Pilot Richard “Smokey” Young set a world record Saturday — at least preliminarily.
Attempting to establish a new 100-kilometer — 62 miles — closed-course speed record for a piston-engine aircraft weighing between 660 and 1,320 pounds at the Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport in Thermal, the pilot surpassed the existing record with a top speed for the day of 260 mph, officials said.
In the existing 2004 world record, set by former astronaut Robert “Hoot” Gibson for the fastest flight over a closed course, a plane traveled 233 mph, according to the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale in Switzerland, which will have to finalize Saturday's results and confirm Young has bested the previous record.
“I've never had (a record) changed ...
Photo Gallery onlineBird strike interrupts Snowbirds show - CBC.ca
Video online
The collision happened about a third of the way through a Snowbirds performance above the Shearwater air base near Halifax during the Nova Scotia ...
Twists, loops and turns: Blue Angels fly high at Scott Air Force Base - Belleville News Democrat | The Blue Angels remained grounded while a flat tire kept an A-10 Thunderbolt "Warthog" on the runway for several minutes, but thousands remained standing ...
Blue Angels to Perform at Kaneohe Bay Airshow - KHON 2
Kaneohe Bay is set to be the stage for the world famous Blue Angels. Where the F/A 18 Hornets will control the skies in a fast-paced, high-performance show that's sure to wow the crowds.
"A lot of tricks to the trade on that and some surprises they always have in store for folks," says Kaneohe Bay Airshow Director Pete O'Hare. ...
Scott Air Force Base Air Show by LS Murphy
On Saturday, September 11th, 2010, Scott Air Force Base in Illinois held it’s annual air show…well, it should be called an air SPECTACULAR.
The highlight was the Blue Angels. After a A-10 Warthog got a flat on the runway, (can you imagine changing that? Jeez.) the Blue Angels took flight.
Here are some videos clips of the air show. ...
wings over PITTSBURGH air show by DAWN RENEE
This weekend, I attended my first air show. Being a nature *slash* still life *slash* portrait photographer, I found myself quite challenged photographing high-speed moving objects. Being a fine art photographer, I found myself constantly looking for the beauty in the day’s subject matter. I would label it as an exhilarating yet frustrating day for me. A few times, I reverted to capturing a few candid shots while I stood amongst the crowd which satisfied the photographer side of me. Not to mention, I fell in love with the ...
Canadian Snowbird team back for this year's airshow at end of the month - Chico ER
Let's give credit to show director GAYLE WOMACK and her dynamite staff for the upcoming CHICO AIRSHOW.
The event is Sept. 24, 25 and 26 at the Chico Municipal Airport, so you can't leave town, especially since the Canadian Snowbirds military jet team is back.
According to show spokeswoman DARAN GOODSELL, Chico is the only city in Northern California to host a jet team this year.
The airshow is truly one of those great community and regional events, with aerial acrobatics, ground displays, kids' events and great food. ...
Italy Celebrates 50 Years of Aerobatic Team with Largest Air Show - CRIENGLISH.com
Italy celebrated 50 years of the Tricolors Arrows, the aerobatic patrol of the country's Air Force, with two days of flights on Saturday and Sunday. ...
At the start the full week of events preceding the big show of the Tricolour Arrows aerobatic scheduled for Saturday, September 18
A Palazzo Tagliaferro opened the Show Colors air, organized Aero Club Savona and the City of Andover, who meet in an original setting four exhibitions in one: that of the photographer who immortalized Luca Rocca all the organizational work that precedes the Arrows show the evolution of the ... Photo Gallery
Enthusiasts wing it at event - Warwick Daily News
THE warbird's roar was deafening as her engine spluttered into life. People stopped mid-sentence and were transfixed as the T28D Trojan took to the sky. ...
In Pictures: Planes and Gliders at Greenville Downtown Airport (KGMU), Greenville, South Carolina from The Kathryn Report
Below are photos of some of the planes and gliders that were on display at GMU today.
Carolina Soaring Association had a couple of gliders and let people climb into them. They also were on hand to explain how gliders work.
The event was free and open to the public. It was held behind the Runway Cafe which is located at 21 Airport Road Extension in Greenville, South Carolina. ...
Saturday, Sep 18, 2010 - Wings & Wheels - 70th Anniversary Day!, Houston, TX
from FunPlacesToFly.com Aviation Events
On September 28, 1940, the Houston Municipal Airport Terminal Building opened for business. It was a big to-do in the area - people drove in and packed the parking lot, there were planes on the ramp on the airside, and the public piled out onto the second-floor observation decks to watch planes come and go. Join us for this month's Wings & Wheels event as we commemorate the 70th anniversary of this historic occasion with airplanes and cars on static display, and perhaps even a few 'special visitors'! Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for children 12 and under, and includes lunch. Admission is waived for guests who fly in. Contact: Megan Lickliter-Mundon 713-454-1940, info@1940airterminal.org
Cleveland National Air Show 2010 - Cleveland - 09/04/10 from FenceCheck Forums
North Weald Battle of Britain day from PPRuNe Forums
California Capital Air Show 2010 - Sacramento - 09/11/10 from FenceCheck Forums
Air Power Over The Midwest 2010 - Scott AFB, Belleville - 09/11/10 from FenceCheck Forums
Formation Flight Sundays - Planeshots [T-2, Fairey Battles, YF-12s, Lindbergh w/escorts, more]
Up early at 5am, the 8way Team was greeted by rain and clouds for the first day of competition at Skydive Chicago. The plan was a 15 minute call at 6:45 for a 7am takeoff. The Golden Knights Black 4 Way Team ( SGT Mike LaRoche, SSG Josh Coleman, SSG Matt Acord, SSG Justin Blewitt and SSG Drew Starr) are team 401 and are scheduled for load one. The clouds are expected to clear early this afternoon. ...
Raw Footage: T-38 Egress Training - Part 1b from Airspeed
Here's the second half of the "show" portion of the egress training for the T-38 ride at Beale AFB in July. I'm paying ...
Pedal Jam May Have Caused Cruse Crash from AVwebFlash Current Issue
A rudder pedal jam may have led to the fatal crash of former U.S. Aerobatics Champion Vicki Cruse during qualifying for the world championships in England last year. The British Air Accidents Investigations Branch says it also can't rule out pilot incapacitation as a contributing factor in the accident. The AAIB report (PDF) says Cruse added rudder pedal extensions to the Edge 540 she was borrowing for the competition. A post-crash examination revealed that the left extension could have ended up in a position that would have prevented the pilot from fully removing left rudder once it had been applied. ...
Norman and 'Roxy' Perform a Half-Time Show for the Cameras
from Autogyro circumnavigation of the globe by The GYROX Team
With part one of ‘The Circumnavigation of the Globe by Autogyro’ now completed and whilst we wait for the imminent news of Norman’s arrival back in Northern Ireland we have been privileged to receive some photographs taken during Norman’s last official day of flying before his return home. ...
Alabama Tuskegee Airman Honored at 125th National Alumni Association Event
from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News
TUSKEGEE AL- Following the 1881 founding of Tuskegee (Institute) University, the Tuskegee National Alumni Association (TNAA) was organized in 1885. In observance of the 125th Year, the Association held a grand convention celebration last month.
The kick-off to the 14th Biennial Convention for the Tuskegee National Alumni Association offered a rare treat for many who came from across the country to revisit their alma mater.
Following a tour of the City of Tuskegee, more than 50 TNAA convention attendees explored the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site at Moton Field before meeting with two local legends - Tuskegee Airman Lt. Col. Herbert E. Carter and his wife, Mildred Carter, one of the first black women to obtain a pilot's license. ...
Forgotten record of aviatrix Beryl Markham - BBC
On 4 September 1936 Beryl Markham departed from Abingdon Airfield in her Vega Gull airplane, The Messenger.
Her aim was to be the first person to make a solo, non-stop, transatlantic flight, east to west.
Headwinds made Markham's mission harder than the eastbound route taken by Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart.
Markham's destination was New York, but she crash-landed in a peat bog in Nova Scotia. Yet she survived and her dream to cross the Atlantic had come true. ...
122nd commander retires final F-16 - The Jounal Gazette
Air Guard unit will convert to Warthogs
Col. Jeffrey Soldner’s last flight was a fitting end to his military career.
Soldner, unit commander at the 122nd Fighter Wing who plans to retire in January after a 38-year career, took the unit’s last F-16 fighter jet for its final flight Saturday afternoon. ...
Photos From the Tailhook 2010 Front Lines from Tailhook Daily Briefing
Your Humble Scribe cannot be at this year’s Tailhook Symposium and reunion in Reno, but not to fear! I have recruited a couple of stalwarts in the Tailhook Community to help me out, Hans and Kathy Schmoldt!
I just received a couple of “Images from the Front Lines” that I am glad to pass on to our faithful readers. ...
From Antique Airfield News
- Don Parsons' Blog: Friends
- Terry Bowden's Blog: Curtiss Robin videos on the Internet
- MAAG's Blog: More Eagle Field Pictures
- MAAG's Blog: Eagle Field Highlights
- Terry Bowden's Blog: Curtiss F6C-4 Restoration for Marine Corps Museum
Kacy J's from The PapaGolf Chronicles
The MERFI fly-in was this weekend over in Urbana. I went last year, but this year I decided to find something else to do. I'm getting more and more afraid of things that I used to do without a second thought, much like Brave Sir Hogarth is as he too advances in age. For him, the new thing is the child gate that we've been using to restrict the movements of the as yet not-proven-worthy-of-trust Puppy Cabot. Hogarth won't go near it. For me, it's large groups of planes converging on uncontrolled airports. Besides that, there's very little there to attract me. Last year it was nice to go over and meet the guy that built my airplane, and this year it would have been fun to visit Lynda at her Girls With Wings booth, but it's getting late in the year and I still had not made it to Kacy J's, the new restaurant at the airport in Muncie, Indiana. ...
World’s only Flying “Flying Platform” Goes on Sale from You Fly, Girl
September 20, 2010, Anderson, Indiana, USA: US innovator AirBuoyant is offering its refreshed and enhanced prototype flying platform, the VertiPod 2 (N6172N, formerly the PAM 100B Individual Lifting Vehicle), for sale to someone or some museum that will appreciate it. ...
Forty years ago this week from PPRuNe Forums
BOAC Flight 775 (Bombay-LHR) was hijacked between Bahrain and Beirut on the 9th September 1970. After landing at Beirut to refuel, the aircraft was flown to Dawson's Field a desert strip near Amman in Jordan. ...
September 12 from Cut and Paste Aviation
Airship Photo of the Day from Airships: A Hindenburg and Zeppelin History Site
She Had a Dream: Mae C. Jemison, First African American Woman in Space
from AirSpace by The National Air and Space Museum
Have you ever had a dream of what you wanted to do in life? How about a wish that you hoped every day would come true? Were you ever truly inspired by something or someone at an early age that shaped the course of your life? Living a lifelong dream does not come to many, but for Dr. Mae Jemison, space travel was always an area of fascination. Space travel was her aspiration from an early age, and together with inspiration from astronaut predecessors Guy Bluford, Jr. and Sally Ride, Jemison not only achieved her goal of flying in space, but also did so as the first African American woman on September 12, 1992. ...
NM spaceport update from RLV and Space Transport News
An update on the Spaceport America project ...
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