Argentinean Ensign's dreams take flight in Baltimore - DVIDS | The Blue Angels have long served as inspiration to the airborne hopeful. “Ever since I was a small child I have been drawn to the Blue Angels and dreamed of ...
Up to 20000 attended air show - Hamilton Spectator | Hamilton Airshow officials estimate up to
20000 attended the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum's showcase of historic aircraft, with none of the parking and...Volunteers keep show up in air - Marlborough Express | The Classic Fighters airshow organisers are putting the call out for more help to ... said people could see things at the airshow they could not see elsewhere in ...
B-17 flights available - Urbana Daily Citizen | The Yankee Air Museum's WWII B-17 bomber "Yankee Lady" will be giving rides lasting about 45 minutes from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 23 and 24 at Grimes Field, ...
Cubs Fly Home - AVweb | The fly-in has been held since Piper closed in Lock Haven and operations were centralized at the current facilities in Vero Beach, Fla., which Piper has occupied ...
Wingman from General Aviation News by GAN Staff | Special to GAN By DON PISCHNER My day with Denny Hague: He's a former Air Force Officer, aviator, fighter pilot, and hero with an outstanding career who has participated in several astounding exploits. During Vietnam, he flew 189 combat missions. He and two fellow airmen flew cover for military pilot Bernie Fisher, who's life-saving bravery earned him the Air Force Medal of Honor. It's been my good fortune to have...
Fargo Air Museum to display rare warbird planes this week - In-Forum | FARGO – The Fargo Air Museum will be displaying a rare collection of flying warbird planes starting Monday, according to Executive Director Fran Brummond....
If you want to know what an airbase in Central Europe was like during the Cold War, visit Weeze (ex RAF Laarbruch) from David Cenciotti's weblog | During early 1945 the allies were building up for the final push across the Rhine and found themselves in need of several airfields close to the front line. Advanced Landing Ground Goch (B-100) was built about 70 km (43 miles) from Dusseldorf near the border with the Netherlands, by the British Army to perform this task. A simple 1,180 meter (3,600 feet) runway with a 983 meter (3,000 feet) grass runway as an emergency strip was all there was....
“Negative Ghost Rider, the pattern is full”. Aircraft carrier’s recovery procedures from David Cenciotti's weblog | ...Let’s briefly see how recovery works on supercarriers. All aircraft returning to the carrier have to enter the Carrier Control Aerea, a circular airspace within a radius of 50 nautical miles around the carrier, extending upward from the surface to infinity. Within the CCA, all traffic is usually controlled by the CATCC (Carrier Air Traffic Control Center) and inbound flights are normally in radio contact with the “marshal control” who radios clearances within the marshal pattern....
Rapid launch exercise at Minot AFB: 17 B-52 heavy bombers take off in sequence to test mission readiness from David Cenciotti's weblog | A 17-ship rapid launch from Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, was the highlight of Constant Vigilance, an exercise held on June 11, 2012 to test the B-52H Stratofortress force’s mission readiness. The Cold War-like quick reaction launch included B-52 bombers from both Minot and Barksdale AFB, Louisiana that took the air one by one for a subsequent training mission...
F-22 Whistleblower Wants Job Back from AVwebFlash Current Issue | The lawyer for one of two F-22 pilots who went public with their concerns about breathing the air supplied by the aircraft is calling for his full re-instatement and the withdrawal of a letter of reprimand on his record. The Newport News Daily Press is reporting Virginia Air National Guard Capt. Josh Wilson complained to his superiors that a charcoal filter installed in the fighter's oxygen system to combat other contamination...
Flying Musicians win grant from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | The Flying Musicians Association has won a grant from the Wolf Aviation Fund to help bring more interested young people into flying through a love for music...
Hawker Beech Survival Plans Revealed from AVwebFlash Current Issue | Hawker Beechcraft plans to hang on to its piston and turboprop business but will shed at least some of its turbine production under three reorganization scenarios presented to bankruptcy court last month. The Wichita Eagle reported that a common thread of the reorganization plans is the demise of the Premier jet and the Hawker 200, which is under development. One plan eliminates jet production entirely, another retains the Hawker Beechcraft 900 and flagship 4000 while the third sacrifices the 4000 and keeps only the 900...
'She can teach anybody to fly' - Peoria Journal Star | For Sunday's annual Father's Day Fly-in/Drive-in Breakfast at the Marshall County Airport, Barb Brusseau of Chillicothe was in her familiar seat selling tickets ...
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