Thursday, March 6, 2014
Media Day at the Heritage Flight Training at D-M AFB
Sunday, July 7, 2013
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Air show thrills crowd - Battle Creek Enquirer | Polished aluminum propellers spun in circles on Saturday as pilots created corkscrew dives and hung inverted through the air. Onlookers from the ground watched with their necks craned back to watch the precision training of the pilots put to the test.Watching aircraft soar at 240 mph into what the Field of Flight Air Show announcer, Phil Dacy, called, that beautiful Battle Creek sky, is why some families come to the event every year....
Special needs children and adult get private 4th Of July Airshow - fox2now.com | CAHOKIA, IL. (KTVI) – Kids and adults with special needs got their own air show for the Fourth Of July weekend. Planes, helicopters and those from the Tuskegee Airmen Group, put on an air show at the St. Louis Downtown Airport in Cahokia, Illinois Saturday afternoon....
Great New England Wings and Wheels to fill absence of summer air show - MassLive.com | CHICOPEE – Across-the-board federal budget cuts known as sequestration have grounded air shows across the country, but aviation enthusiasts will have the opportunity to see vintage civilian and military aircraft parked at the Westover Metropolitan Airport....
VIDEO: Planes featured in air show after Tyler display - Tyler Morning Telegraph | Jan Collmer, 78, flies a very agile German-made Extra 300L with zeal. Collmer, who has been flying for nearly 60 years — beginning in 1954 in the U.S. Navy — has been flying in air shows for about 35 years and offers rides to those who like adventure.
Despite air show problems, ShrinersFest doesn't disappoint - 14 News WFIE Evansville | ... The Shriner's are hopeful thought that something will work out before the festival is over. "Our goal is to continue to work with them and see if the front moves or if they can figure out a way to get around it because those P-47s," says Dale Thomas. "We've talked about them for six months. What a great piece of our heritage here in Evansville and we're extremely disappointed, but our hope is they'll be here tomorrow."...
RAF Waddington International Airshow in pictures By Lincolnshire Echo
Waddington International Airshow — Day 1 - The Lincolnite | Thousands of spectators gathered at RAF Waddington on Saturday, July 6, to enjoy this year’s Waddington Airshow. The show, now in its 18th year, celebrates the 95th Anniversary of the Royal Air Force, 70yrs since the raids on the German Dams of WW2 and the 100th Anniversary of RAF Waddington’s own 5(AC) Squadron. The locally based Red Arrows, one of the biggest attractions of the day, also celebrated their 4,500th display, and their 49th season since conception....
Hundreds turn out to see Flying Tiger in Chino - Inland Valley Daily Bulletin | CHINO -- Hundreds
of local aviation enthusiasts filled a hangar on Saturday morning at the Chino Airport to hear the history of one of the most iconic fighting planes of World War II: a P-40 Warhawk, famously part of the 1st American Volunteer Group Flying Tigers. The plane was featured at the Planes of Fame Air Museum's monthly Living History talk....
WWII pilot flew in treacherous conditions - The Desert Sun | William Edelen was determined to take control of his destiny before the military imposed its will on him. The year was 1943. Edelen was a young man in Stephenville, Texas and the United States was fully engaged in World War II.I knew I didnt want to be drafted, he said. I couldnt imagine being drafted into the Army....
World War II Pilot Flies Again - CBS Local | MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A World War II veteran takes up an opportunity to step back in history with a commemorative flight on a plane he learned to fly some 70 years ago. John Rewey was trained on a B-25 and was a co-pilot on one for a short time before he was assigned on a B-24 crew. He flew 35 bombing missions over France and Germany....
HARS Receives Multi-Million Dollar Donation to Keep its DHC-4 Caribous Flying · Warbirds News | Milspec Services is donating more than AU$2.2 Million of brand-new surplus parts to help keep the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society of Illawarra, Australia’s ex-Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribous airworthy...
Aerobatic pilot is still winging it at age 77 - Seacoastonline.com | At age 77, Rye's Sigrid Baumann is a grandmother and snowbird who winters in West Palm Beach, Fla. But the senior citizen stereotype stops there because Baumann also pilots her own aerobatic monoplane and does "a lot of upside down" flying. "I love to do hammerheads," Baumann said, explaining that the airborne maneuvers involve flying straight up, then falling nose-down toward earth, then flying straight back up again....
Orion Taking Shape At KSC - The Aero News Network | NASA Working Towards 2014 Test Flight | The pace of assembling the Orion spacecraft that will conduct an unmanned test flight in 2014 if all goes according to plan has stepped up at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, FL. Workers there are reportedly working on the hundreds of systems and key components that will be part of the spacecraft....
Saturday, February 9, 2013
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Sequestration shouldn't bar Blue Angels in 2014 - Traverse City Record Eagle | TRAVERSE CITY — A threat to clip the Blue Angels' wings this year won't affect the National Cherry Festival. “It seems like the Navy is only speaking to the 2013 budget,” said Trevor Tkach, National Cherry Festival executive director. The Blue Angels ...
AF leaders: Sequestration, more budget cuts will be devastating from Air Force Link Top Stories | Sequestration would leave the Air Force with untrained people, a lack of equipment and be "devastating" to the service, officials said Feb. 7. The warning echoes what Department of Defense officials have stated for months about across-the-board defense cuts, in addition to an ongoing continuing resolution...
Jet fighters, school bus, outhouse new features for 2013 air show - Petoskey News-Review | Still, “it makes the ground tremble,” Barresi said. Also new this year is a heritage flight of a World War II P-51 Mustang flying wingtip-to-wingtip with a modern A-10 Thunderbolt, showcasing what Barresi called “the lineage of the tank killers.” Gates ...
Red Arrows safe from cutbacks - Bournemouth Echo | But Edward Leigh, MP for Gainsborough, close to the Arrow's Lincolnshire base, has been reassured by Armed Forces Minister Andrew Robathan that the team – which is the major attraction at Bournemouth Air Festival – would not be part of money-saving ...
Jogja Air Show 2013 halted due to death of senior aviator - Jakarta Post | Preparations for the 2013 Jogja Air Show — due to be opened on Saturday at Depok Beach in Bantul, Yogyakarta — were suspended for a couple of hours on Friday in remembrance of a senior aviator and patron of the Indonesian Aero Sport Federation ...
Yves Rossy's JetMan School (Without The Jets) from AVwebFlash Current Issue | A video released February 8, 2013 by Jetman Yves Rossy suggests the skydiving innovator may be on the verge of marketing an unpowered version of his strapped-on wing and opening a school to teach people how to fly it. Rossy has piloted another version of the
wing with four micro-turbines attached to its underside, delivering power. He has flown...
Must-see for air racing fans by Janice Wood | GAN columnist Ben Visser, who is our fuels and lubrications expert, usually sends us information about his area of expertise. But once in a while he...
A chance to 'fly, man, fly' - The Northwest Florida Daily News | Mazock became one of the Flying Tigers, who flew only at night and under poor weather conditions with little to no equipment to guide them. “A lot of people didn't realize what was happening in China, but while we were there we held off 1.5 million ...
EDITORIAL: Final tribute to WWII's first heroes The Northwest Florida Daily News | The raid was America's first counterstrike after Japan's bombing of Pearl Harbor. It was the first time fliers had tried to launch B-25 bombers from an aircraft carrier. The huge B-25 needed a longer runway for takeoff than a carrier could provide. It ...
Willa Brown (Coffey) Chappell from CAF Red Tail Squadron | Last week's blog subject was Illinois aviation pioneer Cornelius Coffey. He met this week's blog subject, Willa Brown, when she was his
student at the Curtiss-Wright School of Aviation in Chicago. When she decided to learn to fly, she enrolled at his Coffey Flying School at Harlem Airport just outside of Chicago and became the first black woman to earn her pilot's license in the United States. [Chicagoan Bessie Coleman was the first black woman to EVER earn a pilot's license, but she had to go to France in order to do it as...
Gone West: B-26 pilot Jim Muri from Aero-News Network | Piloted One Of The Bombers Against The Japanese In The Battle Of Midway The pilot of one of four B-26 bombers that took off from Midway Island to help turn back an invading Japanese fleet in 1942 has passed away in Billings, MT. James Muri was 93....
WWII Vet Takes Special Flight Over Ft. Lauderdale - WBFS | Swecky was given an honorary flight at Fort Lauderdale Executive airport Friday with his son in honor of his service on the B-17. He worked the radio and gunning positions. After stepping off the plane Swecky turned to his son and gave him a kiss on cheek.
Bomb Wing documents back in Pratt - Pratt Tribune | That included Bob Morgan, the leader of the 497th Bomb Group and pilot of the B-17 Memphis Belle, the first B-17 to complete 25 missions allowing the crew to retire and fly the Belle across the country on recruiting flights. Although Morgan had piloted ...
Walt Bowe's P-40E from Antique Airfield News |Walt Bowe and Carlene Mendieta at Sonoma/Schellville Airport, Sonoma, CA have acquired a 1942 P-40E. Congratulations!... Other posts:
- The Toby Hanson Project
- Pearson Air Museum Evicted by National Park Service
- Len Rulason's Progress on Monocoupe N501W
Free musical performance honoring Tuskegee Airmen from Air Combat Command - Top ACC Stories | A free and open to the public musical performance by the U.S. Air Force Heritage of America Band honoring Tuskegee Airmen is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. on Feb. 10 at the American Theatre in Hampton, Va. "We know our audience will love it, not only for the wonderful music, but the amazing story that inspired it," said Tech. Sgt. Anne Epperly, U.S. Air Force Heritage of America Band, noncommissioned officer in charge of...
Eglin F-35 pilots fly tactical intercepts from The DEW Line by Dave Majumdar |Pilots at Eglin AFB, Florida, are starting to do a little bit of tactical training in the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter....
Air Force Week in Photos from Air Force Link Top Stories |This week's photos feature Airmen around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force. View the slideshow.
French Air War in Mali: some stunning air-to-air pictures from David Cenciotti's weblog - the most visited Italian Aviation Blog by David Cenciotti |In Mali, French are not only fighting. They are also doing stunning pictures....
War Games in a B-52 from Featured by Sagar Pathak | A lineman prepares to launch a B-52 for a night mission during War Week at Barksdale AFB. (Sagar Pathak)You would think that an airplane 159-feet long and 40-feet high would have plenty of space. After all, it has eight massive engines, and is roughly the same size as a jumbo jet. But the answer is that it does not have a lot of space. Well, not for people at least....
Fueling the high flyers -- U-2 tube food calms cravings in the cockpit from Air Combat Command - Top ACC Stories | Peach cobbler, chicken-a-la-king, key lime pie, or even the classic sloppy joe don't compare to a home cooked meal, but U-2 Dragon Lady pilots say the food they eat while flying long missions is delicious. While wearing a...
Phil Derner: NYC Aviation from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | Friday's Fabulous AvGeek
Video: Ultra Slow Motion (1200 fps) Of A Boeing 777 Burning Rubber! from AirPigz by Martt | Have you ever wondered what the landing gear on a Boeing 777 looks like at 1200 frames per second as it makes contact with terra firma? Well, wonder no more! This video offers up a...
Columbia at White Sands Space Harbor from The Original Rocket Dungeon by Dick | On March 30, 1982, Columbia/STS-3 landed at the backup landing site at White Sands Missile Range. Here are some nice shots found on Facebook.
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
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Philipp Steinbach from Latest Vlog | The Port Elizabeth airshow took place this past weekend under a very cloudy sky. The event still took place and upon browsing through Avcom I picked up this exhilarating clip of Philipp Steinbach, Head of Design at XtremeAir in Germany performing his solo aerobatic sequence. Get ready to be blown away by this cool, calm and collected Simon Baker look-a-like!
Airshow postponed - Fraser Coast Chronicle | Airshow deputy chairman Neil McPhillips said the biennial event, which was due to take place from August 23-25 next year, would be pushed back to August 22-24, 2014. "There were a couple of
reasons for postponing it," he said. "We have had fantastic ...Curtiss P-40N Warhawks of the 80th Fighter Group’s... from x planes
'Memphis Belle' here for Vets Day - Tbo.com | A restored B-17 Flying Fortress used in the movie "Memphis Belle" will be in Tampa on Veterans Day as part of a tour saluting veterans. A tour, organized by The Liberty Foundation, will stop Nov. 10 and 11 at Leader Edge Aviation Services at Tampa ...
San Diego museum to honor Apollo 9 astronauts - North County Times (blog) | The three astronauts who guided Apollo 9 on a daring mission that set up the first manned moon landing in 1969 are going to be inducted into the San Diego Air & Space Museum's Hall of Fame during a ceremony that will be open to the public.
Missing for 46 years, air commando laid to rest from Air Force Link Top Stories | An air commando who died when his C-123 Provider flare ship was shot down over Ahn Khe, Vietnam, was laid to rest Oct. 26 at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas. The 310th Air Commando Squadron loadmaster, Airman 1st Class Jerry Mack Wall, 24, was killed when his plane was hit by enemy fire and crashed into the central highlands, May 18, 1966. Until recently Wall, who was one of five crew members, was listed as Missing in Action...
Burt Rutan’s Boomerang flies with UAV Navigation avionics from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | OSHKOSH — UAV Navigation reports that Burt Rutan’s Boomerang twin-engine, asymmetric plane has been fitted with an Electronic Flight Instrument System (EFIS) which runs on the company's AP04OEM2 Attitude and Heading Reference System (AHRS)/Inertial Navigation System (INS)...
WOMB Kitfox from eaavideo.org
Mike Finney's Homebuilt J-3 from eaavideo.org | Mike and Sherry Finney took home a Silver Lindy from AirVenture 2012 for their plans-built clip-wing Cub.
Impressive video about the most fearful Russian Air Force bombers from David Cenciotti's weblog | ...Air-to-air footage of these “exotic” bombers makes the video worth a look.
Luftwaffe F-4Fs DACT at Decimomannu, Sardinia from The Lexicans by themavf14d | Some interesting footage of Luftwaffe DACT training at Decimomannu Air Base on the Italian island of Sardinia in 1976. Some things of note in my mind. What was the designation/name of the dart shaped towed target on the wing of one of the jets on the flightline? Damn, those J79s are some pretty bad smokers
Young Eagles Flight Rally to be a St. Lucie County Airport - TCPalm | Area young people ages 8-17 will have a chance to take to the skies at 8 a.m. Nov. 10, as Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 908 hosts a Young Eagles Flight Rally at St. Lucie County Airport, Fort Pierce. The rally is part of the EAA Young ...
Saturday, July 28, 2012
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P-40 Hat Trick Brings Three to the Show - EAA AirVenture | Warbirds in Review visitors were treated to the rare spectacle of three diverse Curtiss P-40 fighters parked tightly for inspection while pilots and restorers described the aircraft Friday.
Love is Blue With This PV-2 - EAA AirVenture | Lockheed's ultimate taildragger patrol bomber was
the PV-2 Harpoon, launched into the war with Japan. This year, a Harpoon, newly restored, makes its AirVenture debut.
A-36 Debut from TVR Photography.com | An extremely rare, newly restored A-36 Apache making its first public appearance at Airventure 2012.
Tuskegee Airmen Share Patriotism, Passions With AirVenture Crowd - EAA AirVenture | They were America's first black airmen. And there are fewer every year. Several Tuskegee Airmen shared stories with AirVenture visitors Thursday at the EAA Welcome Center. The men were illuminating and patriotic as they related tales of combat, racism, and success.
Women Soar Inspires Girls to Pursue Aviation Careers, Interests - EAA AirVenture | Inspire. Motivate. Educate. Challenge. That's what the Women Soar You Soar program is all about. Open to high school girls, Women Soar exists to introduce girls to career opportunities in aviation and to encourage them to pursue their dreams in aviation and beyond.
Sully, Skiles Look Back at Flight 1549, Look Ahead to Young Eagles, Eagle Flights - EAA AirVenture | It was the splash heard 'round the world. Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger and Jeff Skiles gained fame for their superb airmanship in safely guiding US Airways Flight 1549 to a successful ditching on January 15, 2009, a landing known as the 'Miracle on the Hudson.'
EAA’s 2012 AirVenture celebrates 75 years of the Piper J-3 Cub from photorecon.net by Dave Budd |
If you’re involved in aviation to any extent, chances are you’ve heard the name of one of the most popular and successful general aviation aircraft in the world – the “Piper Cub”. Let’s put some things into perspective though… the name “Piper Cub” has been used generically (and many times incorrectly) to identify a small, high winged two place general aviation aircraft. The specific aircraft that ultimately became the legend… the (usually) yellow, high wing J-3 Cub built by Piper Aircraft Corporation of Lock Haven...
Oshkosh Day 5: AirVenture Photo Album by Garmin | We've had a fun week at AirVenture. And as the show comes to a close this weekend, we couldn't resist sharing some of the pictures we snapped of avionics, airplanes, airshows and more. Tell us! What was the coolest thing...
"The Day After" UCAP Daily #298-echo from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast | Still recovering from the awesome UCAP Tiedown Party, Dave, Jeb and Jack, take a few minutes to update each other on what's been happening at AirVenture Oshkosh 2012.
Auction raises $2.3 million for Young Eagles - AOPA Pilot | The gala gathering was hosted by EAA
President Rod Hightower, with frequent appearances by aviation legends, including R.A. “Bob” Hoover, Sean D. Tucker, Mike Goulian, and Young Eagles co-chairmen and Miracle on the Hudson pilots Chesley “Sully” ...
New planes added to air show line-up - Clacton and Frinton Gazette | The King Air and RAF Tutor are the latest additions to the programme for the 21st air show in the town. They will join a host of other planes at the event, including the Vulcan, the Hawk and the Red Arrows. The King Air is a twin engine plane which ...
Air racers return to Boundary Bay Air Show - Surrey Leader | And on Saturday (July 28) the pair of experienced aviators will show their skill at guiding their Harvard warbirds around an air race demonstration course as the Boundary Bay Air Show makes a return after a hiatus in 2011. The pair—Keith is a retired ...
Solar Impulse HB-SIA Returns Home, HB-SIB Under Construction from CAFE Foundation Blog by Dean Sigler | Solar Impulse crossed from Toulouse, France to Payerne, Switzerland on July 25, completing an epic intercontinental voyage for the giant solar-powered craft. Its itinerary consisted of a flight from the Solar Impulse home base in Payerne, Switzerland to Madrid, Spain, followed by a jump across the Strait of Gibraltar, for the first time linking Europe and Africa by solar flight...
UK: Bill Ramsey on The People's Mosquito - Global Aviation Resource | Bill Ramsey, current QFI and Vulcan display pilot,
former BBMF Lancaster and Dakota pilot, Tutor display pilot and Wing
Commander Red Arrows, has asked GAR to publish this piece on his
involvement with The People's Mosquito restoration project....
The People's Mosquito - website
Mosquito crash memorial update 27-7-2012 Bunny UK from stickandrudderWTO | In April of this year, I was lucky to see the remains of a crashed DH Mosquito HJ767 belonging to 60 OTU, which crashed at Bunny near Nottingham UK on the 16th of June 1944. Graham Norbury was kind enough to show me the remains and the crash-site area. This autumn should see a scan of the crash area, when harvesting has took place. Meantime, Graham has informed me that he has been to the Public records office at Kew gardens, to do some research, and came across some new details. On Remembrace...
Wright State alumnus' aviation documentary wins Emmys - Upstart | A Wright State alumnus has won two regional Emmy awards for a documentary about a restored B-25 bomber that participated in the famous Doolittle Raiders bombing run of Japan. Director and Wright State grad Adam White and producer Kara Martinelli ...
Red Flag 12-4 in Review from photorecon.net by Dave Budd | Attending the media day last week allowed us the opportunity to go between the runways during the USAF Red Flag 12-4 training exercise. Visiting for the first time was the Colombian Air Force with their advanced KFIR C2 aircraft. These aircraft landed with a drag chute and they need a bit more time vacating the runway which didn’t really seem to slow the recover at all...
Oxygen Failings of F-22 Now Solved, Pentagon's Little Says - San Francisco Chronicle | “It is promising that consultation with NASA and the Navy appears to be pointing the Air Force toward a potential solution to the F-22 oxygen-deprivation issues,” the lawmakers said, while urging that disciplinary actions pending against pilots who ...
Thursday, November 24, 2011
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Wishes all our U.S. Readers
a Very Happy Thanksgiving!
Budget woes may steal thunder of Air Force aerial team - LVRJ | Questions surfaced Wednesday about defense budget cuts affecting the Thunderbirds air demonstration team at Nellis Air Force Base after news out of Florida that the Navy's Blue Angels team might face cutbacks. Speculation about cutbacks to public shows put on by the Blue Angels, the Thunderbirds and the Army's Golden Knights paratroopers swirled as the Pentagon looks for ways to trim $450 billion over the next decade.... [photo via Thunderbirds website]
Thunderbirds Website
Showthrough P-40 - Vintage Aeroplane writer | During Alan Arthur's practice display at Temora on the Friday for the Warbirds Down Under airshow this last weekend, I noticed due to him....
Centennial of Naval Aviation - US Fleet Forces | Team, This year marks the 100th anniversary of Naval aviation. There have been many events (air shows, Fleet weeks, ceremonies, and expositions) over the past year across our nation to celebrate this historic milestone and showcase the talent, capabilities and contributions of Naval aviation over the years. The first aircraft was launched at sea from the deck of the cruiser USS BIRMINGHAM (in Hampton Roads!) on 14 November 1910. This achievement...
Just One Life - Vintage Wings of Canada | The stark, compelling aerial photograph above was taken on July 3, 1944, during an American bombing mission over Timisoara, Rumania. Unlike so many aerial combat photos, whose exact date and location are at best the subject of educated guesses, we know the specifics of this one because the crewman who snapped it later took the time to add the information on the back of the original 3x5” photo -- presumably for the benefit of his mother and father back in Kingston, Ontario. There’s certainly more than a hint of pride in the inscription he wrote:...
Two EAA Women Fly Mooney Through India and Thailand - EAA | Next month, former EAA staffer Judy Rice, EAA 458303, who helped develop EAA AirVenture’s KidVenture area, will join fellow pilot CarolAnn Garratt as they fly Garratt’s Mooney 201 through India and Thailand. Garratt is currently in Kenya (as of this writing) on her second “Dash for a Cure” global flight around the world to raise awareness for Lou Gehrig’s disease; her first was in 2008. Rice is preparing for her own global flight in which she hopes to raise the profile of aerospace education around the world. It’s always nice to have company on a global flight but....
Why Do Helicopter Pilots Sit in the Right Seat? - Air & Space Smithsonian | Patrick McCourt of Huntington, New York writes: “On fixed-wing aircraft, the pilot in command sits in the left seat, but on helicopters, the PIC seems to sit in the right seat. Is this always the case, and if so, why?” For the answer, we turned to Roger Connor, curator of vertical flight in the aeronautics division of National Air and Space Museum.....
Forget any security concern and welcome Air Force One on Flightradar24! - The Aviationist | ...Although even the Flightradar24 FAQs confirmed that the Air Force One, the world’s most famous and important aircraft, should NOT be visible on their website, for a few seconds around...
Video Blog: The lesser-seen face of business aviation (jumping from a perfectly good airplane) - Flightglobal | BOULDER CITY -- Journalists are advised never to get emotionally entangled in a story, and certainly not physically. Though this assignment found your correspondent unavoidably invested. I'm about to get thrown out of a perfectly good aircraft with five other people. "Why gamble with your money when you can gamble with your life???" asks Skydive Las Vegas, with two extra question marks added for emphasis. Based at Boulder City Airport southeast of The Strip, and just south of Lake Mead, Skydive Las Vegas has been asking that provocative question of its customers since 1993. When you think of business aviation....
Our 1st Scholarship Winner passes her checkride! - Girls with Wings | It was September 26th when I made the call to schedule my Private Pilot checkride. I sat in front of my phone with a paper and pencil for a good 5 minutes. Just thinking about what was about to happen. I never thought I would get nervous about making a simple call!...
Thursday, November 17, 2011
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Navy's Blue Angels to fly over Boston - The Associated Press | BOSTON—The U.S. Navy's famed Blue Angels stunt-flying team is conducting at least two flights over Boston to familiarize pilots with the area before performing there next year. Two aircrafts from the Blue Angels squadron are set to fly over New England's largest city Thursday before performing aerial shows during the Boston Navy Week War of 1812 bicentennial celebration. The commemoration will be held over the July Fourth holiday in conjunction with Boston Harborfest....
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Red Bull air racing scratched for 2012 - AOPA | There will be no Red Bull Air Race World Championship in 2012, extending a one-year break for the 2011 season. “There will be no races in 2012, that’s true,” said Red Bull Air Race Team spokesperson Nadja Zele in an email message to AOPA. “A revamped concept and a fixed race calendar will be revealed in 2013.”...
Video: Kirby Chambliss Visits UNO Aviation School from Aerial Sports Feed | Red Bull aerobatic pilot Kirby Chambliss takes flight in Omaha, Nebraska, visiting students from the University of Nebraska at Omaha's school of aviation. Chambliss performs for the students and even...
Warbirds will spread their wings at the Temora Air Show - The Telegraph | The largest collection of still flying WWII fighters including Spitfires, Boomerang, Kittyhawk and Mustang will be on display along with a Hudson bomber, Tiger Moth and historic jets like the Sabre and Meteor and the nation's current front-line strike jet, the F/A-18 Hornet. Temora is a mecca for historic aircraft buffs and plane spotters, but the warbirds spectacular will include aircraft from across Australia flown in for the event....
Pilot Who Buzzed Santa Monica Pier in Military Jet Goes to Jail - Live Leak (via ASB) | SANTA MONICA, Calif.; A pilot who buzzed the Santa Monica Pier in a military jet has been ordered to jail. David G. Riggs surrendered to authorities Wednesday to begin serving a 60-day sentence....
The Man My Mother Fell in Love With - Air & Space Smithsonian | When the Navy retired the Tomcat, my father went with it.
Retired military combat pilot to speak at library - Rapid City Journal | The Piedmont Valley Library is continuing its guest speaker series with Gerry Teachout on Saturday, Nov. 26, at 1 p.m. Retired Lt. Col. Teachout logged more than 12,000 hours as a pilot in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, as well as a civilian pilot. Teachout flew 1,264 combat hours and piloted multiple aircrafts, including the KC-135, B-24, B-25, P-40, C-119, C-46, C-47 and others....
Curtiss Kittyhawk IV, a rugged warrior – RAF Museum, London - Short Finals | The Curtiss P-40
was on the shopping list of the British Direct Purchasing Commission in Washington, D.C.; established before the outbreak of WW2 to buy (using Britain’s foreign currency and our whole gold reserves), any and all war material that would enable Britain to defend itself against the coming storm of war. An article in ‘Flight’ (Dec. 5th, 1940) listed the Lockheed Hudson, Brewster Buffalo, Bell P-39 Aircobra and the Curtiss P-40 Tomahawk amongst types already on order. Of these, the...
First Professional Female Pilot - Flight to Success |Please meet another fascinating women in the history of aviation—Sophie Blanchard. Who is she? The first professional female pilot. Sophie made her living selling tickets to her hydrogen balloon performances along with flights that had been commissioned by patrons such as Napoleon Bonaparte and King Louis XVIII. She was...
Today in Aviation History – November 17 - CRUFC
Thursday, October 27, 2011
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High-flying fun at Catalina Festival - Lakes Mail | The highlight will be a performance by the RAAF Roulettes who will perform their spectacular aerobatic routine over Lake Macquarie. If you've never been to the Catalina Festival, and always assumed that being an aeronautical aficionado was a ...
A job you can sink your teeth into... - Mukilteo Beacon | The 1938 fighter plane was flown by the famed American Volunteer Group known as the "Flying Tigers." The pilots liked to paint a sharkmouth onto the nose of their planes to make them look intimidating in the air. The P-40C became part of the Flying ...Virgin Galactic Selects First Commercial Astronaut Pilot From Competition - MarketWatch | Founded by Burt Rutan, Scaled developed SpaceShipOne, which in 2004 claimed the $10m Ansari X Prize as the world's first privately developed manned spacecraft. Virgin Galactic's new vehicles share much of the same basic design, but are being built to ...
Italian Navy AV-8B+ Harrier 20th anniversary from David Cenciotti's weblog - the most visited Italian Aviation Blog by David Cenciotti | On Oct. 27, 2011, with a ceremony at Grottaglie airbase, near Taranto, the Marina Militare (Italian Navy) celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Harrier in Italian service. The AV-8B+ Harriers of the I GrupAer have recently taken part to the Operation Unified Protector in Libya, performing both DCA (Defensive Counter Air) and BAI (Battlefield Air Interdiction) out of the Garibaldi aircraft carrier…
F8F Bearcat – Grumman’s Bad Ass Fighter! from Moose Peterson Aviation Photography » Moose Peterson Aviation Photography by Moose | The US started WWII in the Pacific with noble fighters with talented pilots. They went up against the Zero which in the beginning didn’t go so well for the US. The Navy sought a carrier based fighter and two were brought into the conflict about half way into the conflict, the Vought F4U-1 Corsair and the Grumman F8F Bearcat. Thought of as a “Hot Rod,” the Bearcat was the first Navy fighter with the full “bubble” canopy providing the pilot with amazing visibility. The first variant F8F-1, 654 were produced all with the R-2800-34W engine…Sunday, October 16, 2011
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Crowds wing it to Ellington for the air show - Houston Chronicle | Show visitors get a view from the cockpit aboard an Air Force plane Saturday during the 27th annual Wings Over Houston Airshow at Ellington Field. Visitors also had the opportunity to chat with pilots. ...Cleveland air race a thrill for pilots and spectators - Your Houston News | Pilots turned out in force to compete in an old-fashioned cross-country race against each other over a 150-mile course during the thrilling event, sanctioned by the Sport Air Racing League. Airport Manager Alf Vien said he thought there was a great ...
Plane Makes Crash Landing At Airport - WJXT Jacksonville | Florida Highway Patrol officials are investigating a plane crash at the Northeast Florida Regional Airport Saturday. A World War II model P-51 Mustang plane was landing at the St. Augustine airport when its right landing gear collapsed, ...
Aviation history celebrated at Millville Army Air Field Museum - The Bridgeton News - NJ.com | By Jim Cook Jr./The News of Cumberland County Staff photo by Jim Cook Jr. Pilot Buzz Cortese about to take off in his North American T-6 Texan, featured at the Millville Army Air Field Museum Aviation Celebration 2011 last Saturday. ...Curtiss P-40 E featured in 'The Flying Tigers,' new exhibit opening ... by Ho'okele Staff | The aircraft is a memorial to Robert Prescott, Flying Tiger Line founder American Volunteer Group (AVG) ace , and the Flying Tigers in China, which consisted of AVG pilots recruited from U.S. Forces and contracted with the ...
It must be the full moon! from VAF Forums by pierre smith | Team RV at the Boshears Memorial air show/fly-in were on top of their game ....again! Photo credit: Dean Wingard from Augusta. Another RV owner and friend from Beaufort, S.C, Tim Verroi, was there and I enjoyed watching his jaw drop while watching Team RV, that he had never seen perform! While the 5-ship was circling the skydiver with our flag, he remarked that "Those guys are really good!" to which I replied, "You ain't see nuthin' yet!" With their opening act and the 4-ship hammerhead turns, he was beside himself:)...then they looped in formation and barrel-rolled…Sunday, August 14, 2011
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Weather cooperates to bring big crowd to Fargo Airsho - In-Forum | The Blue Angels break away out of formation as they near the end of their performance Saturday at the Fargo AirSho. Dave Wallis / The Forum FARGO - In addition to being military veterans, Ed Boch and Bob Saumur are air show veterans, having attended ...
Air show's improvments make for smooth first day - Seacoastonline.com | PORTSMOUTH — The first day of the 2011 Service Credit Union Boston-Portsmouth Air Show drew an estimated 30000 attendees, while new improvements made for a smooth day, organizers say. The number of food vendors doubled this year ...
6 World War II planes on display - Kennebec Journal | The Texas Flying Legends, who maintain and fly one of the largest collections of World War II aircraft are holding a show at the Wiscasset airport over the weekend. Casey Cooke traveled down to the show from Belgrade to see a P-40 ...
Cold, rain, snow and the military visitors from Rodney's Aviation Ramblings | The forecasts for today and the next 2-3 days are looking very good, in a weird kinda way. We are forecast to have snow, almost to sea level, for the first time in possibly several decades. It should be an exciting time for the next few days! Already, I've experienced a little snow at home this evening, and I'm hoping that it will start to settle on the ground on the next few days…Wednesday, May 18, 2011
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“Titanium Goose” walkaround — Lockheed’s rare A-12 “Blackbird” 1st part from Travel for Aircraft | Who doesn’t know of the Clarence “Kelly” Johnson’s incredibly prescient SR-71 “Blackbird” design which could go faster than Mach 3 and cruise higher than 80,000 feet (~24,000m). Too fast and too high for interception by fighter or missile — this was the Blackbird’s defense as it was flown on reconnaissance missions. But the SR-71 had an immediate ancestor, the A-12, and among the few A-12s (a baker’s dozen) is a rare one — one known as the “Titanium Goose” and it was a trainer with dual pilot cockpits…
Fly-in brings attention to airport - Brewton Standard | An estimated 3000 people visited the Brewton Municipal Airport Saturday, climbing aboard an Air Force V22 Osprey and getting a closer look at a variety of aircraft in town for the second annual Brewton Spring Fly-In. “It was fantastic,” said airport ...Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum Announces 2011 Calendar of Events - Cape May County Herald | Closing out the summer season, NASW will host the 15th Annual AirFest event. NAS Wildwood is delighted to offer this exciting schedule of events and speakers: June 4th American Pride Day. An event to honor aviators, astronauts, veterans and celebrate ...
Springfield native Kevin Bredenbeck, test pilot for record-breaking Sikorsky ... - MassLive.com | Kevin Bredenbeck, the Springfield native who last year set the unofficial world speed-record for a helicopter in the Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation X2 helicopter, is scheduled to speak Saturday night at the New England Air Museum. ...EDITORIAL: The gutsiest call - Washington Times | The Doolittle Raiders remained close after the war, getting together for hunting and fishing trips well into old age. Gen. Doolittle - or “Dad's fishing buddy,” as Mindy jokingly called him - came on the trips into his 90s. ...
Czech historians find shot-down German fighter plane | Prague Monitor from praguemonitor.com - Otin, South Bohemia, May 16 (CTK) - Czech historians have found a Fw-190 Focke Wulf German fighter plane that was shot down in World War Two on August 24, 1944 in Otin thanks to student Jiri Sasek helped localise the aircraft, Czech Television reported Monday…
WWII-era aircraft dreams take flight - Blue Springs Examiner | The World War II era bomber, along with a P-40 'Warhawk,' fighter are in Kansas City as part of the Liberty Foundation's 2001 Salute to Veterans Tour. 5.16.2011 Adam Vogler By Jeff Martin - jeff.martin@examiner.net The stately wings, the proud nose. ...


