Flying Car Landing In A Driveway Near You from Alternative Energy Newswire | Apparently the FFA works much faster than the EPA – the FFA has just approved the "Flying Car," also known at the Transition Roadable Aircraft. While the flying car, developed by Terrafugia (ter-ra-FOO-gee-ah), doesn't currently run on an alternative fuel such as ethanol or biodiesel, it is an "alternative" way to get yourself around town. So here is how it works….You jump into the cockpit and back your Flying Car out of the garage and head to the airport, driving on the same roads as FFVs, electric cars and hybrids. You pull up to the airport, head out to the runway, drop your wings, which are controlled from the cockpit, and take off. Sweet. No more three hour commutes in rush hour traffic…
Dreamliner Invited To AirVenture from AVweb Top News | There's a chance the Boeing 787 will make its airshow debut at this year's AirVenture Oshkosh. EAA spokesman Dick Knapinski has confirmed that Boeing has been invited to show off its latest design and is considering the idea. "The Boeing folks have an open invitation to join us, and we have had discussions about them attending," Knapinski said Tuesday. He noted that the participation of the Dreamliner and its extent will depend on the aggressive flight-test schedule Boeing has set for the aircraft. The schedule hit a minor setback last week when "workmanship issues" were discovered in the horizontal stabilizers of the five test aircraft.
EAA Tries a New Air Venture: Hot-air Balloons – WBAY | For those heading to the EAA fly-in later this summer, you may be in for a special treat. This summer's event will feature two large hot-air balloon ...
Steve Oliver and Suzanne Asbury-Oliver to Receive 2010 Bill Barber Award for Showmanship - World Airshow News has announced that Steve Oliver and Suzanne Asbury-Oliver are the 2010 recipients of the Bill Barber Award for Showmanship. The award will be presented during EAA AirVenture 2010 at EAA's Theater in the Woods on Monday, July 26. Steve and Suzanne join a list of honorees that reads like an airshow hall of fame over the past 25 years…
2010 International Council of Air Shows Hall of Fame Nominations - The original deadline for the ICAS Foundation Hall of Fame nominations was June 1st. Yep you missed it! Good news, the ICAS Foundation has given you another chance. The new deadline for nominations is July 31st. So get on it! Visit http://www.icasfoundation.org/halloffame.htm for the rules and how to nominate. Think about that hero of yours who has helped the airshow industry. Now's your chance to recognize them…
Barnstormers take Aberdeen from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Sarah Wilson, who is part of the American Barnstormers Tour, sends these photos from the tour's latest stop at Aberdeen Regional Airport (ABR) in South Dakota. Aberdeen was the fourth stop of the seven-city tour, which is set to wind up July 5 at Chandler Field Airport (AXN) in Alexandria, Minn. At each stop, people can tour the flight line for free, meet the barnstormers, who dress in vintage clothing, and buy a ride in one of the planes…
Red Bull Stratos Team Announces Latest Test Results from Aerial Sports Feed by noreply@redbull.com(Red Bull Staff) Santa Monica, Calif. – June 29, 2010 – As Red Bull Stratos grows increasingly near to realization, the mission's aeronautics experts today announce encouraging results from the latest high-altitude test jumps and step-off procedure tests. Mission pilot Felix Baumgartner himself acknowledges…
Great Reviews for Rocket Racing League Game from Rocket Racing League Games by smitty …Bronze Award Winner. "Hopefully word will spread about what a decent and original racer RRL is, and the social element – like the real event – will finally get off the ground. Even if it doesn't, though, Rocket Racing League is a fine alternative to the reams of arcade and kart racers on the App Store."…
DVD Review: 'Obsession' - Inside Sport Class Racing At Reno by Martt | The 'Obsession' DVD is not for sale, but interested individuals or groups can find out how to get a copy by sending an email to 77Obsession@gmail.com …
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Historic World War II bomber to visit Purdue airport - Carroll County Comet | The B-17 was the heavy bomber vital to winning World War II. From 1935 to 1945, 12731 were built and 4754 were destroyed in combat. ...
Tour goes on a 'Sentimental Journey' - Kenosha News.com | Cole Sharp, 8, of Kenosha, exited the close confines of the B-17 "Sentimental Journey" Monday and described the experience in three words: "It ...
CarolAnn Garratt at International Women's Air and Space Musuem from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale - I attended CarolAnn Garrat's talk tonight at the Women's International Air and Space Museum, located at the Burke Lakefront Airport in Cleveland, Ohio. http://www.alsworldflight.com/our_story.php CarolAnn's mother died of ALS (Lou Gehrig disease) in April 2002. A pilot for many years, this event spurred her to attempt to raise money for ALS research by using her love of aviation as a springboard. In 2003 she flew around the world, a 7 month trip, raising awareness of ALS along the way. (She paid for the trip herself, all funds donated went to ALS)…
What's The Next Big Idea, Burt Rutan? - Palm Springs Life | Burt Rutan made international headlines in 2004 with his design of SpaceShipOne, the first privately built spacecraft to reach space, followed with the ...
Museum of Flight breaks ground on space shuttle gallery from Aerospace News by aubreycohen@seattlepi.com (Aubrey Cohen) The Seattle Museum of Flight on Tuesday broke ground on a new gallery that will house a retired space shuttle orbiter, should the museum win one…
Veterans' stories may be filmed, filed in Library of Congress - Ventura County Star | The filming will take place at the Commemorative Air Force World War II Air History Museum, 455 Aviation Drive, Camarillo. Poutre asked interested veterans ...
Hurricane Heralds Air Tattoo - RAF - News by Date - THE ONLY airworthy Battle of Britain Hurricane still in existence flew in to RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire today for the media launch of this year's Royal International Air Tattoo. Hurricane R4118, together with its Battle of Britain ...
A little Airshow action in Iowa... - The Photo Forum - Photography ... by USM IS | Quad City Airshow........FA-18 hornet F-15C Strike Eagle......lighting was HARSE to say the least. Super Chipmunk Strike Eagle, turn and burn....
70000 attended weekend air shows - St. Cloud Times
The show featured the US Navy Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron, the F-22 Raptor and other aerobatics. Chapman said volunteers will finish taking ...
Setup begins for air show-balloon event - Battle Creek Enquirer
The annual rite of summer that is the Field of Flight Balloon Festival and Air Show begins Thursday, but there's plenty of preparation under way on the ...
The Commemorative Air Force Tour to arrive in Cedar City - St. George Daily Spectrum
... known as the “Ghost Squadron,” recreate, remind and reinforce the lessons learned from the defining moments in American military aviation history.”
CAF B-29 test flights postponed from General Aviation News
All test flights scheduled for the Commemorative Air Force’s B-29 Superfortress FIFI, on June 29 and 30, have been postponed until further notice. Due to a scheduling conflict, the FAA will not be able to issue a new Airworthiness Certificate for the B-29 Superfortress FIFI until next week at the earliest, CAF officials said, noting the certificate is required for FIFI to begin test flights. ...
Visit from B-17 brings WWII history to life - Muskego Now
Watching Aluminum Overcast, a B-17 bomber, fly overhead at the Wings Over Waukesha event brought New Berlin resident Howard Traeder back to ...
Rare WWII aircraft touch down at GEG - KXLY Spokane
The tour allows visitors to climb into the aircraft and sit at the controls of three historic warbirds: The Vintage Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, ...
Win a Chance to Fly with the Thunderbirds - KIONrightnow.com | One of the 5 will be chosed for a ride of a lifetime, a flight with USAF Thunderbird in the F-16C Fighting Falcon on Thursday September 30th The "Hometown ...
Blue Angels charm spectators at air show - SCSU University Chronicle | Like many others in attendance, Johnson and Sommerville said they traveled up from the cities specifically to see the F-22 and the Blue Angels. ...
Before the balloons - Battle Creek Enquirer | The 2010 Field of Flight Air Show and Balloon Festival will feature 47 balloons, acrobatic planes, a US Air Force F-22 in the air, and the usual carnival ...
Highlights from the Great Minnesota Air Show - Minnesota Public Radio | St. Cloud pulled off the new Great Minnesota Air Show over the weekend without a hitch. An estimated 30000 people packed into the St. Cloud Regional Airport ...
United States - Minnesota - Great Minnesota Airshow 2010 - St Cloud - 06/26/10 from FenceCheck Forums - Thanks JT! You should have made the trek up to St. Cloud... the lighting was incredible Sunday when the sun was out and not raining:
Air show, Toby Keith help make Summer Celebration's first weekend a success – WZZM ... Keith with around 15000 people here," Austin says. The festival will hold another air show in 2011, with the US Navy's Blue Angels scheduled to perform.
Crews set up for Rhythm and Booms - WKOW-TV.com | This year's event will feature the US Army Golden Knights, a precision parachute team that will perform two jumps on Saturday. "The second jump with the ...
Quonset Point Rhode Island 2010 Airshow from Military Photos by witchdoctor
18-year-old pilot represents ISU in national air race event - Terre Haute Tribune Star | TERRE HAUTE — As the youngest pilot of 51 competitors, Kay Brown helped ISU rank eighth in the Air Race Classic. Two Indiana State University women who ...
United States - Minnesota - Great Minnesota Airshow 2010 - St Cloud - 06/26/10 from FenceCheck Forums:
Flying History Stops in Rockford – WIFR | "The B-17 was the bomber that won the war in Germany during World War II and there's only 12 flying in the World out of almost 13000 built. ...
Flight on B-17 gives appreciation of WWII heroes - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | During an hour-long flight Monday inside the B-17 bomber Liberty Belle, the 10-year-old boy from Columbus, Ohio, grasped the cold steel of a machine gun, ...
A Once-in-a-Lifetime Flight from AVwebFlash Current Issue | What's the best birthday gift for a 102-year-old? Whatever she wants -- and Myrtle Carroll wanted to go for a ride in one of the little airplanes she enjoys listening to from the porch of her home near the Platte Valley Airport and Vintage Aero Flying Museum in Fort Lupton, Colo. Carroll had only been flying once before in her life, and never in a small airplane. But she loves the sound of the engines buzzing nearby, and when a friend asked if she'd like a ride for her birthday, she said, "Well, yes, I would." On Sunday, Mark Holliday, the museum's chief pilot, who is also the husband of Carroll's caretaker at the assisted-living home, Marilyn Taylor, took her for a spin in the back seat of a Cessna 182. "When you're 102, if you want to fly, you should be able to fly," Taylor told the Greeley Tribune.
"Harrier and Jaguar" by Fiona Banner, which opened... from x planes which opened yesterday at Tate Britain "The suspended Sea Harrier transforms machine into captive bird, the markings tattooing its surface evoking its namesake the Harrier Hawk. A Jaguar lies belly up on the floor, its posture suggestive of a submissive animal. Stripped and polished, its surface functions as a shifting mirror, exposing the audience to its own reactions. Harrier and Jaguar remain ambiguous objects implying both captured beast and fallen trophy."…
Teams pull jetliner 12 feet to raise money - The Newark Advocate | More than 400 people took part in a charity plane pull on Sunday to help the airport celebrate its 85th anniversary. Twenty-two teams heaved on a 60-foot…
CAF B-29 Test Flights Postponed - CAF
MIDLAND, TEXAS (June 28, 2010). – All test flights scheduled for the Commemorative Air Force’s B-29 Superfortress FIFI, on June 29 and 30, have been postponed until further notice.
Due to a scheduling conflict, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will not be able to issue a new Airworthiness Certificate for the B-29 Superfortress FIFI until next week at the earliest. The certificate is required for FIFI to begin test flights.
Please stand-by for more information as it becomes available regarding the re-scheduling of the first test flights. The CAF is very sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.
For more information, please contact Autumn Hicks (432) 563-1000, ext.2231 or ahicks@cafhq.org
Purdue team named top collegiate team in Air Race Classic from Purdue Technology News
UPDATE (2:32 pm): Purdue Air Race team wins collegiate field - The ExponentAir Race Classic winners announced - The Frederick News-Post Online
Two Purdue University undergrads won the collegiate division of the all-women Air Race Classic, ...
Rhode Island National Guard Air Show - Mike Goulian
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Fair St. Louis Airshow Will Feature Nationally Renowned Performers from The Aero Experience by Carmelo Turdo | Renowned air show performers will appear over the Mississippi River near the Gateway Arch for Fair St. Louis, July 3-4, 2010. MUST SEE air show in St. Louis, absent since 2005. Come to St. Louis Downtown Airport open house this weekend to meet the pilots! Announced aerial acts include:
Art Nalls in his civilian Sea Harrier
Lockheed C-130 and Army Golden Knights
MO Wing CAF B-25 "Show Me" and TBM-3E Avenger
Aeroshell Team - 4 Texans
Gene Saucy - Showcat
John Mohr - Stearman
Jim Maroney - Super Chipmunk
Kirby Chambliss - Edge 540
Red Eagles - Talon Eagle and Red Eagle
Matt Younkin and Twin Beech
Great Minnesota Air Show ends on high note - St. Cloud Times | The second day of the Great Minnesota Air Show attracted thousands to watch the US Navy Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron, the F-22 Raptor and other ...
"Quonset Air Show 2010 Soundtrack" 06-27-10 :: Original Custom ... by Scott Quillin | Tonight's song is a collection of three soundtracks recorded for the Quonset Air Show 2010 video that I put together over the weekend. I'll upload it tomorrow (Monday). Enjoy this song – it's a rocker! Thanks for listening - ...
Airfest 2010 at the Alberta Aviation Museum - iNews880.com | It's a celebration of our aviation history, because Edmonton has one of the biggest in the world. It's about aviation today, what we do today, our museum, ...
Air show attendance dives - Baraboo News Republic | The Scream'n Rebel Formation Demo Team performs at this year's Baraboo Dells Air Show. ...
Tune In Radio Show "Aviation Scholarships Not Just For Kids" - AvStop Aviation News ... Patty Wagstaff, National Aerobatic Champion and air show performer; and Connie Bowlin, Warbird pilot and owner and retired Delta Air Lines pilot; ...
Air Race Classic 2010 Video from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | TUSCALOOSA AL- Last week Tuscaloosa was the second stop of eight including the destination of Frederick MD on the 2,400 mile, 34th Annual Air Race Classic. The all women air racers honored their rich history by taking to the skies at Fort Myers FL in celebration of the 100th year of women pilots and 81 years of women air racing…
Local pilots' spirits soaring after race - Frederick News Post | Pilot Lin Caywood describes participating in the 34th annual Air Race Classic this week as intense, but a lot of fun. ...
AeroExpo - a few quick thoughts from Unicom by Ian Seager | It was hot, numbers were down and the percentage of 'registration enthusiasts' was up. Sunday was inevitably very quiet. The event was pretty well supported by the industry, and while there wasn't stand after stand of new and exciting aviation products there were enough things to see to make a visit worthwhile.
Best of day 7: Better weather, more Texas BBQ and being on TV from Flying Across America | Before telling more about today's flight, we've to publish one picture from Houston. Lots of you want to see the smile of the 5 years old boy that took a discovery flight on N512R yesterday at the 1940 Air Terminal Museum. It was not possible to upload it yesterday because of our bad internet connection, but here it is now. Look at that smile, it says everything about how fun flying is…
Russian T50 Fighter - Next Big Future | The T50 as far as I can tell is competitive with the F22. Below are links to various comparisons of specifications of the T50 and the F22. ...
Battle of Britain: the spitfire, envy of the enemy - Telegraph.co.uk | In the Spitfire's glory days she was the stuff of Boy's Own legends: the iconic aeroplane that epitomised Britain's fighting spirit during the darkest times ...
Lightning - P-38 Style from FenceCheck Forums - From the 2010 PoF High Country Warbird Fly In at Valle, AZ (40G):
