San Diego Pilot Joins Blue Angels - NBC San Diego | She will be the new administration officer for the Blue Angels Navy flight Demonstration Squadron. Taylor will be the second woman to join the team in 2012, alongside returning squadron member Lt. Katie Kelly. Nearly 50 people applied for the position ...
Documentary follows Santa Cruz roller derby enthusiast's love of aerobatic flying - Santa Cruz Sentinel | After an application and interview process, she was cast by the Michigan-based production company Airspeed to appear in Acro Camp 2, the sequel to 2010's Acro Camp, a film that similarly followed novice aerobatic pilots. It's not a free ride - since ...
Day One of the Fly-in With High Attendance Antique Airfield News | Day one of the AAA/APM Fly-in has come to an end. Though hot and humid we ended the day with 90 aircraft on the ground at Antique Airfield. Included are several Wacos and Stearmans, two Travelairs, six Monocoupes and one Mullicope, a very rare Rearwin 8090 and the replica Stinson "O"…
Griffon Powered P-51 'Precious Metal' Gets Dressed For Reno 2011 by Martt | The Unlimited racers for Reno 2011 (Sept 14-18) are lining up to make this an incredible year of racing. While I'm certainly no expert on all the aircraft that'll be racing, I have spent some time soaking up some info on several of the most notable... and the Rolls Royce Griffon powered mixmaster P-51 (with counter-rotating props) known as Precious Metal is certainly one of them. The airplane is now based at the Kissimmee Air Museum in Florida, where it can be seen when it's not at Reno. I had the pleasure of talking with PM's race pilot Thom Richard on the phone Wednesday about how progress is coming along for one of the most unique P-51 racers ever built. Here's some of what I found out…
TORA TORA TORA: An Airshow That Will Leave You Breathless - CultureMob | The Rocky Mountain Airshow in Broomfield, Colorado was host to the performance this past weekend (August 27-28) and I was completely blown away. It started with the Japanese planes circling the sky, building the anticipation. Then the attacks began… ...Pilots, planes, parachutes part of air show highlights - Weakley County Press | The air show will begin at 10 am Sept. 10 with the Special Forces parachute team taking part in the celebration of the national anthem. Pilots Mike Rinker of Union City, flying his Sukhoi in honor of Cystic Fibrosis research; John Bostic and Morris Ray ...
Bunny McLarty - Vintage Wings of Canada - Just this spring, Donald “Bunny” McLarty was on hand for the dedication of our Hawker Hurricane IV to his name and honour. Sadly, he too has died. It has been a bad week indeed and we know full well that there are not many of these humble and brave gentlemen left to carry the banner of this greatest of generations. We will redouble our efforts to capture their stories and speak of their honour and their loyalty - to King, Queen, country and comrades. Bunny McLarty will be laid to rest at the Beechwood National Cemetery in Ottawa on Wednesday, August 31st. A Vintage Wings fighter will overfly the interment in tribute. For more on his life visit http://yourlifemoments.ca/sitepages/obituary.asp?oId=529466
Voices From The DC-3 from Airplane Geeks Podcast by thegeeks@airplanegeeks.com (Airplane Geeks) Guest Julie Filucci manages the Cessna Pilot Centers program for Cessna, but she’s also written the book, Together We Fly: Voices From The DC-3. Published by Aviation Supplies & Academics, the book tells the story of the Douglas DC-3 through the voices of the people involved with it, from its design and production to the present day. Julie had completed her type rating in the airplane several years ago, and did an article for AOPA Pilot on the airplane for its 70th anniversary in 2005. “The feedback from that article was the most I’d ever received for a piece during my time at AOPA. And not just pilots wrote to tell their stories, but also engineers, mechanics, stewardesses, soldiers, and regular folks who had taken their first airline trip in the airplane. Capturing their voices became a quest for me, as so many of the people from the airplane’s early days have passed on.”…
Iron Maiden Singer Rescues Hurricane Victims - Tone Deaf | The passengers will be ferried across the Atlantic in style in Ed Force One, a 757 aeroplane which is decked out in Iron Maiden's colours and was most recently used as the band's plane on their world tour which finished up three weeks ago. ...Today in Aviation History – September 1 from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club by bikeal
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