Al Khor Fly-In takes off to a colourful start - Peninsula On-line | Aircraft lined up for the sixth Al Khor Fly-In at Al Khor Airfield, yesterday. (Abdul Basit). BY RAYNALD C RIVERA. DOHA: The sixth Al Khor Fly-In took off to a colourful start yesterday with hundreds of aviation enthusiasts thronging the Al Khor ...
Wings over Wairarapa pulls 'biggest crowd ever' - Radio New Zealand | ... the opportunity on Saturday to get up close to the plane and some were able to sit in the navigator's seat for a flight. A combination of technical problems and bad weather prevented the Air Force's Red Checkers aerobatic 
team from performing on ...
Wings over Wairarapa FB page - Lots of photos and information nuggets posted here. Enjoy! The Mossie rocks!
Mosquito steals show over Wairarapa - Stuff.co.nz | A one-of-a-kind de Havilland Mosquito, the star of the Wings Over Wairarapa show yesterday, leads a de Havilland Venom. Yak aircraft do some formation flying. A BE 2F World War I era fighter plane. Crowds check out the planes at Wings Over Wairarapa at ...
Jetman drops in for first airshow - New Zealand Herald | Jetman Ives Rossy touched down in New Zealand this week with a trick up his sleeve for spectators at next weekend's inaugural NZ International Air Show in Auckland. The Swiss former fighter pilot flies by turning with his arms and arching his body ...
Living Legends of Aviation: One Glorious Night Where the Aviation World Celebrates Dreams Fulfilled from Airplanista Aviation Blog by Dan Pimentel | This past Friday, the focal point in aviation shifted for one evening away from Wichita or Oshkosh, and the spotlight was aimed directly upon Beverly Hills, California. For a few brief hours, the Beverly Hilton's International Ballroom...
Flying With Team Aerodynamix from Aero-News Network | Twelve Airplanes In Close Formation Is A Great Way To Spend A Saturday Morning Notification came Friday afternoon at the Sebring Light Sport Expo. I'd have an opportunity to fly with Team Aerodynamix, the former Team RV, during their media ride Saturday morning. It would be my first experience flying close formation, let alone in that large a group of airplanes...
Eastword column by Jim Jones: Warbirds visit to SRQ represents a homecoming - Bradenton Herald | The B-17 Flying Fortress scheduled to soon visit Rectrix Aviation at Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport should feel right at home. During World War II, Sarasota Army Airfield, as SRQ was called back then, was home to B-17 pilot training, until it ...
52 become US citizens amid Fort Myers air show - Fox 4 | FORT MYERS, Fla. - It's a day a group of Lee County residents will remember forever. Fifty-two people representing 20 countries become citizens of the United States. "It means everything to me," said Christal Chery, of Cape Coral, who came here from ...
Hear Tales from Boeing Test Pilot Capt. Emily Bliss Feb. 5 at Activity Center - The Waterland Blog (blog) | “With over three years of fascinating presentations on the field of aviation, coordinator John McEvoy continues with the topic of women in aviation,” reads an announcement. “”Capt. Bliss will share her experiences in North Dakota with Lockhead Martin ...
Are there perfectly preserved WWII-era Spitfire airplanes buried in the ... - io9 | Are there perfectly preserved WWII-era Spitfire airplanes buried in the Burmese jungle? A British team of archaeologists and surveyors are currently in Burma searching for dozens of Spitfire airplanes that were allegedly buried...
Four local WWII vets bask in glow of French honors - News Courier | Staff Sgt. William P. “Jack” Hunter entered the service on June 5, 1943, at the age of 17 and trained to be a gunner on a B-17 Flying Fortress. He went on active duty in the Army Air Forces in March 1944 and was sent to the European Theatre of ...
Memories take flight as WWII vet sees plane like the one he piloted - Ventura County Star | JOSEPH A. GARCIA/THE STAR Richard Organ (left), of Youngstown, Ohio, a World War II naval pilot, chats with Steve Barber Jr., senior wing leader of the Commemorative Air Force Southern California Wing museum in Camarillo on Saturday. In back is a ...
Former WWII pilot relives B-17 experience - Highlands Today | Though it had been almost 70 years since Marvin Goldberg flew in a B-17 bomber, the experience remained familiar when he traveled in one to the Sebring Regional Airport on Friday. When the plane's engines started, he recalled those were the sounds he ...
Piloting a Mighty Mouse in WWII - KMJ Now | 90-year-old Richard Emler of Fresno, CA appears on the January 19, 2013 edition of Hometown Heroes, recalling his 70 missions as a B-25 pilot during World War II. You'll hear Emler remembering hearing the news of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor ...
Roland Garros hero of the Mediterranean from Passion for aviation by Xavier Cotton | Within the 
events of the "International Year Roland Garros" association "Memoirs of the Seaplane" carried out with the help of the "Mission Memory of Civil Aviation," an exhibition at the DGAC January 20 to February 8, 2013 (visit on weekdays from 8:30 to 18:30)...
Good Luck Mima! from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | Somewhere in the world it is January 21st, and today a very special young lady is facing a huge test that will open a door to her aviation career, fulfilling her dream to fly. Below is the email she sent me two weeks ago. After you read her excitement, and share in her tears of joy, please join me in wishing her the best of luck on this very important day....
STOVL F-35 Grounded from AVwebFlash Current Issue | The Pentagon has grounded the most sophisticated version of the F-35 after a pilot had to abort a takeoff at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida on Wednesday. An exhaust nozzle actuator line line in the F-35B's exhaust system failed. The B model, which will be used by the Marine Corps, uses downward jet exhaust to assist takeoff and allow vertical landings. The Air Force (A model) and Navy (C model) aircraft are not affected. There are 25 airplanes grounded.
"On Floats" UCAP #316B from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast | UCAP Daily from the Sebring US Sport Aviation Expo. Jeb's arrived, and he and Jack talk with James Wynbrandt for this second UCAP Daily of the Sebring Sport Aviation Expo. Recorded January 19, 2013.
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