On the Way to the 2011 Air Race Classic by Jasmine Gordon | Dianna Stanger of Port Lavaca and Victoria Holt of Belton, Texas will be flying an Aviat Husky A-19 in the 34th Annual Air Race Classic (ARC), all-women transcontinental air race, which will take place June 21-24, 2011. This year’s 2,722-statute-mile race will begin in Iowa City, Iowa, with stops in Brookings, South Dakota; Jamestown, North Dakota; Spearfish, South Dakota; Rawlins, Wyoming; Alliance, Nebraska; Great Bend, Kansas; Borger, Texas; Norman, Oklahoma, and El Dorado, Arkansas, with the terminus in Mobile, Alabama.50 teams will be participating…
Local pilots depart Frederick for 2011 Air Race Classic - Frederick News Post | Local pilots Susan Beall and Lin Caywood are taking part in the 2011 Air Race Classic. Thursday evening, friends and family saw them off from Frederick Municipal Airport, as they make their way to the starting point in Iowa City. ...
Air Race Classic 2011 by Jo Alcorn and Michelle Bostick - Today we arrived at Iowa City Airport, our race home for the next 5 days. It was a lovely day with only one issue, stiff headwinds from the west. But we could see for 40 miles....beginning with the familiar sight of Indy Executive Airport…Blue Angels Roar Returns to Skies Above Quad Cities – KLJB | The Navy Blue Angels made practice runs today preparing fo this weekend's air show. Their arrival could bring extra people into the area this weekend because the precision flying team has been grounded for a few weeks. An incident at an air show ...
Celebrating 100 years of flight in Lafayette from Purdue Technology News - The Department of Aviation Technology helped observe the 100th anniversary of flight in Lafayette, Indiana, today (June 13) at the Purdue Airport. Speakers included Brian Stirm, air operations technical specialist; Bernie Wulle, associate professor of aviation technology; and Charles Holleman, professor emeritus of aviation technology… See photos (Facebook photo album).Queen star Brian May flies with the Red Arrows - Mirror.co.uk | by Reporter, Daily Mirror 17/06/2011 IT was a grey day for Queen star Brian May as he took to the skies with the Red Arrows yesterday. The guitar legend, as famous for his mass of black hair as his solos, went for a spin with the RAF display team ahead ...
Golden Knights Take A Different Kind Of Plunge from Aero-News Network | Head Down Into A Pool For Annual Water Training In the skydiving community, flying head down is quite a common position for various formations, but it was recently something quite different for members of the Golden Knights U. S. Army Parachute Team ... and it caused quite a splash!...
Golden Knights Take A Different Kind Of Plunge from Aero-News Network | Head Down Into A Pool For Annual Water Training In the skydiving community, flying head down is quite a common position for various formations, but it was recently something quite different for members of the Golden Knights U. S. Army Parachute Team ... and it caused quite a splash!...
Families fly for Father's Day air show - Pocono Record | "We have some members who fly and have flown in (International Miniature Aviation Club) competitions who are quite talented 3D routine fliers, and it is great to watch the skill at which they fly." Three-D flying is incredible; physics make it ...
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Video: WWII 1940s Ball - Gamut News | This Local News video “WWII 1940s Ball” is copyright by KDVR – Denver and brought to you by Gamut News. Feel free to share or embed this video but this video may not be broadcast, redistributed or rewritten in whole or part without express written ...
The Falcon Major - a fiercer Hawk by shortfinals - Phillips and Powis Aircraft Ltd built the most spectacular private aircraft in Britain during the 1930s, and the Miles M.3A Falcon Major was no exception. Originally developed by the company’s Chief Designer, F.G. Miles, as a cabin version of the successful M.2F Hawk Major, the prototype first flew on 12th October, 1934…One Six Right, Makes Us Feel Alright! from Flight Monkeys | There is an element of emotion felt by pilots that’s almost impossible to put into words. Some of us try. In fact, some of us try pretty darned hard to make our love the sky understandable to others. In the end, though, we all fall short. Words just aren’t enough. Of course the fact that pilots need to immerse themselves in topics like weather reports and forecasts, density altitude, weight and balance calculations, airspace designations, and regulatory issues doesn’t do a lot to put life into lift. Video on the other hand, well video is an outstanding way to show what we can’t tell. And that’s where One Six Right comes in…
Tarhe Walkaround — the CH-54 Tarhe/Sikorsky Skycrane from Travel for Aircraft | The Sikorsky CH-54A Tarhe at the U.S. Army Aviation Museum — photo by Joe May … I do not mean this pejoratively, but most helicopters remind me of insects, which is fitting since helicopters can fly as insects do — up, down, all around and into a hover. Generally, helicopters evoke comparisons with the winged insect world because of the rotor disc in which the whirling rotor blades are distinguishable only as blurred elements much like an insect’s wings when in flight; as well as the cockpits shaped much like compound eyes…7th Annual Gulf Coast Hot Air Balloon Festival in Foley Alabama from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | FOLEY AL -As of Friday, 49 balloonists signed up to take part in the seventh annual festival, which is sponsored by the South Baldwin Chamber of Commerce. The event will be based at the Foley Soccer Complex on U.S. 98 east of Baldwin County 65, but balloons will be filling the skies around the area in the mornings and evenings between Friday and Sunday…
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