EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wisconsin — More than 30 pieces of nose art from World War II combat aircraft are making their first-ever trip outside their home museum, with the Experimental Aircraft Association AirVenture Museum in Oshkosh chosen as the first public display location for this rare collection. The collection from the Commemorative Air Force […]
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Pictures of the day: Fall colors plus full moon
Will Esbenshade, who flies out of Smoketown Airport (S37) in Pennsylvania, submitted these photos taken by he and his wife, Janice, on an Oct. 26 excursion to view the beautiful fall colors in Lancaster County, Pa. “An added blessing was that it also was a glowing clear full moon,” he noted.
Pictures of the day: Historic flight
The Commemorative Air Force Red Tail Squadron, America’s tribute to the Tuskegee Airmen, recently participated in a flyover of San Antonio as part of an air show and open house at Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA). The flyover, which included a red tailed P-51C Mustang and a red tailed T-1A Jayhawk, paid tribute to the Tuskegee Airmen, […]
Pictures of the day: The next generation
A group of energetic students from Savannah de Rham’s Pre-K Class at Fisher Elementary School in Arlington, Vermont, recently visited the William H. Morse State Airport in Bennington, Vermont. The students received a tour of the airport and a number of aircraft, including a Cessna 182 used by the Civil Air Patrol for search and […]
Picture of the day: Check that off the bucket list
Pete Zutrauen sent in this photo with this explanation: “My bucket list — #Osh15 Hummelbird arrival — what a great 650 nm trip!”
Picture of the day: SkiGull testing continues
Mike Kincaid sent us this photo taken during the initial water-taxi tests of Burt Rutan’s latest creation, the SkiGull. It’s now back in the hangar for modifications and then flight-testing this winter, he reports.
Picture of the day: In a new light
Gen Vagula sent us these two photos of a U.S. Air Force A-10 Aurora Moment at Ämari Air Base in Estonia, explaining: “The 74th Fighter Squadron from Valdosta, Georgia, saw their A-10 aircraft in a new light on Oct. 7 when the Northern Lights came to Ämari Air Base.”
Picture of the day: Sunrise at High Sierra
Gary Lanthrum sent us this photo, explaining: “Sunrise on the Dead Cow dry lakebed in northwest Nevada at the High Sierra Fly-In. This was THE place to be on Oct.23-25 this year!”
Picture of the day: Red Bull action
Rio A. F. Dubois, of the PlaneTales.net blog, snapped this shot of some early morning action at the final stop of the Red Bull Air Race in Las Vegas, last weekend.