Tuesday, April 3, 2012

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U.S. Navy Blue Angels to conduct practice runs over the Hudson River today - The Jersey Journal - NJ.com | With fleet week less than two months away, the US Navy Blue Angels will be conducting low level practice runs over the Hudson River today, NY Waterways said in an announcement. Between 9:30 am. and noon,...

Blue Angels’ New York City Fly-By from AviationChatter.com by Pat Flannigan | Earlier today I heard a rumor that two Blue Angels F/A-18′s were going to make do a fly-by over New York. Fellow New York aviation geek Robert Cigliano tweeted that the Blue Angels had just been cleared for takeoff at nearby Farmingdale Republic Airport. Not one to miss the opportunity to go planespotting, so I grabbed my camera and ran out the door. Sure I was on the wrong side of the city, and maybe I was using the wrong lens, but the pictures turned out alright. Here’s what we saw from Brooklyn....

Former Blue Angels Support Staff Reminisces About Good Old Days - US Navy SEALs Blog & Information | A former support staff of the Blue Angels, the flight demonstration squadron of the United States Navy, reminisced about the team's early years. Retired Lt. JG “Jack” Swann shared his memories of serving with the squad. Swann hails from Birmingham, ...

Bird's eye view of the Tuscaloosa Regional Air Show - CBS42 | We got a rare opportunity to fly along with the US Army Parachute team, The Golden Knights. I got a new appreciation for safety belts while sitting as close to an open airplane door as possible without wearing a parachute...

Air show draws big crowds over weekend - The Crimson White | The U.S. Army parachute team, the "Golden Knights" performed Sunday afternoon doing tandem jumps at over 13000 feet. The Tuscaloosa Regional Airshow kicked off this weekend featuring the U.S. Navy Blue Angels...

Red Checkers perform over Wellington harbour - The Dominion Post | FLYING HIGH: Displaying amazing feats of precision with many a near miss, the Red Checkers amazed crowds on Wellington's waterfront. Wellington harbour was treated to a lunchtime display by the Royal New Zealand Air Force's aerobatic team the Red ...

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NZDF offering refunds - Manawatu Standard | LATEST: The New Zealand Defence Force has said it will offer refunds to people who bought tickets to its Ohakea air show after major traffic congestion on three arterial roads marred the event. On its Facebook page the NZDF wrote: "People that bought...

Elite jet team training in Lakeland - Bay News 9 | By Rick Elmhorst, Anchor/Reporter Despite the annual Sun 'n Fun being over, many south Lakeland residents are still receiving an air show. A performance jet team has been practicing in Lakeland for weeks before shows across the country...

Beer Flights from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt

Ohio Air News #179 - Charles Johnson | OAN #179 more fill using my pictures, my old pictures,  in just 13 days the Gathering will start and I'll have new pictures....

Doolittle Raider marks 70th anniversary of daring mission over Japan - Billings Gazette | Interest in Thatcher and the four other surviving Doolittle Raiders is high these days. America needed a morale boost in the months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, and the quick-strike bombings of key military targets in Tokyo and three other ...

Fort Campbell aviator stays personally grounded from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale | From the Leaf Chronicle.com: FORT CAMPBELL, KY. — Capt. Donna Buono is on the small side physically, but at the helm of an attack helicopter, she packs a mean wallop. And as the commander of a company of AH-64D Apache helicopters, she can level the playing field for U.S. forces in a heartbeat, by literally leveling the field....

Evan Flys - Evan | Hi all my aviation friends!  My school work has been keeping me a lot busier then I'm used to but I did get a chance to finish my research on the history of Eddie Andreini's P-51.  It was a fun and interesting project and I really appreciate the help I got finding all the information. Here it is.   There are more pics of it all finished here.  Evan

Dusk Patrol from Moose Peterson Aviation Photography | You could be flying over Italy, France, England or Germany, on dusk patrol in the year 1944 when the P-51D Mustang was in command of the skies. One of the most iconic aircraft of the 20th Century, designed in just over 120 days for the British, we are very fortunate that many still fly the skies. Most...

Antique Aeroplane Association of Australia National Fly-In Photos from Antique Airfield News | The Antique Aeroplane Association of Australia held their national fly-in at Cowra, New South Wales March 24 and 25th. AAAA member Don Harvie, who's currently flying a Chief and restoring a 1946 Auster J4, was kind enough to send us photos of the event taken by Maikha Ly. Don says that...

Don Parsons' Blog: Monosport takes to the air! from Antique Airfield News | The misty morning began cool and windless. Glenn Peck swung the prop the Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum's Mono Monosport - the sole survivor of its type as I held onto the tail. The engine took 3 swings to start in the cool morning air but soon settled in to its familiar Kinner idle. Glenn squeezed...

Spartan Executive Restoration - NC4444 from Another Time by Dan Linn | Being that I am addicted to vintage airplane pictures my buddy Keith helped feed my addiction by sending me pictures this weekend from the heavily vintage airplane populated airport in Creve Coeur Airport near St. Louis.  As soon as he sent the first picture my mind turned toward the Spartan that is under restoration on the field...

Sightings: VFA-41 "Black Aces" Super Hornet Makes Stop at TAC Air St. Louis from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation | By Mark Nankivil | Today's "sighting" is an F/A-18F Super Honet from VFA-41 "Black Aces" of NAS Lemoore, CA on the ramp at TAC Air St. Louis.  Military aircraft like this Super Hornet are occasional visitors to TAC Air at Spirit of St. Louis Airport in the Chesterfield Valley, where the nearly 7500 foot runway can accommodate most tactical military aircraft.  The...

4,500th F-16 will be delivered on Tuesday from Sky Talk by Star-Telegram | ...Fortunately, the conspirators succeeded, probably beyond any of their wildest dreams. On Tuesday, Lockheed Martin will celebrate delivery of the 4,500th F-16, the direct result of those late-night meetings....

"Alive and Well" UCAP #278-golf from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast
Sunday Morning, April 1. UCAP Daily. Jeb, Dave and Jack wrap up their week at the 2012 Sun 'n Fun Fly-in. Recorded April 1, 2012...

Flying car takes to the maiden flight from PR Newswire: Airlines / Aviation (translated) | The Dutch company PAL-V is able to complete the test flights of his flying car PAL-V (Personal Air and Land Vehicle) successfully. Within the last two weeks, several test flights ...

Monday Motivation from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | ...How far can a pilot be pushed before they break? Pilots are just people too. I hope...

NASA Creates "Virtual" Aeronautics Research Institute from AVwebFlash Current Issue | NASA plans to launch a "virtual institute" to solicit and foster innovative ideas that address technological challenges facing aviation and the U.S. air transportation system, the agency said on Tuesday. The NASA Aeronautics Research Institute (NARI) will be based at Moffett Field in California. "This institute will fulfill NASA's desire to make ...

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