'Hometown Heroes' contest offers opportunity to fly with The Thunderbirds - The Herald-Mail | At least one person will have the opportunity to fly with The Thunderbirds, the elite US Air Force aerial team, as part of a "Hometown Heroes" contest being ...
Windsor International Air Show: Gearing Up! by Sounds of Freedom II - This year is looking really great. We've got a great line up and some really fantastic static aircraft coming up to visit. Again as in last year there is going to be plenty to do. The chance to be front and centre is taking on a whole new meaning this year. Look forward to the Cf-18's strafing the ground in an amazing pyrotechnic display…
March air show enjoyed by 120000 fans – WSFA | MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) - Officials with Maxwell Air Force Base are pleased with the large turnout at the recent air show, Thunder Over Alabama. ...
Air show returns bigger and better - Rhyl Journal | Displays from the world-famous RAF Red Arrows and Falcon Parachute Team are planned for the event on August 7 and 8. The free event is organised by ...
Nonprofit formed for air show finances - Martinsburg Journal | MARTINSBURG - A nonprofit corporation has been formed to handle the finances and other aspects of the air show planned ...
Local annual events losing local sponsorship – KIDK ... the Blue Angels Air Show, some local businesses who normally sponsor the annual events, can't sponsor those any more because their budget has dried up. ...
Pappy Boyington Field from Thirty Thousand Feet Blog by Max Flight - Received this from an Airplane Geeks podcast listener: Just wanted to inform you about my documentary film "Pappy Boyington Field." Pappy Boyington was the leader of the famed VMF-214 Black Sheep Squadron in the Pacific during WWII, an ACE Fighter Pilot, POW, and recipient of the Medal of Honor. Many people will remember the popular television series "Baa Baa Black Sheep", which starred Hollywood icon Robert Conrad as Pappy…
'No rules. No bylaws. Lots of laughs.' - Cincinnati.com | Her "Gramps" was his "Boss" in the Doolittle Raiders. Eighty raiders took of\f in their B-25 bombers from the heaving deck of the USS Hornet early in the ...
Flying Tiger in WWII, secret ambassador today from Flying Tigers News - Plane engines roaring, white clouds and landscapes receding underneath, Anna Chan Chennault sat quietly and stared through the window at the horizon. It was nearly impossible for her to remember how many times she had returned to the vast land of China….
B-17 Bomber "Liberty Belle" Flies Again - KEZI TV | The B-17 Bomber named "Liberty Belle" landed in town Tuesday, giving some folks a rare view of military aviation from a bygone era. ...
World War II veteran takes symbolic B-17 bomber flight out of French Valley - Southwest Riverside News Network | The moment the 87-year-old war veteran from Murrieta stepped foot inside the fully restored Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, the feeling of butterflies filled ...
Obituary: Air Force test pilot Fred J. Ascani, 92, set airspeed record in 1951 - Washington Post | He graduated from the US Military Academy at West Point, NY, in 1941 and flew B-17 bombers for the Army Air Forces during World War II. ...
Airman's fighting spirit honored - Omaha World-Herald | He was commissioned as a second lieutenant by November 1944 and was assigned to fly in the B-25 bomber with the elite 477th Bombardment Group. ...
Taildragger Heaven In Houston Kicks Off AirPigz 'CARS' by Martt - The time has come to kick off the new AirPigz feature I call CARS. You've probably figured out already that it's not about 'cars', it's about Cool Airplanes! Big thanx to Ramp Spotter Curtis Lawson for sending in a great pic to get things started. This pic was taken recently with an iPhone as they were walking past the Texas Taildraggers hangar at KAXH (Houston Southwest Airport). It was about 6pm and the low sun was shining in putting a beautiful glow and all those already golden taildraggers. Stearman on the left, Cub in the middle and a Super Decathlon on the right… plus more goodies in the background…
Let the Fly-In Season Begin from Another Time by Dan Linn | We are blessed here in Texas to be able to fly almost year round even in the coldest or hottest months or the year. I know in other parts of the country with the change of seasons to Spring the airplanes start to see more fair weather for flying. A good number made it to The Cactus Fly-In out in Arizona for one of the first vintage aircraft shows of the season. Several good reports have been brought back via some Texas AAA members. Terry Wallace from the Texas Chapter was there and took the picture above of the Luscombe Phantom that was the Grand Champion award winner. Check out this link to see the list of award winners from the fly-in. Congrats to Dick Ramsey for taking home an award for his Texas based Luscombe 8E!...
Who's Going to Sun 'n Fun 2010? from Aviation Social Media | DaveFlys by David | Are you going to Sun 'n Fun next week? What are you looking forward to at this year's event? As most of you know, I will be spending next week at the 36th Annual Sun 'n Fun Fly-In. Last year I volunteered at Sun 'n Fun Radio, the AM radio station located on the field. I had such a great time with it last year that I have decided to come back again - as Editor-In-Chief…
Dream It, Team It, Work It: A Real-life Lessonin Creating Your Own Reality from Av8rdan's World of Flying by Dan Pimentel | Westerville, Ohio can be a "cold and wet place 4-6 months out of the year" says Mitch Carley, the creator and illustrator that was the original "dreamer" responsible for bringing the "Smile in the Sky" to life. And when playing outside is not an option, a young imagination has plenty of time to take dramatic, exciting journeys across the sky…
Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago - Navy Weather Reconnaissance Squadron FOUR (VW-4), based out of NAS Jacksonville, Florida, for many years was responsible for the Navy's contribution to the hurricane hunting effort shared with the US Air Force and the Department of Commerce. For most of VW-4 history it flew the Lockheed WC-121N Warning Star, a veersion of the EC-121 airborne early warning version of the Lockheed Super Constellation. While not one WC-121N was ever lost on a hurricane hunter mission, by 1969 the Navy was looking at replacing the venerable old bird with a more advanced weather reconnaissance aircraft…
April 7 from Cut and Paste Aviation by KenInfinite
On This Day in Aviation History: April 7th by Phil Derner Jr. - FedEx Flight 705 is the victim of an attempted hijacking by a deadheading pilot, and is saved by the action of the heroic crew. Also, the first Space Shuttle spacewalk mission launches, the first midair collision of airliners, Mars Odyssey launches, Turkish Airlines 5904 crashes and more!...
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