Blue Angels visit, discuss Evansville's big air show in June - Evansville Courier & Press
Sponsorships will underwrite the air show's $345000 budget, Stevens explained. Air shows will run from 11 am to 8 pm June 11-12 (a weekend), featuring both ...
Air Force: Iowa flyover may have been too low from Air Force Times - News
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Pilots who conducted a stunning military flyover before a University of Iowa football game last month may have violated a rule by flying that close to the ground without permission, an Air Force spokeswoman said Friday.
Rod Hightower's EAA (Part 2 of 3) from AVWeb Podcast - Podcast
EAA's new president Rod Hightower says he has a lot to learn about his organization and the industry as a whole before he presides over his first AirVenture in 2011. He spoke with AVweb's Russ Niles in the second of three installments.
Future air sports competitions all around the world by airsportstv
It’s Not Good Training Unless it’s Zero Degrees! from US Army Golden Knights
There’s an old adage in the Army: “If it ain’t rainin’, we ain’t trainin’!” Most take this to mean that the more painful the weather, the better the training…but Black Team would have gladly taken rain this morning. Instead, they awoke to temperatures in the high 20s and began training at 0400 hrs (4am for [...]
Time to Remember from Rob's Flying Adventures
Mark was a 30 yr veteran of the United States Navy and Navy Reserves. He retired as a Chief, and I was fortunate enough to walk thru the NAS Wildwood and NAS Willow Grove with him and talk about his service career where he was involved in aircraft maintenance. He served during the Vietnam Era, ...
Author to discuss WWI pilot Fred Zinn Monday - Battle Creek Enquirer
Fred Zinn, a Battle Creek native and local civic leader, was also a pioneer in aviation history. During World War I, as a member of the Lafayette Escadrille ...
DC-3: The Tool That Forged an Industry from Hiller Aviation Museum
Wilbur and Orville Wright took aloft the world’s first successful airplane on a cold December morning at the dawn of the 20th century. Their achievement was remarkable, yet in the decades immediately afterwards the airplane struggled to find its place in the peaceful commerce of the world. Mechanical liability concerns, ...
Homely and Nearly Indestructible - WSJ
An endlessly adaptable airplane that revolutionized travel and was a wartime stalwart.
... To those of us who love old airplanes, however, the red-white-and-blue tanker spraying dispersant across the Gulf looked rather like a DC-3, the homely, nearly indestructible, 21-passenger airliner rolled out by the Douglas Co. in 1935. And so it was: The Basler Co. retrofits old DC-3's with gas turbine engines, five-bladed propellers, modern instruments and other refinements to increase their speed and service life. ...
Alabama Aviator Icon Floyd McGowin Jr Gone West from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News
-CHAPMAN AL- Norman Floyd McGowin Jr, a highly regarded aviation supporter and accomplished pilot departed December 1, 2010 and has Gone West. As early pioneers, the McGowin family founded a lumber business in Chapman that grew to one of the largest industries in the state.
McGowin, an FAA certified Master Pilot, completed over fifty years of flying with more than 13,000 hours in 58 ...
Col. Neel Kearby's ambition was to become a fighter pilot; not just a pilot, but the one with the most kills, the "ace of aces." On one of his missions in the Pacific Theater, he showed his daring and superior flying skill by shooting down six enemy aircraft against insurmountable odds. For this mission, he was awarded the nation's highest military honor, the Medal of Honor. (U.S. Air Force illustration)
During Operation Tidal Wave, the most highly decorated military mission in U.S. history, Gen. Leon W. Johnson was the leader of a group B-24 Liberators that took off on an 18-hour, 2,400 mile round trip mission to destroy the largest Nazi-held oil refinery at Ploesti, 30 miles north of Bucharest, Romania. Five Airmen, including General Johnson, earned the Medal of Honor that day in 1943. (U.S. Air Force illustration)
Women in Aviation Honored at Kitty Hawk from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News
-Women in Aviation will be honored by the First Flight Society by dedicating one of the pillars in the Century of Flight Monument to Women in Aviation. This dedication will take place during the activities surrounding the week of December 17, 2011.
"This is an incredible honor for women pioneers throughout aviation history." said WAI President Peggy Chabrian. "And I will be ...
Here's an update on the article we ran on Dan Cherry's reunion with the MiG-21 pilot, Hong My, he shot down over Southeast Asia. The video gives a little more detail on how the two reunited in both Vietnam and the United States. ...
Koga’s Zero from Neptunus Lex
... It was June 1942, seven months into the war, the outcome trembling in the balance. Flight Petty Officer Tadayoshi Koga lost oil pressure after a strafing run during the diversionary attack against Dutch Harbor in Alaska. He attempted to ditch his ...
“Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few” Winston Churchill
Flying Legends Airshow at Duxford, near Cambridge in the United Kingdom was held this year on 10 & 11 July. The annual event draws thousands of enthusiasts and spectators to this unique sort of airshow. Duxford is perhaps one the few airshows in the world jwhere original, restored warbirds can be seen gracing the air. ...
Last hurrah for the ‘Pig’ from www.ainonline.com
In a ceremony held at RAAF Amberley, Queensland, the Royal Australian Air Force retired its General Dynamics F-111 fleet on December 2. Affectionately known as the “Pig,” the F-111 served the RAAF from 1973 in the long-range attack and reconnaissance roles. It has been replaced by the Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet, although the new fleet is not yet operational. ...
F-111: Goodbye, Farewell and Amen from Ares
WW II-era defense plants still rev up economy - Belleville News Democrat
It was followed by the Fairfax plant, which rolled out what was to be the first of 6600 B-25 Mitchell bombers less than three weeks after the Pearl Harbor ...
Oscar Reese - The Record-Courier
He was raised in Los Angeles, where he later later tested B-17 and B-29 airplanes for Lockheed Aircraft and then ferried airplanes to Canada during World ...
December 3 from Cut and Paste Aviation
Before we read all about this incredible woman, Emily has offered to become part of our December 5th Fly It Forward event, by taking women and girls on a helicopter ride! Because of the "huge" expense of operating this incredible machine, her company allowed her to take the helicopter, but they'll need $20 a passenger to help with fuel. She can take 3 people up at a time. This is a chance of a lifetime! Emily will be at Renton Airport from 10 to 4 pm.
Her job? She's a CFII, Tour, Photo, and Ferry Pilot for Helicopters Northwest, Inc.
Helicopters Northwest is based at Boeing field, but they have satellite offices at Gig Harbor, Bremerton and Paine Field in Everett. With 9 CFI/CFIIs and 65 helicopters, they offer in-house financing for up to the full cost ...
MILAIRPIX.COM Site Update!!
... The collection includes the world's only airworthy Supermarine Spitfire Mk XI, PL965, (G-MKXI), Hawker Hurricane Mk IIB, BE505, Curtiss P-40M Kittyhawk 210855 and North American P-51D Mustang "Jumpin Jacques", 472035.This was a fabulous day, it was cold and misty in the morning but luckily the mist cleared at around midday and just after 1PM Peter flew his P-51D Mustang "Jumpin Jacques" ;-)
This update contains around 110 unique images taken on the day.
December's Competition is now underway, for your chance to win a German Air Force Fiat G-91 Profile all you have to do is identify the 3 aircraft thumbnails on the Competition page.
May I also take this opportunity to wish my site visitors a very happy Xmas and a healthy and prosperous New Year.
I hope you enjoy the update, also, don't forget to add your entry to the guestbook and post some of your pictures on the Forum. Cheers, all the best, Roger
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USAF Launches Eye-Popping Online Air Museum Tour - About - News & Issues
In case your travels do not take you near the world's largest military aviation museum at the Wright-Patterson AFB near Dayton, Ohio, the US Air Force ...
USAF Airmen of Note Glenn Miller Holiday Concert to Benefit Montgomery Area Food Bank from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News
-MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE AL - River Region residents can help the Montgomery Area Food Bank by donating canned goods when they attend this year's Glenn Miller Holiday Concert.
The free concert will be held at the Montgomery Performing Arts Center at 7 p.m., Dec. 10. Tickets are not required. Canned good donations are encouraged, but not required for admission. Seating is first-come, first-serve. There is only one performance this year. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. ...
Heart of Excellence! from Heads in the Clouds - Women in the Air
Flying Free won the 2110 Heart of Excellence Readers Choice Award in the Strong Romantic Elements Category!
And the Ancient City Romance Authors (RWA Chapter in St. Augustine, Florida) sent me this gorgeous trophy. ...
To help sailors with a shift of its home base from California to Washington, the U.S.S. Nimitz aircraft carrier's hauling more than 400 private vehicles...
Witnesses to History: The End of the Space Shuttle - Patch
As NASA counts down to the final shuttle launches, three area residents - two from Naperville - play a role in documenting history through "The Last Shuttle" project.
Robert Goddard and the Smithsonian by The National Air and Space Museum
Former Secretary of the Smithsonian, Charles Greeley Abbot helped get the Space Age under way. In late September 1916, he received a letter from Robert Hutchings Goddard, a professor of physics at Clark University. “For a number of years,” the young academic began, “I have been at work upon a method of raising recording instruments to altitudes exceeding the limit of sounding balloons.” Four long paragraphs later, he finally revealed that he had been investigating rocket propulsion. ...
The U.S. Air Force's mysterious X-37B robot space plane returned to Earth today (Dec. 3) with a successful landing at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California before sunrise.
Air Force officials hailed the unmanned X-37B space plane's successful landing, though its mission remains shrouded in secrecy because of its classified nature. But Vandenberg's 30th Space Wing did not shy from snapping photos of the X-37B vehicle, known as the Orbital Test Vehicle 1. Take a look at those first photos ...
X-37B landing video from The Original Rocket Dungeon
NASA Targets Discovery and Endeavor Shuttle Launches in 2011 from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News
-From NASA- NASA managers have targeted space shuttle Discovery's launch for no earlier than Feb. 3 at 1:34 a.m. EST. Shuttle managers determined more tests and analysis are needed before proceeding with the launch of the STS-133 mission to the International Space Station. ...
5 Space Tourism Programs Likely to Launch Before Boeing - The L Magazine
Read a company profile from Spaceflight Now here, read a feature on their first two launches from The Smithsonian's Air & Space Magazine here, ...
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