Friday, April 23, 2010

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Rocket Racing League Reawakens from The Launch Pad
Following many quiet months, the Rocket Racing League has come back on the radar, much to our rocket-loving delight. In the first-ever public flights, two Mark III X-Racers will be flying demonstrations at the Tulsa Air and Rocket Racing Show this Saturday, April 24th. The vehicles are capable of speeds up to 250 mph (~400 kph) and are powered by engines providing 2500-lbs (~11,000 N) of thrust -- not to mention the 15 ft/4.5m long exhaust flame that trails behind.
Don't worry if you can't make it to the lovely state of Oklahoma this weekend -- the event will be webcast for 2 hours, hosted by Miles O'Brien and featuring special guests ...

'Tulsa Sound' CD May Help Land The Shuttle - News On 6
The CD will be auctioned off at the Aviator Ball Friday night to hopefully bring a retired shuttle to Tulsa. By Rick Wells, The News On 6 TULSA, ...

Rocket Racing League blasts off at the Airport - Tulsa Today
QuikTrip stores in conjunction with the Tulsa Air and Space Museum will host the first ever QuikTrip Air and Rocket Racing show on Saturday April 24th. ...

Preps for the Barksdale "Defenders of Liberty" Air Show - KSLA-TV
... Thursday afternoon, it was probably the US Air Force Thunderbirds practicing for Saturday's big air show: Barksdale "Defenders of Liberty" Air Show. ...


Air show set for this weekend at Naval Air Station - Grizzly Detail Newspaper
The skies over west Fort Worth will be buzzing this weekend as the annual Air Power Expo comes to town. Admission to the expo is free and includes a concert by county music star James Otto and Texas Favorite Lonestar. The concert is scheduled for 4 p.m. on Saturday.
The Air Power Expo kicks off at 11 a.m. both Saturday and Sunday with aerial performances and flight demonstrations by military and ...

Airfest 2010 - Friday Flyer
Airfest 2010 at March Air Reserve Base will take to the skies with "Thunder Over The Empire" during the weekend of May 1 to 2. The Patriot Jet Demonstration Team and the F-22 Raptor will be the highlight of the air show, which will include the Patriots L-39s, with fast-paced formation flying, formation aerobatic maneuvers and signature "Tail Slide."
The event will also feature military aircraft demonstration, historic aircraft performances and aircraft displays. Parking and admission are free. Gates open at 8 a.m. For more information visit www.marchfieldairfest.com.

Jenny Wingwalker  —  Larry C. Price.
Larry C. Price, of the Dayton Daily News, came out to Waynesville to use us as the subject of some footage he wanted to shoot with a protoype of a new Olympus camera/HD videocam. It was a much cooler morning than we had hoped for, so I was bundled pretty good - enough that I had to 'help' my leg over the javelin (something I need not do when in my usual lycra). Even with the cooler temps (50s as I remember), we had a great time. Thanks, as always, to the Stewarts who have been so wonderful to me personally, and to our American Barnstormer team!
Video copyright: Larry C. Price. | Pilot: Cub Stewart | Wing walker: Jenny Forsythe (and Ashley Ryerson)

Download Your AirVenture NOTAM from News from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh
We're about three months away from AirVenture 2010 opening day, and the first step for any pilot planning that unforgettable flight to Oshkosh is studying the FAA's Oshkosh NOTAM. We're pleased to report that document is available today in electronic format, ready for download here. >>>more

'Spirit of Aviation' Aircraft Auction Set for AirVenture
from News from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh
For the first time, aircraft buyers and sellers at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh will be able to rely on more than handbills, want ads and word-of-mouth, as the "Spirit of Aviation Auction" will be held on the AirVenture grounds on Saturday, July 31. ...

Anzac Day I'll never forget Narromine News and Trangie Advocate
With a rich aviation history boasting Australia's oldest aero club, it was once said by aviatrix Nancy Bird-Walton "that anyone of any consequence, ...

Spirit of Edmonton Tour to be cancelled? from Aviation.ca News
Short of a miracle the 2010 "Spirit of Edmonton Bi Plane" Tour, part of the 70th anniversary of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) will be cancelled. "It‟s heart breaking," says Alberta Aviation Museum Executive Director Tom Hinderks. "The...

Helicopter Aerobatics Video - Air & Space Magazine
Helicopters aren't supposed to do that, are they? At the urging of master pilot Chuck Aaron, this one manages to defy physics and common sense. Aaron's routine for Red Bull is performed in a Eurocopter/Messerschmitt BO-105 CBS. Since it is classified as an experimental aircraft, Aaron can take it on some wild rides and maintain his license.

Finalists named for 8 Wonders of Kansas History - Kansas.com
Mid-America Air Museum, Liberal: The museum is one of the largest general aviation museums in the nation. National Orphan Train Complex, Concordia: The ...

Lessons learned from General Aviation News
What can GA pilots learn from the "Miracle on the Hudson"? Be prepared, said Jeff Skiles, first officer on US Airways Flight 1549, which became famous after it safely landed in the Hudson River last January. ...
Being prepared means checking the weather and doing a thorough preflight, Skiles said at this year's Sun 'n Fun. "But it also means setting limits for yourself," said Skiles, who has been a pilot since he was 16. "Before you get into a situation, decide how far you are going to take it." ...


New Hampshire Man Found His Sikorsky Seaplane 'a Total Mess' in Alaska - The Ledger
How Dick Jackson found his 1930 Sikorsky S-39 is just about as cool as the plane, itself. Jackson, of Rochester, N.H., fancied seaplanes. He researched Federal Aviation Administration records. That led the now-retired textile manufacturer on a Sikorsky treasure hunt to Alaska in the mid-1960s.
The plane he found - and somehow managed to fall in love with - had trees growing through it. It was dragged, towed and trucked back home.
"It was a total mess," Jackson said.
The Sikorsky flew again in 2003. All it took was a four-decade, 40,000-hour rebuilding.
It's a good thing Jackson's lifelong hobby is rebuilding planes. ...

War film reveals abrupt ending - Westside News
The documentary A Very Short War follows the life of World War II Australian aviator Jack Clifford (Cliff) Carpenter and will be aired on The History ...

Scholarship winners selected for Able Flight-Purdue flight training program from General Aviation News
Heather Schultz and Chris Spaur may be separated by thousands of miles, and their physical challenges may be very different, but the young woman from New Jersey and the young man from California have a lot in common. Both have a passion for becoming pilots, and both will travel to Indiana this summer to take part in the first Able Flight-Purdue University flight training program. ...


Alabama Airports Support EAA International Learn to Fly Day from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News
Learn to Fly Day is about sharing the joy of flight with everyone.  Learn to Fly Day is happening all over the country at participating flight schools, airports, and independent flight instructors so that YOU can learn more about the wonders of flying!
International Learn to Fly Day is a cooperative effort set in motion by the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) of pilots, companies, governments, and organizations in countries around the world to raise interest in flying and encourage current pilots to get others involved in aviation. ...

The Last Pure Thing on the Radio from Airspeed
I've been volunteering with event-based airshow radio for three years now. I've really enjoyed working with guys like Dave Shallbetter of Sun 'N Fun Radio, Fareed Guyot, Mike Morgan, and others from EAA Radio at AirVenture, Erik Utter from Arlington Fly-In Radio, and Don Costanza and others from FlightLine Radio. It's a crew of dedicated people that really understands what the radio could be if it would dare. ...

The Latest from Warbird Radio
Video: X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle launches on an Atlas V from High Power Rocketry
Classified spacecraft is in space (don't ask what part, that is classified.) You know, for a secret program, we keep hearing and seeing quite a bit about it! ...

Military Mini-Shuttle Takes to Orbit from Spaceports
The view from Cape Canaveral appears to be a successful launch of the first X-37B  from Air Force  Station. The secret military mission of the test vehicle will certainly turn heads around the world tonight and in the days and ...

More from the Doolittle Reunion

'In the presence of greatness' from General Aviation News
For what was promoted as the last and final reunion of the Doolittle Raiders, hundreds of fans and admirers were in Dayton, Ohio, on April 16-18 to attend the Raiders 68th Reunion.
The National Museum of the United States Air Force hosted the reunion, which featured four of the original members of the famous Doolittle Raid of April 18, 1942. This was the mission that showed Japan they were vulnerable to attack bu,t more importantly, it boosted the morale of the American people, who were still in shock over the attack on Pearl Harbor. Of the original group of 80 volunteers who flew that historic raid on Japan 68 years ago, only eight are still living and four of them were able to travel to Dayton for this reunion. ...

Out for a spin from AF.mil Photos


VFA-125 Rough Raiders from FenceCheck Forums
C-2 Greyhound from FenceCheck Forums
Bell P-39 Airacobra Gallery from Planeshots
Top of 24 Hours for April 23, 2010 from AIRFIGHTERS.COM - Top Photos of the Day
Thunder Over Louisville 2010 - Louisville from FenceCheck Forums
ACC / AETC / USAFE / PACAF / AFMC (United States Air Force) from FenceCheck Forums
Sitings: McDonnell Douglas QF-4E 73-1167 at Scott AFB from The Aero Experience
Sitings: McDonnell F-101B Voodoo 58-0281 at Spirit of St. Louis Airport from The Aero Experience


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