Mark Kirsch – World’s Strongest Man - Fiargo AirSho | There has always been an innate fascination in cultures throughout history in who is the World’s Strongest Man. The Strongman Sport is the modern culmination of this fascination, and is the ultimate test of Human Strength, Speed, and Coordination. We are excited to announce that Mark Kirsch will be displaying his amazing strength at this year’s air show.
Community invited to Air Show forum - Clacton and Frinton Gazette | A FORUM to come up with ideas to develop the Clacton Air Show is being held next week. Residents, businesses and community groups are all invited to attend the meeting to brainstorm ways to help the event bring more money to the district. ...
3 World War II planes to land in Hattiesburg - Hattiesburg American | Flights on the B-17 or B-24 are $425 per person for 30 minutes. Visitors can also fly the P-51 themselves for $2200 for a half hour or $3200 for an hour. Officials say about 90 percent of the cost to visitors goes toward keeping the planes flying. ...
Vintage Fighter Jet Crashes Into Hudson River, Pilot Missing - nycaviation | A Cold War-era British BAC 167 Strikemaster crashed into the Hudson River near Kingston, NY Saturday afternoon.
30000 take joy flight to Wings Over Illawarra - Illawara Mercury | The 24-year-old pilot was one of more than 30000 who visited the annual Wings Over Illawarra air show yesterday. While most people took public transport or drove to Illawarra Regional Airport for the show, Ms Burt flew her flight school's Piper Warrior ...
Aviation history takes flight with celebration in Plainville - The Bristol Press | In May of 1911, less than eight years after Orville and Wilbur Wright got their airplane off the ground in Kitty Hawk, N.C., Nels Nelson of New Britain flew his “flying machine” at Tyler’s buckwheat field. Nelson went on to perform at various air shows and the field went on to become Robertson Airport. To commemoratee the 100th anniversary of Nelson’s flight, the airport plans to hold a celebration May 21. ...
Sightseeing tour of aviation sites could increase visitors - Dayton Daily News | Re “Interstate signs promote Dayton's aviation heritage,” Feb. 11: The signs that promote Dayton aviation heritage are a good start, but for years Dayton has passed up the golden opportunity to keep travelers and vacationers here for more than one day. ...
Carolinas Aviation Museum Acquires "Miracle on the Hudson" Flight 1549 ... - Live-PR.com | The Carolinas Aviation Museum today announced that it has acquired the "Miracle on the Hudson" Flight 1549 Airbus A-320 Airframe from Chartis, a world leading property-casualty and general insurance organization. President of the Museum. ...
Hamilcar Glider from War and Game | On Britain’s huge Glider aircraft the Hamilcar, which the Germans believed to be a troop carrier depended much of the success of the Allied airborne landings on the Continent from D-Day onwards. Tremendous punch was given to ground operations, by the use of these gliders which towed by heavy bombers of the R.A.F carried a [...]
WWII vet shares bomber stories - In-Forum | He flew 54 bombing missions in a B-25 over China. Dave Wallis / The Forum Bazil “Bud” Murray's experience aboard bomber aircraft in World War II got off to a bumpy start. First, his five-man Air Force crew had to wait a week for their airplane while ...
The Cucumber Bomber - General Aviation News | Imagine running an FBO that provides flight instruction, maintenance services, charter flights, and cargo services with a stable of planes that includes a B-17. Before your mind flashes to a recent warbird parade at Oshkosh, think again. This story begins in 1959, when surplus warbirds could still be operated on the cheap. At that time, it wasn’t unusual for ordinary folks like Jack Kalemba to try and make a living by putting a surplus bomber to work. ...
Aircraft Never Before seen Vintage images - YouTube | A rare glimpse of Vintage images from Skyworld Kool Air Pics
February 27 from Cut and Paste Aviation
Nice! Very Appropriately Named 'Seastar' From Dornier Seaplane from AirPigz | I got several pictures like the one above of the Dornier Seaplane Company's 'Seastar' at Oshkosh 2010. It was a hard airplane to miss since it's pretty large and rather unusual. Well, unusual since we don't see very many new production seaplanes these days. But, there was a time when much of the really amazing stuff ...
Genesis of the Predator UAV from Aviation Trivia of the Day | Leading Systems' Amber UAV, grandfather of the Predator. In the mid-1970s, Abraham Karem, a designer of high-tech weaponry for the Israeli Defense Forces, emigrated to the United States but despite his credentials working with the Israeli military, found himself unable to get employment with any of the major American defense contractors. Karem had some innovative ideas for unmanned aerial vehicles ...
DVD Review: British Airshows 2010 by Flightline UK | If you buy just one airshow DVD a year, this is the one! British Airshows 2010 covers a multitude of events up and down the country. Narrated by Sean Maffett, this production includes all the best bits from Planes TV’s ...
P-40 in Combat from War and Game | The Curtiss P-40 achieved its greatest fame with the Flying Tigers, but it also proved itself in every theater of war. Rarely the fastest or most maneuverable aircraft in a combat, it was often the most rugged and served its nation well. World War II U.S. fighter. The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, made famous by [...]
PC Pilot's Platinum Award for DC-3 Legends of Flight! - Just Flight | We were delighted to read in the new issue of PC Pilot magazine that DC-3 Legends of Flight has been deemed worthy of the coveted Platinum Award, with the reviewer concluding: "Just Flight and Aeroplane Heaven have started 2011 with a tour-de-force. This is their finest release yet, bar none, and equally one of the most impressive packages yet to be seen for FSX" The review also looks at the additional aircraft and the ability to tow the Waco glider in the Expansion Pack, which it calls "an extremely worthwhile additional purchase". ...
Young Eagles rally kicks off new year - General Aviation News | Orlando Gateway Sport Pilot Flight Training Center at Kissimmee Gateway Airport (ISM) in Florida will host an Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Young Eagles Flight Rally Jan. 8. ...
Video: Robonaut-1: Balloon pop and recovery! from Spaceports
NACA takes first steps toward space - Alamogordo Daily News | "The first operable big airplane in aviation history" had four 100 horsepower engines; as did Sikorsky's "five-ton Il'ya Muromets," said "Milestones of Aviation." Three times as large as a Wright Brothers flyer, and able to carry 2425 pounds of fuel, ...
Astronaut Sad to See Shuttle Era Come to a Close - WJTV | The Stafford Air & Space Museum has external tiles, a shuttle main engine, a payload pallet, wheels, part of a solid rocket booster and other items. "The public definitely can have a feeling for what the shuttle is and what it is doing," museum ...
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