Fly-in to welcome Osprey - Brewton Standard | A US Air Force V22 Osprey, airplane rides, motorcycles and classic cars are among the attractions this weekend at the second annual Brewton Spring Fly-in. The event — free to the public — will be held from 9 am to 3 pm Saturday at the Brewton ...
Fly-in to Gulf Shores to help tornado victims - Gulf Coast Newspapers | John Barnes thought last year's fly-in by the Shelby County Aviation Association would be a one-time fundraiser to spotlight the crises merchants faced during the Gulf Coast oil spill. Alabama. Motorcyclists headed by Shelby County ...
Fly-in to Gulf Shores to help tornado victims - Gulf Coast Newspapers | John Barnes thought last year's fly-in by the Shelby County Aviation Association would be a one-time fundraiser to spotlight the crises merchants faced during the Gulf Coast oil spill. Alabama. Motorcyclists headed by Shelby County ...
San Francisco Welcomes First West Coast Lufthansa Airbus A380 Flight from Airline Reporter by David Parker Brown | Lufthansa's Airbus A380 (D-AIMD) gets a water salute when arriving to San Francisco on May 10th. Today was a beautiful day to fly down to San Francisco (SFO) to greet the Lufthansa’s first Airbus A380 passenger flight from Frankfurt, Germany to SFO…Blue Angels Make Perfect Landing at Children's Hospital In New Orleans from U.S. Navy News Headline Stories | The Navy Blue Angels brought out the smiles of patients at Children's Hospital in New Orleans May 6 when they visited more than a dozen patients there…
Blue Angels coming - NJ.com from http://www.nj.com/ The prestigious U.S. Navy Blue Angels Flight Demonstration Squadron, which performed at Millville Airport in 2007 and earlier in 2003, will return to highlight an extensive display of military airplanes and aviation displays at Millville Airport on Saturday and Sunday, May 28 and 29…
S. Korea's largest aviation exhibition successful: chief organizer - Yonhap News | To elevate the event as an international airshow and exhibition, Hwang promised to showcase more eye-catching events to attract both buyers and tourists from around the world. "We will make efforts to put on a more fun, advanced air festival next year ...
Great TN Airshow pics by steve1840 | Here are just a few of the 3000 photos I shot on Sunday at the Great TN Airshow. I do apologize for some of the back lighting as the flight line faced into the sun all afternoon…YF-104 Starfighter — manning a missile? from Travel for Aircraft | The Starfighter was really known as a missile with a man it and it’s easy to see why with its petite wings and monster engine. But what was the F-104′s genesis? The Starfighter is another design by the legendary chief designer of so many aircraft designs from the P-38 Lightning and SR-71 “Blackbird”, Clarence “Kelly” Johnson of Lockheed. During the Korean War he talked with combat fighter pilots and leaned what is so often relearned — in combat equipment is only good if it is reliable…
USAF Takes Delivery Of First Production F-35 Lightning II from Aero-News Network | Air Force Flight Testing To Be Conducted At Edwards AFB The U.S. Air Force has accepted into its fleet the first of a planned 1,763 production-model Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II stealth fighters…
May 2011 NAA Record Newsletter - Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation and the X2 Technology Demonstrator Team Honored at 2011 Collier Dinner "The most dangerous forecast in aviation is to predict the impossibility of something." This quote from Igor I. Sikorsky, founder of the Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, was delivered by his son, Sergei Sikorsky, during a toast at the 2011 Robert J. Collier Trophy Presentation Banquet on May 5, 2011. It epitomizes what makes aviation great: an unrelenting desire for and amazing track record of innovation. The 2010 Collier Trophy was awarded this year to the Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation and the X2 Technology Demonstrator Team. This marked the third time the name Sikorsky has been a part of receiving this honor. Igor Sikorsky accepted the 1950 Collier Trophy from President Harry S. Truman, and the company was honored again in 2002 for its S-92 helicopter...and more....MAY NAA Newsletter
Episode 146 – Ice Pilots from by thegeeks@airplanegeeks.com (Airplane Geeks) Our guest this episode is Mikey McBryan from Buffalo Airways and the TV show Ice Pilots (known as Ice Pilots NWT in Canada). In the U.S., thie show airs Fridays at 10pm ET/PT on the National Geographic Channel. You can follow them on Twitter at @IcePilotsNWT…Aviation, Making the Impossible Possible in 4 Centuries Now from Flight Monkeys | There was a time, believe it or not, when even smart people argued that powered flight was impossible. If it didn’t have feathers, it couldn’t fly. At least that was the thinking. Then came the Montgolfier brothers and their hot air balloons. Well sure, a ballon can fly, they said. But that’s it. And the balloon only flies because it’s hollow and filled with smoke. Everyone knows that smoke rises, naturally…
Statue honors legend in the aviation community - WBIR-TV | A Guinness World Record holder and an overall legend in the aviation community added another honor to her long list on Tuesday evening. Evelyn Bryan Johnson also known as "Mama Bird" now has a bronze sculpture in her likeness at the New Morristown ...
Wartime flier tells audience the way it really was - Local stories - Yorkshire Post from http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/ Almost 70 years after he took part in Lancaster bomber raids over Germany, former Royal Air Force flier Norman Turner has finally decided to lift the lid on the antics of his air crew. Throughout 1944 Mr Turner took part in 55 bombing missions, mostly on German cities, earning himself a Distinguished Flying Cross…
The Classic Duck from Moose Peterson Aviation Photography » Moose Peterson Aviation Photography | It always amazes me that this plane, something used as a bomber and fighter, seats four! It’s such a cool plane to see parked, and it’s pretty cool to see in flight. This is the J2F-6 Duck at Fantasy of Flight that we had pulled out this morning to photograph. We lucked out big time when the ground fog formed and floated over the ramp in the predawn light...Airport mural honors pilots - The Bridgeton News - NJ.com | They make our aviation heritage come alive," said Robert Trivellini, project coordinator for the Millville Army Air Field Museum. "The murals document the importance of local aviation history and demonstrate the value of visual communication in our ...
Texas Space Alliance hails state's new space tourism liability law from RLV and Space Transport News | An announcement from the Texas Space Alliance: TEXAS SPACE ALLIANCE (TXA) Celebrates New Space “tourism” Law Calls for More Action on Commercial Space ASAP -- Austin, TX, May 11, 2011 – The Texas Space Alliance congratulated the governor and legislature on passing what it hopes will be the first of a new wave of pro-commercial space laws in the last weeks, and called for the Texas government to move quickly to pass other pro-commercial space legislation - before other states seal their leads in courting this billion dollar industry…
EAA offers children chance to soar - Times-Georgian | by Catalina Trivinio/Times-Georgian The Experimental Aircraft Association's (EAA) local chapter will be preparing for take off during their annual Young Eagles Flight Rally on Saturday, May 14 at the West Georgia Regional Airport offering young people ...
Today in Aviation History – May 11 from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club by bikeal
Today in Aviation History – May 11 from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club by bikeal
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