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Unique WWII German fighter reassembled in Everett - Seattle PI | The German Focke-Wulf 190 fighter plane shocked its adversaries when it debuted in World War II. Just getting the one that Everett’s Flying Heritage Collection owns flying again took more than a decade of restoration work. And then they took it apart. The airplane rotted in a marsh outside of Leningrad from 1943, when pilot Paul Ratz crashed there, until someone found it in 1989. After a Soviet helicopter pulled it out of the muck, the plane traveled to England and then Arizona, where the Flying Heritage Collection had it restored...

VIDEO: AirVenture 2011 promo - EAA | An exciting look ahead to AirVenture 2011, July 25-31. Tributes to Hoover and Rutan! Concerts by REO Speedwagon, Aaron Tippin, and the Lt Dan Band! Daily airshows—including an even BIGGER nighttime show than last year!

F-35's 1st air show appearance will be ... - Flightglobal | ... maybe later this year, says Adm David Venlet, F-35 program executive officer, who briefed reporters this morning at Joint Strike Fighter headquarters on the 6th floor of a a typically non-descript office building in Crystal City...

Second F-35 Production Jet Takes First Flight - Defense Update | AF-7, the second F-35 Lightning II production jet, takes off on its first flight Friday, March 4, from Naval Air Station Fort Worth JointAF-7, the second F-35 Lightning II production jet, takes off on its first flight Friday, March 4, from Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base...

Blackburn Buccaneer – the last British bomber - Shortfinals Blog | I once had the great privilege of living (and working) at the Royal Air Force’s premier navigation school. Inevitably, one met members of the instructing staff who had been in contact with the Blackburn Buccaneer. To say that this aircraft was held in affection would be a massive understatement...

Primeira mulher a pilotar um Gripen na Suécia (First woman to fly a Gripen in Sweden) - Cavok | A capitã Anna Dellham recentemente completou seu primeiro voo solo num caça Gripen tornando-se a primeira mulher piloto de um Gripen na Força Aérea da Suécia. O voo ocorreu junto ao Esquadrão F7 na Base Aérea de Satenas...

VIDEO: Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender (1945) - AIRBOYD | The Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender (Curtiss-Wright CW-24), was a 1940s United States prototype fighter aircraft built by Curtiss. Along with the XP-54 and XP-56, it resulted from United States Army Air Corps proposal R-40C issued on 27 November 1939 calling for unconventional aircraft designs. A highly unusual design for its time, it had a canard configuration, a rear mounted engine, swept wings and two vertical tails...

VIDEO: Stinson L-5 Sentinel (1942) - AIRBOYD | The USA light aircraft L-5 Sentinel began life as the pre-war Stinson Model 105. The model 105 was nicknamed Voyager, built by the Stinson division of Consolidated Vultee. When World War II broke out, the Voyager was redesigned and then entered into service as a liaison aircraft. It also flew in the artillery spotter role and as an air ambulance...

Open Line Friday – Warbird Radio LIVE! - Warbird Radio | FRIDAY – It’s time once again for an open line show on Warbird Radio LIVE!  This means it’s your turn to call in and discuss whats on your mind…this Friday at 10am (EASTERN).  FYI…we have some cool stuff for give aways …so call in.

FAA administrator to speak at Atlanta Aero Club - General Aviation News | Randy Babbitt, administrator for the FAA, will be the featured guest speaker at the regular bi–monthly meeting of the Atlanta Aero Club scheduled for May 5. Babbitt, a veteran pilot who flew 25 years for Eastern Airlines, is an internationally recognized expert in aviation and labor relations...

Warbird Restoration Enthusiast and Aviation Experience of Clyde Zellers - Covington Aircraft | Covington Aircraft believes that remembering and honoring the history of aviation is vital to our daily operation in Okmulgee, OK.  We highlight an important figure in Aviation, in this blog post, Clyde Zellers...

More Books About Flying - Joe Clark | After finishing yesterday’s blog about books on the subject of the Doolittle Raid, I began thinking of other books written of flying that all serious pilots should read. There are so many great novels and historical accounts written of flying that once started, many become very difficult to put down until finished...

All female pilot group encourages women to take to the sky - KTRE | LUFKIN, TX (KTRE) - In 1929 men told them they could never be pilots. With the help of pioneers like Amelia Earhart, women from around the world formed their own group- the Ninety-Nines, Inc. Their mission is to mentor other female pilots. They hope high flying inspires more women to take to the sky...

Heliboarding Copter? - Yanko Design | Have you heard of heliboarding? I haven’t but apparently it’s the hot new thing with adventurists. The AvA 299 DROP is a helicopter designed to take crazy snowboarders to locations not accessible by normal lifts. The entire cabin can lower them just enough to leap out and carve their stake across a mountain...

Amateur High-Altitude Balloon DOES NOT Launch Tonight - MT Utility | The Project Blue Horizon 5 high-altitude transatlantic balloon flight originally scheduled for Friday, April 22 [UTC, tonight in Pacific time], has been postponed to April 27 - 29...