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Identify this helo - PPRuNe | ...saw these in the comments section of AvWeek blogs....supposedly this was the crashed MH60K from the UBL raid. A 5 bladed TR on a hawk derivative would seem an awfully substantial modification.

Blues perform over Pensacola Bay - Fox 10 TV | PENSACOLA, Fla. (WALA) - Crowds gathered along the seawall at Naval Air Station Pensacola Tuesday in anticipation of watching their hometown heroes, the Blue Angels. Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, the base is continuing its celebration of 100 years of naval aviation by inviting the public out for special shows...

This is only a test - Bossier Press | Officials at Barksdale Air Force Base say they expect tens of thousands of locals and out-of-towners to make their way onto base for the 2001 Defenders of Liberty Air Show this weekend. To ensure the safety of all spectators, base emergency responders along with Bossier Parish first responders engaged in a Major Accident Response Exercise, or MARE, Friday morning to ensure the readiness of all response crews. The scenario: an aircraft crash near the spectator line...

Airlines to airshows: Pilot overcomes cancer, spreads hope - AOPA | Shutting down the engine of his highly modified experimental 1946 clipped-wing Taylorcraft Texas T-Cart at 5,000 feet agl, airshow performer Randy Henderson completes a three- to four-minute series of aerobatic maneuvers—loops, rolls, or hammerhead—before landing (engine still off) in front of a crowd of spectators...

Aviation hero Cedric Mah dies - CBC | Well-known Edmonton aviation hero Cedric Mah has died. Mah, 88, died Friday at the Edmonton General Continuing Care Centre. Mah was born in British Columbia. He flew during the Second World War, but because of prejudices at the time, was not allowed to join the Canadian Air Force because he was of Chinese descent...

Videos from AIRBOYD:
Martin Mars Flight - California To Hawaii (1944)
Memphis Belle Returns Home (1943)
Bombing School For Air Cadets (1943)

Podcast: Episode 145 – Anne has 15,000 Acronyms - Airplanes Geeks | Aviation historian Anne Millbrooke is our guest. Anne is the author of the award winning book Aviation History, as well as Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Alphabets of Aviation: A Guide to Contemporary and Historical Terms Found in Aviation Literature.

Podcast: We’re On Location At Fighting Colors.com – Warbird Radio | WEDNESDAY – Matt’s on location at Fighting Colors.com with Gary Velasco for a special Warbird Radio LIVE!  Tune in tomorrow and hear the latest news from the world’s expert on nose-art, Mr. Gary Velasco.  The show starts at 10am (EASTERN) right here on Warbird Radio.  Thanks for listening!

Thanks for WWII Heritage days - The Citizen | On behalf of the history teachers of the Coweta-Fayette County area, we are most thankful to the men and women of the Dixie Wing Commemorative Air Force for hosting WW II Heritage Days at Falcon Field...

PHOTO: F-35A haunts Phantom Ray 1st flight - The Dew Line | Boeing has released some very cool photos of the first flight of the Phantom Ray today, but none cooler than this one. A Lockheed Martin F-35A lurks in the background on the ramp at Edwards AFB, Calif.. The air force's present (manned fighters) meets perhaps its future (unmanned combat air vehicles).

100th Anniversary of Turkish Air Force Thread - MilitaryPhotos.NET | Lots of great pictures!

Large Force Exercise - SEYMOUR JOHNSON AIR FORCE BASE, N.C. | An F-22A Raptor refuels mid-air from a KC-135 Stratotanker during a large force exercise over North Carolina May 2, 2011. The exercise consisted of a strike mission with offensive counter air and suppression-of-enemy-air-defense support. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Gino Reyes)

Pratt & Whitney Celebrates Museum Installation of JSF119 Engine at Smithsonian Institution - AviationNews.EU | Pratt & Whitney announced yesterday that its JSF119 propulsion system has been installed by the Smithsonian Institution at the National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia... 

NASA celebrates astronaut Shepard's historic first flight - USA Today | WASHINGTON — Alan Shepard never became a household name like fellow astronauts John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, and Neil Armstrong, the first to walk on the moon. But 50 years ago — on May 5, 1961 — Shepard became the first American to reach space at a time of heightened Cold War rivalry with the Soviet Union...

Meet an Astronaut & Kids Free at the San Diego Air & Space Museum’s Eighth Annual Space Day - AMT Online | San Diego, CA - May 2, 2011 -The San Diego Air & Space Museum's Space Day celebration is set to launch on Saturday, May 28th, 2011 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Come and engage in fun hands-on demonstrations, giveaways, and activities with local and national space experts...

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A New Cool Blue Angel Website is Now Online from Milcom Monitoring Post | The Navy Blue Angel website has undergone an overhaul and the new version is simply awesome. The new website has a really incredible feature called Inside the Demo. The site has all the maneuvers that the team makes during an airshow, including the C-130 performance. ...

Photos - 2011 Blue Angels Team

Sights, sounds of an F-16 - Record-Searchlight | Kristin Hubbard of the Thunderbirds prepares to head back to Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas after a meeting with Redding Air Show officials. The team of six F-16s will headline the show Sept. ...
   
Homestead air show wins $7.5 million from Miami-Dade, hopes for federal aid too - MiamiHerald.com | Miami-Dade commissioners Tuesday approved spending $7.5 million to bring a commercial air show to the Homestead air base, but the hunt for public dollars continues. A delegation from Miami-Dade plans to lobby Washington lawmakers and ...

Tricolour Arrows, no restrictions on airspace - Turin News Today | Turin - To mark the presence in Turin of the Tricolour Arrows for the celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the Unification of Italy, Thursday, May 5 from 13 to 14, will be put in place constraints on an airspace over the city to allow a test of .. .

Belgian Air Force returning to Royal International Tattoo | A dramatic tiger-painted aircraft from the Belgian Air Force will be among a number of striking aircraft heading for this summer’s Royal International Air Tattoo.

Jupiter aerobatic squadron of Indonesia flies with six aircraft and new paint from CavokBlog | The Air Force of Indonesia made an acrobatic display with his demo team Jupiter and increased to six aircraft Woong Bee KT-1B, which received a new red and white paint. The new color scheme of the Indonesian flag, was presented on March 16 in Yogyakarta. The planes are also equipped with generators of white smoke. ...

GUEST COLUMN: Connecting some historical dots - PNW Local News | The Liberty Foundation's 2011 Salute to Veterans tour will feature the Boeing B-17 “Liberty Belle” and the rare Curtiss P-40E “Warhawk” fighter aircraft. The B-17 flying fortress is particularly fascinating for a couple of reasons. ...

Wings of Freedom Tour at Ramona Airport - Ramona Journal | May 4 to 6, a display of the World War II vintage Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress “Nine O Nine,” Consolidated B-24 Liberator “Witchcraft” and a North American P-51 Mustang will be held at the Main Ramp of the airport, 2926 Montecito Road. The B-17 and B-24 ...

In pictures - BBC News | Imperial War Museum (IWM) Duxford celebrates the role of women in aviation at its spring air show on 22 May. Above, a WAAF (Women's Auxiliary Air Force) Intelligence officer works with colleagues at RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire, in 1940. ...

Edmonton aviation hero takes last high flight - iNews880.com | Cedric Mah will be remembered as an original member of the "Flying Tigers," a war hero, a northern bush pilot, and more recently, a dedicated supporter of Edmonton's Aviation Museum. He was 88. During WWII, Mah and his brother Albert broke the record ...

Battle of Britain is focus of presentation at National Museum of the U.S. Air Force from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | Author and aviation artist Paul Jacobs will present "The Battle of Britain: Three Perspectives" at 7:30 p.m. on May 17 at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.  This presentation is based on research conducted to support Jacobs' book on the Battle of Britain, which took place during the summer of 1940 when the German Luftwaffe attempted to gain air superiority over the RAF as a prelude to Hitler's planned invasion of England. ...

Spitfire Prom relaunch set for firework finale - Sleaford Today | The World War two aircraft from the RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight will provide an aerobatic display over National Trust owned Belton House on Saturday, June 4. As the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra performs its opening overtures, ...

Hurricane-hunting turboprop touches down for tours on Cape - CapeCodOnline.com | If the Eastern Seaboard has a guardian angel, it might well be the aircraft with a 100-foot wingspan and Doppler radar tail parked on the tarmac at Air Station Cape Cod on Monday.  The turboprop Lockheed Orion is one of three hurricane hunters operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and it touched down on Cape Cod as part of a NOAA hurricane awareness tour. ...

The Flying Heritage Collection from Airplanes Channel: | Located in a 51,000 square foot hangar at the southeast corner of Paine Field in Everett, Washington State, the Flying Heritage Collection offers visitors the opportunity to view an extraordinary collection of historic aircraft. Privately owned by American billionaire and philanthropist, Paul Gardner Allen, the collection highlights an era of great advances in aviation during the 1930s and 1940s and includes combat aircraft from World War II – a time when the boundaries of technology were pushed with a sense of urgency in a battle for dominance of the skies. ...

Learn about helicopters during Family Day at National Museum of the U.S. Air Force
from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | Learn and experience the wonders of the incredible and complex flying machine known as the helicopter during Family Day from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on May 21 at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.  ...

Goodyear and Zeppelin: Together Again, 70 Years Later from Airships: A Hindenburg and Zeppelin History Site | More than 70 years after the dissolution of the Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation the two companies are working together again.  Beginning in January, 2014, the famous “Goodyear Blimp” won’t be a blimp at all, but a Zeppelin NT. ...

Unmanned Phantom Ray makes first flight - CNET | Boeing said today that its Phantom Ray unmanned aircraft has flown on its own for the first time. The prototype unmanned airborne system, which sports a striking flying-wing design, flew for 17 minutes on April 27, reaching a speed of 178 knots and an ...

Mystery Chopper? from The Unwanted Blog | An American helicopter crashed during the takedown of Osama bin Laden. The helicopter was then burned to prevent classified data from falling into enemy hands. Which seemed to me a little odd… what secret info would be on a helicopter during a mission like this? A few photos have been released showing parts of the wreckage… and I can’t identify the helicopter type. Seems that the helicopter was destroyed because it’s either an all new type, or an existing type, heavily modified. ...

VIDEO & PHOTO: F-22, F-35 in loose formation from The DEW Line | I could be wrong (and you'll no doubt feel free to correct me!), but I believe this is the first time that both stealth fighters have been photographed and filmed in formation.  ...

Brooke Regier from Flight To Success | Brooke, an Aviation High School student, was tasked with writing an essay to help bring the Space Shuttle to The Seattle's Museum of Flight. Brooke's essay is one of many that received an award at the Seattle Chapter 99 meeting. While we all know that The Museum of Flight did not get the shuttle, we also know we got something much better: The simulator! ...

May 3, 2011 Lauren Jones, Aviatrix part 4 by Linda Street-Ely

ISDB students enjoy flights above Magic Valley - Twin Falls Times-News | After a few cancellations because of bad weather, 65 students from the Gooding school were finally able to buckle in and fly with volunteer pilots from Nampa, Idaho Falls and Pocatello as a part of the Experimental Aircraft Association's Young Eagles ...

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Blue Angels returning to 2011 Fargo AirSho - In-Forum
The US Navy flying group, which named the Fargo AirSho its favorite show in 2009, will be returning for a repeat performance in 2011. ...

Blue Angels to participate in July air show - RocNow
The team was practicing for the Rochester Air Show. The US Navy's flying team, the Blue Angels, will perform July 16 and 17 as part of the 2011 ESL ...
   
ESL International Airshow dates announced - News 10NBC
Thousands of people are expected to come to see the ESL International Airshow. Tuesday morning, County Executive Maggie Brooks announced the show would be ... 

USN Blue Angels 2011 Schedule

US Air Force Thunderbirds to Perform Fly-Over for 53rd Running of the Daytona 500 - WhoWon.com
The world-renowned US Air Force “Thunderbirds” will provide race fans with the flyover during the National Anthem for the 53rd running of the Daytona 500 ...

USAF Thunderbirds 2011 Schedule

EAA To Honor Rutan At AirVenture from AVwebFlash Current Issue
In honor of aircraft designer Burt Rutan's retirement, which he announced last month (PDF), EAA says it is planning a tribute to his work at AirVenture next summer. "Burt is certainly an aviation icon and a pioneering visionary in the homebuilt movement," said Tom Poberezny, EAA chairman. Rutan has been attending the annual event since 1971, often introducing new designs there. "Burt has been such an integral part of our ...
   
No Robins open house in 2011 - The Warner Robins Patriot
Robins Air Force Base officials do not plan to hold an open house and air show in 2011 because a major aerial demonstration ...

Oshkosh 2010 pics from Wasabi Air Racing 

The Beginning of Biplane Racing at Reno from The Pylon Place
The first Air Races in Reno started in 1964. Most of you know the story of Bill Stead and his dream to recreate the Cleveland Air Races in the high desert. But, not many of you know how the Biplanes became part of the project.
Legend has it that Bill Stead went to the Merced Antique Fly-In in 1964 and met up with Sandy Sanders. Sandy was there announcing for several of the Air Show Acts. Bill was there to promote the upcoming Races and to look over some of the acts with an eye on booking them for the Races. Bill told Sandy about the event and asked him to come up and assist with the announcing duties. ...

IMAGES: Hawker Aircraft T-6B Texan II receives commemorative painting of the centennial of U.S. naval aviation - Cavok/Translated
Hawker Beechcraft announced that it has delivered a training aircraft T-6B Texan II specially painted for the U.S. Navy as part of celebrations of the Centenary of Naval Aviation in the U.S.. The aircraft with the paint scheme in yellow, will be based at Naval Station Whiting Field in Milton, Florida, and was handed over to Rear Admiral William G. Sizemore,  Chief of Air Training Navy, on December 7, 2011 at a ceremony held at Hawker Beechcraft in Wichita. ...

Should the USAF ban flying displays by large aircraft? from The DEW Line

ABC News aviation consultant and career C-141 pilot John Nance believes so.
Breaking from a book-writing holiday in Cabo, Mexico, yesterday, Nance told me the C-17 crash video and full report by the accident investigation board show the US Air Force leadership is broken.
"Here we go again," Nance said. "This is going to put aerial demonstrations for large airplanes under scrutiny. I think they need to stop."
The C-17 crash on 28 July at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska, occurred as the pilot practiced a self-planned routine for the upcoming Arctic Thunder air show, according to the USAF AIB report. In an effort to "put on a good show", the pilot's routine pushed the aircraft to edge of its performance envelope, including a maneuver that ...

DC-3 will celebrate the 75th anniversary of its inaugural flight - Cavok/Translated
The aircraft that virtually changed the industry of commercial aviation, the Douglas DC-3 will celebrate the 75th anniversary of its inaugural flight on December 17, 2010. O primeiro voo a partir do Aeroporto de Santa Monica, na California, ocorreu no dia 17 de dezembro de 1935 para coincidir com o 32º aniversário do primeiro voo dos Irmãos Wright realizado em 1903. The first flight from Santa Monica Airport in California, occurred on December 17, 1935 to coincide with the 32nd anniversary of the Wright Brothers' first flight performed in 1903. ....

VIDEO: Happy 50th anniversary to the Harrier from The DEW Line 
I spent a nice chunk of my weekend writing a 50th anniversary tribute feature on the Harrier for next week's Festive Issue in Flight International. It was a nice treat to see that BAE Systems today posted an excellent tribute video on YouTube, celebrating first flight of the Hawker P.1127 Harrier on 17 November 1960.  ...

First flight of a privately owned MiG-29 from General Aviation News 
Air USA at Quincy Regional Airport in Illinois made aviation history Dec. 10 when it successfully flew the world’s first flights of a MiG-29 Fulcrum in private hands. ...


the Republic AP-12 Rocket (via) from x planes

December 14 from Cut and Paste Aviation 

Archive for December, 2010 - US Central Command
Now that all legal restrictions on women in aviation careers have been removed, Iraqi women now have opportunities to excel in this field. ...

New Book Encourages Others: “You CAN be a Pilot!” from The Mach 1 Blog 
As pilots and aviation enthusiasts, we know the joy and passion of flying. There is something unique about flying that motivates us to want to share this passion with others. For many people, the notion of becoming a pilot seems so large, so difficult, so “out there” that they simply don’t stop to really investigate or consider it. Instead, even if they have the time and the means to become a pilot, they often choose to buy a motorcycle or a jet ski and ignore the yearning they have to fly. ...

Lockheed Cross-Breeding Raptors, Joint Strike Fighters from Danger Room 
...The main idea: to make the F-22 more like the potentially cheaper F-35 Joint Strike Fighter that’s taking the Raptor’s place in Pentagon budgets. Not too long ago, the Pentagon defended its decision to curtail the F-22 program by claiming the F-35 was more modern. F-22 boosters countered that the Raptor could do things the F-35 couldn’t. If Lockheed’s plan moves forward, it could ...

Phantom Ray Hitches a Ride from Ares 
NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft has completed a test flight with Boeing's Phantom Ray unmanned combat aircraft demonstrator riding on its back. The 50-minute flight Dec. 13 from St Louis' Lambert International Airport was intended to clear the unlikely combination for a ferry flight to Edwards AFB, Calif., where the company-funded Phantom Ray is planned to begin flight tests early next year. ...

Bonus Space Shuttle awesomeness from The Original Rocket Dungeon 
Here are the deleted scenes from the video Ascent - Commemorating the Space Shuttle.  Watch it, and if you missed the original, go watch it too!

The Future Of Aeroplane Seats Is Hurting My Arse Already - Gizmodo Australia


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Steve Hinton wins ICAS Award from Planes Of Fame News | Steve Hinton wins the Art Scholl Memorial Showmanship Award…

Reno 1979 (the last flight of the Baron) - Aviation Airshow Air Race Photography Discussion from http://www.aafo.com/ Reno 1979 (the last flight of the Baron) Air Racin' : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQ6EwiSIbx4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cc6bh...eature=related


First flight in the world of a privately owned MiG-29!!! - FIRST FLIGHT IN THE WORLD OF A PRIVATELY OWNED MIG-29 FULCRUM BY AIR USA IN QUINCY ILLINOIS; DECEMBER 10TH, 2010: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xq92ZC5cYoM

Another member of the 'Greatest Generation' passes on in Destin - Destin Log | As bombardier he was assigned to the 95th Bomb Group and was sent to England where he flew 30 combat missions in the B-17. He was later assigned to the 55th ...

Timeless Voices - Robert Tank from eaavideo.org | After washing out of pilot training, Robert Tank served as a B-17 bombardier with the 364th Bomb Squadron of the 305th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force during World War II. His plane was shot down on Nov. 26, 1943 and Robert became a POW at Stalag Luft 1…

2010 MCAS Miramar Airshow Gallery Added from Randy Rothhaar Photography | A new gallery with about 300 images from the 2010 MCAS Miramar Airshow was added to the site tonight. Now on to editing images from the 2010 Aviation Nation Airshow at Nellis AFB and breaking in my new Canon 7D body:

Air race star Hall announces calendar, will fly during Sydney's New Year's Eve celebrations | Matt Hall Racing - Air race star Matt Hall will end 2010 on a high by flying his MXS-R race plane around the Sydney Harbour foreshore as part of the city's famed New Year's Eve Celebrations. The New Year's Eve display is just one of several exciting performances Hall announced as part of his new look calendar this week…

Hot Fast and Loud. from Windsor International Air Show by Sounds of Freedom III - 12,000 Horsepower
375 Miles Per Hour - Air Show Speed Record, World's Fastest Jet Truck, Not bad for a Chevy. See it in Windsor next September. Think he'll have the nerve to take on Pete? Just watch.................

BBC News - The Millionaires who flew to war from http://www.bbc.co.uk/ They were called the Millionaires' Squadron, a dashing young group of well-heeled sportsmen and adventurers with a passion for danger and high jinks. But they were also a very effective fighting unit, placed in the front line of defence against German invasion in the Battle of Britain…

Aviation museum receives F-100D flown by Goddard - Macon Telegraph | Ultimately, the jet will be displayed in the aviation museum's Hangar One, which houses several Vietnam-era aircraft exhibits. Fighter pilots develop a ...

F-104C World Altitude Mark from American Aerospace by seattlepiblog@whiteeagleaerospace.com (John Terry White) Fifty-one years ago this week, USAF Captain Joe B. Jordan zoomed a modified USAF/Lockheed F-104C Starfighter to a world altitude record of 103,395.5 feet above mean sea level.  The flight originated from and recovered at the Air Force Flight Test Center (AFFTC), Edwards Air Force Base, California. On Tuesday, 14 July 1959, the USSR established a...

WW II author gives talk at Combat Air Museum – KSNT | Sharp spoke at the combat air museum at Forbes Field on Moday, December 13th. Following the presentation he signed copies of his new book…

March Field Air Museum: Discussion group takes wing - Press-Enterprise | Aviation history has seen a number of attempts at roadable airplanes, with varying degrees of success. Sarh will review these past projects and he will ...

Phantom Ray Takes A Piggyback Ride On NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft from Aero-News Network | Boeing Says Trip Brings The UAS One Step Closer To Its First Flight Securely attached to the top of one of NASA's modified B747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), the Boeing Phantom Ray unmanned airborne system took off at 1340 CST Monday for a test flight at Lambert International Airport…

"How We Did It" — Red Bull Glider Skydiver Transfer - Say, how did those guys pull off that skydiver glider-to-glider transfer that's getting some much attention on YouTube and Red Bull's site? Here's the inside story from Ewald Roithner, the lead pilot. He spoke with AVweb's Paul Bertorelli…

December 14 - This Day In Aviation History from Aviation Earth | December 14, 1903 - Wilbur Wright makes the first and unsuccessful attempt at powered flight at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. His aircraft stalls after 3 ½ seconds in the air and crash-lands 105 feet away. December 14, 1965 - A Learjet 23 executive transport shows off its impressive capabilities by climbing to 40,000 feet in [...]

There isn't a jalopy in this bunch of rockets from The Original Rocket Dungeon by Dick | It looks like Pete Alway's Rockets of the World is featured on Jalopnik.  That's big time e-publicity, but too bad they didn't provide a link where people can order the book. Click the photo above for the big one. Click the 1st link for the ARA Press/Saturn Press web site:

 

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Fifi stays grounded - OA Online
Mechanical issues once again force ‘Fifi,’ the World War II B-29 super fortress, to remain grounded at the Commemorative Air Force Museum’s seminar “From Hellcats to Tomcats” 2 p.m. today.
‘Fifi’ has minor mechanical issues in its exhaust system, according to a news release from the CAF. Fifi was originally scheduled to have its last flight before winter maintenance and its move to Addison.  ...

Jacquie B Airshows - Ver. 2.0 - Official Website
Just returned from ICAS in Las Vegas and schedule so far is - Punta Gorda, FL - March 25-27; Sun n' Fun, Fl - March 29-30; Barksdale AFB, LA -May 7-8; Kona, HI - May 28-29; Kansas City, MO - August; Cleveland, OH - Sept 3-5; Windsor, ON - Sept. 9-11. Many shows still in the works and will post on my website (www.JacquieBairshows.com) as well. We are looking forward to a great year in 2011!! Hope to see all of you  ...

Ford Tri-motor aerobatics Video #1 - YouTube
Yes, the Ford Tri-motor is capable of aerobatics at the hands of the right pilot anyway! Harold Johnson looped, spun and snap rolled Ford NC-9610, a 4-AT-B #53, in the 1930's. Johnson reportedly performed 17 consecutive loops during one demonstration. I found this video in our archives at HistoricAv ... (Note: Harold Johnson was inducted into the ICAS Hall of Fame last week)

Great Tennessee air show 2011 - The Daily News Journal
The air show will feature other acts including Mike Wiskus, Gene Soucy and Mike Goulian. There will be activities for children and opportunities to get to ...

First Flight Society News & Events 

The First Flight Society is proud of its 83-year record of honoring and promoting flight, and one of the most important ways we do that is to invite others to participate in events and activities. For example, October 1902 marked the Wright brothers' successful experiments on the Outer Banks (at Jockey's Ridge in Nags Head) where they perfected their glider's control system. To commemorate the 100th anniversary ...

Navy to conduct flight demonstration - Tidewater News
FRANKLIN—The Navy is planning a second round of demonstration “touch-and-go” flights with E-2C Hawkeye and C-2 Greyhound aircraft at Franklin Municipal ...

Santa Will Make an Appearance at Palm Springs Air Museum - KPSP Local 2
Santa will fly in the skies and land at the Palm Springs Air Museum Sunday, December 12th. Kids will receive goody bags from inside a B-17 plane. ...

First Ever AirPigz / Air Force Museum Meet-Up Coming Soon from AirPigz
Let's meet up at the Air Force Museum in Dayton... details below: When I did a little research before I posted the CoolPix of the sweet Curtiss-Wright AT-9 twin engine trainer from WWII, I learned that the only complete airframe is on display at the Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio. Hmm, I haven't been to the museum there in over 5 years...

Cheerful Return To Fantasy Flight - FOX CT
So the event has been held at the air museum, where children peruse antique planes and visit with Santa, who gives each of them a gift. ...

Photos: Sunderland & Solent @ MOTAT, Auckland, NZ from PPRuNe Forums 

USAF releases C-17 crash report, video from The DEW Line 
The cause of the only fatal crash of a Boeing C-17 is pilot error. That is according to both the accident investigation report (see story) and a newly-released, US Air Force video showing the entirety of the roughly 60-second flight on 28 July at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska. Read the executive summary of the report  here.  ...

POTEZ 36 F-ALQT POTEZ 36 F-ALQT - Passionate about aviation
The picture of this Potez 36 is located on the grounds of the Rouen-Madrillet. The Potez 36 was the first airplane passenger cabin built in closed series. The F-ALQT is a Potez 36.13 (n / c 2620), side by side ...

Pen pushers versus Gliders, a parable for our times from Plane Talking 
Down Kosciuszko way on many a perfect day the Bunyan wave, the local name for the lenticular clouds that often form over the ranges south of Canberra, brings out the gliders.
They find the ripples and thermals that lift them so high that  sometimes they approach the flight paths of the ...

Thunder Over Michigan 2010 - Belleville - 08/07/10 from FenceCheck Forums

From PlanesTV

Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Weekend [2010]
RNAS Yeovilton International Air Day 2010 & RNAS Culdrose Air Day 2010
RAF Cosford Air Show 2010
The Battle of Britain Airshow Duxford September 2010
Cotswold Airshow 2010

Caption Contest #44 Winner - The Old Greased Footplates Trick... from AirPigz
... And how about that crazy pic? It's real to be sure. The flying platform is the HZ-1 Aerocycle developed by de Lackner Helicopters for the U.S. Army in the mid 50's. The counter rotating rotors offset the torque and the pilot simply leaned in the direction he wanted to go. I guess you could say the idea worked better than you'd probably imagine... however, it also had some serious problems. Originally it had been intended to be flown  ...

Neil Armstrong Explains His Famous Apollo 11 Moonwalk from Planenews Aviation News Portal 
Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong may be notoriously private, but the first man on the moon recently reached out to a reporter to share some new details about his famous moonwalk with fellow astronaut Buzz Aldrin in 1969. ...

Boeing Preparing Phantom Ray for Flight Out of St. Louis on Top of NASA SCA Boeing 747 from The Aero Experience  
Boeing will soon ferry its Phantom Ray to Edwards AFB, CA on the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft 747 ...

Great Space Shuttle video from RLV and Space Transport News
A reader sends me a pointer to this extended video compilation of high definition imagery of Shuttle launches, much of it in super slow motion. The caption says,  ...

45 minutes of shuttle engineering footage from High Power Rocketry 

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