VikingOne Expeditions

I saw these aircraft at the Warriors over the Wasatch Airshow on June 29, 2024.

This video was shot near Hill Air Force Base in Utah on June 29, 2024. The Thunderbirds in their F-16 Fighting Falcons performed spectacular aerial maneuvers.

A Trump Rally comes to Downtown Las Vegas, Nevada at The Expo at World Market Center on Friday, September 13, 2024. I am shooting this video at 1:45 p.m. President Trump will speak at 7:00 p.m.

This is a short nighttime shoot of Allegiant Stadium on 12-10-2023.

I was sitting on a bench near the St. George Intermountain hospital and I heard a helicopter in a distance. The landing pad was near the bench, and I got some good footage of Mesquite 11 helicopter landing.

During my travels I met some awesome veterans. Harold Payne was a B-17 pilot. I also met a survivor of the Batman Death March and a Marine Corps combat veteran who fought on Iwo Jima.

I had the privilege to briefly talk to a Marine Corps, World War 2, combat veteran who fought at #IwoJima. I saw him at Freddy's restaurant in #StGeorgeUtah. He recently turned 100 years old. #SouthPacific #greatestgeneration #fiercebattle #centenarian

This Iron Horse Steam Locomotive No. 4436 was made by Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It has a Vanderbilt Tender attached to it. At first, coal was used for propulsion than oil. I climb aboard and show you the engineers view.

Parts of Southwestern Ohio is Amish Country.

Notice the white spot above eyes on both.

I was siteseeing in the San Vicente Mountains in Southern California where a Cold War Era, Nike Surface-to-Air, radar-control center was located. Nike missiles were the last line of defense against Soviet bombers. LA-96C protected Los Angeles, California.

Most of the pictures I added are from The Ring of Supersonic Steel (various Nike Surface-to-Air launch sites surrounding Los Angeles) during the Cold War. One picture shows the remains of a WW2 bunker from the Harbor Defenses of Los Angeles at White Point Military Reservation in San Pedro, California. The picture of the US Army MP next to a jeep holding a club is my dad in West Berlin early 1950s.

Nike Missile Launch Site LA-43L was part of the Ring of Supersonic Steel encircling Los Angeles during the Cold War. This site was located at White Point in San Pedro, California. Nike Surface -to-Air missiles both Ajax and Hercules were the last line of defense against Soviet bombers. Nike-Ajax had a conventional warhead and Nike-Hercules had the W31 nuclear warhead (20 kilotons).

This video displays a walking tour above ground at an abandoned, Cold War Era, Nike missile site in Chatsworth, California on Oat Mountain.

The USS Iowa is now a floating museum at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro, California.

During a long distance ride on my bicycle from Youngstown, Ohio to Omaha, Nebraska, I encountered some awesome history in Ohio. Jacob Wilson Parrot, buried in Kenton, Ohio was the very first recipient of the Medal of Honor. He is a Civil War Veteran born July 17, 1843 in Fairfield County, Ohio.

I am from Youngstown, Ohio and during one of my long distance bicycle treks, I encountered some awesome history in Cortland, Ohio at Casterline Cemetery.

During one of my VikingOne Expeditions at the Port of Los Angeles, I went aboard the USS Iowa (BB-61). Some interesting history: Captain Fred P. Moosally was the Skipper of the Iowa during a tragic at sea training accident. On April 19, 1989, the Number Two 16-inch gun turret exploded killing 47 sailors in the center gun room. Captain Moosally is from Youngstown, Ohio and graduated from Ursuline High School in 1962. I was aboard the USS New Jersey (BB-62) when this tragedy happened. I am from Youngstown, Ohio and I graduated from Cardinal Mooney High School in 1982. Ursuline is on the Northside of town and Cardinal Mooney is on the Southside of town.

The Raider Nation knows how to party at Allegiant Stadium for the Las Vegas Raiders home opener against the Steelers on Sunday9-24-2023.

I was near the USC campus and went to the California Science Center to view the Space Shuttle Endeavour.

Provo, Utah man, Craig Robertson, is raided by the FBI after posting, "Death to Biden," on social media. FBI with a search warrant used a flash grenade during the raid, and unfortunately, Craig Robertson was shot and killed.