Blue Angels arrive in Seattle for Seafair performances - The Seattle Times | The Blue Angels arrived at Boeing Field Thursday for Seafair performances this weekend. They will be in the air practicing on Thursday for shows Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and that means closures for Interstate 90. By Seattle Times staff Pilots pull ...Balloonapalooza a first-time hit - Windsor Star | With the departed Red Bull Air Race leaving a gap in the downtown summer events schedule, the Downtown Windsor Business Improvement Association began organizing the unique balloon festival last fall in an effort to lure visitors to the area. ...
AirVenture 2011: Memorable Waypoints - Sitting on the front porch with my battered feet bared to a healing breeze, I celebrated the end of my 34th EAA AirVenture Oshkosh marathon. Delivering my second round of rehydration elixir, my wife joined me. Having made the trek herself, she knows that the seemingly countless waypoints of things to see and learn are overwhelming, and that each year is defined by those things that survive in memory on the day after it’s over…
Tuskegee Airmen Get the Lucasfilm Treatment - Military.com | So here's the trailer for Red Tails, a new movie detailing the WWII exploits of the Tuskegee Airmen, the African American pilots of the 332nd Fighter Group of the US Army Air Corps who had some notable combat success in Italy and Sicily. ...
B-29 bomber FIFI a star attraction at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh - Appleton Post Crescent | The airplane, which is owned by the Commemorative Air Force, a nonprofit organization based in Texas, was saved from use as a ground target for weapons tests in the 1960s and first flown in 1971. The B-29 was christened "FIFI" in 1974 in honor of the ...MAPS Museum will sponsor the 'Wings of Freedom Tour' - Press News | This will be a rare opportunity to visit, explore, and learn more about the B-17 Flying Fortress, B-24 Liberator and P-51 Mustang. The planes are said to be unique and rare treasures of aviation history. Sunday hours for the museum located at the ...
Que Sera Sera — first aircraft on the South Pole from Travel for Aircraft | LCDR Shinn piloted this R4D, named Que Sera Sera, to a landing on the South Pole, the first. It was an extraordinary mission with a planned stay lasting less than an hour — time enough to unload and set up navigation equipment for future supply missions to erect a science station. The challenge lay with the South Pole’s altitude in the vicinity of 10,000 feet (3030m), which is thin air for wanting to bring a normally aspirated R4D back into the air. For this reason several JATO bottles had been attached to the fuselage before the flight to provide a rocket assisted kick to get the Que Sera Sera quickly up to rotation speed for departure from the pole…Tucson Aerobatic Shootout set for October 8th & 9th - Tucson Citizen | TUCSON, Arizona USA — The Tucson International Modelplex Park Association (TIMPA) announces the 2011 Tucson Aerobatic Shootout, to be held the weekend of October 8th & 9th, 2011, from 9AM until 5PM on Saturday the 8th with a Southern Arizona Rocketry ...
Episode 158 – Dust Up from Airplane Geeks Podcast | Guest Terry Mialkowsky is Executive Producer/Director of the television documentary series Dust Up, which chronicles Canadian crop dusters. Terry is an award-winning director, producer and writer, whose films have screened all over North America and Europe. Learn more about Dust Up on their Facebook page, and follow them on Twitter at @dustuptv. The Dust Up YouTube page has videos and extra content. Dust Up can currently be found on History Channel in Canada, with plans for wider distribution around the world…
Today in Aviation History – August 3 from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club by bikeal
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