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Ghosts to fly at Fantasy of Flight - Orlando Sentinel
Visitors can watch daily aerial shows, such as World War I dogfights, or climb inside a World War II B-17 Flying Fortress, which is where the ghosts come in ...

Wright "B" Flyer getting ready for road trip from AviationDayton

Wright "B" Flyer Inc. volunteers are preparing two of the nonprofit organization's Wright "B" Flyer lookalikes for an unprecedented road trip to San Antonio, Texas.
The one-of-a-kind airplanes — each one independently designed and built to resemble the Wright Company's first mass-produced airplane — are to take part in a ceremony on March 2 at Fort Sam Houston to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first military solo flight.

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Flabob Airport Schedules A Wide Range of Activities for 2010 - AMTOnline.com
In addition, there will be Young Eagles programs every month except December. On the first Friday of every month, there are Friday Flicks, which provide ...

Singapore Airshow taking place amidst aviation pickup - Channel News Asia
The Singapore Airshow 2010, starting on February 2, will take place at a ...

Bentwaters Airshow – First Details by Flightline UK
Sunday 13th June will see the Bentwaters Airshow. This event builds of the success of previos events at Bentwaters Park, home of the Cold War Museum and Carolyn Grace's Spitfire and engineering base. Currently confirmed are displays from the following acts:-

B-17 FLYING FORTRESS COMES TO MEDFORD (see pics) - KMED
Wally flew B-17s and other aircraft during WW-II THE B-17'S WERE BUILT FROM 1935 THOUGH 1945...4754 WERE DESTROYED IN COMBAT. TODAY, ONLY 12 EXIST IN THE ...

ACROSS the BIG SKY - Great Falls Tribune
Built in 1942, the hangar was part of the Cut Bank Army Air Force Base, where B-17 crews trained during World War II. It was listed on the National Register ...

Ralph Wise unlimited - 1986 from www.aafo.com
Being the Air Racer fanatic I was as a kid, I used to go out to Ralph Wise's hangar at the Camarillo airport quite often. Here are some photos of an unlimited he was working on in 1986. I believe he was getting prepared for a 6-liter class that never materialized. The landing gear was patterned after the 1930's Folkerts racer, retracting into the fuselage. The overall design was an evolution of ...

The Merlin's Song from Neptunus Lex
A charming little video of a Supermarine Spitfire being put through its paces. There is a moment there when the machine is in a minimum radius turn to the right that I found myself seeing her as an adversary might have in air combat. The last thing you would have seen in your life was that nose coming relentlessly to bear. Twinkling lights on her wingtips, noise, heat and then the leaping of the shadow. ...

Aviation pioneer dies at age 103 - Wyoming Tribune
During World War II, Johnson supervised testing of thousands of B-17 and B-24 bombers undergoing modification at United's Cheyenne base and flew C-54 and ...

Lockheed Flight Test Engineer Torrey Larsen - Road Runners Internationale
Deceased Member of Roadrunners Internationale participating in the CIA U-2 Aquatone and OXCART A-12 Projects at Groom Lake Area 51
The Roadrunners and the aviation world lost one of our aviation icons on the first day of the new decade. Torrey passed away Friday night (1 Jan) ...

Brig. Gen. James Howard from Air Force Link Top Stories
Brig. Gen. James Howell Howard received the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry in combat near Oschersleben, Germany on Jan. 11, 1944. He was leading a group of P-51 Mustangs in support of a heavy bomber formation on a long-range mission deep in enemy territory.
The citation reads, in part: ...

Collings Foundation Mission Briefing from collingsfoundation.org
The Collings Foundation is looking for a Ride Coordinator to join the Wings of Freedom tour crew. In this position the Ride Coordinator helps sign up, schedule and process riders who are taking flights aboard the Wings of Freedom tour aircraft. The Ride Coordinator works closely with Foundation headquarters staff and crew to ensure smooth "check in and briefing" procedures. ...
- the entire January Newsletter from the Collings Foundation!

Nevada Aerospace Hall of Fame from nvahof.org
Nevada, the Battle Born state, is unique in that it did not meet the constitutional requirements for statehood until well into the 20th century. Nonetheless, Nevada was rushed into statehood as the 36th state in the union on October 31, 1864 to ensure Abraham Lincoln's reelection on November 8 and post-Civil War Republican dominance in Congress. The new state of Nevada soon became a Mecca for independent people who wanted to do new and different things, developing the state of Nevada into being our nation's battlefield of the Cold War. Among the state's unique accomplishments were the pioneering of space travel during which Nevada produced more astronauts than any other state, development of nuclear power for space exploration and as a deterrent to aggression by our enemies, and the development and testing of the accouterments of space, war and defense that contributed to our nation's successes in its wars, the most significant being the winning of the Cold War. With the initial U-2 plane flight tests at Groom Lake ...

Contact - Air & Space Magazine
Tales from the era when the Air Age met the Stone Age.

One year later, ex-AF pilot Sully still a star from Air Force Times
Capt. Sully had 15 minutes. Like most one-name, world-famous celebrities, he also had a press rep monitoring every second. There were other interviews, after all, many others, before the morning was out."I miss going to Tahoe," said the man formally known as Capt. Chesley B. Sullenberger III. "We'll get there sometime."A year ago, the hero pilot of "The Miracle on the Hudson" could book a long weekend in Tahoe with his family, walk through an airport unnoticed, ...

Hawk / Lakes Region Civil Air Patrol thrilled with new aircraft - Fosters
There was much rejoicing at the Laconia Municipal Airport Thursday as the Hawk / Lakes Region Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol took ownership of an airplane that lifts the squadron from the era of "steam gauges" and places it on the cutting edge of the computer/information age.
The squadron, which has some 60 members — 20 of whom are pilots — is one of seven in New Hampshire and one of 1,500 in the U.S., all of ...

Reduced cost of retired space shuttles makes local display more feasible - Dayton Daily News
... said Tony Sculimbrene, executive director of the National Aviation Heritage Alliance, which oversees the Dayton region's aviation history sites. ...

NASA Revises Cost and Schedule for Displaying Retired Shuttles from Planenews Aviation News Portal

Merion Elementary School Visit from How I Am Becoming An Astronaut
Today I visited Merion Elementary School in Merion Station, PA. I have to say I had the biggest grin on my face as soon as I walked into the building. On my way to the front office I saw this sign the kids had made to welcome me!
All throughout the school halls there were more signs and in the auditorium as well. Their art work was heartwarming and greatly appreciated! I gave a special presentation to ...