The Georgia Veterans State Park can be found on U.S. 280 at Cordele not far off the I75 that runs through southern Georgia. This park has plenty of outdoor activities to partake in, but also has a small military museum and an excellent outdoor display of military aircraft, tanks and weaponry that cover a period from World War… Read More Georgia Veterans State Park
The US Marine Corps recently took up residence at The Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington as part of Marines Week (July 26th to August 3rd, 2014). This also tied in with the annual Seafair Boeing Air Show. Aircraft were not only on static display but were also taking of from Boeing Field right next… Read More Marines Week at Seattle’s Museum of Flight
July 30th, 2014 marked the day for the annual Seafair festival Parade of Ships and Parade of Flight on the Seattle waterfront. This was part of Fleet Week but was also Marines Week too and this year it was time for US Marine Corps air power to shine! Those of us in the crowd were treated to flyby… Read More Semper Fi! US Marine Corps over Seattle
On a recent trip to Georgia in the USA I ventured to a spot just outside of Americus (coolest name for a town I have come across in a while!) where I discovered a unique snippet of history. At the towns airport there is a memorial to “The Lone Eagle“, famous aviator Charles Lindbergh (1902 – 1974). In… Read More Charles Lindbergh’s First Solo Flight
With the relaxing of the budget, 2014 has seen a limited return to the US air show circuit of military jets including the US Navy Blue Angels display team who fly the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet. I am happy to say I got to see the Blues once again at the Sun ‘n Fun air show in Lakeland,… Read More 2014: The Return of the US Navy Blue Angels
I recently wrote on one of my other blogs about the US Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, Virginia which pays tribute to all Marines, but specifically depicts the more traditional image of the grunts on the ground. In this case it depicts the Marines taking Mt. Suribachi on Iwo Jima in World War Two. While out… Read More Semper Fi – Flying Leathernecks Marine Corps Aviation Museum
In August each year Seattle hosts Seafair, a huge festival involving many events, but my favourite part is the Boeing Air Show held over Lake Washington. The key performer each year is the US Navy demonstration team the “Blue Angels“. This year I didn’t actually attend the main area of the show which is accompanied with… Read More The Blue Angels & warbirds grace the skies for Seafair 2012
Well Saturday August 11th, 2012 was the day German World War Two fighters, a Messerschmitt Bf-109E and Focke-Wulf FW-190A-5 were meant to fly at the Flying Heritage Collection – Luftwaffe Flying Day. Alas things didn’t quite work out as planned! The Bf-109 was ruled out due to technical problems, so it was replaced in the flying schedule by a Fieseler Fi-156 Storch… Read More Luftwaffe Day 2012 – Flying Heritage Collection
2011 marked the Centennial of US Naval Aviation, a service that started very humbly with only 2 Curtiss Pusher Biplanes in 1911. The first take off from a warship was completed by Eugene Ely on November 14th, 1910 in Virginia from the cruiser USS Birmingham which had a temporary platform erected over the bow. A few months later he completed… Read More The Centennial of US Naval Aviation – Pensacola, Florida 2011
