Clap for the end aerobatic de France 2011 - Maritima.info | "This is a very special day," said Captain Stephen Azou, officer in charge of public relations teams have the PAF. "Pilots are leaving,
others will happen is a page in the history of the Patrouille de ...Iconic Red Arrows jets could be built in overseas factories - This is Lincolnshire | THE Red Arrows' iconic jets could soon be built overseas at the cost of hundreds of British jobs, MPs have warned. MPs warned that future generations of the plane, used by the RAF Aerobatic Display Team, which is currently based at RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire, will be built in India, the US and other overseas factories....
Civil Air Patrol approaches 70th anniversary, looks to honor World War II's 'unsung heroes' - Air Combat Command | MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. -- On Dec. 1, Civil Air Patrol, the official auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force, observes 70 years of vigilant service. But the celebration won't be complete until CAP's earliest members -- now in their eighties and nineties -- are "rightly honored" with the Congressional Gold Medal. CAP, an all-volunteer service of more than 61,000 members, was founded 70 years ago on Dec. 1, 1941, less than a week before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor led to America's involvement in World War II....
MO Aviation Historical Society Meeting December 8 Celebrates Civil Air Patrol Birthday - The Aero Experience | The Missouri Aviation Historical Society is a group of folks with a love of aircraft, and we are striving to record and document the rich aviation history that has been a part of the great state of Missouri for the past century. From Benoist to Zenith, the aviation industry in the "Show Me" state has always been at the forefront of....
Pearl Harbor observed Sunday - NeighborNewspapers.com | On Sunday, the Commemorative Air Force Dixie Wing will host its fourth annual observance of National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. According to spokesman, Chris Madrid, attendees will get the opportunity to meet actual Pearl Harbor...
Fly to be Free - Nuts About Southwest | ...Recently, I was privileged to receive a letter from the daughter of such a hero. Vickie Clark wrote to Southwest Airlines on behalf of her father, Lieutenant
James Decker. Although Lt. Decker is 88 years old, his memories of World War II are vivid, and he had a desire to once again be able to sit in the cockpit of a P-47D Thunderbolt as he did during the war. Although he downplays the title of “hero,” he fits the role perfectly. This modest gentleman spent four years with the 27th Fighter Bomber Group in the 523rd Fighter Squadron, piloting his P-47D through 69 missions over Germany, Spain, France, Italy, and Yugoslavia. He also helped provide escort protection for General George Patton....Ruston man recalls B-17 raid during World War II - KTBS | ...One man from Ruston, La. knows all too well the power the B-17 bomber had when used in Hamburg. After a short stay in an internment camp, Wesselhoft, German by descent, American by birth and at heart - and his family were shipped to Hamburg Germany during the war. It was there where he experienced first hand what the B-17 can do....
PHOTOS: New pics of Shinshin, the stealth fighter - The Dew Line | New photos have appeared showing the wingless full-scale radar cross section model of Japan's Mitsubishi ATD-X Shinshin (or, ??, which Google somehow translates to "Mind and Body" -- can any Japanese speakers explain how "Shinshin" translates into two different words?). These photos were snapped surreptitiously (see the "no camera" sign in front of the model!) at...
T-50-3 Photo Bank - Black Horizon | The aircraft is equipped with a fifth-generation brand new avionics, integrating the function of "electronic pilot" and promising radar with a phased antenna array. This greatly reduces the load on the pilot and...
"The Middle People" UCAP #263 from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast | Three odd aviation stories... Dave & Jeb squabble about ADS-B... Jack rambles on about his recent airlines trip.
A Lot of People Out Flying from aroundthepattern.com by Tracy | ...This is just another shot of our high desert area around Reno – taken just west of Pyramid Lake as I headed back to the airport. The previous photos were taken just past the second ridgeline visible on the left side of this shot. The lighter v-shaped area is a glider port that I’ve mentioned in previous articles....
Aviation club makes children’s spirits soar - The Utah Statesman | When it comes to service, members of the Society of Aviation Maintenance Professionals (SAMP) decided to think outside the aviation box. Teaming up with the Happy Factory on Oct. 28, the USU club donated toys to young children. "Our club wanted to do something outside of just aviation maintenance," said Cade Cross, a senior majoring in aviation technology maintenance management and this year's SAMP president. "We came across this great service opportunity donating wooden cars and toys to elementary kids."...
Getting Girls On Board: WAI Chapter Outreach from WAI Connect Blog by Amy Laboda | NEW BEDFORD — Members of Girl Scout Junior Troop 65323 and Brownie Troop 80011 spent a recent Saturday morning at the New Bedford Municipal Airport with members of Atlantic Aviators, the Southeastern Massachusetts chapter of Women in Aviation, International. Led by chapter President
Tammie Irwin, the girls toured the hangar at Colonial Air, sat in several different types of airplanes, and spoke with women pilots, such as Cape Air's Elin-Mari Heggland....Blue Devil Airship is Getting a Super-High-Speed Optical Laser Downlink Upgrade - POPSCI | The Air Force’s Blue Devil airship--a recent PopSci Best of What’s New recipient and a potential answer to the military’s expanding data glut problem--is getting yet another high-tech upgrade. Via a federal announcement put out last week, The Register reports that DARPA will outfit the Blue Devil Block 2 ISR airship with up to two Free-space Optical Experimental Network Experiment (FOENEX) systems. Think of them like optical lasers that move through the air with the fidelity of a fiber optic cable....
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