We can't hope to know what it was like, but Pearl Harbor still holds mystique - Daily Republic
It was written by a pilot who was among Jimmy Doolittle's raiders in the B-25 bombing of Tokyo that President Roosevelt ordered in retaliation for the Pearl ...
A Little Quality Time With Aerobatic Pilot, Matt Younkin - Aero-News.net
Airshow performer Matt Younkin tells the story of how and why he flies aerobatics in a big old Beech 18.
This feature is in addition to our daily news briefing -- available in either a quick "Touch And Go" format, or an expanded Aero-Briefing -- where you'll hear these stories:
The NTSB says the FAA is dragging its feet on fighting runway incursions.
Peggy Gilligan tells the Senate the FAA is near action on pilot fatigue.
And a court declines a motion by Master Instructors for an injunction against NAFI.
...And more
Aviation Hall of Fame Event Is Fri. - The Ledger
The 2009 Florida Aviation Hall of Fame induction will take place at noon Friday at the Florida Air Museum at Sun n Fun in Lakeland. Inductees are Capt. ...
Indian Air Force pilots display helicopter aerobatics in Kochi - Thaindian.com
The Sarang Helicopter formation team of the IAF led by Wing Commander Ravuri Sheetal enthralled the crowd with 12 breathtaking stunts performed in 12 ...
Pioneering female aviator, 99, flies again - Sacramento Bee
Doris Lockness dusted off her old helicopter manuals. She fetched her leather bomber jacket, and tried to tame the butterflies fluttering ...
Veterans at WOH - The Model Hangar from www.themodelhangar.com
On Fri. night we had a get together at the Nasa Hilton for a "meet and greet" with airshow performers and staff.
L-R Rick Emsholf (F-35 Lightning project eng.) Doolittle Raider Dick Cole, Bud Anderson, Max Moga ( F-22 Raptor
demo pilot) Doolittle Raider Tom Griffin with Cindy Chal (Cole's daughter).
Glacier Girl Still Holds Oldest Title - knoxnews.com
Sorry to burst the P-38 bubble in Wales, but even though it is an astounding find, it is not the oldest P-38 Lightning built by Lockheed in the World War II years.
That distinction is still held by Glacier Girl, according to Bob Cardin, a historic airplane expert, who was in on the discovery and recovery of the famed aircraft. Cardin is also director of War Bird operations for Rod Lewis in San Antonio, the wealthy oilman who purchased Glacier Girl after former owner J. Roy Shoffner's death.
Shoffner of Harrogate is the entrepreneur who restored Glacier Girl in the Middlesboro, Ky., Municipal Airport. Shoffner died two years ago. ...
Alaska bishop's historic airplane finds new home from Diamond Pilots
In the Episcopal Church, the late Bill Gordon is probably best known as the church's youngest bishop.
In Alaska, he's best known as a pilot.
The second plane of Gordon's, aka "The Flying Bishop," is being hung for display next week in the Morris Thompson Cultural and Visitors Center in downtown Fairbanks.
The yellow Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser with brown trim has a 35 1/2-foot wingspan and room for a pilot and two passengers.
The visitors center does not have an entrance large enough for the plane to fit through, so the aircraft had to be dismantled into three pieces — the fuselage and wings — and reassembled inside the building. ...
Fly in an Avro Lancaster - Troy Media Corporation
The other Canadian air museum in the vicinity is a little further from Toronto, but you need to see it if you love planes. The Canadian Warplanes Heritage ...
See vintage planes at a discount from Diamond Pilots
Here's a great place to take out-of-town visitors in December if they've had their fill of blinking lights: The Flying Heritage Collection at Paine Field in Everett.
Museum visitors will get 50 percent off the ticket prices all month with a coupon available only at www.flyingheritage.com.
The museum, housed in a restored hangar at the southeast corner of Paine Field, boasts one of the largest collections of flyable vintage planes in the country, including famous fighters and old warbirds.
The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays this month (except Christmas Day). The e-coupon may be used for up to six tickets, which are $4 to $6 with the discount.
For more information about the museum and to print out an e-coupon, go to www.flyingheritage.com.
Check out the Miramar Air Show from AOPA Pilot Blog
We've got a fun video featuring the great Sean D. Tucker at the Miramar Air Show in San Diego earlier this year. It was produced by Oceans Aloft, a company run by Natasha Stenbock and Eddie Kisfaludy of San Diego. They are new-found friends of AOPA, having helped us with an aerial photo platform for my January article on the Cessna SkyCatcher. They are passionate aviators and just passionate in general–they are getting married. Natasha is a former television reporter while Eddie is an ocean researcher with considerable video editing skills–as you'll see.
Today in History: Dec. 5 - Prescott Daily Courier
"The Sky-Hi Pioneers of Phoenix, a unique paratrooper's club, will stage a mass jump at 1:30 pm Sunday during second-day activities of the Air Fair here. ...
Dan Cherry Honored as Hometown Hero - WBKO
He's a retired US Air Force Brigadier General and the President of Aviation Heritage Park here in Bowling Green. In this week's Hometown Hero, ...
Maj. Nicole Malachowski from www.af.mil
... She recently was honored by the International Forest of Friendship in Atchison, Kan.
The IFOF is a memorial of trees that stands as a living, growing commemoration of aviation accomplishments worldwide. The forest includes trees from all 50 states and 35 countries around the world where its honorees reside. Forest honorees are chosen for their contributions to all facets of aviation and aerospace. Major Malachowski was recognized alongside fellow pilots such as Charles Lindbergh, Chuck Yeager and Jimmy Doolittle.
History rises from the deep - Pensacola News Journal
His son, Walter Elcock III, is Market President Executive for Bank of America, which helped fund renovations at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New ...
Photo index for Sun 'N Fun: Florida's Aviation Extravaganza from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale
I append the list below, so that I can get hits via search engines ; )
but I've also put up formatted PDFs which can be downloaded at the links below.
The aircraft are sorted by page number, and alphabetically by aircraft. The alphabetical index also includes the names of the pilots/designers called out in the text. ...
Parachute museum to receive $95,000 in federal funding from Diamond Pilots
DAYTON — Aviation Trail Inc., a nonprofit group dedicated to preservation of the region's aviation heritage, said it is to receive $95,000 in federal economic stimulus money for exhibit upgrades and equipment in the organization's nearly completed museum that chronicles the history of parachuting and its experts.
The ATI Parachute Museum opened in 2003. It is located on the second floor of the organization's headquarters building at 16 S. Williams St., Dayton.
Aviation Trail plans to use the funding to develop displays on packing a parachute, and contributions of parachute experts who came to the United States from Germany during and after World War II. The organization also will revise an exhibit about McCook Field, the early aviation site that once existed in Dayton. ...
Free Aviation book indexes to download from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale
Non-fiction books require indexes, but many books don't have them. (Usually people's memoirs - just the type of books that do need indexes!) When it comes to aviation books, I take care of this by doing indexes myself, and uploading them so others can get the benefit from them.
Video: Pilot Takes To Skies To Help Sick Patient from Diamond Pilots
When it comes to some local pilots helping sick patients get to their doctor's appointments or surgeries, the sky's the limit.
Celeste Puentes of East Bakersfield may seem like a healthy 21-year-old, but six years ago she was on the verge of death. She lay in a coma for more than a month after her kidneys suddenly shut down.
"You know, when you're 14 you want to go out and have fun with your friends, but you can't because you have to be in dialysis in your house. It's sad," said Puentes.
In 2005 she received a kidney transplant. A child born to fieldworker parents, she cannot afford to get to Stanford Medical Center in Palo Alto for her appointments. But Thursday she had a biopsy appointment she couldn't miss. ...
Uncontrolled Airspace #162 "Go VFR at Seventeen-Five"
Flying antiques, landing on water, sniff-tests, and decoder rings. All this and more on Uncontrolled Airspace, Episode #162 "Go VFR at Seventeen-Five"
Running on a test stand from Warbirds OnlineCotswold Airport 2010 Events Flyer by Flightline UK
Video The Best Aircraft in the World Megamix (Power Russia) from Diamond Pilots
.
No comments:
Post a Comment