Tagged: California

California Capital Air Show 2017

In September, Mather Field hosted another great air show for the Sacramento area. Each year they host a photography tour which provides a unique opportunity for photographers to get on the other side of the airfield for better lighting....

California Capital Airshow 2015

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the California Capital Airshow at Mather Airfield, and it was quite the celebration, with the RCAF Canadian Snowbirds and the USAF Thunderbirds. This year also marked the first night show for the Capital...

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...

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...

Planes Of Fame Airshow 2015

I was checking into the hotel and the pretty lady behind the counter asked what I was doing in town? I told her I was here for the airshow. She had no clue there was an airshow this weekend....

Breitling Jet Team at Sun N Fun 2015

Yannick Diry is an “Engineer”, who watches his jets carefully. In America he would be a simple “A&P Mechanic”, when you are from Europe, you are an “Engineer”. As he explains it, it’s something more than being a mechanic....