The Planes of Fame Air Museum holds its annual airshow at Chino in California every May. It is a popular show for the variety of warbirds it attracts and the unusual aircraft that the museum has on display. GAR has made previous trips to Chino for the show – this year, Rob Edgcumbe makes his first visit with additional images from Kevin Jackson.
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Spring on the northern California coast is time for a gathering of vehicles with both wings and wheels. Rob Edgcumbe headed to Dream Machines for GAR to see what this year would bring.
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Ten years ago this week the Airbus A380 made its first flight. Rob Edgcumbe takes a look at the way the programme has progressed in its first decade.
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Brian Shul is a retired US Air Force pilot. His story is one with many twists and turns, but he has risen to prominence as a result of his time flying the SR-71 Blackbird, the photographs he took during that time and ‘Sled Driver’, the book he subsequently wrote. Rob Edgcumbe sat down with him to find out more of his story.
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The Air National Guard provides a key part of the USA’s forces in the air with a diverse spread of units undertaking different roles. Few units match the 129th Rescue Wing for the diversity of capability they bring. This capability was recently tested with the biennial Soaring Angel exercise which Rob Edgcumbe witnessed for GAR.
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