Saturday, February 27, 2010

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REIDER TURNS BLUE AND GOLD – ASB.tv | Air Show Announcer Rob Reider recently spent a few days with the USN Blue Angels at their winter training in El Centro, CA. Rob had the honor of assisting the new number seven who will be narrator for the team for the 2010 season. He also had the thrill of his life. A special flight with the Blues

Air show is a go - Herald Times Reporter | The show will feature civilian aerobatic pilots, World War II-era aircraft, ground displays, hot-air balloons and military fighter jets. ...

Super Hornets to Feature at 2010 Prairie Air Show - Central Illinois Proud | The US Navy's F-18 Super Hornet demonstration team will make its debut appearance at 2010 Prairie Air Show. The Super Hornet is a relatively new aircraft, ...

Thunderbird History (another piece for those care) F-16.net | It was 1988; the USAF Thunderbirds were tasked by Gen Robert Russ, who was Tactical Air Commander (TAC) at the time, to put one of our Thunderbird aircraft ...

Virgin America's 'Fly Girls' Take Off from Aviation news - Planegrazy by Mr. Plane | Virgin America, the only California-based airline, tonight joins forces with The CW and Collins Avenue Productions to celebrate "Fly Girls," the new television docu-series that takes a 360-degree look at the airline's flight crew as they live their lives at 500 MPH. The series will debut on The CW at 9:30pm on March 24, 2010. In advance of the show's network debut, tonight the exclusive in-flight premiere of "Fly Girls" will take off onboard a Virgin America flight en route to Las Vegas, followed by a red carpet launch party for the show at Lagasse's Stadium at The Palazzo Las Vegas. To celebrate the premiere with flyers, earlier this week Virgin America announced the Primetime Fare Sale…

Get off the fence: It's time to engage everyone in aviation - AOPA Pilot | General aviation leaders gathered at the Women in Aviation conference to discuss ways the industry can come together and engage in ...

WAI Connect Blog: It's Not Just Amelia! by Pat | …board member, Air Race Classic and Ninety-Nines Endowment Fund Collegeville, Pennsylvania "Patty Wagstaff, because I love aerobatics. And Suzanne Oliver. I met her at an air show and she was so down to earth and helpful. ...

At 98 — Still sinking putts - The Herald | ... know that the man is also a former Second World War pilot, who entered the Guineas Book of Records by being the oldest pilot to complete the Wing Walk. ...

MoCo One Step Closer To Getting New Jail - KSBW The Central Coast | The crux of the issue, however, is that the land is in the center of the crash zone for the California International Air Show. The air show, and businesses ...

Spitfire VIII bound for Germany from Aeroplane Monthly News | The only Supemarine Spitfire Mk VIII fighter in Britain has been sold and will move to Germany.

Vet served as WWII bombardier in Europe - Carroll County Times | Twenty-year-old Lt. Max Wiener was on his seventh bombing mission in a B-17 bomber over Germany. He was heading to a town named Ruhland to bomb its oil ...

National Museum of WW2 Aviation to open in Colorado from Aeroplane Monthly News | One of the most significant aviation heritage projects for many years was previewed at Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA, in early February.

City administrators recommend restoring two vintage planes (Vancouver) CHQR Newsroom | City administrators are recommending $1.6 million dollars be spent to restore two vintage airplanes to static display conditions. The De-Havilland Mosquito and Hawker Hurricane have been a source of controversy over the last couple of years as aldermen debated whether to sell one plane to restore the other. Initially the plan was to sell the Mosquito to a private investor in the U.K and use the proceeds to restore the Hawker but, after much debate, it was decided to look at what the public wanted and the feasibility of restoration. A report going to a city hall committee says to restore the two aircraft will cost $1.6 million dollars. That will restore the engines, propellers and major components to maintain the historic integrity of the aircraft and allow it to be on static display. Restoring the Mosquito to flying condition would cost $4.6 million, while it would cost nearly $2 million to restore the Hawker Hurricane.

Hybrid planes are on the horizon  from Kansas.com: Aviation by MOLLY MCMILLIN | A former president of Cessna Aircraft is working on a project to use electric hybrid propulsion instead of aviation fuel to power light general aviation aircraft. Charlie Johnson, the former Cessna leader, is chief operating officer and one of the founders of Bye Aerospace, and its subsidiary Bye Energy, the company heading the effort. The project — called the Green Flight Project — was officially launched last week.

Jetpack for sale - seriously - Christian Science Monitor | Harrison Martin takes a jetpack for a test flight at the annual AirVenture Fly-in Tuesday, July 29, 2008, in Oshkosh, Wis. By Matthew Shaer / February 26, ...

Brooklyn Park: Aviation Club lets students fly high - Maryland Gazette | For four months at the beginning of the school year, the six fifth-grade girls in Belle Grove Elementary School's Aviation Club have ...

Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago | One year before Boeing announced the go-ahead of the Boeing 727 program on 5 December 1960, there were serious reservations within the manufacturer about whether or not to proceed with the 727. At the time Boeing's commercial division was still quite a bit smaller than the military aircraft division and the company's desire to have wide customer base resulted in numerous variations in the Boeing 707/720 family that stretched the company's resources to the point that for every 707 delivered, Boeing was taking a $1 million loss. At this point, the De Havilland in Britain was about a year ahead of Boeing on work on its own trijet, the DH.121 Trident which was designed to broadly meet a similar set of specifications as that of the 727…

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