RAF Harrier Bids A Final Farewell from Defense News
Today tributes were paid to the joint force of Royal Navy and RAF Harrier aircraft, with a spectacular flypast to mark their retirement after 41 years of service. A formation of 16 Harriers took off...
Farewell to the Harrier in the land of its birth from Bayou Renaissance Man
Britain's Royal Air Force retired its Harrier vertical-take-off and -landing jet fighters yesterday, marking the end of more than four decades of service. ...
It was billed as the final flight of Britain's Harrier jump jets, but it was ... - Leicester Mercury
Three Red Arrows flew over the base as a tribute to the harriers. Station commander Group Captain Gary Waterfall said: "It is a very, very sad day and is ...
Interview with Tiger Destefani – September 2010 – “If it Runs, it Will Win..!” from Warbirdbabe's Blog
I was priviliged to have a moment with Bill “Tiger” Destefani, Pilot and Owner of the beautiful P-51D Mustang - Strega ( Race #7) prior to the weeks start of official Unlimited racing at the Reno National Championship Air Races.
The Strega crew wasn’t too busy with the aircraft – mostly polishing was all that was visibly required… The P-51D seemed to be running in tip -top shape. She proved her superiority with a qualifying time of ...
EAA e-Hotline from www.eaa.org
Stories this issue:
- Astounding Shuttle Launch Video
- FOUND FILM RECOUNTS B-29 RESCUE 65 YEARS AGO
- "NATASHA" IS FIRST CIVILIAN-OWNED MIG-29 TO FLY
- EAA TO HONOR AVIATION ICON BOB HOOVER AT AIRVENTURE 2011
- EAA SPORTAIR WORKSHOPS AWARDS SCHOLARSHIP TO VINCENNES STUDENT
- DECEMBER 17: DC-3 FIRST FLIGHT ANNIVERSARY
- EAA WRIGHT BROTHERS DINNER TO BE WEBCAST LIVE TO MEMBERS
- BONE FRAGMENT MAY SOLVE EARHART MYSTERY
Check out these photos of Bessie Coleman ( 1892 – 1926 ), who became one of the most famous women in aviation history.
Bessie graduated from the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, the world’s air sports federation, making history as not only the first black person to earn a pilot’s license but also the first American to earn an international aviation license after being forced to study abroad because, as a black woman, she could not study at any American flight school. ...
Just Shoot Me : Manned aerial gunnery targets in WWII from Military Photos
-----------Late in World War II, the Bell P-63 became an aerial gunner's easiest target. * By James Dunaway * Air & Space Magazine, November 01, 2010 --------- The problem was deadly serious: In 1943, U.S. bombers in Europe were being shot down at an alarming rate. But one attempted solution provides a smile some 67 years later: an unloved American fighter stripped of its guns, painted clown-orange, and sheathed with ...
Soviet Wild Weasels: Part One (Doctrine/Tactics) from Aviation Trivia of the Day
The Soviet military high command watched with intense interest the American experience in dealing with the dense enemy air defense environment in the skies over North Vietnam. From the lessons noted, the Soviet military had made two conclusions about the American experience- first, that the USAF and the US Navy had placed considerable importance in the suppression of ...
Bringing Her Home: The Story of Miss Lend Lease - Ira G Ross Aerospace Museum
In 2009, The Niagara Aerospace Museum acquired a wrecked P-39 that had crashed in lake above the Arctic Circle in Russia during WWII. Watch the powerful story of a warrior airplane come home to the place where she was built in Western New York after an amazing journey of over 60 years. ...
After 60 years an Aircobra is found intact!!!! (FROM 2009) - Video
2 On Your Side's Pete Gallivan reports on a warplane that went missing for 60 years, and is now back in its birthplace. (Notes from an email sent to us: After 60 yrs ... Bell Aircobra found intact! Did you know the Gals who built these wrote their names and addresses on the plane's bulkheads? Have the sound on. After 60 years an Aircobra is found intact!!!! (Harrison Radiator in it!) )
December 17 - This Day In Aviation History from Aviation Earth
December 17, 1903 - Orville Wright makes the first sustained, controlled, powered flight in the Flyer airplane at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. The historic first flight lasts 12 seconds and covers 120 feet. December 17, 1969 - The USAF closes Project Blue Book, its 22-year investigation into sightings of unidentified flying objects, or UFOs.
In Free Flight: Extreme pilots gone with the wind from The Kathryn Report
Since time immemorial, people have been dreaming about flying in the sky. Many stories from antiquity involve flights, such as the Greek legend of Icarus and Daedalus. The world's first successful airplane was built by the Wright brothers in 1903. They had also made the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight. Today, taking a flight does not seem surprising.
NASA Administrator Reviews 2010; Looks Ahead to the Future of the Space Agency from Spaceports
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden talks of the year past science success and the future of the space agency in 2011. He noted that the nation is on the cusp on opening a new segment of the national economy with the partnership between the space agency and the commercial space launch sector.
Virgin Galactic joins fray to fly NASA astronauts from Aerospace-Defense News
Virgin Galactic, a U.S. offshoot of Richard Branson's Virgin Group, joined two separate teams vying for a $200 million NASA program to spur the development of private-sector space taxis, the company said Thursday. ...
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