Blue Angels return to Florida International Air Show in Punta Gorda - The News-Press | PANCHITO – B-25The North American B-25 was one of the most famous twin-engine medium bombers used in World War II.MH-53 SEA DRAGONNicknamed the Jolly Green Giant, this helicopter was a workhorse in the US Air Force. Eventually replaced by the Osprey, ...
WINK's Haley Hinds flies with the Black Diamond Jet Team - Wink News | They're called the Black Diamonds - a seven-ship aerobatic civilian-owned jet team. And they let us tag along for one of their flights. My pilot was Lt. Colonel Jerry Kerby, a graduate of the US Air Force Fighter Weapons School...
Safety paramount for air show in Punta Gorda - The News-Press | Organizers say interest is high, especially because the Blue Angels are scheduled to perform. Lindsey Barfield, director of marketing
for the show, said the average audience is about 50000 spectators. “It drops to about 45000 when we don't have a major ...
Piper Celebrates 75th Anniversary at Sun 'n Fun from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | Vero Beach, Fla., March 23, 2012 - Piper Aircraft Inc. plans to display airplanes from its M-Class business aircraft and trainer product lines at the Sun 'n Fun International Fly-In & Expo in Lakeland, Fla. beginning March 27. The company will also use the iconic fun flying venue to begin a year-long celebration of its 75th anniversary, highlighted with the display of a vintage Piper Cub...
Pilots Upset by Bill for Cleanup After Tornado at Sun 'N Fun from theledger.com | Controversy, hurt feelings and bills linger nearly a year after a tornado spun through the Sun 'n Fun Fly-In, flipping planes, frightening visitors and damaging structures...
World War II aircraft will visit Oklahoma City - newsok.com | World War II bombers and fighters are among the planes that will be on display and available for flights at Wiley Post Airport in
Oklahoma City April 6-8...Mustangs & Mustangs Returns to Fantasy of Flight for 15th Anniversary Celebration from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | Nation's Foremost Experts on Ford Mustangs of All Eras and Vintage P-51 Mustang Planes will Come Together to Celebrate Shared Passion for Quality Aircraft and Automobiles- POLK CITY, Fla. - Anyone who loves the throaty purr of a Mustang engine or the whirr of an airplane propeller will find their version of heaven on earth at Fantasy of Flight on Saturday, March 31 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fantasy of Flight, Central Florida's premier aviation attraction and home to the World's Greatest Aircraft CollectionTM will host "Legends Having Fun: Aircraft and Automobile Show 15th Annual Celebration." ...
No Apache demo team in 2012 - Blikop112.nl (translated) | She won the overseas flying display during the Royal International Air Tattoo Fairford airbase on the British. The title of best overall helicopter flying display acquired them in England, the Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton...
Profile 64: FINAL - "Kingfish One" as flown by Leo Thorsness from WWII & Korean Conflict Airplane Profiles by JSM | You might be interested to know that this very F-105F survived the Vietnam War, which, if you read the stats in a prior post, is a rare thing. According to one statistician, an F-105 pilot in 1967 Vietnam had a 1:4 chance in completing his required tour of 100 missions. One could say that "301" was fortunate to have made it. However, I don't think the word "fortunate" could be used to describe what happened to Leo. Barely a week and a half after the mission that would result in Leo's Medal of Honor, he and Weapons Officer Harold Johnson experienced a dramatic shock. They were shot down and became Prisoners of War....
Flying the DC-7 - Aviation Mentor | I wrote a while ago about two vintage aircraft that used to sit between the taxiways on Oakland's North Field: A P3 Orion that was cut up for scrap and a DC-6 that was refurbished and flew out on its own power. I've never flown on either aircraft types, but seeing the DC-6 do a last low-pass over 27 left before departing to the East was like going back in time....
Golden Eagles highlight Women’s History Mont - Hookie | ..."We were a male and female mixed A-6 Intruder squadron from Key West, Fla. Even though the A-6 could land on carriers, our female pilots were not allowed to land on a flight deck. So we only participated in war games with carrier strike groups from locations like Virginia Beach, Key West and Puerto Rico. The progress today is amazing since now there are no restrictions to women in naval aviation,” Chesnutt said. Daring women in naval aviation history have cleared the way for future generations. In 1974, Lt. Barbara Allen Rainey earned her wings, becoming the first female naval aviator. On May 12, 1993, Lt. Cmdr. Kathryn Hire was assigned to Patrol Squadron 62 (VP-62), making her the first woman to fly the P-3 Orion and to serve in a combat air squadron....
Pa. kin of Earhart hopes new search yields answers - Pocono Record | For years, Terry Earhart, a 69-year-old Hampden Township resident, wondered what happened to his father's cousin, the high-flying, record-shattering daredevil of aviatrix Amelia Earhart, who disappeared over the Pacific Ocean in July 1937...
McChord Airmen set Operation Deep Freeze record from GlobalSecurity.org | Reservists from the 446th Airlift Wing and active-duty Airmen from the 62nd Airlift Wing completed a record-setting season for Operation Deep Freeze....
Former FAA Administrator Delivers Keynote at Phoenix Symposium from State Aviation Journal by Kim Stevens | Randy Babbitt, former FAA Administrator was on hand to deliver the keynote luncheon address for day two of the Phoenix International Aviation Symposium. Babbitt joked that today the audience was getting "Babbitt unplugged." The former FAA head was given a standing ovation after his talk which was, in his own words, unrestrained from the typical political strings
attached to a federal agency head. However, Babbitt didn't stray too far in his talk which briefly touched on NextGen, airports, system infrastructure, equipage and funding...Orbiter Autopsies - Airspacemag.com | What NASA will learn from dissecting Atlantis, Discovery, and Endeavour
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