Famed WWII Doolittle Raiders reunite at Air Force Museum - Edwards Air Force Base
Jimmy Doolittle led a group of 80 men to fly B-25 Bombers from the deck of an aircraft carrier more than 600 miles to drop bombs on Japan. ...
B-25 Fly Over Sunday - MainStreetMonroe.com
The Doolittle Raiders (4) were still signing autographs when the museum closed and the line was over 4 hours long. They were treated like rock stars and ...
Slideshow: Doolittle Raiders' 68th reunion - USAF
Pitcairn Autogiro: Sun n' Fun 2010 Grand Champion Antique Winner! by Martt
I'm easily mesmerized by Pitcairn Autogiro's. Classic curves, a round engine, lots of dope, fabric and flying wires… and then there's that graceful rotating wing overhead. What's not to like about this beautiful flying machine? What a fabulous sight and sound it was at Sun n' Fun on Saturday to experience this gorgeous red ...
Blue Angel flight in Charleston: Under the bridge or not? - TheDigitel
There's an urban legend debate stirring about whether or not any F/A-18s from the Blue Angels visit to Charleston actually flew under the Ravenel Bridge. ...
Parachute Team 'Leaps' Into Iowa - KCCI Des Moines
DES MOINES, Iowa -- If you look high above the sky this week you might see the US Navy Parachute Team known as the Leap Frogs showing off their skills. ...
Volcanic Ash Grounds Commercial Flights In UK, But Tiger Moth Antiques Soar High - Tiger moth planes - Gizmodo
It was dubbed a "once in a lifetime opportunity" by UKAirshowReview, and I've got to agree—these photos of 13 Tiger Moth planes flying over Gatwick airport, with commercial planes grounded below due to volcanic ash, are amazing.
The de Havilland DH 82 Tiger Moth, to give it its full name, is a biplane that was used by the Royal Air Force until 1952, but have turned into antique relics that don't get the chance to fly often—though they're sometimes still used when training pilots. The photos in the gallery below show them flying over Gatwick Airport, which is located south of London, last Saturday—just four days after Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano erupted and wreaked havoc across Europe.
Wing walking from Unicom
I popped into Rendcomb this morning for the launch of the Breitling wing walking team. This is the pair of Stearmans run by Vic Norman's AeroSuperbatics. Years ago they were the Crunchies, then the Utterly Butterly girls, then Guinot and now Breitling. You haver to give it to Vic Norman, not only does
Golden Knights await record from AF.mil Photos
Army Staff Sgt. Ben Borger (left) of the Army parachute team the Golden Knights, and Capt. Bryan Bailey perform a walkthrough of a C-17 Globemaster III April 13, 2010, at Altus Air Force Base, Okla. Sergeant Borger jumped out of the plane at an altitude of 32,000 feet and is currently awaiting confirmation of the new set record from the Guinness Book of World Records. Captain Bailey is the C-17 aircraft commander.
That's a low passage!! by David Cenciotti
In a previous post about the event held in Cervia on Apr. 16 (Con la Diana sul petto) I've already shown some pictures and a video about the low passage performed by the F-16ADF MM7236 during the air display. Thanks to my friend Pierpaolo Maglio (who's one of the authors of the "Diana the Hunter" tail) I'm now glad to show everybody what is the best picture I've seen so far of the Special Tail's low passage. The picture, that was taken ...
Women's Air Race Classic starts June 24 - XtremeSport4U
Women's air racing all started in 1929 with the First Women's Air Derby. Twenty pilots raced from Santa Monica, CA to Cleveland, OH, site of the National Air Races. Racing continued through the '30's and was renewed again after WWII when the All Women's Transcontinental Air Race (AWTAR), better known as the Powder Puff Derby, came into being. The AWTAR held its 30th, final and commemorative flight in 1977. When the AWTAR was discontinued, the Air Race Classic, Ltd., (ARC) stepped in to continue the tradition of transcontinental speed competition for women ...
SLIDESHOW: B-17 flies over Seattle; Public flights available Apr 24-25 - Westseattleherald.com
Liberty Belle, the most recently restored World War II Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress will take to the skies over Seattle on April 24-25. ...
Airplane Encyclopedia: The 1903 Wright Flyer from You Fly, Girl
This aircraft was the first powered aircraft designed and built by the Wright brothers. They flew it four times on December 17, 1903 near the Kill Devil Hills, about four miles south of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, U.S.
The U.S. Smithsonian Institution describes the aircraft as "the first powered, heavier-than-air machine to achieve ...
Aerospace programs and free orientation flights for kids - Courier Post
The Flying W Airport located in Medford, NJ is presenting two fun, hands-on aerospace mania days. The sessions will run from 9:00am-3:00pm and any girl or boy 7-12 years old can participate. The program will include hands-on activities covering everything from designing airplanes, building rockets, launching rockets, gravity, physics of flight, history of aviation, Fly it Simulator and lots more. The cost per child is $50.00 which covers lunch, beverages, Fly it Simulator, all hands-on curriculum, supplies, speakers etc.
The dates to choose from are ...
Applications for Aviation Scholarships available - Halifax-Plympton Reporter
By Anonymous The Plymouth Aero Club announces that it is accepting applications for this year's Aviation Scholarships. The scholarships are to be used ...
Civil Air Patrol orders 12 Skylanes from General Aviation News
Cessna Aircraft Co. received an order during last week's Sun 'n Fun for 12 Skylanes from the Civil Air Patrol (CAP), Cessna's largest fleet operator. The Skylanes will be delivered before the end of the year. ...
Next on the Pad: Atlantis on her last flight from Spaceports
With Discovery and its crew safely home, the stage is set for launch of shuttle Atlantis on its STS-132 mission, targeted to lift off May 14. Atlantis' 12-day flight will deliver the Russian-built Mini Research Module to the station along with six new batteries to store power gathered by ...
What Will NASA Do With the Retired Space Shuttles? - Space.com
... US Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio; the Museum of Flight in Seattle; and the Intrepid Air & Space Museum in New York City. ...
New USAF spaceplane reflects WPAFB work from AviationDayton
DAYTON, Ohio – The first Air Force spaceplane poised for launch this week has its roots in research at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
An unmanned, winged space vehicle called the ...
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