Interior of an ex USAAF WW2 transport glider, looking forward to the cockpit. Exibited at the Kalamazoo aviation museum.

Ex Japan Domestic Airlines JA8643 and TOA and Air Aruba P4-YSD. On static display at Grissom in poor condition.

On display at the Kalamazoo aviation museum.

The 1937-built VPF-7 was an export version of the UPF model. Six were sold to Guatemala and most returned later, including this example exhibited at Kalamazoo.

Early production F-100C exhibited in the museum area at the gate of Grissom AFB.

Early production Cessna T-37 displayed at the Grissom Air Museum.

One of then only two flyable Carvairs in the world is seen here in a glorious take-off, a very rare and wonderful sight (and sound)! This beautiful oldie had already seen a lot of the world: it flew as LN-IAE, JA6012, HL4003, VH-INK, N54598, ZK-NWA, N5459X and C-GAAH, before ending up with Brooks Fuel in late 2002. Roger Brooks did a great restoration job on it, but then unfortunately crashed it near McGrath, AK on 30 May 2007.

Conair's Tanker 44 was originally delivered as a Convair 340 to United Air Lines in 1954 as N73153. It would keep that registration with various operators for more than 40 years, until it was purchased by Kelowna Flightcraft in 1999 for conversion to airtanker, and registered C-GEVC, then C-FFKF. It came to Alaska today to battle the Parks Highway Fire and is seen here in the evening light, arriving at Fairbanks to satisfy the customs people.

President Yushchenko leaving Dutch soil after a state visit.

An unusual formation of two aircarft types, seen at the Kemble Airday. From top to bottom, G-ULHI, G-RAIG, G-IIZI and G-IIDI

Tankers 44 and 49 were dispatched from Canada and based at Fairbanks-Ft. Wainwright to combat the Parks Highway Fire burning near Nenana, AK, which was getting out of control. Both tankers made a short stop at Fairbanks-International to settle customs affairs before going on to their temporary tanker base at Ft. Wainwright.