Wednesday, June 10, 2009

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Vulcan debut at Kemble - Forester, UK
The Avro Vulcan, famed for its thunderous noise, fighter-like manoeuvrability and the sheer power of its airshow performances, has recently been restored to flying condition following a massive £7m public campaign. The Vulcan xh558's restoration was ...

Flying by ear is the secret for Red Arrows - Bournemouth Daily Echo, UK
By Andy Martin » THOUGH you might not believe it, the Red Arrows fly as much by hearing as by sight. Each pilot will move his aircraft on the instructions of Red One. Being a new boy on the block this season, Red Two, Zane Sennett, has been placed next ...

Shoot that Arrow... - Bournemouth Daily Echo, UK
The next time you marvel at the precision and perfection of a Red Arrows display, bear in mind that the pilots of the world's most famous aerobatic team are unlikely to be thinking the same as you. A few minutes after touching down, they'll be watching ...

Airport fly-in arrives Saturday - Cleburne Times-Review, TX
Fly-ins are casual events in which pilots from all over are invited to fly in, visit with other pilots and showcase their aircraft, said Sarah Herring, airport manager. The event also affords Herring and her staff an opportunity to show off the airport ...

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the world famous Paris Air Show. The event has come a long way since it was first staged at the Grand Palais in the center of the French capital in 1909, and has long since established itself as a truly global ...
Connecticut Aviation At Paris Air Show - Corporate Connecticut Magazine, CT
9 June 2009 - Dubai Airshow 2009 is set to break all existing exhibition space records with the addition of a fourth exhibition hall, sponsored and hosted by the Dubai-based international airline, Emirates. Running from 15 to 19 November 2009 at the ...

Canadian Forces take to the sky at Southport - Portage Daily Graphic, Canada
SOUTHPORT — The 17 Wing Canadian Forces Days really turned out to be a family affair with the "Grandfather of the Snowbirds" flying with the aerobatics group. Hawk One, an F-86 Sabre, which was Canada's premier fighting aircraft throughout the 1950s, ...

Aviation anniversary marked - Daily Miner and News, Canada
The aircraft feature the colours of the legendary Golden Hawks and Centennaires Canadian Forces aerobatics teams. The aircraft are flying to communities across the country this summer as part of the Centennial Heritage Flight to celebrate 100 years of ...
TEHRAN (FNA) - The Iranian Army Air Force is planning to display the defensive power of the Islamic Republic of Iran by staging a large air show next week dubbed as “Milad-e-Noure-Velayat”. The air show is due to be staged in an important part of Iran ...

To present the Thunderbirds and Air Force Week, the US Defense Department needed help to defray some of the costs associated with the show. Security had to be maintained even at higher levels because of the large crowds. Residents came together and ...

Jurg Fleischmann and the Red Bull 105 team took some time to scout the Niagara Falls and posted some great pics…Read More

Mike Goulian recently completed an airshow appearance in Wisconsin and now the team turns their sights towards Windsor for the third stop on RBAR schedule…Read Full Entry

June 9, 2009, Aurora, Colorado - A couple of Denver-metro pilots are preparing to compete in their first air race as the 2009 women's transcontinental Air Race Classic comes to Denver. Marijke (Mar-aye-ka) Unger of Longmont and Kara Pruitt of ...

Chino home to retired 'actor' - Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, CA
"I wonder if anyone realizes that the B-17 outside the Planes of Fame Museum is the actual Piccadilly Lilly from the series," Pappas said. The museum is also at the Chino Airport, meaning the plane must feel right at home. ...

A ride in a B-17 from Letters from Flyover Country by Bob Collins
I was supposed to take a ride in a B-17 at St. Paul yesterday as part of a film effort with a colleague for my day job. But throughout the day, the METAR said 1200 overcast and I figured, "why bother?" But they flew and the competition got a good story. Did I say good story with an aviation theme? Imagine that.

... made to preserve this opportunity for me, others and future generations. Enjoy my pictures and enjoy my adventure with me through those pictures. Most of all, enjoy the freedom warbirds like the B-17 and the crews who flew them preserved for all of us.

The Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum - Ashland Daily Tidings, OR
A 1983 Soviet Yakovlev YAK-50, known for its aerobatic versatility, is suspended from the museum's hangar ceiling on its side. YAK-50s took first, second and fifth place in the men's category of the 1976 World Aerobatic Championships, and swept first ...

81-year-old pilot still flying high - Austin American-Statesman, TX
Adams finally had a chance to fly in a plane thanks to acquaintances. She worked as a photographer snapping pictures of patrons at a night club, and the band director took her up. Her roommate Betty's boyfriend gave Adams her first lessons in Dallas in ...

Join me below the fold for the story of July 4, 1908 in Hammondsport, New York, and how it changed aviation history. Almost five years earlier, in December 1903 at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, the Wright brothers had been the first Americans to fly a ...

Montana F-15 pilot reaches 4,000 hours from National Guard - Top News
Four thousand flying hours is an acknowledged milestone in any aviator's career, however 4,000 hours in one aircraft is truly an accomplishment...

On Jun. 8, the 37° Stormo of the Aeronautica Militare (Italian Air Force, ItAF) presented two F-16 ADF (MM7240 and MM7249) painted in special colour schemes to celebrate the 1000 Flight Hours achieved by both commanders of the 10° and 18° Gruppo, Maj. Salvatore “Cheero” Ferrara and Maj. Maurizio “Masa” De Angelis. The two “specials” performed an interesting air display that involved also other 7 aircraft of both Squadrons, comprising MM7239 that is a sort of semi-special having the tail painted with the colours of the 10° Gruppo on the right hand side and the ones of the 18° Gruppo on the left hand side: MM7253, 7257, 7241, 7260, 7250, 7267, 7239, 7240, 7249. ...

The Need for Speed from Technorati
I have been into the thrill of going fast for as long as I can remember. My father will attest to my penchant for speeding and for getting so many speeding tickets that my “lead foot” (as it was known), got his entire company dropped from its insurance carrier. As a kid I was obsessed with car racing and fighter planes (as most kids are), but one plane in particular was the most coveted, the P-51 Mustang . It wasn’t until recently — thanks to the guys from ASB.tv — that I got a ...

WK2 seventh flight report from RLV and Space Transport News

Two Purdue University alumni - space shuttle commander Mark Polansky and mission specialist David Wolf - will team up with four other crew members for a June 13 NASA expedition to the international space station. ...

Florida fisherman hooks 2 live AIM-9 Sidewinders from The DEW Line by Stephen Trimble
Talk about your fishing stories!
Florida fisherman Solomon Rodney reeled in two apparently live AIM-9 missiles while fishing for grouper 785 feet below the surface about 50 miles south of Eglin AFB, according to the St. Petersburg Times.
One missile featured an active camera and appeared live, so Rodney let it go, the article says. The other one had a hole in the back and looked inert, so he tied it to the top of his boat and kept fishing for 10 days. It turns out that one was live, too.

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