Wings Over North Georgia Air Show Is This Weekend At Rome, Ga. * The Chattanoogan | Chattanoogan.com photographer Dennis Norwood was selected for a media flight with the GEICO Skytypers aerial team prior to this weekend's Wings Over North Georgia air show. Shown are some of his photos while flying in a 1940 US Navy SNJ-2 Trainer...
Wings and Wheels: In the air and on the ground * Cape Gazette | Jackson Passwaters of Millsboro has his own jet to play with during the seventh annual Wings and Wheels Fall Festival at the Sussex County Airport. The event is sponsored by the Greater Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and the Delaware Aviation...
30th Annual CAF Wings Over Houston Airshow Nov. 1-2 · WarbirdsNews | The U.S. Navy Blue 
Angels will return to Houston for the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) 30th Annual Wings Over Houston Airshow, which will be held Saturday and Sunday, November 1st through 2nd, at Ellington Airport. Produced by the Commemorative Air Force, the non-profit air show will also include a tribute to Viet Nam War veterans with a flight demonstration featuring aircraft from that era. The Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall will also be on display during the...
2014 Aéropuces 2014 * Passion for aviation, Translated | For the 8th consecutive year, the Museum of Air and Space organizes its large aircraft flea market. Collectors, individuals and professionals find themselves under the wings of two Concorde museum and the hall "between the wars" for two days of "treasure hunt" in a festive atmosphere. More than 60 exhibitors are expected at 300m linear exposure. Free admission....
Here's how you move all the Red Bull Air Race planes and equipment to each race around the world * ICAS | A final trip across the Atlantic and the raceplanes are back on European soil as we approach the final race of 2014 in Austria on 25-26 October!...
Tourism leader thrilled over Keesler Air Show coming back * WLOX | BILOXI, MS (WLOX) - A sky high announcement from Keesler Air Force Base Thursday, the base's air show is coming back in the Spring of 2015. It's another coast event the Mississippi Gulf Coast Regional Convention and Visitors Bureau leader is thrilled...
Reno Air Races 2014 Gallery · Julie In The Sky
Col. C.E. "Bud" Anderson, World War II triple ace, and other distinguished veterans to speak at Air 
Force Museum Theatre * National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | History will come alive as military heroes from D-Day through Vietnam are celebrated on the Air Force Museum Theatre's giant screen with five films and several distinguished presenters taking the stage to speak of their experiences. Reel Stuff Salute to Heroes will take place on Nov. 8 at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force...
Airmen Missing From WWII Being Returned To U.S. * Aero-News Network | Crew Of B-26G Marauder Shot Down Near Seffern, Germany In 1944 Three U.S. servicemen, missing from World War II, have been accounted for and their remains are being returned to their families for burial with full military honors...
World War II B-17 engineer signs bomber wing panel * The Daily Telegram | On Wednesday, the Adrian man wrote his name on a wing panel from a B-17. Stornant became the 94th veteran from the 384th to sign the wing skin panel as Keith Ellefson of Alabama brought the panel to Grand Court in Adrian, where Stornant now lives...
Veteran and Vintage Cars & Planes at Pima · WarbirdsNews | PRESS RELEASE – The Pima Air & 
Space Museum announces a special showing of veteran and vintage Model Ts and Ford Model As alongside its vintage aircraft on Sunday, October 19th. Both the Old Pueblo Model A Club and the Tucson Touring Ts will line their classic beauties up on the museum grounds all day Sunday for history, car and photography buffs to admire. (NOTE: Model Ts made before 1919 are known as “veteran” cars; those manufactured after 1919 are known as “vintage” cars.)...
RAF Museum Joins Forces with Germany and France to Share First World War Stories · WarbirdsNews | The Royal Air Force Museum has partnered with Musée de l’Air et de l’Espace (Paris) and the Militärhistorische Museum der Bundeswehr (Berlin) to mark the centenary of the First World War in the air.www.3p1w.eu will publish the letters, diary entries and artefacts relating to three First World War pilots over the course of the centenary. Letters written by Bernard Rice, Jean Chaput and Peter Falkenstein have been fully transcribed and...
Pioneering pilot Bessie Coleman * Amsterdam News | What her appearance did remind of, however, was an unforgettable African-American aviatrix, Bessie Coleman. Unfortunately, even in some of the best encyclopedias and dictionaries of Black notables, she is not included. We needn't get into the rather...
F-106 arrives at Dakota Territory Air Museum * Minot Daily News | Today was a big day at the Dakota Territory Air Museum in Minot when the first truck arrived carrying parts of an F-106 fighter-interceptor for the museum, including its wings, fuel drop tanks and afterburner...
Pan American Airways at Historic Flight Dates * inflightusa.com | Mike Lavelle will launch HFF’s Fall/Winter seminar series on the people and aircraft of Pan American World Airways with a presentation on one of the most compelling aviation passenger experiences ever, the flying boats...
A Fascination With Flight * Morgan Hill Times | The Wings of History Air Museum is home to a large historical display featuring Women in Aviation. “Although there were women breaking into aviation early in aviation history, it was expected that they dress like the women of their times,” Hayashida said...
Call to Experimenters! * Mojave Experimental Fly-in
A Flying Microwave? Why Not! by Tyson Rininger | The folks over at Flite Test have built and flown some pretty strange stuff, but a microwave?...
Young Eagles flights in Redding * The Trinity Journal | Young Eagles flights will take place Saturday, Oct. 18, at Benton Air Park, Placer Street, Redding, for ages 7-17. Kids fly for free, sign ups at 8:30 a.m., flights from 9 a.m. to noon. Sponsored by EAA Chapter 157 and Parks Arcs Welding, Weaverville...
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Friday, October 17, 2014
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Aircraft Perform at Airshow in Singapore - English.cri.cn | Photos
Take to the Skies AirFest gets ready for second annual show in Durant! Shutik Isht Ia! - The International News Magazine | Mike “Spanky” Gallaway, announcer for the famous Red Bull Air Races and other prestigious events will have you jumping in excitement as he announces the show and flies as well! The stars of the show are the breathtaking Trojan Phlyers Demo Team with...
Cobden Aero Club fly-in set for takeoff - Warrnambool Standard | It will be a case of keep an eye on the sky this weekend when Cobden Aero Club holds its final fly-in event on its soon-to-be-replaced runway. In the wake of last year's fly-in success, new asphalt and lighting will be added to the airfield off...
Celebrity drops in at Cobden aero show - Las Vegas Blog | Four years of time in the making, pilot Derek Dyer flew his home-built kit plane from Digby to the Cobden Aero Club's annual yearly fly-in. The two-seater Celebrity was among a type of aircraft to drop in for the event. “We had 20-odd planes come in...
Volunteers Needed for Daughter Day at Conference - WAI Connect Blog | Here come the girls! This year's Daughter Day is the most successful ever. We have 250 girls attending the all-day Saturday event, and we need help working with the girls ages 10 to 17.
MV-22 Flight Photo Essay - Aviation Week | I had a once in my lifetime opportunity to fly in an 
MV-22 at the Singapore Airshow on Wednesday, February 12. Bell Boeing obviously had the Osprey at this show to further interest among foreign governments. One of the end slides in the briefing concluded with ‘Ready for Export!’...
Oakland honors pioneering black aviator - Inside Bay Area | OAKLAND -- The Port of Oakland honored the first African-American female aviator Friday, who briefly worked in the city nearly a century ago, by renaming a portion of Airport Drive as Bessie Coleman Drive. Coleman was a 23-year-old manicurist at a Chicago barber shop in 1915 when accounts of the Flying Aces in World War I inspired her to become a pilot....
XP-82 Restoration January 2014 Update · Warbirds News | It’s that time again, and we have another of our monthly updates from Tom Reilly about his intrepid team’s efforts in restoring the sole surviving XP-82 Twin Mustang. Tom Reilly is a master craftsman, and the quality of the workmanship going into this project is clear for all to see. This update is based upon Tom’s words....
Historic airplane heads to new home - Norman Transcript | ...The aircraft was built in 1945 at Tinker Air Force Base for the U.S. Navy. In 1956, the Civil Aeronautics Administration took it over and refurbished it for its flight inspection program. The Navy officially gave ownership to the FAA in 1966, Solinski said. It was one of 50 such aircrafts the FAA used to certify navigation equipment...
Local air museum to host annual banquet - Bakersfield Californian | The Minter Field Air Museum's annual Founder's Day Banquet will be held Feb. 22 at Hodel's Country Dining in northwest Bakersfield. A social hour is scheduled to start at 6 p.m. with the banquet beginning at 7 p.m. in Liberty Hall, organizers said in a news release. Special guests will include...
X-15: the World’s fastest rocket plane and the pilots who ushered in the Space Age by travelforaircraft | This is, in the authors' words, a biography of the North American X-15 and the program's 199 flights. Yes, there are technical aspects as there are descriptions of the records obtained in the X-15 but there is so much more in this colorful book which has it differ from previous books on this aircraft. Anderson (Curator of Aerodynamics NASM) and Passman (also with the NASM and was influential in the X-2 and X-16 programs) have written the X-15's bio so that we can understand the unique niche these three aircraft (X-15-1, X-15-2 and X-15-3) created and still solely occupy...
Near the Equator Grumman Albatross by travelforaircraft | The Grumman Albatross was designed for maritime patrolling as well as overwater search and rescue missions. The pair of Twin Wright R-1820 nine-cylinder radial engines could power the Albatross off medium seas and carry 15 people. Flights could be as far as 2850 miles/~4600km at a leisurely 124 mph/200kph. Albatrosses were the last of the...
WWII Wreck Reveals Wartime Romance: Photos - Discovery News | The final flight was part of a mission which involved the use of 38 B-17 Flying Fortresses divided into two waves. The primary target was the railroad bridge in the town of Certaldo, south of Florence. The alternate target was a marshalling yards at ...
They found romance in the museum - Camarillo Acorn | THE START OF IT ALL—Steve and Holly Barber, with their sons, Jake, 2, and Luke, 3, met at the Commemorative Air Force Museum in Camarillo. IRIS SMOOT/Acorn Newspapers THE START OF IT ALL—Steve and Holly Barber, with their sons, Jake, 2, and Luke, 3, met at the Commemorative Air Force Museum in Camarillo. IRIS SMOOT/Acorn Newspapers For Stephen Barber, the Commemorative Air Force Museum in Camarillo is more than just a collection of vintage aircraft. The hangar at the Camarillo Airport is where Barber forged a love for aviation and landed the love of his life—his wife of five years, Holly...
Vulcan, Provost & Bronco A2A - Photos
Lindbergh Flight Featured in Class Project on 250th Anniversary of the City of St. Louis By Mark Nankivil The Aero Experience | Miriam School Celebrates the 250th Anniversary of St. Louis (photos)
Crossing Flight Paths With Able Flight (And A Nudge For Aspiring Pilots) - ForeFlight | Here at ForeFlight we live and breathe aviation and we love inspirational aviation-related stories, especially when they hit close to home. We thought we’d take a moment to share this one with you. Many of 
you may know Pete Vincent who is one of our fanatical Pilot Support Team members. When Pete is not busy helping ForeFlight customers, he is a flight instructor at Redbird Skyport in San Marcos, Texas (HYI)....
Snow Bird: 1922 - Shorpy | February 1922. "Woman on sled being pulled by biplane in snow, with Washington Monument in background." Why not make the snow work with your commute, instead of against it? Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative.
Monday, December 23, 2013
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Tusker Air Show photos – Day 1 * Kenyan Aviation | The first day of the 2013 Tusker Air Show Festival was filled with many flying displays that excited spectators. The performances were not only about aviation technology, but were a testament to the truly amazing skills of pilots who have really invested their time and energy into the air show...
Don’t Call Him a Stunt Pilot: An Aerobatic Competitor Talks Shop - SI.com | David Martin flies his Breitling CAP 232 plane upside down, sideways, and in circles, all on behalf of America. The aviation vet is the US Team Captain for the United States Aerobatic Team, representing American in the World Aerobatic Championships. We talked to him about his military background, the difference between airshows and aerobatics competitions, and why he sticks with the underfunded pastime...
FAHS and Kermit Weeks to re-enact the first airline flight that created the airline industry as we know it! by travelforaircraft | The centennial of the World's first airline with a regularly scheduled route is almost here — 01 January 2014, New Year's Day! Flight 2014, a synchronous effort of the 
Daredevil UK pilot close to completing Lady Mary Heath's historic 1920s flight - The Telegraph | Tracey Curtis-Taylor is recreating the historic open-cockpit flight first undertaken 85 years ago by the oft-forgotten aviation pioneer Lady Mary Heath. Lady Heath was the first woman in...
Happy Birthday To The Mighty Grumman F-14 Tomcat · Warbirds News | The Grumman F-14 Tomcat flew for the first time forty-three years ago today. The F-14 emerged from the failed F-111B, which left the Navy without a successor for the F-4 Phantom in the air defense role. Variable geometry swing-wings combined high-speed performance and supersonic maneuverability with docile low-speed handling. The Tomcat was well ahead of its time – the Central Air Data Computer used to control wing sweep was the first microprocessor design in history and it’s design was not made public until more than 20 years after the F-14 first entered service. The...
Happy Birthday To The Douglas C-47 Skytrain · Warbirds News By Aviation Enthusiasts LLC | Seventy-two years ago today, the Douglas C-47 Skytrain took flight for the first time. Developed from the Douglas DC-3, the C-47 was the most widely-used transport of World War II. Douglass built over 10,000 Skytrains and every branch of the U.S. military and all the major allied powers operated it. The C-47...
1945 Freeman Field Airshow | This is a compilation of two films shot during the September, 1945 airshow at Freeman Field. The aircraft seen both in the air and on the ground are nothing short of spectacular. Many of the remaining captured aircraft have yet to arrive. Our thanks to the Freeman Army Airfield Museum who provided the video.
Ellsworth Airmen part of Doolittle Raiders final toast - Rapid City Journal | ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE, S.D. | More than a month has passed, but the thrill of sharing a once-in-a-lifetime moment with their heroes has not lowered for two B-1 aviators from Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. Last month, the pair had the privilege of being with the remaining members of the Doolittle Raid during their final toast at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio...
B-25 Group Settles Investigation Into Removal Of Airplane Parts From Alaska - Aero-News Network | Had Taken Parts From Federal Land In July Of 2008 | The federal government has reached a settlement with Georgia-based aircraft restoration company The B-25 Group which removed parts from the wreckage of an F-82 Twin Mustang that went down outside Fairbanks, AK in 1950...
Fayetteville veteran served as gunner on B-17 bomber - Public Opinion News | FAYETTEVILLE >> As a gunner on a B-17 bomber during WWII, Jack Goetz knew he would be lucky to survive 25 missions. The 1st Engineer with the 384th Bomb Group survived all of his missions, but not without some close calls...
Bessie Coleman’s star shines on · Mary Kirby | bessiecolemanIn the 1920s US, as Ku Klux Klan membership reached a height of 4.5 million and women were fighting for equal rights to men, a young black girl from Texas proved to the world that she could “amount to something”. Bessie Coleman triumphed against incredible odds to became the world’s first licensed black pilot...
Pioneering aviatrix, 94, relishes memories - U-T San Diego | CARLSBAD, Calif. ? Nancy Stratford vividly remembers her first airplane flight. It was her 16th birthday in 1935 and her big brother’s gift 
was a quick spin on a sightseeing plane over their native Los Angeles. Little did she know then that war was looming and her brief inaugural flight would eventually lead her into the Royal Air Force, where she would log nearly 900 flight hours ferrying 50 different types of war planes to air bases around Great Britain during World War II. Or, that in 1947 she would become the world’s fourth licensed woman helicopter pilot....
Cmdr. Charles Beauchesne: Flying the A-6 Intruder Over North Vietnam - The Lexicans | Ever wonder what it was like to fly the Tadpole A-6 Intruder over Route Pack 6 (yes, I know TF-77 had RPs 2,3,4, and 6B)? Commander Charles Beauchesne gave an interesting hour long lecture at the San Diego Air and Space Museum on what it was like to fly and fight the A-6 over North Vietnam. You’ll get the skinny on the tactics, weapons and, most interestingly you’ll learn how evade the SA-2 Guideline surface to air missile...
De Havilland DH-91 Albatross FINGAL G-AFDL - Translated | Although originally conceived as a mail plane transport version for 22 passengers was developed, the main differences being additional windows. Five of these aircraft were produced and delivered to Imperial Airways: The "Frobisher" (G-AFDI), the "FALCON" (G-FADJ), the "FORTUNA" (G-AFDK), the "FINGAL" (G- AFDL c / n 6805) and "FIONA" (G-FMLA)...
Video: Keep 'em flying: 'Spirit of 45' celebration kicks off at Chennault Museum - The News Star | At 89, Jerry Yellin looks like he could climb into the cockpit of a World War II warbird today a pilot it on a treacherous mission. He’s straight-backed with a strong chin and wavy gray hair pushed back neatly on his head...
RETRO: The First Crew to Leave Earth's Orbit - Spaceports | Forty-five years ago today, the year was 1968 with Apollo 8 carrying three NASA astronauts atop a Saturn-V booster rocket. Apollo 8 departed the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center on December 21, 1968 taking on the highest-risk mission in the space agency's history, arguably fraught with more risk than the human moon landing to follow 18-months later...
F4H-1 BuNo 145310 Restoration - The Lexicans | YF4H-1F pic1 This should make our Phantom guys hearts go aflutter (that’d be Old AF Sarge and Virgil Xenophon among others IIRC). The Wings and Rotors Air Museum in Murrieta, California is restoring an F4H-1 Phantom II. Not just ANY old Phantom (not that there really is such a thing) but the 11th aircraft built, BuNo 145310. That’s right folks, 310 is the 11th Phantom EVER built. That’s number 11 out of 5,195 aircraft built!...
Breitling Super Constellation video - Apron 6
Manston Bronco Refurbishment Completed · WarbirdsNews | The North American OV-10 Bronco G-ONAA registered to Invicta Aviation Ltd and owned by Tony de Bruyn arrived at Manston, Kent 
on 29th May 2013 from its base at Schwenningen-am-Neckar in the Black Forest region of southern Germany via Wevelgem (Belgium) and was put in to the hands of TG Aviation Ltd at Kent International airport (Manston) for refurbishment...
Heritage Lottery grant to Orra Airmen project - Ballymoney and Moyle Times | A GRANT for £7,900 has been handed over from the Heritage Lottery Fund for the Slieveanorra (US) Airmen Memorial project. The scheme involves plans to build a memorial in memory of the US Airmen who died in the B17 air crash on Slieve an Orra in October 1942...
Daughter Follows In Father's Footsteps As Cathay Pacific Pilot - Aero-News Network | Two Recently Assigned To Same Flight From Manila To Hong Kong | Little girls often want to follow in their father's footsteps, and such was the case with Zoe Davies, whose dad Stuart is a captain with Cathay Pacific airlines...
American Air Museum Summer Residency Programme returns to Duxford for third year - Haverhill Echo | The American Air Museum Summer Residency Programme runs from July 31 to August 14, 2014. It is a unique professional development project creating a partnership between teachers from the USA and the UK...
Cessna reveals restored L-19, Dodge auction package · General Aviation News Staff | WICHITA, Kan. — Cessna has unveiled the restored 1959 Cessna L-19E “Bird Dog” (pictured below) to be auctioned at the 43rd annual Barrett-Jackson car auction in Scottsdale, Ariz. The L-19E will be auctioned alongside a Dodge M37 truck restored and donated by Okoboji Classic Cars, forming a unique pair of historical items offered in a single auction lot...
Topgun in the Mid-1980s: Building on the Legacy – Part Four · Dave "Bio" Baranek, Photorecon.net | PART 4: The Only Constant Is Change | All organizations either evolve or expire, and NFWS is no exception. In the years and decades after I left, Topgun underwent many changes – some necessitated by the increasing complexity of warfare, while others were simply ideas whose time had come. Here are just a few of the more significant events that have helped keep it effective into the 21st century...
"Oh, Those Fokkers" UCAP #341 - Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast | Excitement regarding FAA Medicals… Landing at the wrong airport… And an amazing historic aircraft fly-in. All this and more on the Uncontrolled Airspace General Aviation Podcast.
Saturday, April 20, 2013
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Tyndall Pilot Selected as Lead Commander for Air Force Thunderbirds - wmbb | "Everybody thinks of the Thunderbirds and they think of the air show," said F-15 pilot Lieutenant Colonel Matthew Bradley being a part of the Thunderbirds is much more than just another two years of flying. "I'd say flying is about 20 percent of what ...
Get ready to loop and roll at Fort Lauderdale Air Show - MiamiHerald.com | There might not be any U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds or Marine Corp's Blue Angels at this weekend's Fort Lauderdale Air Show due to sequestration, but organizers say there will be plenty to thrill those who love dangerous air stunts and exciting displays.
'Risk taker' flips through the air inside his stunt helicopter - Sun-Sentinel | In 2004, they asked him if anyone could do aerobatics in a helicopter. "No," he told them. The challenge stirred his ... The chopper blades grunted a deeper hum, churning the air as the horizon twisted before us. After we leveled off, Aaron pulled the ...
Stunt pilot looking forward to Thunder Over Louisville - WDRB | Thunder Over Louisville will be missing U.S. military aircraft this year, but that does not mean you will miss out. It is fun to watch the Thunder Over Louisville air show from the ground, but we are getting a pilot's perspective. Stunt pilot ...
Chamber of Commerce hosts 10th Annual Center Fly-In, Air Show - The Light and Champion | The City of Center and the Shelby County Chamber of Commerce invites the public to join them on Saturday, April 27 for the 10th Annual Center Fly-In & Air Show in Center, Texas at the Center Municipal Airport. Gates open at 10 a.m. with free admission.
Debbie Croft: Get a chance to spread your wings at Air Fair - Merced Sun-Star | George Clover is a member of the EAA and the coordinator of the Air Fair. The first time he flew as a kid sparked his interest in aviation. He remembers joining the Young Eagles and going to fly-ins at Castle Air Force Base. After meeting the ...
5th Annual Waterloo Air Show, June 1 & 2 | New this year: the Canadian Aviation Expo joins us air show weekend | New acts: incredible wing walking and a flame-billowing jet car | Returning favourites: Snowbirds and CF-18 Demonstration jet...
@DaveFlys Steps up to Add Digital Excitement to the 2013 Airplanista #Oshbash Awards
from Airplanista Aviation Blog by Dan Pimentel | If you watched the recent happenings on Twitter from the Sun 'n Fun International Fly-in and Expo, it was hard to avoid seeing the Twitname @DaveFlys. David Allen's video blog site Other People's Airplanes (OPA) was everywhere, and it was a real joy to watch. Every day, from various venues, Allen and OPA brought together a crew of equally awesome Airplanistas to somehow connect a mass of wires, computers, switchers, video 
boards and cameras into a sort of portable TV studio that streamed some great video programs from the show. With...
Meeting of La Ferte Alais 2013: Time propellers from Passion for aviation by Xavier Cotton | Time of Propellers 2013 | 18 and May 19, 2013 | On 23 September 1913 the aviator Roland Garros crossed the Mediterranean on a Morane H. Party Frejus, he wondered 7:30 later in Bizerte in Tunisia. On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the first crossing of the Mediterranean Roland Garros, the Morane H invites airshow at La Ferte-Alais from 18 to 19 May 2013....
Sun 'N' Fun 2013 from Aviation News - Airplane-Pictures.net
Celebrating 75 years of display aircraft at Kubinka from Aviation News - Airplane-Pictures.net
Tuskegee Airman Tribute (1990) from AIRBOYD.TV | Department of the Air Force Tuskegee Airman Tribute AVA19065VNB1, 1990 The video informs members of the Air Force of the achievements and contributions of the Tuskegee Airmen on a recurring basis. A historical summary of the ‘Tuskegee Experiment’ during World War II.
Barnstormer Bessie Coleman broke many barriers - Your Houston News | “Termed by leading French and Dutch aviators one of the best flyers they had seen,” reported the New York Times, “Miss Bessie Coleman, said to be the only negro aviatrix in the world, returned from Europe yesterday to give a series of exhibitions in ...
Air Force Week in Photos Special Edition: Angel Thunder 2013 from Air Force Link Top Stories | This week's photos feature Airmen participating in the joint service, multinational, interagency combat search and rescue exercise, Angel Thunder. Angel Thunder 2013 is a personnel recovery exercise designed to provide training for participants using a variety of scenarios to simulate deployment conditions and contingencies...
Pearson Air Museum dispute over management results in two museum ... - OregonLive.com | "We work really hard with our volunteers and aviation community to make this an asset," said Laureano Mier, the displaced Pearson Air Museum manager and education programs coordinator. He works for the Fort Vancouver National Trust, which is in a ...
Truckee-Tahoe circa 1990 from FenceCheck Forums
Super Guppy Eats Some T-38s from AIRBOYD.TV | Credit: NASA Dryden Flight Research Center Two NASA T-38 aircraft were swallowed whole by NASA’s Super Guppy recently on Dryden Flight Research Center’s back ramp. The Guppy then airlifted the two retired T-38s to El Paso, Texas, where they will be dismantled for parts to keep other T-38s flown by NASA’s Johnson Space Center flyable....
Fedex Express Donates Boeing 727-200F for Training at St. Louis Downtown Airport from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | FedEx Express donated one of their retired cargo aircraft today during a ceremony at St. Louis Downtown Airport. The Boeing 727-200F, Fedex Flight 9041, arrived at 10:33 this morning from Indianapolis to a warm reception on an otherwise unseasonably cold day. The aircraft will be...
Four graduates recognized with Rankin Award - Indiana State University | During her time at Indiana State, she served internships with American Airlines and Walt Disney World Resorts and was command pilot for the university's entry in the Women's Air Race Classic. Brown is the daughter of Kay and Tom Brown and a graduate of ...
Young Eagles' Day set for April 27 - Record Herald | The Highland County Pilots' Association, along with EAA of Clermont County, will be sponsoring a Young Eagles' Day on April 27 at the Highland County Airport, North Shore Road, Hillsboro. A rain date is scheduled for April 28. The Young Eagles Program ...
NASA’s Frequent Flier - Air & Space Magazine | After logging nearly 1,400 hours in orbit, Jerry Ross reflects on spaceflight past and future.
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
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RIVERSIDE: Air show returns on Saturday, April 6 - Press-Enterprise | There are more than 200
acres of displays including military aircraft, warbirds and replicas and helicopters. However, the stars 
of the annual event, which draws 90,000 people each year, are the aerobatic routines, which will include the work of stunt...
Editorial: Another splendid air show - Marlborough Express | The aviation world has come to expect a lot from the organisers of the Classic Fighters air show at Omaka every other Easter, and it is easy to see why. The whole three-day show runs like clockwork. Nothing can be left to chance by reason of the age ...
Sonex Waiex to Attend from Mojave Experimental Fly-In
Waukegan air show still flies, despite other cancellations - Lake County News Sun | In Waukegan, the 2012 event featured an F-18 Superhornet from the U.S. Navy and an A-10 Thunderbolt from the U.S. Air Force, but the show's usual backbone consists of restored warbirds and other aircraft from private organizations. Waukegan's tower ...
Annual Air Show Adds Features, Invites Honor Flight To Participate - Osprey Observer | For the 39th year, the Lakeland sky will become the destination for thousands of pilots, airplanes and air show enthusiasts as Sun ‘n Fun Fly-In, Inc. kicks off its annual exposition of everything airborne. This year’s event which attracts almost 200,000 attendees each year, will be held April 9-14 at...
Hangar 24 anniversary party to feature air show - Redlands Daily Facts | Ben Cook, owner and master brewer at Hangar 24, was involved in the Redlands air show until its last run in 2010 and attended many others. "It's going to be unlike any air show that has gone on anywhere," Cook said. The cost to attend will most likely ...
AIRSHOW NEWS: RAF Cosford Air Show on right track from Flightline UK - UK Airshow News | Exciting plans for this summer’s RAF Cosford 75th Anniversary Air Show are firmly on track thanks to a partnership deal with Arriva Trains Wales.
Queensland Air Museum Aero Engine Run Day - My Sunshine Coast | The Queensland Air Museum presents its collection of historic operational aircraft engines in a special display of aviation horsepower. The awesome sight and sound of a 1500 horsepower 14 cylinder radial engine powering up is an unforgettable...
Airshow visitors surveyed - Marlborough Express | Almost 1000 of the estimated 30,000 people at the Classic Fighters airshow at Omaka during the weekend were polled as the Marlborough District Council worked to get a better understanding of the effects the airshow has on the region's economy. Council ...
Arnot made life worth living - Breckenridge American | One day, our reward was getting to fly in Bill Arnot's “Silver Lady,” a vintage World War II B-25 Bomber. I was excited but hesitant because I had never flown in a plane before. The day came when all of our troop met at the Stephens County airport and ...
Former Blue Angels member becomes commanding officer at Pensacola Naval Air Station - WPTV | Captain Keith Hoskins is now in charge | Hoskins flew with the Blue Angels flight demonstration team from 1999 to 2001. The U.S. Navy on Thursday extended the practice schedule for the flight team through April 5. But four April appearances have been cancelled because of possible federal ...
Former CAP member named to Illinois Aviation Hall of Fame from Headline News - Civil Air Patrol | ILLINOIS -- A former manager of the Mount Vernon Airport will be honored posthumously next month when he becomes a member of Illinois Aviation Hall of Fame. Max Firebaugh, who served as the airport manager for 22 years, will be inducted during the Illinois Aviation Conference’s banquet May 16 at the i-Wireless Center in Moline.
World War II vet welcomes vintage aircraft in Fort Worth - WFAA | During World War II, Fort Worth built thousands of B-24s. The Collings Foundation said Witchcraft is the only combat version still flying. The warbirds will be at Fort Worth's Meacham Airport until early Wednesday afternoon. For $425, you can take a ...
New Bessie Coleman eBook from WAI Connect Blog by Pat | Jacksonville, FL – As she proved throughout her sky-high career, Bessie Coleman was unstoppable. When U.S. flying schools refused to allow her entry, she quickly learned French and departed for France, gaining her pilot’s license from the coveted Caudron Brother’s School of Aviation in just seven months....
Museum announces initial sequestration impacts from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force will close its Presidential and Research and Development Galleries until further notice beginning May 1, 2013, as part of budget reduction
requirements due to sequestration.
Stately Ladies from MRC Aviation by Mike Condon | New Zealand's population of Douglas DC3's has been photographed over the weekend with the two ZK examples present at the Classic Fighters Airshow, Omaka on Saturday 30 March and N451SZ still static at Christchurch....
Become History from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | Anne Simpson, Museum of Flight Trustee, commercial airline pilot, and all around great lady is working her wings to the bone trying to get a Lockheed Electra, just like the one Amelia flew, to Seattle's Museum of Flight....
A380 double flyover from Flight Image of the Day by Stuart Clarke | A Qantas A380 and Emirates A380 flew in formation over Sydney Harbour this morning, to mark the commencement of the global aviation partnership between Emirates and Qantas.
Autistic teenager uses flight to conquer his fears from Headline News - Civil Air Patrol | VIRGINIA -- A teenage boy on the Southside got an opportunity of a lifetime last week, thanks to his new membership in Civil Air Patrol. He flew 3,000 feet in the air. For 13-year-old Jacob Fretwell, it was extra special because he had to conquer a big fear to do it....
Marion Military Institute Awards First Flight Training Scholarships for 2013 from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | MARION AL- On March 28th, Colonel David Mollahan, USMC (Retired), President of Marion Military Institute, presented three $1000 scholarships to Cadets Daniel Devine, Ryan Johanson, and Jake Tumbleson. The endowed scholarships are specifically intended to ensure the success of cadets participating in the MMI Flying Tigers Flight Training Program....
'Young Eagles' give future pilots their first flight - 9NEWS.com | KUSA - The Young Eagles program took over 40 students between the ages of eight and seventeen flying last Saturday at Front Range Airport. Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum and the Aurora Public School District put on this weekend's event.
Space mission undergoes restructure, moves to ACC from Air Combat Command - ACC Headlines | Air Force missions continue from their current locations after today's restructure of Air Force Space Command's Space Innovation and Development Center at Schriever Air Force Base, Colo.
Thursday, March 21, 2013
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Florida International Airshow from Disabled American Veterans Airshow Outreach B-25 Flight Team | Punta Gorda, FL – Disabled American Veterans (DAV) will reach out to veterans and their families sharing its message of service and volunteerism in support of our nation’s combat-wounded men and women at the Florida International Air Show on March 23-24...
Blue Angels arrive amid uncertainty - Pensacola News Journal | Blue Angels Flight Leader, and Team Commanding Officer, Tom Frosch, center, as well as other team members are greeted by their children and family members after arriving at the Pensacola Naval Air Station Monday evening.
Read the story behind this picture - The DAV Flight Team
Sequester affecting Florida Int'l Air Show - NBC2 News | Every year dozens of planes thrill thousands of fans from across the country at the Punta Gorda Airport. It seems the Florida International Air Show gets bigger and better each year. But the government sequester got us wondering if this year's show...
AirVenture Adds Second Night Air Show from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | The EAA AirVenture Oshkosh Night Air Show, one of the most popular additions to The World's Greatest Aviation Celebration lineup over the past quarter-century, will be even bigger in 2013 with the addition of a second night show scheduled for Wednesday, July 31.
Can rock band Knock Out Kaine's charity single help save the Vulcan? - Bournemouth Echo | AN upcoming British rock band has pledged all of the proceeds from its next single to help keep a Bournemouth Air Festival favourite flying. As reported in the Daily Echo, a teaser campaign online hinted at the tie-up between the Vulcan Cold War bomber ...
Budget cuts force cancellation of MCAS Beaufort air show - ABC NEWS 4 | According to a statement released by the base, Headquarters Marine Corps made the decision to cancel the Air Show
in order to minimize the fiscal impact on vital programs, operational readiness and mission capabilities possibly affected by sequestration. Photo from Bonjour BlueSky
HAI Engages with Women in Aviation - Helicopter Association International | From March 14-16, Stan Rose, HAI's director of safety outreach programs, and Karen Gebhart, HAI's vice president of business development and Women in Aviation International (WAI) board director, participated in the 24th annual WAI Conference in ...
Mar. 20 in History: Status of former skipper of the Blue Angels changed to POW - Imperial Valley Press | 40 Years Ago — The status of Cmdr. Harley Hall, former skipper of the Blue Angels, has been officially changed from missing in action to prisoner of war. According to the San Diego office of Voices in Vital America (VIVA), they received the word early ...
Robert 'Shorty' Rankin Leaves Behind Historic Milestones from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | Col. Robert J. 'Shorty' Rankin, the first P-47 pilot to destroy five German Me 109 fighters in a single mission, passed away at his winter home in Jensen Beach, Florida, on March 14 at the age of 94....
Pencil This In: The Life & Legacy Of Bessie Coleman At Experimental Station ... - Chicagoist | Bessie Coleman, the first female pilot of African American descent and the first black woman to hold an international pilots license, will be honored with a one woman play, The Life and Legacy of Aviatrix Bessie Coleman at the Experimental Station 7 p ...
For the last 20 years, Tony Mazzolini has had a single goal: To piece together ... - Plain Dealer (blog) | It would swap the plane if Mazzolini could deliver to the Navy a rebuilt Mitchell B-25 for display at its museum in Pensacola, Florida. The two-engine plane had given the American people a much-needed morale boost just a few months after the attack on ...
Timeless Voices - Paul Blanchard from eaavideo.org | Paul Blanchard served on the HQ staff at Bluie West One Airfield near the southern tip of Greenland during WWII. Bluie West One (BW1) served as a link on the North Atlantic Ferry Route for military aircraft traveling to Europe from the U.S.
Cancelled: Britain’s High-Mach Heartbreak - Air & Space | The TSR-2 bomber was a case of aeronautical genius foiled by political foolishness. | For an American teenager, 1963 was a great year
to be living in London. Thanks to my dad’s job in international marketing, I was a Beatles fan six months before my pals back home knew there was such a thing as a Beatle. And as a budding airplane buff, I had a front-row seat for the emergence of another symbol of British national pride: the TSR-2 supersonic bomber, a twin-engine, low-level hotshot that I thought was the coolest-looking airplane ever....VIDEO: Some good footage of Y-20 from The DEW Line by Greg Waldron
UAE Air Force Mirage 2000 fighter jets operations at Nellis Air Force Base from David Cenciotti's weblog | Six United Arab Emirates 2000 fighter jets participated in Red Flag 13-2 held at Nellis AFB from Jan. 21 to Feb. 1, 2013. These aircraft, 708 and 710 Mirage 2000-9DAD, and...
617 Sqn's Dam fine tail art from The DEW Line by Craig Hoyle | The UK Royal Air Force unveiled a specially-liveried Tornado GR4 from its world-famous 617 Sqn at Coningsby in Lincolnshire on 21 March, with its unique tail art commemorating the 70th anniversary of the unit's formation - then flying the mighty Avro Lancaster pictured alongside it in this Crown Copyright image....
Emergency Landing for Two F-22's - Detail at the link
Seaplane helps pilot commune with nature from General Aviation News by Meg Godlewski | Austin Watson was enamored with aviation from an early age, but it took a while for him to find the time to get his wings....
Another "why we fly" video from A mile of runway will take you anywhere. by Steve | Because, really, why not? You...
AOPA Awards Two Student Pilot Scholarships at Women in Aviation Conference - The Leading Aviation Industry Resource for News, Equipment and | Frederick, MD – The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) and the AOPA Foundation awarded two scholarships each worth $3,000 to pilots-in-training last Saturday during the annual Women in Aviation, International (WAI) Conference in Nashville, ...
Astronaut David Wolf lands at Children's Museum - Journal and Courier | Retired NASA astronaut David Wolf has landed at The Children's Museum of Indianapolis as its first Extraordinary Scientist-in-Residence. The Indianapolis native will be at the museum about 11 a.m. this morning to announce his new position, which will ...
Photo: Space Shuttle Enterprise Visible Again After Undergoing Repairs - Gothamist | "The Space Shuttle Enterprise is visible once again at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, as the temporary
scaffolding and cover that had been installed in February was removed on Wednesday. The shuttle is now visible from all angles, although it... Video: Revealed - The Mysterious Apollo Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea! from AirPigz by Martt | The mysterious Apollo voyage to the bottom of the sea is really a by-product of every Apollo mission that left the Earth... the engines and booster stage returned to Earth after burning for approximately 165 seconds, reaching about 205,000 feet. Interestingly, the momentum carries the booster up to about 360,000 feet before it begins to descend. While falling, the booster stage assumes a semi stable engines-down position until impact with the ocean. The pieces and parts then make their way on down to the ocean floor....
Friday, February 22, 2013
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While Government Plays Financial Chicken- Tradition at Risk from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | EDITORIAL- At this writing millions of dollars will be lost to small business and 
professionals that depend on the Air Show industry each season. This is just one consequence of out of control government spending and a political gaming exercise named "sequestration". The financial ax is poised to fall on March 1, 2013. Taxpayers, the supporters of our magnificent military and backbone of air shows large and small, will be denied their participation. The result is a crushing effect on annual events that yield millions of dollars to communities across the nation, support a variety of small business, aviation professionals, ancillary companies and non-profit organizations. When the military shows are cancelled it takes the civilian performers down with them....
The start of the Asian Tour ! from Apache Roll, le blog de la patrouille Breitling by Grifil | Waiting on the ramp for take off ! Over the next 5 weeks the BJT will fly 9000km, approx. 40 flight hours, through Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand!! We'll keep you posted...
First fight from Apache Roll, le blog de la patrouille Breitling
AIRSHOW NEWS: Green light for Reds at RAF Cosford from Flightline UK | RAF Cosford’s 75th Anniversary Air Show is extremely pleased to announce that the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, the Red Arrows, has been nominated to attend the event on Sunday 9th June....
Freedom Pavilion tells story of World War II - Liberty Tribune | The new center cost more than $35 million, and features engineering and manufacturing accomplishments of the war, such as the B-17 Flying Fortress bomber, the B-25 Mitchell bomber, the TBM Avenger torpedo bomber and the Corsair F4U-4 fighter, among ...
President, PM witness Air Show in Jaisalmer - Indian Express | President, PM witness Air Show in Jaisalmer. President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Mamohan Singh witnessed the Indian Air Force's largest "day-dusk-night" firepower demonstration in the Rajasthan desert on Friday. The President arrives to ...
Video: Historic Flight Foundation DC-3 from AVwebFlash Current Issue | Everett, Washington's Historic Flight Foundation recently flew home its newly-restored DC-3 from Sealand Aviation in Campbell River, British Columbia. The museum's founder, John Sessions, talks about the aircraft's rich history and its future at the Foundation.
Bessie Coleman was born the daughter of sharecroppers, but through grit and dete... from National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Smithsonian's Facebook Wall | Bessie Coleman was born the daughter of sharecroppers, but through grit and determination took her life to new heights. While working as a manicurist in Chicago, she decided to become a pilot. Because she was African American, she had to travel to France to earn her pilot’s license. As a pilot,...
Chico Air Museum gets first airworthy aircraft - Enterprise-Record | Knowing a plane like this — airworthy and in great shape — would be a plum acquisition for any air museum, Rosene worked quickly to convince the owner that Chico would be a worthy destination. The Pilatus was a training aircraft for the Swiss Air ...
Air France flight Paris-Marseille in 1937 from Passion pour l'aviation by Xavier Cotton | Here are the printing of Dr. Robert Delabost on his flight from Paris to Marseille with Air France Potez 62 in 
1937. This testimony was published in the "Journal of the Aero Club de Normandie" (quarterly) in August 1937. Air France was a young airline since founded in 1933....
Sebring’s Vintage World War II Air Traffic Control Tower from Travel for Aircraft by joseph_may | Sebring Florida is a quaint and picturesque town in central Florida which sits amid beautifully formed karst terrain lakes. Seen from the air these lakes have wild shapes, anything but round really, due to millennia of sinkhole [...]
HISTORY BEGAN ON MCCHORD FIELD - Avionics Intelligence | On April 18, 1942, 16 B-25 bombers and their crews sailed toward Japan on the U.S.S. Hornet. Each crew of five would take off from the aircraft carrier, drop their bombs over military targets and continue west to land on secure airfields in China. Each ...
Winterland from apron6 | This is the first part of a new album which is actually in two parts. First part are some pictures from the Fieseler Storch running it’s engine in the snow. Second part is from a flight with a Robin above the snowy landscape. These pictures are taken back in 2009, but I still remember the [...]
Grizzly? Check. Northern Lights? Check. Frozen photographer? from Flight Image of the Day by Dominic Perry | You wonder quite how long the photographer from Airbus Military waited in the cold and the darkness for this perfect moment, assuming, of course, it's not just crudely photoshopped. Anyway, look...
Air Force Week in Photos from Air Force Link Top Stories | 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. View the slideshow.
VIDEO: Up close and personal with Norwegian F-16s from The DEW Line by Craig Hoyle | Our friends at the Norwegian MoD sent us this link to a recent video showing cold-weather ops at Orland air base, involving six Lockheed Martin F-16 fighters from the air force's 338 Sqn. I'm told that...
F-35s grounded due to cracked engine blades from Black Horizon by Steve Douglass | (Reuters) - The Pentagon on Friday suspended the flights of all 51 F-35 fighter planes after a routine inspection revealed a crack on a turbine blade in the jet engine of an F-35 test aircraft in California. It was the second grounding of the warplane in two months and marked another setback for the $396 billion F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program, the Pentagon's biggest weapons program. The program has already been restructured three times in recent years and may face further cutbacks if Congress does not avert major budget reductions due to take effect on March 1....
Poll: Pick Your Fave Amphibious SLSA (ICON A5, SeaMax M-22 And The SeaRey) from AirPigz by Martt | Seriously, the combo of a flying machine that can fly off terra firma AND terra aqueous is pretty much the best ever. I've also learned that the people who fly of the water are extra special avgeeks, so if you're into this idea, then you're probably extra special too!...
Inspiration Mars: Planets are Aligning for a 2018 Once-in-a-Generation Space Journey from Spaceports | Multimillionaire entrepreneur Dennis Tito — who, in 2001, became the world's first space tourist — intends to launch a privately backed mission to Mars in 2018. Details will be announced next week, (Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013), at the National Press Club in Washington. The press event will also include two members of the Biosphere 2 project...
US Military's Robot Space Plane Settles Into Mystery Mission - Space.com | The U.S. Air Force's mysterious X-37B space plane is quietly chalking up mileage in space more than two months after its latest launch into orbit. The robotic X-37B space plane soared into orbit atop an Atlas 5 rocket from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Dec. 11. The mini-shuttle's mission is...
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
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NAA Announces Most Memorable Aviation And Space Records Of 2011 - Aero-News Network | Annual List Details The Most Memorable Aviation And Space Records Of The Previous Year | The National Aeronautic Association (NAA), as the official record keeper for United States aviation and space, each year tracks dozens of world and national record attempts. New U.S. records are certified and those qualifying as world records are then ratified with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), the world air sports federation. At the end of each year, under the direction of the Contest and Records Department, a list of the "most memorable" is created....
Four Former Recipients To Participate In Collier Trophy Selection - Aero-News Network | The National Aeronautic Association (NAA) announced last week that former Collier Trophy recipients Dick Rutan (1986), Joe Lombardo (Gulfstream – 2003), Bobby Sturgell (ADSB -- 2008), and Jeff Pino (Sikorsky Aircraft – 2010), will be among the aviation leaders who will participate in the...
Stuart show brings together car and aviation enthusiasts Feb. 12 - TCPalm | ..."Aviation is a big part of the Treasure Coast's history," MacDonald said, "so we wanted to begin celebrating that." The exhibit will feature about 15 privately owned vintage airplanes, including an OV-1 and a Stearman biplane used to train Army Air Force pilots in World War II....
Vintage WWII planes landing in Marathon - Keys Weekly | It’s been seven years since the Collings 
Foundation last brought their rare aircraft to the Florida Keys Marathon Airport, but next week, their historic aircraft will be back on display for three days. “These things are huge!” exclaimed Tony Daiuto, owner of Antique Air. “It doesn’t get much cooler than this.” The Wings of Freedom Tour, sponsored by the Stow, Mass.-based Collings Foundation, offers a rare...
Wonder of flight - Timaru Herald Headlines | It's taken 12 years, but the end is in sight for the aviation enthusiasts building the Zogling glider destined for the South Canterbury Aviation Heritage Museum. Building a replica of the glider that so many Germans learned to fly in after World War I has been a long-term project for the aviation enthusiasts, but the framework is now completed....
Tuskegee Airman a success in both military and business - AF.mil | The only African-American ace of World War II, and a former Tuskegee Airman, went on to have a career in the Air Force, as well as success in the business world. Lee A. Archer joined the Army in 1941 with high hopes of becoming a pilot, but was initially denied because of his race. When the Army's policy changed about a year later, Archer was accepted to the training program for black aviators at the Tuskegee Army Airfield in Alabama....
B-29/P-51 WWII Footage - PPRuNE | Academy Award-nominated documentary, which shows the 21st Bombing Command and its role in the B-29 bombing of Japan and the Pacific Theatre of Operations (PTO). 36 mins.
Remembering ‘Queen Bess’ - The Telegraph | In 1922, an 8-year old Arthur Freeman watched in amazement as a plane maneuvered effortlessly through the skies over Chicago at the hands of his aunt, Bessie Coleman. Thirty-year-old Bessie was the first black female pilot in the United States, and likely the world. Aviation enthusiasts of all kinds flocked to airshows to...
Virginia Rabung, 94, pioneering pilot flew to Batista’s Cuba - Chicago Sun-Times | In 1943, Virginia Rabung, a secretary from Chicago, trekked by bus to a small airport in McCook, marched into the office in her high heels and told the men that she wanted to fly. “They looked at her like she was from another planet,” said Shelley Ventura, governor of the North Central Section of the Ninety-Nines, an organization of female pilots....
Restored Cub Flies For The First Time Since The 1950s - Aero-News Network | But The Person Responsible For Its Restoration Will Never Fly The Plane | When a freshly-restored Piper Cub (similar airplane depicted) took off for the first time since the 1950s from Clearwater Air Park in Florida, the person largely responsible for its restoration could only sit and watch from his bedroom window. Walter Crosby, 74, has terminal cancer. His doctors say he has very little time left. But following the Friday the 13th flight of the airplane that was his passion, he managed to tell his friends and family "Enjoyed it immensely."...
Antique Airfield: Ryan STA Nose Bowls, Nebraska Chapter January 2012 Newsletter
Favor a Provost? by travelforaircraft | Toward the end of January I saw this Jet Provost for sale...
Cunningham: A Fort Worth aviation museum will have to be left to future generations - Star-Telegram | As the widow of a man who contributed to Fort Worth's heralded aviation history for more than 30 years, I am deeply saddened by the situation in which we find ourselves. Our great city -- which owes much of its prosperity to military and commercial aviation -- has once again failed to deliver on a dream of a permanent world-class aviation museum....
Sukhoi Su-15s on the ramp - Planeshots | More in the archives!
Three-year reprieve for Bournemouth Aviation Museum - Bournemouth Echo | HARD-WORKING volunteers at Bournemouth Aviation Museum have won a three-year temporary stay of execution at their Adventure Wonderland site. Councillors at Christchurch Borough Council’s planning committee voted to allow the popular attraction to stay in the Green Belt car park of the children’s theme park opposite Bournemouth Airport....
Reproduction Focke-Wulf 190 A9 - Military Photos | Built in SoCal from factory plans and specifications and owned by Rudy Frascas. The BMW801-14 cylinder radial was not available and a P&W R2800 was used. The cowling is custom and cooling proved to be an issue...
EAA’s President and CEO Rod Hightower Grass Roots Tour in Columbia, SC February 9, 2012 - EAA 242 | ...You are invited to join EAA President and CEO Rod Hightower and EAA Chapter 242 for a fun, informative evening. We’ll be talking about the leading aviation issues of our time and what EAA is doing to grow participation in aviation....
Paraplegic Man Realizes His Dream To Fly - Aero-News Network | Specially-Modified Pipistrel Tarus Gives Him Freedom Of Flight | "Actually, I have always dreamed of flying," Jan Hercek began his story. "When I was in the third grade of elementary school, that's nine years old in my country (Slovenia, formerly Yugoslavia), I started to draw sketches of aircraft and pretend-calculations on how to make an aircraft fly. I lived in a small village, about 50 houses – no more than maybe 200 people. So I was pretty alone in my daydreaming about aircraft. I had no idea how to make my dream a reality, so I just drew sketches and...
EAA Chapter 1128 hosts aviation events for local youth - General Aviation News | Two Harbors Chapter 1128 of the Experimental Aircraft Association, in collaboration with Two Harbors High School and Lake Superior School District Community Education, recently hosted a two part aviation event for local youth....
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Wednesday, February 1, 2012
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Cherry Point Air show ready to celebrate flight - Havelock News | Cherry Point plans to “Celebrate the Heritage” of Marine Corps aviation and the base at its air show scheduled for May 4 to 6. Base officials announced the theme of the show — “Celebrate the Heritage” — on Tuesday, with Vanceboro’s Paul Ringheiser winning the theme contest. He beat out 152 other entries....
Goulian 2012 Air Show Schedule - mikegoulian.com | The Goulian air show team will be performing at over 20 of North America’s top air shows in 2012. “This is an exciting year for us as we’ll be performing for the first time at Ft. Lauderdale, FL; Andrews AFB, MD; Rome, GA; Rockford Air Fest, IL; OC Air Show, MD; Cocoa Beach, FL; and Homestead AFB, FL” said Goulian. In addition to visiting some brand new venues in 2012, Mike and his team are honored to be returning to Dayton and Cleveland, OH, two events that Mike has not performed at for many years. Goulian stated, “We’ve have been looking forward to returning to both of these marquis events for a few years now and 2012 looks like the year where all the stars are aligned to make this happen and we couldn’t be more pleased”....
Great New England Airshow Confirmed! - Red Steel Jet Team | We are now officially confirmed to 
appear at Westover ARB for the Great New England Airshow. Looking forward to making a lot of noise over Chicopee, MA! Check out their site and save the date...August 4&5, 2012
Reno air race to be held in September - UPI.com | Reno Air Racing Association officials said the National Championship Air Races are set for Sept. 12-16 in Nevada. Officials said if the air races do not happen, a special air show will be performed to memorialize the victims of the 2011...
Two aviation documentaries to air on PBS - GAN | Northeast Ohio filmmaker Adam White will have two of his documentary films air on Western Reserve PBS this week: “Red Tail Reborn — Special Edition” and “The Restorers — They Were All Volunteers.”...
Bringing out the big guns — with a smile - GAN | ...You have to respect dedication like that. And whether it’s Sun ’n Fun, NEBRASKAland Days, Summerfest, Thunder in the Valley, or the Chitlin Strut, every community in America has something to be proud of. If you search the calendar you’ll find there’s something coming at you this year that gives your airport a real reason to get spruced up, put on your best smile, and welcome every guest that walks across your ramp like you’ve been waiting for them all year long....
Fort Worth rejects spending $510,000 on aviation exhibit - Star Telegram | After the Fort Worth Air and Space Museum Foundation couldn't repay a $2.5 million city loan, the City Council had to decide Tuesday what to do with the contents of the foundation's temporary aviation exhibit and whether to spend $510,000 for a contract with the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History to oversee it for one year. The council ultimately voted 8-0 to reject a proposal to pay the museum to keep and manage the contents, and told city staff to come up with another plan....
Tickets for Doolittle Tokyo Raiders reunion banquet and luncheons available Feb. 15 from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | A limited number of tickets to a banquet and two luncheons honoring the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders during their 2012 reunion will go on sale to the public 
on Feb. 15 at 9 a.m. These special activities are part of the events planned as the Raiders commemorate the 70th anniversary of their raid on Japan during a reunion April 17-20 at...
Bessie Coleman: Woman who 'dared to dream' made aviation history - AF.mil | A young woman from rural east Texas, who grew up in a hardscrabble existence as one of 13 children born to poor sharecropper parents, became an unlikely choice to pave the way for future African-American accomplishments in aviation and the U.S. Air Force. Elizabeth "Bessie" Coleman would go on to be the first female pilot of African-American descent, but more importantly would later influence the accomplishments of others who would continue the evolution of African-American involvement in aviation throughout the 20th century. Born on Jan. 26, 1892, she...
Meet The Real “Rosie The Riveters” In WWII Photos - The Jane Dough | The image of a woman 
working to build an airplane in a World War II era factory is one burned quite well into the American psyche at this point. When we think of “working women,” many of our minds turn immediately to Rosie The Riveter, a visual icon of the time that amazingly prevails almost 70 years later. But Rosie is an illustration, not a photograph. To remedy that, we have some photos....
D.A.S.H. Goes to War - Air & Space Smithsonian | The first rotary-wing UAV entered military service in 1962—and remained in operation until 1997. | In hindsight, it was kind of hard to overlook. When we ran our tribute to 100 years of naval aviation (Feb./Mar. 2010), we listed the Fire Scout as the Navy’s first unmanned helicopter. We were wrong....
The Aero Club pays a visit - Ivan Wheaton | I accidentally tore one of these photos with the EPES 
mark off a page today, and discovered it was a post card! I'm not going to peel anymore off to verify, but it might be interesting for further study. Anyway, here is a group of students with the Speed Scout....
Ohio Air News #172 - Charles Johnson | This one has been a long time coming, but a lot happened in January,...
Flying People in New York City - YouTube (via ASB) | Three human shaped RC planes were flown around New York City to create the illusion of people flying. Lots of fun....
Airplane Geeks - Episode 183 - Just the Geeks - Airplane Geeks Podcast | The Geeks go it alone in this episode, but despite the lack of an aviation guest we manage to have a great time talking aviation...
Blériot XI — first aircraft to show what flying actually means - Travel for Aircraft | Blériot XI — 
first aircraft to show what flying actually means | Not to exclude anyone tied to the history of aviation as we know it today but three persons stand out to me:...
X-15 with B-52 flyover - The Original Rocket Dungeon | Rogers Dry Lake, Calif. in September 1961.
Super Hustler - The Unwanted Blog | Most of the 3D solid models I’ve made, I’ve made for clients or employers. Every now and then, though, I’ve made a few on spec or just for giggles. One such is the Convair Super Hustler. It’s nowhere near done, but it at least looks like a Super Hustler. When done, I hope to translate it into physical form, either as a kit or as a finished display model....
Air Force to park most A-10s - Sky Talk | Air Force brass may finally be about to get rid of those ugly but oh so effective A-10 Warthogs they never wanted in the first place. One of the ways the Air Force plans to save money in the 2013 defense budget, Air Force Times reports,...
Mechanic's Mistake Trashes $244 Million Aircraft - Slashdot | "An accident report is finally out for the Air Force E-8C Joint Surveillance Targeting and Attack Radar System that had started refueling with a KC-135 on on March 13, 2009 when the crew heard a 'loud bang throughout the midsection of the aircraft.' Vapor and fuel started pouring out of the JSTARS from 'at least two holes in the left wing just inboard of the number two engine.' The pilot immediately brought the jet back to its base in Qatar where mechanics found the number two main fuel tank had been ruptured, 'causing extensive damage to the wing of the aircraft.' How extensive? 25 million dollars worth of extensive. What caused...
Legendary Astronaut Shannon Lucid Retires From NASA - NASA | HOUSTON -- Shannon Lucid, a member of NASA's first astronaut class to include women, has retired after more than three decades of service to the agency. A veteran of five spaceflights, Lucid logged more than 223 days in space, and from August 1991 to June 2007, held the record for the most days in orbit by any woman in the world. Lucid is the only American woman to serve aboard the Russian Mir space station. She lived and worked there for more than 188 days, the longest stay of any American on that vehicle. Her time on Mir also set the single flight endurance record by a woman until Suni Williams broke it in 2006....
