Family and Friends Honor Local Wing Walker Who Died After Plane Crash - Family and friends gather to celebrate the life of a local wing walker whose life was cut short after a plane accident. She was just 25 years old. Planes soared through the summer sky Tuesday, a fitting tribute to 25 year old Amanda Franklin. Hundreds gathered to remember the Springdale native, a renowned pilot and wing walker. She traveled the country doing air shows with her husband Kyle. “She had a spirit like you wouldn't believe,” says Kyle Franklin. “I mean she just she just glowing smile blue eyes and whoever met her just loved her to death.”…
Air Show celebrates 100 years of Naval Aviation as a Tier One Centennial of ... - Aledo Times Record
By Anonymous The Blue Angels are back! After being grounded for their past four shows, the US Navy Blue Angels return to the Quad City Air Show! Aviation enthusiasts young and old are gearing up for one of the largest air shows in the Midwest at the ...
F-16 Down In Wisconsin from Aero-News Network | Pilot Ejected During A Training Mission An F-16 on a training mission went down in Adams County, WI Tuesday afternoon. The pilot, who ejected from the aircraft, was recovered in the town of Chester, WI, and is being medically evaluated…
By Anonymous The Blue Angels are back! After being grounded for their past four shows, the US Navy Blue Angels return to the Quad City Air Show! Aviation enthusiasts young and old are gearing up for one of the largest air shows in the Midwest at the ...
F-16 Down In Wisconsin from Aero-News Network | Pilot Ejected During A Training Mission An F-16 on a training mission went down in Adams County, WI Tuesday afternoon. The pilot, who ejected from the aircraft, was recovered in the town of Chester, WI, and is being medically evaluated…
Fly-in event June 11 landing with fun in Defuniak - Walton Sun | More than 2000 people and 40 pilots are expected June 11 at the first Marvel of Flight Fly-in at the DeFuniak Springs Municipal Airport. The event, initially inspired by another airport's fly-in, was created to help foster tourism in Northwest Florida. ...
John R. Alison, daring WWII ace who led Burma invasion, dies at 98 - Washington Post | John R. Alison, a retired Air Force major general and World War II fighter ace who helped lead a nighttime invasion by glider into enemy-held Burma — a logistical feat that included the transport of troops, heavy machinery and even ...
John R. Alison, daring WWII ace who led Burma invasion, dies at 98 - Washington Post | John R. Alison, a retired Air Force major general and World War II fighter ace who helped lead a nighttime invasion by glider into enemy-held Burma — a logistical feat that included the transport of troops, heavy machinery and even ...
WWII bombers bring back memories for veterans - Visalia Times-Delta | Eric Woomer ยช Where: Visalia Municpal Airport; 9501 W. Airport Drive, Visalia It was a sentimental walk into history as David and Phyllis turner approached two World War II-era combat planes at the Visalia Municipal Airport Monday. ...
Mid-Atlantic Air Museum’s – 21st Anniversary World War II Weekend from photorecon.net | The stage was set for the 21st annual WWII Weekend in Reading PA. The cast of characters were the over 2000 military and civilian re-enactors, that assembled here to provide an awesome living history experience. It has been characterized by many as like being on a movie set…you pass through the gates and you find yourself in a quaint French villa. Soldiers mingling about, while families sit outside their homes, enjoying a cool breeze...
Flying Fortress takes to skies above Centennial - The Aurora Sentinel | Bobby "Gunny" Baumgartner prepares a B-17 Bomber for a flight June 7 from Centennial Airport. Veterans and members of the local media flew in a B-17 World War II bomber on Tuesday. The B-17 is at the Wings Over the Rockies Museum from June 9 - 12 as ...
Pensacola NAS — home of the Blues and the National Naval Aviation Museum, prelude from Travel for Aircraft | The nation’s naval air museum lies with the Pensacola Naval Air Station (NAS) and is open to the public. Entry is through a security gate, of course, where one is guided to the visitor’s lane. I was asked if I had weapons in my car, then given a pass to place on the dash to show I was permitted to be at the museum, Barrancas National Cemetery, historical forts and the old Pensacola lighthouse…
Aviation Heritage Park Will Unveil New Plane – WBKO | Graduate of Western Kentucky University, native of Glasgow and, Aviation Heritage Park looks for guys like General Russ Dougherty that have a distinguished Aviator Career," said Arnie Franklin. The Hanger Party will take place June 25, at the Bowling ...
It’s T-6 Time Again! from Moose Peterson Aviation Photography » Moose Peterson Aviation Photography | PRS is just around the corner (Pylon Race School) and that means spending time with one of my favorite aircraft, the T-6 Texan. “Midnight Express” and its owner/pilot Dennis Buehn are dear old friends that I always look forward to seeing. Dennis has had nearly 100 T-6s over the years, always looking for that special one to fly and more to the point, race…
CAP wins World Peace Prize from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Civil Air Patrol will be awarded a World Peace Prize during a June 14 ceremony at the U.S. Capitol. Continue Reading »
'Bride Flight' - Moving Pictures Network | The year is 1953, and the women are part of a select group of emigrant passengers chosen to travel aboard KLM in the Last Great Air Race from London to Christchurch. En route, the three women happen to meet a particularly gallant young man seated ...Photos: Wings and Waves water park – KATU | The water park, which is next to the Evergreen Air Museum holding the Spruce Goose, contains 10 water slides - four of them exiting directly out of the fuselage of a Boeing 747 on the roof.(AP Photo/Don Ryan) The nose of a Boeing 747 looks out over the ...
Episode 150 – John and Martha King from Airplane Geeks Podcast by thegeeks@airplanegeeks.com (Airplane Geeks) Both John and Martha King from King Schools join us as guests this episode. These two have flown almost everything that flys. They also provide video and computer-based training to countless pilots. The week’s aviation news:...
Rocket program lifts off - Post-Tribune | Susan Peterson of Action Science guided the NASA hopefuls in a rocketry workshop, which was hosted by the Portage Parks and Recreation Department. Parents watched as their children created miniaturized versions of rockets, which they would take home to ...
Volcanic ash halts air travel in Argentina from PhotoBlog by Rich Shulman | Rich Shulman writes - We've seen some stunning eruption shots in the past few days. These ash fall pictures have an eery beauty of their own…An aircraft belonging to Austral with ash on it from Chile's Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano chain remains standred on the tarmac of the sky resort San Carlos de Bariloche in Argentina's Patagonia June 6...
Volcanic ash halts air travel in Argentina from PhotoBlog by Rich Shulman | Rich Shulman writes - We've seen some stunning eruption shots in the past few days. These ash fall pictures have an eery beauty of their own…An aircraft belonging to Austral with ash on it from Chile's Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano chain remains standred on the tarmac of the sky resort San Carlos de Bariloche in Argentina's Patagonia June 6...
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