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US Air Force Thunderbirds to highlight Luke AFB open house next month - The Republic | GLENDALE, Arizona — Luke Air Force Base officials say the Thunderbird aerial demonstration team will be the final act at Luke's "Lightning in the Desert" open house. The Thunderbirds will perform in their F-16 fighters as the final act of each of the two days of the open house next month. Other aircraft doing flying performances include a tilt-rotor Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey, F-16s from Luke and vintage aircraft including a World War II-era P-51 Mustang and a Korean war-era F-86. More than 40 aircraft are set for ground display....

Hoomanawanui set to fly with US Navy Blue Angels - Patriots.com | EL CENTRO, Calif., February 19, 2014 – On Monday, March 3, New England Patriots' Tight End Michael Hoomanawanui and St. Louis Rams' Punter Johnny Hekker will take to the skies as guest riders with the U.S. Navy Blue Angels. Hoomanawanui and Hekker were nominated for these prestigious flights by the Blue Angels crew of the Navy due to their leadership, positivity, and impact in their respective communities....

Wings of Freedom Tour to bring vintage aircraft to Gulf Shores - Gulf Coast News Today | GULF SHORES, AL - In honor of our WWII Veterans the Collings Foundation’s Wings of Freedom Tour brings extremely rare bomber and fighter aircraft for local living history display as part of 110-city nationwide tour. The tour will land in Gulf Shores on March 3-5 for tours and viewing at the Jack Edwards National Airport. WWII vets can tour the aircraft for free...

Legendary aircraft to touch down in Leesburg - Daily Commercial | Some of history’s most legendary aircraft will visit Leesburg International Airport on Monday for the first stop of the 2014 Commemorative Air Force AirPower History Tour. This is almost a repeat performance for people who missed another vintage airplane event, the national Wings of Freedom tour, that came to the airport last month...

Air Race F1 Inaugural International Air Race in Lleida, Catalunya Spain - aviationpros.com | London and Spain-based international air race organisers Air Race F1 has today announced the launch of a new series of international Formula 1 Class air racing competitions. The first event will take place at Lleida-Alguaire Airport, near Barcelona in ...

AirplaneGeeks 287 – Mary Kirby and the Runway Girl Network | Mary Kirby’s new Runway Girl Network is an online framework “where air transport intelligence meets the passenger experience.” We talk with Mary about aircraft interiors, inflight connectivity driving operational benefits, airline seat size from a safety standpoint, and other topics that impact the passenger experience...

Aero history project takes off - Goulburn Post | CROOKWELL man Austin Cummins is collecting any information he can on the history of the Goulburn Aero Club. Mr Cummins first joined the Goulburn Aero Club in 1961 and is an honorary life member...

CH-53E Super Stallion — present and future by travelforaircraft | The largest helicopter in U.S. military service is the Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion — a CH-53 Sea Stallion on steroids with an added third engine, a larger rotor blade system with additional rotor blade and a tilted-by-20° vertical fin/tail rotor (which provides a bit of lift while in a hover). It is much more powerful than the CH-53 Sea Stallion and...

Ferrari Is The World’s Most Powerful Brand · Warbirds News | ...Not many people know this, but on June 17th, 1923, Enzo Ferrari won a race at the Savio track in Ravenna where he met the Countess Paolina, mother of Count Francesco Baracca, an ace in the Italian Air Force and a national hero during World War I....

These photos prove F-4 Phantom and F-14 Tomcat could take off and land with folded wings - The Aviationist | You won’t believe it but U.S. Navy legendary planes (F-4, F-8 and F-14) could fly with folded wings, asymmetric configurations.

[Video] All kinds of planes recovering at Nellis Air Force Base after Red Flag mission - The Aviationist

Super Hornet fights for survival - The DEW Line | Rejections by India and more recently Brazil – combined with the looming end to a multi-year procurement deal for the US Navy – mean that the pressure is mounting on Boeing to secure extra orders for its versatile Super Hornet. As things stand, the last F/A-18E/F or EA-18G Growler will roll off the line in St Louis, Missouri before the end of 2016, with the...

My first published hot air ballooning article: Getting to 20- Fly Me Friendly | My first article about flying hot air balloons was published back in September last year (2013). It appeared in Volume 35, Issue 3 of Aeronotes, the official journal of the Australian Ballooning Federation...

Felix Baumgartner's Red Bull Stratos Space Jump Lives Again - Jaunted | ...Think back to October 2012, when it seemed like the entire world was tuned into the live feed of Baumgartner's 127,852 feet jump from a the capsule, attached to a stratospheric balloon. He broke two world records (highest freefall and highest manned balloon flight) in the team's quest to "improve scientific understanding of how the body copes with the extreme conditions near space" and advance aerospace safety. ..

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2012 MCAS Cherry Point Air Show a high-flying success - WNCT | MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, NC - The final tally from the Cherry Point "Celebrate The Heritage" airshow shows it was a success. Base officials tell us there were no serious accidents or injuries during the show. About 165-thousand people ...

Red Steel Jet Team's Inaugural Air Show Performance A Success - Aero-News Network | The Red Steel Jet Team’s first air show performance at Dyess Big Country Airfest at Dyess AFB in Abeline TX, this past weekend was judged to be a huge success for the team. The Red Steel Jet Team’s 3 L-39’s were flown by pilots Douglas Gilliss, Orestes Lorenzo and Zach ‘Z’ McNeill....

Rancho Murieta Airshow legend returns after 25-year hiatus - TSPN TV NEWS | The seemingly ancient rosters include the U-2, B-1, F-117, AV-8 Harrier, SR-71 Blackbird, and appearances by B-52s, B-25s and B-17s; with aircraft flown by Bob Hoover, Team America, Jimmy Franklin, Julie Clark, and Craig Hosking...

Mission flights, ground tours in historic WWII bomber available May 11-13, 2012 - Tri City Voice | The year-long tour will continue into the summer, with the airplane returning "home" to Oshkosh, Wisconsin, for the full week of EAA's annual AirVenture Celebration from July 23 to July 29, 2012. Since EAA began the tours of the aircraft, ...

Behind the scenes: Air Show Audio from Featured by Clark Cook | ..for the Blue Angels narrator at the 2011 Lemoore Air Show. (Clark Cook)As the National Anthem is sung, all eyes are skyward as the jumper carries our nation’s colors towards the ground at airshow center. For the team at Air Show Audio, this is a critical moment in which they are prepared and ready to act in case of a malfunction in the sound system...

Chasing Reno Gold - Trailer for Upcoming DVD Release - YouTube | The Reno 2011 Air Races were unlike any other in the 48 year history of the races, and this video promises to be very unique in its own right. Due to the tragic crash at the 2011 event this video will focus on the individual stories about the winning unlimited gold pilots beginning with the first winner, Mira Slovak, in 1964. You'll experience first hand the drive, devotion and passion that each of these pilots and key crew members brings to the winning team. In addition you'll get air show performances and interviews with the Patriot Jet Team, Eddie Andreini, Ken Shockley and Shockwave, David Martin, Clay Lacy and much more. Delivering later this summing, pre-order yours today.

Flying Fortress makes annual stop in East Bay - San Jose Mercury News | By Eric Kurhi HAYWARD -- Before this week, the last time Art Kimber clambered out of a B-17 Flying Fortress, it was 1945 and he was a 20-year-old being ferried home to Fremont from the European Theater after VE Day. A B-25 pilot, Kimber and his crew ...

Ice Pilots' Arnie Schreder dies: Northern bush pilot died of small-cell lung cancer from Kathryn's Report | Arnie Schreder – one of the stars of Ice Pilots NWT– has died after a battle with cancer. Schreder was a chief pilot at Yellowknife-based Buffalo Airways, and was a star of the show for three seasons. The reality program — which airs on History Television — follows bush pilots with Buffalo Airways, while flies Second World War-vintage airplanes year-round in Canada's North...

WWII bombers, fighter coming to JWA - OCRegister | By DOUG IRVING / THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER Two World War II-era bombers and a fighter plane will thunder into John Wayne Airport this weekend, rare reminders of another age of air power that will be open for tours and, for a steeper price, flights.

Local Events Will Celebrate EAA's International Learn to Fly Day - EAA | On Saturday, May 19, dozens of local events will turn dreams of flight into reality during the third annual International Learn to Fly Day, an aviation community-wide effort helping people of all ages take that first step to discover the fun and freedom of flight...

Area World War II vets honored by DC trip - Rapid City Journal | Airport well-wishers greet Dawes County WWII veterans on an Honor Flight to Washington DC last week. For more photos from the send-off ceremony, see The Chadron Record's Facebook page. For additional photos from the trip to DC, see the May 9 print ...

Calif. relatives get dog tags of WWII aviator - Sacramento Bee | The dog tags of a World War II aviator whose remains were discovered on a South Pacific island have been presented to his relatives in Southern California. The Los Angeles Times ( http://lat.ms/Jd7qFv) says the tags of Marine 1st Lt. Laverne Lallathin ...

Chinese DM meets 'Flying Tigers' in US - China.org | Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie on Monday met with veterans of the "Flying Tigers" and their families, stressing that China will never forget those who have offered their help....

Hawker Hunter make-over 2012 update 8-5-2012 - xe606 | Our man 'Coombes' was at it today at Barkstone Heath, and to be honest, I don't know how he does it for the money LoL !! But he's been a busy lad out there today, which as you see involved doing the under-side roundels and some colour on the bars. By the way Mick, the 'chalked' instructions were for  me mate, not you, but many thanks for giving it some more 'impact-paint' before I got there. Just for the record, I can tell anyone...

Can We Talk… : - Moose Peterson's Website | A simple potted plant on your front porch could be a whole photographic essay lasting months. It's just right in front of you! The photograph I posted here I did so for a reason. This is a $10mil aircraft, P-38 Lighting “Glacier Girl...

'Flight For Control': Pilot says her scary airline novel is based on real life in the business from Sky Talk by Star-Telegram | Flight for ControlKarlene Petitt wasn’t too surprised when a Jet Blue Airways pilot snapped and launched into an in-flight tirade a few weeks ago. The Delta Airlines pilot and veteran of nearly three decades flying passenger jets, has written a thrilling page turner novel that revolves around over stressed, crazed pilots doing far worse things....
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Episode 196 – A Military Fly Mom from Airplane Geeks Podcast | Guest Linda L. (Heid) Maloney had a 20 year military career as a naval flight officer flying the A-7, EA-6A, and the EA-6B Prowler. She was one of the first women to join a combat military flying squadron. Since then, she’s provided engineering and...

Jeff Bezos's "Blue Origin" Space Company Reveals Spacecraft Design - POPSCI | We've covered Blue Origin, the semi-mysterious space company founded by Amazon's Jeff Bezos, in the past, but we never knew all that much about what they were working on. But they recently showed off their new space vehicle, which has completed wind tunnel testing and is named, in a fit of wild creativity, the "Space Vehicle," and a little bit of their plans for the future. Looks like the Google guys aren't the only web billionaires with extraterrestrial ambitions....

Astronaut Hall of Fame Welcomes Three New Members - PC Magazine | Late last month, the space agency wowed New Yorkers with the final flight of the Space Shuttle Enterprise atop a NASA jet along the Hudson River to its final home, the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum. Chang Diaz, Chilton, and Precourt join such Hall ...

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Swift Action Helps Reverse Course on Warbird Issue from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | From EAA-  Swift action by members of EAA and Warbirds of America, plus other aviation enthusiasts, made a difference in reversing a threat to warbird aircraft posed by a possible amendment to the House National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 4310). Thousands of EAA members and aviators contacted their congressional representatives after EAA and other warbird organizations reported last week that a proposed amendment to the House bill would bar the Department of Defense from loaning or gifting any U.S. military aircraft or parts to any entity except those that would put the aircraft on static display, such as in a museum....

Air Show Returns to Fort Lauderdale Beach this Weekend - The Maritime Executive | Other military performers include: F-18 Hornet, USAF Thunderbirds and B-1B Lancer. Civilians will make an appearance this year with acts from, Black Diamond Jet Team, Red Bull Air Force,and the Geico Skytypers. A squadron of six World War II era Navy ...

Few air shows this year means many first-time acts at Robins - Macon Telegraph | That includes the F-22 Raptor, the most advanced fighter jet in the world. Gray said the F-22 has generated almost as much buzz about the show as the Blue Angels. The show has been able to draw acts it hasn't had in the past because, due to the economy ...

Black Team Jumps Into Cumberland County’s Relay for Life from US Army Golden Knights by Dan Cook | Always seizing an opportunity to support those, local to our home in North Carolina, Black Team proudly supported Cumberland County’s Relay for Life at JP Riddle Stadium this Saturday. As children and adults of all ages walk laps around the field and raise money for medical research, we were excited to help pull in support [...]

Martinique Air Show - Photos from Aviation News - Airplane-Pictures.net | Photos from the Martinique Air Show 21/22 April at Martinique Aimé Césaire International Airport, Martinique ...

The air show at the Plas Pilsen army Gripens arrive and acrobatic ... - Translated | The Plas arrives from Germany with his extremely dangerous as an acrobat show Peggy Krainz that made her dance on the wing aircraft. Will only be secured by a thin wire and due to flight parameters can not be used or parachute. Many pioneers of this kind of acrobatics ...

Doolittle 70th Anniversary Formation Flight aboard 'Grumpy' from FlightBlogger - FriendFeed

Video: A-4 Skyhawk at Louisville Airshow from Military Photos by Minefield

Honor Flight WWII veterans arrive for boarding for return to flight to ... - Mississippi Press | Steven Palazzo as walk in the World War II Memorial Tuesday. (Harlan Kirgan/Press-Register) Honor Flight April gallery (15 photos) WASHINGTON, DC -- Mississippi Gulf Coast Honor Flight's World War II veterans arrived at Reagan National Airport about 4 ...

Kenneth D. Blackshaw, Air Force officer - Washington Post | Blackshaw joined the Army Air Forces in 1942 and participated in 35 combat missions as a B-17 pilot in Europe during World War II. He first came to Washington in 1946 as a public affairs officer at the Pentagon. He remained in the service after the Air ...

Liberty Belles' chili cook-off supports air race - Liberty Champion | jPhoto credit: Ben Lesley The Liberty Belles, Liberty University School of Aeronautics' two Air Race Classic teams, held a chili cook-off April 16 to raise money for the upcoming transcontinental race. A $5 donation earned each attendee access to ...

What Really Happened to Amelia Earhart? Find Out April 28! from The Aero Experience

Curtiss MF Boat — first trainer to the first flying boat pilots from Travel for Aircraft | Glenn Curtiss and U.S. Naval Aviation quickly formed a symbiotic relationship and, as early as 1911, Curtiss soon began developing seaplanes — both float planes as well as flying boats, even amphibians. Early seaplanes from all designers were essentially boat hulls mated to wings and the Curtiss MF Boat was no exception. Taking the wings off the MF Boat design, though, shows Curtiss’s advanced design for the day with a hull that would hydroplane, getting the aircraft onto its step allowing for greater water speed until the airplane could fly off the water. Soon, the Navy has Curtiss F Boats in service but required trainers so the MF boat was developed in 1918 from the F Boat — primarily by adding sponsons alongside the hull....

Marine aviator of the year recalls historic mission in Libya - DVIDS | J. Eric Grunke, pictured here at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, NC, April 24, has been named Marine Corps Aviator of the Year by the Marine Corps Aviation Association. The MCAA gives the award to the pilot who makes the most outstanding ...

EAA and VAA Help Vintage Aircraft Owners After Loss of AUA Coverage from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | EAA and EAA's Vintage Aircraft Association (VAA) are taking steps to support owners of vintage aircraft after the changing insurance environment may have left some owners questioning whether they had coverage for their aircraft.

FlightTime Radio Show 222 from The FlightTime Radio Show | Milford, Charlie and Glenn were in the Key Auto Studio this week with guest, Keith Smith of Pilotedge.com. Pilotedge is an online service that links REAL controllers with the pilots on flight simulators anywhere in the world. It allows...

Victoria EAA Chapter holds Young Eagles Rally - Victoria Advocate | The Victoria County chapter of the Experimental Aircraft Association is holding the Victoria Young Eagle rally Saturday from 8-10 am at the Victoria Regional Airport, 609 Foster Field Drive. Young people ages 8 to 17 can experience aviation from "the ...

Episode 194 – The Aeroscholar from Airplane Geeks Podcast | Guest Steve Harris is currently a senior at the University of Michigan in Aerospace Engineering and writes the Aeroscholar blog. He’s also the president of the UofM Student Chapter of The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), and is a...

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Rimini Air Show, the spectacle of the Tricolour Arrows - Translated | The Tricolour Arrows will visit in Romagna on two occasions. The first May 6 to celebrate the Centenary of Cervia Milano Marittima, the second on 9 September in Rimini for the "Rimini Air Show." For the National Aerobatic Team 2012 is a very important year because it will seal the achievement of the goal of significantly thirty years of union between the Tricolour Arrows and .339 MB PAN and will mark a...

Air show gets Snow Birds and funds - Journal Pioneer | Colin Stephenson, executive director of the 2012 Atlantic Canada International Air Show, and Tyne Valley MLA Paula Biggar were among those who participated in the announcement of funding for the event. The air show is set for Slemon Park on Aug...

New Smyrna Beach balloon festival back for fourth year - Orlando Sentinel | The air show lineup includes the Spruce Creek Gaggle Formation fly-overs, the Aeroshell Aerobatic Team, 3-time US Aerobatic champion Patty Wagstaff in her Extra 300S, T-6 solo by Gene McNeely, Sopwith Camel and Triplane in a World War I dogfight, ...

Flying High with Audi at the NAS JAX Air Show - Part 1 [The Sponsor] from Deremer Studios | This weekend, we had the wonderful opportunity to photograph the NAS Jax Air Show on behalf of the title sponsor, Jack Hanania Automotive Group. To shamelessly parody a cherished Christmas carol, though the...

Tickets on sale for Reno Air Races - KRNV My News 4 | The Reno Gazette-Journal on Tuesday reports the Reno Air Racing Association still needs a waiver from the Federal Aviation Administration and a permit from the Airport Authority of Washoe County. Organizers pledged to continue ...

Boeing to Showcase 787 Dreamliner at 2012 FIDAE Air Show - SYS-CON Media | "FIDAE is the region's foremost air show and our participation is critical, given Chile and other neighboring countries' strategic importance to The Boeing Company. Our focus at this show is on establishing relationships with potential local partners, ...

Calhoun Air Center honored for helping women pilots soar - Victoria Advocate | COM From flying a crop duster plane to being an astronaut, there aren't many women in aviation. The Calhoun Air Center is working to change that, and their efforts have been acknowledged by the Women of Aviation Worldwide...

Vought Aircraft Heritage Foundation Retirees Finish Vought V-173 “Flying Pancake” Following 8-Year Restoration Effort from AirSpace by The National Air and Space Museum | On February 10, 2012, retired Vought employees officially rolled out the one-of-a-kind Vought V-173 Flying Pancake, following eight years of painstaking restoration work. The Flying Pancake dates to World War II when the Chance Vought Division of the United Aircraft Corporation built and flew the airplane to test Charles H. Zimmerman’s theories about extremely low-aspect ratio wing design that...

Chuck Doyle's Stearman Flies! from Antique Airfield News | Chuck Doyle's Stearman has taken to the air. After many updates here on the progress of the Stearman restoration, Chuck had a successful first flight of his turquoise and white beauty....

Airplane Geeks – Episode 190 – Steve Fulton Knows RNP from Airplane Geeks Podcast | 1000th Boeing 777 delivered to Emirates | Guest Steve Fulton is a Technical Fellow with GE Aviation. He was the pilot at Alaska Airlines who helped develop the world’s first RNP procedure (that’s Required Navigation Performance), and he was a co-founder of Naverus, now part of GE. RNP enables aircraft to be placed on efficient predefined paths from top of descent to the runway...

F15 Ejection at Supersonic speed - YouTube

Countdown to Begin for Five Sounding Rockets to Illuminate Eastern U.S. Night Sky from PR Newswire: Aerospace/Defense | NASA managers have given a "go" for a countdown leading to the launch of five suborbital sounding rockets just after midnight tonight on a science mission that will briefly create a milky white cloud that may be visible...

US space tourism set for takeoff by 2014 - Globe and Mail | Mr. Kutcher will travel on SpaceShipTwo, a six-passenger, two-pilot spaceship being built and tested by Scaled Composites, an aerospace company founded by aircraft designer Burt Rutan and now owned by Northrop Grumman. Virgin Galactic, which plans to ...

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Snowbirds nesting at Waukegan Air Show - Lake County News Sun | But Tuesday's 65-degree weather welcomed a variation from the Great White North to Waukegan Regional Airport — the Royal Canadian Forces Snowbirds, an air demonstration team that is scheduled to be the star attraction at this year's Waukegan Air Show,...
   
Thunder Over Utah puts a buzz in the air - St. George Daily Spectrum | The Blue Angels will be part of the Thunder Over Utah Air Show on Saturday and Sunday. Photo Courtesy of mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Rachel McMarr / US Navy ST. GEORGE - It's going to be a busy week in Southern Utah....

Red Arrows air show for Volvo week is shot down - Galway News
There will be no air show as part of the Volvo Race this year. “We'd asked them to be involved and they've not confirmed one way or the other but it is my belief that it (Galway) is not part of the RAF's schedule. It is not part of our programme ...

CALENDAR OF PERFORMANCES OF PAN-YEAR 2012 Comments for this picture - Translated | 2012 events program tricolor arrows aerobatic team It 'was officially announced by the Ministry of Defence Staff Air Force calendar of performances of Aerobatic Training Squadron 313 - Tricolour Arrows - Aerobatic Team for 2012. The following dates this year....

One dead in military plane crash in Turkey - Aviation News | A pilot died today (13) when their training aircraft crashed in the province of Konya, in the region of Central Anatolia, Turkey, reported the Doğan news agency. The plane Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter, the Air Force in Turkey, fell around noon (local time) on a tractor factory, killing the pilot....

Air display ready for lift-off - This is Grimsby | Festival director and MD of Cleethorpes Air Show Limited, Adam Johnson, said: "Today is the culmination of a lot of hard work from the organising committee and we are delighted that the festival has finally got the green light....
   
Air Force Jet Joins Air Show Lineup - Patch.com | “We are thrilled to welcome back the renowned F-22 to the Bethpage Air Show lineup," said Rose Harvey, the commissioner of the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historical Preservation. "Tri-state area residents are in for a treat with an ...

Women Aviators Recognized at Harriet Quimby Celebration | | Daily Event Blog - Across the Channel:. - www.womenofaviationweek.org | Women of Aviation Worldwide celebrated Harriet Quimby's 1912 English Channel crossing at Headcorn Aerodrome and Le Touquet Airport.

Women in Aviation Are Doing Big Things. Dallas 2012, Nashville 2013. from Flight Monkeys by Chief Monkey | We told you last week about Girls with Wings and the effort they’re putting into inspiring and motivating girls to get involved with aviation. Well this week it’s time for us to wave the flag for another estrogen rich organization with some very aviation friendly goals. We’re talking about Women in Aviation, International. Their International Conference just wrapped up in Dallas, with the next one planned for Nashville in 2013....

The Women Fly it Forward Frederick Recap from Toriaflies | Although her parents always told her she could do anything she put her mind to, Madeleine, age seven, told her father that she didn’t think she could become a pilot because “it was a boy thing”.  So Madeleine’s family came out to Frederick Municipal Airport for the 2nd annual Women Fly it Forward event aimed at introducing women to aviation...

Episode 189 – Darryl Jenkins from Airplane Geeks Podcast | Guest Darryl Jenkins is a seasoned airline analyst, Chairman of the American Aviation Institute, and author of the Handbook of Airline Economics....

In for the Spin! Shot at 1/15th of a second hand held... from TVR Photography.com's Facebook Wall | In for the Spin! Shot at 1/15th of a second hand held, Ken Erickson spins the Oracle Extra 300 earthward at a nauseating rate. An extremely tricky shot not recommended for many people as...

How to take pictures through a canopy from Apron 6 | After taking the Pitts pictures I remembered a blogpost I once wrote for another blog. It was titled: ‘how to take pictures through a canopy’. The Pitts pictures were taken from the Extra 300. Ideal for...

Vulcan from Apron 6 | First Vulcan picture. What an experience to see the Vulcan closing in on us, hearing it’s engines growl and seeing the...

Experimental Plane loses brakes and exits the runway at Atlanta - Translated | Mechanical testing of engines did when they had problem with the brakes. | Without passengers, aircraft suffered damage and stopped lying on the bank. | A model airplane company Boeing 737 Delta Airlines suffered serious damage after escaping from the runway in Atlanta International Airport, one of the world's busiest, officials said on Tuesday (13). A spokesman said the company's mechanics were doing a test when the plane's engines had a problem with the brakes at about 5 am....

The Boneyard Project from Bayou Renaissance Man | A rather 'different' aviation-related art project is on display in Arizona until the end of May....

Truesdale’s Neptune Finds from Travel for Aircraft | Reader John Truesdale is a well traveled person enjoying a well earned retirement. Like many of us he has been fascinated with aircraft from a young age and luckily he has especially sought out the unusual aircraft as his subjects. Equally fortuitous John has...

F-22 Crash Widow Sues Lockheed Martin for Wrongful Death - ABC News | The widow of the F-22 Raptor pilot who died after a malfunction in his jet cut off his oxygen system during a training mission in Alaska is suing the F-22 manufacturer, Lockheed Martin, and other major defense contracting companies for wrongful death,...

Cincinnati Blue Ash Airport Officially Gets The Axe from Aero-News Network | City Informs FAA That The Facility Will Close Pilots in the greater Cincinnati, OH, area are about to lose an airport. Cincinnati City Manager Milton Dohoney Jr. has sent a letter to the FAA expressing the city's intention to close Blue Ash Airport no earlier than June 8th....

Dream Prize from Randy's Journal | Most of you know I’m a music lover. That’s why I was thrilled to learn the 787 Dreamliner has taken home the equivalent of a Grammy. The airplane was honored today with the Robert J. Collier Trophy for 2011. This is the pinnacle— one of the most prestigious honors in our...

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...

China paving the way for first female taikonaut from NASASpaceFlight.com by Chris Bergin | China appears to be on the brink of selecting female taikonaut for the up-coming Shenzhou 9 mission, likely to launch in early June. Following the success of last year’s Shenzhou-8 and Tiangong-1 unmanned docking, 2012 is expected to mark another first, with a crewed Shenzhou-9 set to launch and dock with Tiangong 1....

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Eyes on skies at Tyabb air show - Peninsula Weekly | THE Tyabb air show delighted crowds, despite bad weather on Sunday preventing a couple of visiting aircraft from flying in for the much-awaited event. One of the organisers, Peter Fitton, said the Avon Sabre jet and L-39 Albatros were ...

Royal Canadian Air Force jet will be in Chico for air show - Enterprise-Record | CHICO — The Royal Canadian Air Force's F-18 jet will be appearing during this year's Chico Air Show, slated for Sept. 28-30 at the Chico Municipal Airport. A variety of aircraft will be participating in the air show, either in aerial performances or ...

'Wings of Freedom' Tour on Display in Pensacola - WKRG-TV | This is a rare opportunity to visit, explore, and learn more about these unique and rare treasures of aviation history. The B-17 is one of only 9 in flying condition in the United States, the B-24J and Dual Control P-51C Mustang are the sole remaining...

The Dakota Hunter – Warbird Radio LIVE! – Wednesday – 10am (EASTERN) | WEDNESDAY – Filmmaker Axel Ebermann joins Matt Jolley on Warbird Radio LIVE to discuss is new documentary “The Dakota Hunter.”   Dutchman Hans Wiesman is completely and utterly in love – with a seventy year old cargo plane: The legendary DC3 ‘Dakota’. Is it her...

Vietnam veterans will be honored at Air Fiesta 2012 in Brownsville  - Monitor | Aircraft from World War II, including the North American P-51 "Mustang," North American B-25 "Mitchell" bomber and the Grumman F4F "Wildcat." There will also be a 1930 New Standard biplane. The barnstorming airplane seats four people, and rides will be ...

EAA Mourns Loss of Leonard Eaves
from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | EAA extends its deepest sympathy to the family and friends of Leonard R. Eaves, EAA Lifetime 2194, who lost his life in the crash of his Skeeter 1M homebuilt on Saturday, March 3.

Breakfast on ice for Minnesota general aviation pilots from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Our friends in EAA Chapter 551 periodically send us photos of their great flying adventures. One of the latest was a Saturday morning "breakfast on ice" in -5° temperatures at Eddy' Resort on Mille Lacs Lake in Minnesota. Some pictures follow of the ice runway and the camaraderie shared by this very active group of general aviation pilots....

Palm Springs Air Museum gains rare Russian MiG-21, US T-28 Trojan - The Desert Sun | A Russian MIG 21, built in Czechoslovakia and flew during the Vietnam War, was delivered to the Palm Springs Air Museum and will be a new addition to the permanent collection. A Cold War-era Russian MiG-21 arrives in pieces on a flatbed truck Monday at ...

Aviation heritage celebrated by Mollison Way's £1.5m revamp - Harrow Observer | A HERITAGE trail explaining Edgware's role in advances in aviation is the 'icing on the cake' of a shopping parade's £1.5 million facelift. Pupils at Stag Lane Infant and Nursery School and neighbouring Stag Lane Junior School, both in Collier Drive, ...

First F-35 flight at Eglin cut way short from Sky Talk by Star-Telegram | Another day, another problem with the F-35. Maybe not a big one, but a problem nevertheless. Tuesday's first flight of a production F-35 at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, the beginning of preparation for pilot training, was cut short by a possible fuel leak, Bloomberg reports....

Aircraft crash at Naval Air Station Fallon kills pilot - Kathryn's Report | ...This is the second crash in 10 days. A Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet crashed north of NAS Fallon on Feb. 24, but both pilots ejected safely....

Episode 188 – The Mach 1.4 UAV from Airplane Geeks Podcast | Guest Ryan P. Starkey, Ph.D. has been working with University of Colorado students to develop a Mach 1.4 UAV. Propulsion for this very efficient aircraft comes from a 20 pound turbojet that features an afterburner and thrust vectoring nozzle. We talk about the...

Gallery 104 — it is all about the UAV from the 1990s onward by travelforaircraft | During the March 2009 visit to the National Air & Space Museum on the National Mall, I saw the construction of a new gallery, one for modern the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) — Gallery 104. This exhibit is on the west end and stands the full tow storied height of the museum — lending the opportunity to see the aircraft from below as well as...

Martin Jetpack selling Pre-production Jetpack to Flight Schools and Aero Club - Next Big Future | If you would like to register your interest in purchasing a Martin Jetpack for private use or for your flight school or aero club, or if you wish to secure an early production position, please Order a Jetpack today....

Video: Lego Space Shuttle Lifts Off for the Stratosphere - POPSCI | So many intrepid stratonauts send stuff into the upper atmosphere these days, it’s almost hard to keep track — there’s even a suborbital balloon factory now. But this weather balloon experiment still caught my eye. It’s a little space shuttle, winging its way into orbit one more time...in Lego form. Romanian shuttle enthusiast Raul Oaida posted this video to YouTube of his hand-made Lego...

Video: The Capsule: Red Bull Stratos from Aerial Sports Feed | The Red Bull Stratos science team has spent five years developing the capsule that will deliver Felix Baumgartner to the edge of space for his record-breaking freefall attempt from over 22 miles up.

First woman in space turns 75 from Military Photos | Quote: Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (Russian: Валенти́на Влади́мировна Терешко́ва; born March 6, 1937) is a retired Soviet cosmonaut, and was the first woman in space. She was selected out of more than four hundred applicants, and then out of five finalists, to pilot Vostok 6 on the 16 June, 1963, becoming both the first woman...

Sounding Rockets from The Original Rocket Dungeon | "The ATREX launches will take place between March 14 and April 4. The five rockets will release a chemical tracer that will form milky, white tracer clouds that allow scientists and the public to "see" the winds in space."

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Stunt pilots Tucker, Goulian to perform at air show - Seacoast Online | Service Credit Union Boston-Portsmouth Air Show officials announced today that two of the top civilian aerobatic performers in the world, Sean D. Tucker and Michael Goulian, have been confirmed for the lineup for the 2012 show. This year’s show will take to the skies at the Portsmouth International Airport at Pease June 30 & July 1 and will feature the United States Navy Blue Angels. The Service Credit Union Boston – Portsmouth Air Show is being jointly produced by the Daniel Webster Council, Boy Scouts of America and the Brain Injury Association of New Hampshire. ...

Milwaukee Air & Water Show dates revealed - Fox 6 Now | Organizers for the Milwaukee Air & Water Show announced the dates for the 2012 show on the city’s lakefront. The event dates are Saturday, August 11 and Sunday, August 12 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.  The water show will begin each day at approximately 9:00 a.m. with the air show beginning around 11:30 a.m....

Red Checkers aim to return to Bay skies - Hawke's Bay Today | The RNZAF's Red Checkers aerobatic display team are pulling out all the stops to again grace the Geon Art Deco Weekend skies of Napier later this month.  Details still had to be finalised, but the air force stance on making it to what has become a traditional annual showing is...

Black Diamond Jet Team Teaser - www.youtube.com (via ASB) | Teaser of our team. Shot with a GoPro Hero 2, edited using FCPX. GoPro was mounted on Snort and Stroker's helmets. Special thanks to Rob Holland of Ultimate ...

Gold and Black Team unite for Mass training! - US Army Golden Knights | It is week four for the Golden Knights here at winter training and it seems that the good weather has temporarily come to an end.  While enjoying the clear skies and tolerable winds for the first few weeks of training, the team jumped more times within that period than almost every year prior.  The training has been beneficial for everyone as target scores continue to improve and free fall flying abilities constantly excel....

Vintage military planes fly high in art exhibit - CNET News | If there's one medium that you wouldn't expect to see get taken on by graffiti and other contemporary artists, it's military airplanes....

Montebello World War II veteran to discuss book - SGV Tribune | Author and World War II veteran Charles "Norm" Stevens will speak at the Montebello Regional Library at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11 at the Montebello Library, 1550 W, Beverly Blvd.  Stevens will discuss his new book "Back From Combat: A WWII Bombardier Faces His Military Future."  Steven has written extensively on his war experience, including the books "An Innocent At Polebrook: A Memoir of an 8th Air Force Bombardier" and "The Innocent Cadet: Becoming a WW II Bombardier."  He...

Nicholas Chittenden's Aeronca C3 - Antique Airfield | Nicholas Chittenden sent photos of his Aeronca C3, G-AEFT s/n A.610: This Aeronca C3 has been in England since she was built in 1936. Prior to the Second World War she was based at Lympne, and survived a landing in the English Channel. Since then she has been rebuilt (3 times!) by a variety of owners including the well known aviation author, engineer and pilot Arthur Orde-Hume, and Lieutenant Commander John Sproule, another...

Episode 184 - Vicki Portway - National Air and Space Museum - Airplane Geeks | Guest Vicki Portway is Head of Web & New Media for the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. We talk about the Museum's online...

Air Force announces first female four-star general nominee - AF.mil | President Barack Obama nominated Air Force Lt. Gen. Janet Wolfenbarger for promotion Feb. 6, which, pending Senate approval, would make her the first female four-star general in Air Force history.  Wolfenbarger currently serves as the military deputy in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition here and she is one of four female lieutenant generals in the Air Force....

Double delivery - Randy's Journal | Some of my colleagues described it as Cirque du Soleil meets Boeing. In what was a stunning ceremony, Korean Air took delivery today of a 747-8 Freighter and a 777 Freighter. Korean becomes the first airline in the world to operate both types of our freighters. In fact, they’re the first customer to order both the 747-8 Freighter and Intercontinental....

Photos: Comedian Stephen Colbert Visits NASA - Space.com | TV comedian Stephen Colbert undergoes astronaut training at NASA's Johnson Space Center in 2010.

Baumgartner Ready for Freefall from Space by redbullusa.com | Together with a team of aerospace experts, Austrian pilot Felix Baumgartner is ready to rise to the challenge of the Red Bull Stratos mission. His aim is to jump from a capsule lifted by a balloon at an altitude of 120,000 feet and perform a record-breaking freefall....

St. Louis Science Center Hosts American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics' Marc Millis: Are Starships Possible? - The Aero Experience | ...Are starships possible? On Thursday, February 9, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics' Marc Millis - author and founder of the Tau Zero Foundation - will be giving a lecture at the Saint Louis Science Center's May Hall to discuss his theories on the possibility of interstellar travel within the laws of physics....

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Veteran Pilot, Business Aviation Entrepreneur Clay Lacy to Receive Howard Hughes Memorial Award from Aero Club of Southern California - Market Watch | Distinguished as one of the most versatile pilots in the history of powered flight, local aviation icon Clay Lacy will be honored by the Aero Club of Southern California with its prestigious Howard Hughes Memorial Award on Wed., Feb. 8, 2012. Famed test and aerobatic pilot Bob Hoover will present the award in recognition of Lacy's achievements spanning over six decades....

It's official: Prairie Air Show headed for the riverfront - PJ Star | PEORIA — Forget admission prices, the PNC 2012 Air Show will be free, but free to all?  Organizers of the annual event said Tuesday that, this year, they plan to bring the aviation extravaganza to the Illinois River, where a number of aerobatics pilots and a U.S. Army parachute team will perform before audiences along both the Peoria and East Peoria shorelines. And all at no cost to observers....

Small plane crashes in Camarillo; minor injuries reported - m.vcstar.com | A single-engine racing plane crash-landed in a field south of the Camarillo Airport this afternoon before plowing into a hoop house where strawberries are grown.  The pilot of the aircraft, which is registered in France, suffered a minor wound to his left leg, said Dan Preston, a captain with the Ventura County Fire Department. The pilot was taken to a hospital for evaluation.  Preston said the aircraft had been at the Camarillo Airport for about three days for practice on takeoffs and landings. About 3:50 p.m. today, authorities received a call that the plane, a Nemesis NXT, was going down....

Reno Air Races planning for 2012 event By Standley White, About.com Guide | ...According to Reno Air Racing Association (RARA) President and CEO Mike Houghton, the goal is to continue with the air races and air show as before. If that proves to be impossible, there would be an air show (no racing) as a memorial for the victims of the crash on September 16, 2011. If the latter is the case, Houghton said he expects that would be the end of Reno's air show and air racing events....

Sturdy old warbird still going strong - Bay of Plenty Times | Imagine soaring through the air in a unique warbird with the world racing beneath you.  Tauranga man Peter Meadows has transformed this dream into a reality by bringing a 1941 Harvard to Tauranga for air enthusiasts to have a go at flying in....

Jet roar ends a four year silence - sun Live | The Hawker Hunter announced its readiness for the Tauranga City Airshow today when it roared into life at Tauranga Airport before making a few circuits over the central city.  It was the 1950s era jet fighter’s first flight in about four years and it began with a tow from the Classic Flyers hangar to the refuelling point outside the Tauranga Airport terminal....

‘Red Tails’ hits mark with Tuskegee Airmen - Sun Times | ...Wilkerson and other members of the Tuskegee Airmen Chicago “Dodo” chapter were picked up in a limousine and driven to an early VIP-only screening of “Red Tails” on Jan. 5 in Chicago. After the viewing, he got to meet Lucas and some of the film’s stars, including Cuba Gooding Jr. and Terrence Howard....

Tuskegee Airman Eugene Richardson to speak at Vanderbilt Jan. 30 - Vanderbilt News | The African American pilots known as the Tuskegee Airmen are celebrated pioneers whose stories are currently being dramatized in George Lucas’ film Red Tails. One of them, Eugene Richardson, will share his story Monday, Jan. 30, at Vanderbilt University.  Richardson’s talk begins at 7 p.m. in Vanderbilt University’s...

Aviation enthusiasts can experience WWII aircraft at Stuart's Witham Field - TC Palm | History buffs and aviation enthusiasts will be able to touch, climb into and even fly in a vintage World War II aircraft Wednesday through Friday at Witham Field in Stuart.  The Wings of Freedom tour features a B-17 Flying Fortress, a B-24 Liberator and P-51 Mustang....

Aircraft of a bygone era - Bayou Renaissance Man |  ...First, there's 'Propliners of the South African Airways'. Here are a few examples of the 106 photographs currently in the set....

Boneyard Art Exhibit Opens In Tucson - AVweb | A new art exhibit that uses discarded airplanes as canvases opens this weekend at Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Ariz., and on Monday curators released more photos of the transformed aircraft....

Governor In Tulsa To Promote Aviator Ball - KTUL | Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin visited Tulsa on Tuesday to promote the upcoming 2012 Aviator Ball. The governor took part in a press conference at the Tulsa Air and Space Museum where she was joined by several leaders in the local aerospace industry....

Pope Air Park — Airlifters! by travelforaircraft | My first visit to Pope Air Park was close to two decades ago. Then it was within the boundaries of Pope Air Force Base which was entered first through Fort Bragg. The Air Park has aircraft on both sides of Reilly Road with fighter s on the west and cargo aircraft on the east....

Birmingham Aero Club Recognizes Outstanding Members from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | ...people of Alabama thought the Southern Museum of Flight and Birmingham Aero Club. -Pictured at the 2011 BAC Awards Dinner: Bruce Horn, Jay Jerman, Holly Roe, Joey "Gordo" Sanders and 2012 President Alan Moseley.- The Birmingham Aero Club provides a range of social activities for aviation-minded individuals.  Monthly dinner meeti...

Stunt pilot hopes to build a vertical-winged airplane - Gizmag | Matthew Tanner is a Colorado-based air show pilot who also competes in aerobatics competitions and teaches Air Force pilots how to fly. His current stunt aircraft of choice is a Laser Z300. Much as he is able to do with the nimble little airplane, he wants to be able to perform aerial maneuvers that no one has ever seen before. In order to do so, he intends to equip the plane with a pair vertical wings....

Episode 182 - Alan Epstein and the Geared Turbofan Engi... - Airplane Geeks | Guest Alan Epstein is Pratt & Whitney's Vice President of Technology & Environment. We talk about the PurePower family of geared...

EAA Sport Aviation Now Available Through Sporty's, Reaching More Aviators - EAA | Aviators can now obtain EAA Sport Aviation though Sporty's. | January 24, 2012 – Single issues and subscriptions of the award-winning EAA Sport Aviation magazine are now available through Sporty's Pilot Shop, bringing the stories of EAA and its membership to broader aviation segments and audiences....

USAF picks Dragonlady over Global Hawk UAV - Black Horizon | AVWK: The U.S. Air Force has decided to scrap its Northrop Grumman high-altitude unmanned surveillance plane program and instead extend the life of its U-2 aircraft into the 2020s, according to a government official and a defense analyst....

'Living room' cabin plan for new Lufthansa jumbo jet - The Sydney Morning Herald | Lufthansa will offer flat-bed seats in a brown and grey-themed business-class cabin designed to feel less clinical than the current version when it takes delivery of Boeing new jumbo jet in coming months....

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Collings Foundation Launches Wings of Freedom Tour – Warbird Radio LIVE! | WEDNESDAY – The Collings Foundation launches their Wings of Freedom Tour for 2012. Tune in for all details...

Honoring Tuskegee Airmen - KOLO | RENO, NV - Our Story, Inc (www.ourstoryinc.com) in association with the Nevada National Air Guard will be hosting three documented Tuskegee Airmen on January 20, 2012, in celebration as the George Lucas film “Red Tails” debuts in movie houses across the nation. CM Sgt Lenard Yates, SM Sgt George Porter and SM Sgt Walter M. Suggs and escorts will be presenting a short program about their experiences as Tuskegee Airmen at the Nevada National Guard, 1776 National Guard Way, Reno, at 11:30 a.m. This is a unique opportunity to meet and greet participants in several historic events....

Tyler Perry’s Support For Red Tails (Open Letter) - DMVculture | I thought that as black people in Hollywood, this is just our reality, but I quickly realized that this is not racism. What made me realize this is I had a conversation with Mr. Star Wars himself, George Lucas, and he was telling me that he was having the same problem with Red Tails. ... So George decided to take a huge risk by entirely funding the movie and releasing it himself. What a guy! For him to believe so strongly in this story is amazing....

Making history come alive - Red Wing Republican Eagle | BAY CITY — You could say they are the ultimate teaching tools — a flying P-51C Mustang fighter built in 1944 and a graphics-covered semi-trailer housing an IMAX-type curved movie screen and seating for 30....

Golden Knights have arrived in Homestead Florida for Winter Training! - US Army Golden Knights | The Golden Knights have arrived in Homestead Florida for Winter Training. This is the time for the graduates of the 2011 Assessment and Selection program to stand up and be seen as part of the team. Both the Black Team and Gold Team received three new demonstrators this year, the “New Guys”. This is the time of year for “New Guys” to learn from the “Old Guys” and for the “Old Guys” to refresh their skills after the long break...

Reno Air Race officials to discuss event with special committee on Thursday - RGJ | Officials with the Reno Air Racing Association will give an overview Thursday of the National Championship Air Races and its contributions to the Reno economy to a special Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority committee that will help decide whether to give the group a special event license for this year’s event. The association has...

Great Georgia Airshow cancels 2012 edition - AJC | The Great Georgia Airshow, the annual fall event at Peachtree City’s Falcon Field, has been put on hiatus for 2012, Channel 2 Action News reported. In a prepared statement posted on the air show's Facebook page, organizers promised that the show, held every year in October, would return in 2013....

LSA Expo Launches Thursday - AVweb | The eighth annual event for light sport aircraft, the U.S. Sport Aviation Expo, will be held Thursday through Sunday this week in Sebring, Fla. The event features demo flights, educational forums, social events, and aircraft displays. Under new management this year, the show is...

Russian Knights display in return to international skies - Cavok | After a long break in their presentations abroad, the Russian group of high-flying Russian Knights will present its newest program of aerial acrobatics in international show BIAS 2012, to be held from 19 to 21 days in the city of Manama in Bahrain....

Great Paper Airplane Project at the Pima Air and Space Museum - Fox11 Az | TUCSON, Ariz. -- Paper airplanes took flight Saturday at the Pima, Air and Space Museum. It was all part of the great paper airplane fly-off. Hundreds of children launched their paper airplanes to see whos flew the farthest....

Airplane Geeks - Episode 181 - Craig Fuller from AOPA - Airplane Geeks Podcast | Guest Craig Fuller is President and CEO of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA). We talk about the U.S. Government proposal to...

JSC donates Space Shuttle Full Fuselage Trainer - The Orginal Rocket Dungeon | It appears NASA JSC is donating another Shuttle training resource....

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The Need for Speed - The Atlantic | ...But the reason race planes (and cars) go so fast is that they incorporate significant innovation—some of which ends up benefiting commercial products. In 1991, Lancair International raced its four-seat Lancair IV prototype in the Unlimited Class at Reno...

Airshow set for take-off - Gulf Weekly | THE second Bahrain International Airshow (BIAS) is all set to take-off on January 19 at the Sakhir Airbase with a p...

Capturing your adventures… Win an N Flight Cam from our trip! - Flying with Amelia | Good morning! We had amazing success capturing the transcontinental flight with our... [and check out the great video with Brian Correll on the post too!]

P-47 “Dottie May” Restoration Update – Warbird Radio LIVE! – Wednesday | Jeff Harris from Allied Fighters joins Matt Jolley on Warbird Radio LIVE with an update on their P-47 Dottie May. Several years ago the discovery of the Dottie May sparked the imagination warbird fans around the world. Tune in for the details of her amazing story this Wednesday mornin...

Rare warbird gets closer to flight - The Aucklander | The P-40 went on to win first place in the Warbird category at the National Aviation Heritage Trophy competition at the recent Reno Air Races. And while the Mosquito's restoration has been a long time in the making, the sense of satisfaction will be...

P-26A Pea Shooter in flight at Planes of Fame worlds only flying P-26A - YouTube via AirShowMedia.ne | The worlds only remaining flying Boeing P-26A Pea Shooter returns to the skies over Southern California for the Planes of Fame monthly flying history event f...

You will enjoy this HAM — the Hickory Aviation Museum - Travel for Aircraft | Seeing the Hickory Aviation Museum for my first time was like seeing a flash of gold in the sifting pan — it was worth it. I arrived before the museum had opened but could see its aircraft exhibited on the airport apron behind the fence. There were about a dozen aircraft and a good variety of them, as well. I could also see that two were used to show cockpits — always a good idea, I think, especially for children....

Capt. Roald Amundsen - x planes | This photograph shows Amundsen in a...

Flying Musicians to Perform at Sebring Jan 19-22 - You Fly Girl | Fort Worth, Texas – January 10, 2012: The Flying Musicians Association, Inc., a non-profit organization, is gearing up for the first event of 2012, held in Sebring, Florida this January 19-22. Come out and enjoy music performed by FMA members and see the demo for the Sennheiser S1 Digital headset. FMA performers will entertain on stage in the AeroShell tent daily, Thursday – Saturday – see the schedule...

Rise of the Machines - Unwanted Blog | Almost 1 In 3 U.S. Warplanes Is a Robot | The fighter jocks are, I’m sure, not pleased about the trajectory of the USAF towards an overwhelmingly unmanned fleet of fighters and bombers....

[Missed this yesterday]
Aviation Meet - Planeshots | January 10, 1910: Los Angeles hosted the first Aviation Meet in the US...

Helicopter makes emergency landing after patient tries to jump out - Helihub | A 26-year-old man who jumped from an SUV on Interstate 95 near Walterboro later tried to leap from the helicopter transporting him to the hospital...

Airplane Geeks - Episode 180 - Mary Kirby from APEX - Airplane Geeks Podcast | Guest Mary Kirby is is Editor-in-Chief of the Airline Passenger Experience magazine and the APEX media platform. We talk about the current...

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Air Races Crash NTSB Hearing Agenda Announced - My News 4 | More answers about just what caused the deadly National Championship Air Races crash are expected early next month according to a hearing agenda just announced by the National Transportation Safety Board.  The hearing will take place in Washington D.C. on January 10, 2012. NTSB spokesperson Terry Williams wrote in a news release to News 4:...

Air Races Still Need to Nail Down Stead Location - My News 4 | ...Air Race CEO Mike Houghton says it's true there has been no formal request made, but RARA would like to sit down and talk about all this as soon as the airport is open to that. And he says RARA hasn't been led to believe there will be any problems in moving forward with securing the Stead airfield as the location for next year's air race event.
 
Stunt Pilot Flying in for Singapore Air Show - Jakarta Globe | Aviation buffs are in for a real treat when the next Singapore Air Show flies into town in February.  For the first time in the show's 30-year history, spectators will be wowed by a solo stunt-flying segment.  In an Asian debut, Australian pilot Tony Blair, 41, will perform daredevil stunts in his single-propeller Rebel 300.  He said: "The Rebel is capable of just about anything....

Old school is good school…or not ! - Bonjour Bluesky

Air show slated to return - The Journal | There will be a 2012 Thunder Over the Blue Ridge Air Show, according to a release sent out Tuesday.  The West Virginia Air National Guard's 167th Airlift Wing will partner with the local community and Thunder Over the Blue Ridge, Inc. to host the annual event, currently slated for the Sept. 15 to 16, 2012 weekend....

Air show tickets selling like hot cakes - Gult weekly | Batelco has reported high demand for tickets for the Bahrain International Airshow (BIAS) 2012. They are being sold at all Batelco retail shops and are selling fast.  Due to the success of the inaugural event in January 2010, there is increased demand for tickets for BIAS 2012, which will take place at the Sakhir Airbase on January 19-21.  Batelco, Bahrain’s leading integrated communications provider, is a major sponsor of the event for the second time....

Tribute to Arizona’s Tuskegee Airmen CAF Arizona Wing Aviation Museum at Falcon Field - Fighter Country | The Tribute event is timed to coincide with Lucasfilm’s release of “Red Tails” on January 20, 2012. See www.redtails2012.com. However, the Tribute event is presented an entire week earlier — at the start of the 2012 MLK Holiday weekend — to raise awareness of the significance of the Tuskegee Airmen’s experience not just in aerial combat over Europe in World War II, but as a major driver in the movement for civil rights and equality which, in the decades following World War Two, reshaped America’s military in particular and American society on the whole..... 

Air Museum offers plenty of special all-ages events during vacation week - NewsTimes.com | No matter your age, if you love anything remotely to do with flying, airplanes or avionics, a place to visit between Christmas and New Year's Day is the New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks.  Jason Archer, the museum's assistant director of education, said the museum has scheduled "five days of special activities during the holiday break," designed to "show that aviation is accessible to a lot people."  "There is such variety within aviation, from history, to...

B-26 Invader and the Monument to the Bay of Pigs Aviators — Now Completed I - Travel for Aircraft | ...located on the Kendall-Tamiami Executive Airport public access property, primarily honors those aviators who had a part in this battle...

The Epicenter of General Aviation – as Seen From Space - Airplanista | Google Earth's satellite images of the crust of our planet are a marvel of modern technology. I am forever amazed at how detailed they have become, and that makes me wonder what even more precise detail our country's spy satellites can achieve.  Despite the many uses for...

Hawk jet crash with the Royal Saudi Air Force - Translated | A Hawk jet trainer of the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) fell on Tuesday in the Tabuk region, northwest of the country, according to information from the state news agency SPA.  Hawk The aircraft was conducting a training mission in the area of ​​Tabuk, when it collided with a bird, the report said, citing an unidentified official of the Ministry of Defence....

Zero-Zero - Neptunus Lex | What do you do in C-124 Globemaster when all your destination and divert fields are below approach minima, you don’t have ejection seats and the fuel tanks are running dry?...

Episode 178 – Bill English from the NTSB - Airplane Geeks Podcast | Bill English is a commercial pilot, multi and instrument CFI, and he’s flown corporate, charter, and was an air traffic controller in Boston and NY. Bill has written for IFR Magazine and worked on.... 

There's a bit of Howard Hughes in Paul Allen’s space dream - Tech Flash | A wealthy entrepreneur with a reclusive streak pours his money into a dream to build a record-sized aircraft to conquer the heavens.  That describes Paul Allen’s latest quest to reach space, a venture with aerospace pioneer Burt Rutan to build the world’s largest airplane that will launch a rocket to carry payloads — and eventually humans — beyond Earth’s atmosphere.  But it also describes an earlier time in the 1940s, when the...