Tuesday, May 24, 2011

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Despite Transportation and Maneuver Issues, Airshow a Success - WSET | Lynchburg, VA - A low maneuver that forced the Blue Angels into a safety stand-down and the transportation problems Saturday were negatives of the Lynchburg Regional Airshow, but, overall, organizers say the event was a huge success particularly for our area's economy. Hotels, restaurants, car rentals shops, and more were swamped with customers...

Thunderbirds set for air show at Travis AFB - The Reporter | Travis Air Force Base will open its gates to the public for a free, two-day community appreciation open house and air power expo July 30-31 and among the stars of the show will be the U.S Air Force Thunderbirds...

Annual flower drop Monday at museum - My Desert | The 13th annual Memorial Day Flower Drop will take place Monday at the Palm Springs Air Museum, 745 N. Gene Autry Trail. Festivities will begin at 10 a.m. with “Kool Kids” activities, live radio broadcasts from K-News radio, performances from the Heatwave Jazz Band and other family friendly activities...

The Red Arrows in Greece: Athens 23rd May 2011 (RAF) - Demotix | The Red Arrows are renowned throughout the world as ambassadors for both the Royal Air Force and the United Kingdom. Since the Team was officially formed in 1965, the Red Arrows have completed over 4,000 displays in 53 countries...

The Air Force FOLLONICA THE AIR SHOW 2011 - Aviation-Report | On May 21 we attended the air show evidence of Follonica Air Show 2011, organized by the City on the promenade. The program has included tests of the Saturday performances of some civil aircraft, HH-3F C-SAR and the Italian Air Force - at the end - the performance of the aerobatic team - Tricolour Arrows...

Bremont to sponsor Flying Legends Airshow - Retail Jeweller | British watch brand Bremont has announced that it will continue its ongoing partnership with aircraft operator the Fighter Collection, by sponsoring its Flying Legends Airshow...

Fred's 1st Flight from John Parker/American Air Racing - Indy Transponder | Fred's 1st Flight from John Parker/American Air Racing | This notice is to let you know that Fred Roscher flew his Thunder Mustang for the first and second time on Saturday, May 21st and Sunday May 23nd. Everything on the flight cards went as planned, the only anomaly was the inner gear doors closed but did not latch...

World War II squadron coming to Long Beach to see `Grey Ghost' - Contra Costa Times | LONG BEACH — Coastal waters were dangerous routes in the World War II era and reaching one's destination was considered a stroke of good fortune. The survivors of the 34th Photo Reconnaissance Squadron will reflect on their good fortune this weekend aboard the Queen Mary — a relic of World War II memories for countless soldiers transported to and from the war front...

Robins Olds memoir released - GA News | The book, compiled and edited by his daughter, Christina, and an Air Force colleague, Ed Rasimus, distills the reams of material he left when he died in 2007. Robin Olds was a 5-year-old Air Corps brat who knew he wanted to be a fighter pilot. He went to West Point, became a double ace fighter pilot in World War II, married a Hollywood film actress...

Gone West: Balloon Fiesta Founder Sid Cutter - Aero-News | Former USAF Pilot Was 77 -- The founder of one of ANN's favorite events ... the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta ... has passed away following a lengthy battle with stomach cancer. Sid Cutter died in his sleep Sunday morning at the age of 77...

Queensland Air Musuem will stay - Sunshine Coast Daily | THE Queensland Air Museum and Australian Air Force Cadets 223 Squadron have secured tenure at the Caloundra Aerodrome beyond 2014. Since the State Government announced its intention to close the aerodrome and relocate it to Johnston Rd in Glasshouse Mountains, the fate of the QAM, 223 Squadron and Caloundra Aerodrome businesses has hung in the balance...

Eight junkers = a Bolingbroke - The Spec | Don’t mention the word “replica” in the same sentence as the Bristol Bolingbroke Restoration project. Project co-ordinator Wayne Ready will activate his own personal bomb bay at the suggestion he and his crew of Canadian Warplane Heritage and Museum volunteers are building a replica aircraft...

Imperial War Museum Duxford - Airplanes.com | During World War I, the need for additional airplane stations was growing, leading to the construction of the aerodrome at Duxford. This station was used to train men for service in the RFC aircrew, and in 1917 the first group of Royal Flying Corps airmen was dispatched to the Duxford station...

Crowd at Aviator Ball enjoy dinner, fly in - Tulsa World | Planes spanning the decades from WWII to today roared through the blue sky as they approached American Airlines Hangar 80 for a fly-in staged for guests of the recent Tulsa Air and Space Museum's Aviator Ball...

The business aircraft that changed the world: No. 9 - Flightglobal | It claimed a whole collection of "firsts" in business aviation - first all-composite aircraft, first glass cockpit, first certificated tandem-wing, including variable-geometry canards, with pusher-propellers...

GUEST POST: Mary Kirby On Her Best Aviation Experience - Aviation Queen | Mary’s story involves  Seaborne Airlines, a St. Croix-based regional that flies in and over the water.  You can see her original story in FlightGlobal here.  And she’s far too modest to mention it, Mary won a Aerospace Journalist of the Year Award in the regional aircraft division for the story. Enjoy!..

VIDEO: Elliot Seguin Of Scaled Composites Talks About Union College - Martt | Elliot Seguin is still under 30 but he's living a pretty cool aerospace/aviation life. He's working for Scaled Composites as a project engineer and flight test engineer, and he's racing his own Formula One aircraft (Wasabi Air Racing) on the side at Reno. I've known Elliot for a couple years now and it's just great to see a passionate, enthusiastic young guy working hard to make cool things happen in the sky...

VIDEO: Space Balloon - HD Cam filming from the Stratosphere - High Power Rocketry | "The balloon went to an altitude of more than 100,000 ft. (to compare: a big airliner has an flying altitude of 35,000 ft.) It traveled approximately 80 miles before the balloon burst and the payload fell to Earth by parachute.

Soyuz Capsule Lands Safely With Space Station Crew - Space | This still from a NASA TV broadcast shows the Soyuz TMA-20 space capsule that landed safely on the steppes of Kazakhstan in central Asia on May 23, 2011 to end the Expedition 27 mission to the International Space Station. The Soyuz landed with Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev, NASA astronaut Cady Coleman and Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli aboard.

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