Female Crew Cheif: I Never Thought I'd Work On Blue Angels
- WCTI12.com | There's so many opportunities here. You have to do the
right things and take the right steps," said Reid. Reid may not fly but
the ones that do, depend on her. TORI TIDBIT: Vania is one of two female
crew chiefs with the Blue Angels...
Cherry Point air show takes flight this weekend
- WNCT | It starts at 10:30 am and goes until 4 pm The gates will open
at 8 am To get your tickets, just use the Keywords: Air Show right here
on our website. And don't forget to come by and say hello to us! 9 On
Your Side crews will be there Saturday and ...
World War II warbirds' exploits to highlight this weekend's Air Show at Chino ...
- Inland Valley Daily Bulletin | WWII warbirds such as the P-51
Mustang, the P-38 Lightning and the F-4 Phantom among many others will
fly in formation and pilots will perform WWII-style battle acrobatics as
visitors look on. Today, visitors can drop by the museum for a preview
of the ...
Saskatoon airshow for veterans back on, in new venue
- News Talk 980 CJME | The Canada Remembers Airshow is back on track,
after being cancelled in February for financial reasons. "It's going to
be a scaled down version from past years. This will be a strictly
military show," said Cpt. Louis Montreuil, president of the Lynx ...
Wings and Men in Thonon-Les Bains from Passion for aviation by Xavier Cotton | "Wings and 
Men"
| Great Exhibition of Aeronautics 11 to 20 May 2012 | Organized by the
Ancient Wings of Upper Savoy and the Air Force. | Tully space | 8 avenue
des Abattoirs in Thonon-Les-Bains | free admission
Historical Airplanes Displayed For Central Texas
- KCEN-TV | Thursday we got to hop into a B-25 Mitchell Bomber and take
a trip back in time. We got to see what it was like for our airmen more
than six decades ago, to fly such a legendary aircraft. "What they did
was they went out at night with radar and they ...
Wings and Wheels set to delight
- Bundaberg News Mail | For an entry cost of $2, there should be
something for all ages, from a large range of aeroplanes to classic
cars, model aeroplanes and even a Spitfire display by the Griffith
University Aviation Club. For those who prefer to be with some of the
action ...
'Doolittle Raiders' to visit Alameda's USS Hornet
- Inside Bay Area | Among those expected to attend is David Thatcher,
an engineer and gunner on the B-25 Mitchell dubbed "The Ruptured Duck."
The aircraft crashed in the China Sea after the attack. The pilot, Ted
Lawson, later wrote the book, "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo...
Alabama Aviation Fun Weekend Events from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | An amazing 
variety
of aviation events during May offers entertainment and family fun for
everyone. Mitchell Field-EKY in Bessemer is having an Airport Open
House and Fly In. The public is invited, and area businesses are
welcome to exhibit at no cost. The helicopter rides provided through...
The end of the line for an unlikely savior from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | Not many people are aware of the Halyard Mission, a World War II operation to rescue hundreds of US airmen who had been shot down over Yugoslavia. The man who planned it - but who was forbidden to lead it himself - died last month...
Vimeo Viewing of First Ever Electric Aircraft Charging Station from CAFE Foundation Blog by Dean Sigler | Dr. Brien Seeley, President of the CAFE Foundation, points us toward a video his son Damon just posted to Vimeo. It depicts part of the 2011 Green Flight Challenge sponsored by Google, for which the Foundation played host...
F-16 Fighting Falcon airplane arrives in Paso Robles - KSBY San Luis Obispo News | The Warbird Air Museum in Paso Robles welcomed a new airplane to their collection on Thursday. An F-16 Fighting Falcon arrived from the Sheppard Airforce Base in Texas. Museum officials say the plane cost $15000 to transport from Texas in addition to ...
Home-built aircraft flying in to airport in Limerick - Daily Local News | ... have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see Van's original and only RV-1 -- a Stits SA-3 Playboy built by Richard VanGrunsven (RV) in 1965. The aircraft is on national tour on its way to permanent display in the EAA AirVenture Museum in Oshkosh, ...
How To Fly The P-47 - High Altitude Flight and Aerobatics (1943) - www.youtube.com via American Airpower Museum | Courtesy FedFlix, public.resource.org National Archives and Records Administration How to Fly the P-47: High Altitude Flight and Aerobatics War Department. A...
Spread your wings from Randy's Journal by Randy Tinseth | We’ve upped the game when it 
comes
to the 737 MAX. Just when you thought we couldn’t further improve the
airplane, along comes our new Advanced Technology winglet. While most of
the buzz in the media has surrounded its eye catching shape, it’s the
performance that will be the difference for our airline customers....
“Perfect Use of an Airplane,” Greg’s June column
from Greg Brown's Flying Carpet Blog by Greg Brown | ...I was
intimately aware of my friend’s tribulations in shooting, refining, and
culling some 35,000 photographs for the book, all while piloting
fulltime for the Navajo Nation and completing other photography
commissions. Every month or so he’d call and say, “Greg, I’m flying the
President to Flagstaff for a meeting today. Can we hang out someplace
with ‘wi-fi’ and good coffee?”...
CORSAIR RESTORATION from TAKEOFF TUBE
Comments Still Open for Young Eagles Fuel Exemption
from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft 
Association | EAA members and
pilots can still comment to EAA's petition for an exemption from pilot
reimbursement restrictions when Young Eagles pilots receive free fuel
while flying youth in the popular aviation education program.
Stead Young Eagles Event – June 30, 2012 from Stead Airport Users Association by Webby
EAA Young Eagles Flight Rally
- vaa37 | Saturday, May 5th, 2012 9:00a Eastern | EAA Vintage Aircraft
Association, Chapter 37 | DeKalb County Airport | 2710 County Road 60 -
Gate 7 - Hangar A | Auburn, Indiana 46706 | "Where Dreams Take
Flight!"
Alabama Legislature Honors NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center
from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | MONGTOMERY AL Gene Goldman,
acting director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville,
Ala., addressed a joint session of the Alabama Legislature May 3 -- one
of several events at the State Capitol to honor the Marshall Center for
its achievements in space exploration....
Saturday, May 5, 2012
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Blue Angels just one of several acts at air show
- The Daily News Journal | Spectators will also be able to marvel at a
number of other aerobatic acts, including the grace and magic of
powerless flight by paraplegic Dan Buchanan in his TK-17 hang-glider.
Military and civilian aircraft on display and a kids' zone...
Lauderdale Air Show Returns to the Skies After 5 Years
- NBC 6 Miami | By Willard Shepard With the Lauderdale Air Show
returning this Saturday and Sunday and Fleet Week also taking place,
this weekend promises to be one of the busiest tourist weekends in South
Florida. "That weekend alone could pay my entire rent for two ...
2012 Defenders of Liberty Air Show
- Released by 307th Bomb Wing Public Affairs | Capt. Jeff 
Negrette, an
A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot assigned to the 47th Fighter Squadron, briefs
visitors at the 2012 Defenders of Liberty Air Show about the
seven-barrel 30mm Gatling gun on the A-10 at...
Air Force Heritage And American History Come Together Over Fenway
- Avionics Intelligence | The base hosted two F-16 Fighting Falcons and
a P-51 Mustang from the United States Air Force Heritage Flight
Foundation on Thursday before they were to perform the special flyover
at Fenway Park in Boston. According to www.airforceheritageflight.org
...
3 WWII-Era Planes On Display At Gillespie Field
- KGTV San Diego | Three historic planes which had a significant role
in the outcome of World War II were on display at Gillespie Field in El
Cajon on Wednesday. The Collings Foundation brought a P-51 Mustang
fighter, a B-24-J Liberator and a B-17 Flying Fortress for a ...
Hawker Hunter make-over 2012 update 25-4-2012
- xe606 | Busy day today at Barkstone Heath, finished the 'top-side'
with the last coat of grey being applied. Mick Coombes stayed until 1pm
before calling it a day, and prior to him going away to North Wales !!
Mick added more 'blue' rings to the aircraft, and marked-out where the
'red' 12" dot goes on the roundels. Awful day outside with 4 hours of
heavy rain, making it cool inside the hangar for the paint to dry. I
made a start on the...
50-Year Anniversary First Flight of CIA A-12 at Groom Lake
from Roadrunners of Groom Lake by TD Barnes, President Roadrunners
Internationale | A-12Members or Roadrunners Internationale 
celebrate the
50th anniversary of the first official flight of the CIA-A-12. Half a
century ago today, on April 26,1962, Lockheed Test Pilot Lou Schalk
eased Article 121 into the cool crisp air of Groom Lake, Nevada. The
flight duration was only forty minutes, logofifty years ago, but
aviation history made a great leap that day. Under the direction of
Kelly Johnson, Lockheed’s famous Skunk Works first A-12 flight set the
stage for the revolutionary high speed, high altitude records that
followed. The OXCART Program was a joint operation of the CIA, USAF and
Lockheed Corporation along with a host of corporations that developed
special equipment and programs for the A-12 and YF-12. It took three
more years to...
Dean of Alabama Aviation Center Retires
from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | OZARK ALABAMA - Enterprise State
Community College and the Alabama Aviation Center (AAC) announce the
retirement of Tom Kirk, Dean of the Alabama Aviation Center....
Glenview man brings Battle of Midway to life in diorama
- Chicago Tribune | The diorama will be unveiled at the Pacific Air
Museum Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on June 2, to coincide with the battle's
70th anniversary. The opportunity to contribute to the event came up by
chance, Lau said. Former McDonald's CEO Fred Turner wandered ...
We Could Get 1600 Hrs Out of an 1830 - Nordo News | ...From a distance the part was recognizable; in hand unbelievable. Once a piece of mechanical artwork, the piston was ugly defined. Pounded repeatedly by the head of an errant valve, its original tolerances were a distant memory. Only now after decades of darkness and dust does it again have purpose. It is history; a mile marker in time....
Aleutian Tiger P-40K from Moose Peterson Aviation Photography | You can’t but help smiling with 
you see a P-40 and when you see the Texas Flying Legends P-40K, the smile is ear to ear! This is a gorgeous aircraft taking you right back to the day at the beginning of the war when they were...
Mission: Dawn Patrol – DVD Review from aroundthepattern.com by Tracy | I received this DVD free as a volunteer to try products and write reviews for EAA’s Sport Aviation Magazine. The DVD runs 62 minutes and is narrated by Hugh Downs a legendary broadcaster with multi-engine and balloon ratings. Mission: Dawn Patrol is a video account of three pilots who flew aircraft of the Vintage Aero Flying Museum in Hudson, CO to the Dawn Patrol Rendezvous of WWI aircraft at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, OH...
HAI President’s message: We Get No Respect - HeliHub | ...It also appears that some elected officials want to legislate aviation activities rather than allow regulatory agencies to do their job. This is not good for our industry because these lawmakers are circumventing the current rulemaking process, which seeks input from all parties and allows for appropriate aviation expertise and analysis. Legislative solutions tend to make the situation worse, create safety gaps, eliminate jobs, and reduce industry contributions to the communities they represent....
Controller Has 737 In His Garage (Sort Of) from AVweb Top News | Air traffic controller and private pilot James Price has never flown a jet, but he has logged plenty of time in the cockpit of an actual 737 that he converted into a flight simulator and keeps in his garage. Price had already been working on earlier versions of his simulator when a life change and similarly motivated friend led him to...
Aviation fine art by women... there is a website for that.... from Women of Aviation's Facebook Wall | Aviation fine art by women... there is a website for that. Check out their beautiful work.
Video: Exploding Your Miss-conceptions from Flight Monkeys | At Sun ‘n Fun this year we spent some time sharing a camping area with a couple motor glider aficionados. They got us thinking about perhaps logging time in an aircraft that can launch itself from a traditional runway, cruise for hours without using a drop of fuel, and land back at the same airport it took off from. Then again you might choose to land hundreds of miles from your starting point....
NASM V-2 from The Unwanted Blog | The V-2 at the National Air and Space Museum. Note...
NASA PR video on launch escape systems
from RLV and Space Transport News | A NASA Commercial Crew Program
(CCP) educational video about launch abort systems (via Space KSC):
Saturday, April 14, 2012
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Fast Lerner - News 4 Tucson's Danielle takes flight with the Thunderbirds - KVOA Tucson News | TUCSON - News 4 Tucson's Danielle Lerner had the rare privilege of flying with the US Air Force's Thunderbirds today - the F-16 squadron is in Tucson to perform at Davis Monthan's "Thunder and Lightning Over Arizona" Open House tomorrow...
Sonic boom from air show jets rattles Tucson area - AZFamily | A sonic boom during practice from an upcoming air show at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base broke some windows in homes and businesses in Tucson. Authorities say the incident was reported about 2:45 pm Friday in the midtown area as aircraft ...
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base - TucsonSentinel.com | The Thunderbirds, the Air Force's elite fighter jet demonstration team, screamed across the desert skies Friday afternoon in a practice run for VIPs and guests ahead of their weekend performance. The team was established at Luke Air Force Base in...
Robins AFB gears up for April air show with Blue Angels, 20 other performers... - The Republic | The US Navy's famous Blue Angels and many other flying performers will soon be taking to the skies in middle Georgia. Robins Air Force Base is gearing up for its annual air show the weekend of April 28 and 29. In addition to the headlining Blue Angels, ...
Air Show Pep-Rally For Area Students - KIII TV3 | Ahead of this weekend's air show at Naval Air Station-Kingsville, there was a pre-show pep rally Friday at Javelina Stadium on the Texas A&M University -Kingsville campus. The 90 minute show featured a flyover with several civilian and military ...
Air show prep already under way - News-Press Now | Once the FAA relinquishes control, the air space around Rosecrans will be controlled by Wayne Boggs, the air boss. The air boss manages air show activities on the ground and in the air. The weekend of activities will kick off Friday night, May 4, ...
AirFest set for Memorial Day weekend - Janesville Gazette | Also expected are the US Army Golden Knights, a US Air Force F-16, a P-51 Heritage Flight, Susan Dacy and "Big Red," and a jet-powered truck. According to the Black Diamond Jet Team website, the group is a seven-ship aerobatic, civilian-owned jet team ...
Blue Angels Hauled Through Jonesville MI - Mike Venturini | ...Today, I was informed that two 
Blue Angels Navy Jets were coming through Jonesville on flatbed trucks. I ran downtown just in time to see the last of the two Navy Fighters. It was so cool...
BAFB prepares for worst case scenario at air show - KTBS | Planning for an event as big as the Barksdale Air Force Base Airshow involves specialized training for the unthinkable - an airplane crash. "We've created a bunch of injuries and so we have a lot of casualties, a lot of people that are badly hurt...
Red Arrows to showcase skills at flight festival - This is Grimsby | The Grimsby Telegraph can reveal that the famed RAF aerobatic team is to perform its full display over Cleethorpes seafront on June 10, and bring the town's two-day celebration of the skies to an awe-inspiring close. world famous: The Red Arrows will...
No Red Arrows - No Problem, say visitors - Falmouth Packet | For the first time in four years, the world famous Red Arrows will not be performing at Falmouth Week this summer. In the past, they have drawn crowds numbering in the tens of thousands - but what affect, if any, will their absence have on the turnout ...
the Messerschmitt Me 323 Gigant (via) from x planes
Air Show scavenger hunt to start Monday - Havelock News | By Drew C. Wilson A first-ever web-based scavenger hunt will be put on next week to boost interest in the upcoming Cherry Point Air Show. “The purpose of it is like any marketing initiative for the air show, to gain awareness and hopefully attendance,” ...
Vintage WWII aircraft fly into Scottsdale - KPHO Phoenix | By Diana Kendall - email History buffs can get an up-close look at vintage WWII aircraft during the "Wings of Freedom" tour, honoring WWII veterans at the Scottsdale airport through April 16. Sponsored by the The Collings Foundation, the 110-city ...
The Aggie Air Flying Circus from sUAS News by Brett Whalin | Another positive use story and in essence something being undertaken by commercial operations in Europe and Australia. USU students are flying under COA’s hopefully before some of them finish their courses rules will be in place to make this a commercially viable operation in the USA. Those students will be leaving with valuable skills. Well done to the team from...
70th Anniversary of the Doolittle Raid: Minnesota's Untold Story - FOX 9 News | On the Hornet's deck, there were 16 B-25 Mitchell bombers and 80 crew members anxiously preparing to make a daring mission in the outset of WWII. For each of the B-25s, this would be their final flight in a mission that began in Minneapolis...
100th anniversary of Royal Flying Corps celebrated at Yorkshire Air Museum - The Press, York | THE 100th anniversary of the formation of the Royal Flying Corps has been celebrated at the Yorkshire Air Museum. Marking the anniversary today, Ian Reed, director of the air museum, said: “The scope of our historic aircraft collection, which includes ...
Low pass from Planeshots
Humble hero could get lofty honor - Boston Globe | CONCORD - As America's first black naval aviator took to the sky over North Korea one frigid December afternoon in 1950, skeptics still questioned the wisdom of a racially integrated military. Critics feared that prejudice would bleed onto the ...
Lost Spitfires buried in Burma since WW2 - British Forces News | Twenty "lost" Spitfires that have remained boxed and buried in Burma since the Second World War could be recovered and flown again. David Cameron and Burmese president Thein Sein have agreed to work together to find and restore the historic aircraft as ...
Ready to fly the 4,000th from Randy's Journal by Randy Tinseth | When you talk about the
world’s best-selling airplane, it’s easy to get lost in the mind boggling numbers. But today, we celebrated a milestone that really proves how wildly popular the 737 is with our customers—and shows just how busy our employees are in Renton...Boeing Celebrates 4,000th Next-Generation 737 from PR Newswire: Aerospace/Defense | SEATTLE, April 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Boeing (NYSE: BA) executives and more than 500 employees, suppliers, union representatives and government officials joined China Southern Airlines to celebrate the 4,000th Next-Generation 737 at a special event today at Seattle's Boeing Field. The...
Space Shuttle and 747 Mating: In-Depth Look | Video from SPACE.com | The orbiter and its flying taxi, a retrofitted jumbo 747, have shared many a flight. Take a look at the history and development of the Mate-Demate Device (MDD) and catch a time-lapse of the joining of these two massive aerial machines....
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
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Alabama's US Navy Blue Angel Video from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | Coming this March 31 thru April 1, Alabama's own member of the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, LT Dave Tickle will perform as the Blue Angel Opposing Solo in an F/A 18 Hornet number 6. Flying in the Tuscaloosa Air Show is especially sweet since he is indeed a Bama fan. A Birmingham, Alabama native, he is looking forward to seeing his "hometown" crowd....
TICO Warbird Show suffers iffy weather, but still shines from General Aviation News by Drew Steketee | The weekend wasn’t kind to the TICO Warbird Airshow. Showery weather plagued Florida’s east coast. Some complained online that warbird flying was thinner this year and a promised act didn’t appear. But for the dyed-in-wool military aviation aficionado, this was still a pure play. Any 
time of year...
Blue Skies! - USAGK Photos
Ohio Air News 174 - Charles Johnson | Gathering of B-25’s April 14—21 for the Doolittle Raiders Reunion @ The Air Force Museum. Schedule posted on February 10, 2012, for Grimes field, Urbana, OH and The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.
EAA works to boost female aviators - AOPA Pilot | EAA President Rod Hightower underscored the message of “Bring Your Daughter to the Conference” by bringing three of his four daughters to the Women in Aviation International conference in Dallas, March 8 through 10.
WWII flying ace from Petaluma dead at 95 - Santa Rosa Press Democrat | James B. Morehead of Petaluma, a World War II flying ace and two-time Distinguished Service Cross recipient, died Sunday after suffering a stroke last week. He was 95. Morehead, flying mainly P-40 fighter planes, engaged in 20 dogfights and shot down ...
Plane involved in D-Day invasion to be restored - www.airforcetimes.com | GREENWOOD, Ind. — The massive plane’s Army-green body sat hidden behind an old airport hangar, its wings and tail in pieces next to it....
Exhibiting airpower - Airman Online | The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is home to more than 360 aerospace vehicles and missiles. The 17 acres of indoor exhibit space house thousands of Air Force artifacts dating back to the beginning of military flight....
Movie Monday - March 12 - Flight Testing 787 from FlightBlogger | Boeing has compiled its flight test footage for an expanded look at the 787's certification campaign. The...
Train kept a-rollin' from Randy's Journal |Back in December, we delivered the 7,000th 737. That 
number included the “classics” as well as our Next-Generation 737s. Now, another milestone airplane is working its way through our Renton factory. Meet what will soon become the 4,000th Next-Generation 737....
A380 to fly at FIDAE Air Show as part of 2012 World Tour - Canadian Skies | For the first time Airbus will showcase its biggest stars together at the FIDAE Air Show (Feria Internacional del Aire y del Espacio) in Santiago, Chile. Both the iconic A380 and the new generation airlifter A400M will be in static display and conduct ...
A Train to Space: All Aboard the 20,000-Mile-Per-Hour Low-Earth-Orbit Express from POPSCI 
| From the man who brought you magnetic levitation, a concept maglev cannon that could launch a train into space. Today in grandiose space ambitions that would make even Newt Gingrich balk: a $60 billion, 1,000-mile long, 12-mile high, 20,000-miles-per-hour maglev train that starts on the ground and arrives in low Earth orbit. The minds behind the Startram project think it could reduce the cost per kilo (that's like 2.2 pounds American) for cargo from roughly $10,000 to just $50....
St. Louis Science Center First Friday in March Offers Space Activities for the Whole Family from The Aero Experience | The St. Louis Science Center hosted its March First Friday event last week as an on-going promotion of Star Trek, The Exhibition. The monthly event provides a variety of science education activities for all ages in the James S. McDonnell Planetarium and the main Science Center building across Highway 40 from Forest Park. Even outside...
The remarkable 848 videos of Youtube's webdev17 from High Power Rocketry | There are so many millitary, aerospace, and other vintage videos that I can't possibly post them all. Can't even find and post the best yet, because I am not done looking around. Here are few good vids:
Sunday, September 25, 2011
CNBC PRESENTS “DREAMLINER: INSIDE THE WORLD’S MOST ANTICIPATED AIRPLANE”
The documentary also looks at the other side of Boeing: defense. Although helping the U.S. wage war has long been a major and lucrative part of the company’s business, it’s also been plagued by a series of scandals. Boeing is now bracing itself for cuts in defense spending at home and turning increasingly to foreign customers. CNBC takes a close look at Boeing’s newest weapon—a drone called the Scan Eagle, which weighs less than a typical carry-on bag, and costs roughly $100,000.
With CNBC in the U.S., CNBC in Asia Pacific, CNBC in Europe, Middle East and Africa, CNBC World and CNBC HD+, CNBC is the recognized world leader in business news providing real-time data, analysis and information to more than 390 million homes worldwide. The network's 16 live hours a day of business programming in North America (weekdays from 4:00 a.m.- 8:00 p.m.) is produced at CNBC's global headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., and includes reports from CNBC News bureaus worldwide. CNBC.com and CNBC Mobile Web (mobile.cnbc.com) offer real-time stock quotes, charts, analysis and both on-demand and live streaming video.
Sunday, August 21, 2011
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Tributes to Gifted Red Arrow Pilot Video from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News -The RAF Red Arrow display team had just completed a performance at the Bournemouth Air Festival, 1350 on Saturday 20 August 2011 when the jet went down just south of Bournemouth Airport. Flight Lieutenant Egging, 33, from Rutland, was known to colleagues as "Eggman" was piloting Red Arrow number 4. The accident is under investigation by authorities… 
Airshow Pilot Tragedy at KC Aviation Expo Air Show from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | Tragedy struck today when performer Bryan Jensen's biplane aircraft crashed at 1:45 p.m. at the Kansas City Aviation Expo Air Show at the Wheeler Downtown Airport. Jensen was fatally injured and the show was immediately closed. The FAA and NTSB are investigating the accident. The director of the Kansas City Aviation Expo Air Show reported said, "Our hearts go out to Bryan's family and loved ones." …
Cobertura Moscou Air Show (MAKS) 2011 – 74 imagens from CavokBlog - NotÃcias de Aviação, Tecnologia e Fotografia by Fernando ValdugaGuest Column: Rockford airport continues success - Rockford Register Star | AirFest was another success the airport achieved this year. In my seventh year of serving on the airport board, I've never seen an AirFest that was so inline with its budget. It was one of the smoothest- run AirFests I've been involved in, ...
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
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First air show in a decade deemed success - Stoney Creek News | The crowd was particularly impressed with the heavy bombers including the Avro Lancaster, B-25 and two B- 17s along with the rare spectacle of eight Harvards flying together and the aerobatics of Bill Carter in his Pitts Special. ...
Air Race Classic Delayed by The Racing Aces | Pilots, Dianna Stanger of Port Lavaca, Texas and Victoria Holt of Belton Texas, The Racing Aces, were due to begin their journey in the 2011 Air Race Classic on Tuesday, June 21st. The 4-day air race began in 1929 with the First Women’s Air Derby, the oldest women’s race in the country. However due to forecast weather the race was delayed until Wednesday, June 22. The start of the race has also been moved to the Alliance Municipal Airport (KAIA) in Alliance, Nebraska. Teams may depart at 12:00 pm from KAIA…
Thursday, May 26, 2011
HONOR FLIGHT AT AIRVENTURE 2011 WILL FLY WWII NAVY VETERANS TO D.C. MEMORIALS #OSH11
Southwest 737 to depart AirVenture grounds as part of ‘Navy Day’ festivitiesThursday, June 24, 2010
WWII HONOR FLIGHT AT EAA AIRVENTURE 2010 WILL BRING VETERANS TO MEMORIALS IN D.C.
"Adding the Old Glory Honor Flight to AirVenture is a natural fit with this year's 'Salute to Veterans' theme," said Tom Poberezny, EAA chairman/president and AirVenture chairman. "We are honored to partner with American Airlines and the Honor Flight Network, giving these heroes the opportunity to see the sites dedicated to their service and allowing them to receive the recognition they deserve."
Saturday, February 20, 2010
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Spin maneuver preceded crash of aerobatics plane near Redlands - By PE News on February 19, 2010 3:00 PM The pilots of an ill-fated aerobatic airplane apparently began a spin maneuver at low altitude last week moments ...
Fontana Auto Club Speedway news 2010-02-19 - Motorsport.com |The Blue Angels are scheduled to fly 68 air shows at 35 air show sites in the United States during the 2010 season, as the team celebrates 24 years of ... Reaching speeds of 400 mph, the Blue Angels flyover will feature six blue and gold Boeing F/A-18 Hornets; the Delta formation will then fly back to Naval ...
US Army's Black Daggers to perform at Air Expo 2010 – WCIV | The Blue Angels, separated only by inches, have flown in front of more than 427 million people in aerial demonstrations throughout the US and around the ...
BASE jumper/Inventor/Pilot Calvin19 and Annibal: A Family Affair ... - "I enjoy viewing The Red Bull Air races a lot. I do not have the money or skill to participate. These pilots are the best of the best flying the best of the best. There is no argument." As for the Red Bull Air Force which some consider ...
Hello all my aviation friends! I've been busy with schoolwork but not to busy to get a cool interview! My friend Elliot Seguin races at Reno in the formula one class in a neat airplane called "Wasabi". He helped me out a lot because we had to do an e-mail interview and that meant a bunch of typing he did. Here it is http://evanflys.com/elliot_seguin be sure to check out his site http://wasabiairracing.blogspot.com/ Also, my dad and Eddie Andreini put together a really cool video - check it out! http://www.vimeo.com/8928843 your pal, Evan http://evanflys.com
Valkaria Air Fest 2010 QuickCast 02 from The Pilot's Flight PodLog | David is on-location at X59 for the Valkaria Air Fest 2010 Media Day. In this QuickCast, David talks with J. W. "Corkey" Fornof. They talk about Corkey's flying background, the LoPresti Fury that he flies, and what we can plan to expect during his airshow performance. You can find out more about the LoPresti Fury at http://www.loprestifury.com, and you can read Corkey's Plane Talk, a blog, at http://loprestifury/wordpress.
Valkaria Air Fest 2010 QuickCast 03 from The Pilot's Flight PodLog | David is on-location at X59 for the Valkaria Air Fest 2010 Media Day. In this QuickCast, David talks with Chuck Vincent of Eagle Air Airshows. Chuck talks about his Extra 300L, what got him started flying aerobatics, and what this year's Air Fest might look like to spectators on the ground. Chuck also talks about the airshow he produces in Louisianna. You can find out more about Chuck and his air show team at http://www.eagleairllc.com, and you can get information about the Acadian Air Fest at http://www.acadianaairfest.com.
Former EAA Director Shares Aviation Experiences With Nine Lives from EAA - Nine Lives - Adventures of a Lucky Pilot is a book that EAA Founder Paul Poberezny says "should be read by every pilot." Written by EAA Director Emeritus Mal Gross, the book's 520 pages create a memoir of Mal's 50-plus years - 6,850 hours logged - of flight experience as a private pilot in a variety of general aviation airplanes…
Palm Springs Air Museum to honor WWII heroes for Black History Month - The Desert Sun | Military pilots Rusty Burns, Dr. Robert Higginbotham and Mitchell Higginbotham as well as retired officer George Edwards of the 92nd Buffalo Soldiers, ...
Enduring tribute to airmen in ceremony - The Star | The B17's last moments, and the terrible crash which claimed the lives of 10 crew, was witnessed by scores of people, some of whom told their stories to The ...
"Bona Fide Hoosier Hero" Col. Weir Cook '16 is Honored - DePauw University ... but the Indianapolis Airport Authority decided it was best to have the city's name linked to the airport and to honor Cook in other ways. ...
WWII bomber flights in Long Beach honor veterans - Contra Costa Times | The nonprofit organization is offering flights on a B-25 J Mitchell bomber out of Long Beach today and Sunday as part of a traveling outreach program to ...
Dream Chaser update from RLV and Space Transport News | The latest on Sierra Nevada's Dream Chaser vehicle, which they are proposing to launch on an Atlas V to take NASA crews to the ISS: Sierra Nevada Building On NASA Design - Aviation Week - Feb.19.10.
Hot Air Balloons | Up Up and Away - Hot Air Balloons A website dedicated to the uplifting sport of Hot air Ballooning. Hort Air Balloons mans original way to fly and the best way to the land from height.
Aviation History -- 19th February 1965 from Wright Squawks by Roger Chua | On February 19th 1965, Boeing announces that Lufthansa will be the launch customer of the company's new 737 model. It entered service with the carrier in 1968. Still in production, over 8,000 of all versions have been ordered with over 6,200 being built. About 1,250 737s are in the air at any time. A 737 takes off somewhere in the world every 5 seconds. The 737 fleet has flown about 296 million hours in revenue service, travelling 75 billion nautical miles in 232 million flights…
Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago | At the time of Project Mercury, the Atlas as a launch system had a reliability rating of 90%, while acceptable for a weapons system, was unsuitable for a manned rocket launch vehicle. As a result, a whole series of initiatives under the umbrella of what was called the Pilot Safety Program was put into place to improve not just the reliability of the Atlas rocket for Project Mercury, but also to improve its safety. The most visible of the resulting efforts as the escape tower on the Mercury spacecraft that could pull it away from the Atlas in case of a malfunction…
