Air Show Pilot Michael Goulian from AVWeb Podcast - Podcast - Michael Goulian, winner of last year's Bill Barber Showmanship Award for his aerobatic routines, is starting his fifth season with the Red Bull Air Races in a couple of weeks, at the season's show opener in Abu Dhabi. He talks with AVweb's Mary Grady about why some of the races are harder than others, why he thinks he can pull ahead in the rankings this year, and what his plans are for other airshows around the U.S.
Air show returning to Point Mugu - For the first time in three years, Naval Base Ventura County is bringing back its popular air show. Although it's still early in the planning stages, the 2010 Point Mugu Air Show — scheduled for Aug. 7-8 — will feature the Air Force's Thunderbird demonstration squadron. "I am very happy to announce the Thunderbirds Air Demonstration Squadron will be returning back to Naval Base Ventura County for the first time in three years," said Capt. James McHugh, commanding officer of Naval Base Ventura County. "The Thunderbirds will headline the 2010 Naval Base Ventura County Air Show. The Thunderbirds aerial maneuvers will exhibit the professional qualities of the Air Force personnel, who fly, maintain and support the aircraft…
Air show sweeps wannabe pilots off their feet - Times of India | HYDERABAD: Day two of the air show had more curious general visitors who managed to get 'business invitees' passes liberally doled out by the organisers. ...
Listen to Sully's Final Flight from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | Listen as Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, known for his Hudson River landing in January 2009, flies final flight with First Officer Jeff Skiles who was with him that day on the Hudson.
Sully retires from US Airways from Aircrew Buzz by B. N. Sullivan | Captain Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger III, the US Airways pilot who successfully ditched an Airbus A320 in the Hudson River on January 15, 2009, has retired after 30 years service with the airline. He flew his last commercial leg yesterday: US Airways Flight 1167 from Fort Lauderdale to Charlotte. In the right seat was First Officer Jeffrey Skiles, who had also been Sully's co-pilot on US Airways Flight 1549. The aircraft was greeted at Charlotte Douglas International Airport by a spray-over from four water cannons…
P-40E, 'supercar' feature statics at open house from Flying Tigers News | P-40E Warhawk - The P-40, developed from the P-36, was America's foremost fighter in service when World War II began. P-40s engaged Japanese aircraft during the attack on Pearl Harbor and the invasion of the Philippines in December 1941. They also were flown in China early in 1942 by the famed Flying Tigers and in North Africa in 1943 by the first Army Air Forces all African-American unit, the 99th Fighter Squadron...
When Victory Was in the Air - Wall Street Journal | Mr. Ford is the author, among other books, of "Flying Tigers: Claire Chennault and His American Volunteers, 1941-1942." This copy is for your personal, ...
Daughter uncovers details of her father's WWII death - Suburban Life Publications | Six weeks before she was born, Pam Watson's father, Floyd Jamerson, was shot down in a B-17 bomber over Nantes, France. ...
Two Aspen women earn recognition as WWII pilots - Aspen Times | Through their heroic and patriotic actions, the WASP helped pave the way for the women military aviators of today. Not granted military status until 1977…
Mayday (distress signal) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia from en.wikipedia.org [hat tip to the air racers on AAFO.com for sharing this one!] Mayday is an emergency code word used internationally as a distress signal in voice procedure radio communications. It derives from the French venez m'aider, or m'aidez, meaning "come (and) help me".[1] It is used to signal a life-threatening emergency by many groups, such as police forces, pilots, firefighters, and transportation organisations. The call is always given three times in a row ("mayday-mayday-mayday") to prevent mistaking it for some similar-sounding phrase under noisy conditions and to distinguish an actual mayday call from a message about a mayday call.
Briefs: Rocket racer picts; Masten's Xoie goes to pieces from RLV and Space Transport News | Check out picts of the two Armadillo rocket racers at Flickr: Russell Blink's Photostream (via The Original Rocket Dungeon). Ben Brockert posts a video showing a time-laspe video of the Masten Space team dissembling the Xoie vehicle…
First...go back and read the first line of my last Blog posting... from UCAP Fodder by noreply@blogger.com (Dave Higdon) Yeah, yeah, yeah...we've heard. Some poor Controller at JFK brought the kids to the tower, coached them word-for-word and let them transmit hand-offs and departure instructions to departing flights...and yeah -- obviously, a couple of the planes flew for foreign carriers...yes, we know all that…
I'm taking charge from AF.mil Photos | Jake Morvay, a 2-year-old from Niceville, Fla., stands on the ramp of a mini C-17 Globemaster III from Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., at the U.S. Air Force exhibit Feb. 27, 2010, during the Women in Aviation International 2010 conference in Orlando, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Dawn M. Price)
Feel the heat! from FenceCheck Forums - These come out of the archives. Edwards airshow 2006, Thunderbirds coming and going!
On This Day in Aviation History: March 5th by Phil Derner Jr. | Southwest Airlines Flight 1455 overruns at Burbank, launches of Landsat 3 and Explorer 2, crashes of BOAC 911, Palair Macedonian 301, Lake Central, first flight of the Spitfire and lots more…
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