Tuesday, January 20, 2009

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AERO GP celebrates air racing centenary with LIVE online broadcast on Airsports.tv from AVIATION-NEWS by Marcel van Leeuwen
Nicknamed the ‘Formula One of aviation’; the Aero GP air race series (www.aero-gp.com) will be broadcast live online on 30-31 January 2009 to air racing fans worldwide at Airsports.tv (www.airsports.tv) The live broadcast comes as part of a celebration of the centenary of air racing and the Aero GP’s debut in the Middle East. The Aero GP will...

Daring wing-walkers expected at air show - GulfNews, United Arab Emirates
By Aftab Kazmi, Bureau Chief Al Ain: Skycats, the famous Scandinavian wing-walkers, will stage the breath-taking display at Al Ain Aerobatic Show later this ...

Canadian Snowbirds to visit the Sault - SooToday.com
By SooToday.com Staff Canadian Forces Snowbirds will be visiting the Sault on June 10 as part of the team's 2009 air show season, the team's website ...

The Planes of Mojave: Symmetry from Mojave Skies by Alan Radecki
If you were to poll both regulars and visitors to Mojave about the most beautiful plane on the field, you’d likely find that a little canary-yellow experimental named Symmetry would be the hands-down winner. One almost can't help but stop and stare, and the more one looks, the more amazing this plane appears. ...

Fantasy of Flight Icon Sculpture from Kermit's Blog by Kermit
I am excited we have one of the first bronze castings of a sculpture I commissioned early last year. It is about a foot and a half high and will be titled “Fantasy of Flight”. And while it looks similar to Icraus it is not exactly. Icarus was a young boy that flew too close to the Sun, his wax wings melted, and he crashed into the sea. ...

Tuskegee Airmen - Deep Glamour from DailyAviator by Dennis Collins
With all the attention on the inauguration, the Tuskegee Airmen are getting some new attention. DeepGlamour.net put together a great slide show of the airmen when they were young and glamorous, taken by famous fashion photographer Toni Frissell. Check out the tight formation of Mustangs and lots more at the link.

Some Tuskegee Airmen travel to inauguration from Air Force Times - News
CLEVELAND — A handful of the original Tuskegee Airmen from Ohio will join President-elect Barack Obama and millions of the Americans at the inauguration ceremony.

A reason to soar again - Boston Globe, United States
When he was 13 years old, he enrolled in Haaren High School's aviation program in Manhattan and when he graduated he found himself suddenly in much demand. ...
AUTOMOTIVE - AUTO: Tri-Motor Soars in Auction Sale - SPEEDtv.com
from automotive.speedtv.com
A vintage airplane flew to the top of sales results for the 2009 Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Event, reaching $1.1 million in bidding, nearly twice that of the highest collector car sold at Saturday’s “prime time” auction event.
The 1929 Ford Tri-Motor, an iconic passenger plane with distinctive triple radial engines, was not present at auction except for video clips that showed it soaring in the air. It was purchased by Ron Pratte of Chandler, Az., a well-known buyer at Barrett-Jackson auctions who scored a number of the top-selling cars Saturday ...

Special Forces Get Recod-Setting Stealth Robocopter - the Boeing A160t Hummingbird from Military Photos by delio
[In November,] U.S. Special Forces Command quietly [took] delivery of a radical new drone: the Boeing A160T Hummingbird, which rewrites the rules for helicopters. Thanks to a remarkable piece of design, the Hummingbird can go further, longer, higher – and quieter – than anything else around. According to Jane's, 10 Hummingbirds are supposed to be delivered this month, under a joint SOCOM-DARPA program known as the Special Operations Long Endurance Demonstration (SLED). ...

Young aviator flying high at training course - Marlborough Express, New Zealand
The passionate aviator is the only person from Marlborough on the course. Air Training Corps of New Zealand South Island vice-president Brian Roberts said ...

Osprey at VMI from Op For by John
Russians at it again from I'd rather be flying by Doc
Russians at it some more from I'd rather be flying by Doc

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