Hightower Resigns as EAA President/CEO from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | The Board of Directors accepted the resignation of President and CEO Rod Hightower today. Hightower will be returning to St. Louis to reunite with his family.
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Blue Angels to perform in homecoming show - WALA-TV FOX10 | (WALA) - The Blue Angels will close their 2012 season with their annual Homecoming Air Show aboard the Pensacola Naval Air Station on Nov. 2-3. FOX10 News will have exclusive coverage of the show, which will include aerial acrobatics and stunts by a ...
Flying High for STEM Learning with the Blue Angels - Technapex | What does the U.S. Navy's flight demonstration squadron, the Blue Angels have in common with the movement surrounding education technology? The comparison certainly isn't immediately apparent, is it? UC Berkeley Professor of Astronomy Alex ...
U.S. Air Force Thunderbird Pilots Fly WWII P-51 Mustang Fighter in Formation ... - Sacramento Bee | NEW YORK, Oct. 22, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ --World-class aviators, including U.S. Air Force Thunderbird fighter pilots, commanded a legendary WWII P-51 Mustang and four Cessna Citation Mustangs to fly in formation over New York Harbor on October 20th ...
U.S., ROK showcase skills during 2012 Air Power Day from Air Force Link Top Stories | Osan Air Base hosted 65,000 visitors to reinforce the enduring partnership between the U.S. and the Republic of Korea during an Air Power Day celebration held Oct. 20 and 21. More than 22 Pacific Air Forces aircraft were on display while the ROK's premiere demonstration team, the Black Eagles, took to the skies to demonstrate their combat flying capabilities in eight T-50 training aircraft....
Texas Chapter 2012 Fall Festival of Flight Fly-In from Antique Airfield News | “Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get.” -Mark Twain. | Weather is certainly what happened in regards to this year’s 50th Annual Texas AAA Chapter Fly-in. North of the Red River an area of low ceilings and heavy rains extended across Kansas & Oklahoma keeping all those planning to fly on the ground. In Gainesville, the site for the fly-in, high winds and a forecast of severe weather late in the day Saturday kept most from bringing their airplanes out....
6th Annual Page Fly-In Wraps Up (SEE PHOTOS!) - lakepowelllife | The sixth annual Page Fly-In has just wrapped up in the best 'dam city' in the West. Approximately 45 pilots flying light sport aircraft flew into Page on Thursday and departed Sunday. The group stayed at the Page Best Western Motel and used Page as a ...
Air show top shots win News-Journal reader photo contest - Daytona Beach News-Journal | DAYTONA BEACH -- More than 800 air show fans at the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Wings and Waves event submitted hundreds of photos from the Oct. 13-14 event. The News-Journal posted all the photos at News-JournalOnline.com and our ...
Eclipse Fly-In held from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | BRANSON, MISSOURI – Forty-three Eclipse Jets recently landed at the Branson Airport for the Eclipse Owners Club Fall Fly-In. Pilots and enthusiasts alike came from all over the United States to take part in the annual fly in that allows pilots to visit with vendors and fellow owners to discuss the Eclipse Twin-Engine Jet
Mississippi pilot wins Cleveland Air Race - Your Houston News | Early morning weather stalled, but did not stop, the Cleveland Air Race on Saturday, Oct. 13, at Cleveland Municipal Airport on FM 787 in Cleveland, Texas. Pilots competed to see who could travel the 153-mile course the quickest. In the end, the winner ...
Vets revisit World War II bombers at airport - BlueRidgeNow.com | The B-24 and a B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers will be on display through Thursday at the airport. A P-51C Mustang may also be available for tours pending mechanical repairs. The Collings Foundation's Wings of Freedom Tour is in its 23rd year and ...
World War II B-24, B-17 Will Be In Greenville, SC from Aero-News Network | P-51 Unable To Make The Trip Due To Mechanical Difficulties On Friday, October 26th, the “Wings of Freedom Tour” will land at the Greenville Downtown Airport in South Carolina and be on hand at the airport through Sunday, October 28th. This is a rare opportunity to visit, explore, and learn more about these unique and rare treasures of our aviation history.
Oldest Battle of Britain pilot dies at 99 - AZFamily | The Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford gets underway tomorrow and is the world's largest military airshow with over 250 aircraft from many countries across the world. The air show supports the Royal Air Force Charitable Trust and is staffed ...
Ernie's wartime 'snaps' Middle east selection from stickandrudderWTO by G-GARY other links | The very talented Mr Mick Coombes very kindly 'scanned' and put on to disc for me these photos which came from an old Wallet belonging to my late step-father-in-law Ernie Whitley, who was a 'Staffordshire' lad, who during the world war two, found himself with others and alot of 'angry men' serving in the British North Africa ' campaign. Not a nice place to be, all that sand and those 'flies' and always coming across the 'fallen' from the German side, see shot of German Tiger ? and fallen which Ernie came across. It shows very 'graphic', just how brutal war is and at times. There's nothing...
3 Reasons Why I Should Be The New EAA President (And 3 Why It'll Never Happen) - Plus Logo Poll from AirPigz by Martt | The news yesterday afternoon that the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Board of Directors had accepted President and CEO Rod Hightower's resignation came as a complete surprise. Interestingly, reading other avgeek facebook posts about the resignation and the comments left on the EAA's website post of the news, many people see this as a good and important step in the right direction for the organization. I would agree, to an extent. My biggest concern is that this continued sign of instability within the EAA (which in the short term seems to have been around for the last three years or so, and in the long term has been around about 25 years) might eventually lead to a real collapse of the organization. While I believe the EAA has many faults, I'm convinced that...
Valley hosting museum experts - The Desert Sun | At the Palm Springs Air Museum, valuable archival materials — World War II flight logs and other historical documents — are stored in fire- and waterproof containers, said Fred Bell, vice chairman of the museum board. “They're in field containers ...
Visit the Aerospace Museum of California from Airplanes Channel: Aircraft, Pilots, Heritage, Photos, Video, Events, News by Editor | Located on the former McClellan Air Force Base in North Highlands, the Aerospace Museum of California features an impressive collection of authentic civilian and military aircraft, along with replicas of space vehicles, thereby preserving the history of the base (which closed in 2001) and neighboring bases such as the non-operational Mather Air Force Base and the still active Beale Air Force Base east of Marysville. Many of the aircraft on display are on loan from the National Museum of Naval Aviation and the National Museum of the United States Air Force.
Deployed maintainers keep the 'Herc' fit to fight from Air Force Link Top Stories | Every day, thousands of coalition service members operating in Afghanistan rely on the C-130 Hercules to enable their operations; to meet this requirement, the men and women who operate this venerable tactical airlift workhorse rely on a team of maintainers who keep the "Hercs" ready to fly.
Aviation spreads its wings from General Aviation News by Dennis Parks | Among the many things taken for granted today is long-distance travel by jet airliners. So common is long-distance air travel that there have even been around-the-world races for general aviation aircraft. One forgets that regularly scheduled intercontinental commercial air travel only came into being after World War II. The roots of long-distance flight lie in the five years after the First World War. In the early post-war period, aviation spread its wings in ever greater long-distance flights, culminating in the first round-the-world flight in 1924.
Pearson soars over aerial hurdle - Ninemsn | Olympic hurdling champion Sally Pearson has swapped her running kit for a flight suit, taking to the skies with the Royal Australian Air Force's formation aerobatic display team. The 'Roulettes' took Pearson on an aerial tour of Phillip Island with a ...
Young Eagles Flight Rally set for Oct. 27 - TCPalm | Area young people, ages 8 to 17, will have a chance to take to the skies on Oct. 27, as Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 908 hosts a Young Eagles Flight Rally at St. Lucie County Airport, Fort Pierce. Following the flight, each young person ...
Young and old spent day flying the friendly skies - Vinton Courier | The weather was perfect for the annual Leaf Peep/Young Eagles Day Sunday at the Vinton County Airport. The event provided children of all ages the opportunity to take an aerial tour of the Vinton County countryside. According to the Vinton County ...
Video: Felix Baumgartner (Red Bull Stratos) On NBC Today Show 10-22-12 from AirPigz by Martt | While this interview is clearly from a non-aviation perspective, it is done without any crazy questions or glaring errors like when MSNBC reported that Felix actually went faster than the speed of LIGHT. Mostly it's a chance to see Felix as Felix and to hear him talk a little about the spin he encountered in freefall, along with some great footage from the balloon ride and the amazing spacedive...
Falling star | Profile of record-breaker Felix Baumgartner from Aerial Sports Feed | Find out more about the man who broke the sound barrier during Red Bull Stratos' mission to the edge of space - BASE jumper and skydiver Felix Baumgartner. The Austrian flew to an altitude of...
NASA astronaut to rocket to space station - UPI.com | BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- The International Space Station is on the verge of paying scientific dividends, U.S. astronaut Kevin Ford said before Tuesday's liftoff to the space laboratory. "We're going to learn the bulk of everything we know ...
Aerial footage of Endeavour's flight over Los Angeles from A mile of runway will take you anywhere. by Steve | This is too awesome not to share. Any aviation or space enthusiast should appreciate the unique perspective. One of two F-18s escorting the SCA captured some incredible footage of the Pacific coast, Los Angeles, and LAX prior to landing last week....
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
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Blue Angels Are Back At Beaches - Florida Times-Union | Performers include: the world-famous U.S. Navy Blue Angels. U.S. Special Operation Command Parachute Team, Corkey Fornof, Jason Newburg, Red Eagles, Julie Clark, Geico Skytypers, Black Diamond Jet Team, F4U-Corsair, F-18 
Super Hornet, Legacy...
Airsho Salutes Military - El Paso Inc. | A public affairs NCO for the Thunderbirds, Richmond has been in the Air Force since 2000 and on this Thunderbirds team since 2010. Though not a pilot, he has flown with the group and calls it a bunch of turns and rolls that are nothing like a roller...
Tornado-hit Paulding Airport hosts first air show - WXIA-TV | They were already planning to put together their first air show last year. Now Salute America 2012 begins Saturday morning. Adult tickets are $15.00 and kids 6-12 are $10.00. They're expecting thousands. And now in addition to honoring the troops, it...
Air show teams busy doing homework - First Coast News | NAVAL STATION MAYPORT, Fla. -- The Geico Skytypers are preparing for the their last air show of the year already in position for this weekend's Sea and Sky Spectacular at the Beaches. This six plane precision flying team for days has been reviewing the ...
Lauderdale Air Show coming earlier next year - Sun-Sentinel | Next year's Lauderdale Air Show is breaking its connection to Fleet Week, with officials announcing Wednesday that they're moving up the air show's dates by two weeks. Air show officials aren't explaining the reason for changing the show's dates to ...
Miramar Air Show 2012 from photorecon.net by Douglas AguillardEvery year for 3 days in October, an estimated crowd of over 700,000 make the journey to MCAS Miramar near San Diego, CA. It was 
no different this year, and the 2012 Miramar Air Show continued to bring smiles and a lot of noise to the San Diego community. This year marked the 57th year of the air show, the...
Swiss Air Show over the Axalp in the Bernese Oberland (30 HQ Photos) - Author: Rick | The Brigade
New Bahamas Pilot Challenge Announced from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | Pilots can win hotel stays in the 2012-2013 Bahamas Pilot Challenge announced at the AOPA Summit last week. Pilots who document landings at 12 of the 20 Bahamas airports of entry before November 30, 2013, can be eligible to win one of five hotel prizes.
World War II military aircraft coming to Asheville airport - BlueRidgeNow.com | Visitors will also have an opportunity to take a 30-minute flight aboard the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress “Nine O Nine” World War II heavy bomber, consolidated B-24 Liberator “Witchcraft” WWII heavy Bomber and a P-51 Mustang fighter. The Collings ...
Flying High - Memphis Flyer | The Memphis Belle was one of the first B-17 World War II bombers to complete 25 missions and safely return all of its crew members. When I boarded her replica on Monday afternoon, I was just hoping I'd have the same fate. My flight came courtesy of the ...
Burma signs deal to dig up buried World War II planes - Fox News | YANGON, Myanmar – Burma has signed a deal with a British aviation enthusiast to allow the excavation of a World War II treasure: dozens of Spitfire fighter planes buried by the British almost 70 years ago. Aviation enthusiast David J. Cundall discovered the locations of the aircraft after years of searching. The planes are believed to be in good condition, since they were reportedly packed in crates and hidden by British forces to keep them out of the hands of invading Japanese...
New exhibit piece honors Iowa's “Flying Tigers” - Radio Iowa | The plane became synonymous as a symbol of the “Flying Tigers” — a squadron of men who volunteered to fly out of Burma and defend China from the Japanese months before the U.S. joined the war in 1941. This plane is painted in the colors of Marion ...
Bill Reed's Tomahawk from Dan Ford's blog by Daniel Ford | A replica of Bill Reed's Tomahawk goes on display at the Iowa Gold Star Military Museum this month, part of a...
Lockheed T-33 – The Ace Maker by Deano | Aces Flying High | The Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star or “T-Bird” (introduced into service in 1948) was developed as a two-seat jet trainer from one of Americas earliest jet fighters, the Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star (introduced into service in 1945). The T-33 went on to become one of the...
Groups push for Glenview air museum - Glenview Announcements | Groups push for Glenview air museum. By Natalie Hayes | Contributor October 17, 2012 10:42AM. Reprints. The petition in favor of a Glenview naval aviation museum and learning center can be signed at...
Avionics legend Monte Mitchell passes away at 83 from General Aviation News by Janice Wood |The Aircraft Electronics Association is reporting that its former president and a legend in the avionics industry, Monte R. Mitchell, passed away Oct. 16, in Lee's Summit, Mo., at the age of 83, following a brief illness.
AOPA Foundation names ‘Hat in the Ring’ award winners from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | The AOPA Foundation has recognized four members of the general aviation community for their efforts to promote and grow GA. The winners were chosen by AOPA Foundation “Hat in the Ring” members — those who donate $1,000 a year to support the AOPA Foundation initiatives to teach safety, preserve airports, grow the pilot population and support charitable work being done through general aviation...
Outstanding aviator Troy Smith wins first Eugene Cernan Safety Award - BlueSky Executive Aviation News | "I am very proud to have presented this award to Special Agent Troy Smith, an outstanding aviator by all accounts," said Captain Cernan. "I have no doubt that the knowledge he gained from his attendance at Safety Standdown has had a valuable impact on ...
Films Bring Aviation To The Masses from AVwebFlash Current Issue | ...The Restorers, and now is trying to create a TV series about historic aircraft and the volunteers who keep them flying. White's company, Hemlock Films, is searching for investors and will show the film in Cleveland on Oct. 23. Meanwhile, reviews for Flight...
Student pilots and flight scholarships abound - Newsbf.com | Her younger sister Monica turns 16 early next year, so be ready for the next Johnson aviatrix to take to the skies! The local Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA Chapter 757) has counted the donations earned at the huckleberry pancake breakfasts ...
Young Eagles take flight - Polson Lake County Leader | POLSON — Was it a bird? Was it a plane? Well, it was both... kind of. On Saturday, participants in the Young Eagles program congregated at the Polson airport for an opportunity to hitch a ride with area pilots and observe firsthand how operating an ...
Young Eagles Flight Rally Oct. 20 at Davenport Airport - Quad-Cities Online | Young Eagles Flight Rally Oct. 20 at Davenport Airport. Tweet · Share. Posted Online: Oct. 17, 2012, 9:19 am. Comment on this story | Print this story | Email this story. Press release submitted by Cinda Beert Youth ages 8-17 will have an opportunity ...
Felix Baumgartner: 'You can't keep me out of the air!' from Aerial Sports Feed | For the first time since his dramatic jump from 128,097 above the Earth, Felix reflects on the Red Bull Stratos mission and talks about his future.
Red Bull Stratos: History In The Making | Photostory from Aerial Sports Feed | Pictures of Felix Baumgartner's Red Bull Stratos jump have become, in a short space of time, among some of the world's most iconic images. Here are a few more that try to do his heroic achievement 
justice.
Video: Fabulous Time-Lapse Of Shuttle Endeavour Thru The Streets Of LA - Mission 26! from AirPigz by Martt | ...This fabulous time-lapsed video labeled 'Mission 26' (Endeavour had 25 missions in space, this is Mission 26) shows that 12 mile journey in HD and with great beauty. And I'm really glad to see that the people of the LA area came out in large and very supportive numbers to catch a look of Endeavour on her way to her resting place. It looks like a job very well done by everyone : )...
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
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The Breitling Dragon Tour 2012 from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | The Breitling Jet Team, Breitling Wing Walkers and Yves “Jetman” Rossy are flying East for the winter, to bring 
Breitling’s passion for aviation to new audiences in what is being called “The Breitling Dragon Tour.”
Wings of Freedom tour is coming to Greenville - Greenville News | The tour will showcase the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress “Nine O Nine” WWII Heavy Bomber, Consolidated B-24 Liberator “Witchcraft” WWII Heavy Bomber and P-51 Mustang fighter. The B-17 is one of only 10 in flying condition in the United States, and the ...
Arizona Aircraft Expo slated from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Several aircraft dealers in Arizona are working together to create the 4th Annual Arizona Aircraft Expo, scheduled to take place Nov. 9 and 10 at Landmark Aviation at Scottsdale Airport (SDL), where the general public and prospective buyers can see the newest technologically advanced aircraft from Cessna, Cirrus, Beechcraft, Diamond, Eclipse, Embraer, Piper, Lancair, Quest, CubCrafters, and more.
Annual Fly-In, Drive-In scheduled for Nov. 2 - Beauregard Daily News | DERIDDER -- The Friends of the DeRidder Army Air Base will host the Flying Pig Cook off and annual Fly-In, Drive-In on Saturday, November 3, 2012, at the Beauregard Regional Airport, located at 1220 1st Avenue in DeRidder. The event begin at 7 a.m ...
Models fly in for airshow - Timaru Herald | FLIGHT COMMANDER: South Canterbury Model Aircraft Club member Charles Vincent, a model plane enthusiast for 60 years, with his model North American B-25 Mitchell bomber. The club will hold its annual fly-in this weekend at Redruth Flying Field.
IAI to Exhibit Its Maritime Heron UAS Capabilities in a Live Demonstration Throughout the EuroNaval Show from sUAS News | Ben Gurion International Airport, Israel | Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) invites visitors, exhibitors and guests of this year’s EuroNaval International Naval Defense and Maritime exhibition and Conference, to a live Maritime Heron Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) demonstration. During the exhibition, IAI crew will operate a Heron UAS in a maritime application over...
Ryan connects with WWII veterans through letters - Gulf Coast News Today | ...Ryan also remembers vividly another date in American history, April 18, 1942. It was on that date that Col. James H. Doolittle led a squadron of 16 B-25s, including 80 airmen – 52 officers and 28 enlisted men – into Honshu, Japan to retaliate against the Pearl Harbor strike....
Airmen missing from Vietnam War identified from Air Force Link Top Stories |The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced today that the remains of two Airmen, missing in action from the Vietnam War, have been identified and will be buried, as a group, with full military honors.
Tribute to test driver Claude Dellys - AeroBuzz.fr (translated) | Saturday, October 20, 2012 (1430), the 3AF (Association of Aeronautics and Astronautics France) devoted a conference to test pilot 
Claude Dellys, born just last 100 years ... After the war he became a test pilot, he participated in many programs advanced testing, such as ...
Retracing her father's World War II footprints - MPNnow.com | Janet Hillenbrand of Tully, the daughter of former Bloomfield resident Charlie Bennett, sits at her table surrounded with the many mementos of her father's experience as a B-17 co-pilot shot down over Germany during World War II.
Fitting planes in the square should encourage tourism Macaws, SP from NOTÍCIAS SOBRE AVIAÇÃO AVIATION NEWS (translated) | Hunting Mirage III, also known as F-103, was donated by FAB. The Mirage III fighter, also known as F-103, is being assembled in the Square Roberto Mercatelli in Macaws (SP), and must promote tourism in the city. The city won the Brazilian Air Force plane (FAB) and the assembly must be completed in a month. A team of FAB is assembling all the pieces of the aircraft and will be in a space that is being prepared in the region of Lake City, one of the city's postcards...
Ground Broken For New Naval Air Museum - Bay Net | It took a long time. Ground was finally broken Tuesday afternoon for the new Patuxent River Naval Air Museum on Route 235 just outside Gate 1. According to several speakers at the occasion, it has taken at least 15 years of hard work and dedication on ...
New England Air Museum slates Veterans Day program from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | The New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, will hold its annual Veterans Day program Nov. 11. Visitors can meet and talk with local aviation combat veterans from World War II, the Cold War era, the Vietnam Conflict, and Iraq and Afghanistan...
Potter Group transports historic German figher plane to new home - SHD Logistics | Specialist logistics solutions provider Potter Group Logistics transported the historic Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6 German fighter plane for the Yorkshire Air Museum & Allied Air Forces Memorial. The replica has been on loan to Gateguards Ltd, one of the ...
'Volunteer of Quarter' recognized at National Museum of the U.S. Air Force from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | 88th Air Base Wing Vice Commander Col. Daniel Semsel presented Springboro resident Bill Denlinger with the Team Wright-Patt "Volunteer of the Quarter" award for the third quarter of 2012 on Oct. 11. Denlinger began volunteering...
Endeavour's Final Mission -- Across L.A. from AVwebFlash Current Issue | Moving a retired space shuttle from LAX to the California Science Center, 12 miles away through densely populated urban neighborhoods, is no easy task. Residents complained when about 400 trees were cut down (each one will be replaced with two new plantings), but when the huge shuttle actually turned up on their streets over the weekend, it drew admiring crowds. The shuttle's final trip...
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
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Ohio Air News - Charles Johnson
Aerobatic Champs from Latest Vlog | The Western Provence Aerobatic championships took place in Mossel Bay 28-29 September. We were there to cover the event and
Flying Fortress soars again - Memphis Commercial Appeal | The B-17 used in filming the movie "Memphis Belle" and dubbed the "Flying Fortress," landed at Olive Branch Airport Monday for tours and public flights this weekend. Dick Eiseman was sitting in the living room of his East Memphis home Monday morning, ...
Beyond 'Stratos': Red Bull's Other Big Aviation Events - Jaunted | The last Red Bull Air Race happened in 2010 and we've not seen it since owing to the fact that it takes years to organize. It's a series of international events of "eye-level airplane racing action" where planes must navigate slalom-like "air gate ...
Electric Racing Plane Company Sets Sights On Speed Record from Aero-News Network: Sport Aviation | Teaco Bat Could Top Current Record Of 202 Miles Per Hour The U.K. company developing an electric-powered racing airplane hopes to be able to break the speed record for electric aircraft next year. The founder of The Electric Aeroplane Company (Teaco) in Gloucestershire, U.K. says the airplane may be "substantially faster" than any previous electric-powered aircraft.
Buggati from Vintage Aeroplane Writer | One of the most interesting 'might have beens' in aviation history is the Bugatti 100. It is a real aircraft, but the original was never completed and never flew when designed in the late 1930s. The remains were eventually acquired by the EAA and the restored
aircraft is on show at the EAA Museum, Wisconsin, USA.Douglas B-18 Bolo from Planeshots
16 Year Old Spends Birthday Soloing Three Different Aircraft Types from Aero-News Network | Cessna 150, Blanik Glider, And A Piper Twin Already In The Young Man's Logbook A solo flight series showcasing one young man’s efforts to learn to fly three different kinds of aircraft has been successfully accomplished over the weekend, beginning with a spectacular night three ship formation flight launched at midnight, on October 14, 2012.
Flight Scholarship from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | ...Scholarships are out there. It is up to you to find them. That in itself is part of the equation...you putting in the effort. Nothing in life is free. But for those willing to work hard, there are many people willing to help. The extended hand asking for a free ride without the effort, does not cut it. I personally know too many young people who are working hard toward their dreams, that are deserving of these awards. Those students would be on my scholarship list....
Annual Leaf Peep-Young Eagles Day at VC Airport - Vinton Courier | The Annual Leaf Peep/Young Eagles Day will be held Sunday, Oct. 21 at the Vinton County Airport. Sponsored by the Vinton County Pilots and Boosters Association, youngsters ages 17 and younger will be able to receive one free airplane ride. Very young ...
Rockoon May Get Look to Break the New Felix Baumgarner Record in Near-Future from Spaceports | "Project FarSide" was a series of six low-cost, all-solid-fuel, four-stage, balloon-launched sounding rockets, each launched from a carrier 200 foot (62 m) diameter balloon, and...
Time-lapse video: Space shuttle Endeavour’s trek across L.A. Posted By: Bryan Chan | The space shuttle Endeavour made its final journey last weekend, traveling 12-miles from Los Angeles International Airport, through Inglewood, to the California Science Center in Exposition Park. The retired orbiter was...
Monday, October 15, 2012
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Felix Baumgartner breaks speed of sound, jumps from a record 128,097 feet -- UPDATED from Aerial Sports Feed | With the world watching, Felix Baumgartner jumped from his Red Bull Stratos capsule at 128,097 feet and into the record books, breaking the speed of sound...
'Fearless Felix' Does It! from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | 
Austrian Felix Baumgartner became the first human to go faster than the speed of sound Sunday over Roswell, New Mexico, during the highest parachute jump ever made...
5 Reasons Why The Felix Baumgartner (Red Bull Stratos) Spacedive Today Was Pure Awesome | from AirPigz by Martt | After trying but failing last week to launch the largest manned helium balloon ever from Roswell New Mexico, and then battling similar challenging winds this morning, Felix Baumgartner and the Red Bull Stratos crew succeeded in getting off the ground late this morning Mountain Time. And then after a successful ascent, Felix left the capsule step at 128,097 feet above the Earth setting records for the highest manned balloon flight, the...
Bumgartner Should Win the Harmon Trophy from Spaceports | The 2012 Harmon International Trophy for Aeronautics should go to Felix Bumgarter. His aeronaut skills, and those of the Red Bull Stratos Team, the record setting jump 24-miles from a balloon over the skies of New Mexico and the contribution to fuure space aeronautics, have been proven to be adept...
‘Fastest Man Alive’ celebrates 65th anniversary with re-enactment at Nellis from Photorecon by contributor | 10/14/2012 - NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. – Retired United States Air Force Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager, the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound, celebrated the 65th anniversary of his ground breaking event with a re-enactment here Oct. 14. Yeager was serving as a test pilot and flying the experimental Bell X-1 named the, “Glamorous Glennis,” Oct. 14, 1947,...
First manned supersonic flight – 14 October 1947 from Roger-Wilco by steve | | 1947 was a tumultuous year for the US armed forces. The U.S. Air Force was created as a separate service in September and on 14 October Captain Charles “Chuck” Yeager broke the sound barrier in the first manned supersonic flight. At the controls of an XS-1 rocket plane, built by Bell Aircraft. The plane was named Glamorous Glennis after Chuck’s wife. It was...
Kalispell's Captain and Thunderbird Pilot Returns Home - Flathead Beacon | ...Back in his hometown of Kalispell, Curtis shared his inspiring story at an assembly at his former grade school. The 31-year-old Flathead High School graduate has spent the last decade living his dream from inside the cockpit of F-16 fighter jets. Curtis has more than eight year of experience flying twice the speed of sound in skies around the world. He has flown combat missions in Afghanistan, providing critical support during times of need. Most recently he achieved another exceptional distinction after being chosen by the Air Force to become one of “America’s Ambassadors in Blue,” a Thunderbird pilot....
Miramar Air Show wows thousands - ITN | Thousands of spectators have turned out for the largest air expo in the US, the Miramar Air Show in San Diego, California. The display is billed as the largest exhibition of military aircraft in the United States. Spectators were mesmerized by aerial ...
'Sky kings' and a skydiver cap day of wonder - U-T San Diego | The spectators who snaked through the base's gates in long lines of traffic got to see everything from a vintage P-51 long-range fighter-bomber to the MV-22 Osprey to blindingly fast F-22 Raptor and FA-18 Super Hornet. Soldiers, sailors and Marines ...
Embry-Riddle air show wraps up with another day of thrills - Daytona Beach News-Journal | DAYTONA BEACH — Airplanes old and new dazzled tens of thousands of spectators as they soared above the ocean Sunday for the second and final day of the 2012 Wings and Waves air show presented by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
Air Show a success - Santa Maria Times | With over 10,000 spectators in attendance at this two-day event and the additional air show acts, sponsored by the Airport District added to our celebration of 100 years of service by the U.S. Marine Corps. We would like to acknowledge our major ...
Biplanes Flock to Ozark Fly In from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | OZARK AL- Blackwell Field hosted nearly 30 aircraft and thousands of aviation fans on Saturday, according to an airport official. The annual Biplane Fly In drew crowds estimated of two thousand, many more than last year....
Silver Falcons Team 73 Benefit Dinner from Airstrike Aviation Photography by Justin de Reuck | The Silver Falcons hosted a benefit dinner in order to raise some funds for the team. I was asked to cover the event, which included a flying display, followed by a three course meal, an auction and talks by the team members on all aspects of the team. From the history of the team to how they fly their displays. An incredible evening which ended as well in the Silver Falcons presenting me with an award certificate for my photographic work with the team. An honour indeed. What a...
Bahamas Pilot Challenge takes off from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | A new Bahamas Pilot Challenge has been launched for 2012-2013, drawing general aviation pilots to more of the many islands of the Bahamas starting just 50-60 miles off the Florida coast. Pilots who document landings at 12 of the 20 Bahamas airports of entry before Nov. 30, 2013, will be eligible to win a total of 23 hotel nights at top resorts on various islands...
Louis P. Tiner (1922-2012) - Newsday | He served as aircraft Armorer for the famous Flying Tigers. Louis later worked as a police officer for the Village of Haverstraw Police Department for 29 years. He was past president of the Haverstraw Patrolmen's Benefit Association. He also was a ...
Brian McCann from Test & Research Pilots, Flight Test Engineers
Donald Bowen from Test & Research Pilots, Flight Test Engineers | XR219, the first British Aircraft Corporation TSR.2, took off on its maiden flight at 1528hr local time on Sunday, September 27th 
1964. The white-painted strike/reconnaissance aircraft is based at the...
Formation flight Sunday. Shuttle carriers from Planeshots
Army UH-1H finds new home with Air Force from Air Force Link Top Stories | The Inter-American Air Forces Academy at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland recently landed a new training tool that upgrades the helicopter maintenance courses it offers to students from Latin American partner nations. The arrival of an Army UH-1H helicopter at IAAFA's 318th Training Squadron is expected to meet the growing needs of students who are here to learn how U.S. Airmen perform their mission...
Hawaiian Airlines DC-9-51 spends her retirement years at at Honolulu International Airport
from Aero Pacific Flightlines by Michael Carter | I was in Hawaii recently and meet with HNL Rarebirds blog editor Ivan Nishimura who was very kind to show me around the westside of Honolulu International Airport (HNL/PHNL) where there are lots of classic aircraft to be seen and photographed. I can't thank Ivan enough for his kindness. ...
AOPA to create flying club network from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association will create a national network of flying clubs as part of a long-term initiative to facilitate flying club growth, association officials told attendees at the AOPA Aviation Summit Oct. 12. The network is part of AOPA's efforts to grow the shrinking pilot population, according to a report at AOPA.org, noting that flying clubs offer affordability, community, quality instruction, an entry (or re-entry) point to aviation, and a viable business model. The flying club initiative, built on extensive research, also promotes flying clubs and helps new clubs get started, with a goal of increasing the number of clubs nationwide from 661 to 1,000 in five years...
Day 39 - October 13, 2012 from TeenFlight! by TeenFlight Crew | Arguably the most difficult part of the entire RV-12 build, the fiberglass lay-up around the canopy is unlike the other parts of the RV. Instead of manhandling metal into submission, this careful procedure requires concentration and patience. ...
Endeavour's long slog home - CNN.com - www.cnn.com | Crowds lined streets and gathered on rooftops early Sunday in Los Angeles as the space shuttle Endeavour, the beloved symbol of the end of an era, inched its way to its resting place hours later than originally planned.
Sunday, October 14, 2012
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Fearless Felix has to say as the hours tick down....Godspeed Felix Baumgartner (Red Bull Stratos) - Spacedive Balloon Launch Set For Early Sunday Morning 10-14-12 from AirPigz by Martt | The video above shows the attempt to launch Felix Baumgartner out of Roswell New Mexico last Tuesday (October 9, 2012) as part of the Red Bull Stratos project, an effort to make a jump from the edge of space at 120,000. The video shows how to winds were too strong to launch, and that Felix had hopes that they would be...
World’s Largest Manned Balloon Ready For Historic Mission from Aero-News Network | Red Bull Stratos Aircraft Is 55 Stories Tall, Spread Out Would Cover 40 Acres The balloon that will take Felix Baumgartner up to 120,000 feet for his record-breaking mission is constructed of nearly transparent polyethylene strips about the same thickness as a dry cleaner bag, which are heat-sealed together. Despite the light weight of the polyethylene, Felix’s balloon weighs 3,708 pounds simply because there is so much of it (40 acres) needed to carry the Red Bull Stratos Capsule ... which weighs nearly 3,000 pounds ... aloft.
Above: US Navy Blue Angels in flight. Photos courtesy of US Navy Blue Angels - KPBS | The world's best military and civilian pilots will soar through San Diego's skies at the world-famous MCAS Miramar Air Show October 12-14, 2012 featuring the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels and the Marine Air Ground Task Force simulated combat demonstration....
Air show celebrates anniversary of Marines in space - U-T San Diego | Gavin Elliott and his grandmother stopped at the Miramar Air Show Saturday to look at reproductions of the Challenger shuttle and the space suit Neil Armstrong wore to walk on the moon. Astronauts, “I think of them as brave people,” the 9-year-old from ...
Planes fill skies over Daytona Beach - Daytona Beach News-Journal | DAYTONA BEACH — The first day of this year's Embry-Riddle Wings and Waves Air Show roared over Daytona Beach on Saturday, buzzing the heads of thousands of spectators who crowded the beach for a free display of aerial maneuvers over the ocean.
Air Expo taking flight today - Parkersburg News | While the performers at the air show will get a lot of credit, it takes an army of volunteers to get the event going, said emcee Hugh Oldham. "These events don't happen by accident," he said. "This is my 20th or 21st air show this season and every one...
13th annual AirFest a roaring success - Culpeper Star Exponent | Sunny skies and an enthusiastic crowd came together Saturday at the Culpeper County Airport to celebrate the facility's 13th annual AirFest. Throughout the morning and afternoon hours, county school buses shuttled visitors by the hundreds to and from ...
Planes, cars and history wraps up Mustang Days in Vacaville - TheReporter.com | From the way David G. Styles talks, citing dates, pilots, aircraft, aircraft carriers, Asian geography, you might think he curates the Jimmy Doolittle Air & Space Museum on Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield. "He was the one who pioneered 'blind flying ...
Breitling Dragon Tour - YouTube | The Breitling Jet Team, Breitling Wingwalkers and Jetman are
flying East for the winter, to bring Breitling's passion for aviation to new audiences. All three teams are headed to Asia to...Breitling Aerial Performers Head To Asia from Aero-News Network | Jet Team, Wingwalkers, Jetman Set Out On 'The Breitling Dragon Tour' The Breitling Jet Team, Breitling Wingwalkers and Jetman are flying East for the winter, to bring Breitling's passions for aviation to new audiences in what is being collectively called 'The Breitling Dragon Tour". All three teams are heading to Asia to participate in Airshow China 2012, held in Zhuhai, Guangdong province....
Air Associates Haunted Hangar Introduces Flight to St. Louis Community from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | Air Associates of Missouri, an FBO at Spirit of St. Louis Airport, held its "Haunted Hangar" fall event today. The offices and hangar were decked out in festive Halloween decor, and the friendly staff was available to demonstrate the operation and...
Aviator Ball at Arkansas Air and Military Museum, Fayetteville - In Arkansas | The Arkansas Air & Military Museum invites you to the third annual Aviator Ball at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 20 at the World War II hangar at Drake Field, home of the museum. Surrounded by vintage aircraft and memorabilia, you can dance to the nostalgic sounds of ...
World War II B-17 "Memphis Belle" Flights - South County Times | The public will have an opportunity to take a flight aboard the World War II B-17 "Memphis Belle" when it makes a stop at the Spirit of St. Louis Airport in Chesterfield on Sunday, Oct. 14, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. This restored "Flying Fortress" bomber is ...
Video: Lockheed T-33 at Palm Springs Air Museum from AVwebFlash Current Issue | AOPA Summit 2012 brought together pilots and aviation enthusiasts from across the nation and also provided a stage for local aviation attractions like the Palm Springs Air Museum. The museum contributed three warbirds to AOPA's outdoor display. In this video, Palm Springs Air Museum director of design Richard Grosser talks about the Lockheed T-33 jet trainer.This video is brought to you by WxWorx XM WX Satellite Weather, Avidyne, and Sennheiser.
'Doolittle's Raiders' recall historic attack on Tokyo - Pensacola News Journal | Retired Lt. Col. Dick Cole, who flew as Jimmy Doolittle's co-pilot during the daring raid on Tokyo during World War II, marvels at the displays at the National Naval Aviation Museum during the 1st Air Commando Group reunion Friday.
Rico: Build it, and it will fly - TheReporter.com | From a minor league team to a major league museum, with a new name to honor Doolittle Raiders hero, Gen. Jimmy Doolittle. An initial 11.4-acre land buy is in escrow. They're on the move, museum education foundation director Phil
Lancaster told me.Airspeed Online:
Drew Gryder Solos!
Firebase Airspeed in the Southern Night
Horsing Around in the Citabria with Ben Phillips
DH. Mosquito HJ767 UP-G latest update 13-10-2012 from stickandrudderWTO by G-GARY | From a conversation this morning via Graham Norbury, who is the driving force behind the recovery of parts from DH Mosquito HJ767, from a field in Bunny near...
World War II air combat over Italy from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | While looking for video clips to include in a forthcoming article, I came across this compilation of Allied air combat footage from the Italian campaign during World War II. The video includes air-to-air combat scenes, bombing raids, and other interesting shots. Those were the...
Corpus Christi Army Depot Welcomes Its First Female Test Pilot from You Fly, Girl by Cathy GaleFrom Avionics Intelligence: The U.S. Army issued the following news: For the first time in its 51 year history, Corpus Christi Army Depot welcomed a female maintenance test pilot. CW2 Trina Moreno, a test pilot for the UH-60 Black Hawk, came to the depot in 2011 to help with crash battle damaged and recapitalized Black Hawks. She can be found in the hangar or on the flight line dressed in her ACUs performing inspections, test flights and the occasional aircraft delivery....
Past and present from Roger-Wilco by steve | Sometimes the past and present meet in the strangest ways. Here is a USAF C-17 at the Papa air base in Hungary and a...
Pilots start a local flight school from You Fly, Girl by Cathy GaleFrom Tallahassee.com: Pilots Lacey Mayer, left, and Faith Drewry founded FL Aviation Center at Tallahassee Regional Airport to provide flight instruction, aircraft rentals, aerial photography and supplies for pilots. / Special to the Democrat
It might not look like your typical school building, but classes are now in session at Hangar A at Tallahassee Regional Airport....
Hits and Misses: 'Young Eagles Day' at airport; Trenton Marriott to change names - The Times of Trenton - NJ.com | HIT: The Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 176's “Young Eagles Day” today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Trenton-Mercer Airport in Ewing. Children ages 8 to 17 will have an opportunity to fly in an aircraft piloted by an EAA member pilot, free of ...
Mojave rocketeers evoke early days of aviation - The Seattle Times | Inside one of the bustling ramshackle hangars at the Mojave Air & Space Port, 23-year-old Kyle Nyberg is tightening dozens of
stainless-steel nuts that make up the innards of the rocket sitting before him. As the searing desert heat creeps in through ...Not something you see everyday... from TVR Photography.com's Facebook Wall
Saturday, October 13, 2012
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Red Bull Stratos: The largest manned balloon ever from Aerial Sports Feed | As Red Bull Stratos counts down to Sunday's live mission, here's everything that you wanted to know but were too afraid to ask about the balloon which...
Famous pilot Yeager re-enacting right stuff 65 years later - Las Vegas Review-Journal | Legendary U.S. Air Force pilot Chuck Yeager will mark the 65th anniversary of breaking the sound barrier with a special re-enactment flight Sunday from Nellis Air Force Base....
Pilots prepping for air show in Daytona Beach - Central Florida News 13 | Pilots prepping for air show in Daytona Beach. Folks in Daytona Beach got an early treat Friday. The US Air Force Thunderbirds rehearsed along Daytona Beach for their Wings and Waves show performance...
WWII veteran set his sights high - Piqua Daily Call | COVINGTON - It's not everyone who gets to travel to California as the guest of Sean Tucker, to visit his training facility and fly with the world renowned aerobatic pilot. But Fred Chronabery has a standing invitation to do just that. The World War II ...
2013
will be the Cold War bomber's last year as a flying attraction, and
described its decision as having been reached "with particular
sadness"...."Wings Of Freedom" Coming To Asheville Regional Airport - WHKP | WHAT: Participating in the Collings Foundation's WINGS OF FREEDOM TOUR, the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress “Nine O Nine” WWII Heavy Bomber, Consolidated B-24 Liberator “Witchcraft” WWII Heavy Bomber and P-51 Mustang fighter, will fly into Asheville ...
Fighters, Warbirds, and Racers - AirSpace | The high-flying long-range North American P-51 Mustang escort fighter was a war-winning weapon for the United States and its Allies during World War II. As American Mustang pilots protected bombers and pursued their enemies in the air over Europe and the Pacific, they earned...
The Archaeopteryx E from CAFE Foundation Blog by Dean Sigler | Two Swiss students, David Braig and Thomas Hewel at the ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, have adapted a pair of small electric motors to the Archaeopteryx ultralight hang glider...
Warplane No. 03 Bf 109 G / K from Let Let Let - Warplanes | The third volume of the Warplanes
serie from Violaero is dedicated to the Messerschmitt family, and especially to the Bf 109 G & K. The well known authors are Nico Braas and Srecko Bradic for the profiles...Shuttle Endeavour Arrives at First Stop in Westchester
from The Kathryn Report | LOS ANGELES (KTLA) -- The space shuttle Endeavour is on the streets of Los Angeles, en route to its final home at the California Science Center in Exposition Park. The massive spacecraft left the grounds of LAX at 2 a.m., rolling along at just 2 mph on the first leg of its 2-day, 12-mile trip.It took up two of the four lanes as it traveled down Northside Parkway. A handful of vehicles led the
'Young Eagles' experience the thrill of flying - Morehead News | US Airways flight crew Chesley Sullenberger and Jeff Skiles, who successfully landed Flight 1549 in the Hudson River during takeoff in 2009, are co-chairmen of the Young Eagles. The local EAA chapter held a “Young Eagles Flight Rally” on Sept. 23 where ...
Friday, September 28, 2012
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Blue Angels fly over Waikiki - KHON2 | The navy's flight demonstration squadron flew past Waikiki this afternoon on its way to the Marine Corps Base in Kaneohe. It was pretty impressive nice formation we won't be able to go over to Kaneohe to see 'em so we're glad we got to see em while we...
Chico Air Show 2012 starts tonight - Mercury-Register | At 10 a.m. Saturday, six-time member of the U.S. Aerobatic Team and the first woman to win the U.S. National Aerobatic Championship Patty Wagstaff will be greeting the public. On Saturday and Sunday, the gates open at 9 a.m. and close at 3 p.m. The air ...
Canadian air show team arrives - Enterprise-Record | CHICO — The Chico Municipal Airport's gates open at 4 p.m. today, and 9 a.m. Saturday and Sunday for Chico Air Show 2012. A variety of aerobatic teams, solo performances and parachuting will be featured over the weekend, accompanied by dozens of ...
Third Annual Air Show Comes to Leesburg - Patch.com | A fly-over of the C-17 Globemaster transport aircraft from Dover AFB, Del., 11:30 a.m.; Aerobatic and wing walking performances. Airshow performers include Kirk Wicker and his “Flying Farmer” routine, wingwalker Jane Wicker and Charlie Schwenker's ...
McConnell Air Force Base Air Show This Weekend - KAKE | Planes are arriving and setup is almost complete for Wings Over McConnell, the air force base's annual air show happening this weekend. This year will feature the Air Force Thunderbirds and Army Golden Knights, as well several other displays and ...
An Unforgettable Ride on the Blue Angels' C-130 Fat Albert by Tim Gray | A few weeks back I was asked if I'd like to take a ride on the Blue Angels' C-130 transport-aircraft the Fat Albert, at the Grand Junction Air Show -- I.
Kirby Chamblis from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | ...“Chambliss has been flying since age 13. He became the youngest commercial pilot at his U.S. air carrier at 24. By the time he made it to 
captain at 28 he was already polishing his aerobatic skills, an interest acquired during aerobatic training for his job flying a business jet. Chambliss has won five U.S. National Aerobatic championships....
The DH98 Mosquito Lives Again - Bravo Avspecs! First Flight 9-27-12
from AirPigz by Martt | Here's an awesome pic from the Avspecs Limited facebook page of the Mosquito in the air near Auckland New Zealand on its first day back in the sky, Thursday 9-27-12. Could and airplane look more pefect than this?! The caption for the pic on their page: The DH98 Mosquito lives again! What a day! 3 flights and all home safe and sound....
EAA's Aluminum Overcast to Land at Dothan Alabama from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | Take a flight aboard EAA's fully restored B-17 bomber, Aluminum Overcast-coming to Dothan Alabama. Aluminum Overcast, the Experimental Aircraft Association's restored B-17 bomber, returned to the sky to nearly 30 planned destinations for the 2012 "Salute to Veterans" national tour. The national B-17 tours have taken place every year since 1994....
WWII B-25 bomber lands at Topeka airport - Topeka Capital Journal | All money goes to operate the aircraft, and members of the Commemorative Air Force, Arizona Wing, are volunteers. Advertisement. By Steve Fry. THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL. WWII B-25 bomber lands at Topeka airport. Steve Fry. September 27, 2012 11:04 PM ...
Free summer Fly Day - Mukilteo Beacon | The B-25 debuted at FHC last summer and is recognized as one of the most accurately restored WWII bombers in existence. This war-bird is a twin-engine medium bomber manufactured by North American Aviation, used in a wide range of roles by Allied air ...
Anton Newspapers Military Heroes Essay Contest: Sy Buckner Among B-17 ... - Farmingdale Observer | Anton Newspapers Military Heroes Essay Contest: Sy Buckner Among B-17 Flight Guests. Friday, 28 September 2012 00:00. The following is the first half of the essay submitted by Janice Buckner, writing about her father, Sy Buckner of Roslyn Heights. This ...
Flying Tigers earned their stripes - ReporterHerald.com | In order to impress the Japanese opposition, they painted eyes and sharp teeth on the plane's conical nose to make it look like a tiger shark, thus the name "Flying Tigers." The Tigers were constantly short of repair parts, fuel and occasionally pilots ...
Medal of Honor Recipient CWO Michael Novosel served in 3 Wars: WWII, Korea & Vie... from IASAR - Indiana Air Search and Rescue's Facebook Wall | Medal of Honor Recipient CWO Michael Novosel served in 3 Wars: WWII, Korea & Vietnam. He flew B-29 bombers and he served his first tour in Vietnam flying medevac helicopters (Dustoff) with the 283rd Medical Det. His second tour was...
Centenary congratulations to the Royal Norwegian Air Force from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | The Royal Norwegian Air Force celebrated its centenary with an air show on September 1-2, 2012, in Oslo. Back in July we showed an F-16 of the RNoAF that had been given a special paint job to celebrate the anniversary. It was part of a large number of aircraft taking part in fly-pasts to commemorate the occasion. Here's a video of the fly-pasts, featuring aircraft ranging from historic to contemporary.
Morristown Municipal Airport celebrates 70th anniversary from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | By STEVE SCHAPIRO On Friday, Sept. 21, an extraordinary aviation event took place in Morristown, N.J. It didn’t include any aerial demonstrations or engineering feats or new products. What took place in Hangar 6 at Morristown Municipal Airport was a celebration of the airport’s 70th anniversary. Having grown up around aviation, this simple event for the airport community was refreshing. Too often airports are defending themselves against the surrounding community, which was usually built up after the airport. In New Jersey, more than 50 airports have closed in the past 60 years...
Supersonic target — Ryan’s BQM34F Firebee II by travelforaircraft | Ryan developed the Firebee II as a supersonic drones which could be flown as missile targets and carried electronics to imitate radar signatures as well as rate missile scores. Catapulted from a rail or dropped from a mothership it could fly as low as 50 feet (15.2m) and be controlled from as far away as 200 miles (320km). Recovery was the same as with the subsonic Firebee drones, suspended from a parachute and snatched by a helicopter — with recovery from water was a back-up plan....
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.
Former CAP National Commander Elected President Of IACE Association Board from Aero-News Network | First Woman To Hold The Position In The Organizations 65-Year History Maj. Gen. Amy S. Courter, Civil Air Patrol’s national commander from 2008-2011, is the newly-elected president of the International Air Cadet Exchange Association Board of Directors – the first female to hold the position in the association’s nearly 65-year history.
Stow: Young Eagles flight rally | Community Advocate by Community Advocate Staff | All those between ages 8-17 will have a chance to take to the skies Oct. 13, from 9 a.m. to noon, as EAA Chapter 196 hosts a Young Eagles Flight Rally at...
Third X-37B Launch Expected, Few Details from AVwebFlash Current Issue | The Air Force has announced that one of its 29-foot long X-37B unmanned space planes will launch on another classified mission in October and this time has left some faint hints of what the aircraft's activities might involve. Previous missions of X-37B space planes ended in December 2010, after 255 days, and in June 2012, after 469 days. Both of those flights landed at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, and ...
"Why a Duck?" UCAP #305 from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast
Deadline extended for Whirly-Girls scholarships
from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | The Whirly-Girls
International has extended the deadline for its 2013 scholarships to
Nov. 1. The total worth of the nine scholarships is more than $45,000.
Video: Red Bull Stratos | An Animated View from Aerial Sports Feed | On
8 October 2012, or on the days following this date (depending on
weather conditions) Felix Baumgartner will attempt a record-breaking
freefall jump from 23 miles above the earth as part of the Red...
Space shuttle arrives home for one last 'endeavor'
from Air Force Link Top Stories | For the Edwards community who has
been actively involved in NASA's Space Shuttle program since flight
testing began in the 1970's, it was a bittersweet day when Space Shuttle
Endeavour arrived one last time Sept. 20, piggy-backed on NASA's Boeing
747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft.
Photo: An F-35A test aircraft flies over Space Shuttle Endeavour at Edwards Air Force Base
from
David Cenciotti's weblog | On Sept. 21, the space shuttle Endeavour
mounted atop a Boeing 747 SCA (Shuttle Carrier Aircraft), from Edwards
Air Force Base to Los Angeles International Airport overflying the most
iconic places in the LA area. On arrival at Edwards AFB from...
The Best Shots From the Space Shuttle Fleet's Final Flight
- PC Magazine | Enterprise has been delivered to its new home at the
Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City, while Discovery
now resides at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center of the Smithsonian
Institution's National Air and Space Museum in Virginia. Endeavour ...
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
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While in the Announcer Booth, Rob Reider — ‘The Voice of Aviation’ — Depends on Sennheiser for Unsurpassed Comfort and Clarity - Hummingbird Media | If you’ve ever been to an aviation show, you’ve very likely heard the warm, hospitable and instantly recognizable voice of Rob Reider, the 
most famous and accomplished aviation announcer in North America. Reider, who has announced no less than 135 air shows in the past five years alone, has brought the excitement of aviation into the hearts of millions of fans over the course of his aviation announcing career, which is already well into its third decade. Reider is a recipient of The International Council of Air Show’s “Sword of Excellence” award — the highest honor an air show professional can receive. On the announcer’s stand, he relies solely on Sennheiser headsets to make sure his communication with the fans and the control tower is perfectly clear...
Lieutenant governor all smiles in parachute jump - Grand Forks Herald | Yvonne Prettner Solon and Sgt. First Class Aaron Figel of the Army Golden Knights slowly come in for a landing on a sunny Tuesday afternoon. Lt. Gov. Yvonne Prettner Solon after her parachute jump. image. All smiles after her first parachute jump...
Prettner Solon makes Capitol parachuting first - West Central Tribune | Prettner Solon made her first skydive, in tandem with Amy Sgt. First Class Aaron Figel of the U.S. Army Parachute Team, Golden Knights, to draw attention to the Community Covenant, a 5-year-old initiative to show support for military families. She said ...
Airport to celebrate 60th anniversary with fly-in - Canon City Daily Record | Airport to celebrate 60th anniversary with fly-in. Saturday event will offer displays, demonstrations, rides.
Tulsa Air & Space Museum hosts food trucks, festival - Tulsa World | Along with "FIFI," the Texas-based Commemorative Air Force's B-29, two other World War II-era aircraft owned by the CAF will be flying in for the weekend, including a North American P-51 Mustang and a Beech C-45 Expediter, said Kim Jones, curator of ...
Astronaut Guardian Angels Perform Flawless Air Show Rescue Demos By Mike Killian | This past weekend saw the return of the Florida Space Coast’s annual Cocoa Beach Air Show. Tens-of-thousands of people turned out to enjoy the sights and sounds, and also to cheer on their local combat search-and-rescue airmen – the 920th Rescue Wing from nearby Patrick Air Force Base, the “guardian angels” who kept watch over NASA’s astronauts for so many years...
The Patrouille de France in Le Touquet on Saturday - lesechosdutouquet.fr | As promised by the deputy mayor, Daniel Fasquelle, the Patrouille de France returns to the station on 21 and 22 September as part of the Centenary of the city, following the cancellation of the demonstration of 2 and 3 September 2011 due to bad ...
The festival Barcelona air patrols dispense miliatres - La Vanguardia | Last year came the Patrouille de France, the Suisse, and the Eagle of the Spanish army. The festival will also feature the participation of paraglider pilots, responsible for opening the exhibition at ten o'clock. Álvaro Bultó 
Later, Santi ...
Ohio Air News 215 - Charles Johnson | The Canadian International Air Show in Toronto, ON, a special issue just for Ken Mist.....
Oris Air Racing Edition Silver Lake in special series - Deluxeblog (Blog) | The Oris watch Air Racing Silver Lake was born in a special series to celebrate the Air Racing Team and the participation of the squadron to Reno Air Race, capped by the second place this year from Scarlet Screamer pilot Don Vito ...
Air racing in Alderney - Channel Television | Alderney's annual air racing championships have been given a boost this year. For the first time the island will host the coveted Schneider Trophy - first presented in 1911. The race is being organised by the Royal Aero Club and will form part of this ...
Linda's Air Race Classic 2012 video | Flylines Newsletter | 99s ... from Flylines newsletter by Flylines Editor | Just plane joy–pilots and members of the Ninety-Nines organization, Judy Snow and Linda Moody as the Nor'Easters Team fly the Air Race Classic 2012....
Come fly with me - Jackson County Floridan | Zack Greene watches as Eddie Howard, left, makes his Yak-54 remote control plane hover a few feet off the ground at a Chipola R/C Aviators Fly-In earlier in the year.
RAF Museum at Hendon - Intro from Rodney's Aviation Ramblings by Rodney | One of my final "aviation related" activities [apart from my flight home, of course!] was a visit to the RAF Museum at Hendon [effectively a suburb on London these days]. I last visited here about 3 years ago. A few things had changed - enough to make it worthwhile visiting again - and so I spent the best part of a day walking around the various buildings, including the old Grahame-White Factory building, which was closed the last time I visited....Also posted: RAF Museum at Hendon - The Quiz!, RAF Museum at Hendon - Very old aircraft, RAF Museum at Hendon - time for the jets, RAF Museum at Hendon - the Helos, RAF Museum at Hendon - Fighters and others
Stoof! — Grumman’s S-2 Tracker by travelforaircraft | Formerly known as the S2F — the nickname came from S2F for "Stoof "— Grumman's Tracker was the Navy's first platform which served as a 
submarine detection and weapons platform similtaneously. In other words, the Navy's first complete antisubmarine warfare (ASW) aircraft. Carrying a crew of four with two Wright R-1820 nine cylinder radial engines the Tracker had a range of about 900 miles/1440km. The ASW load was impressive:..
B-17, B-24 bombers pounded Germany and Japan into submission during WW II from War Tales by Don Moore | America’s airborne military might in Europe during World War II was hammered home by thousands of four-engine B-17 “Flying Fortress” and B-24, four-engine “Liberator” heavy bombers dropping thousands of tons of bombs on Hitler’s “Fortress Europe” from 1943 until the end of the war two years later. By then, there was little left of most [...]
Vintage planes, cars and cycles - Deeside Today | Peter showed pictures of these aircraft many of which are unique and historic planes, such as the DeHavilland DH88 Comet which won the England to Australia air race in 1934, the last Westland Lysander still flying, used to fly agents in and out of ...
Antonov AN-2 - PilotWeb | HA-MKF is owned by James Black, who has wanted an An-2 since he first experienced the inside of one while flying in the World Aerobatics Championships in Russia before the Wall came down. A Polish-built late model, KF differs little from the 1946 ...
British engineering at its finest... from Flight Image of the Day by Dominic Perry | Alright, I'm stretching the description a bit, but there is some UK content on Lockheed Martin's F-35 you just have to squint abit to see it and it's stood next to the greatest fighter of World War II made by those fine folks at Supermarine in Eastleigh. And yes...
Space Shuttle Endeavour retires to the California Science Center - The Daily Titan | Discovery is at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C., Enterprise is at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City, and Atlantis is at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. “With the intent that even though the missions were ...
