There’s quite a large number of former military warplanes and civilian airliners that have taken on roles other than what they were designed to do. A good quantity of piston and turboprop transports, and some bombers too, have recently been retired from air tanker service, with age and deteriorating equipment as main reasons. Here is […]
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Oshkosh 2015 Scrapbook, Volume 2
Posted by Ken Kula on August 22nd, 2015
These photos are a second look (Scrapbook Volume 1 has already been published here a few stories ago) at just some of the warbirds that attended the 2015 EAA AirVenture event in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The EAA Warbirds of America organization has acres of parking to the north of show center, where you can stroll between rows […]
Warbirds at Oshkosh, Part 3
Posted by Ken Kula on May 23rd, 2015
The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) will hold it’s latest Convention… now known as EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, during the week of July 20-26, 2015. Every year, a surprise or two within the EAA Warbirds of America compound adds to the excitement. As this story is posted, another AirVenture will unfold in less than two months. Bits of information […]