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Chip Yates’ Records Ratified by FAI · Dean Sigler, CAFE Foundation Blog | With recognition this week of five electric airplane records set by Chip Yates in flights last year, the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) and the National Aeronautic Association (NAA) ratified performance numbers that top those of most single-engine high-performance gasoline-powered aircraft from established manufacturers, according to Yates...

SLU grad named to prestigious 'Blue Angels' * STLtoday.com | A tip of the flight helmet to Navy Lt. Matt Suyderhoud, a St. Louis University graduate (Class of '05) who was named Wednesday to the 2015 roster of the "Blue Angels." Suyderhoud, an F/A-18 pilot, is from Honolulu and currently is stationed in Texas...

Over the River Air Show practice flight with Lt. Colonel John Klatt * Mid Columbia Tri City Herald | Lt. Colonel John Klatt flies with Tri-City Herald reporter Kristi Pihl over Benton and Franklin counties Thursday during a practice flight in Extra 300L plane. Klatt,of the Air National Guard's Aerobatic Team, is performing during the three-day Over...

Harrier jet to be among top attractions at LV Air Show - WFMZ | A Sea Harrier, called the only privately-owned and flown aircraft of its type in the world, is joining the line-up at the Aug. 23-24 Lehigh Valley Air Show.

Huey, Cobra helicopter rides offered to public * Dothan Eagle | A pilot gives members of the media a helicopter ride in a legacy helicopter (Huey UH-A N104HF) on Thursday. Army Aviation Heritage Foundation and Flying Museum, and Friends of Army Aviation-Ozark are partnering to bring the Legacy of Army Aviation to...

'Flying The Feathered Edge: The Bob Hoover Project' * Aero-News Network | An Interview With Documentary Filmmaker Kim Furst In recent years, EAA's AirVenture has seen increased participation from filmmakers producing new aviation-themed features, television and documentaries. In preparing for AirVenture 2014, one project in particular caught my attention - creating a documentary film that rises to the contributions of an aviation legend Robert A. "Bob" Hoover. The film is titled "Flying The Feathered Edge."

‘You could see the bolt coming’: Pilot describes CF-18 being hit by lightning * Julia Parrish, CTV Edmonton | Officials with the Royal Canadian Air Force said technicians are investigating after a pilot was forced to land his CF-18 Thursday – after it was hit by lightning. RCAF officials said the plane was hit by lightning late Thursday morning, while it was being flown to the Whitecourt airshow from High River, where the pilot and the aircraft had appeared in another airshow...

Warbird Pin Up Girls’ Opens at Garth Gallery on Friday · WarbirdsNews Christian Kieffer, the photographer of the world famous “Warbird PinUp Girls’’ calendar and sponsor of WarbirdsNews will be exhibiting his work at the Columbia’s Garth Gallery opening with a reception this Friday from 5 to 9 p.m.Kieffer is a graduate of South East Center of Photographic Studies in Daytona Beach Florida, and worked for the Walt Disney Creative Photography department in Orlando. His series of...

Group Looking For 60-Year-Old B-25 Bomber Asks To Dredge Mon River * CBS Local | PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Do the murky waters of the Monongahela River hide a mystery, submerged for 58 years? In January 1956, a B-25 bomber, low on fuel, made an emergency landing in the Mon. Four crew members were saved. Two others drowned.

Navy Says Farewell To The C-9 Skytrain II Aircraft * Aero-News Network | Last Of The Airplanes Retired In Late June Ending its 41-year commitment to a workhorse aircraft, the U.S. Navy retired the last C-9B Skytrain II on June 28 to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group based in Tucson, AZ...

'I've wanted to fly all my life' * Stuff.co.nz | This week the pair were at the Marlborough Aero club and the two-seater Piper Tomahawk that Laura will climb into for her first lesson, was parked outside the clubroom hangar. ''I've wanted to fly all my life,'' she says, and cites an uncle who had ...

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Spitfire completes flypast over Southampton - Daily Echo | The crowds had gathered in Mayflower park, to witness the historic flypast . It marked the 75th anniversary of the aircraft's maiden flight and was made by the word only female Spitfire pilot Carolyn Grace. She told the Daily Echo; “The Spitfire is ...

Video: Second Spitfire unable to make flypast celebration - Daily Echo | THE second Spitfire due to be at Southampton Airport today has been cancelled due to adverse weather conditions.  The aircraft, flown by Peter Teichman and which flew in more than 40 combat missions, was due to touch down today to join in ...

Episode 58: Avalon Quick Cast #5 from Plane Crazy Down Under | It’s day 5 of the Australian International Airshow and Aerospace & Defence Exposition (aka Avalon 2011) and it’s the first whole day open to the general public. The PCDU team have had one of the most amazing days of their lives with time in the venerable B52, ... chat with Squadron Leader Matt Harper ....

Dominican aviation celebrate 100 years with Air Show - Newspaper Firsts | Caribbean Air Show 2011 is endorsed by the International Council of Airshows (ICAS), international non-governmental organization present in 30 countries, which fulfills the mission of advancing knowledge and facilitating collaboration in the sector ...

Route66AirRaceTeam Promo v2 - YouTube

Lyon County Fly-In scheduled for May 21, 22, 2011 - My Fernley News | Fuel for Young Eagles Pilots – these pilots donate their time and their plane to make this the largest Young Eagles fly-in in the state. Children's Area and Activities – coloring books, Styrofoam planes, face painting, ...

Saskatoon air show revived - Prince Albert Daily Herald | After a year off, plans are in motion to bring back the Cameco Canada Remembers International Air Show. Organizer Brian Swidrovich says the air show is important to the community and to military veterans in particular. This year's event, scheduled for ...

Florida air show guide -- Thunderbirds, Blue Angels and other show schedules - JACOB LANGSTON, ORLANDO SENTINEL | It's a bird! It's a plane! To be precise, it's a lot of planes. Almost any time of year in Florida is prime time for air shows and the two big players in the air show circuit have several Florida stops in 2011. ...

Bessie Coleman trained in Paris to become first female African American pilot from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale | Chicago Sun Tims: Bessie Coleman trained in Paris to become first female African American pilot | In 1920, Bessie Coleman (1892-1926) became the first African-American woman to earn a pilot’s license, after traveling to Europe to attend flight school.  Born in Atlanta, Texas, Coleman moved to Chicago in 1915, and here she discovered her passion for aviation. However, as a black woman she wasn’t allowed to train as an airplane pilot in the United States.  Robert Abbot, publisher for the African-American newspaper the Chicago Defender, urged Coleman to learn French and enroll in France’s Caudron School of Aviation. ...

Pioneer World War II pilot Betty Wood forgotten in Auburn from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale | Auburn Journal: Pioneer World War II pilot Betty Wood forgotten in Auburn | (This article from Feb 4)  From time to time, this reporter would bump into a sun-splashed photo of Betty Wood and her story – or at least the partial one that was available at the time.  It’s in a bound copy of Journals from 1943.  The page on which her photo reposes is burnished orange at its edges now. But the story of her death remains compelling. It was published on the front of the Sept. 30, 1943 edition of the Auburn Journal.  ...

Monument Profile: American Legion Post 365 in Collinsville, IL from The Aero Experience by Carmelo Turdo | American Legion Leighton Evatt Post 365 in Collinsville, IL features memorials to service members, including a Bell AH-1S Cobra and ...

Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum Helps Scouts Earn Aviation Merit Badge from The Aero Experience by Carmelo Turdo | The Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum helped area Scouts earn their Aviation Merit Badge today.  Here are some images from the day's activities: ...

Air Force heroes recognized at Dawn Patrol breakfast in Ottawa from Aviation.ca News | The Air Force Association of Canada hosted its annual Dawn Patrol breakfast in Ottawa last week in memory of the most famous combat mission flown by William Avery “Billy” Bishop, Canada’s most renowned aviator from the First World War –...

VIDEO: Lockheed Martin announces JSF F-35 fighter at the Australian International Airshow at Avalon from CavokBlog | Lockheed Martin is present in the Australian International Airshow, being held this week in the town of Avalon, Australia, and during the event released a video of the new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, which Australia is a member country development and receive up to 100 units of the Royal Air Force for Australia (RAAF), replacing its fleet of F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets by 2020. During the event, also announced that Lockheed seeks new countries interested in the extreme east of Asia, including Japan and South Korea Australia should start receiving their aircraft in early 2018. ...

Swiss-Nepalese Team Wins Golden Hour Award from www.ainonline.com : Latest News | This year’s Eurocopter Golden Hour Award went to a rescue crew formed by captain Daniel Aufdenblatten and rescue specialist Richard Lehner of Air Zermatt, Switzerland, and captain Sabin Basnyat, chief pilot of Fishtail Air, Nepal. On April 29, 2010, the team successfully rescued a party of three Spanish mountain climbers stuck aton a steep slope of Mount Annapurna, the world’s second highest mountain, at an altitude of 22,800 ft.   ...

March 5 from Cut and Paste Aviation | ... 1913 -- Army Field Order No. 1 officially organized Headquarters 1st Aero Squadron (Provisional) in a field near Texas City, Texas. The unit was the first created to conduct aircraft operations.  1912 --  Bob Fowler flies from Los Angeles to Jacksonville, Florida. The west to east coast-to-coast journey has taken four months to complete. ...

Dream of Flight Within Reach for Scholarship Winner from WAI Connect Blog | The roar of jet engines filled the Grand Theater at Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nev., Feb. 24. As the curtain rose, the blinding lights of a two-thirds scale airliner illuminated the crowd. Women in Aviation International President Peggy Chabrian and AOPA President Craig Fuller waved from the cockpit of the giant replica and climbed down the stairs to welcome attendees at the opening ...

FAA, EAA Data Shows Success For Young Eagles - Aero-News Network | New data compiled by the FAA and EAA shows that the EAA Young Eagles program is making a significant impact in creating aviators. The results emerged from a joint EAA/FAA project that matched the names of Young Eagles, now ages 15-34, ...
   
Coming in 2013 from the makers of CARS: PLANES - DVDTOWN.com | "Planes" features an international cast of the fastest air racers around in a comedy that stars Dusty, a small-town dreamer who longs to enter the most epic around-the-world air race . . . despite his fear of heights. With the help and support of a ...

Mini shuttle launches! from Black Horizon | The launch happened Saturday at 5:46 p.m. after crews ran into some technical problems.  The United Launch Alliance said workers at the pad need more time to replace a "regulator valve on a piece of equipment on the system that provides a helium purge to the rocket's interstage adapter area."  On Friday, the X37-B experimental  ...

Spaceplane OVT-2 Now in Low Earth Orbit from Spaceports | The Orbital Test Vehicle 2 (X-37B OTV-2), an American unmanned robotic vertical-takeoff, horizontal-landing (VTHL) spaceplane launched aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral on Saturday, March 5, 2011 at 5:46 PM EST to low Earth orbit. It is the second operational test of the USAF military spaceplane. ...

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Sri Lanka air force jets crash during air show rehearsal (1st Lead) - Monsters and Critics.com | Colombo - Two fighter jets crashed on the outskirts of Sri Lanka's capital Tuesday after a mid-air collision during rehearsal for an air force celebration, the military said. One of the pilots was killed in the crash in the Yakkala area, 30 kilometres ...

Opening of the Australian International Air Show - Scoop.co.nz | I also acknowledge and thank the sponsors of the Air Show. It is a pleasure to join you for the official opening of the Australian International Air Show and Trade Exposition. This year's Air Show also coincides with the celebration of 90 years since ...

RAAF celebrates 90th birthday at airshow - Ninemsn | The Australian International Airshow is one of the world's largest and most important aviation and aerospace forums, ranking alongside similar events in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. This year's airshow, which began at Avalon south of Melbourne on ...

RSAF takes part in Australian Airshow - Straits Times | THE Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) is participating in the 10th Australian International Airshow and Aerospace & Defence Exposition, also known as the Avalon Airshow. This year's airshow also celebrates the 90th anniversary of ...

Facebook Photo Contest: Pose with your Aircraft! from Warplanes Online Community |
Relieve the glory of aviation by joining our Facebook Photo Contest: Pose with your Aircraft! This March, Warplanes is doing a Facebook Photo Contest where lucky aviation fans get to win five scale ...
   
2 Utahns honored for WWII heroism - Deseret News | The Standard-Examiner of Ogden reports that Sersland was a B-17 aerial gunner for 35 bombing raids over enemy-occupied Europe from October 1944 to March 1945. The Daily Herald of Provo reports Allan was the co-pilot of a B-24 that was shot down on Sept ...
   
Michael J. Vadella Jr - Evening Observer | He was a WW II veteran serving in the Army Air Corps as a B17 bombardier. For over 40 years, Mike was employed in the ice cream industry with Dunkirk Ice Cream, Louden Hill and Dolly Madison. He was the father of three children, Mike's oldest daughter ...

News and notes — Christchurch II from Travel for Aircraft  | A bit of good news — the director of the Air Force Museum of New Zealand, Mrs. Thérèse Angelo, replied to my inquiry as to the heath of the museum staff and the museum. Here is what she wrote: ...

Bell AH-1S Cobra Front View from Helikopter Hysterie - The Helicopter Blog | There are about 1676 horsepower between the R22 from a few days back and today's Bell AH-1S Cobra. I took this picture in early January at the Pima Air and Space Museum. We're looking at a true front view of this helicopter, which I took  ...

A piece of aviation history is rediscovered from Bayou Renaissance Man | The BBC reports that the dilapidated wreckage of a World War I seaplane lighter has been discovered in England. ...

Today in Aviation History – March 1 from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club | In 1912… Capt. Albert Berry makes the first parachute descent from a powered airplane in America when he jumps from a Benoist aircraft that is being flown by the company pilot, Anthony Jannus. The aircraft is flying at a height of 1,500 ft. over Jefferson Barracks in St. Louis, Missouri, and Berry uses a static line parachute. ...

New Facebook Page For Gyrox from The GYROX Team | Anybody who is active on Facebook will know that there is a limit to how many friends you may have on one account. At the moment this stands at 5,000 and Norman’s Facebook page is rapidly approaching that cut-off number. Therefore we are happy to announce that Norman and the Gyrox experience now have their own Facebook Page which you can find [here] … This type of page allows for an unlimited number of followers ...

Two Flying Tigers movies in the works from  Flying Tigers News | Two movies about the Flying Tigers are in the works, according to Deadline.com, with John Woo and Terence Chang getting off the tarmac first with their saga. But New Regency, 20th Century Fox, and Tom Cruise are still fighting the good ...

Black Ops 'Dark Deltoid' VTOL Caught Flying In Texas Hangar from AirPigz w Video | It's hard to believe something so small, light, and inexpensive could look so stinkin' cool in the air, but this little Dark Deltoid RC model is all that and more. I've seen a lot of nifty RC ideas in the last couple years, but nothing makes me wanna get active again more than this little thing. And no, it's not really 'black ops' material, and technically the building isn't really a hangar, except for when a group of electric modelers take over and bring their airplanes inside. ...

Skylab – the early days part 2 from The Unwanted Blog | Artwork of more or less this configuration was shown previously; here are a few simple diagrams. This wet-lab Apollo Applications Program orbiting workshop was the clear antecedant of Skylab, with obvious differences, most obviously the solar panel configuration. ...

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Air race a success - Taylor Daily Press | The Taylor Municipal Airport hosted the fifth annual Rocket 100 Air Race with over 40 pilots from Texas to California to Canada taking part. ...

No airshow for Dawson Creek in 2011 – CJDC | Dawson creek City Council decided that it will pass on hosting next year's air show, unless corporate sponsors step in to foot the bill. ...

2010 Blue Angels Homecoming Airshow by joekates | The 2010 Blue Angels Homecoming Airshow was the latest of a long line of grand finales that the Naval Flight Demonstration Squadron has presented, and with it comes mixed emotions. Sadly, the final performances of the year means that ...

Our view: Memorial - Anchorage Daily News | Last summer, right before the Arctic Thunder air show, four airmen died in the crash of a C-17 cargo jet on a flight in preparation for the show. ...

Open-air Aircraft Museum to be Open in Irkutsk in 2011 - Russia-InfoCenter | Open-air Museum of Aircrafts will be opened in Irkutsk for the 350th anniversary since the city's foundation to be marked in September, 2011. ...


This Enormous Flying Boat Made Transcontinental History, 75 Years Ago Today [Techversaries] from Gizmodo by Sam Biddle | The China Clipper left San Francisco as a huge seaplane full of mail—110,000 pieces of it. But was responsible for the first transpacific flight in history, and became one of the world's first technological celebrities. More »

The Polish Aviation Museum - The Polish Air Museum (Muzeum Lotnictwa Polskiego) may not be one museum that every tourist wants to go to, but if you like aviation history and old airplanes, it's worth a visit. It is in a suburb of Krakow at a historic airfield about ...

Class of 2010 – Robert Mitchell from San Diego Air & Space Museum Blog by bbernasconi | The biographical information below was compiled by Nelson Chase, Assistant Archivist, for the 2010 International Air & Space Hall of Fame Gala. For more information on the Museum's Library and Archives, click here. You can also view our new online Air & Space Hall of Fame exhibit by clicking here…

Warbird T-Shirt Quilt from Another Time by Dan Linn |  In this day and age of reuse and recycle it is always fun to see something repurposed, especially when it pertains to our own personal interests.  My mom is an avid quilter.  I grew up staying warm in the winter months under her handiwork, and over the years our family has shared her interest in quilting.  As a matter of fact, we even owned a small quilt shop years ago.  It was a lot of fun learning how to run a small business, and have the opportunity to meet new people who shared the love of quilting…

Flight tests of a Mono Tiltrotor (MTR) - Flight Test Video#1 - Video clips from Mono tiltrotor functional flight demonstrations…

U.S. Army's Cobra Retirement Program coming to end from Warplanes Online Community by Jobelle | A Fort Drum-based operation that brought in tens of millions of dollars for the Army by rebuilding and selling AH-1 Cobra helicopters is about to ship its last four aircraft, bringing a successful and profitable venture to a close. About 10 years ago, every Cobra in the U.S. fleet began arriving at Fort Drum to be retired through the post's Foreign Military Sales shop near Wheeler-Sack Army Airfield. Some were gutted for parts and used as military training apparatus; most were refurbished here and sold to military customers overseas…

Today In Aviation History – November 23 « Calgary Recreational and ... by bikeal | Today In Aviation History – November 23. 23 11 2010. The sole Vought V-173 in test flight. In 1942... Dubbed "Flying Flapjack," the most radical conventionally-engined aircraft ever built makes its 1st flight when Chance Vought test ...

Space Tourism - a final frontier worth exploring? - Business Green | That's a significant discrepancy, given Ross's estimate that conventional large-scale rocketry, as used by the Space Shuttle and European Ariane programs, ...

Episode 124 – Body Scanners & Cougars, Oh My! from Airplane Geeks Podcast by thegeeks@airplanegeeks.com (Airplane Geeks) Guest Kelly Skyles is the National Safety and Security Coordinator for the Association of Professional Flight Attendants which represents about 17,000 American Airlines Flight Attendants. We talk about the past week's aviation news, especially all the recent airport security problems, and David has his This Week in Aviation history segment. Steve and Grant from the Plane Crazy Down Under podcast sent their Australia Desk report and Pieter Johnson brings us his latest Across the Pond segment. Plus, Harriet drops by to say hello! The week's aviation news…

Tactics Over Technology: The Thach Weave from Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago | One little known aspect of the June 1942 Battle of Midway was that it wasn't just the turning point in the Pacific War that started to roll back the Japanese Empire, but it also was a turning point in fighter tactics that changed the way air combat was conducted. At the start of the Second World War, US Navy fighter squadrons had eighteen aircraft that were divided into six sections of three planes each- each section was composed of a flight leader and two wingmen. However, well before the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Navy fighter squadrons VF-2 and VF-5 experimented with two-plane sections with a flight leader and a single wingman…

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Alpha Jet down in France - key.aero
... The incident occurred near the civilian airport of Plan-de-Dieu, in the Vaucluse region in the south-east of France. Initial reports indicate a technical problem, says the report.
The team is based at Salon-de-Provence in the Bouches-du-Rhone region, but uses the airspace at Plan-de-Dieu for rehearsals occasionally. ...

In France, the plane crashed aerobatic team - via Google Translator
In the south of France crashed plane aerobatic team Patrouille de France, tells 20 Minutes. The pilot, which was in a training flight, managed to eject, he received minor injuries.
The incident occurred in the department of Vaucluse, where usually train pilots Patrouille de France, at 10:15 local time (12:15 Moscow time). His life was not in danger. ,,,

Jet Arrows of the French flag falls. Pilot jumps out just before ... - Master Travel
A jet of the Patrouille de France, the French tricolor arrows, and it 'crashed during a training exercise at around 10:15 near civilian airfield ...

Blue Angels Show: Gem of Navy Week Charleston by USNavySeals
We have been sharing the various activities that the Navy has lined up for Navy Week 2010 in Charleston, but the center of attention among all these activities will be when the aerial precision team, the Blue Angels, takes to the skies. ...

Charleston Navy Week celebrates 'a global force for good' - Charleston Post Courier
Built around performances by the Navy's precision flight demonstration team, the Blue Angels, Charleston Navy Week is designed to show Americans the ...

Lineup set for 18th annual Thunder on the Lakeshore - Sheboygan Press
The F/A 18 Super Hornet, the current workhorse of American air power, will be back for demonstration flights, according to Curt Drumm, air show chairman and ...

 BFCU 2010 Air Show at Jones Beach to Star U.S. Navy Blue Angels - Long Island Press Releases & News
For 7th Consecutive Year, Long Islanders Kick Off the Summer Season with a Spectacular Air Show Featuring Modern Jets and Vintage Planes
(Bethpage, N.Y.) - Bethpage Federal Credit Union, Long Island's leading community financial institution, is pleased to announce the United States Navy Blue Angels, the renowned Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, as headliners for the Bethpage Federal Credit Union 2010 Air Show at Jones Beach, now in its 7th year.
The Air Show will be held Memorial Day weekend 2010 at Jones Beach State Park, Wantagh, NY, on Saturday, May 29, 2010 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM and Sunday, May 30, 2010 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.  The Air Show is free to the public, but the standard $10.00 vehicle use fee will be collected each day upon entry to the State Park.
During the Air Show, the United States Navy Blue Angels will perform a Precision Demonstration over the Atlantic Ocean in front of the shores of Jones Beach State Park.  In addition to the hundreds of thousands of spectators ...

Red Arrow Kirsty will light up our skies - Herald.ie
A WOMAN fighter pilot will make her Irish debut with the top Red Arrows display team. Flight Lieutenant Kirsty Moore (31) is the first ...

B-17 airborne again at Chino Airport - San Bernardino Sun
The museum is trying to raise enough money and manpower to finish restoring the plane, said Richardson, who volunteers at the Planes of Fame Air Museum. ...

Pilots go down under for safety training From www.redbullairrace.com
PERTH – Red Bull Air Race pilots got the opportunity to train for emergency underwater escape scenarios ahead of the second race of the 2010 season in
Australia that were run by the Emergency Response and Safety Training in Perth. The training, for an emergency that has never before happened in a Red Bull Air Race, included underwater escape exercises to prepare pilots for a worst-case scenario – being trapped inside an aircraft following a water ditching. "We really need training like this," said Martin Sonka of the Czech Republic ...

Getting Ready for Perth from Mike Goulian Airshows
The Team is on location in Perth, Australia, and ready to go. We arrived to beautiful warm and sunny weather, perfect for assembling the race plane. Unfortunately the weather has taken a bit of a turn and it is currently pouring out. Nonetheless we were able to sneak in two test flights this morning and everyone seems very happy with the performance of the Team #99 "Green Machine." While the traditional fly-in to the Race Airport will not be ...

Hall ready to bounce back in Perth in front of big Aussie crowd From www.redbullairrace.com
PERTH – Australia's Matt Hall has been itching to fly in a Red Bull Air Race in front of enthusiastic fans in his home country for years and the former RAAF fighter pilot can hardly wait for the world championship race in Perth, Western Australia on April 17/18. Hall's team has worked hard to correct an electrical failure in the season opener last month in Abu Dhabi that left him in a disappointing eighth place. "I lived in Perth for 2-1/2 years when doing my training in the military ...

From Powder Puff Derby to Air Race Classic – Women Pilots in the Air
Within months after the Wright brothers broke the boundaries of flight, more and more men around the world were inventing their own planes and heading up into the wild blue yonder. They sat on top of one of the plane's wings, and the controls consisted of two levers, and they didn't wear seatbelts, if you can believe that!
Lots of women wanted to fly too, of course, but they typically were turned down when they requested flying lessons. Many men legitimately felt that women didn't have the temperament to fly, but many more simply wanted to keep the blue yonder to themselves. Pilots had quite a cachet, and if a woman could do it, then obviously it couldn't be that hard! ...

Frederick, Md., is finish line for female air race - MiamiHerald.com
McClement said Tuesday that the Ninety-Nines, a club formed in 1929 by a group of women including Amelia Earhardt, will finish their Air Race Classic at ...

Fundraisers to help SIUC's Air Race Classic teams - SIUC
The 34th annual Air Race Classic covers 2157 nautical miles in four days, June 22-25. The event begins in Fort Myers, Fla., and will end in Frederick, Md. Southern Illinois Airport is one of the competition's eight legs and check-in ...

NAHI opens Large Aircraft Category - Indy Transponder

Due to the ever increasing interest of aircraft owners and restorers and the popularity of the National Aviation Heritage Invitational, 2010 will mark the first year for the Large Aircraft Category – Open to both civil and military aircraft 45 years old or older with wing spans of 45 feet or more, these aircraft can be single or multi-engine aircraft and must be restored to airworthy condition.
The new category, sponsored by Air Transport World would apply to aircraft such as the ...

Half Moon Bay's World-Class Celebration of Magnificent Machines ... by Bert Maxwell
... military aviation wonders like "Heavenly Body" -- a historic B-25 Bomber from World War II, a highly modified P-51 Mustang "Strega" -- 8-time class champion at the Reno Air Races and an impressive array of military fighters and ...

The Flight of Louis Blaireau - Up, Up and Away - PRLog.Org (press release)
Shortly after man took to the air in mechanical machines, a Frenchman named Louis Bleriot was the first aviator to ...

Biplane flies to new home at Hood River museum - TheNewsTribune.com
The Western Antique Aeroplane and Automobile Museum is housed in two buildings totaling 95000 square feet. In addition to the airplanes, it has about 100 ...

Cobra helicopter raised to roof of Goldstar Military Museum - Radio Iowa
The exhibits at the expanded Iowa Gold Star Military Museum at Camp Dodge continue to grow, including one that will permanently fly above the others.
Workers pulled on chains that slowly hoisted a Cobra helicopter off the floor to the roof of the new museum building, where  it was attached in a tilted position as though it is flying.
Iowa guard member John Wynn has flown six types of helicopters, including the Cobra. He's glad to see the helicopter on display — but didn't agree with the idea to phase it out of use.
Wynn is a Chief Warrant Officer, and flew the Cobra in Desert Storm. He says the new helicopters have twin engines, and that gives them more versatility and that is why they phased out the Cobra.
Wynn said watching the copter being raised in the museum was a "totally awesome thing." "It kind of brings a tear to my eye, I love the Cobra," Wynn says.

A 1917 Flying Boat Goes on the Auction Block
Updated, 1:43 p.m. | The Curtiss MF Flying Boat sold for $506,000 on Tuesday afternoon, a Bonhams spokesman said. The buyer bid by telephone, competing against two other phone bidders and one in the auction room.

Stopping by for Fuel by Tracy
... The Cessna O-1 Bird Dog started out as the Cessna 305A, a derivative of the venerable Cessna model 170. The model was submitted to the Army by Cessna in 1950 in response to a request for a new liaison aircraft made of metal rather than the tube and fabric models that had been used in WW II. ...

A little known history: Russiaville man's mother flew for military during WWII - Trading Markets (press release)
Lillian Yonally said she flew cross-country in the B-25. To complete the long trek, she took turns piloting with another female pilot. ...

April 13 from Cut and Paste Aviation
...1971 -- The L-1011 Tri Star  set several records: take off with its heaviest load of 404,000 pounds; climb to 30,000 feet; and cruising speed to date of 569 mph for 6 hours, 41 minutes.
1962 -- U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Del W. Nordberg set a new rate-of-climb record when his F4H-1 Phantom II ascended from a standing start at Point Mugu to 98,425 feet in 371.43 seconds.
1962 -- U.S. Army Capt. Boyce B. Buckner set a world time-to-climb record by flying a YHU-ID Iroquois helicopter to 19,686 feet in 5 minutes, and 51 seconds. ...

Delaware Aviation Hall of Fame seeking youth award nominations - Sussex Countian
By Anonymous The annual Delaware Aviation Hall of Fame's Youth Achievement Award will be made to a young man or woman who has distinguished himself or ...

Young Eagles  take to skies Saturday - kdh news
Area young people from 8 to 17 years old will have a chance to take to the skies Saturday as the Experimental Aircraft Association, Chapter 542, hosts a Young Eagles Flight Rally at the Lampasas Airport.

Young Eagles: Children get free plane rides - Reader forum
The last time a Young Eagles event was held in Halifax County 168 children got free 20-minute plane rides. On April 24, Ralph Johnson, manager of the Halifax-Northampton Regional Airport wants to see that number shattered. ...

Video: Cockpit View - Sweet St Barts Twin Otter Approach & Landing by Martt
It's true, I didn't even know where St. Barts is, but know I do and I wouldn't mind going there... soon!  Too bad that WON'T be happening.  Anyway, if it was gonna happen, I'd love to be riding with the guy flying this Winair Twin Otter, and you can see why in this under-a-minute video.  What a great approach and landing at an airport known for having a difficult approach.  This is definitely how you do it : )

Enterprise's First Captive Flight Video - Air & Space Magazine
F5 Tiger Takeoff from Meiringen from TAKEOFF TUBE
Air Show From the Air - Tailspin
Hoogeveen Airport today from FenceCheck Forums
From the wheelchair to his first tandem jump by airsportstv
Southernmost Air Spectacular 2010 - NAS Key West from FenceCheck Forums
Wings of Russia Naval Aviation Part 1 of 5  - TAKEOFF TUBE

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Indy Transponder 20-MAR-10 1730z

Some Air Fest fighter pilots have local ties - ABC Action News
"He said "he said that's the hardest part of the whole airshow," says Duke Maeder. His son sits in the cockpit. This is the first time that 33-year old, ...

Plenty to do in Tucson on first spring weekend - Arizona Daily Star
The US Air Force Thunderbirds demonstration team headlines at the DM air show. • When: Today and Sunday. ...
   
Kicking off Aerospace & Arizona Days - Arizona Daily Star
Greg Poe pilots his Fagen MX-2 through aerial stunts while explaining his air show routine. "Heroes Day" gave scores of Tucsonans an early view of the US ...

Gathering of the Giants: Annual R/Sea Hawks show this weekend - Cape Coral Daily Breeze
The annual Cape Coral R/Sea Hawks Air Show, Gathering of the Giants, will be held Saturday, March 20, ...

F-22 jet planned for balloon fest - Battle Creek Enquirer
The US Air Force F-22 Raptor fighter jet will perform on two days at Battle Creek's Field of Flight Air Show and Balloon Festival at WK Kellogg Airport. ...

BBMF Display Dates Released – Return of Spitfire and Typhoon pair by Flightline UK
The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight have released details of a very busy display season for the 70th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain. Among the season's dates are a number of trips into Europe for the Lancaster and Dakota including a display at the Royal Netherlands Air Force Open Dagen.
But perhaps the biggest news is hidden in the details for the RAF's own airshows at Cosford and Waddington which will see the return of the Typhoon and Spitfire combination that was seen back in 2008 for the 90th Anniversry of the Royal Air Force. ...

Red carpet launch for Bournemouth Air Festival 2010 - Bournemouth Echo
Film footage of 2009's spectacular previewed all the favourites which are coming back – The Red Arrows, this year flying with their first female pilot, ...

Team Updates - Blue Thunder Air Racing
Last month I told you about the air show schedule and record attempt we are planning for 2010 and I will talk about that after I tell you what we did with Blue II this month.
Remembering how destabilizing unbalanced flight controls can be in turbulence as well as how catastrophic a failure it is should a control surface flutter, we decided to recheck the aileron control surfaces for balance. The ailerons were not too far out of balance but both needed at least some additional weight to bring them to equilibrium. ...
photo:  Blue Thunder Air Racing

Simply the Best - Air & Space Magazine
The first time I saw Bob hoover fly I was a new show pilot standing next to the great Curtis Pitts and hoping for words of wisdom. It was March

The Challengers From www.redbullairrace.com
SALZBURG, Austria - Kirby Chambliss (USA) beat Paul Bonhomme (GBR) in a spectacular Red Bull Air Race World Series battle in Detroit on Sunday in front of a crowd of 750,000 U.S. and Canadian...

The Red Bull Air Race pilots 2010 - YouTube
Introducing the 15 Red Bull Air Race pilots for 2010

Rest in Peace - Major General Robert White USAF (Retired) from Military Photos
On March 17th 2010, Major General Robert White USAF (Retired) passed from this world.
On July 17th, 1962 this aviation legend became the fifth man to earn his astronauts wings high above the continental United States by piloting an X-15 to 314,750 feet above sea level. The first man to fly a winged airframe in space to boot!
A legend from times when the cutting edge makes even alot of todays 'hi-tech' pale into the shadows. ...

A pioneer who beat the odds - The Huntsville Times
... including her recent induction into the Women in Aviation International Pioneer Hall of Fame in Orlando Among her other aviation accomplishments, ...

The History of the Vought F4U Corsair - Chris Stonecipher and Friends
The Vought F4U Corsair is rich in military aviation history. It was a fighter that primarily was used towards the end of WWII and in the Korean War. It was a capable of being launched from a carrier and was loaded to the teeth with 20mm ...

(title unknown) from Aviation Trivia of the Day
On 18 January 2003 the over 7,000 Marines of Task Force Tarawa set sail from the United States aboard seven amphibious assault ships with 72 aircraft (and more following them) for the Persian Gulf in the run up to Operation Iraqi Freedom. The Bell AH-1W Super Cobras of Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 269 (HMLA-269 "Gunrunners") from MCAS New River, North Carolina were reinforced with additional gunships from sister unit HMLA-167 for a total of 18 AH-1W Super Cobras and nine Bell UH-1N transports. The reinforced squadron embarked on the USS Saipan ...

Air-to-Air with the Monster from AirSpace
This Weekend a small Airshow is planned in Grenchen, specially for Helicopters. On the Flyer you can see an german SeaKing and for taking pictures of this rare seen helicopter in Switzerland I tried to organise a air-to-air photosession. But - the SeaKing went cancelled due to operational reasons.
The photoship was already organised, now  I decided to fetch another helicopter - and the German Army announced its appearance with 'the Monster', Sikorsky's CH-53G !  ...

Driving force behind Ballyfree who had vision and passion - Irish Times
In 1969, Philips and his co-pilot, Vyrell Mitchell, raced their Piper Twin Comanche Ballyfree Bird in the England to Australia Air Race They finished fourth ...

Page Field on Parris Island mushroomed in WWII - Hilton Head Island Packet
Arthur Hallet Page, a pilot killed in a 1930 air race in Chicago when carbon monoxide leaked into the cockpit of his plane,according to Corps historians. ...

March 20 from Cut and Paste Aviation
...1918 -- Royal Flying Corps Major Gerald Ernest Gibbs  scored his 6th victory.
Gibbs was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force in the first half of the 20th century and the last RAF commander-in-chief of the Indian Air Force. During WWI he scored 10 victories (all in the S.E.5), becoming a double ace.
   
Lindbergh Grandson Launches Incentive Prizes for Advances in Electric Aircraft ... - Xconomy
As paragliders and hang gliders swooped overhead, the grandson of famed aviator Charles "Lucky Lindy" Lindbergh chose a stunning panoramic San Diego ...
   
Local effort promotes Wright brothers for statue - Dayton Daily News
The coalition and the National Aviation Heritage Alliance plan to coordinate aviation interests throughout the state and also make sure Dayton-area ...

Wright-Patterson's 445th AW to fly the C-17 Globemaster III from Ohio Area MilCom
On March 12th, the Secretary of the Air Force and the Air Force Chief of Staff approved the replacement of the C-5As flown by the 445th Airlift Wing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base with the C-17 Globemaster III. The first four of eight C-17s are expected to arrive in fiscal year 2011 after five C-5As are retired from service. ...

Airshows in 3D - Air & Space Magazine
Hey, if James Cameron can do it, so can we. What better subject to view in three dimensions than an airshow? So we asked our friends at LightSpeedMedia to capture airshow scenes with the 3D camera they've developed. Then we asked Vision III Imagery to process the photographs so you can see them in 3D without wearing special glasses.
Vision III's process creates the illusion of depth by digitally combining the stereoscopic images and rapidly switching back and forth between them. Too much jiggle? Hit the off button. The airplanes are also cool in two dimensions. ...

Red Flag 10-3 from FenceCheck Forums
140609 RAF Cosford Airshow - Flickr
Soyuz landing in snow from High Power Rocketry
A-7 Corsair II Greek Air Force from TAKEOFF TUBE
2010 NAF El Centro Airshow Gallery Added by Randy Rothhaar
Warbird Of The Day - PB4Y-2G Privateer from Warbirds Online
Smoke on! Lights on! A man in his machine from FenceCheck Forums
New York Panorama from high altitude balloon from The Original Rocket Dungeon
The Library of Congress' photostream [vintage planes, early aviation] - Planeshots
Warbird Of The Day – Cessna O-2 Skymaster from Warbirds Online

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