I’m Heading West Again…
Oshkosh bound! Why do I want to attend an event where you have to walk miles just to see the headlining acts? Or, withstand heat, chill, wind, thunderstorms, and a few other surprises thrown in by Mother Nature over...
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Legacies of Boeing’s First 100 Years
There’s an oft-used quote that you should “…never forget where you came from”. As The Boeing Company turns 100 years, the rich tapestry of people and corporate entities that became parts of the Boeing company are worthy of a...
Boeing Marks Its 100th Year in Business
Boeing Headquarters in Chicago, Illinois On October 1, 1881, William E. Boeing was born in Detroit, Michigan. He, and the company he would later found, would offer innovation and expansion to a fledgling aircraft building industry in the early...
MD-10 Flying Eye Hospital Unveiled at LAX
Orbis MD-10 on the ramp at LAX Orbis Unveils its New MD-10 Flying Eye Hospital at LAX June 2, 2016 marks the beginning of a new chapter for Orbis in its worldwide fight against blindness. During an LAX press...
Rhode Island National Guard Open House Air Show 2016
When the featured performer of the 2016 Rhode Island National Guard Open House Air show cancelled their appearance, a few people commented on social media sites that they were going to skip the annual event at Quonset State Airport. The USAF Thunderbirds’ stand...
Nashua, NH Offers A Cozy Fit For “FIFI”, CAF
Nashua is the second most populated city in the state of New Hampshire, and within an hour’s drive from the larger cities of Manchester and Boston, Massachusetts. Boire Field, Nashua’s municipal airport, is categorized by the FAA as a...
Hawgsmoke 2016
BBBRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRTT!!! The angry growl is thunderous as it echoes across the Arizona desert. There is no warning, no hint of the impending fury. Just the sudden crackle of 30mm shells in the air as they pass our position on...
United States Navy East Coast Hornet Demo Team
United States Navy East Coast Hornet Demo Team 2016 Rhode Island National Guard Open House and Airshow The United States Navy East Coast Hornet Demo Team is based at Naval Air Station Oceana, in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and is...
Fleet Week, NYC 2016
I spent the Thursday of Fleet Week NYC 2016 on the Flight Deck of the USS Bataan LHD-5, a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship. Later that week, my Saturday May 28th was spent at Republic Airport, at the American Air...
VMAT-203 Hawks, Teaching the Ways of the Marine Corps Harrier
More than 40 years ago, Marine Attack Training Squadron 203 began fielding the Hawker Siddeley AV-8A Harrier, in preparation for the Marines’ transition from A-4 Skyhawks to Harriers as their frontline attack jet. VMAT-203, known as the Hawks, has...
PERTH – SPOTTING FOR ANTONOVS!
What, exactly, makes four guys from Melbourne, Australia (and one girl) fly to Perth, Western Australia to see one aeroplane? This is roughly the same distance as San Francisco, California to Austin, Texas. Spotters across the globe know...
Still Kicking After 50 Years
North American Aviation/Rockwell’s OV-10 Bronco won a U.S. military competition for a Light Armed Reconnaissance Aircraft (LARA) which was announced in 1963. The LARA requirements included improvements over the current observation aircraft of the period, namely Cessna O-1 Bird...
