Special Navy air show announced to celebrate centennial - San Diego Union Tribune
The Navy has announced a special air show -- including a massive flyover of San Diego Bay by more than 150 aircraft -- to celebrate the 100-year anniversary of naval aviation.
"It is expected to be the largest peacetime aerial flyover since World War II and the largest in San Diego since November, 1918," said Lt. Cmdr. Alli Myrick-Ellison, a Navy spokeswoman in Coronado.
The Navy is billing the show as a once-in-a-lifetime event that will allow the public to see the aircraft in flight from vantage points all around the bay. ...
Blue Angels to take to the skies - WALA-TV FOX10
NAS PENSACOLA (WALA) - The Blue Angels will close the 2010 season with their annual Homecoming Air Show aboard Naval Air Station Pensacola on Thursday, ...
Ready, set, soar with the Blue Angels - Pensacola News Journal
Among the highlights are an F-18 Super Hornet demonstration; a B-25 takeoff and flyby and an appearance by the Shockwave Jet Truck, which runs more than 300 ...
Take a tour of vintage DC-3 at Stuart Air Show air show this ...
Take a tour of vintage DC-3 at Stuart Air Show air show this weekend. When Tony DeSantis began his career as an American Airlines pilot, the cockpit of the Boeing 767 he flew was full of glass-covered controls and dials, a far cry from ...
Fly-in to be held Nov. 13 - Millen News
A fly-in will be held 9 am until 3 pm Saturday, Nov. 13, at the Jenkins County Airport. Attractions will include: manufactured aircraft, home builts, ...
The world’s most popular aerobatics team, Gloucestershire-based AeroSuperBatics Ltd, has today announced a deal to extend and expand its backing from Breitling, the prestigious Swiss watch manufacturer, which will now last until the end of the 2013 season.
The new sponsorship package, announced by AeroSuperBatics’ founder and chief pilot, Vic Norman, means the popular Breitling Wingwalkers, until now a two-aircraft team, will in future be able to perform as a four-aircraft line-up ...
B-29 Superfortress from FenceCheck Forums
F-111 to perform final dump-and-burn for Ipswich community from Alert 5 - Military Aviation News
To thank the Ipswich community for their support over the years, the last F-111 squadron will perform one final dump-and-burn for the city Nov. 27.
Veterans Day Salute from AF.mil Photos
City's Veterans Day service on Thursday - The Tand D.com
The ceremony will also feature an air show consisting of two 1941 World War II aircraft and a Vietnam-era aircraft. The air show is scheduled to begin about ...
Veterans Day events in the Phoenix area - Arizona Republic
Royal Air Force Cadet Memorial: 10:30 am The Commemorative Air Force Arizona Wing is conducting a memorial for 23 British cadets who died during World War ...
AF leaders send birthday messages to Marine Corps from Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind. - Grissom Headlines
Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Roy salute the Marine Corps on its 235th birthday Nov. 10.
Secretary Donley wrote a letter to the secretary of the Navy stating:
"Congratulations as you celebrate the 235th birthday of the United States Marine Corps. Having served faithfully for over two centuries, thriving in adversity no matter how brutal the circumstances, and with unmatched courage and conviction, U.S. Marines have answered the nation's call with distinction. America's Airmen are honored to stand firmly with our Marine Corps partners for the timeless cause of freedom. We salute you on this historic day." ...
Airshow China targets local visitors - Macau Daily Times
The 8th China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition, Airshow China, will take place in Zhuhai from November 16 to 21. The organisation held a press ...
James Pryde, an original Tuskegee Airman and former radio operator, congratulates Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz after Tuskegee Airmen Incorporated officials presented the general an honorary membership in the organization on Nov. 9, 2010, at the Pentagon. Six original Tuskegee Airmen were present during the brief ceremony in which General Schwartz was presented with his Tuskegee Airmen red jacket. General Schwartz joins Gen. Merrill McPeak and Gen. Ronald Fogleman as the only Air Force chiefs of staff to be recognized with the honorary membership. (U.S. Air Force photo/Scott M. Ash)
Remembrance Sunday in Sunderland - BBC News
A fly-past from Hawk jets, used by the Red Arrows, will take centre stage at the cenotaph ceremonies. More than 200 serving members of the armed forces and ...
More women get their wings - National Post
Organizations such as Women in Aviation International give girls like Leah Marz, age 11, who comes from a family of pilots, the opportunity to fulfill their ...
Female WWII pilot getting posthumous honor from Air Force Times - News
YELLVILLE, Ark. — A Yellville woman who died in poverty at a Boone County nursing home 1977 will be recognized as a hero on Veterans Day. ...
Brown Condor to be honored in Gulfport - Victoria Advocate
(AP) - A life-size bronze bust of Mississippi aviator John C. Robinson, also known as the Brown Condor, will be unveiled and dedicated Thursday at the ...
World War II airman recalls deadly crash - KeysNet
Key Largo resident Mel Johnson remembers his days as a navigator aboard a B-17 in the 390th Bomb Group during World War II. ...
Thousands of American Flying Tigers relics are on display in ... from Flying Tigers News
Vietnam veteran restores WWII-era P-40 - Ocala
Following his military service, he persued a career in construction and custom home building and became interested in flying and warbirds as a history buff. ...
Corsair Soars From The Bottom Of Lake Michigan from Aviation Blogs
Lt. J.J. Manley’s report from the USS Wolverine on Saturday, June 12, 1943, included mostly routine information, such as a notation that the freshwater tank was filled and secured at 1635 hours. ...
Video: The Smallest Twin Engine Airplane In The World from Aviation Blogs
Known to be the smallest twin-engine airplane in the world (4.90m wingspan, 72kg empty weight, 2x15HP), it still has a 190km/h cruise speed and is capable of executing all the basic positive aerobatic maneuvers. Formation flight and air-to-air shots with an Avid Hauler homebuilt. Now in HD!
Pilots share the joys of times in air - Campbelltown Macarthur Advertiser
Classic aircraft and warbirds from the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society, Camden Aviation and displays from the Australian Aviation Museum are ...
Behind the Scenes Tour spring registration opens Nov.15 from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories
You can see the aircraft restoration process first-hand by participating in the Behind the Scenes Tours at the National Museum of the United States Air Force.
Registration for Behind the Scenes Tours during the months of January through May 2011 opens on Monday, Nov. 15. The free tours take place every Friday from 12:15 p.m. to 3 p.m. Space is limited, so advance registration is required.
During the tours, members of the public are guided through the museum's restoration hangars located on the historic Wright Field flight line in Area B of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, about one mile from the main museum building. Visitors will see a variety of aircraft in several stages of the restoration process, including the famous World War II bombers, B-17F Memphis Belle and B-17D The Swoose. ...
Earlier this year, a number of apprentices took on a different restoration project.
This community project is being managed by our Apprentice Carpenter, Laura Pringle, and takes the form of a 7ft wing spanned model of a Spitfire mainly constructed of steel. This model has become something of a landmark in the village of Kynnersley in Shropshire where it has lived in its owner’s front garden for well over 40 years. ...
Lockheed simulator shows what it's like to fly the F-35 fighter - The Daily Breeze
Man Charged In N.W.T. Pilot’s Film-Shoot Death from Aviation Blogs
A 23-year-old pilot in Fort Good Hope, N.W.T., has been charged in the death of another pilot who was hit by the wing of a low-flying airplane during a photo shoot earlier this year. ...
Frozen Corpse of Bolivian Pilot Found on Mountain 20 Years After Plane Crash from NYCAviation.com | The corpse of a Bolivian pilot was found in the country's snow capped mountain tops east of its capital, La Paz, 20 years after a plane crash. ...
Construction Begins on America's First Commercial Spaceship Factory - Popular Science
... Virgin Galactic and Scaled Composites, the aerospace firm founded by legendary engineer Burt Rutan the visionary behind Virgin Galactic's fleet. ...
STS-133: Structural defect/cracks found under foam damage on ET-137 from NASASpaceFlight.com
While troubleshooting on the Ground Umbilical Carrier Plate (GUCP) saw the flight seal removed on Wednesday, engineers have been removing the cracked foam from Discovery’s damaged Thermal Protection System (TPS) area on the flange between the intertank and LOX tank. Two cracks has been found on the structural stringer, which is undergoing an immediate investigation. ...
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