Hardest part of free-fall from 120,000 feet is sitting in suit from Aerospace News by aubreycohen@seattlepi.com (Aubrey Cohen) | The hardest part about riding a balloon up to 120,000 feet, jumping out and free-falling faster than sound before parachuting to Earth is likely to be sitting around in the pressure suit, Austrian pilot Felix Baumgartner said Wednesday.
No air show in Fort Lauderdale this year - MiamiHerald.com | For those who booked a Fort Lauderdale beachfront hotel for the last weekend in April to watch the much-loved air show, there's good news and bad news. ...
Attempted revival of Lauderdale airshow canceled for April - Palm Beach Post | For those who booked a beachfront hotel the last weekend in April in order to watch the much-loved air show, there's good news and bad ...
Blue Angels to Star in Keys Air Show April 10-11 - Newman PR | Admission is free to the air show, scheduled to take place at NAS West's Boca Chica Field, located at mile marker 8 on US Highway 1 just north of Key West. ...
Flying High with Air Fiesta - Brownsville Herald | Saturday and Sunday, March 13-14, marks the 20th year for Air Fiesta, Brownsville's annual airshow. The event is staged by volunteers with the Commemorative ...
Marine F-18 Jet Goes Down Off The Coast Of Saint Helena Sound - AvStop Aviation News | It has been the aerial demonstration aircraft for the US Navy's Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, since 1986. The fighter's primary missions ...
Air show safety top concern for Naval Air Facility El Centro's fire department - Imperial Valley Press ... Staff Writer NAVAL AIR FACILITY EL CENTRO — Officials are ready for almost any situation that could take place during Saturday's air show. ...
Globemaster steals Air Force Day show - Peninsula On-line | What ensued were squadrons of alpha jets, helicopter commandos and ghazals imposingly staging an exceptional air show which was truly a sight to behold, ...
Race ace takes to the skies and thrills Sydneysiders | Matt Hall ... by matthallracing | Sydney was this morning treated to a jaw-dropping demonstration in the sky as Red Bull Air Race World Championship pilot, Matt Hall, performed aspects of air racing whilst flying at incredibly fast speeds of up to 370km/h and ...
China's first two women astronauts selected - People's Daily Online from english.people.com.cn | China has selected its second batch of astronauts, including five men and two women, the first time women astronauts have joined the country's space mission. The two women astronauts, both pilots from the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force, might take part in manned docking of China's future space lab, said Zhang Jianqi, former deputy commander of the country's manned space program…
WWII veteran Frank Bolen dies at age 90 - Montgomery Advertiser | The B-17 he was supposed to be on that day was shot down, killing all nine crew members. Two months later, a direct hit by enemy artillery blew him and the ...
Pioneer Navigation » From the Powder Puff Derby in Air Race ... by noteviews | From the Powder Puff Derby in Air Race Classic – women pilots in the air. A few months after the Wright brothers has broken the confines of the flight, more and more people around the world have been inventing their own planes and ...
Symposium on the Wright Brothers and Aviation – WSFA ... A History of Aviation from Kites to the Space Age, and Billy Singleton, author of Montgomery Aviation and chairman of the Alabama Aviation Hall of Fame. ...
Plane first flew in Seattle 100 years ago, crashed the next day - Seattle Post Intelligencer | Seattle Post-Intelligencer front page on March 12, 1910, the day after Aviator Charles Hamilton flew Washington's first flight in Seattle. ...
Stunt Man Plans to Jump From Hot-Air Balloon and Land in Same Balloon in Skies Above Casa Grande; Paramedics to Stand By from Diamond Pilots by Kathryn | 49-year-old Bill Heaner will attempt a world record stunt. Heaner will jump out of a hot air balloon with a paraglider. The balloon will descend several thousand feet, and Heaner will attempt to land back into the same balloon on the same flight…
Student pilot touches down chopper at St. John's Prep stadium - The Salem News | In the stands stood his parents, grandparents, a cousin, the school's principal, members of the St. John's Aviation Club led by Brother Tim Paul and curious ...
Never Ever Let Your 11 Year Old Prop Your Airplane! by Martt - And I say again, never ever let your 11 year old prop your airplane. OK, now that I have the disclaimer out of the way, I'll tell you that's me as an 11 year old propping the first Breezy we had back in 1972. I decided to put these pics up because of the recent flap with the controller's kids relaying instructions to crews of several active airliners back in February. Here's another thing to be clear on: I'm not saying it was a good idea for the controller to allow his kids to relay instructions, but after careful review of the audio, I'm not gonna say it was a horrible idea either…
Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago - Although he had his career begin at North American Aviation, Jim Bede's real passion was for light aircraft- more importantly, light aircraft that were within the reach of most Americans at a time when ownership of even a two-seat Cessna or Piper was out of reach for most private pilots. In 1961 Jim Bede formed Bede Aviation to produce the BD-1, a two seat low wing monoplane that would be kit built, something that had never been tried before in the general aviation market. Changes in the business plan at the time pushed him to offer the BD-1 as a fully-built aircraft instead of a kitplane. The new company was called American Aviation but a conflict between Jim Bede and the shareholders resulted in Bede being forced to relinquish leadership of his company. The BD-1 became the AA-1 Yankee with Russ Meyer as its president. Russ Meyer would later go on to become president of Cessna and American Aviation was acquired by Grumman in 1972 and the AA-1 would set the pattern for a series of light planes from the company in the 1970s…
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