It’s All About Timing
We all know about it, waiting for the best Sun angle, waiting for the Pushback to disconnect, Wing Walkers out of the shot, and click. That is how my journey begins with Photorecon.Net. It was a dull grey overcast...
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Photorecon Visits A-12 Pilot Frank Murray
From the Dr.Sky files, comes yet, another great interview! Here I have the honor of interviewing one of the last surviving pilots of the A-12 aircraft……a single seat CIA, Mach 3.3 aircraft that was built by the great team...
In the Back of Fat Albert
The Marines operate a Lockheed Martin C-130T Hercules as part of the storied Blue Angels Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron. Nicknamed Fat Albert, the four-engined tactical turboprop transport carries a mini-maintenance shop and the required non-piloting Blue Angels crew members...
Camarillo Air Show 2015
The Wings over Camarillo Airshow had something for everyone of all ages…just as billed. For those that showed up early, the Ventura County 99s cooked an amazing pancake breakfast, an annual treat of the show. For the kids in...
The Five Solo Military Demo Teams at the 2015 New York Air Show
The inaugural New York Air Show at the Stewart International Airport drew countless spectators on the strength of its flying schedule. Normally, an air show will draw large crowds if there’s a military multi-aircraft demonstration (sometimes known as a...
VMFAT-101 Visiting Long Beach Airport
The sound of military jets could be heard all over the city of Long Beach, California during the Labor Day weekend. The source of that sound was Marine Flight Attack Training Squadron VMFAT-101 know as “The Sharpshooters” based at...
Anatolian Eagle 2015-1 takes place at Konya, Turkey
Anatolian Eagle is an exercise, which is held at 3ncu AJÜ (Main Jet Base) Konya in Turkey, hosted by the Turkish Air Force. This exercise is similar to Red Flag, the ultimate air combat training exercise hosted by the...
Meeting Jessica Cox
“She does what?” I had asked again to make sure I understood what a friend was telling me… “She flies with her feet!” he said again. “Let me introduce you.” I grabbed my camera and patiently awaited my turn...
The Baltic Bees
The photography of Dietmar Schreiber. With 42,000 spectators around Lake Wolfgang and 286 take-offs and landings on the lake, the Scaleria Air Challenge 2015 was the biggest floatplane event to ever happen in Austria. Organized and sponsored by the...
GORILLA – THE FIRST JET-POWERED PRIMATE
by William B.Scott At the dawn of the jet age, a small group of test pilots, engineers, technicians and maintenance troops secretly evaluated the Bell XP-59A, America’s first military jet, at the remote Materiel Center Test Site in southern...
Camarillo Preview 2015
Wing over Camarillo will be held August 22-23. If you have never come out to this air show, do yourself a favor and seize the opportunity this year. The show starts at 12:00pm and will conclude around 4:30pm each...
The 2015 Rally at the Owls Head Transportation Museum
Tucked away on a closed runway that dates back to World War II, the Owls Head Transportation Museum resides in Rockland, Maine at the Knox County Regional Airport. Its mission “is to collect, preserve, exhibit and operate pre-1940 aircraft,...
