Prepare for landing: Eglin readies for its open house and air show this weekend - The Northwest Florida Daily News | The air show will be from 9 am to 5 pm Saturday and Sunday. The base's gates will be open from 9 am to 3 pm Two Thunderbirds beat Thursday's expected ...
Red Bull Air Race Returns To Perth With Growing Field Of Favorites - AvStop Aviation News | April 8, 2010 - The Red Bull Air Race World Championship battle will heat up in Perth , Western Australia on 17/18 April with the second stop ...
PFP # 55 Reno Air Races from The Pilot's Flight PodLog - In this long awaited episode we talk Reno Air Races with Mart Cluper of AirPigz.com and Marilyn Dash of rubyredracing.com
Thunder Preview Party at Bowman Field! - Louisville Mojo | The party, which gives attendees at sneak peek at the Thunder Over Louisville show, will include planes on display, a Coast Guard exhibit, ...
Jamie Yuccas flies with Air National Guard aerobatic team - NBC2 News ... Florida to hitch a ride with the Air National Guard's aerobatic team before the start of the Florida International Air Show in Charlotte County. ...
Tuskegee Airman shared love of flying, fitness - The Detroit News | He was assigned to the 477th Composite Group and flew a B-25 Mitchell across the country, relatives said. His brother, James, also was a Tuskegee Airman who ...
Former B-17 navigator gets WWII medal - WOOD-TV | KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, NM (AP) - A World War II bomber's navigator, who saved a crewmate's life as their B-17 was going down over ...
First Lockheed Martin Mission Systems F-35 Enters Flight Test from Wright Squawks by Roger Chua | The first mission systems-equipped Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter flew for the first time today, ushering in what will be the most powerful and comprehensive sensor package ever to fly in a fighter. During the flight, F-35 Test Pilot David Nelson climbed to 15,500 feet (4,700 meters), verified engine response at varying throttle settings, performed a series of flight-qualities maneuvers and checked the operation of the aircraft's mission systems. The flight out of Lockheed Martin's Fort Worth plant began at 10:04 a.m. CDT and concluded at 10:59 a.m…
New Mexico Tour trip report from Pilots of America Message Board by COFlyBoy | Well I put 9.87 hours on the tachometer flying around New Mexico. We left CO12 around 1030 on 3/30 and headed almost due south to Santa Rosa, NM SXU. We landed on old Route 66 straight into a 22G33 wind. It was a very short landing. Got gas and checked out the local A-7…
The old is new again from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | I was very interested to read of inflatable dummy aircraft and tanks produced by a Russian company. These inflatables are made by the Russian manufacturer Rusbal. The company was approached by the Russian defence ministry to supply full-scale decoys to protect the true capabilities of their strategic installations from being seen by surveillance satellites.Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago - Operation Ranch Hand as "a heart-rending example of how good airmen can be forced to do unpleasant work when it is determined that the war effort demands it." There are few events in aviation history that evoke strong debates even to this day as those that surround the nine year use by the US military of the defoliant Agent Orange in Vietnam. The aerial spraying of herbicides was used initially in the United States for weed control but was on a strictly limited basis in the immediate post-war period. The first "military" use of aerial herbicide spraying came during the Communist insurgency in Malaysia during the 1950s when the British used it on a limited basis to keep communication lines through the jungle clear…
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