Airshow kicks off tomorrow - General - New Straits Times | LANGKAWI: The 11th edition of the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition (Lima) 2011 takes off tomorrow.
Sikorsky S-92® "Legacy of Heroes" Demo Helicopter on Display in Malaysia By Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. | LANGKAWI, Malaysia, Dec. 4, 2011 -- /PRNewswire/ -- LIMA AIR SHOW – Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.'s S-92® "Legacy of Heroes" demonstration helicopter will be shown on static display at the Langkawi International Maritime & Aerospace Exhibition beginning Dec. 6. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX). The aircraft recently launched the second leg of its worldwide tour with its arrival in Singapore on Nov. 21. The helicopter will visit multiple countries to recognize first responders to natural disasters and other humanitarian emergencies around the globe while promoting the company's family of products including the H-92™ helicopter, the military version of the company's commercial S-92 helicopter....
Red Bull Air Show mystifies Lankans - FT | All roads down to the Unawatuna beach belt were bumper to bumper traffic as Sri Lankans all gathered to watch The Godfather of the Red Bull Air Races. Peter Besenyei, thrilled the crowds of Sri Lanka and performed to amazing aerobatics in the air....
Astronauts receive EAA recognition - DNJ | MURFREESBORO — "You hear stories of what it's like to be in space, but you never really know until you get there," said Dr. Rhea Seddon, a Murfreesboro native and one of the first women in space. Seddon presented several photos of her time in space during the EAA Chapter 419 annual Christmas Party Saturday evening at the Donald McDonald Hangar at Murfreesboro Municipal Airport. The EAA, headquartered in Oshkosh, Wis., is an organization for aviation enthusiasts....
'Jetman' lives the dream of flying - CNN | Yves Rossy calls it "the dream" -- the ancient human yearning to fly like a bird. Thanks to four tiny jet engines and wings with a span of two meters, the Swiss pilot has lived the dream. As "Jetman," he's flown over the Grand Canyon, crossed over the English Channel, and, most recently, soared above the Alps in formation with two jet airplanes....
EAA Wright Brothers Memorial Banquet | The amazing story of the P-38E Lightning Glacier Girl will be told through the eyes of Bob Cardin, one of its rescuers and restorers, at EAA’s annual Wright Brothers Memorial Banquet on Friday, Dec. 16. The banquet, held in the Founders’ Wing of the EAA AirVenture Museum in Oshkosh, will commemorate the 108th anniversary of the Wright Brothers’ first powered flight at Kitty Hawk, N.C....
Naval Air Museum Needs Help - Alameda Sun | It looks like a military antique store where nothing is for sale. But it's a museum trying to tell us a story. And quite a story it has to tell — from before the Navy arrived in Alameda to when it left, and the wars and military missions the Naval Air ...
Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum Acquires Home-Built Tern as Second Sailplane Exhibit from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | The Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum has acquired a home-built Tern sailplane from the Prairie Aviation Museum in Bloomington, IL for display in historic Curtiss-Wright Hangar 2 at St. Louis Downtown Airport. The aircraft was built by Steve Steckler of Evansville, Indiana in 1981, and later donated to the Prairie Aviation Museum. The aircraft will soon take roost beside the other...
US Defense Leaders Celebrate Naval Aviation - defpro | Papp recognized the commitment aviators repeatedly demonstrate as they put themselves into harm's way to protect or save others. Winnefeld, a career aviator, congratulated the aviation community for its first century of successes and looked to the...
Two Georgia men recall Dec. 7, 1941, attack - Atlanta Journal Constitution | Both saw plenty of combat after the Pearl Harbor attack, Kerr as a B-25 gunner and Schmutzler as a jungle fighter. Years later, with the horror they endured still scorched in their minds, both became chaplains and both are still throwing themselves ...
Veteran's History Project - Sidney Sun Telegraph | The plane most studied was the B-25 (a medium range bomber, plus front, rear, and top turrets and their 50 cal. machine guns). The next school was at South Bend, Ind., for more specific aircraft turret and armorer classes. Ray said he was responsible ...
Profiles of notable World War II veterans - ScrippsNews | Joseph Heller (1923-1999) -- Joined the Army at age 19 in 1942, served with Army Air Corps in Italy as a B-25 bombardier, flying 60 missions before he was discharged in 1945. Studied English for several years ...
Saluting their service - The Register-Guard | George “Rusty” Mayer, shown in his Army-issue flight jacket, was a gunner aboard a B-25 Mitchell bomber during World War II. Mayer wears the fleece-lined flight jacket during the war. For five days — eight hours a day — they walked, ...
Three Dayton artists chosen for online show - Dayton Daily News | William M. Heyward was a bombadier/navigator on a B-25 Bomber as a Tuskegee Airman in the 618 Bomber Squadron during World War II. “My love and pride for my father served as the inspiration for my featured artistic expression,” said Heyward, ...
Civvie Sub Hunters - Travel for Aircraft | The USA’s entry into WW II was dramatic and painful. The attack of Pearl Harbor provided the drama and much more pain would come later. One of the many areas we lacked for patrolling the seaboards for Kriegsmarine U-boats. Many commercial ships were sunk in sight of our eastern shores until the defenses were brought up to standards....
Breaking: Iran claims they have shot down stealthy RQ-170 Sentinel drone from Black Horizon by Steve Douglass | WSJ WASHINGTON—Iran said on Sunday that it shot down a U.S. stealth drone near the country's eastern border, but U.S. officials in Afghanistan said the craft could instead be an unmanned reconnaissance plane that veered off course and crashed last week. Iran's official Islamic Republic News Agency quoted a military official who said Tehran had downed an RQ-170 Sentinel, the U.S. Air Force's stealth drone....
Skys the limit for aeroplane pilot - Daily Examiner | The 74-year-old has just earned his bronze wings with Grafton Model Aero Club after starting with the club as a plane repairer. "Bronze wing is the start of wing colours; as you progress you get your silver and then your gold wings," he said. ...
Navy Looking for NASA's Next Astronauts - Military.com | "The first American in space: naval aviator; First man on the moon: naval aviator; Last man on the moon: naval aviator; First American to orbit Earth: Marine Corps aviator; First crew of the space shuttle: two naval aviators; The last crew of the space ...
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