Wednesday, February 23, 2011

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WHELEN BECOMES NEW GOULIAN SPONSOR from Mike Goulian Airshows | The Goulian Aerosports team is very honored to announce that we have signed an associate sponsorship agreement with Whelen Engineering. This partnership will debut at the Sun’ n Fun Fly-In (Lakeland, FL) in late March and Whelen will also be title partner for the team at the 2011 AirVenture (Oshkosh, WI) Convention. More events to be announced later this spring.  Whelen is a leader in aviation ...

F-22 Raptor to join Thunderbirds at Reno Air Races - KLAS-TV | Harry Reid joined Air Race officials in announcing on Tuesday that the F-22 Raptor will be 1 of the headliners along with the precision demonstration team at the 48th annual Air Races. More than 200000 people regularly attend the event that will be ...

USAF Thunderbirds to visit NH to promote show - Boston Herald | By AP The US Air Force elite flying team is scheduled to fly into the Pease International Tradeport on Thursday to promote the 2011 Boston-Portsmouth Air Show in August. The Thunderbirds are scheduled to land in New Hampshire at 1 pm on Thursday and ...

Wings Over Wayne from Seymour Johnson AFB Photos | SEYMOUR JOHNSON AIR FORCE BASE, N.C. – Country music superstar, Aaron Tippin, is scheduled to perform a free concert during the Wings Over Wayne community appreciation open house April 16. (U.S. Air Force illistration/Staff Sgt. Courtney Richardson)

Thursday - Sunday, Mar 24-27, 2011 - Historic Flight Experience in B-25 Bomber, Panama City, FL | from FunPlacesToFly.com Aviation Events | Greatest Generation Aircraft, a non-profit group committed to preserving some of our country's greatest military aircraft, is offering historic flights in our B-25 Bomber during before, during after the Tyndall Air Show!!! Pre-book your flight today and avoid lines. All flights will be conducted at Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport in Panama City. All proceeds from our rides will go toward the maintenance of our fleet, to include the B-25 Bomber, two DC-3s, as well as other aircraft in various stages of restoration. The B-25  ...

SWIP hires stunt pilots for brand campaign - What Investment | Tracy Fennell, head of marketing at SWIP, said the idea behind the campaign was to draw a parallel between the skills, quick thinking and partnership of aerobatic pilots and the requirements of a strong investment partner. She added, 'The 'campaign ...

EAA's Ford Tri-Motor coming to Grimes Field in Urbana from AviationDayton | URBANA, Ohio – The Experimental Aircraft Association's 1929 Ford Tri-Motor will include Grimes Field in Urbana among three Ohio stops in its 2011 Midwest Tour, according to EAA and local organizers.

Historic Flight Mig-29 Test Flight - YouTube | Ride along on a test flight of Historic Flight Foundation's MiG-29UB Fulcrum jet fighter!

Museum hosts 10th annual ‘Women Fly’ event from General Aviation News | March 4-5 marks the return of Women Fly!, The Museum of Flight’s annual Women’s History Month event for young women interested in aviation and aerospace careers.

WWII: Then and Now - Former Carrollton veteran invented aircraft maintenance tool - Canton Repository | Lawther proved the method by single-handedly replacing the engine of a B-25 Mitchell bomber, he told the Free Press Standard. The Army then patented his device and sent it to other units. Following his service, Lawther worked as a truck driver and ...

A Flying Tiger's inscription mystery from Flying Tigers News | Writing in Books.  Here is a 1991 reprint of the 1949 Flying Tiger history, Way of a Fighter: The Memoirs of Claire Lee Chennault, by Claire Lee Chennault, Major General, U.S. Army (Ret.); James Thorvardson & Sons, Tucson.  Chennault was commander of the 1st American Volunteer Group (AVG) of the Chinese Air Force in 1941-42, otherwise known as The Flying Tigers. Hired by the Chinese government to defend China against the Japanese, their training actually began before America's entry into the war, and just days after the the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, the Flying Tigers were flying combat missions. ...

The end of XH558? from TAKEOFF TUBE | The final part of 'Vulcan A Farewell to Arms' shows the emotions after the final display and the final(?) flight to RAF Waddington where 558 was to sit awaiting her fate. However, we all know that the outcome was very different to what many people believed. The rest, as they say, is history......

Video: Boeing planes that never flew - KING 5 News | Have you ever heard of the Boeing International Husky?  How about the Boeing 755?

Airport's importance - Ventura County Star | The Commemorative Air Force Air museum that is dedicated to the preservation of the US military aircraft and the men and women who served and died for our country is also located at the airport. The museum serves as a bridge in history for those who ...

Log Cabin Fly-In Video Promo on The Flightline TV show from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club | http://vimeo.com/20172516 | Be a FAN on facebook! (http://facebook.com/TheFlightline.TV) facebook.com/​TheFlightline.TV |  River Heights Media presents a unique program that will cover all things related to aviation in the air and on the ground, all in crisp high definition video. The Flightline pairs two people whose friendship stretches all the way back to their childhood days in Eagan, MN. Award-winning TV Producer and Host Mark DeJoy leads the television component of this team while Senior Captain Paul Jackson brings the aviation expertise. The program will highlight aviation stories, aircraft and events around the midwest not only by utilizing great story telling, but also ...

RC Club to host fly-in event - St. George Daily Spectrum | GEORGE - The Remote Possibilities RC Club of St. George presents the 33rd Annual 2011 Presidents Day Fly-in. The fly-in will be at the club field in Bloomington. All kinds of airplanes will be flying. The fly-in is Feb. 25- 27. ...

Utterly strange flights in planes from fox2magazine | From the air the way: In a field in New York in September 1918, fortonontai mailbags from an airplane in a small truck, in the eyes of the pilot Max Miller. After the First World War, many military pilots looking for a new job . The reckless mail flights were the best there was at that time. Adrenaline and adventure again and again - many times but ended in tragedy. ...

Liberator Beauties from Let Let Let - Warplanes | Minicraft kit of the Consolidated B-24J Liberator in 1/72 scale cannot be credited as the top kit available on market but it is fine enough and accompanied with the Eduard style items, it could be great looking kit. Basic shortcomings of the kit will not be mentioned in this review and focus would be on the Eduard release of this  ...

Introducing the Italian Air Force Boeing KC-767A by David Cenciotti | On Jan. 27, 2011, the first of four Boeing KC-767A tanker of the Aeronautica Militare (Italian Air Force, ItAF) was delivered to the 14° Stormo, based in Pratica di Mare. The aircraft, serialled MM62229 “14-04″, has already started air-to-air refueling training operations with the ItAF Eurofighter Typhoons and, along with the other 3 ordered examples, will be the pillar of the Italian projectable forces with a flexible configuration   ...

'Sunrise' 747-8I on cover of Flight International from Flight Image of the Day | This week Boeing's first 747-8 Intercontinental, unveiled in a surprise 'sunrise' livery that pays tribute to the  ...

Space Night planned for May 5 at National Museum of the U.S. Air Force from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | Children and adults of all ages will have an "out-of-this-world" experience during Space Night from 6-11 p.m. on May 5 at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.  Details are still being planned, but visitors can ...

Looking Back As Shuttle Discovery Readies Her Last Flight from AirPigz | As Space Shuttle Discovery prepares for her final launch into space on this coming Thursday February 24th (STS-133), this is a great time to take a video look back at some of her travels. These videos are all from STS-121 that launched very patriotically on July 4, 2006. The first video of the launch has a nice collection of camera views and it gives a really good feel for the massive sound the Shuttle generates at liftoff. ...

Apollo 14 anniversary to be celebrated - Las Cruces Sun-News | The Fellowship of Las Cruces Area Rocketry Enthusiasts (FLARE) has organized the two-day event, which will feature a presentation by special guest speaker Milton Windler, who was the Maroon Lead Flight Director for Apollo flights 8, 11, 13, 14 and 15. ...


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