Saturday, February 9, 2013

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Sequestration shouldn't bar Blue Angels in 2014 - Traverse City Record Eagle | TRAVERSE CITY — A threat to clip the Blue Angels' wings this year won't affect the National Cherry Festival. “It seems like the Navy is only speaking to the 2013 budget,” said Trevor Tkach, National Cherry Festival executive director. The Blue Angels ...

AF leaders: Sequestration, more budget cuts will be devastating from Air Force Link Top Stories | Sequestration would leave the Air Force with untrained people, a lack of equipment and be "devastating" to the service, officials said Feb. 7. The warning echoes what Department of Defense officials have stated for months about across-the-board defense cuts, in addition to an ongoing continuing resolution...

Jet fighters, school bus, outhouse new features for 2013 air show - Petoskey News-Review | Still, “it makes the ground tremble,” Barresi said. Also new this year is a heritage flight of a World War II P-51 Mustang flying wingtip-to-wingtip with a modern A-10 Thunderbolt, showcasing what Barresi called “the lineage of the tank killers.” Gates ...

Red Arrows safe from cutbacks - Bournemouth Echo | But Edward Leigh, MP for Gainsborough, close to the Arrow's Lincolnshire base, has been reassured by Armed Forces Minister Andrew Robathan that the team – which is the major attraction at Bournemouth Air Festival – would not be part of money-saving ...

Jogja Air Show 2013 halted due to death of senior aviator - Jakarta Post | Preparations for the 2013 Jogja Air Show — due to be opened on Saturday at Depok Beach in Bantul, Yogyakarta — were suspended for a couple of hours on Friday in remembrance of a senior aviator and patron of the Indonesian Aero Sport Federation ...

Yves Rossy's JetMan School (Without The Jets) from AVwebFlash Current Issue | A video released February 8, 2013 by Jetman Yves Rossy suggests the skydiving innovator may be on the verge of marketing an unpowered version of his strapped-on wing and opening a school to teach people how to fly it. Rossy has piloted another version of the wing with four micro-turbines attached to its underside, delivering power. He has flown...

Must-see for air racing fans by Janice Wood | GAN columnist Ben Visser, who is our fuels and lubrications expert, usually sends us information about his area of expertise. But once in a while he...

A chance to 'fly, man, fly' - The Northwest Florida Daily News | Mazock became one of the Flying Tigers, who flew only at night and under poor weather conditions with little to no equipment to guide them. “A lot of people didn't realize what was happening in China, but while we were there we held off 1.5 million ...

EDITORIAL: Final tribute to WWII's first heroes The Northwest Florida Daily News | The raid was America's first counterstrike after Japan's bombing of Pearl Harbor. It was the first time fliers had tried to launch B-25 bombers from an aircraft carrier. The huge B-25 needed a longer runway for takeoff than a carrier could provide. It ...

Willa Brown (Coffey) Chappell from CAF Red Tail Squadron | Last week's blog subject was Illinois aviation pioneer Cornelius Coffey. He met this week's blog subject, Willa Brown, when she was his student at the Curtiss-Wright School of Aviation in Chicago. When she decided to learn to fly, she enrolled at his Coffey Flying School at Harlem Airport just outside of Chicago and became the first black woman to earn her pilot's license in the United States. [Chicagoan Bessie Coleman was the first black woman to EVER earn a pilot's license, but she had to go to France in order to do it as...

Gone West: B-26 pilot Jim Muri from Aero-News Network | Piloted One Of The Bombers Against The Japanese In The Battle Of Midway The pilot of one of four B-26 bombers that took off from Midway Island to help turn back an invading Japanese fleet in 1942 has passed away in Billings, MT. James Muri was 93....

WWII Vet Takes Special Flight Over Ft. Lauderdale - WBFS | Swecky was given an honorary flight at Fort Lauderdale Executive airport Friday with his son in honor of his service on the B-17. He worked the radio and gunning positions. After stepping off the plane Swecky turned to his son and gave him a kiss on cheek.

Bomb Wing documents back in Pratt - Pratt Tribune | That included Bob Morgan, the leader of the 497th Bomb Group and pilot of the B-17 Memphis Belle, the first B-17 to complete 25 missions allowing the crew to retire and fly the Belle across the country on recruiting flights. Although Morgan had piloted ...

Walt Bowe's P-40E from Antique Airfield News |Walt Bowe and Carlene Mendieta at Sonoma/Schellville Airport, Sonoma, CA have acquired a 1942 P-40E. Congratulations!... Other posts:

Huey Symposium February 23-24 Pima Air Museum - Tucson Citizen | Lucky Tucson Nam Vets. The guest speaker at the Huey Symposium, on Sunday February 24th at 3pm, is Robert Mason, the author of the well known book, “Chicken Hawk.” Bob was a Huey pilot in the Vietnam war. His wife Patience Mason is legend for her ...

Free musical performance honoring Tuskegee Airmen from Air Combat Command - Top ACC Stories | A free and open to the public musical performance by the U.S. Air Force Heritage of America Band honoring Tuskegee Airmen is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. on Feb. 10 at the American Theatre in Hampton, Va. "We know our audience will love it, not only for the wonderful music, but the amazing story that inspired it," said Tech. Sgt. Anne Epperly, U.S. Air Force Heritage of America Band, noncommissioned officer in charge of...

Eglin F-35 pilots fly tactical intercepts from The DEW Line by Dave Majumdar |Pilots at Eglin AFB, Florida, are starting to do a little bit of tactical training in the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter....

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.

French Air War in Mali: some stunning air-to-air pictures from David Cenciotti's weblog - the most visited Italian Aviation Blog by David Cenciotti |In Mali, French are not only fighting. They are also doing stunning pictures....

War Games in a B-52 from Featured by Sagar Pathak | A lineman prepares to launch a B-52 for a night mission during War Week at Barksdale AFB. (Sagar Pathak)You would think that an airplane 159-feet long and 40-feet high would have plenty of space. After all, it has eight massive engines, and is roughly the same size as a jumbo jet. But the answer is that it does not have a lot of space. Well, not for people at least....

Fueling the high flyers -- U-2 tube food calms cravings in the cockpit from Air Combat Command - Top ACC Stories | Peach cobbler, chicken-a-la-king, key lime pie, or even the classic sloppy joe don't compare to a home cooked meal, but U-2 Dragon Lady pilots say the food they eat while flying long missions is delicious. While wearing a...

Phil Derner: NYC Aviation from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | Friday's Fabulous AvGeek

Video: Ultra Slow Motion (1200 fps) Of A Boeing 777 Burning Rubber! from AirPigz by Martt | Have you ever wondered what the landing gear on a Boeing 777 looks like at 1200 frames per second as it makes contact with terra firma? Well, wonder no more! This video offers up a...

Columbia at White Sands Space Harbor from The Original Rocket Dungeon by Dick | On March 30, 1982, Columbia/STS-3 landed at the backup landing site at White Sands Missile Range. Here are some nice shots found on Facebook.

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