Willow Run faces turbulent outlook - The Detroit News
Van Buren Township -- Willow Run airport is facing severe financial problems and officials are considering a number of cost-saving options, from leasing the facility to possibly closing it.
The airport's future essentially depends on how quickly the economy rebounds and whether Willow Run can hang on until then.
The air field, which caters to private charters and cargo operations, "continues to be a financial disaster," said Thomas Naughton, chief financial officer of the Wayne County Airport Authority. The agency operates Willow Run and the much larger Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Romulus. more....
Reno National Championship *Air* Races and *Air Show*
If you like speed and big, powerful machines, the Reno National Championship Air Races and Air Show is for you. And even if you aren't particularly turned on by these things, there is still plenty to enjoy by attending this fun and ...
Thunderbirds will soar over Hickam - Honolulu Star-Bulletin
The red, white and blue F-16s of the Air Force's aerial demonstration team, the Thunderbirds, will soar over Hickam Air Force Base this ...
Pilots to host Fall Fly-in - Southwest Virginia Today
The Mountain Empire Pilots Association's fifth annual Fall Fly-in at the airport is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 19, 9 am to 5 pm Featured aircraft ...
Kroger to continue as Dayton Air Show presenting sponsor - Dayton Daily News
The Kroger Co. will continue as presenting sponsor of the Vectren Dayton Air Show, the show said today, Aug. 19. "The Dayton Air Show is a premier event in ...
Vintage warplanes coming to Paine Field - Bellevue Reporter
The Cascade Warbirds will participate in a Vintage Aircraft Weekend at Paine Field at the end of September. The event will include approximately 60 antique ...
CANADIAN FORCES SNOWBIRDS AND CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY ASTRONAUT ... - Aviation.ca
Mr. Chris Hadfield will fly "Hawk One" an F-86 Sabre in a Centennial Heritage Flight that will follow the Snowbirds' nine-plane formation. ...
Warbirds put history on - Auckland stuff.co.nz
The New Zealand Warbirds Association will commemorate the Battle of Britain with a flypast over the Auckland War Memorial ...
High winds on the east coast stop the 'Battle of Britain' - Lancashire Evening Post
A battle of Britain flypast in Morecambe had to be cancelled due to high winds. A Lancaster Bomber, Spitfire and Hurricane were expected at Sunday's 'We do ...
Commemoration of the Battle of Britain via Aviation.ca News
Once again this year, members of 16 Wing, CFB Borden, 441 (Huronia) Wing of the Air Force Association of Canada (AFAC) and the people of the City of Barrie and its surroundings will join efforts to commemorate the anniversary...
Airshow parking 'education' call - BBC News
Motorists need to be "educated" to use park and ride sites as well as trains ahead of next year's Leuchars Airshow, according to organisers. ...
"Patrouille de France" to perform in Buenos Aires - Momento 24
On this day, the famous French Aerobatics Squadron "Patrouille de France" for the first time visiting our country, will be performingt in the sky of the ...
French Patrol to perform aerobatic demonstration on 9 de Julio AvenueBuenos Aires Herald
This afternoon, the sky planes drawn from the Obelisk - InfoBAE.com
At 12:45, the French squad, "Patrouille de France" will paint the flags of our country and yours on the Avenida 9 de Julio. ...
Vicki Cruse memorial scholarship announced via AOPA News
The legacy of Vicki Cruse, the aerobatic pilot who died Aug. 22 while representing the United States at an international aerobatic competition, will be celebrated through a memorial scholarship.
Skies will be Overcast - Joliet Herald News
"EAA is dedicated to preserving aviation's magnificent heritage and our B-17 tours are a major part of that. This year we also take great pride in saluting ...
World War II-era B-17 bomber at Visalia airport for public viewing ... - Visalia Times-Delta
Once a Flying Fortress and now a flying museum, the shiny "Sentimental Journey" — a B-17 ...
The Royal Air Force Presentational Sword delivered in ( B-25D ) style by PlaneTalking
The Royal Air Force Officer's Sword was commissioned by the Royal Air Force Museum American Foundation and kindly donated by one of its board members, Tim Manna of Kennet Aviation.
In from the wild blue yonder - TheDay
Flights on the B-17 or B-24 are $425 per person. P-51 flights are $2200 for a half hour and $3200 for an hour. Call (800) 568-8924. ...
Free Museum Day: September 26 - BlackBook Magazine
... the National Museum of the United States Navy in DC, the San Diego Air & Space Museum in San Diego, and the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans. ...
Vulcan Factory to close ? via PPRuNe Forums
Latest news reports today say that Woodford aircraft factory, the birthplace of the Avro Vulcan is to close in 2012.
Mark Allan - CapeGazette.com
... Watching fighter jets vault off the carrier deck in great clouds of steam, Allan applied to the U.S. Naval Academy for the next four years.
He didn't get in.
Instead, he took classes whenever he could, attending night and weekend courses in his various ports of call. Meanwhile, he shot up the ladder, reaching the stratosphere of noncommissioned officer ranks. While stationed at Naval Air Station Patuxent in Maryland, he joined the flying club and got his private pilot's license.
He would be abandoning a promising career in naval surface warfare – "I was actually pretty good at the whole driving ships thing," he said – but he wanted to fly. He applied to Aviation Officer's Candidate School.
While serving aboard the USS Stark, Allan's commanding officer handed him an envelope. It was his acceptance to flight school at Pensacola, Fla.
He arrived in Florida on Super Bowl Sunday, 1985. Flight school breezed by. He graduated first in his class and was selected for an A-6 Intruder squadron in Oceana.
"I thought going fast and blowing things up would be pretty cool," Allan says in a wry deadpan.
Allan said the A-6 was like a muscle car – big, mean and straightforward. Like most aircraft of its generation, the A-6 was meant to penetrate deep into Soviet airspace and deliver a nuclear bomb via the "high loft" method – the pilot enters into a steep angle of attack, pulls up dramatically and then releases the bomb, sending it on a parabolic arc towards its target.
The adventures of Chopper Chick!: Received my Mission Flag from CW2 Steve Bennett via Blogging Pilots
I don't know how many of you are familiar with "mission flags" so I will explain just incase. I became friends with CW2 Steve Bennett on facebook. He offered up a mission flag as it is somethi -
Birthday boy, 80, relives his youth with small skydive - Portsmouth News
Mr Wild, who trekked across The Andes for his 70th birthday, is still wondering what to do for his 90th birthday and is considering a wing walk or abseil. ...
John Carmack's Armadillo Finally Wins Lunar Landing Challenge [Space] via Gizmodo
After crashing the last time, Armadillo Aerospace won the $1,000,000 Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge this Saturday. Needless to say, Doom-creator, Armadillo's head, and überspacenerd John Carmack was veehee happy:
Since the Lunar Lander Challenge is quite demanding in terms of performance, with a few tweaks our Scorpius vehicle actually has the capability to travel all the way to space. We'll be moving quickly to do higher-altitude tests, and we can go up to about 6000 feet here at our home base in Texas before we'll have to head to New Mexico where we can really push the envelope. We already have scientific payloads from universities lined up to fly as well, so this will be an exciting next few months for commercial spaceflight.
Scorpius was able to complete the challenge, flying the 180 seconds required to escape from the Moon's surface and reach lunar orbit. [Space.com]
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