Home A celebration of the solar eclipse with family and friends happened in Dublin, Ohio on April 8, 2024. Up until the day of the event there had been predictions of light to heavy cloud cover with the anticipation that we may not see very much. So happy that the weather forecasters were very wrong. …
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Clifftop 2023
Home Pre-Festival Camping!!! This was the adventure at this year’s Appalachian String Band Festival at Clifftop, West Virginia. In times past travels to this event was timed to be there during the festival time which is from Wednesday through Saturday night. Due to some family obligations brothers and sister and the Huntington friends arrived…
Dayton Air Show
Home Another annual air show that I enjoy attending is held each summer at the Dayton International Airport with various world class entertainment, excellent static displays, and vendors from the aviation industry. The photos shown here were taken at various shows.
Air Shows 1975-2000
Home Photography started with me in a time where images were captured on rolls of film using cameras such as a Kodak Retina III and a Pentax ME Super. It was a starting point and allows me to appreciate digital photography. The photos shown here are what I was able to recover from a box…
Columbus Air Show 2023
Home A very good Father’s Day weekend spending the day with my brother at another air show. This time we attended a show being held at Rickenbacker airport south of Columbus, Ohio. The weather was overcast with the temps on the cool side in the morning but warmed up by afternoon. Going on Friday proved…
Huntington Old Time Dance and Music Square Dance
Home Huntington Old Time Dance and Music (HOTDAM) is a group committed to promoting Old Time Traditional music and the fun of dancing to this. You never square danced before? No problem! Everyone is welcome whether it’s your first square dance or your hundredth square dance! The phots here are from the recent square dance…
Kennedy Space Center
Home I have made multiple visits to the Kennedy Space Center with each time being treated to new exhibits and seeing some remarkable views such as in 2010 when the Space Shuttle Discovery was on the launch pad ready for its final flight. Besides taking the bus tour to the Saturn V hanger and seeing…
National Museum of the Marine Corps
Home My uncle and nephew are retired from the Marine Corps and served during the both serving our country . during the Koren Conflict and Operation Iraq Freedom respectively. Always appreciate what they did and I get a great understanding of the Corps as well as history of the United States when touring this excellent…
Joint Services Open House – Air Show
Home Air shows are just events that I enjoy but this time it was much more challenging than in the past. When attending these shows I have learned to bring a chair, make certain that I have a clear memory card in my camera, I have the camera battery, and some snacks and water. All…
National Museum of the USAF
Home This was a last minute trip with my grandson as I had promised him a visit to this museum. He enjoyed seeing all of the artifacts and I did my best to keep quiet and let me just absorb what he was seeing.
Great Scale Model Railroad Show
Home This was a hobby of mine during middle and high school that was shared with very good friends. We created layouts that were displayed at 5 model railroad shows and did pretty well each year regarding judges. The photos here are from the recent show held at the local fairgrounds. And from their website : …
Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge
Home A Star Wars fans slice of heaven! Traveled with my family to experience going to a “Time Long Ago … In a Galaxy Far, Far, Away” where you really felt like being on another planet. I kept looking for Luke Skywalker but settled on seeing Storm Troopers. We were able to experience all of…
B&O Railroad Museum
Home From their website: “The B&O Railroad forever changed the course of the city, the nation, and even the world. At the B&O Railroad Museum, visitors can step directly into history as they discover the story of American railroading. For it was here that the First Stone of the railroad and the nation’s first mile…
Schreiber Autoharps
Home Spent some time at the workshop of Schreiber Autotharps as Greg did wonderful work on updating my Orthey Autoharp with new strings, felt, a new key of “A” lock bar, and general cleanup and repair. It looks brand new. Greg allowed me to take the following pictures of his workshop which included a review…
iPhone at the Museum of the USAF
Home My photo excursions generally means taking my “good” DSL camera and the supporting lenes with other equipment. This has the “two headed” issue of bringing this to take what I hope are good pictures but having to carry all of this around. I’ve not masted the art of “stitching” nor to have the camera…
Yeager Airport 70th Anniversary
Home Charleston’s Yeager Airport and the West Virginia Air National Guard’s 130th Airlift Wing celebrated their 70th anniversary with an air show on Sept. 30, 2017 and featured flying demonstrations, aircraft displays and tours, and rides aboard World War II-era aircraft. The air show included several examples of aircraft associated with the airport during its…
Mini-Mountain Laurel Autoharp Gathering (MLAG)
Home The afternoon of April 1, 2017 became of day of great joy and sadness as the last in a series of workshops and concerts sponsored by George Orthey came to a energetic end. This final event, in what has been many years of promoting the artistry and methods for playing the Autoharp, was conducted by Lucille Reilly and attended…
49th Championship Race (Reno)
Home In 2024 the last of these air races will no longer occur. It is sad that this has happened but with the recent incidents and, my understanding, that cost to sponsor and pay for the insurance for this event has become difficult. The following are images that I took at my one and only…
Gathering of Mustangs & Legends
Home I was able to attend the last great gathering of “Mustangs & Legends” which was the last time more than 75 types of the North American P51 Mustang WWII fighters, their famous pilots, other aircraft from that era, as well as modern military came to this air show on September 28, 2007 at the…