Mosquito Restoration on Track for Spring Flight from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association
The restoration of a flyable de Havilland Mosquito is on track for completion in spring 2011. With remains rescued from a Canadian farm, the aircraft is undergoing an extensive rebuild in New 
Zealand and would be the only flying copy of this WW II fighter in the world. ....
de Havilland Mosquito by fcafa
The Mosquito was a twin engine fast fighter bomber, with an airframe that was largely constructed in a composite of wood layers and adhesive. Its history can be related back to the de Havilland company’s earlier projects, in particular the DH 88 Comet Racer. In the early 1930s the company was gaining experience in using wooden construction methods for its aircraft; offering reduced weight with improved speeds and ...
Bahamas Fly-In Welcomes LSAs from AVwebFlash Current Issue
Flying outside of the U.S.A. can be a challenge for sport pilots, but not if they want to visit the Bahamas. The island country is the first foreign nation to allow sport pilots to fly there in light sport aircraft, even if they don't have an FAA medical certificate (click here for the full details). To celebrate, the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism and Aviation has organized the first International Bahamas LSA Fly-In, coming up Dec. 10 to 12. General aviation aircraft of all sorts are welcome to join the event, which takes place on Grand Bahama Island. Participants are eligible for special rates at a local Radisson resort. ...
Bungling pilot flies into Air Force flypast - The Australian
A BUNGLING amateur pilot flying a tiny Cessna airplane in the UK accidentally flew into a Royal Air Force (RAF) flypast, ...
Amateur Pilot Flies Tiny Cessna Into 29-plane RAF Formation Marking Queen’s Birthday from Aviation Blogs
RAF pilots marking the Queen’s Birthday with a flypast narrowly avoided a mid-air collision after an amateur in a tiny Cessna strayed into their flightpath. ...
IAC Member First in Line for AirVenture 2011 from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association
Ray Harris, EAA 531491/IAC 26766, from Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, made his first trip to AirVenture in 2010. He enjoyed it so much that he already bought his weekly admission for 2011. ...
Honor Flight volunteers recognized for helping veterans - The Citizen.com
The magazine's cover featured Loganville resident Marvin Russell, a B-17 gunner who was shot down and spent 13 months in Stalag 17-B in Austria. ...
Class of 2010 – Linden Blue from San Diego Air & Space Museum
He is an aviator who has turned his love of flying into success as a top aerospace executive. He is Linden Blue!
Linden Blue was born in 1935 in Meeker, CO, and when he was three his family moved to Denver. Linden Blue started taking flying lessons in 1955, receiving his pilot’s license on December 17. He received his B.A. degree from Yale University in 1958, and is also a graduate of the Advanced Management Program of the Harvard Business School. Along with his brother Neal, Linden flew around South America in a ...
A gaggle of P-38's make their way through the Central Valley of California
Fantasy of Flight Celebrates 15 Years of Sky Smiles - AMTOnline.com
The venue offered visitors a chance to experience something new - a place that merged the wonders of flight with aviation history, real-life aircraft ...
Russell Jacobs, 1918-2010 - Columbia Daily Tribune
During World War II, he served as a B-17 pilot and assistant group operations officer with the 99th Bomb Group in the 15th Air Force based in North Africa ...
Red Bull X-Alps 2011 - Judgement Day! from Aerial Sports Feed
The Red Bull X-Alps is a unique event. In July 2011, the 5th X-Alps challenge will commence. 30 international athletes from 23 different countries will compete in a 24 / 7 race all the way from ... Watch Video
St. Louis Science Center Receives $5 Million Gift from Boeing from The Aero Experience
ST. LOUIS - The Saint Louis Science Center announced it has received a $5 million gift from The Boeing Company.
The gift was announced at the Boeing St. Louis Partnership for the Future Rally held on Nov. 22, 2010, which celebrated Boeing St. Louis’ rich aerospace heritage, military aircraft developments and strategic partnerships. ...
A KC-10 Extender from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker Nov. 18, 2010, over the Pacific Northwest. The KC-135 is from the 92nd Air Refueling Wing at Fairchild AFB, Wash. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Natasha E. Stannard)
Things in the Sky - One Six Right is Now on Hulu! from Boarding Area - Featured
I’ll have an airline-related post later today, but I wanted to share that one of my favorite movies of all time – One Six Right – is now on Hulu (thanks to my friend Jon Heckman for noticing it). While I usually write about the airlines, I also have an interest in general aviation...
The T-cart from J Clark
Yesterday’s blog was about The Perfect Flying Machine. Today, it is about a very similar flying machine. The reason it is very similar is because the same aeronautical engineer, Clarence Gilbert Taylor, designed today’s airplane, the Taylorcraft.
After the big falling out with William Piper, Taylor decided to start another aircraft company, promising to build ...
Stories That Fly from www.storiesthatfly.com
The best digital stories in general aviation
November 24 from Cut and Paste Aviation
Panoramic Photo: Paine Field in the Snow… With Cold Boeing 787s from Airline Reporter
This week we have had an unusual amount of snow in the Seattle area. Liz Matzelle wasn’t afraid of the snow and made her way up to Paine Field yesterday and got some amazing photos. She also created one fantastic panoramic image that she was happy to share. ...
If, like me, you are wondering what goes on inside a jet engine the site below from Rolls Royce might help. As a pilot I merely used the thing, in my case four Rolls Royce RB211-524s on a Boeing 747-200 and very good they were too. ...
Final Harrier jet launch from HMS Ark Royal from Air-Attack.com - News Feed
HMS Ark Royal, the United Kingdom’s Flagship, facilitated the last ever launch of the iconic Harrier GR9 aircraft from her decks at 0900 on 24 November 2010, approximately 40 nautical miles off the coast of Newcastle. Joint Force Harrier, based at RAF Cottesmore, will decommission …
This morning, after battling a long traffic jam on the A1 south, I got to RAF Cottesmore, for one last look at the Base and it's Harrier operations. Today was very active, and 'chat' on the fence suggested that there will be a 16-ship flypast on either the 16th or 17th of December at RAF Cottesmore via, some other bases connected ...
Videos: Start the British Cross from fox2magazine
The weather was cold and melancholy, reflecting the sad end of British Charier.
The latest Harrier GR9 the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy took off this morning for the last time from the deck of the British aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal, thus ending with a violent 30-year naval career. ...
Naval Aircraft Get Extreme Makeovers from Aviation Blogs
With EAA AirVenture being a designated Tier 1 event for the Centennial of Naval Aviation celebration next year, get ready for a host of special appearances and activities in Oshkosh next July. While many initiatives have yet to be announced, one special treat is confirmed and well underway: re-painting several current inventory airplanes in colors from previous eras. ...
Open thread - Remember the Pig! from The DEW Line
It's almost time to say farewell to the General Dynamics F-111, which is affectionately nicknamed the Pig in Australia and the Aardvark in America. ...
The New Yorker's airport security cartoons from 1938-2009 from Boing Boing
Shuttlenauts from Air & Space Magazine
To understand just how long the space shuttle has been flying, and how many generations of astronauts it has ferried to orbit, consider this: Of the six men assigned to the 134th and last scheduled mission (pictured), four weren’t even born when the first shuttle commander, John Young, joined NASA in 1962. ...
STS-133 Delayed Now to December 17, 2010 from Spaceports
Santa will be visiting the International Space Station this Christmas on a very high-tech sled if NASA engineers are able to launch the space shuttle Discovery on the STS-133 mission on Friday, December 17, 2010, at 8:51 PM from the Kennedy Space Center.
NASA has bumped space shuttle Discovery's launch date a few weeks, ...
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