Thunderbirds set to kick off 2011 European tour in Turkey from Air Combat Command - ACC Headlines by acc.pai@langley.af.mil (Staff Sgt. Jake Richmond ) The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds are practiced and ready to perform the first official demonstration of their 2011 European Tour. The team brought 78 of its nearly 120 Airmen on the six-week, transcontinental trip, arriving earlier this week at Cigli Air Base -- just outside of the western coastal city of Izmir. "We are absolutely excited to be in Turkey," said Lt. Col. Case Cunningham, Thunderbirds commander and leader. "It's not often we get the opportunity to perform in a country that's both so rich in history and such an important U.S. ally. It's the perfect way to start this overseas tour." more...
Safety is a Number One Priority For Airfest Pilots - MyStateline.com | After the Blue Angels pulled out of Rockford Airfest for a safety review those concerns came to the forefront. The pilots are here, the planes are here, and the Rockford Airfest is hours just away from kicking off. But before the planes take to the sky ...
23 News Chats with a Wing Walker – WIFR | ROCKFORD (WIFR) -- Talk about living life on the edge, a Harvard man flying during this year's air-fest is expected to wing his performance this weekend. Wing Walker Tony Kazian literally does just that he climbs on top of planes while in flight and ...
Catch the 'arrows' at the airport - isleofman.com | There will be a chance to see the RAF's Red Arrows on the ground at TT 2011. The world famous aeronautical display team will be based at Ronaldsway Airport, for next Tuesday's performances at the Ramsey Sprint and over Douglas Bay. ...
Catch the 'arrows' at the airport - isleofman.com | There will be a chance to see the RAF's Red Arrows on the ground at TT 2011. The world famous aeronautical display team will be based at Ronaldsway Airport, for next Tuesday's performances at the Ramsey Sprint and over Douglas Bay. ...
Red Arrows at Eastbourne International Airshow - The Argus | The weekend after the Eastbourne Airbourne there will be another huge airshow in Shoreham on the weekend of the August 20 and 21. For more information on the flying displays, or to find out about sponsorship and exhibition opportunities, ...
SkyHawks team gives air show preview - Cape Breton Post | The expectation is that the SkyHawks will offer their full show from 6000 feet today and Sunday during the Show of Force air show over the JA Douglas McCurdy Airport. “The lowest we can jump is 2500 feet for our type of parachutes, so basically what ...
Castle Air Museum: A day of openness - Sacramento Bee | On Sunday, the Castle Air Museum held Open Cockpit Day, allowing visitors to get inside and inspect the military airplanes. Visitors lined up at the big bombers with kids of all ages wanting to go through them. Bounce houses and food vendors were on ...
Castle Air Museum: A day of openness - Sacramento Bee | On Sunday, the Castle Air Museum held Open Cockpit Day, allowing visitors to get inside and inspect the military airplanes. Visitors lined up at the big bombers with kids of all ages wanting to go through them. Bounce houses and food vendors were on ...
With Airplane: Entered Air Race Classic by Traveler Literary Gnome | My friend Mary and I entered the Air Race Classic 2011. Our mission: To bring awareness to women and to women in aviation. With this blog I hope to record the wondrous experience of racing in the ARC. ...
Lee Bottom Flying Field Brings Back 'Sinful Sundays' from Aero-News Network | First Of The Summer's Monthly Events To Be Held June 12 There are a lot of business aspects to flying, but let's be honest: most of us started flying because it's just a whole heck of a lot of fun. With that in mind, Lee Bottom Flying Field (64I) in southern Indiana is bringing back its popular "Sinful Sundays" beginning in the middle of June…
Robins AFB SR-71 from The Unwanted Blog | A couple of photos of the SR-71 at the Museum of Aviation. I’d intended to get enough of ‘em to stitch ‘em together into a panorama… but several came out blurry (tripod motion). Bleah. So… there’s this…Nutmegger Balloonists Above All Since 1878 - Patch.com | In June, Goshen hosts a hot air festival in and in August Bristol holds its own balloon festival. In Fairfield, A Yankee Balloon's owner and operator Bill Colyer takes people high over Litchfield Hills, Central Connecticut, and the Housatonic and ...
'One Foot on the Ground' author lands in Geneseo for signing - The Daily News Online | GENESEO -- Rochester aviator Paul Roxin will sign copies of his book "One Foot on the Ground" during the fly-in breakfast Sunday at Geneseo Airport. The book recalls what early aviation was like in this country, from its rudimentary beginnings through ...
Eddie Stinson: a True Pioneer in the Early Years of Aviation from Featured by Alan Smith | Stinson 108-3, the last Stinson design. (Larry Westin)Edward (Eddie) Stinson was born in 1894 in Ft. Payne Alabama. Nine years later, he learned of the success of the Wright brothers in their mission to build and fly a powered airplane at Kitty Hawk North Carolina and his fascination with aviation was born…
Ames aviatrix inducted into transportation Heroes Center - Ames Tribune | Neta Snook, a pioneering woman aviator and resident of Ames, was inducted into the Iowa Transportation Museum's Heroes Center on May 20. Chuck Brooke, executive director of the museum, said Snook was nominated by his own daughter, ...
Video: Wow - An XB-70 Valkyrie Flying - In April 2011! by Martt | Ok fine, it's not a real XB-70, but man this 1/62 scale, electric powered, and very lightweight Valkyrie is an awesome sight in the air. There's a bunch of cool people in Texas flying all kinds of really lightweight RC models indoors. It's some of the neatest RC flying I've ever seen. This video is from the 2011 SPEF indoor RC event…
Aeronaut: 1910 from Shorpy Historic Photo Archive - Vintage Fine Art Prints by Dave | New York or vicinity circa 1910. "J.M. Johnson in Bleriotype." The aviator: dashing. His attire: natty. Bain News Service glass negative. View full size.
Missing Helicopter Located At A Dallas Motel from Aero-News Network | Reported Missing When The Driver Transporting The Aircraft On A Flatbed Truck Stopped Answering His Phone It's not where you'd expect to find a helicopter, but Dallas police say that a 2002 Bell 430 was located on a trailer in the parking lot of a Dallas motel. The aircraft, worth a reported $2.5 million, was being transported to its new owner in Pennsylvania when it went missing…
Recovering a fighter jet . . . the Marine way! from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | I had to smile at the US Marine effort to recover a French Mirage 2000 fighter (the two-seat 'D' variant) that crashed in Afghanistan last week. It seemed to have landed in a relatively intact condition after its two-man crew ejected safely . . . but by the time the Marines finished with it, it wasn't any longer! DVIDS reports:
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