First Civilian Air Show in Hawaii Comes to Big Island - Big Island News Center | The Big Island is getting its own air show Memorial Day weekend on May 28 and 29, 2011. Organizer Terri Thomas has been working on creating an air show in Kona for six years. She initially focused on having it at the Hilo Airport, but limitations imposed by weather, frequent low ceiling, and flight schedules made Kona a far better choice. The air show is a “civilian” air show, but will include aircraft both civilian and military. ...
The only airworthy B-29 Superfortress returns to flight from Bayou Renaissance Man | The Commemorative Air Force has been restoring its B-29 Superfortress - the only flying example of this iconic World War II bomber - over the past few years. It's now back in the air, and will once again delight audiences at air shows around the USA. Here's a video of its first test flight after restoration. ... [Indy Transponder note: Here's a video LiveAirShowTV did with the crew at the 2010 Commemorative Air Force AIRSHO]
Women’s History: February 23 - The Solipsistic Me | Happy Birthday, Ruth Nichols. While most people know who AmeliaEarhart is, far fewer people know our Ruth Nichols. Nichols was a contemporary of Earhart and one of only a handful of women pilots. Nichols became the first woman in the world to earn an international hydroplane license. In 1927, she was one of the first two women to receive a Department of Commerce transport license. In 1931, Ruth Nichols broke three major women’s records: altitude, speed and distance. Nichols and Earhart founded the Ninty-Nines, ...
Citadel alums honor Marine Corps aviation pioneer - Hilton Head Island Packet | He was a pioneer in Marine Corps aviation." Merritt was born in Ridge Springs in 1897 and graduated from The Citadel in 1917, according to school records. Upon graduation from the academy, Merritt was commissioned as a second-lieutenant in the Marine ...
Fantastic capture of two F-86 Sabres flying in formation in the... from You like airplanes, too? | Fantastic capture of two F-86 Sabres flying ... the last rays of the day. Photo by Passive Man.
Midland Air Museum Photo Report published from AVIATION-NEWS | On Coventry Airport (Baginton, Warwickshire UK) lies the Midland Air Museum that holds a number of aircraft from the RAF, USAF, Polish Air Force and more. Some amazing aircraft can be found there, even an RAF AVRO Vulcan. We visited this museum in september 2010 find the photo report here. Related posts:Photo report published of Dutch [...]
Crew chief knew blood, tears, nose art - The Desert Sun | B-17 crew chief and nose artist Jack Gaffney kept the big bombers in top-flight condition for their missions over Europe during World War II. Standing near the flight line around the time the planes were due back from a bomb run, Gaffney would look ...
Fly to the Past moves to new home - Bicester Advertiser | Two 1930s aircraft landed at Oxford Airport to launch historical air show Fly to the Past. And readers will get to see the August 21 event at a special price. As well as the de Havilland Dragon Rapide and Tiger Moth planes, Hercule Poirot, ...
Today in Aviation History – February 24 from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club | In 1898… Kurt Tank, German aeronautical engineer and test pilot, was born (d. 1983). Kurt Waldemar Tank was a resourceful German aeronautical engineer and test pilot, heading the design department at Focke-Wulf from 1931-45. He designed several important aircraft of World War II, including the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighter aircraft. ...
The Powered Aerobatic from Latest Vlog | Sit back, buckle up and turn up your speakers for this high energy well filmed & edited 3min teaser from Airstripped.com
Aviation Trivia of the Day is now Tails Through Time from Aviation Trivia of the Day | I suppose this was a long time in coming. When I started out this blog nearly two years ago ... After taking a week to mull things over, I decided to reorient this blog more along the lines of ...
Red Flag 11-03 from Randy Rothhaar Photography
Friday Night Flights to Wild Alaska from Jetwhine | ... Revealed by the Discovery Channel, every Friday night at 8 p.m. central time I find refuge in Unalakleet, Alaska, home base for Era Alaska, whose operation is portrayed in Flying Wild Alaska. It was the flying that drew me at first, because the stick-and-rudder challenges of bush flying constitutes “real flying” in my mind. ...
Aviation contest takes off Friday from General Aviation News | Students from 12 high schools across Kentucky will have their aviation knowledge put to the test Friday, Feb. 25, at a one-of-its-kind competition at a Louisville high school. ...
Student Balloon Camera to Photograph Space Shuttle Launch from SPACE.com | High-schoolers have helped build a balloon camera to photograph space shuttle Discovery's launch.
Astronaut Stafford sad to see shuttle era come to a close - NewsOK.com | Astronaut Thomas Stafford, an Oklahoma native who helped launch shuttle era, recalls successes and setbacks of the space shuttle program, and he's sad to see it end. ...
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