aviation history
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Every Pilot Logbook Tells a Story
“Aviators live by hours, not by days.” T. H. White, England Have My Bones, 1936. While a pilot’s professional experience is recorded in their logbook, a treasure is concealed within each page… a story unique to every pilot. If the… Continue reading
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Beautiful Piper Cub
On this beautiful chilly Sunday morning, the birds were enjoying the Fall day… This beautiful Piper Cub may be small, but she was kicking up dust with a little attitude! 😎 Continue reading
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Strawberry Bitch
This Consolidated B-24D Liberator served in the 512th Bomb Squadron, flying combat missions from North Africa in 1943-1944. Continue reading
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Champaign Gal
“In the war to come, God will be on the side of the heaviest air force. Don’t forget it. Keep your eyes on the sky!” — Brigadier General William ‘Billy’ Mitchell, USAS, back at Langley Field after the Ostfisland was… Continue reading
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Nieuports Looking Skyward
After entering WW1, the young U.S. Army Air Service (USAAS) did not have fighter aircraft of their own. To fill this void they were assigned French built Nieuport 28 C.1. Many young American aces, like Eddie Rickenbacker, scored their first… Continue reading
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An Aviator’s Sunset
“Aviation is a love story that can only be lived through the eyes of an Aviator” Captain K. Almazrooei Continue reading
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Waco UPF-7
Beautiful 1941 Waco UPF-7 showing off on the flight line at the Mid-Eastern Regional Fly-in (MERFI), Grimes Field (I74), Urbana, Ohio. “Just as musicians feel about scores and melodies, dancers about the steps and flow of music, so we’re one… Continue reading
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Meyers OTW-160
“The lure of flying is the lure of beauty. The dramas of the clouds, the glory of the stars, the charm of landscapes and the wonders of the waters and skies have, to me, an irresistible appeal” Ameila Earhart, Quoted… Continue reading
Everything Tells A Story... 