Celebrate 100 Years of Naval Aviation! - Navy Compass | Take advantage of this opportunity to see the world's finest aircraft up close, talk with aviators and aircrew personnel, and honor naval aviation heritage ...
Centennial of Naval Aviation - Heritage Paint Schemes from FenceCheck Forums
Selfridge Air Show to Fly Again This Year - Patch | Selfridge Air National Guard Base will hold its biennial Air Show and Open House on Aug 20-21. By Edward Cardenas | Email the author | 12:52pm Attendees to ...
Stunts in the sky at 62 - Bangalore Mirror | The Flying Bulls Aerobatic Team has performed at various aviation and motor sport events and contests. Besides enthralling thousands of spectators worldwide ...
Aerobatic pilots prepare for air show season - Historic City News | ... and airport users can expect increased flight activity, from now through the end of April, as “aerobatic pilots” prepare for the 2011 Air Show Season. ...
NAS Conducts Mock Disaster Drill - WTOK | The Navy's Blue Angels perform at an air show at Meridian Naval Air Station every few years. The mock disaster drill Thursday included something going ...
Beriev Be-12-200 Chayka at Moscow Air Show 2001 from Planeshots
Expanded offerings highlight EAA's Hops & Props fundraiser on March 5 - Oshkosh Northwestern | The festivities will be held from 6:30 pm to 10 pm at the EAA AirVenture Museum in Oshkosh. More than 250 extraordinary beverages are available from ...
You've heard of Earhart, have you heard of Hart? from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale | Akron aviator Beryl Gwyn Hart took the world by storm in the 1930s. The vivacious redhead won international fame for attempting the first commercial trans-Atlantic airplane flight. Hart didn't achieve the glory of colleague Amelia Earhart, but she did meet a similar fate. Both pilots are still missing. ...
Check out airplane nose art at Historic Flight Foundation - HeraldNet | The B-25 Mitchell is a medium-sized bomber nicknamed Grumpy because the nose art was the likeness of one of the seven dwarfs from Disney's “Snow White,” ...
Bracelet provides answers to McAdoo WWII serviceman's death - Standard Speaker | Stephen A. Payer was 19 when he died, shot down in a B-17 bomber as it flew outside of Berlin, Germany. The Payers never received complete details about ...
Nakajima Ki-27 “Nate” from Travel for Aircraft | The Nate was a modern fighter design in the 1930s and rapidly became outdated by 1940 when it was largely retired by the Imperial Japanese Army except for pilot training. In its day it was sleek with an enclosed cockpit and single wing. Not fast, it was agile and enjoyed success against Russian aircraft during the invasion of Manchuria by Japan. ...
Museum Prepares to Take Flight with New Exhibit - Patch | The rebuilt Wiseman-Cooke aeroplane of 1911, now owned and displayed at the National Air and Space Museum in ...
The First Successful Combat Drops of Laser-Guided Bombs from Aviation Trivia of the Day | By 1972 President Richard Nixon's policy of "Vietnamization" was underway as the bulk of responsibility for the defense of South Vietnam transferred from US forces to the South Vietnamese military. Nearly the bulk of US forces in Vietnam had already departed and the Seventh Air Force had already sent half of its combat aircraft back stateside. Only two aircraft carriers remained in the Gulf of Tonkin. The North Vietnamese saw the opportunity to ...
Today in Aviation History – January 28 from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club
Kelly McHugh: Ditching Over the Gulf of Mexico from AVWeb Podcast - Podcast | Kelly McHugh was flying a Piper Jetprop P46T at 26,000 feet over the Gulf of Mexico on December 4, 2010, when the engine started to lose power. He was more than an hour from shore with three other men aboard, and, one way or another, they were all about to get wet. AVweb's Glenn Pew spoke with McHugh to hear the story of the ditching. ...
Air Force officials announce NASCAR sponsorship for 2011 from Air Force Link Top Stories | Air Force recruiting officials announced Jan. 21 that they are renewing the NASCAR partnership with Richard Petty Motorsports and the No. 43 car for the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. ...
Did China Try To Pass Off Top Gun As Air Force Footage? - Gizmodo | A few days ago, China Central Television showed footage of what they claimed was an air force training exercise conducted on January 23. From the looks of things, they were actually just playing clips from Top Gun. The clips in question were reportedly aired during the News Broadcast program on China Central Television, the major state television broadcast company. They supposedly showed a J-10 fighter firing a missile at another aircraft during a practice exercise. ...
Jannus Historic Marker Unveiling Party - Tampabay.com | The Experimental Aircraft Association will also invite students ages 8-17 to join the Young Eagles program for a chance to fly free. ...
Senator Nelson Speaks About Space and the 25th Challenger Anniversary from Spaceports | US Senator Bill Nelson (-Fla)talks about the Space Shuttle Challenger 25th anniversary and the future of U.S. space exploration and space policy. ...
All of today's Challenger Tributes are here.
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