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Checking Out An Aerobatic Pilot's Bag Of Tricks - WAMU | When the annual Joint Service Open House and Air Show at Andrews Air Force Base rolls into town later this week, the lineup will feature one of this country's top aerobatic pilots, the Air National Guard's Lieutenant Colonel John Klatt. In 25 years of flying, Klatt has piloted commercial airliners, flown F-16s in combat, and supported missions for the space shuttle...

Teaser Video for Boston-Portsmouth Air Show - Mike Goulian | The folks at the Boston-Portsmouth Air Show caught up with us last week to discuss the upcoming air show in August at Pease airport. This year watch Michael fly along with the USAF Thunderbirds, Sean D. Tucker, and an amazing line up of performers. Michael’s interview shares his thoughts as the closest event to home this year.

Jones Beach Air Show on Memorial Day Weekend - Long Island | Memorial Day is fast approaching and it's time for the 2011 Bethpage Federal Credit Union New York Air Show at Jones Beach State Park. On Saturday, May 28 and Sunday, May 29, 2011, you can watch the United States Air Force F-22 Raptor and the A-10 Thunderbolt II soaring through the skies over Long Island as well as other high-flying entertainment...

BLADES AND THEIR FLYING MACHINES ARE HERE - Gibraltar Chronicle | SET FOR THE SKIES: (from left) The Blades pilots Mark Cutmore, Andy Offer, Myles Garland and Andy Evans. After 48 hours of serial leg flying from the UK, THE BLADES Aerobatic Display Team has landed in Gibraltar ready for their series of activities this weekend. Over the next few days you will see the four Blades aircraft manoeuvring around Gibraltar...

15th Annual Lyon County Fly-In this weekend - RGJ | SILVER SPRINGS-The 15th Annual Lyon County Fly-In is slated for this weekend at the Silver Springs Regional Airport, and the event will feature many activities for families and aviation fans. "This whole thing is about kids," said Fly-In Chairperson Ron Bell, adding, "There are many activities for families to enjoy."...

Air Force plane crashes in Victoria - ABC Melbourne | A plane used by the RAAF's Roulettes aerobatic team has crashed at the East Sale airbase in Victoria. The PC-9/A's two crew members ejected moments before the plane crashed after experiencing engine failure. The Defence Force said the crew were undertaking a routine training flight when the plane crashed about 1 kilometre from the runway...


The Stealth Chinook involved in the Osama Bin Laden raid and why the Stealth Black Hawk crashed in Abbottabad - Cencio4 | An interesting article published yesterday by the Associated Press and commented by Wired/Danger Room, provided some interesting details about the Osama Bin Laden raid. Indeed, anonymous government sources have told the story to the AP even if information they disclosed, raise more questions… Anyway, first of all, I can’t help but notice that my possible explaination of Operation Neptune’s Spear (OBL raid’s name), published on May 6, was not disproved by facts disclosed so far!...

Videos from AIRBOYD:
A-10 Thunderbolt Refueling
EA-6 Prowler Refueling
F-16 Fighting Falcon Refueling

May 18, 1953: Jackie Cochran, First Woman to Break Sound Barrier - Wired | 1953: Jackie Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier. Cochran was already famous (as an aviatrix and racing pilot) and wealthy (through marriage) when she broke the sound barrier over Rogers Dry Lake, California, flying a Royal Canadian Air Force F-86 Sabrejet. In moving from subsonic to supersonic speed, Cochran averaged 652 mph...

New York Guard Women Are At Home in The Sky - You Fly Girl | This is a press release from March 18...still worth reading! LATHAM, NY (03/18/2011)(readMedia)-- The women who keep the New York Army and Air National Guard flying found inspiration in the skies and on the ground...

Juliet Kuruwaa: "Why I Want To Fly" - Flight To Success | Another incredible essay from a talented and beautiful young lady from Ghana. Aviation has not only touched her life, but changed it. Juliet Kuruwaa is my name and I am a citizen of Ghana in West Africa. A student of Aviation Technology Academy, studying piloting and engineering. My ambition to become a pilot started from the very first day I saw a plane in the sky...

The First Woman to Fly in an Airplane Was When? - Ptak Science | I wondered about how long after the Wright's first powered flight (17 December 1903) that it took for a woman fly in an airplane, either as passenger or pilot.  I was a little surprised--when I found my answer, my glasses weren't quite up to seeing the date on the top of the page very clearly, and on closer inspection I was a little taken aback to see how wrong my assumption was...

Star Struck In California - Collings Foundation | The national Wings of Freedom tour is now bouncing around California. So far, we have visited La Verne, Long Beach, Carlsbad, Ramona, Santa Ana, Hawthorne, Camarillo, Burbank – and now in Bakersfield. The Wings of Freedom tour is making its way up the coast landing in eight cities in Northern California before heading to Oregon and Washington...

Super Guppy back in Amarillo -- Black Horizon | Photographed last night flying into Amarillo/Rick Husband International Airport. It is ferrying V-22 fuselages for assembly at the Bell/Textron Plant here.

Let’s Fly on Saturday! - AOPA Blog | This Saturday, May 21st,  is Learn-to-Fly day. It should come as no surprise by now that GA is in need of more pilots if our activity is to survive as we know it. There may be a better reason to go flying than to introduce a prospective pilot to our world but I’m not sure what it might be. Ditto for educating people who will never become pilots. The more “air-minded” people we can make, the fewer hassles there will be regarding airports...

New book celebrates Iowa’s aviation heritage - GA News | Eastern Iowa’s Aviation Heritage, a new book from Arcadia Publishing, captures Eastern Iowa’s long-time fascination with flight. From primitive air gliders and balloons to today’s modern airplanes (and everything in between), aviation enthusiasts in Eastern Iowa have had their heads in the clouds since the late 1800s...

Winners of the 2011 FAI Young Artists Contest - FAI | On the occasion of the recent FAI Aviation and Space Education Commission (CIEA) plenary meeting, the International Jury met to determine the winners of the 2011 FAI Young Artists Contest, whose theme was "50 Years of Human Space Flight". The theme of this year was tightly linked to the 50th anniversary of Gagarin's historic flight...

SS2 first feather flight video - Hobby Space | Here's a video from Virgin Galactic about the drop test of SpaceShipTwo on May 10th in which its feathering re-entry system was tested for the first time.

Secret Stealth Drone Spied on Osama, Dodged Pakistanis - Danger Room | Two years ago, pictures leaked of a previously unknown, bat-winged drone operating out of Afghanistan’s Kandahar airport. Speculation spiked about the mission of the mysterious aircraft, instantly nicknamed “the Beast of Kandahar” by secret plane-spotter extraordinaire Bill Sweetman...http://wamu.org/news/11/05/18/checking_out_an_aerobatic_pilots_bag_of_tricks.php