Burt Rutan sets the record straight from Hyperbola by Rob Coppinger | Burt Rutan has released the following statement: To my friends in the Press... Since the WSJ chose to cherry-pick and miss-quote my comments to Cong Wolf and since the blogs have taken that to further mischaracterized my comments, I am forwarding the Wolf memo in its entirety, in the hopes that some of this gets corrected. Some additional clarification of my thoughts follow…
Here we go again! by Adelle's Belles | The Air Race Classic is a transcontinental air race for women pilots, and has been raced in one form or another for more than 80 years. Each year the route is different, but it is always a VFR (visual flight rules) race in daytime ...
From Powder Puff Derby to Air Race Classic – Women Pilots in the Air - But the women scarcely missed a beat. a scaled down version, called the Air Race Classic, began the very next year. No longer flying across the country, they'd fly only across half of it! Whether the race can continue to find sponsors ...
Oshkosh is Coming- More Features Added from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | Aviation's family reunion is less than six months away - July 26 - August 1- Soon, enthusiasts from around the world will descend on Wisconsin for EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2010. We'd like nothing better than to see you here, sharing the camaraderie, excitement, innovations, education, entertainment, inspiration ... all the special elements that come together at only one place on earth, only one week each year…
Oshkosh Site Changes for 2010 Mean More Ease, Less Dust from News from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh | AirVenture 2009 introduced some of the most significant site changes in the fly-in's history. The good news for those coming to Oshkosh in 2010 is that there are more changes on the way that will add convenience and comfort for EAA members and others at the event.
Harrison Ford urged to avoid "unnecessary" flights - Aviation eBrief - Environmentalists have urged actor and pilot Harrison Ford to avoid unnecessary trips in his private airscraft. I guess Dr. Buckley has never had the pleasure of a "$100.00 hamburger" on a CAVU day. Such flights support jobs at the restaurants, local airports, the fixed-base operators, maintenace personnel, aircraft and engine manufacturers, and even ATC personnel. Mr. Ford's economic contribution far exceeds his carbon emissions; which science awaits a valid peer review.
Polish MiG-29 to return to RAF Leuchars Airshow from Flightline UK - UK Airshow News by Flightline UK | Francois Brevot reports from the European Airshow Council Convention on Twitter that the Polish Air Force MiG-29 will return to the RAF Leuchars Airshow in 2010. The solo display has been a popular addition to the flying display in 2006 and 2009 and Poland is one of the last countries displaying the powerful Russian fighter.
Fla. mayors skydive for military support - UPI.com | US Army officials said 13 Florida mayors have signed up to skydive with the Golden Knights parachute team as a show of support for the military. ...
Vintage World War 2 Planes Arrive In Gulf Shores - WKRG-TV | And if you want to actually fly in a "mission"....you can. But make sure you bring your checkbook. Prices to fly in one of the planes range from 345 dollars ...
Wings of Freedom comes to Gulf Coast - WALA-TV FOX10 | Bill Lolaschi flew a B-17 plane this in World War Two. He was in the Air Force and remembers his experience like it was yesterday. ...
Distance learning - "When I think of distance learning it's the internet that comes to mind. I'm sure there must be some Open University stuff on TV these days, but I never seem to stumble across it, or its seventies style lecturers. So what's this? This DC-6 was operated by Purdue University, it took off, lowered its TV transmission antenna and loitered while broadcasting educational programs. I'm told the crew had access to parachutes, just in case the antenna failed to retract for landing! There's a great Popular Mecahnics article from January 1961 here.
Worlds' first practical jetpack!! from PPRuNe Forums by sharksandwich | Going up in the world? Beat the rush hour with first commercial jetpack for £50,000 | By Claire Bates - It is the perfect way for city high-fliers to miss the morning rush hour. A company is set to produce the first commercial JETPACKS - and one could be yours for just £50,000. The traffic jam-beating packs will be manufactured after a multi-million pound deal was signed with an international aircraft company this week. Martin Aircraft Company, in Christchurch, New Zealand, aims to make 500 packs a year allowing first-person propulsion through the skies for commuters…
Flying the Boeing 747 from Roger-Wilco by phil | Previously the two jet types I had flown were the Vickers VC10 and the Boeing 707, both excellent in their way but not as magnificent as the 747. It was not just its size that made it so. In contrast to the various earlier types of jet transports, which all had some handling vices, the 747 had none. And, again, in contrast to the earlier types it had more system redundancy than any of them. The only handling vice that I could find (if it was a vice at all) was that the nose wheel could skate along the surface if one tried to turn when taxiing at too fast a speed…
Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago - Several weeks after the disastrous Munich Pact was signed in 1938, the British Air Ministry initiated a massive expansion of the Royal Air Force in anticipation of the coming war. As the planned expansion was beyond the capacity of British aircraft factories at the time, the Air Ministry also looked abroad at foreign sources of aircraft to meet the needs of an expanding RAF. In January 1939, Air Ministry representatives visited the Caproni factory in Milan, Italy to examine the Caproni Ca 310 light twin which had potential as a crew trainer. Surprisingly, in light of the European tensions at the time, the visit by the British was officially sanctioned by the Italian government…
Today in Aviation History – Podcast starts March 1st by Mike | The second show here on Geek of the North will begin as a daily (7 days a week) podcast talking about all the things that happened on this day in history of aviation. As you know, I am an aviation geek and I'm also a History geek. ...
On This Day in Aviation History: February 26th by Phil Derner Jr. - Eastern Air Lines Flight 21 crashes with the airline's President on board, A-4 Skyhawk production ends, Philippine Airlines is founded, Piedmont carries its millionth passenger, Continental begins codesharing with Air France starts and more…
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