF Fairford, about an...
The 2021 Atlantic City Airshow, “A Salute to Those Who Serve”
Don’t miss the 2022 Atlantic City Airshow on Wednesday, August 24, featuring the US Air Force Thunderbirds, US Army Golden Knights, and returning for the first time in five years, the US Navy’s F/A-18 Super Hornet “Rhino” team will...
142nd Wing Oregon Air National Guard
142nd Wing Oregon Air National Guard Portland Air National Guard Base 28 June 2022 The 142nd Wing of the Oregon Air National Guard is located at the Portland International Airport, near the city of Portland Oregon. I had the...
Giants At EAA AirVenture 2022
Delta Airlines’ Airbus A-350-900 arriving over the runways at Oshkosh, Wisconsin at the EAA AirVenture 2022. More than 10,000 aircraft pass over the western shores of Lake Winnebago during the seven-day celebration known as EAA AirVenture. The flying machines...
EAA AIRVENTURE OSHKOSH 2022 – FACTS AND FIGURES FOR A RECORD-SETTING YEAR
Here’s the official media release with facts and figures of the Experimental Aircraft Association’s (EAA) AirVenture Oshkosh 2022. The massive celebration of aviation is touted as “Unlike Anything Else”, and for a week in mid-summer in Wisconsin, a huge...
Sentry Eagle 2022 Open House
Story and photos by Jeff Serpa Klamath Falls, Oregon June 25th, 2022 The Sentry Eagle 2022 Open House returned to Kingsley Field, in Klamath Falls, Oregon on June 25th. Home to the the 173rd Fighter Wing, the Sentry Eagle...
Philadelphia Team Jets
Story and photos by Don Linn Editor’s note: This story ran just before the NFL Championship game in February, 2023. Philadelphia sports teams, as do all other major teams, use their team jets to recruit high value players and...
Pearl Harbor Survivor: Collings Foundation’s Curtiss P-40B Warhawk
The American Heritage Museum in Stow, Massachusetts, is a must-stop visit for any military enthusiast. The museum operated by the Collings Foundation has an incredible display of military vehicles and equipment. The vehicles and equipment are displayed in 20...
Fokker Turboprop Airliners
Fokker was a Dutch aircraft manufacturer which operated in various forms from 1912 through 1996. Anthony Fokker’s company began its life in Germany before World War I, and ended up in The Netherlands, headquartered in Amsterdam before closing in...
