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Flyabout An Australian Hit At Oshkosh from Aero-News Network | Father and Daughter Brave Outback In 4 Week Adventure Oshkosh AirVenture is full of amazing stories. I had the pleasure of interviewing Monika Petrillo, the writer, producer and star of 'Flyabout', an amazing cross between a documentary and a diary as she discovers herself in the Australian Outback…
Father, daughter launch on Flight Around America from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Steve Sullivan, a member of the board of directors of the IMC Club, and his daughter Delaney, 13, are undertaking the Flight Around America. The pair took off Monday, Aug. 2, for a 25-day, 6,500-mile flight around the United States. They will stop at 20 mostly small airports to visit family and friends and see the sights, from Lake Superior to the Pacific coast to Key West and places in between. "I've been dreaming about this trip for many years hoping to one day show our daughter, and our youngest son (whose flight will be next year), the wonders of our country," Sullivan said. "I also hope they'll come away with an appreciation for the privilege we pilots have of being able to fly nearly anywhere in our country without a lot of fuss." Read more...
B-2 Flyover Among Highlights at Airport Open House by Tim | Oakland County International Airport in Waterford will host its annual Airport Open House 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Sunday, August 15th, 2010. Among the highlights will be a flyover by a B-2 Stealth Bomber from the 509th Bomb Wing at Whiteman Air Force Base; aircraft rides (including the Yankee Air Force); and the Scream'n Rebels Airshow Team…
Santa Paula Airport Commemorates Eighty Years with the Biggest Little Air Show ... - Ventura County Star
Santa Paula airfield is rich in aviation history and is recognized around the world. Legendary aviators including Charles Lindberg, Chuck Yeager, ...
Red Bull Wraps Air-Race Season – Avweb | Austria's Hannes Arch placed first in the final event of the 2010 Red Bull Air Race in Lausitz, Germany, on Sunday, ...
787 flyover by Randy Tinseth | Crowds along Seattle's Lake Washington got a thrill over the weekend when ZA003 flew over the annual summer event known as Seafair.
Blue Angel shares his story - Gainesville Times | Scott "Yogi" Beare, a member of the elite Navy Blue Angels, told the story of his life Monday, ...
Edward's tribute to The Few Portsmouth News | Flight Flypast in London and a re-enactment of Winston Churchill's 'The Few' speech to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the battle. ...
Aerobatic team from Bladen Co. represents the USA - WECT-TV6 | BLADEN COUNTY, NC (WECT) – An team from Bladen County is in Poland representing the United States in an International Aerobatics competition. ...
Where to sit and other questions. - Aviation Airshow Air Race Photography Discussion from http://www.aafo.com/ First timers going to Reno should read this. Great advise on where to sit, where to stay and what to bring. These guys are the veterans -
Soar into History - Youngstown Vindicator | I had the opportunity to hitch a ride on a B-17 bomber as part of a promotional event for the Experimental Aircraft Association. The group tours the country ...
Gathering of Ryan STs at Sonoma Valley Airport from Antique Airfield News | Five Ryan STs gathered on the grass at Sonoma Valley Airport (aka Schellville), which is a west coast hotspot for antique aircraft. Jimmy Rollison, Chris Galloway, Don Carter, Walt Bowe, and Dave Masters brought out their Ryans for a photo shoot and some air to air. Photos by Michael Shreeve…
Messerschmitt Me 109G plane transported to Royal International Air Tattoo at ...
The Press, York
... Elvington transported the Yorkshire Air Museum's Messerschmitt Me 109G to the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire, ...
WW II Plane Lands at Regional Airport – WYTV | A symbol of World War II landed at the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport Monday in the form of a B17, also known as the flying fortress. ...
20 minutes aboard a B-17; or, "How cool is this?" – WDRB | Slowly the World War II B-17 Flying Fortress begins to roll. Aboard the historic craft are members of the Liberty Foundation, dedicated to restoring and ...
B-17 "Flying Fortress" lands in Elkhart - Fox 28 | A B-17 "Flying Fortress" landed at Elkhart Municipal Airport Monday. The World War II plane kicked off Aviation Week in Elkhart. ...
World War II B-17 flies in for Aviation Week, ribbon cutting at Elkhart ... - WNDU-TV | Pilots now have another great reason to fly in and out of the Elkhart Municipal Airport. A new concrete ramp at the airport opened Monday with a ribbon ...
Aircraft on display get cleaned up - Havelock News ... curator of aircraft for the Eastern Carolina Aviation Heritage Foundation, steward over them while on loan from the Marine Corps and Navy. ...
August 9 from Cut and Paste Aviation by KenInfinite…
Aero-TV At Oshkosh 2010: Avimech Aircraft's Dragonfly from Aero-News Network - There's More Than One Way To Turn A Rotor! It was a sight -- and sound to see/hear... Avimech Aircraft's Dragonfly, at first glance, looks like a bare bones single place helicopter. Then you look at the rotor blade tips and realize there is something different. The tips have small rocket nozzles on them! In fact this helicopter has no conventional engine! The tips are propelled by the rotor rocket nozzles, eliminating the need for a gearbox and conventional powerplant…
Episode 38: Dick Smith: Around the World in Many Ways from Plane Crazy Down Under by Grant (Falcon124) Dick Smith is an entrepreneur well known to most Australians, ranging from the country wide chain of Dick Smith Electronics stores he created to Dick Smith Foods and Australian Geographic…
Children's workshop on Tuskegee Airmen to be held - Press-Enterprise | The Palm Springs Air Museum is an educational nonprofit organization dedicated to honoring veterans. It is home to a large collection of flying WWII ...
Space tourism firm faces bankruptcy from Kansas.com: Aviation | OKLAHOMA CITY — An aerospace company that had once hoped to soar in the space tourism business may end up landing in bankruptcy court. Rocketplane filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy last month in Wisconsin, where the company moved after closing its Oklahoma City headquarters and relinquishing its hangar at the Oklahoma Spaceport in Burns Flat in 2009…
Veteran Reno air races pilot killed in California crash
- Reno Gazette Journal | The Reno Air Racing Association acknowledged Goss' death on its Web site on Wednesday: "He is a true champion and will be missed by everyone. ...
Pilot was beloved brother, mentor, 'fun-loving flyboy' - KGET 17 | For some 20 years, Goss and Van Fossen were fixtures of the Minter Field "Warbirds in Action" Airshow, thrilling crowds with their precision flying. ...
Veteran pilots killed in plane crash - Bakersfield Californian
Two veteran pilots -- one a Bakersfield-based national champion in 2004 at a Reno air show -- were killed ...
Warlock Race #75 Photo Gallery by Victor Archer at pbase.com
CELEBRATING the P-51MUSTANG… A WELCOME BLAST FROM THE PAST - Kick off your summer June 11th-13th with one of Indiana's best family entertainment values—The Indianapolis Air Show | Indianapolis, Indiana -The Indianapolis Air Show officials announced today that the World's only P-51 Horsemen Aerobatic Team will headline this year's show. These 3 authentic P-51 Mustangs served in WWII and their aerobatic routines remind us of how these powerful machines influenced the outcome of WWII.
Where did Air Force Thunderbirds get their high-flying start 56 years ago? - Arizona Daily Star | The US Air Force Thunderbirds will execute more than 30 high-precision maneuvers at the Aerospace & Arizona Days 2010 at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base on ...
Hornets to make flying visit at airshow - Southland Times | International Airshow event manager Mandy Deans said the fighter jets would be in New Zealand on exercise with the Royal New Zealand Air Force and would be ...
Scouts offer free tickets to June air show - Chippewa Herald | The show will feature the US Navy Blue Angels. Gilger made the announcement to coincide with advance tickets going on sale today at Mega Foods, Mega Holiday ...
New and old planes to mark 100 years of controlled flight - The Border Mail | The Albury Aero Club organised an impromptu display to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the first controlled flight on March 18, 1910. ...
Exhibit honors WWII-era factory workers - Bonner Springs Chieftain | In a another section of the museum, a wing of a B-25 bomber, signed by several women who worked in the factory, stands as a tribute to the county's ...
CIA or Special Operations Aircraft from Military Photos by Elbs | Found a few curious shots of a variety of the aircraft used by the CIA or USAF for the less visible work in Afghanistan and around the world. All of them from google...
Airspeed Comes Up for Air from Airspeed by Stephen Force (Steve Tupper) | You might be wondering, "Where the heck is Airspeed?" And you could be forgiven for wondering that. I haven't gotten a new episode out for some time. But it's all going to be worthwhile. I haven't been idle! Unless you've hidden your iPod under a rock, you know that I've been working on the Acro Camp movie project with virtually every spare moment of time. It turns out that there's an unreal amount of stuff to get in order for making a movie. And, being that I'm both a lawyer and persnickety about how the legal structure of a project works, I've had to draft virtually every document from scratch after researching the subject matter pretty thoroughly…
Acro Camp Announces Cast -: "We're very pleased to announce the cast of Acro Camp. The "campers" if you will. Here they are in alphabetical order…
Pink Attack! - Interview with Lynda Meeks of Girls With Wings - Episode 10
from Mile High Flyers Podcast by DenverPilot - Recorded: March 7, 2010 | Introductions including guests | MHF Hosts: Nate, Zyola, Doug | Guest: Lynda Meeks founder of Girls With Wings Interview with Lynda…
Winter comes to Australia's loneliest jet runway from Plane Talking by Ben Sandilands | Wilkins gets busy, photo Martin Boyle © Commonwealth of Australia - After a 'summer' in which melt water caused hassles for researchers, and even an Airbus A319, the darkness and cold of polar night has closed in on the Wilkins Blue Ice runway, a 70 kilometres and three hours long big tractor ride from Australia's Casey Station. The last flight on the Hobart-Wilkins run flew on March 2, but the photos and stories that can be accessed on the Casey web site are too interesting to overlook any longer…
Find more at Pima Air & Space Museum - Arizona Daily Star | If all the air show talk has you wanting to admire some aircraft but you want to avoid crowds, then head over to the Pima Air & Space Museum, where it will ...
Museums Special Section - Aboard the Intrepid, Putting a Fighter Jet Back Together - NYTimes.com from http://www.nytimes.com/ THE Grumman F9F Cougar had seen better days, some of them flying in Navy fighter squadrons in the 1950s. But then it was retired and ended up spending years in a park in New Jersey as perhaps the world's coolest jungle gym. Now it's a mess — the once-smooth metal skin rough and spotted, holes here and there. The fuselage is in two pieces. And the wings have been taken off, which, for a high-performance jet aircraft, is a real insult…
Lindbergh to launch LEAP prize - La Jolla Light | Erik Lindbergh, an aviator and philanthropist, said the LEAP prize is part of an effort to inspire new technology. The other part is a project-based ...
Cruiser San Diego the 'unbeatable ship' of WWII - San Diego Union Tribune | But the aircraft carrier Hornet — remembered for its launch of the Doolittle Raiders in April 1942 -— was sunk. The San Diego rescued 200 of the Hornet's ...
Naval Astronaut Wings Long Overdue from Tailhook Daily Briefing by JC | Nearly 41 years after Neil Armstrong first set foot on the Moon, he has finally received a pair of Naval Astronaut Wings. In a ceremony on-board the USS Eisenhower (accompanied by fellow Astronauts Jim Lovell and Gene Cernan) Armstrong was presented with a pair of rare Naval Astronaut wings by Captain Dee Mewbourne (CO CVN-69) and Capt Roy Kelley (CAG-7)…
Swisscopter Dragonfly DF1: Tip-Jet Helo That Might Actually Work! by Martt - During the first minute of this video you're very likely gonna think: watch out, crazy people alert! But that will soon transform to something more like: hmm, this thing is very interesting and really seems like a totally stable flying platform with serious potential. What strikes me is that this may be the first time we've seen a truly viable solution to the idea of having a tip-powered rotor. As the video of the Hiller HJ-1 I posted a while back shows, the tip-powered rotor idea has been around for a long time. It just seems like there's always been hurdles too high to clear that have keep the concept from having a genuine application…
Dragonfly jet-powered helicopter runs on H2O2, shuns traditional tail rotors (video) from Engadget by Tim Stevens | Your average whirleybird is driven by a big motor in the middle, spinning the blades one way and, as per Newton, rotating the body of the craft the other. A tail rotor counteracts the force, but a more efficient solution is to have the rotors power themselves, which is exactly how the Dragonfly DF1 works. It has tiny, hydrogen-peroxide jets on the blade tips, spinning them up without pushing the body of the helo in the other way -- though a small tail rotor is still needed to turn the craft. It's much like the tech that propelled James Bond toward his waiting DB5 in Thunderball, but unlike that jetpack this copter can fly for up to 50 minutes…
Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago | One of the more unique flying boats to be built was the Dornier Do 212 which began its water trials in 1942. Design work on the Do 212 began in 1938 at the Dornier-Werke facility in Freiderichshafen, Germany in collaboration with Dornier's Switzerland-based subsidiary who would be responsible for construction of the prototype with the Swiss registration HB-GOG…
A Fairey What? from Ares by Bill Sweetman - When Jetcal commented on an earlier post that the JSF was shaping up as a modern-day Breda Ba88 and I remarked that the Lince was an Italian Fairey Battle, less historically minded readers might have been confused, However... The Fairey Battle was not, as you might think, a brawl on Old Compton Street but one of Britain's less successful bombers. Resembling a scaled-up fighter, it looked fast in pre-WW2 publicity photos and was intended to survive by speed, with only a single .303 machine gun for rear defense…
On This Day in Aviation History: March 18th by Phil Derner Jr. - Europe's first airplane flight takes place in 1906. Also, Austrian Airlines first flight, Delta offers voluntary severance to 30,000 employees, the crash of a Boeing 307 Stratoliner during a test flight as well as five other crashes…
