Defence cuts latest: Two carriers but no jet fighters as the iconic Harrier is axed | Mail Online from http://www.dailymail.co.uk/ Two new aircraft carriers will be deployed without jet fighters after the iconic Harrier jump jet is axed in defence cuts this week. The ships, due to enter service in 2014 and 2016, will operate with no jets until 2018, leaving a gaping hole in Britain's military firepower and potentially putting the Falkland Islands at the mercy of a fresh Argentinian invasion…
- Shelby Star | The airport had their 4 th annual fly-in and open house Saturday and attracted a crowd of spectators, participants and families on outings. For a small fee, ...
Underground Aviation Seminar by David | Huge news! Will and David have been invited to participate in Jason Schappert's Underground Aviation Seminar! The seminar is a 5-day event. Each evening will feature a different speaker with a different subject. The Pilot's Flight PodLog will be featured on Sunday, October 24th. Our time slot is at 9pm Eastern, 6pm Pacific. Please join us for a live recording of our show. You will be able to listen as we record live and participate in the chat. We may also take live questions during the show! Also, we have some big news to share with you, our audience, live during the show! Please click on the big picture below and register for the free event. There are lots of great speakers and topics from the 24th to the 27th of October. Register for one or register for all, but please tune in to our live show on Sunday. We can't wait to share this show with you!
First Nevada flight made at Carson in 1910 - Nevada Appeal | As Nevadans make plans to attend the upcoming Nevada Day parade, they will be commemorating the contributions to the state's early-day aviation history by ...
Documentation of every Luftwaffe Loss in UK from PPRuNe Forums by Timothy | I have recently come across a teacher who has inherited a family collection, which he describes thus: Quote: ..."Fallen Eagles" collection that is now in my family's keeping after his recent death. It is a fasinating collection of detailed records of every Luftwaffe aircraft which crashed in the UK during the Second World War that took him most of his life to put together. The 3 examples below are from early October 1940…
Former B-17 pilot drops off bomb casing at Okla. museum - Longmont Daily Times-Call | Shortly after midnight July 5, 1943, an American B-17 pilot accidentally dropped six 100-pound bombs on the sleeping city. Although no one was hurt and no ...
Inside the B-17 bomber, one slow foot after the other - Gainesville Times | Editor's note: Reporter Jeff Gill took a spin in a vintage B-17 bomber Thursday and wrote this first-person account ...
'Greatest Generation' pilot to be reunited with great warplane - Statesville Record & Landmark | Barrier was once called "Captain Barrier" by those under him when he was at the controls of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress during bombing runs over Hitler's ...
Virgin Galactic's Real Life Enterprise Gets Its Own Show - Subspace Communique | The new documentary series will star Richard Branson and Burt Rutan, and will take us along for the ride as they bring us Huu-mons closer to everyday space ...
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RED ARROWS ESCAPE THE AXE - Express.co.uk | THE Red Arrows will continue to thrill the public with displays like this despite the cuts in Britain's defence budget…
Hawgsmoke 2010!! from Military Photos by denneym1 | I just had the opportunity to spend a couple of days covering Hawgsmoke 2010 at Gowen Field in Boise, Idaho. Hawgsmoke 2010 was hosted by the Idaho Air National Guards 190th Fighter Squadron, who were the winners of the 2008 competition and thus became the hosts of this years. Since the 190th won again this time, the second place winners will host Hawgsmoke 2012…
Amigo Airsho Takes Off - KTSM News Channel 9 | The high-flying action of the Amigo Airsho has become a tradition for countless El Pasoans with their eye to the ...
More than 1000 people attend Shelby airport fly-in for plane rides, BBQ and ...
AirPigz Podcast #13: Racer Marilyn Dash Talks Reno 2010 - Part 1 by Martt - Marilyn Dash has been racing in the Biplane Class at Reno for many years now. She's also extremely well connected to the culture of people and airplanes at Reno which makes her a great person to talk to about all things Reno. Our chat was long enough to break into two parts, with part 1 here covering her personal experience racing the Pitts Special again this year, along with some talk about the racers in the Formula One Class…
Airspeed Updates its Opening Sequence for Video Features from Airspeed by Stephen Force (Steve Tupper) I finally got around to adding in some recent video to the opening sequence for the video episodes. It comes, at least in part, from my ongoing efforts to get the T-38 episode out. I thought I'd post it here for the heck of it as I get ready to release some more video content. Enjoy!
EXPLORE AMERICA: Aviation Nation by Rand McNally - Wait for it. BOOM, that's a F-22 breaking the sound barrier. At "America's Air Show," come to see impressive military airplanes including the F-22 and the CV-22 Osprey, both on the ground and in the air, where they execute precise aerial maneuvers in perfect formation. The Air show is a history lesson in the glory that is U.S. Air Force. Besides the latest aviation from the U.S. Military there are also displays. Performances by civilian pilots fill in the fun. The Air Show is hosted at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, Nevada, annually. Aviation Nation 2010 will be held at Nellis Air Force Base, northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada, on November 13th and 14th, 2010.Telephone (702) 652-2750. http://www.nellis.af.mil/aviationnation/
Airport abuzz for air show - Parkersburg News | Clifford "Chibby" Chapman used the air show as a homecoming. "I grew up right over the hill from the airport and it's really exciting for me to come home ...
Air Expo 2010 - Parkersburg News | The expo will also have several demonstrations of aerobatic flying, local radio control airplane clubs and the Ohio Valley Sky Divers. ...
The planes that made history - Cleveland Advocate | In 1993, he joined the Commemorative Air Force, a national organization founded to acquire, restore and preserve in flying condition, a complete collection ...
Flapping Wings Snowbird Make Aviation History from TAKEOFF TUBE by rss@www.takeofftube.com(USA_Spotter) A team of engineers in Toronto, Canada are awaiting official confirmation that they have broken an aviation record for the first ever sustained flight in a human-powered ornithopter, an aircraft that flaps its wings like a bird. The team managed to keep the aircraft aloft for almost 20 seconds, a feat that breaks new ground in avionics and flapping-wing technology…
Panel works on ways to promote Ohio's aviation assets - Columbus Dispatch | A Lane Aviation employee approaches a plane at Rickenbacker Airport that was flying Ohio-made GE jet engines to Seattle. ...
Flight Chaplains Launch New National Association from AvStop » Number One Online Resource For General Aviation News | Co-founders Joe Love and Amelie Buchanan have announced the launch of the Association of Professional Flight Chaplains (APFC) as a newly approved 501(c)(3) nonprofit that aids and supports flight crews and trauma patients across the country…
Moments before disaster from Let Let Let - Warplanes by Srecko | The de Havilland DH 108 "Swallow" was a British experimental aircraft designed by John Carver Meadows Frost in October 1945. The DH 108 featured a tailless, swept wing with a single vertical stabilizer, closely resembling the layout of the wartime German Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet rocket-powered point-defense interceptor…
October 17 from Cut and Paste Aviation by KenInfinite
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