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LiveAirSho​wTV's Top Five for 2012 - #2 The Oshkosh Experience - December 30, 2012 Before 2012 people would say, "You've never been to Oshkosh!" My response had become automatic: "I know, can you believe it?" Well, that exchange will never happen again because now I've been to Oshkosh! The schedule finally worked out so that LiveAirShowTV President Jeff Lee was able to make it up to EAA's AirVenture in Oshkosh. To say that it was...

Rare Mosquito To Fly In New Zealand Airshow from AVwebFlash Current Issue | A de Havilland Mosquito fighter bomber, the only one of its kind in the world that is flying, will appear at the Wings Over Wairarapa airshow in New Zealand, Jan. 18 to 20. The airplane is owned by Jerry Yagen, owner of Fighter Factory in Virginia Beach, Va. It first flew in September, and news reports at the time said the airplane would soon be shipped to the U.S. Now it will apparently first spend some more time in the country where seven years of restoration work took place. "The legendary Mosquito has a fond place in the hearts of Australian and New Zealand airmen," said Tom Williams, director of the airshow...

Daredevil pilot gears up for million pairs of eyes - Newcastle Herald | The 41-year-old former RAAF fighter pilot and Australia's first competitor in the Red Bull Air Race World Championships will fly at speeds of up to 400km/h and turn at pressures of 12G in the lead up to tonight's New Year's Eve celebrations. It will be ...

Solar Impulse Team Plans CA To NY Flight In 2013 from Aero-News Network | Details Still Being Worked Out, But Solar Aircraft Designers Hopeful While nothing is yet set in stone, the United States may get its first up-close look at the Solar Impulse solar-powered airplane in 2013. The Solar Impulse Team confirms on its website that plans are in the works for a flight from California to New York City by way of Washington, D.C. next year.

After 68 years, Uncle Laverne comes home - Orange County Register | Mellissia Christensen's uncle, Marine 1st Lt. Laverne Lallathin, was recently buried in Arlington National Cemetery 68 years after his death. The 22-year-old World War II pilot died with six others when his B-25 bomber crashed on April 22, 1944, on the Pacific island of Espiritu Santo. Melissa Christensen of Laguna Woods wears the dog tag of the uncle she never met, which was recovered from the crash site....

Hill received Bronze Star - Mansfield News Journal | He met many members of the famed Flying Tigers, including their leader, Maj. Gen. Clair Chennault (also known as Old Leatherface). Of the Tigers, Hill described them as great and even legendary fighter pilots. One of them, “Tex” Hill, was so revered ...

Ben Wilson - Amarillo.com | He served as a tail gunner and ball turret gunner with the 8th Army Air Corps on B-17 and B-24 bombers in Europe until his discharge in 1945. Following the war, Ben returned to farm and ranch southwest of Claude, and devoted his life to raising a...

Flt Lt Richard Carew Reynell 1912-1940 from Test & Research Pilots, Flight Test Engineers by the_tartanterror | Richard Carew Reynell was born in Reynella, South Australia on January 9th 1912 and was educated at St Peter's, Adelaide. He went to England in 1929 and passed the Oxford University entrance examination to read Agriculture at Balliol College. Reynell joined the University Air Squadron and he was commissioned in the RAFO in March 1931. He relinquished this on being granted a short service commission in the RAF in September 1931. On the 28th Reynell was posted to 5 FTS, Sealand and with...

Museum symposium will honor three distinguished Americans - The Augusta Chronicle | Sanders served as a B-17 pilot during World War II, and as governor of Georgia from 1963 to 1967. He has had a lifelong commitment to his fellow citizens and has been very active in philanthropic activities throughout the state of Georgia and beyond....

Fargo Air Museum adds homebuilt Velocity to collection - In-Forum | Kirk Lindberg is giving the Fargo Air Museum a late Christmas present: a homebuilt Velocity aircraft that he constructed in the mid-1990s. Lindberg, who lives in the Twin Cities, said he considered other roosts for his plane, but decided the Fargo Air ...

Museum slates Open Cockpit Day from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | The New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks, Conn. will hold its next Open Cockpit Day on Sunday, Jan. 20. On that day, visitors will be permitted to climb into the cockpits of up to 10 vintage aircraft, a full-motion flight simulator and two static flight simulators. Among the aircraft to be open is a North American F-100 Super Sabre, a DC-3 airliner and the museum’s newly refurbished U.S. Navy SH-2F Kaman Seasprite helicopter...

Air & Space Museum brings its exhibits to eye level - Lincoln Journal Star | A group of University of Nebraska-Lincoln engineering students helped Tuma and hundreds of others wire, program and race their vehicles around the Strategic Air & Space Museum's giant aircraft as part of its first Robot Junkyard Wars event, which ...

2012 in 12 pictures from Apron 6

Pima Air and Space Museum - Tucson, AZ from FenceCheck Forums

Serge Maigrot flew forever from Passion for aviation by Xavier Cotton | I just heard a sad news, Serge Maigrot (83 years) left us abruptly at the end of the year. Anyone who crossed Serge at least once in his life, will never forget this figure Reims world of aviation. When you encounter on the aerodrome Reims-Prunay where he still came regularly, always smiling pilot with 16,000 hours of flight known to be modest and was never stingy with a joke...

Balloon Pilots Compete For Longest Winter Flight from AVwebFlash Current Issue | The Balloon Federation of America has invited balloonists across the country to take part in its annual Long Jump Challenge, an opportunity for pilots to use their skills and equipment beyond the usual treetops-and-champagne flight. The competition, which has been held every year since 1990, is open from November through March, and the idea is to fly as far as possible using no more than 40 gallons of propane fuel. The current all-time record is 693 miles, set by Alvin Hansen in 2003. So far this year, the longest recorded flight was made by Troy Bradley, who took off in New Mexico and landed 175 miles away, in Texas. This year for the first time, pilots can use their flights to help raise money for charity; this year's beneficiary is the American Cancer Society.

Book Review: Inside the Iron Works: How Grumman’s Glory Days Faded from The Lexicans by themavf14d | ...There’s lots of interesting “behind the scenes” details of the F-14 program and the fiscal tool is took on the company. The F-14 Tomcat program was still a financial burden to the company even after the Iranians bought 80 of them in the 1970s. For years Grumman operated at a loss while trying to get the Tomcat into service and maintained properly. The A-6 Intruder program was more a success but Grumman didn’t even bid on the re-winging that Boeing eventually won. They were also unable to sell the improved A-6F Intruder...

Everything is Incredible from Nordo News by Rich Davidson | The human spirit; an intangible quality assumed by many to exist in every Homo sapien. Unfortunately, with the same nature of trophies for everyone, those giving this gift do nothing but disguise the exceptionalism of others with their vain attempts to ordain themselves as special by association. Yet although wrong, it is understandable. Who among us would does not desire to be special?

Podcast: Long Jump Challenge for Balloon Pilots from AVWeb Podcast - Podcast | Every winter since 1990, balloon pilots across the U.S. have competed in the Long Jump Challenge, a competition to see who can fly farthest on a standard 40-gallon supply of fuel. Mark Caviezel, manager of the competition for the Balloon Federation of America, talks with AVweb's Mary Grady about the event.This podcast is brought to you by Bose Corporation.

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LiveAirSho​wTV's Top Five for 2012 - #3 Reno Air Races Return!  - December 29, 2012 After the tragic events of September 16, 2011, there were many who thought we had seen the last of the Reno National Championship Air Races. No one wanted that to happen, but many thought it was a possibility. Due to the amazing work of CEO Mike Houghton and the RARA Staff, the races did come back and they did it in grand fashion. Once again, LiveAirShowTV was on hand to bring race fans all over the world the "Inside Story" on what was going on during race week. Because of the...

LiveAirSho​wTV's Top Five for 2012  - #4 Passing of a Legend - December 28, 2012 There were plenty of memorials made and video clips shown of the first man to walk on the Moon. But Neil Armstrong had a very love of aviation than what was seen in the headlines....

LiveAirSho​wTV's Top Five for 2012 | #5 Aviation on the big screen | OK, some of it was real, and some of it was CG, but the stories were worth telling. In January George Lucas brought us Red Tails. He spent much of his own money to get this film made, and told a wonderful story about how the Tuskegee Airmen earned the respect of the bomber crews they protected. CAF squadrons and Social Media teamed up to create a grass roots effort to overcome a mediocre promotion budget for a strong opening weekend box office. The film created a buzz that was felt the rest of the year with the Rise Above Tour from the CAF Red Tail Squadron around the nation....

Owensboro Officials Planning for Next Year's Air Show | With the overwhelming success of the air show in Owensboro's Smothers Park just four months ago, city officials are planning another one next Fall. The show drew 13,000 people this year. The exact date and participant ...

Short Story: How Big Would A Ford Tri-Motor Be If You... from AirPigz by Martt | This is the first post in a new and occasional series called 'short story'. None too surprising, these will be short little stories that hopefully are bigger on interest and intrigue than they are on words. Here we go... I was incredibly fortunate as a teen to get to know Chuck LeMaster from Ottawa Kansas, a man who had a very interesting life associated with several unique aircraft, including at least two antique Ford Tri-Motors and one of only two modernized Fords known as the Bushmaster 2000. In 1976, when...

Flight 19 and Amelia Earhart: Could they be found? - Sun-Sentinel Florida Panthers (blog) | But experts say technology now exists to find both Flight 19, the Navy squadron that took off from Fort Lauderdale in 1945, and Amelia Earhart, the legendary aviatrix who in 1937 in Miami began her attempt to fly around the world. The National Oceanic ...

World War II bomber pilot is Museum of Aviation's oldest volunteer - The Augusta Chronicle | He flew the B-25 bomber in North Africa in World War II, supporting Gen. George Patton's epic tank battle against Nazi field marshal Erwin Rommel. When Rommel's troops were caught in valleys with no escape, Cross would swoop down to a low altitude and ...

From Test & Research Pilots, Flight Test Engineers:
Carl E.Alber 1915-1994
Frederick C.Rowley 1916-1989
Don Papish 1929-1964

Weekend book picks: WWII true story 'A Higher Call' - USA TODAY | Brown, the pilot of a B-17 bomber with a crew of nine, was on his first mission over Germany. Stigler, in his Bf-109 fighter, already had scored 22 "victories," or kills of enemy planes. Brown's plane, nicknamed "Ye Olde Pub," could easily have been No ...

How Aviation Was Seen in 1951 from Nordo News by Rich Davidson | Ever so often somebody stumbles across another old military film and uploads it to YouTube. Today a friend sent me a link to one such video. If you want to see how our country viewed aviation in 1951, take a few minutes to watch the film below.

Yankee Air Museum seeking uniforms from Iraq, Afghanistan veterans - AnnArbor.com | A Chelsea-area man has been working to unpack and organize donations of military effects at the Yankee Air Museum following a 2004 fire that destroyed much of its previous artifacts, the Observer & Eccentric reported. yankee_air_museum.jpg. The Yankee ...

Area aviator honored - Access North Georgia | BUFORD - A longtime aviator from Buford has been honored for more than just giving of his time and spirit. The Gwinnett Daily Post reports that Angel Flight Southeast, a non profit company, held a ceremony recently for Charles E. George and presented ...

The People and Planes of Friday Harbor from Air & Space Magazine | Time and tide wait for no man, but they seem to linger a little around the flying paradise of the San Juan Islands.

Schoolboy finds WWII bomb on first trip out with metal detector Christmas present - Telegraph.co.uk | It is believed to have been used in practice World War II bomb runs. Luckily the 10lb bomb head did not contain any explosive material. His mother, 39, a nurse at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Kings Lynn, Norfolk, said: "Kids always love looking for ...

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World record attempt plans for 2013 Old Buckenham Airshow - Norfolk Eastern Daily Press | A popular Norfolk airshow will be the scene of two world record attempts next year after its headline act was confirmed. Comments; Email; Print. To send a link to this page to a friend, you must be logged in. Thousands of spectators are anticipated to ...

Watch Me Fly - Livemint | (See the next page for an illustration of some standard aerobatic manoeuvres.) But once you get used to the physical unease, the experience is tremendously enjoyable. Even for a plane that has seen 20 or 30 years of service, the L-39 C is clearly...

Dakar 2013: Red Bull Air acrobatics during the game held in Lima - Libero (blog) | Kirby Chambliss the famed two-time World Series Red Bull Air Race known as the "Formula 1 in the air" is the pilot of the aircraft. In Lima the pilot made ​​all kinds of adrenaline-fueled aerobatics flight including the ...

Air show returning to Owensboro in 2013 - 14 News WFIE Evansville | A U.S. official says retired Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, who commanded the U.S.-led international coalition that drove Saddam Hussein's forces out of Kuwait in 1991, has died. He was 78.More >>. Truth is, retired Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf didn't care ...

A memorable year - AOPA Pilot | Sean Tucker. Flying like Doolittle: Sean D. Tucker knows loops - inside and out. Blue Angels. Also great at loops: the U.S. Navy Blue Angels at the Great Tennessee Air Show. P-51. Bob Hoover helped save this P-51; the Mustang won the Favorite Aircraft ...

Flying Tigers memorial opening tomorrow | Beginning tomorrow a semi-permanent memorial to the First American Volunteer Group will be on display at the Kunming Museum (昆明市博物馆), Spring City Evening News is reporting. The group of fighter pilots, better ...

Remains of World War II Airman from Bucks, Zoltan Dobovich, returned home to ... - Bucks Local News | A radioman from Riegelsville and Butztown who was just 21 at the time of his death, Dobovich and seven others aboard the B-17 Flying Fortress were never heard from again. Now thanks to DNA testing performed by Armed Forces personnel in Honolulu, the ...

Moving Into A New Year from CAF Red Tail Squadron's Blog | The end of 2012 is upon us! Counting today, there are only four days left to put those New Year's resolutions from last January to bed!  A new year often mean new changes. I personally am in the process of moving back to Minnesota from Florida. When I moved down there "temporarily" in November of last year, it was thought Mike and I would be back in Minnesota by this past summer. However, God didn't see fit to call Mike's ailing mother home until this September, after 22 months of being eligible for hospice assistance....

Unveiled a plaque in memory of the commander Marin Meslée, sponsor of the former BA 112 Reims
from Passion pour l'aviation by Xavier Cotton | Saturday 15 December 2012, at 10:30, in front of No. 9 rue Guillaume de Machault in Reims (next to the tourist office and close to Notre-Dame), a plaque was unveiled engraved in the memory of Edmond Marin la Meslée commander (1912-1945), patron of the former airbase 112 Reims (from 1953, until its dissolution on 30 June 2011), this in the context of celebration of the centenary of the birth of this aviator ace in the countryside of France 1939-1940 (with twenty air victories, sixteen approved)...

Winter break activities held at air museum - Reminder Newspapers | Children often spend winter break frolicking in the snow, setting up their new toys and games and enjoying their time away from school, but many took time out of their winter break to learn more about aviation and flight at the New England Air Museum's...

CoolPix: Piper Cub Perfection At Oshkosh 2012 (With Desktop Sizes) from AirPigz by Martt | ...this CoolPix image of the somewhat rare Lenappe radial powered Cub painted black and yellow with the iconic all-yellow Continental A-65 powered Cub in the fuzzy background makes my point. That image borders on art. But it's not almost art because I captured a phenomenal image but because those airplanes are just beautiful to look at....

"Melty" UCAP #311 from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast

Fire in the sky! Israel's Apache helicopter's stunning aerobatic display to ... - Daily Mail | These incredible images of some of the world's most sophisticated aerial warfare technology were taken during today's graduation ceremony for Israeli pilots. The images, taken at the Hatzerim Air Force Base near the southern city of Beersheba, Israel, ...

Top 5 Space Stories of 2012! from Spaceports

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Honor Flight receives Spirit of Flight Award from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | The recipient of the National Aviation Hall of Fame’s Milton Caniff “Spirit of Flight” Award for 2012 is Honor Flight, a non-profit organization that transports America’s veterans, at no cost to them, to Washington, D.C. to visit the memorials that honor their service and sacrifices...

Fly-in gets state award - El Defensor Chieftain | Socorro's M Mountain Fly-In has been named “Airshow of the Year” by the New Mexico Airport Managers Association, according to a report by the New Mexico Aviation Division. Jonathan Miller/El Defensor Chieftain: The UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter made an ...

Air show organizer tells upcoming of event - North Fort Myers Neighbor | With the American Heroes Air Show in Fort Myers now just 30 days ahead of us, we invite your team to deploy to our admission-free, helicopter-only aviation event with a mission to educate the community, elected officials and the media about the...

Mustang is star of fly-in - Northern Star | THE Great Eastern Fly-in at Evans Head is finally returning next weekend with expectations that it will be bigger than ever. With all manner of aircraft converging on the Evans Head Aerodrome, the fly-in's 21st anniversary is promising to be a true ...

Gliding the Wright way from General Aviation News By AMELIA T. REIHELD  | It’s a beautiful view from the top of Jockey’s Ridge, the towering sand dunes on North Carolina’s Outer Banks. To the east, there are cheek-by-jowl beach cottages and then the expanse of the Atlantic Ocean, topped with whitecaps. To the west the Currituck Sound forms a swath of blue between dunes and the lavender shadow that is the rest of the United States. Between here and the sound, there are vast mountains and valleys of soft golden sand and scrubby dune vegetation...

Patrick King, 91; English High coach - Boston Globe | He decided to interrupt his studies and enlist in the Army Air Corps, which trained him as a B-17 tailgunner and sent him to the European theater. The war ended about 14 months after Mr. King's plane was shot down. He was freed and sent to a hospital...

Britain's first Yankee Christmas - Telegraph.co.uk | Their B-17 Flying Fortresses and Liberator bombers would have been stranded on Britain's grassy airstrips. This was the Americans' first winter away from home – and the first time that British families would have the opportunity to share Christmas with...

Kansas Aviation Museum offering F-4 similar flights over the holiday break - Yahoo! News (blog) | WICHITA, Kan. - The Kansas Aviation Museum is offering a rare opportunity for the public to experience a flight in an F-4 simulator. The so-called F4 experience will be available Wednesday through Sunday at the Wichita museum. Detailed flight controls ...

Spitfires' Excavation Date Set from AVwebFlash Current Issue | The long-anticipated dig to unearth a cache of brand-new Spitfires that are believed to be buried in Burma is expected to start on Jan. 12, local press has reported. According to The Irrawaddy, archeologists first will spend about a week studying the site, then the digging can begin. Up to 36 pristine Spitfires, still in the packing crates they were delivered in near the end of World War II, are expected to be found. David Cundall, who located the burial site, said he has confirmed the airplanes are there by sending a camera through a borehole. "We went into a crate, you can see an object which resembles a Spitfire," he said...

Signing from Apron 6 | A great thing about Sanicole Airshow is the Redbull tent where there are signing sessions with the pilots. It’s a great way for the visitors to meet the pilots, while for the kids it’s a way of getting posters and gadgets for free. Here’s one of the Seaking crewmembers signing some posters.

Hangar Chats, 12-25-2012 from Other People's Airplanes by David | ...This is the first in our new series of what we are currently calling “hangar chats”. The will be short, upbeat episodes packed full of yummy aviation goodness. Each show will contain some combination of...

Video: Stinson 108, GoPro HD, And Some Ice And Snow! from AirPigz by Martt | Since there's a little snow in the air in my neck of the woods (northern Indiana) and quite a bit of it on tap for the northeast, I thought a nice little ski-flying video would be appropriate. After turning over a lot of youtube rocks I finally found one I felt was well worth sharing. It's of a 1948 Stinson 108-3 being flown in Wisconsin back in February 2012....

All I want for Christmas ... Daddy! from Air Force Link Top Stories | ...For the Madera family, it was looking like this Christmas was going to be one spent apart, or at least that's what 7-year-old Anastacia Madera thought. Her dad, Staff Sgt. Eduardo Madera-Muniz an F-16 Fighting Falcon crew chief, is serving a year-long remote...

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Russian Aerobatic Teams First to Get Su-30SM, Su-35C - RIA Novosti | MOSCOW, December 24 (RIA Novosti) – Russian aerobatic teams the Swifts and the Russian Knights will receive new Su-30SM and Su-35C fighter jets ahead of regular Russian Air Force units, the force's commander Viktor Bondarev said on Monday...

Veteran, 92, is aviation museum's oldest volunteer - Macon Telegraph (blog) | He flew the B-25 bomber in North Africa in World War II, supporting Gen. George Patton's epic tank battle against Nazi field marshal Erwin Rommel. When Rommel's troops were caught in valleys with no escape, Cross would swoop down to a low altitude and ...

In search for Bethlehem Twp. man killed in B-17, family finds more family - Allentown Morning Call | In September, the military Central Identification Lab in Hawaii called back to report it was now certain it had rib fragments of his uncle, Army Staff Sgt. Zoltan J. Dobovich, killed when the B-17 failed to clear the French-Italian Alps. The Bethlehem...

OV-1 Mohawk at FLL Exec circa 2001 from Travel for Aircraft by joseph_may | OV-1 Mohawk at FLL Exec circa 2001 These images were taken circa 2001 using Kodachrome 64 slide film. They may be classified as retro but there is character in the grain-like texture of film and it was fun selecting certain films so that certain colors could be emphasized or recorded accurately. In this case reds [...]

Flying high in Iowa from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Every year since 2004, the Iowa Department of Transportation holds a photography contest to celebrate aviation in the state.  The contest showcases the wide range of aviation activity connected to Iowa, notes Tim McClung of the Iowa DOT Office of Aviation. “Aviation is an integral component in Iowa’s economy, and it’s important to be able to show citizens and decision makers how the aviation system is used,” he said...

Clayton Heins, Third Generation Pilot, Solos PA-11 from Antique Airfield News | Clay Heins, 16, son of Pete Heins of Arcanum, Ohio, soloed his father's 1947 Piper Pa-11 on Sunday December 23, 2012. Clay now makes the third generation of Heins that are aviators. Both Grandfathers, the late Ed Heins and Mike Brown are pilots. Both Uncles, Andy Heins and Mike Heins are also pilots. The entire family has been...

Pemberton Goose Is Stripped from Antique Airfield News | Addison Pemberton in Spokane WA reports:  Eight gallons of paint stripper, 80 hours of messy hanger and the Goose is fully stripped. We will soon start a whole lot a banging with -3-5 rivets...

The Aviation Historian from Let Let Let - Warplanes by Nico | Most of us will remember the historical aviation magazine ‘Air Enthusiast’. However, in spite of its very interesting in-depth articles publication stopped a number of years ago. There is now a new quarterly magazine for the aviation enthusiast; ‘The Aviation Historian’. It is edited by a name familiar to ‘Aeroplane Monthly’ readers of some years ago: Nick Stroud....

Air Force Week in Photos from Air Force Link Top Stories | This week's photos feature Airmen around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force.  View the slideshow.

The special way U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcats wished Merry Christmas to sailors deployed at sea from David Cenciotti's weblog | Christmas is an ordinary day when you are embarked on an aircraft carrier for maritime security operations. Still, this doesn’t mean there are no alternate ways to celebrate it, as
the following images show....

Knowing Your Navaids from The Lexicans by wlb50 | ...The controller at Oceana: “Delta Foxtrot 2-1, Oceana Tower. I have you 5 miles southeast of the field. Continue along the coastline and in about 3 miles you will see a large gorilla to your port side. Once you pass the gorilla, your vector will be 270 and you should have the field in sight.”...

European Space Agency plans exciting 2013 from Spaceports | 2013 will be another great year for Europe in Space with launches and missions in several domains. For launchers the second Vega flight is due in springtime but at the same time Ariane and Soyuz will continue their task from Europe's Space port in French Guiana.

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Santa One cleared for flight from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | NORTH POLE – The FAA has announced that Santa One, the reindeer-powered sleigh Santa Claus uses to deliver presents to good children around the world, has been cleared for its worldwide Christmas Eve flight. Santa One will be faster, quieter and more efficient this year with the help of NextGen technologies, FAA officials said...

Holiday vacation fun at New England Air Museum from General Aviation News by Janice Wood |The New England Air Museum will hold family fun activities Dec. 26-30. Daily activities include demonstrations about the science of flight, and the Museum’s Flight Sim Spot will be open each of these days between 12pm and 4pm. Flight Sim Spot allows visitors to use state-of-the-art simulators to virtually fly any aircraft using real cockpit controls. Additional activities are scheduled for the following days:..

A Christmas Message - 2012 from Autogyro circumnavigation of the globe by The GYROX Team | As another year comes to a close and we enter the holiday season, Norman has sent us special seasons greeting which includes the first part of a recap of what 2012 held for him during his long stay in Japan whilst waiting for the permission (that sadly never arrived) to continue the circumnavigation.  Always upbeat, here in his own words is Norman's Christmas greeting...

Aviation enthusiasts show off last aircraft models in Chennai - Newstrack India | Models require many hours of fine tuning. Competitive flyers are judged on aerobatic skills and the accuracy of their models. For true enthusiasts, the ultimate aim is to recreate the performance of a real jet aircraft,
although hardly any are pilots ...

25 way canopy formation during the medal ceremony over Skydive... from Bonjour BlueSky

Airshow 2013 Information Available from Planes Of Fame News  | Go to the Events link on the Planes of Fame home page to get preliminary Airshow 2013 information, May 4-5, 2013.

Duxford Air shows 2013 are announced - Haverhill Echo | IWM Duxford has announced its air show season for 2013. The Spring Air Show on Sunday, May 26 is named: Remembering the Mighty Eighth, which brings together contemporary and historic aircraft for a day of flying. This year, the Spring Air Show ...

Season Review 2012 from Flightline UK - UK Airshow News | On the whole, 2012 really was a year to remember in so many ways. The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and London Olympic and Paralympic Games really made for a very special year in the UK bringing an amazing feel good factor across the country. Airshow wise, it was such a memorable season with all the major shows of the year pulling in some unique and enjoyable highlights.

Video: Early Christmas Gift from Slick - Don't Stop The Aviation: GoPro 2012 from AirPigz by Martt | ...He's titled it Don't Stop the Aviation: GoPro 2012. Before I say anything else, when you start the video don't get confused thinking it's a swanky Audi commercial or a Top Gear segment, that's all part of the video... you know, the trip to the airport part! Just sit back and enjoy 6 minutes and 22 seconds of three very different airplanes that all just drip the AirPigz tag line: LOVE TO FLY....

A Higher Call: History with a Purpose - the Diplomat | Just before Christmas time in 1943, he had a chance to bring down a crippled straggler from a massive B-17 raid against his homeland. Stigler passed up the chance. His forbearance stemmed from a code of honor that forbade attacking helpless enemies.

Former POW from Wexford copes with new yule challenge as wife battles cancer - Tribune-Review | A B-17 tail gunner, Utz became a prisoner of war when he parachuted into a field of waiting Germans who had shot down his plane. “I was scared to death. We were going 190 mph … and my (escape) door stuck. That's when I had a talk with God. I said, 'I ...

Body of US WWII airman sent back home 66 years after his Flying Fortress was ... - Daily Mail | Radio operator Zoltan Dobovich was one of eight allied soldiers killed when their B-17 Flying Fortress crashed on November 1, 1946, on its way from Italy to England, according to information from the POW/MIA Awareness Committee of New Jersey.

Class American Aircraft — art at 32¢ per stamp from Travel for Aircraft by joseph_may | Class American Aircraft — art at 32¢ per stamp I ran across this sheet of stamps recently while re-organizing my things. Somehow this sheet of stamps have survived since I purchased them in 1996 and they look marvelous, do they not? The upper image is the front of the sheet and the lower image id of [...]

Skyhawks from Apron 6 | The Canadian parachute team, The Skyhawks, gave a great show at Sanicole Airshow. The all access badge gave me the opportunity to photograph them after the landing, resulting in some nice images. They also gave a salute once they had landed, also giving a nice photo opportunity.

China’s new military transport plane exposed. And it looks like a C-17, An-70, A400M hybrid. from David Cenciotti's weblog | Posted by Alert5 today, the following image shows the first photographs of China’s new four-engine military airlifter...

How a badly damaged C-17 Globemaster was saved and flown back from Afghanistan from David Cenciotti's weblog | On Jan. 23, 2012 a C-17A Globemaster III was involved in a landing incident at Forward Operating Base Shank, in Afghanistan during a combat airlift mission in support to Operation Enguring Freedom.

Air Zoo blasts off with holiday rocket clinics from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The Air Zoo is offering Holiday Rocket Clinics filled with hands-on science experiences for kids on Dec. 27, Dec. 28, Jan. 3 and Jan. 4.

Best of 2012: Red Bull Stratos - Felix's Mission to the Edge of Space from Aerial Sports Feed | Redbull.com has been busy arranging some of the most exciting happenings of 2012 into a list of the best and for our year-ending review there really is only one place to start...

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Writing Progresses on Airspeed’s Behind-the-Scenes Series about Airshows from Airspeed Online by Steve Tupper | I’m bouncing back from a laptop problem that caused be to lose the in-process scripts for four Airspeed episodes. I’m aggressively trying to re-write them so that I can get a few of these episodes out by the end of the year. In the meantime, this little chunk of prose struck me as a tasty [...]

St. Louis Aerospace Community Mourns the Passing of Albert J. Morgan, McDonnell Douglas Machinist from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | Albert retired from McDonnell Douglas after approx 30 years as an All-Around machinist fir aircraft in Building 27. He trained machinist for getting upgraded to the All-Around Classification, and at one time or another he operated every machine from the smallest to the largest, from the most simple to the most complex, in his Department, as well as working in the EC room many years on all contracted programs and special projects....

A Great Falls Man Receives Recognition 70 years after Saving his B-17 Crew - KFBB NewsChannel 5 | A Great Falls Man Receives Recognition 70 years after Saving his B-17 Crew. By Rachel Ousley. Story Created: Dec 22, 2012 at 11:03 PM MST. Story Updated: Dec 22, 2012 at 11:03 PM MST. Yesterday Senator Jon Tester honored Jack Gamble of Great ...

Historic 'Memphis Belle' Leaves Salisbury Behind For Now - Salisbury Post | The big B-17 World War II bomber that was in the movie "Memphis Belle" sits in the morning sunshine at the Rowan County Airport waiting to fly out later in the day on Saturday. This photo shows the tail gunner postion on the bomber. photo by Wayne ...

Stories, artifacts assure that World War II generation not forgotten - Plain Dealer | If you want a glimpse of what life was like for a B-17 tail-gunner from Cleveland, go to the 301st Bombardment Group website (www.301bg.com), where you'll find the flight log for James M. Sennish, who flew 32 missions over Europe. The log was found by...

Restoring pieces of history - Burlington Times News | He is progressing in aerobatic flying and would like to perform air shows in the near future. Visit bullyaero.com for more details on Minnis, his business and the planes he restores. All rights reserved. This copyrighted material may not be re...

Dale E. Albright - LimaOhio.com | On March 24, 1945 his B-17 “Laetitia” was shot down and he was captured as a POW. Dale was a member of the American Ex-Prisoners of War, Lima. Survivors include a son Mark (Deb) Albright of Ada; a daughter Sherrie (Terry) Tucker of Orrville; three ...

Curtiss-Wright XF-87 Blackhawk (1948) from AIRBOYD.TV | From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Curtiss-Wright XF-87 Blackhawk (previously designated the XP-87) was a prototype American all-weather jet fighter interceptor and the company’s last aircraft project. Designed as a replacement for the World War II-era propeller-driven P-61 Black Widow night/interceptor aircraft, the XF-87 lost in government procurement competition to the Northrop F-89 Scorpion. The [...]

Grumman Albatross Landing Demo on Lake Tahoe from TAKEOFF TUBE

Elementary students get a merry Christmas from Angel Flight - Fox 13 Now - Salt Lake City | MONROE, Utah – Santa left the reindeer at home Thursday for a special delivery in Sevier County. Monroe Elementary received book, school supplies and, of course, toys. “It's really nice of him to come help our school and give us supplies,” says Monroe ...

The Dungeon's Top-10 for 2012 from The Original Rocket Dungeon by Dick | I see Chris Michielssen posted his top ten for 2012. So, I see no reason to wait to post mine:...

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Team Little Rock Lands Top Air Show Honor - KARK | The Dick Schram Community Relations Award is presented each year to the military air show that uses its air show to build stronger community relations. According to the award citation, Team Little Rock was cited for its effective efforts to partner ...

Winners announced in air show design contest - Hilton Head Island Packet | A Brooklyn woman's artwork will be used to publicize the 2013 Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort Air Show, officials announced Thursday. Mingda Liu was named the grand-prize winner of the air show's design contest. Her artwork will be printed on a ...

A pilot in the Ghedi Arrows tricolor - Corriere della Sera | A pilot of the sixth flight of Ghedi becomes part of the Frecce Tricolori. This is the captain Pierangelo Semproniel, Tornado pilot from the 154th Squadron of the 6 ° Stormo of Ghedi, who will fly with the number 7. Another new entry is the captain...

AIRSHOW NEWS: Royal Air Force delivers Air Tattoo early ‘Christmas Gift’ from Flightline UK - UK Airshow News | Organisers of the Royal International Air Tattoo have described news of the Royal Air Force’s plans for next summer’s airshow as an exciting, early Christmas present.  In a letter to the organisers this week, the RAF outlined an ambitious programme of involvement at the Air Tattoo, which takes place at RAF Fairford, in the heart of the Cotswolds, on July 20 & 21, 2013...

Maj. Roy Sproul - Silver Falcons from Latest Vlog | Rory & I got to film Maj. Roy Sproul at the Wings & Wheels air show that took place at AFB Ysterplaat in December 2011. This...

Photo: U.S. Air Force plane prepares for take off under giant double rainbow on Dec. 21 “Doomsday” from David Cenciotti's weblog | Taken on the day of the alleged Mayan Apocalypse Dec. 21, 2012, the following cool photo shows pilots preparing the cockpit of a U.S. Air Force T-38 Talon jet at Beale Air Force Base, California...

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EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2012: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Airport from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2012 was a great destination for thousands of pilots and aviation enthusiasts, but sometimes the travel to Oshkosh, especially when taking the RV ground route, can be an adventure in itself. On a fuel stop during our trip from southeast Missouri, we noticed a crop duster doing his thing over a nearby field, and had to capture the moment....

Year nine students from Bournemouth schools embark on project in memory of ... - Bournemouth Echo | PATHFINDERS: Students who have embarked on a pioneering project in memory of Red Arrows pilot Jon Egging. YEAR Nine students from two Bournemouth schools are embarking on a pioneering project set up in memory of Red Arrows pilot Jon Egging....

Roman exhibition at Hugault Artludik from Passion for aviation by Xavier Cotton | ..."The Last Flight", "The Grand Duke" or "The Pilot in Edelweiss" are albums that despite the youth of its author is now among the "classic comics". Combining design the most precise attention to detail genuine sensitivity and related colors, Romain Hugault (http://romain-hugault.blogspot.fr) imposed a style that is already a reference. Arludik gallery is proud for its first opening in 2013 to host a unique exhibition of original drawings, drawings ink, unique digital paintings by the artist. The opening of this exhibition will be held Thursday, January 3 from 18:30 to 21:30....

Winds prevent 'Memphis Belle' takeoff - Salisbury Post | ...High winds prevented the World War II-era bomber “Memphis Belle” from departing Rowan Regional Airport today. A large crowd that had turned out to watch the B-17 take off at noon had to leave disappointed...

'Memphis Belle' takeoff set for second try today - Salisbury Post | The B-17 bomber that portrayed the Memphis Belle in the movie of the same name is now scheduled to leave the Rowan County Airport today after high winds prevented its scheduled departure Friday. The plane, famous for portraying the bomber that was...

Christmas from CAF Red Tail Squadron's Blog | Today’s short blog entry will be about two interesting Christmas-y items related to the military...

The Christmas Roundel of the RCAF from Vintage Wings of Canada by Dave

Santa and Fighter Jets - Planeshots | Today's theme is Santa with USAF fighter jets, past and present.

Original fly girls get Denver tribute - 9NEWS.com | In 1944, during the graduation ceremony for the last WASP training class, the commanding general of the U.S. Army Air Forces, Henry "Hap" Arnold, said that when the program started, he wasn't sure "whether a slip of a girl could fight the controls of a ...

WWII veteran receives medal: WWII veteran receives medal - Great Falls Tribune | Between May and November of 1943, he served as flight engineer/top turret gunner aboard the Evil Eye Egbert, a B-17 bomber under the command of the U.S. Army's 12th Air Force in the war against the Italian and German armies in North Africa and Italy.

XC-142 — the un-fixed wing V/STOL from Travel for Aircraft by joseph_may | XC-142 — the un-fixed wing V/STOL Many design tracks have been tested so that the benefits of vertical flight can be realized by fixed wing aircraft — tilt rotor, vertically oriented additional engines and tilting wings. The XC-142 design by Ling-Temco-Vought (LTV) was a four turboprop engine tilting wing aircraft produced for testing by the U.S. [...]

Solar Impulse will fly the United States in 2013 from Passion for aviation by Xavier Cotton | In 2012 Solar Impulse (HB-SIA) conducted the first intercontinental flight between Europe and Africa, performed entirely by solar energy. Which allowed him to register with the FAI (Fédération Aéronautique Internationale), two world records for distance in the "solar airplane." At the invitation of King Mohammed VI, Solar Impulse has crossed the Strait of Gibraltar and the Moroccan sky won for a role as spokesperson during the construction of the Ouarzazate largest solar thermal plant in the world....

Canadian NORAD Region Names Pilots to Track Santa from Aviation.ca News by National Defence and the Canadian Forces | With Christmas around the corner, the Canadian North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Region is set to track and escort Santa Claus during his annual visit to Canada, and has selected four CF-18 fighter pilots who will act as Santa's official escorts.

Disney Sets Cars Spinoff Planes for a Theatrical Release - ComingSoon.net | Planes follows Dusty (Cryer), a small town dreamer who longs to enter the most epic around-the-world air race... despite his fear of heights. With the help and support of a fleet of new and hilarious characters, Dusty wings his way into the biggest ...

Aerostars from Apron 6 | First picture for the Sanicole Airshow album.

Russian Air Force MiG-29 (Strizhi) from FenceCheck Forums

Man Spins 568 Times Head-Over-Heels In the Air and Somehow Doesn't Vomit - Gizmodo UK | Apparently infinity tumbling is the hardest aerobatic paragliding manoeuvre there is, and I can see why. One wrong move and you might get wrapped up in your parachute, sending you flying like a brick into the ground. But probably the most impressive...

Intrepid Museum, Home of Shuttle Enterprise, Reopens after Hurricane Sandy ... - Space.com | The Enterprise, which never flew to space, was used as a prototype to test the space shuttle design during glide flights in the 1970s. The orbiter has been exposed to rough weather many ...

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Acro Camp 2: Days 1 and 2 from acro camp by Stephen Tupper | It's Day 3 here at at Ray Community Airport, where we're filming Acro Camp 2. Day 3 is a built-in break day so the crew can catch up with ingesting video, look at the video we're shot to date, and rest. The campers are also ...

RIAT poster: pass or fail? from Apron 6 | Once again confronted with the RIAT poster yesterday I had to write something about it. I don’t like the traditional airshow posters with a picture and some text over it, so I’m happy to see something different. I think it’s intended to be young, cool, fresh and different. Which it is; kind off. But most [...]

Collector's fighter jets stuck on other side of border from Kathryn's Report by Admin |  An Alberta collector is hoping to get a couple of fighter jets across the border at Portal, North Dakota. Watch the video above for more on the story from CBC reporter Dani Mario.

An amazing story...simply amazing from Warbird Radio's Facebook Wall by Warbird Radio | An amazing story...simply amazing. God bless the all. ~Zane

Cap'n Aux from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | Friday's Fabulous Flyer

A noteworthy retirement from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | It seems amazing to find a modern First World air force still flying a biplane . . . but until December 14th, the Polish Air Force was still operating the Antonov An-2 utility aircraft. It had done so since 1951....

Podcast: Aviators Pitching In from AVWeb Podcast - Podcast | Pilots who'd like to volunteer to support the aviation community or assist those in need can find plenty of opportunities to use their aircraft and their skills as a force for good. Rol Murrow, executive director of the Air Care Alliance and the Wolf Aviation Fund, talks with AVweb's Mary Grady about some of the work that's being done and how you can take part.This podcast is brought to you by Bose Corporation.

Love It or Hate It, Forward It from Nordo News by Rich Davidson | Do you ever read NORDO News and think "How dare he say those things"? Or maybe you read NORDO News and say to yourself, "I'm glad to know I'm not the only one thinking that." How about this; "Why don't any publications cover these issues"? Have you ever asked yourself that?

Air Force Week in Photos from Air Force Link Top Stories | This week's photos feature Airmen around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America.
This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force.  View the slideshow.

Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard. “South Atlantic Ocean... from Planeshots | An Argentine Navy Dassault Super Etendard jet aircraft performs a touch and go landing, during flight operations aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). The Dassault-Breguet Super Etendard is...

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The show goes on from General Aviation News by Drew Steketee | Conversations drifted to tragedy in Connecticut, but the holiday season’s 25th annual Toy Parade went on as scheduled at the Spruce Creek Fly-In community in Florida. The parade boasted an...

Fargo AirSho 2013 Performer Announcement from Fargo AirSho by jimb | We are excited to announce the lineup for our 2013 Fargo AirSho....

National Aviation Hall of Fame reveals names of “Class of 2013” at Wright Brothers Anniversary dinner | Tuskegee Airmen mentor, Medal of Honor Army pilot, Navy “Top Gun” Shuttle astronaut, commercial aviation pioneer among four to be enshrined October 2013...

Red Arrows crash report raises concerns - Bournemouth Echo | An inquest had already decided that “G-force impairment” might have caused the 33-year-old pilot to lose control of his plane before it crashed in a field near Throop minutes after a display at the Bournemouth Air Festival. The latest report found ...

Top Online Stories of 2012 from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association  | It's been a busy year at the Experimental Aircraft Association, judging by the variety and number of news stories and features that were posted on EAA.org.

Concorde engineer Sir Morien Morgan remembered on centenary - BBC News | ... in their fighting qualities by application of Morgan's ideas and suggestions." From the late 1950s onwards, continued Broadbent, Morgan "welded together a talented team and the remarkable technical success of Concorde owes much to him". Continue ...

Arcturial auctions in February 17 from Passion for aviation by Xavier Cotton | ...Sunday, February 17, 2013 Artcurial auction offers a more Aeronautics 500 lots listed in the catalog, including a two-seater fighter VAMPIRE from 1959 estimated at between 70,000 and 90,000 euros. This aircraft was designed in England...

A Christmas Story, But Not by Charles Dickens - TIME | A Higher Call follows the war experiences of these two pilots from different nations—Charlie Brown, the American farm boy turned B-17 pilot—and Franz Stigler, the German airline pilot turned fighter pilot. Both were good men who never asked for World...

Local veteran and war hero tours Washington, DC - Island Ad-Vantages  | ...The men were fascinated by Welch’s service as a bombardier for the 8th Air Force and as a year-long POW in a German camp...

Museum Receives Portion of A. Paul Vance Memorabilia Collection from News  | The Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum recently received a large portion of the vast array of memorabilia from the life of renowned aviator and aerospace advocate, the Late A. Paul Vance of Fredericktown, MO. Mr. Vance’s estate generously donated historically significant items to the Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum and the Missouri Historical Society for future preservation and display to honor his legacy....

2012-12-19 - Aviation Archeology from Articles  | Every so often employees at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics are asked to clean house. They go through their desk drawers and file cabinets to discard old and unnecessary materials to make space for the new. This process often results in unearthing items of historical significance. This was the case in 1990 and again 2006, when concepts or advanced design drawings, reports, and other documents dating back to the 1940s and ’50s were found.

Photo: F-35B hovering in the darkness as seen through the Night Vision Goggles from David Cenciotti's weblog | The following awesome pictures show the F-35B STOVL (Short Take Off Vertical Landing) aircraft BF-4 hovering in the darkness during a night test flight at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland, on Dec. 13, 2012....

Sonic boom from an F-22 caused rattling sensation this morning - San Luis Obispo Tribune | UPDATE 1:14 a.m. An Edwards Air Force Base public affairs spokesman told Vandenbeg's counterparts: “We can confirm it was an F-22 flying in the Western Pacific Test Range on an authorized test flight 50 miles west of the Vandenberg coastline. Edwards ...

NORAD Shares Goodwill, Education While Tracking Santa from American Forces Information Services - News Articles | The North American Aerospace Defense Command is preparing to track Santa as he makes his annual worldwide Christmas Eve flight to deliver toys to deserving girls and boys....

John and Martha King receive Brewer Trophy for aviation education from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | The National Aeronautic Association (NAA) recently presented John and Martha King with the Frank G. Brewer Trophy for Aviation Education “…for their passion and dedication in making aviation knowledge more accessible to pilots worldwide by combining elegant technology with clear, fun teaching featuring courseware that simplifies complex concepts for students.”

Young Pilot Benefits from Young Eagles, CAP Programs from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | Alex Agosti, EAA 1047817, of Kenai, Alaska, took advantage of two well-established youth aviation programs en route to earning his private pilot certificate on his 17th birthday this past March: the Civil Air Patrol and EAA's Young Eagles.

Sporty’s trends for 2012 from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Every year, Sporty’s President Michael Wolf puts together a rundown of the trends of the year. “These trends can give us clues of what’s in store for the year to come,” he says. But before he talks about trends, he talks about the iPad: “We are going to take iPads out of the trend column and move them into the here-to-stay column. For the past...

First Winner of New Flight Scholarship Named from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | William Everett, 16, of Xenia, Ohio, received the inaugural Mitchell Cary-Don Gum Memorial Aviation Scholarship on Monday, December 17 - exactly 109 years after the Wright brothers' first powered flight. The scholarship pays for up to $1,500 of instruction toward a sport or private pilot certificate.

Space shuttle Enterprise being repaired as museum home reopens after storm - collectSPACE.com | Visitors to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, which is located at Pier 86 on Manhattan's west side, will once again be able to board the converted World War II aircraft carrier, the U.S.S. Intrepid, and tour many of its maritime and aviation exhibits.

NORAD Shares Goodwill, Education While Tracking Santa from American Forces Information Services - News Articles  | The North American Aerospace Defense Command is preparing to track Santa as he makes his annual worldwide Christmas Eve flight to deliver toys to deserving girls and boys...

The U.S.A.F. Thunderbirds Are Coming!

Tickets are now on sale for the 2013 Thunder Over Michigan Air Show featuring the United States Air Force Thunderbirds! The Thunderbirds will thrill crowds as the headline act this summer on Father's Day Weekend! More performers and special events are being scheduled to ensure that the 2013 Thunder Over Michigan Air Show will be Michigan's premier family fun event this summer. We value our previous ticket purchasers; therefore we are offering you a special, limited time discount of OVER 40% OFF General Admission Tickets and Special Pricing for Parking!   Simply enter this special code: TOMINSIDER Discount expires 12/31/12   LARGEST DISCOUNT OF THE YEAR!

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Aerospace Educator Named One of Top 8 in the Nation

New Orleans - Lieutenant Colonel Kathy Beauford, CAP, has won the prestigious Frank G. Brewer Lifetime Achievement Award for the Southwest Region of the Civil Air Patrol, naming her as one of the top 8 aerospace educators in the nation. She has been a member of the Civil Air Patrol for 23 years. She is Robotics Project Manager and Director of External Aerospace Education for Louisiana Wing, and a navigator for Search and Rescue both on aircrew and ground teams. Kathy loves reading, writing, and presenting aerospace education materials. She has won 8 educator awards and 26 aerospace education awards. Her favorite awards are the Master’s Rating and the Scott Crossfield Memorial Award---both for Civil Air Patrol aerospace education. Another of her favorite awards is the Sigma XI Scientific Research Society Award of Recognition “for dedication to the teaching of science.” She says, “I was thrilled to be recognized by scientists.” Her favorite saying is, “America needs SPACE to GROW!!!”

Civil Air Patrol aerospace education activities include lectures, experiments, demonstrations, robotics and robot building, and trips to air shows. Civil Air Patrol cadets range from 12 years to 18 years of age. A cadet who goes through our whole program enters the US Air Force with an automatic bump in grade and pay.

Civil Air Patrol, the official auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force, is a nonprofit organization with more than 61,000 members nationwide, operating a fleet of 550 aircraft. CAP, in its Air Force auxiliary role, performs 90 percent of continental U.S. inland search and rescue missions as tasked by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center and was credited by the AFRCC with saving 54 lives in fiscal year 2011. Its volunteers also perform homeland security, disaster relief and drug interdiction missions at the request of federal, state and local agencies. The members play a leading role in aerospace education and serve as mentors to nearly 27,000 young people currently participating in the CAP cadet program. CAP received the World Peace Prize in 2011 and has been performing missions for America for 70 years. CAP also participates in Wreaths across America, an initiative to remember, honor and teach about the sacrifices of U.S. military veterans. Visit www.gocivilairpatrol.com or www.capvolunteernow.com for more information.

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NAHF Picks Four For Class Of 2013 from AVwebFlash Current Issue | The National Aviation Hall of Fame (NAHF) this week announced who it will welcome next October as its "incoming Enshrinee Class of 2013" and the list includes three former military pilots and a former CEO of Cessna. Captain Robert L. "Hoot" Gibson, USN (retired) has served as a fighter pilot, flight test pilot and Commander of four Space Shuttle missions. Major General Patrick H. Brady, a Vietnam combat veteran, developed foul weather and tactical techniques for helicopter air ambulance rescue in combat. The late Charles Alfred Anderson helped develop civilian pilot training and has been described as "the father of African-American aviation." He served as chief instructor for the Tuskegee Airmen. And the late Dwane L. Wallace saw Cessna Aircraft Company through some of this country's most difficult years and made major contributions beyond the company as well.

Thunderbirds to perform at SUN ’n FUN from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | SUN ’n FUN CAMPUS, LAKELAND, Fla. – The United States Air Force (USAF) Thunderbirds military jet team will headline next year’s SUN ‘n FUN International Fly-In & Expo.  The 2013 SUN ‘n FUN International Fly-In & Expo will be held April 9–14 at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport (LAL)in Lakeland, Fla...

Episode 228 – How to Produce an Air Show from Airplane Geeks Podcast | David White is Air Boss for the Waterloo Ontario Air Show and a Board Member of the North East Council of Air Shows. We talk to David about what it takes to produce an air show and what the Air Boss does. Also, how the...

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Memphis Belle departing, Santa arriving at airport - Salisbury Post | Weather permitting, the B-17 bomber that portrayed the Memphis Belle in the movie of the same name is scheduled to leave the Rowan County Airport at noon Friday. The plane, famous for portraying the bomber that was first to complete 25 successful...

Profile 74: "Francie" as flown by Lt. Harold Snow from WWII & Korean Conflict Airplane Profiles by JSM | ...Now, have a look at the photo below. It may look like a frame from a gun camera still but it's not. The photo is actually from a Recon P-51 called an F-6 and it shows the results of an attack by a flight of 528th Mustangs (of which Hank was one). What you're seeing is in all likelihood the aftermath of the destruction of a Japanese locomotive atop a bridge that spanned a series of rice paddies. The importance of Japanese rail lines in China can't be overstated...

May Your Souls Be Free and Clear from Nordo News by Rich Davidson | ...José Maria Velasco Ibarra said, “Pilots are a rare kind of human. They leave the ordinary surface of the word, to purify their soul in the sky, and they come down to earth, only after receiving the communion of the infinite”. Clearly, aviators are...

The time of her life from General Aviation News by Meg Godlewski | ...“I knew from about the age of 14 that I wanted a career in aviation,” Welch recalled, but admits that she didn’t plan to go into manufacturing timepieces for pilots. According to Welch, the idea for the company got its start in 2006 when she was pursuing her private pilot ticket and discovered that no one made aviator watches sized or styled for women....

NASA Astronaut David Wolf Leaves Agency - International Business Times | NASA astronaut David Wolf has left the agency to return to private industry. Wolf is a veteran of five space shuttle flights and a long-duration mission on the Russian Space Station Mir....

SpaceShipTwo soars over Mojave space port - Bakersfield Californian | By Bill Deaver. Space Ship Two landed just before 8 a.m. at the Mojave Air & Space Port. The aircraft has been undergoing active flight-testing since 2010, having conducted 22 successful gliding flight tests as of November 2012. The flight seemed to go ...

Drone made of Lego takes flight. from sUAS News by Gary Mortimer | The first images that I saw of this Lego quadrocopter frame raised a smile. On contacting Ed Scott, C#/C++ developer by day and Lego flying robot wrangler by night I was impressed. I also recognised a pattern, last week one of my sUAS was engaged in parachute dropping duties for my sons 9th birthday party. Credit must go to...