Saturday, February 19, 2011

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Spitfire to show its stuff at commemorative air battle - Ventura County Star | The Southern California Wing of the Commemorative Air Force will celebrate both the 70th anniversary of the famous battle and the 75th anniversary of the first flight of the Supermarine Spitfire, the plane that came to symbolize Great Britain's ...

The Vulcan to the Sky Club's Hamble meeting - Daily Echo | FANS of an iconic military aeroplane are hoping a special presentation evening in Hampshire will see their club membership take off. The Vulcan to the Sky Club will hold its event next Saturday at Hamble Village Memorial Hall from 7pm-10pm. ...

Photorecon fly’s with VMM-166 SEA ELKS from photorecon.net | While attending the 100th Anniversary of Naval Aviation in San Diego, CA, the Photorecon team was invited to attend Media day at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar.   Having previously covered numerous media events at MCAS Miramar, we knew what to expect.   As expected, the Marines went out of their way as our gracious hosts. As [...]

100 years of flying high - Mid-Day | The Indian aviation industry turned exactly a century old yesterday. Since the first 10-km flight from Allahabad to Naini, the sector holds the distinction of being the fastest growing and the 9th largest in the world today EXACTLY a century ago, ...

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Young Eagles to take girls for first flights - GA News | For the first time in their young lives, girls from the Boys and Girls Club of South Alabama will experience their first airplane ride. On Feb. 19, the EAA Young Eagles program is taking 80 girls between the ages of 10 and 16 under its wings and into the air. Pilots of the EAA Young Eagles will be at Mobile Downtown Airport-Brookley Field (BFM) from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. offering 45-minute plane rides. ...

Aviation museum volunteer moves on after 22 years - Macon Telegraph (blog) | WARNER ROBINS -- When Norm Richards left the Museum of Aviation on Friday, he bid farewell to 22 years of volunteer work and said goodbye to an aircraft he flew in and loved, he said. Richards, 80, served several ...

CAF's 'Don't Mess with Texas' ad in top two - My West Texas | After beating out ads featuring the Tyler Longriders and George Strait, the Commemorative Air Force Museum now is up against the Texas longhorn for title of the state's favorite "Don't Mess With Texas" commercial. The top advertisement is being ...

Point Cook museum takes to the skies - Wyndham Leader | POINT Cook’s world-renowned aircraft museum showed off some of its finest military machines at the Australian International Airshow at the weekend.  Up to five aircraft, including some used during World Wars I and II, took to the skies above Wyndham on Saturday and Sunday en route to the airshow at Avalon.  The aircraft, owned by the Royal Australian Air Force Museum at Point Cook, were on public display, and took part in spectacular air shows. ...

The Westborough Lancaster III LM619 18-2-2011 by Gary Watson | Whilst in the area of Long Bennington, I visited a crash-site, of an Avro Lancaster III of which I had been to during the summer of 1990. I was told by the then owner of the Old Manor Cottage, that during the evening of the 15th of febuary 1945, a Avro Lancaster, crashed in the ice-covered field opposite the house and church, The aircraft exploded and some of the debris, went into the village of Westborough. One of the Merlin engines, slid down the main street, ...

Today in Aviation History – February 19 from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club | In 1912… One of the most successful pre-World War I airship operations begins with the first flight of the Zeppelin LZ II, Victoria Louise, and its introduction into service with the German airship company DELAG. ...

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Visiting the Masten Space Systems website from RLV and Space Transport News | The revamped Masten Space Systems website looks nice. (Maybe it has been changed for awhile and I just haven't checked it recently.) ... It's a secret, for now. When our plan comes together, you'll certainly hear!

Video: "Unrestricted Dream Space" - The Mojave Air and Space Port, California 2011 from Spaceports 

Video: This Week @NASA: February 18, 2011 from Spaceports 
   
NASA chief Bolden makes call on where shuttles will stay - Florida Today | The National Air & Space Museum in Washington, DC, traditionally has first dibs on NASA artifacts, and Discovery might be headed there. The orbiter Enterprise, which was used in shuttle approach and landing tests in the 1970s, is located at the ...


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