No jets? Shows will still go on - Florida Today | TITUSVILLE — The organizers of the TICO Warbird Airshow and the Cocoa Beach Air & Space Show appreciate when military air demonstration teams like the Air Force Thunderbirds come to town. But even if defense cuts were to permanently ground the ...
Athens Aviation Event at Ben Epps Airport from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | ATHENS GEORGIA- Learn about Athens' aviation past on March 23 when "Athens Aviation: Then, Now, Next" is held at the Ben Epps Airport. Tours will be given where visitors can learn about Ben Epps, Georgia's first aviator, and meet Pat Epps, a living aviation legend. Tours of the flight center and passenger terminal will be given along with displays of aircrafts from the Experimental Aircraft Association. There will also be children's activities....
A Force for Good from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | ..."The turn out exceeded our expectations," said Lenny Merritt, Fly In event organizer and MAPS member. The pilot and vet, based at the airport saw the Fly In as a way to honor all military aviation units and tell their story. Captain Otto Fox took to the stage and told a crowd of over 1,000 during the day, how he and Matt Bein will take their message to Washington, D.C. "Your support here today will be shared around the world, today is a great day for our St. Clair County Veterans."...
Biz Bits: Chico's airshow could be in danger without help - Enterprise-Record | Kemper said the city has been supportive in other ways, but now the airshow is looking for help from the private sector. There's hope a sponsor or two might be out there and give Kemper a call to talk more. If you're trying to call during the day, he's ...
Bronco Fan Day from Apron 6 | I would like to make some publicity for a nice event that takes place next week (Sunday 24th). For the second time the Bronco Demoteam is organizing the Bronco Fan Day. This year the event will take place at the airfield of Wevelgem (EBKT), the home of the Bronco. It should be the same relaxed [...]
Uniquely Women in Aviation International from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | Now that the 24th Annual WAI conference is over, the 25th Anniversary celebration countdown begins. Next March the landmark conference will be in Orlando....
Blue Angels F-18 - Fort Worth Star Telegram | Tom Kemp of the Veterans Memorial Air Park in Fort Worth inspects a F-18 that was flown in the Navy's Blue Angels is about to be lifted off the bed of a
trailer Saturday March 15, 2013. The plane will have its wings re-attached and placed on exhibit in ...Women in AF paved way, often through adversity from Air Force Link Top Stories | ...WAF--not to be confused with the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS), a small group of female transport pilots that existed for little more than two years (1942-44) and was part of the Women Air Force Service Pilots (WASPs) before their disbanding--was a program which served to bring women into limited roles in the Air Force. Women pilots from World War II would have been excellent leaders, but they were diverted to the Reserves....
Samuel Moses, 93 decorated war vet, Sears executive - Philadelphia Inquirer | With the plane's cargo of bombs stuck in their bays, that pilot - LaVerne G. "Blondie" Saunders - took a chance and crash-landed the B-17 into the Pacific near Bougainville Island. "It was very scary. They thought they were going to die when the plane ...
German author uncovers Borders war hero story - Border Telegraph | And a life-time curiosity about the American B-17 bomber and its crew led to the semi-retired languages teacher researching and writing his first book, Als die Feinde vom Himmel fielen (When the enemies fall from the sky), in 2003. Not long after its ...
Lt. Clayton Raynes’ Stuttgart mission was worst combat flight he took during WW II from War Tales by Don Moore | On an overcast April night in 1943 a lone B-17 bomber dubbed “Hotfoot Two” flew from Newfoundland to Greenland on its way to Scotland, Ireland, England and the war zone in Europe. The “Flying Fortress” was destined for the 8th Air Force to became one of the thousands of American, four-engine, heavy bombers to wield [...]
WWII in color: Rare photos from 1942 show Flying Fortress bombers and their heroic crews in The Mighty 8th Command - Snejana Farberov | I got this from my friend in England, Paul Ramsey. It has some really neat shots of the B-17 both yesterday and today....
Museum Hosts Local Scouts, Assists with Aviation Merit Badge Activities from News | The Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum hosted several hundred Boy Scouts from local troops Saturday during the annual Scout Aviation Day event. The Scout leaders organized their Scouts into three sessions, each with three groups rotating between the Museum, nearby Parks College flight training facility and the west ramp at Ideal Aviation for orientation flights. Many of the requirements for the Aviation Merit Badge were...
Budget cuts threaten Civil Air Patrol from General Aviation News by General Aviation News Staff | Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) has introduced an amendment to the new defense spending bill that would dramatically reduce funding for CAP missions and programs for Fiscal Year 2013. The Senate is expected to vote on the amendment on Monday, March 18....
Embracing the seaplane lifestyle from General Aviation News by Meg Godlewski | Not many people can say they pursued their seaplane rating out of necessity, but Greg Corrado from Port Orchard, Wash., can. He always had an interest in aviation but it wasn’t until he reached his 40s that he had both the time — and a financial reason — to pursue his wings....
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