50 years of Air Fiesta remembered - Valley morning Star | Patti Sandusky is a member of the Minnesota Chapter 99s, an international group of women pilots with more than 5,000 members in 35 countries. She has flown in a trans-continental air race. The group was founded in 1929 by the legendary Amelia Earhart, ...
2013 National Hall of Fame Inductees Announced from Airplanes Channel: Aircraft, Pilots, Heritage, Photos, Video, Events, News by Editor | Home of the legendary Wright Brothers, and widely considered to be the “birthplace of aviation”, Dayton is the perfect location for the National Aviation Hall of Fame – a non-profit organization dedicated to honoring the pioneering and innovative people who have been behind the development of aviation in America. Situated at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, the National Aviation Hall of Fame recently announced the names of the four individuals who will be joining the ranks of other inductees at the prestigious annual ceremony taking place in October 2013. They are Major General Patrick H. Brady, Captain Robert L. Gibson, the late Charles Alfred Anderson and the late Dwane L. Wallace....
Buff Alpha Jet takes you to the military base of Dijon - Le Parisien | A unique opportunity to get 
close to the Alpha Jet, and even take pictures ... Not to miss such an opportunity, please contact Joseph quickly Torossian, a passion for aviation. Known throughout the county for his love of airplanes, it has long chartered Concorde flights...
AIRSHOW NEWS: RAF Typhoon Display Dates 2013 from Flightline UK - UK Airshow News | The RAF Typhoon Display Team have released their 2013 Display Calendar.
World's Oldest Balloon Race To See 10 Nations Competing from Aero-News Network | A Field of 20 Balloons Is Set for the 57th Coupe Aeronautique Gordon Bennett The launch of the 57th edition of the world's most prestigious balloon race is scheduled for August 24, 2013 and with the close of registration on February 15th, the field of competitive teams is now set. Twenty balloon teams from ten nations will launch from Nancy, France. Several of the countries will be represented by multiple teams. Each balloon team is comprised of two pilots....
BAFB Air Show - KTBS | National news sources are reporting that the Navy's Blue Angels have canceled several air shows due to the mandatory cuts by the sequester with a chance of dozens more getting cut, including Barksdale Defenders of Liberty air Show. Military Affairs ...
Redding Air Show flying high with Snowbirds - Record-Searchlight | The Redding Exchange Club, the air show's organizers, announced late last month that the Canadian Forces Snowbirds, which have not appeared in Redding since 2006, will headline the Sept. 27-28, 2014, air show at the Redding Municipal Airport.
"Look Mom... No Hands" from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | I spent last weekend at Seattle's Museum of Flight as we took women on Free Flights. Tomorrow we'll have the exact number and photos galore. But today, meet an amazing pilot who will show you that there is nothing you can't do, despite the obstacles you think may be standing in your way. Please meet Jessica Cox, and see what she is doing to save the children of the world....
Aircraft Mechanic. Me? Really? from WAI Connect Blog by Amy Laboda | Outside of the United States, the question above is fairly common, I’m told. Many female mechanics and aircraft maintenance engineers have heard it, followed by “That’s amazing! How did you ever get involved in that?”...
Astronaut encourages Frederick County girls to fly high from Toriaflies | Astronaut encourages Frederick County girls to fly high ...
Girls take flight in free Women in Aviation Week program - Inside Bay Area | Pilot Carol Andrews, right of Grass Valley, and Michaela Price, 13 of Brentwood, get set to take a demonstration flight in a Grumman Tiger at Byron Airport on Sunday, March 10, 2013, in Byron, Calif. Jacquie Warda of the Patriots Jet Team Foundation ...
Two AF nurses heroes of 'Operation Babylift' from Air Force Link Top Stories | No matter how far women were kept away from combat roles, they were never far from harm and the opportunity to rise above and beyond the call of duty. An explosion blew out a pressure door of a C-5A Galaxy as it took off from Tan Son Nhut Air Base, Vietnam, April 4, 1975, forcing it to make an emergency landing with 313 passengers and crew, including 250 orphans.
MC-12 Project Liberty Team competes for aviation's 'Greatest Achievement' from Air Combat Command - ACC Headlines | Baseball has the World Series, Hollywood has the Oscars, the aviation and aerospace industry has the Collier Trophy. The Air Force's MC-12 Project Liberty has earned a nomination for aviation's most prestigious award. The Robert J. Collier Trophy is...
Open Cockpit Day at Oakland Aviation Museum from General Aviation News | Oakland Aviation Museum will hold its first Open Cockpit Day of the 2013 season March 24, with the planes open for inspection from noon to 4.m. Imagine sitting in a Korean War MiG-15 and feeling what it would have been like to fly for the “other side” in America’s first war of the Jet Age. Relive “Top Gun” by channeling your best Tom Cruise as “Maverick” sitting in an F-14 Tomcat waiting to be launched off the carrier deck....
Museum of Flight acquires Electra 10-E from General Aviation News | SEATTLE — The Museum of Flight will add a restored, antique Lockheed Model 10-E aircraft to its collection. This is the same 
type of plane Amelia Earhart was flying on her ill-fated attempt to fly around the world in 1937. The aircraft will be flown to the museum in September 2013 and become the centerpiece of a new permanent exhibit honoring Earhart. The museum already owns the only known piece of Earhart’s Electra, officials note. This artifact and the airplane will help tell the story of the world’s most famous women aviator in ways that cannot be found in any other museum....
Historic flyover to mark historic walk - Australian Aviation | Former RAAF Wing Commander Matt Hall, Australia's leading aerobatic display pilot, is co-ordinating the event on behalf of Businesses Supporting the Bicentenary (BSB) and Blue Mountains Lithgow & Oberon Tourism. Hall, who served time in combat over ...
Mercy: West Virginian's tale - Charleston Gazette | West Virginia farm boy Charles Brown, age 21, was making his first raid over Germany as pilot of a B-17 bomber, five days before Christmas 1943. The four-propellor craft was shot almost to pieces by Nazi fighters. Most crewmen were wounded and the ...
Grissom Air Museum striving to maintain state's aviation history - Times-Mail | BUNKER HILL — Grissom Air Museum is working to preserve aviation history and honor those who have sacrificed to protect the United States. The museum, which officially opens on April 1 for the 2013 season, has cut the number of months it will stay ...
Indianapolis Aero Club - WISH | John Brill, President Indianapolis Aero Club talks about the long history enjoyed by the Indianapolis Aero Club plus we learn about the many high ranking military officials who speak to the club annually. The Indianapolis AERO Club will be awarding two...
Human-Powered Helo - Mission Possible? - Aviation Week | The two leading teams competing for the $250,000 AHS Sikorsky Prize for human-powered helicopter flight are regrouping after back-to-back unsuccessful assaults on the challenge, which remains unclaimed after three decades. ... "Sadly, even with the ...
The Space Shuttle Era: Stories from 30 Years of Exploration - Air & Space | Air & Space magazine presents a celebration of the 30-year history of the U.S. Space Shuttle, which launched more people into space than any other spacecraft. Based on the popular print Collector’s Edition Space Shuttle 1981-2011, this digital version includes bonus interactive features, extra photographs, and multiple videos....
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
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Sunday, March 10, 2013
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Brownsville launches weekend Air Fiesta - Brownsville Herald | But Patti and Rich Sandusky and Roger Mary Ann Barthel were all in agreement about one thing, getting a good seat for the afternoon air show. “They come in with the bombs and there is just noise and smoke,” Mary Ann Barthel said, and Roger Barthel ...
50 years of Air Fiesta remembered - Valley morning Star | Patti Sandusky is a member of the Minnesota Chapter 99s, an international group of women pilots with more than 5,000 members in 35 countries. She has flown in a trans-continental air race. The group was founded in 1929 by the legendary Amelia Earhart, ...
MAPS hosting Fly-In Saturday - Daily Home Online | PELL CITY – Military Assistance Personal Support is hosting a Fly-In at the St. Clair County Airport March 16 to honor all aviator veterans. “We want to honor any veteran that had any dealings with aviation during their service time, whether it was the ...
Wings Over Flagler air show grounded - Daytona Beach News-Journal | "We came to a preliminary understanding that we would do an air show within the festival, if all the promotion of it was taken away," Mills said. "I think I can handle my part of arranging for the pilots and airplanes without affecting our other ...
B-25 Flies Over Green Township to Honor WWII Hero - WKRC TV Cincinnati | B-25 Flies Over 
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Thousands pay homage to WWII hero - Cincinnati.com | Tom Griffin, one of the last five remaining Doolittle Raiders who bombed Tokyo during World War II, is held at the Green Township Veterans Park on Saturday, Mar. 9, 2013.
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Betty 'Tack' Blake: Only surving member of 1st WASP class from Air Force Link Top Stories | Last year, a young female pilot recently showed her 91-year-old guest the F-16 Fighting Falcon she flies at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. She thanked Betty "Tack" Blake several times as she talked about her job, so Blake finally asked the young captain why she was thanking her. "Because you started it," the captain said. "If you hadn't been successful, we wouldn't be doing what we're doing today."...
SPIRIT OF THE WASP from WASP & WINGS by Nancy Parrish | Spirit of the WASP by Nancy Parrish A tribute to the WASP -- in honor of Women's History Month and the THIRD ANNIVERSARY of the awarding of the Congressional Gold Medal to the Women Airforce Service Pilots of WWII. Early in October, 2012, a World War II air-to-air B-26 tow-target pilot cut a symbolic ribbon at Wings Over the Rockies Aviation and Space Museum in...
March is High-Flying for Women in Aviation - WCTV | The community came out to celebrate Women in Aviation week for the First Ever Fly it Forward festival. "What we found is their is a tremendous growing interest in women entering these fields that were predominately male oriented and we feel that it is ...
Women & Astronauts Fly it Forward from Toriaflies | ...I just had to share my favorite photo of the day. Future astronaut? Her mom drove her 5 hours from New Jersey to be at our first presentation...
German fighter jet replica set for debut at aviation museum - Tyler Morning Telegraph | The B-17 & B-24 were the backbone of the American effort during the war from 1942 to 1945 and were famous for their ability to sustain damage and still accomplish the mission, the Foundation said. Despite the risks of anti-aircraft fire, attacking ...
Stunning MiG-21 Highway Operations in the Polish equivalent of Top Gun from David Cenciotti's weblog | Regarding the last post about the Korean MiG-21s’ highway operations here’s another interesting thing. It is a fragment of a Polish movie Na Niebie i Na Ziemii (In the Sky & On the Ground) which is an excellent example of Cold War propaganda. The given fragment of the 90-minute movie shot in 1973 shows a group of MiGs landing on the highway strip somewhere in Poland....
Tiger Four from Apron 6 | As said in the previous blogpost I’ll cheat a little. This isn’t a tiger paint but it has a nice pair of afterburners. And afterburners are as cool as a tiger paint so it sure is worth to be posted. Thanks for the likes on the tiger posts so far. I’m very happy that you [...]
PICTURE: Phantom Eye completes second flight from Flightglobal Events | Boeing's Phantom Eye, a hydrogen-powered testbed, has made its second flight ...
The Day the Airport Came Alive from Nordo News by Rich Davidson | Each spring, a special day arrives at Lee Bottom. Never acknowledged as an official event, and rarely anticipated, is a moment so unpredictable it often surprises even us. It’s the day the airport comes alive....
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Wednesday, March 24, 2010
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Fly-In to Have One of Its Strongest Lineups - The Ledger | LAKELAND | If you were only to visit the Sun 'n Fun Fly-In once in your life, the best time might be in about a month. The 36th annual Fly-In ...
BROKEN ARROW - Mirror.co.uk | He said: "I would dream about flying with them every time I saw them at Biggin Hill Air Fair." The Red Arrows have had a number of crashes since it was ...
RED ARROWS HORROR AS DAREDEVILS CRASH IN 600MPH JETS - UK Express | The Red Arrows will now have to assess the impact of the crash on their summer programme, which includes the Isle of Man TT Races, Biggin Hill Air Fair and ...
Two Red Arrows jets collide in mid-air - Telegraph.co.uk | Two Red Arrows aircraft yesterday collided in mid-air over Crete, leaving one pilot in hospital and an aircraft destroyed. By Andy Bloxham Wing Commander ...
F-22 Raptor and F/A-18F Demo Teams Coming to Alliance Air Show from Fort Worth Alliance Air Show Blog by alliance@hillwood.com | Two fantastic demo teams have joined the performer line-up for the 2010 Fort Worth Alliance Air Show. The Air Combat Command F-22 Raptor Demo Team and the US Navy F/A-18F East Coast Super Hornet Demo Team will fly into North Texas for the show on October 30 & 31. This is the first appearance of the F-22 Raptor at the Fort Worth Alliance Air Show… More...
Airpower Air Show 2010 - Airplanes Channel: Aircraft, Pilots ... - The Airpower Air Show 2010, is gearing up to be a breathtaking event that will showcase the developments and power of military aircraft, from the past, to the present. Aerial and static displays will give visitors the opportunity to ...
Air Fiesta 2010 marked by perfect weather, record crowds - Brownsville Herald | The weather was so soggy during 2009's event that the Aeroshell Aerobatic Team and other acts never even got a chance to perform. ...
Museum of Aviation comes to life at night - Macon Telegraph | As exhibits in the movie come to life, re-enactors at the Museum of Aviation will portray a variety of historical figures during the two-hour Night at the ...
Meet the Campers of Acro Camp - These are the show notes to an audio episode. If you want to listen online, please use the direct link below. http://media.libsyn.com/media/airspeed/AcroCampCast01.mp3. The Acro Camp cast (the "campers") were announced last week and it's time to introduce them to you! We had the opportunity to get campers Paul Berliner, Michelle Kole, Lynda Meeks, and Jim Rodriguez and instructor pilots ("IPs") Barry Sutton and Don Weaver all together on a Skype call to allow everyone to talk in realtime…
Air Force cadets jump at chance to polish skydiving skills - About 100 cadets and staff from the U.S. Air Force Academy's Wings of Blue, parachute demonstration team are in Brevard County for spring training at...
C-17 flight commemorates Women's History Month from AF.mil Photos - Members of an all-female aircrew discuss the mission before flight at an air base in Southwest Asia March 10, 2010. Honoring Women's History Month were crew members: (left to right) Capt. Alicia Dittus, pilot; 1st Lt. Erica McCaslin, pilot; Master Sgt. Lisa Peele, first sergeant; Capt. Angela Kimler, pilot and Senior Airman Christine Collier, loadmaster. All are assigned to 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Kasey Zickmund) Download Full Image
Aviation Geek Podcast is out! from From the Flight Deck (Captain Doug Morris) by From the Flight Deck | Airplane Geeks - Episode 90 - From the Flight Deck with Doug {82:27m} Doug Morris, an A320 captain for Air Canada, joins as this week's guest to talk aviation. Doug is also a certified meteorologist and he writes aviation and weather articles for enRoute magazine other publications. He also blogs at From the Flight Deck and is author of the book From the Flight Deck: Plane Talk and Sky Science.
Balloons over Waikato 2010 from MRC Aviation by Mike Condon | The 11th Balloons over Waikato launched today with foggy skies and no actual flying taking part. Some 18 balloons were on location at Innes Common this morning including the special shapes as shown below. Check out http://www.balloonsoverwaikato.co.nz/index.asp?pageID=2145852973
Pioneering pilot Elinor Smith Sullivan dies at 98 - Washington Post | Miss Smith, who was known in aviation circles by her maiden name, set multiple solo endurance, speed and altitude records. In answer to a male chauvinist ...
A Barnstormer Who Flew With the Stars - Wall Street Journal | Mayor Jimmy Walker was so charmed when he met the young aviatrix that he volunteered to smooth things over with the Commerce Department. ...
Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago - With the specter of war looming in the Pacific, the Australian government issued a requirement in 1940 for a twin-engine dive bomber that could also perform the role of torpedo bomber to replace the program to build the Bristol Beaufort light bomber in Australia. At the time of the Australian specification, urgent needs in the UK during the Battle of Britain saw many of the needed components being diverted to British defense needs. The specification called for a light bomber to exceed the performance of the Beaufort and by being locally-designed and built by the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC), it could be designed from outset to meet the Royal Australian Air Force's needs…
F-16 and MiG-29 exercises from Military Photos by corran.pl
Sunday, March 14, 2010
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Aerospace & Arizona Days 2010: If you go - Arizona Daily Star | Other high-flying performances include demonstrations by the A-10 West, C-17 and F-18 teams, professional aerobatic pilots and a concert by country musician ...
Tucson Air Museum showcases vintage planes - Pittsburgh Post Gazette | Hawker Hurricane MG-1, the first modern monoplane fighter flown by Britain's Royal Air Force, was used by Robert ...
Hundreds Turn Out For Air Fiesta Airshow – KRGV | BROWNSVILLE - Hundreds turned out for the Air Fiesta Airshow at the Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport. The annual event features vintage ...
Air Show Cancelled - FOX 40 News WICZ TV | The Greater Binghamton Air Show has been cancelled due to construction taking place at the Greater Binghamton Airport. BGM officials say it would be tough ...
Patty Wagstaff at Tavares Seaplane Marina Basin Grand Opening from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | A Grand Opening of Tavares Seaplane Marina Basin is scheduled for April 10, 2010. The huge two- day celebration to include an airshow featuring Patty Wagstaff was announced today at the 16th Annual FAA Seaplane Safety Seminar in Lakeland. The project includes AvGas and MoGas with new docks, beaches and a ramp for seaplanes. A 3,000 foot VFR "virtual" waterway for seaplane landing will be FAA approved. Leesburg airport with an ASOS is only three miles away…
Abu Dhabi opens skies for Air Race from Air Race News Watch by editorsdttp@gmail.com | From www.khaleejtimes.com: The Red Bull Air Race World Championship 2010 opens in Abu Dhabi on March 26 and 27, returning to the United Arab Emirates capital for the sixth consecutive year. The world's top 15 pilots will start their six-month long battle for championship points in the first of eight races on a total of five continents... "Abu Dhabi is one of the most challenging races on the calendar because you don't know what the other guys have been doing over the winter," Arch said. "Your team doesn't have a race rhythm yet and no one's quite sure how strong their planes are relative to the others. I'm looking forward to the race. I'm the hunter now rather than being hunted."… Read the complete article: Abu Dhabi opens skies for Air Race
Flying Musicians Association Hosts the 1st ever Annual Event. from Aviation News by Aviation_News_Expert_Adam_Badger | The first ever Fly-In Musicfest, held by the Flying Musicians Association on November 7, 2009 at the Fort Worth Spinks Airport (FWS) in Fort Worth, Texas was a success. On aircraft display include a B-25 "Pacific Prowler" Mitchell, C-47 Skytrain, Russian Antonov AN 2 bi-plane, Extra 300LP and a Duo Discus sailplane. Overall there were 130 musicians performing on two stages thought the day. The musicians performing include: Ravi Raviator, Bradley Leighton, Jay Carpneter, Ray Ricketts and many more performed. Each musician has an aviation background. Flying Musicians Association co-founder, Aileen Hummel "We have assembled a great committee that worked hard, relentlessly, for many months. These great folks are the pilots, aviation enthusiasts, and musicians who have embraced the mission of the Flying Musicians Association. Without their help and support, this event could not have been a success." Next years Date: November 13-14, 2010.
Indian aerobatics teams enjoy good safety record - Thaindian.com | France's Patrouille Acrobatique de France (French Acrobatic Patrol) flies the Apha Jet trainers made in the 1970s. Only the Roulettes of the Royal ...
Proposed museum would celebrate WWII air power - Colorado Springs Gazette | A new museum at Colorado Springs Airport would showcase how American air power won World War II, and a group of retired Air Force officers, aviation ...
B-17 rides highlight inaugural air show - Mohave Valley News | BULLHEAD CITY — An original B-17 from World War II is one of the planes on display this weekend at the inaugural Legends ...
The P-40 and the Flying Tigers from Flying Tigers News | In late 1941 the Japanese Zero fighter was gaining an aura of invincibility, winning a high percentage of its battles. It was a good aircraft, but it did have its drawbacks, one of, which were its slower speeds and its inability to withstand high-speed dives. It won most of its fights with it's outstanding agility at low speeds and altitudes.
Claire Lee Chennault was a former colonel who had retired from the U.S. Army Air Corps because his theories on tactics were so at odds with the fiercely conservative Air Corps brass. He was asked to help modernize the Chinese Air Force and quickly became friends with Chaing Kai Shek and his lovely wife. The retired colonel wrote a report about the deadly Zero and sent it to the U.S. government…
At long last, Ord's aviation pioneer honored by Congress - Grand Island Independent | ORD -- Diane Bartels was first introduced to Evelyn Sharp at an Ord airshow on June 24, 1973. Sharp had died in a plane crash nearly ...
Q&A with Ross Young of the Royal Air Force from Flight Image of the Day by Will Horton | After a number of years with the UK's Ministry of Defence, Qinetiq's task technical manager for 'Project Julius' Ross Young is now responsible for upgrading Boeing Chinook Mk2 helicopters for the Royal Air Force. Why did you choose an aerospace-related career? I was interested in aircraft from an early age and used to attend air shows with my father. Aeronautical engineering seemed to be a good idea; that was 21 years ago. Which jobs have you done? I started my career as a UK Ministry of Defence apprentice technician on helicopters (airframes/engines) and then became a design engineer (draughtsman) with the Joint Aircraft Test and Evaluation Unit at RAF Brize Norton. Continue reading the interview...
This Week in Space with Miles O'Brien from RLV and Space Transport News | The latest episode of This Week in Space with Miles O'Brien, sponsored by Spaceflight Now, is available…
Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago | In the late 1950s Soviet defenses against the bombers of the Strategic Air Command were improving by leaps and bounds as more capable fighters, radars and surface-to-air missiles were deployed not just on the periphery of the Soviet Union but also around key cities and industrial centers like Moscow and Leningrad. At the time, SAC's bomber force consisted of 100 Boeing B-52 Stratofortresses, over 1,000 Boeing B-47 Stratojets, and 200 Convair B-36s that were gradually being phased out. As the tip of SAC's spear, the B-52s had a comprehensive electronic countermeasures suite as well as an onboard electronic warfare officer who could constantly reconfigure the jammers to meet the threats…
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Thursday, March 11, 2010
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Hardest part of free-fall from 120,000 feet is sitting in suit from Aerospace News by aubreycohen@seattlepi.com (Aubrey Cohen) | The hardest part about riding a balloon up to 120,000 feet, jumping out and free-falling faster than sound before parachuting to Earth is likely to be sitting around in the pressure suit, Austrian pilot Felix Baumgartner said Wednesday.
No air show in Fort Lauderdale this year - MiamiHerald.com | For those who booked a Fort Lauderdale beachfront hotel for the last weekend in April to watch the much-loved air show, there's good news and bad news. ...
Attempted revival of Lauderdale airshow canceled for April - Palm Beach Post | For those who booked a beachfront hotel the last weekend in April in order to watch the much-loved air show, there's good news and bad ...
Blue Angels to Star in Keys Air Show April 10-11 - Newman PR | Admission is free to the air show, scheduled to take place at NAS West's Boca Chica Field, located at mile marker 8 on US Highway 1 just north of Key West. ...
Flying High with Air Fiesta - Brownsville Herald | Saturday and Sunday, March 13-14, marks the 20th year for Air Fiesta, Brownsville's annual airshow. The event is staged by volunteers with the Commemorative ...
Marine F-18 Jet Goes Down Off The Coast Of Saint Helena Sound - AvStop Aviation News | It has been the aerial demonstration aircraft for the US Navy's Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, since 1986. The fighter's primary missions ...
Air show safety top concern for Naval Air Facility El Centro's fire department - Imperial Valley Press ... Staff Writer NAVAL AIR FACILITY EL CENTRO — Officials are ready for almost any situation that could take place during Saturday's air show. ...
Globemaster steals Air Force Day show - Peninsula On-line | What ensued were squadrons of alpha jets, helicopter commandos and ghazals imposingly staging an exceptional air show which was truly a sight to behold, ...
Race ace takes to the skies and thrills Sydneysiders | Matt Hall ... by matthallracing | Sydney was this morning treated to a jaw-dropping demonstration in the sky as Red Bull Air Race World Championship pilot, Matt Hall, performed aspects of air racing whilst flying at incredibly fast speeds of up to 370km/h and ...
China's first two women astronauts selected - People's Daily Online from english.people.com.cn | China has selected its second batch of astronauts, including five men and two women, the first time women astronauts have joined the country's space mission. The two women astronauts, both pilots from the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force, might take part in manned docking of China's future space lab, said Zhang Jianqi, former deputy commander of the country's manned space program…
WWII veteran Frank Bolen dies at age 90 - Montgomery Advertiser | The B-17 he was supposed to be on that day was shot down, killing all nine crew members. Two months later, a direct hit by enemy artillery blew him and the ...
Pioneer Navigation » From the Powder Puff Derby in Air Race ... by noteviews | From the Powder Puff Derby in Air Race Classic – women pilots in the air. A few months after the Wright brothers has broken the confines of the flight, more and more people around the world have been inventing their own planes and ...
Symposium on the Wright Brothers and Aviation – WSFA ... A History of Aviation from Kites to the Space Age, and Billy Singleton, author of Montgomery Aviation and chairman of the Alabama Aviation Hall of Fame. ...
Plane first flew in Seattle 100 years ago, crashed the next day - Seattle Post Intelligencer | Seattle Post-Intelligencer front page on March 12, 1910, the day after Aviator Charles Hamilton flew Washington's first flight in Seattle. ...
Stunt Man Plans to Jump From Hot-Air Balloon and Land in Same Balloon in Skies Above Casa Grande; Paramedics to Stand By from Diamond Pilots by Kathryn | 49-year-old Bill Heaner will attempt a world record stunt. Heaner will jump out of a hot air balloon with a paraglider. The balloon will descend several thousand feet, and Heaner will attempt to land back into the same balloon on the same flight…
Student pilot touches down chopper at St. John's Prep stadium - The Salem News | In the stands stood his parents, grandparents, a cousin, the school's principal, members of the St. John's Aviation Club led by Brother Tim Paul and curious ...
Never Ever Let Your 11 Year Old Prop Your Airplane! by Martt - And I say again, never ever let your 11 year old prop your airplane. OK, now that I have the disclaimer out of the way, I'll tell you that's me as an 11 year old propping the first Breezy we had back in 1972. I decided to put these pics up because of the recent flap with the controller's kids relaying instructions to crews of several active airliners back in February. Here's another thing to be clear on: I'm not saying it was a good idea for the controller to allow his kids to relay instructions, but after careful review of the audio, I'm not gonna say it was a horrible idea either…
Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago - Although he had his career begin at North American Aviation, Jim Bede's real passion was for light aircraft- more importantly, light aircraft that were within the reach of most Americans at a time when ownership of even a two-seat Cessna or Piper was out of reach for most private pilots. In 1961 Jim Bede formed Bede Aviation to produce the BD-1, a two seat low wing monoplane that would be kit built, something that had never been tried before in the general aviation market. Changes in the business plan at the time pushed him to offer the BD-1 as a fully-built aircraft instead of a kitplane. The new company was called American Aviation but a conflict between Jim Bede and the shareholders resulted in Bede being forced to relinquish leadership of his company. The BD-1 became the AA-1 Yankee with Russ Meyer as its president. Russ Meyer would later go on to become president of Cessna and American Aviation was acquired by Grumman in 1972 and the AA-1 would set the pattern for a series of light planes from the company in the 1970s…
