Tagged: Memorial Day

fighters / Formation Flying / Trainers / warbirds

July 4, 2015

The Murphy’s Memorial Day Weekend 2015 Formation Clinic

Over the Memorial Day weekend I had the good fortune of being invited out to Murphy’s Landing Strip in Upstate New York for a formation clinic. The event was hosted by Dave, Lois, and Mark Murphy owner/operators of the...

post

May 25, 2015

A National Treasure – Memorial Day, 2015

There exists a multitude of ways to measure the wealth of a nation. Gross domestic product is probably the most common. Land mass and area could be another. Perhaps even the gold a country keeps. However, of all the...

bombers / legends / warbirds

May 24, 2014

Memphis Belle On Memorial Day

The early morning fog is thick, heavy and low hanging. It blankets the fields in a gray mist dense enough to block the early morning sun as it creeps over the eastern horizon. The fog touches everything, and when...

space

June 6, 2013

DR.SKY SPEAKS AT SPACEFEST V

Spacefest is a unique gathering of astronauts, space scientists and space artists with a something special for every space enthusiast and collector both young and old. It was conceived and organized by Kim Poor and Novaspace to fill a...

Marines / military / post

May 27, 2013

Cross-Country Trek Honoring Our Fallen

While I was attending the F-35B media day at MCAS Yuma on 5-9-2013, Photorecon had the distinct honor to meet Joe “Tiger” Patrick II. Patrick is a veteran of Desert Storm and he has embarked on a journey to...

assignments / Marines / military / museums / post

May 26, 2012

Memorial Day and Arlington Cemetery

This isn’t a holiday that’s always been here. The first Memorial Day was conducted at Arlington National Cemetery on May 30, 1929. The cemetery was built on the estate of General Robert E. Lee after the Yankees stole it...