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First female boss of the Snowbirds takes command on Thursday - Moose Jaw Times-Herald
Maryse Carmichael makes herself at home again with a Snowbird tutor jet. Rebecca Lawrence photograph The first female boss of the Canadian Forces Snowbirds ...
"Red, White and Boom" plans set - Peoria Journal Star
The 2010 "Methodist Red, White and Boom" festivities will include live music, a 65-minute Prairie Air show preview, a car show with 300 ...
The Chicago Air & Water Show - Plane & Pilot Magazine
As a lifelong Chicago-area resident, I've had the pleasure of attending the Chicago Air & Water Show several times. I've viewed it from beaches on Chicago's lakefront and, once, from atop a downtown building. Last year, I took in a different viewpoint from the parking lot of Gary Regional Airport in Gary, Ind. Due to its proximity to Lake Michigan, this is the staging airport for most of the aircraft performing in the air show. ...
Tricky sea breezes make Red Bull Air Race Rio a challenging track from www.redbullairrace.com
The Rio de Janeiro race track will be among the most challenging in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship this year. This is due to the tricky sea breezes coming in off the South Atlantic in the afternoons as well as the difficult twin 'knife-edge' Air Gates separated by a 270-degree turn, newly introduced in 2010. But after dealing with the hot desert winds in Abu Dhabi on the Arabian Gulf in March and the changeable winds in Perth over the Swan River in April, the pilots are all ...
PICKING A RACE NUMBER from Mike Goulian Airshows
Have you ever wondered how the number was chosen? Red Bull Air Race talked to some of the racers, including your favorite pilot Mike Goulian, about the history behind their racing numbers: ...
Weekend fly-in features World War II vintage trainer - Abilene Recorder Chronicle
Saturday was a good day to fly andt at the 18th annual Abilene Fly-In featured a World War II trainer that drew considerable interest from onlookers. ...
Porsches and Planes - Hosted by Chesapeake Sport Pilot - W29 Bay Bridge Airport, Stevensville, Maryland from Diamond Pilots
Saturday, May 8th from 11:00 to 2:00. Porsche of Annapolis will be displaying the new Panamera and Chesapeake Sport Pilot will be offering 20 minute Introductory Flights ($40), giving you an opportunity to take control of the airplane. Come out and enjoy hotdogs, hamburgers and the camaraderie of Porsche & Plane enthusiasts. ...
Coming up on Warbird Radio
WomenVenture now in third year at AirVenture from General Aviation News
Plans are in place for the WomenVenture initiative at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2010. "WomenVenture is a fantastic opportunity to reach out to women at this world-class aviation event," said WAI President Dr. Peggy Chabrian. "WomenVenture provides an accessible way for women to take their first step into the aviation community whether as a pilot, for a career, or just for fun."
WomenVenture will expand to two days for 2010, and kicks off with an evening at the Theater in the Woods on ...
Restored B-17 airplane stops by Watsonville to salute veterans and spread war history - Santa Cruz Sentinel
... B-17 airplanes were primarily developed by Boeing for the Army-Air Force in the late 1930s, with the idea that adding guns to a bomber would prevent it from being taken down by enemy raids, Randolph said. They built their legend during World War II, strategically bombing German industrial, civilian and military targets.
Known as the "Flying Fortress," the B-17 model was famous for its durability and resistance in combat said Mike Hastings, co-pilot of the Aluminium Overcast. ...
B-17 turns back clock - Wyoming Tribune
CHEYENNE -- It is impossible to perfectly recreate the stories that World War II veterans can tell of the B-17 bomber. ...
Golden Knights visit South Harnett Elementary School from armygoldenknights's
SFC Tom Bovee and SSG Derrick Coleman took time out of their busy day to visit students at South Harnett Elementary School. They had the opportunity to speak with six different classes full of excited 5th and 6th graders. Some students even had the chance to don equipment used by our Demonstrators. Following each ...
Ditching Halts Global Gyro Flight from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association
Norman Surplus' around the world flight in a Gyrox autogyro suffered a setback over the weekend due to a forced ditching upon take-off at Nongprue, Thailand, according to the website tracking his progress, www.gyroxgoesglobal.com.
Age Not A Barrier For This Captain - One India
Age does not dampen the enthusiasm of the 74-year-old captain William M. Charney, who is preparing to fly solo across the world. He is set for a world tour from Newzealand across Asia,the Middle East and Europe.
Charney, who had already clocked over 33,000 flying hours in different aircrafts, is a Vietnam war veteran.
He is employing a pre-war restored single engine bi-plane- Bill's Red Rockette for his mission.
He wants to make this flying leisurely and memorable and not with in ...
Arlington cemetery to honor missing WWII veteran - Hollister Free Lance
There will be a full burial ceremony for Gulli, a private whose B-25 and crew of five were downed by Japanese anti-aircraft near New Guinea in the Pacific, ...
Tanks and a Lanc at Air Museum Event! - Nafferton Today
Perhaps the star of the show however, will be the Lancaster from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight which has been allocated to perform a flypast on the Saturday 8th May,
'Lady Ace 09' preserved - Key Aero
'Lady Ace 09' was the helicopter that evacuated Ambassador Graham Martin from the South Vietnamese Embassy in Saigon on April 30, 1975 during Operation 'Frequent Wind'.
GA Appreciation Month in Washington from General Aviation News
Governor Christine Gregoire has declared May "General Aviation Appreciation Month" in Washington. The proclamation she signed today outlines the critical role general aviation plays in business, agriculture, emergency medical air-service, as well as to the overall economy. General aviation contributes more than 178,000 jobs and approximately $3.18 billion in total economic impact to Washington alone. ...
Aero club's first-step offer - Otago Daily Times
The Wakatipu Aero Club is marking its 40th anniversary this year and to celebrate it is offering local residents ...
Girls, yes, GIRLS With Wings from Life on the Road as a Pilot
Yesterday yet another guy signed up for a GWW membership and stated his support in this way, "I try and get as many people as I can to notice this site and this program (Girls With Wings). It is the best thing going for bringing aviation into the lives of girls, and it should be a national program." I love to hear about all of the different ...
Bessie Coleman Foundation News: Apply to the Aerospace Leadership Academy from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale
Bessie Coleman Aerospace Leadership Academy | In recognition of Bessie Coleman "Queen Bess"-
Who on June 15, 1926 became the first American citizen to receive an International Pilots License.
The Bessie Coleman Foundation, INC (BCF) will host the Bessie Coleman Aerospace Leadership Academy, June 15 & 16, 2010 in
Memphis, TN, for highly motivated young women between the ages of 18-24.
What is the Bessie Coleman Aerospace Leadership Academy? ...
Golden Age Pioneers: Arthur Cecil Butler and the Comper CLA 7 Swift
The Comper CLA7 Swift was a British 1930s single-seat fair aircraft produced by Comper Aircraft Company of Hooton Park. In territory 1929 when Flight help Nicholas Comper left the stag Air obligate he bacilliform the Comper Aircraft Company to physique an aircraft he had designed, the Comper Swift. The image (registered G-AARX) prototypal flew at Brooklands on 17 May 1930. The aircraft was a diminutive but flowing single-seat, braced high-wing monoplane of wooden construction. The image was supercharged by a 40 hp (30 kW) ABC Scorpion piston engine. After flourishing tests seven solon aircraft were built in 1930 supercharged by a 50 hp Salmson AD9 radial engine. Trials with Pobjoy P radial engine for use in air racing resulted in all the following aircraft existence supercharged by the Pobjoy R. The terminal threesome aircraft (sometimes called the Gipsy Swift) were fitted with de Havilland Gipsy...
May 4 from Cut and Paste Aviation
... 1970 -- A USAF Strategic Air Command task force of four B-52s won the Blue Steel Trophy for the best combined bombing and navigation results in the Royal Air Force Strike Command's bombing and navigation competition at RAF Station Marham, England. ...
Tompkins kids learn to fly with Young Eagles May 15 - Ithaca Journal
These pilots volunteer their airplane and time as part of the Young Eagles program, a program designed to stir interest in aviation among the younger ...
ACI-NA awards scholarships from General Aviation News
Airports Council International-North America's (ACI-NA) Commissioners Committee awarded two scholarships of ...
Big Bend offers public a taste of flying careers - Columbia Basin Herald
MOSES LAKE — Many people experienced what it takes to become a professional pilot or aviation mechanic Saturday.
Big Bend Community College hosted an open house in the aviation building to provide more information on their program. Attendees toured the flight training center facilities, the aviation maintenance center, dormitories and took a seat in some of the college's 25 airplanes on display. ...
NASA says 'Inspire' enrollment is open - UPI.com
NASA says it's accepting applications from U.S. high school students for a program that enables them to work with the space agency's engineers and scientists.
The program is the Interdisciplinary National Science Program Incorporating Research Experience, which is nicknamed "Inspire." ...
St. Louis Downtown Airport - Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum Jetstar from The Aero Experience
B1-B Training Mission from AF.mil Photos
Cranes help 747 land on water park roof (With Video and Photos) from Diamond Pilots
.
First female boss of the Snowbirds takes command on Thursday - Moose Jaw Times-Herald
Maryse Carmichael makes herself at home again with a Snowbird tutor jet. Rebecca Lawrence photograph The first female boss of the Canadian Forces Snowbirds ...
"Red, White and Boom" plans set - Peoria Journal Star
The 2010 "Methodist Red, White and Boom" festivities will include live music, a 65-minute Prairie Air show preview, a car show with 300 ...
The Chicago Air & Water Show - Plane & Pilot Magazine
As a lifelong Chicago-area resident, I've had the pleasure of attending the Chicago Air & Water Show several times. I've viewed it from beaches on Chicago's lakefront and, once, from atop a downtown building. Last year, I took in a different viewpoint from the parking lot of Gary Regional Airport in Gary, Ind. Due to its proximity to Lake Michigan, this is the staging airport for most of the aircraft performing in the air show. ...
Tricky sea breezes make Red Bull Air Race Rio a challenging track from www.redbullairrace.com
The Rio de Janeiro race track will be among the most challenging in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship this year. This is due to the tricky sea breezes coming in off the South Atlantic in the afternoons as well as the difficult twin 'knife-edge' Air Gates separated by a 270-degree turn, newly introduced in 2010. But after dealing with the hot desert winds in Abu Dhabi on the Arabian Gulf in March and the changeable winds in Perth over the Swan River in April, the pilots are all ...
PICKING A RACE NUMBER from Mike Goulian Airshows
Mike Goulian Airshows's Photos - Team #99's New Engine! - FB
Team #99 is in Rio de Janeiro for the Red Bull Air Race World Championship. Before the beginning of the race week Team Technicians Dennis Sawyer and Brad Huelsman installed our brand new engine with the help of former Team #99 member, and engine designer, Tim Hess.
Team #99 is in Rio de Janeiro for the Red Bull Air Race World Championship. Before the beginning of the race week Team Technicians Dennis Sawyer and Brad Huelsman installed our brand new engine with the help of former Team #99 member, and engine designer, Tim Hess.
Weekend fly-in features World War II vintage trainer - Abilene Recorder Chronicle
Saturday was a good day to fly andt at the 18th annual Abilene Fly-In featured a World War II trainer that drew considerable interest from onlookers. ...
Porsches and Planes - Hosted by Chesapeake Sport Pilot - W29 Bay Bridge Airport, Stevensville, Maryland from Diamond Pilots
Saturday, May 8th from 11:00 to 2:00. Porsche of Annapolis will be displaying the new Panamera and Chesapeake Sport Pilot will be offering 20 minute Introductory Flights ($40), giving you an opportunity to take control of the airplane. Come out and enjoy hotdogs, hamburgers and the camaraderie of Porsche & Plane enthusiasts. ...
Coming up on Warbird Radio
WomenVenture now in third year at AirVenture from General Aviation News
Plans are in place for the WomenVenture initiative at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2010. "WomenVenture is a fantastic opportunity to reach out to women at this world-class aviation event," said WAI President Dr. Peggy Chabrian. "WomenVenture provides an accessible way for women to take their first step into the aviation community whether as a pilot, for a career, or just for fun."
WomenVenture will expand to two days for 2010, and kicks off with an evening at the Theater in the Woods on ...
Restored B-17 airplane stops by Watsonville to salute veterans and spread war history - Santa Cruz Sentinel
... B-17 airplanes were primarily developed by Boeing for the Army-Air Force in the late 1930s, with the idea that adding guns to a bomber would prevent it from being taken down by enemy raids, Randolph said. They built their legend during World War II, strategically bombing German industrial, civilian and military targets.
Known as the "Flying Fortress," the B-17 model was famous for its durability and resistance in combat said Mike Hastings, co-pilot of the Aluminium Overcast. ...
B-17 turns back clock - Wyoming Tribune
CHEYENNE -- It is impossible to perfectly recreate the stories that World War II veterans can tell of the B-17 bomber. ...
Golden Knights visit South Harnett Elementary School from armygoldenknights's
SFC Tom Bovee and SSG Derrick Coleman took time out of their busy day to visit students at South Harnett Elementary School. They had the opportunity to speak with six different classes full of excited 5th and 6th graders. Some students even had the chance to don equipment used by our Demonstrators. Following each ...
Ditching Halts Global Gyro Flight from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association
Norman Surplus' around the world flight in a Gyrox autogyro suffered a setback over the weekend due to a forced ditching upon take-off at Nongprue, Thailand, according to the website tracking his progress, www.gyroxgoesglobal.com.
Age Not A Barrier For This Captain - One India
Age does not dampen the enthusiasm of the 74-year-old captain William M. Charney, who is preparing to fly solo across the world. He is set for a world tour from Newzealand across Asia,the Middle East and Europe.
Charney, who had already clocked over 33,000 flying hours in different aircrafts, is a Vietnam war veteran.
He is employing a pre-war restored single engine bi-plane- Bill's Red Rockette for his mission.
He wants to make this flying leisurely and memorable and not with in ...
Arlington cemetery to honor missing WWII veteran - Hollister Free Lance
There will be a full burial ceremony for Gulli, a private whose B-25 and crew of five were downed by Japanese anti-aircraft near New Guinea in the Pacific, ...
Tanks and a Lanc at Air Museum Event! - Nafferton Today
Perhaps the star of the show however, will be the Lancaster from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight which has been allocated to perform a flypast on the Saturday 8th May,
'Lady Ace 09' preserved - Key Aero
'Lady Ace 09' was the helicopter that evacuated Ambassador Graham Martin from the South Vietnamese Embassy in Saigon on April 30, 1975 during Operation 'Frequent Wind'.
GA Appreciation Month in Washington from General Aviation News
Governor Christine Gregoire has declared May "General Aviation Appreciation Month" in Washington. The proclamation she signed today outlines the critical role general aviation plays in business, agriculture, emergency medical air-service, as well as to the overall economy. General aviation contributes more than 178,000 jobs and approximately $3.18 billion in total economic impact to Washington alone. ...
Aero club's first-step offer - Otago Daily Times
The Wakatipu Aero Club is marking its 40th anniversary this year and to celebrate it is offering local residents ...
Girls, yes, GIRLS With Wings from Life on the Road as a Pilot
Yesterday yet another guy signed up for a GWW membership and stated his support in this way, "I try and get as many people as I can to notice this site and this program (Girls With Wings). It is the best thing going for bringing aviation into the lives of girls, and it should be a national program." I love to hear about all of the different ...
Bessie Coleman Foundation News: Apply to the Aerospace Leadership Academy from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale
Bessie Coleman Aerospace Leadership Academy | In recognition of Bessie Coleman "Queen Bess"-
Who on June 15, 1926 became the first American citizen to receive an International Pilots License.
The Bessie Coleman Foundation, INC (BCF) will host the Bessie Coleman Aerospace Leadership Academy, June 15 & 16, 2010 in
Memphis, TN, for highly motivated young women between the ages of 18-24.
What is the Bessie Coleman Aerospace Leadership Academy? ...
Golden Age Pioneers: Arthur Cecil Butler and the Comper CLA 7 Swift
The Comper CLA7 Swift was a British 1930s single-seat fair aircraft produced by Comper Aircraft Company of Hooton Park. In territory 1929 when Flight help Nicholas Comper left the stag Air obligate he bacilliform the Comper Aircraft Company to physique an aircraft he had designed, the Comper Swift. The image (registered G-AARX) prototypal flew at Brooklands on 17 May 1930. The aircraft was a diminutive but flowing single-seat, braced high-wing monoplane of wooden construction. The image was supercharged by a 40 hp (30 kW) ABC Scorpion piston engine. After flourishing tests seven solon aircraft were built in 1930 supercharged by a 50 hp Salmson AD9 radial engine. Trials with Pobjoy P radial engine for use in air racing resulted in all the following aircraft existence supercharged by the Pobjoy R. The terminal threesome aircraft (sometimes called the Gipsy Swift) were fitted with de Havilland Gipsy...
May 4 from Cut and Paste Aviation
... 1970 -- A USAF Strategic Air Command task force of four B-52s won the Blue Steel Trophy for the best combined bombing and navigation results in the Royal Air Force Strike Command's bombing and navigation competition at RAF Station Marham, England. ...
Tompkins kids learn to fly with Young Eagles May 15 - Ithaca Journal
These pilots volunteer their airplane and time as part of the Young Eagles program, a program designed to stir interest in aviation among the younger ...
ACI-NA awards scholarships from General Aviation News
Airports Council International-North America's (ACI-NA) Commissioners Committee awarded two scholarships of ...
Big Bend offers public a taste of flying careers - Columbia Basin Herald
MOSES LAKE — Many people experienced what it takes to become a professional pilot or aviation mechanic Saturday.
Big Bend Community College hosted an open house in the aviation building to provide more information on their program. Attendees toured the flight training center facilities, the aviation maintenance center, dormitories and took a seat in some of the college's 25 airplanes on display. ...
NASA says 'Inspire' enrollment is open - UPI.com
NASA says it's accepting applications from U.S. high school students for a program that enables them to work with the space agency's engineers and scientists.
The program is the Interdisciplinary National Science Program Incorporating Research Experience, which is nicknamed "Inspire." ...
St. Louis Downtown Airport - Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum Jetstar from The Aero Experience
B1-B Training Mission from AF.mil Photos
Cranes help 747 land on water park roof (With Video and Photos) from Diamond Pilots
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