This Weekend In Florida History Nov. 5th and 6th - Florida Times-Union | The United States Navy's Flight Demonstration Squadron, aka The Blue Angels, was first formed in 1946 and is currently the oldest formal flying aerobatic team in the world. Y'all have a wonderful Florida Friday and a great weekend, Jacksonville!
MacDill Airfest: an aircraft aficionado's dream - Tbo.com | Kristin Hubbard will be zooming around in her F-16 Fighting Falcon as part of the US Air Force Thunderbirds precision flying team taking part in the 2011 MacDill Airfest. "I am really looking forward to it," said Hubbard, in a recent interview from ...
Air show to take place at Cochran Regional - Mydesert.com | Military warplanes and aerobatic pilots will take to the sky from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday during the 8th annual Jacqueline Cochran Air Show. The free event is held at the Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport at 56-850 Higgins Drive in Thermal. Featured performances include the...Scottsdale Air Fair is returning to Scottsdale Airport - axcentral.com | After an 11-year hiatus, the Scottsdale Air Fair is returning to Scottsdale Airport this weekend. More than 20,000 visitors are expected on the runway to tour planes, sit in cockpits and talk to pilots during the two-day fair. Aircraft will range from vintage warplanes to modern airplanes and helicopters. "An air fair is different than an air show or race because this is focused on the ground," said Alexandria Pierce, a spokeswoman. "It's more of an interactive experience." The fair is an opportunity to showcase the airport and learn...
Video: On-Board with Stuart Saward from Latest Vlog | I got to sit down with Stuart this morning and and go over the on-board footage from his flying display at the Western Cape Champs in Saldanha. Stuart gives some interesting insight into what goes into being an aerobatic display pilot.
The B-17G is Simply Amazing! - Moose Peterson Aviation Photography | The B-17G Flying Fortress
were once the king of the skies, bringing home to many as they flew in huge waves on bombing raids over Europe. The story of their crews... Marker Dedicated to First Aviator to Die in Duty - Military.com | The first naval aviator to die in the line of duty was remembered nearly 100 years after his death with a marker to honor his service Oct. 24. A historical marker in Ens. William Devotie Billingsley's hometown of Winona, Miss., was unveiled on Old ...
Memorial honors female pilot - The Pueblo Chieftain | LA VETA — A memorial honoring woman
pilot Doris Bristol Tracy will be unveiled at 3 p.m. Nov. 11 in the courtyard between the public library and Francisco Fort Museum. Tracy, a longtime La Veta resident who died July 29, 2010, served as a WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilot) from 1943 to 1945. She and other WASPs were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for their service to the United States in March 2010....Surviving after B-17 is ditched in water - Sarasota Herald-Tribune | Bill Floyd flew 51 missions as a B-17 tail gunner, including one in which his plane was shot down. By BILL FLOYD A native of Uniontown, Ky., Bill Floyd volunteered for induction into the Army mid-World War II in 1943, at age 18. ...
On Bullying - CAF Red Tail Squadron | ...As a group, the men who would become known as the Tuskegee Airmen endured bullying because of the color of their skin and the fact that they worked toward a goal that many felt they had no business trying to attain. Many citizens of Tuskegee, Alabama, which was located in the deep South, bullied the cadets individually and as a group if they ventured into town, taunting them with...
Is orange juice key to preserving last intact German Do-17 light bomber downed in Battle of Britain?
from The Mil & Aero Blog by John Keller | Thanks to an Alert Reader in North Carolina, I've learned of an historical research project in England that seeks to raise and preserve what is believed to be the last remaining intact German Dornier Do-17, a World War II-era light bomber shot down over the English Channel in summer 1940 during the Battle of Britain. Interestingly, it may turn out to be orange juice -- or some similar derivate rich in citric acid -- that may be key to preserving the aircraft remains, now submerged under the English Channel, from the ravages of salt-water-induced corrosion. Experts from Imperial College London and the Royal Air Force Museum are joining hands to rescue the downed Do-17 -- better-known as the "Flying Pencil" -- and display the restored Nazi bomber in a proposed gallery planned to pay tribute to those who lost their lives in the Battle of Britain...Archive Film Evening - Wednesday 9th November from RAF Museum London News | The Society of Friends will be showing from 7pm in the Museum's Lecture Theatre a selection of rare and informative films from the Museum's archive. Members of the public are welcome to attend. The film that will be shown on the evening include: What’s the Form? A film in which an RAF officer attempts to discover the truth behind the crash of a Lancaster bomber, in which the entire crew died. Phantom Pilot A film following trainee pilots from the beginning of their course to an operational Phantom squadron. Dilemma A film which shows...
Profile 60 - "X5-C" as crewed by Ken Salisbury (Bombardier?) - WWII & Korean Conflict Airplane Profiles | New information - in the form of the mission orders for the opening salvo of "Market Garden" on September 17 and 18, 1944 - have come to light and it's clear that Ken made his bombing run in C-47 S/N 42-23306, code-letter "C." As you can see by the artwork...
Father and son team try to send helium balloon to 107,000-feet, captures California Coast.: from Kathryn's Report | DIY Father and Son project sends digital camera's into Near Space YORBA LINDA, Calif., Nov. 3, 2011 -- On October 8th, 2011, A Father and Son team from Yorba Linda, California, inspired by the Citibank Reward commercial showing friends launch a weather balloon into near space, successfully launched and recovered their balloon project which captured images of the California coast from 107,000...
Video and Pics: RyanAir launches its sexy "Ryanair Cabin Crew Charity... - www.bangaloreaviation.com | Irish low cost carrier RyanAir launched the 2011 edition of the Ryanair Cabin Crew Charity Calendar, the fourth year running. The calendar...
For the First Time in More Than 30 Years, Guests Are Invited Inside Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) to See Where Rockets Are Built from PR Newswire: Aerospace/Defense | KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla., Nov. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- For more than 30 years, tour buses have driven guests past the 525-foot tall Vehicle Assembly Building, or VAB, at Kennedy Space Center, pointing out the massive building in which Apollo V rockets, and later, space shuttles,...
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