AirFEST starts Friday in Rock County - WKOWTV
The Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport will host the 2010 Southern Wisconsin AirFEST starting Friday.
The AirFEST will cause some traffic changes. Rock County Sheriff's office says effective Friday, May 28, through Sunday, May 30, parking along USH 51 from Knilans Road to Terrington Drive will be prohibited. The parking prohibition will be enforced; violators will receive tickets and vehicles will be towed at the owner's expense.
Airport Park, located at the corner of Knilans Road and USH 51, will be closed Friday, May 28, 2010, through Sunday, May 30, 2010. ...
DFW Summer Balloon Classic & AirFest -103.7 Lite FM – Home
Not only will you be on the edge of your seat with aerobatic solo and team performances but you will experience the excitement of the first Aerobatic Air Racing Challenge in the south! Teams will compete in timed aerobatic maneuvers ...
Vintage planes take to the sky at Paine Field - Lynnwood Enterprise
... new Historic Flight Foundation, located at 10719 Bernie Webber Drive on the west side of Paine Field, and by the Heritage Flight Museum of Bellingham. ...
Plea to back Lowestoft Air Festival from The Kathryn Report
The organisers of the Lowestoft Seafront Air Festival last night urged visitors to dig deep to help secure the future of the event.
The two day annual show is one of the biggest attractions on the region's calendar, pumping millions of pounds into the local economy.
Although £300,000 in sponsorship has already been found to help cover some of the costs of this year's festival, organisers have warned that the support of the public is still needed to allow the event, now in its 14th year, to continue. ...
It was created in 1884 when Leon Breitling St-Imier in the Swiss Jura, the ... - Corriere della Sera
... Journal of the British Royal Air Force. Today, Swiss chronographs are used by pilots of the "Tricolour Arrows" and the "Patrouille de France.
Nepal to Hold International Air Show and Paramotor Championship - CRIENGLISH.com
Avia Club Nepal is the first and currently the only aviation club that exists in Nepal operating its mission since 1996. Based in Pokhara, some 140 km west ...
Memorial Day events set for Ypsilanti area - Heritage Newspapers
Five lucky participants can schedule to take a ride on the B-25 and C-47 planes that will be featured in the parade. The museum will also be open with ...
Historic B-17 offers flights in Wichita - Kansas.com
For years, the Liberty Belle was used by the aircraft engine manufacturer until Pratt Whitney donated it to the New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks, ...
Red Bull Air Race kicks off Jersey City/New York race in Time Square - The Jersey Journal
The air race is coming to the Jersey City and New York waterfront exactly 100 years after New York hosted its first-ever air show. ...
Remembering an aviation pioneer - Washington Times
In that the 100th anniversary of naval aviation will be celebrated on a near-daily basis across the nation in 2011, "Hero of the Air" ...
On the wings of aviation history - Albany Times Union
They were in town to see Glenn H. Curtiss attempt to make aviation history. "They were getting tired of waiting," said Trafford Doherty, executive director ...
Spend this Memorial Day at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories This Memorial Day, consider visiting the National Museum of the United States Air Force to honor the men and women who have given their lives while proudly serving our country.
Memorial Park, located adjacent to the museum, contains more than 500 memorials commemorating the courageous service of Air Force groups and individuals. Visitors can walk along the paths of the park to see each memorial.
Exhibits located throughout the galleries tell the story of individuals who embody the Air Force core values: integrity first, service before self and excellence in all we do. For example, a pararescue exhibit in the Modern Flight Gallery highlights Airman 1st Class William H. Pitsenbarger, who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his exceptional bravery in Vietnam. After receiving a call to evacuate the wounded from a battle near ...
May 25 from Cut and Paste Aviation ... 1910 -- Orville Wright takes his 82-year-old father for his first airplane ride. ...
Century Series Wannabe - Air and Space Magazine
Depending on who’s talking, the North American F-107A was either the best fighter the Air Force didn’t have the sense to buy, or a politically flawed loser from the outset.
The F-107A will be remembered forever, if it is remembered at all, for being configured as no jet had been before or since: the sharp-edged maw of its air intake, feeding a prototype Pratt & Whitney YJ-75 engine, was just above and behind the cockpit, giving the otherwise sleek fighter the look of a fourth grader with an oversize backpack. In an era of dart-like Mirages and Delta Daggers, the F-107A was a single-engine-jet Winnebago.
United States Air Force Plans To Fly X-51A from WarbirdRadio.com
WARBIRD RADIO – Weather permitting, United States Air Force officials say the X-51A Waverider will make it’s first hypersonic test flight (today) May 25th, 2010. According to a news release, the X-51A will be carried to approximately 50,000 feet over Point Mugu Naval Air Warfare Center on the wing of a B-52. Once released, a [...]
Enterprise's First Captive Flight - Air and Space
Virgin Galactic's VSS Enterprise, the civilian-built and -flown spaceship that will loft six paying tourists and two pilots on suborbital flights for $200,000 per customer, made its first captive carry flight on March 22, 2010 beneath its mothership WhiteKnightTwo over the southern California desert. The two craft were in flight for two hours and 45 minutes and reached 45,000 feet. Both were built by Scaled Composites, the Mojave, California company founded by Burt Rutan. The flight marks the beginning of a test program that will progress through 2010 and 2011 from captive carry to release-and-glide flights, and finally to rocket powered flight tests.
Landsberg stresses safety to Aero Club - Wichita Business Journal
Bruce Landsberg, new president of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association’s Air Safety Foundation, was in Wichita on Wednesday speaking about the importance of increasing safety among pilots.
Landsberg, who spoke at a Wichita Aero Club Luncheon, said the foundation will be increasing its efforts to provide training and safety seminars around the country to help lower the number of general aviation accidents. ...
Flight for Passion, Flight for Purpose - 11Alive.com WXIA
Sometimes a small gift can go a long way.
In the case of retired Col. Ernest "Roy" Reid of the U.S. Air Force, his daughters honored him with a unique present for his 90th birthday -- nearly seven decades after he honored America and survived one of the worst attacks on American soil.
"We're pretty confident he is the last living person to have flown into Pearl Harbor," says daughter Joan Ahrens.
Col. Reid, who presently lives in Canton with wife Shirley, served in the Air Force for several decades. But it was in his first years that he saw the greatest tragedy. ...
Young Eagles take to the sky - The Daily News - Greenville ...
Airplane owner Edd Sties shows Greenville fourth-grader Brent Tazelaar the cockpit of his airplane during Saturday's Young Eagles Flight Rally at Greenville Municipal Airport. 5/24/2010 8:00:00 PM. Young Eagles take to the sky ...
Paul Bonham's visit in 2008 from Wasabi Air Racing
Back in 2008 Paul was around alot while the Sharps were quickening his Redbull acro racer, Jenn and I let him try on Wasabi.
Video pedia World - Canadian Forces Snowbirds - Toronto Air Show ...
The Snowbirds Demonstration Team (431 Squadron) is a Canadian icon comprised of serving members of the Canadian Forces. Their pilots and technicians work as a team to bring thrilling performances to the North American public.
Blériot XI-2 from TAKEOFF TUBE
Historical Nasa Photos from Military Photos
Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer from Planeshots
Some early attempts at aviation........... from Theo Spark
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Duxford Spring Air Show 2010 - Duxford - 05/16/10 from FenceCheck Forums
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