is the team's last appearance this year, after having canceled the rest of its schedule because budget cuts related to the federal...TiCo Warbird Airshow a swan song for Thunderbirds - Florida Today | Thunderbirds take Brevard firefighter for a ride: The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds took a local Brevard firefighter and Air Force reservist for a ride in an F-16 fighter jet. The firefighter was honored with the "Hometown Hero" award. Video by Tim ...
Performers prepare for this weekend's air show - NBC2 News | Performers from across the country are filling the skies above Punta Gorda. Planes are starting to arrive for this weekend's air show. NBC2's Charlie Keegan got a first hand look at one of the performances. At 200 miles per hour, hundreds of feet above ...
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Public air show part of Big Country AirFest canceled due to federal cuts - KTXS | “Abilene has always had a strong partnership with Dyess Air Force Base. In 2007, when the Air Force scaled back their air show to every other year, we stepped in and said we could offer it at the Abilene Regional Airport,” said Steve Krazer, AirFest...
“Welcome to Russia, Blue Angels”: the first U.S. military presence over Moscow since the end of the Cold War from David Cenciotti's weblog | The following video is part of a film called “Blue Angels: Around the World at the Speed of Sound”, realized to support the Blue Angels 1992 season. The story behind it is very interesting and it is worth to be told....
AIRSHOW NEWS: Air Tattoo unveils show makeover from Flightline UK - UK Airshow News by admin | This summer will see the Royal International Air Tattoo unveil a package of initiatives designed to make the world’s greatest airshow even more enjoyable for the thousands of people who flock to the Cotswolds each year for this unique celebration of aviation.
AIRSHOW NEWS: RAF Cosford Air Show includes Battle of Britain Memorial Flight in tribute to historic Aircraft from Flightline UK - UK Airshow News by admin | The RAF Cosford 75th Anniversary Air Show is pleased to confirm the attendance of the Royal Air Force Battle of Britain Memorial Flight to the event on Sunday 9th June.
Women in Aviation - WCYB | The International Women in Aviation conference will start on Thursday and run through Saturday at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center. NTSB Chairwoman Deborah Hersman is scheduled to speak about aviation safety, and Boeing ...
Kelly and Akin share local spotlight with aerial exploits - Breckenridge American | The women pilots had reported trouble with their planes which included the German aviatrix, Thea Gasche, and Bobbie Trout, former holder of the women's endurance record. Also, pilot Claire Fahy, wife of the current holder of the men's endurance flying ...
World War II History Lands at Burbank Airport - Patch.com | Fifi, however, was mainly used for training and never saw combat, said Konley Kelley of the Commemorative Air Force, the event's organizer. But it was still a surprise find when it was discovered in an airport graveyard in 1972, when it was held that ...
WWII B-17 BOMBER ON DISPLAY IN EL CAJON - U-T San Diego | el cajon — If anyone spots a World War II-era Boeing B-17 bomber flying low in skies over the San Diego area this week, do not be alarmed. Memphis Belle, the plane that starred in a 1990 film by the same name, landed at Gillespie Field on Monday and ...
Tuskegee Airmen Nat'l Historic Site: Part 3 - The Cadet Experience from CAF Red Tail Squadron's Blog | The cadets in the Tuskegee-based flight training program were all black men. However, like their white counterparts at other flight training facilities of the time, they were also "green" when it came to flying for the U.S. military....
Seven decades later, a World War II pilot soars once more in a Flying Fortress - Dallas Morning News | John “Lucky” Luckadoo, one of the original pilots in the 100th Bomb Group, was invited to be part of a flight Wednesday from Denison to Dallas in a B-17 Flying Fortress, as a guest of the Wings of Freedom Tour at the Frontiers of Flight Museum at Love ...
He flew as tail gunner in a B-24 ‘Liberator’ in the Pacific dubbed ‘Passionate Witch’ from War Tales by Don Moore | Carl Driver of Alligator Mobile Home Park on Taylor Road south of Punta Gorda was the tail gunner in a B-24 “Liberator” four-engine, heavy bomber dubbed “Passionate Witch.” They were part of the 13 Air Force, 50th Bomb Group, 23 Bomb Squadron that flew from captured island air bases built by the Japanese in the [...]
Mayors take to skies in hot-air challenge - Orlando Sentinel | The air race lifts off at 6:30 a.m. Saturday at New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport, and fortunately, actual balloonists — not the mayors — will pilot the craft. The mayoral challenge is part of the pre-event festivities for the upcoming New Smyrna ...
A400M and la Patrouille de France from Flight Image of the Day by Dominic Perry | I've no idea why this picture has just appeared on EADS' Flickr stream as it was taken in August last year, but it is rather nice. It shows an Airbus Military A400M and the Patrouille de France display team in their Dassault-Dornier Alpha Jets soaring over the mountains.
Dougals D-558-2 Skyrocket from Travel for Aircraft by joseph_may | Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket
An evolution of the Douglas D-558-1 Skystreak, the Skyrocket was made to burn and the first aircraft to obtain Mach 2, albeit in a slight dive, and happening on 20 November 1953. The Skyrocket flew most often between Mach 1.5 and Mach 1.7 collecting valuable data which was subsequently used in the Century [...]
First in flight - Stratford Star| Andrew King, chief executive officer of the Connecticut Air & Space Center in Stratford, discusses early coverage of Gustave Whitehead's attempts to fly in front of an enlargement of a front page at the time. The dimensions in the headline are ...
Rescued - Air & Space | Five daring helicopter crews on five very bad days.
How the DC-3 Revolutionized Air Travel - Smithsonian | On an early evening in late 1938, a gleaming American Airlines DC-3 departed Newark Airport, bound for Glendale, California. The takeoff, wrote a Fortune magazine reporter aboard to record the still-novel experience of cross-country air travel, was effortless. “Halfway along the runway,” he recounted, “she left the ground so smoothly that none of the first fliers in the cabin realized what had happened until they saw the whole field rushing away behind them and the factory lights winking through the Jersey murk ahead.”...
Pearson Air Museum bill heads to US House floor after committee approval - OregonLive.com | The Pearson Air Museum abruptly closed its doors in early February after a year of negotiations about who would control the museum. It's since reopened under Park Service management, though Barbara Ayers, a spokeswoman for the city of Vancouver, said ...
'Emeril's Florida' to feature Gov. Scott, Kissimmee Air Museum - Orlando Business Journal | Chef Emeril, who debuted the show earlier this year by featuring Orlando hot spots for foodies and travelers, will showcase the Warbird Adventures at the Kissimmee Air Museum in the episode titled “Cool Places and a Fishing Trip,” set to air March 24 ...
Airmen, Japanese remember the past, honor the present from Air Force Link Top Stories | Airmen from Yokota Air Base, Japan, joined local Japanese citizens March 20 here, to remember American B-29 Superfortress flight crews who lost their lives during a World War II raid over the city and unveil a memorial monument in their honor.
This is what taking off with an F-15 Eagle fighter jet looks like from David Cenciotti's weblog | The following video is part of a series filmed from the backseat of an F-15D with 44th Fighter Squadron from Kadena airbase, Japan....
Local pilot helps youngsters discover flight - Highland Community News | An area pilot has now given more than 200 young people a free demonstration airplane ride as part of the Experimental Aircraft Association's Young Eagles program, which is introducing a new generation to the world of flight. Among the more than 45,000 ...
Sky is the limit for aviation student - The Southern | Hundreds of people from around the world learned about that commitment during last weekend's Women in Aviation Conference in Nashville, Tenn. Courtney Copping, a senior in aviation management and a flight instructor, received the Top Female Pilot ...
Pictorial history of the Wallops Flight Facility from The Original Rocket Dungeon by Dick
Astronaut, Children's Museum to Launch STEM Effort - Inside INdiana Business | Astronaut and Indiana native David Wolf is teaming up with The Children's Museum of Indianapolis. A news conference is planned for Thursday morning to announce Wolf will be the museum's first "extraordinary scientist-in-residence." It's part of an ...
High School Girl To Attend Russian Soyuz Launch In Kazakhstan from Aero-News Network | Fifteen-Year-Old Minneapolis H.S. Sophomore Credits Public School STEM Education For Inspiration High school sophomore and self-proclaimed "Astronaut-in-Training" Abigail Harrison will be the only American teenager in attendance at the legendary Russian Soyuz launch, Soyuz-TMA-09M, in Kazakhstan on May 28, 2013. As a special VIP guest of...
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