Blue Angels give sneak peek to air show - KSWT-TV | El Centro, CA- The Blue Angels are wrapping up their winter training at the Naval Air Facility in El Centro and preparing for their big show this weekend. The United States Navy's Flight Demonstration Squadron is made up of some of the worlds most ...
Blue Angels gearing up for show season - Imperial Valley Press | NAVAL AIR FACILITY EL CENTRO — The fence is up. The performers are arriving. The planes are painted. Steps are being taken to finalize preparation for Saturday’s air show hosted by the local U.S. Navy base, and the Navy’s flight demonstration team, the Blue Angels, are prepping for their first air show of the season. ...
TICO Warbird Airshow Takes Over Skies Above Titusville This Weekend - Examiner.com | The Valiant Air Command's 35th annual TICO Warbird Airshow kicks off this weekend at Brevard County's Space Coast Regional Airport in Titusville, promising to draw thousands of spectators to the small city whose economy has suffered dramatically since ...
Running Away to Join the Circus – TICO 2012, Day 1 - Airspeed | I’m in 
Titusville, Florida for the next couple of days for the Valiant Air Command TICO Warbird Airshow. This is my second year attending and I thought I’d use the opportunity to learn a few things by digging even deeper into the airshow culture. I’m here as crew for Mark Sorenson and Tiger Airshows. Mark flies a...
F-22 confirmed for Robins air show - The Warner Robins Patriot | ... and a combination of sensor capability, situational awareness and weapons." The free, two-day air show will feature the Navy's Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron. Gates will open at 10 am each day with aerial performances beginning about noon.
F-22 Raptor To Perform At Bethpage Air Show At Jones Beach Memorial Day ... - CUinsight.com | Civilian performers confirmed to date include: American Airpower Museum Warbirds, GEICO Skytypers, Sean D. Tucker – Team Oracle, Lt. Col. John Klatt – National Guard Reserve, Matt Chapman, David Windmiller, and Ed Hamill, who will fly the Bethpage ...
Air Force Week in Photos - af.mil | This week's photos feature Airmen around 
the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force.
Friday's a Fantastic Day for a WAI Conference from WAI Connect Blog by Amy Laboda | The Daily
Explore Aviation Exploring! from WAI Connect Blog by Amy Laboda | Have you ever thought of starting an Aviation Exploring Post at your airport or aviation business? To learn more about this program open to young men and women, visit the Aviation Exploring display, Booth 256 in the Exhibit Hall. There you will meet actual Explorers who can fill you in on the fun and opportunities an Aviation Explorer post can provide....
Keeping the Peace from WAI Connect Blog by Amy Laboda | You may not naturally think of aviation when you think of the United Nations Peacekeeping missions around the world, but if you stop by the UN booth and talk to Susan Hunington, she’ll be happy to enlighten you. “When people think peacekeeping mission they imagine military missions,” says Hunington, “but in fact there is a huge civilian side to the United Nations peacekeeping missions....
Helicopters a big hit at Women in Aviation Conference - Helicopter Association International | Thursday - opening day for Women in Aviation conference - included the membership meeting and the awarding of the first round of scholarships, totaling more than $35000, to 19 young women. HAI VP of business development and expositions Karen Gebhart ...
Podcast: Calling All Women with the Flying Bug from AVWeb Podcast - Podcast | The Week of Women in Aviation Worldwide is March 5-12, and there are introductory flights being held all over the world. The defending champion for the World's Most Women-Pilot-Friendly Airport is Frederick Municipal in Maryland. AVweb's Russ Niles spoke with Frederick organizer Victoria Neuville about her event and the movement in general.
Suzanne Skeeters from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | Friday's Fabulous Flyer | This is Women of Aviation week where we introduce women to flying. And today I am in Dallas at the Women in Aviation conference. If you want to know why we do this—Suzanne is the perfect example. Thanks to that coupon, the doors were opened to the sky. But it was a special woman, Wanda Strassburg—a 99—who gave Suzanne her wings to fly....
'Miracle on Hudson' crewman to speak - Northwest Herald | Skiles volunteered to come to the area after he saw some of the things the community was doing, namely a first-of-its-kind after-school aviation club for high schoolers, Wallis said. The event starts at 10 am in Galt Airport's maintenance hangar.
A WWII giant remembered - Daytona Beach News-Journal | The largest planes we had ever seen were B-17 "Flying Fortresses" and B-24 Liberators; we could not imagine any larger, but one day when we were proceeding on an assigned mission from Guam, a huge bomber overtook us, flying past our starboard side...
Air Force Officer Honored For Aid At Nev. Crash - KRDO | An Air Force Academy instructor was honored for rushing to help people after an air race crash in Nevada. Lt. Col. Ryan Osteroos was presented the Military Hero Award by the American Red Cross during a ceremony in Colorado Springs on March 8.
Joe Gomer – Part II (plus "FiFi") from CAF Red Tail Squadron's Blog | Last 
week’s blog outlined Tuskegee Airman Joe Gomer’s early years and his deployment to Italy as a Tuskegee-trained pilot. Joe had spoken at an event sponsored by the Galaxie Library in Apple Valley, MN on February 25. Here are some more anecdotes that Joe shared that day regarding actually flying in combat and his homecoming....
Aviation Community Mourns the Passing of A. Paul Vance, Midwestern Aviation Giant from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation | The aviation community mourns the loss of A. Paul Vance, namesake of the Fredericktown, MO airport recently dedicated in his honor. Mr. Vance passed away last Sunday at the age of 9...
Cruise Is In For Top Gun 2 - But F-35 Is The Scientology Star! (CoolPix + Video) from AirPigz | ...Regardless of how you feel about the whole F-35 
project (cost, schedule, capability), when you watch the video below, it's pretty hard not to be exceedingly impressed with what this little beast can do. I love watching the control surfaces and the vectored thrust nozzle on those rolling, short carrier takeoffs! (the 1:50 mark is a good example) - I hope the onboard computers have chips that are well cooled as I'm guessing there's some serious processing going on there....
“Mercedes-Benz style” EC145 twin-engine helicopter - Blades Magazine | Leave it to Eurocopter to take the EC145 helicopter to a whole 'nother level. Our hats go off to Mercedes-Benz's Advanced Design Studio team in Como, Italy who...
Don’t Land With Your Gear Up from Fear of Landing by Sylvia | If you’ve flown a retractable, you’ve had it drummed into you: put the undercarriage down, check you put the undercarriage down and then check it once on short final. I came close, once. I was doing a circuit to land at North Weald. I wanted to get around quickly and ...
Fighting with autonomous aircraft, but how? — Boeing answers with the X-45A by travelforaircraft | Boeing tested the idea of the Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV) to patrol and fight autonomously with the X-45. First, the X-45A was built as a scaled down vehicle to test the concept:...
Space Pioneers chooses Pelham 4th grade class name for lunar lander - The Huntsville Times - al.com | "Spirit of Alabama" will be the name of the RCSP lunar lander competing in the $30 million Google Lunar X PRIZE, thanks to some help from Karen McDonald's fourth-grade class at Valley Intermediate School in Pelham, in north Shelby County just south of ...
X-37B Marks One Year In Orbit from Aero-News Network: Military | Still No Updated Landing Date From The USAF An X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle passed one year in orbit March 5th, with no indication from the Air Force when it will return the unmanned spacecraft to earth.
The Airport of the Future from Flightglobal | The airports of the future might bear little resemblance with those of today...or so seem to think the winners of the recent '2011 Fentress Global Challenge'. This international contest, launched by airport design firm Fentress Architects and open to architecture and engineering students, aimed to present an unconventional and unconstrained vision of the airport in decades to come....
Saturday, March 10, 2012
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Crowds flock to Singapore Air Show - Today Online | SINGAPORE - The week-long Singapore Airshow opened its doors today to the public and thousands of aviation enthusiasts from the world over, came in droves to the event site at the Changi Exhibition Centre. From as early as 8am, visitors hopped onto shuttle buses at Changi Airport to make their way to the airshow....
Incredible aerial acrobatics at the Airshow - Asia One | Watch daredevil pilots show off their 
precision flying skills at the Singapore Airshow 2012, featuring aircraft from all over the world. Vistors will be treated to an aerial display which includes highlights such as the Republic of Singapore Air Force's (RSAF) F-15SG and F-16C and the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) MiG-29N aerial display team the "Smokey Bandits". ...
Memorial designs for Red Arrow Jon Egging ‘uplifting' - Bournemouth Echo | THE widow and the mother of Red Arrows pilot Jon Egging have spoken of their hopes for a “positive, uplifting and inspiring” memorial to him. Flight Lieutenant Egging died at the age of 33 after he...
Knight Replaces Eickhoff On Sun ‘N Fun Board - Midwest Flyer | LAKELAND, FLA. – The Sun ‘n Fun Board of Directors elected Bob Knight, president of Knight Industrial Equipment, Inc., Lakeland, Fla., as its chairman at their January 2012 board meeting. The chairmanship was vacated with the retirement of Bill Eickhoff, who served...
Officials: Planning on schedule for Reno air races - Sheboygan Press | RENO, Nev. (WTW) — Despite the deadly crash that marred last year's event, officials say planning for the Reno National Championship Air Races is on schedule pending approval of permits....
Dayton competing for aviation hall of fame dinner - Springfield News Sun | DAYTON — Other cities are competing to be host sites for the National Aviation Hall of Fame’s annual enshrinement ceremony, long an annual event in Dayton, the organization’s board chairman said Friday. The hall of fame’s board hopes to decide by ...
St. Louis Aviation Community Mourns the Passing of Rick Albrecht - The Aero Experience | Regretfully, we announce the passing of Rick Albrecht (January 21, 1934 - February 5, 2012) after a long illness. We express our sympathies to his wife Gen and family. Rick donated his body to science so there will not be any visitation...
Tuskegee Airmen thrill history buffs, movie fans at Pueblo appearance - Chieftain | Sixty years ago, they were arrested by military police when they walked into white-only officers' clubs, but Friday, there were lines of people asking for their autographs at the Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum....
Former Dothan resident featured in documentary - Dothan Eagle | A newly-released documentary, “World's Smallest Airport: The True Story of the Thrasher Brothers Aerial Circus, 1945-1950,” will be shown on Sunday, Feb. 26, at Landmark Park. The film begins at 2 p.m. in the Stokes Activity Barn. The film is free with paid admission to the park. The film features the flying stunts of Grady Thrasher Jr. and his brothers...
WWII comes alive - Pasco News | ZEPHYRHILLS --The Zephyrhills Airport is no stranger to war 
Museum Receives Spirit of St. Louis Cockpit Exhibit - Museum News | The Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum, located in historic Curtiss-Wright Hangar 2 at St. Louis Downtown Airport, received a Spirit of St. Louis cockpit exhibit on loan from the Missouri Historical Society this week. The cockpit was part of the Lindbergh collection at the Missouri History Museum in St. Louis, and...
Airplane graveyards - Bayou Renaissance Man | Environmental Graffiti has an excellent photo 
gallery of what it calls the '10 Most Incredible Airplane Graveyards on Earth'. Here are a few examples to whet your appetite....
Airspeed LPA Part 2 – Military Pilot-Speak – Audio Episode Show Notes - Airspeed | We all admire military pilots. They’re some of the best in the world at what they do. And there are many reasons for that. They’re talented to begin with. They’re highly trained. And they have built up around themselves a culture that preserves the mystique and morale associated with military aviation. That culture is...
Fly in a de Havilland Beaver to experience a hard-working piece of aviation history - The Oregonian | Warren LaFave with his 1957 de Havilland Beaver at the Moose Ponds, the headwaters of the Nahanni River. If you're flying in to the Alaskan or Canadian bush to start any kind of wilderness adventure and you have a chance to ride in a hard-working piece of aviation history with a certain no-frills, 1940s-style glamour, take it. Be excited...
Sonic Booms Come From F-22 Raptors - 9 news | You know those loud, sonic booms that rattle your windows from time to time? They're going to happen more often. Today, Newschannel 9 learned where those booms are coming from. "When they go off it's loud, it shakes the house," said Bob Bradley, who lives in Alamogordo, NM....
John Glenn relives space orbit first 50 years on - BBC | John Glenn has found himself in the spotlight once again, 50 years after he became the first American to orbit the Earth. At an event to mark the anniversary of his historic space flight, Glenn addressed employees at Kennedy Space Center in Florida....
NASA Premier: Friendship 7 50th Anniversary - Spaceports | NASA celebrates the 50th Anniversary of John Glenn's orbital space flight. Glenn's flight ushered in a new era for space travel in this premier on NASA-TV the evening of Feb. 16, 2012. John Glenn, America's first astronaut to orbit Earth, launched aboard...
Monday, January 9, 2012
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Safety of popular air shows, races under scrutiny - San Francisco Chronicle | Despite suffering severe injuries in the worst air race accident in the U.S. in more than a half a century, some victims have told their lawyer they would like to attend future races....
Final agenda revealed for NTSB airshow hearing - GAN | The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has announced the final agenda for its Air Race and Airshow Safety Hearing, which takes place Jan. 10. The start time for the hearing, which is being held at the NTSB Conference Center and Board Room in Washington, DC, has been changed to 9 a.m. (EST). Fifteen witnesses will 
provide the board and the public insight into current safety regulations, the...
Formation flight Sunday. Curtiss B-2s - Planeshots
2nd Annual Sport Pilot Fly-in to the Bahamas - You Fly Girl | January 22 - 23, 2012 * | http://www.aviatorshotline.com/bahamas | Aviators Hot Line is hosting the 2nd Annual Sport Pilot Fly-in to the Bahamas. Participants will receive a commemorative t-shirt personalized with their N-number and aircraft manufacturer's emblem. For those who are attending Sebring, there will be a noon briefing on January 22, at the Alan Jay Hangar on field at the Sport Aviation Expo....
19 Jan, US Sport Aviatin Expo at Sebring Florida - You Fly Girl | Press Release: 5th Annual LAMA Dinner: Open to Vendors and Associations of the Light Sport Aircraft Industry. | Where: AeroShell Hospitality Tent | When: Thursday, January 19, 2012 | 5:30 Beverage Service | 6:00 Free lasagna dinner served buffet style | 6:30 Rod Hightower Speaks | http://www.aviatorshotline.com/dinner...
Planes announced for Thunder Over Louisville - WDRB Video | New details on the air show lineup for this year's Thunder Over Louisville. WDRB News has learned from Thunder producers that the show will include a demonstration from an F-22 raptor. That's a stealth fighter....
RNZAF celebrates at Tauranga - Sun Live | The Royal New Zealand Air Force is expecting to begin celebrating its 75th anniversary with a good showing of aircraft at this month’s Tauranga City Airshow....
Tuskegee Airmen symposium set - GAN | A Tuskegee Airmen Symposium will be held at the Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 15. The event is free to museum members and included in the price of regular admission for non-members....
Once you have tasted flight… A challenge and an offer - Flying with Amelia | So I ask myself, all 
the time… How can I help make this possible for more people. How can I get someone, who has never even sat in a small airplane, in touch with an undeveloped but potentially life changing experience? We must make that initial contact with the airplane possible. We must get kids who want to fly, up in the air. It was Leonardo DaVinci who said, “For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return”....
Adventurer launches world light plane trip - news.com.au | SLOVENIAN adventurer Matevz Lenarcic has flown out of Ljubljana at the start of an eco-friendly trip around the world in an ultra-light plane boasting super-low fuel mileage. "I want to make people understand that this world is the only one we've been given and if we destroy it, we and our descendants will be losing it for good," Lenarcic said ahead of the solo adventure dubbed GreenLight WorldFlight....
Operators suspend hot air flights - The Dominion Post | Balloonists around the country grounded their aircraft yesterday out of respect for those who died in Saturday's tragedy. Balloon Aviation Authority of New Zealand president Martyn Stacey said there had been no collective decision to 
suspend flights, but many operators chose to....
How’d you get that shot – Rare Bear - TVR Photography | Let me first start by saying, I have never witnessed harder working aircrews than those who toil over air racers. Months before the Reno Air Races, air racing crews are diligently working on their aircraft tweaking and modifying every square inch for that one extra mile per hour. And as race day nears, they become sleepless masters of...
Seized Skyraider Heading To Museum - AVweb | A federal judge has ordered an Alabama man to forfeit his AD-4N Skyraider after siding with the Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) branch of the Department of Homeland Security that the Vietnam-era close support aircraft was illegally imported to the U.S. ICE is turning the Skyraider over to the Navy for display in the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola. As we reported in 2009, ICE agents seized the aircraft, which is in good flying condition, from Claude Hendrickson. In a news release, ICE said the aircraft and parts, including four 20-mm cannons, were "smuggled" into the U.S. because the plane is a "defense article" and Hendrickson hadn't done the required paperwork to import it and...
Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum Resides in One of TWO Viable 1929 Curtiss-Wright Hangars - Museum News | 1929 Curtiss-Wright hangars were once scattered about the U.S. at most major airports where Curtiss-Wright did business. With time and aviation industry consolidation taking their toll on nearly all of these facilities, only a few remain in any condition. We in the St. Louis area are very fortunate to have TWO of these magnificent historic landmarks not...
Fokker D.VIII and its parasol wing from Travel for Aircraft | The D.VIII came out late in WW I and this replica Fokker D.VIII is displayed at the U.S. Army Aviation Museum in Alabama in original vintage lozenge patterned fabric. Originally known as the Fokker E.V. — and nicknamed “Flying Razor” by the Allies — it is notable for its single wing design, mounted in parasol fashion above the 
fuselage. Even as early as the end of WW I some designers saw the way to a faster aircraft was by reducing the drag biplane designs inherently possess with external struts and braces....
Royal Aircraft Factory SE-5A — a “Scarlet Lady” from Travel for Aircraft | This Royal Aircraft Factory SE-5A replica can be seen in U.S. Army Aviation Museum in Alabama and is in the markings of the 25th Aero Squadron. The SE-5A, along with the Sopwith Camel, were significant aircraft in the late stages of WW I since they attained final air superiority over the German forces....
'Cardiff Airport At Rhoose: 70 Years Of Aviation History' - Barry & District News | 'CARDIFF Airport At Rhoose: 70 Years Of Aviation History' by Geoff Jones is a celebration of 70 years at Cardiff Airport through photographs. Published last month, this £16.99 paperback original is the first dedicated photographic history of Cardiff Rhoose Airport....
Historic pages from the archives of the Staten Island Advance: Oct. 14, 1908 - SI Live | ...Wilbur Wright, the American aero-planist, made a flight here with Mrs. Hart O. Berg, the wife of his European business man-ager, as a passenger. The governing committee of the Aero Club of France has awarded its gold medal for 1908 to Wright. By making two successful flights, each time carrying a passenger, Wright has won the prize of $100,000....
World War 2 pilot biography set to speak at Jan. 21 Arden-Dimick Library program - From the Capitol | ...Royal Leonard was 20th century Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek’s personal pilot, co-conspirator with the famed World War II Flying Tigers commander, and aviator on the Skyway to 
Hell. The author will talk about the Golden Age of American Aviation and the Sino-Japanese War of the 1930s and 1940s.
Air Candy - A photo esseay by Max Haynes | Air & Space Smithsonian | Everybody had their own reasons for flying this photo mission....
Today in Aviation History - CRUFC
Airspeed Rolls Out New Website! - Airspeed | After a successful run of six years on the Blogger platform, we've outgrown it. Please head over to www.airspeedonline.com to see the new blog and catch up on all of the news and content from Airspeed and its related projects! We've migrated all of the content from this Blogger site (more than 400 posts, including the show notes from more than 200 episodes) over the new site, so you won't miss a thing....
Military reveals revolutionary pilotless cargo drone that can deliver supplies to... - Military Photos | The U.S. military is testing a revolutionary new drone for its arsenal, a pilotless helicopter intended to fly cargo missions to remote outposts where frequent roadside bombs threaten access by road convoys....
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
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Name That Event - Next Year's Michigan Aerobatic Open is Bigger! - IAC88 Blog - | It has been a while since I've written as we've just been having too much fun flying. We shot AcroCamp II, gave a lot of training and rides in the Pitts, and put a little Hero Cam in the front for great videos of people grinning and straining. At the Michigan Aerobatic Open in Jackson we were approached by community representatives who wanted to take this special event and make it more of a community weekend. Turns out we...
Desert display from Dubai - Flightglobal | Pictured over the Dubai desert is a joint display from the 
Al Fursan and Patrouille de France teams. Al Fursan - The Knights - is the UAE's aerobatic team, flying Alenia Aermacchi MB-339As. Video highlights can be found here.... Flightglobal's complete Dubai coverage can be found here.
Air show set to return to Fort Lauderdale beach in 2012 - Sun Sentinel | It's a go for the 2012 Lauderdale Air Show. Fort Lauderdale commissioners approved a three-year agreement on Tuesday with Lauderdale Air Show, LLC, which is putting on the spectacle. The city is also pledging up to $150,000 to cover show expenses, but only once the show actually takes place. The April 28 and 29 event will be the city's first air show in five years....
Grieving mother tells of pilot son’s last show - Yorkshire Post | ...Chris Penistone, 31, a commercial airline pilot with Jet2 who was also qualified for aerobatic flying, died at the Methley Bridge Boatyard, near Castleford, after his single-seater aircraft plunged to the ground in front of a large crowd, which included his parents. An inquest in Leeds heard yesterday that the night before the show on June 19 last year, friends had suggested Mr Penistone’s plan to perform three shows in a single day was over-ambitious....
Burt Rutan has a Wing in Ground Effect High Speed Seaplane project - Next Big Future | 
Legendary aerospace engineer Burt Rutan is working on a new project, a high-speed winged boat that can double as a seaplane, so he can fly between lakes and rivers near his new home in Coeur d'Alene, a lakeside resort in northern Idaho. He has his sights set on designing a short-takeoff and landing (STOL) plane....
EAA 1457: A Little Bit of Oshkosh Every Month - Airplanista | I've made six trips to the gigantic airplane party that the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) throws each July on the shores of Lake Winnebago. Each time I step onto the grounds of Wittman Regional Airport after it has been transformed into a glistening wonderland of aviation goodness, I'm reminded that as aviators, we...
Helicopter exit in the sun. - Bonjour Blue Sky
Flying through the Totality - Airspeed | Have you ever wondered what it would be like to see something 70 miles wide moving over the landscape at almost 1,700 miles per hour?...
Episode 173 – Jamie Dodson Knows Nick Grant - Airplane Geeks Podcast | Guest Jamie Dodson, is author of the Nick Grant adventure novel series, including Flying Boats & Spies, and China Clipper. Jamie is a Technology Protection Officer for the Security and Intelligence Division, US Army, Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center (AMRDEC), Intelligence Division. He has over 30 years of experience in Intelligence Operations for the US Military. He’s served with Special Operations, Army Aviation, Airborne Infantry, and Military Police and has worked operations all over the world....
Photo Essay: Aircraft Construction From A To Z - English Russia | We’ve got used to think that 
Russian production factories are, as a rule, half-destroyed buildings with leaking roofs and crooked staircases ending at the ceiling. However, the aircraft construction factory where they produce Sukhoi Superjets 100 in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, is a sufficient refutation of the charge. About 12 thousand people work at the two departments of the factory. In the first one they make the fuselage, and in the other one they install electronics, engines, etc. Let’s see how they turn a piece of aluminium into a plane....
Today in Aviation History – November 16 - CRUFC
XCOR & SwRI offer space flight prize for NSRC 2012 participants - hobbyspace.com | Suborbital Research Flight Giveaway Announced by XCOR Aerospace & Southwest Research Institute for Next-Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference (NSRC)-2012 | November 15th, 2011, Mojave, California and Boulder, Colorado: In a first of its kind prize for the reusable suborbital research...
Wanted: Astronauts; Missing: US rocket to fly them - Sacremento Bee | WASHINGTON -- Looking for a job? NASA is hiring astronauts. You can even apply online at a giant government jobs website. There's only one hitch: NASA doesn't have its own spaceship anymore and is sending fewer fliers into orbit right now....
Space tourist capsule in museum display - UPI | NEW YORK, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- A Soyuz space capsule that brought a private space tourist back from orbit is on display at a museum in New York, a space tourism company says. Space Adventures, the company that organized...
Thursday, November 3, 2011
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Blue Angels pilot describes experience - WJXT Jacksonville | The Blue Angels are currently the world's oldest performing aerobatics team. They fly for millions of fans each year. And while the Blue Angles are entertaining, their air show is a snapshot of reality. Their maneuvers cross over to military tactics. ...
2011 NAS Jacksonville Air Show honors centennial of aviation - Daily Record | Naval Air Station Jacksonville plans a weekend of airshows to celebrate 100 years of naval aviation. “Saluting the Centennial of Naval Aviation” is scheduled Saturday and Sunday. Gates open at 9 a.m. and the shows
begin at 10 a.m. The public is invited and there is no cost for parking, admission or the Kid’s Zone. The Blue Angels are scheduled...NAS Pensacola Hosts BLUE ANGELS Homecoming Air Show from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | NAS PENSACOLA, FLA. --- The Navy's Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, will close the 2011 season at their annual Homecoming Air Show aboard Naval Air Station Pensacola on Friday and Saturday, November 11 and 12.Prior to the world famous Blue Angels F/A 18 Hornet performances, the Blues' C-130 Hercules transport known as "Fat Albert" will thrill the crowd with its short field take-off and low level passes....
Teacher adds jet to flight time - Florida Today | She will be flying in one of the Cocoa Beach Air Show jets on Thursday. A Brevard County teacher will add fighter jet to her aerospace resume today as she joins performers practicing for this weekend's Cocoa Beach Air. Amy McCormick will strap in behind Black Diamond Jet Team pilot Mike Eberhardt in an L-39 Albatros — a single-engine, two-seat jet that is designed for basic and advanced training...
MacDill Airfest takes flight this weekend By Jodie Tillman, Times Staff Writer | TAMPA — Eyes will be on the sky this weekend as an expected 70,000 spectators fill MacDill Air Force Base for an annual air show. Admission and parking are free for the Saturday and Sunday shows, which feature a signature performance each day by the Thunderbirds, the U.S. Air Force's demonstration team....
Warriors and Warbirds air show set to take off - WCNC | MONROE, NC – Planes arrived Thursday at the Charlotte Monroe Executive Airport in preparation for the Warriors and Warbirds Air Show. About 100000 people are expected to show up for it this weekend. The event opens to the public ...
5th Annual Wings & Wheels Fly-In Saturday from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | The Friends of Deridder Army Air Base (DAAB) will host their Annual Wings & Wheels Fly-In/Drive-In Saturday, Nov. 5. The event will take place at the former World War II DeRidder Army Air Base, now known as the Beauregard Parish Regional Airport (DRI), in DeRidder, La...
Aerobatic Regionals - ShortFinal.tv | The Western Cape Aerobatic Regionals took place in Saldanha last Saturday. This was my first aerobatic meeting I've attended and what a great day of flying! The pilots that took part were skilled and focused on the job at hand even when challenged with a pretty nasty cross wind....
Kansas Aviation Hall of Fame Inducts Lacy & Collins from Midwest Flyer | WICHITA, KAN. – Pilot and aviation businessman, Clay Lacy, will be inducted into the Kansas Aviation Hall of Fame, November 5, 2011 at ceremonies to be held at the Kansas Aviation Museum, along with SR-71 test pilot, Ken Collins. Lacy’s career...
Keynote speakers announced for Veterans Tribute at museum from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Ed Mechenbier, who was a prisoner of war for more than five years during the Southeast Asia War, and Col. (Ret.) Charles DeBellevue, an Air Force ace during the war, will be keynote speakers during a special tribute to Southeast Asia War veterans at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force....
70th Anniversary Remembrance of Columbia Army Air Base - Examiner.com | On April 18, 1942 the group, which was part of the "Doolittle Raiders" stationed aboard the USS Hornet, bombed Tokyo, Japan. Even for small communities during the 1940's such as Columbia, SC it was an oppourtunity for growth and to heed the call for a...
Curtiss-Wright Chairman and CEO Martin R. Benante Receives Leroy R. Grumman Award - istockAnalyst.com | Curtiss-Wright Corporation (NYSE:CW) today announced that Martin R. Benante, its Chairman and CEO, was honored with the Leroy R. Grumman Award presented by the Cradle of Aviation Museum at its Air & Space Gala last night. ...
WWII B-24 pilot recalls 'amazing' missions - Ocala | OCALA - Arthur Johnson still shares some good natured ribbing with fellow World War II bomber pilot Obed Oglesby about which aircraft played a more decisive role in the war: the Consolidated B-24 “Liberator” or the Boeing B-17 “Flying...
Profile 60 - 5X-R as crewed by Ken Salsbury - WWII & Korean Conflict Airplane Profiles | ...Ken and I agreed that the best representation of his C-47 was circa "Operation Market Garden." We liked the presence of the black and white Invasion Stripes and it was indeed a time where Ken was "behind enemy lines." However I am rather fascinated with the Operation itself....
Book Review: Wings: A Novel of World War II Flygirls - Girls with Wings | ...but I was certainly interested in obtaining a copy of another book about the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP). The WASP were the first women in history trained to fly American military aircraft during World War II. Out of the 1078 women trained, only a few are left - and all of them over 80. However, every one I've ever met has been just as sharp as a tack and incredibly interesting to listen to. I count them among my heroes....
For the 'Greatest Generation' - Jenks Journal | Both events raise money that the local squadron uses to painstakingly restore old warbirds and other planes of the World War II era to airworthiness. The squadron's PT-19, one of about 7200 built and originally assigned to a training airfield in ...
Italian Navy AV-8B+ Harrier 20th anniversary special colour by David Cenciotti | On Oct. 27, 2011, the Marina Militare (Italian Navy) celebrated the 20th anniversary of the GRUPAER (Gruppo
Aerei Imbarcati), the squadron flying the Italian AV-8B+ Harriers. During the ceremony held at Grottaglie airbase and attented by the service’s Chief of Staff, Adm. Bruno Branciforte, a “Jump Jet” in a special colour scheme was presented. As the following pictures taken by...Last Man on Moon Worries About China - Spaceports | Former Apollo astronaut Eugene Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon almost 40 years ago, is worried China will beat other nations back to the shiny orb...
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Indy Transponder 08-OCT-2011 1000z
Fleet Week fly-along offers bird's-eye view of San Francisco - San Francisco Examiner | Roughly 24 hours before strapping on a parachute and boarding the Oracle Extra 300L at San Carlos Airport, I was asked if I wanted to take a media flight with Sean Tucker, the world-renowned aerobatic pilot for Team Oracle. For a kid whose only pilot ...
My “Fini” Flight on Fat Albert Airlines from Photorecon | When I was informed by the Blue Angels PAO that I was selected to fly on Fat Albert during their show at Miramar, I was more than overjoyed. I was bouncing off the walls. To be honest, the few people I did tell about being selected seemed unimpressed but I knew the truth. I knew [...]
Former Blue Angel pilot responds - SFGate.com blog | I too have strong feelings about the Blue Angels. I am a career military man still serving and a former team member of the Blue Angels. I was on the runway in Blue Angel #6, advancing the throttles for takeoff, when we were told to abort our takeoff; it was 09:26 hours on Sept. 11, 2001. ...
Reporter's Notebook at the CAF AirSho: A flying experience of a lifetime ... My West Texas | I had planned to ride the Fina stunt plane Thursday in advance of the Commemorative Air Force's AirSho happening this weekend, but I thought I had a full three days to mentally prepare myself. As Sommers informed me that he planned to give me a ride in ...
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For aviator-historian Coombes, flying is a family tradition - My West Texas | If dreams turn true, and for Bill Coombes many did, he would be his father's wingman, flying the U.S. Navy's Grumman F6F Hellcat fighter in World War II. ...
Barnstorming - The First Air Shows (Part 1) by CAF Red Tail Squadron | The Commemorative Air Force is hosting their annual AIRSHO this weekend in Midland, Texas, home of the CAF's Headquarters. Many of the Wings (local CAF chapters from around the country) fly their vintage aircraft to the Midland International Airport to display and participate in the daily performances. AIRSHO also features modern military aircraft so, for the aviation enthusiast, it's a biggie. Air shows have come a long way since the...
Practice show lends special program to students, seniors - My West Texas | The “Red, White and Loud” concert with Aaron Tippin will begin at 5 pm today at the main hangar ramp. While air shows across the country have been making headlines recently because of accidents and fatalities, Hicks said officials continue to stress ...
Wings of Freedom tour of World War II-era aircraft back in Carroll County - Baltimore Sun | The Collings Foundation, a private organization dedicated to preserving and depicting America's aviation history, is continuing its Wings of Freedom World War II living history program this weekend at Carroll County Regional Airport. ...
WowWe Official Sponsor of the Cleveland Air Race Revival - Sacramento Bee | WowWe Inc. is proud to announce that it is the official sponsor of the Cleveland Air Race Revival. Building on the history of the National Air Races in Cleveland, Ohio, two air racing visionaries have teamed up to honor the event in a town with the ...
Wing walker Tom Lackey is Pride of Britain - Birmingham Mail | “I just felt so humbled,” said Tom, who holds Guinness World Records for being the oldest person to undertake a loop-the-loop and wing walk across the English Channel. “And there were children there who were the real heroes, not me.”
Whitacre urges support for subsequent airshows - The Journal | MARTINSBURG - Since taking his first ride as a teenager, Berkeley County Councilman Jim Whitacre has had a special passion for airplanes. Even today, Whitacre - who lives close to the Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport and has a pilot's license - enjoys reminiscing about his early flight instructors at Shepherd Field who helped make his dreams of flight come true. Perhaps not surprisingly, Whitacre is an adamant supporter of the ...
B-25 refuels in Pratt - Pratt Tribune | The crew of the B-25 Miss Mitchell pose in front of the plane during their refueling stop in Pratt. By Anonymous A piece of World War II history made a stopover at the Pratt Regional Airport Thursday. A B-25 named Miss Mitchell stopped at the airport ...
Gone West: WWII Triple Ace Kenneth Dahlberg from Aero-News Network | Pilot And Entrepreneur Had A Cameo Role In The Watergate Scandal Former WWII fighter pilot and hearing aid entrepreneur Kenneth Dahlberg passed away Tuesday at his home in Deephaven, MN. He was 94 years old. The entrepreneur founded the company which became Miracle-Ear, which he later sold to become a venture capitalist who helped finance other companies. But before his business success, he had been a highly-decorated fighter pilot during WWII.
While polishing, to the best of my ability, a large shiny spinner, a faint tone emanated from my phone sitting on the wing. Wiping the remaining black residue from the mirror like finish, I dropped the rag, grabbed my phone, sat down, and opened the digital package. It was from Addison Pemberton and ...
Pemberton Waco EQC-6 Interior Almost Finished from Antique Airfield News | Addison Pemberton in Spokane, WA sent an update with photos: The interior on our 1936 Waco EQC-6 is now nearly finished and man "O" man does all that rich leather smell goooood. The interior is well sound proofed and sealed from exhaust and heat. I have directed the heater diverter over board and mounted the oil cooler between the gear lags which should keep things much cooler. ...
Balloons Grounded By Matt Andazola / Journal Staff Writer | After delaying a decision in hopes the rain would clear by 7 a.m. Friday, officials at the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta kept balloons grounded for the third day in a row. Morning flying events were officially canceled, but pilots were given the discretion to inflate and tether after the rain stopped. The evening Special Shape Glowdeo was also canceled. ...
Pilot receives fitting send-off - Auckland stuff.co.nz | The New Zealand Warbirds Association gave an honorary life member a fitting send-off at their Ardmore Aairfield yesterday. Peter Beaumont trained as a pilot at the Christchurch Aero Club before moving up to Auckland and joining the NZ Warbirds ...
Flying Tiger leads book talk at Bong Center - Superior Telegram | He flew the P-40 Warhawk, P-51 Mustang, P-38 Lightning, P-39 Airacobra, P-47 Thunderbolt, P-61 Black Widow, B-25 Mitchell, C-47 Dakota and the Japanese Aichi D3A2 “Val” dive bomber. Following the war he flew P-51s for the North Dakota Air National ...
Family, friends say goodbye to founding air commando - Capital Flyer | Alison is known for his distinguished Air Force career, during which he flew with the Flying Tigers over the skies of the China-Burma-India theater and helped create the Air Force's special operations forces. ARLINGTON, Va. -- Airmen gathered here Oct. ...
Exclusive: Computer Virus Hits U.S. Drone Fleet | Danger Room | Wired.com | A computer virus has infected the cockpits of America’s Predator and Reaper drones, logging pilots’ every keystroke as they remotely fly missions over Afghanistan and other warzones. ...
Today in Aviation History – October 8 from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club by bikeal
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Indy Transponder 22-SEP-2011 2200z
Salinas Airshow weekend is here - The Salinas Californian | On Saturday and Sunday, expect appearances by the Canadian Forces Snowbirds flying in formation, other military aircraft and various stunt fliers. When: Friday through Sunday. Gates open at 4 pm Friday; at 4:30 pm flying begins. ...
WWI air show will follow the high-speed demo at Oceana - Daily Press | A variety of high-speed, precision maneuvers will be on display this weekend at the Naval Air Station Oceana Air Show, from the Navy's Blue Angels to an "air power" demonstration of tactics used to deliver air-to-ground weapons. If you like speed, ...
Win a ride in a FINA stunt plane on CAF Airsho weekend! - My West Texas | The Midland Reporter-Telegram and FINA are giving away a free ride in a FINA stunt plane as part of the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) AirSho. To win, just post the picture of last year's winner Zachary Garza (at left) on the Reporter-Telegram Facebook ...
Nellis Air Force Base – Aviation Nation 2011 from Airplanes Channel: | Aviation Nation at Nellis Air Force Base is Nevada's largest free public event. This year the event will celebrate 70 years of air power in Las Vegas, dating back to the gunnery school opened at Nellis in 1941. ...
Airshow Safety: The View from ICAS from Airspeed by Stephen Force (Steve Tupper) | In the wake of a difficult weekend (and, indeed, a difficult season) for the airshow community, I asked John Cudahy to sit down for a few minutes to talk about airshow safety. John has been the president of the International Council of Air Shows, Inc. (“ICAS”) since 1997. I’ve heard him speak at the annual convention in Las Vegas for the past two years and I’m returning to Las Vegas again this December. John is one of those people who has always been on my list of people to bring onto the show at some appropriate time. I had thoughts of bringing him on as ...
#74 F2G-2 Makes It’s Debut from Moose Peterson Aviation Photography | Coming out of retirement in grand fashion, the F2G-2 Super Corsair #74 of Cleveland Race fame raced at Reno last week. It has not been flown since 1949 after it won the Thompson Trophy in 1947. Piloted by ...
Experimental Aircraft Association community mourns loss of Jimmy Leeward in ... - Oshkosh Northwestern | Friday's crash was the worst in the Reno air race history, and marked the first time that spectators were killed. Leeward was one of 20 pilots who have died since the races began 47 years ago. Witnesses described a horrible scene after the plane struck ...
"The Reno Tragedy" UCAP #255 from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast | Jeb, Dave, and Jack take a moment to reflect on the tragic events at this past weekend's Reno Air Races. Uncontrolled Airspace General Aviation Podcast.
Female military pilots from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale | From Aviation Knowledge: Female military pilots: It is only in the last 30 years that females have been accepted into most Air Forces around the world. In the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF), females were only allowed in from 1977. The first female pilot was Angie Dickinson, who graduated in 1988. She, along with a few others, became the first females to be in operational roles within the RNZAF, including several ...
Concorde's Blood Flows, Heart Beats a Few Times from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | A group of Concorde enthusiasts including engineers and mechanics, for a time, briefly brought one of these iconic supersonic airliners back to life. Concorde G-BOAC, known as "Alpha Charlie," was flown to a Manchester, England, museum in 2003 and has been on static display ever since.The Concorde systems had been powered up several times last summer until insurance concerns stepped in. ...
Winged stuntman jumps 5,000 feet - YouTube | Professional thrill seeker, Jeb Corliss flies from the peak of China's Tianmen Mountain wearing a special jumpsuit fitted with wings.
6 Biggest Spacecraft to Fall Uncontrolled From Space from SPACE.com | A rundown of some of the biggest spacecraft to smash into Earth beyond their operators' control.
Spaceport America: The World's First Commercial Spaceport - Industry Leaders Magazine | New Mexico's weather and wide-open spaces have been ideal for the aerospace industry since Robert Goddard, the Father of Modern Rocketry, began conducting research in Roswell in the 1930s, followed by Wernher von Braun in the 1940s, and NASA in the ...
Video: Last Man on Moon Wants Shuttle Back from Spaceports | Retired Captain Eugene Cernan, commander of Apollo 17, upset with the United States' current inability to ferry astronauts to Low Earth Orbit, wants the space shuttle program to be reinstated until a suitable replacement is put in place in Congressional testimony this week.
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Indy Transponder 10-AUG-2011 2230z
Volunteers sought for Waterloo air show - Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier | WATERLOO - Volunteers are being sought for the Kiwanis Club of Waterloo's "Thunder In The Valley Air Show" set for Aug. 27 and 28 at the Waterloo Regional Airport, featuring the US Air Force Thunderbirds. ...
Air National Guard tour featured at AirSho - In-Forum | FARGO – The Air National Guard will feature its traveling “Rise to the Challenge Tour” from 9 am to 5 pm Saturday and Sunday at the Fargo AirSho. FARGO – The Air National Guard will feature its traveling “Rise to the Challenge Tour” from 9 am to 5 pm ...
Getting ready for Fargo, ND! - ASB | ... Mace will be tearing it up in one our Viper West ladies, probably "California Dream'in", while Dan & Ed will be hittting hard with The Horsemen and their insanely gorgeous Bearcats! And with Viper West and Dan at the same show, you know what that means, right? Yepper-depper, we are gonna present a wonderful 2-ship Heritage Flight Fri-Sun! ...
'Unmissable' Air Festival returns to Bournemouth - BHbeat.com | Now in its fourth year, the Bournemouth Air Festival is once again expected to attract millions of visitors. All three forces – the RAF, Army and Royal Navy have joined up for the show, and for the first time this year, festival organisers plan to ...
Lowestoft Seafront Air Festival 2011 - BBC News | The Red Arrows and the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight are among the highlights of the Lowestoft Seafront Air Festival. The annual event is taking place in the skies above Lowestoft beach on Thursday 11 and Friday 12 August. ...
Gallery: Rhyl Air Show - Rhyl Journal | MORE THAN 130000 people packed Rhyl at the weekend for the town's third annual Air Show. Cloudy skies and damp weather failed to turn away spectators, with crowds gathering across the Denbighshire coast from Abergele to Gronant to watch the spectacle. ...
Event in the Air Force Academy brings together 50 000 people from CavokBlog | The Air Force Academy (AFA) held on Sunday (7 / 08), another edition of its traditional Sunday event Air. From 9am, the gates were opened the AFA to an audience of approximately 53 000 people who might know a little more closely the work of the Brazilian Air Force (FAB). The Sunday sun has contributed to these aircraft will charm any audience. Military aircraft F-2000M, A-1, AT-26, A-29, F-5, C-105, CH-34, R-99, P-95, T-25, T-27, aircraft Sailing Club Flight of the AFA, among others, the various squads FAB present the public with flyovers and static display. The civil aircraft were also present in air shows the ...
Full Throttle from Latest Vlog | Two months ago we filmed at the Zwartkop air show, From Canvas to Jets, and pulled these few seconds from the DVD we've just launched.
PAF s’ Academy ‘Sherdils’ Aerobatics Team performs at Airshow China 2010 | PAF s’ Aerobatics Profile paffalcons.com ‘Sherdils’! The romantic aura surrounding the PAF Academy aerobatics team is something real and exalting. Made up of instructors of the Basic Flying Training (BFT) Wing, ‘Sherdils’ seem to be a shade above the squalor of ‘patters and demos’ when they take to the air. Any one who has seen the ten-minute spectacle is bound to agree about one thing — it is technically superb and aesthetically pleasing. The T-37 four-shipper first flew on ...
Giving The Tuskegee Airmen Their Due from Aviation Queen | ... As the daughter and granddaughter of Air Force officers, I grew up listening to tales of the exploits of the Tuskegee Airmen. When we lived at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Ala., we went to Tuskegee to see where the Airmen trained. I hope that this documentary will bring this ...
WWII vet from Salem will fly one more mission - WDBJ7.com | Baker was a tail gunner, in the famed "flying fortress, a World War II B-17. On that day, his plane was shot down. "The only thing that saved us really we were so low over the water they couldn't dive down at us, and they couldn't come up under us," ...
"Miss Mitchell" paying a visit - Valley News Live | The B-25 World War Two bomber was the first of the Airsho stars to arrive and is currently on display at the Fargo Air Museum. Rides are being offered for 395 dollars. On Monday, Valley News Teams Mike Morken hopped aboard and took a ride and shares ...
The SB2C Helldiver from Moose Peterson Aviation Photography | Launched from a carrier with bombs or torpedoes, the SB2C Helldiver destroyed more Japanese targets then any other aircraft during WWII. Capable of carrying 1000lbs with a top speed of ...
Model plane world titles in town - Bundaberg NewsMail | The Australian F3D team prepare themselves for competition at the 2011 F3D RC Air Racing World Championships. IT HAS been hailed as the “Formula 1 of plane racing” and over the next four days, fleets of model aircraft will take to the skies, ...
AMA Life Member #L888 R J EdisonAnchorage Alaska from AMA Stories | A brief interview at the EAA Museum during AirVenture 2011. An AMA member since the 50s an EAA member for over 30 years from Anchorage Alaska. RJ talks about his passion for Model Aviation, his career as a full-scale pilot, and how his local EAA Chapter and local AMA Club work together to promote aviation. ...
Up to 600 Boy Scouts to camp in Newington for air show - Seacoastonline.com | NEWINGTON — Town officials are opening their arms to hundreds of Boy Scouts expected for this weekend's Service Credit Union Boston-Portsmouth Air Show. Boy Scouts from all over New Hampshire are expected to begin showing up on the ...
Young Eagles soar above clouds - Big Bear Grizzly | The next Young Eagles flight is Saturday, Aug. 13. On the second Saturday of each month, kids between 8 and 17 can strap themselves into the cockpit for a view of the Valley like no other. The Young Eagles program offers children free airplane rides ...
