The Black Diamond Jets Team, A squadron of four Aero L-39 Albatros fly ... - Sun-Sentinel | (Black 
Diamond Jets Team,…) April 8, 2013|By Robert Nolin, Sun Sentinel. Government sequestration cuts may have grounded all military acts at this year's Lauderdale Air Show, but organizers have landed the next best thing: the Black Diamond Jet Team.
Visit Team Goulian & Our Partners at Sun ‘n Fun 2013 - Goulian Aerosports | ...Whelen will be raffling off their state-of-the-art LED landing light [plus a basket full of Goulian and Whelen merchandise]. Two chances to win. Raffle tickets may be found at the Whelen booth (Hangar A – 072) and at our outside display next to Foxtrot taxiway (see map below). No purchase necessary....
At Sun 'n Fun, Challenges, Changes, And High Hopes - AVweb | The FAA's decision to delay its tower shutdowns until June was a save for Sun 'n Fun, but the federal government still has declined to pay all the expenses of sending 50 extra controllers and 20 technicians to cope with the traffic, so the bill -- an ...
Podcast: Sun 'n Fun Prevails Over Challenges from AVWeb Podcast - Podcast | It's not easy running an aviation event like Sun 'n Fun at the best of times, but with everything that was thrown at organizers this year, it was an even bigger challenge. AVweb's Mary Grady spoke with SNF President Lites Leenhouts about how it all got done.This podcast is brought to you by Sennheiser, Bendix/King by Honeywell, Garmin, and Lightspeed Aviation.
"Before Breakfast" UCAP Daily #323-alpha from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast | Dave Higdon & Jack Hodgson in the flight line exhibits area of the 2012 Sun 'n Fun Fly-in. First impressions or this year's fly-in. Recorded April 9, 2013.
Sequestration’s silver lining from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | The news last week that the FAA will delay closing 149 contract control towers should come as a bit of a relief to the folks at SUN ’n FUN, since Lakeland-Linder Regional Airport was among the first slated to close. That meant SUN ’n FUN had to come up with the money to pay controllers during the week of the fly-in.
Blue Angels Cancel Season, Will Not Appear At Oregon Air ... - 750 KXL | Oregon International Airshow Spokesman Steve Callaway says they have added the U.S. Patriots Jet Team to the shows line up in efforts to fill the gap left by the Blue Angels departure. This marks the second airshow act to pull out of the Oregon ...
YPSILANTI: Supersonic jet fighter aircraft added to 2013 Thunder Over Michigan ... - Heritage Newspapers | The Thunder Over Michigan Air Show has added the North American Aviation F-100 Super Sabre to its 2013 lineup. This year's show will take to the skies at Willow Run Airport in Ypsilanti on June 15 and 16 and will feature a stacked lineup of high ...
SNOWBIRDS FLYING IN TO TUNE-UP PERFORMANCE ROUTINES - Canada.com | The popular Canadian Armed Forces Snowbirds will be flying into the Comox Valley and will be a regular feature high in the clouds from April 12 to April 26. The following week, the CF-18 Demonstration Team will arrive on April 18. Both aerobatic teams ...
Florida Panhandle fly-In fulfills RAF Mission from General Aviation News | Two years ago, Drew Hatch and Gary Brooks planned a flight into a state-owned airstrip in the Florida Panhandle. Imagine their disappointment when they were denied permission to land and and use the airstrip to access the 
nearby campground....
Focke Wulf FW-190 ZK-RFR from MRC Aviation by Mike Condon | Omaka based Focke Wulf FW-190 ZK-RFR (manufactured 2004!) was another star of the Classic Fighters 2013 air show...
Timeless Voices - Tyson Rininger from eaavideo.org | Tyson Rininger is a world renowned aviation photographer whose work has been featured in in nearly every major aviation publication of the last 20 years. He also has the unique experience of performing as a wing walker in an air show act!
WWII bomber plane to land in Bakersfield - KERO-TV 23 | The plane is nicknamed 'Memphis Belle' after the famous World War II bomber and organizers said it's a special look at history in action. Tickets can be bought to fly in the plane this weekend. Tickets costs $450 per person and each flight is 45 ...
Effort seeks Congressional Gold Medal for Doolittle Raiders - AOPA Pilot | On April 18, 1942, 80 young men launched in North American B-25 Mitchell bombers off the USS Hornet and headed for Japan. (See “Secret Mission,” October 2012 AOPA Pilot.) Their successful strike on Japanese soil—against mounting odds—has been ...
Honoring some giants of Alaska aviation, including helicopter pioneer Bishopp - Alaska Dispatch | Women in Aviation International, Snap-On Tools, Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, The Society of Aviation and Flight Educators, The Ninety-Nines International, the National Business Aviation Association, the National Association of State Aviation ...
Exciting Edutainment at the National Soaring Museum from Airplanes Channel: Aircraft, Pilots, Heritage, Photos, Video, Events, News by Editor | Located at Harris Hill near Elmira (the ‘Soaring Capital of America’), New York, the National Soaring Museum was established in 1978 and is dedicated to preserving the history of motorless flight. It features an impressive collection of gliders for visitors to view, while offering a range of fun educational programs and access to computerized flight simulators. Moreover, the museum oversees the National Landmark of Soaring program which...
Tucson Dog-Friendly Venue: Pima Air & Space Museum - Tucson Citizen | Let's face it; dogs are family members and like members of the family we like taking them out to more than pet stores and dog parks. Tucson Tails recently learned that Pima Air & Space Museum is dog-friendly. Really? And since 1976 which is way ahead ...
Reduced flying hours forces grounding of 17 USAF combat air squadrons - AF Times | The Air Force will begin grounding combat air squadrons Tuesday in response to forced spending cuts that have eliminated more than 44,000 flying hours through September, according to internal documents obtained by Air Force Times....
Are You Interested in an Internship? from WAI Connect Blog by Amy Laboda | Applications are now being accepted for positions under the Young Aviation Professionals Program (YAPP)...
Felix Baumgartner's Story: Who Is the Man Who Pierced the Sky? - Vanity Fair | Kittinger responded with a coded message to his team to cut the public audio feed. The crisis proceeded in private. Faceplate is another name for a helmet visor. Baumgartner's was electrically heated to keep it from fogging up—a condition of limited ...
Two astronauts to make appearances, schedule changed for Space Fest on May 4 from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | Special appearances by astronauts Dr. Anna Fisher and Pamela Melroy will be part of this year's Space Fest at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force on May 4. The astronauts will speak about their experiences in space, with the opportunity for autographs and pictures to be taken with them. The presentations will take place in the museum's Carney Auditorium. Space is limited, and seating will be available on a first-come, first-served basis....
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
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Wednesday, January 23, 2013
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Indian skies, foreign thrills at Aero India - Deccan Chronicle | The Surya Kirans were among the top three nine-aircraft aerobatics teams of the world, along with the British Red Arrows and the Canadian Snowbirds. At the 2003 edition of Aero India, the then Air Chief had said that Hindustan Aeronautics 
Limited would ...
F-22 to fly at Avalon - Australian Aviation | The USAF has confirmed the F-22 Raptor will conduct its first ever aerial display at the Australian International Airshow in February-March. The F-22 will be flown by F-22 Raptor Aerial Demonstration Team Chief Major Henry 'Schadow' Schantz from ...
Chiriquí Air Festival 2013 from Aviation News - Airplane-Pictures.net | More than 40,000 people packed the Enrique Malek airport to witness the Chiriquí Air Festival 2013. Airplane-Pictures.net member Philippe R was there to capture the...
FAA looking into dangerous stunt at Lancaster airport - KHOU | “He does have an FAA aerobatic waiver,” Robertson said. “We are required to keep a copy the waiver on file. We do have a copy of that waiver, and have verified it's currently valid.” The FAA, however, has not been able to find that document. In a ...
Tuskegee Airman Quentin Smith laid to rest in Indiana - WTHR | GARY - A Gary man who was a member of the famed all-black World War II unit the Tuskegee Airmen has been laid to rest in northwestern Indiana....
Don Schilke helped rescue wounded 1st Division Marines in his ‘Avenger’ fighter plane from War Tales by Don Moore | Don Schilke joined the Navy Reserves while still in high school in Oak Park, Ill. in 1947. After graduation he found himself in Composite Squadron 21 at North Island Naval Air Station in San Diego training for a job as an anti-submarine warfare crewman aboard a Grumman “Avenger” torpedo bomber. His first three years flying [...]
Timeless Voices - Mac McLeod from eaavideo.org | Mac McLeod was a C-47 pilot with the 46th Troop Carrier Squadron of the 317th Troop Carrier Group during World War Two. He flew combat cargo missions transporting troops and supplies in New Guinea and the Philippines from May 1943 until June 1945.
New CEO for Jimmy Doolittle museum team - The Reporter | This state of the art public air and space museum will bring the best of the original Travis Air Museum to a new public site where people from around the world will learn about and leave inspired by the history of California aviation pioneer Jimmy ...
Colin Callender Takes Off With 'The Flying Tigers' TV Series - Deadline.com | Former HBO Films president Colin Callender's Playground Entertainment today announced that they are turning the Flying Tigers into a ten-hour TV miniseries. The Flying Tigers were ace American volunteer pilots who served under General Claire Chennault ...
Jenner fought WWII from B-17 gun turrets - West Orange Times | Some 70 years after it happened, Melvin Jenner still gets choked up when he recalls watching his buddy's plane being shot down during a series of fighter and bomber missions over Europe in World War II. That is a moment he will never forget — and one ...
Virginia Man Tells WWII Tale To St. Louis County Board - Northland's NewsCenter | During World War Two, Robert Givens of Virginia was a B–17 top turret gunner with the 452nd Bomb Group based in England. On his sixth mission, pilot error or mechanical malfunction sent his plane into the English Channel. "It went up like this and then ...
WAI Philadelphia Chapter Meets the USCG in Atlantic City from WAI Connect Blog by Amy Laboda | Women interested in aviation caught a brief glimpse of what a career in the air could be like. As the Philadelphia chapter of Women in Aviation, International came to the Coast Guard Air Station in Atlantic City to educate interested women on the possibilities....
Video: Sikorsky S-43 To Kermit Weeks from Another Time by Dan Linn | ...Collector Kermit Weeks has purchased the Sikorsky S-43 once owned and flown by Hughes and is in the process of disassembling the aircraft to take to his Florida aviation attraction Fantasy of Flight....
Buried Spitfires is a tall story, says RAF veteran from The Kathryn Report | Former RAF Flying Officer Pat Woodward has vivid memories of his time in Burma after end of the Second World War. They were endless days of boredom in an oppressive heat broken only by tremendous monsoon storms, as he waited for word that he could return to Blighty. But one thing the veteran pilot does not recall is Spitfires being buried at RAF Mingaladon in the capital Rangoon.That is, he...
Convair’s B-58 Hustler — Mach 2 hot and Bendix Trophy cool by travelforaircraft | Convair's B-58 Hustler was a fast mover — a strategic bomber which could fly high and fast or low and fast — more 
like a fighter aircraft than a conventional bomber. Four afterburning engines and a crew of three flying an aircraft meant to attack at Mach 2 brought challenges beyond the norm. So that crewmen could survive ejection into Mach velocity windstreams each ...
Aviation Photography of Bill Larkins During the 1940s By Pete Shirk | Bill Larkins at Lowry Field AAF Photography School in June of 1943. (Photo taken by a classmate of William T. Larkins)In In Flight USA’s December 2012 issue, the start of Bill Larkins’ eight-decade photography career was illustrated by the 1938 shot of a Grumman F3F US Navy/Marine biplane fighter parked at the Oakland Airport. Bill was about 16-years old when he took the photo....
The Misty Mystique from Air & Space Magazine | ...Before the Misty F-100s started flying as 
forward air controllers, the mission was flown by slow-moving propeller-driven aircraft (the Cessna O-1 Bird Dog and the Cessna O-2 Skymaster), which were getting shot at and, as North Vietnamese anti-aircraft weapons improved, hit with increasing frequency. “Neither aircraft was suitable for a dense automatic-weapons environment,” says former Air Force Historian Richard Hallion....
VIDEO: RAF puts Hawk T2 through its paces from The DEW Line by Craig Hoyle | Thanks to the good folks at the Royal Air Force's 4 Sqn for putting together a punchy video showing their Hawk T2 advanced jet trainer in action....
Flight For Control The Movie from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | Today is my first day of class in Maui, and I'm getting ready to put Flight For Control into a movie. That doesn't mean Flight For Safety is being neglected. The...
Saturday, July 23, 2011
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Airshow at Kingsley Field this weekend - OregonLive.com | By Mike Francis, The Oregonian Bring your earplugs to Kingsley Field Saturday for the Air National Guard's open house and largest air-to-air exercise, Sentry Eagle. It runs from 9 am to 4 pm and is free. Food and drink vendors will be on base. ...
Red Arrows get spirits soaring at celebration of Scotland's heritage - Aberdeen Press and Journal | Thousands descended on the Buchan port last night to watch a cloud-busting display by the world-famous Red Arrows. The aerobatic team were booked by gala organisers after two years of negotiations…
Height of bravery to promote city airshow - The Northern Echo | A COURAGEOUS council worker flew on the wings of a biplane to promote next weekend's Sunderland International Airshow. The Breitling Wingwalkers called at Newcastle Airport yesterday to give people a taste of their act. ...Bell honored by Tuskegee Airmen - FOX Toledo Online | TOLEDO, Ohio (WUPW) - Saturday morning at willow Run Airport in Ypsilanti at the Thunder Over Michigan Airshow, Toledo Mayor Michael Bell will be recognized by the famed World War II pilot organization, the Tuskegee Airmen. Though the honor is for the ...
Jet fighter soon on its way to Chico Air Museum - Enterprise-Record | That's how Chico Air Museum volunteers are thinking right now, with the process of transporting an F-15A Eagle from Langley Air Force Base in Virginia to its new home in Chico. On July 15, two tractor-trailers left Chico to bring back the oversized, ...
Postcard: Blast from his past - Canton Repository | Now he is helping to restore one at MAPS Air Museum at Akron-Canton Airport. By Gary Brown Before he is done restoring MAPS Air Museum's F-100D Super Sabre, Ken Ramsay of Solon figures he will have volunteered almost 5000 hours — about 625 eight-hour ...
Sunday, April 17, 2011
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| Thunder Over Louisville photos by Lt Lindsay Shipps for the Civil Air Patrol |
Air-show delay does not deter fans (Thunder Over Louisville) - Courier-Journal | Tucker Hoffmann and Cal Relish, both 8, were enjoying the spectacular view from the Spirit Room at the KFC Yum! Center, shielded from the blowing wind and drizzling rain...
EAA 309 Young Eagles Program - EAA 309 | Ever look into the sky when an airplane flies overhead? Wonder what it would be like to be up there instead of down here? Quit wondering and schedule a free, introductory flight with EAA's Young Eagles program. You'll fly with a licensed, local pilot who will help you take the first steps to make your dream of flying come true...
Beaufort Air Show takes flight - in cyberspace - Island Packet | Officials at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort want to give spectators a closer look at the base's upcoming air show. MCAS Beaufort and Marine Corps Community Services are using popular social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook to provide live traffic updates...
Aero 2011 General Aviation Expo - Germany - Jet Careers | Flew out to Germany this week for the Aero 2011 General Aviation Expo in Friedrichshafen as I got some free tickets from a friend. It was a pretty good turnout with over 500 exhibitors from 26 countries...Operation Unified Protector (was Odyssey Dawn) explained (Day 28) - Cencio 4 | “We will not take part in the air strikes as Italy is a former colonial power in Libya”. Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi words, backed by similar statements by both the Foreign and Defense Ministers, explained on Apr. 15 the attitude of Italy towards improving its contribution to Unified Protector, the NATO led mission in the North African country...
Flyboys - Joe Clark | OK, have you seen the movie, Flyboys? If not, why not? You call yourself an aviation aficionado, right? Well then, you have to see this movie...
Fly-in raises funds for Purdue Aviation - WLFI | Several Purdue Aviation students, friends, family and some out-of-towners were treated to a fly-in breakfast this Saturday morning...
Video: Collings Foundation F-100 Super Sabre With Bud Day - Wow! - AirPigz | This video is fantastic on so many levels... but rather than talk about it, I just wanna encourage you to watch it and enjoy. And if you're anything like me, it'll also stir your emotions in a pretty powerful way. Great stuff all around - and wow, does that F-100 look awesome or what?!Mining the Moon Gets Closer to Reality - Spaceports | Moon Express Inc or MoonEx, co-founded by Naveen Jain, is building the robotic rovers designed to search the lunar surface for precious metals and scarce metallic elements...
Spaceport America tour - Hobby Space | The NM Spaceport Authority is pleased to offer public tours of Spaceport America beginning May 13th, 2011...
Texas Space Alliance Seeks New Frontier - Spaceports | The Texas Space Alliance is a group of Texans who believe our frontier heritage and pioneering spirit makes the Lone Star State the obvious future home for the opening of the next frontier: space...
No retired shuttle for Houston? Not without a fight - Florida Today | Cape Canaveral: Houston has a problem, and a bipartisan band of legislators -- including two representing Brevard -- is trying to reverse NASA's decision not to retire one of its shuttle orbiters at Johnson Space Center...
Sunday, March 27, 2011
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COOKEVILLE’S BILL WALKER DIES IN AIR SHOW CRASH - Cookeville Times | Cookeville's Bill Walker, a well known business man, real estate developer and pilot, died Saturday in an air show plane crash in Flager Beach, Florida. A regular participant in air shows and long-standing member of the Red Thunder team, he was flying a WWII Russion fighter plane that went down during the air show and is believed to have been...
Pensacola celebrates century of naval aviation - blog.al.com | PENSACOLA, FLORIDA -- A Florida Panhandle town is taking note of a century of naval aviation. The Pensacola Bay area is celebrating with Blue Angels air shows, concerts, a visit from the USS Iwo Jima, commissioning ceremonies, exhibits at the National Naval Aviation Museum and more...
Tuskegee Airmen present student essay awards at Fantasy of Flight - General Aviation News | POLK CITY, Fla. — Several Polk County and Tampa area students in elementary through high school gathered on Friday, March 25 at Fantasy of Flight to receive awards from true aviation heroes of World War II, the Tuskegee Airmen...
‘I love the planes' - Walton Sun | TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE - An aerial circus is being played out over the skies of coastal Bay County. Following a full day of flying Saturday, daredevils and aerobatic displays will transverse the skies again Sunday at the 2011 Gulf Coast Salute Open House & Air Show at Tyndall Air Force Base. The action starts at 9 a.m. The Short family came from Ponce de Leon to see this particular air show...
IMAGENS: Ministério da Defesa da França informou que destruiu mais aviões de Kadhafi na Líbia - cavok.com.br | O Ministério da Defesa da França informou no sábado, dia 26 de março, que suas forças aéreas destruíram pelo menos cinco aviões de combate Galeb do líder líbio, Muammar Gaddafi. Segundo o governo francês, também foram abatidos dois helicópteros de combate Mi-35 “que tentavam” entrar em ação na zona de Misrata...
F-100 will join Collings Foundation collection - General Aviation News | An F-100F Super Sabre will join the Collings Foundation’s Vietnam Memorial Flight on Tuesday, March 29, in honor of Vietnam War Hero and Medal of Honor recipient Col. Bud Day, MISTY pilots and all Vietnam Veterans...
Will be gone for a while... - randpeck.blogspot.com | I'm here with Evan Elliott, Aircraft Collections Technician at the Seattle Museum of Flight Air Park across the street from the main Museum complex. Evan and his friends kindly rolled up a set of stairs to their 747, the City of Everett, and gave me an interior tour. I'd arranged for this a few weeks ahead of time when I first knew that I'd have this long SEA layover. So once again, thanks very much to Evan and his colleagues at the Museum for arranging this tour, as well as to John Wegg at AIRWAYS MAGAZINE...
sad to say - Snow Eagles Racing Team | Unless a partner shows up in the next two weeks, I will be taking this year off from racing. I am still going to fly though and try to work towards my instrument rating. I passed my FAA physical which was not fun at all, never had a doctor measure my tattoos to put in the record for tattoos and scars. Yes, I love tattoos, and I have fallen a lot so I do have scars, but to actually measure them took forever. Well I am going for the FAA Wings Basic to get through my BFR starting next month...
CAP NESA MAS Narrative Episode Nearing Completion - Airspeed | Part 2 of the NESA coverage is coming along, slowly but surely. It’s about 12,000 words at the moment and shows little sign of slowing before it has topped 15,000. It’ll be another characteristic epic-length Airspeed episode. And that’s a good thing...
XFU-1 Corsair prototype - aviationheritage.blogspot.com | The prototype XF4U-1 Corsair prototype was a good bit more colorful than most of its successors, with an unpainted fuselage and yellow wings. Available from Corsair Prototype Print, this original 1940s print would make a nice framed display...
Travel digest: Art in Bloom event and EAA Family Flight Fest - Madison.com | The Experimental Aircraft Association’s AirVenture Museum in Oshkosh hosts its annual Family Flight Fest on Saturday and Sunday, April 3. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day, visitors can: Get a feel for flying in the Wright Flyer and Hot Seat simulators. | Take part in activities in the KidVenture Gallery. | Build a paper airplane to enter in contests. | Assemble and fly a glider. | Participate in the egg-drop/parachute challenge “Houston, We May Have a Problem.”...
Thursday, March 10, 2011
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Air Fiesta organizers introduces new acts for 2011 - Brownsville Herald | Franklin, a “wing walker” in air show parlance, is one half of the aerobatic act “Pirated Skies,” one of the headliners at this year's Air Fiesta, March 11-13, at the Brownsville-South Padre Island International Airport. ...
Highlights for the 2011 Fair St. Louis announced - KMOV.com | An air show including military and civilian performers will also take place. The 2011 Fair St. Louis will be held July 2-4 on the Gateway Arch grounds. It will kick off at 10 am July 2 with the 134th Veiled Prophet Parade. Following the Fourth of July ...
Naval Aviation Centennial: The Navy in fixed wing and helicopters - New Hampshire Magazine | The Commemoration of the Naval Aviation Centennial continues this weekend at the Aviation Museum of New Hampshire with the third in their speakers on Naval Aviation. Retired Commander Peter S. Burdett will speak on Saturday March 12th, the Laconia native will speak on his service in the Navy in fixed wing and helicopters. ...
HAFB air show in jeopardy - Standard-Examiner | HILL AIR FORCE BASE — For the second time in three years, it appears the popular Hill Air Force Base Air Show will be cancelled. After a successful show in the summer 2009 that drew more than 400,000 spectators, base officials announced in early January, the biennial air show would be back again in 2011. ...
Watsonville Air Show - Up in the Air - Santa Cruz Sentinel | Watsonville Air Show September 3, 2010. Pilots: Mark C. Klein and Ken C. Bohrman. Video by Chloe Lee, Sentinel Correspondent.
Welshpool Airshow back on by Flightline UK | DESPITE initial gloomy forecasts for Welshpool Air Show this summer, it was announced this week that the Red Arrows display aircraft will fly over at around 10.30am on Sunday morning, June 12. It will be followed by a Spitfire early in ...
Bodies Found In Plane Wreckage Plane Headed To Idaho Falls Disappeared; Rexburg Couple On Board | Local News 8 | JACKPOT, Nevada -- Two bodies have been found in the wreckage of a Korean War-era plane near the Idaho-Nevada border, Wednesday afternoon. ... Owners of Pacific Fighter, an Idaho Falls restoration company that has worked on the plane, said the couple was returning home from a weekend trip to Wendover, Utah. They left the airport around 4 p.m. Tuesday. ...
Ninety Nine Leaders Among Honorees in FAA's 2011 GA Awards from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | Four aviation professionals were recently acknowledged for their diverse contributions to the industry, through the 2011 General Aviation Awards. The annual awards program is a collaborative effort with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and over a dozen aviation organizations, including NBAA. ...
A Week That Supports Women in Aviation Around the Globe from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | This week marks Women of Aviation Worldwide Week, which showcases today's women of aviation and encourages young girls and women to consider careers in aviation. The initiative, which runs from March 7 to 13, is scheduled to coincide with and celebrate International Women's Day, observed annually on March 8. ...
Then Technical Sgt. Bill Gross stands on the flightline Dec. 7, 199, at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. Sergeant Gross was in Hawaii to help commemorate the 50-year anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Sergeant Gross was a long-time crew chief assigned to the Air Force's first KC-10 and has been stationed with the aircraft for nearly his entire career. As the KC-10 celebrates its 30th year of Air Force service on March 17, 2011, Sergeant Gross can claim that he has been there every step of the way. (U.S. Air Force photo)
An F-100F Super Sabre joins the Collings Foundation’s Vietnam Memorial Flight in honor of Vietnam War Hero and MoH recipient Col. Bud Day, MISTY pilots and all Vietnam Veterans. - Collings Foundation News Letter | Medal of Honor recipients, Vietnam Veterans and POWs from around the country will be celebrating the roll out and commemoration of the F-100F Super Sabre jet (first super sonic jet). This very rare Vietnam icon will join the F-4 Phantom II, A-4 Skyhawk and UH-1E “Huey” helicopter that the Collings Foundation flies in honor of our Vietnam Veterans. ... [full newsletter]
Video: Russian Be-200 (Water Hog?) Is Extremely Versatile from AirPigz | The Russian Beriev Be-200 built by Irkut is a pretty amazing and versatile flying machine. It's not everyday you run across an amphibious jet powered aircraft that can haul 72 passengers... ok actually, you pretty much never run across an amphibious jet powered aircraft that can carry 72 passengers. But in addition to ...
Southern Museum of Flight Taps Billy J Singleton for Chairman from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | -BIRMINGHAM AL- During a regular meeting, the board members of the Southern Museum of Flight elected Billy J Singleton as their new Chairman. Singleton, will take the reins from Jim Daniels who served in the position for the past several years. ...
Revised: A-10 Picture Gallery from MILAVIA Updates | Updated A-10 Thunderbolt II gallery to new layout and more than 200 pictures.
Astronaut Tied Emotionally To Shuttles, KSC - The Flame Trench | Here they are making it safe enough to tow back to its processing hangar so it can be prepped for display in a museum, most likely the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum. Well, the passion and pride was plenty evident for mission specialist Nicole Stott as ...
Discovery Lands, Now on to a Museum from Spaceports | Space shuttle Discovery touched down for the last time Wednesday, wrapping up another chapter of U.S. space travel. NASA's oldest and most-flown spacecraft ends its career with 148 million miles and 365 days spent in space.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
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2011 Armed Forces Memorial Aerobatic Contest - IAC 27 | IAC Chapter 27's first 2011 contest will be the Armed Forces Memorial Contest to be held, once again, at Grenada Municipal Airport (KGNF), Grenada, Mississippi. Date: May 20 – 21, 2011 Location: Grenada Municipal Airport (KGNF)
Cotswold Air show to celebrate iconic jet’s 60th anniversary - Flightline UK | One of Britain’s most iconic fighter jets will be honoured with an historic and breathtaking display at the 2011 Cotswold Air Show. The theme of this year’s show, at Cotswold Airport, on June 18 and 19, is the 60th anniversary of the first flight of the Hawker Hunter. Only a few airworthy examples remain of the elegant swept wing aircraft and it is hoped that one of the highlights will be a spectacular diamond nine formation flypast. ...
Inauguration of Centenary Celebrations of Civil Aviation in India - LogisticsWeek | By NewsDesk “It is a great occasion for India that we are today celebrating the completion of 100 years of commercial civil aviation in this country. A hundred years ago, on this very day a plane flew from Allahabad to Naini, carrying 6500 mails. ...
2011 National Championship Air Races - Official Site | Everything you need to know about planning your next trip to the National Championship Air Races can be found here. Get the 2011 schedule; find out which pilots are going to be here and ... Five days of racing action. Six classes of aircraft and speeds exceeding 500 mph. It all adds up to the National Championship Air Races in Reno, Nevada. Each race is just one thrilling episode of a ...
Air Racers, The Film - Official Movie Site | Coming in Summer 2011 to IMAX 3D Theatres & IMAX Dome: Through the eyes of first-time competitor Steve Hinton, Jr., son of a legendary air racer and acrobatic pilot, you will experience a never-before-seen exploration of the fastest motor sport... 2011 Cessnas 2 Oshkosh Registration Drive
from Pilots of America Message Board | We are very happy to inform that the initial results of our 2011 registration drive are very encouraging. By the end of the first week thirty (30) pilots have registered to fly the mass arrival. This year's mass arrival is scheduled for July 23rd at 14:30 CDT. We will again meet for the final pre-flight brief in the main hangar of Wisconsin Aviation[/URL] at Dodge County Airport[/URL] in Juneau, Wisconsin at 11:00 CDT. The Letter of Agreement (LOA) between the FAA and Cessnas 2 Oshkosh has been drafted and is ready for signing. The FAA has again approved the participation of 75 aircraft. ...
Local EAA Chapter 252 annual community Celebration of Flight banquet - Oshkosh Northwestern | The banquet will be held in the Founders Wing of the EAA AirVenture Museum, 3000 Poberezny Rd., Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The evening will begin at 6:00 pm with a cash bar followed at 7:00 pm by a buffet meal catered by Sodexho/Ripon College. ...
CAF B-29 B-24 - Home Page | The B-29/B-24 Squadron is entrusted with the operation and
maintenance of two of the rarest bombers that fly. The unit is based at the Cavanaugh Flight Museum in Addison, Texas. When the aircraft are not at airshows or other events across the nation, they can be visited at the Cavanaugh Flight Museum. On this website you can find out where the bombers will visit ...100 years ago: Aviator plans to fly over Lawrence in biplane - Lawrence Journal World | The graceful but fragile looking aeroplane is being unpacked today at the depot and will be taken out to the aviation field this afternoon. The public will be welcome to visit the park and watch the aviator putting the bi-plane together. ...
F100-F Super Sabre joins memorial flight from General Aviation News | An F-100F Super Sabre will join the Collings Foundation’s Vietnam Memorial Flight in honor of Vietnam War hero Col. Bud Day, MISTY pilots and all Vietnam Veterans. Medal of Honor recipients, Vietnam Veterans and POWs from around the country will celebrate the roll out and commemoration of the F-100F Super Sabre jet (first super sonic jet) at a special event March 29 featuring Col. Day. This rare Vietnam icon will join the F-4 Phantom II, A-4 Skyhawk and UH-1E “Huey” helicopter that the Collings Foundation flies in honor of Vietnam veterans. ...
WW II Then and Now: Keeping planes flying - Canton Repository | Lawther proved the method by single-handedly replacing the engine of a B-25 Mitchell bomber, he told the Free Press Standard. The Army then patented his device and sent it to other units. Following his service, Lawther worked as a truck driver and ...
Fly Me To the Moon! from Parrothead Jeff | A formation of AV-8B Harriers fly by the early rising moon over San Diego Bay during the Centennial of Naval Aviation Open House and Parade of Flight at Naval Air Station North Island, Feb. 12, 2011. The Navy is ...
Looking up at Terre Haute's high-achieving African-Americans: Downtown banners ... - Terre Haute Tribune Star | Willa Beatrice Brown: 1906-1992: Pioneering aviatrix and first African-American woman to run for Congress. A Wiley High School and Indiana Teachers College graduate, she earned a graduate degree from Northwestern University and became America's first ...
Women Pilots Visit Lakeland Copper Beech Middle School - Peekskill-Cortlandt Patch | Two members of the Ninety-Nines, a women's aviation organization that Amelia Earhart co-founded, visited Lakeland Copper Beech Middle School to talk with students who were involved in an Amelia Earhart project. ...
NYPD pilot Erin Nolan spends vacation time training women to fly in Ghana - New York Daily News | NYPD pilot Detective Erin Nolan is using up year's vacation to train women to fly in Ghana. Five months removed from a brush with death, an NYPD pilot is using her training to help others - more than 5000 miles away. ...
Bladed propeller Levasseur identify - Passionate about aviation | Following the article I posted on my blog, on a four-bladed propeller Levasseur Marc Taffoureau identified as a test of a
propeller CAMS 36, Roman Van Vlem contacted me to help identify this propeller twin-bladed black Levasseur (Series No. 953 35122). Some pictures of the helix accompanying message could help my search. Once again I thought the forum Aerostories technique for transmitting the question to experts in aviation history. The answer was not long to wait, John Schreiber was the first chopping simply by decrypting the inscriptions on the side of the propeller hub: FAR GOLIATH JUP 380 HP, giving FARMAN GOLIATH-Powered Gnome Rhone Jupiter 380 Horses. Airships: Pioneering Brits heralding dawn of new Zeppelin age - Mail Online | When the Hindenburg blew up in 1937, so did the airship industry. So why is Britain building a fleet of the world's biggest, for the Americans, in our old Zeppelin sheds?
Libyan fighter jet pilots defect to Malta as planes open fire in Tripoli - Malta Star | Two Libyan Air Force single-seater Mirage fighter jets have landed in Malta early this afternoon. The arrival of the jets was unexpected and initial reports point towards the scenario where the pilots defected Libya after being ordered to fire on protesters. The Guardian quoted Soula al-Balaazi, a Libyan activist in Tripoli, saying that fighter jets opened fire against protesters in many areas around Tripoli. ...
February 21 from Cut and Paste Aviation
SAA A340-600 with SAAF Silver Falcons from Flight Image of the Day | This week's Image of the Week (featured on page 3 of Flight International), is taken by AirSpace user Keith Gaskell. His photo depicts a South African Airways A340-600 flanked with two SAAF Silver Falcons on each side. Keith took the photo at Africa Aerospace & Defence 2008 at SAAF AFB Ysterplaat in Cape Town. ...
Rocketry teams place in recent meets - The Westside Story | The Cypress Ridge and Jersey Village high school Air Force Junior ROTC model rocketry teams had several students place at the Lt. Col. Mike Griffin Memorial Rocket and R/C Aircraft Meet in Cleveland on Feb. 5. Under the direction of AFJROTC ...
Evolution of the Space Shuttle - Air and Space | How 30 years changed the world's most complex flying machine.
How Did the Space Shuttle Discovery Get Its Name? from SPACE.com | The space shuttle Discovery's name has long ties with exploration.
1st female private space explorer talking at ERAU - Daytona Beach News-Journal | A successful engineer and entrepreneur, Ansari established the Ansari X Prize, a $10 million cash award for the first non-governmental launch of a reusable manned spacecraft. Before and after her space flight, Ansari has been a successful technology ...
Friday, February 11, 2011
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F-22 Likely to Join Final Day of India Air Show - CRIENGLISH.com | The US most sophisticated stealth fighter F-22 will arrive in Bangalore to participate in the final day's air show, said a US aeronautical official on ...
Air show takes off without China - Global Times | There may not be a Chinese presence at Asia's biggest air show this week, but concerns about China's growing military might can ...
Aero India 2011: IAF assures help to pilot's widow - Daily News & Analysis | ... assured that the Indian Air Force (IAF) would address the demands of Shalini Jetly, widow of former Sarang aerobatic team member, Wg Cdr Vikas Jetly. ...
USS Stennis Arrives For Aviation Celebration - KGTV San Diego | SAN DIEGO -- USS John C. Stennis arrived in San Diego Bay Thursday afternoon to participate in the Centennial of Naval Aviation. ...
I really don't know how I feel about the way we've created so many U.S. coins with 'modernized' graphics and commerative designs... I'm not sure it's really the best way to honor the heritage of where we've been. But these retro paint schemes that the Navy has put on a wide variety of aircraft for the Centennial of Naval Aviation seems to be the perfect way to acknowledge and honor the past. Plus, they make our modern aircraft look better than they ever have! The first batch I posted ...
All Hands Update -- North Island Aviation Centennial Preparation - www.navy.mil video | In this "All Hands Update" news piece, the "Warhawks" of Helicopter Anti Submarine Squadron (HS) 10 prepare for the Centennial of Naval Aviation Air Show scheduled for Saturday, aboard Naval Air Station North Island.
Thunderbirds land at Pease - Seacoastonline.com | Anticipation of the 2011 Boston-Portsmouth Air Show was evident at the tradeport, as spectators lined the roads to catch a glimpse of the famed No. ...
June's Air Show Lineup Announced - The Dispatch | OCEAN CITY – After much deliberation on what dates the OC Air Show should take place and what headliners would appear, the event has finalized its 2011 ...
F-100F Super Sabre joins the Collings Foundation's Vietnam Memorial Flight - Collings Foundation Mission Briefing | | Through the generous support of the Dworak family, a F-100F Super Sabre jet will join the Collings Foundation’s Vietnam Memorial Flight Collection and Programs ...
Other items in this letter: The Last Liberator, B-24 Veteran Gets a special Birthday, Judge Louis Werner will be missed.
WW2 fighter flights on offer in Wanaka - Otago Daily Times | A new tourist attraction in Wanaka is about to offer the ultimate aviation gift or day out - a ride in a World War 2 Kittyhawk fighter or other warbirds. ...
New Private MiG29 from FenceCheck Forums
Julius Karp, WWII vet and philanthropist - Houston Chronicle
Julius Karp, shown in 2006, spent 18 months as a prisoner of war after his B-17 was shot down in World War II. ...
Supersonic Flight & Transonic Phenomena from www.avweb.com | Sound travels at about 760 miles per hour, or 340 meters per second and about 661 knots on an average day at sea level. And sometimes, you can almost see it. Going close to that speed through air can cause some unusual visual effects. This compiled footage includes F-14s, standard and Blue Angels F-18s, plus the SR-71 and an Atlas Rocket launch. AVweb contacted sources at NASA to research the phenomena. ...
This Day in History - February 11 - Jamaica Observer | 2006: Adventurer Steve Fossett completes the longest nonstop flight in aviation history with an emergency landing in England, flying 26389 miles (42460 ...
Breaking: Boeing plans new aiplane -- 797? | Gadling.com | Jon Ostrower over at Flight Blogger has some interesting gossip for us from the airplane world: Boeing's CEO Jim McNerney was quoted earlier this week.
Jade Schiewe on Surviving (and Landing During) an In-Flight Cockpit Fire from AVWeb Podcast - Podcast | On September 28, 2010, a Cessna 172RG was flying in good weather over Oklahoma when fire broke out behind the instrument panel. The flames quickly spread to the rug and seats and filled the cockpit with thick black smoke. AVweb's Glenn Pew spoke with that flight's pilot, Jade Schiewe.This podcast is brought to you by Bose Corporation.
STS-133: NASA Considering Soyuz Flyaround to Photograph Discovery and ISS from NASASpaceFlight.com | NASA managers are investigating a proposed plan that would see a Soyuz spacecraft undock from the International Space Station (ISS) during the upcoming STS-133 mission in order to take photographs of the orbital outpost, along with its record number of attached Visiting Vehicles (VVs) and the docked Space Shuttle Discovery. ...
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
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Steve Hinton wins ICAS Award from Planes Of Fame News | Steve Hinton wins the Art Scholl Memorial Showmanship Award…
Reno 1979 (the last flight of the Baron) - Aviation Airshow Air Race Photography Discussion from http://www.aafo.com/ Reno 1979 (the last flight of the Baron) Air Racin' : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQ6EwiSIbx4
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First flight in the world of a privately owned MiG-29!!! - FIRST FLIGHT IN THE WORLD OF A PRIVATELY OWNED MIG-29 FULCRUM BY AIR USA IN QUINCY ILLINOIS; DECEMBER 10TH, 2010: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xq92ZC5cYoM
Another member of the 'Greatest Generation' passes on in Destin - Destin Log | As bombardier he was assigned to the 95th Bomb Group and was sent to England where he flew 30 combat missions in the B-17. He was later assigned to the 55th ...
Timeless Voices - Robert Tank from eaavideo.org | After washing out of pilot training, Robert Tank served as a B-17 bombardier with the 364th Bomb Squadron of the 305th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force during World War II. His plane was shot down on Nov. 26, 1943 and Robert became a POW at Stalag Luft 1…
2010 MCAS Miramar Airshow Gallery Added from Randy Rothhaar Photography | A new gallery with about 300 images from the 2010 MCAS Miramar Airshow was added to the site tonight. Now on to editing images from the 2010 Aviation Nation Airshow at Nellis AFB and breaking in my new Canon 7D body:
Air race star Hall announces calendar, will fly during Sydney's New Year's Eve celebrations | Matt Hall Racing - Air race star Matt Hall will end 2010 on a high by flying his MXS-R race plane around the Sydney Harbour foreshore as part of the city's famed New Year's Eve Celebrations. The New Year's Eve display is just one of several exciting performances Hall announced as part of his new look calendar this week…
Hot Fast and Loud. from Windsor International Air Show by Sounds of Freedom III - 12,000 Horsepower
375 Miles Per Hour - Air Show Speed Record, World's Fastest Jet Truck, Not bad for a Chevy. See it in Windsor next September. Think he'll have the nerve to take on Pete? Just watch.................
BBC News - The Millionaires who flew to war from http://www.bbc.co.uk/ They were called the Millionaires' Squadron, a dashing young group of well-heeled sportsmen and adventurers with a passion for danger and high jinks. But they were also a very effective fighting unit, placed in the front line of defence against German invasion in the Battle of Britain…
Aviation museum receives F-100D flown by Goddard - Macon Telegraph | Ultimately, the jet will be displayed in the aviation museum's Hangar One, which houses several Vietnam-era aircraft exhibits. Fighter pilots develop a ...
WW II author gives talk at Combat Air Museum – KSNT | Sharp spoke at the combat air museum at Forbes Field on Moday, December 13th. Following the presentation he signed copies of his new book…
March Field Air Museum: Discussion group takes wing - Press-Enterprise | Aviation history has seen a number of attempts at roadable airplanes, with varying degrees of success. Sarh will review these past projects and he will ...
"How We Did It" — Red Bull Glider Skydiver Transfer - Say, how did those guys pull off that skydiver glider-to-glider transfer that's getting some much attention on YouTube and Red Bull's site? Here's the inside story from Ewald Roithner, the lead pilot. He spoke with AVweb's Paul Bertorelli…
December 14 - This Day In Aviation History from Aviation Earth | December 14, 1903 - Wilbur Wright makes the first and unsuccessful attempt at powered flight at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. His aircraft stalls after 3 ½ seconds in the air and crash-lands 105 feet away. December 14, 1965 - A Learjet 23 executive transport shows off its impressive capabilities by climbing to 40,000 feet in [...]
There isn't a jalopy in this bunch of rockets from The Original Rocket Dungeon by Dick | It looks like Pete Alway's Rockets of the World is featured on Jalopnik. That's big time e-publicity, but too bad they didn't provide a link where people can order the book. Click the photo above for the big one. Click the 1st link for the ARA Press/Saturn Press web site:
