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March 13, 2021

Bombardier Announces That Learjet Will End Production This Year

Photos by the Photorecon Photography Team Bombardier, the Canadian company which owns the Learjet brand, has announced that they will no longer build new Learjets after the end of 2021. Bombardier will continue to support operations of previously-built aircraft...

Airliners / Airshow / Aviation History / Aviation slowdowns / General Aviation / Special Aviation Events

January 3, 2021

An Incomplete Review of the Train Wreck That Was 2020

The tumultuous year of 2020 has ended, leaving many dreams shattered, lives changed forever, and the aviation world a very different place than it was just one year ago. The so-called global pandemic caused by the COVID-19 virus has...

Aviation History / post

November 1, 2020

Aircraft That Served in Both Military and Civilian Markets

There are many examples in aviation history where an aircraft model has served similar roles in both military and civilian use. Especially during the early years of World War II, many civilian aircraft were either modified for, or impressed...

Interviews / NOAA / photocalls / Special Aviation Events

May 23, 2020

Noting that 2020 is NOAA’s Golden Anniversary, Here’s More Hurricane Awareness Coverage

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is celebrating their Golden Anniversary of Fifty Years in 2020. NOAA’s history is an intrinsic part of the history of the United States and the development of its science and commercial infrastructure....

Air to air photography / Airliners / Airshow / Aviation History / Base Visits / Blue Angels / post / RCAF Snowbirds / warbirds

January 21, 2020

About Our Tales That We’ve Published, and Future Stories Yet to be Told

The pages of Photorecon.net, ClassicWarbirds.net, and CivilAviationWorld.com are filled with aviation-related stories which offer an archive of facts, figures, photos and first-hand accounts. We’ve published around one thousand articles and features between our three titles, and all of our...

travel

May 26, 2014

Maho Beach… Been There, Done That, Got the T-shirt!

I’ve travelled to some truly special places to satisfy my passion for aviation photo opportunities. I’ve photographed airliners at London’s Heathrow and Amsterdam’s Schiphol airports, from Imperial Hill near LAX, and at a score of other interesting facilities around...

bombers / post

March 8, 2012

10 Tanker Air Carrier: I drop in on the company that drops on fires

Article and Photos by Matt Shinavar 10 Tanker operates a pair of DC-10s which have been modified to enable water or retardant to be dropped on forest fires. When fires get out of hand, nobody calls Ghostbusters; rather, the...

fighters / post / warbirds

October 3, 2010

Reno 2010 – The Reno Race that Almost Wasn’t…

The Reno Race that Almost Wasn’t… By Mark Hrutkay The National Championship Air Races at Reno in 2010 did something they never did in the past and that was to cancel the final races in several classes. There always...