NAHF Selects “Class of 2012” - Flying Magazine | With the year coming to an end, the National Aviation Hall of Fame (NAHF) has selected the “Class of 2012,” the new members which will be enshrined into the NAHF in a ceremony next fall. Like most years in the 50-year history of the NAHF, four aviation pioneers are being honored for their contributions to aviation. These pioneers were selected by the NAHF Board of Nominations, which includes 120 air and space professionals nationwide....
AirFest 'air boss' Cutshall dies at 62 - Tampa Bay Online | If you have ever been to AirFest at MacDill Air Force Base, watched fighters zoom over Raymond James Stadium or heard the thumping drone of military helicopters over your house in Brandon, you have witnessed the handiwork of Richard "Dick" Cutshall, a retired Air Force captain and aviation pioneer. Cutshall — who helped launch AirFest in 1987 and since then served as its "air boss," running the show — died on Christmas Day after more than a decade battling breast cancer. He was 62....
A difficult promise and a lot of hard work… are you game? - Flying with Amelia | Never before, in 
my nearly twenty-nine years have I experienced such a straight line of learning in direct coordination with practical application of a skill. Just three months ago I was sitting in my downtown apartment, feeling like my aviation goals were out of reach. I knew I wanted to do something big but I didn’t know what it would be. The flight around the world will come in time, but there had to be ways that I could become a smarter, more flexible pilot in the meantime. When the...
Award Winning Skydiver and Aviator to Speak at Amelia Earhart Museum Benefit Luncheon - Alabama Aviator | ...the Alabama Ninety Nines and the Birmingham Zonta Club joined to help support Amelia Earhart's Birthplace Museum with a benefit luncheon. On Saturday, January 7, 2012, the Ninety-Nines continue their fund-raising efforts to maintain and improve this treasured National Historic landmark and its contents. Despite living in many different citie...
WATCH: 2011 USN Year in Review - YouTube via AirShowBuzz
Reno Air Racing Association Thanks Nevadans for Their Strength - News4 | The Reno Air Racing Association wrote the following letter thanking fellow Nevadans. The year 2011 brought unprecedented adversity to northern Nevadans. And, while we have shared in the collective grief of our friends and neighbors over the numerous tragic events that have befallen us, we have been absolutely humbled and awe-inspired at the resiliency and...
2011 Year in Review - By Kevin Garrison | AVweb | ...Reno air racing pilots and fans have known the risk and done it anyway for decades because they are Americans who knew the risks and love it. Let's all hope they keep racing and don't let anybody shut them down....
F2Gs. Yes. As in "multiple." - AAFO | I think we were the first to shoot both flying F2Gs today... (I could be wrong, but listening to the logistics today, it seems like it...)...
Wild ride for UCRA this year - Herald-Citizen | 2011 was a year of ups and downs for the Upper Cumberland Regional Airport. The community mourned the death of a local pilot who was killed when his plane crashed during an airshow in Florida. Lightning struck twice at the airport causing tens of thousands of dollars worth of damage. Adults and children alike delighted in an airshow that attracted large crowds....
Gov't to Pay Family $17.8M for Military Jet Crash - ABC News | A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the U.S. government to pay $17.8 million to a family that lost four members when a Marine Corps fighter jet crashed into their San Diego home in 2008....
McAllister Museum donation to help expand display space - Yakima Herald-Republic | YAKIMA,
Wash. -- The McAllister Museum of Aviation accepted a $5,000 donation Wednesday with an eye toward bringing home a piece of local aviation history. The donation from PepsiCo. and the Noel Corporation, the local Pepsi bottler, will help start a museum expansion effort aimed at creating a suitable display...Museum Hosts Fun Events During Vacation Week - Patch | On Tuesday, the New England Air Museum was filled with families checking out the planes and engines, climbing into airplane cockpits and testing flight simulators. Gina Marie Alimberti, gift shop manager at the New England Air Museum, said the holiday week...
St. Louis County Lewis & Clark Branch Features Display of World War II Japanese Airplane Models By Carmelo Turdo | The Lewis & Clark Branch of the St. Louis County Library featured a display of World War II Japanese model aircraft in remembrance of the attack on Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941. The models, in1:72 scale, were made by Mr. Frederick Busse, and have been in a handsome case in...
Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum Builds Relationship With St. Louis Science Center -
News | The Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum is building a mutually positive relationship with the nearby St. Louis Science Center. The two organizations have worked together in the past, with the Science Center previously exhibiting space memorabilia from the Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum’s premier Mercury and Gemini space program artifact...Monocopter Mk2 - The Original Rocket Dungeon | Check out this cool carbon fiber monocopter. If you click through you will find additional photos.
He helps Young Eagles fly - Democrat Herald | Tim Corban of Brownsville has reached a goal he set last year, to put 200 youngsters in the air by the end of 2011....
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