Aerobatic team Surya Kiran set to fly into sunset - Daily News and Analysis | The Surya Kiran 
aerobatic team (SKAT) of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will perform for the last time at the biennial air show, Aero India, in Bangalore to be held from February 9-13, before being disbanded. Citing shortage of aircraft for training purposes, a source told DNA that these aircraft will ...
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Al Ain air show finally begins as weather clears - The National | AL AIN // It's all systems go as the 2011 Al Ain Aerobatic Show kicks off today at the Al Ain International Airport after being delayed for two days due to ...
MMRCA contenders will showcase full flight display at Aero India 2011 from Defence Aviation | The Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) Competition, commonly known as the MMRCA Tender that involves six contenders bidding for the deal, will be showcasing their full flight display at Aero India 2011. The MMRCA deal is an ongoing competition to supply the Indian Air Force with 126 Multi-Role Combat Aircraft in order to modernize and expand the Indian Air Force. The Defence Ministry has allocated INR 42,000 crore (US$9.11 billion) for the purchase of these aircraft’s. ...
British aerospace firms eye partnerships at air show - Sify
British Minister for Defence Equipment Support and Technology Peter Luff will lead a large defence and business delegation to the five-day air show at the ...
Wings of Freedom Tour stops in Fort Myers - Wink News | Visitors can get an up-close look at the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, a consolidated B--24 Liberator and a P-51 Mustang. The B-17 on display is one of only ...
Saturday - Saturday, Feb 26, 2011 - Mar 5, 2011 - Fantasy of Flight's NightFlight Phase 2, Polk City, FL from FunPlacesToFly.com Aviation Events | Phase 2 of our popular paranormal investigations continues as we dig deeper into the mysterious female spirit M in the Officers Club the new approach in the Carrier Deck with the cluster of Naval carrier-based aircraft the expansion of the investigation into new areas, especially the Restoration Shop and the EVP experience within the PBY Catalina. 863-984-3500, info@fantasyofFlight.com
Thursday - Saturday, Feb 10-12, 2011 - Fantasy of Flight's Legends Legacies: They Dared to Fly - Featuring Tuskegee Airmen, Polk City, FL from FunPlacesToFly.com Aviation Events | Fantasy of Flight's Legends Legacies Series continues with They Dared to Fly in honor of Black History Month. Join several of the original Tuskegee Airmen as they share their personal experiences of wartime military service during segregated America. This event features open-forum/question-and-answer sessions. Fantasy of Flight's permanent ...
Flightline UK - RAF Waddington International Airshow 2011 Source: www.airshows.org.uk
RAF Waddington International Airshow is the RAF's premier airshow of the year. RAF Waddington is in Lincolnshire, long regarded at the home of the Royal Air Force. The show is well liked by families and enthusiasts alike bring together some of Europe's top display acts alongside very strong support ...
Air show tickets on sale; Kestrel highlighted in aviation journal - Times Record | Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority officials announced this week that tickets are on sale for this August's Great State of Maine Air Show & Business ...
This is How it’s Done, Ladies and Gentlemen! from US Army Golden Knights by Rachel Medley | SGT Brandie Phillips of the Black Demonstration Team lands perfectly on the dead center after having exited the aircraft more than two miles above the earth. Brandie is one of the top accuracy shooters on Black Team, and was fourth overall best target score for the entire 2010 show season. SGT Phillips is originally from [...]
Centennial of Naval Aviation - Heritage Paint Schemes from FenceCheck Forums
Video: Freedom Flight 2011 for Able Flight from AOPA Live: Latest videos from AOPA Live
Freedom Flight 2011 for Able Flight thumbnail Disabled pilots Sean O'Donnell and Heather Schultz let nothing deter them.
Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the DC-3 - TVR Photography | For many of us, the DC-3 is seen as a tired workhorse of the skies, a third world answer for passenger and cargo transport. A fuselage full of chickens and wooden boxes might be high on the list of stereotypical thoughts. The gathering of DC-3’s and C-47’s in Rock Falls, Illinois quickly grounded that mindset and illustrated to everyone that the DC-3 is strong, active and still filling a void within the aviation community. Scott Glover's immaculately restored C-47 Dakota named 'Sky King', taxiis back to the ramp under the full moon after a nostalgic flight hosting local War Veterans. On the weekend of July 23-25, a record number of airworthy DC-3’s and military C-47 variants came together at Whiteside Airport in Rock Falls, Illinois for what would be called ‘The Last Time’. Although the ...
27 balloons to participate in Philippine Int'l Hot Air balloon fiesta in Clark - Philippine Information Agency | Tour schedules are 7:30 am, 8:30 am, 9:30 am, 3:30 pm, and 4:30 pm There will also be sky diving and paragliding exhibitions as well as rocketry and ...
P-40 WarHawk Markings - Warbird Central
Forgotten Heroes – Jesse LeRoy Brown 1st US NAVY African-American Aviator - Resurrection of the Stratford Corsair | Today I learned about a true American Hero that has all but been forgotten. What defines a hero? The “progression” is a classic story. Born Poor, Faced Adversity, Choose the Hard Road, Excel Beyond the Wildest Dreams of Your Naysayers, Loved by Compatriots, The First, Sacrificial or Tragic Death. All the makings for a great movie. Jesse LeRoy Brown (13 October 1926 – 4 December 1950) was the first African-American naval aviator in the United States Navy. ...
Good Flying: Interview with a Blackhawk pilot in Iraq - YouTube
Captain Andrea Ourada, a Minnesota National Guard Blackhawk helicopter pilot, tells the story of her first combat action in Iraq.
Celebrating Women from Flight To Success | Father's Day, Mother's Day, Valentines' Day--- 
When I was a little girl, I told my dad, "We need a kids day!" and he'd said, "Everyday is kids day." Yeah, right. I was soon to realize, some thirty years later, that we do have control our our days. We can make them anything we want. ... Women of Aviation Worldwide Week. March 7-13 ...
Women in Air Traffic Control from Roger-Wilco | My original article about the difficult road women wanting to become air traffic controllers (and commercial pilots…) faced in the early days seems to have struck a chord in several parts of the world. First there was Aminda’s lovely contribution from the Philippines then Evon Russel contacted me on Facebook with a link to an article at the Wings Over Kansas site which talks about whet they claimed was the first American female controller, Mary Van Scyoc. ...
Episode 133 – Traveling Smart with Kelli from Airplane Geeks Podcast | Kelli Jones is this week’s guest. She’s an aviation consultant, cabin safety expert, mediator, traveler, philanthropist, and a blogger at Traveling Smart. Previously, Kelli worked for a major US airline where she was a cabin equipment engineer and accident investigator, and she now works as a consultant for the FAA, the NTSB, airlines, and ...
Flying Boxcar Snares Capsule In Flight (1960) from AIRBOYD.TV by Airboyd
Remnants of a bomber crash - Maple Ridge News | After starting out on the two-engine B-25 Mitchell bomber at Boundary Bay, crews graduated to the four-engine B-24 Liberator at Abbotsford. ...
Mikoyan–Guryevich MiG-21 - War and game | “It was superb to fly, tough, simple and easy to build in large numbers…” IVAN RENDALL commenting on the MIG-21 in ROLLING THUNDER. Fast and agile. Despite having only one engine, the MiG-21 is still an exceptionally agile aircraft that is not easily matched in dogfights. However, it is sometimes susceptible to snaking, which causes stalls and surges in the turbojet engine. ....
Aging fighter jet gets new lease on life - LA Time | The F/A-18, a fixture on U.S. carriers for decades, benefits from delays on its replacement, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. The Pentagon keeps ordering more F/A-18s, which is good news to workers at Northrop and hundreds of other California firms.
Eglin's 53rd celebrates 70 years of history, cuts its cake with a sword (VIDEO ... - The Northwest Florida Daily News | The video below consists of historical footage of the American Volunteer Group the Flying Tigers who fought the Japanese in China at the outset of World War ...
"Hearts Of All Ages" - 9NEWS.com
The event, which will be at the Wings Over The Rockies Air & Space Museum, boasts kid friendly food, live music, face painters, caricature artists and more. ...
Lindbergh Foundation to Lead Aviation Green Alliance - AMTOnline.com | During its presentation at the Wichita Aero Club luncheon, the Lindbergh Foundation today announced the Aviation GreenTM Alliance ...
Boulder’s eSpace Center Wants To Make Aerospace A Startup-Friendly Industry from TechCrunch | Private sector space tech companies — from Virgin Galactic to Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) — have been doing what only government agencies were empowered to do in earlier generations, launch vehicles into space, improve the fuel efficiency of aircraft, and more. A Boulder-based incubator called The eSpace Center for Space Entrepreneurship still thinks the industry could be friendlier to startups and innovators, though. ...
The Soviet space shuttle's final ride [Spacelopnik] from Jalopnik by Justin Hyde | For nearly two decades, the Soviet Union attempted to beat the United States in the space race with its own fleet of space shuttles. Here's the story of the final Soviet shuttle's last ride.
Russia Building Its Own Super-Mysterious Robotic Space Plane [Space] from Gizmodo by Sam Biddle | Remember the US military's shadowy, unmanned X-37B? Well Russia won't just sit there and let us be the only ones flying shadowy robot planes into space—they're building their own, and it's even more shadowy. Just how mysterious is this mystery-spacecraft? So mysterious that there isn't a single image of it, and it has no name. But it's intended to mimic the functionality of the X-37B—small, light, easy to put into orbit, and able to carry a truck's worth of gear (whether it be peaceful gear or otherwise). Russia's military space chief, Oleg Ostapenko, has said only ...
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Saturday: it was a write off. It rained so hard before the show opened, that the parking areas on the field were several inches deep with standing water, and the organizers very wisely cancelled the event. The foul weather continued till mid morning, but the actual sky did not clear up enough for any type of flying until noon. The noon fly over of the B-2 bomber was cancelled much earlier due to the weather too.
Sunday: started off with a dark overcast sky, but there was no rain, thus the organizers decided to put on the air show, with some modifications that were necessary due to the soggy fields, where attendees would normally park. The gates opened on time and people started to arrive slowly but surely. However the attendance was definitely affected by the previous day’s rain and the possibility of more rain for the event. However, this time the weather cooperated, and by noon it was mostly sunny but with a relatively low ceiling and very humid as the water was evaporating from the drenched fields. The air show started on time with the the E Team Skydiver jumping and displaying a large American flag while the National Anthem was being sung The jump was followed by several civilian acts, then by the F/A 18 Super Hornet, followed by various warbirds first, of the WWII era, the highlight was the B-17 with a P-51 Mustang flying close support. This was followed by Vietnam era aircraft and with a downed pilot rescue simulation with the two Hueys, and Skyraider and C-123K “Provider”, nicknamed “Thunder Pig”, as gunship support with a bit of pyrotechnics for added realism. For me this was the highlight of the event. The East A-10 Team flew also, having seen both the East and West A-10 Teams, and, sorry guys, but the West Team is much better! The Horsemen were the main attractions with their three Mustangs flying in tight formation, and the show ended with a heritage flight consisting of the A-10 with two P-51 Mustangs.
There were several aircraft no shows. Again, this is very typical these days, however, the event seemed to me to have less warbirds this year, perhaps due to tighter budgets. There were some WWII era military vehicles on display, including some replica German vehicles, namely a PzKpfw VI Tiger Ausf E, (built on a Russian T-34 chassis) and a Hanomag SdKfz 251 APC, (built on a Czech version). 
Although this year’s air show was not as big as last years when it came to performers, and the weather certainly was no help either, it still ranks as one of the best due to the hospitality, friendliness and willingness to help to make the visitors welcome and an excellent value for the $20 admission with free parking! There are too many outstanding people involved with this great organization, I cannot name them all here, but I certainly want to mention the ones who have helped me the most; Mindy Goble, Beth Vahle in the Office, Doug and Janet Cross, Guy Eoff, Angie Clover, Dennis Smith, Roger Bishop, David Rothenanger, Dave Jackson, Ted Brindle and Nancy Leslie – you all are the BEST!
