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About Frederick Johnsen

Fred Johnsen is a product of the historical aviation scene in the Pacific Northwest. The author of numerous historical aviation books and articles, Fred was an Air Force historian and curator. Now he devotes his energies to coverage for GAN as well as the Airailimages YouTube Channel. You can reach him at [email protected].

Hawk One Canada was an air show stunner

By Frederick Johnsen · April 28, 2025 · 7 Comments

Through the 1970s, air shows in the Northwest U.S. and across the border in British Columbia could count on a roaring, rousing opener performed by McDonnell F-101 Voodoo interceptors.

Harold Warp Pioneer Village showcases vintage planes and pioneers

By Frederick Johnsen · April 10, 2025 · 4 Comments

Come with me for a trip to Pioneer Village. We’ll explore a heavy dose of aviation within these walls, but we can’t overlook the crazy (in the most affectionate sense of the word) breadth and depth of his collection of all things American and mechanical.

Albin Longren: The aviation pioneer you don’t know

By Frederick Johnsen · March 28, 2025 · 2 Comments

Longren did not have any formal education as an aeronautical designer and engineer. He also lacked any flight training. Neither stopped him from achieving success with his original biplane, the Longren Topeka.

Martin bombers: From World War I and beyond

By Frederick Johnsen · February 27, 2025 · 5 Comments

Glenn Martin, characterized by some biographers as a prim and proper son who doted on his mother, was also an aviation visionary who leapfrogged his early bomber successes into a growing line of warplanes for the Air Force, Navy, and foreign customers.

When the Mustang served up a dive bomber

By Frederick Johnsen · January 29, 2025 · 2 Comments

Unthinkable for a pure fighter, the dive bomber versions of the Mustang incorporated a sturdy set of dive brakes that extended above and below the wings when rotated into the slipstream by stout hydraulic actuators.

A toast to the importance of aviation

By Frederick Johnsen · December 30, 2024 · 1 Comment

“Aviation is even more widely interesting than prohibition.”

When F-86s challenged a B-24

By Frederick Johnsen · December 19, 2024 · 1 Comment

Today that B-24J Liberator occupies a place of honor in one of the Pima Air & Space Museum’s buildings where it still wears a mix of U.S. and Indian markings.

Company creating fleet of jet airliner firefighting aircraft

By Frederick Johnsen · December 14, 2024 · Leave a Comment

Neptune Aviation will be the first company to use the Airbus A319 to fight fires.

The Bakersfield Boeings: Dusters to dust?

By Frederick Johnsen · December 11, 2024 · Leave a Comment

A footnote in aviation history, the converted crop duster Boeing 203s remain elusive.

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