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7th Annual 'Living Legends of Aviation'(R) Awards Ceremony to Honor Tom Cruise, Dr. Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin and Other Aviation Legends | Reuters from http://www.reuters.com/ - The 7th Annual Living Legends of Aviation Awards, presented by Learjet, are taking flight on January 22nd at the Beverly Hilton. John Travolta, the official Ambassador of Aviation, willpresentTom Cruise with the "Top Aviation Inspiration and Patriotism Award." Tom Cruise's passion for aviation started at a young age. Growing up in modest economic conditions, Cruise's family moved frequently but once young Tom hung his P-51 Mustang photo in his bedroom, he felt at home…

Blue Angels to perform at Air Force Base in April The Post and ... - The Navy's Blue Angels air demonstration team will perform at Charleston Air Force Base in April. ... Investigators say he was disoriented after a high-speed turn because he failed to properly tense his abdominal muscles. It was his first season with the Navy team. Air Force officials say the air show will feature formation flying and solo routines by the F/A-18 jets as well as an aircraft display on the ground. Share this story: ...

Aerobatic Aviator, Airshows, Air Show, Red Bull Air Race, Aviation Oil - Mike Goulian's edgy, crisp, and aggressive style of aerobatic flying captivates air show and air race fans across the globe. His passion for aviation...

Hurricane hunters head north for Olympics - AUGUSTA, Ga. - The National Weather Service (NWS) is sending the Gulfstream IV Hurricane Research Aircraft into the North Pacific for duty during the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics…

A space plane similar to what could soon be flying from Cecil Field - Orlando Sentinel | The Federal Aviation Administration on Monday gave Jacksonville's Cecil Field a license to operate as a spaceport from where commercial space vehicles could ...

Hood Aerodrome » Welcome - AIRSHOWS AT HOOD: 23/01/10 - Joyeux Noel WWI Airshow. AERODROME NOTICES: Air New Zealand flight schedule: The Air NZ schedule...

Hi all my aviation friends! I have some new stuff to share. First, check out my video interview with Eddie Andreini and Bud Granley about airshows past, present, and future. Yep, video! - here it is .... http://www.vimeo.com/8664278 We haven't transcribed it yet so it's not on my website yet. My dad and I made some changes to my website so I hope you like it. We got rid of that big address bar on the top. I've also got two new pages of the coolest museums around - with lots of photos! http://evanflys.com/planes_of_fame
http://evanflys.com/travis_air_museum So anyways, Happy New Year! Evan http://evanflys.com

Cox wants to take President in her plane - Manila Bulletin - Manila Bulletin | President Arroyo welcomes armless Filipino-American pilot Jessica Cox during her courtesy call last Monday at the Music Room of ...

Armless Fil-Am is a certified pilot - Business Mirror | AT 26, Filipino-American Jessica Cox has done much more than a normal woman her age could: she dances, is adept at using computers, has a double black belt ...

Jerry Conley – Warbird Radio LIVE! – Tuesday « WarbirdRadio.com - TUESDAY – Airshow fans know him as "Ivan Protoski" from Red Star and The Dragon…but around the hangar his friends just call him Jerry.  Join airshow...

Want a 'Harvard' qualification? from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | I'm highly amused at a series of training courses in vintage aircraft maintenance offered by Vintage Wings of Canada. Their promotional material is certainly tongue-in-cheek! To begin, let's note that the North American T-6 trainer of World War II vintage (shown below), known as the 'Texan' in US service, was named the 'Harvard' in British and Commonwealth service…

At the instruction of General Henry "Hap" Arnold, in 1933 Rogers Dry Lake in the Antelope Valley north of Los Angeles was chosen as a gunnery and bombing training range for the expanding US Army Air Forces. Set up six miles west of the town of Muroc by personnel from March Army Air Field in Riverside, a series of practice targets were set up throughout the dry lake bed site which included simulated structures, the outlines of naval ships for high level bombing practice, and even a track for a moving target…

Six decades later foes reunite - Eastern Wake News | On June 6, they were assigned to escort a fleet of B-17 bombers attacking a Romanian railroad yard, a nerve center in the network that sent war supplies to ...

Bruce Sundlun Turns 90 - Providence Journal | Summer 1943: Qualifies as B-17 bomber pilot, flies plane Damn Yankee to English base. Dec. 1, 1943: German Luftwaffe fighter plane downs Damn Yankee over ...

"Mizpah" this B-17 Flying Fortress was hit by... from x planes this B-17 Flying Fortress was hit by an 88mm shell while on a mission to bomb the Shell Oil refinery in Budapest on 14th July 1944. The shell exploded in the nose, causing it to peel up and over the cockpit - just missing the tail assembly. Bombardier Kenneth W. Dudley and navigator Joseph H. Henderson were killed instantly. Incredibly, the pilot and co-pilot were able to keep the aircraft in the air for ten minutes without instruments or windshield. All the remaining 8 crew successfully bailed out, and were captured..

Jan. 13, 1908: Pilot Flies Whole Kilometer to Win Big Aviation Prize - Wired News | The catch was that it was only the infancy of European aviation. The Wright brothers had been making such flights for several years — but secretly, ...

L.A. air show in 1910 awed a nation - One hundred years ago, "few Americans had seen an airplane, let alone an air race," Air & Space magazine recently noted. The flying machines were...

A lovely old plane goes under the hammer from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | I'm drooling at news of an aircraft to be auctioned in a few days in Arizona. It dates all the way back to the 1920's. The auctioneer's Web site provides the following information: This Hamilton H-47 airplane is completely restored to original airworthy condition.

Fun With Photos: 5 Engines on a Qantas Boeing 747-300 from Airline Reporter by David Parker Brown | Why would this Boeing 747 need a 5th engine? This is not a photo shop, but a photograph of a Qantas Boeing 747-300 with a little extra cargo — a 5th engine. When a Qantas airplane needs a replacement engine or to have one worked on, sometimes they will attached the 5th engine onto a Boeing 747 and fly it without power to its destination. This ends up being more cost effective for the airline. The 5th engine will limit the 747's performance (not that it is known for its sporty maneuvering already), but it provides no additional safety risk. There is also a photo of a Qantas Boeing 747-400 with a 5th engine.