‘DEATH MUST NOT GROUND ARROWS’ - Express | A SENIOR Royal Air Force chief last night urged the public not to let the Red Arrows tragedies undermine support for the world’s foremost air display team. Flight Lieutenant Sean Cunningham, 35, died on Tuesday when his ejector seat deployed moments after his Hawk T1 jet had landed from a training flight....
Lossie jets resume flying as ban is lifted - STV | Jets were grounded after Red Arrows tragedy.
Air Force week in photos, Nov. 18, 2011 - US Air Force blog Our week in photos this week covers everything from Veterans Day and aerial demonstrations to presidential visits and Airmen in Afghanistan.
Airspeed video opening sequence v. 9 complete! via Twitter @StephenForce
Historical Flight Foundations DC-7B makes emergency landing in Charlotte - Aero Pacific Flightlines | Historical Flight Foundations Eastern DC-7B (45345/928) N836D was flown from Opa-Locka Airport (OPF) to Charlotte-Douglas International Airport (CLT/KCLT) yesterday (November 18, 2011) by famed USAirways pilots, Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger and First Officer Jeff Skiles. The visit was part of an event...
Captain ‘Sully’ flies plane for charity - Blast Magazine | OPA-LOCKA, Fla. — Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, the retired pilot made famous for his heroic landing of a US Airways 1549 on the Hudson back in 2009, returned to the skies Friday for charity. Passengers paid $1,000 a seat on the sold-out 1958 Eastern Airlines DC-7 that departed from Opa-Locka Airport and landed safely in Charlotte, North Carolina. The proceeds benefited the Historical Flight Foundation of Miami, a museum that not only promotes the awareness and appreciation of aviation history, but also educates and trains young people in maintaining and piloting historical aircrafts....
SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE MK IX WINGS ARRIVE IN CANADA - Avation.ca | Wings of a Second World War fighter arrived here Monday at Vintage Wings of Canada marking a significant development toward fully restoring the aircraft to airworthy condition. The partially completed wings arrived from the United Kingdom in a sea container for the fabrication and installation of long-range fuel tanks and final assembly. They will then be shipped to Comox, BC for installation....
Flying Tigers, Flying Legends Inspire Young Aviators - Pentagon Brief | The 2011 Flying Tigers reunion at MacDill AFB (Florida) brought together pilots who have flown attack and rescue aircraft bearing the infamous shark's teeth for the past 70 years. The remaining original Flying Tigers, made up of American Volunteer Group pilots and supporters who defended China in World War II, met...
He was ball turret gunner, POW, then Orleans postmaster - Kearney Hub | ...Kuhl was a ball turret gunner. A ball turret was a Plexiglas sphere set into the belly of a B-17 or B-24 bomber. It carried two .50-caliber machine guns and one man, who was usually short and small. When the gunner tracked a fighter plane attacking from below, he revolved with the turret. The fighters who attacked him were armed with cannons firing explosive shells....
A milestone birthday for Whitcomb - By Jim Tate , Marshall Independent | The way Robert Whitcomb sees it, he's lucky to be around for his 90th birthday on Dec. 7. Whitcomb was a navigator in a B-17 bomber, flying his 20th mission in 1942 when his plane was shot down over Germany. "We were bombing an airstrip near Cologne," he explained. "We were at 26,000 feet. They told us in training to wait until you're near the ground, so maybe the enemy won't see you. I tumbled out and couldn't tell up from down. I pulled the ripcord, but it was at 15,000 feet. Two Germans on horseback saw me." He didn't even have his parachute on when the plane came under attack....
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