Chateaudun Air Base Visit
Chateaudun Air Base (Base Aérienne 279) is home to Entrepét de l’Armée de l’air 601, founded in 1951. EAA 601 is the largest storage for military aircraft in Europe. For test flights, the airfield is open on a daily...
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Aircraft Profiles – Preview 334th Fighter Squadron
Gonna throw up a preview of a Strike Eagle profile that I have been working on. 334th FS out of Seymour Johnson AFB. So members can see and comment on it. Hope you like it. Yep..it is a real...
Wings Over Wine Country 2019
This September, the Pacific Coast Air Museum in Santa Rosa, CA hosted its annual Wings Over Wine Country Airshow at the Sonoma County Airport. The airshow provides people a unique look at the Pacific Coast Air Museum’s aircraft,...
Honoring an Aviation Legend Bob Gilliland
Family and close friends turned out recently to honor the life of legendary aviation test pilot Robert J. “Bob” Gilliland. The private event was held on September 28th 2019 at the March Field Air Museum Riverside, CA. This...
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE: ARDU PC-9 RETIREMENT FLIGHT
Photo credits to Dion Makowski and Cameron Reynolds 25 October 2019 saw the delivery to Avalon Airport of three RAAF Pilatus PC-9/A trainer aircraft, as part of the final disbursement into retirement of the fleet as Air Force transitions into...
Simsbury Connecticut’s Airport Open House Was Filled to Capacity!
Located about a fifteen minute car ride west of the Bradley International Airport in Connecticut, Simsbury Airport sits nestled in between a series of hills and short mountains. Located beside a country road which used to lead to tobacco...
AirShow London 2019 Dances Around Weather Issues Nicely
I had a few days of photography planned during 2019’s edition of Airshow London (Ontario). Having attended some eight shows over the past three decades, I knew that weather could “rain on my parade” during my quest for photographing...
OCEANA 2019 – ANOTHER GREAT AIR SHOW!
Six (6) Airplanes! Not Really! Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach held its annual Air Show for 2019, on Saturday and Sunday, September 21st and 22nd and everyone had a fun time even though Oceana got the...
Daher TBM-930 Record Setting Flight Reviewed at EAA AirVenture
Dieter and Phil during their EAA AirVenture presentation about their record-breaking flight. On March 9, 2019, two aviators rewrote a world speed record for a trip across the Atlantic Ocean. Dierk Reuter and Phil Bozek, both owners of Daher...
Prototype Explorer Displayed at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2019
A visiting airplane from Europe was tucked into a corner of the display area at the EAA’s 2019 AirVenture. It wasn’t surrounded by a splashy pavilion nor potted plants and chairs and tables, but this lone aircraft, which made...
Oakland County International Airport’s 2019 Open House
While they lack the epic lineup of a show like Oshkosh, or the military presence of your local airbase’s airshow, grassroots aviation events at one’s local general aviation airport are often a key bridge between the public and the...
Royal Australian Air Force Roulettes Fly PC-21…
3 October, 2019, saw a great crowd enjoying some glorious Spring weather at RAAF Base, Point Cook where we witnessed the first public RAAF Roulettes display flown in the ADF’s new primary training aircraft, the Pilatus PC-21. The team...
