Air show's return could have added benefit - Press Herald | It will be the first civilian operated air show since the Brunswick Naval Air Station began hosting the event in 1962. Organizers expect more than 100000 ...
F22 in Australian airshow? - F-16.net | http://www.airshow.net.au/avalon2011/airshow/flying-display.html
Check out the Checkers - The Dominion Post ... Checkers aerobatic display team fly their CT-4 Airtrainers from Wellington to Masterton, where they are performing at the Wings over Wairarapa airshow. ...
Hornet Celebrates 100 Years of Naval Aviation - Alameda Sun | A new exhibit at the USS Hornet Aircraft Carrier Museum retells the story of pioneering aviator Eugene Ely and his groundbreaking 1911 flight that included ...
Helicopter Squadron to Commemorate Naval Aviation Centennial at Sea - www.navycompass.com | SAN DIEGO – With the celebration of 100 years of Naval aviation set to kick off in San Diego Feb. 10 at Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI), the "Black Knights" of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron (HS) 4 will be honoring the milestone aboard USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) at sea....
Officials announce Navy Week in Chattanooga - Chattanooga Times Free Press | Scheduled for June 11-19, the event will include a performance by the "Leap Frogs" the service's parachute team, a visit from the sailors of the USS ...
AOPA Online: Women pilot centennial tallies 1,600-plus intro flights - www.aopa.org | Pilots around the world introduced 1,647 girls and women to flying in 2010, the centennial of the first certificated female pilot, the Centennial of Women Pilots campaign announced…
IMAC takes to the air in Land O' Lakes - Tbo.com | The International Miniature Aerobatic Club (IMAC) will hold a flying event at the Conner Preserve, Land O' Lakes from 8 am on Saturday and Sunday, Jan. ...
Amigo Airsho to feature Blue Angels performance - El Paso Times by By John Hall \ EL PASO TIMES | FORT BLISS -- A single Navy Blue Angels F/A-18 fighter came in low for a pass in front of the Biggs Army Airfield control tower, rolled once and then thundered out across the desert to make its final approach and landing…
Classified satellite launched from California base by Jim Seida:
Delta IV Heavy rocket launches from Vandenberg (carrying NRO payload) from Military Photos by jetsetter | LOMPOC, Calif. (KABC) -- The Delta IV Heavy rocket was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base on Thursday afternoon, creating a loud rumble heard within 50 miles of the launch. The booster rose into the sky over California's central coast and arced over the Pacific Ocean, a spectacle visible over a wide area…
"I met a hero today" - Wizbang | Hearing that piece of information immediately piqued my interest, as I have an elderly friend who flew B-17's during the war and the plane has always been ...
Rocket Power and a Flying Wing — the Me 163 Komet from Travel for Aircraft | Lippisch's Rocket Powered Flying Wing — Me 163 Komet - I recall as a child first reading about this novel aircraft — swept winged and without a tail — with its small rocket engine propelling it to fantastic altitudes in just a few minutes — climbing at a speed of 450 mph (720kph) at a 45 degree angle, making a Ferrari look like a skateboard. Decades later I was able to see a real Me 163 Komet, looking fit for service in the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, where these images were taken…
Navy Radio Man Who Reported Pearl Harbor Attack - The Navy radio man who sent out the first alerts regarding the attack on Pearl Harbor has died, according to a report on the Navy Times. Ed Chlapowski was born in Webster, Massachusetts, on June 5, 1922. He was working an early watch at the submarine base when the attacks started; since he knew that the radio room was short-staffed on Sundays, he came in and was handed a message by a supervisor. He then sent out news that Pearl Harbor was under attack, in Morse code…
Engineer drafted to Navy, stationed at Pearl Harbor - The Desert Sun | Halperin, who started flying in 1939 and got his pilot's license in 1950, is the author of the book "The Sky's No Limit — Round the World Air Race: 1994. ...
Atlantis to Return to Space June 28, 2011 from Spaceports by jack@jackkennedy.net | The Space Shuttle Atlantis has been given the 'GO' by NASA for the final and 135th flight of the space shuttle system on June 28, 2011 from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida amid federal budget uncertainty. President Barack Obama has signed a bill authorizing NASA to conduct the third and final mission, but the US space agency's budget for 2011 remains to be approved so the shuttle flight depends on congressional authorization of extra funds during the winter or early spring…
January 21 from Cut and Paste Aviation by KenInfinite
Today in Aviation History – January 21 from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club by bikeal
Friday, January 21, 2011
Indy Transponder 21-JAN-2011 1130z
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