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CAP receives Lifetime Achievement Award from Air Force Association · General Aviation News | MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. – The Air Force Association has honored Civil Air Patrol with its 2014 Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of its more than 70 years of helping secure the American homeland, especially its service during World War II...

The Lasting Legacy and Promising Future of Women in Aviation and Aerospace * Patriots Jet Team | There is no mistaking the increasingly influential role that women are now playing in the aviation and aerospace industries. In the last ten years, many organizations have formed to encourage young women to pursue careers in aeronautics, commercial and military arenas. This support has meant women are more prevalent and successful in these fields than ever before....

Red Bull Air Race headed to Las Vegas Motor Speedway - MyNews3 Las Vegas KSNV | LAS VEGAS (KSNV & MyNews3) -- Fast planes whizzing at killer speeds near a crowd of people may sound like a scary thing but that's what's coming with the Red Bull Air Race World Championship coming to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway...

Blue Angels return to Miramar Air Show * UT San Diego | Last year the MCAS Miramar Air Show was cancelled due to the government shutdown, but the festivities return this weekend to their full grandeur...

CH-46E Sea Knight to make final air show flight at MCAS Miramar * Air Wing Media | For decades, the CH-46E Sea Knight has served our country with honor, reliability and time tested dependability. The Sea Knight, also known as the “Phrog,” is scheduled to perform in the upcoming 2014 Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Air Show, but this will be a bittersweet event. This will be the Phrog’s last appearance at the Miramar air show before the aircraft is retired from service...

Melbourne Air and Space Show takes off  * Florida Today | This weekend, all eyes are on the sky. The Melbourne Air & Space Show takes off at Melbourne International Airport. Guests will get to check out a full-scale model of the world’s largest drone, courtesy of Northrop Grumman Corp., the show’s sponsor...

Kennett Air Show: Warbird Warriors on a special mission * Daily Dunklin Democrat | Aircraft of all kinds were on display Saturday at the Kennett Air Show. Perhaps the plane with the most unique mission was a 1944 PV-2 Harpoon, one of three such flyable aircraft in the world. "The only reason it's not a bunch of soda cans is because...

US Army Golden Knights Fly in on the Eagles * Tristatehomepage.com | Students at the home of the Eagles saw some special guests fly in this morning. The US Army Golden Knights Parachute Team landed at Apollo high school this morning. The golden Kinghts will perform several jumps in the run up to this weekend's...

Fly In this year features 'Punkin Chunkin' and more fun - Reno Gazette Journal | Besides the aircraft, there will be plenty of orange orbs flying through the air this weekend during the annual Lyon County Fly In at the Silver Springs Airport, which this year is featuring a first"Punkin Chunkin" event. "We're pretty excited," said Fly-in committee chairman Ron Bell of the Saturday-Sunday Fly In and the new Punkin Chunkin, which is expected to involve schoolchildren from all over Lyon County...

Lee Bottom Fly-In Review Part 2 - Stearman vs WACO · Rich Davidson, NORDO News | The subject of the Lee Bottom Fly-In Review, Part 2, is the first annual Stearman vs WACO Challenge. Created in the interest of fun and promoted around bragging rights, the idea of this contest was to draw planes to something other than just a type club gathering.  By pitting two long standing rival makes against each other, it was hoped owners would stray from the usual in the interest of defending their dignity and enjoying themselves in the process.  It was never really thought non-owners would be that into it.  We were wrong. To our surprise, some of the greatest interest in the challenge came from people who didn't own either aircraft....

EAA’s 51st annual fly-in to be held Saturday at Newton * kansas.com | The Experimental Aircraft Association will host its 51st annual Air Capital Fly-in and banquet Saturday at the Newton City/County Airport in Newton. The event, held by the EAA’s local Jayhawk Chapter 88, will include airplane judging, flying contests, Young Eagle airplane rides and other attractions...

Southeast Aviation Expo deemed a ‘high flying success’ * General Aviation News | GREENVILLE, S.C. — From flying EAA Young Eagles to flying beagles, and other animals saved by Pilots N Paws, and everything aviation in between, the Southeast Aviation Expo had it going on this past weekend at the Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU), according to Don Purcell, president of the South Carolina Aviation Association...

Thunder and Triumph * Vintage Wings of Canada | This past summer, something happened in the warbird world that has not happened in more than fifty years, something so creative, so daring and so anticipated, it eclipsed all other warbird activity on the planet. Someone, and I am not sure who, at Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Hamilton, Ontario had the daring and electric idea to prepare the museum’s much-loved Andrew Mynarski Avro Lancaster and fly it by the old wartime route (Toronto-Gander-Greenland-Iceland-Scotland) to Great Britain and there to join the only other flyable Lancaster in the world to delight and thrill Brits of every age....

Museum to begin capital campaign * Kokomo Tribune | GRISSOM AIR RESERVE BASE — Oct. 3 is the official kickoff date for Grissom Air Museum's 2015 Capital Campaign. The museum seeks to raise $25,000 in three months to help with operational costs. All monies raised from this event will go into the 2015...

Saving the Flying Fortress - CNN | Atlanta (CNN) -- A winged piece of history sits parked at a small airport. It's 70 years old, and in a few minutes, I'll know firsthand if this old warbird can still fly. In all, nearly 13,000 B-17 Flying Fortresses rolled off the assembly lines. Now, only about a dozen flying B-17s remain -- in the entire world. These are the famous bombers that helped the Allies win World War II. Every year planes like these are retired to aviation junkyards, destined for a rusty demise...

RIVERSIDE: Museum sets Mash Bash fundraiser * The Press Enterprise | March Field Air Museum’s historic flightline will come alive with “Hot Lips Houlihan”, “Father Mulcahey”, “Radar O’ Reilly”, “Klinger” and “Hawkeye” characters during its annual MASH Bash fundraiser on Saturday. Guests will travel on a nostalgic journey back to the fictional 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital made popular by the TV series MASH. This casual and entertaining evening includes dancing, a catered dinner and silent auction. Guests will also be treated to drinks at a recreation of “Rosie’s Bar.” The evening will conclude with a costume contest to crown Mr. and Mrs. Mash Bash 2014...

Video: ‘Stay High’ in Poland * General Aviation News | A love of flying is universal. Poland’s Dawid Nieradka put together a wonderful 5+ minute video of his flying club’s 2014 flying season.

Program helps students 'elevate' their lives * Mountain Home News | Renowned air show pilot Greg Poe created the Elevate Your Life program after he lost his son to drug addiction. For more than 10 years, he dedicated his life to helping children turn their lives around and to help them achieve their dreams. The stunt...

Sally Ride/UW Science Fest features former astronaut * King5 | As the first American woman in space, the late Sally Ride made it her mission to encourage girls to dream big and pursue careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) fields. Before she passed away, Dr. Ride founded Sally Ride Science, an organization offering workshops, festivals and scholarships. This weekend, the University of Washington's Bothell campus will host the Sally Ride Science Festival, featuring exhibits, workshops and guest speakers from various STEM backgrounds, including former Shuttle astronaut, Capt. Wendy Lawrence...

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Fans ready for Cleveland National Air Show as they get a glimpse of practice * fox8.com | Friday morning, people lined up along North and South Marginal Roads, as well as the East 9th Street Pier, to get a glimpse of the planes. “It's right in front of us. You can see everything,” said Larry Smith of Solon. Thousands are expected to witness...

'Ready? Hit it!' Lutheran West teacher flies with Blue Angels (Photo gallery ... * Sun News - cleveland.com | Hubeler said he'd never been in anything close to the high-tech aircraft flown by the Blue Angels. "But I think every child dreams of doing something like that when you're playing with jet fighters. It seems like such a thrill," he said. His own chance...

Taking flight: Toronto CNE air show preview * CANOE | Mike Wiskus flies his Pitts Special over the skies of Toronto during media flight day ahead of the Canadian International Air Show in Toronto on Friday, August 29, 2014. (DAVE ABEL/Toronto Sun). /. Mike Wiskus flies his Pitts Special over the skies of...

CNE air show plane skids off runway at Pearson, no one injured * Toronto Star | No one was injured when a small plane scheduled to fly in the CNE air show skidded off the runway at Pearson International Airport Friday afternoon. Peel Regional Police confirmed that the plane's landing gear collapsed. The two pilots inside the plane...

In pictures: Bournemouth Air Festival 2014 * BBC News | The show, now in its seventh year, features fighter jets, display teams and vintage aircraft. Red Arrows at Bournemouth Air Festival 2014. The flying takes place along the seafront, between Boscombe and Bournemouth piers, over four days from Thursday...

Canadian Lancaster Bomber grounded ahead of Bournemouth Air Festival * BBC News  | Displays by the last two airworthy Lancaster bombers from World War Two have been cancelled after one suffered engine problems. A Canadian Lancaster, currently on a UK tour, performed an engine shutdown during a flight in County Durham. Its owners...

Rhyl Air Show 2014: The Blades hoping to 'have a ball' * Daily Post North Wales | Visitors can expect thrilling flips, loops and rolls at the Rhyl Air Show on Saturday and Sunday. Taking to the skies on Saturday are thrilling display team The Blades. Renowned for their cutting-edge display and breath-taking aerobatics, the former...

Meet the woman who flies stunt planes for a living * Cambridge News | Based at Little Gransden Airfield and working for Mark Jefferies (winner of numerous national aerobatics championships and regular international air show performer), fixing Russian and aerobatic aircraft in a hangar beside the grass runway, Lauren...

Pilots share joys, challenges of flight * Galesburg Register-Mail | GALESBURG — The National Stearman Fly-In attracts dozens of World War II-era biplane trainers to Galesburg every year for six days starting on Labor Day at the Galesburg Municipal Airport. Robert Preston describes owning a World War II-era Stearman...

Reno Air Races – 2014 - Here we go! · Marilyn Dash, The Pylon Place | The 51st National Championship Air Races are just around the corner. While the teams are putting the final touches on the racers, packing the tools and trailers and trying to remember what they forgot, let’s take a look at what to expect....

Experimental Solar Airship Down In Canada  * Aero-News Network | Two Seriously Injured In The Accident An experimental, solar-powered airship went down in a tobacco field near the Brantford, Ontario Canada airport Friday morning, resulting in the serious injury of the two people on board...

Story of pioneer aviator Nancy Corrigan featured in new exhibit at ... * The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com | CLEVELAND, Ohio – Aviation pioneer, fashion model and Cleveland celebrity Nancy Corrigan is coming back to town for a special appearance, 31 years after her death. A new exhibit about the Irish-born flier, "Nancy Corrigan: The Model Pilot," will be...

Former presidential pilot stops by Atwater's Castle Air Museum * Fresno Bee | On his way to Oregon on Thursday, Rice came to see his friend Larry Morelock of Merced, the vice chairman and facilities chairman for the Castle Air Museum. After bidding the Air Force goodbye, both Morelock and Rice were pilots for Reno Air and then...

Boneyard Nose Art · Travel for Aircraft | Boneyard Nose Art Boneyard Nose Art: U.S. military aircraft markings and artwork, Nicholas A. Veronico, Jim Dunn, and Ron Strong, 2013, ISBN 978-0-8117-1308-5, 171 pp. As so well mentioned in this book’s forward by John Brennan military aircraft nose art is temporal, not meant to last. If you will, nose art on military aircraft is...

CAF Takes Action Regarding Proposed FAA Rule ·  Warbirds News | The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposed a new policy on July 22, 2014, to address the non-aeronautical use of airport hangars. A summary of the proposed Non-aeronautical Use of Airport Hangars rule stated on the regulations.gov website reads, “Under Federal law, airport operators that have accepted federal grants and/or those that have obligations contained in property deeds for...

National Guard identifies fallen F-15C aviator * Air Force Link | Massachusetts National Guard officials identified the pilot of an F-15C Eagle jet that crashed in Virginia as Air Force Lt. Col. Morris "Moose" Fontenot Jr. The veteran aviator was killed Aug. 27 when his aircraft crashed in remote, mountainous terrain ...

John McTiernan is preparing to direct the film Warbirds with John Travolta * JoBlo.com | When asked about the likelihood that WARBIRDS will get made, McTiernan says he has been taking two hour meetings about the film and that they are already looking at CGI firms to handle the special effects since "it's sort of the dog-fighting movie of...

Young Eagles Flight takes Salinas students to the skies * Monterey County Herald | SALINAS >> The "Young Eagles Flight" program, sponsored by the nonprofit EAA Aviation Foundation, took about 30 girls from the Hartnell SEMAA program on a tour of our Salinas skies last weekend. It's a new partnership between the aviation group and the...

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Pursuing a dream: Fightertown pilot to fly with Blue Angels * Marines.mil | Capt. Jeff Kuss, a pilot with Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 224 has been selected to fly with the best of the best - the Navy's Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron. Kuss, a 30-year-old native of Durango, Colo., will join the Blue...

Boom — They're Back * Atlantic City Weekly | That includes an array of thrilling demonstrations by the U.S.A.F. Thunderbirds, which will race across the sky. There will also be parachute flag jumps by the U.S. Army Golden Knights and other world-class aerobatics teams. “The Golden Knights will do...

Snowbirds flying at Greenwood for Armed Forces Day * Digby Courier | Highlights include static displays of Greenwood, aerial displays by the Snowbirds at 2:30 p.m. and an aerial demo by a CF18 fighter at 5 p.m.. A sunset ceremony will be held at 6:30 p.m.. Residents in the area are advised to expect increased aircraft...

Snowbirds soar over Camrose * Camrose Canadian | Spectators watched in awe as the Canadian Forces Snowbirds Demonstration Team landed at the Camrose Airport from Kelowna, B.C., on Friday, Aug. 1. After the airplanes touched down and parked, the rest of the day was dedicated to preparing for the...

Heading to Cowes for the RAF Typhoons, Red Arrows and Firework displays? * On The Wight | Before you've had time to recover from the 'ooohs' and 'ahhhs', The Red Arrows will be zooming into the Cowes skies (at 19.30) for their 50th display year. The firework finale doesn't start until 21.30, but it's always worth the wait, with a fantastic...

The best riders in the Red Bull Air Race in Croatia * Translated | Croatia is hosting the second round of the championship 2014 Red Bull Air Race, where the best sport pilots "wings" are aboard their light aircraft...

Wings Over Sandpoint fly-in is Saturday * Coeur d'Alene Press | In fact, he expects between 75 to 125 airplanes of all makes, models and designs to fly in throughout the day. These aircraft will include very interesting examples of amphibious planes and older models, Berrey said. The plane exhibition will take...

Wings Over Wiscasset off to flying start * Wiscasset Newspaper | When Ron O'Neill was an Army medic serving in the European theater during World War II, he needed to memorize the different looks of warbirds he might see. On Friday, August 8, the Brunswick man saw some types that looked familiar. The planes were...

Great Lakes Aviators Build-off and Fly-in * cedarspringspost | The Great Lakes Aviators will hold their second annual Build-off and Fly-in on Saturday, August 16, at Paul C. Miller Airport, 9100 Vinton Avenue, in Sparta. Enjoy a hearty breakfast from 8:00 a.m. to 11 a.m. Tour the airport grounds and see up close...

Guest speakers, learning tracks for Aviation Expo released · General Aviation News | The FLYING Aviation Expo has its list of educational guest speakers and programs in anticipation for the three-day event and trade show set for Oct. 31-Nov. 2 in Palm Springs, Calif...

Tuskegee exhibit coming to Homestead * Beatrice Daily Sun | Six guiding principles enabled the Tuskegee Airmen to exceed expectations and become heroes during World War II. From Aug. 28 to Sept. 1, 2014, visit the Commemorative Air Force Red Tail Squadron's RISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit at Homestead...

The Canadian Lancaster Made It To England by Kevin Hong | The Canadian Lancaster has landed at RAF Coningsby ten minutes earlier than expected amid a break in a thunderstorm which caused it to detour around Lincoln at the end of its 3,700 mile journey from its base in Hamilton, Ontario....

Ride in vintage aircraft takes Aroostook County World War II veterans back in time * Bangor Daily News | FRENCHVILLE, Maine — It has been close to 70 years since Edmond Theriault of Fort Kent sat in the pilot's seat of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber, but on Thursday, the World War II veteran said it felt pretty familiar and perhaps he could fly it...

WWII vet reflects on time as gunner in B-25 bomber * The Northwest Florida Daily News | He volunteered for gunnery school and was assigned as the top turret gunner on a six-man crew flying B-25 bombers. That meant he was the one to climb into the cramped, clear dome sticking out of the top of the plane and man the guns. The space was so...

No. 100 Group RAF Association gets a good talking to ;) * Travel for Aircraft | The People’s Mosquito |Apologies for the misleading title but we hope it is amusing — the No. 100 Group Royal Air Force (RAF) holds a unique as well as significant place in aviation’s history and its association (RAF No. 100 Group Association) lives up to that reputation. During World War II it was...

Video: The Legacy of a Legend,The Trip of a Lifetime · Dave Budd, Photorecon.net | A few weeks ago..Amelia Rose Earhart recreated and symbolically completed her namesake’s famous around the world flight. Veteran Television and Radio reporter, Amelia Rose Earhart, completed an amazing journey around the world, in her...

Pilot back in Scotland after 59000 mile global journey * BBC News | The pilot, a former president of the Scottish Aero Club, completed the journey in his single-engine Piper Comanche, the first time a global aerial circumnavigation has been staged from the east of Scotland. Friends, family and fellow aviators joined...

Fun Fly Zone 2014 - Hal Stockman Interview · eaavideo.org | Update from the Fun Fly Zone - Hal Stockman talks about building his Rans S7. He also talks about the Oratex Fabric System and how he used it on his Rans S7.

Fun Fly Zone 2014 - Paul Mather Interview · eaavideo.org | Update from the Fun Fly Zone - An interview with Paul Mather, pilot and President of M-Squared Aircraft. Paul talks about his M-Squared Breeze-2.

Rodney's Aviation Ramblings:

• Brussels Air Museum - Last photos
• Brussels Air Museum - Jet fighters
• Brussels Air Museum - Smaller Aircraft
• Brussels Air Museum - Larger aircraft
• These Belgians do museums good!
• Random pictures from Brussels

Multiple UAVs perform autonomous formation flight * ECNmag.com | These days, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) typically fly alone with a team of ground operators controlling their activities through teleoperation or waypoint-based routing. But one aircraft can only carry so many sensors, limiting its capabilities...

Come fly with me ... Base Aero Club gets students away from it all * Robins Rev Up | Brian Shreve, Rev-Up reporter (left), and Lewayne Davis, Robins Aero Club chief flight instructor, take one of the club's Piper Warrior III aircraft for a spin above Robins Air Force Base, Ga. The club was once limited to active duty personnel and...

Remembering Henry Warren “Hank” Hartsfield, Jr. Discovery’s First Commander (1933-2014) * AirSpace | Henry “Hank” Hartsfield served as commander of the first mission of Space Shuttle Discovery, now on display at the Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. The six-day STS-41D mission began on August 30, 1984. An earlier launch attempt ended with the first on-the-pad abort just four seconds before launch. The first Discovery crew successfully deployed three communications satellites, tested a towering solar array, and used the IMAX® motion picture camera in orbit....

 

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Abu Dhabi air show begins - Daijiworld.com | Abu Dhabi, Feb 25 (IANS/WAM): The Abu Dhabi Air Expo 2014, a leading general aviation exhibition in the region, got underway Tuesday. Held under the patronage of Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan, national security advisor of the United Arab Emirates...

Hollywood Honors Bob Hoover - Flying Magazine | The documentary highlights a few of these pilots, including several test pilots, USAF Major General Scott Hanson and another legendary airshow pilot, Sean Tucker. In addition to former astronaut Eugene Cernan, who spoke eloquently about Hoover, ...

Aviation honors RA 'Bob' Hoover - AOPA Pilot | Speakers such as U.S. Air Force General Lloyd "Fig" Newton, Harrison Ford, Sean D. Tucker, and Herb Kelleher spoke eloquently of Hoover's unswerving willingness to pass on knowledge learned during his many years flying and willingness to mentor other ...

Canadian Pilot Pete McCleod Set to Compete in 2014 Red Bull Air Race World Championships - SYS-CON Media (press release) | ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES--(Marketwired - February 25, 2014) - The Red Bull Air Race World Championship will be back in the skies on February 28 and March 1 with a triumphant return to Abu Dhabi for the seventh season opener over the ...

Rolling Thunder helps many area causes - MyrtleBeachOnline.com | ... says the chapter raises money for area Helping Hand organizations, Help 4 Kids Backpack Buddies and the North Strand Housing Shelter, as well as veterans groups including Disabled American Veterans and the Veterans Welcome Home and Resource ...

Girls and women invited to take to the skies above Langley - Langley Times | Brazier is bringing The Sky's No Limit - Girls Fly Too, a free event in celebration of women in aviation to the Langley Regional Airport on Saturday, March 8 and Sunday, March 9 from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. both days. Women and girls of all ages who have...

Lehigh Valley Airshow may return this year - The Express-Times | Airport officials originally intended to wait two years after the 2013 Lehigh Valley Airshow — the first at the airport since 1997 — to organize another, but have decided to push up the timeline a year because of strong interest, LVIA Executive...

Officials consider adding air show at Warren County airport - Glens Falls Post-Star | QUEENSBURY -- Warren County officials are exploring the idea of bringing an air show to the county airport, a show that would be the first air show at the airport since a near-disaster during one in 1997. The county's airport manager, Ross Dubarry...

Red Arrows display team set to fly at Rhyl Air Show - News North Wales | In the shape of a Union flag, the striking new tail design reflects the Best of British and emphasises the Red Arrows' role as ambassadors for the United Kingdom and as the public face of the Royal Air Force." For more information and updates about the...

Airshow to move to Melbourne airport - Florida Today | Lilley said he has planned the airshow acts around the schedules of commercial flights coming into Melbourne the days of the airshow. A representative of the Federal Aviation Administration told the airport board he had worked with Lilley to create a...

New military aircraft demonstration announced for 2014 Thunder Over Louisville - WAVE | "Thunder Over Louisville and the Kentucky Derby Festival have always enjoyed great support from all branches of the military," said Mike Berry, KDF President and CEO. "We're thrilled that more military will be able to participate in the 25th Thunder...

Photos: Vintage B-17 'Flying Fortress' returns for flights from PDK - Reporter Newspapers | Albert McMahan had no doubt about how it felt to climb into a B-17 for a ride decades after he served as a gunner on one of the planes during World War II. “It was wonderful. Absolutely,” the 93-year-old veteran said. “At one time I was flying in that ...

B-17 ” Lacey Lady” Update · WarbirdsNews | Warbirds News received a brief update from the B-17 Alliance Group on progress with the restoration of their B-17G “Lacey Lady”. During a recent work party, volunteers stripped the fabric off the Flying Fortress’s rudder and elevators, which revealed a remarkably well preserved set of control surfaces. The team also...

B-17 Flying Fortress 'The Movie Memphis Belle' takes to the skies again with Second World War veterans on board - Daily Mail | They served in three wars, became known as Flying Fortresses because of their awesome fire-power, and during the Second World War they dropped more bombs than all other US army aircraft combined. Packed with high-explosives and bristling with heavy...

RAF BBMF To Host Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum Lancaster During Visit To England - Flightline UK From Royal Air Force Website | The last two Lancaster bombers still flying in the world will come together in a series of events this summer, in a meeting unlikely to happen ever again. The Royal Air Force Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (RAF BBMF) based at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire will welcome the arrival of a very special guest during August 2014 when the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum (CWHM) fly their prized Avro Lancaster to the UK for a month long visit....

A Mustang Named “Pecos Bill” - Warbirds News | “Pecos Bill” is a name that would have been familiar to many in the 1940s. It was the name of a popular, but fictional cartoon cowboy of the old west, created by the writer Edward O’Reilly in the 1920s. Supposedly raised by coyotes, the famous cowboy hailed from Pecos, Texas, hence his name. It was the sort of moniker that could easily translate to a young pilot and his steed in wartime, especially if that steed was a P-51D Mustang....

Air Force F-22 Raptor team to perform during Thunder air show - WLKY Louisville | The Air Force F-22 Raptor demonstration team will perform during the air show. They last took part in Thunder in 2012. The stealth fighter jet team joins the U.S. Navy Blue Angels as part of the air show. Thunder Over Louisville is April 12....

Learn history, flight at WWII aviation museum - Colorado Springs Business Journal | The B-25 bomber (above), designed to carry 4,000 pounds of bombs, is best remembered for its use by Jimmy Doolittle and his Tokyo Raiders in April 1942, America's response to Pearl Harbor. This B-25J was delivered in 1945; it did not serve overseas but ...

Access the Avro Vulcan - RAF Museum London Events | Sit in the pilots seat of the magnificent Avro Vulcan

Free Family Day focuses on lighter-than-air flight - National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | Visitors of all ages can learn about balloon travel and the properties of air during Family Day from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on Saturday, March 15 at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. "Storytime" begins at 11:30 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. in the Early Years Gallery. Preschool and primary-grade children are invited to sit under the wings of airplanes where they can listen to stories about aviation and do a craft project...

BAE Systems Support Museum Transformation · WarbirdsNews | PRESS RELEASE -The Royal Air Force Museum has officially announced a major partnership with BAE Systems who have pledged to support the transformation of the Museum at both its Cosford and London sites, in advance of the Centenary of the Royal Air Force in 2018. The announcement was made at the official unveiling of the Experimental Aircraft Programme (EAP) technology demonstrator exhibition at RAF Museum Cosford.  The event was attended by The Chairman and Trustees of the RAF Museum and Directors of BAE Systems with key partners, contributors and invited guests.  The new exhibition celebrates the ground-breaking achievements of this unique aircraft through the use of previously unseen video footage, interactive kiosks and images...

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Vintage Fly In a hit - The Southland Times | Vintage plane enthusiasts were grounded because of the weather yesterday, but that did not stop them from enjoying the annual Fly In at Mandeville, near Gore. Organiser Maeva Smith said the two-day event attracted about 500 people to the Mandeville ...

Travis Air Force Base announces air show lineup - The Reporter | Travis Air Force Base has released its list of initial performers and static aircraft participating in the installation's upcoming airshow scheduled for May 3 and 4 ...

Rockford AirFest refueled and ready for Thunderbirds - Beloit Daily News | This year, admission will be a bit different for AirFest. Guests will pay by the carload. Whether it be an avid aviation enthusiast riding solo or a family of eight in minivan, admission prices will be the same for any carload with all occupants ...

Hill AFB readies for Warriors Over Wasatch air show - standard.net [video] | This year's Warriors Over the Wasatch Open House and Air Show show is set for June 28 and 29. Times are still being determined for the two-day show, but Lt. Joe Rojas, commander of Hill's 75th Operations Support Squadron, said...

Aerobatics ace to star at airshow By Mark Price |  Spectators at the Warbirds Over Wanaka International Airshow at Easter are likely to see a plane being flown like a helicopter. The manoeuvre was invented by Lithuanian aerobatics ace Jurgis Kairys (61), and show organisers confirmed yesterday he would perform it at the show in his Sukhoi 29 plane...

Sponsor found for Southend Airshow - ITV News | Organisers hope the Southend Airshow and Military Festival will go ahead this year following the announcement of a headline sponsor. The event was cancelled by Southend Borough Council in 2013 following budget cuts. But organisers say the show will go ...

One of a Kind Opportunity to See Two Lancasters Flying in Formation · WarbirdsNews | Warbirds News was excited to learn this morning that an event, long talked about, but most doubted possible is set to happen this summer. The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum will be flying their Avro Lancaster B.X across the Atlantic Ocean to the United Kingdom to take part in a series of displays alongside the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight. This will mark the first time in four decades that two Lancasters will fly in formation with one another, and represent a unique opportunity for aviation enthusiasts around the world to witness these two magnificent historic aircraft flying together....

Albuquerque Bidding For World Ballooning Championships - Aero-News Network | America's Ballooning City Is Bidding Against Saga, Japan The City of Albuquerque, New Mexico and the Balloon Federation of America is inviting the world’s hot air ballooning community to return to the Land of Enchantment for the 2016 World Hot Air Balloon Championship. The Duke City is one of two sites bidding for the host role, the other is Saga, Japan. Albuquerque is already considered by most as the world center of ballooning as it is host to the annual Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta each October.

Yankee Lady B-17 bomber to offer rides - Sandusky Register | The museum has just announced a new promotion for the seven visits that will be made this year by the Yankee Lady B-17 bomber, which offers rides to paying customers. For each ride that's purchased, the plane will give a free ride to a World War II ...

Female aviator Frances Sargent honored in ceremony at airport - Miami's Community Newspapers | Family and friends of South Florida's aviation history memorialized the late female aviator Frances Roher Sargent during a special service on Feb. 8 hosted by Wings Over Miami at Kendall-Tamiami Executive Airport. U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, who had...

Palm Springs Air Museum Gala Honors 10 Vietnam Vets - Palm Springs Life | The mission of the Palm Springs Air Museum, just named one of the best aviation museums in the world by CNN, is to “Preserve and fly the unique aircraft of World War II, educate future generations by teaching the history of World War II, and honor the...

Warrant Officer Shelly Berryman flew Huey helicopters in Vietnam War - War Tales | Shelly Berryman of North Port started out not wanting anything to do with the Vietnam War. However, before the conflict was over he was in the thick of it flying 1st Infantry Division troops into battle in a Huey helicopter. After graduating from high school he decided to go to junior college in Riverside, Calif. […]

WWII P-47 Pilot Herb Stachler “PREVIEW” – Warbird Radio LIVE! – Monday | MONDAY – Here’s a look back at one of our “best of” shows.  Matt’s back from Dayton, Ohio with a new Warbird Radio Presents.  Warbird Radio Presents – The Herb Stachler Story will debut later this week…but Monday morning Matt will play an un-edited selection of Herb’s interview on Warbird Radio LIVE.  Mr. Stachler has […]

WWII Veterans can experience a different kind of Honor Flight at the Liberty Aviation Museum - The Beacon | “This all becomes possible because our friends up at The Yankee Air Museum (YAM) recently announced they will be honoring WW II veterans with free rides on the B-17 Yankee Lady and B-25 Yankee Warrior when a paid rider accompanies them,” states ...

Yankee Air Museum's Tribute Rosies aim for Guinness world record - Hometownlife.com | The Yankee Air Museum Rosies invite women and girls of all ages to “Rosie up” and join in the second attempt to set a Guinness world record for the most Rosie the Riveters in one place. Minors must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.

Stamp to be unveiled in Pa. honors black aviator - MyFoxAL | BRYN MAWR, Pa. (AP) - The Postal Service will issue a stamp honoring the head instructor for the Tuskegee Airmen, the first black military pilots who fought in World War II. The postage commemorating Charles Alfred Anderson will be unveiled March 13 at...

MAAM P-61B Black Widow Restoration Update - The Lexicans | ...Northrop’s P-61 Black Widow is the only night-fighter designed as such from the ground up. Built and flown in 1942, the P-61 could arguably be called one of the first fighter aircraft designed as an entire weapon system, namely the SCR-720A Airborne Radar....

Imperial War Museum at Duxford to host huge American Air Force Second World War website - Cambridge News | Museum spokeswoman Esther Blaine said: “The American Air Museum website will create a digital record of the memories and stories of American Air Force personnel who have found themselves serving their country from somewhere in England, from the ...

Mojave Air & Space Port: The Modern Day Kitty Hawk - Sacramento Bee | LOS ANGELES, Feb. 21, 2014 -- /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- A new short film has been released that celebrates the entrepreneurial spirit of the pioneers and companies that are reshaping the aviation and aerospace industry at the Mojave Air & Space Port in ...

Can Collective Effervescence Save Aviation? · Scott Spangler | If curiosity got you past the headline, stick with me for a few more words for an idea that might help save general aviation. If you’ve attended EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, even for a day, most likely its passionate enthusiasm dispersed a year’s worth of bad vibes about aviation’s future possibilities....

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National Naval Aviation Museum Welcomes Excitement over the Last Weeks of its Blue Angels Winter Promotion - PR Web (press release) | The National Naval Aviation Museum, located in the northwestern coastal region of Pensacola, Florida, counts down the final days of offering the Blue Angels Winter Special. The special package includes a ticket to the Blue Angel themed attractions located at the Museum including the Blue Angels 4D Experience, a ride with the Blues in a...

Aeroshell team, Franklin and Younkin headline show - Brownsville Herald | Air Fiesta will feature additional aerobatic performers as well, plus flying by the Commemorative Air Force's own fleet of vintage aircraft. The CAF's RGV Wing, based at the Brownsville airport, puts on the air show every year strictly with volunteers.

Plane Amazing: Air Fiesta attracts large crowd - Valley morning Star | Hundreds of attendees passed through the Commemorative Air Force Museum during the afternoon and took in the show while meeting pilots and posing for photos with aircraft. For the Canales family, Air Fiesta has been a fixture in two generations of...

B-29 and other historic aircraft to visit Bradenton-Sarasota - Bradenton Herald | MANATEE -- Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport will host several historic aircraft Feb. 27-March 2, including a B-29 Superfortress, a Curtis SB2C Helldiver, a C-45 Expediter "Bucket of Bolts," a PT-17 Stearman, and a Model 4 Stearman Speedmail.

Let the Sparks Fly - U.S. Army Parachute Team "Golden Knights" | Golden Knights Annual Certification CycleAs the Gold Demonstration Team works their way into the second month of the Golden Knights Annual Certification Cycle, the resolute focus on the team remains with safety, target accuracy, and perfecting the show to bring to the public.  After a strenuous first few weeks of five to eight jumps a day, Gold Team has found its rhythm and is working together like a well oiled machine. 

Red Bull Air Race aces back in action in Abu Dhabi - Times of Oman | ...The Red Bull Air Race World Championship will be back in the skies on February 28 and March 1 with a triumphant return to Abu Dhabi for the seventh season opener over the sparkling waters of the Arabian Gulf. Reigning champion Paul Bonhomme of Britain, who won the last race in Abu Dhabi in 2010, will be...

Isle of Man gives Red Arrows stamp of approval - Isle of Man Today | The Red Arrows is the public face of the Royal Air Force and have thrilled thousands of and spectators with displays around the globe, including the Isle of Man, where they often appear in TT Week. Maxine Cannon, general manager Isle of Man Stamps and...

Red Arrows team leader hopes ageing jets will be replaced with new version of the Hawk - Grimsby Telegraph | The leader of the Red Arrows helped select a new tailfin design to celebrate their 50th display season – and then called for the RAF to look at replacing the ageing jets with a new version of the Hawk. Squadron leader Jim Turner, also known as Red One...

Last Flying RNZAF Dakota at Warbirds Over Wanaka 2014 - Warbirds News | The Warbirds Over Wanaka air show, in Wanaka, New Zealand will be rumbling to life this Easter weekend, from the 18th through 20th of April. The biennial event is famous the world over for its gathering of rare warbirds, and fabulous set-piece events set against the stunning backdrop of some of New Zealand’s finest mountain scenery. Amongst the Spitfires, Kittyhawks and Mustangs that will surely be attending this year’s air show will be the familiar, and yet increasingly rare site of a Douglas C-47B Dakota. This particular Dakota is even more special though, as it is the last of the Royal New Zealand Air Force’s WWII fleet still flying and operating as a commercial aircraft. And what’s more, it will be selling rides to enthusiasts over the air show days....

New England Air Museum to Hold Open Cockpit Day on Sunday, March 16 - WarbirdsNews | PRESS RELEASE – The New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks, Conn., will hold Open Cockpit Day on Sunday, March 16th. On that day visitors will be permitted to climb into the cockpits of up to nine vintage airplanes including two supersonic jet fighters, the Vietnam era Huey helicopter, the WWII P-47 Thunderbolt, the Vintage DC-3 airliner, and more.A special feature of the day will be a program on the Museum’s WWII Goodyear blimp car which is in its final stages of restoration.  U.S. Navy blimps played a pivotal role in patrolling the U.S. East and Gulf coasts searching for German U-boats and in escorting North Atlantic ship convoys....

Twirly Birds to hold annual meeting · General Aviation News Staff | DALLAS — International helicopter pilot organization, Twirly Birds, will again hold its annual membership meeting in conjunction with the Helicopter Association International (HAI) Heli-Expo in Anaheim, Calif., on Feb. 25. The meeting begins at 5 p.m. in the Anaheim Marriott Marquis Ballroom Northeast....

Crew 713: The Story of a WWII Liberator Crew - Warbirds News | Warbirds News, while often focused on the current state of vintage military aircraft, is also keen to share stories concerning the people involved with those aircraft whether in the present, or the past. We have here a terrific article written by Brendan McNally about a documentary film currently in production concerning a specific WWII bomber crew: Crew 713, the men who flew the B-24 Liberator known as Irishman’s Shanty....

Last Call for Lancasters - Vintage Wings of Canada | As the Second World War wound down in Europe, the Allied powers, which had previously been focused on the destruction of Hitler’s Nazi-run Germany, began to think about the battle to come in and around Japan. The United States was largely responsible for offensive aerial attacks on the Japanese home islands, though the Royal Navy and the aerial arms of Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain and Canada were engaging the collapsing enemy in his many empirical outposts from Burma to Palembang to New Britain...

Naval Air Station Pensacola – A Pictorial History - Warbirds News | Warbirds News likes to support authors with new books which might appeal to our aviation-minded audience. One such book which crossed our desk recently is “Naval Air Station Pensacola”, by mother and son team Maureen Keillor and Chief Richard Keillor. The book, one of Arcadia Publishing’s Images of Aviation Series, is a pictorial history of NAS Pensacola from its humble beginnings in January 1914 as the US Navy’s very first commissioned air station to the present day. The photographs are thoroughly engaging, and well captioned. Some of the topics covered includethrilling...

The Last of Tu 144 Planes - English Russia | ...The first Tu-144 that performed a flight with an RD-36-51A engine was plane No 03-1 – it happened in November 30, 1974. In June 1976 the plane performed a long-distance flight for 6200 km with a load of five tons and it was subsequently decided to continue development of this model....

Alouette III — French design in helicopters by travelforaircraft | Nearly 1440 of these helicopters were built by Aérospatiale over a 25 year period ending in 1985 — and another 500 license built in four countries other than France. It is a light helicopter which can work at high altitudes...

New space shuttle exhibit opens at Air Force museum · General Aviation News Staff | DAYTON, Ohio — National Museum of the U.S. Air Force visitors will be cleared for liftoff when the museum’s new Space Shuttle Exhibit opens to the public on Feb. 26. The exhibit, which features NASA’s first Crew Compartment Trainer, allows visitors to experience the size and shape of an actual space shuttle orbiter by entering the payload bay and looking into the flight deck and mid-deck levels....

Museum to host Space Expo · General Aviation News Staff | WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn. — The New England Air Museum will hold its annual SPACE EXPO March 30. More than 15 exhibitors from across New England will participate in the event, including UTC Aerospace, the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Aldrich Astronomical Society, FlisKits, McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center, the CATO Rocketry Club, NASA, the Clay Center, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the Mars Foundation, US Space Camp, and Robotics First....

Astronaut to be guest speaker at Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame · General Aviation News Staff | WETASKIWIN, Alberta, Canada  — Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield will be the guest speaker at the 41st annual induction ceremony of Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame. The former commander of the International Space Station, Expedition 35, Hadfield spent six months in Earth orbit. The Hall will induct four new members at the gala, to be held May 29 in Westjet Airlines’ Campus facility at Calgary International Airport....

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Hinton Scores Fifth Straight Unlimited Gold at Reno - EAA | Steve Hinton grabbed his fifth consecutive Unlimited Gold championship Sunday at the 50th National Championship Air Races in Reno, Nevada, flying the P-51 Mustang Voodoo an average speed of 482.1 mph to edge arguably one of the best racing fields in the event's history.

Reno Air Races – a few minutes with the new CoolPix P7800 · Bill Pekala | One of the pleasures of my job is the opportunity to shoot some of our newest gear. Last week Nikon announced a new CoolPix P7800 and since I was headed to.

Fourth annual Grass Strip Foundation Fly-In set · General Aviation News Staff | The fourth annual fly-in for the Grass Strip Foundation at the Berg Park Aerodrome (9GA2) in Midway, Georgia, will be held Saturday, Oct. 19. The force behind the fly-in, Steve Berg, said he hopes to attract between 300 and 500 people to this year’s event...

Video and photos: Cromer carnival aerobatics flight winners loop the loop - Norfolk Eastern Daily Press | Both winners flew with Wildcat Display Team pilot Willie Cruickshank, experiencing an intense combination of dynamic aerobatic manoeuvres including loops, barrel rolls, figure of eights and stall turns which subjected them high roll rates and extreme ...

Timeless Voices - Bill Raney · eaavideo.org | Bill Raney served as a multi-engine flight flight instructor in B-25s at Pampa Army Air Field before joining a B-29 crew as a flight engineer during WWII. He flew 8 combat missions to Japan with the 768th Bomb Squadron of the 462nd Bomb Group.

The Long and Winding Road of the City of Calgary’s Mosquito Finally Leads to a Restoration By Warbirds News | Calgary Mosquito Society CoverIf we had to name one warbird that has grabbed headlines this year, it has to be the de Havilland Mosquito. From the historic airworthy resurrection of a Mossie, orchestrated by Jerry Yagen and the Military Aviation Museum of Virginia Beach, Virginia, the restoration of another to flying condition by Victoria Air Maintenance, near Victoria, Canada, or the still-nascent efforts of The People’s Mosquito project in the UK, which...

Airport commemorates B-17 pilot through new fuel system · General Aviation News Staff | U-Fuel has installed one of its “Box” fuel stations at the Lee County-Butters Field Airport (52J) in Bishopville, S.C. The airport took advantage of the new installation to honor the airport’s namesake...

The Roar of Four - Vintage Wings of Canada | By Dave O'Malley There are not many man-made objects more awe-inspiring and more emotionally and physically impacting than the sight and the sound of a Second World War Rolls-Royce Merlin engine running flat out just thirty feet from you, except maybe the sight and sound of four of them in harmonious thunder, sending blow torch blasts of blue flame from 48 exhaust stacks and spinning four massive three-bladed, variable pitch, constant speed and feathering propellers at nearly 50 revolutions per second! When all four engines are attached to the same airframe, it can only mean one thing and one thing only – an Avro Lancaster Heavy Bomber. There are only four Lancasters in the world...

Scorpion tales - Flight Image of the Day · Dominic Perry Now, whether or not it ever racks up any sales is a slightly different matter, but it’s not every day that you see an all-new (budget) strike aircraft unveiled, so, Textron AirLand’s new Scorpion jet is interesting on that basis alone. It’s...

Sean Tucker settles into new role as Young Eagles chairman · General Aviation News Staff | OSHKOSH, Wis. — Hall of Fame aerobatic pilot Sean D. Tucker is beginning to settle in as the new chairman of the Experimental Aircraft Association’s Young Eagles program. Tucker, who was introduced as chairman last month at EAA’s AirVenture fly-in in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, is an active participant in Young Eagles, which has provided free introductory flights to more than 1.8 million youth ages 8-17 since 1992....

NASA Confirms Voyager on Star Trek Spaceports | After decades of exploration, Voyager 1 has been confirmed as reaching a historic milestone for mankind--interstellar space over 11-billion miles from Earth. Voyager's journey past the heliosphere and into the interstellar medium is one of the most astonishing and moving feats of human exploration.

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Parachutists, simulated bombing runs highlight Geneseo airshow - The Daily News Online | GENESEO — Sunny skies, plenty of action, an abundance of food and crowds to enjoy it all. The 2013 Greatest Show on Turf had it all. From parachutists and simulated bombing runs to thrilling aerobatics and the silent flight of glider pilot Manfried Radius, the Greatest Show on Turf lived up to its name....

Photos of Geneseo Air Show - Rochelle

Cortland AirFest 2013: Wings & Wheels - Photos from syracuse.com

Fly-In milestone - Evening Observer | Begun in 1963 by John J. Nalbone, then manager at the Dunkirk Airport, the Fly-In Breakfast has become a community tradition. This year was the 50th time the annual event has been held. In 1973, the Rotary Club began organizing and serving the breakfast. The proceeds go to charities the Rotary supports....

Take off in Hillsboro by Jim Redden | High-flying visiting stunt teams and pilots traditionally generate the headlines at the Oregon International Air Show. This year, the Patriot Jet Team, aerobatic performer Lt. Colonel John Klatt and Red Bull stunt pilot Kirby Chambliss will attract much of the attention at the show, scheduled for July 26-28 at the Hillsboro Airport...

Wings over North Georgia comes to town - Calhountimes | The Black Diamond Jet Demonstration and AeroStars Aerobatic Flight Teams will take to the North Georgia skies above the Richard B. Russell Regional Airport in Rome, Ga., on Oct. 12-13 as headliners for the 2013 Wings Over North Georgia air show, but the weekend will include plenty of other amazing performers, including the Lucas Oil Airshow team featuring Mike Wiskus....

WWII Triple-Ace Bud Anderson Biopic to Premiere at EAA AirVenture 2013 · Warbirds News | Based upon the autobiography of World War II triple-ace, Colonel C.E. “Bud” Anderson, To Fly and Fight, An American Life, there will be a new movie that makes it’s debut at EAA Airventure 2013 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin on Monday, July 29th with an encore showing on Saturday, August 3rd at the Airventure Museum’s Skyscape Theatre....

There's a flying start to the holidays for 10,000 children at the Royal International Air Tattoo | With many families experiencing rising costs and tight budgets, Air Tattoo organisers believe more people than usual will take advantage of the offer that there is no limit to the under 16s that ticketholders can world’s greatest airshow at RAF Fairford....

Red Arrows treat Bournemouth to impromptu formation - Bournemouth Echo | THE glorious sunshine wasn’t the only thing in the skies above Bournemouth and Poole this weekend. Bournemouth Airport was the temporary home to the Red Arrows from Friday, who were performing at various festivals and events across the weekend. And eagle-eyed fans spotted them flying over the town on their way to Yeovilton and Goodwood Festival of Speed before they returned to Bournemouth Airport on both days...

Per Ardua - Vintage Wings of Canada | ...Family and friends assume the returned aviator will be overjoyed and grateful to have survived the tribulations, deprivations and obscene lethality of total war. They cannot fully understand the stresses felt by a young man or woman returning from all-out war to the ordinariness of peace. It is not the fear and death those young, beautiful people were addicted to. It is not the obscenity of war. It is not the extreme high stress of entering hell that they need. Rather, it is the deeply profound euphoria of coming OUT of hell that they seek. It is the powerful feelings of love and joy and living, intertwined with the fear and horror, that they have become addicted to. The love of comrades. The unbridled joy of accomplishment. The profound power of shared hardship. The life nearly taken and then given back. The cold draught of life slaking the thirst of fear....

Tomcat out of its den — an F-14 walkaround by travelforaircraft | The Wings Over Miami Air Museum has often been written of in this blog, along with its variety of aircraft. Recall, as well, that this is a dynamic museum with aircraft visiting for shipping assembly or disassembly, restoration and even simply renting space in the hangar — making it worthwhile to drop by from time to time....

A water-bomber, up close and personal · Peter | Russia's Beriev Be-200 is the only purpose-built jet-powered water-bomber in the world. Built originally as a general-purpose amphibian aircraft, it's come to be used almost exclusively in the fire-fighting role.

You Don't See That Every Day - nordo news | I've always wanted to see this done. The practice was somewhat common during WWII and to my knowledge nearly every plane had it spelled out somewhere as to how to do this. The only other video I've ever see of this starting method was of a DC-3. It was done with a boot over the end of the prop, as were most WWII aircraft, and the pull cord was elastic. Yet, here is a great example of how to do it today. Enjoy.

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Jenn Bates flies with the Air Force Thunderbirds - KWCH | Some call them America's ambassadors in blue, but they are more commonly known as the Thunderbirds. They are the best the U.S. Air Force has to offer, traveling across the country displaying the aerobatic skills that prove they are America's elite pilots...

Army Golden Knights Expected To Be Among Show Favorites - KAKE | Historically, the Army's parachute team did not start out as the Golden Knights. It formed as the strategic army command parachute team in 1959, but after winning two consecutive gold medals in competition, they were dubbed, "The Golden Knights." ...

Warbirds Over Paso Airshow brings family fun and history to the Central Coast - KSBY San Luis Obispo News | During World War II, planes helped get our soldiers home safe. They played a large role in our fight, and SATURDAY, they're being celebrated. Retired Warbirds rarely seen flying will make their re-debut over the Central Coast at the Warbirds Over Paso ...

Vintage airplanes flying over Saginaw River during Saturday's River of Time ... - The Saginaw News - MLive.com | Visitors at River of Time will see Hayward's Boeing as well as a 1943 L-Z Taylorcraft on loan from the Saginaw Valley Air Museum and F-6 intermediate fighter plane, flown by Eric Engler from Caro. “We were asked to do this and our organization is ...

Simsbury Airport Fly-In draws record 10000 visitors - Foothills Media Group | SIMSBURY — The 2012 Simsbury Fly-In & Car Show, held Sept. 23 at Simsbury Airport, featured a flyover by a giant military cargo jet, maneuvers by the Yankee Clippers formation team, a World War I fighter plane replica and visits from two LifeStar ...

Air to Air in a 1941 Vought F4U-1A Corsair with John Hinton from Julie in the SkyJulie in the Sky by Julie in the Sky | I had the great pleasure to go flying in a 1941 Vought F4U-1A Corsair with John Hinton as the pilot from Planes of Fame Air Musuem. When I approached the Corsair, all I could do is stare in awe at the majestic gull wings of the aircraft. After I collected myself, I walked around and[...]

Reno Air Races & The Great Reno Balloon Race - Videos By The University Of Nevada from AirPigz by Martt | Sometimes I just don't understand the internet. These two videos put out by the University of Nevada have been on youtube for a week now but have hardly been viewed... but these videos are fantastic! In my opinion they should have thousands and thousands of views by now. They are apparently part of a 'This Is Nevada' project and they each showcase an awesome aviation-oriented event that takes place in Reno during the month of September. For 2012, The Great Reno Balloon Race took place September 7-9 and then the Reno Air Races of course took place September 12-16....

More pix from The Reno Air Races from Julie in the SkyJulie in the Sky by Eric James Swearingen | Another Gallery of images from the 2012 National Championship Air Races and Air Show at Reno, NV.

5th Annual Flighter Fight Against Cancer Fly-In - WSET | Danville, VA - The runway at a small airport in South Boston had a lot of traffic Friday, but not with regular sized planes. Folks gathered at William Tuck Airport to watch mini-aircrafts. It was all for 5th annual Flighter Fight Against Cancer Fly-In ...

Plane rally a first for WA - inmycommunity | Matt Hall, from the Red Bull air races, will attend the event for a meet-and-greet with visitors. There will also be aviation workshops and a question-and-answer session with Jill Bailey, assistant operations manager at Recreational Aviation Australia.

Red Arrows experience technical difficulties - Times of Malta | The Red Arrows have experienced technical difficulties on their way to Malta and had to divert to a military base in Sardegna. The team's engineers are doing their best to have the aircraft serviceable again but it is not yet known if they will be able ...

Slovakia: Frecce Tricolori protagonists International Air Fest  - Italiaglobale.it | Great success for the exhibition of the Frecce Tricolori "Slovak International Air Fest 2012 SIAF", a show dedicated to aviation, which took place on 1 and 2 September last Sliac, about 200 km from Bratislava. Over one hundred thousand ...

Santa Teresa's War Eagles Museum hosts visit by restored B-17 bomber, crew - Las Cruces Sun-News | SANTA TERESA — The World War II B-17G bomber "Sentimental Journey" is scheduled to be on display and available for rides and tours from Monday's arrival about noon, to Thursday, departing in the morning, at the War Eagles Air Museum, 8012 Airport ...

Soaring Success - Palm Springs Life | Denise Wilson, founder and president of Desert Jet, has pilot ratings for a variety of planes, is a certified aviation manager, and gave the keynote address at the 2010 Women in Aviation International Conference. Based at Jacqueline Cochran Regional ...

Solved after 70 years: The mystery of the missing Lancaster bomber crew from The Kathryn Report by Kathryn | A lost Lancaster bomber crew have finally been found after a German team located the remains of their downed aircraft near Frankfurt - Five missing British airmen were found inside the wreckage of their World War Two bomber - They were guided to the site in Laumersheim, Germany, by an eye-witness who saw the plane crash 69 years agoThe mighty drone of 600 bombers filled the night air as...

Greenfield air museum plans move forward - The Salinas Californian | The Greenfield City Council has unanimously approved measures to immediately seek annexation of property for a planned air museum. The city plans to annex 135 acres for the Yanks Air Museum which needs the approval of the state Local Area Formation ...

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Astronauts, community leaders welcome Crew Compartment Trainer to National Museum of the U.S. Air Force from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | NASA Astronauts Michael Good and Michael Foreman visited the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force during a private event to formally introduce the first shuttle Crew Compartment Trainer (CCT-1) to military and community officials and preview the next steps for the exhibit...