Sunday, July 3, 2011

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T-Birds Add Third Female Pilot from Pacific Flyer | The USAF has announced that a third female will join the Thunderbird Air Demonstration Team beginning in 2012.  She's Maj. Caroline Jensen, an Air Force Reservist serving as a T-38 instructor pilot stationed at Sheppard AFB, Texas. Then-Major Nicole Malachowski was the first female T-Bird pilot, followed by then Capt. Samantha Weeks. ...
  
Air show opens Fair St. Louis - STLtoday.com | The Air Show entertains patrons of Fair Saint Louis Saturday afternoon in downtown St. Louis. Photo by Johnny Andrews | jandrews@post-dispatch.com ST. LOUIS • Fair St. Louis started its three-day run on the Arch grounds with an air show ...

Fair St. Louis Aircraft Gather Before First Airshow from The Aero Experience

The wow heard 'round today's air show - Battle Creek Enquirer | The skyway stunts of the 2011 Field of Flight Air Show & Balloon Festival got its official start this morning as a biplane spelled the words “AIR SHOW” in plumes of exhaust and the national anthem was sung over the speaker system at the WK Kellogg ...

Pyrotechnics to be part of Thunder Over the Blue Ridge Open House and Air Show ... - The Herald-Mail | Organizers of the Thunder Over the Blue Ridge Open House and Air Show have added a little "fire" to this year's event hosted by the 167th Airlift Wing of the Air National Guard at Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport. "I don't know exactly what kind ...

Air Show comes Sunday; Meet The Pilots Gala Today - KYTX | If you enjoy action-packed movies such as "Top Gun" and "Pearl Harbor," then don't miss the first Wings Over Tyler Air Show. The show, planned from noon to about 3 pm Sunday, is expected to include death-defying maneuvers ...

60 seconds of free fall: Army's Golden Knights will skydive to Warner Park - Capital Times | A member of the US Army Golden Knights parachute team surveys the landing area at Warner Park ahead of Saturday's jump into Rhythm and Booms. The team will jump from 12000 feet above the park before the fireworks begin. As the small “troopship” ...
   
American Heroes Air Show at Hansen Dam canceled due to 'Carmageddon' - Contra Costa Times | Many of the law enforcement aircraft that would have been participating in the air show will be on duty - standing by to ferry trauma victims to hospitals. Paules said some sponsors had pulled out, and the helicopter team that normally does a ...

RAF Waddington International Air Show 2011 from Aviation News - Airplane-Pictures.net | Photos from the RAF Waddington International Air Show 2011

AIRPOWER11 surpassed all expectations - via Translator | An exciting program with 222 aircraft from 22 countries as well as optimal weather event provided the AIRPOWER11 for a new record: 290,000 fans were surprised on Friday and Saturday of every ten hours of pure fascination with flight. They got a taste of the ability of the Austrian Air Force, among others who demonstrated the trapping of a C-130 Hercules by two Euro Fighter. They saw the shows  ...

Airpower 2011 Photos from Aviation News - Airplane-Pictures.net | Some 290 000 people have visited this year's Airpower (July 1st-2nd, 2011) in Zeltweg, Austria. Airpower is one of the major European airshows, and is held every...

Wings Over Washington - AirSpaceMag.com | In more innocent times, it was okay to buzz the Capitol.

Combat Air Museum boasts special plane - Topeka Capital Journal | Howerter, chairman of the Combat Air Museum board of directors, said the P-51 Mustang likely won't be on display for long. He makes no secret of his desire for folks to come visit the museum to see this treasure while it is still at the museum, ...

Today in History: Amelia Earhart Disappeared; 'Lawnchair' Larry Took Flight - Patch.com | Two very different North Hollywood/Toluca Lake residents took off on two very different flights -- one tragic, the other bizarre -- on this date in aviation history. On July 2, 1937, aviator Amelia Earhart, ...

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EAA Postpone $60K Prize for Electric Flight from Pacific Flyer | Despite a strong influx of applications, EAA announced July 23rd that the $60,000 Electric Flight Prize has been postponed until EAA AirVenture 2012 to allow viable candidates to complete Phase I flight certification according to FAA regulations. ...

Kids take to the sky in Newton - KWCH | “Young Eagles” was one of the most popular programs Saturday afternoon; the program gives kids a chance to learn everything they can about air travel. On the ground, kids are shown how the plane works and what makes it fly. Then once up in the air each ...

Visually impaired campers soar through clouds - Cedar Valley Daily Times | Experimental Aircraft Association's (EAA) Young Eagles arrived at the Vinton airport in order to take the campers from Iowa Braille's June summer camp on a skyward journey, teaching them about their planes and the experiences of flying. ...

7 Notable Space Shuttle Astronauts from SPACE.com | As we say goodbye to the iconic space planes, here are some of the program's most notable astronauts.

8 Surprising Space Shuttle Facts from SPACE.com | As we say goodbye to the iconic space planes, here is some trivia to remember.

Musk wins one prize, eyes a bigger one from Personal Spaceflight by Jeff Foust | At a luncheon on Wednesday in Washington, the Heinlein Prize Trust awarded its second Heinlein Prize for accomplishments in commercial space activities to Elon Musk, the founder, CEO, and CTO of SpaceX. At the luncheon, which attracted an audience from the public and private sectors, including NASA deputy administrator Lori Garver and FAA associate administrator for commercial space transportation George Nield, Musk received the $250,000 prize and its accoutrements, a “Laureate’ Diploma” and a sword. Yes, a full-sized sword, the “Lady Vivamus Sword”, from ...

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