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In the Barnstorming World of Yesterday,This 'Jenny" Would Have Been a Bright Star from Av8rdan's World of Flying by Dan Pimentel | We've all been to air shows and seen wingwalkers. This rarest breed of air show performer is a throwback to the golden days of barnstorming, when in an attempt to get more paying townspeople out to Farmer John's pasture to watch a "Flying Circus", someone thought to tie his girlfriend onto the top of his Curtis JN-4 "Jenny" and fly upside down for a while at show center. It was indeed a gas, and everyone wanted more…

White House Has DECIDED to Outsource Astronaut Rides to Space to Private Firms from Spaceports by jack@jackkennedy.net (JackKennedy) | The Wall Street Journal is reporting Sunday evening that the White House has decided to begin funding private companies to carry NASA astronauts into space, but the proposal faces major political and budget hurdles, according to people familiar with the matter.

Blue Angels will highlight Navy Week in Charleston, SC - Examiner.com | The Navy's Blue Angels will be at Charleston Air Force Base April 17, to perform their amazing aerial skills…not stunts. According to the official website, ...

USAF Thunderbirds Coming to Sun N Fun -Video from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | One of the Sun 'n Fun Fly In's most popular performers will return this year as the United States Air Force (USAF) Thunderbirds military jet team announced that SUN 'n FUN  Fly-In  has been selected  as a general aviation event venue on their 2010 Thunderbirds appearance schedule. The 2010 SUN 'n FUN  Fly-In & Expo will be held April 13 - 18 in Lakeland. This year will mark Sun 'n Fun's 36th year and there will be plenty of celebrations planned in addition to the Thunderbirds, who were a huge hit two years ago…

In Hollywood for Living Legends of Aviation Awards from Air Race News Watch by editorsdttp@gmail.com | I was honored to be a guest of Red Bull at the 7th Annual Living Legends of Aviation award's night in Los Angeles this past weekend. Joining me were fellow Red Bull Air Race pilots, Paul Bonhomme, Kirby Chambliss, and Pete McLeod. This evening was a special evening to honor those people in aviation that have dedicated their life and work to aviation. Receiving awards this evening were, among others, Tom Cruise (actor and pilot), Joe Clark (inventor of the blended winglet), Buzz Aldrin (astronaut), Kermit Weeks (pilot, aircraft collector ... Read the complete article: In Hollywood for Living Legends of Aviation Awards

Greinke was WWII pilot, flight instructor and air show performer - San Antonio Express | Though Charles Raymond Greinke earned a music scholarship to Coe College for his talented trombone playing, a fascination ...

Hot air balloon flights, gun salutes and flypast, the Defence Force Celebrate ... – StreetCorner | 2:00pm: Three F/A-18 Hornets from RAAF Base Williamtown, near Newcastle, will entertain spectators with a flypast over Sydney Harbour east to west and then ...

Faster than the speed of sound: the man who falls to earth – Independent | For years, Felix Baumgartner has taken to the skies in a way most of us can only hope to emulate in an aeroplane. From skydiving to base-jumping, ...

Craig Pearson: Here's to government spending (when done right) from Air Race News Watch by editorsdttp@gmail.com | The next day, the same thing happened when Mayor Eddie Francis joined with Windsor MPPs Dwight Duncan and Sandra Pupatello to announce that the province had chipped in $10 million to bring the Red Bull Air Races back to Windsor for at least two more years.

Talking with Acro Camp IP Don Weaver from Airspeed by Stephen Force (Steve Tupper) | Subscribe to Airspeed through iTunes or your favorite other podcatcher. It's all free! - These are the show notes to an audio episode. If you want to listen online, please use the direct link below. http://media.libsyn.com/media/airspeed/AirspeedAcroCamp02.mp3. Not much in the way of show notes for this one, but be sure to listen. Don Weaver is one of the IPs who will be instructing at Acro Camp. In this episode, you get to hear his take on aerobatics and what you can expect if we pick you as a camper. Find Don on Twitter as @DonRWeaver or at www.mytransponder.com as DonFlies. And see the OptAir Shares site at www.optair.com.

Hood Aerodrome rained out - Well, I drove 520 km on Friday to see the long-anticipated WW1 airshow at Hood aerodrome near Masterton NZ, arranged and conducted by TVAL.

Most complex ejection seat ever built: from Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago | The hypersonic speed and extreme altitude performance of the North American X-15 demanded one of the most complex ejection seats ever put into service. Earlier NASA research rocket aircraft like the Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket and the Bell X-2 featured ejectable nose sections that the pilot would then bail out of conventionally once it had separated from the aircraft and stabilized…

This Week In Military/Aviation History 25-31 January from Warbirds Online by Tom Kwiatkowski Sr. | Hello Folks, doesn't it seem like we just did this? Well, we did…seven days ago. What a heck of a quick week eh? Of course, I'm retired so to me one day runs into the next instead of dragging along until Friday comes…finally. And then the weekend zips by in the wink of an eye and that long, long workweek starts all over again. Bah! Sorry, but I don't miss that a bit. So, what say we lose ourselves in some history for at least a little while, shall we? Yes, I think we shall. Tom K.

Midland Air Museum « Thoughts on Military History by Ross | The more I am exploring the more I am coming to the conclusion that Coventry not only has a rich automotive history but also a rich aviation heritage that I may have to explore further. Here is one of my favourite pics of the day. ...

Visit the Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum and Alaska Attractions by therusgroup | There exist a lot of attractions to see and do while visiting Alaska! Now explore out the new and thrilling Alaska attractions when you vacation in our great state! Whether you enjoy – urban centers, vast lands, nature, or oceans, ...

Kathleen Rodgers, Award-Winning Novelist, Writes About Military Families from Heads in the Clouds - Women in the Air by amber polo | Welcome Kathleen M. Rodgers, award winning novelist of The Final Salute! Tell me about your relationship with flying and the aviation community. I'm a writer married to a pilot.  We've been married 30 years. Although I am not a pilot, I have always been intrigued by pilots and aviation in general. Tom retired from the Air Force in 1991 and currently flies for American Airlines out of Dallas/Fort Worth airport…

Pioneering Women Pilots of WWII et a Belated Honor. From Planenews Aviation News Portal by gil | They were mavericks of their day, taking to the skies when the nation was at war and most women were at home caring for families. At a ceremony this spring, 11 Washington women will join the 200-some surviving Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) in receiving Congressional Gold Medals for service during World War II. Sixteen more medals will be given to local WASPs posthumously.

On This Day in Aviation History: January 25th by Matt Molnar | Today marks American Airlines' 80th Birthday! It also marks 20 years since the crash of Avianca Flight 52 on Long Island. On brighter notes, NASA's Opportunity rover lands on Mars, and the Saab-Fairchild 340 makes its first flight.

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