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Magnificent four-ship! (Photo by Tom Pawlesh)

The Greatest Show on Turf 2017 – Geneseo Air Show Report

July 25, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 2

The Greatest Show on Turf! Photos and Article by Tom Pawlesh In the Finger Lakes region of New York sits the small village of Geneseo. When you get there you will find, down an unassuming gravel road, the National […]

A VETERAN’S STORY: Battle of the Heavyweights

July 21, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 3

By Pete Mecca Analogous to Mohammad Ali and Joe Frazier, Richard Ira “Dick” Bong and Thomas Buchanan McGuire were the heavyweight fighter jocks of World War II. Unlike Ali and Frazier, the two fighter aces […]

Oshkosh Cobra Flight – Four of Bell’s Finest Fighters Together in the Air!

July 19, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 1

“Only at Oshkosh!”… Anyone who’s been to AirVenture Oshkosh is familiar with the phrase, but it so often proves true. The event is so prestigious that it has an almost unique ability to bring together rare […]

Breitling DC 3 On The Ramp At Lyon Air Museum copy

Breitling DC-3 World Tour – The Lyon Air Museum Visit

July 19, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 0

By Scott Plummer When one hears the name Breitling, it conjures up images of luxury and fine design. The Swiss manufacturer of precision chronographs is well known for their line of aviators watches and cockpit clocks. […]

Tomcat Tuesday – Episode 2

July 18, 2017 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Tomcat Tuesday! – Episode 2 So, people seemed to really like last week’s Tomcat Tuesday… We suspected they might! We all love – and miss – seeing this charismatic beast thundering through the skies, so […]

F 4D Phantom II assigned to the 507th Tactical Fighter Wing

USAF History: F-4 Phantoms at Tinker AFB

July 17, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 0

The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is the most significant fighter aircraft of the 20th Century. First flown on May 27, 1958, the Phantom II entered service with the Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force. […]

2017 Atlanta Warbird Weekend to Salute Tuskegee Airmen

July 17, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 0

The amazing accomplishments of the Tuskegee Airmen in World War II and beyond will be celebrated as the theme of the third annual Atlanta Warbird Weekend Oct. 7-8, 2017, at Dekalb-Peachtree Airport, Chamblee, Ga. Hosted […]

Flying Legends 2017 – Air Show Report

July 17, 2017 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 2

Flying Legends 2017 – Air Show Report Story and Photography by Luigino Caliaro This year saw the twenty fifth anniversary edition of the annual Flying Legends air show at former RAF Duxford, the Imperial War Museum’s facility near Cambridge, […]

All Boomerangs Come Back: An Australian Fighter’s Gradual Return

July 14, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 3

The Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation at Fisherman’s Bend near Melbourne, Australia is well known for producing a number of aircraft types during and just after WWII based upon original designs from North American Aviation. One of their […]

University Students Locate Sunken Fairey Swordfish Off Maltese Coast

July 13, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 0

Students from California Polytech University have located a sunken British World War II Fairey Swordfish off the coast of Malta as part of an underwater search and mapping project, a Californian newspaper called The Tribune […]

Month: July 2017