Air show at Langley Air Force Base a showcase for high-flying talent - WTKR | Eyes will be glued to the skies this weekend as a dazzling air show returns to Langley Air Force Base. AirPower Over Hampton Roads, a free event featuring aviation aces both military and civilian, is expected to attract crowds in the thousands...
Bethpage Air Show At Jones Beach Scheduled For Memorial Day Weekend - News LI | (Bethpage, NY) - Bethpage Federal Credit Union, Long Island’s leading community financial institution, and the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, are pleased to honor the United States Navy and its historical 100th anniversary celebration - the Centennial of Naval Aviation - during this year’s Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach, now in its 8th year...
Human powered helicopter flight fails, will try again today - sUASNews | Not unmanned, but no doubt there will be technology transfer, especially from the teams innovative construction techniques. Students from the University Of Maryland attempting yesterday to fly into the history books with a human powered helicopter suffered a small setback but will try again today. The rotors of the craft spin at a very leisurely 18 RPM...
Here are a 2 You Tube videos of Blue Angel #7 at Indianapolis
First is the landing
Second is the test of the arresting gear
SEE THE 2011 ROYAL AIR TATTOO FOR FREE - PistonHeads | PistonHeads isn't always about cars, we like bikes, trucks, boats and aircraft too. In fact, if it has an engine of any type we're probably going to like it, especially if it's a fast and loud one. With this in mind we've been on the phone to the organisers of the Royal International Air Tattoo, and they've kindly offered five pairs of tickets as a prize giveaway...
Begins the 2011 Tiger Meet in France - Cavok | Between 9 and 20 May 2011, at Cambrai Air Base in northern France, is the NATO Tiger Meet 2011. The event is being held at the home base of 01,012 Chasse escadron of French Air Force Mirage 2000 fighters equipped with. This "meeting of tigers' should be the largest ever made for the 50th anniversary of the meeting...
Female RAF personnel pose for photographs - The Telegraph | Flt Lt Juliette Fleming, 32, who flew repeated sorties over Taliban positions in Afghanistan in her Tornado GR4 last year, is one of several female pilots who will participate in the Spring Air Show at Duxford, Cambs, which has the theme Celebrating Women in Aviation...
Cadets flying high with Red Arrows - Milton Keynes | A GROUP of youngsters from TS Invincible Naval Cadet Corps were flying high after they spent a day with the Red Arrows. The group of around 20 cadets and officers spent the day with the RAF pilots and were shown exactly what they can aspire to when they grow up...
Flying the Lufthansa A380 Inaugural to San Francisco (Trip Report) - Cranky Flier | (Pix and Video) I know I said trip reports would only be on Wednesdays now, but I changed my mind. Lufthansa flew me out to Frankfurt only to come back less than 24 hours later on the inaugural A380 to San Francisco, all in business class. I’ll start with the flight out so you can see the differences between the 747 and the A380. Overall, I like what Lufthansa is doing, but I simply cannot sleep in that angled lie-flat bed. The good news is that a replacement is in the works...
Restored Lockheed P-38 "Glacier Girl" UP CLOSE Video Study - octane130 | This is a close-up video study of the famous Lockheed P-38 "Glacier Girl" that was recovered from under 268 feet of glacier ice in Greenland in 1992. Most of the video was taken at the Planes of Fame Museum in Chino, Calif. in March and April, 2007...
Free Flight on the Young Eagles 'Learn to Fly Day' on May 21st - Freely Educate | On May 21st, the Young Eagles program welcomes your family to a free flight at a local airport for International Learn to Fly Day. Why would they do that? Here's their reason: "International Learn to Fly Day was announced in 2009 as an effort to increase interest in flying and to encourage the aviation community to get others involved in Aviation." Over 1.6 million Young Eagles have flown since!...
CIRRUS AIRCRAFT CELEBRATES INTERNATIONAL LEARN TO FLY DAY - Cirrus Aircraft | The second annual International Learn to Fly Day is May 21 and Cirrus is celebrating with three days of events in the Salt Lake City area...
Picture of the Week: AVweb's Flying Photography Showcase - AVweb | Each week, we go through dozens (and sometimes hundreds) of reader-submitted photos and pick the very best to share with you on Thursday mornings — and one photo that stands above the others is awarded an AVweb baseball cap as our "Picture of the Week."Astronauts Return to Florida for Monday Shuttle Launch - Space | CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The six astronauts who will fly space shuttle Endeavour's final mission returned to Florida today, hoping next Monday's scheduled second-try at their launch is the trick. "We are really excited to be here, excited to launch, hopefully on Monday if the weather holds," STS-134 mission commander Mark Kelly said after arriving at the Kennedy Space Center...
Spaceport America Open for Tours May 13 - Spaceports | The New Mexico Spaceport Authority announced tours of Spaceport America will be open to the public starting Friday, May 13, 2011. The facility, the world's first dedicated spaceport, is famously being rented by Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic, who plans to take tourists into space...
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