Saturday, March 17, 2012

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Blue Angels take KSL's Brooke Walker for ride - KSL-TV | Formed in 1946, the Blue Angels are the oldest formal flying aerobatic team. The Blues fly six F-18 Hornet aircraft. Their high flying tricks, famous diamond formations and detailed dives are crowd favorites, admired from afar by an estimated 11...

Not a bad day at the office - St. George Daily Spectrum | GEORGE - Standing in front of his F-22 Raptor fighter jet Thursday, US Air Force Maj.- 10:00 pm ST. GEORGE - With the political futures of US Sen. Orrin Hatch, Gov.- 10:00 pm By Tom Zulewski- 10:00 pm ST. GEORGE - It's not uncommon for a prep team to...

Former pilots to be honored - St. George Daily Spectrum | GEORGE - As the Thunder Over Utah Air Show approaches, the volunteers at the Western Sky Aviation Warbird Museum are preparing for the event by setting up booths and cleaning up the antique airplanes that will be on display at the event....

News 13 takes to the skies with The US Thunderbirds - KSWT-TV | Thunderbird # 7 Colonel Jason Koltes took News 13 out for a flight on an F-16 to show us what its like to be a Thunderbird. 45 minutes in the air feels like a 10 min ride. We flew over the East restricted R2301 area. We dipped down low near a mountain ...

Air Show To Expand Flyovers To North OC - The Dispatch | OCEAN CITY -- Resort business leaders this week got an update on the 2012 Ocean City Air Show, including a plan to extend many of the show's flyovers to the north end of town. Ocean City Air Show Director of Sponsorship and Hospitality Sales Steven ...

Red Arrows flying back to Northern Ireland - Belfast Telegraph | Last year they pulled out of their appearance after Flt Lt Jon Egging (33), from Rutland, was killed when his Hawk T1 aircraft crashed following a display at the Bournemouth Air Festival. The Red Arrows are the undoubted star attraction of the Portrush ...

Lake Berryessa Seaplane Splash-in a Hit from Max Trescott on General Aviation | Popout The 1st annual Lake Berryessa Polar Bear Classic Splash-In, held February 4 in Napa, California was a hit, drawing a dozen seaplanes from northern California and Nevada. In addition to the video, you can view a photo album of the event. Ten Lake amphibians and two SeaReys flew in for the one-day event. Weather was excellent with...

PERRIS: Military jumps to build relationships with teachers - Press-Enterprise | Keith-Jones was one of 40 educators from the Inland Empire and across Southern California who strapped on parachutes and jumped out of airplanes this week at the Perris Valley Airport with the Army Golden Knights. The army event was aimed at building ...

Pilot Recounts Navy Experiences from theledger.com | Naval carrier pilot Scott Franklin flew F-14 jets during Desert Storm, the Bosnian War and the war in Kosovo....

PH BLOG: PISTONHEADS TAKES TO THE SKIES - Pistonheads.com | OK, let's get this out of the way first, the link between this aeroplane and Abarth doesn't go much further than a set of stickers on the skin and some money in the bank. This is sponsorship pure and simple, pilot Mark Jefferies getting petrol money to...

C-123K — Fairchild’s hybrid Provider walkaround and Lt. Col. Joseph Jackson’s MoH from Travel for Aircraft | Two days previously was the post about the original version of the Fairchild C-123 Provider, but the “Kilo” version is the one that made the Provider famous in Vietnam War — the C-123K powered by a pair of conventional reciprocating engines as well as a pair of turbojet engines. Unbelievably, it was also also the aircraft type flown into history by Joe Jackson (USAF) into the airfield at Kham Duc during the Vietnam War....

Aviation museum set for special day - Louth Leader | FANS of World War Two aircraft and photography are in for a special treat at the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre in East Kirkby this weekend. The popular local museum is set to hold a Special Access Photography Event on Saturday, March 17....

#57 Super Corsair Amazing Paint from Moose Peterson Aviation Photography | Out of the public view for the last couple of years, #57 Super Corsair is back out and on the road in 2012. One of the three remaining Super Corsairs and the only airworthy F2G-1, Racer #57 sports brand new paint in its color from Cleveland Race days of 1949. It was last seen at the Cactus Fly-in a week ago and is...

Friday's Fabulous Flyer: Lynda Meeks from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | Lynda Meeks, founder and executive director of Girls With Wings, Inc., is inspiring girls to achieve their full potential through aviation, emphasizing STEM education. The fun thing about life is that it can take you in directions that you’d never dreamed of—especially when a challenge is involved....

Fallen pilot 'has come home' from Air Force Link Top Stories | The pilot of a U-28A aircraft that crashed near Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, on Feb. 18 was laid to rest at the Air Force Academy Cemetery on March 12. Capt. Ryan Hall, 30, was a native of Colorado Springs and the son of 1970 Academy graduate Dennis Hall.

Air Force Week in Photos from Air Force Link Top Stories | This week's photos feature Airmen around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force.

RAF Chinooks on Salisbury Plain from Flight Image of the Day by Dominic Perry | Pictured on the recent Pashtun Dawn pre-Afghanistan deployment exercise is this pair of RAF Chinooks at the comically-named FARP (that's a Forward Arming and Refuelling Point to you) in the depths of Salisbury Plain in God's Own County*. Pic by duncan monk on Flightglobal/AirSpace.

Podcast: The Flying Musicians Association from AVWeb Podcast - Podcast | A few years ago, a group of pilots who play music got together in Texas, and now they perform at aviation events around the country. They also work to inspire young people to enjoy both music and flying as either a career path or as a practice that helps to hone their analytical and study skills. AVweb's Mary Grady spoke with John Zapp, one of the founders of the association, about their impressive growth and their plans for Sun 'n Fun.

Video: Skydiver Felix Baumgartner jumps 13.6 miles on path to world's highest jump this summer from Spaceports | On March 15, 2012, Austria's Felix Baumgartner jumped out of a space capsule from an altitude of approximately 71,580 feet as the Red Bull Stratos project moved forward into the manned flight stage in New Mexico. The 42-year-old rode the...

First Red Bull Stratos Test Flight a Success from Aerial Sports Feed | Felix Baumgartner jumped out of a space capsule from an altitude of approximately 71,580 feet today as Red Bull Stratos moved into the manned-flight testing stage in Roswell, New Mexico.

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