Former Malmesbury schoolgirl on a wing and a dream - Wiltshire Gazette and Herald | At the age of six, Danielle Hughes, watched on in awe as the wing-walk team performed a display at the Royal International Air Tattoo in Fairford. Now, at the age of 22, she will be returning to the air show on July 16 and July 17, but this time as one ...A HUGE Airshow Attraction Returns - KIONrightnow.com | After more than 20 years since its last appearance, the Salinas Airshow announced the C-5A Galaxy cargo plane will be coming to the event as a static display. Commonly described as, "The Box That the C-141 Came In," the C-5A Galaxy was presented to the ...
Royal pilot 'nervous, but very excited' - Toronto Sun | In 1999 he joined the Snowbirds as team co-ordinator. As the current commanding officer of 437 Squadron in Trenton, Ont., his primary role is long-range transport of personnel and equipment, along with VIP transport. That includes royal guests...
Wings Over Houston at Ellington set for Oct. 15-16 - Your Houston News | Wings Over Houston Airshow is a non-profit 501(c)(3) community event produced by a volunteer effort of the Gulf Coast Wing and West Houston Squadron of the Commemorative Air Force, with support from the Lone Star Flight Museum in Galveston...
Fair St. Louis Airshow Preview - Practice Over the Mississippi River from The Aero Experience by Carmelo Turdo:
July 4 LT Dan Band Movie Launch on Gary Sinise Foundation Website from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | The Gary Sinise Foundation was officially formed in 2010 and is dedicated to serving our Nation by honoring our defenders, veterans, first responders, their families, and those in need. Serving Honor and NeedTM is the corner stone of the Foundation, which is built upon the principals of Gary Sinise, out of dedication to this country…
Weekend Photos - 2nd and 3rd July 2011 from Military Photos by vor033 | Thunderbirds in the United Kingdom:Spitfire Recovery Unearths Unique Story from AVwebFlash Current Issue | An RAF spitfire flown by American pilot Roland "Bud" Wolfe dug itself deep into a hillside on November 30, 1941, after he bailed out, and now, 70 years later, that aircraft has been recovered. The recovery effort included an aviation historian, a team of archaeologists and the BBC, and will serve as the subject of a documentary. According to the Derry Journal, a newspaper from the town where the aircraft had been based, Wolfe had joined the RAF before America's official entry into the war and lost his U.S. citizenship because of it. He'd been flying on patrol near the north coast of Ireland when his engine began to rapidly overheat and he bailed out. Wolfe was detained by members of the Local Defence Force and held by the Irish Army, but escaped on December 13, leading to what may be an even more unique story…
WWII vets get a chance to revisit the past via planes - Billings Gazette | The B-24, a World War II bomber, is the last B-24 in the world still flying. Lee Gissler stood on the asphalt for a long five minutes just staring at the B-17 Flying Fortress parked at the Billings Logan International Airport on Friday. ...Former pilots honoured at Yorkshire Air Museum - The Press, York | OFFICIAL archives of a successful wartime air training scheme have been handed to the Yorkshire Air Museum. Between 1941 and 1943, nearly 8000 RAF pilots were trained in the USA, mostly flying Boeing Stearman bi-planes, in a scheme under the direction ...
How to Ditch a B-17, 1944 from Ptak Science Books by John F. Ptak | JF Ptak Science Books Quick Post - This interesting article appeared in Life magazine on 1 May 1944 and addressed something I've not though about before with the magnificent Boeing B-17:
Tuskegee Airmen an Illustrated History 1939 to 1949 from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | A new book on the history of the Tuskegee Airmen published by New South books presents the topic like no other. Not only providing detailed chronology and statistics, a wealth of photographs traces the Airmen from the beginning through training to combat and beyond. Rare captioned photographs along with actual letters and documents bring the story Tuskegee Airmen to life. Following the Airmen within the events of WWII, fighter pilot flying and the evolution of military aircraft during this period adds additional historical insight…
Women of the Air Force Week from What's On at RAF Museum London - 22 August 2011 - 28 August 2011 - Women have been integral to performance of the Royal Air Force since the formation of the Women's Royal Air Force in 1918. Throughout the Service's history women's roles have changed radically,from being support staff in the 1920s and 30s, assisting with day to day duties, to serving permanently in their own right in today's Service. Recent years have seen the appointment of the first female Red Arrow in Flight Lieutenant Kirsty Moore and the first female Distinguish Flying Cross awarded to Flight Lieutenant Michelle Goodman…
Women Pilots in WWII | The Mary Sue by Susana Polo | Meet Molly Rose, an octogenarian and one of the last surviving women of the RAF Air Transport Auxilliary, an organization of about one thousand pilots whose job was to move airplanes to where they needed to be…
Ford Tri-Motor N8407, Me, And Oshkosh 1970 (First Ever OSH) by Martt | Yep, that's really me as a 10 year old looking right at home in the right seat of N8407, the 4-AT Ford Tri-Motor that all these years later is owned and operated by the EAA. But this was 1970, the very first year for Oshkosh (after moving the EAA convention from Rockford, IL) and the airplane was owned by Dale Glenn. His last name was painted on the side of the airplane, but the pilot for OSH70 was Chuck LeMaster. Chuck had been associated with the airplane for years, but I'm pretty sure he was just acting as pilot at this time…
Oshkosh 2011 from Wasabi Air Racing by Elliot "Stinky" Seguin | Oshkosh is getting close, below are the dates that Scaled Composites will be speaking at this years EAA Airventure. I will be giving three talks this year and as always air racing will be covered. As usual we will have Wasabi Swag for distribution at the talks. I hope everybody can make it out!. EAA is dedicating Thursdays show to Burt for his retirement. Some Scaled engineers have restored a couple of Burt's old airplanes and will be flying them out to pay tribute to the boss man. Friday will include a celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Voyager flights…
Building a Pilot – From the Ground Up from Flight Monkeys by Chief Monkey | Some of us discover we have a desire to fly fairly late in life. We might be grown with kids, and a mortgage, and a career all competing for our time and our resources. But once the bug bites we get started. We study, we take an introductory flight, maybe we have a friend who inspires us or takes us up once in a while…
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