U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds - Explore Chicago | The Thunderbirds continue to represent all Airmen across the globe. The Team is made up of over 120 personnel. The primary Thunderbird mission is to represent the Pride, Precision and Professionalism all Airmen demonstrate. From the ground show to the breathtaking aerial maneuvers, the Thunderbirds continue to represent America's Airmen. ...
Reno champion to be at Planes of Fame Air Show from General Aviation News | Two-time Reno Unlimited Gold Winning Pilot Steven Hinton will be with the P-51 Mustang “Strega” at this year’s Planes of Fame Air Show, slated for May 14-15 at California’s Chino Airport. ...
Aerobatics pilots to fight it out above Duxford - Cambridge First | Pilots will be fighting it out in the skies above Duxford to win the inaugural Queen's Air Race Challenge Cup. To send a link to this page to a friend, simply enter their email address below. The message will include the name and email address you gave ...
Time to tune up for Valdez fly-in - Cordova Times | Should the weather cooperate for the Valdez Fly-In and Airshow, which is scheduled May 6-8, at least six of our local aviators hope to compete in the STOL (Short Takeoff and Landing) competition that Saturday. Five of the pilots, Mike Collins, ...
Canadian Aviation Expo takes off this weekend - General Aviation News | The 19th annual Canadian Aviation Expo is slated for April 30-May 1 at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum at Hamilton Munroe International Airport. The Expo will boast more than 100 aviation exhibits inside the hangar and hundreds of aircraft on the ramp, according to officials. “Combine this with Canada’s largest collection of flying vintage aircraft, Canadian Forces aircraft including the Hawk CT155 fighter jet, attendees will experience Canada’s largest display of military, general aviation, business and historic aircraft, all in one location,” officials said. ...
Update on Furias? - aafo.com | I am very happy to say that Furias is getting close. The new race canopy is in place and the final touches are being completed on the engine installation. ...
- Testing the Tail Turret
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- Around the Hangar
- The Outside Air
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P-47D-30-RA – Serial# 44-33523 “Durango Demon” from Warbird Central - WWII Historical Aircraft Information Website | Dedicated to James W. Decker, a man and a hero I never met. The P-47 below was named the “Durango...
Sun 'n Fun president Burton to lead Florida Air Museum - AOPA Pilot | Sun 'n Fun President John Burton has been named president of the Florida Air Museum, located at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport. In his new role, Burton will be responsible for “raising the profile and prestige of the Florida Air Museum ...
Museum of Flight - KPLU | The Boeing B-17 is part of a traveling history exhibit that lets you actually fly in the plane. By Bellamy Pailthorp It's a day of disappointment in the northwest for fans of US space exploration. Seattle's Museum of Flight got official word this ...
F-15 Eagles Taking Part In Cope Tiger 2011 from I Love Planes | F-15 Eagles assigned to the 44th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron at Kadena Air Base, Japan, fly over Thailand March 23, 2011, prior to starting an exercise scenario during Cope Tiger 2011, which runs from March 14 through 25. ...
VIDEO: T-50-2 first flight appears on YouTube from The DEW Line | This has been floating around the web for a few weeks, but it's new to me -- and perhaps to some of you, too. Never miss an opportunity to see the very photo-genic prototype of Russia's PAK-FA program. The second prototype first flew on 5 March at Sukhoi's flight test site on Komsomolsk-on-Amur. That came more than a year after first flight of the T-50-1 prototype on 29 January 2010. ...
Movie Monday - April 25 - Flying Lockheed's P-38 Lightning from FlightBlogger | This week's Movie Monday, comes from the extensive youtube aviation film archive contains a 35 minute 1943 training film on the flight characteristics of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning. The twin-engine fighter saw service in World War II and was one of the famed creations of Lockheed's Kelly Johnson. This film was produced in the same vein as the North American P-51A and Messerschmitt Me-262 films that have also been posted to this page. ...
New Images of China’s J-15 Carrier-Based Fighter from Defense Tech
Superintendent in Flight: Janet Valentine Gets Bird’s Eye View of Her Domain - Flagler Live | ... His Teens-in-Flight organization, started in Jacksonville in 1994 and now established at the Flagler County Airport, is a non-profit flight school for teens who generally had difficult times in their lives. Every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon, about a dozen students take flight lessons and prepare for the ultimate goal: their pilot license. Two students in the current crop are candidates for private pilot licenses. Flight times are paid for through donations. ...
Ribbon cutting, fly-in scheduled for new flight school - SCNow | Also being held that morning is a Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for Innovative Flying and their flight training school. The event will kick-off with the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony and local tenants will be offering ...
Photos: Pratt & Whitney J58 (A-12 and SR-71) with a tiger tail (shock diamonds) from High Power Rocketry
Virgin Galactic's Tourist Spaceship Makes Longest Test Flight Yet - Space.com | A privately built spaceship built by the space tourism company Virgin Galactic soared through its longest flight yet today (April 22) during a drop test over California's Mojave Desert. The suborbital Virgin Galactic spacecraft, called SpaceShipTwo, maneuvered through the skies over the Mojave Air and Space Port during the milestone test. The Mojave-based aerospace company Scaled Composites is overseeing construction and flight testing of SpaceShipTwo and its WhiteKnightTwo carrier plane for Virgin Galactic. ...
SpaceX Aims To Put Man On Mars In 10-20 Years from Slashdot | An anonymous reader writes "SpaceX hopes to put an astronaut on Mars within 10 to 20 years. From the article: '"We'll probably put a first man in space in about three years," Elon Musk told the Wall Street Journal Saturday. "We're going all the way to Mars, I think... best case 10 years, worst case 15 to 20 years."' ...
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