Video: Part 2 Winter Training Homestead ARB 2011 —US Army Golden Knights - armygk.com | Part 2 of Golden Knights Winter Training in Homestead ARB, FL 2011 - Video: Part 2 of Winter Training 2011...
Final training stages for Snowbirds - mjtimes.sk.ca | The Canadian Forces Snowbirds team will be flying to Comox, B.C., on Monday to perfect their performance for the 2011 show season. The team, which calls Moose Jaw's 15 Wing its home, will spend three weeks on Vancouver Island - a location they visit each year to train. Team lead Maj. Chris Hope said Comox offers the team different challenges compared to...
- NEWS RELEASE | Mar 25, 2011 – Owatonna, MN: John Klatt Airshows, Inc. today announced their 2011 schedule which will include 18 air shows in a
nation-wide program of high-energy, precision aerobatic air show performances. Performer, John Klatt, will be flying his Air National Guard Panzl S330-weighing just under 1300 lbs with a 330 horsepower Lycoming engine and a roll rate in excess of...
nation-wide program of high-energy, precision aerobatic air show performances. Performer, John Klatt, will be flying his Air National Guard Panzl S330-weighing just under 1300 lbs with a 330 horsepower Lycoming engine and a roll rate in excess of...
Grissom week in photos: 25 March -Grissom Air Reserve Base | This week's slideshow features recently published photographs and graphics from Grissom Air Reserve Base and the 434th Air Refueling Wing. This weekly features showcases the activities of the dedicated military and civilian workforce at the base...
More Eyes For Army UAVs -Aviation Week | The U.S. Army will use a General Atomics’ MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) this spring to flight-test a new system of multiple sensors that can be controlled by ground troops or aircraft crews. Called Triclops, the system adds a sensor under each wing to the fuselage sensor carried by UAVs. If Triclops works as well in flight as in the laboratory, the Army will deploy it to Afghanistan as soon...
I’d be grinning if I were in the front seat of a AH-1W... -You Like Airplanes, Too? | I’d be grinning if I were in the front seat of a AH-1W Super Cobra, too. Col. Andrew Wilcox takes a familiarization flight in the front seat of an AH-1W Super Cobra flown by Capt. Ryan “Spidie” Welborn from USS Cleveland here Dec. 18. Wilcox is the commanding officer of Battalion Landing Team 2/4, aka the Magnificent Bastards, the ground-combat element of the...
German Electric Airplane Completes First Flight - Autopia | The single seat Elektra One recently flew for the first time and followed its maiden voyage with an impressive 30 minute, second flight. Both flights took place 
in Augsburg, Germany. During the first flight, performed by former Scaled Composites test pilot and engineer Jon Karkow, the Elektra One climbed to more than 500 meters (1,640 feet) and used roughly half of the 6 kilowatt hours available in the batteries. The second flight, which took place on Wednesday, was performed by...
in Augsburg, Germany. During the first flight, performed by former Scaled Composites test pilot and engineer Jon Karkow, the Elektra One climbed to more than 500 meters (1,640 feet) and used roughly half of the 6 kilowatt hours available in the batteries. The second flight, which took place on Wednesday, was performed by...Port Townsend Aero Museum - Fairchild 71 and Youth Program - Antique Airfield News | Jerry Thuotte and the crew at the Pt. Townsend Aero Museum, Pt. Townsend, WA have been working on a Fairchild 71 and sent this update: The first flight after the “cleanup work” on this airplane went well. By cleanup work, I mean the rejuvenation of the airplane after it was left sitting for some 8 years or more. The “heavy” grade fabric was in excellent condition, but the paint top coat was failing badly, with cracks in the paint at every seam, corner, bump, or protrusion. In conversation with John at Consolidated Coatings, (Stits), we determined we could save the fabric if we...
Video: Lockheed Martin Signs Hybrid Airship Contract - Airships.net | According to a report in Aviation Week and a press release, Lockheed Martin has entered a contract with Aviation Capital Enterprises, Inc. of Alberta, Canada, to develop, certify and produce a series of “SkyTug” commercial cargo airships derived from the P-791 hybrid demonstrator seen in this 2006 video:
Southwest | With airport remodeling underway in Dallas and San Antonio, much of our original airport infrastructure from our origin in 1971 has now met the wrecking ball. Our original gates/ticket counter/operations at Houston George Bush Intercontinental may still be intact, but I can’t verify that. However, the original temporary ticketing and gate areas that served as our home when we moved to Houston Hobby are long gone. Yet, tucked off in a far, almost inaccessible part of Love Field is our original Headquarters and Maintenance campus. Before we flashback to some historical photos, let’s take a look at our...
How a Grape Soda Powered the First Transcontinental Aeroplane Trip - The Atlantic | Advertising pervades our culture. Every other day you turn around to the Orange Bowl becoming the FedEx Orange Bowl or as announced yesterday, Seattle's Qwest Field will be renamed CenturyLink Field. Wasn't there a pure time when one could pursue the highest pursuits free of commercial motivations? Well, no. At least not in the last hundred years. All you need to do is walk into the Museum of Air and Space here in Washington, D.C., for a stark reminder that things weren't as different back then as we might have hoped. Among the sublime rockets and planes that conquered the firmament, there's a Wright Brothers-styled biplane and underneath it are written the immortal words: ...
Aviation Stories for March 25, 2011 - Around The pattern | The smaller side of aviation: This is an article from West Virginia about a few friends who got together and formed a club for flying their radio-controlled model airplanes. The club has grown...
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