LOWER THAN A SNAKE’S BELLY IN A WAGON RUT
Along the sunny Gulf Coast of Mississippi runs a VLA route (very low-level, high-speed flying) frequented by American military fliers for decades. Back in the early nineties, on a dock on Davis Bayou, with a cold St. Pauli Girl beer in my hand…
JUST PLANE FUN — Vintage wings Open House 2008
At Vintage Wings of Canada’s first of two Open Houses this year, it was a day of many firsts and lots of fun and sharing. The weather was cooperative and as a result we had many unique and beautiful flying visitors …
DUX UNLIMITED
Several months ago, there was to be a foreign exchange of sorts at Vintage Wings of Canada. Howard and Peta Cook would come to Ottawa to fly and share the fun of the Classic Air Rallye…
GENESEO — a New York State of Mind
Imagine discovering a grassy airfield located in a beautiful valley. This airfield hosting over 80 aircraft, all lined up perfectly. Among the aircraft there are five Curtiss P-40s, four P-51 Mustangs, one Spitfire, one Hurricane, one Corsair…
GENESEO — The Greatest Show on Turf Turns 30
Last year marked the 30th anniversary of the Geneseo Air Show, an event the warbird world in the East has come to know as the “Greatest Show on Turf”. …
THUNDER OVER MICHIGAN
This a visual story of two photo shoots of vintage warbirds that happened on the very same day - one in bright sunlight, the other in total darkness….
NIGHT AND DAY
This a visual story of two photo shoots of vintage warbirds that happened on the very same day - one in bright sunlight, the other in total darkness….
MY WEEKEND WITH PAULIE
If you are a pilot, and somehow, despite all the stupid, regrettable and bonehead pilot stuff you did over your career, you find yourself in heaven, God will check you out in the airplane of your dreams,…
CALL ME ARGONAUT
A truly unique event takes place in Reno, Nevada, every September – the National Championship Air Races. This gathering of pilots, aircraft, crews and crowds are all part of the fastest motor sport in the world. ..
LEGENDS AT GENESEO 2010
As reliable as Canada geese migrating, every year on a weekend of July, the aviation community heads for the little town of Geneseo, New York, home of the 1941 Historical Air Group (HAG). …