Mid morning on a frosty New Years Eve morning, a Volga Dnepr Ilyushin IL-76 glided over the Penobscot River and touched down on Bangor International Airport’s runway 33. Typically a fuel stop or an overnight rest for the crew, this time the IL-76’s destination was Bangor. Several weeks in the works with teams from BGR … More BGR Closes 2017 With Another Cargo Operation
A few clouds didn’t stop people from coming out to the Curtis Air FBO at Pittsfield Municipal Airport for the EAA 736 Young Eagles Fly-In. Kids between ages of 8 and 17 could go up for free rides with pilots to experience flying and get them interested in aviation at a young age. There were … More EAA 736 Young Eagles Fly-In
After a stopover in Dunkirk, New York last night, the Berlin Express made it’s appearance in Bangor on Thursday morning. Originally scheduled to land around 6pm Wednesday night, the North American P-51B Mustang touched down on runway 33 at Bangor International around 10am local time. The Berlin Express rose to notoriety in World War II when … More The Berlin Express Makes Fuel Stop in Bangor
The taxi stands at Bangor International Airport were lined with fire trucks. The lane by the International Arrival Terminal was lined with ambulances from several local cities, towns and agencies. If you weren’t paying attention on your way up Godfrey Boulevard, you would have thought you were going into a major incident at the airport. However, that … More BGR Holds Mass Casualty Drill
The 2017 air show season in New England is a few months away, but given the snowy forecast for tomorrow, I decided to throw together a list of shows here in New England as well as a few of the major national shows that are among the best of the best. Here they are with … More 2017 Air Show Schedule
Delta Connection flights from Bangor International Airport will be changing in the New Year. In a press release from Bangor International Airport, the Delta Connection seasonal route from Bangor to Detroit’s Wayne County International Airport will cease as of January 1, 2017. To replace the route, Delta Connection will institute a new route from Bangor … More Delta Changes Bangor Routes
Around 5:45 this morning, the skies over greater Bangor came alive with the dull roar of 2 Israeli Air Force Boeing 707 refueling tankers as they sped down the runway at Bangor International Airport. Soon thereafter the first flight of 5 F-16 Viper aircraft took to the sky. The sound of of jet fuel roaring … More Israeli Air Force F-16s Provide Wakeup Call To Bangor Area Residents
Saturday couldn’t have been a better day to get the Cessna(or in my case, Chevy) fired up and take a trip to Bangor International Airport for the Maine Aero Services Open Hangar BBQ and Fly In. The folks at BGR waived all landing fees for those attending and judging by the ramp, it was well … More Maine Aero Open House
United Airlines announced the expansion of seasonal service from Bangor to their hub at Newark’s Liberty International Airport. The service will run July 1st through October 29th. The flights will operate daily on the same Canadair Regional Jets as the United service to Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. Flying from Newark, the hour and a half … More United Expands Seasonal Routes with Newark Service
It was a relatively uneventful Sunday morning in Bangor, that is until 8:23 when an email from FlightAware popped up in my inbox saying “Etihad Airways #103 (A388) en route from Abu Dhabi Int’l (OMAA/AUH) has diverted to Bangor Intl (KBGR) for an estimated arrival at 08:27AM EDT”. It wasn’t until an hour later that … More The Mighty Airbus A380 Comes To Bangor
