Tuesday, May 4, 2010

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June air race in Liberty State Park is expected to generate millions for ... - The Jersey Journal - NJ.com | Tickets are now on sale for the Red Bull Air Race at Jersey City's Liberty State Park this summer. With the New York skyline as a backdrop, ...

From Mach 1 to 5-G, Breaking Sound Barrier Brings Thrills, Risk – Bloomberg | Stock tells me that to qualify for the air show the next day he had to prove the plane airworthy by performing a full aerobatics dress rehearsal. ...

Air Force groups rehearsed coming Air Force show in Moscow - ITAR-TASS | MOSCOW, May 4 (Itar-Tass) - Air Force crews have rehearsed on Tuesday morning the coming air show, which is part of the May 9 victory parade in which 127 ...

Fighter jets give Baldwin City a close buzz - Baldwin City Signal | At least a few of the A-10 fighter jets that were in an air show in St. Joseph, Mo., this weekend raised some eyebrows Monday morning when ...

Arizona's Luke Air Force Base - Gather.com | The US Air Force Air Demonstration Team Thunderbirds fly a six-ship delta formation here after completing another air show recently. ...

Altus AFB Airshow « Rivardweb by joel | Altus AFB Airshow. 03 May. We had a good time at the Altus Airshow this weekend. We took some good pictures and some videos of the fly-by's. You can check out the pictures here. Get the Flash Player to see this content. ...

Ground traffic heavy to watch air traffic in sky - ReporterNews.com | Once inside the base, many air show visitors faced a long walk from parking areas and a security check. Tech. Sgt. Robert Wollenberg with the Dyess media ...

Trip To the Air Show and Down Memory Lane | Knottie's Niche by Knottie | Yesterday we loaded up and drove a few hours to the Altus OK air show. It has been years since I went to an air show and I was looking forward to it. Not so…

Black Team Tunnel Time from armygoldenknights's | Not even the weather can get in the way of training for Black Team! So instead of taking to the skies, they took to the indoor wind tunnel today to get 60 full minutes of quality flying time…

Golden Knights Women's 4-Way Continues Training for CISM. from armygoldenknights's | Posted here is an inside view of the Women's 4-Way team tunnel training (say that 5 times fast!).  The camera is worn by SSG Laura Dickmeyer, who flies the position of Inside Center.  The other members of the 4-way are SFC Elisa Tennyson (Outside Center), SFC Angela Nichols (Point) and SSG Dannielle Woosley (Tail).  Any given dive at CISM consists of two random formations and one block.  A random formation is a single predetermined formation which must be built correctly to achieve one point.  A block is a two-part formation.  The first part of the formation is built, then separates into typically two or three pieces.  These pieces make a turn or move in a predetermined direction and then come back together to form the end of the block.  A block is worth two points.  Enjoy the video and there are more to come!...

Liberty Belle Takes Flight in Cheyenne – KGWN | NewsChannel 5 Photojournalist Joy Greenwald had the rare opportunity to fly aboard a B-17 bomber and brings us that story. It's like taking a flight back in ...

Classic World War II planes on display in OC - abc7.com (KABC) -- The national 'Wings of Freedom Tour' ends its four-day run at the Lyon Air Museum at John Wayne Airport in Orange County Monday. ...

Prince Harry Earns His Wings from Aero-News Network | Third In Line To The British Throne Is Lt. Harry Wales Lt. Harry Wales, AKA Prince Harry, AKA His Royal Fly-ness, has earned his wings after passing his final exams to qualify him as an army helicopter pilot. The Prince said he hopes his career will take him back to the front lines in Afghanistan.

Quadriplegic Pilot Revives Career In Aviation from Aero-News Network | Back In The Business As A Teacher Thanks To Indiana State University For 20 years of his life, Errett "E.J." Bozarth spent nearly as much time in a cockpit as he did on the ground. Bozarth's career as a professional pilot officially ended in 1989 after an automobile accident near his Dallas home left him paralyzed from the neck down with minimal control of his shoulder muscles…

Is Rocket Racing Coming Of Age? You Bet! | All Things Aviation ... by JetAviator7 | After nearly 5 years spectators finally got a glimpse into the future of rocket racing at an air show in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Saturday, April 26th, 2010. Earlier, in 2008 at Oskosh, a single rocket racer flew a demonstration flight with ...

Jeff Skiles To Keynote ... Bird Strike Conference from Aero-News Network | He Certainly Could Be Considered An Authoritative Speaker On The Subject So imagine you're on the panel selecting a keynote speaker for the American Association of Airport Executives' (AAAE) Bird Strike Conference, slated for June 21-24 in Salt Lake City. How many names do you have to kick around before you arrive at Jeffrey Skiles?...

NASA Speaker Wants Aeronautics To Go 'Garage Band' from Aero-News Network | Envisions Small-Scale Development Of Green, Quiet, Electric, Cutting-Edge Aircraft Dr. Brien Seeley will discuss electric-powered and other innovative aircraft when he presents "Green, Quiet, Electric V/ESTOL Aircraft: The Second Century of Flight" at 1400 EDT in the Reid Conference Center on Tuesday at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, VA…

Awating permission to launch in Virginia? from Spaceports by jack@jackkennedy.net (JackKennedy) Augusta County, Va. has its own "Rocket Boys" who seek to recast the "October Sky" movie plot into 21st century redux complete with government regulatory action and courtroom drama. But the scene is not from a small coal-mining town of 1960. Today's scene is on 500-acre rural farm where hundreds of youngsters, accompanied by parents and skilled rocket enthusiasts, gathered to learn teamwork, a host of new skills, and to dream new dreams of taking to spaceflight

More Acro and Camera Shakedowns from Airspeed by Stephen Force (Steve Tupper) Beautiful day with 6,000 scattered and 10+ SM visibility. Yeah, I have a head cold, but cameras need testing and the acro tolerance needs extending. So I went up with Barry for 0.9 in the Super D to fly some acro and test out the cameras. Four of them on this flight. These frame grabs are from the Panasonic placed on the left side of the dash. More on the other cameras soon!...

Cool Aircraft Ramp Spotters (CARS): Paintless DC-3 At KDKX by Martt | Matthew Everett, who runs LeavingTerraFirma.com, sent in this CARS pic of a pretty sweet  looking DC-3 even if it doesn't have any paint.  It has the faded markings of Dodson International Air, but I don't really know any additional specifics.  But I figure with the 75th anniversary of the DC-3 upon us, and the fact that a really big celebration of one of the most important aircraft ever made is scheduled to take place at Oshkosh this year, you just can't look/think/live 'DC-3' too much these days : )

A Short History of Aircraft Nose Art from Flying Tigers News by XPDR | Nose art is a decorative painting or design on the fuselage of a military aircraft, usually located near the nose, and is a form of aircraft graffiti.
While begun for practical reasons of identifying friendly units, the practice evolved to express the individuality often constrained by the uniformity of the military, to evoke memories of home and peacetime life, and as a kind of psychological protection against the stresses of war and the probability of death…

Free airplane rides May 22 - MyWebTimes.com | The rally is part of the EAA Aviation Foundation's Young Eagles Program, created to get more young people interested in aviation. ...

On This Day in Aviation History: May 4th by Phil Derner Jr. | The "Superga Air Disaster" kills the entire Torino AC football team, US Airways joins Star Alliance, EAS Flight 4226 crashes after overshooting a runway and demolishing dozens of buildings, Lunar Orbiter 4 and Magellan space probe launch, Amy Johnson sets another speed record and more…

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