Aerospace Educator Named One of Top 8 in the Nation

New Orleans - Lieutenant Colonel Kathy Beauford, CAP, has won the prestigious Frank G. Brewer Lifetime Achievement Award for the Southwest Region of the Civil Air Patrol, naming her as one of the top 8 aerospace educators in the nation. She has been a member of the Civil Air Patrol for 23 years. She is Robotics Project Manager and Director of External Aerospace Education for Louisiana Wing, and a navigator for Search and Rescue both on aircrew and ground teams. Kathy loves reading, writing, and presenting aerospace education materials. She has won 8 educator awards and 26 aerospace education awards. Her favorite awards are the Master’s Rating and the Scott Crossfield Memorial Award---both for Civil Air Patrol aerospace education. Another of her favorite awards is the Sigma XI Scientific Research Society Award of Recognition “for dedication to the teaching of science.” She says, “I was thrilled to be recognized by scientists.” Her favorite saying is, “America needs SPACE to GROW!!!”

Civil Air Patrol aerospace education activities include lectures, experiments, demonstrations, robotics and robot building, and trips to air shows. Civil Air Patrol cadets range from 12 years to 18 years of age. A cadet who goes through our whole program enters the US Air Force with an automatic bump in grade and pay.

Civil Air Patrol, the official auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force, is a nonprofit organization with more than 61,000 members nationwide, operating a fleet of 550 aircraft. CAP, in its Air Force auxiliary role, performs 90 percent of continental U.S. inland search and rescue missions as tasked by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center and was credited by the AFRCC with saving 54 lives in fiscal year 2011. Its volunteers also perform homeland security, disaster relief and drug interdiction missions at the request of federal, state and local agencies. The members play a leading role in aerospace education and serve as mentors to nearly 27,000 young people currently participating in the CAP cadet program. CAP received the World Peace Prize in 2011 and has been performing missions for America for 70 years. CAP also participates in Wreaths across America, an initiative to remember, honor and teach about the sacrifices of U.S. military veterans. Visit www.gocivilairpatrol.com or www.capvolunteernow.com for more information.

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We are wishing the GK Competition Teams good luck. Earlier this week they travel... from US Army Golden Knights's Facebook Wall | We are wishing the GK Competition Teams good luck. Earlier this week they traveled to Dubai for the World Championship. They are representing not only the Army but the US....

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Photo shows pilots ejecting from their jet moments before it crashed into the ground from David Cenciotti's weblog | The following image was taken by Erwin Fuguet Gedde at Maracay-El Libertador airbase, Venezuela, where the Venezuelan Air Force was celebrating its 92 Anniversary with the Día de la Aviación....

Second Airshow Slated for October 2013 - Patch.com | The Paulding County Northwest Atlanta Airport Authority spent a fair chunk of its Nov. 21 meeting time recapping Salute America 2012, the site's first airshow, which was held last month. Brent Sparks, who will serve as director of next year's show...

Unusual air race has Bermuda in its sights - Royal Gazette | A promotional image from the World Sky Race website. The organisers have expressed an interest in Bermuda being involved in the unusual around-the-world air race. (Photo by Mark Tatem) Getting the idea off the ground: Don Hartsell, commissioner and ...

EAA Holiday Auction under way from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Each year, the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) hosts its Spirit of the Holidays online auction, with this year’s auction already under way. This year 52 items are up for auction, ranging from B-17 or Ford Tri-Motor type ratings — with the value designated as “priceless” — a special once-in-a-lifetime AirVenture VIP package,...

EAA Volunteer Advisory Committee Members Announced from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | EAA is truly blessed to have many thousands of dedicated volunteer members who not only promote aviation in their local communities throughout the year but also make the annual EAA AirVenture Oshkosh convention possible.

Remembrance Flight from Vintage Wings of Canada by DaveRemembrance Day is the one day Canadians and other nations set aside to remember, with some degree of sadness and plenty of dignity, the sacrifices of our men and women and their families in conflicts from the Boer War to the War in Afghanistan. It is a time to reflect, to honour, and to pray. It is a time of great sorrow, of deep emotions, of national pride, of sombre contemplation, of profound loss. Is it right, then, that some of us at Vintage Wings of Canada felt great joy and excitement and experienced gratification, even fun, on this saddest of days? Well, I think it is very right and fitting that people committed to remembering and honouring can enjoy doing so. Our veterans, living and deceased would no doubt agree. On Remembrance Day, 2012 pilots,...

Timeless Voices - Hank Thies from eaavideo.org | Hank Thies served in the U.S. Navy as an OS2U Kingfisher pilot for 9 months aboard the battleship USS California before transitioning into Scouting Squadron VS-50 flying the SBD divebomber during WWII. He flew combat missions in the South Pacific.

Charleston Daily Photo: Flying Tiger by Joan Perry; Sidewalk Curator | I was seated next to the speaker, Art Cobert who will turn 92 in January and was a member of the Flying Tigers. What amazing stories he had to tell. He had a video that he had put together with collected pictures from their ...

Iris Critchell from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale | ...In 1941, Critchell's became the first woman to complete the Civil Pilot Training Program at the University of Southern California (USC), where she also earned a degree in physical sciences and mathematics. As a member of the Women Air Force Service Pilots (WASP), Critchell went on to ferry military planes across the county during World War II for the U.S. Army....

Video: Flying the B-17 Flying Fortress from AVwebFlash Current Issue | The Collings Foundation's Derek "Otter" Ward sometimes serves as co-pilot aboard the organization's WWII B-17 Boeing Flying Fortress bomber Nine-O-Nine. He describes some of the aircraft's ground and flight characteristics.

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The 36 “Lost” Spitfires of Burma by hogdayafternoon | There was a short piece on BBC Radio 4′s “Today” programme this morning, Wed 28th Nov, where the man who located the Spits was interviewed....

World War II Spitfires buried in Burma to be excavated by British team - Culture24 | “I am looking forward to returning to Mynamar and hope to bring these legendary warbirds back to the UK.” UK Foreign Office officials have offered to meet the group when they arrive in Burma as part of a team of conflict archaeologists, funded by ...

François Denhaut: Creator seaplane from Passion pour l'aviation by Xavier Cotton | François Denhaut inventor of the flying boat | The association "Memoirs of the Seaplane", with the help of the "Mission Memory of Civil Aviation", organized an exhibition "Francis Denhaut creator seaplane" which will be presented in the lobby of the DGAC of 20 November to 13 December 2012.  The association " The Retro-plane Argenteuil "shows a model of Donnet Leveque as well as photos of their 22 years of work for the reconstruction of a model C. Donnet Leveque...

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Video: The Amazing 'Mojave Air & Spaceport'... The Real Frontierland! from AirPigz by Martt | This recent video shows some of the reasons why the Mojave Airport is a genuine Mecca for
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CAP to celebrate 71st anniversary from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. – The Civil Air Patrol will celebrate its rich history of protecting America Saturday when the U.S. Air Force auxiliary officially celebrates its 71st anniversary...

FLIGHT from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt |The Movie | I've been sitting on writing anything for a few weeks because I did not want to give a spoiler alert. But I feel compelled to speak out about the movie Flight....

Scholarship to encourage more female pilots - Australian Aviation | Two categories are being awarded: the AWPA Formation or Aerobatic Endorsement (Aeroplanes) Scholarship and the AWPA PPL(A) Navigation Component Scholarship. This is the second year the scholarships have been launched. An AWPA spokesperson ...

NASA Super Guppy (2012) from AIRBOYD.TV | Video by Staff Sgt. Vanessa Reed 4th Combat Camera Squadron Air Force members from March ARB, CA, support the arrival of the NASA Super Guppy. The Super Guppy is a large, wide-bodied cargo aircraft used for ferrying oversized cargo components and equipment. Video by Staff Sgt. Vanessa Reed. Super Guppy Makes Brief Appearance via NASA

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Golden Knights parachute onto Faurot Field to express thanks - Columbia Missourian | Staff Sgt. Richard Sloan, left, of the Golden Knights parachute team shows a Golden Knights coloring book to 3-year-old Lucas Luhrus, his mother Leanne, and his father Mitchell on Friday afternoon at University Hospital. The Golden Knights parachuted ...

Stevens honored on 89th birthday - Cordova Times | Stevens, a U.S. Air Force veteran who flew with the Flying Tigers in World War Two, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. He served as president pro tempore of the U.S. Senate from 2003 to 2007. Since his death in a plane crash in 2010 in ...

Unlocking the Sky: Glen Hammond Curtiss and the race to invent the airplaneby travelforaircraft | The Wright Brothers stood on the shoulders of many and in doing so were the first humans to experience flight under power and control. They not only opened the door to aviation as we know it today, they established an engineering paradigm in their approach to solving the design challenges of manned flight. Others soon followed, also significantly advancing aviation, and chief among them is Glen Hammond Curtiss...

The Versatile Beech 18  By Diane Tedeschi and Caroline Sheen | AirSpaceMag.com, November 16, 2012  | From sculptural beauty to functional transport, the Model 18 is an airplane of many guises....

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Indiana: Air race pilots will visit MC airport from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale | ...Janice Welsh and Margaret Wint, two pilots who participated in the annual, all-female Air Race Classic (ARC), will be at the Michigan City Airport on Saturday, Nov. 17 at 10:30 a.m. to speak about their experiences participating in the June 2012 race. The ARC is part of a national tradition that began back in 1929 with the First Women's Air Derby, which involved 20 women pilots, who raced from Santa Monica, Calif. to Cleveland, Ohio....

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CAP pilots volunteer for 'target' pratice from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | It’s a beautiful day to be flying your Cessna above Maryland’s scenic Eastern Shore, taking in the view of the Chesapeake Bay, when — out of nowhere — an F-16 fighter jet suddenly pulls up beside you because your plane has no business being there....

Hercules makes final flypast over Sydney - Sydney Morning Herald | AAP. Two Hercules aircraft will end more than 30 years of service with a final low level flight over Sydney. The Hercules C-130H planes will fly over Sydney on Monday morning before retiring from the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) on Friday. It ...

Another dedicated pilot helping to grow aviation: OpenFlightManual.org brings the open source concept to flight training from Airplanista Aviation Blog by Dan Pimentel | In my continuing series on pilots who are devoting their valuable time to projects designed to move GA forward, Cedar Rapids, IA pilot and CFII Casey Hansen (@kchansen on Twitter) is developing an idea he says will "make flight training materials freely available and accessible to all" through an online depository of aviation information that he and a team of volunteer "experts" will maintain....

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Air show photographer at Wings Over Houston has unique vantage point - abc13.com | HOUSTON (KTRK) -- The Blue Angels will be featured in the Wings Over Houston Air Show that kicks off Saturday at Ellington Field. And while most spectators will be on the ground, one man has a much different point of view.

Major Jan Slangen is the new commander of the Frecce Tricolori - IlVolo.it | Thursday, October 25, was held in Looking (UD), in the hangar of the aerobatic team (PAN) "Frecce Tricolori", the ceremony of succession to the Command of 313 ° Acrobatic Training Group, including Colonel Marco Lant, commander. ..

Russian aerobatic team to perform in China's air show - People's Daily Online | Russian aerobatic team to perform in China's air show. （People's Daily Online） 09:47, October 27, 2012. The Russian Knights (Photo/ Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation). Edited and Translated by Yao Chun, People's Daily Online The Russian ...

Airshow China 2012 News Release - Sino Defense Forum | The 9th China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition is taking place in Zhuhai, Guangdong, China, from Nov.13-18, 2012. The show is sponsored by Guangdong Provincial People¡¯s Government, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, Civil Aviation Administration of China, the Air Force of PLA, China Aviation Industry Corporation, Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd., China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation and China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation, with Zhuhai Airshow Co., Ltd. as the official organizer.

The First Mid Eastern Regional Fly In Air Race by Diana Fly-Low Publications | The first annual MERFI Air Race was a rousing success and will be on the 2013 schedule. The Sport Air Racing League pilots make their mark at the Reno Championship Air Races. It is Saturday September 8th and there are ...

EAA Honors Five Aviators With Hall Of Fame Induction On Nov. 15 from Aero-News Network  | Each Has Achieved 'Notable Success' In A Particular Realm Of Flight The EAA will recognize the contributions made to the world of flight by five aviators on Thursday, Nov. 15, as it inducts them into the EAA Hall of Fame during a banquet at the EAA Aviation Center in Oshkosh, WI.

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Purdue Club hears high-flying stories of space and time - The Banner-Graphic | Famed aviatrix Amelia Earhart joined the Purdue aviation department in 1935 as a visiting faculty member to counsel women on careers and help inspire others with her love for aviation. Norberg showed a photo of Earhart with the Purdue--funded Lockheed ...

Baby B-52 Turns 50 - DefenseNews.com (blog) | A B-52 Stratofortress bomber participates in a fly-past on the second day of the Farnborough International Air Show in Farnborough, U.K., on Tuesday, July 10, 2012. (Matthew Lloyd/Bloomberg via Getty Images). The original B-52 Stratofortress prototype ...

Sabre Walkaround — an F-86 with bigger teeth from Travel for Aircraft by joseph_may | Sabre Walkaround — an F-86 with bigger teeth 26º 08′ 01″ N / 80º 08′ 08″ W This North American H-model Sabre sits atop a plinth, in excellent shape, along the verdant avenue leading to War Memorial Auditorium in Fort Lauderdale FL. This Sabre display is dedicated to those who served honorably in the U.S. Armed Forces and lies within [...]

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.

"Turbulent Times" UCAP #308 from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast | Special Guest, New EAA Chairman Jack Pelton. Uncontrolled Airspace General Aviation Podcast. Recorded October 25, 2012.

SAAF students from Latest Vlog | Here's a clip filmed up at AFB Langebaan of the new SAAF students flying the PC-7 MkII Astra. The very same machine type that the Silver Falcons fly when they tour South Africa.

Civil Air Patrol Observing Red Ribbon Week from Aero-News Network | Annual Observance Promoting A Healthy, Drug-Free Lifestyle Like they do every fall, many of Civil Air Patrol’s more than 61,000 members are promoting healthy, drug-free lifestyles during their nationwide observance of Red Ribbon Week. The oldest, largest drug prevention campaign in the U.S., Red Ribbon Week is observed across America Oct. 23-31.

Spooky Skies  - Air & Space magazine | Just in time for Halloween, a collection of aviation mysteries.

Chris Broyhill: from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | ...As a retired Lt. Col of the USAF, he holds a BS in Computer Science, a Masters in National Security, and is currently working on his Ph.D. in Aviation. He is also a graduate of the USAF prestigious Fighter Weapons School. During his military career he had the opportunity to fly both the A-10 and F-16 aircraft, which has paid off in more ways than one. Chris retired from a 20-year career in the Air Force, but did not quit flying. He also did not join the airlines. Chris is a corporate pilot who has flown a Gulfstream G-IV and Falcon 900EX all over the world...

The California Capital Airshow Announces Scholarship Program Assisting ... - MarketWatch | SACRAMENTO, Calif., Oct 26, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The California Capital Airshow (CCA) ( www.californiacapitalairshow.com ), a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the importance of aviation for continued economic growth, inspiration and ...

Help Stamp Out Last Minute Shopping! from CAF Red Tail Squadron  | We at the CAF Red Tail Squadron are on a quest to help people get their holiday shopping done early so they can enjoy other aspects of the season.
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Red Bull Stratos Media Tour | Photostory from Aerial Sports Feed | Felix Baumgartner has been the toast of New York City this week and the Austrian has been in demand in the Big Apple following his record breaking jump from the stratosphere at the weekend...

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Branson: Leap from space Virgin-style? from Spaceports | Virgin Galactic boss Sir Richard Branson hinted in a blog post October 18, 2012 that his company
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Shuttle Enterprise could lay in harms way of Hurricane Sandy - Examiner.com | ... prototype orbiter to learn about the shuttle's free fall characteristics in earth's atmosphere and served as a test model for both the Florida and California shuttle launch pads, sits at the edge of the carrier's deck as part of the Intrepid Sea ...

Civil Air Patrol Provides FEMA and the Louisiana Governors Office of Emergency Preparedness Damage Assessment of Hurricane Isaac

New Orleans- The Louisiana Wing, Civil Air Patrol (CAP) members put a sense of duty to their country, state and local communities before their own personal needs in the aftermath of hurricane Isaac. They responded immediately to requests from the Louisiana Governors Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide aerial damage assessment imagery to aide in recovery efforts by both agencies.
CAP’s assigned mission following the passage of Isaac was to provide both high and low altitude photographic images that were GEO tagged with location, date and time. These images allow disaster recovery managers to identify specific locations where they can quickly bring their resources to bear so as to save lives and minimize damage and suffering.

During the week following Hurricane Isaac, seven CAP aircraft were pressed into service. Their aircrews flew 56 mission sorties (flights) and provided over 1,340 high resolution photographs for analysis and action by FEMA and GOHSEP personnel. CAP ground teams assisted the American Red Cross with over 450 man hours of damage assessments.

When natural or man-made disasters occur, the U S Northern Command stations an Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officer (EPLO)at key FEMA and state emergency operations centers. His or her duties are to provide Air Force support to these agencies and local civil authorities. The EPLO working with these agencies in Louisiana, Lieutenant Colonel James Hunter, greatly facilitated CAP’s contribution to the recovery effort.

Without stopping for a break, CAP’s Louisiana Wing moved directly from its Hurricane Isaac response action into a previously planned training exercise as it continued to hone its skills and capabilities to respond to arising needs of the nation, state and local communities.

Civil Air Patrol, the official auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force, is a nonprofit organization with more than 61,000 members nationwide, operating a fleet of 550 aircraft. CAP, in its Air Force auxiliary role, performs 90 percent of continental U.S.inland search and rescue missions as tasked by the Air Force Rescue CoordinationCenter and was credited by the AFRCC with saving 54 lives in fiscal year 2011. Its volunteers also perform homeland security, disaster relief and drug interdiction missions at the request of federal, state and local agencies. The members play a leading role in aerospace education and serve as mentors to nearly 27,000 young people currently participating in the CAP cadet program. CAP received the World Peace Prize in 2011 and has been performing missions for America for 70 years. CAP also participates in Wreaths Across America, an initiative to remember, honor and teach about the sacrifices of U.S.military veterans. Visit www.gocivilairpatrol.com or www.capvolunteernow.com for more information.

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75 years in the air in Yarmouth - TheChronicleHerald.ca | It is the only stop in Nova Scotia this year for the Snowbirds, who roared into Yarmouth on Tuesday afternoon from Val d'Or, Que., for one performance only. With great weather forecast for today, the Snowbirds plan to do a high-altitude show, said Capt....

Frenchville Fly-In and Airshow : WAGM-TV - Katie Zarrilli WAGM-TV | Here in Aroostook County, Saturday was the first of a two day fly-in and airshow in Frenchville.It was a great day to bring the family, some chairs, and check out some very cool planes. News Source 8′s Katie Zarrilli gives us a ...

Thousands attend fly-in and air show, despite Legends cancellation - St. John Valley Times | ONLINE FIRST: FRENCHVILLE – Despite a last-minute cancellation of a scheduled major act, thousands of St. John Valley residents and visitors got up close and personal with a variety of aircraft over the weekend during the third annual Frenchville Fly ...

Art & Air Festival seeks balloon crew members - Albany Democrat Herald | New and experienced volunteers who want to serve as hot-air balloon crew members during the ATI Northwest Art & Air Festival are invited to an orientation and safety training meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 21, at Timber-Linn Memorial Park.

[Special Report] The spectacular flypast for the Argentine Military Aviation School’s 100th Anniversary from David Cenciotti's weblog [w Photos]| On Aug. 10, the Argentine Air Force presented the new AT-63 Pampa II trainer to the authorities and media representatives during the celebrations for the 100th anniversary of the Military Aviation School (the Air Force’s history begins with the establishment of the Escuela de Aviación Militar – Military Aviation School – on 10 August 1912, hence this is also considered the 100th anniversary of the Argentine Air Force), at Cordoba. The event saw the...

"Dracula" Teaser - Franklin's Flying Circus - www.youtube.com from Franklin's Flying Circus's Facebook Wall | New for 2013 from Franklin's Flying Circus & Kyle Franklin. The "Dracula" Demon-1 Immortal Bi-Plane. This is just a teaser video more to come soon...

Wings Over Homestead Air Show 11/3-4/12  - Soul of Miami | Wings Over Homestead Air Show | November 3-4, 2012, 0800-1500 | Homestead Air Reserve Base | 29050 Coral Sea Blvd | Homestead, FL 33039 | www.wingsoverhomestead.com |HOMESTEAD Air Reserve Base, Fla. | The thunderous roar of the United States Air Force Thunderbird’s F-16 demonstration team will be tearing through the skies over Homestead Air Reserve Base during the 2012 Wings Over Homestead Air Show, Nov 3 & 4. There will...

Hamburg airshow propels curiosity (with photo gallery) - Livingston Daily | Aaron Lask, 10, holds aloft a radio-controlled aircraft modeled after the World War II-era British Spitfire on Saturday at the Hamburg Flyers Radio Control Club's ninth annual airshow, which drew a record crowd of 450 people to Manly Bennett Park East ...

Events and conference for the airshow Franco-Polish  - La Voix du Nord  | Passage of the Patrouille de France Overview of the city and the airport by the Patrouille de France, in honor of Poland. Saturday, September 15 at 11 am 30. Lens celebrates Inflatable back, pony rides, games for the whole...

Russia hosts helicopter championship - The Voice of Russia | The programme of the last day of the championship includes helicopter races, a show of the Berkuts legendary aerobatic team aboard Mi-28 Night Hunter combat helicopters, a public entertainment show and the ceremony of awarding the winners. RIA ...

WWII B-25 Bomber Arrives in Helena - KFBB NewsChannel 5 | Unlike many other World War II planes, the B-25 was a low level attack plane; flying at altitudes of 3000 feet and less. “This guy was down in the dirt, supporting the troops and taking out tactical targets,” commented Fennessey. This aircraft began ...

WWII bombers in Westchester Country - Stamford Advocate | B-17 Flying Fortress bomber during the annual World War II plane traveling exhibition, Wings of Freedom tour, at Westchester County Airport in White Plains, N.Y., Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012. Photo: Bob Luckey / Greenwich Time | Buy This Photo. B-17 Flying...

April takes the ride of her life - Glenwood Springs Post Independent | Since the beginning of summer, I have been a passenger on the highest elevation roller coaster in the U.S., and I have flown in a World War II-era B-17 bomber. Just last week, I rode on my first Segway personal transporter. I still can't believe that ...

Memphis Belle — first to make 25 by travelforaircraft
| This Boeing B-17F's crew was the first of the heavy bomber crews in Europe to make the magic number of completed missions during WW II that defined a tour — 25. Another way to state things is that this was the first crew which attained the statistically unlikely number of combat missions required to complete their tour and rotate back home....

Gone West: Tuskegee Airman George Hickman
from Aero-News Network | Passed Away Early Sunday In Seattle, WA Another of the original Tuskegee Airmen has passed away. Former Capt. George Hickman, who was among the first of the ground crews of the segregated unit, died Sunday in Seattle, WA, at the age of 88...

Sacramento man honored on French town's memorial to WWII B-17 crew - Modesto Bee | Sacramento businessman Gary Wood has learned that residents of a small French village, who tried to shelter his father after his B-17 crew was shot down there as 1943 drew to a close, have established a memorial to the 10-man crew. Four of the airmen ...

How Reno Racers Keep Their Cool  By Preston Lerner Air & Space magazine | At the Reno air races, pilots know that to go fast, you have to stay cool. That’s where Pete Law comes in....

Formation Flying from Latest Vlog | Filmed in Johannesburg earlier this year by HeliMedia at the Rand show, this video captures a formation of Harvards taxiing out and...

My last day at Oshkosh from General Aviation News | As the rush of fear set upon me, I froze. The propeller was so close, whirring around at an unbelievable pace. I could feel the rush of wind it was emitting, coasting over my neck. “Katie, come on!” My whole body jolted into action as I snapped back into reality. I ran around to the other side of the SR20 and pushed the scalding, sun-beaten wing with all my might, slowly steering the plane towards the runway. The crew and I were last in line...

In Search Of ... The Fastest Blimp from Aero-News Network | Texas Man Envisions An Around-The-World Airship Race It's an old adage ... at least among men ... that whenever two of something are traveling along the same course that somehow, no matter how subtly, they're racing. Speed and distance seems to have very little relevance in this observation.

2012-08-22 - Golden Orion from Articles | The P-3 Orion is still going strong 50 years after entering operational service.

Pilot who survived midair collision 37 years ago learns wreckage found - CNN | Former Naval aviator Bob Besal was just 24 when his life literally took a dive. Besal was piloting a Vought A-7C on a training mission 20 miles east of St. Augustine, Florida, more than 37 years ago when his light attack aircraft collided with ...

Civil Air Patrol Launching 70-Year Cadet Celebration In Baltimore from Aero-News Network  | Over 600 CAP Members Expected To Annual Conference More than 600 Civil Air Patrol members are gathering in Baltimore this week as the U.S. Air Force auxiliary officially wraps up its yearlong 70th anniversary celebration with all eyes on its high-flying cadet program. CAP officially celebrates the 70th anniversary of its cadet program in October of this year, but gets started early at the 2012 Annual Conference and National Board meeting Aug. 21-25 at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront...

Synchronized Skydiving Inside a Wind Tunnel from Aerial Sports Feed | French Red Bull aerial athletes Fred Fugen and Vince Reffet -- who do everything from B.A.S.E. jumping to skydiving to wing-suit flying -- recently joined up with like-minded aerial-sports athletes...

CCiCAP and Boeing's CST-100 Discussed from Spaceports | ...The meetings are a part of NASA's CCiCAP, or Commercial Crew Integrated Capability, milestones that have been set for its commercial partners. The meetings this week have been scheduled to review Boeing and the other commercial partners progress in their designs and to ensure that they meet system requirements....

Civil Air Patrol Assist New Orleans Naval Air Station in Launching K-12 Students into the 21st Century

NEW ORLEANS- Naval Air Station, Joint Reserve Base, New Orleans held a challenge for the K-12 grade students that live and go to school on the base July  23-26 by introducing them to the Navy STEM and S2M2 Programs. STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics and S2M2 for Science, Service, Medicine and Mentoring. The children experienced real life applications of math and science principles through hands on practical learning with highly skilled volunteer mentors.

Members of the U.S. Navy, Marines, National Guard, Coast Guard, Civil Air Patrol (CAP), Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) and volunteers from families that live on or work on the base participated in the special event. The program was base wide with various age appropriate programs at different locations on the base. All of the programs help to increase student interest in school, math, science, engineering, problem solving, setting and achieving positive goals and teamwork.
Navy Lieutenant Arthur Castro, who is also a member of the CAP Alvin Callender Squadron, played a major Navy role in the STEM Program as the Navy Flight Line Static Display Coordinator. He guided the children through a tour of four different types of aircraft, and an emergency services exhibit with the base fire department and ambulance services. Castro explained the use of STEM through examples of different careers and settings depending on the various aircraft and importance of safe, quality and by the book maintenance of the aircraft. Castro said” The event went very well as planned and that there were plenty smiles on all of the children’s faces!”

CAP’s Alvin Callender Composite Squadron, located on the base and CAP Pontchartrain Composite Squadron from Harahan, La. supported the Summer Blitz Day, Thursday, with exhibits and presentations on Aerospace Education, Cadet Programs, Drug Demand Reduction, Emergency Services, Search and Rescue, and the new CAP Robotics Programs.

CAP’s Louisiana Wing Director of Robotics, Lieutenant Colonel Kathy Beauford, was honored to be the guest speaker to kick off the First Robotics and the Lego Robotics Competition. Using the CAP robot as an example Beauford explained the basics of the robots, programming and controlling the robots to give the parents and children a better idea of the technical, engineering, mathematical and computing challenges the competing teams had faced and overcame. Colonel Beauford said “I was most impressed with the children’s eagerness to learn and their outstanding behavior!”

Colonel Beauford had a scale model of one Cap's rare aircraft, a Cessna 182 that was a major hit with the kids when they found out that they could fly in aircraft like it upon becoming a member of CAP Beauford had books and booklets on aerospace and astronomy, NASA bookmarks for the children and the robot to see.

Medicine and health was a major topic under the S2M2 portion of the event, and had multiple training opportunities for the parents and children daily such as diet, obesity, sleep, exercise, health disparities, first responder basics, research, brochures and presentations. Then the students learned about medical equipment and tools such as laparoscopic drills, and even learned how to dissect eyeballs!

With Medicine and health a serious topic, CAP’s Pontchartrain Squadron, Drug Demand Reduction (DDR) Program exhibit on drug abuse was a wealth of information on the dangers of drug abuse, diversion, detection and prevention of alcohol, drugs, both prescription and illegal, and tobacco. CAP gave out DDR backpacks which everyone could fill with DDR bookmarks, pens, and pamphlets on the most abused drugs, booklets for teens, parents, educators, and posters.

CAP also gave out recruiting brochures, copies of the latest issue of the bi-monthly CAP Magazine Volunteer Now and other assorted CAP information. The CAP Louisiana Wing Public Affairs Officer Captain John Wigginton said “CAP was honored to have the opportunity to serve in this STEM/ S2M2 Program this first year of the event at the New Orleans Base and was proud to watch the children having so much fun while learning so many new things.”

” Navy Lieutenant Lori Campbell the base STEM/S2M2 Program Coordinator said “I am very impressed with the large exhibit and amount and quality of the handouts we gave the families. Campbell extended an invitation to CAP to participate again each year that the New Orleans Base holds the STEM/S2M2 Program.”

The children learned a lot of new things that hopefully will inspire and motivate the children to reach theirhighest dreams. All had a great deal of fun and ended the event with a cookout and Lunch on the Lawn with the Navy Band providing music. After their lunch the program ended with an awards and presentations ceremony at the school gym.

Civil Air Patrol, the official auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force, is a nonprofit organization with more than 61,000 members nationwide, operating a fleet of 550 aircraft. CAP, in its Air Force auxiliary role, performs 90 percent of continental U.S. inland search and rescue missions as tasked by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center and was credited by the AFRCC with saving 54 lives in fiscal year 2011. Its volunteers also perform homeland security, disaster relief and drug interdiction missions at the request of federal, state and local agencies. The members play a leading role in aerospace education and serve as mentors to nearly 27,000 young people currently participating in the CAP cadet program. CAP received the World Peace Prize in 2011 and has been performing missions for America for 70 years. CAP also participates in Wreaths Across America, an initiative to remember, honor and teach about the sacrifices of U.S. military veterans. Visit www.gocivilairpatrol.com or www.capvolunteernow.com for more info

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Nichols hopes to soar at championships - Star Community Newspapers | A contingent of approximately 60 skydivers will travel to Dubai, United Arab Emirates in Dec. to compete in the World Parachuting Championships. One of the competitors is Rowlett native Angela Nichols, a member of the U.S. Army Golden Knights Parachute...

Firm Unable to Bring Recovered Warbird to AirVenture from News from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh  | EAA has been informed that the aircraft wreckage of a crashed warbird - an SBD Dauntless or Grumman Wildcat - will not appear at AirVenture 2012 as planned, according to Taras Llysenko of A and T Recovery in Chicago.

Rare A-36A to Invade Oshkosh from News from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh | EAA confirmed Monday that the recently restored North American A-36A Invader fighter bomber owned by the Collings Foundation will be at AirVenture 2012, according to Gary Norville of American Aero Services, who did the restoration. It's one of only three known existing A-36s in the world, and one of only two flying.

Red Tails DVD Buyers at AirVenture Can Win Autographed Poster from News from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh | Legendary filmmaker George Lucas is bringing his passion project Red Tails to EAA AirVenture for a one-night screening on Wednesday, July 25, at the Fly-In Theater presented by Ford. Red Tails is the remarkable story of the extraordinary pilots known as the Tuskegee Airmen whose courage and bravery made them heroes during World War II.

Sunday AirVenture Preview: An Evening With Champions from News from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh | For the 27th year, AviationSpeakers.com presents AirVenture's pre-convention warm-up at Theater in the Woods Sunday, July 22. Master of Ceremonies will be Tye Mortensen, who makes his second appearance after succeeding his father, Danny, in 2011.

Cadets assist with one of world's largest air shows as part of Civil Air ... - The Leading Aviation Industry Resource for News, Equipment and | Cadets and officers attending Civil Air Patrol's National Blue Beret Encampment will again participate in one of the largest and most prestigious aerospace education learning environments in the world during AirVenture 2012, the Experimental Aircraft ...

Known Airspeed/Acro Camp Sightings/Events for AirVenture Oshkosh 2012 from Airspeed Online by Steve Tupper | Oshkosh for FOD and me is usually mostly unplanned and organic. That’s still the case. But we’re planning on a few touch points during our stay Wednesday 25 July through Saturday 28 July. Wednesday 25 July (or almost any other evening after other stuff is done) Evening – Firebase Airspeed Informal Get-Togethers I’m arriving Wednesday [...]

New Able Flight pilots to be honored at AirVenture from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Able Flight will pin wings on its newest pilots at a special ceremony Tuesday July 24, at AirVenture in Oshkosh

CAF Red Tail Squadron – Event Update Geneseo Airshow – July 13-15, 2012 - CAF Red Tail Squadron | The Greatest Show on Turf was held on July 13-15, 2012 at Geneseo Airport. Organizers estimate about 20,000 people came out to see this unique air show. The Mustang flew numerous times throughout each day as the CAF Red Tail Squadron had two pilots flying, Doug Rozendaal and Bill Shepard. Numerous rides were sold and a few interviews were conducted over the weekend. With numerous photographers in attendance, there are several great pictures of both pilots flying the Mustang....

Capitol Jets Air Show Entertains While Supporting the Civil Air Patrol ... by Eric Williams | The eighth annual Capitol Jets Air Show July 13-15, 2012 in Selkirk, NY amazed local air-show fans and provided financial support to a deserving Civil Air Patrol (CAP) unit. For many years the CAP's, Vanguard Composite ...

Centennial air show set to take place - Prince Albert Daily Herald | Matt Gardner Daily Herald Come Sunday, Aug. 5, thousands of aviation enthusiasts will stream into the city towards Prince Albert Airport (Glass Field) to...

Planes of all kinds put on a show in Yellowknife - Slave River Journal | The show featured approximately 30 planes, including the Snowbirds, a CF-18 Hornet, Pete McLeod's Team Red Bull, "Super" Dave Mathieson, a Hawk One CF-86 and helicopters. The snowbirds "are right-tight together like always," Gordon Van Tighem, the...

Vero Beach officials give air show initial approval - TCPalm | The show, planned for Oct. 5 and 6, 2013. is being organized by Vero Beach Air Show Inc., formed by the Vero Beach, Indian River and Treasure Coast Exchange Clubs. Proceeds from the event would be used to fund programs to prevent child abuse.

Construction forces air show cancellation - Southwest Virginia Today | TAZEWELL – Improvements to theTazewellCountyAirport will cancel this year's airshow but organizers hope it will return bigger and better in 2013. Airport Manager Jerry McReynolds said the show has been a standard every August at the Claypool Hill...

UAV Navigation to sponsor Reno racer from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | UAV Navigation, a vendor of flight control avionics and motion processing solutions, will sponsor a plane in Reno’s National Championship Air Races and Air Show in September. Guillermo Parodi, UAV Navigation’s CEO and co-founder, will fly the aircraft as a pilot. His plane, nº36, dubbed “N-A-RUSH”, is a Cassutt Special III, a single-seat racing jet designed in the United States in 1951 by ex-TWA captain Tom Cassutt...

Video: FlyingMachinesTV - RIAT 2012 in Super SlowMo! from AirPigz by Martt | I just finished two weeks of intense and nearly non-stop work in two of my other lives... one as a ceramic tile installer and the other doing graphic design/magazine layout. I feel like I've been run over by a truck. But I'm happy to say that this super slo-mo video captured at the 2012 Royal International Air Tattoo by FlyingMachinesTV was remarkably calming and satisfying. I'm feeling a little better already...

Moon Light Serenade — sensuous and deadly — the Black Widow by travelforaircraft | The Northrop P-61 Black Widow seems to be predominantly engine — photo courtesy of Jayne Davis Northrop, one of the aviation companies which advanced aircraft design and capability in new directions produced a supreme night fighter in WW II. Radar was not small or lightweight in the day and nocturnal missions favored guns over rockets — so Northrop was tasked them with making a fighter out an aircraft the size of a medium bomber and they succeeded. Northrop's creation was the P-61 Black Widow which had range (1200 miles/1920km) — or loiter time as needed — along with a crew of three as well as two powerful engines (4200 hp/~32100kW). But it was the radar (and radar operator) along with 4 x 20mm cannon in a ventral installation in concert with 4 x 0.50" caliber machine guns in an upper turret (which could be used by the rear gunner as defensive armament) that were the fangs of this night time predator. But what made this aircraft nimble was...

Manufactured Victory from Vintage Wings of Canada by DaveDespite researching material over the past five years for the nearly three hundred stories, albums, features and missives of Vintage News, I am still in awe of the historical, emotional and visual matrix that is the world wide web. While I am well aware that the web is not a universe of truth, fact, scholarly wisdom and purity of intent, it still astounds me every day for its ability to deliver to my hungry eyes images, stories and stored memories of humanity's recent and sometimes cataclysmic history. In particular, it is my wont to follow leads and key words to find information and images that support our stories of Canada's aviation heritage and the heroes who populate this extraordinary and courageous legacy. I am, not weekly, not daily, but nearly every minute amazed by the images that I come across whilst researching a story's background....

Leenhouts To Head Florida Air Museum - AVweb | The Florida Air Museum in Lakeland, Fla., will now be operated under the auspices of Sun n Fun and its president, John Lites Leenhouts, the organization announced on Friday. John Burton, the Museum president, will step down.

Close-up view of the (rather bumpy) A-10 Warthog nose. With serpentine noseart around the 30mm gun from David Cenciotti's weblog | Taken from a KC-135R Stratotanker during a training flight over Michigan on Jul. 11, the following close up image shows the nose of an A-10 Thunderbolt (affectionately known as the Warthog) from Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan. The Warthog features serpentine noseart around the 30 mm GAU-8/A Gatling Gun, able to dispense 3,900 rounds per minute....

Inside a B-2 Bomber - airspacemag.com | Video | A unique look inside the flight deck of the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber. A 360-degree panorama taken inside the flight deck of AV-20 (93-1087), the first fully operational Block 30 B-2. AV-20 was located inside U. S. Air Force Plant number 42 in Palmdale, California.

How to fill a hangar from General Aviation News by Jamie Beckett | How can your airport fill up its empty hangars? Perhaps the most effective method would be to send a pilot or two into the local middle schools and high schools to tell a few stories, pop a slideshow up on the smartboard, and invite a whole bunch of the kids out to the airport. Let me provide a little context for that idea. It's valid, believe me. But as fixes go, this isn't a quick one — nor should it be....

Students take flight with 'Super Dave' - Northern News Services | The Elevate You Life program is hosted by the Ryan J. Poe Foundation, both of which were founded by Greg Poe – a world renowned aerobatic pilot – who died on July 24, 2011. Mathieson has taken up the call to help continue the motivation program for...

Air Force's national museum to receive NASA's Crew Compartment Trainer from Air Force Link Top Stories | After many months of intensive planning, the first steps have been put in motion to move NASA's first Shuttle Crew Compartment Trainer from Johnson Space Center to the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.  CCT-1, which was one of three trainers built to train astronauts for space missions, is scheduled to arrive at the museum, which is located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, later this summer...

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Watching the show from high in the sky - Seacoastonline.com | On Sunday I had the opportunity to witness the Service Credit Union Boston-Portsmouth Air Show from a different perspective. Instead of watching from the ground like most other visitors to the air show, I got to fly high with some of the most fearless men I've ever been around: The U.S. Army's Golden Knights parachute team....

NH air show gets 2nd straight day of sunny skies - Boston.com | Thousands of people are getting a second straight day of sunny skies for the final day of the Service Credit Union Boston-Portsmouth Air Show.

As air show wraps, organizers mull future plans - Seacoastonline.com | PORTSMOUTH — There is one thing that many attendees of the Service Credit Union Boston-Portsmouth Air Show said they want: more.

Garfield Air Show cancels pyrotechnic elements - Glenwood Springs Post Independent | RIFLE, Colorado — Officials will not allow any pyrotechnic elements as part of the upcoming Garfield County Air Show, due to the extreme fire...

Veterans aid group to participate in South Shore Air Show charity event - nwitimes.com | GARY | Webb House Inc.'s goal is to help veterans in need. Since 2009, Executive Director Robert Farmer and the rest of Webb House Inc. have worked toward providing assistance to the men and women who have put their lives on the line during their time ...

F-16 flyover to mark 4th of July along South Carolina coast - TheDigitel | Beginning in Little River at 1 p.m. on July 4, F-16s of the 79th Fighter Squadron "The Flying Tigers" of the 20th Fighter Wing stationed at Shaw Air Force Base — some of the last armed forc
es to leave Iraq. The flight will cover every beach on the ...

Ethanol-powered airshow team schedules flyovers - Mason City Globe Gazette | The 100 percent ethanol-powered airshow team will be doing a flyover at POET Biorefining, Hanlontown, between 9:45 and 10:30 a.m. Monday on its way to Dubuque. The group will stop at the Mason City Municipal Airport that day to top off their tanks with ...

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Indiannaplois Air Show 2012 - Steve's Digicams Forums | A few from my visit to the Indiannapolis Air Show during media day on June 22. Jehan Aero L-C39 Albatross Formation Team "The Hoppers" North.

Gratiot Airshow: A lot to offer - The Morning Sun | ...From Friday, Aug. 24 to Sunday, Aug. 26, the sky will fill with all kinds of planes, wing walkers, aerobatic teams, even a comedy team as the air show gets underway at 11 a.m. Saturday, along with a special night time air show starting at 8:30 p.m. Still another air show begins Sunday at 1 p.m...

Canada celebrates 145th birthday - UPI.com | The Royal Canadian Air Force's precision flying team, the Snowbirds, performed over Ottawa July 1, 2012, in observance of the country's 145th founding anniversary

In pictures: Waddington Air Show attracts 125000 visitors - BBC News | South Korean Black Eagles The seven-hour display included the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight and the South Korean Black Eagles who had never been seen in the UK before. Italian Frecce Tricolori display team The Italian Frecce Tricolori display team ...

RAF's giants taking to skies for impressive Air Tattoo flypast - The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald | Giant aircraft from the RAF's air transport and air-to-air refuelling fleets will fill the skies over RAF Fairford during a flypast at the Royal International Air Tattoo...

New manoeuvre by Red Arrows in honour of two fallen pilots - This is Lincolnshire | The two Red Arrows who tragically lost their lives last year will be honoured in the team's 2012 displays, as Lincolnshire Echo reporter Paul Whitelam discovers... The Red Arrows will remember...

Flying Legends 2012 - Pictures from Duxford from Another Time by Dan LinnIt is that time of year again. Texas is a long way from Duxford so I turn to the PlaneTalk forum to see pictures from this weekends Fighter Collection/Flying Legends Warbird show. Take a look at a few pictures below from Brian Marshall of the pre-show activities. Wow...

Pilots Killed In Air Show Crashes - AVweb | Accidents at opposite ends of the world and opposite ends of the air show performance spectrum had a common and deadly result on Saturday.

Report: Throckmorton Airshow 2012 (ruined by bad weather) from David Cenciotti's weblog | Throckmorton airfield was built in 1940 at the beginning of World War II and became home to No. 23 Operational Training Unit equipped with Wellingtonbombers. It then became home to No.1 Ferry unit, the RAF Pershore Advanced Flying School and then the Royal Radar Establishment Flying unit...

The 150th Anniversary of the Birth of Naval Aviation (July 1)  from Historic Wings | On this date in aviation history, the world's first naval aircraft carrier (of sorts) sailed into battle. Specifically, the ship would launch a balloon tethered to its deck to reconnoiter enemy positions as it sailed up the James River ..

Memphis Belle didn't set record for bombing missions, researcher claims - Sacramento Bee | An Air Force veteran himself, Lux was helping put together the program for an air show and gathering in about 1999 organized by what was formerly called the Confederate Air Force (now Commemorative Air Force). Jacobson, a golfing buddy of Lux's in the ...

CAP sub chaser Vern Kramer passes away from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | World War II Civil Air Patrol sub chaser and South Dakota aviation legend Luverne “Vern” Kraemer passed away June 20, in Rapid City, S.D. at the age of 95. Kraemer is the last known CAP sub chaser in South Dakota...

Al Welsh remembered - Dayton Jewish Federation | A commemorative sign honoring his place in aviation history was unveiled along with a Welsh Commemorative Medal, commissioned by the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington. The Welsh exhibit at College Park ..

He flew a ‘Gooney Bird’ in the C.B.I. from War Tales by Don Moore | It was a little hard to read, but the black handwritten account of Maj. Thomas Lemery’s World War II career in the China, Burma and India Theater flying supplies in a C-47 Transport to the British 14th Army in Burma was a wonderful supplement to his fading memory. Written for his grandsons, Robbie and Jeffery, [...]

Hastings woman recalls WWII work on planes - Sioux City Journal | HASTINGS, Neb. | In her garage on Home Street in west Hastings, Ellie Roberts has a large green metal toolbox that conjures up memories of her youth and a tense time in American history. Ellie, now 92, spent 12 hours a day, seven days a week pulling ...

Canadian Museum of Flight, Langley B.C. from stickandrudderWTO by Peter | Photos

Brian "Brain" Kissinger Shares His Positive Outlook On Life Through Inspirational Video from The Aero Experience by Carmelo Turdo | Brian "Brain" Kissinger, two-time brain cancer survivor and pilot preparing to break a third world speed record, is also founder and itinerant minister for Pax et...

Stuck Mic AvCast Episode #27 - Oshkosh is Coming, the Australian ... | Interview with Monika Petrillo about circumnavigating Australia in a general aviation aircraft, scariest moments, & living life to fullest.

Creators of Chicken Wings Comics to Release New Book at AirVenture 2012 from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | The guys from the coop at "Chicken Wings Aviation Comics" are at it again. This summer at the biggest aviation gathering in the US, Oshkosh's very own "AirVenture", they will be releasing their fourth book titled "Gold Rush". "It's about time!" Mike Strasser, one of the authors, says. "We got sidetracked with too many...

Students experience flight, explore career - The News Journal | Emeinke was one of about 30 students who are taking part in a summer camp at Delaware Airpark that aims to encourage youngsters to think about careers in aviation. ... “I want to be one of the medics – the people in the Army that aid soldiers,” she ...

Gift of Inspiration: from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | This weekend the people of Seattle
gathered at our Seattle's Museum of Flight for the arrival of the Guppy, carrying our very own Space Shuttle Simulator....

The Space Coast marks 50 years - Alexandria Town Talk | The prototype Enterprise was recently delivered to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum. Endeavour and Atlantis are still at KSC. This fall, though, Endeavour will depart for the California Science Center in Los Angeles. Atlantis will stay home. It ...

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The Blues Have Landed! - Londonderry News | Blue Angels 4, 5 & 6 showed up off the right side of the plane and were ready to refuel. Blue Angels 5 and 6 were on the right side of the plane right off our wingtip while Blue Angel 4 refueled. The 3 jets took turns refueling, Blue Angels 1, 2, & 3 ...

Angels fly high and low to put on a show - The Union Leader | The lineup also includes the Black Diamond Jet Team, the Golden Knights — the U.S. Army Parachute Team — air show legend Sean D. Tucker, aerobatics superstar Michael Goulian, wingwalker Jane Wicker and the New Hampshire National Guard KC-135 ...

South Shore Air Show to Honor the Fallen - PortageLife | Where Life and Portage Connect - Telling the positive stories of the people, businesses, and organizations of Portage, Indiana.

Thunder Over Cedar Creek Lake to stage annual air show, fireworks display  by David Webb| The "Thunder Over Cedar Creek Lake air show" returns on July 7 at 6 p.m. to provide its spectacular fireworks display that is visible to boaters and shore huggers all over the lake area. The event, which drew an estimated 40,000 people last year, provides free viewing from boats, the lake's shores, local parks and private residences. The air show featuring both civilian and military aircraft flying within 500 feet of the ground culminates with the fireworks show after dark....

Fair St. Louis Getting Ready To Bring The Heat - CBS Local | Another special appearance will include a Heritage Flight featuring a vintage North American P-51 (Mustang) from World War II and an A-10 Thunderbolt (Warthog). Other events include an inaugural Freedom 4 miler and a one-mile Family Fun Run, hosted ...

Podcast: Coming Up at AirVenture from AVWeb Podcast - Podcast  | EAA spokesman Dick Knapinski, veteran of a quarter-century's worth of AirVenture extravaganzas, updates AVweb's Mary Grady with a look at what to expect from the 2012 edition, just a few weeks away.

Helicopter Air Show in Los Angeles This Saturday - LAFD News & Information | The American Heroes Air Show arrives in Los Angeles this Saturday, June 30, 2012. The free public event that focuses on helicopters, will be held from 10AM to 4PM at the Hansen Dam Recreation Area in Lake View Terrace.

Spitfire and Red Arrows to wow crowds as forces heroes celebrated - This is Scunthorpe | The Red Arrows and a Spitfire will wow crowds at this year's National Armed Forces Day event in North Lincolnshire.The show will come to Messingham Showground on Saturday, June 30, with everything...

Jubilee marked at Air Tattoo launch - Lancashire Evening Post | There was a distinct Diamond Jubilee feel at the launch of this summer.

The Tricolour Arrows fly in Puglia - free News | The aerobatic team arrives in Salento with the performance of the Tricolour Arrows. The "2 ° Salento Tricolore Air Show", scheduled ...

Video: 1970 Super 8 Home Movie: Blue Angels In F-4J Phantom II's (Mesmerizing) from AirPigz | With this video you get flicker, lint, and projector noise. But the cool part is that I think all of that is truly genuine. That's what makes this 3-1/2 minutes of vintage 1970 home movie (Super 8mm) so mesmerizing to me... it's just awesome. It's the most unusual little portal into a part of Blue Angels history in the early part of the 5+ years that they flew the McDonnell Douglas F-4J Phantom II. Filmed at Suffolk County AFB in Long Island New York in 1970, this film reminds me so much of the many airshows I attended when I was...

Lifestyles: Big Sky Air Race - Beartooth NBC | The second annual Big Sky Air Race will showcase the talents of pilots from all across the country. The Big Sky Air Race is an annual event that attracts aviation fans and families looking for a good time. Kevin Danz, race coordinator, says the ...

'Bombs away' over insuring B-17 - AOPA Pilot | A spat over insurance disrupted a stop in Seattle, Wash., for two World War II bombers scheduled to give sightseeing rides from King County International Airport-Boeing Field during the Collings Foundation's Wings of Freedom Tour.

Memphis Belle's Co-Pilot from Connecticut - Patch.com | The co-pilot of the most famous B-17 of World War II hails from Woodbridge.

B-17 Bomber To Fly Over Columbus, Offer Public Flights - 10TV | A World War II bomber is on display this weekend and will offer public flights

What Happens To Old Airplanes from CAF Red Tail Squadron's Blog | As big/fast airplanes become obsolete, they are typically just parked somewhere. The lucky ones get a second life like the last DC-7 produced which is being turned into a restaurant in Florida. It was built in 1956 and retired in 2006 after flying 33,000 hours. After 50 years of service, it has earned the rest(aurant), I guess. One of the best-known “boneyards” of retired aircraft is at Davis-Monthan AFB in Tucson, Ariz....

Amelia Earhart's Navigator: The Life and Loss of Fred Noonan - History | Earhart may get all the glory for being a pioneering aviator, but Noonan was no slouch in that respect. Widely credited with opening the Pacific to air transportation, Noonan worked for Pan American World Airways beginning in the mid-1920s and was ...

The Map of My Dead Pilots: The Dangerous Game of Flying in Alaska from General Aviation News by Meg Godlewski | There are some books about aviation that are so spot-on, so gritty, that you are compelled to hide them from the aviation squeamish. “The Map of My Dead Pilots: The Dangerous Game of Flying in Alaska” is one of these books. The book was written by Colleen Mondor, who drew upon her four years of running dispatch operations for a Fairbanks-based airline. The names have been changed, but the experiences, such as knowingly flying over-loaded aircraft and intentional scud-running, are pulled from real life....

‘Plane Talk’ to broadcast live from 99s conference from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | IMC Radio’s “Plane Talk,” a live-streaming aviation internet radio talk show sponsored by the IMC Club International, will be broadcasting four two-hour shows live from its remote studio at the 2012 International 99s Conference in Providence, Rhode Island, starting July 11 and continuing through July 14.

Here’s another cool B-52 cockpit video! from David Cenciotti's weblog |  With all the fleet having surpassed 50 years of active service, the B-52 heavy bomber remains one of the most interesting (and powerful) weapon system in the U.S. inventory....

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.

Skydive Debuts Google Glass Project from Aero-News Network  |  Seeing The Freefall From The Skydivers Point Of View Google co-founder Sergey Brin came up with a pretty novel way to introduce Google Glass, which is a pair of glasses designed to deliver much of the same information as you might get from your smart phone, but in a wearable HUD. The glasses allow the user to interact with the Internet through voice commands, getting the display literally right before his or her eyes....

CAP cadets get taste of pararescue career field from Air Force Link Top Stories | The 306th Rescue Squadron hosted more than 20 Civil Air Patrol cadets during the advanced pararescue orientation course here June 13-23.  The course is a 10-day challenge that tests CAP cadets both mentally and physically as they are constantly evaluated on the stringent requirements of the pararescue, combat rescue officer, and survival, evasion, resistance, escape career fields...

Flying car completes Phase 1 flight testing from General Aviation News by Janice Wood |  The production prototype of the Terrafugia Transition — a flying car — has completed the first phase of its flight test program. Phase 1 flight testing, conducted at Plattsburgh International Airport in Plattsburgh, N.Y, allowed Terrafugia to check off many critical early testing objectives for the Transition program, said Terrafugia CEO Carl Dietrich, who added, "It's a real airplane; we're flying it whenever we want, for as long...

Kennedy Space Center's Celebrates 50th Anniversary from Aero-News Network  |  Equal Parts Nod To The Past And Look To The Future Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Kennedy Space Center on Sunday, July 1 with a program that includes NASA officials discussing the historic spaceport and the dynamic transformation underway to support the next generation of space exploration....

SpaceShipTwo Fires Rocket from AVwebFlash Current Issue | Virgin Galactic's passenger-carrying suborbital space vehicle, SpaceShipTwo successfully passed aerodynamic and powerplant tests on June 26, near Mojave, California. The vehicle performed its first successful glide since integration of its rocket motor systems. WhiteKnightTwo carried it to 51,000 feet over where it was released under the control of Scaled pilots Pete Siebold and Mike Alsbury. A chase plane...

Taikonauts Land in Inner Mongolia from Spaceports |  China's Shenzhou 9 spacecraft returned to Earth on Friday (10 PM EST, Thursday, June 28, 2012), ending a 13-day mission that put the country's first woman in space and completed a human manual docking test with the Tiangong space lab critical to its goal of building a larger space station by 2020.