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Blue Angels flight helmet among items at upcoming space auction - Examiner.com | ... box frame containing in-flight photo of Blue Angel #6 as well as an original piece of a Blue Angel team member uniform, a piece of F/A-18 sheet metal, and a 'one of a kind' signed 'A' sheet, used to release the aircraft for flight demonstration...

The WILD blue yonder - Shelbyville Times-Gazette | John Klatt and Jeff Boerboon of the Air National Guard's Aerobatic Team fly in formation with 2011 US National Aerobatic Champion Rob Holland. TG reporter Mitchell Petty (center) kept his lunch down on the wild ride over Rutherford County yesterday...

Wings and Wheels Fly-In on tap for Saturday - South Hill Enterprise | There will also be US Air Force A-10 tank-killing planes on display along with other military aircraft, such as a Vietnam era helicopter, in addition to a fly-by by US Coast Guard C-130s, remote control large-scale Warbirds demonstrations and a ...

Red Arrows to return to East Fortune Airshow - BBC News | The aerobatic team last visited the show at the National Museum of Flight at East Fortune in 2007. Tickets have gone on sale for the 28 July airshow. Grant MacKenzie, National Museum of Flight's general manager, said: "We're delighted that the Red ...

Airport panel advises one-year Reno Air Race permit from RGJ.com | An airport authority advisory committee has recommended a one-year license for the Reno National Championship Air Races if organizers meet conditions...

'Hero' pilot of 1989 DC-10 crash at age 69 - USA TODAY | When the crippled plane crash-landed in Sioux City, Iowa, more than half of the passengers survived — one of the most admired life-saving efforts in aviation history. After the accident, aviation experts conducted simulations in which test pilots and ...

Podcast: The Herb Stachler Story! | WARBIRD RADIO PRESENTS – P-47 pilot Herb Stachler (100+ Missions & Distinguished Flying Cross) sits down with Matt Jolley for an in-depth conversation about his life as a fighter pilot.  Hear Herb’s story first hand and find out what it was like flying the P-47 over the skies of Europe.  Be sure and see the [...]

Retired pilot, C-130E reunited after ‘64 rescue from Air Force Times | WARNER ROBINS, Ga. — The last time Mac Secord saw the C-130E that sits at the Museum of Aviation, it was in the Congo and riddled with bullet holes...

Timeless Voices - Andy Keech from eaavideo.org | Andy Keech was a pioneering skydiver in Australia, and one of the first Australians to do relative work. Today he is better known as the record-setting pilot of Woodstock, a modified Little Wing autogyro that holds 29 world flying records...

WWII fighter pilot gets Arkansas Tech degree - 71 years later - arkansasonline.com | LITTLE ROCK — An 89-year-old North Little Rock man whose college career was interrupted by a stint as a fighter pilot in World War II will finally graduate Saturday. Arkansas Tech says Charlie Ball will walk across the stage ...

Spitfire fly-past honour for Mr Biggin Hill Jock - This is Kent | However, there was a problem that had often plagued the mastermind behind the annual Biggin Hill Air Fair – overcast skies, torrential rain and the hint of a thunderstorm. However, there was a Spitfire waiting, the gleaming Mark 9 (Bromley Borough) ...

WWII fighter plane hailed the "aviation equivalent of Tutankhamun's Tomb ... - Telegraph.co.uk | We will need to go there with the Egyptian army because it is a dangerous area." Ian Thirsk, head of collections at the RAF Museum, said they are working with the MoD to make efforts to recover the plane. WWII fighter plane hailed the....

McDonnell F2H Banshee recce ship — smile, soon you will be a target - travelforaircraft | Soon after the Banshee's introduction the Navy order a variant for photo reconnaissance missions — and soon McDonnell delivered a distinctive and soon to be successful aircraft. The aircraft was the F2H-2P Banshee with a...

Air Combat Museum In Springfield, IL Receives Stearman, Embarks on Painting Projects from The Aero Experience | The Air Combat Museum, sponsored by George Alarm Company, has received a 1928 Stearman C3-B, one of the few remaining pre-Boeing Stearman aircraft.  The aircraft is in immaculate condition, and joins...

Aviation artifacts to be auctioned from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | RR Auction's Space and Aviation Autograph and Artifact Auction, scheduled to take place from May 17 to May 23, includes a selection of early aviation items, including an exceedingly rare, handwritten letter by Wilbur Wright from 1910 to a student pilot discussing their “new machines” which “are much steadier in strong winds and easier to control than the older ones.” Seldom seen and in-demand aviation artifacts...

Travis AFB concludes C-5 AMP from Air Force Link Top Stories | A 1970 C-5A Galaxy was the last C-5A to be converted from a "legacy" C-5 to an Avionics Modernization Program C-5 here May 6. AMP modifications, the first part of the modernization effort for the C-5, replace the old analog avionics with a digital avionics suite and add a digital architecture that connects everything...

“Viper Drone”: Boeing QF-16 aerial target for U.S. Air Force makes first flight from David Cenciotti | The Lockheed Martin F-16 is one of the most famous combat planes in the world. The 4500th example was delivered at the company Fort Worth production facility, in Texas, on Apr. 3. Since the first Fighting Falcon (nicknamed “Viper” in the fighter pilots community) exited the production line in 1975, the multirole aircraft has been produced in partnership with 5 countries and sold to a grand total of 26 countries. A further 70 F-16s for Morocco, Turkey, Egypt, Oman and Iraq, are currently on order, with the last plane expected to be delivered by 2016....

Floatplane Pilot Rescues Thrown Boater from Lake by Max Trescott | Rusty Eichorn and floatplane 1If it weren’t for a new Garmin 430 radio, Rusty Eichorn, and two other pilots wouldn’t have been flying over Pokegama Lake near Grand Rapids, MN just before dark last Monday. But because they were, the trio spotted a fishing boat in the middle of the lake making what Eichorn called a “death circle.” “I’ve lived on lakes most of my life and I’ve never seen a boat circling like that, but I knew what it was as soon as I saw it” said Eichorn...

Centre marks 100 years of oldest flying school - Sleaford Today | THE centenary of the Central Flying School is to be celebrated at Cranwell Aviation Heritage Centre on Sunday. Established on May 12, 1912 and currently based at RAF Cranwell, the Central Flying School is the world's longest-serving flying school...

International Learn to Fly Day May 19 from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | On Saturday, May 19, dozens of local events will turn dreams of flight into reality during the third annual International Learn to Fly Day, a general aviation community-wide effort to help people of all ages take that first step to discover flight. Find a...

Learn to Fly Day comes to Corning - Red Bluff Daily News | With the first Eagle Flight scheduled to take place at AirVenture 2012, initial response to the concept has been overwhelming from members and participants. "The joy, fulfillment, and sense of accomplishment of flying an aircraft is unlike anything ...

Nebraska Teen First Recipient of Scholarship Program Offered to TARC Participants - Sacramento Bee | The head of Gretna High School's rocketry team which participated in the Aerospace Industries Association's (AIA) annual Team America Rocketry Challenge (TARC), Aaron embodies the legacy of the young man for whom the scholarship is named...

New England: Help Robert be youngest helicopter pilot from Kathryn's Report | Raised: $110.00  Goal: $3,500.00   Created by Robert Pinksten on May 7, 2012   About This Page:  Hi! I'm Robert, I'm 15, I've been able to raise enough money with my family for 10 hours of helicopter lessons. I dream to be THE Youngest helicopter pilot in New England to solo (Fly alone) and one of the youngest in the country. For that I need 10 more hours...

Red Bull Stratos: high-altitude stunt or vital for future human spaceflight ... - MSN News UK | The next few years may see a tenfold increase in astronaut numbers through "space tourism", for example the Burt Rutan/Richard Branson led Virgin Galactic project. The flight profile for Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo will involve the craft and its six ...

Space Shuttle Replica to Make Houston 'Landing' June 1 from SPACE.com | Houston is about to get a space shuttle of its own: a replica from NASA's Florida spaceport....