10/12/24

 The Frontiers in Flight Air Show at McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita had several performance planes.  The old WWII planes were very cool to see both on the ground and especially the ones that flew.  This is Swamp Fox, a P51 Mustang that was very cool to see.  The hubster's grandfather help to build them during the war.

09/03/24

 Last weekend I was lucky enough to attend an air show at McConnell Air Force Base down by Wichita, KS.  I say lucky because the Sunday show was cancelled due to a bad storm in that area.  It was hot but not horrible as there were some clouds that would keep it a bit cooler most of the time.  One of the flying demonstrations we were able to see was Tora Tora Tora which recreates the attack on Pearl Harbor during WWII.  They use T6 Texans to recreate the planes as there no Japanese Zeros around any longer.  It was quite the neat show.

I have a video HERE if you would like to see a bit of the performance.

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7/31/21

 While I was out in Pennsylvania,  I went down to Dulles in Virginia to the Stephen Udvar-Hazy Center which is an Annex of the Smithsonian's Air & Apace Museum.  It's quite the cool place if you like all things flight related.  This is one of the last pics I took there while waiting for others in my party to meet up with me.  This is the SR-71 Blackbird, a very cool plane which is still the fastest plane in the world, and the space shuttle Discovery can be seen behind.  

6/8/21

 This past Saturday, my town held it's Annual Fly-In. It is not strictly for Bi-planes any longer but there were a couple of them there.  I missed being able to get a photo of one of them due to having to work the event in a booth but I was able to capture this one and there were some great clouds around to capture it in as well. 

7/2/19

I used to host a theme called Transport Tuesday.  At times I still like to share some transport related photos here.  I thought this one was appropriate for the 4th of July week.  This is the P-51 Mustang from the Commemorative Air Force named Gunfighter that I saw while I was at the Air Show in Great Bend this past autumn.  It was just coming back from it's flight demonstration.  Gunfighter is currently out on Tour and will be in Salina and Topeka Kansas in early September. 

6/18/19

This was an interesting plane that came to the Bi-plane Fly In a couple of weekends ago.  This was the last one that will be called a "Bi Plane" Fly In.  They want more people with planes like this to know that they can come as well.  This plane is a Romanian Aerostar that was painted to look like a Japanese Zero from WWII.  It was quite neat looking.  It was actually built in 2002.

6/11/19

This is another new Bi-plane from the Fly-In that was held here in my town on June 1.  A neat plane from the 1940s with a cute paint scheme.  The owner and plane were here from Oklahoma I believe.

6/4/19

So the last "Bi Plane Fly In" was held in my town this past Saturday.  They say there will be Fly Ins in the future, just not limited or focused on bi-planes.  It was fun while it lasted and several neat planes turned out for the event.  This is one that was not a bi-plane but you can see part of one behind it.  This was a neat one that I believe is a T6 Texan though I could find no markings on it.  I was able to fly in and fly one very similar several years back.  It was quite fun.

3/5/19

It's still quite cold here, high only in the 20s today.  I am still dreaming of warmer days.  This image was taking on a very warm day on the first weekend in June when the annual Bi-plane Fly-In is held in Junction City Kansas.  I have photographed this one before as it comes to the meet every year and is a beautifully restored example. 

2/5/19

Yikes it is cold again.  Sigh.  Highs in only the teens and 20s F after a 70 degree day.  I am so looking forward to spring!  Anyway, my image today is from the Great Bend Kansas Air Show from last September.  I captured 2 of my favorite WWII fighter planes flying past the field.  These are a P-40 Warhawk and a P-51 Mustang.

1/29/19

This is another image from the Fly In that was held this past June in Junction City Kansas.  This is a beautiful Great Lakes Bi-plane, well restored.

1/22/19

I decided to share a photo from this past year's Bi Plane Fly In as I realized I had not shared many.  This is a beautiful Waco Bi plane and is not restored but is newly built.  The Waco company is still producing this type of aircraft. 

1/15/19

This is another image from the Great Bend Air Show this past September.  The airplane taking off is a T28 Trojan.  Of note is the triangle shape below off to the side of the runway.  It is an old Army Air Force Wind Tetrahedron which rotated on a pedestal as the wind blew to show the direction. 

12/18/18

My image today goes back to the Air Show at Great Bend Kansas.  The main show was over and these planes were sitting On the Flight Line waiting to move out again to do a flight demonstration for the veterans who were attending.  In the row are the P-40 Warhawk, the P-51 Mustang, the C-45 Expeditor and, I think, a Thunderbolt.

12/4/18

Posting late, sigh.  An image from the Great Bend Air Show I went to this past September.  One of my favorite WWII airplanes making a fly by of the crowd, a P51 Mustang fighter plane.

11/27/18

Yikes, I have been busy lately and totally forgot a day.  Sorry about that.
This image is from the Great Bend Air Show.  The airplane is an SNJ Navy Trainer, another of which was flying in the show, sitting in front of an original hanger.  This hanger used to house the B-29s that were used to train pilots in Kansas.  2 B-29s were at this show but as I mentioned, I unfortunately did not get to see them fly.

11/20/18

My image today is from the Great Bend Air Show I went to this year.  This is a Navy SNJ which was a WWII training aircraft and exactly like the Army Air Corp T6 Texan I was able to fly in a few years back, just different paint schemes and designations.  Here it was performing some stunt flying with smoke.  I liked how the smoke trail was captured in this image.  

10/30/18

Happy Halloween Eve!  My image today is again from the air show I went to in Great Bend Kansas.  This is a C-45 Expeditor that I captured as it was coming in to land during the show after taking some participants for a paid ride.  This aircraft was manufactured by Beech Aircraft Corporation in 1941 and 1300 of them were produced.  The Army Air Corps used them as utility/training planes during WWII.