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 ...
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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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