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World-flight Pipistrel suffers structural damage from AOPA Pilot Blog: Reporting Points by Al Marsh | Matevž Lenarcic of Slovenia has landed safely in Australia at Ayers Rock Connellan Airport in central Australia after suffering in-flight structural damage on his quest to fly around the world in a Pipistrel, but detour for ecological surveys along the way. He has already covered a distance equal to that around the globe, with half his trip still to fly. Serious vibrations alerted him to problems ...

RIP Milblogger Carroll LeFon (aka Lex) of Neptunus Lex from Milblogging.com | I received some sad news earlier today that retired TOPGUN pilot US Navy Capt. Carroll LeFon, better known as Lex of the military blog Neptunus Lex, was killed Tuesday when a jet he was flying crashed at Naval Air Station Fallon in Nevada...

Blue Angels Bring Winter Thrill To California City - NPR | For 45 years, the city has been the winter training home of the Navy's flight demonstration squadron. The "Blues," as the locals call them, have been an enduring source of pride for the desert community. The "hay bales" is a dusty crop field a stone's...

2012 GA Award Winners to Be Honored at AirVenture from EAA Airventure | The General Aviation Awards program announced this week its 2012 national winners who will receive their awards this summer at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2012. They include Marvin Hornbostel, of Junction City, Kansas,...

EAA 2012 Hops & Props from eaavideo.org | Highlights from the 2012 Hops and Props celebration.

Change in air for area show - Parkersburg News and Sentinel | WILLIAMSTOWN - The 2012 Air Show is likely to be different from previous events as the new committee is looking to make positive changes. Among changes is a new organizer. "Donna (Rusche) stepped up to the table to lead the air show this year," said Terry Moore, manager of the Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport. "She has some new and fresh ideas."...

Letter gets girl US spyplane treat - ic CheshireOnline | Luckily the Monkleigh Primary School pupil keeps a close eye on the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) website and spotted the plea from organisers trying to track her down. After her mother, Lorna Carter, got in touch it was arranged by the crew of...

AIRSHOW NEWS: Wings & Wheels to Showcase Aerodromes Iconic History at 2012 Show from Flightline UK | The historic setting for one of the UK’s most popular family days out, ‘Wings & Wheels’, is celebrating its 70th anniversary in 2012. As the airshow returns to Dunsfold Aerodrome (home to BBC’s Top Gear) on Sunday 26th & Monday 27th August 2012, the event will showcase some of the airfield’s iconic aviation and motoring history....

Cactus Fly-In 2012 from PHXspotters by Felipe Garcia | Last Friday and Saturday the Cactus Fly-In was held in Casa Grande (CGZ). One of two fly-ins in the area that that, the other being the monthlt Coolidge Fly-In, it was packed with fun and lots of airplanes. I was able to squeeze those two events and a visit to Sky Harbor all the same day (as well as the drive to and from Prescott), mainly to see how much I could handle and also for the variety....

Women are Key to Aviation’s Future - Scott Spangler | Did you know that March is Women’s History Month, and that Women of Aviation Worldwide Week started March 5?  I didn’t, until a friend shared  an e-mail from Penny Hamilton, a pilot with a Ph.D. who’s invested a lot of time studying just...

A Week To Celebrate Aviation's Women from AVwebFlash Current Issue | Over the years, various events to recognize women's contributions to aviation have been held in March to coincide with Women's History Month, and this year, many events are scheduled for this week, in honor of International Women's Day on Thursday. A group based in Canada has...

Happy Women Of Aviation Worldwide Week! from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale | From Women in Aviation Week: Happy Women Of Aviation Worldwide Week! | “I was annoyed from the start by the attitude of doubt by the spectators that I would never really make the flight. This attitude made me more determined than ever to succeed,” said Harriet Quimby before taking off for France....

Warhawk Air Museum A Trip In time from Pacific Flyer | Visiting the 40,000 sq. ft. Warhawk Air Museum at the Nampa, Ida. Municipal Airport is akin to taking a trip back into time. The 20,000 sq. ft. WW II wing allows visitors to experience the 1940's through thousands of personal collections and memorabilia, airplanes, trucks, engines and equipment that was used during the war years. It was a war that had a beginning, a known enemy, and an ending....

Mayor, military officers detail next month's War of 1812 bicentennial events ... - NOLA.com | Tall ships and modern warships from an array of nations will dock along the Mississippi River in downtown New Orleans, and the Navy's Blue Angels flight demonstration team will perform over Lake Pontchartrain. US NavyThe USS Wasp,...

New Smithsonian Exhibit on Hindenburg and Titanic from Airships: A Hindenburg and Zeppelin History Site | A new exhibit, Fire & Ice: Hindenburg and Titanic, opens March 22, 2012 at the Smithsonian National Postal Museum in Washington D.C. 2012 is the 100th anniversary of the Titanic tragedy, and the 75th anniversary of the Hindenburg disaster. Fire & Ice: Hindenburg and Titanic at the Smithsonian National Postal Museum | The Hindenburg and Titanic were the world’s largest mobile post offices in their day, and zeppelin mail played a...

Renovated airport terminal dedicated and named after aviation pioneers in Augusta - The Republic | A newly renovated airport terminal in Augusta is being dedicated and named after a pioneering aviation family in the east Georgia city. The Augusta Chronicle reports (http://bit.ly/zH4h4U) the terminal at Daniel Field is being renamed Boshears Terminal...

"Slip Slidin' Away" UCAP #275 from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast

C-130 Hercules: World’s Most Versatile Warbird? | Warbird Wednesday from Leaving Terra Firma | Much like my obsession with the U2, which has outlived another ‘replacement,’ I am always amazed by the C-130. Obviously, considering its long life of service, so is the military. I’m hard pressed to find any area where the C-130 doesn’t do something amazing. I guess maybe if you compared it to a Cessna 150 in a fuel economy test it might not come out on top. That said, I challenge you to put 92 people or 2 armored personnel carriers in a Cessna 150 and make it off the ground...

43-37716 – B-17G “5 Grand” - warbird-central.com | B-17G 43-37716 “5 Grand” flew its combat tour with the 338th Bomb Sq, 96th BG. Much publicity surrounded the aircraft when it departed the Boeing factory, the crew being handpicked from among members of the 486th BG who were native to the Seattle area. 2LT Edward C. Unger was her first pilot, but the aircraft was taken from them upon arrival in England and assigned to the 96th....

Stahr's Flying Works of Art (Part 2):A Tedious Process Only an Artist Could Love from Av8rdan's World of Flying | In part one of this article series, I introduced you to John Stahr, one of this country's most prolific aviation airbrush artists. He's also a member of my EAA Chapter in Eugene, Oregon, and a hangar row mate at KEUG....

Unmanned aircraft conference April 17-18 at Sinclair College - Dayton Daily News | DAYTON — Registration is open to businesses, military personnel and others interested in attending an April 17-18 conference on unmanned aerial systems, which include the aircraft and their sensor systems. Sinclair Community College will host the Ohio...

RC club a draw for aviation lovers - Daily News - Galveston County | “Aviation is in the blood,” Ammons, 52, said. “Since I was 10 years old, I've been thrilled to get wind under the wings. It's a passion more than a hobby.” Ammons, an avionics technician manager for what was until Saturday known as Continental Airlines...

NASA Tweetups Are Evolving. It's Time To Be More Social from NASA Breaking News | NASA is expanding its successful program of Tweetups to include more social media platforms, broadening the agency's use of social media to engage audiences about the agency's mission of exploration and discovery.