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NAA Announces Most Memorable Aviation And Space Records Of 2011 - Aero-News Network | Annual List Details The Most Memorable Aviation And Space Records Of The Previous Year | The National Aeronautic Association (NAA), as the official record keeper for United States aviation and space, each year tracks dozens of world and national record attempts. New U.S. records are certified and those qualifying as world records are then ratified with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), the world air sports federation. At the end of each year, under the direction of the Contest and Records Department, a list of the "most memorable" is created....

Four Former Recipients To Participate In Collier Trophy Selection - Aero-News Network | The National Aeronautic Association (NAA) announced last week that former Collier Trophy recipients Dick Rutan (1986), Joe Lombardo (Gulfstream – 2003), Bobby Sturgell (ADSB -- 2008), and Jeff Pino (Sikorsky Aircraft – 2010), will be among the aviation leaders who will participate in the...

Stuart show brings together car and aviation enthusiasts Feb. 12 - TCPalm | ..."Aviation is a big part of the Treasure Coast's history," MacDonald said, "so we wanted to begin celebrating that." The exhibit will feature about 15 privately owned vintage airplanes, including an OV-1 and a Stearman biplane used to train Army Air Force pilots in World War II....

Vintage WWII planes landing in Marathon - Keys Weekly | It’s been seven years since the Collings Foundation last brought their rare aircraft to the Florida Keys Marathon Airport, but next week, their historic aircraft will be back on display for three days. “These things are huge!” exclaimed Tony Daiuto, owner of Antique Air. “It doesn’t get much cooler than this.” The Wings of Freedom Tour, sponsored by the Stow, Mass.-based Collings Foundation, offers a rare...

Wonder of flight - Timaru Herald Headlines | It's taken 12 years, but the end is in sight for the aviation enthusiasts building the Zogling glider destined for the South Canterbury Aviation Heritage Museum. Building a replica of the glider that so many Germans learned to fly in after World War I has been a long-term project for the aviation enthusiasts, but the framework is now completed....

Tuskegee Airman a success in both military and business - AF.mil | The only African-American ace of World War II, and a former Tuskegee Airman, went on to have a career in the Air Force, as well as success in the business world. Lee A. Archer joined the Army in 1941 with high hopes of becoming a pilot, but was initially denied because of his race. When the Army's policy changed about a year later, Archer was accepted to the training program for black aviators at the Tuskegee Army Airfield in Alabama....

B-29/P-51 WWII Footage - PPRuNE | Academy Award-nominated documentary, which shows the 21st Bombing Command and its role in the B-29 bombing of Japan and the Pacific Theatre of Operations (PTO). 36 mins.

Remembering ‘Queen Bess’ - The Telegraph | In 1922, an 8-year old Arthur Freeman watched in amazement as a plane maneuvered effortlessly through the skies over Chicago at the hands of his aunt, Bessie Coleman. Thirty-year-old Bessie was the first black female pilot in the United States, and likely the world. Aviation enthusiasts of all kinds flocked to airshows to...

Virginia Rabung, 94, pioneering pilot flew to Batista’s Cuba - Chicago Sun-Times | In 1943, Virginia Rabung, a secretary from Chicago, trekked by bus to a small airport in McCook, marched into the office in her high heels and told the men that she wanted to fly. “They looked at her like she was from another planet,” said Shelley Ventura, governor of the North Central Section of the Ninety-Nines, an organization of female pilots....

Restored Cub Flies For The First Time Since The 1950s - Aero-News Network | But The Person Responsible For Its Restoration Will Never Fly The Plane | When a freshly-restored Piper Cub (similar airplane depicted) took off for the first time since the 1950s from Clearwater Air Park in Florida, the person largely responsible for its restoration could only sit and watch from his bedroom window. Walter Crosby, 74, has terminal cancer. His doctors say he has very little time left. But following the Friday the 13th flight of the airplane that was his passion, he managed to tell his friends and family "Enjoyed it immensely."...

Antique Airfield: Ryan STA Nose Bowls, Nebraska Chapter January 2012 Newsletter

Favor a Provost? by travelforaircraft | Toward the end of January I saw this Jet Provost for sale...

Cunningham: A Fort Worth aviation museum will have to be left to future generations - Star-Telegram | As the widow of a man who contributed to Fort Worth's heralded aviation history for more than 30 years, I am deeply saddened by the situation in which we find ourselves.  Our great city -- which owes much of its prosperity to military and commercial aviation -- has once again failed to deliver on a dream of a permanent world-class aviation museum....

Sukhoi Su-15s on the ramp - Planeshots | More in the archives!

Three-year reprieve for Bournemouth Aviation Museum - Bournemouth Echo | HARD-WORKING volunteers at Bournemouth Aviation Museum have won a three-year temporary stay of execution at their Adventure Wonderland site. Councillors at Christchurch Borough Council’s planning committee voted to allow the popular attraction to stay in the Green Belt car park of the children’s theme park opposite Bournemouth Airport....

Reproduction Focke-Wulf 190 A9 - Military Photos | Built in SoCal from factory plans and specifications and owned by Rudy Frascas. The BMW801-14 cylinder radial was not available and a P&W R2800 was used. The cowling is custom and cooling proved to be an issue...

EAA’s President and CEO Rod Hightower Grass Roots Tour in Columbia, SC February 9, 2012 - EAA 242 | ...You are invited to join EAA President and CEO Rod Hightower and EAA Chapter 242 for a fun, informative evening. We’ll be talking about the leading aviation issues of our time and what EAA is doing to grow participation in aviation....

Paraplegic Man Realizes His Dream To Fly - Aero-News Network | Specially-Modified Pipistrel Tarus Gives Him Freedom Of Flight | "Actually, I have always dreamed of flying," Jan Hercek began his story. "When I was in the third grade of elementary school, that's nine years old in my country (Slovenia, formerly Yugoslavia), I started to draw sketches of aircraft and pretend-calculations on how to make an aircraft fly. I lived in a small village, about 50 houses – no more than maybe 200 people. So I was pretty alone in my daydreaming about aircraft. I had no idea how to make my dream a reality, so I just drew sketches and...

EAA Chapter 1128 hosts aviation events for local youth - General Aviation News | Two Harbors Chapter 1128 of the Experimental Aircraft Association, in collaboration with Two Harbors High School and Lake Superior School District Community Education, recently hosted a two part aviation event for local youth....

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