Thunderbirds Are Go With Camelina from CAFE Foundation Blog | The Air Force Thunderbirds F-16 demonstration team will become the first Department of Defense military air show group to fly on bio-fuel when two members of the team have their craft powered by a 50-50 mix of standard JP-8 and camelina-derived bio-fuel. The flights were scheduled to place at Andrews Air Force Base for the Joint Services Open House on May 20 and 21. ...
Air show takes flight with clear skies, cool breeze - Alexandria Town Talk | Greg Poe escorted the flag to the ground, creating a tunnel of white smoke in his ethanol-powered Fagan MX2 aircraft. Baril landed at the end of the national anthem to a rousing applause. "It's very patriotic here, especially with so much going on," he ...
Foggy skies hinder air show - Ct Post | A B-25 took off when the sky momentarily cleared, but landed before performing its demonstration because of the low cloud ceiling. About six or seven planes flying in from the Northeast never made it to the airport at all because of the cloudy weather. ...
Memorial Day airshow returns to town - Historic City News | Yoda Fordem, President of St. Augustine Air Shows, informed local Historic City News reporters that an airshow tradition dating back to 1967 will continue on Memorial Day Weekend at Northeast Florida Regional Airport at St. Augustine. ...
Vintage WWII aircraft live to tell their tales (photos) - CNET
Three planes with a long history of service in the United States military made a stop yesterday here at Moffett Field as part of the National Wings of Freedom tour, a traveling aviation museum honoring World War II veterans and providing a living ...
USN Aviation Centennial - HNL Rarebirds | The United States Navy's Aviation Command celebrates its centennial anniversary this year. HNL RareBirds congratulates the US Navy and US Marines on completing their first century of aerial defense of our country! We also salute all of those naval aviators who have flown and maintained the aircraft to protect our country and our freedoms. On this Armed Forces Day, we thank the men and women of the US Navy and US Marines aviation corps for your service! ...
AirShowBuzz: Short video of P-40 off the wing of a Yak
Airport Open House in Terre Haute - MyWabashValley | Also, an authentic World War II B-25 bomber was on the field, offering the chance to have a World War II aircrew experience. Drop a Bomb on Cancer provided an opportunity to fly in a real airplane with a fully certified flight instructor and drop a ...
College of Aviation to induct four into Hall of Honor - WMU News | BATTLE CREEK--Four aviation professionals who have made a lasting impact in their fields will be honored by Western Michigan University next month. The four will be inducted into the WMU College of Aviation Hall of Honor for 2011. ...
Warbird Museum celebrates reopening - St. George Daily Spectrum | GEORGE - Two war veterans with aerial combat experience are providing a touch of celebrity to this weekend's Western Sky Aviation Warbird Museum grand reopening at the St. George Municipal Airport. The first Armed Forces Celebration combined with the ...
Memorial to mark 1944 air crash - BBC News | The Canadian High Commissioner attended and a Lancaster bomber was due to fly past to conclude the ceremony. Due to bad weather conditions, the fly-past had to be cancelled. Gerald Plant, Joseph Plant's brother, said: "We have been working hard to ...
Flypast to salute town's jet hero - Harborough Mail | EVERYONE in Lutterworth is being urged to watch the skies on Sunday when two historic planes will do a fly-past to mark 70 years since the first successful flight of the jet engine. Pioneering inventor Sir Frank Whittle developed the jet engine at the ...
WAI Chapter Helps Girl Scouts from WAI Connect Blog | Girl Scouts from Troops 81310, 81473, and 81015 gathered at AOPA headquarters May 14 while members of the Women in Aviation-AOPA Chapter helped them work on aviation interest patches. Annabelle Fera spoke to the girls at AOPA headquarters. She has had jobs as a flight instructor and later as an FAA designated pilot examiner. After Fera explained the different levels of pilot certification and ...
Mercedes-Benz Helicopter Makes Public Debut - NYCAviation | Eurocopter will soon deliver its first twin-engine EC145 Mercedes-Benz Style helicopter, after it made its world debut at the 2011 European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) in Geneva this week. The styling project was conceived by the ...
Air show entertains students at Brooks Elementary - Dekalb Daily Chronicle | The students were watching a short makeshift air show put together by fourth-grade teacher Dan Kenney. Fourth-graders at Brooks have been studying flight and space in their science unit, including reading about the first flight of the Wright Brothers. ...
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