Thursday, April 7, 2011

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Blue Angels Touch Down Today - Corpus Christi Caller Times | You know it's that time of year again, when you live near the base and you panic because you think a plane is coming straight for your house- when you realize- “oh the Blue Angels must be back in town again.” On Thursday, the Blue Angel's “Fat Albert” ...

USN Blue Angels 2011 Schedule

Aurora Airpot Manager to be inducted into the Illinois Aviation Hall of Fame - TribLocal | He has supported EAA Chapter 579 in flying over 14000 young eagles. He hosted the IAC Chapter One Aerobatic Competition; the North American Trainer Association formation seminars; the Molelaires line control model airplane competition; ...

Doolittle did train at Willows airfield - Colusa County Sun Herald | As a young naval aviator, Miller, then a lieutenant, was the flight instructor for the Doolittle Raiders, tutoring them in carrier deck launch procedures at Florida's Eglin airfield, Fish said. He flew to Sacramento with them, and in this book excerpt, ...

Aerobatic manoeuvres in the honour of the 20th anniversary of “Russian Knights ... - The Voice of Russia | ... for several seconds in the air with the speed of the aircraft fall almost to zero at a height of 18 hundred meters, was the climax of the air show in Kubinka devoted to the 20th anniversary of the “Russian Knights”, an aerobatic team of pilots. ...

Old Glory Honor Flights begin today - Appleton Post Crescent | ... Wisconsin regional hub of the Honor Flight Network, has taken six flights since 2009 and provided more than 550 area veterans with a Tour of Honor. The series of flights in 2011 will again include one in July from the EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh.

My 1980 Single Engine B-17 Landing from Warbirds Online | A true story by Larry Kraus:  Okay, I ran out of usable fuel and to this day can’t explain why I didn’t have at least 40 minutes fuel left in the mains, but I did learn several lessons. For instance,just because the systems on one B-17 work in a particular way, don’t count on the all working that way. Also,there are important bits of information in maintenance manuals that aren’t in the flight manuals. I already knew not to put much faith in fuel gauges, but I thought that at least one of them might be remotely accurate. ...

F-35C Lightning II (CF-1) gets a Centennial of Naval Aviation logo! (rd)(Released/Lockheed Martin) U.S. Naval Air Forces

VIDEO: Testing the ejector seat of the F-35 are completed successfully - Cavok | A team of British industries led by BAE Systems has completed final testing on the escape or ejection system for all types of fighter aircraft Lockheed F-35 Lightning II. ...

Texas Chapter April Newsletter from Antique Airfield News

Goodwood Fly-In for vintage aircraft - Telegraph.co.uk | Over the weekend of May 7-8 the skies above Goodwood will be filled with pre-1966 aircraft as the Aerodrome holds its Vintage Fly-In. By Chris Knapman 2:04PM BST 07 Apr 2011 Goodwood Aerodrome is hosting an informal Vintage Fly-In event for pre-1966 ...

Burt Rutan Retires! from All Things Aviation | At age 67, famous aircraft and spaceship designer Burt Rutan has decided to retire effective April 1st, 2011 and retire to Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, thus ending a career which spanned over 37 years. His first design was the VariViggen in 1968, which then led to the VariEze. Throughout his career Burt Rutan came up with [...]

Costs ground Skyhawk plan - Timaru Herald | High decommissioning costs mean the Ashburton Aviation Museum has had to turn down the opportunity of having a Skyhawk. Nine of the Air Force's 17 mothballed Skyhawks are being sent to aviation museums to finally end a long-running saga but those ...

The mission begins from AF.mil Photos | A B-1B Lancer takes off from Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., March 27, 2011, on a mission in support of Operation Odyssey Dawn. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Marc I. Lane)

KC-46A -- First Photos ... Sans Winglets from Ares | One debate sure to spring out of the new KC-46A data finally coming from Boeing and the Pentagon is whether anything goes in terms of marketing for a business capture campaign. At issue is just how conceptual should conceptual art printed in ads and given to the press for publication be? ...

Lindbergh Electric Aircraft Program from AOPA Live: Latest videos | Lindbergh Electric Aircraft Program thumbnail Lindbergh's grandson talks about encouraging young people and electric aircraft at Sun 'n Fun.

Big Blue Experiences Southwest from Nuts About Southwest | College basketball teams, fans, and school officials experienced a little Southwest Culture over the past few weeks, including Butler’s adorable mascot, Big Blue!  It was an even bigger success for Southwest Airlines, as we transported a number of these teams, fans, and mascots on our charter flights all across the country. ...

450 Young Eagles fly during Skycatcher tour from General Aviation News | Young Eagles Co-Chairman Jeff Skiles and EAA chapters in four communities opened the world of flight to young people during two weekends in March as more than 450 kids were flown during EAA’s Young Eagles Skycatcher Tour.

Fly Me To The Moon: America’s Saturn V from ASB.tv | In July of 1969, the Saturn V – America’s most famous moon rocket, took Apollo 11 to the moon. The rocket was developed under the supervision of Wernhern Von Braun at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in hopes of making it to the moon. After 32 Saturn models were launched, two set into orbit without a crew, and a test mission with Apollo 8, the always successful, Saturn V was launched for the moon and made it. The history behind the Saturn V and what it meant for the United States will stand the test of time and be the first to have ever made a successful lunar landing. ...

Flying wing to wing with a spaceship: Virgin Galactic's WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo at opening of Virgin America's new SFO Terminal 2 from Boing Boing | This morning I got up early, packed my bag and headed to the San Francisco International airport (SFO) to attend the opening of Virgin America's new Terminal 2 (T2). I was expecting Sir Richard Branson to be there,  ...

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