US Army's Golden Knights in shining armor take to the skies - KENS 5 TV
Among the stellar acts that took the skies was the United States Army's parachute team called the Golden Knights. ...
Published in Septemeber 2010, by the DeAgostini (one of the most important Italian publishing houses) with the contribution of Aviator Edizioni, my latest book, “Frecce Tricolori – un volo lungo 50 anni” represents the official publication of the Italian Air Force for the 50th Anniversary of the Frecce Tricolori. The book in Italian and English text is a spectacular hardcovered ...
2010 Reno Air Races Gallery Added from Randy Rothhaar Photography
A gallery with over 1,100 new images from the 2010 Reno Air Races has been added to the Airshow section of the site today. I really enjoyed my first trip to the air races this year and look forward to shooting them again in 2011. ...
My Mother Had Wings - Air & Space Magazine
The daughter of a WASP tells her mother's tale.
Moments and Milestones: Birth of the Clippers - Air & Space Magazine
Glenn L. Martin made his reputation building big bombers for the air forces of the world. In 1933, he won the Collier Trophy for his spectacular B-10, renowned for being speedier than the fighters of its day. Juan Trippe made his reputation building Pan American World Airways into an airline that, for a time, was the United States’ unofficial flag carrier. Trippe and his group of investors initially aimed their expansion south toward ...
75th anniversary of historic flight from SF Bay - San Francisco Examiner
The Alameda Naval Air Museum is leading a re-enactment of radio broadcasts for the flight's bon voyage, which drew more than 25000 spectators to Alameda at ...
Corsair Recovered From Lake from AVwebFlash Current Issue
The wreck of an F4U-1 Corsair that sank in Lake Michigan in June 1943 has been recovered by a crew working with the National Naval Aviation Museum, based in Pensacola, Fla. "It's a very significant airplane, because it represents an era in American history when we were training pilots for overseas duty," said Chuck Greenhill, a military aircraft collector who helped to finance the recovery mission. Greenhill told the ...
The aviation opportunities I had before I was even old enough to drive as a result of my dad's love for flying were pretty amazing. For example, to just scratch the surface, I was at the Reno Air Races 1968 thru 1970 (I was born in 1961), and at the last EAA Rockford fly-in in 1969 as well as the new Oshkosh location in 1970, and he taught me to fly at 13 in the brand new 1973 Citabria 7KCAB he bought... by the time I soloed in a ...
That flying feeling... from Air Facts Online Column
I am sure that student pilots today view some things about flying as somewhat mysterious. I sure did
when I was a student pilot, years ago.There was a legendary duster (agricultural) pilot at a nearby airport. His name was Ray Jackson. When crop dusting was out of season, Ray instructed and flew charter and did whatever else was needed.
Cessna T-50 "Bamboo Bomber"Ray was returning to his base with some passengers in a Cessna T-50, or, Bamboo Bomber. A twin, of wood structure (thus the name) and fabric covering, this Cessna was rather big and heavy for ...
VIDEO: RAF Harrier jets visit site of the first test flight after 50 years hovered from CavokBlog
Two Harrier aircraft GR.9 Royal Air Force visited the Dunsfold Park airfield in the UK on November 18 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first attempt at hovering flight performed by the prototype of the Harrier, the P.1127 "Kestrel". ...
Jews in Aviation takes off from General Aviation News
Pilot Howard Cooper from Maplewood, N.J., co-founded Jews in Aviation in 2009 to share his love of flying with other Jewish pilots. “There are organizations for Jewish hikers, bowlers, lawyers, doctors, police officers and motorcycle riders,” said Cooper. The organization plans to hold its first fly-in next year in Monticello, N.Y. ...
November 22 from Cut and Paste Aviation
Bob's Take: High-flying life makes its way to film - WORLD-HERALD STAFF
He was a Union Pacific porter, a pro football player and an insurance underwriter before he took up hot-air ballooning. In his spare time, he's a photojournalist.
Soon he'll be the star of a movie about his high-flying life, thanks to his filmmaking daughter.
Bill Costen, 63, who grew up in Omaha, says he's the first black commercial hot-air balloon pilot. He's been making a living flying balloons full time for 28 years. ...
Shirley wing walker Tom Lackey breaks his own world record - Birmingham Mail
Tom, who also holds the record for being the oldest person to wing walk across the English Channel, first took to his adventures ten years ago after the ...
AIRMENTORS! The Best Way to Learn from Flight To Success
31 years of flying. 8 Airlines, 7 Type ratings. New procedures. New planes. That's my flying life. When I got my 727 type rating I had under 500 hours total time. I'd been a second officer for 12 years, but easily transitioned to the Boeing 744. I'd been off for 22 months with a hip replacement and upon my return I jumped into the A330 with a brand new airline. Different technology than I'd been use to, and new ...
Local pilot lauded for helping youths fly like Young Eagles - Indiana Gazette
The names of the pilots and the participants are included in the “World's Largest Logbook,” which is on display at the EAA AirVenture Museum in Oshkosh, ...
Image of the Day: Space Shuttle Balloon from Flight Image of the Day
This week's Image of the Week (featured on page 5 of Flight International), is taken by AirSpace user apgphoto (Paul Dopson). Paul's photo depicts the Aeromagic Space Shuttle-shaped balloon, which Paul photographed in July 2009 at the Lorraine Mondial Air Balloons held at Chambley in France. Paul says, "This was the morning when 329 balloons took off!" ...
In the Age of Spaceplanes - Air & Space Magazine
Stories from the shuttle astronauts, in their own words.
FAA gives SpaceX the first-ever commercial license for spacecraft reentry from Engadget
Well, SpaceX just scored a huge milestone in space travel for the proletariat: we get to come back now. The FAA just gave SpaceX's Dragon capsule a reentry license, paving the way for it to make round trips to the International Space Station and eventually even take people up there. NASA, who already has some ...
Space Shuttle Discovery Repaired for Final Voyage from SPACE.com
NASA's space shuttle Discovery is all patched up for its planned final launch into space next week, NASA officials said today.
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