ICAS Foundation Online Auction - icasfoundationauction.org
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Lot's of great stories:
- AMBITIOUS PLAN TO BUILD A DOZEN SPITS IN UK
- F-104 STARFIGHTER TO BE USED FOR LAND SPEED RECORD
- 'MERCURY 13' ASTRONAUT CANDIDATE WALLY FUNK TO RIDE SPACESHIPTWO
- EAA MOURNS LOSS OF DIRECTOR EMERITUS MAL GROSS
The National Stearman Fly-In is held every year beginning on Labor Day at the Galesburg Municipal Airport in Galesburg, Illinois
Red Tail History: Lt. Col. Spann Watson - Joint Base Balad
He qualified as a command pilot and had accumulated more than 5000 hours in the P-39 Airacobra, P-47 Thunderbolt, P-51 Mustang and B-25 Mitchell bomber. ...
Illustrious Speakers to be Featured At NBAA's 2011 Leadership Conference - Newswire Today
... being named a recipient of the Crystal Eagle Award, an inductee at the 2001 USAF Gathering of Eagles, and named as one of the Living Legends of Flight. ...
Centennial Hornet from Neptunus Lex
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Meeting the “Orange Lion” at Volkel Airbase from AIRSTRIPPED.COM Production Blog
Our journey to the Netherlands started with traveling from Vienna to Munich on October 21st in the early morning. Around noon we arrived in Germany and met up with the Head of Development from MovieTech’s ABC Products to pick up a Speedy Crane System. We packed everything in our car with a small trailer and headed to Uden (NL), where we’ ve had booked a room for one night. At 9 pm, 1300 kilometers and 14 hours later we were breathing 100% Dutch air and prepared our equipment parts for their mission on the next day. ...
God bless the people of the Czech Republic--they remember - WINGS AND WASP
... At the time this 20 year old pilot's P-47 Thunderbolt plane was shot down, a young 14 year old Czech girl, Zdenky Sladkove, was so moved by his sacrifice she made a vow to care for him and his memory. For 65 straight years , Zdenky, now 79 years old, took on the responsibility to care for Virgil's crash site and memorial near her home. ...
Remembering World War II Glider Pilots - 13 WSET
Appomattox Co., VA - They are a group of little-known pilots who helped carry the Allied Forces to victory in World War II.
Few people know more about World War II gliders than Robert 'Cal' Moore, Jr. The Appomattox County resident was one of 6,000 glider flight officers in the Air Force.
He says history has forgotten how they contributed to Allied victory. ...
UDT-SeAL — their national museum, the cockpits - Travel for Aircraft
Arriving at the museum is simply done by traveling to Ft. Pierce and going to the north side of the Ft. Pierce inlet (no bridge spans the inlet). You will easily see the museum on the oceanside of A1A — the address is 3300 N Hwy A1A, Ft. Pierce, FL 34949. There are restroom facilities but food isn’t available, though there are many eating establishments in the area. As a bonus, there is ...
The Curtiss-Wright Corporation Collection – Patent Files from AirSpace
In 1929, the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company merged with the Wright Aeronautical Corporation to form the Curtiss-Wright Corporation. The merger of these two companies created one of the largest aircraft manufacturers in the country, which held numerous patents for aircraft. The National Air and Space Museum Archives Division holds two collections that include patent documents from Curtiss-Wright. I just finished processing and writing a finding aid for the files of the Patent Department and found the material quite intriguing. ...
Breaking Through The Clouds WAS CHOSEN AS FINALIST FOR IDA Awards - BTTCI received an email in November stating that BTTC was a finalist for the prestigious International Documentary Association Awards. I was given 2 tickets to attend the Awards Ceremony in LA at the Director Guild Theater on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. Friend and PA/Researcher on film Luisa Hegedus accompanied me as we packed our bags for tinsel town. ...
Breaking Through The Clouds: The First Women's National Air Derby is a documentary about 20 female pilots, including Amelia Earhart, who raced across the country for 9 days in August 1929 to prove that women could fly. They chased their dream and encountered cultural stereotypes, navigation challenges, threats ...
Remarkable herstory - Salina Journal
What do famed aviator Amelia Earhart, temperance pioneer Carrie Nation and silent film icon Louise Brooks have in common with Kate Bender, ...
Aviation and Stereography from ASB.tv
Stereographic theory has been around since the beginning of photography, but when you take this
method of adding another dimension and apply it to photos of airplanes and the sky, the result is breathtaking. ...Yankeetown couple celebrates a lifetime - Warrick Publishing
He went through flight school and became a pilot, flying a B-17. Ironically, Ella Mae Fischer got a job at Republic Aviation, a factory that made P-47s in ...
On This Day in Aviation History: December 10th - NYCAviation
2004 – Two of Canada's Snowbirds aerobatic CT-114 Tutors collide near Mossbank, Saskatchewan during training, killing one of the pilots. ...
December 10 from Cut and Paste Aviation
Christmas Carol Concert & Visit From Santa - from RAF Museum London News
On Saturday 18th December, in conjunction with the Hendon Chapter of the Salvation Army, the Royal Air Force Museum will be hosting its first annual Christmas Carol Concert by our Lancaster Bomber. Members of the public are invited to attend and to participate in celebrating the Festive Season by singing out loud and ...
Peter Morton from Flight To Success
Friday's Fabulous Flyer! | Peter Morton | A 42 year career with Boeing and Peter retired as a Vice President--- but his life continues to soar.
Be it flying Young Eagles, working with the Seattle Girls Schools and Aviation High School, or flying a Cirrus on behalf of the Centennial of Women Pilots , Peter gives it all--- and then some. ...
R/C Flight Video Over NYC Yields Cool Images, Concern from Aviation Blogs
A group calling themselves “Team Black Sheep” filmed many of New York City’s most famous landmarks from a radio-controlled Ritewing Zephyr aircraft, which is often used by R/C enthusiasts. The video shows the aircraft zooming over such landmarks as the Brooklyn Bridge and the Statue of Liberty. While the pictures are stunning, ...
'Transformers 3' Film Trailer Rewrites Historic Moon Landing from SPACE.com
Houston, we have alien robots: NASA's Apollo 11 moon landing of 1969 has taken new twist in the teaser trailer for the science fiction film "Transformers: The Dark of the Moon."
Next X-37B launch set for March/April from Black Horizon
Aviation Week: Guy Norris: LOS ANGELES — The U.S. Air Force says the second planned mission of the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) will “expand the operating envelope” of the autonomous space vehicle, potentially increasing the orbital cross-range and capability of landing in stronger crosswinds. ...
Returned Space Station Astronauts Available For Interviews from NASA Breaking News
After a six-month stay aboard the International Space Station, astronauts Shannon Walker and Doug Wheelock will be available for live satellite interviews on Tuesday, Dec. 14, from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. ...
Technologies rapidly being developed to put space tourism within reach - Creamer Media's Engineering News
But Rutan was also working on another project at that time, aimed at winning the Ansari X-Prize, for space, which had been announced by the Ansari ...
Neil Armstrong Explains Why He Didn't Run Wild on the Moon [Space] from Gizmodo
When Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the Moon in 1969, neither one ever strayed more than 100 yards from the lunar lander. NPR writer Robert Krulwich questioned why this happened in a story yesterday. Today, Armstrong replied. More »
Dream Jobs You've Never Heard Of: Parabolic Flight Crew - Wired
Famed SpaceShipOne designer Burt Rutan flew back in 2004. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk flew just a few weeks ago with Avatar director Jim Cameron. ...
"Flight Deck" for iOS Now Available on the AppStore - American Consumer News
Take command as the Air Boss. Direct planes and helicopters to their proper landing zones and launch additional aircraft into the wild blue yonder all while ...
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