“This thing takes off like a bat out of hell,” said Oregon’s Ed Storos, who took two decades to build […]
Author: Frederick Johnsen
Final flag at Reno air races is bittersweet
The 2023 Reno National Championship Air Races saw thousands of air racing fans come together at Reno Stead Airport (KRTS) […]
A down-to-earth, relaxing fly-in
The annual fly-in at the Western Antique Aeroplane and Automobile Museum (WAAAM) at Hood River, Oregon, gets a returning crowd […]
Jimmy Stewart’s Mustang is the best of old and new
It’s a wonderful life for Jimmy Stewart’s newly restored Mustang, now ensconced in the Dakota Territory Air Museum in Minot, […]
Thunder and lightning over Boise for Gowen Thunder air show
It’s been seven years since the Idaho National Guard unleashed its Gowen Thunder air show spectacular in Boise — and […]
Japanese seaplanes and the second bombing of Pearl Harbor
Underwing carriage of torpedoes, bombs, or depth charges made the Kawanishi H8K1 and H8K2 lethal sub and shipping hunters. But […]
Hypoxia demonstration an eye-opener for GA pilots at Oshkosh
General aviation pilots at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2023 volunteered to sustain oxygen deprivation, turn blue, and emulate barely-sentient zombies in […]
The oldest aircraft flown in to Oshkosh 2023
The oldest plane to fly in to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2023 was this freshly restored 1926 Waco 9, which won […]
Warbird Roundup punctuates Idaho summer
Sue Paul, co-founder of the Warhawk Air Museum proudly says, with reasonable evidence to back her up, that Warbird Roundup […]
Better-than-new P-47 Thunderbolt debuts at Oshkosh
After a 12-year restoration by AirCorps Aviation, a Republic P-47D Thunderbolt wowed the crowds at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2023. Source: […]