Funds boost airshow event - Bundaberg NewsMail | Wide Bay Australia International Airshow chairman Daryl Corpe and Acting Premier Paul Lucas at the Hinkler Hall of Aviation yesterday. THE Wide Bay Australia International Airshow received a major boost yesterday when Acting Premier Paul Lucas ...
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Line-up change for Little Gransden 2011 from Classic Aviation Worldwide |Hanger 11 have been forced to change their participation at Little Gransden's 2011 Charity Air & Car Show. Originally planned was the newly refurbished Spitfire Mk.XI, however operational conflicts have meant a replacement, in the form of Hawker Hurricane MkIIb "Hurri-Bomber".
Coming to a Paris Air Show Near You: Su-30, JF-17 And More... from Ares | The Paris Air Show organizers have provided an update on what aircraft are due to be at this year’s extravaganza. There is now confirmed good news on the military front for those that have been bemoaning the absence of the Russian fighter industry: Sukhoi’s Su-30 will be making an appearance. One Su-30 will be there for both static and flight display purposes. ...
City awaiting insurance news for air show - St. Thomas Times-Journal | With less than two months before opening, the Great Lakes International Air Show is still looking for insurance. City council was prepared Monday to review reports on the air show, but agreed to wait until more ...
VIDEO: Aerial refueling of F-16 Thunderbirds from CavokBlog | This week the Air Demonstration Squadron, U.S. Air Force, the Thunderbirds, have released two videos of an aerial refueling operation of its aircraft, which can be seen in the first video (above), the view that the pilot
Capt. Kristin Hubbard (Thunderbird # 8) had during the procedure along with a KC-135R, while the squadron moved to Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, on April 18, 2011. Then another video. ...
Silver Falcons - Wikipedia | The Silver Falcons is the aerobatic display team of the South African 
Air Force. Based at Air Force Base Langebaanweg near Cape Town, the Silver Falcons fly the Pilatus PC-7 Mk II Astra, the ab initio trainer of the SA Air Force in a 5-ship routine. The main purpose of the Silver Falcons is to enhance the image of the South African Air Force, encourage recruitment and instill national pride through public display. ...
Silver Falcons - Blyzz Photo
Smoke oil dangers uncovered after Franklin accident - AOPA / Dave Hirschman | Some of wing-walker Amanda Franklin’s injuries appear to have been caused by smoke oil, and the International Council of Airshows and her husband Kyle Franklin are encouraging airshow performers to modify aircraft smoke oil systems so that they turn off automatically in case of an engine failure or accident. ...
Honor Flight takes Tybee veteran to Washington - Savannah Now | “A trip of a lifetime” and “A real miracle.” These are two of phrases that James C. Lynes of Wilmington Island used to describe the Honor Flight trip to Washington, D.C., that he took on April 8-10 with his friend and Honor Flight Guardian, Herman Peavy. ...
Books About the Men and the Mission from J Clark | Over the last couple of days of writing about General Doolittle and his raid, many who know me have stopped and talked specifically about the men and the mission. To each, I have recommended a couple of books. The first is Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo"", (Pocket Star paperback, July 2004, ISBN-13: 978- 0743474337, 304 pp.) written by the pilot of the seventh bomber off the deck, Ted W. Lawson. Lawson’s book was one of the first I ever read as young person. Lawson, one of the most severely injured of the Doolittle Raiders, wrote the book as a memoir about his participation on the Doolittle Raid. The book was ...
Women in WWII by Keith Summerford | We are currently discussing the role of women and minorities in WWII. I showed the class a book written by a Tuscaloosa County native who was also in the Women’s Army Corps. A few seemed interested and it would be a great book for them to read over the summer. The book is Stateside Soldier by Aileen Kilgore Henderson. The book chronicles her life from the time just before she joined the WAC’s until she returned home. She spent a good bit of her time during the war as an airplane engine mechanic in Texas. The book does a great job of illustrating what life was like for those here in the states supporting the war effort during the 1940's. The book is available online, at bookstores, or possibly at the library.
Concorde's only female pilot lived a life of adventure - The Vancouver Sun | Barbara Harmer, who has died aged 57, earned her place in the record books on March 25, 1993, when she flew as first officer on a British Airways Concorde from London's Heathrow to JFK airport in New York. For 10 years she remained Concorde's only woman pilot to fly regular commercial services, until October 2003 when the world's only Mach 2 civil jet was withdrawn from service by its two operators, British Airways and Air France, in the wake of the catastrophic accident to an Air France Concorde in July 2000. ...
The 1903 Wright Flyer - Air & Space Magazine | Find out why the world's first controllable airplane was a bear to control.
USAF Museum Series: Part 10 by Steve | This has been making its way around the aviation forums and blogs recently. I'm not sure when it went online, but the USAF Museum has a virtual tour of the entire museum on the web. By my own rough count, there are 90 different locations on the museum grounds where you can view, rotate, and zoom in 360 degrees. ...
South St. Paul WWII museum could become history itself - KARE | The Minnesota wing is not just home to World War II memorabilia and six aircraft, it's also a place where history comes alive. "We do also what are called history flights where people have the opportunity to go up and fly in one of these old birds and ...
Maine Air Museum seeks 'plane spotters' - VillageSoup Belfast | Bangor — The Maine Aviation Historical Society Maine Air Museum is looking for World War II “plane spotters” from Waldo County and Eastern Maine. The organization seeks people who served as volunteers in the Ground Observer Corps during World War II. ...
Battle of Britain Weekend from What's On at RAF Museum London | 10 September 2011 - 11 September 2011 The Museum's annual pageant commemorating Veterans of the Battle of Britain inclusive of talks, tours, tableaux and concerts. At this time we are able to confirm that subject to weather conditions a Spitfire Flypast will take place over the Museum on Sunday 11th of September. Timings to be confirmed. As more elements of this weekend are confirmed we will update this notice accordingly. ...
F.A.B ! A Night at the Royal Air Force Museum from RAF Museum London News | Event Date Saturday 14th of May. Calling all children of the 60s & 70s! The Royal Air Force Museum London is inviting you to revisit your childhood on Saturday 14th of May by opening its doors for a special evening event that will take them back to their childhood futures. From 7pm until 11pm, the museum will be opening up its Milestones of Flight, Bomber and Historic Hangars for free to over 18s and giving adult visitors the opportunity to play with giant sized versions of classic children’s games whilst listening to music of the 60s and 70s inspired by ‘futurism’, ‘the white heat of technology’ and Cult TV shows from their childhoods. ...
AREA 51: An Uncensored History of America’s Top Secret Military Base - Spy Museum | Area 51 sits inside one of the largest government-controlled land parcels in the United States, the Nevada Test and Training Range. It is the most famous military installation in the world—and the most secret. Now, Los Angeles Times Magazine journalist Annie Jacobsen, has written the first book to tell what really goes on at this top-secret location in the Nevada desert, AREA 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base. Join Jacobsen for the launch of her book, which is based on recently declassified documents ...
Today in Aviation History – April 20 - CRUFC
The Next Generation of Dirigibles Takes Flight - Popular Science | A whirring comes across the sky. From 20,000 feet above the Mexican border or Afghanistan’s Korengal Valley, a vehicle as long as the Chrysler building is tall drifts into the stratosphere. It looms like a cloud and stays put for 21 days, scanning for body heat below. These blimps are lighter than air, fuel-efficient and quiet—which is why they could become the military’s go-to vehicles for surveillance and transport. ...
Finalists named in aerospace challenge - Washington Business Journal | Who are the future leaders of the aerospace industry? The Arlington-based Aerospace Industries Association might point to any one of the 100 teams of middle and high school students named Wednesday as finalists in the world's largest rocket contest. ...
Fourth astronaut added to Space Night activities at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force from National Museum of the USAF | Dr. Thomas D. Jones joins three other astronauts during Space Night at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force on May 5. Jones joins an all-star cast of astronauts already set to appear, including Astronaut Michael Foreman, Navy Capt. (Ret), and former astronauts Mark Brown, Air Force Col. (Ret), and Dr. Donald Thomas. ...
Endeavour's Final Mission: STS-134 Space Shuttle from How I am Becoming an Astronaut | Endeavour's final space shuttle mission is scheduled for next week, April 29, 2011. The mission will include four-spacewalks, deliver supplies, spare parts and a $2 billion particle physics detector (Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer) to the International Space Station. ...
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