Thunder shouldn't be throttled back by economy, officials say - Louisville Courier-Journal
The Thunder Over Louisville fireworks and air show has retained all of its primary ...
Festival marks 50th race anniversary - South Devon Herald Express
The Red Arrows will create a sky-filled spectacle on August 25, while out at sea there will be competitions involving Offshore Circuit Racing drivers. ...
The Waddington Airshow website has confirmed that there will not be a UK tour by Royal Austrailian Air Force F-111s this summer. The airshow has approached the RAAF about the possibility of organising a "farewell tour" of UK airshows which had met with a favourable response. Sadly, it was not to be but you cannot fault Waddington for trying to secure a final appearance by this iconic aircraft!
How I got my wings: Paul Bonhomme - Irish Independent
Today it is the home of the West London Aero Club. White Waltham has been Paul Bonhomme's playground since 1977. "I first came here for the Queen's Silver ...
International Seaplane Fly-In slated from General Aviation News
If you're planning to attend the 37th Annual International Seaplane Fly-In, slated for Sept. 9-12 at Moosehead Lake in Greenville, Maine, organizers say make your plans now. ...
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Two hundred consecutive months! - Cornwall Seaway News
... three WW II bombers (B-17 Fortress, B-24 Liberator and B-25 Mitchell) that allowed me to sample the environment wartime aircrew experienced; Pitts S-2, ...
A Little More McDonald Racer Team History… - Name Tag Experience
Having raced for 10 years in the National Reno Air Races, the team has seen a lot throughout the years. The crew and our sponsors continue grow, and our race aircraft evolves weekly with new additions and tweaks here and there. ...
American Airlines CR Smith Museum Celebrates Women's History Month - PR-CANADA.net
Continuing its tradition of encouraging women to consider the aviation industry, the museum will also show movies featuring women in aviation on Movie ...
Wright "B" Flyers prepare for Centennial from AF.mil Photos
When the crew wiggles one propeller, the other one wiggles on the Wright "B" Modified Flyer in preperation on Feb. 27, 2010 for flyovers during the Centennial of Military Aviation at Fort Sam Houston, Texas on March 2. Wright "B" Flyer Inc. and Texas Air Museum combined volunteers to assemble two Wright "B" Flyers in San Antonio. This one, known as the "Brown Bird" has been modified with a metal frame essential instrumentation and communication for repeated frequent test and orientation flights. Texas Air Museum is hosting maintenance and flight operations for "Brown Bird."
Circa 1913: 6 Cylinder Anzani Radial Engine At The Henry Ford Museum from blog by Martt
I'm constantly amazed at the state of the art of aircraft engine building back 90 to 100 years ago. It was a lot more advanced at the time than it seems like it should have been. For example, this cute looking Anzani 6 cylinder radial engine from around 1913. That's one gorgeous looking little engine! (if you need another example, check out the Duesenberg V-16 beast from 1919) ...
World War II flight nurses exhibit now open from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories
A new exhibit focused on flight nurses during World War II opened March 3 at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.
The Winged Angels: U.S. Army Air Forces Flight Nurses in World War II exhibit, located in the museum's Air Power Gallery, tells the story of the 500 Army nurses who served as members of 31 medical air evacuation transport squadrons during the war. It highlights such women as 2nd Lt. Elsie S. Ott, 1st Lt. Suella Bernard, 1st Lt. Aleda E. Lutz and 1st Lt. Mary L. Hawkins. ...
Air Force One returning to display from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories
Restoration staff at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force plan to return the Boeing VC-137C SAM 26000, also known as Air Force One when a president is on board, to display on March 6. The aircraft was recently painted back to its original presidential paint scheme.
The Presidential Gallery will not be open for touring on March 6 due to aircraft movement, but the regular schedule will resume on March 7. Visitors are asked to plan their trip accordingly.
SAM 26000 was the first jet made specifically for use by the President of the United States. Built in 1962, it served many presidents over three decades, carrying heads of state, diplomats and other dignitaries and officials on many historic journeys. ...
Lindbergh from Pilots of America Message Board
A friend sent me this...
Dedicated to those of you who may not have been around for Lindbergh's Atlantic crossing in 1927.
A really interesting video on the Lindbergh flight. When you click on the address, episode #3 comes up ready to play.
I suggest instead that you first click on "Contact" to the left and select #1, then watch them in order, #1 through #4. (You have to click on "Contact" after each episode).
What tenacity it took for Lindbergh to overcome the odds against him to accomplish this feat.
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History of the Hindenburg Airship from Flightstory.net - Aviation Blog
74 years ago, on March 4, 1936 the German Hindenburg airship accomplished its first flight.
The airship flew from March 1936 until destroyed by fire 14 months later on May 6, 1937, at the end of the first North American transatlantic journey while landing at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, New Jersey.
The Hindenburg (LZ-129) and its sister ship (LZ-130) are the longest flying machines of any kind, as well as the largest airships ever built. ...
MX Aircraft from NSW Chapter - Australian Aerobatic Club
Well, it has been an interesting week or so at the MX Aircraft factory, North Wilkesboro, North Carolina USA. The company builds two aircraft, the two-seat MX-2 and the single-seat MXS. The race aircraft, called an MXS-R, is essentially a cosmetic development of the MXS.
The MX2 came first, derived from the Giles G-202, in the early ...
'Miracle on the Hudson' Pilot Retiring - The Ledger
Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, who was hailed a hero after piloting the US Airways flight that landed on the Hudson River in January of last year, is retiring.
Sullenberger will fly his final flight today, along with his co-pilot during the Hudson landing, First Officer Jeff Skiles. (Skiles will appear at this year's Sun 'n' Fun, April 13-18 in Lakeland.) ...
On This Day in Aviation History: March 3rd - NYCAviation.com
A moment of silence will be observed today by the 203rd RED HORSE Squadron of the Virginia Air National Guard to honor the lives of 18 unit members and three Florida Army Guard aviators, who perished in a military transport crash nine years ago...
Top Gun for a New Millennium - UAVs at Sea from AviationBull - Where pilots go to shoot the bull...
One of my dad's friends was in the Navy and I was raised up to think that: "If it doesn't have a tailhook, it's not a real airplane." Although, I didn't end up choosing that path (and I abandoned that philosophy,) I have a great deal of respect for Naval aviators. They definitely do some tough flying and have a lot of fun at it. ...
Two rocket racer vehicles flown on same day from RLV and Space Transport News
Rocket Racing League® (RRL®), the world's first sports and game franchise based on competitions of piloted rocket-powered aircraft, has announced major milestones in the development of the Rocket Racer®, or X-Racer®, the rocket-powered aircraft being developed to compete in the Rocket Racing League. Test flights were conducted at the North Texas Regional Airport (NTRA), marking the first time in history where two private-sector manned rocket-powered vehicles were flown sequentially in the same day by one crew with common ground support equipment in the same airspace. ...
Burt Rutan's BigThink from Personal Spaceflight
The web site Big Think has posted an extended interview with Burt Rutan, who talks about space tourism, innovation in NASA and the private sector, and other topics. I haven't watched the full one-hour interview in its entirety yet, but in the portions I've watched he covers some familiar ground about the utility of space tourism and the innovation—or lack thereof—he sees at NASA today compared to the space agency of the 1960s: ...
Virgin to test rocket-powered spaceship next year - BusinessWeek
The company is working to develop flight vehicles with Scaled Composites, the Mojave, California-based aeronautical firm that won the X Prize to build the ...
Virgin Galactic sees space test flights in 2011 - Reuters
Virgin Group's Founder billionaire Richard Branson (L) and Burt Rutan, president of Scaled Composites, wave from the window of Virgin Galactic's mothership ...
NASA's Space Station Program Wins Collier Trophy - RedOrbit
Past winners include the B-52 Program, the Surveyor Moon Landing Program, the Boeing 747 and the F-22. Other past honorees include the crews of Apollo 11 ...
Vamprie - Flickr
Reno Air Race Jets 06 - Education
"Yellow Bird" from AF.mil Photos
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