Shrinersfest concludes on a high note - Evansville Courier & Press | As airplanes piloted by air show performers roared over the Ohio, families visited the Budweiser Clydesdales, indulged in German food and enjoyed the sunshine. Sunday's weather, never topping 80 degrees, was generous, as was the festival admission ...
Thousands descend on RAF Cosford for annual air show - Birmingham Mail | THOUSANDS of visitors descended on RAF Cosford for a day of entertainment at the base's world famous air show. Spectators braved the Sunday downpours to see the fast jets, Red Arrows, two gliders and helicopters from the ...
Spitfire takes a nose dive - Soggy grass and a strong wind were to blame for tipping one of the few surviving Supermarine Spitfires on to its nose at Auckland's Ardmore Aerodrome yesterday. The World War II aircraft, owned by Auckland businessman Doug Brooker, has had a number of crashes since it was brought to New Zealand in 2008...
Pappy Boyington Field : The Struggle To Honor A Hero ... by CarlValeri | Learning our aviation heritage is as important to me as understanding the technical aspects of flying. We must never forget our aviation pioneers and heroes. After viewing this video you will learn a great deal about the ...
Dreadnought Fever from Moose Peterson Aviation Photography - Developed during the end of WWII, the Hawker Sea Fury was the last prop fighter to serve the Royal Navy. Built by Hawker, it was one of the fastest production single piston prop planes ever built. First prototype flew in Feb, 1945 and with mods to accommodate carrier service, When the Japaneses surrendered, the first carrier prototype made its first flight tests. It served the Royal Navy until 1955…
Ace WWII fighter pilot dies at 98 - Bend Bulletin | In his book “Way of a Fighter” (1949), the commander of the Flying Tigers, Gen. Claire Chennault, recalled that “Alison got more out of that P-40 in his five-minute demonstration than anybody I ever saw before or after.” When he landed, Chennault said, ...
Richmond aviator flying high in her 80s - Richmond Times Dispatch | Lt. Col. Carolyn Guertin, who was 13 when the Civil Air Patrol began in 1941, is one of the few surviving founding members. The CAP is now the civilian auxiliary of the Air Force. Here, she stands with a 2010 Cessna, the newest plane for the ...
'Rocket Girls: Women Astronauts & the Space Shuttle' Exhibit Now Open from Aero-News Network | History Of Women Astronauts And The Space Shuttle On Exhibit At IWASM As NASA prepares for the final space shuttle mission, with Atlantis scheduled to launch on July 8, the International Women's Air & Space Museum (IWASM) is documenting the history of women astronauts in the space shuttle program with the new exhibit, "Rocket Girls: Women Astronauts & the Space Shuttle". To help tell the story of the early women astronauts, IWASM has utilized several comprehensive archival image discs made by Retro Space Images…
170 military veterans meet young RAF pilots at Wickenby Aerodrome - This is Lincolnshire | "Lincolnshire is bomber county and I was a fighter pilot, so it is very good to come here," said former Flight Lieutenant Aird, who was a member of the RAF's original aerobatic team the Black Arrows, a predecessor to the Red Arrows and still regularly ...Booklist: Jackie Cochran: Pilot in the Fastest Lane from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale | Jackie Cochran: Pilot in the Fastest Lane , by Doris L. Rich - When asked by Amelia Earhart's husband what her ambitions were, Jackie Cochran sneered, "To put your wife in the shade." Cochran succeeded. History has proven Earhart to be the favorite, but Cochran undoubtedly was the superior pilot: determined to be not just the best woman pilot but to be the best pilot, period, she broke countless aviation records for speed, altitude and distance. In this biography, Rich (Amelia Earhart) documents the life of the first woman to break the sound barrier and who was instrumental in creating a fleet of female pilots (which she helmed) in World War II. Along the way, she also created a cosmetics company for which the motto was "Wings to Beauty." That's not to say that Cochran was always likable…
Tours, flights to feature WWII-era aircraft - DesMoinesRegister.com | The Experimental Aircraft Association will bring a World War II-era B-17 Flying Fortress to the Ankeny Regional Airport on Tuesday and Wednesday. B-17 flights will be available at 10:15, 11 and 11:45 am, and 12:30 and 1:15 pm both days. ...
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