NAS Meridian Salutes Naval Aviation Anniversary - WTOK
Meet Ryan Graves, a student naval aviator who logs his flight training hours in a T-45. The nose, wings, and tail are typically painted orange for safety ...
Santa to fly into Orangeburg Dec. 12 - T and D
Trading the sleigh for a corporate jet isn't the Big Guy's traditional mode of transportation, but local children don't seem to mind. Popular with kids and their parents, the fourth annual Santa Fly-In will take place at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 12, at the Orangeburg Municipal Airport. The event is sponsored by the Orangeburg Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 1367. Orangeburg EAA member Rod Dantzler said the event is made possible because ...
Aviation Nation 2010 - Nellis AFB, North Las Vegas - 11/13/10 from FenceCheck Forums
Aircraft built by UFMG will try to break new record via Google Translate
According to university, aircraft broke three records on Wednesday (1st).
Judges representing the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI).
An airplane designed by the Center for Aeronautical Studies, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) will try to break the speed record in two miles, on Thursday (2), in Juiz de Fora, Zona da Mata of Minas Gerais. On Wednesday (1), the aircraft exceeded the speed records on 15 and 100 km and a time to climb to three thousand meters during a demonstration held at the Regional Airport in the Zona da Mata.
According to the University, in the plane reached ...
Last chance to catch F-111s - Lismore Northern Star
Dump and burn: An F-111 pilot shows off at the 2010 Williamtown Air Show. Locals may be hoping for something similarly impressive when the Amberley-based ...
Updated: Final Flight - MSGT Leland Haynes - we updated this post w/TD Barnes' tribute that was posted on You Tube. MSGT Leland Haynes was the SR-71 Blackbird webmaster and Crew Chief of SR-71 Article 64-17972 which established the New York to London speed records in 1974.
Found WWII remains bring closure to families - Air Force News
VICTORIA, Texas — Three years ago, a farmer in Papua New Guinea was clearing some brush at the edge of the old Buka Airport when he spotted it.
The wreckage of a World War II bomber had human remains inside.
Little did he know, his discovery would end a decades-old mystery for two American families, one in Port Lavaca, one in Oklahoma, thousands of miles away.
For Cindy Finley, of Tulsa, her ...
D. William “Bill” Lage, 86 - Austin Herald
Bill served in the United States Air Corps as a B-17 pilot, stationed in Foggia, Italy. Bill taught Industrial Arts (Sheet Metal) and Drivers Education at ...
Pair of local pilots hopscotch nation in experimental aircraft adventure - Valley News
There they would participate in Air Venture, an annual gathering that attracts thousands of aircraft and more than 35000 onlookers. ...
Inside the Enola Gay - Air & Space
Close-up photographs of the legendary World War II aircraft.
OK, technically it’s not a B-29, it’s actually the B-50, which is the airplane that was going to be called the B-29D, but in the postwar WWII era, this enhanced version of the B-29 wound up with the big leap in numbers all the way up to 50. It is however, seriously jacked up here! There’s just no limit to what buckets full of money can do.
This amazing picture is from November 1951 and shows the ...
Don't forget to vote on the AirPigz caption contest!
Air Force announces new Air Force Museum director from National Museum of the USAF
The Air Force announced Dec. 2, 2010, the assignment of Senior Executive Service member and retired Air Force Lt. Gen. John "Jack" L. Hudson as Director of the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, effective Dec. 16, 2010.
He will replace Senior Executive Service member and retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Charles D. Metcalf, who will retire Dec. 31, 2010.
60-year-old hangars demolished at PWK from General Aviation News
After serving aviators at Chicago Executive Airport (PWK) (Formerly Palwaukee Municipal) for more than 60 years, four 1940’s era hangar buildings were demolished, with fanfare, last week. ...
What to do in Seattle? Check Out These Aviation Must-Sees from Airline Reporter
I have grown up in the Seattle area and have made great use of all the aviation-related things around town. I have been lucky enough to experience quite a bit of aviation awesomeness and wanted to share what you might want to do if you come to visit Seattle (or if you live here). If you ever are going to visit or live in the area and ask, “What aviation stuff can I do in Seattle?” hopefully this an help provide you with some answers.
This is just a partial list and I am only adding things that I have been able to check out first hand. I will continue to grow this list and add more over ...
A U-2 Dragon Lady waits for maintenance crews Nov. 23, 2010, at an air base in Southwest Asia. The Airmen are assigned to the 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andy M. Kin)
Photo essay: Airmen maintain Dragon Lady
from Air Force Link Top Stories
Members of the 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron work on a U-2 Dragon Lady here Nov. 23. View the slideshow.
the Tupolev ANT-20 Maxim Gorky, 1934 from x planes
VIDEO: Crazy C-130 landing from The DEW Line
A Portugese C-130 is shown landing in very strong winds on a picturesque runway last week in Madeira. Fast forward to about 1:20 on the clip to see the landing.
Daredevil recreates cartoon movie Up by floating 100 miles across desert supported only by balloons - Daily Record
DAREDEVIL Jonathan Trappe looks pretty relaxed - for a bloke who's dangling from a bunch of balloons at 18,000 feet.
The 37-year-old American chilled out in a comfy chair as he staged his own real-life remake of Disney Pixar movie Up.
And after floating 100 miles across ...
Perseverance Pays Off from Aviation Blogs
Sunday, November 28, saw the realization of an eight-year dream at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh as a new airplane, N208GD, taxied out to Runway 22 and took to the skies for the first time. The airplane, an AeroVee-powered Sonex aircraft, is the result of an idea hatched in 2002 that several staff members working at EAA, the cradle of homebuilt aviation, should work together to build an airplane.
Work was shared by many hands – some no longer employed with EAA – and during the long, often interrupted construction period ...
Perhaps no airliner will ever see as long a lifespan as the venerable Douglas DC-3, which celebrates 75 years of service, still flying in 2010. But aviation history buffs can easily grab a ticket on some legendary aircraft from the more recent past. Not all are hand-me-down workhorses held together with duct tape and ...
NASA - SOFIA Source: www.nasa.gov
NASA is developing the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy - or SOFIA - as a world-class airborne observatory that will complement the Hubble, Spitzer, Herschel and James Webb space telescopes and major Earth-based telescopes.
Look Up: What's in the Sky This Week? - DCist.com
... NASA's parting with items to preserve their history -- as you know, Discovery will eventually make its way to the National Air & Space Museum. ...
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