Friday, June 1, 2012

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Airport readies for fly-in - hdnews.net | ...The day starts with a pancake breakfast from 7 to 9 a.m. Pilots eat free, and the public can join them for a freewill offering. The breakfast, along with a hot dog lunch from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., will by served by the Sunrise Rotary Club. More than 80 aircraft, including a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, are expected for the event, he said...

Big Bird Fly In near Ferndale features all sorts of R/C aircraft - Bellingham Herald | By MARGARET BIKMAN — THE BELLINGHAM HERALD The Bell Air R/C Flyers radio control model club sponsors its 23rd annual Big Bird Fly In from June 2-3 on South Red River Road near Ferndale. The Bell Air R/C Flyers radio control model club sponsors its...

US Army Golden Knights Calendar - US Army GK

Do it like Doolittle - AOPA Pilot | By Alyssa J. Miller Dancing a Jimmy Doolittle move with airshow legend Sean D. Tucker across the Virginia sky in an Extra 300 was so surreal, it made this aviatrix's heart flutter and head swoon. OK, maybe it was the negative-4-G outside loop...

Blades will take place of Arrows - This is Cornwall | The Blades – former Red Arrows pilots themselves – will be bringing their show to the sky above the harbour instead. Two of the Blades' four Extra 300 aircraft perform a daring move. Falmouth Harbour Commissioners (FHC) are sponsoring the performance...

IWM Duxford Jubilee Airshow 2012 - PlanesTV | Highlights from the IWM Duxford Jubilee Airshow 2012. Recorded for our Duxford Year 2012 double disc DVD and Blu-ray programme. The show celebrated the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in style, bringing together historic and contemporary aircraft from the past 60 years and beyond.

Fairford pilot takes centre stage at RIAT launch - Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard | A FAIRFORD pilot took centre stage at the launch of the world-famous Royal International Air Tattoo. Flt Lt Phil Bird made an impressive entrance when he flew into the Fairford airbase with BBC Blue Peter presenter Barney Harwood in an RAF Hawk...

Pilot's spirit to fly for ever over village - This is Somerset | A RED Arrows pilot who died shortly after flying over Drimpton last year has been permanently remembered by the village with a weather vane. Flight Lieutenant Jon Egging, 33, and the Red Arrows performed a fly-past for Drimpton for the village fun day...

Wilde About Texas: History takes flight through CAF - YNN, Your News Now | Jim Liles is one of the volunteers who keeps the Central Texas Wing of the Commemorative Air Force in the air. "We are in a World War II hangar built in 1943. [It's] one of the last ones remaining in the whole central part of Texas," Liles said...

N.C. Aviation Museum and Hall of Fame’s annual Fly-in June 9 - Courier-Tribune | ASHEBORO — Notable military Warbirds will be flown in for folks’ viewing pleasure Saturday, June 9, for the N.C. Aviation Museum and Hall of Fame annual Fly-in. The event will be held from 9 a.m.-4 p.m...

Aerobatic championship passes on county airport - Shore News Today | LOWER TOWNSHIP – There is good news and bad news in regards to the county's effort to host the 27th annual FAI Aerobatic Championships in 2013. “The good news is that the president of the international aerobatics club did visit and found the airport...

High-flying Pride: Weekend will honor Tuskeegee Airmen - post-gazette | Local officials and the community will gather Friday at Allegheny County Airport to pay tribute to nearly 100 local men and one woman who joined the famed Tuskegee Airmen unit during World War II. It is part of a three-day celebration of the 70th anniversary of the first graduating class to train at Tuskegee, Ala., in 1942...

Spy Docs: The Difference Between the A-12 and the SR-71 from Defense Tech by John Reed | Ever wonder what the real difference between the CIA’s A-12 Oxcart Mach 3 spy plane and its legendary successor, the Air Force’s SR-71 Blackbird? Well, these declassified documents from 1967 compare the two jets performance side by side. Basically, the Blackbird could carry a lot more spy gear and electronic countermeasures than the A-12 could...

One of FiFi the B-29’s large radial engines. Looks nice... from You like airplanes, too? by marvinsmith | One of FiFi the B-29’s large radial engines. Looks nice with the Lomo Sprocket Rocket 35mm camera...

Must read feedback from GWW AID 2012 - pt 2 from Life on the Road as a Pilot | I thanked a couple of people in Part 1 for their assistance before, during and after Aviation Inspiration Day, but it doesn't even come close to all of the people who joined in the effort to make AID a success. For example, Keith Jones, on our Board of Directors, and his friends, Victoria Neuville, U.S. Team Leader for Women of Aviation Week, and Rebecca Pickrell all helped to send out a massive number of emails to different organizations in the Twin Cities area to try to raise awareness and attendance. As usual, my dad also helped to let people know about the event and was able to bring in the not-so-local Minnesota Soaring Club on board. Phil brought his glider to the S. St. Paul Airport and in between storms set it up so people could take a look - it was a real hit!...

U.S. Air Force B-1 bomber flying low and fast in some of the best “Bone” photos ever taken from David Cenciotti's weblog | The following pictures were taken by Larry Titchenal, on Friday Apr. 27, 2012 during the practice day of the Fort Lauderdale Airshow, in Florida. Two four-engine variable-sweep wing strategic bombers belonging to the 28th Bomb Wing, based at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, made passes around 30 seconds apart...

Videos - stickandrudderwto | C-47 Arrival, C-47 Flight

Pilots group to let children ‘reach for the stars’ - Frederick News Post | "Reach for the stars" is an oft-repeated phrase, but the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association suggests trying for the clouds, instead. The organization will host its third annual International Learn to Fly Day on Saturday at Frederick Municipal Airport...

Felix Baumgartner: Purpose In Planning | Red Bull Stratos from Aerial Sports Feed | Chances are you think that Felix Baumgartner is either a pampered star with expensive equipment or an impulsive bundle of energy. This video will make you think again...

SpaceX Dragon Splashes Down in Ocean, Ending Historic Trip - theledger.com | Triumphant from start to finish, the SpaceX Dragon capsule parachuted into the Pacific on Thursday to conclude the first private delivery to the International Space Station and inaugurate NASA's new approach to exploration...

First photo of the Dragon upon its return from the ISS from The Original Rocket Dungeon | Posted on SpaceX's Facebook account about an hour before this post...

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