Friday, April 2, 2010

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Fat Albert takes to the skies - Nueces County Record Star
... riding on "Fat Albert," the C-130 support plane for the US Navy's Blue Angels, it wasn't hard to recognize the foreshadowing in the pre-flight briefing. ...
[photo: Indianapolis Air Show album by Archangel27 via Flickr]

The Tricolour Arrows present the 2010 program - Daedalus News
This is the program's 50th season today at Looking Tricolour Arrows (Udine), the deputy commander of the 2nd Squadron, col. ...

Despite strong winds, Riverside Airshow is tremendous success - Fontana Herald-News
The winds might have set it back a bit, but the 18th annual Riverside Airshow at the Riverside Municipal Airport went off virtually without a ...

Kirby Chambliss Announces $10,000 Donation to Detroit-Metro Area Schools from Kirby Chambliss
Today, Red Bull Air Race World Championship pilot, Kirby Chambliss, returned to the Detroit Riverfront to announce a contest for local children to put their artistic talent on a global stage. Twenty spots are available for local middle schools to vie for the chance to decorate small plane statues that will line the Riverfront throughout May. In addition to prize money, the winning school will receive a special party hosted by the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy during the Red Bull Air Race weekend which returns to the Detroit River on June 5 and 6. Who chooses who wins? Michiganders do. ...

"Team Merlin" Events Calendar 2010 by Flightline UK
"Team Merlin" have released their calendar on their website. As in 2009, the Merlin will not feature as a flying display item. However, it will be making a number of static display appearances throughout the year with their impressive ground exhibition. The dates are as follows:-

A day with a dreamer - Yahoo! Sports
The Extra 300L is a world-class aerobatic plane that is made in Germany by a gentleman named Walter Extra (hence the plane's name), and it looks like ...

'Coots' Matthews, Famed Oil Well Firefighter, Dies - ABC News
Matthews began his career with Halliburton in 1947 after serving as a US Air Force tail gunner on a B-17 during World War II. Matthews and Hansen then ...

B-17  Flying Fortress ground tours, excursion flights available at French ... - Southwest Riverside News Network
The B-17 ``Flying Fortress'' is one of only a few left, according to Peter Griffiths, organizer of the event. By Staff, City News Service A fully restored ...

Taking wing from www.effinghamherald.net
In 2008 a dream became reality for the Mighty 8th Air Force Museum in Pooler as word came from the National Air and Space Museum that it was donating a vintage B-17 bomber to the Mighty 8th. As work began to disassemble and transport the aircraft to Georgia, it was decided to name her the "City of Savannah," after the 5,000th B-17 to process through Savannah during World War II. ...

CoolPix - Modern Military: B-58 Altitude Record of 85,360 Feet... In 1962! by Martt
You might be thinking this is just some old black and white photo of a guy wearing an odd looking helmet and flashing a cheesy 'ok' sign.  If that's what you're thinking, you are way wrong!  This is a very cool CoolPix  indeed, and another in the recent string of B-58 hi-res photos during this special 'B-58 Week' here at AirPigz.com. ...

Largest Aviation Museum In The World In Dayton Ohio - esaapg07.org
From every era in aviation history, starting with the first bi-planes, there are all classifications of airplanes displayed. The museum uses both chronological and subjective displays to tell the arousing story of years of aviation ...

Now THIS is art! from The Unwanted Blog
... This is a development of the XF5U-1, two examples of which were built but not flown. The primary difference is the replacement of the two P&W R-2000 radial piston engines with early turboprop engines. This should have made the craft both lighter and more powerful. However, this was not built. ...

Teachers have the chance to bring outdoors into classrooms - Dayton Daily News
A week after announcing the Teacher to Ranger to Teacher program, Judi Hart, education specialist at the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park, ...

Station calling – Visiting the Air-show Action Photo Gallery from Roger-Wilco
OK, I will admit it, I am not a great fan of air-shows. I like to visit airports, aircraft manufacturing plants, maintenance hangars… but not air-shows. Aircraft
are being mishandled there and on occasion they will fight back.
Of course my aversion to air-shows does not extend to visiting sites on the internet dedicated to air-shows. I think in terms of photo material, Peter Steehouver's Air-show Action Photo Gallery must be the best around.
Online since 1997, it has more than 600 pages and a staggering 19625 pictures, all taken by Peter himself! ....

TEST from PPRuNe Forums [Warbird shots]
Ready for my close-up from AF.mil Photos
THREE DC-3 AIRCRAFT from My Life
DELTA DC-3 NUMBER 41 from My Life
Spirit in the sky from AF.mil Photos

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