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Veterans meet Blue Angels despite rained-out show * St. George Daily Spectrum | GEORGE – Although rain and lightning caused a special showing of the U.S. Navy Blue Angels to be canceled Friday afternoon, the veteran attendees from the Southern Utah Veterans Home in Ivins City still had the chance to see the planes up close and to...

Moorestown native realizes his dream with the Blue Angels * Philly.com | Flynn will support the flight leader of the Blue Angels - Commander Tom Frosch - "in the day-to-day operations of the squadron. I won't be flying but I'll make sure that we have the people and the parts - everything needed to do the mission," he said...

U S Army Parachute Team Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Jose Enrique Melendez Relinquished Command to Lieutenant Colonel Matthew Weinrich * U.S. Army Parachute Team "Golden Knights"  | The day began with extreme hustle and bustle around the area. The local radio and television were continually announcing the Change of Command for the US Army Parachute Team Golden Knights. The Soldiers were taking care of all the final details, reviewing the set up, podium, seating chart and the Aviation section had strategically placed the team aircraft in position for the ceremony. Media Relations was busy greeting and escorting media outlets, preparing camera’s, documenting guest as they were escorted to their assigned seats....

The voice of the air show * KTVA CBS 11 News Alaska | “The air show director asked if anybody had any public speaking experience. Well I spent 10 years of my life in the radio and television business, so I stupidly raised my hand and he said 'you're the air show narrator.' I knew nothing about it...

Rough landing at Friday Harbor Air Show * SanJuanIslander.com | A pilot, his wife and young daughter escaped injury when a mechanical failure caused a rough landing on the runway at Friday Harbor Airport's Open House and Fly-In. He did a great job of landing the plane, said an observer. More information isn't...

Red Arrows: 'This is the coolest job in the world' * Belfast Telegraph | He's talking about the honour of being a member of the Royal Air Force Aerobatics team, the Red Arrows. It's a job that might not induce the level of hysteria Cruise is used to, but it does place those elite pilots, who get to wear the world-famous red...

Screamin’ Sasquatch — the radial and jet engine powered 1929 Taperwing Waco * Travel for Aircraft | New for this airshow season is the rare mixed engine 1929 Taperwing Waco powered by a conventional reciprocating radial engine as well as a turbojet — the “Screamin’ Sasquatch” which is also the mascot of Jack Link’s Beef Jerky. The fruition of the Screamin’ Sasquatch is a result of the efforts of Jack Link’s Beef Jerky as well as John Klatt Airshows....

Magnificent Man in a Flying Machine: The 'finest' first World War work of ... * Express.co.uk | Into that background stepped a dashing aviator called Frederick Warren Merriam whose claim to fame was becoming the first pilot to fly through the clouds. Merriam, then 34 years old, was an instructor at Brooklands Aerodrome near Weybridge in Surrey.

IWM Duxford's Spitfires, Merlins and Motors day attracts thousands * Times 24 | In the foyer entrance of AirSpace, visitors met staff from the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford, dressed as 1940s civilians and celebrating the achievements of women in aviation, with a mini-exhibition showcasing the inspirational women who helped to...

Enter the FAI Young Artists Contest and have your share in the FAI World Air ... * World Air Sports Federation | Airplanes and gliders will amaze the crowd with spins, loops, and dives in the aerobatic games, while powered planes will show their skills in an air navigation race. There will also be radio controlled aerobatics: the same spins, loops, and dives, but...

Offutt Air Show attendance put at 150000, but total didn't set record * Omaha World-Herald | Offutt Air Force Base hosted big crowds at last weekend's Defenders of Freedom Open House & Air Show, but the show's return after a one-year hiatus didn't break attendance records. An estimated 150,000 attended the two-day event July 19-20, said Ryan...

AOPA issues call for airports to host 2015 regional fly-ins * AOPA Pilot | Each fly-in also includes a Pilot Town Hall hosted by AOPA President Mark Baker. “We've had a fantastic turnout by our members at our fly-ins this year, with a resounding call for more of the same in 2015,” Baker said. “The airports we're visiting in...

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Touring a bomber, with memories of flying one * Glens Falls Post-Star | The vintage plane travels the country with a crew from the Arizona Wing of the Commemorative Air Force Aviation Museum and will be open to visitors Saturday and Sunday before departing on its next mission, a trip to Bar Harbor, Maine. Earl Morrow, a...

Consolidated PBY from Mike Fizer | Aviation enthusiast and warbird collector, Jim Slattery, shares his thoughts with AOPA's Barry Schiff on the restoration of a Consolidated PBY for The Greatest Generation Naval Museum in San Diego, CA. The beautiful Lake Mead video footage of this historic WWII amphib was supplied by The Greatest Generation Naval Museum.

Executive Director of the New England Air Museum (NEAM) To Retire at the End of 2014. · Warbirds News | Michael P. Speciale, Executive Director of the New England Air Museum (NEAM), has announced his retirement as of December 1, 2014. Mike has been Executive Director for 29 years and has led the Museum’s transformation from a small one-hangar museum recovering from the effects of a tornado in 1979, to a major cultural, educational, and historical institution serving a world-wide audience.Scott Ashton, President of the NEAM Board of Directors, said “Mike has been an enthusiastic and dedicated leader of the Museum for nearly 30 years. Over that period...

Douglas A-20 Havoc (RE)Discovered in Siberia ·  WarbirdsNews has learned that the wreck of a Soviet Douglas A-20 Havoc recently re-emerged in the Taiga of western Siberia in Russia. Apparently the lend-lease medium bomber, one of roughly 3400 of the type given to the Soviet Union, went down on its ferry flight from Alaska to the Eastern Front in 1943. The Taiga is a vast boreal forest which is largely uninhabited, and buried under snow and ice for much of the year. Although no photographs have surfaced publicly as of yet, the aircraft (technically designated a DB-7) apparently went down on the slopes of Zelyonaya mountain in the Kemerovo region. Sadly, it appears that the...

The One And Only Stearman M-2 Has Moved · Rich Davidson NORDO News - Aviation Unedited |  I've been watching the Stearman M-2 for some time. I remember when I first laid my hands on it as the restoration neared completion. The thing is massive. In fact, although many people call other Stearmans a "Bull Stearman", this is the actual model Stearman that was called that by her pilots when she was new....

Curtiss A-8 — the 1930s attack aircraft experiment * Travel for Aircraft  | The U.S. Army Air Corps compared air cooled radial engine powered aircraft versus in-line liquid cooled engines in attack aircraft designs, during the 1930s, and the Curtiss A-8 was one of these designs. Powered by a Curtiss V-1570-31 Conqueror (600 hp/~450kW) the A-8 carried its pilot–observer/rear gunner nearly 500 miles at 153 mph/245kph. Marked by two glazed tandem cockpits it...

"Morgan Fairchild" UCAP #360 · Jack Hodgson, Dave Higdon, Jeb Burnside - Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast | Every week the UCAP gang gathers to talk about all things GA. You can listen-in as some of General Aviation's most knowledgeable, opinionated, and plain-spoken characters do some online, hangar-flying. Show-notes can be found at http://www.uncontrolledairspace.com/

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Blue Angels pilots to visit Hasbro Children's Hospital - Turn to 10 | PROVIDENCE -Before their performance this weekend at the Rhode Island Air Show, Blue Angels pilots will meets patients at Hasbro Children's Hospital in Providence.  They'll make the rounds at the hospital in full flight gear, and answer questions about their high-flying jobs...

F-35B among those performing at Cherry Point Air Show - Jacksonville Daily News | It’s no secret. The F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter is the future of Marine Corps aviation. That future will be revealed for the first time to the public at this weekend’s Cherry Point Air Show. The fifth-generation fighter jet is scheduled for its first public flight on the East Coast during the Saturday and Sunday shows at Cherry Point...

'Inspiration to Innovation' to take flight at Cherry Point - Carolinacoastonline | The skies above Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point will be filled with jets and more during the 2014 MCAS Cherry Point Air Show “Inspiration to Innovation,” Friday, May 16, to Sunday, May 18, aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point. The show Friday, May 16, will feature nighttime performances, while shows Saturday, May 17, and Sunday, May 18, will feature many daytime performances...

Holloman Air Force Base Puts On First Airshow In More Than Two Years - KRWG | Last Saturday Holloman Air Force Base near Alamogordo opened it’s gates, showcased it’s mission operations and put it's fighter planes in the air for the general public . It is the first time the base has put on major public airshow since major military spending cuts. War planes, bombers and jets soared, ducked and maneuvered above crowds of thousands at the Holloman Air Force Base open house on Saturday....

Truckee Tahoe AirShow awards $500 to T-shirt contest winner - Tahoe Daily Tribune | TAHOE/TRUCKEE, Calif. — The 2014 Truckee Tahoe AirShow & Family Festival T-shirt will feature a “vintage-esque” aviation design created by 14-year-old Riley Matosian from Truckee. Matosian is an eighth-grader at Alder Creek Middle School who is now, also, the recipient of $500 for being chosen as the winner of the 2014 AirShow T-Shirt Art Contest...

Cape May Airport (WWD) to Host Annual Aerobatic Contest - “AcroBlast” to Take Off the Weekend of May 30 - June 1, 2014 - Cape Gazette | (Erma, New Jersey)  Today, Cape May Airport (WWD) officials announced that the Airport will once again host “AcroBlast,” an aerobatic contest sponsored by Chapter 58 of the International Aerobatics Club (IAC).  The event will take place beginning Friday, May 30 and conclude on Sunday, June 1, 2014...

Aviation Network’s inaugural fly-in slated for September · General Aviation News | VANCOUVER, B.C. — The Aviation Network, comprised of 700 members of the Young President’s Organization, is holding its inaugural 2014 Fly-In at the Alpine Airport in Wyoming Sept. 5-7. This exclusive private event can only accommodate 30 planes and their passengers, according to organizers...

Hot Weather To Be A Major Challenge In 2014 Putrajaya Red Bull Air Race - Bernama | PUTRAJAYA, May 15 (Bernama) -- The abnormal hot weather currently will pose an extra challenge to all participants at the 2014 Red Bull Air Race World Championship 2014 on Saturday. The nation's sole flyer in the race, Datuk Halim Othman said the extreme hot situation which rarely took place would also disturb the concentration of all the pilots especially those not familiar with the weather conditions in the country...

Here's what it's like to fly search and rescue with the Civil Air Patrol in New Orleans * NOLA | Flying at an altitude of 1,000 feet over New Orleans East in a Cessna-172 single-engine plane, the first thing that comes to mind is confirmation of what New Orleanians already know too well: We are surrounded by water...

St. Louis Aerospace Community Welcomes Legendary NASA Apollo Program Flight Director Gene Kranz By Carmelo Turdo | Members of the St. Louis aerospace community welcomed legendary NASA Apollo Program Flight Director Gene Kranz at a dinner reception this evening at the Moonrise Hotel in the Delmar Loop.  The dinner was held in honor of Gene Kranz and his wife Marta, and included guests Lowell and Bobette Grissom and representatives from the St. Louis Rocketry Association, St. Louis Science Center, St. Louis University parks College, St. Louis Space Frontier, St. Louis Challenger Learning Center, Missouri Space Grant Consortium, Missouri Coalition for Math and Science, Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum and the Bonne Terre Space Museum.  Gene Kranze will make appearances at several events to encourage students to pursue science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers, culminating with a public event this Saturday at the St. Louis Science Center...

B-52 unhinged — Arc Light Memorial in transition by travelforaircraft | Arc Light was historic, occurring during the Vietnam War, when D model B-52s were modified in 1964 to deliver conventional munitions in ground support combat roles. The mission name was reused in 1972 to conventionally bomb North Vietnam with these same B-52D Stratofortresses. The Air Force Magazine has this article on Arc Light, for further reading....

Video: 20 Foot Span RC B-25 With 2 Moki 400's! (First Flight) * AirPigz | Really big RC models are intriguing because they can look so real in their getting-close-to-life-size dimensions. You also know that they have taken an enormous amount of work and dedication to reach completion. But for me, the biggest payoff comes with how real they look in the air. Small models are just too twitchy to look real...

"Insane Clown Posse" UCAP #357 *  Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast | Feet-dry U-2 messes up ATC... Going home, not... Spitfire vs P-51... MH370 craziness... Google Glass in the cockpit... Low price airplanes... Airplane Personality Quiz... Shoutouts: Cheezy Poofs & Skunkworks Robotics... All this and more on the Uncontrolled Airspace General Aviation Podcast. Recorded May 9, 2014.

U.S. students among top winners in international aviation art contest · General Aviation News | The NASAO Center for Aviation Research & Education reports that two U.S. students are among the nine winners of the 2014 International Art Contest for young people, sanctioned by the National Aeronautic Association (NAA) and the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) and managed by the NASAO Center. The art contest is designed to motivate and encourage young people to become familiar with and participate in aeronautics, engineering, and science. The winning entries were selected during FAI’s April meeting in Switzerland...

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Classic planes put on show at Tauranga City Air Show By Natalie Dixon | A naval aircraft designed to hunt out enemy submarines, a 1965 Hercules and a legendary World War I British fighter plane drew thousands to the Classics of the Sky Tauranga City Air Show yesterday. Day two of the biennial event started with the Royal New Zealand Airforce Kiwi Blue parachute display team dropping in on the huge crowd, which showed up despite the wet weather....

2014 WAI Pioneer Hall of Fame Inductees Announced - Women in Aviation International Connect | We’re proud to announce that four more inspiring women will be inducted into WAI’s Pioneer Hall of Fame this year. Col. Nancy Currie (ret.), Beryl Markham, Dr. Sally Ride, and Sheila Scott will be honored in a ceremony during the closing banquet of the 25th Annual International Women in Aviation Conference on March 8 at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort....

Our View: Blue Angels are welcome winter attraction - Imperial Valley Press | Aside from the mild temperatures, our sun-kissed skies also have the added attraction of being the training ground for the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels, a sight that has had local necks craning for 50 years running. The Blue Angels' return to Naval Air ...

Buy Airshow Program Online! - Planes Of Fame News | For Air Show 2014, you can buy your Airshow Program online when you buy your ticket.

Sting in the Tail - Waddington International Airshow by Charles Skiera    | Visitors to RAF Waddington’s 20th International Airshow are guaranteed to go home stinging after this years show, even if the sunny weather doesn’t show in 2014. The first aircraft to confirm for the show, being held over the 5th & 6th July, comes in the guise of the Swiss Air Forces F18 Hornet and like its smaller black and yellow name sake, it packs a mighty sting.  Designed in the USA during the 1970’s and 1980’s the F-18 Hornet family have been used by Air Arms across the globe and continue to be one of the best and most manoeuvrable fast jets in the world...

Swiss Air Force fighter F/A-18 for airshow - Times of Malta | The F/A-18 Hornet Solo Display from the Swiss Air Force will be taking part in this year's Malta International Airshow in September, the organisers said. They said on their webpage that it was the first time that the airshow would have F/A-18 in flying ...

Reno business, civic leader T.J. Day remembered for philanthropy, family - RGJ.com | ...At the time of his death, he was serving on the boards of the Reno Air Racing Association, Nevada State Athletic Commission, Boy Scouts of America Nevada Area Council, Linfield College, the W.M. Keck Foundation, the W.K. Day Foundation, Western Exploration & Development, Ltd., and the Stevenson School. He was also a member of...

Aviation museum to offer WWII veterans free flights - Shore News Today | LOWER TOWNSHIP – The Yankee Air Museum (YAM)'s B-17 Yankee Lady based in Detroit, Mich. will once again visit Naval Air Station Wildwood (NASW) Aviation Museum on June 9-11. The museum partnership will honor World War II Veterans by offering ...

Military forensic lab hopes to positively identify WW2 soldier - News Item | The remains in the casket are believed to be those of Sgt. John M. Nolan, 22, of Mount Carmel, Pa., who died May 18, 1944, when his B-17 bomber was shot down near Mostar, Yugoslavia. Nolan was an Army Air Forces photographer aboard the "Daisy Mae"...

Black Wings: American Dreams of Flight - The-review | The "of course" was in response to learning about some of the early African-American pilots who existed and are honored, such as pioneer aviatrix Bessie Coleman, World War II's Tuskegee Airmen, and astronauts Mae Jemison and Joan Higginbotham; and ...

New England Air Museum To Hold a Presentation on the Search for Amelia Earhart · Warbirds News | The New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks, Conn., will hold Open Cockpit Day on Sunday, February 16th.  On that day visitors will be permitted to climb into the cockpits of up to twelve vintage airplanes including two supersonic jet fighters, the Vietnam era Huey helicopter, the WWII P-47 Thunderbolt, the Vintage DC-3 airliner, and more. Also, as part of the...

AirPigz MeetUp At The Naval Aviation Museum - Blue Angels A-4 Formation (CoolPix) - AirPigz |  The AirPigz avgeek museum MeetUp for 2014 is under way in warm and sunny Pensacola Florida even tho there isn't all that much warmth or sun down here right now. Of course compared to the bitter cold and snow back home in Indiana, it's pretty awesome here. We started the...

Mystery of the Mon’s missing Mitchell by Bill Eggert For The Tribune-Democrat — Imagine you are driving home from work around 4 p.m. on a cold January afternoon. As you enter the bridge crossing the river you see a vintage World War II bomber, a B-25 Mitchell, come out of nowhere and fly over this bridge, clearing the bridge by about 30 feet. The plane splash lands in the frigid river, and boats scamper to the plane, rescuing four of the six men. During the next few weeks divers search in vain for the sunken bomber. Conspiracy theories abound, the plane now dubbed the “ghost bomber.” What sounds like a mystery novel was, in fact, a real life incident, occurring 58 years ago this week, on Jan. 31, 1956, in the city of Pittsburgh...

de Havilland Dove — England’s first post WW II airliner design by travelforaircraft | De Havilland's Dove was produced shortly after WW II's end in order to fulfill a need for a feeder airliner and it was quite successful with almost 550 produced — split 4 civilian for 1 military (Devons and Sea Devons) — and flown in many countries around the world. Aerodynamically clean with twin engines, and able to carry 8–11 passengers for 880 miles (~1400km) economically, Doves served their owners well....

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"Podcast Fixation" UCAP #348 | Good landings at wrong airports... NTSB's 2014 10 Most Wanted List... It's COLD in Florida... Remembering Henry Ogrodzinski... 3 planes we saw at Sebring... Video of Aspen bizjet crash... Shoutouts: To Jack, Champguy's AVG, Progress at Venice FL, UCAP Forums restored, Amy's blog. All this and more on the Uncontrolled Airspace General Aviation Podcast

A Time-Honored Naval Avaitor’s Tradition - The Lexicans | ...The author introduced me to a practice, apparently steeped in naval tradition, known as “zapping”. Zapping is the act of placing one’s squadron sticker in the most unlikely of places....

Extremely rare: U.S. Navy plane lands on snow-covered aircraft carrier’s flight deck - The Aviationist | Arrested landings on the moving flight deck on an aircraft carrier can be extremely tricky in several conditions. At night, when the horizon is not clearly visible and pilots have almost no visual reference until they are on short final. In bad weather, especially when there are low clouds, thunderstorms, fog, etc. Or during a snow storm, when the flightdeck is covered and made slippery by snow....

Winning Images Of The Royal Air Force Photographic Competition On Display At The RAF Museum · Warbirds News | The  winning from the 2012 Royal Air Force Photographic Competition are on display  at the Royal Air Force Museum London’s Colindale .The Royal Air Force Museum is celebrating the superb achievements of Royal Air Force Photographers following the judging of the Royal Air Force’s annual Photographic Competition which is now in its 24th year. The Museum is...

Photographing air shows: It helps to have a big lens - Seacoastonline.com | Photographers love airplanes, especially air shows. Here in the Seacoast, we were fortunate enough to have five consecutive shows at Pease with a few including the Blue Angels and Thunderbirds. I photographed each airshow and spent as much time as...

Midwest Aviation Conference and Trade Show Hosts Learn to Fly Day - The Aero Experience | The Midwest Aviation Conference and Trade Show (MACTS) continued today with day two of the Flight Instructors Revalidation Clinic and the annual Learn to Fly Day activities, all sponsored by the Greater St. Louis Flight Instructors Association (GSLFIA).  The second day of the MACTS traditionally features exhibits that encourage youth to...

Day 11 - January 18, 2014 - TeenFlight! | Things were once again alive and active here at the hangar.

Explore the edge of space with 'Red Bull Stratos' exhibit at National Museum of the U.S. Air Force - National Museum of the USAF | DAYTON, Ohio -- Just over a year ago, Felix Baumgartner ascended to 127,852 feet in a stratospheric balloon and made a freefall jump, rushing toward earth at supersonic speeds before parachuting to the ground. This amazing mission broke world records and holds the potential to provide valuable medical and scientific research data for future pioneers. From Jan. 24-March 16, visitors to the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force can...

Dream Chaser Space Plane Will Fly in 2016 - Popular Mechanics | Dream Chaser Space Plane Will Fly in 2016. January 23, 2014 at 4:58:00 PM by Joshua A. Krisch | Comments. Email. Comments. Share · Dream Chaser, the private space plane built to shuttle astronauts and cargo to the International Space Station, is ready...

Astronauts Waiting for a Ride - Air & Space Magazine | Last August, at a ceremony at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, NASA introduced its eight newest astronaut candidates. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and center director Ellen Ochoa—both former astronauts—welcomed the new arrivals with rosy predictions for long, varied careers that would include flights to the International Space Station on a new American-made commercial spacecraft beginning in 2017, as well as missions beyond Earth orbit in the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle....

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South West Council of Air Shows (SWCAS) Conference, February 7th & 8th, Sheraton Grand Hotel, Sacramento, California | The SWCAS Conference will begin with a session on “How well do you know the air show box?” on Friday, February 7, from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. at the host hotel. Following this initial education session, delegates will participate in a networking session/cocktail reception from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.  Saturday’s agenda includes a full schedule of programming that begins at 9:00 a.m. and ends at 5:00 p.m. Topics to be covered include UAVs, Drones and Videocopters in the Air Show Environment; Pilot Safety Issues and an Update on Changes to the ACE Manual; Conducting an Air Show under Challenging Circumstances; Insurance Insights for Air Shows and Performers; and Air Show Marketing and Public Relations; with performer showcases throughout the day and a roundtable brainstorming session of creative ideas for air shows and air show performers. The 2014 SWCAS Conference will conclude with a hosted dinner on Saturday night. For more information and registration details: www.swcas.org.

Paul Poberezny to Be Honored at Legends Event - EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | Paul Poberezny, EAA's founder who passed away last year, will receive special recognition during next week's 11th Annual Living Legends of Aviation Awards in Beverly Hills, California. Actor and pilot Morgan Freeman will narrate the "Flown West" segment of the program with a special tribute to Paul, who flew west at the age of 91 on August 22, 2013....

Blue Angels pilots make pre-airfest stop in La Crosse - La Crosse Tribune | ...But Wednesday’s reconnaissance mission was all about safety. Advance pilots visit each of the 34 cities where the Blue Angels are scheduled to perform this year to assess the facilities, plan the setup of ground operations and meet with local airshow crew. The key is to keep everything as consistent as possible from site to site so pilots can execute their maneuvers....

George H.W. Bush: Honorary Blue Angel - USA Today | He's done enough skydiving. So it seems only natural that former President George H.W. Bush would be made an honorary member of the Blue Angels....

Tall ships, Blue Angels to return for bicentennial of national anthem - Baltimore Sun | It's a mere yellowing piece of paper with a few hundred words scrawled on it, a document that once sat forgotten in a drawer for three-quarters of a century. But this summer, the original manuscript of "The Star-Spangled Banner," the poem Francis Scott Key wrote about a certain inspiring morning in September 1814, will be the centerpiece of a sprawling, multimillion-dollar statewide celebration...

Flying Musicians migrate to Florida for Sebring LSA Expo · General Aviation News Staff | Members of the Flying Musicians Association (FMA) are flying south to a warmer climate — Sebring, Florida — for the 10th annual U.S. Sport Aviation Expo, which kicks off Jan. 16....

EAA to Participate in AOPA Regional Fly-Ins - EAA | EAA will be participating in the series of AOPA regional fly-ins in 2014, providing attendees more opportunities to get involved in aviation and discover more about the many activities and programs available through EAA....

Red Arrows ace Sean Cunningham was a 'naturally talented pilot', inquest hears - Lincolnshire Echo | Fallen Red Arrow Sean Cunningham’s housemate has told an inquest how he rushed to help the stricken pilot after his ejection seat hit the ground at RAF Scampton from 2-300 ft. Flight Lieutenant Cunningham, 35, died after his ejection seat shot skywards from his Hawk jet before take-off on November 8, 2011...

Progress on B-29 “Doc” · Warbirds News | The restoration of  the Boeing B-29 Superfortreess “Doc” is moving very fast. Steve Jantz, official photographer of Doc’s Friends, snet us an update and few pictures. Doc’s Friends is the group of business leaders from Wichita, KS that founded the organization in early 2013 with a vision to see the historic Boeing B-29 Superfortress known as Doc restored to flying condition. Steve reports that...

RIVERSIDE: Entertainer, aviator, Ravi 'The Raviator' to speak - Press-Enterprise | Global entertainer, motivational speaker and aviator, Ravi “The Raviator”, has chosen Riverside to launch his national tour showcasing the benefits of becoming a pilot, and to present local opportunities for teens and adults to participate in one of humanity’s greatest achievements — the magic of flight....

Timeless Voices - Robert Avery Saugen · eaavideo.org | Robert Avery Saugen flew 21 combat missions as a B-24 copilot with the 564th Bomb Squadron of the 389th Bomb Group during WWII. On his 22nd mission, his B-24 collided with another airplane. He survived the crash and became a POW in Germany.

Iconic NASA F/A-18 Temporarily Moved From Lancaster Baseball Stadium · Warbirds News | As reported by the NASA website the iconic NASA F/A-18A , a popular  landmark in front of “The Hangar” — the Lancaster Municipal Stadium — in Lancaster, Calif., for the past 17 years, was demounted from its pylon in front of the stadium entrance Dec. 12 and transported overland to the NASA Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in nearby Palmdale for temporary storage...

Goodyear FG-1 at KIBM - The Lexicans | Pics of an immaculate Goodyear FG-1 Corsair at Kimball Municipal Airport in Kimball, Nebraska.

Puttering back into life: Volunteers restore 100-year-old First World War prototype fighter plane but replace its original 45-horsepower engine with one from a Citroen 2CV - Daily Mail | Ian Reed, manager at the museum in Elvington, York, said the £10,000 restoration project had been 'very exciting'. 'This is the only plane of its kind in existence. It would have disappeared from history if we hadn't brought it back to life with this project,' he said....

Fort Worth marks its place in aviation history - Fort Worth Star Telegram | ...These days, the 57-year-old former Lockheed Martin employee stays connected to the sky by volunteering at the Fort Worth Aviation Museum. And like his fellow volunteers and the museum’s management, Ezrow is eager to see Fort Worth lay claim to its place in the evolution of powered flight with Saturday’s opening of First Flight Park...

SMAC063 – The ‘Best Of Stuck Mic AvCast’ First Edition - Toriaflies | HAPPY 2014!!! Episode 63 is in the house, woot woot. We hope you all had a fantastic holiday season and the happiest of New Year festivities. The SMAC gang is nursing food comas and holiday hangovers, so we decided to share some highlights of our favorite episode bytes from the past two and a half years! We'll return on January 15th with a hot new show so saddle up cuz it's podcast day!

AirplaneGeeks 281 – Women of Aviation Week is Coming! - Toriaflies | A big shout out and a huge thanks to the guys over at Airplane Geeks for having me as a guest on their podcast earlier this week! They are so much fun and I really enjoyed talking with them and seeing how they run their podcast. Of course, I talked a lot about Women Of Aviation Week and how YOU can get involved. Take a listen!

Excellent Intentional Deadstick Landing Video Via Tailwheeler's Journal - AirPigz | Between the bitter cold this week and starting a new (and large) ceramic tile install, I've been scrambling to keep up with my pig work. Early this morning I spent some time over at vimeo.com looking for a unique avgeek video to unearth, but I ran out of time to get it up because I wasn't finding just the right thing. However, shortly before I headed out the door I found this cool deadstick landing instructional video... which I'm finally getting around to sharing this evening....

Birds of Prey review by travelforaircraft | ...This tale is told with helicopters and the flying of them as well as the scenery. Starring David Janseen as hero Harry Walker, Ralph Meeker as former Flying Tiger buddy to Walker now a technocrat Jim McAndrew and Elayne Heilveil as hostage Teresa Jane...

These Flying Quadrotors Are the Robot Versions of the Blue Angels - The Atlantic | But if the video above looks familiar, it's because it's actually a sequel—a follow-up effort from KMel Robotics and Yuneec International, the collaboration that brought you the epic 2012 video "Robot Quadrotors Perform James Bond Theme." And what ...

January 7, 2014 Boyhood dreams - Ely Air Lines | ...The other day I was having lunch with Dean Doolittle, EAA Chapter 12’s Young Eagles coordinator. He told me of a Boy Scout troop in Houston that has over 200 scouts. I was shocked to hear that Dean approached the group several times to offer Young Eagles flights – a highly successful program now in its 24the year, having introduced nearly two million children to the wonders of flight - yet not one of the boys in that particular troop has participated....

NASA’s Orion Travels Country - InFlightUSA.com | The mockup rolled away from NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., on Dec. 11, and will arrive at Naval Base San Diego in California in early January. There, the Orion stand-in will be used in February to support tests simulating the recovery of Orion following its return from space....

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Pilots Confirmed For Jet Racing Warbirds Over Wanaka International Airshow · Warbirds News | PRESS RELEASE- A NASA astronaut who has completed six space shuttle flights has been confirmed as one of the pilots taking part in high-speed jet racing at the Warbirds Over Wanaka International Airshow next Easter.Colonel Curtis Brown of the United States was flight commander on two of his six space missions and is also a five times Reno Jet Air Race Champion.Alongside Curtis in the “Reno” team contesting the #GigatownWanaka Jet races will be three times Red Bull World Air Race champion, Mike Mangold.

Happy Birthday To The Consolidated B-24 Liberator · Warbirds News By Aviation Enthusiasts LLC | Seventy-four years ago today, the Consolidated B-24 Liberator took flight for the first time.  Newer, more efficient and more versatile than the B-17 Flying Fortress, more Liberators were built than any other military aircraft in American history.  In addition to being used as a heavy bomber, the B-24 also served as a long-range maritime patrol and transport aircraft...

Remembering another war hero - Bayou Renaissance Man | Those who inspired the World War II generation are leaving us faster and faster now, as they get on in years.  A few weeks ago we lost Wing Commander James 'Jimmy' Flint of the Royal Air Force, at the age of 100...

Remembering aviator Alex – Spitfire-testing extraordinaire - East Lindsey Target | It was following the Kings Cup Air Race of 1933 that people began to take notice when he won the Siddely Trophy flying a Comper Swift. The Comper Aircraft Company, while based at Hooton Park Aerodrome near Ellesmere Port in Cheshire, has an...

Rare Rutan aircraft donated to the Institute for Aerospace Education · General Aviation News Staff By SaVannah Rash | Spirits were high at the Mayer household in Nelson County on Saturday, Nov. 2. Students from all across Kentucky were scrambling in frenzied excitement over the generous donation made by John Mayer to the Institute for Aerospace Education, a rare Rutan Defiant...

Exploring the Wright Stuff in Ohio - Philly.com | Start out in the West Side neighborhood at the Aviation Trail Visitor Center, a unit of the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park. It's located across a brick plaza from the ... With a little exploration, the stone foundations of the ...

America’s first airplane factory reappears · General Aviation News Staff | After nearly a century in obscurity, America’s first airplane factory began to reappear in 2013 as demolition crews peeled away surrounding buildings in Dayton, Ohio. The original Wright Company factory began to emerge on the 54-acre, former Delphi Home Avenue plant in west Dayton as demolition crews razed other buildings to prepare the site for redevelopment. The Wright Company factory was the first in the United States built for the purpose of producing airplanes...

Spitfire Mk FR.XVIIIe SM845 (G-BUOS) Made Its First Flight · Warbirds News | As reported on Global Aviation Resource Spitfire Mk FR.XVIIIe SM845 (G-BUOS) made its first flight from IWM Duxford . On Tuesday, 17 December 2013, Richard Lake’s Spitfire Mk FR.XVIIIe SM845 took to the skies for the first time since summer 2010, following its rebuild to flying condition by Historic Flying Limited (HFL) at IWM Duxford in conjunction with Airframe Assemblies Ltd on the Isle of Wight.  Both have been responsible for several high-profile Spitfire restorations in recent years, with their projects now flying in the UK, Europe and USA...

Antique Airfield:

• Time - 2013 Fly-In Video by Brent Taylor
• J-2 On Skis - Last Flight of the Year at Antique Airfield
• American Eaglet Project Fuselage Paint

DISCOVERY CHANNEL SERIES by: Donna Flynn - December 28th, 2013  | Unveiled at the International Council of Air Shows, new documentary series produced by Great Pacific Television will be airing on Discovery Channel and it will be starring Showline Airshow Services, Super Dave Airshows and others!!!  The show will be premiering in March 2014!!! Check back for more information.

FlightTime Radio Show 310 | Milford and Charlie were in the Renegade Light Sport Studio for their 310th FlightTime Radio Show!! Spent a lot of time talking about all the different places we have broadcast from and the exciting people we have talked to! We talked a bit about the companies that stand behind us, propping … no pun intended… us up through the years. We are excited about some great news for FlightTime Radio coming up soon!... Stay tuned!!! We’ll be right back to start our 7th year on the air!!

"Bowing Boeing" UCAP #342 - Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast | A Triple-Seven makes a successful go-around… Shell has an idea… and transitioning to ultralights. All this and more on the Uncontrolled Airspace General Aviation Podcast. Recorded December 8, 2013. Alt titles: "Hit the TOGA button", "other-illities", "drag monsters"

The Curse of the Cargomaster - Air & Space Magazine | They’d fly it again, if they had the chance. Among the group gathered at Delaware’s Dover Air Force Base, there’s a man for every crew station at the ready. They flew, maintained, navigated, and sometimes cursed one of the least understood aircraft in the history of the U.S. Air Force, the Douglas C-133 Cargomaster. In a conference room at Dover’s Air Mobility Command Museum, papers are shuffled—Where was that article from the base news? Smudgy documents, their margins trailing off the page from copy-of-a-copy-of-a-copy Xeroxing, are offered. A small stack of VHS tapes forms a centerpiece. The men, some slowed by age and ailment, chatter and argue. A clamor of “There I was” stories fills the room, accompanied by hand flying. Then, with quiet authority, Hank Baker, a retired C-133 flight engineer, holds his hand up, as if to take an oath...

The Bomber on the Golf Course - Air & Space Magazine | On the night of may 31, 1944, my brother and I were awakened by engine noise—overhead. We were up and outside in an instant. I was nine, and in my mind, nothing ever happened in Enterprise, a small town in northeastern Oregon. Hearing what sounded like a big multi-engine airplane circling Enterprise in the middle of the night was thrilling. The few airplanes we had seen were small, single-engine varieties. Our father ran to the car and drove off...

Fighting Hitler’s Jets by travelforaircraft | ...This is not a book which discusses in-depth the grand strategy the Allies developed to defeat  the Luftwaffe's jet powered aircraft in the latter part of World War II in Europe. Fighting Hitler's Jet's is a text rich with historical insight, experiences of American as well as German pilots, and knowledge of aircraft and their designers not commonly found in other books...

The usefulness of IRST - Bayou Renaissance Man | A reader asked me whether the IRST (infra-red search and track) sensors mounted on many modern fighter aircraft (such as the Eurofighter Typhoon, the Russian Sukhoi Su-27 family, the Swedish Saab Gripen and the US F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and F-35 Lightning II) was of any real utility compared to radar and other sensors.  Here's a picture of the IRST sensor (circled in red) on a Eurofighter Typhoon...

Airventure 2013: Friday!

Sean Tucker Named New EAA Young Eagles Chairman, Raises Huge Sum - Flying Magazine At EAA’s annual Gathering of Eagles gala on Thursday night, EAA Chairman Jack Pelton announced the new Young Eagles Chairman, aerobatics star Sean D. Tucker. In a hilarious and energetic acceptance speech (Pelton later said he was pretty sure that Tucker actually accepted), Tucker wowed the crowd with his infectious enthusiasm for the role. “Yeah, baby!” were Tucker’s exact words when his selection was announced and that refrain filled the Eagle Hangar throughout the rest of the show...

"Planes watching 'Planes'" from EAA HQ

Disney to debut animated film 'Planes' tonight at AirVenture - Green Bay Press Gazette | 'Disney's Planes' Takes Off at AirVenture: Dusty took to the skies at AirVenture. Those attending AirVenture on August 2, 2013 will have an opportunity to see a special screening of "Disney's Planes" one week before the movies is played in theaters.

EAA AirVenture night performances create aeronautic fireworks show - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | "They're still not real common; that's what makes them such an attraction," EAA AirVenture spokesman Dick Knapinski said. "It's so different. People see the planes during a day show, but at night there's a certain mystery. It adds a whole new dimension.".

Seaplane Base at AirVenture 2013 - The Oshkosh Northwestern | Seaplane Base at AirVenture 2013: Seaplane Base is a part of AirVenture that not all visitors get a chance to check out. The base attracts visitors who need a break from the busy grounds, and some consider it a secret spot. Video: Noell Dickmann ...

Video: Inside AirVenture's Jumbotron Air Show - AVweb | At AirVenture 2013, Live Airshow TV and Onboard Images have teamed up to present what looks like the best air show in recent history at Oshkosh. With two giant LED screens and a network of ground and airborne cameras, air show attendees are getting an...

Man who flew to North and South poles at AirVenture in Oshkosh - The Oshkosh Northwestern | He and his orange plane are at AirVenture in Oshkosh, and the pilot, who has more than 6,000 hours flying experience, has some incredible stories to tell of his time at the ends of the earth. After first flying to the South Pole, he later decided he...

100 Vietnam vets to be honored at EAA AirVenture - Today's TMJ4 | (AP) -- About 100 Vietnam War veterans will be honored at the Experimental Aircraft Association's AirVenture after spending the day touring war memorials in Washington, D.C.. They will leave Friday morning on an Honor Flight from AirVenture in Oshkosh...

Video: EAA honors WWII pilot with restored plane - 620WTMJ | OSHKOSH - The EAA AirVenture is great fun for kids and families. But for others, it's a journey. One of the most historic and interesting parts of the EAA is the Warbird area. They have a plane from the Tuskegee Airmen as well as other military planes. They also do historic re-enactments including singing. The crowds were
waiting for World War II veterans to tell their story. Mert Hansen is one of them. He and his family, minus a daughter who has cerebral palsy, came from Des Moines, Iowa. Hansen, who is 92, flew in Iwo Jima....

Another good pic off the twitter feed - #OSH13

Innovation on display at AirVenture - Fox11online.com | EAA bills itself as the "Spirit of Aviation," but it could also be called the "Spirit of Innovation." Homebuilt aircraft have long been at the center of AirVenture and the place where many innovations in flight have come from. "Some ideas are crazy...

The Ford Donated US Air Force Thunderbirds Edition Ford Mustang Raises ... - The Leading Aviation Industry Resource for News, Equipment and | DEARBORN, Mich., August 2, 2013 – The one-of-a-kind U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds Edition 2014 Ford Mustang GT developed by the design and engineering teams at Ford Motor Company sold for $398,000 at the Gathering of Eagles charity auction Thursday evening. The auction was held during the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) AirVenture Oshkosh 2013 – the World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration. James Slattery of San Diego, Calif. was the winning bidder....

OSH13: Dawn Patrol - Warbirds (Thursday 8.1.13 - 6 Pix) - AirPigz | Getting up early and heading out about 5am to get sunrise pictures of fabulous airplanes is one of the most satisfying things to do at Oshkosh. My first Dawn Patrol experience at OSH13 was yesterday morning with three other CampBacon avgeeks. It was the Warbird area that we wondered thru looking for just the right combination of aircraft and rising sun. The warm glow of the sun and sometimes stunning cloud formations can sure produce some wonderful images. And if things go well with weather, and my desire to get up early, then I'm hoping to join a Dawn Patrol tomorrow morning thru the antiques!

Extreme Social Geekery: The Aviation Family Celebrates at Oshkosh - Airplanista Aviation Blog | (OSHKOSH, WI, Aug 2, 2013) This trip to AirVenture has by far been my most enjoyable, simply because the social aspect of this event is off the charts. A large and very well-connected #Avgeek community is here, tweeting, meeting and greeting one another in a constant stream of meetups that seem to be pulling this group together even closer:...

"Tiedown Party" UCAP #331F - Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast

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Excitement for airshow is sky high as planes fly in - Kent News | The planning is nearly complete, the planes are starting to land and the South East Airshow is just over a week away after a 20-year absence. All the organisers have left to do is keep their fingers crossed for good weather next weekend when the air ...

Air Show Report: Mid-Atlantic Air Museum’s 23rd Annual World War II Weekend 2013 By Warbirds Update | The Mid-Atlantic Air Museum‘s 23rd Annual World War II Weekend and “Gathering of Warbirds” is one of the largest events of its type in the world. The 2013 event held last weekend in Reading, Pennsylvania hosted over 1800 reenactors, 80 aircraft and more than 200 military vehicles. The weather on arrival or “A-Day” as they call it, had low ceilings and heavy rain. Saturday started out cloudy but, thankfully dry. The sun came out around noon and the the weather was perfect the rest of the weekend....

Trip to air show a step back in time - phillyBurbs.com | I am fascinated by World War II aircraft, although I don't fully know why — I'm not a pilot and so can never operate them, as I could a 1967 cherry-red Shelby if I were a car aficionado. I'll certainly never own one. And, in actuality, I hate flying ...

Female pilots race comes to Logan - Cache Valley Daily | 37 planes and 112 women pilots will be participating in the Air Race Classic sponsored by the Womens Pilots Association from June 18 to through June 21, and one of the stops will be at the Logan-Cache Airport. Kim Hall, general manager of the airport's ...

WWII bomber swoops into Allegheny County Airport - Pittsburgh Post Gazette | The B-29 is part of the Commemorative Air Force?s AirPower History tour, which will be at the airport through Sunday. Visiting hours are 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. The tour includes other military aircraft. Fifi was built in 1945 and used mainly as a training ...

Rare B-17 in the Ozarks this Week - KY3 | JOPLIN, Mo.-- Once famed as a "Flying Fortress," the B-17 soaring above the Ozarks Tuesday is now a full-fledged flying museum. "Sentimental Journey" is one of the world's few remaining airworthy B-17's. It touched down Tuesday at Joplin Regional ...

VIDEO: Veteran, with help of son, checks out B-17 at Joplin airport - Joplin Globe | It was painstakingly rebuilt after it was donated to the Commemorative Air Force-Arizona Wing in January 1978. The plane consumes 200 gallons of fuel an hour. It has a range of 3,750 miles and a bomb load of 8,000 pounds. Its cruising speed is 160 mph.

Spitfire tribute to Middleton wartime pilot Manchester Evening News | Sergeant Allan Leaver-Ridings was flying Spitfire W3644 when he was shot down and killed over Devon on June 23, 1942.

'Last' Dornier Do-17 Raised From British Waters By Glenn Pew, AVweb | A salvage crew Monday recovered the badly corroded but recognizable remains of a Dornier DO-17 that was shot down off England's Kent coast during the Battle of Britain 70 years ago, delivering to the terrestrial world what may be the only example of its kind. The aircraft's propellers were separated and dangling from wreckage, the fuselage was nearly split in two and outboard sections of wing were not attached to the aircraft when it was raised from 50 feet of water....

Video: You've Come A Long Way! - WAI Connect | Gladys Ingle, a member of the Los Angeles, California-based aerial stunt group 13 Black Cats, was famous for shooting arrows at a target while standing on the top wing of a Curtiss Jenny—and for changing planes in mid-air. In the film below she repairs a landing gear mid-flight, saving the day for the pilot....

McChord museum's SA-10 restoration wins AMC award - 62nd Airlift Wing | The men and women volunteers of the McChord Air Museum were recently selected as recipients of the Air Mobility Command's Heritage Award for their recent restoration of a SA-10 Catalina aircraft. The award recognizes outstanding achievements by Air ...

Seven decades later, replica of Bugatti 100P may fly - Tulsa World | A dominant force in Grand Prix racing, Ettore Bugatti wanted to conquer air racing, too, with a design just as flamboyant as his spare-no-expense automobiles. In 1937, with funding from the French Air Ministry, he hired a Belgian engineer - Pierre ...

Retired F-111 arrives in Longreach in outback Qld - ABC News | The jet arrived into Longreach in central-west Queensland last night. The F-111 is being taken on the back of a truck from Brisbane to Darwin, where it will be displayed at an aviation museum. The jet is one of six that have been loaned to museums across Australia. Another six F-111 will be on display at RAAF establishments....

Howard Hughes Sikorsky S-43 Heading to Fantasy of Flight Collection in Florida By Warbirds Update | This week, Kermit Weeks of Fantasy of Flight of Polk City, Florida will be heading to Texas with a crew of technicians to begin disassembly of Sikorsky S-43 N444, once owned by Howard Hughes. Hughes had the plane built in 1937 for an intended record-setting around the world flight, but delays in flight approval from the Civil Aeronautics Authority (the progenitor of the Federal Aviation Administration), and the emergence of faster aircraft meant that he instead used a Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra for the successful record-setting attempt, circumnavigating the globe in 91 hours in 1938....

Episode 252 – The Airplane Geeks Turn Five - Airplane Geeks Podcast | We celebrate five years of Airplane Geeks episodes. Courtney Miller, Steve Visscher, and Grant McHerron join in and we recall some early moments.

They've Made A Flying Bicycle? (With Video) - AVweb | A group of Czech engineers and designers have successfully test flown via radio control a proof of concept hybrid bycicle/multi-copter, the FBike, at an exhibition in Prague, Wednesday. The group says they hope to perform a manned flight at a future date. Early design specifications made available last year included lithium-polymer batteries powering six electric motors together capable of producing 50 kW of power. Thrust is...

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Air show details released - Press-Enterprise | Hangar 24 has released the details of its air show/beer festival/concert/food truck festival it's calling the Hangar 24 AirFest and 5th Anniversary Celebration. The 13-hour event will see multiple activities meshing to celebrate the fifth birthday of...

Airshow CIAF is going to twentieth birthday - Náchodský diary | The airport in abatement will come again Jordanian Falcons aerobatic group as representatives of the Kingdom of Jordan, of nearmádních participants are very pleased with the participation of world champion in aerobatics and winner of The Red Bull Air Race Petra Besenyiho of ...

First female Thunderbird takes last flight at SJ - AF.mil | SEYMOUR JOHNSON AIR FORCE BASE, N.C. -- U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Nicole Malachowski took her final flight as the 333rd Fighter Squadron commander in an F-15E Strike Eagle here, May 8, 2013. The final flight marks another milestone in her illustrious career, which includes being the first female pilot to be selected to any U.S. military high-performance jet team....

Former Blue Angels pilot featured at Southeast Aviation Expo from General Aviation News | Lt. Commander Scott “Yogi” Beare, U.S. Navy (Retired), former pilot for the Blue Angels and author of two books, will be a keynote speaker at the Southeast Aviation Expo, slated for Sept. 27-28, at Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU) in South Carolina....

Air Museum sets Appreciation Weekend - Iosco County News Herald | OSCODA – The Wurtsmith Air Museum will reopen for the season on Saturday, May 18, and is inviting everyone to visit free of charge that day and the next, designated as the second annual Community Appreciation Weekend. “It's our way of giving back and...

The First Trans-Atlantic Flight - All Things Aviation | Ask most anyone these days who made the first trans-atlantic flight and you will probably be told Lindbergh. The problem is that Lindbergh did NOT accomplish the first trans-atlantic flight – John Alcock and Arthur Brown accomplished the first trans-atlantic flight back in 1919 in a modified Vickers Vimy bomber....

FlightTime Radio Show 277 from The FlightTime Radio Show | Milford was in the studio with his bride, Mary. They had Jessica Cox as their guest. Jessica is a very unique pilot that proves ANYBODY CAN FLY!! Jessica has her pilots license and is an aircraft owner, but she has no arms!!...

I'm back on the Stuck Mic AvCast - Listen to SMAC048 from Toriaflies | SMAC048 – Victoria’s Back, Pitch Down Dummy, Autolandings | Today’s show marks the triumphant return of our beloved and sassy Victoria Zajko as she fills us in on all the exciting news from her absence including the amazing statistics from 2013′s Women of Aviation Week Worldwide events.

Operation Chastise - Vintage Wings of Canada | In the seventy years since the night of May 16-17 1943–the night of Operation Chastise–the events that transpired on that moonlit Spring night have been made in to feature films, documentaries, novels, non-fiction books, magazine articles, dramatic paintings, computer games, marches and comic books. For all of you who read this, there is not much one can say to add to reportage of this stunning attack deep inside Germany on targets long thought to be unassailable...

Operation Dora and the Bavarian Typhoon — the Bf 108 Taifun, clandestine from Travel for Aircraft by joseph_may | Operation Dora and the Bavarian Typhoon — the Bf 108 Taifun, clandestine Operation Dora occurred in early 1944, during World War II, and was an effort by the Germans to insert personnel to observe British air supply efforts in West Africa, Fort Lamy (Chad) and Cairo — information needed to protect Axis efforts in the eastern […]

Historic Wright buildings to be preserved in new project from General Aviation News | DAYTON, Ohio — Demolition of 1.2 million square feet of former Delphi manufacturing buildings in Dayton has begun, paving the way for commercial redevelopment and historic preservation. Still standing and to be preserved on the 54-acre site are two century-old buildings originally built by the Wright Company, the aircraft manufacturing enterpris established by the Wright brothers...

Survivor of 1987 Mich. plane crash breaks silence - Philly.com | DETROIT - Cecelia Crocker's body provides her with a constant reminder of the most traumatic event of her life , one that she doesn't otherwise remember. At only 4 years old, Crocker was the lone survivor of a 1987 plane crash that killed 154 people aboard and two on the ground near Detroit Metropolitan Airport...

Smooth landing after lifetime of adventure  - John Dobson, North Coast Times  | FOR some lucky people, their work is their life’s passion. That is the case for Ian Clark (79), who spent six decades flying helicopters and planes all over the world...

40 CAP cadets meet Colin Powell, learn about leadership from Headline News - Civil Air Patrol MARYLAND -- It took seven months of planning, but persistence paid off last week when a group of young Civil Air Patrol cadets spent time with retired U.S. Army Gen. Colin Powell. “I was lucky,” Laurence Martinez said of her effort to have Powell speak to the Frederick Composite Squadron of CAP’s Maryland Wing. Her determination brought Powell to the National Guard Armory in Frederick, where he spoke to about 40 CAP cadets about leadership...

Summer camps set at Lewis University from General Aviation News | ROMEOVILLE, Ill. — Lewis University will host several summer camps for aviation, leadership, and math and science. All camps will be taught by full-time faculty and will be held at the university’s main campus.  Aviation Flight Camp (high school students), June 17-21: The cost to attend is $1,290 for the week, which includes room and board. Participants will have the opportunity to...

Son of EAA Director Emeritus Solos in Grandpa's Stearman - EAA | Cormac Siegfried, son of EAA Director Emeritus Rand Siegfried, successfully completed his first solo flight in a powered aircraft on May 5 in his grandfather Robert "Old Bob" Siegfried's Boeing Stearman PT 17, the iconic World War II trainer...

Young Eagles Day Allows Muhlenberg Youths to Take to the Sky - SurfKY News | EAA Chapter #1184 will be hosting an event called Young Eagles Day this Saturday, May 18 at the Muhlenberg County Airport just off the 189 Bypass in Greenville. Carter told SurfKY that "this event is a great time to give a child between 7 and 17 a free...

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American Heroes Air Show Lands in Austin = Helicopter Association International | It was quite a show. On Saturday, March 20 and Sunday, March 21, the American Heroes Air Shows (AHAS) teamed up with the Military Forces of Texas at historic Camp Mabry in Austin for a two-day open house and air show featuring some 15 helicopters, ...

Phoenix Fly-In 2013 Formation University from Photorecon by Joe Kates | The second annual Phoenix Fly-in Formation University took place at the Phoenix Deer Valley Airport March 28th -31st. This invitation-only event was started by lifetime EAA member and current T-34 Association Board of Directors member Todd McCutchan. Todd’s immaculate T-34A is based at Deer Valley Airport, where he is a member of the local EAA Warbird Squadron 20. The Deer...

GGA To Host Militaria & Military Vehicle Show, May 18-19, VFM Hangar - Sacramento Bee | A great show in the unique setting of the VFM Hangar, surrounded by vintage warbirds, including the B25 Bomber, "Pacific Prowler" !!!

Promo for the Flying Tenor - Will Allen sings the National Anthem while flying his aerobatic routine.

Bill would give domestic airshows priority when military flight teams resume ... - Press of Atlantic City | The Thunderbirds, the U.S. Navy Blue Angels and the U.S. Army Golden Knights have been banned from performing at airshows due to federal budget cuts that took effect earlier this year. The cuts have caused a number of airshows to cancel the events ...

Through Airmen's Eyes: Thunderbirds crew chief takes to new heights from Air Force Link Top Stories | ... Growing up around small planes, it's no surprise that 23-year-old Staff Sgt. Ben Ayivorh, a dedicated crew chief assigned to the U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, developed an interest in aviation at an early age. However, aside from his day-to-day job of maintaining aircraft, this Burke, Va., native spends his spare time as a pilot...

Air traffic furloughs won't impact EAA AirVenture - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | At this year's AirVenture, warbirds that haven't been seen in Oshkosh before or for many years are scheduled to appear, including 11 planes owned by Texas Flying Legends Museum. Among them: an operational Japanese Zero, a Corsair with folding gull...

AIRSHOW NEWS: B-17G Flying Fortress “Sally-B” returns to Damyns Hall for Military & Flying Machines from Flightline UK - UK Airshow News | The Military & Flying Machines Team are so excited and pleased to be able to confirm some very special news for the 2013 show at Damyns Hall Aerodrome. Due to public demand we are expanding our show to a three day event, taking place on 3rd, 4th and 5th August, with more attractions, more vehicles, more flying and more big bangs....

Podcast: Dr. Brien Seeley at the CAFE Electric Aircraft Symposium from AVWeb Podcast - Podcast | The Seventh annual symposium is now under way in Santa Rosa, California, and Dr. Brien Seeley talks with AVweb's Mary Grady about who's coming, what they'll be talking about, and what they hope to achieve.

CAFE Symposium Explores Flight Of The Future from AVwebFlash Current Issue | An array of experts in a variety of aircraft technologies, from batteries to aerodynamics to photovoltaics, are gathering in Santa Rosa, Calif., for this week's 7th annual CAFE electric-aircraft symposium. Representatives from NASA, IBM, Pipistrel, MIT, UCLA, and more, are convening to share the results of their latest research and contribute to creating the next generation of flight....

Tillamook Air Museum moving to Madras by 2016 - OregonLive.com | The museum located in a massive WWII blimp hangar off Highway 101 houses vintage aircraft owned by Erickson Group, and it attracts about 70,000 visitors annually. The family-owned company recently bought an air-tanker operation based at the Madras ...

TEAM WILD MAMA: Terry Carbonell from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | Friday's Fabulous Flyer | Events happen in our lives, and situations arise that may not have been of our own making. But it's the choices we make regarding those events that will determine how our life turns out. Terry's story is one of compassion and love. Her love of giving to another human was gifted back with the love of flight. And that she continues to share.  Please welcome another Air Race Classic Racer from Team Wild Mama, Terry Carbonell~ ...

Donated FedEx Express Boeing 727 to Become Part of Regional Emergency Services Training Center from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | FedEx Express delivered a retired Boeing 727-2D4 freighter to St. Louis Downtown Airport last Friday amid an atmosphere of great anticipation by airport management and invited guests from the greater St. Louis aviation community. The jet...

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.

Art from the heart - Swindon Advertiser | Flight Lieutenant Jon Egging, 33 – known as the Eggman – died a few weeks after his Hawk T1 jet plunged into a field at the Bournemouth Air Festival. Last year his wife Emma, aided by family and friends, set up the Jon Egging Trust to provide ...

The 'Flying Car' may be a reality on Sheikh Zayed Road? - Emirates 24/7 | "Although the team is very pleased with the vehicle's flying and driving characteristics, there is always room for improvement. Recent flight testing has resulted in some aerodynamic improvements to the Transition®. The most substantial modification ...

Milestone Reached In Development Of Next Rocket Engine For Human Spaceflight from Aero-News Network | Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Completes J-2X Hot Fire Testing The last in a series of hot-fire tests on a J-2X engine with a stub-nozzle extension at simulated altitude conditions has been completed by Pratt &Whitney Rocketdyne....

Did You See This Awesome SpaceShipTwo 'Cold Flow' Glide Test Pic? Wow! from AirPigz by Martt | It's old news now since this Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo glide test took place on April 12, 2013, but this amazing pic showing the first glide test to include letting the nitrous oxidizer flow thru the nozzle is sure worth seeing... whether you've seen it already or not! Just to be...