Air Show funds Cornelius children's library programs - Oregon Live | Friends of the Cornelius Public Library received a $750 grant from the Oregon International Air Show to support fun and educational children's programs that encourage reading and literacy. One of the Friends' primary goals is to support an annual Summer Reading Program. This year 409 Cornelius children participated in the program, reading more than 6,250 books....
Podcast: Amelia Earhart Flies Again - AVweb | Amelia Rose Earhart, who works as a reporter at a Denver TV station, has been inspired by her famous ancestor to learn to fly. She's now re-tracing Earhart's 1937...
Evoking memories of a legend, Amelia Earhart will once again take to the skies over the United States, retracing the North American route of her namesake, distant relative and legendary aviatrix. Fueled by a love of adventure and passion for inspiring others to pursue their own dreams, this modern-day Amelia will fly a Cirrus SR22 from Oakland, California to Miami, Florida. Amelia's thrilling quest to recreate Earhart's trans-continental flight soars on Dec. 26, 2011. Why Oakland? In the late spring of 1937, Earhart flew from Oakland to Miami where she announced her bold...[Don't forget to check out Amelia's blog too! - which is where the photo came from]
Amelia Earhart Flies A Cirrus - AVweb | Denver traffic reporter Amelia Rose Earhart is distantly related to the famous aviator, and says her parents gave her that name to inspire her -- and it worked. Earhart already has earned her private pilot certificate, and this week she's flying from Oakland, Calif., to Miami in a Cirrus SR-22 to re-trace one of her namesake's famous flights...
Help with the Air Race Classic, June 19-22, 2012 - You Fly Girl | ...Most of us can't be sponsors, but we can certainly be volunteers...
TEASER TRAILER SNEAK PEEK! - THE BOB HOOVER PROJECT Team | An early teaser for an upcoming feature documentary film, currently in production, on the life of flying legend R.A. “Bob” Hoover – THE BOB HOOVER PROJECT....
Roadrunners Internationale December Newsletter | For those of you who did not attend the Roadrunners Internationale 22d reunion last October, the reunion was a major success. As Reunion Committee Chairman Harry Martin put the event together, it appeared at first...
How an A-12 Avenger II canopy landed on eBay [UPDATE] - Flightglobal | Seth Kettleman makes a living buying and selling surplus aircraft machinery on the web. In late November, a strange item popped up on GovDeals.com: an A-12 Avenger II fighter canopy. Kettleman had never heard of the A-12, but he was intrigued so he started Googling. He read that the highly classified A-12 had been canceled in 1991. He also read that the A-12 was canceled before McDonnell Douglas and General Dynamics assembled the first aircraft....
Jimmy Stewart showed us that ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ COMMENTARY William C. Kashatus - Times Leader | ...Stewart was a genuine hero, a highly decorated fighter pilot who flew 20 combat missions against Nazi Germany during World War II. After the war, he refused to act in any movie about the conflict or his role in it. It contradicted his personal code of honor. Instead, Stewart, a bona fide star before the war, renewed his Hollywood career with a film that celebrates life and has become an annual holiday classic...
Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum Displays Newest Attraction By Carmelo Turdo | The Greater St. Louis Air and Space Museum is sprucing up its hangar to accommodate its newest display
– an F-4 Phantom II cockpit restored by Joe Steimann. The aircraft cockpit, originally from a McDonnell Douglas F-4F stricken from the German Air Force after an accident, is now in the colors of the MO ANG 131st TFW formerly based in St. Louis. Other aircraft on display include...Scuba divers discover airplane submerged off coast of Palm Beach County Divers say plane may be from WWII - Kathryn Report | It was supposed to be a typical scuba dive. Randy Jordan, owner of Emerald Charters in Jupiter, grabbed his gear and ferried a small group of divers to a spot about four miles east of the Jupiter Inlet. "Completely random drop and the captain just dropped us right on it," said Jordan. "It was just totally by accident."...
Wings of Mercy pilot says volunteering is "highlight" - Smart Brief | Wings of Mercy pilots volunteer to fly medical patients for treatment. "The whole experience has been a highlight of my life," said pilot George Schraft. He recently flew a 26-year-old with brain cancer for treatment from Michigan to North Carolina....
Aviation Nation 2011 – Saturday By Parrothead Jeff | ... I’ve often seen the doors open for tours on
these E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning And Control System (AWACS) jets, but there’s always been too long of a line for my interest to override my dislike of standing in line. Thankfully, there was no line during the Saturday airshow so I jumped...US authorities give Santa Claus’s reindeer-powered sleigh the green light to fly - Pilot News Magazine | WASHINGTON — US aviation authorities have given Santa Claus’s reindeer-powered sleigh the green light to fly on Christmas Eve after a rigorous inspection of the “Santa One” aircraft, officials said Friday. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said safety inspectors at the North Pole have given the thumbs-up for Santa’s sleigh to cruise through US airspace and came away impressed with improved technology allowing Saint Nick to avoid other aircraft....
NORAD’s Santa tracker pulls out high-tech stops - Air Force Times | Come Donner! Come Blitzen! Come North American Aerospace Defense Command! That's right. This Christmas, NORAD, the premier U.S.-Canadian air defense directorate, is once again using its super high-tech tracking equipment to keep tabs on jolly old Saint Nick. For 365 days of the year, NORAD is serious about
tracking the skies over North America. But beginning at 3 a.m. Saturday, the generals and air-sovereignty commanders will be telling Virginia that, yes, there is a Santa Claus. And they've got the satellite tracking of his sleigh to prove it....Merry christmas everybody, hope a lot of cool jumps for 2012 ! - Bonjour Bluesky
How Does NORAD 'Track' Santa? - Space.com | For more than 50 years, NORAD — the North American Aerospace Defense Command — has used its high-tech missile-tracking systems to track Santa's progress during his annual Christmas Eve flight around the world....
Local students named winners in PennDOT Aviation Art Contest - Abbington Journal | ..."These students came up with very creative ways to show why aviation is important in Pennsylvania," said PennDOT Secretary Barry J. Schoch. "Considering we received more than 900 entries this year, these winners should be extra proud to be chosen as the best. I thank all of the students, parents and teachers who made this contest a success."...
Video: This Year @NASA: 2011 in Review - Spaceports | ...From the end of one monumental mission, to the beginning of a new era in the human exploration of our solar system....
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