Spring is here in east central Illinois! This storm front rolled through on March 30, 2025. Winds were ferocious and the rain was nearly blinding. This photo was just east of Homer, Illinois.
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B25 flys in the Buckeye Air Fair in the evening air show. The 2025 air show season is now underway. I was able to attend the 2025 Buckeye Air Fair in Buckeye, AZ February 14 and 15. This show is in partnership with the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA). AOPA had several seminars that you could attend to learn about the latest happenings in aviation safety, regulations, etc.
Also featured were airshows on Saturday and Sunday with some great pilots and aircraft to the delight of the visitors. I was especially intrigued with the B-25s that were present. Two of them made the trip to Arizona.
The great thing about airshows is all of the people that you meet. I was able to meet some additional photographers who were sharing the photo area with me. We only had 5 people taking photos in the pit, so it was a great way to get some amazing photographs.
I will post more photos on my air adventures throughout 2025.
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 It’s almost time for the 2025 airshow season. I will be venturing out to Arizona to visit the buckeye airshow near Phoenix. I can’t wait to start another season of seeing these amazing aircraft in flight..
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I was able to photograph this classic Stearman last fall in Arizona. These planes were primarily used for flight training during WW II and many were sold after the war to civilians who used them in many different manners.
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A pair of Bald Eagles Growing up, the only time I could see a Bald Eagle was on TV or perhaps in a zoo. But the last few years they have made there way to east central Illinois. This pair was feeding on a deer. They took off when they say me, but it was a beautiful sight watching them soar above.
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The storm front was working its way through the Broadlands, Illinois area as 2024 is coming to a close. -
A couple of weeks ago I stopped at Andersonville national Cemetery on December 14. That was the day that Wreathes Across America was putting a wreath on each veterans headstone.
Andersonville is a historic civil war cemetery. My great great uncle Josiah Maddock is buried there. He was a union soldier who was captured and held at this confederate prison. He and thousands of others died of disease and dysentery. The conditions at Andersonville were horrible. Let us remember his sacrifice and all who have served and given us our freedom.
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The tides are changing constantly as you watch them. The water may be getting higher or receding. The waves look different each time as they pound the beach.
This is much like life itself. A constant evolution of change and uncertainty. But like the tides, life ebbs and flows and you eventually learn how to anticipate and manage things.
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My first visit to St. Augustine, Florida. A beautiful and historic city on the eastern coast of north Florida. The sun came out late this afternoon following a day of clouds and rain.
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I went to historic Falcon Field at Mesa Arizona recently to take part in an aviation air to air photography class taught by Moose Peterson. Moose is absolutely one of the top aviation photographers in the industry today. We went through the critical requirements of safety, how to plan an air to air mission, conduct a pilot briefing, etc.
It was an incredible experience.
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