Tagged: Randy Ball

September 15, 2017

The Hidden Gem of the Narragansett Beach RI Air Show

The 2017 Rhode Island National Guard Open House Air Show was held during the weekend of May 20-21st – a Saturday and Sunday event. A lesser-known preamble to the show is a gem of a presentation at nearby Narragansett...

Air National Guard / Airshow / Helicopters / museums / New England / Rhode Island Army National Guard

June 23, 2017

Quonset Point RI 2017, and a Whole Lot More!

Quonset Point had an air show on May 20th and 21st in Rhode Island right on Narragansett Bay, and just a short drive from Newport. Some people will say it only had seven airplanes. That’s actually true if you...

Air National Guard / Airshow / demo teams / Helicopters / New England / Rhode Island Army National Guard

February 5, 2017

Rhode Island National Guard Open House and Air Show

Air shows are a driving force behind the public’s interest in aviation. I’ve chosen a handful of long-running events to preview in 2017, and offer some of the venues’ history too. On May 20 – 21, 2017, the Rhode...

Airshow / bombers / demo teams / Helicopters / Marines / museums / Transports / U.S. Marines / warbirds / World War II

May 27, 2016

MCAS Cherry Point’s 75th Anniversary Air Show

Over the last weekend in April 2016, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, in the town of Havelock North Carolina, offered their 75th Anniversary Air Show. The last three quarters of a century has seen monumental changes in aviation, much...