Wednesday, May 25, 2011

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Annapolis Reacts to Canceled Air Shows - Greater Annapolis, MD Patch | Melissa Cooper of Hillsmere said she and her family were already suffering from "Blue Angel-itis" even before they heard the news Monday about that the popular Navy flight demonstration team canceled their Annapolis practice and performance for this week.  The Coopers were planning on going to the show, but had to scrap their plans.  "We were especially excited about this year’s show since the show for next year has been cancelled," she said in an email. ...

Tom Brokaw to host AMC’s Memorial Day War Heroes Weekend - Television Blog | AMC’s Memorial Day War Heroes Weekend, a special programming event in celebration and remembrance of America’s bravest servicemen and women is set to air Friday through Monday.  Tom Brokaw serves as host for the event, which features an AMC original short documentary series entitled “A Path to Honor,” produced by Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker James Moll; sit-down interviews with Brokaw and war veterans; video messages from soldiers overseas; as well as iconic war films, according to a news release. ...

Photos: SAAF Museum Airshow – Swartkops AFB from Airstrike Aviation Photography | The SAAF Museum Airshow was held at Swartkops Air Force Base on the 21st of May 2011.
   
Flying on the 'Aluminum Overcast' - Seattle Post Intelligencer | WWII era B-17 aircraft named the "Aluminum Overcast," takes off from Boeing Field. On Monday, the Experimental Aircraft Association offered scenic flights to local journalists from the Museum of Flight. Public flights and tours of the aircraft will be ...
   
Former pilot named National Aviation Hall of Fame's executive director - Dayton Daily News | WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE — Chris Grazel, a former Navy aviator and commercial airline pilot and executive, has been hired as executive director of the National Aviation Hall of ...

Rare warplanes to be at CB airport Saturday to give paid flights to public - SW Iowa News | A puff of smoke, the turn of four gigantic propellers, a creaky sway from side to side, and the lumbering Liberty Belle, a restored World War II B-17 “flying fortress” bomber, ...

WWII vets taken back in time at Stage Door Canteen - Fox Toledo | ... Static displays of World War II aircraft, including a B-25 bomber and P-26 Peashooter, a M3 A1 Stuart Light Tank, Jeep Willys jeeps, and models of several naval vessels were scattered throughout the hanger. ...

Everyone Has a Story: Millville Army Airfield Museum to honor late Atlantic City High School graduate Saturday - Press of Atlantic City | Mary Ellen Dowling was a teenager when big brother John J. Born was flying bombing missions for the U.S. Navy over Vietnam. When the 1963 Atlantic City High School graduate visited her in 2009, she took him to the Millville Army Airfield Museum to see a Douglas A-4F Skyhawk, the kind of plane he flew on 230 missions during two tours aboard the USS Hancock in the Gulf of Tonkin. ...

Photos of the Day: Engineers Build a 1911 Plane & 1885 Benz - Product Design & Development | By AP Aviator and engineer Laszlo Revy stands next to his 1911 "Kvasz" working replica, the first Hungarian built airplane, during an airshow in Dunakeszi, a suburb of Budapest, Hungary, Saturday, May 21, 2011. Revy spent four years rebuilding the ...

Jet Air president Timmons tapped for aviation honor - Galesburg, IL - The Register-Mail | Harrel W. Timmons, president of Jet Air Inc., will be inducted this week into the Illinois Aviation Hall of Fame. ...

Blohm & Voss BV 138 Seedrache (Sea Dragon), (via) from x planes

Eurocopter X3 Compound Helo Reaches 232 Knots from www.ainonline.com | Eurocopter’s compound helicopter demonstrator, the X3, recently reached 232 ktas, which is above the stated goal of 220 knots. This speed was maintained “for several minutes” in “stable, level flight.” The aircraft had ...

USMC Ospreys and Amphibs Getting ‘History’ Close-up from Defense Tech | The History Channel and film director Peter Berg – “Friday Night Lights,” “The Kingdom” – are calling lights, camera and action at Camp Pendleton, Calif., and Marine Corps Air Station Miramar as part of a documentary called “Superpower,” according to the Marine Corps. ...

Photo essay: Refueling the fight from Air Force Link Top Stories | Airmen from the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron participate in multiple air refueling missions here May 8, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.  View the slideshow.

Today in Aviation History – May 24 from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club

Free Airplane Rides for Youth Memorial Day Weekend Shelby County Airport from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | SHELBY COUNTY AIRPORT AL - Members of Experimental Aircraft Association, EAA, Chapter 825 at the Shelby County Airport will offer free airplanes to youth on Saturday May 28, 2011.  As part of the Young Eagles Program, youth between the ages of  8-17 years of age will have an opportunity to experience the thrill of flight and an introduction to aviation education. ...
   
Special Go Figure event at Children's Museum to feature Indiana State pilots ... - Indiana State University | ISU flying instructor Melanie Abel and student Kay Brown also will attend the Send-Off, which occurs shortly before they leave to participate in the Air Race Classic, which will begin June 21. The Go Figure program, an initiative created in conjunction ...

4-Year-Old to Become 'Pilot for a Day' with N.D. Air National Guard - DVIDS | A visit to the Fargo Air Museum during lunch will include a pizza party. The “Pilot for a Day” program honors a child who is fighting or has overcome a life-threatening illness or condition. The first event took place in 2005, but the program needed to ...

NASA Art Exhibit Opens At National Air And Space Museum from AVIATION-NEWS | WASHINGTON — You don’t have to be a rocket scientist or an astronaut to work for NASA. Engineers, pilots, physicists, astrobiologists, and, yes, artists, too, have helped further the mission of the space agency. In 1962, NASA administrator ...

Soyuz TMA-20 successfully lands in Kazakhstan from NOTÍCIAS SOBRE AVIAÇÃO AVIATION NEWS | Russian spacecraft with three astronauts on board spent 159 days in space.  The Russian spacecraft Soyuz TMA-20 with three crew aboard, landed smoothly on the steppes of Kazakhstan at 22h27 local time (23h27 GMT), after a voyage of five months, the American Space Agency (NASA) in statement.  The Soyuz TMA-20 manned by Dmitri Kondratiev (Russian and shuttle commander), Catherine Coleman (American) and Paolo Nespoli (Italy), was launched into space on December 15 from the Baikonur base in Kazakhstan. ...


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