US Navy Aviation to Kick off Centennial Celebration -Blues 2011 Schedule from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News
-NAS Pensacola- A Centennial of Naval Aviation kickoff and birthday party will take place on Jan. 
20 at Pensacola Naval Air Station, the Cradle of Naval Aviation. NAS welcomed its first aviation unit on Jan. 20, 1914, just three years after the Navy purchased its first planes on May 8, 1911. The event will feature military speakers, government and civic leaders, performances by the Navy Band New Orleans and historical exhibits and photographs. It is free and open to the public. ...
GARY SINISE AND THE LT. DAN BAND RETURNING TO EAA AIRVENTURE IN 2011 #OSH11
Back by popular demand, actor and veterans advocate Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band will return to EAA AirVenture in 2011 as the grand finale of a day-long salute to veterans on Friday, July 29. The 59th annual edition of “The World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration” will be held July 25-31 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh. ...
Editorial: Airport can help put wings on economic growth - Northwestern
Wittman Regional Airport has long been recognized as a potential economic growth engine for Oshkosh and Winnebago County. Yet much of the discussion often regressed to the "good old days" when the airport was the dominant regional passenger air travel hub. A terminal building sitting largely vacant not ushering a single passenger from its gates, the symbol of lost business and opportunities.
Fortunately, a new era of leadership in local government has put the past into the rear view mirror and now is looking to the future and taking ...
Helmets from FenceCheck Forums
Exhibition to feature photos of iconic aircraft from aviation's heritage - Yorkshire Post
All the images were taken at RAF Waddington, RAF Coningsby and the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre at East Kirkby and many feature iconic aircraft ...
2010 Reno Air Races - Will Whiteside - LiveAirShowTV
Will Whiteside is the pilot for Race 5 - Voodoo. LiveAirshowTV got a few minutes with him during race week at the 2010 Reno National Championship Air Races. Will gives us some insight into what it's like for him to race this great plane, and go on board when things go wrong.
OMGosh! Museum Quality, Half Scale (UAV) Hughes H-1 Racer from AirPigz
Wow, this couldn't get much cooler! A half scale flying model of the Hughes H-1 racer... and it has a 35 hp radial engine! Even better, it's being built by the guys at Aero Telemetry for the 75th anniversary celebration of the Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) which will take place July 14-17, 2011 at the AMA headquarters in Muncie Indiana... just 2 hours down the road from me! You can count me in : ) ...
Pilot flew into Canadian history - The Whig Standard
A Kingston man will be heading to Hamilton in May to relive a summer spent flying in some of the most difficult conditions a pilot can face.
Victor Bennett will be attending an induction ceremony by Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame as a now-defunct company with which he once flew will receive a special award for its contribution to Canadian flying history. ...
Two stories from ExpressJet Forum
... Upon arrival, he reported in and related the event surrounding his return. The film from the gun-camera mounted on his plane told the tale. It showed the extent of Butch's daring attempt to protect his fleet. He had, in fact, destroyed five enemy aircraft.
This took place on February 20, 1942 , and for that action Butch became the Navy's first Ace of W.W.II, and the first Naval Aviator to win the Medal of Honor. ...
SBD glider - AOPA Online
Warbird operators like the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) do everything they can to minimize risk. They limit their flying to good weather, install modern avionics, and train regularly.
But there’s no getting around the fact that World War II-era fighters and bombers are complex pieces of machinery with systems that failed regularly when they were new. Seventy years later, those same engines, ...
Flying Wild: Alaska Fog from Latest Vlog
Today's clip sees a pilot John Ponts dealing with a fog bank while transporting his pax in Alaska. According to the national transportation safety board 22% of all small plane crashes in the US, occur in Alaska.
WW2 Women Spitfire Pilots - ATA from Pilots of America Message Board
There's a show on the BBC about the women pilots in the ATA. The women's group within ATA was organized to use female pilots to transport planes during WW2. I guess it was the model for our WAAC. It's on the BBC but we can't get the whole show here in the states - at least I can't. I did find a 10 minute version on youtube. Here's a link. It looks like a great program.
Women's Vertical World Record 2010 - YouTube
World Record 41 way vertical skydiving record
Aviation Heritage Park secures T-33 for display - BG Daily News
It’s another aircraft and another story for Aviation Heritage Park at Basil Griffin Park in Bowling Green.
The park has acquired a Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star to honor Glasgow native and Western Kentucky University graduate Gen. Russell Dougherty. Dougherty frequently flew the plane from Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha, Neb., to Washington, D.C., while he served as commander of Strategic Air Command. Dougherty died in 2007 at age 86.
Dan Cherry, president of Aviation Heritage Park, said the park’s entire ...
Former St. Louis Science Center CEO Douglas King Now Leads Seattle's Museum of Flight from The Aero Experience
Douglas R. King assumed the role of Museum of Flight President and Chief Executive Officer in January 2011. King was previously the president and chief executive officer of the Saint Louis Science Center, the fourth largest science center in the country, where he served since 1995. ...
Friday Fabulous Flyers... from Flight To Success
Today was the day I wanted to announce the $100 Pilot winner for the Fly It Forward Contest. I wanted to announce the winner of the most Female Friendly Airport in the world, too! But that mystery continues...
I know there were more people who flew and must be in this $100 contest. They just didn't leave me their numbers. I've made a list below--- If you're on it, leave a comment how many women you flew this year. If ...
Hot Air Balloon Festival Clark Pampanga 2011 - kathangisip
The 2011 Clark Subic Hot air balloon fiesta is now in motion!!!
The festival will begin from Feb 10 up to 13 of 2010. Here is the tentative schedule of events of the festival for 2011. ...
Tom Cruise is Still Developing a Competing 'Flying Tigers' Film ... - Flying Tiger News
Though we once heard news that Tom Cruise was going to be working with director John Woo on his story about the WWII air fighting squadron Flying Tigers, that turned out to be a bit of a mix up. Instead, Woo and Cruise were each ...
Teenager gets donor liver plucked from burning wreckage of crashed plane - Small world News Service
”There's one thing to be told you're going to die if you don't get a new liver but to get one which had just been in a plane crash blows my mind. ...
Wright Flight - Morning Blend [video]
Wright Flight, Inc. is a non-profit corporation which was founded in 1986 in Tucson, Arizona by Robin Stoddard.
Robin, an Air Force Reserve fighter pilot, noted the profound effect that airplanes have on youngsters. He decided to use that interest ...
Space Shuttle Landing Sites - AirBoyd.tv
NASA has a roster of runways around the globe that could host a shuttle landing.
Space shuttle Discovery's launch to be delayed past Feb. 3 - Orlando Sentinel
The final flight of space shuttle Discovery will have to wait — again.
Nagging structural problems with the shuttle's fuel tank have delayed its planned Feb. 3 launch to the International Space Station by a couple of weeks — or longer — although NASA has not made a new launch date official. ...
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