Thursday, November 29, 2012

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We are wishing the GK Competition Teams good luck. Earlier this week they travel... from US Army Golden Knights's Facebook Wall | We are wishing the GK Competition Teams good luck. Earlier this week they traveled to Dubai for the World Championship. They are representing not only the Army but the US....

Super Earlybird Air Tattoo tickets on sale now - SoGlos.com | The Air Tattoo's head of marketing, Helen Webb, said: 'By introducing specially-priced Sunday tickets and enabling all accompanied under-16s to come in for free, visitors can enjoy one of the UK's greatest outdoor events next summer at an extremely ...

Photo shows pilots ejecting from their jet moments before it crashed into the ground from David Cenciotti's weblog | The following image was taken by Erwin Fuguet Gedde at Maracay-El Libertador airbase, Venezuela, where the Venezuelan Air Force was celebrating its 92 Anniversary with the Día de la Aviación....

Second Airshow Slated for October 2013 - Patch.com | The Paulding County Northwest Atlanta Airport Authority spent a fair chunk of its Nov. 21 meeting time recapping Salute America 2012, the site's first airshow, which was held last month. Brent Sparks, who will serve as director of next year's show...

Unusual air race has Bermuda in its sights - Royal Gazette | A promotional image from the World Sky Race website. The organisers have expressed an interest in Bermuda being involved in the unusual around-the-world air race. (Photo by Mark Tatem) Getting the idea off the ground: Don Hartsell, commissioner and ...

EAA Holiday Auction under way from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Each year, the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) hosts its Spirit of the Holidays online auction, with this year’s auction already under way. This year 52 items are up for auction, ranging from B-17 or Ford Tri-Motor type ratings — with the value designated as “priceless” — a special once-in-a-lifetime AirVenture VIP package,...

EAA Volunteer Advisory Committee Members Announced from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | EAA is truly blessed to have many thousands of dedicated volunteer members who not only promote aviation in their local communities throughout the year but also make the annual EAA AirVenture Oshkosh convention possible.

Remembrance Flight from Vintage Wings of Canada by DaveRemembrance Day is the one day Canadians and other nations set aside to remember, with some degree of sadness and plenty of dignity, the sacrifices of our men and women and their families in conflicts from the Boer War to the War in Afghanistan. It is a time to reflect, to honour, and to pray. It is a time of great sorrow, of deep emotions, of national pride, of sombre contemplation, of profound loss. Is it right, then, that some of us at Vintage Wings of Canada felt great joy and excitement and experienced gratification, even fun, on this saddest of days? Well, I think it is very right and fitting that people committed to remembering and honouring can enjoy doing so. Our veterans, living and deceased would no doubt agree. On Remembrance Day, 2012 pilots,...

Timeless Voices - Hank Thies from eaavideo.org | Hank Thies served in the U.S. Navy as an OS2U Kingfisher pilot for 9 months aboard the battleship USS California before transitioning into Scouting Squadron VS-50 flying the SBD divebomber during WWII. He flew combat missions in the South Pacific.

Charleston Daily Photo: Flying Tiger by Joan Perry; Sidewalk Curator | I was seated next to the speaker, Art Cobert who will turn 92 in January and was a member of the Flying Tigers. What amazing stories he had to tell. He had a video that he had put together with collected pictures from their ...

Iris Critchell from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale | ...In 1941, Critchell's became the first woman to complete the Civil Pilot Training Program at the University of Southern California (USC), where she also earned a degree in physical sciences and mathematics. As a member of the Women Air Force Service Pilots (WASP), Critchell went on to ferry military planes across the county during World War II for the U.S. Army....

Video: Flying the B-17 Flying Fortress from AVwebFlash Current Issue | The Collings Foundation's Derek "Otter" Ward sometimes serves as co-pilot aboard the organization's WWII B-17 Boeing Flying Fortress bomber Nine-O-Nine. He describes some of the aircraft's ground and flight characteristics.

Video: Giant German Luftwaffe Aircraft Wreck Found from stickandrudderWTO by G-GARY other links

The 36 “Lost” Spitfires of Burma by hogdayafternoon | There was a short piece on BBC Radio 4′s “Today” programme this morning, Wed 28th Nov, where the man who located the Spits was interviewed....

World War II Spitfires buried in Burma to be excavated by British team - Culture24 | “I am looking forward to returning to Mynamar and hope to bring these legendary warbirds back to the UK.” UK Foreign Office officials have offered to meet the group when they arrive in Burma as part of a team of conflict archaeologists, funded by ...

François Denhaut: Creator seaplane from Passion pour l'aviation by Xavier Cotton | François Denhaut inventor of the flying boat | The association "Memoirs of the Seaplane", with the help of the "Mission Memory of Civil Aviation", organized an exhibition "Francis Denhaut creator seaplane" which will be presented in the lobby of the DGAC of 20 November to 13 December 2012.  The association " The Retro-plane Argenteuil "shows a model of Donnet Leveque as well as photos of their 22 years of work for the reconstruction of a model C. Donnet Leveque...

Super Connie II from apron6

Video: The Amazing 'Mojave Air & Spaceport'... The Real Frontierland! from AirPigz by Martt | This recent video shows some of the reasons why the Mojave Airport is a genuine Mecca for
aerospace innovation and progress. It's like a real-world and modern day Frontierland! The combo of being literally in the middle of nowhere along with an airport management that understands how their cooperation is directly related to the success of the many companies based on...

CAP to celebrate 71st anniversary from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. – The Civil Air Patrol will celebrate its rich history of protecting America Saturday when the U.S. Air Force auxiliary officially celebrates its 71st anniversary...

FLIGHT from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt |The Movie | I've been sitting on writing anything for a few weeks because I did not want to give a spoiler alert. But I feel compelled to speak out about the movie Flight....

Scholarship to encourage more female pilots - Australian Aviation | Two categories are being awarded: the AWPA Formation or Aerobatic Endorsement (Aeroplanes) Scholarship and the AWPA PPL(A) Navigation Component Scholarship. This is the second year the scholarships have been launched. An AWPA spokesperson ...

NASA Super Guppy (2012) from AIRBOYD.TV | Video by Staff Sgt. Vanessa Reed 4th Combat Camera Squadron Air Force members from March ARB, CA, support the arrival of the NASA Super Guppy. The Super Guppy is a large, wide-bodied cargo aircraft used for ferrying oversized cargo components and equipment. Video by Staff Sgt. Vanessa Reed. Super Guppy Makes Brief Appearance via NASA

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