Naval Air Station Oceana hosted their first public airshow since 2019 on September 17th and 18th, (the 2021 event was held but remotely). Spectacular weather, save a few cloudy moments, made it feel great...
For sixteen years, the Jones Beach, NY Bethpage Air Show has dared the elements. This year, heavy dense fog rolled in on the beach, canceling the Friday practise show. Conditions for Saturday were...
Back after a Covid induced break, my hometown welcomed the Milwaukee Air and Water show back to Downtown Milwaukee. This 2-day event held on July 23rd and 24th was once again held at Bradford...
When Hurricane Katrina slammed into the New Orleans area in 2005, it set in motion a grand finale event in 2009. When the storm hit NAS New Orleans as the story goes, a large...
Koninklijke Luchtmacht (RNLAF) Leeuwarden Open Dagen 2006 2021 is the Squadron’s 75 anniversary! As the Blue Angels have retired all of their Legacy Hornets and their KC-130T in 2020, let’s take a look back...
The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps’ Blue Angels have retired all of their Legacy aircraft during the 2020 calendar year. Gone is the Marines KC-130T “Fat Albert Airlines” transport, as well as the F/A-18A/B/C/D...
The United States Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, better known as the Blue Angels, recently flew their “sundown” voyage with their F/A-18 Legacy Hornets. The term “Legacy” refers to early model McDonnell Douglas/Boeing F/A-18 model...
The U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, and U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, the Thunderbirds, honored frontline COVID-19 first responders and essential workers with formation flights over New York City, New...
Interview and most questions by Nicole Cloutier. Additional questions by Mike Colaner On May 10th I had the pleasure of watching the Blue Angels arrive to Tampa before the MacDill Airfest. For this...
The headlining U.S. Navy Blue Angels returned to Stewart International Airport on July 1 and 2 from their last appearance there in June 2003, arriving at the New Windsor, NY airport on Monday prior...
On April 24, 1946, shortly after the Second World War ended, Admiral Chester Nimitz, then Chief of Naval Operations, directed that a “flight demonstration team be organized within the Naval Advanced Training Command to...
For all the people in Congress in Washington DC…. THANKS…. You are screwing up an American tradition. If any of you read this, please drop me a note. I’d love to chat. Now that...
Every year 11,000,000 people look into the skies at airshows and see six blue and gold F-18s performing precision aerobatics representing the best the United States as well as the Navy and Marines have...
The old English proverb that “all [good] things must come to an end…” sums up what occurs every November at NAS Pensacola Florida. The 2010 Blue Angels Homecoming Airshow was the latest of a...
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NBAA BACE 2018, Business Aviation Shines in Florida
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Ole Griffith “The Fascination Of Flight”
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Mike Wiskus: “I’m Going Out at the Top of My Game!”
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The Human(-itarian) Side of 2021’s AirVenture
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