Sunday, October 24, 2010

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RI Aviation Hall of Fame inducts 4, including astronaut William Anders - Providence Journal
John A. Romano, USN (Ret), attend Saturday night's Rhode Island Aviation Hall of Fame dinner in East Greenwich. In addition to induction ceremonies, ...

EAA To Honor Five With Induction Into The Hall Of Fame from Aero-News Network
October 29 Ceremony Planned The EAA will recognize the contributions made by five aviators to the world of flight on Friday, October 29. They will be inducted into the EAA Hall of Fame during a banquet at the EAA Aviation Center in Oshkosh, WI.

Harrison Ford Inducted into San Diego Air and Space Hall of Fame - San Diego 6
BALBOA PARK - The San Diego Air & Space Museum is honoring national and international air & space legends at its 47th Hall of Fame Induction and Gala ...
    
Visitors to Wings over Houston treated to history - abc13.com
HOUSTON (KTRK) -- There was a treat for the crowd at Wings over Houston air show Saturday. Members of a legendary group of World War II pilots are in town. ...

Blue Angels Soar Over Jacksonville - WJXT Jacksonville
Day one of the 2010 Air Show did not disappoint the thousands who came out to Naval Air Station Jacksonville on Saturday. Joyce Moore told Channel 4's ...

Air show in Leesburg - Washington Post
Kirk Wicker flies a Piper J3 Cub during his solo performance at Leesburg Executive Airport's 2010 air show. The crowd watches Jane Wicker, a so-called wing ...

Rich memories for former Snowbirds - Moose Jaw Times-Herald
“They only had seven airplanes and they were non-aerobatic, but they had a vision,” said Dempsey, who has written a book chronicling the history of Canada's ...

In Memoriam - Moose Jaw Times-Herald
Shawn McCaughey, Claudia Gaudreault had her own gift she presented to the Canadian Forces Snowbirds Demonstration Team — McCaughey's acoustic guitar. ...

one of many vintage aircraft participating at the los alimitos airshow from The Adventures of Chopper Chick!
Refueled at KLGB late sat eve and figured this guy will probably be attending the wings wheels and rotors show at los alimitos on Sunday Oct 24 ...
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Fly-In to Draw Vintage Airplanes - MyFox Phoenix
Dearing, 70, climbed into the cockpit and flew in early Thursday from Chandler for the Copperstate Fly-In, an annual festival of experimental and show ...

Weekend in the air in Epinal - Vosges Morning
... Straight from the museum Safran (manufacturer specialized) and used on Airbus, Mirage 2000 and other Alphajet (the plane of the Patrouille de France). ... 

Steven Colbert Takes a Flight With the Thunderbirds · NRS Wealth
“Sir Dr. Steven Colbert” ( :57) takes a flight with the Thunderbirds during his trip to Iraq. This entry was posted on Sunday, October 24th, 2010 at 4:42 am and is filed under Entertainment. You can follow any responses to this entry ...

Historic bomber plans Paducah stop - Paducah Sun
Once seen in waves of thousands over Europe, perhaps 10 B-17 Flying Fortresses remain airworthy today. One will visit Paducah in November. ...

National Championship Air Races from classicwarbirds.net by joekates
The Reno Race that Almost Wasn’t… By Mark Hrutkay
The National Championship Air Races at Reno in 2010 did something they never did in the past and that was to cancel the final races in several classes.  There always seems to be some wind at Reno and on Sunday, there was a lot.  The winds were hitting 30kts at Stead Field.
The problem showed up as the Silver Unlimited Heat racers were landing.  They landed on a crosswind runway, instead of landing in front of the crowd.  That was formerly a strip used for emergencies and had finally gotten the center repaved in the past year. ...

A visit to Ramona Airport from classicwarbirds.net 
While  Traveling to San Diego ,CA  in Aug 2010  for our monumental trip to flyout and trap aboard the USS Carl Vinson CVN70  http://photorecon.net/2010/08/d-v-embarkation-u-s-s-carl-vinson/. We decided to make some calls to see if we could visit any local warbirds and meet some legends of aviation.  One owner and pilot that I have photographed over the years, Chuck Hall and his famous P-51 Six Shooter,was high on the list.Mr Hall,Mr Hall was happy to let us come out to Ramona Airport and have a private shoot with six Shooter.  ...  

Two Paperclips and an Eraser Contribute to Victory in WW2 from Aviation Trivia of the Day 
The first variants of the Navy's premier carrier-borne fighter of the first half of the Second World War, the Grumman F4F Wildcat, were hampered by one weakness even before they took off from their aircraft carriers- lacking a folding wing, the first versions of the Wildcat took up quite a bit of space on the carrier and, by extension, that limited the number of Wildcats that could carried aboard. Given combat losses that ...   

Aviation group is buying 'Skunkie' - The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
A group of aviation enthusiasts has reached an agreement to purchase the World War II-era B-25 bomber known as ...

Volunteers preserve Granby av[i]ation history - Sky Hi Daily News
Local volunteer “aviation history detectives” are preserving and promoting local airport history through the Colorado Airport History Preservation Project ...

‘The Story of a Canadian in Aviation’ from General Aviation News 
In his new memoir, “The Story of a Canadian in Aviation: From 1934 to 2009,” Dick Chapman chronicles his 35 years in aviation.
   
WWI Aviation Art, Antique Arms and Sporting Guns at Bonhams & Butterfields in ...  - Art Daily
Seldom seen examples of original WWI aviation art, a jeweled sword made for an Ottoman prince and a rare 17th century Dutch cannon come to auction at ...

South Africa celebates 75 years of the DC-3 from Aviation News - Airplane-Pictures.net
The South African Air Force celebrated the 75th anniversary of the Douglas Dakota aircraft in the form an Aviator's Evening hosted by 35 Squadron at Ysterplaat Air...

DhHornet50
The following photos on this page show original components that form part of the Hornet Project, unless otherwise stated. All new build parts have been made by David Collins, Mark Gauntlett and John Lathwell. This page was last updated in July 2010.

Flight on historic bomber stirs WWII pilot's memories - Charlotte Observer
During WWII, Charles Barrier was captain and a pilot of another B-17 in the 749th Bomber Squadron, 457th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force, based in England. ...

Family shares tale of its POW - Traverse City Record Eagle
A few weeks after he got home, Fred asked his mother to take him to Michigan to visit Jack Hartley, the co-pilot and fellow POW who had survived the B-25 ...

October 24 from Cut and Paste Aviation

Last Concorde Flight - October 24 - This Day in Aviation History
On this day in 2003, we gave our final farewells to Concorde. In 1944, the USS Princeton was sunk. In 1912, Harry Hawker won an endurance award for flying eight hours straight. ...

Young Eagles Take Flight by Information Services
Aviation enthusiasts ages 8 -17 can get a free airplane flight starting at 10 a.m. on Saturday (Oct. 23) as Experimental Aircraft Association Midwest Regional Representatives host a Young Eagles Flight Rally at Signature Flight Support ...

Local youth take flight - Santa Maria Times
The event was put on jointly by the American Charities Foundation and the Experimental Aircraft Association Young Eagles, a program that gives youth the ...

Supercruise - What is it? from Aviation 
Supercruise is a term that describes sustained supersonic flight without the use of afterburners, hence the name super (supersonic) cruise (cruising). ...

The Future of Space Travel from Spaceports [video]

Video: Hot Air Balloon Skydiving Stunts Look Like Fun Fun Fun! from AirPigz
 Did you know you can stand on top of a hot air balloon when it's inflated? Well, if you had any doubts about the ability to do that, watch these videos! it's really special to see these two very different and unique ways of flying mixed together. You might think it's crazy, but to me it looks like fun, fun, fun!

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