Mission Accomplished! Red Bull Stratos and Felix Baumgartner break three world records from Aerial Sports Feed | On Sunday afternoon, in Roswell, New Mexico, Red Bull Stratos, the mission to the edge of space, made history, with Felix Baumgartner breaking the sound barrier during his 128,000 feet jump back to earth...
Felix Baumgartner from Latest Vlog | Felix Baumgartner broke a few world records last night as he floated to the edge of space in his helium balloon before jumping out and free falling back to earth. He is now...
Ace pilots dazzle Air Expo crowd Parkersburg News | Beverly Russell of Marietta brought her 4-year-old grandson, Bryer Russell, to the air show to spend a day together. "I have never been here myself," she said. "We decided we would do it together today. I like it and so does he." Kathy Shields of ...
From Pearl Buck to Pearl Harbor - National Post | Claire Chennault's Flying Tigers, famous for the shark teeth design on their P-40 Warhawks. This was a mercenary unit comprised of volunteer American airmen quietly supported by Roosevelt and sent to Asia to defend China against Japanese invasion...
Podcast: Women Get Organized from AVWeb Podcast - Podcast | Two and a half years ago, a loose-knit group of female pilot advocates organized a remarkably successful effort to celebrate 100 years of women in aviation. AVweb's Russ Niles spoke with Mireille Goyer, the driving force behind Women of Aviation Week Worldwide, about the natural evolution of those efforts at AOPA Summit in Palm Springs.This podcast is brought to you by Bose Corporation.
Culture Days: Female pilot Kucki Low broke the gender barrier from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale | Old news - from Sept 28, but still of interest ...
Slideshow: Helicopters have got the lynx effect - Cambridge News | An air museum's season of shows came to an end in spectacular style this weekend with planes and helicopters filling the skies. The Autumn Air Show at the Imperial War Museum at Duxford presented a thrilling aerodynamic finale to the end of the season...
Robert “Bob” Brookes 1941 - from Test & Research Pilots, Flight Test Engineers
Friesley Falcon — a rare bird from Travel for Aircraft by joseph_may | Friesley Falcon — a rare bird One of the first commercial airliners was the one-of-a-kind 1921 Friesley Falcon. Financed by Harold
Friesley the prescient airliner was designed and flown by Ben. M. Spencer and flew a commercial route, for a brief time connecting the two California cities of Gridley and San Francisco (130 miles/208km). Upon first [...]
Part Three of Crossing the Pond: A380 vs. 747-800i from Airplanista Aviation Blog by Dan Pimentel | (Editor's note: In part one of this series, I brought you inside one of Lufthansa's gorgeous Airbus A380 Superjumbos as I traveled eastbound to vacation in the EU. You rode with me in part two as we returned to the Lower 48 inside the newest Boeing 747-800i in the Lufthansa fleet. Now, I'll bring this series to a close...enjoy! - av8rdan) | I don't remember the precise date when I fell in love with flying, but I sure know the year, the place and the circumstances involved. It was 1966, and I was a curious 10-year-old living under the departure path of the Fresno Air Terminal...known as FAT. And yes, it was not an urban myth that more than a few...
Lost Johnny Carson Film Found At March AFB from Aero-News Network | Had Gone Unnoticed In A Military Visual Information Storage Facility For Decades It's been a long time since the last time Ed McMahon made his trademark introduction "Heeeerrreeee's Johnny." Which makes a recent discovery at March Air Force Base in California even more special. Once thought to be lost, a film reel containing clips of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, was discovered in a military visual information storage facility near the base and turned over to Jeff Sotzing, Carson's nephew, Oct. 1....
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