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F-16 pilot was ready to give her life on Sept. 11  - The Washington Post | Late in the morning of the Tuesday that changed everything, Lt. Heather “Lucky” Penney was on a runway at Andrews Air Force Base and ready to fly. She had her hand on the throttle of an F-16 and she had her orders: Bring down United Airlines Flight 93. The day’s fourth hijacked airliner seemed to be hurtling toward Washington. Penney, one of the first two combat pilots in the air that morning, was told to stop it.  The one thing she didn’t have as she roared into the crystalline sky was live ammunition. Or missiles. Or anything at all to throw at a hostile aircraft.  ...
Also - Here's an interview on CSPAN.

We Will Never Forget from Nuts About Southwest | It’s hard to grasp that it has been a decade since the terrorist attacks on our country in September 2001. The world and our industry were changed dramatically with the repercussions of that vicious attack reverberating today.  That Tuesday morning in Dallas was an absolutely gorgeous day and I was getting ready for a workout as I  ...

Pilot's tie to 9/11 - KTVO | KIRKSVILLE, MO -- Retired military pilot Jim Maroney will be in Kirksville for the upcoming Air Fest at Kirksville Regional Airport. Maroney graduated number one out of fifteen hundred pilots from the Naval Flight Training School in 1981 ...

Air Force One journey on September 11: no escort during the attacks, 11 fighters when the airspace was completely free of airliners from David Cenciotti's | Here’s the second episode of the 9/11 series. The first one, titled US Air Defense response to the September 11 attacks: known and unknown facts described how the NORAD reacted to the hijackings. This article will explain the tour across the US of the Air Force One on that day. ...
   
Palm Springs Air Museum honors our defenders - The Desert Sun | Madison, a former P-38 pilot, contacted his friend Bob Pond, a Navy aviator who had amassed an impressive collection of warbirds and classic cars for a number of years. Pond, who had his collection of planes at the Eaton Prairie airfield near ...

What it Takes to be a Thunderbirds/Blue Angels Pilot from Warplanes Online Community | One of the many ways to promote the U.S. military is by flight demonstration squadrons, namely the U.S. Navy Blue Angels and the Air Force Thunderbirds. They help the military recruit more people and give the public more understanding and education about what the military does for them.  Some of you might be interested on joining these elite teams. Well, here’s how you can be an eligible candidate . ...

Shined up from AF.mil Photos

President Lescinski Flies With 'The Angels' - St. Ambrose University | It isn't everyday that you see a university president don a flight suit—let alone one with a "Blue Angels" emblem on it. Even so, on Wednesday, Sept. 7, Joan Lescinski, CSJ, president of St. Ambrose, did just that and "flew with the Angels. ...

Bad weekend forecast won't stop air show - Buffalo News | NIAGARA FALLS — Poor flying weather during the past couple of days drowned out some practice flights and delayed the arrival of the US Air Force Thunderbirds precision military jet team, but the 2011 Thunder of Niagara air show ...

WAC Day9 from per Ardua ad Astra by Grant Piper | The final seven have flown.   The re-fly's went first.  Victor Chmal had a solid flight, but Tom Cassels' problems reoccurred and he again landed and went to the technical area.  I doubt he will fly again, but this has not been confirmed.  next up was Oleg S. and it was a neat flight, though I...

IMAGES: Japan holds the Misawa Air Fest 2011 - Cavok [Translated] | Thousands of visitors from all over northern Japan were present at Misawa Air Fest held on September 4. The event was organized by the Self-Defense Force Air of Japan and the 35th Fighter Wing of the USAF, which together with local volunteers were visited by nearly 100,000 people in the Misawa Air Base. ...

Battle of Britain Weekend - Urgent Update from What's On at RAF Museum London | 10 September 2011 - 11 September 2011 | The Museum's annual pageant commemorating Veterans of the Battle of Britain inclusive of talks, tours, tableaux and concerts. STOP PRESS STOP PRESS STOP PRESS As of 11.30 am on 9th September we have been informed that this weekend's Lancaster Flypast has now been cancelled due to predicted high winds at RAF Conningsby tomorrow. We would like to apologise in advance for any disappointment that  ...

Airfest to feature 1940s planes, stunts - Culpeper Star Exponent | Planes will litter the skies at Culpeper Regional Airport's 12 th annual Air Fest on Saturday Oct. 8. The free event will feature several types of aircraft including World War II-era and civilian aerobatic. Attendees will watch as planes fly in ...

Video: DAV B-25 Performs at NAS Patuxent River Air Expo 2011 by DAV Flight Team
   
Wings Over Pittsburgh Takes to the Sky This Weekend at 911th Airlift Wing - Patch.com | The show will feature aeronautics displays from the Heavy Metal Jet Team, a Lancaster-based group of former Blue Angels and Navy pilots, the Northeast Raiders Demonstration Team and the Viper West F-16 air show. By Jenna Staul More than 250000 ...

Expect thrills, chills at Courtland air show Sept. 23-24 - The Huntsville Times | The Red Thunder Air Show Team offers lots of smoke, big radial engine airplanes, precision warbird demonstrations, the Russian YAK-52 and Chinese Nanchang CJ-6. Family entertainers Greg Koontz and The Alabama Boys Comedy Team do aerobatic ...

Organisers insist Leuchars Airshow is not the last - Scotland Courier | Saturday's Leuchars Airshow will not be the last despite the imminent closure of the RAF base. This year's show will feature an emotional return by the Red Arrows. By Dave Lord The annual extravaganza is sure to be laced with added poignancy this year ...

UARC Air Race School? - Aviation Criminal | The photo album is entitled “UARC Air Race School”. These appear to not have been taken the day of the “Qualifying” run that the UARC had that helped them find the 7 worlds greatest pilots. That was in May and this guys ...

Liaison Pilots Gave New Meaning To The Term "Sitting Duck" by CAF Red Tail Squadron | 997 cadets received their pilot wings after training at Tuskegee Army Airfield. Of this number about 30 were USAAF Field Artillery Liaison Pilots who flew light observation airplanes for the 92nd Infantry Division (Buffalo Soldiers), which saw action assigned to the American 5th Army. This ...

Slidell skydiving is wish come true for 85-year-old birthday girl from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale | From 2nd:  From Nola.com: Slidell skydiving is wish come true for 85-year-old birthday girl  Skydiving for your 85th birthday may seem a bit out of the ordinary to some. But for the friends and family of Willa Cristina of Harahan, it’s just “classic Willa.”  ...

Video: F-35 rollout ceremony from Latest Vlog 

Eurofighter photo comp from Flight Image of the Day | Eurofighter has just released details of the winner of its first annual Eurofighter Typhoon amateur photo contest.Top of the heap was Ian Ramsbottom, with his stunning shot of a 17 Sqn Typhoon in the Mach Loop in Wales, UK. ...

Texas Chapter September 2011 Newsletter from Antique Airfield News | 2011 Fly-In Award Winners, Final Aircraft Count for AAA/APM Fly-In,

Preserving and Displaying the “Bat-Wing Ship” – August Update from AirSpace by The National Air and Space Museum | ... German artisans formed the wood around the nose of the H IX center section using steam to make it soft and pliable, and then bending it to shape. Said Melvin Wachowiak , Senior Conservator, Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute, "I am still impressed by the bending of the laminated plywood into a ...

S-92® "Legacy of Heroes" Demo Tour Begins from PR Newswire: Airlines/Aviation | sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today launched a "Legacy of Heroes" demonstration tour by its S-92® helicopter, commencing a multi-country visit from its Sikorsky Global Helicopters facility that will recognize first responders to natural...

An Electric Helicopter Lifts Off – Briefly from CAFE Foundation Blog | Gizmag apparently beat everybody to this story, with even Popular Science quoting from the online gadget hunter’s web site.  They report that in mid-August 2011, Pascal Chretien piloted his creation, a coaxial rotor, twin Lynch-motored helicopter that he built for Solution F, a Swiss racing engine development firm.  He performed the flight “in the presence of a court appointed witness,” according to a press release from Lithium Balance, the firm that supplied the battery management system (BMS) for and acted as consultants to the project.   ...