Fleet Week: Celebrating 30 Years in the Air [PHOTOS] - International Business Times | Fleet Week, the annual event celebrating military sea services, roars through San Francisco Friday, beginning with a Blue Angels air show at 1 pm Celebrations are likely to be spectacular. The Week not only celebrates three decades ...
Performers showcase planes during AIRSHO - Odessa American | MIDLAND Partly cloudy skies and windy conditions might have stalled the start of the AIRSHO's opening performance Friday but it didn't stop pilots from giving spectators a good, heart-stopping show. The Commemorative Air Force began ...
C-130J transport aircraft, woman sky divers at IAF show - The Hindu | Missing in action was the Surya Kiran Aerobatic Team, which has been grounded for the time being to provide training to IAF's rookie pilots in absence of basic trainer aircraft. Making its debut, the six-member woman sky-diving team jumped from an ...
Surya Kirans to fly again with Hawk aircraft: ACM Browne - IBNLive.com | Hindon (Ghaziabad), Oct 8 (PTI) The disbanded nine aircraft Surya Kiran Aerobatic Team (SKAT) of the Indian Air Force will once again take to the skies in another three years with British Hawk Advanced Jet Trainers (AJTs). ...
EAA'S B-17 ALUMINUM OVERCAST LANDS IN LAS VEGAS OCTOBER 11-12 - EAA News | EAA's B-17 TourEAA continues to offer historic flight experiences in its beautifully restored B-17G Flying Fortress Aluminum Overcast with a tour stop in Las Vegas, Nevada, October 11-12 at North Las Vegas Airport (VGT), hosted by EAA Chapter 163. Pre-book a flight aboard this iconic World War II bomber and relive the experience those brave young men had more than 60 years ago. Once airborne, passengers have the opportunity to walk around and explore the B-17's various sections, including the bomb bay, radio room, tail, and waist gunner. Self-guided ground tours are also available daily from 2-5 p.m. and cost $5 per adult, $15 per family. Active military or veterans receive free ground tour admission. While you save money when you pre-book a flight, walk-ups are always welcome. For more information, or to pre-book a flight,....
Old-fashioned air race charts a course over multiple nearby counties - Your Houston News | The Cleveland Air Race Revival is set for Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011, from 8 am to noon at the Cleveland Municipal Airport. The 150-mile race will officially start at Lake Water Wheel in Shepherd with six turn points over Liberty, Hardin, Jasper, Tyler, ...
Cleveland Air Race in Texas (Houston) on 10-15-11 from VAF Forums by Bob Axsom | On October 15, 2011 the race in the Houston, Texas area of the US will be flown over the following course:...
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Gene Littlefield, Longtime Air Show Star, Passes Away - EAA News | Gene Littlefield, who flew a wing-walking act with his wife for nearly 20 years at Oshkosh and was also a stalwart for air show performer safety, died on Saturday, October 1, at his home in Wilmington, Illinois. He was 81. Littlefield (EAA 61641) was an EAA and IAC member since 1975. He was best known for the Gene Littlefield Air Shows performances in his Stearman 450 biplane, which included wing-walking by his wife, Cheryl. He began flying in the air shows at Oshkosh in the early 1980s and continued impressing air show fans at the EAA fly-in through the mid-1990s. ...
TIMELESS VOICES: SCALEVENTURE WWII VETERANS PANEL - EAA | On Saturday October 1, 2011, the EAA AirVenture Museum hosted a special moderated panel discussion featuring seven WWII veterans. Held in conjunction with the inaugural ScaleVenture model contest at the museum, the panel allowed modelers to interact with some of the veterans who flew in the very machines their scale models depicted. Participating in the panel were: Vic Bast, a P-47 pilot assigned to the 61st Fighter Squadron of the 56th Fighter Group; Bill Hartshorn, a second P-47 pilot who also flew with the 61st Fighter Squadron; John Roseberg, a B-24 tailgunner assigned to the 526th Bomb Squadron of the 392nd Bomb Group; Bill Meier, who was a B-17 bombardier with the 413th Bomb Squadron of the 96th Bomb Group; Chet Gardeski, a B-17 flight engineer assigned to the 422nd Bomb Squadron of the 305th Bomb Group; Bill Bergner, who served as a B-17 radar operator with the 327th Bomb Squadron of the 92nd Bomb Group; and John Gibbons, who was a B-17 pilot with the 350th Bomb Squadron of the 100th Bomb Group. All seven men flew their missions out of England while serving in the Eighth Air Force. They shared some of their childhood aviation memories with the audience, as well as stories of combat while overseas. Watch the video
His past was diverse, but he looks forward - Reading Eagle | ... He was a member of the Black Hawk B-17 crew, mentioned many times in the book "The Cold Blue Sky," written by fellow crew member and gunner Jack Novey. Eisenhower was on the second B-17 plane to finish 25 missions at a time when an average crew lasted only seven missions, he said. ...
Model Beginning: ScaleVenture Holds First Oshkosh Event - EAA News | EAA’s first “ScaleVenture” exhibit and competition was held last weekend, drawing 64 competitors and 283 model entries at the Founders’ Wing inside the EAA AirVenture Museum. The inaugural event featured a room full of models and attendees as hundreds of people came out to see the detailed replications of aircraft, automobiles, ships, and armored vehicles. Winners were named in 30 categories, plus 20 other special awards were presented, including Joe Simon for Best of Show for his “IJN Kongo Battleship” model....
Look: Giant Spy Blimp Dwarfs an 18-Wheeler from Wired: Danger Room | That teeny-weeny, toy-looking thing to the left? An 18-wheeler truck. The giant egg to the right? The biggest spy drone anyone has ever made. The optionally manned airship — known by the cumbersome code name of “Blue Devil Block 2” — was first inflated with air in early September. Last week, at a hangar in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, the blimp was filled with helium, and began to float. By the middle of next year, the Air Force hopes, the airship will be...
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