Thursday, October 27, 2011

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Viper pilot at home for air show - San Antonio Express | Corrigan will showcase his skills during the F-16 “Viper East Demo” at the Randolph 2011 Air Show Saturday and Sunday. “I knew I wanted to be a pilot after I saw my first air show,” Corrigan said. “My uncle was a Thunderbird F-16 pilot. ...

Augusta Air show Takes Flight - The Bell Ringer | Originally built in Romania, the brand of engines won pilots several aerobatic championships throughout the 1980s. Connell said that during the Cold War, the engine was considered to be light years ahead of its time. For Connell's Model 12,...

Boy, this photo just looks fast. Maybe that’s because of... from You like airplanes, too? by marvinsmith

Embry-Riddle Octoberwest 2011: Part 1 from PHXspotters | The first week of October the Prescott campus of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University celebrated Octoberwest, the homecoming celebrations, usually that involves some alumni coming back, having dinner, a career expo, but I never saw something as nice as this year’s since 2008. In addition to the...

Annual Cajun Fly-In Planes at Houma Airport this Saturday from Warplanes Online Community | Houma, LA — You can get an up-close look at area aircrafts and get better acquainted with the local airport Saturday at the annual Cajun Fly-In.  The Experimental Aircraft Association’s event runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Houma-Terrebonne Airport. To enter the airport, take Aviation Road, off East Main Street.  Newton Boudreaux, 78, a member of the local association, said the annual event, started about 10 years ago, showcases the airport and its role on the community and economy...

Video: Brian on Wings & wheels 2011 from Latest Vlog | Local South African Air show commentator, Brian Emmenis, endorses Wings & Wheels 2011.

Indian Air Force Hawks acquire an additional 21 aircraft, mostly in the Surya Kiran aerobatic team by Cavok | The aerial demonstration team of Indian Air Force, Surya Kiran Aerobatics Team (SKAT), may soon receive new more modern aircraft. The Indian Air Force began to acquire additional 21 Hawk aircraft, which will be manufactured under license by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) in Bangalore. The advanced jet training will allow the Surya Kiran team can fly faster and turn tighter maneuvers and most spectacular, that were not possible to do with the old training aircraft Kiran Mk II that the squadron has flown since 1996...

At the airport of Villanova test pilots engaged in testing of new ... - Your Newspaper | Testing new models M-346 twin-engine two-seater and the Tricolour Arrows morning all''aeroporto "Panero" Villanova d'Albenga. A new generation of aircraft equipped with the latest technology in aviation, the attention of all ...

Golden chance: Six soldiers will join the Army's elite skydiving team - Fayetteville Observer | Presgraves began the eight-week training course with nine other soldiers who'd been accepted for consideration as Golden Knights. Injuries felled some, the program's demands another as the trainees jumped dozens of times from planes, learning how to...

WWII Spitfire lands at museum - Wyndham Weekly | A WORLD War II Spitfire uncovered in northern France last year has been donated to the Royal Australian Air Force Museum at Point Cook. The British-built single-seat fighter aircraft was discovered in the Orne River in November 2010...

Rivets in the afternoon sun from Helikopter Hysterie - The Helicopter Blog | It was a warm and sunny afternoon in early January when I took these photos shortly before closing time at the outdoor area of Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson, AZ. The helicopter is a Sikorsky HH-52A (S-62) Seaguard and used to be designated to the US Coast Guard as 1450...

Pancho Barnes - the legend of the aviatrix lives on - Edwards Air Force Base | The famed aviatrix - who during her heyday was constantly surrounded by so many - died alone. As the old saying goes, "All good things must come to an end," some say Pancho's life came to an end in 1953, the day a fire burned her ranch to the ground....

WWII vet to speak at MCC for Veterans Day - Northwest Herald | The keynote speaker will be Woodstock resident Vaughn Heidenreich, a World War II Air Force veteran who enlisted in the Air Force in November 1942. He was a lead bombardier in the war, flying 22 combat missions. In 1945, he was honorably discharged as...

'Error' in crashed World War II U.S. bomber flight record from History News Network | A US bomber which crashed in Scotland during World War II may not have been on the plane's officially recorded flightpath, according to an archaeologist.  All nine crew of the B-17G Flying Fortress were killed when the aircraft clipped cliffs and crashed in Trotternish, on Skye, on 3 March 1945....

George Lentz was B-17 top turret gunner in 8th Air Force from War Tales by Don Moore | George Lentz of Rotonda was a staff sergeant in the 385th Bomb Group, 549th Bomb Squadron, 92nd Wing of the 8th Air Force in World War II. He flew 29 combat missions as an engineer and top turret gunner in a B-17 “Flying Fortress” at the end of World War II from a base near [...]

New Apprentices from Michael Beetham Conservation Centre - Royal Air Force Museum by Mick Shepherd | The Michael Beetham Conservation Centre (MBCC) at Royal Air Force Museum Cosford is delighted to welcome the arrival of two new apprentices, who will join the growing conservation team and award winning Apprenticeship Programme. The new appointments are part of the Museum’s Apprentice Scheme now in its sixth successful year, which, for the second year in a row was awarded the West Midlands Regional Winner of the ‘Small Employer of the Year Award’, at The National Apprenticeship Awards 2011.  Ella Middleton aged 18 from....

National Museum of the U.S. Air Force curators named to Academy Of Certified Archivists from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | Three manuscript curators at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force have been named to the Academy of Certified Archivists.  Christina Douglass, Lonna McKinley and Brett Stolle, who work in the museum's Research Division, achieved certification after meeting strict educational and experience requirements and then successfully completing a comprehensive archival certification examination...

MiG-21 SMT - Let Let Let | Soviet military magazine ‘Krilya Rodini’ is responsible that MiG-21SMT is my favorite version of MiG-21. Most of the MiG-21 images I have seen in ’80 present light grey or natural metal and nice camouflaged machine really catch my eye. The same machine present adaptation for ground support so no wonder about the applicable camouflage pattern. SMT version is produced in limited number and it is great that Eduard choose this model for... [Other posts: Captured Brits, French colors by Agama, Militaire Luchtvaart Museum Soesterberg, Vought Corsair by Aero Journal]

Want to fly over NYC in a giant orange blimp? from Foursquare Blog by Foursquare | It’s a bird. It’s a plane. No… it’s the Conan Blimp! And it’s flying over a city near you. If you happen to spot this giant orange ball of highly flammable gas hovering over your neighborhood, don’t panic. Instead, check in to The Conan Blimp to unlock the Conan Blimpspotter badge.

Hot-air-balloon pilot gives passenger with wheelchair a flight from Aviation eBrief | Hot-air-balloon pilot Orvin Oliver took a special passenger aloft recently in Sioux Falls, S.D...

Cockpit Tour Of ANA’s Boeing 787 Dreamliner from Autopia by Jason Paur | The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is officially in service. All Nippon Airways carried its first load of paying passengers on a special flight from Tokyo to Hong Kong on Wednesday. There was plenty of pomp and circumstance surrounding the flight and the passengers - including some who paid many thousands of dollars to be on the first flight - were all enthusiastic about flying on the composite airliner...

Raw footage: Boeing 787 First Flight from Things with Wings by Rupa Haria

ANA's Boeing 787 Dreamliner touches down after first international flight (video) from Engadget by Brian Heater

Space tourists to fly in 2013 - BBC News | Sir Richard Branson's space tourism venture said it hopes to launch the service in two years time, but even that date is not fixed. The firm's commercial director, Stephen Attenborough, told the BBC that its customers' safety is paramount....

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