by Lee Cloer | Feb 22, 2019 | General Interest
What’s In A (Nick)Name? What’s in a nickname? If you had a chance to give yourself a nickname what would it be? Would your nickname be a result of shortening your given name? For instance, Abby may be short for Abilene, Cal for Calvin, Annie for Anastasia, or...
by Lee Cloer | Feb 1, 2019 | General Interest
The 1970s – The Vietnam War would end but the Cold War continued the chess match between the United States and the Soviet Union. It was the decade when the F-18 Hornet, F-16 Fighting Falcon, F-15 Eagle, and the F-14 Tomcat would enter service. Today, all but the...
by Lee Cloer | Oct 24, 2018 | General Interest
In the Beginning – WWII During WWII, both the Germans and British were able to capture each other’s aircraft by various means. Both sides would use these captured aircraft to train their own pilots on the weakness and strengths of the platforms they would...
by Lee Cloer | Jun 15, 2018 | General Interest, Jet Fridays, Video |
When you take your family to an airshow, you’ll see a lot of civilian aircraft parked near the runway that you can walk in and around. There will be flight demonstrations of specialty aircraft and sometimes aerobatic demonstrations that will amaze both children and...
by Lee Cloer | May 18, 2018 | General Interest, Jet Fridays, Video |
In 1907, the U.S. Air Force, which was originally part of the United States Army as the Aeronautical Division using balloons for observation, took its first steps to leave the earth by requesting bids for heavier-than-air aircraft. In July 1909, with President Taft...
