Holland Wins Second Straight Unlimited Title - EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | September 26, 2013 - Rob Holland successfully defended his Unlimited Power national championship at the 2013 U.S. National Aerobatic Championships in Sherman/Denison, Texas, which runs through Friday. Second place went to Jeff Boerboon and third to Nick Timofeev...
The Heart Of Texas Airshow debuts Saturday · General Aviation News Staff | WACO, Texas — The Heart of Texas Airshow will make its debut Saturday, Sept. 28, at Texas State Technical College Waco Airport (CNW), featuring aerobatic performances, jet cars, warbirds, pyrotechnics and more. The first airshow to take place in Waco in seven years, The Heart of Texas Airshow includes appearances by Justin Lewis and his FLS Microjet, the world’s smallest jet, like that seen in the James Bond movie; Michael Kennedy’s pre-World War II Vultee BT-13 Valiant; a variety of aircraft from the Cavanaugh Flight Museum, including a P-51 Mustang, T-6, PT-19 and helicopter, as well as the B-25 Bomber “Devil Dog” and the Douglas C47 “Bluebonnet Belle.”...
Mustangs, Rainbows & Lightning / Earth to Sky Gallery
- Keith Breazeal Video Productions - Amador County Photographer | A
group of photographers had a scheduled photo shoot at the Reno Air Races
on Saturday the 14th of September. The timing was for sunset, but the
weather was not looking good. This was our third attempt due to rain in
the evening. We dashed to the flight line as the crews moved the P-51
Mustangs into position. Lightning was already moving into the area
and...
Competition Flying – Reno Air Races 2013 - Global Aviation Resource | The 50th running of the 
Reno Air Races took place from 11-15 September in Reno, Nevada. Rob Edgcumbe was there for GAR and provides a look at how this landmark passed off and who proved to be the quickest in the “World’s Fastest Motorsport.”...
The QED Has Flown! - NORDO News | That's all I know. I just read an email that if flew this evening and am now anxiously waiting and looking for photos or video. News of the first flight is exciting and I'm sure Jim's family, and the extended build family, are very thrilled and sentimental tonight. Congratulations to everyone involved...
South Carolina RC Clubs Offer Radio Controlled Aircraft Air Show - Aero-News Network | Three Clubs Join Forces To Present Event Free To The Public | On Saturday, November 2nd starting at 1100 EDT the Blue Ridge Radio Control Club (BRRC), Western Carolina Radio Control Club (WCRC) and Firetower Fliers will be performing at a free-to-attend Radio Controlled (RC) Aircraft Show at the Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU) in South Carolina...
Breezy Co-Creator Carl Unger Passes Away - EAA News | September 26, 2013 - Carl Unger, whose unique Breezy aircraft provided many thousands of flights to people over the past half-century, passed away Tuesday, September 24, at his home in Oak Lawn, Illinois. He was 82....
Filming The Rescue of The B-25 “Sandbar Mitchell” - Warbirds News | The Restorers is a documentary film about warbird and vintage aircraft restorers and the planes they resurrect from the graves of history. If you are a warbird enthusiast you must have watched the documentary “The Restorers” at least once. The Restorers – They Were All Volunteers has earned two Emmy awards in 2012. Producer Kara Martinelli and Director Adam White won for Best Writing and Technical Achievement for the film. Adam and Kara produced the documentary film with 8 short stories about people restoring planes...
A slice of aviation heaven in Illinois· Meg Godlewski, General Aviation News | This summer marked my 13th AirVenture. After a few years of going to the big show, I noticed that whenever I 
encountered someone with a particularly unusual or well-kept airplane, the names Bel Air Estates and Poplar Grove Airport (C77) in Illinois were attached to them. The privately-owned, public use airport came first, says Steve Thomas, whose father Dick established the airport in 1972 after retiring from dairy farming....
WWII Triple Ace to speak October 8, 2013 - Indianapolis Aero Club | Col. Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson will be our featured speaker for our October 8 meeting...
Warbird Pilots Step in to Honor Fallen Airmen - EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | Retired naval aviator Lt. Cmdr. Sean "Flopper" Cushing pulls up in his L-39 during Monday's missing man flight over Arlington National Cemetery....
The Hump - The Lexicans | We are losing our WWII vets at an ever increasing rate. My father-in-law and my father, both veterans of the war in the Pacific, have passed away in the last 5 years or so. I am reading about the history of the Battle of Okinawa, which my father-in-law participated in, and today I received an e-mail about the incredible losses suffered in the air wars over Europe and the Pacific, and the heartbreaking losses in…the United States. The U.S. lost 14 or 15,000 aircraft alone in training in the United States, and at least 22,000 operationally in the war overseas...
Pilots of the Caribbean Volunteers of African Heritage in the RAF - RAF Museum London Events | In two World Wars black people from the Caribbean, Africa and from Britain volunteered to serve in the Royal Air Force. These volunteers fought, and died, for the Mother Country and for freedom, and thereby helped to preserve the values and the heritage they shared with their white comrades. The tradition of service to the Crown continues today, and the RAF is proud to welcome new generations of black volunteers into its ranks...
Smithsonian Magazine Sponsors Free Visits To Museums Saturday September 28,2013 · Warbirds News | This upcoming weekend you can visit one of the many museums in the United States, including some of the nation’s finest museums. In fact the Smithsonian magazine will sponsor free visits on a certain day “in the spirit of Smithsonian Museums,” which offer free admission every day. It calls the event Museum Day Live!, and this year it falls on Saturday, Sept. 28...
McDonnell Aircraft XF-85 Goblin Wind Tunnel Model Dedicated at Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum - airandspacemuseum.org | The Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum dedicated a one-sixth scale restored wind tunnel model of the McDonnell Aircraft XF-85 Goblin parasite fighter during a mid-day ceremony held at historic Curtiss-Wright Hangar 2 at St. Louis Downtown Airport. The museum hosted a group of retired McDonnell Aircraft employees and guests in the hangar following a luncheon held at the airport’s nearby Spinners restaurant. Prior to the arrival of the invited guests, museum members set up several displays featuring wind tunnel model parts from various known and unknown aircraft projects in addition to the Goblin model, which was kept under wraps until later in the program. Here we present an illustrated recap of today’s event...
OK, that's low! - Bayou Renaissance Man | This video clip is of an Argentine Air Force C-130 Hercules making a (very) low pass over observers on the runway at that country's Marambio Base in the Antarctic.
A Conversation with AOPA President and CEO Mark Baker, Part 1 - Aero-News Network | This is a Special Report of the Aero News Network... Mark Baker, Part 1 of 3 | We all know that AOPA has a new head man - Mark Baker. He's a pilot with a corporate business management background. But what do we really know about Mark Baker - and more importantly his plans for AOPA and its membership...
The Hadfield Effect - Vintage Wings of Canada By Dave O'Malley | I often shake my head today at 
the voyeuristic and Pavlovian attention certain, shall we say, “celebrities” get for doing so very little. In the worst case scenarios, you have those plasticized human products such as Paris Hilton, Snookie of Jersey Shore and Kim Kardashian, who have about as much humanity as a computer generated avatar. The phrase “Famous for being famous.” seems to be uttered by the very people who follow every titillating move of these humanoid confections and never once does it seem ironic to them....
Build A Plane to present Teachers’ Day at NBAA · General Aviation News Staff | For the first time, the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) will host a Build A Plane Teachers’ Day at its annual convention next month in Las Vegas. Sponsored by Honeywell Aerospace, the Teacher’s Day will be held in conjunction with the annual Careers in Business Aviation Day, on Oct. 24, the third day of this year’s convention...
EAA Member's 400th Young Eagle Flown Is Extra Special - EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | September 26, 2013 - Fran Uliano, EAA 237515, flew his 400th Young Eagle, Abigail Murphy, on September 14, and he said it was the passenger, not the milestone, that made the flight one of his most memorable. Abigail's mother, Carol, called Uliano to ask about the EAA Chapter 27 (Meridian, Connecticut) Young Eagles rally scheduled for October 12. Carol told Fran that she planned to bring all three of her children for flights, with Abby, 9, being the youngest...
SpaceX to launch Sunday from Vandenberg - Spaceports | Team Vandenberg is scheduled to launch its first-ever SpaceX launch from Space Launch Complex-4 from the Vandenberg Air Firce Base in California Sunday, September 29, 2013 with a targeted launch window beginning at 9 a.m. PDT or 12:00 noon EDT. USAF Col. Keith Balts, 30th Space Wing commander, is the launch decision authority...
Friday, September 27, 2013
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Tuesday, July 2, 2013
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Many have already done so, but we'd like to add our deepest sympathies to the families and friends of 
the 19 firefighters who gave their lives in service to the communities out west. Words become weak in times like these. In memory of those that serve....
First plane arrives for the Shrinersfest Air Show - 14 News | EVANSVILLE, IN (WFIE) -The first aircraft for this year's Shrinersfest Air Show has arrived in Evansville. The World War II B-25 named, Maid in the Shade, came from the airbase, Arizona Commemorative Air Force...
Airshow Delights Thousands - BlackburnNews.com | It will be several days before all of the numbers are crunched but by all accounts the Great Lakes International Airshow was a huge success. Heading into the three-day, high flying spectacular by vintage and contemporary aircrafts, organizers had hoped to see 20,000 people pass through the gates at the St. Thomas Municipal Airport...
Northwest Biplane Fly-In · Rich Davidson | If you’re looking for something fun to do in the middle of July, check out the Northwest Biplane Fly-In. Held at historic Felts Field in Spokane, Washington, the event is sure to please. Felts Field is uniquely fun and welcoming among...
Geneseo preps for ' Greatest Show on Turf ' - The Daily News Online | GENESEO — There’s a reason they call it “The Greatest Show on Turf.” The 2013 Geneseo Airshow scheduled July 12, 13 and 14 will again offer a day of excitement, entertainment and chance to connect with history. The action begins with aircraft arrival day on Friday, when gates are open at 6 a.m. and admission is only $10 for adults and free for children under 12....
INDIANAPOLIS AERO CLUB 80TH BIRTHDAY BASH | Please join us in celebrating the 80th Birthday of the Indianapolis Aero Club on July 9, 2013. The Aero Club was formed in 1933...
Ohio Air News # 236 - Charles Johnson | Dayton Air Show
Video: Air France and the Patrouille de France - Translated | Air France airline partner is the 60th anniversary of the Patrouille de France. For this reason, among others, she helped Eric Magnan film. The sequence in question is flying an Airbus A320 escorted by alphajet Patrouille de France.
£25m upgrade planned for airshow facilities - gethampshire.co.uk | AN extensive £25 million upgrade has been planned for Farnborough International Airshow’s (FIA) facilities. The two-stage masterplan by Farnborough International Limited (FIL) will see some fixtures of the biennial airshow at the TAG Aerodrome site made permanent, along with a new conference centre....
History Comes Alive as EAA's B-17 "Aluminum Overcast" Makes Stop in St. Louis - The Aero Experience | The Experimental Aircraft Association's Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress "Aluminum Overcast" made its St. Louis area stop today at St. Louis Downtown Airport as part of a summer tour prior to returning for EAA AirVenture Oshkosh later in July. The World War II era heavy bomber parked in front of the Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum, located in historic 1929 Curtiss-Wright Hangar 2. The visit...
Flights of fancy: Aviation lovers hope rides aboard classic plane helps idea ... - Bemidji Pioneer | BEMIDJI — Area aviation enthusiasts are working to spark more of an interest here, and they hope scheduled attractions over the patriotic holiday can help the dream take off. The Mississippi Headwaters Flyers of Bemidji is offering the public a chance to get up close and personal with a number of different aircraft this week, including a 1929 Ford Tri-Motor airplane, which was giving flight tours on Monday....
Search underway to find former USS Interpid crew memers for event - South Pittsburgh Reporter | August 16, 2013 will mark the 70th Anniversary of the Commissioning of the U.S.S. Intrepid (CVS-11), the World War II-era Essex class aircraft carrier that is now home to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City. To mark the occasion, Intrepid is putting out a coast-to-coast “all call” for former USS Intrepid crew members, including those who live in our area, to be reunited in a special Homecoming Weekend from August 16 to 18....
The Cassutt D-EIIZ made its first flight - Passion for Aviation | ..."I bought the" Thunderbox "original 1997 British Brian Smith. The next two years, I spent a great time with" Thunderbox. "It was extremely fast. But alas, I was crashing in 1999. Results I spent three months in hospital. But of course, I decided to build a new Cassutt 100% equipped with a Thompson Wing (Carbon). The engine is a C90 8F extension propeller shaft 20cm. Most of the details of all of the aircraft are heavily modified by myself, cost me much time, but allow me to significantly reduce weight. should be the first F1 racer registered in Germany. Aujourd ' Today, in 2006, after thousands of hours of work, I hope to be ready in? we will see ...
Air America's Black Helicopter - airspacemag.com | BLACK HELICOPTERS ARE A FAVORITE FANTASY when conspiracy theorists and movie directors conjure a government gone bad, but in fact, the last vehicle a secret organization would choose for a stealthy mission is a helicopter. A helicopter is a one-man band, its turbine exhaust blaring a piercing whine, the fuselage skin's vibration rumbling like a drum, the tail rotor rasping like a buzzsaw...
Osprey refuels · Dominic Perry | It's a stunning image this one, showing a USAF Bell Boeing CV-22 Osprey receiving fuel from a Lockheed Martin MC-130H Combat Talon II off the coast of Greenland on its way to RAF Mildenhall in the UK. The CV-22 is assigned to the 7th Special Operations Squadron.
Time is Running Out to Buy Yourself a Harrier Jump Jet! . Warbird News
Aviator Visits Unalaska on Around-the-World Trip - KUCB | ...And celebrations there were. When Wiegand landed in Fresno on Saturday, he was met with water cannons and well-wishers at the airport, and plenty of offers to buy him a cold beer. You can find more about his journey at his website, www.solo2013.com.
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
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Navy-bound Winlock native participating in 2128-mile air race - Longview Daily News | The 22-year-old U.S. Naval officer-in-training will compete in the 2013 Air Race Classic — a three-day, 2,128-mile race that starts Tuesday in Pasco, Wash., and ends Friday in Fayetteville, Ark. The race is an annual all-female-pilot event in which ...
Robert A. “Bob” Hoover at Gathering of Eagles Video - Alabama Aviator | MAXWELL AFB 
Alabama- Ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce to you Bob Hoover, the greatest stick-and-rudder pilot who ever lived." That airshow introduction from General "Jimmy" Doolittle only scratches the surface of the military and civilian career of someone whom Brigadier General "Chuck" Yeager called the "greatest pilot I ever saw." Hoover learned to fly at Berry Field, just minutes from his hometown of Nashville, Tennessee. At the age of 15, he paid for his own flying lessons by sacking groceries while dreaming of his heroes Charles Lindbergh and Eddie Rickenbacker....
Dusty, star of Disney’s Planes to appear in Dayton | Dayton, Ohio – The summer release of Disney’s Planes, the animated comedy adventure from above the world of the popular 2006 film Cars, has the entire aviation community buzzing. Disney’s Planes captures all of the thrill and excitement that flying has to offer—plus a lot of heart and humor....
Sukhoi SU-35 fighter has all the right moves at Paris Air Show - James Holloway, gizmag.com | The Paris Air Show this week hosted the first foreign demonstration of the Russian supermaneuverable multirole fighter the Sukhoi Su-35.
Nine nifty images from Day 1 of the Paris Air Show and more (photos) - The Birmingham News - al.com | The Associated Press Scale models of Airbus planes are displayed at the firm's booth during the first day of the Paris Air Show at Le Bourget airport, north of Paris, Monday June 17, 2013...
VIDEO: Display highlights from the Paris air show #PAS13 - Flightglobal By Stuart Clarke | View the visual delights from the flying display at the Paris air show. Footage is courtesy of FLIR Systems.
INDIANAPOLIS AERO CLUB 80TH BIRTHDAY BASH | Please join us in celebrating the 80th
of the Indianapolis Aero Club. The Aero Club was formed in 1933 and holds monthly dinner meetings featuring some of the most widely known names in the aviation and space community. It is one of the oldest and finest Aviation oriented clubs in America. We will be celebrating this occasion with cake, balloons, streamers, proclamations, letters of congratulations and special guests. Our speaker for the evening will be retired Col. Don James, USAF, who will tell of his experiences flying the U-2 and the SR-71 spy plane....
Solar-Powered Plane Faces the Human Factor - New York Times (blog) | A Solar Impulse plane, an eye-catching proof-of-concept vehicle, arrived at the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum's branch at Dulles Airport over the weekend from St. Louis, part of a photovoltaic barnstorming tour. The plane's designers say the successor ...
B-29 Superfortress touchdown in Akron stirs memories for 92-year-old WWII pilot - Akron Beacon Journal | Kyle and other spectators were there to see a number of aircraft in the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) arrive for a three-day visit as part of an AirPower History Tour. “Oh yeah,” said Kyle, as his mind raced back in time to the Philippines in 1944 and ...
Fly-In takes off, lands in Keosauqua - KTVO | KEOSAUQUA, IOWA -- The Pilot Fly-In is your one stop shop for toy planes and real planes and an all-you-can-eat pancake and sausage breakfast. “We have the Ottumwa Radio control flyers here do an amazing job entertaining people with their aerobatic...
Red Bull Racing Pilots Train In Slovenia - Aero News Network | Practice In Anticipation Of A 2014 Racing Season Pilots hoping to fly in anticipated Red Bull Air Race events spent a week in Slovenia at a small airport called Rakican training to qualify for licences to participate in the events.
Ninety Nines Hosted by Alabama State Trooper Aviation Division - Alabama Aviator | Cullman Alabama- Converging on Folsom Field for their June meeting, members of Alabama International Organization of Women Pilots discovered there is a lot to know about the diverse activities of the State Trooper Aviation Division. It's not just about law enforcement anymore....
FlightTime Radio Show 282 - "Live" from America's
Hangar... The Smithsonian Air and Space Museum - Steven F. Udvar-Hazy
Center
in Washington, D. C...
Pearson Field Education Center Rises from Pearson Air Museum Ashes - Warbird News | We’ve been reporting on the ongoing saga of the breakup of the Pearson Aviation Museum at Pearson Field in Vancouver, Washington. In a dispute between the US National Parks Service and the local non-profit, Fort Vancouver Trust, which until recently operated the Pearson Air Museum, the Park Service objected to the Pearson Air Museum making its historic hangar facility, collection and grounds available for dances, marriage ceremonies, church picnics and other fundraisers that the museum...
Donated Fedex Express Boeing 727 Finds Home at St. Louis Downtown Airport - The Aero Experience Exclusive! | The latest resident at St. Louis Downtown Airport, a Boeing 727 donated by FedEx Express this spring, has been placed on concrete pads across Vector Road from the Parks College ramp and hangar. There was no ceremony to mark the end of the eight-week journey from landing to final tie-down, but a collective sigh of relief could be heard after another day of carefully 
coaxing the former cargo jet across a bean field to the prepared site...
Tail Guns - Planeshots | Today's theme is Tail guns
Late aviator's 'brilliant' career recalled - Truro Daily News | His name was Neville 'Ned' Henderson and once upon a time he was that close to becoming Canada's first astronaut. Not bad for a kid from Brookfield, one of Don and Marge's seven children. But Henderson's career could hardly be defined by a 'what if.
Build a Plane builds two planes, Day 1 - Jill Tallman, AOPA | Can they build an entire airplane in two weeks? Build a Plane is betting they can. If you’re in aviation, you’ve probably heard that phrase before—particularly if you did an accelerated rating or a type rating. Today I heard that phrase applied to the process of building an airplane...
Video: NASA Names Eight New Astronaut Candidates - Spaceports | NASA has eight new astronauts
-- its first new batch in four years. Monday's announcement came on the
eve of the 30th anniversary of the launch of the first American woman
in space, Sally Ride and the day following the 50th anniversary of the
first woman in space, Valentina Tereshkova. There is no glass ceiling in
space - just planets, moons and asteroids to explore....
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
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Flying Bulls BD-5J in fatal crash from Flightglobal Events | A Bede BD-5J single-seater microjet of the Red Bull Flying Bulls display team has crashed during an attempted forced landing, killing the pilot, Guido Gehrmann....
World War II Air Show Calendar Tells Enthusiasts Where the Warbirds Are Flying - PR Web | The events listed in the calendar—57 in all—are scheduled for venues large and small across the country. All include vintage warbirds from the Second World War. Federal budgetary restrictions due to sequestration prompted some air show organizers, ...
Sukhoi Su-35 and 787 among the stars at Paris 2013 from Flightglobal Events | Flying displays by the Sukhoi Su-35 in its overseas debut and the back-in-service Boeing 787 will be among the highlights at this year's Paris air show. Boeing...
Ready to race? Sport Air Racing League has an event for you - AOPA Pilot | The league promotes open course air racing for experimental, production, and vintage military aircraft. Aimed at pilots “who do not have the deep pockets to race at Reno, even in the Sport Class,” the league promotes mostly one-day events ranging from ...
DH Mosquito FB.26 from FenceCheck Forums
Ahmed bin Saeed meets Women in Aviation members - WAM - Emirates News Agency | WAM DUBAI: Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Aviation Authority and Chairman of Emirates Group on Tuesday met members of Women in Aviation, an international nonprofit organization dedicated to providing networking, education, ...
WAI Retrospective At Dubai Airport Show from WAI Connect Blog by Amy Laboda | Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Aviation Authority and Chairman of Emirates Group on Tuesday met members of Women in Aviation, International...
National Museum of the U.S. Air Force selected for Air Force Heritage Award from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force was recently selected by the U.S. Air Force History and Museums Program as the recipient of the 2013 Air Force Heritage Award for an exhibit titled Destruction from High Above: The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress in Southeast Asia. The award recognizes...
Chalk’s Turbo Mallard Airliner and premature demise by travelforaircraft | Frakes Aviation converted the Grumman Mallard type into a Turbo Mallard (G-73T) type, most notably by exchanging the radial Pratt & Whitney Wasp reciprocating engines with Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A turboprop engines. To be sure many other modifications, though outwardly unseen, were also made — the most notable perhaps being a newly designed wing spar which was required to address the greater load....
INDIANAPOLIS AERO CLUB 80TH BIRTHDAY BASH | The Aero Club was formed in 1933 and holds monthly dinner meetings featuring some of the most widely known names in the aviation and space community. It is one of the oldest and finest Aviation oriented clubs in America.... Our speaker for the evening will be retired Col. Don James, USAF, who will tell of his experiences flying the U-2 and the SR-71 spy plane....
The Great Africa Air Safari from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt
Podcast: A Flying Car for Everyone from AVWeb Podcast - Podcast | Terrafugia announced plans this week to proceed with development of a four-seat VTOL hybrid electric semi-autonomous flying car with a 500-mile range. Even with a time frame of 10 years or more, the regulatory, technological, and funding challenges are steep. Terrafugia CEO Carl Dietrich spoke with AVweb's Mary Grady about the company's plans.
Space Shuttle Enterprise's New York Exhibit Reopening July 10 - Space.com | Enterprise's new "Space Shuttle Pavilion," located at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in Manhattan, replaces its original display home that was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy in October 2012. The replacement structure is now under construction ...
Virgin Galactic scoping Abu Dhabi spaceport from Spaceports | Virgin Galactic could be transporting fee-paying astronaut tourists into near space from its Abu Dhabi spaceport in around two-three years time (2016). That was the message from...
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
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50 years of Air Fiesta remembered - Valley morning Star | Patti Sandusky is a member of the Minnesota Chapter 99s, an international group of women pilots with more than 5,000 members in 35 countries. She has flown in a trans-continental air race. The group was founded in 1929 by the legendary Amelia Earhart, ...
2013 National Hall of Fame Inductees Announced from Airplanes Channel: Aircraft, Pilots, Heritage, Photos, Video, Events, News by Editor | Home of the legendary Wright Brothers, and widely considered to be the “birthplace of aviation”, Dayton is the perfect location for the National Aviation Hall of Fame – a non-profit organization dedicated to honoring the pioneering and innovative people who have been behind the development of aviation in America. Situated at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, the National Aviation Hall of Fame recently announced the names of the four individuals who will be joining the ranks of other inductees at the prestigious annual ceremony taking place in October 2013. They are Major General Patrick H. Brady, Captain Robert L. Gibson, the late Charles Alfred Anderson and the late Dwane L. Wallace....
Buff Alpha Jet takes you to the military base of Dijon - Le Parisien | A unique opportunity to get 
close to the Alpha Jet, and even take pictures ... Not to miss such an opportunity, please contact Joseph quickly Torossian, a passion for aviation. Known throughout the county for his love of airplanes, it has long chartered Concorde flights...
AIRSHOW NEWS: RAF Typhoon Display Dates 2013 from Flightline UK - UK Airshow News | The RAF Typhoon Display Team have released their 2013 Display Calendar.
World's Oldest Balloon Race To See 10 Nations Competing from Aero-News Network | A Field of 20 Balloons Is Set for the 57th Coupe Aeronautique Gordon Bennett The launch of the 57th edition of the world's most prestigious balloon race is scheduled for August 24, 2013 and with the close of registration on February 15th, the field of competitive teams is now set. Twenty balloon teams from ten nations will launch from Nancy, France. Several of the countries will be represented by multiple teams. Each balloon team is comprised of two pilots....
BAFB Air Show - KTBS | National news sources are reporting that the Navy's Blue Angels have canceled several air shows due to the mandatory cuts by the sequester with a chance of dozens more getting cut, including Barksdale Defenders of Liberty air Show. Military Affairs ...
Redding Air Show flying high with Snowbirds - Record-Searchlight | The Redding Exchange Club, the air show's organizers, announced late last month that the Canadian Forces Snowbirds, which have not appeared in Redding since 2006, will headline the Sept. 27-28, 2014, air show at the Redding Municipal Airport.
"Look Mom... No Hands" from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | I spent last weekend at Seattle's Museum of Flight as we took women on Free Flights. Tomorrow we'll have the exact number and photos galore. But today, meet an amazing pilot who will show you that there is nothing you can't do, despite the obstacles you think may be standing in your way. Please meet Jessica Cox, and see what she is doing to save the children of the world....
Aircraft Mechanic. Me? Really? from WAI Connect Blog by Amy Laboda | Outside of the United States, the question above is fairly common, I’m told. Many female mechanics and aircraft maintenance engineers have heard it, followed by “That’s amazing! How did you ever get involved in that?”...
Astronaut encourages Frederick County girls to fly high from Toriaflies | Astronaut encourages Frederick County girls to fly high ...
Girls take flight in free Women in Aviation Week program - Inside Bay Area | Pilot Carol Andrews, right of Grass Valley, and Michaela Price, 13 of Brentwood, get set to take a demonstration flight in a Grumman Tiger at Byron Airport on Sunday, March 10, 2013, in Byron, Calif. Jacquie Warda of the Patriots Jet Team Foundation ...
Two AF nurses heroes of 'Operation Babylift' from Air Force Link Top Stories | No matter how far women were kept away from combat roles, they were never far from harm and the opportunity to rise above and beyond the call of duty. An explosion blew out a pressure door of a C-5A Galaxy as it took off from Tan Son Nhut Air Base, Vietnam, April 4, 1975, forcing it to make an emergency landing with 313 passengers and crew, including 250 orphans.
MC-12 Project Liberty Team competes for aviation's 'Greatest Achievement' from Air Combat Command - ACC Headlines | Baseball has the World Series, Hollywood has the Oscars, the aviation and aerospace industry has the Collier Trophy. The Air Force's MC-12 Project Liberty has earned a nomination for aviation's most prestigious award. The Robert J. Collier Trophy is...
Open Cockpit Day at Oakland Aviation Museum from General Aviation News | Oakland Aviation Museum will hold its first Open Cockpit Day of the 2013 season March 24, with the planes open for inspection from noon to 4.m. Imagine sitting in a Korean War MiG-15 and feeling what it would have been like to fly for the “other side” in America’s first war of the Jet Age. Relive “Top Gun” by channeling your best Tom Cruise as “Maverick” sitting in an F-14 Tomcat waiting to be launched off the carrier deck....
Museum of Flight acquires Electra 10-E from General Aviation News | SEATTLE — The Museum of Flight will add a restored, antique Lockheed Model 10-E aircraft to its collection. This is the same 
type of plane Amelia Earhart was flying on her ill-fated attempt to fly around the world in 1937. The aircraft will be flown to the museum in September 2013 and become the centerpiece of a new permanent exhibit honoring Earhart. The museum already owns the only known piece of Earhart’s Electra, officials note. This artifact and the airplane will help tell the story of the world’s most famous women aviator in ways that cannot be found in any other museum....
Historic flyover to mark historic walk - Australian Aviation | Former RAAF Wing Commander Matt Hall, Australia's leading aerobatic display pilot, is co-ordinating the event on behalf of Businesses Supporting the Bicentenary (BSB) and Blue Mountains Lithgow & Oberon Tourism. Hall, who served time in combat over ...
Mercy: West Virginian's tale - Charleston Gazette | West Virginia farm boy Charles Brown, age 21, was making his first raid over Germany as pilot of a B-17 bomber, five days before Christmas 1943. The four-propellor craft was shot almost to pieces by Nazi fighters. Most crewmen were wounded and the ...
Grissom Air Museum striving to maintain state's aviation history - Times-Mail | BUNKER HILL — Grissom Air Museum is working to preserve aviation history and honor those who have sacrificed to protect the United States. The museum, which officially opens on April 1 for the 2013 season, has cut the number of months it will stay ...
Indianapolis Aero Club - WISH | John Brill, President Indianapolis Aero Club talks about the long history enjoyed by the Indianapolis Aero Club plus we learn about the many high ranking military officials who speak to the club annually. The Indianapolis AERO Club will be awarding two...
Human-Powered Helo - Mission Possible? - Aviation Week | The two leading teams competing for the $250,000 AHS Sikorsky Prize for human-powered helicopter flight are regrouping after back-to-back unsuccessful assaults on the challenge, which remains unclaimed after three decades. ... "Sadly, even with the ...
The Space Shuttle Era: Stories from 30 Years of Exploration - Air & Space | Air & Space magazine presents a celebration of the 30-year history of the U.S. Space Shuttle, which launched more people into space than any other spacecraft. Based on the popular print Collector’s Edition Space Shuttle 1981-2011, this digital version includes bonus interactive features, extra photographs, and multiple videos....
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Indy Transponder 01-JUN-10 1030z
Local Pilot To Fly For Movie Premiere In DC – KDKA | "They built about 10000 of these things for the WWII pilots to learn how to fly in," he said. "There's probably 500 still left alive throughout the United ...
United States - Wisconsin - Southern Wisconsin AirFEST 2010 - Janesville - 05/28/10 from FenceCheck Forums - Here are a few of my favorites so far....
N.C. Aviation Museum's annual fly-in is Saturday | museum, aviation, piedmont - Region - Burlington Times News from http://www.thetimesnews.com/ Nearly 100 airplanes and helicopters will ply the Piedmont skies during the North Carolina Aviation Museum's fourth annual fly-in Saturday. "It's by far the most important fundraiser of the year for our museum," said Rick Bondurant, general manager and curator of the museum. The event will be conducted from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., in and around the NCAM, located adjacent to the Asheboro Regional Airport.
Cloud Dancer's New Home | Florida's Premier Airpark - Leeward Air Ranch from leewardairranch.com | Leeward Air Ranch's stock P-51 (N55JL) "Cloud Dancer" was acquired April 29th, 2010 (less its engine) by Phil Petrik, a friend of Jimmy Leeward's, who is a lifelong aviation enthusiast. Phil owns an established aviation operation, Richland Aviation in Sidney, Montana where his family for the past 40 years has operated an FBO and aerial application company…
Indianapolis Aero Club June Meeting at the Marten House. Tuesday, June 8, 2010, 6:00 PM. Guest speaker: Lt Col John Klatt of the Air National Guard, an aerobatic performer. Cocktails 6 PM, Dinner 6:30 PM, Speaker 7 PM. $20 advance, $22 door ( $10 first-time guests, or under age 17). Info: See Web site or call 317-341-3444. http://indyaeroclub.org - Location: The Marten House, 1801 West 86th Street, Indianapolis, Marion County.
A useful side-effect? from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | It's reported that the V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft, currently in production for the US Marine Corps and US Air Force, may be offered by Boeing as a replacement for the helicopters used to transport the President of the United States. Unfortunately, the V-22 has a very strong downdraft indeed from its twin engines. As an illustration, CNN reported today that 10 people were injured by flying debris during a V-22 demonstration flight in New York. Here's a CNN video clip showing how the aircraft kicked up dust and knocked down tree limbs as it came in. You can see the spectators scurrying for cover in the treeline…
Flowers for fallen on Memorial Day - The Desert Sun | Men, women and children dashed onto the tarmac to retrieve the 3000 flowers dropped from an Army B-25 bomber that sputtered gray smoke as its engines roared ...
B-17 drops flowers in NY to honor CIA casualties - The Associated Press | NEW YORK — Historic aircraft have escorted a B-17 bomber on part of its mission to drop flowers over the Statue of Liberty in a public Memorial Day tribute ...
Final Flight, Deceased Roadrunners of Groom Lake Area 51 CIA Projects U-2 Aquatone A-12 Oxcart Blackbird from roadrunnersinternationale.com | We just received the sad news that Col. Marion C. "Hack" Mixon died earlier this week. He was 93; RIP. Many of you Roadrunners remember Colonel Mixon being another old head in the Agency U-2 Program, the U-2 /DC-130 Wing Commander at Davis Monthan and a pioneer in B--47 and British over programs. He is survived by his lovely wife, Mary…
Silver Wings Wing Walking by Margaret Stivers - Silver Wings at Chino 2010. Great video from Collin Callahan from thr Chino 2010 airshow! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-L7FTwJg_c
Ranger, Texas Show from Another Time by Dan Linn | My friend Jay and I launched off for the morning at the Ranger, Texas Flyin/Airshow early so we could make breakfast. This was my first time at the famous Ranger Airfield. As the historical marker states... Amelia Earhart landed there years ago. Jay and I enjoyed breakfast but it soon became warm as the Texas sun heated things up…
Refurbished WWII bomber lands in Oklahoma City to honor veterans - NewsOK.com | A World War II B-17 bomber arrived in Oklahoma City Monday for 2010 Salute to Veterans Tour. BY JOHN A. WILLIAMS Leave a comment Charles Mighton of Oklahoma ...
Concorde may be revived as vintage plane from Wright Squawks by Roger Chua | PARIS, May 29 (UPI) -- In little more than a generation the French Concorde, the first supersonic passenger jet, has gone from the next big thing to a vintage aircraft, advocates say. Two groups of Concorde buffs are working at Le Bourget Air and Space Museum to determine if the Concorde can be flown again, the BBC reports. Save the Concorde from Britain and Olympus 593 from France hope an airborne Concorde will be part of the show at the opening of the 2012 Olympics in London, the report said…
Soyuz TMA-19 Readied for June 16 Launch from Spaceports by jack@jackkennedy.net (JackKennedy) The Soyuz TMA-19 new crew expedition to the International Space Station is scheduled to rocket into space from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan, on June 16, 2010. The crew comprises Fyodor Yurchikhin of Russia and two American NASA astronauts, Douglas Willock and Shannon Walker, [France24] will continue training for the mission the next two weeks in Star City, Russia…
PLANES of FAME - Taste of Flight - October 23, 2010 from http://www.planesoffame.org/ Taste of Flight, a wine tasting event held at Planes of Fame Air Museum in the fall, is the major fundraiser for the Museum. Initiated in 2007 to commemorate the Museum's 50th Anniversary, Taste of Flight provides an intimate opportunity for guests to wine and dine and get up close to the Museum's rare aircraft and the pilots who fly them. Proceeds from the event fund Museum programs such as the restoration of rare aircraft, including work currently being done on the P-59, VAL and 0-47; the development of the education program, including support of the Hands-On Aviation center and assist in completing major projects, including a Korean War memorial. Funds from the first three events have assisted in the completion of the welcome center, theater and library. Guests bid on one of a kind aviation items in the Silent Auction while enjoying wines from wineries in the Paso Robles/Templeton and Napa/Sonoma regions. In addition, guests are treated to unique speakers such as the Doolittle Raiders and Maj. Gen. Bill Anders, lunar module pilot for the Apollo 8 mission.
Monday, January 19, 2009
Indy Transponder 19-January 0320z
Notice: We've moved the time that emails generate back a couple of hours in an effort to accommodate including more news from the morning (EST, GMT-5) news cycle.
Record crowds at Wairarapa air show - Stuff.co.nz
By TANYA KATTERNS - The Dominion Post | Monday, 19 January 2009 ROARING FORTIES: Two 1940s Harvards in action at the Wings over Wairarapa air show yesterday. A nonstop spectacle of air power drew record crowds in near perfect conditions for a weekend ...
Coverage from Rodney's Aviation Ramblings :
- Wings Over Wairarapa # 2: de Havilland DH82A Tiger Moth
- Wings Over Wairarapa # 3: North American Harvard 3*
- Wings Over Wairarapa # 4: Yakolev Yak 52
The Air National Guard identified its six Outstanding Airmen of the Year (OAY) for 2008 following their arrival here June 15 for a week-long celebration and tribute to their achievements...
Hundreds attend Phuket Airpark Fly-In - Phuket Gazette, Thailand
PHUKET (PA KHLOK): Phuket’s first private airport got off to a flying start yesterday, the first of a three-day Fly-In celebration to mark the opening of ...
Vintage airplane tour visits bay area for living history lesson - Tampabay.com, FL
More than a thousand people are expected daily to tour the Consolidated B-24J Liberator, the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and the North American TP-51C ...
Extra Red Flag week allows for more missions from Air Force Times - News
In the most significant change in its more than 30-year history, the Red Flag aerial combat exercise held at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., will expand from two to three weeks for the exercise that begins in late February and will include a greater emphasis on close-air support missions.
Breakfast, speaker at Aviation Center - Sheboygan Press, WI
Holt participated in 35 combat missions as a co-pilot on a B-17. He was a member of the 381st Bomb Group – 534th Squadron. ...
Young Eagles take to the skies of Carson City - Nevada Appeal, NV
For more information on the local Young Eagles program, contact coordinator Carol Dickinson at 775-882-1237, or go to the group’s website at eaa403.org. ...
Tuskegee Airman inauguration bound - Akron Beacon Journal, OH
... Ala., air base in 1944, expecting that he would someday sit in the precarious bombardier's position in the nose of a B-25 bomber. ...
Members in the News - Indianapolis Aero ClubWWII: A Reader's Guide to the Air War from Air & Space Magazine
Faye McDaniel is a long time and faithful member of the Indianapolis Aero Club. She currently serves as the meeting hostess, making sure that all visitors get recognized. Faye was the first black nursing supervisor at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. Her late husband, Lt. Col. Amour G McDaniel was one of the first black fighter pilots in WWII - one of the original Tuskagee Airment. Faye was featured in the Indianapolis Star this past weekend and is preparing to (she might be there now) to go to Washington for the Inauagaration of President Elect Obama. In the article, she shares a number memories about her husband and both of their experiences during and after the war.
This Week In Military/Aviation History 19- 25 January from Warbirds Online by Tom Kwiatkowski Sr.
Sep 5, 2009: Fly/In Cruise/In from Fly-In Calendar:
KMZZ: Marion Municipal Airport - Marion, IN
USAF Thunderbirds Flight Demonstration Team from Military Pictures by Scott
