Canadian Snowbirds returning to Reno Air Races in 2010 from RGJ.com | Americans went to Canada for the Winter Olympics and this fall Canada is coming to America for the National Championship Air Races and Air Show.
Oshkosh DC-3 Formation At 40 from AVwebFlash Current Issue | Organizers of a mass arrival of DC-3s and C-47s at AirVenture Oshkosh this year now expect 40 aircraft to take part. The original goal was 25 aircraft making an hour-long flight from Rock Falls, Ill., to Wittman Regional Airport for a formation flyby at 1,000 feet to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the first flight of the iconic aircraft. Organizers were deluged with requests to participate in the flight, which will be the largest formation of Douglases since the Second World War. The current record is 27, set in South Africa in 1985. There are 12 aircraft on standby to fill any slots that open up before the flight. Once in Oshkosh, the aircraft will be the centerpiece of festivities throughout the week including a one-of-a-kind heritage flight.
'Miracle on the Hudson' Pilot Sullenberger Retires ABC News | "My message going forward is that I want to remind everyone in the aviation industry - especially those who manage aviation companies and those who regulate ...
Blue Angels Return, Soar Over Imperial Valley - Imperial Valley Weekly | The Blue Angels spend the winter practicing at Naval Air Facility El Centro before kicking off their country-wide tour with the El Centro Air Show. ...
Red Bull Air Race Pilots Choose Arizona Desert For Training - AvStop Aviation News | I find it relaxing and a much different pace to the Red Bull Air Race. There has been an increasing amount of administrative type duties that at times can ...
India Aviation 2010 air show: Day 1 - Tragedy and happiness from Bangalore Aviation by Devesh Agarwal | The Aviation India 2010 began on March 3rd with a bang. Along with political stars, state Chief Minister Rosiah, US Ambassador Timothy Roemer, French Ambassador Jerome Bonnafont, almost everyone in the Indian commercial aviation industry was present for the inauguration. Union Minister of Civil Aviation Mr. Prafaul Patel, Air India Chairman Mr. Arvind Jadhav, Jet Airway's Naresh Goyal, Saroj Dutta, and Sudheer Raghavan, Kingfisher Airlines Chairman Vijay Mallya, SpiceJet CEO Sanjay Aggarwal, the Director General of Civil Aviation Dr. Nasim Zaidi, Boeing India head Dinesh Keskar, Airbus India head Kiran Rao, and I am sure I have missed out many names. Immediately after the inauguration ceremony tragedy struck the show. A four plane aerobatic formation of the Indian Navy Sagar Pawan team was demonstrating their prowess when HJT-16 Kiran Mk II tail number IN078 crashed five seconds after I took this photo. Commander S.K. Maurya and Lt Commander Rahul Nair were killed…
Aventura lives up to its name from General Aviation News by Meg Godlewski | "Once you get out onto the water, you won't want to come back," warned Bob Boswell, chief pilot and manager of Aero Adventure, Inc. He gives this good-natured warning to all who are considering becoming owners of the Aventura II, a boat-hulled amphibious Light Sport Aircraft. The name means "adventure" in Spanish. The "two" monicker comes from the fact it is a two-place design. The Aventura was one of a handful of amphib LSAs on display at last month's U.S. Sport Aviation Expo in Sebring, Florida. The pusher-prop taildragger got a fair amount of attention from those who wish to combine the worlds of sport pilot and float flying.
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This free event ran from 1pm until 4.30pm with almost continous flying by a large number of military aircraft, past and present. Changing sky conditions thanks to a blustery southerly made for challenging photo taking!
The following images are in order of time taken.
Australian Airforce Pics from Wollongong Airshow from Military Photos by kahn267 | Just thought I'd post a few pics from the Wollongong Airshow from last weekend the 28/2.
Lucky that my friend was a pilot and flew down there, so I had a chance to get up nice and close to the F18 that was on show in the late afternoon. I had alot of photos but I ran out of bandwidth. Can provide more on request. Sorry If they aren't as good as Xnir or NGphotography's !!
Wings Over Illawarra: the great air supply - Local News - News - General - Illawarra Mercury from http://www.illawarramercury.com.au/ | Memories came flooding back for one passenger who enjoyed a rare flight on the world-famous Connie at Wings Over Illawarra yesterday. The only flying Lockheed Super Constellation, Connie took to the skies at Illawarra Regional Airport carrying a selection of specially invited guests. Pauline Milton emigrated to Australia from England in 1948, flying out on a Super Constellation. Because of this, she was invited by the Historic Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS) to hop on board yesterday morning. The half-hour flight was considerably shorter than Mrs Milton's first trip in a Connie. In those early days of aviation, the passage to Australia took five days. Travelling via Rome, Cairo, Calcutta and Singapore, the journey took even longer for Mrs Milton as passengers were delayed in Singapore for five days due to engine trouble.
The Turks Are Coming from RAF Waddington Air Show's Blog by rafwaddingtonairshow | We have just received the great news that the Turkish Stars F5 aerobatic team of the Turkish Air Force will be making the Waddington Air Show their only appearance in the UK this year. This will be the first time they have ever visited us and we are very excited to have them here. We can also announce that the Royal New Zealand Air Force will be returning with the fantastic display of the Boeing 757. For those of you who have never seen a large aircraft put through its paces this is one display not to be missed…
Largest Airplane Ever : Planes, Flying and Aviation from http://www.aviationearth.com/ | Can you believe that the largest airplane ever measured was more than 275 feet long and featured a wing span of 290 feet? Well, it did! The Russian An-225 Cossnak may be considered the largest airplane ever built, but there are other largest airplane ever facts out there to consider when learning about super-large-scale aircraft. Here are just a few…
CAF awaits judge's ruling - Odessa American | The Commemorative Air Force and its American Airpower Heritage Museum are awaiting the next hearing in a case that could affect the future ...
100 Years of Women's Aviation - Flying Magazine | There are other events scheduled around the anniversary date, as well — if you're in the Washington, DC area, the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum is having a ...
Old, new fighters fly together - Arizona Daily Star | They started touching down Wednesday for the annual Heritage Flight Conference at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, an event that allows pilots of old and new ...
Bob Potts: B-24 ride 'a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity' - Monroe News Star | Visitors can also fly in the aircraft. "Flight experiences" are a tax-deductible donation of $425 in the B-17 and B-24. The organization is also offering ...
Project to turn historic Moore House into aviation museum begins - EMC Almonte/Carleton Place | By this summer it is expected an aviation museum centred on the remarkable story of local World War I ace Captain A. Roy Brown will open in the log ...
Intelius gives $25000 to help Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum bring history ... - The Daily Tell | New York's Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum offers visitors a unique learning environment – the entire museum is an artifact. The USS Intrepid served in ...
Museum of Flight features Amelia Earhart exhibit, plus special weekend of ... - Seattle Times | The exhibit "In Search of Amelia Earhart" brings to life the aviator and an era of adventure through photos and personal items. ...
Purdue Library Celebrate's Wind Beneath Earhart's Wings - Seattle Post Intelligencer | In addition to making her a media icon for women in aviation, Putnam was savvy enough to see that "Amelia Earhart" was a marketable brand name. ...
Heeman's "Flying" Hovercraft from AVwebFlash Current Issue | New Zealander (he's half Australian) Rudy Heeman has, over 11 years, transformed his hovercraft into a wing-in-ground-effect vehicle, and now it's for sale. Heeman says he's found the ideal flight altitude under the vehicle's 7-meter wingspan to be about 1.5 meters, over flat water or land, where he reached a top speed of about 60 mph in a test. It will hop small bushes or short trees and, yes, Heeman has hit shrubbery with it (and continued to a safe landing). Theoretically, the pilot plus one vehicle can cruise at about 55 mph for roughly 140 miles. The project includes parts from six different cars, including what was originally a 1.8-liter Subaru engine, and a gas bottle from an old barbeque. Its wings consist of what appear to be a front and rear aluminum tube spar, foam/fiberglass ribs (four per side, plus an end rib) and zip-to-close fitted fabric covering -- all of which separate for storage/transport. The vehicle is controlled by rudder and elevator, actuated by a control wheel (no rudder pedals). The cockpit includes a GPS and engine gauges, but Heeman has included other creative refinements.
USAF Museum Series: Part 3 from A mile of runway will take you anywhere. by Steve | Today we continue the series, moving from the Early Years Gallery and the dawn of aviation into World War II and the Air Power Gallery. You'll notice that the first couple of photos are related to the Doolittle Raid on mainland Japan and I want to mention an important related event. On the weekend of April 16th thru 18th, the USAF Museum will be hosting a Doolittle Raiders Reunion. Many events are planned, including a dinner and an attempt to fly twenty-five B-25s in to the runway behind the museum. I hope that you'll consider making the trip to Dayton to attend this amazing event.
On This Day in Aviation History: March 4th by Phil Derner Jr. | American Airlines begins DC-4 cross country flights, US and America West merge reservation systems, the Hindenburg takes its first flight, Herbert Hoover becomes the first civilian to break the sound barrier, the crashes of Canadian Pacific 402 and Caledonian 153 and more!...
Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago | During the Second World War, Germany supplied large numbers of Junkers Ju 87 Stuka dive bombers to Italy, Romania, Hungary, Croatia, and Slovakia. But as the war progressed, there were instances of the Stukas being turned around and used against German units…
CoolPix - Airliners: A380 Preparing To Depart Oshkosh 2009 by Martt | Yeah, I know it's the second CoolPix entry for the A380 at Oshkosh 2009, but c'mon, having the mega-super-big-bus sitting on the ramp all week making lots of shade should definitely earn it several CoolPix awards. Plus, I took this pic while the airplane was waiting to do its departure flight demo, so this is the A380 getting ready to say goodbye to Oshkosh 2009. It's a special moment…
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