Tagged: Christmas

December 21, 2014

Dr.Sky Interviews Jim Lovell- Apollo 8 Astronaut

Apollo 8 Orbits The Moon-46 Years Ago / Merry Christmas It is hard to believe that Apollo 8 and the crew, Jim Lovell, Frank Borman and Bill Anders, made that historic journey around the Moon, back in 1968! To...

air force / fighters / friends / military / post

December 20, 2014

First Australian F-35A arrives at Luke AFB ,AZ

The Royal Australian Air Force got an early Christmas present on December 18th, 2014 with the arrival of their first F-35A multirole fifth-generation strike fighter, to be based at Luke AFB. Photorecon.net was invited to cover this monumental event....

air racing / Airshow / Reno

October 26, 2014

The National Championship Air Races 2014

September. For the majority of the world, this is just another month on the calendar. Usually the harbinger of fall, and with it the beginning of school, cooler weather, the end of summer and depending on location, maybe...

air force / fighters / friends / military / post

June 9, 2012

USAF Aggressors 40th Reunion

At the invitation of Col (ret) Gail “Evil” Peck, I got a rare “outsider’s” opportunity to attend part of the USAF Aggressors’ 40th Reunion on June 1st 2012 at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada. The Friday event was...

assignments / featured / friends / post

December 23, 2011

Santa Claus Makes Seattle Stop in Private Plane

The Jolly Christmas icon arrived at this city’s Museum of Flight aboard a restored single-prop aircraft dubbed “Santa One,” greeting eager children and their parents with Mrs. Claus on a visit from the North Pole.

Santa decided to travel by plane instead of his traditional sleigh because his reindeer are unavailable during daylight hours, he said, and also because they need to rest for next week’s midnight marathon around the world.