has earned Emmy awards in two categories this year for Hemlock Films. Producer Kara Martinelli and Director Adam White won for Best Writing and Technical Achievement for the documentary film. The awards were bestowed at the 43rd Annual LGL Regional Emmy Awards, held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, IN. Western Reserve PBS was the airing station of The Restorers - They Were All Volunteers....Female pilots rock the runway at Airfest - WREX-TV | "When I was 13-years-old, my dad took me to an air show in Eau Claire [Wisconsin], and I got to see the Thunderbirds fly." -says Caroline. Ever since that day, Jensen knew she would one day be a part of "America's Ambassadors in Blue...
Thousands in Attendance for Rockford Airfest 2012 - WIFR | ROCKFORD (WIFR) -- All eyes were on the skies at the Chicago-Rockford International Airport Saturday afternoon as Rockford Airfest 2012 dazzled the thousands in attendance. "The extraordinary planes they get out here and the formations they can...
Opening the Show at Rockford, Illinois from US Army Golden Knights by dcook | A signature act of the Golden Knights’ demonstrations, is the opportunity to regularly open the Air Show by flying in the American Flag to our National Anthem. On Saturday, at the Rockford Airfest, Illinois, SFC Brian Sealing had the opportunity to do just that. Leaving the aircraft at...
Diamond Jubilee: Pilot takes controls of Swordfish - BBC News | A former Royal Navy engineer will realise a life's ambition when he takes to the skies in the cockpit of a Swordfish bi-plane for a Diamond Jubilee flypast. Glenn Allison, commanding officer of 727 Squadron based at RNAS Yeovilton, will pilot the torpedo bomber at the head of a diamond formation of nine Naval helicopters. The...
Air show soars above the crowds - Waterloo Record | It's these scenes that whisk Attila Papp, a media manager for the 2012 Waterloo Air Show, back to the time when he saw his first CF-18 as a boy, flying along Highway 401 while driving home with his dad. “I want them to feel the same thing I did when I...
CF – 18 Hornet Pounds Insurgents at the 2012 Kitchener Waterloo Air show - Rockwatching | When, “Clear to Engage” came over the radio, 2 CF – 18 fighters streaked by, sound following behind them and a massive chain of explosions rocked up the runway. Who would expect that at a sleepy little airport just outside Guelph? Check out the video of the CF – 18 Hornet bombing run here...
TeamUP Takes To The Skies - WJHG-TV | Leah Dunn, Joan Evert, and Linda Artman all have experience flying, but they are taking on a new challenge soon: competing in the the Air Race Classic, a cross country race that spans over 20 states and close to 2700 miles. The 3 women form the group...
Smoketown Airport readies for fly-in event - lancasteronline.com | The event coincides with International Young Eagles Day, and youngsters with a yearning to take to the skies will have an opportunity to fly in a small plane at no charge. As in past years, the fly-in will be combined with a...
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh – Where Something Special Is Waiting For You! from Midwest Flyer | by Dave Weiman No sooner than one EAA AirVenture Oshkosh ends, we are thinking about the one to come. This is especially true for EAA President & CEO Rod Hightower and the rest of the folks at EAA headquarters. BuT...
Sean Tucker and Oracle at Manassas Airshow 2012 from TAKEOFF TUBE
Air show, the barrage Tricolour Arrows - The Lighthouse - electronic newspaper | Starring the Tricolour Arrows, yesterday remained on the ground for the Republic Day, and today at Ostia, on the waterfront of the capital. Controversies involving the mayor of Rome Gianni Alemanno, who deserted the military parade...
Fairey Firefly Gear Collapse from Nordo News by Rich Davidson | This weekend at The Wings Over Gillespie Airshow, the only operating Fairey Firefly in the US suffered a gear collapse on landing. To the typical airshow attendee this may look like a disaster. The same person may also fall prey to the notion that operating airplanes like this places them in unreasonable danger and therefore maybe they shouldn't be flown. Myself, I think we should fly and rebuild them until the very last one is no more....
Plane Experiences Mechanical Issues at Air Show - NBC San Diego | By Monica Garske The Wings over Gillespie Air Show has a little more meaning for the people and planes taking part, one man in particular. A vintage military plane experienced some sort of mechanical failure at the Wings Over Gillespie air show at...
Video: Heinkel He-115 Recovered from Apron 6 | This thing looks very promising! A Heinkel He115 is finally recovered after 70 years. In fact it’s still looking quite good. The floats and an engine are missing but otherwise it’s in a rather good condition. In the second video you can see there’s even ammunition left in the gun...
Wayne Frye is Kentucky Aviation Hall of Fame inductee - Ledger Independent | Kentucky native and Ohio resident Wayne Frye will be officially inducted into the Kentucky Aviation Hall of Fame in October. MANCHESTER, Ohio | Inclusion in the 2012 Kentucky Aviation Hall of Fame came as a surprise to Kentucky native,...
The Eiffel Tower will wait, this moment will not from Amelia Earhart | Thoughts on perspective, patience, purpose and passion have been bouncing all over my brain today as I contemplate what it means to succeed at a goal. Often times, we enforce deadlines upon ourselves, arbitrarily, and then get angry at ourselves when we don’t meet them. The most beautiful thing dawned on me this afternoon as I washed the dishes, looking out the kitchen window: This grand, lovely mess of a life is gorgeous and is throbbing with changes and glowing surprises...
Yankee Air Museum to visit Pellston Airport - Harbor Light | The Yankee Air Museum has announced the planned route of Flight Experience rides on board its B-17, “Yankee Lady,” when it visits Pellston Regional Airport in early June. The meticulously restored World War II Flying Fortress will be at Pellston...
CV-1 — first U.S. air craft carrier — the USS Langley - travelforaircraft | Named to honor
scientist, inventor and aviation pioneer Samuel Pierpont Langley the U.S. Navy's first aircraft carrier was a conversion of the collier USS Jupiter (AC-3) to continue the development of naval aviation. She had an elevator and a catapult — maintenance was carried out on the hangar deck which was immediately below the flight deck where the compliment of aircraft was normally borne. The early convention in carrier design was to have a clean deck, which meant the stacks were angled outward from below the flight deck — a flight deck with no island as well.Space Shuttle Replica Takes a Trip To Houston from Warplanes Online Community | The life-size replica of the Space Shuttle started its journey early morning on Sunday and arrived at the NASA visitor center. The one mile road trip was originally scheduled to take three hours took twice as much time to complete. The Space Shuttle replica, known as the Explorer, was loaded onto a 144-wheel transporter...
Shuttle is see-worthy - New York Post | The Enterprise was loaded onto a barge at John F. Kennedy Airport early in the morning and set sail for Port Elizabeth, NJ. That's where it will be until tomorrow, when the shuttle is scheduled to float off to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum,...
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