by Emme Hornung | Oct 26, 2025 | EAA Museum, Military and Veterans, speaker series, Warbirds
By Emme Hornung Lt. Col. Tyler Shaver, an F-35 pilot and director of operations at Volk Field Air National Guard Base, will be the next speaker at the EAA Aviation Museum Speaker Series on Thursday, November 20, at 7 p.m. Join us as Tyler dives into flying the F-35...
by Frederick Johnsen | Sep 22, 2025 | #Aircraft, 20251009, aviation museums, Aviation News, flying, General Aviation, Of Wings & Things, Opinion, Pilots, Warbirds
The Kyushu Shinden first tested its wings on Aug. 3, 1945. Two more quick test sorties, said to have been made on Aug. 6 and 9, the dates when atomic bombs exploded over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, were the last flights for the Shinden. Six days later Japan surrendered,...
by Frederick Johnsen | Sep 4, 2025 | #Aircraft, 20250918, Airshows & Fly-Ins, aviation museums, Aviation News, Feature, flying, General Aviation, Pilots, Warbirds
Like a popular band who know their audience’s demand for evergreen hits, the folks at Warhawk Air Museum repeat much of their successful formula each summer for Warbird Roundup at Nampa Municipal Airport (KMAN) in Idaho. Read...
by Frederick Johnsen | Aug 20, 2025 | #Aircraft, 20250904, Aviation News, B-17, flying, General Aviation, Of Wings & Things, Opinion, p-51, Pilots, Warbirds
War-time pilots were told ditching a B-17, P-51, B-24 and other warbirds was a “last resort.” Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Jul 12, 2025 | #Aircraft, Aviation News, flying, General Aviation, Photo of the Day, Pilots, Warbirds
Robert Erenstein submitted this photo and note: “The sound, the technology, yes, we all love venerable warbirds. Here a P-51 Mustang in US livery, now civilian and based in The Netherlands.” Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | May 7, 2025 | #Aircraft, Aviation News, flying, General Aviation, Photo of the Day, Pilots, Warbirds
Brad Cohen submitted this photo and note: “A PT-19 looking at his big brother.” Read...
