Blue Angels command change to occur - WALA-TV FOX10 | NAS PENSACOLA, Fla. (WALA) - Whether they're soaring through the skies, pulling off death-defying maneuvers for the crowds at one of their airshows or taking a lucky civilian chosen for a ride along, the Blue Angels are always an amazing example of ...
US Nationals Champions from US Army Golden Knights by wfallin | The Golden Knights Competition Team just returned from a very successful 2012 US National Skydiving Championships,
held in Eloy, Arizona. 50 Gold medals and 8 Bronze were won by the Golden Knight Competitors in 4 different Formation Skydiving events- 4-Way, 8-Way, 16-Way, and 10-Way Speed. Members of the GK 8-Way Team also earned the Combined Overall Champion Gold Medals for the second consecutive year. Perhaps....Arizona Aircraft Expo this weekend from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Arizona’s aircraft dealers are working together to create the 4th Annual Arizona Aircraft Expo, where the latest models of general aviation aircraft will be on display at one venue Nov. 9-10 at Landmark Aviation at Scottsdale Airport (SDL), including models from Cessna, Cirrus, Beechcraft, Eclipse, Embraer, Piper, Pilatus, Lancair, Quest, CubCrafters, Husky and more. This free event also...
WATCH: World War II Bomber Flight Over Tampa Bay - WUSF News | The "Memphis Belle," a replica World War II B-17 bomber flew over Tampa Bay today, carrying a bombardier who served aboard a similar craft for 28 missions over war-torn Germany. "I couldn't control myself. I was on the plane and tears came to my eyes...
Bomb unit's reunion lands at Willow Run Airport - AnnArbor.com | In a Friday, Oct. 5, photo, Chuck Jones, a B-17 pilot and a member of the 483rd Bomb Group, looks over a B-17 G model, during their annual reunion while visiting the Yankee Air Museum at Willow Run Airport in Ypsilanti. AP Photo/The Detroit News, Steve ...
Flying Fortress lands in Tampa - MyFox Tampa Bay | It's best known as the Flying Fortress: The B-17 was the heavyweight aircraft of World War II. Almost 13,000 were produced during the war, but only 13 remain operational today. One of those is making a landing in Tampa this weekend, as a mobile museum ...
World War II veteran one of the 'lucky ones' - Fairport-E.Rochester Post | Soon after earning his official classification in Memphis, TN, DeRosa and a group of 10 other officers got on a B-17 aircraft bound for England. He flew 33 missions during the war, and all but one of these assignments was in Germany. His duties in the ...
Atterbury Bakalar Air Museum Holding Open House Saturday - NewsTalk 1010 WCSI | An open house is being held Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Atterbury Bakalar Air Museum. Jim Sellars explains the open house is to celebrate 20 years. As part of the open house, the Jeanne Lewellen Norbeck Memorial Chapel will also be open...
Brian George Watts 1928-1996 from Test & Research Pilots, Flight Test Engineers by
the_tartanterror | Brian George Watts was the Flight Engineer on the first flight of Concorde 002 G-BSST back in 1969....“Squadron Leader F.R.D. Swain is helped into his high... from x planes | ...high altitude pressure helmet in front of his charge, the...
Biplane Evermore: Video of Addison Pemberton's Boeing 40C from Antique Airfield News | ...All video and almost all photos in this production were shot here at Antique Airfield during the 2012 AAA/APM Invitational Fly-in....
WAI Member Wins AVTRIP Award from WAI Connect Blog by Amy Laboda | Avfuel’s popular pilots rewards program, AVTRIP, rewards members with more than just points and cash awards. Every year since 2000, AVTRIP has awarded a lucky pilot with a $2,000 scholarship to put towards continuing aviation education....
Photos: Moody honors 71 years of Flying Tigers history - ACC | Guests at the 2012 Flying Tigers Reunion dinner listen to Brig. Gen. Thomas “Big” Deale, Air Command and Staff College commandant and Spaatz Center for Officer Education vice commander, speak at the...
Christmas gifts from the last flying Vulcan from General Aviation News by Janice WoodA range of Christmas gifts has been launched to help raise money for the last flying Vulcan, including books, models and the chance to have your name on the historic bomb-bay doors....
ALPA Reacts To Hollywood's "Flight" from AVwebFlash Current Issue | It's not often that Hollywood releases a major film with an airline pilot as its main character, and since the pilot at the center of Flight has a major substance-abuse problem, the Air Line Pilots Association has issued a statement to reassure viewers. "Fiction on a movie screen doesn't represent a profession in the real world," said ALPA. "The more than 50,000 ALPA pilots in the United States and Canada embody the highest possible standards of training and professionalism. … a thrilling tale should not be mistaken for the true story of extraordinary safety and professionalism among airline pilots." The film has won mostly positive reviews from critics and an 80-percent audience rating on the Rotten Tomatoes film-review site....
Plane Hits Car, Caught On Video from AVwebFlash Current Issue | Student pilot William Davis was on final approach to land at Northwest Regional Airport in Roanoke, Texas, on Saturday, when his Skyhawk collided with an SUV that was crossing the airport. Davis's wife, Kandy, was filming his descent and caught the collision on video. The collision knocked off part of the Skyhawk's landing gear, but Davis was able to land and wasn't hurt....
Extreme voting: How astronauts cast ballots from space - CBS News | It was first used that same year by David Wolf, who happened to be aboard Russia's Mir space station at the time. "You think about being in a foreign country and voting -- he was actually on a foreign space station," Bolden told SPACE.com. Wolf ...
Last NASA space shuttle becomes museum piece - Reuters | A prototype shuttle, Enterprise, was given to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City. Delaware North is designing a $100 million exhibit scheduled to open in July 2013 to showcase Atlantis and educate the public about the shuttle program....
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