Blue Angels pilot describes experience - WJXT Jacksonville | The Blue Angels are currently the world's oldest performing aerobatics team. They fly for millions of fans each year. And while the Blue Angles are entertaining, their air show is a snapshot of reality. Their maneuvers cross over to military tactics. ...
2011 NAS Jacksonville Air Show honors centennial of aviation - Daily Record | Naval Air Station Jacksonville plans a weekend of airshows to celebrate 100 years of naval aviation. “Saluting the Centennial of Naval Aviation” is scheduled Saturday and Sunday. Gates open at 9 a.m. and the shows
begin at 10 a.m. The public is invited and there is no cost for parking, admission or the Kid’s Zone. The Blue Angels are scheduled...NAS Pensacola Hosts BLUE ANGELS Homecoming Air Show from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | NAS PENSACOLA, FLA. --- The Navy's Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, will close the 2011 season at their annual Homecoming Air Show aboard Naval Air Station Pensacola on Friday and Saturday, November 11 and 12.Prior to the world famous Blue Angels F/A 18 Hornet performances, the Blues' C-130 Hercules transport known as "Fat Albert" will thrill the crowd with its short field take-off and low level passes....
Teacher adds jet to flight time - Florida Today | She will be flying in one of the Cocoa Beach Air Show jets on Thursday. A Brevard County teacher will add fighter jet to her aerospace resume today as she joins performers practicing for this weekend's Cocoa Beach Air. Amy McCormick will strap in behind Black Diamond Jet Team pilot Mike Eberhardt in an L-39 Albatros — a single-engine, two-seat jet that is designed for basic and advanced training...
MacDill Airfest takes flight this weekend By Jodie Tillman, Times Staff Writer | TAMPA — Eyes will be on the sky this weekend as an expected 70,000 spectators fill MacDill Air Force Base for an annual air show. Admission and parking are free for the Saturday and Sunday shows, which feature a signature performance each day by the Thunderbirds, the U.S. Air Force's demonstration team....
Warriors and Warbirds air show set to take off - WCNC | MONROE, NC – Planes arrived Thursday at the Charlotte Monroe Executive Airport in preparation for the Warriors and Warbirds Air Show. About 100000 people are expected to show up for it this weekend. The event opens to the public ...
5th Annual Wings & Wheels Fly-In Saturday from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | The Friends of Deridder Army Air Base (DAAB) will host their Annual Wings & Wheels Fly-In/Drive-In Saturday, Nov. 5. The event will take place at the former World War II DeRidder Army Air Base, now known as the Beauregard Parish Regional Airport (DRI), in DeRidder, La...
Aerobatic Regionals - ShortFinal.tv | The Western Cape Aerobatic Regionals took place in Saldanha last Saturday. This was my first aerobatic meeting I've attended and what a great day of flying! The pilots that took part were skilled and focused on the job at hand even when challenged with a pretty nasty cross wind....
Kansas Aviation Hall of Fame Inducts Lacy & Collins from Midwest Flyer | WICHITA, KAN. – Pilot and aviation businessman, Clay Lacy, will be inducted into the Kansas Aviation Hall of Fame, November 5, 2011 at ceremonies to be held at the Kansas Aviation Museum, along with SR-71 test pilot, Ken Collins. Lacy’s career...
Keynote speakers announced for Veterans Tribute at museum from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Ed Mechenbier, who was a prisoner of war for more than five years during the Southeast Asia War, and Col. (Ret.) Charles DeBellevue, an Air Force ace during the war, will be keynote speakers during a special tribute to Southeast Asia War veterans at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force....
70th Anniversary Remembrance of Columbia Army Air Base - Examiner.com | On April 18, 1942 the group, which was part of the "Doolittle Raiders" stationed aboard the USS Hornet, bombed Tokyo, Japan. Even for small communities during the 1940's such as Columbia, SC it was an oppourtunity for growth and to heed the call for a...
Curtiss-Wright Chairman and CEO Martin R. Benante Receives Leroy R. Grumman Award - istockAnalyst.com | Curtiss-Wright Corporation (NYSE:CW) today announced that Martin R. Benante, its Chairman and CEO, was honored with the Leroy R. Grumman Award presented by the Cradle of Aviation Museum at its Air & Space Gala last night. ...
WWII B-24 pilot recalls 'amazing' missions - Ocala | OCALA - Arthur Johnson still shares some good natured ribbing with fellow World War II bomber pilot Obed Oglesby about which aircraft played a more decisive role in the war: the Consolidated B-24 “Liberator” or the Boeing B-17 “Flying...
Profile 60 - 5X-R as crewed by Ken Salsbury - WWII & Korean Conflict Airplane Profiles | ...Ken and I agreed that the best representation of his C-47 was circa "Operation Market Garden." We liked the presence of the black and white Invasion Stripes and it was indeed a time where Ken was "behind enemy lines." However I am rather fascinated with the Operation itself....
Book Review: Wings: A Novel of World War II Flygirls - Girls with Wings | ...but I was certainly interested in obtaining a copy of another book about the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP). The WASP were the first women in history trained to fly American military aircraft during World War II. Out of the 1078 women trained, only a few are left - and all of them over 80. However, every one I've ever met has been just as sharp as a tack and incredibly interesting to listen to. I count them among my heroes....
For the 'Greatest Generation' - Jenks Journal | Both events raise money that the local squadron uses to painstakingly restore old warbirds and other planes of the World War II era to airworthiness. The squadron's PT-19, one of about 7200 built and originally assigned to a training airfield in ...
Italian Navy AV-8B+ Harrier 20th anniversary special colour by David Cenciotti | On Oct. 27, 2011, the Marina Militare (Italian Navy) celebrated the 20th anniversary of the GRUPAER (Gruppo
Aerei Imbarcati), the squadron flying the Italian AV-8B+ Harriers. During the ceremony held at Grottaglie airbase and attented by the service’s Chief of Staff, Adm. Bruno Branciforte, a “Jump Jet” in a special colour scheme was presented. As the following pictures taken by...Last Man on Moon Worries About China - Spaceports | Former Apollo astronaut Eugene Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon almost 40 years ago, is worried China will beat other nations back to the shiny orb...
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