LAS VEGAS – Army Golden Knights infiltrated Las Vegas, NV on Saturday to begin preparations for the International Convention of Air Shows (ICAS). This annual meeting brings together and eclectic mix of Air Show Organizers, Sponsors, Performers and Exhibitors. The purpose? To prepare for the 2011 Air Show Season through direct coordination. The end result [...]
Al Ain Air Show to Hit New Heights - Aviation International News
Some of the world's top pilots are going to battle it out at next year's Al Ain Aerobatic Show (February 2-5, 2011). The Desert Challenge, officially ...
... ride in the cockpit of a replica Japanese Zero fighter plane as a squadron piloted by the Commemorative Air Force reenacted the battle of Pearl Harbor. ...
City's lone Pearl Harbor survivor shares WWII experiences (video) - Bristol Press
The pilot and copilot were killed by enemy fire moments before Riccio Jr., an airplane mechanic and top-turret gunner on a B-17 Flying Fortress, ...
Vancouver ceremony salutes Pearl Harbor survivors - The Columbian
Cole was part of a B-25 bomber crew that supported island-hopping troops and attacked Japanese shipping. The “Air Apache” B-25s were equipped with more than ...
MT ANG pilots mark Pearl Harbor anniversary in Hawaii - KXLH Helena News
Some F-15's from MANG are serving on the island while Hawaii transitions from the F-15 fighter jet to the more advanced F-22. More than 2400 Americans died ...
Skipped Breakfast Saves Vet's Life - WFMZ Allentown
He was an engineer gunner and flew in B17 bombers. He also performed in-flight fuel transfers. But it was December 7, 1941 that sticks out in Joe's mind. ...
Celebrating the centennial of women in flight from General Aviation News
On Sunday, Dec. 6, Renton Municipal Airport (RNT), south of Seattle, was calling itself “the most woman-friendly airport in the world” as 171 women took flight to celebrate the Centennial of Women Pilots. ...
Winning design chosen in Intrepid competition - Newsday
For five years, crews restoring historic planes at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in Manhattan have been forced ...
Greetings from San Diego! from www.f-16.net
... I met this guy at the Reno Air Races 2004, whose nickname is Mad Uek, a German AF pilot. Turns out, my dad converted his unit to F-4s 30 years ago when he was in germany with USAFE. He let me sit in the front seat of the F-4F 72-1174, and let me turn on the fuel switch for the engines!
When I went with my Mom to Germany last year, we stopped in Wittmund where he lives. He got us onto the acutal base, and we got to see the F-4s fly ...
Successful First Flight for Sonex Electric Waiex from Warplanes Online Community
On Dec. 3, the Sonex Aircraft, LLC E-Flight Initiative proof-of-concept electric-powered Waiex aircraft achieved its first flight at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
Piloted by Sonex Founder and E-Flight team leader John Monnett, N270DC made a short hop on runway 27, intended to be a conservative non-pattern flight to break ground-effect and analyze in-flight system performance as the next step in testing. This short flight ...
Aviation Nation 2010 - Nellis AFB, North Las Vegas - 11/13/10 from FenceCheck Forums
The SpaceX Falcon 9 will endeavor to launch the Dragon space capsule from Cape Canaveral, Florida between 9 a.m. to 12:22 p.m. Wednesday for a 2-Earth orbit demonstration mission with a subsequent capsule splashdown some 3.5 hours later 500-miles west of Mexico in the Pacific Ocean. SpaceX President ...
Atlantis Funded for Final ISS Mission in 2011? from Spaceports
Draft legislation obtained by the Orlando Sentinel shows that NASA is set to get all but $90 million of the $19 billion proposed by President Barack Obama, more than enough to fund a third shuttle flight and ensure that about 4,000 Kennedy Space Center workers stay on the job likely into June when the orbiter fleet is scheduled to retire. ...
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