A Memorial Day Compendium - Steeljaw Scribe
You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on earth, or we will sentence them to take the first step into a thousand years of darkness. If we fail, at least let our children and our children’s children say of us we justified our brief moment here. We did all that could be done – Ronald Reagan
Through the years we’ve observed Memorial Day on these pages in a variety of ways. Through it all, we’ve sought to instill a sense of perspective and context to an ...
Jones Beach State Park Hosts New York Air Show 2010 - Daily Top Trends
It is typically headlined by either the US Navy Blue Angels or US Air Force Thunderbirds. All branches of the military are represented at the New York Air ...
Jones Beach Air Show from Kirby Chambliss
Jones Beach Air Show 2010 - LiveStreetJournal
Thousands of people gather around Jones Beach in Wantagh, New York (Long Island) for the Jones Beach Air Show 2010. Bad news for beachgoers and fans that ...
Wings and Wheels 2010 car and air show - Danbury News Times
Tyler Surprenant, 10, of Cheshire, blocks his ears at a B-25 Mitchell starts its engines on the ...
Air Show [Harlingen] - Valley Morning Star
The planes were at the airport for a “static air show,” part of Harlingen's centennial celebrations. VIA is the site of the World War II Harlingen aerial gunnery school, the former Harlingen Air Force Base and the former home of the ...
Southend Air Festival thrills - Essex Echo
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the show, and although there's no Red Arrows display, there will be plenty of airborne thrills. ...
Terry Bowden's Blog: Ranger Airfield Fly-in, 2010 from Antique Airfield News
This article is from Terry Bowden's Blog Barnstmr's Random Aeronautics, who has kindly granted permission to re-publish on AntiqueAirfield.com.
Great weather in Texas today and a great turnout to this year's Ranger Airfield Fly-in. Here are some of my favorite sights.
Chino Wrap Up from Another Time To wrap up the posts on Chino here are the links to the pictures from that long weekend. As noted were spent some time at the Yanks Air Museum shooting pictures of their outstanding Curtiss Robin. Detailed Robin pictures are here. This is one of three Curtiss Robins they have. This one being powered by a Challenger radial.
The welcome shade from the California sun was provided by my friend Les Whittlesey at his hangar. The hangar that he calls the Cal-Aero Aviation Country Club. If you want to develop a serious case of hangar envy take a look at these pictures! Thanks again Les for the place to hang out! (The picture above is my wife and I standing with Les's award winning Lockheed 12.) ...
60 YEARS BLUE ANGELS FORMATION WITH THE RED ARROWS - www.youtube.com
Open house 2006. The U. S. Navys Flight Demonstration Squadron Check the fantastic website: http://www.blueangels.navy.mil/index.htm The Blue Angels mission is to enhance Navy and Marine Corps recruiting ...
The wildest of blue yonder tributes at Charlotte track - News Observer
Weather permitting, the sky over Charlotte Motor Speedway on Sunday is going to be filled with aircraft of the ages.
The always highly anticipated prerace show for the Coca-Cola 600 this year will feature a tribute to military aircraft that have flown for our nation in many of its wars.
The flyover, continuing the track’s annual and laudable Memorial Day tribute to U.S. troops, will include a World War I biplane that’s almost 100 years old. World War II planes, such as the beautiful, sleek P-51 Mustang – a few of which are now in the hangar of NASCAR team owner Jack Roush – will be up there, too.
P-51s were flown in combat by the famed Tuskegee Airmen, courageous African-American pilots who escorted B-17 bombers into the heavily defended airspace over Germany. ...
Local veteran shares memories as pilot in World War II - Fenton Tri County Times
Then Butts had a chance to work with B17 Flying Fortress planes, which he jumped at. He made the transition at Avon Park, and then went 11 miles down the ...
E. Fred Kessler - Great Falls Tribune
He flew numerous planes, including the BT-13, C-47, B-25, A-26, A-20 and his favorite, the P-38. Toward the end of the war, he was stationed in Cairo, ...
Programs showed what females could do - Nashua Telegraph
The WASP, under the command of renowned aviatrix Jacqueline Cochran and Air Force General Henry “Hap” Arnold, were originally stationed at the Howard Hughes ...
This is the second part of an interview of Lynda Meeks, whose aviation career is really less ordinary. Lynda has experience with both airplanes and helicopters, and in both military and civilian operations! She’s also the founder of a nonprofit organization to encourage girls to embrace an aviation career…
Squadron opens hangar - Culpeper Regional Airport (KCJR) Virginia - Star Exponent
The National Capital Squadron, part of the Commemorative Air Force, opened their hangar to share their collection and knowledge of historic military aircraft and other items. The open house was in observance of Memorial Day and to kick off the summer weekend. Guests were permitted to climb aboard many of the aircraft on display; three are owned by the squadron, while others are personally owned.
The CAF works to preserve historic aircraft and maintain them in flying condition. Some members are military veterans, some are lifelong civilian pilots and others don’t fly at all. Regardless, Culpeper squadron member Grover Amick said everyone is welcome if they have an interest in aviation. ...
Palm Springs Air Museum plane lawsuit dismissed - MyDesert.com
The Palm Springs Air Museum has reached a deal to dismiss its lawsuit over a fleet of World War II planes on display there, officials say.
The agreement with Jo Rose Pond, widow of museum co-founder Robert Pond, ensures Coachella Valley residents and visitors “will always be able to see the kind of aircraft that were flown in World War II,” museum general counsel Don Reuben said Thursday. ...
Truck Killer: The A-26 - Air and Space
This rare footage shot during the Vietnam War shows the Douglas A-26 Invader operating at England Air Force Base in Louisiana and at Nakhon Phanom RTAFB in Thailand. The final scenes at the Vintage Flying Museum at Meacham Field in Fort Worth, Texas, show the last airworthy A-26A, "Special K," now owned and being restored by the Pacific Prowler organization chaired by Jim Terry.
Flight of the Human Spirit
Episode 47 - Amazing Airport, Smiling FBO, and Touched Lives - combs.podomatic.com
Author, Michael Combs has always dreamed of flying. Join him as he takes off to set a world record while inspiring millions to follow their dreams -- no matter what. Michael's mission is to fly a Light Sport Aircraft into all 50 states in Forty Flight 40 days. ...
Pa. pilots to fly historic planes to film premiere - York Daily Record
He and the others are flying restored biplanes in for the Washington premiere of "Legends of Flight," a 3-D IMAX film about aviation history, on Saturday at ...
French air enthusiasts hope to restart Concorde engines - Yahoo
A French aeronautics association Saturday examined the engines of a Concorde passenger jet at an air museum outside Paris to determine if they could be used again.
"The objective is not to get it (Concorde) to fly again but to get the engines working again, hoping one day to see it taxi on the tarmac for the pleasure of visitors to the museum," said Frederic Pinlet, head of Olympus 593, named after the Rolls Royce/Snecma engines used on the aircraft.
The association founded a little over a year ago has reached an ...
Concorde May Fly Again from AVwebFlash Current IssueMay 30 from Cut and Paste Aviation
An Air France Concorde was to have undergone borescope tests Saturday to determine if its four engines can be safely started in advance of a possible return to flight. The aircraft is at a French museum at Le Bourget Airport, where it was mothballed seven years ago when Air France and British Airways ended supersonic service after decades of financial losses and the spectacular crash of a Concorde in Paris in 2000 that killed 113 people. There was no word at our deadline on the outcome of the tests but it's hoped the aircraft can soon be fueled and readied for taxi tests before returning to the air for heritage flights. It's hoped the aircraft can be airworthy in time for a flight over the opening ceremonies of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
...1912 -- Pioneer aviator Wilbur Wright dies from typhoid fever, at the early age of 45.
His death marks the end of his extraordinary partnership with his brother Orville, which culminated in 1903 with the first, powered airplane, Flyer, capable of sustained, controlled flight on Dececember 17, 1903.
Orville made the first flight, airborn for 12 seconds. Wilbur took the second flight, covering 853 feet (260-m) in 59 seconds. By 1905, they had improved the design, built and and made several long flights in Flyer III, which was the first fully practical airplane (1905), able to fly up to 38 minutes and travel 24 miles (39-km). Their Model A was produced in 1908, capable of flight for over two hours of flight. They sold considerable numbers, but European designers became strong competitors.
Orville sold his interest in the Wright Company in 1915. ...
Air Force Museum in Dayton hopes to land one of retired space shuttles - Plain Dealer
Officials say the shuttle Atlantis would be most appropriate for the Dayton ...
Space Shuttle Atlantis – The End of an Era from Wayne Farley's Aviation Blog
When Space Shuttle Atlantis touched down at the Kennedy Space Centre on May 26, 2010, it marked the end of 25 years of service for the space vehicle. ...
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