Vintage Aviation News

JUNE 19, 2025

Credit: Richard Vandervord) The facilities were sparse—just two main hangars and a cluster of general aviation buildings—but the expansive tarmac made it ideal for storing aircraft awaiting conversion or maintenance. The charred remains of N4889C, with the tail section separated from the fuselage. With the U.S. The blanked-out U.S.

Tail

Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Andrew with the Taylorcraft in the 1980s, before it received the checkerboard tail. We hop out of the cockpit, and Andrew ties the ship to the tarmac for the night. We circle Andrews house and waggle the wings to his family standing in the front yard waving back at us. Its a housing development now. That sound is the same.

Airplanes

Vintage Aviation News

AUGUST 15, 2024

A few feet behind him, Captain Gerald Dobberfuhl, an experienced reconnaissance officer, settled into the rear cockpit of their camera-equipped RF-4C Phantom fighter. millimeter round blasted a hole through the front-cockpit canopy. Forward visibility from the RF-4C’s rear cockpit was blocked by an instrument panel and electronic gear.

Cockpit