Friday, October 21, 2011

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End of season show for Snowbirds at 15 Wing - Moose Jaw Times-Herald | The Canadian Forces Snowbirds 2011 show team will take to the skies on Friday for the last time this season. The end of year show at 15 Wing Moose Jaw for military personnel, family and friends will cap off a busy show season, which marked the team's...

Podcast: Hugh Oldham’s Air Show Season Update – Warbird Radio | THURSDAY – Air show announcer to the stars Hugh Oldham joins Matt Jolley on Warbird Radio LIVE!  Tune in and hear Hugh’s take on the 2011 Air Show season.  We’ll also be checking in with Chris Henry for a preview of next week’s Warbird Rescue Hour.  Thanks for listening! QUICK LINK:  Hugh Oldham’s Website STUDIO...

NEW VIDEO: Fly On The B-17 “Nine-O-Nine” from WarbirdRadio.com by Matt | WARBIRD RADIO – Take flight on the Collings Foundation’s B-17 “Nine-O-Nine”.  The video starts above the ground at KHWY and ends with the wheels rolling down the runway at KSHD.  Enjoy the ride across the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia and the flight up the Shenandoah Valley.  For more info on the Collings Foundation just...

Whiting Field hosts helicopter fly-in - PNJ | Whiting Field Naval Air Station this morning invited members of the Santa Rosa County Chamber of Commerce to the base to tour more than two dozen helicopters from across the Navy fleet.  The helicopters are in town for the Naval Helicopter Association's annual fleet fly-in, which gives student aviators at Whiting a chance to...

Farnborough International Airshow looks strong in 2012 - Manufacturer.com | Early sales trends for next year's Farnborough International Airshow indicate strong bookings and an increased exhibitor presence. Farnborough International Airshow organisers suggest that companies are upsizing in scale for FIA 2012. ...

Bahrainis demand air show cancellation - Press TV | A file photo shows stickers applied aircraft by Bahrain's Gulf Airs to promote the 2010 Bahrain International Air Show. Bahrainis are calling on the organizers of next year's Bahrain International Air Show to cancel their plans for holding the event in...

Photographed over Jackson, Mississippi in 2009, Skip Stewart, Randy Harris and G... by TVR Photography.com | Photographed over Jackson, Mississippi in 2009, Skip Stewart, Randy Harris and Gary Rower make up this formation of biplanes for the cover of Barnes & Noble's 2012 Prop Planes calendar. Photoship provided by Jimmy Fordham in his Yak-52.

Milbert A. ‘Poke’ Willnow - lenconnect | Poke served in the Army Air Corps, as a 2nd Lieutenant and pilot of a B-17 Flying Fortress from 1941-45.

TRUSTEE REUNITED WITH AN OLD FRIEND from www.airtattoo.com | Jock was attending the anniversary commemoration, marking the test flights of the Gloster Whittle E28/39 and the first Meteor with a parade and consecration of a memorial stone.  After the ceremony Jock was reunited with the RAF Croughton gate guardian Thunderchief F-105 62-4428, which he flew several times between 1965 and 1967 when on exchange tour with the USAF at Nellis AFB. He said: "The jet looks just as good as when I flew it."

RIFE 2011 - Films with Girl Power - Alexandria News | ...Breaking Through the Clouds (trailer) screens on Sunday at 2PM. This documentary recounts the story of the first ever women's air derby in 1929, in which 20 women, including Amelia Earhart, raced across the sky defying expectations and stereotypes. Breaking Through the Clouds is the culmination of 13 years of work by Maryland filmmaker Heather Taylor and has already been honored with several awards...

Amateur historians unearth Australian Spitfire in France from History News Network | Amateur aviation historians have unearthed the wreckage of a Royal Australian Air Force Spitfire that crashed in northern France during the Second World War and the skeletal remains of its pilot.  The wreckage of the plane, which was shot down in action and crashed in May 1942 near the village of Hardifort, was dug up from beneath 16 feet of soil, local officials said...

Soviet sky monsters on display from rt.com | Aviation buffs can truly fly high, as RT invites everyone on a tour around the Central Museum of the Air Forces.  If you were a Cold War spy, getting a glimpse of what you can see here would have been your ultimate dream. With the best of Soviet and Russian aircraft on display, this museum is where the history of the country’s aviation comes alive.  The Central Museum of the Air Forces at Monino, a town some 40 kilometers east of Moscow, is Russia’s largest and finest. Almost 200 aircraft are on display, as well as an impressive collection of aviation engines and artefacts...

VIDEO: Caravelles Catalinas and the Amazon in the late 60 from CavokBlog | An interesting and historical video on YouTube shows beautiful images and details of flight operations Caravelle jet and Catalina flying boats operated by former airline Cruzeiro do Sul, on routes in the Amazon. The company began commercial operation in 1927, en route from Porto Alegre - Rio de Janeiro. The first four Caravelles were received in 1963 and then three more came from the former Pana, along with some Catalinas especially for flights in the Amazon. In 1975 the company is sold to the Ruben Berta Foundation,...

I guarantee this F-16 driver isn’t checking Facebook on... from You like airplanes, too?

Video: Hornet crash onboard USS JFK (CV-67) - ASB | A very lucky pilot after he came in too low on a landing onboard USS JFK (CV-67)

2 F-35Bs from Latest Vlog | This video came online yesterday via LockheedMartinVideos where 2 F-35Bs takeoff and land from the USS WASP.

Antioch goes ACEs high - Crestview News Bulletin | Given their “Aviators” mascot, it’s apropos that starting Nov. 3, students at Antioch Elementary School will be the first in the northern part of the Okaloosa County School District to study under the U.S. Civil Air Patrol’s Aerospace Connections in Education (ACE) program...

Historic Space Shuttle Launch Pad Parts Arrive for Display in Houston from SPACE.com | The launch pad gantry and White Room were used by NASA shuttle astronauts for 20 years.

FAA Dedicates $72.6 Million Air Traffic Control Tower at Memphis International Airport from Pilot News Magazine | MEMPHIS, TENN.–Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Randy Babbitt today dedicated the new $72.6 million air traffic control tower and radar approach control at Memphis International Airport.  The new tower enables air traffic controllers to continue to provide the safest, most efficient service to both passenger and cargo flights....

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