Pilot 'Fang' Maroney funeral set for Monday at air museum - In-Forum | FARGO – The funeral for a popular air show pilot who died in a plane crash over the weekend will be held Monday at the Fargo Air Museum. Jim “Fang” Maroney died Sunday when he crashed his plane into the side of a mountain south of Knoxville, Tenn., in the Cherokee National Forest...
Blue Angels officers take some time to visit fans at the National Naval Aviation Museum
NAS Kingsville Key Influencer Flights March 26, 2014 - USN Blue Angels
25,000 turn out for Blue Angels practice * PNJ.com | The Blue Angels left last year’s budget woes behind along with their F/A-18 Hornets’ signature trails of purposefully generated white smoke in the aerobatic team’s first Pensacola practice session of 2014 while a huge crowd looked on....
The Right Stuff for a post-SUN ‘n FUN trip * General Aviation News | SUN ‘n FUN is coming up soon. If you are heading to the show in Lakeland, Florida, what else can you do while you’re in Florida? Of course, there’s always Disney World, but why not see the hub of America’s space program, the Kennedy Space Center?...
CAF Houston Wing Fly-In and Open House Set for April 12-13 * PR Web | The Houston Wing of the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) announces their annual Fly In and Open House will take place April 12 -13, 2014 at the West Houston Airport....
Biggest Little Airshow in Hawaii slated for August · General Aviation News | Guests will be able to experience all the excitement aviation has to offer with over 100 aircraft featured — both real and remote control models — “candy bombings” over historic Ford Island Runway for the kids, hands-on modeling stations, Hangar 79 Tours to see the...
Armstrong set for chief exec role after 2014 Air Tattoo - Swindon Advertiser | THE man who will step into the shoes of Tim Prince, as Chief Executive of the RAF Charitable Trust Enterprises following RIAT 2014, says he feels privileged to be taking over such a unique organisation....
RED BULL AIR RACE: Flying legend Besenyei crosses Corinth Canal * UK Airshow News - 
Flightline UK | Peter Besenyei today completed an amazing flight through the famous Corinth Canal in Greece. The Hungarian pilot crossed the base of the 6.4km-long and 21.4m-wide landmark while performing impressive aerial manoeuvers and breathtaking tricks...
Big noise as RAF Cosford Air Show 2014 is launched - shropshirestar.com | Organisers promised the show would contain the best of the modern day Royal Air Force, alongside classic aircraft and set pieces paying tribute to special anniversaries. The Blades and the four ship Yakolevs will perform stunning aerobatic displays alongside the Red Arrows on June 8....
Aerobatic Routine in the CAF Dixie Wing’s FG-1D Corsair · Warbirds News | Chris Avery served in the Marine Corps for 12 years and in the Army National Guard for 4 years. He has over 25,000 hours of flight experience.Chris also served as a production and experimental test pilot at Aviat and Bombardier Aerospace. Chris has flown the CAF Corsair on the airshow circuit since 1996. He has over 800 hours in the aircraft and has flown over 400 Level 1 demonstrations in it. Chris flies many other warbirds, but strongly prefers the Corsair...
Chilean Air Show Hosts Exhibitors from 43 Countries * laht.com | SANTIAGO - The 2014 International Air and Space Show (FIDAE) has opened in Santiago, Chile, where nearly 600 exhibitors from 43 countries are showing off the latest in aerospace and defense industry equipment...
Wings of Freedom Tour * San Angelo LIVE! | Flight Experiences Donations are $450 per person aboard the B-17 or B-24. Flight training in the TP-51C "Betty Jane" will be at most locations on the Wings of Freedom Tour. Flight training in the P-51 is $2200 for a half hour flight, and $3200 for a ...
Air and Space Museum Evacuated Due To Suspicious Package - DCist.com | The Smithsonian's National Air & Space Museum was evacuated this afternoon because of a suspicious package found on the museum's second floor, the Metropolitan Police Department says....
A Look at 38C: Detail image of "Charlie" - Photo for Thursday, 03.27.14 By Dan Pimentel, Airplanista Blog Editor | I am continuing to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Jerrie Mock's 1964 world flight by showing some of the research photos I collected while writing my...
Revenge of the Shang * Vintage Wings of Canada | When I was a kid, I walked to the library at the 
Elmvale Shopping Centre every week, dumped an armful of books down the return chute and headed right for the historical stacks where I would stand with my head cocked to the left, scanning the worn spines for titles of books of high flying adventure, the Second World War, the war in the air and the war at sea....
Black Widow will join other warbirds at SAAF Museum - defenceWeb | ...The aircraft, the first of type to be delivered to the SA Air Force (SAAF) in June 1963, was put onto the Air Force Museum inventory in the early nineties and was until four years ago a regular participant on the South Africa airshow circuit. She was flown almost exclusively by Glen Warden who took the aircraft out to sea during the Durban Airshow a few years ago to show the old lady still had it in her and broke the sound barrier....
CAF taps Smith for strategic development · General Aviation News | The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) has added Adam Smith to its staff as the Executive Vice President of Strategic Development. In this role, Smith will oversee the execution of CAF’s “Airbase Strategy” to include leading the design, funding and construction of the CAF National Airbase, and ultimately the oversight of the existing and future Airbases....
Red Flag 14-2 Concludes * Photorecon.net | The second of a planned three Red Flags for 2014 has come to a close as Red Flag 14-2 concluded on March 14th. This Red Flag was dominated by F-15′s and F-16′s from five different countries which included Belgium, Denmark, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States of America. I had the privilege of accompanying Nellis Air Force Base’s Public Affairs Office out to the...
Awesome photo of Rex Pemberton * Bonjour BlueSky
How To Photograph an Airshow - Digital Camera Review | While both U.S. teams fly six aircraft in their demonstrations, the planes are in a six aircraft formation for a relatively short portion of each program. Both teams fly with a four aircraft formation and have two "opposing solo" aircraft that pair up as well as operate independently for the bulk of their program...
Lindbergh launches Powering Imagination * General Aviation News | Erik Lindbergh, grandson of aviation pioneer Charles Lindbergh, has formed Powering Imagination, an enterprise founded to promote sustainable aviation and encourage students and innovators to participate in creating a “brilliant future” for flight...
Patty Wagstaff and Southeast Aero Create Aviation Synergy in St. Augustine, Florida * Aviation Pros | ...The Patty Wagstaff Aerobatic School will focus on precision aerobatics in classic competition style for people who want to fly for recreation, airshows, or competition, and will offer tailwheel training and upset training to individuals and corporate flight departments, using both the Extra 300L and the Super Decathalon airplanes....
Friday, March 28, 2014
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Saturday, March 1, 2014
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Bonhomme takes the win - Red Bull Air Races | Britain's Paul Bonhomme won the 2014 Red Bull 
Air Race World Championship season opener in Abu Dhabi today ahead of his perennial rival Hannes Arch, and Canada's Pete McLeod. Bonhomme, who has been flying smoothly and cleanly this week, gave a perfect illustration of his skill in a pressure-packed finale....
DHL to deliver 2014 Red Bull Air Race - SportsPro Media | Deutsche Post DHL's air and ocean freight branch DHL Global Forwarding has returned as the official logistics partner of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship. The Red Bull Air Race is a high-octane event in which the world's top race pilots fly...
Onboard footage from Michael Goulian
CJ Wilson Went On Aerobatic Flight And Nearly Threw Up (VIDEO) - Huffington Post | Los Angeles Angels pitcher C.J. Wilson went on an aerobatic flight recently with two-time Red Bull Air Race world champion Kirby Chambliss. While Chambliss performed some insane stunts in the air, he told Wilson that he was going to ask him five trivia...
Air Force prepares for Centenary of Military Aviation Airshow - Australian Aviation | The Royal Australian Air Force is preparing to celebrate the Centenary of Military Aviation in Australia with an airshow to be held at its birthplace, Point Cook near Melbourne over this coming weekend. The airshow will mark the March 1 1914...
Point Cook Air Show: Special place for aviator Murray Wallace - Wyndham Weekly | Aviator Murray Wallace will be at the Centenary of Military Aviation Air Show at Point Cook. Photo: Mark Smith. Murray Wallace learned to fly the military way at Point Cook as a 20-year-old cadet in 1961. “I'd already learned to fly before I joined...
Cactus Fly-in underway - TriValley Central | Two vintage aircraft perform a flyby Friday during the 56th annual Cactus Fly-In at Casa Grande Municipal Airport. The fly-in continues through today. The...
Cullman airport could host mini Airshow Veteran's Day weekend - Cullman Times Online | VINEMONT — A Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) representative met with the Cullman Airport board this week requesting permission to use the facility for a mini air show that will take place on Veteran’s Day weekend of this year...
Tuskeegee Airmen vet lands in Escondido for history lesson - U-T San Diego | Orange Glen High School students who usually learn about the Tuskegee Airmen through films and lectures had a more personal lesson Friday. “They didn’t think blacks could fly and they didn’t think blacks could work on airplanes,” said Nelson Robinson, who served as a mechanic in the segregated World War II aviation group...
Men connect in Red Bluff over tale of B-17 joy ride - Red Bluff Daily News (blog) | Records show the US Army Air Force's B-17 Flying Fortress My Baby was shot down over occupied France Sept. 5, 1944 during a bombing run on a German chemical plant. However history is made up of more than just records and while My Baby crashed in Piermont, France that day, the story of the aircraft continues through the memories of the 91st Bomb Group and those who know them....
Ohio museum volunteers building vintage war plane - Montana Standard | URBANA, Ohio (AP) — Inside a small Ohio air museum, dozens of volunteers are building a vintage World War II B-17 bomber one piece at a time. When they're finished, they'll roll out a better-than-new, airworthy version of the iconic aircraft that was celebrated in Hollywood movies like "Twelve O'Clock High" and "Memphis Belle."...
Tora! Tora! Tora! Special Feature – Trailer by John Conway | We have been hard at work behind the scenes on our upcoming special feature, Tora! Tora! Tora!, that we filmed at EAA Airventure Oshkosh 2013. We wanted to go ahead and give you a taste of the episode with this short trailer since we just can’t keep footage this awesome to ourselves.
The Search For A-12 “Article 125″ (60-6928) - Photorecon.net | This is the story about the Hunt for 
928. Precisely known as a/c 60-6928 or labeled by the CIA as Article 125. Workers at Groom Lake referred to her as Ship 28. She was lost on January 5th, 1967 while returning to Groom Lake better known today as Area 51. You...
How Things Work: Thrust Vectoring
- Air & Space Magazine | Remember the scene in the movie Top
Gun when Navy pilot Pete “Maverick” Mitchell gets the upper hand on his
instructors by slowing down, pulling up the nose of his F-14 Tomcat, and
watching his opponent fly right by? The idea was to get a quick,
unexpected position behind the bad guy, putting Maverick (played by Tom
Cruise) and his trusty sidekick Goose into place to win the
Engagement...
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A Love of Aviation - Flight To Success | Friday's Fabulous Flyer | Three years ago we hosted the first Fly It Forward Event at Renton Airport and held an essay contest. Do you want to know why we do this? Because that first flight can change a life. Abby Jarve is one such a life. She joined our excitement, entered and essay contest... (You can read her first essay HERE). She won, took a flight lesson and the rest is history. While finances are tough, she still needed money for college. And she won yet another essay contest. This time for $3500!...
United Honors EAA KidVenture Volunteer - EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | James White, EAA Lifetime 641417, of Carol Stream, Illinois, was presented with a 2013 United Airlines Volunteer Impact Grant in honor of his volunteer work at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh's KidVenture.
Video: Watch Astronaut Charlie Duke drop a hammer… on the moon - General Aviation News | Astronaut Charlie Duke, while driving a core tube into the lunar surface, drops a hammer he is using. I know I’ve dropped a tool from time-to-time, but this puts my… oops, in perspective.
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
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Red Bull Air Race World Championship Ready For Abu Dhabi Season Opener - The Checkered Flag | Following a three-year hiatus the Red Bull Air Race World Championship returns to the skies as the series starts the 2014 season in Abu Dhabi at the end of February. The series started in 2003 and features a course which is marked out by inflatable...
Singapore Airshow Outtakes (2014) · AIRBOYD | Video by Lance Cpl. Cansin Hardyegritag | III Marine Expeditionary Force Combat Camera Military Personnel from participating countries, 
demonstrate the...
Birthday makeover for the Red Arrows as planes' tail fins are painted with Union flags to celebrate 50th anniversary - Daily Mail | They are among some of the most easily-recognised planes in the world and now the Red Arrows jets have become even more distinctive after they were given a makeover to celebrate their 50th display season. The famous jets have retained their famous red...
Red Arrows confirmed for all four days of the 2014 Bournemouth Air Festival - Blackmore Vale | It's officially a first for the Bournemouth Air Festival, but the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, the Red Arrows have confirmed today they will be displaying at on all four days of the much anticipated summer event. Jon Weaver, Air Festival Director ...
Tandems,Tandems, Tandems - U.S. Army Parachute Team "Golden Knights" | Another great year has started for the Tandem Section of the United States Army Parachute Team. After a year of sequestration, the team is happier than ever to be back in the sky with civilian and military centers of influence. Already the section has taken to the beautiful skies over Homestead Air Reserve Base providing over a hundred fortunate tandem passengers with a thrill of a life time. All of these select individuals were nominated due to their commitment and involvement within the community....
2014 Thunder on the Lakeshore Grounded - WBAY | Manitowoc - The annual Thunder on the Lakeshore Airshow has been grounded for 2014. Organizers say they are taking a break this year due to financial issues....
The 2013 EAA Sport Aviation Halls of Fame Induction Ceremony · eaavideo.org | An overview of the 2013 EAA Sport Aviation Halls of Fame Induction Ceremony.
Executive Sweet B-25J Bomber to revisit Sedona March 1, 2014 - Sedona.biz | There must be some “magical connection” between our WWII B-25 Bomber and the community of Sedona. We have never had this much support from any community – and the airport staff has been wonderful, providing us with a 1st class ramp and services.
Eugene Bullard, the World’s First Black Fighter Pilot By Larry Greenly, Roger-Wilco | A generation to whom an African-American US President is a normal thing may have some trouble imagining an age where a young guy with top-notch credentials and abilities had to go to France to realize his true potential, becoming a fighter pilot in World War I and then being active in the French Underground in World War II. He was simply ignored in the United States when he returned home, his multiple decorations notwithstanding. At age sixty four in 1959 he was made a Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor, a fact showing clearly that the French had not forgotten him even after his return to America. Not only was he not forgotten, he was in fact fondly remembered so much so that General Charles De Gaulle personally invited him to a ceremony in New York where Bullard was embraced by the General himself...
Miracle Landing Off Korea | Setting down on a carrier is difficult under the best conditions—but next to impossible if you can’t see.
Timeless Voices - Bill Richardson · eaavideo.org | Born with dwarfism, Bill Richardson overcame major orthopedic surgeries on his legs to learn to fly. Unable to enlist during WWII due to his stature, Bill became an instrument flight instructor under contract with the War Training Service.
Profile 84 - FINAL: "573" as flown by Bob Mock and John Stiles · JSM |...BANG! 573 was smacked sideways as if hit by a titanic baseball bat! The force required to move 19 tons, moving at 500-some miles per hour sideways is enormous—imagine what it would take to do something similar to a car speeding down a highway! However, the explosion didn't merely move the Phantom into the other lane, it also flipped it over, sending it spinning like afrisbee. Upside down. It was pure, unmitigated chaos. BANG! Just like that! And in case you're trying to visualize what 573 is doing in the air, know that19 tons of flightless metal doesn't glide. It plummets...
New Dornier Do-17 Exhibit at RAF Museum Hendon - Warbirds News | Like most of our readers, Warbirds News followed the RAF Museum’s historic recovery of the sole surviving Dornier Do-17 last June with profound interest. Since then, the renowned “Flying Pencil” has found itself in a specialized conservation tent at RAF Museum Cosford, where its components are under a...
Can This P-38 Be Saved? - Air & Space Magazine | On June 27, 1944, the U.S. 5th army had the Germans in northern Italy on the run. That day, Army Air Forces First Lieutenant David Toomey, a pilot for the 3rd Photo-Reconnaissance Group, took off from an airfield at Tarquinia, 50 miles north of Rome, to photograph German fortifications along the northern perimeter of the Arno River valley, from Florence to Pisa. It was his...
WATCH: The biggest Airfix ever! Midland Air Museum to rebuild Tornado fighter jet - Coventry Telegraph | The Midland Air Museum, based at Coventry Airport in Baginton, has got its hands on a much-loved Tornado GR4 – however, it is currently dismantled and museum bosses are now preparing for the painstaking job of piecing it back together. The wings, nose ...
Video: ‘Snoopy’ an incredible helicopter act - General Aviation News | A video from 1990 shows an amazing helicopter act, “Snoopy” at an event in Australia. The closeness of the audience alone is far different than what we see today.
CoolPix: Beautiful Berkut At OSH13... (Remember What Summer Is Like?) - AirPigz | For those of 
us who live where winter is wintery, it's been a very wintery winter! In northern Indiana where I live, we've had bitter cold and loads of snow for weeks on end, and it's snowing again this evening. However, the forecast is for above freezing temps for the next several days as winter finally gives us a bit of a break. That gets me thinking about summer, and when I think of summer, I think of OSHKOSH!...
Red skies for Red Flag - Flight Image of the Day | From the US Air Force this one, showing a pair of Boeing F-15E Strike Eagles at Nellis AFB in Nevada where they were participating in exercise Red Flag, along with 123 other aircraft from the US and allied nations. The two combat aircraft are assigned to the 391st Fighter Squadron, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho.
Kate Upton Goes Zero-G for Sports Illustrated's 2014 Swimsuit Issue - Space.com [video] | Swimsuit-clad model Kate Upton dives and floats, not in water, but through the air for a new spread in Sports Illustrated. Upton flew on a Zero Gravity Corporation flight to...
This Day in History: First Test Flight of Space Shuttle Enterprise (February 18, 1977) - WTVY, Dothan | In 2012, after the end of the Space Shuttle Program, the Enterprise flew over Washington D.C. And New York City, once again on the back of a jet. It is now on display at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum. Although it sustained damage from Hurricane ...
UNO grad makes the first cut to train for Mars trip - Omaha World-Herald | Being president of UNO's Women in Aviation group taught her about leadership and group dynamics. She already communicates via the Internet with her family in Bangladesh. And if she were selected for Mars One, she said, it would be a testament that ...
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
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Celebrating 45th Anniversary, RSAF Bring Black Knights Back at 2014 Singapore Airshow - 
Senatus | The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) celebrates its 45th Anniversary this year and is set to commemorate the special occasion at the annual Singapore Airshow which will be held from 11 to 16 February, with the first three days exclusive to trade visitors only....
The Long Road Back to Abu Dhabi - Australian Flying | Four years is a long time in the air race game, especially when there's no air racing to be done. When the Red Bull Air Race series went into sabbatical for a refit after the 2010 season, Matt Hall went into caretaker mode; forging a temporary career...
Tom Poberezny To Return To AirVenture - Midwest Flyer Magazine | OSHKOSH, WIS. – A growing number of members of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) have realized that something important is now missing at EAA and AirVenture; namely, Tom Poberezny. He led EAA for over 20...
Tuskegee Airman to speak at FCTC Thursday - St. Augustine Record | A member of the Tuskegee Airmen, a group of men who became the nation’s first black military airmen during World War II, is speaking at First Coast Technical College on Thursday. Ret. Lt. Col. Hiram Mann served in the 332nd Fighter Group, flying P51-D Mustangs and providing escort for heavy-bomber aircraft during the war. The Tuskegee Airman broke down the barriers against black pilots serving in the military. The pilots became known as “Red Tails,” a reference to the red painted tails of their planes...
Timeless Voices - Harold Hagerty · eaavideo.org | Harold Hagerty (1924-2011) flew combat missions as a B-17 waist gunner with the 560th Bomb Squadron of the 388th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force during WWII. He survived a midair collision with another B-17 on his 18th mission. (recorded in 2002)
Seven decades later, WWII ball turret gunner returns to the air - Naples News | Shortly after the B-17 Flying Fortress touched down in Naples, Calvin Harvey, 90, emerged from the tiny hatch in the side of the World War II era bomber. His eyes welled up, on the verge of tears....
P-40 Warhawk new exhibit in National War II Museum - WWL | NEW ORLEANS -- Even resting on a flat-bed truck, temporarily stripped of its wings, the shark's face with the menacing smile makes the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter instantly recognizable, especially to a World War II veteran. "Pretty cool, pretty cool, yep," was veteran Tom Blakey's reaction....
Howard Hughes plane/boat floats on - AOPA Pilot | I had forgotten about this old Howard Hughes airliner that was made into a boat and later dubbed the Cosmic Muffin by singer Jimmy Buffet who happened to float by one day and entered the craft into a novel he was writing. Looks a little beaten up, but still as interesting as when it was on “Oprah” and CNN.
Britain from Abobe, New Exhibition at the RAF Museum · Warbirds News | In 1919, in the area where the RAF Museum now stands in Hendon, North London, the world’s first firm of commercial aerial photographers – Aerofilms – was established.Aerofilms was founded by two pioneers who married the fledgling technology of flight with the discipline of photography- Claude Grahame-White and Francis Lewis Wills For the next 80 years Aerofilms captured Britain’s villages, towns, cities and landmarks from the air which provided unique and stunning views of the development of Britain’s rural and urban landscape throughout the 20th century....
AIR FORCE: 'If We Don’t Keep F-22 Raptor Viable, The F-35 Fleet Will Be Irrelevant' - Business Insider | ...“If I do not keep that F-22 fleet viable, the F-35 fleet frankly will be irrelevant. The F-35 is not built as an air superiority platform. It needs the F-22,” Hostage told the Air Force Times....
Applications open for Girls With Wings, other scholarships - AOPA Pilot | “The Wichita Aero Club Dean Humphrey Scholarship will not only honor Dean's memory but is designed to support students who wish to follow his example into communications, administrative or other non-technical roles in aviation-related organizations,”...
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S. Korean aerobatic team to attend Singapore Airshow - GlobalPost | 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's military aerobatic team will attend Asia's largest air show in Singapore next week with a squadron of eight T-50B trainer jets, the Air Force said Monday. The Black Eagles aerobatic team departed Jeju International Airport ...
Hummingbird and Hornet set to thrill crowds at Waddington - UK Airshow News - Flightline UK | The Spanish Air Force helicopter display team will fly their first ever UK display at the RAF Waddington International Air Show this year.
Air acrobatics this weekend - Cootamundra Herald | “We do the same kind of tricks as the planes in the Red Bull air races but just on a smaller scale,” he said. “It is also a different format because they are competing in a race while our judging criteria is solely based on how well the manouvres are ...
Bush pilots' flying skills delight crowd - Marlborough Express | Healthy Bastards bush pilot championships at Omaka Air field, Marlborough. Chief flying instructor at Marlborough Aero club Travers Tennant directs take offs and landings. In the background Bruce Gibson from Blenheim in a Piper PA180-160. Jock...
Join us on our FIRST ever west coast tour! - CAF Red Tail Squadron | From the icy cold of Minnesota, winter home of our exhibit and hangar of the CAF Red Tail Squadron’s “Tuskegee Airmen” P-51C Mustang, comes an exciting announcement. We’re headed out to spread our inspirational message in sunny southern California! With the generous donations collected by...
Elgin celebrates black vets, Tuskegee Airmen - Elgin Courier News | Rapier said the Chicago chapter now works with the Experimental Aircraft Association's “Young Eagles” project to help kids literally to expand their horizons by offering anybody age 8 to 17 a free flight in an airplane. The planes used are two Piper ...
Pioneers & Aviators – Avolon * Fly Me Friendly | Some time ago I helped a friend of mine based in Ireland who performs research & production tasks for documentaries. The project team she was part of were putting together a new movie about Irish aviation and its heritage. It turns out that the movie was commissioned by Avolon (an aircraft leasing company) and is called Pioneers & Aviators. The movie covers the history of aviation in Ireland ranging from ...
Roger Peterson’s Last Flight… 55 Years Ago - Photorecon.net | Every pilot has a last flight. Some will know this is THE last flight before takeoff and others simply will not. Roger Peterson’s last flight was on February 3, 1959 and when he took off, he had no idea this was going to be his last flight. There was also one question that few people have ever asked; what happened...
When Handed Snow, Make Snow-Creme · Rich Davidson, NORDO News | ...Myself, I've always liked snow. Give me a winter with the ground covered in white and I can handle it. Most people though seem to feel otherwise. But why fight it? Why not make the most of it? February 8th, 2014 will be your chance. On that date, the skiplane fly-in at Pioneer Airport is set to go. 43 planes are already registered so it could be lots-o-fun. I've also noticed there's no shortage of photos online of planes with skiis fitted? Therefore it seems many of you have at least dipped your toes; why not jump in? If you think you might, keep reading....
Control Tower Nantes-Atlantique - Translated | In 1928, near the Château de Grump was created airfield essentially military use, on a plot of 50 hectares along the road from Nantes to Paimbœuf. Plant facilities Breguet was greeted at Brossais in 1934-1935 with a connection to the airfield. In 1939, the grass strip is replaced by a...
Sentimental Journey: Jimmy Stewart and the DC-3 - The Lexicans | I know I didn’t need to add anything else...
Video shows Angry Afghan Villagers stoning wreck of U.S. Predator Drone - The Aviationist | An American UAS (Unmanned Aerial System) crashes in Afghanistan. Local people stone it. The following footage made its first appearance on Facebook a couple of days ago. It allegedly shows what seems to be a group of Afghans stoning the wreck of a (most probably American) MQ-1 Predator drone, while other people cheer and laugh...
Day 12 - January 25, 2014 - TeenFlight! | Some wing parts were finally in use today. | Team Green got a headstart on the wing kit this session, and spent the day working on the wing spars. This included preparing the attach angles, doublers, and tie-downs; then attaching all those parts. The students got to practice tapping the tie-downs in order to fit an eye screw. The spars will serve as the main framework for the wings, providing the most support for the forces and weight loads placed on them...
Must See GoPro Video: Re-Experience Felix Baumgartner's Jump From The Edge Of Space (Red Bull Stratos) - AirPigz | This GoPro video was just released on Friday and it's already well past 3
million views... and it's easy to understand why once you've seen it. It's an all-new view of Felix Baumgartner's Red Bull Stratos jump from nearly 128,000 feet above the Earth's surface, and for me it was every bit as intense seeing it from these seven GoPro cameras as it was seeing it live on October 14, 2012....Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster as seen through AH-64 Apache camera - The Aviationist | 11 years ago today, Space Shuttle Columbia broke apart while entering higher atmosphere. Attack chopper camera filmed it.
Virgin Galactic’s Supersonic Rocket-Powered Flight Takes Space Seriously! - WarBirdBabe | On January 10, 2014, the WhiteKnightTwo, Virgin Galactic’s beautiful “Carrier Aircraft ” deployed SpaceShipTwo, a reusable space vehicle, where at an altitude of 46,000 feet, its rocket engine fired for only 20 seconds and propelled her to the intended altitude of 71,000 feet – ¼ the distance to outer space. This is a staggering altitude which only the SR-71 surpassed at an “unclassified” altitude of 86,000 feet....
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
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2014 Show Schedule for the Golden Knights - US Army Golden Knights | We are pleased to release the 2014 Show Schedule for the Golden Knights. We are excited to be participating in so many events all across the United States. Please check it out and see if we are coming to a show near you.
Tickets still available for Bob Hoover tribute - General Aviation News | The aviation world will assemble Feb. 21 at Paramount Studios in Hollywood to honor Bob Hoover, the legendary pilot who was called the “greatest stick and rudder pilot who ever lived,” by Jimmy Doolittle. Some individual tickets are still available for the celebration of Hoover’s legacy, according to organizers...
Cable Airshow 2014 - Photorecon.net | January in Southern California means airshow season has officially started with the annual Cable Airshow. The 2014 Cable Air Show is celebrating its 39th year at the Cable Airport with its usual lineup of aerobatics, classic aircraft, cars and of course Warbirds from World War II. This year’s positive message to the community was overshadowed by the FAA demanding money from the air show to operate a control tower for the two day event. This function has...
"Tricolor Arrows" in May in the city - Translated | Lucca, January 29, 2014 - THE PATROL acrobatics of the Italian "Frecce Tricolori" could perform in May in the skies of Lucca in a fantastic choreography, to celebrate the five hundredth of the city walls. It a dream? Something much more concrete, although there are still many technical problems to be overcome before we can give a definitive answer...
Blue Angels provide glimpse of summer, preview Air Show - Xenia Gazette | A pair of United States Navy Blue Angels paid a visit to preview their return to the 2014 Vectren Dayton Air Show - a welcome development for Air Show officials and the throngs that will flock to see them perform. Lieutenant Ryan Chamberlain and...
Sun 'n Fun Radio celebrates 20 years - AOPA Pilot | “Dave Pascoe of LiveATC.net donates our audio streaming. It started out being just for the show, but Sun 'n Fun Radio now broadcasts 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, thanks to Dave.” Sun 'n Fun Radio started streaming on the Internet...
Falcon Warbirds to perform flyover at Phoenix Open - KPHO Phoenix | The Falcon Warbirds are a formation flying group based at Mesa's Falcon Field. They'll be one of the opening acts for the Waste Management Phoenix Open around 3 p.m. Wednesday. "We're going to be doing a diamond fly-by first, and then we'll come back around and to honor the veterans, we'll do a missing man formation," said Brig. Gen. Dick Stich with Falcon Warbirds...
Latest from the hangar - Vulcan to the Sky | ...All of the required rivets have now been removed from
both sides and the lower plate for the Starboard side has
been marked out. The existing rivet positions for the Port side have
been picked up and we are well on the way to marking out the lower plate
for the Port side. We hope to have had the existing holes examined by
Aerospace NDT by the time you read this...Red Bull TV Ramps Onto Apple TV Lineup - Cult of Mac | Red Bull's lineup also includes on-demand HD. The channel features Air Racing, wakeboarding, wakeskating, skateboaring, surfing, mountain biking, skiing, and even b-boy dance battles. And if you can't figure out which adrenaline fueled videos you want ...
Breitling Wingwalkers seeking a new candidate | Interested in wing walking? UK based AeroSuperBatics Ltd operate the famous Breitling Wingwalkers - the...
War Eagles Air Museum’s P-38L-5-LO - Warbirds News | Elena Early DePree reports. The War Eagles Air Museum based in Santa Teresa, NM has a wonderful collection of aircraft, two in
particular stand out: a TF-51 Mustang which is the only TEMCO TF-51 still in existence and a marvelous P-38L. The history of War Eagles Air Museum’s Lockheed P-38 Lightning, unfortunately, is not documented as well as the museum would prefer. It is pretty sure that the aircraft was used in South America for aerial survey work from 1953 until early 1957, where it was based or what missions it flew its unknown...Queensland Air Museum Wins Australia Day Award - My Sunshine Coast | ..."QAM President, Cameron Elmes, says the award comes as a most welcome surprise, as the museum is celebrating its 40th Anniversary this year....
How a U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagle shot down an Iraqi Mig-23 Flogger during Desert Storm - The Aviationist | Developed at the end of the 1960s to be the best air superiority fighter in the world, the F-15 proved to be a real MiG Killer during the Operation Desert Storm scoring most of the allied aerial victories.
de Havilland Heron — the “obvious successor” by travelforaircraft | The de Havilland Dove design (see previous post) was so successful as Britain's first post WW II airliner design it was, naturally, improved a few years after the Dove's debut as well as enlarged becoming the Heron. Essentially the de Havilland Heron had an extended fuselage and four engines, as compared to the Dove's two. The Heron has a lot of compatibility with the Dove so any operation serving the Dove could...
A Conversation With Heroes – Warbird Radio LIVE! – Ep532 | This past December, during the International Council of Air Shows annual convention in Las Vegas, WRL’s Matt Jolley had the privilege of hosting A Conversation With Heroes. The event featured fighter pilot and triple ACE Bud Anderson, fighter pilot and Tuskegee Airman Charles McGee, and RCAF Lancaster bomber tail gunner Si Campbell. The stories and life lessons contained in this conversation are well worth the time. We hope you enjoy!
German pilot showed humanity amidst the inhumanity of WWII - Covington News | The B-17 pilot was 21 years old, a farm boy from Weston, W. Va., on his first combat mission over the German heartland. His adversary, a former Bavarian airline pilot from Regensburg, Germany, was now a crack pilot for the Luftwaffe, with 22 kills to his credit. He was one victory away from winning the celebrated Knight’s Cross. The date: Dec 20, 1943....
Gene Spencer Reveals Love Story of World War II Pilot and Nurse in New Book - Broadway World | The American Volunteer Group (AVG), also known as The Flying Tigers, were a group of American pilots formed in 1941, who went to China to aid them in their battle with Japan. According to http://www.historynet.com, they destroyed nearly 300 Japanese aircraft, while losing only 69 planes. Emma Jane Foster (Jane) and John Emil Petach (Pete) were two proud members of the AVG during World War II, who just happened to fall in love. Gene Spencer tells their story of love, passion and war in his new book, "The Last Mission: A Love and War Story All About Pete and Jane, a Pilot and Nurse of World War Two With the Famed Flying Tigers 1941-1942" (published by WestBow Press)...
Lightning - Apron 6 | This year I might be going to South-Africa and if I do, I hope I can tick off one of the things on my bucketlist. Cause there’s a flying Lightning again and would really like to see one up in the air! The video below gives...
Video: Boeings Over Baghdad... Amazing Perspective! - AirPigz | I've always been interested in seeing things from a different perspective... it's not just a different point of view but it's often a window into a world most people never see. This video of a 747 overtaking a 737 from directly below (from the cockpit of a 777) is such a great example of this...
Wichita Aero Club establishes new scholarship - Wichita Business Journal | The Wichita Aero Club on Tuesday provided more information about its newest scholarship, named in honor of Dean Humphrey, former public relations chief at Cessna Aircraft Co. I first tweeted about the new scholarship when Aero Club President Dave...
Blue Angels Judge Rib Cook-off for Kids By Chief Mass Communication Specialist Russ Tafuri, Blue Angels Public Affairs | NAF EL CENTRO, Calif. – Members of the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, judged the 23rd annual Holtville Athletic Club Rib Cook-off Extravaganza, in Holtville, Calif., Saturday, marking the 21st year the Blue Angels have judged the contest...
Florida Space Day Taking Place on March 12, 2014 - Space Ref | KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL (January 28, 2014) - Representatives from Florida's aerospace industry will visit Tallahassee on March12, 2014, to participate in Florida Space Day and share with legislators the opportunities the industry brings to Florida and the nation's space program....
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
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Stunt pilots set for Bahrain airshow thrills - Trade Arabia | Fearless stunt pilots have been putting their planes through their paces above Bahrain International Circuit (BIC) in Sakhir, ahead of this weekend's Bahrain International Airshow (BIAS). The Huawei Twister Duo teams have special wing-mounted cameras that allow them to take pictures of each other mid-flight, said a report in the Gulf Daily News (GDN), our sister publication....
'Schumacher of the sky' - Gulf Times | Talking about his progress in aerobatic flying and air racing, Tamás explained, “I completed my aerobatics training in 2001. Initially, I owned simpler planes and began by entertaining crowds during national events and enjoyed the experience. The ...
South West Council of Air Shows (SWCAS) Conference Scholarship Opportunities, Thanks to the generosity of John Haak of Extreme Tix, a number of scholarship opportunities are available for the February 7 & 8, 2013 SWCAS Conference at the Sheraton Grand Hotel, Sacramento, California. A limited number of scholarships to cover full conference fees plus one night hotel for one person, or full two day conference fees for two people without hotel are available. Priority will be given to those who have not attended SWCAS before and did not received scholarship funding in 2013. To apply for scholarship support, please e-mail the selection committee at scholarship@swcas.org not later than Jan 25, 2013.
Updated 2014 Conference schedule
How to Get Tickets to the Red Bull Air Races in Dallas and Las Vegas - Jaunted | It seems like just
yesterday that the VROOM of high performance aircraft was booming over New York Harbor, but in reality that was already three years ago, when the Red Bull Air Race World Championships last took to the skies to crown one aerobatic pilot most daredevil of all...Brigadier General William “Bill” Hall named 2014 Air Show Marshal for the WBCA Stars and Stripes Air Show Spectacular Sponsored by Miller Lite - Christine Rojas, The Laredo Sun | LAREDO, TX – The Washington’s Birthday Celebration Association (WBCA) has formally announced Brigadier General William “Bill” Hall as the air show marshal for the 2014 WBCA Stars and Stripes Air Show Spectacular Sponsored by Miller Lite. Along with Brigadier General Hall the WBCA is pleased to announce the entertainment lineup for the 16thannual WBCA Stars and Stripes Air Show Spectacular....
National Warbird Operator Conference – 2014 CONFERENCE AGENDA · Warbirds News | NWOC has just published the NWOC 2014 preliminary agenda. Late additions to the agenda include a review of...
Commemorative Air Force training event slated at Woodring Regional - Enid News & Eagle | ENID, Okla. — The A-26 Lady Liberty Sponsor Group of Enid will host a training event Saturday and Sunday at Enid Woodring Regional Airport for members of the Commemorative Air Force seeking certification for flight engineer, crew chief, co-pilot and pilot in command...
Our distinguished speaker Dr. Lin Wells, II will launch our 2014 Silver Wings Speakers Luncheon Serie on January 23rd! - Silver Wings Over Washington Fraternity | In twenty-six years of naval service, Dr. Wells served in a variety of surface ships, including command of a destroyer squadron and guided missile destroyer. In addition, he acquired a wide range of experience in operations analysis; Pacific, Indian Ocean and Middle East affairs; and C3I. Recently he has been focusing onSTAR-TIDES, a research project emphasizing affordable, sustainable support to populations under stress, on technological innovation and on public-private cooperation. In 2013 he completed 50 consecutive years of service with the Department of Defense...
Happy Birthday To The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 Fresco · Warbirds News, By Aviation Enthusiasts LLC | The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 Fresco flew for the first time sixty-four years ago today. Designed as a successor to the MiG-15, the MiG-17 was to be one of the most widely exported of all Soviet military aircraft. Developed to improve on the MiG-15's handling, the...
Video: Ancient DC-3s deliver hope in Colombia, and seat belts are optional - PRI | For Colombians who live in isolated jungle villages, flying often involves climbing aboard an American aircraft that made its mark way back in World War II: the twin-engine Douglas DC-3. There aren’t many of these vintage models still in use, but Colombia has its share...
France honours air museum director over war memorial - Yorkshire Post | THE director of the Yorkshire Air Museum and Allied Air Forces Memorial has been awarded one of France’s most prestigious honours. Ian Reed is among only 2,500 people worldwide to receive the country’s Ordre national du MĂ©rite, or Order of Merit. It has been conferred in a sign of appreciation for Mr Reed’s career and his efforts to ensure proper recognition for the heroism of the airmen of France...
First World War : Stories of Empire - RAF Museum | Join us in the Sackler Centre of the Victoria and Albert Museum on Friday 24th of January from 6pm onwards where members of our Curatorial team will be at hand to talk about the contribution that Black and Asian airmen and personnel made to the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force during the First World War.
Historic poster showing major identifying features of the B-17E... from Vintagraph Blog
I WAS THERE: Bring Down the Spyplane - Air & Space Magazine | At that point, Chinese pilots had very little experience flying at night or in bad weather. When I first started to fly, I should have learned much more about both flying itself, and about aerial warfare. But our participation in the Korean War was imminent, and like most Chinese pilots at that time, I didn’t have time to learn. Many of the things I needed, I actually learned in the war, not in training...
Stategic Air & Space museum names new director - Lincoln Journal Star | The Strategic Air & Space Museum has named Michael L. McGinnis its new executive director. He was most recently executive director at the Peter Kiewit Institute and has worked as head of the Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center at Old Dominion University after seven years as professor and head of the Department of Systems Engineering at West Point Military Academy...
Wendell Minor’s Illustrations and Art Take Center Stage at the Norman Rockwell Museum - InFlightUSA | ...Mr. Minor’s lifelong interest in aviation and space exploration has seen him work on aviation-themed books such as Harry Comb’s Kill Devil Hill, in collaboration with the likes of Buzz Aldrin with whom he worked on Look to the Stars, a memoir aimed at young readers of Aldrin’s life and work as a test pilot and then as an astronaut. His work was...
GAMA scholarships now available - General Aviation News | WASHINGTON, D.C. — The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) today announced the availability of two scholarships awarded annually to students who have excelled in or are pursuing aviation studies. The Edward W. Stimpson “Aviation Excellence Award” is given to a graduating high school senior who has been accepted to and will be enrolled in an aviation degree core program at his or her chosen university or college. The award includes...
Video: Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo goes higher and supersonic in Mojave California test flight - Spaceports | Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo, a spacecraft aiming to make the world's first commercial suborbital spaceflights, completes its third rocket-powered supersonic flight in the Mojave Desert, soaring to a record 21,640 metres in the third test flight Friday, January 10, 2014. SpaceShipTwo and its two-member crew then glided to a safe landing in the desert north of Los Angeles, California.
Thursday, January 9, 2014
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11th Annual Living Legends of Aviation Awards takes flight · General Aviation News Staff | BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — The 11th Annual “Living Legends of Aviation” Awards, presented by Bell Helicopter and Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, will be held Jan. 17, at the Beverly Hilton. Frederick W. Smith, founder and CEO of FedEx, will be presented the “Lifetime Aviation Entrepreneur Award.” Bruce Whitman, Chairman and CEO of FlightSafety International, will receive the “Lifetime Aviation Industry Leader Award.”...
Commemorative Air Force Announces 40th Anniversary Tour of the B-29 FIFI, Celebrates with SUPERFORTRESS Calendar - PR Web| Addison, TX (PRWEB) - The year 2014 marks the 40th year of flight with the Commemorative Air Force’s (CAF) iconic B-29 Superfortress, FIFI; queen of the CAF fleet. The airplane, rescued and restored by the CAF in the early 1970s, has been a regular feature at airports and airshows all across the country. The B-29 Squadron of the CAF was the first group to...
Special FAI medals and safety delegate for the Red Bull Air Race season 2014 - World Air Sports Federation | Red-bull-air-race NewsFollowing the announcement of the resumption of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship in 2014, the FAI and the Red Bull Air Race management have signed an agreement confirming FAI’s official international recognition of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship as well as detailing the FAI’s support in the form of safety supervision.
Kirby Chambliss Announces Team Chambliss Intern - Aero-News Network | Teenager Has Been Working At Airports Since He Was 14 | It's the internship a lot of us wish we'd had. Saying he "feels a strong responsibility toward encouraging the next generation of pilots and empowering our youth to realize the dream of flight," Kirby Chambliss has announced that Danny Onofryton (pictured) will be joining Team Chambliss as an intern. At 19 years old, Onofryton said he is thrilled to be a part of the team and is its youngest member...
Meet the team behind the world famous Red Arrows - Grimsby Telegraph | The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, the Red Arrows, are world famous but little is known about the 100-strong team behind the 11 pilots. The team was officially formed in 1965 and has displayed to millions of people in 54 countries. The Telegraph finds out more about the team behind the team at RAF Scampton...
Chipmunks Display - Grand Rand Airshow 2013 (w/Video) - Infozone.tv | Father and son team Larry and Jason Beamish at Grand Rand Airshow in Germiston South Africa flying the Chipmunk display. The Chipmunk was designed to succeed the de Havilland Tiger Moth biplane trainer that was widely used during the Second World War. Wsiewolod Jakimiuk, a Polish prewar engineer, created the first indigenous design of the aircraft at de Havilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd. It is an...
A Video You Never Want to End - NORDO News | ...How often to you see video of the Pan Am seaplane operations you haven't already seen?...
Nogales war hero once again honored among peers - Nogales International | Inducted into the Arizona Aviation Hall of Fame in April 2012, World War I ace fighter pilot Ralph Ambrose O’Neill, 
formerly of Nogales, will be lauded in February by the Commemorative Air Force’s Airbase Arizona Aviation Museum. O’Neill was selected as one of four inductees into the museum’s Arizona Military Aviation Walk of Honor as a tribute to his distinguished contributions to the field of military aviation. He is also listed on the distinguished roster of the OX-5 Aviation Pioneers Hall of Fame....
Timeless Voices - Jeannette Goodrum · eaavideo.org | Jeannette Goodrum Served as a WASP - Womens Airforce Service Pilot during WWII. Graduating with Class 43-8 in December 1943, she was involved in production line maintenance and aircraft testing before the WASPs were disbanded in December 1944.
The War Eagles Air Museum’s FJ-2 Fury · WarbirdsNews By Elena Early DePree | The “FJ-2 Fury” was the Navy version of the F-86. These airplanes were delivered to the Navy in the autumn of 1952. After the Korean Conflict, the construction contract was reduced to 200 and all “FJ-2s” were assigned to the Marine Corps. Elena Early DePree takes a closer look to the history and development of the this icon jet and the aircraft exhibited at the War Eagle Air Museum in Santa Teresa, NM....
Nose Of Comet Mk2 Saved by Volunteers · Warbirds News | Ian Wilson, a former Royal Air Force mechanic updated us on the Comet Mk2 named Sagittarius. Back in November the nose of the Comet Mk2 was saved by the Boscombe Down Aviation Collection (BDAC) by using the “scrap value” of the back end to fund its removal.This De Havilland Comet C2 XK699, named...
Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer — First for the Royal Malaysian Air Force by travelforaircraft | Scottish Aviation produced the Twin Pioneer — "Twin Pin" — during the 1950s to meet a need civilian and military operators had for a cargo aircraft with STOL (Short Takeoff and Landing) capabilities. The Twin Pin more than fit the bill...
My Dad Bailed Out Of This Exact 'Navy Museum' N3N! - AirPigz | My dad, who passed away in 2009, retired from 35 years at United Airlines in 1987, and while he did bail out of the exact Navy 
N3N pictured above, he was never even in the Navy. He spent two years in the Air Force after graduating high school in 1947, but the post-war military didn't need pilots, and he...
WTF? - Vintage Wings of Canada | Compiled by Dave O'Malley from the World Wide Web, with the assistance of Alex Soupy Campbell and Omer Syed. Over the past seven years of researching aviation stories on the web, I have kept a folder on my laptop dedicated to images of Second World War aircraft that had been captured and had suffered the indignity of being painted in the national makings of the enemy they were designed to fight and vanquish–like a Spitfire in the service of the Luftwaffe, a Zero in US Navy markings....
Enjoy a Guided Tour Inside the E-4B NAOC Doomsday Plane · David Cenciotti | In the event of a nuclear war, a terrorist attack, an alien invasion or, generally speaking, Armageddon, the U.S. Air Force’s four E-4B planes based at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska will be responsible to keep the U.S. Secretary of Defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and other top personalities alive whilst Obama would be on board the Air Force One....
A-10 escapes fresh cuts; Spartans divert - The DEW Line | Fans of the awesome A-10 can rejoice (for now at least), as Washington’s recently-signed National Defense Authorisation Act has blocked the USAF from planning to retire any additional examples until at least the end of this calendar year...
Merger of museums is lost in air & space - U-T San Diego | ...The Air & Space Museum, cramped in Balboa Park’s southern cul-de-sac, asked the adjacent Automotive Museum to consider a merger for the purpose of building new exhibit space for the benefit of both museums. The marriage makes elegant conceptual sense, believes Jim Kidrick, the energetic CEO who kick-started the courtship. (Ironically, the Air & Space building was underwritten by Ford.)...
Son Gets Dad Back in the Saddle - EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | January 7, 2014 - Matthew Polak, 29, of Waukesha, Wisconsin, always considered earning his airframe and powerplant (A&P) certificate at age 20 to be his greatest accomplishment in aviation. But he feels like he surpassed it this past December when he passed his checkride and gave his non-current pilot father, Allen, a ride for the first time...
Experimental Aircraft Association offering aviation scholarship competition - Southwest Times | The EAA does this by treating children (8-17) to flights at their Young Eagles rallies, and helping plan local air events. They also speak in local schools during career days, and work with local airports to find ways to involve the community ...
6 out-of-this-world attractions for space cadets - Fox News | Are your kids fascinated by the miracle of flight? Whether they dream of piloting jets or rocketing into a galaxy far, far away, a circle tour of
our dispersed fleet of retired space craft is a great place to foster their interest...
Explore the edge of space with 'Red Bull Stratos' exhibit at National Museum of the U.S. Air Force by Sarah Swan, National Museum of the U.S. Air Force | 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....
Monday, December 16, 2013
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USAF Thunderbirds release 2014 show schedule · U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron | NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. — The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds have finalized their 2014 
show schedule. In its 61st season, the team is slated to perform 66 demonstrations at 34 locations. The flying unit, officially known as the U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, will perform its first public flyover of 2014 at the opening of the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, Calif.,...
Kirby Chambliss names team coordinator for Red Bull Air Races · General Aviation News Staff | Debby StandeferWith an aviation career spanning over 25 years Standefer, currently working on her fixed wing rating, took a different path to the sky as a commercial Lighter Than Air Balloon pilot and instructor. She is the owner of D&D Marketing Concepts, an integrated marketing and public relations firm specializing in aviation, as well as producing airshows...
Two feared dead in South Stradbroke Island Tiger Moth crash - The Australian | ...The two-seater plane is owned by Gold Coast-based operator Tiger Moth Joy Rides, which offers scenic flights and aerobatic flights including barrel rolls, loop the loops and other manoeuvres. Spokesman Jeff Stillman told AAP the company was still trying to work what had happened....
Air races need a long-range plan to ensure event's future - Reno Gazette Journal | Mike Houghton, president and CEO of the Reno Air Racing Association, warned last month that the organization would be unable to move ahead with the event unless it received commitments for that amount. As of Thursday, it had raised $450,000, and...
Spencer Suderman - EvanFlys
Kermit Weeks re-creates first historical commercial flight across the bay - Fantasy of Flight | Kermit Weeks, creator and founder of Fantasy of Flight, will re-create Tony Jannus' first commercial flight from St. Petersburg to Tampa on New Years Day...
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013: The Detroit Tuskegee Airmen Glider Club - The Aero Experience | EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013 continued the tradition of attractive a diversity of aircraft, exhibits, pilots and visitors, and The Aero Experience will showcase many of them in the months to come. Continuing with our themes of the Tuskegee Airmen and sailplanes from the previous several posts, we now present the Detroit Tuskegee Airmen Glider Club. The club is part of the Tuskegee Airmen National Historical Museum in Detroit, Michigan, and...
Will Dewhurst and the Children's Dream Fund | The Blue Angels got a chance to spend a special day with 6-year-old Will Dewhurst and his family thanks to the Children's Dream Fund this week. Here are a few of the photos from their visit.
Edwin A. 'Ned' Shuman, Navy aviator and POW, dies at 82 - Washington Post | The first Sunday after they were removed from their cells, they attempted to hold a church service but were threatened with severe punishment. Seeing the men’s disappointment, then-Lt. Cmdr. Edwin A. “Ned” Shuman — a naval aviator who would spend five years as a POW and who died Dec. 3 at age 82 — stepped forward. “I want to know — person by person— if you are really committed to holding church,” he said, asking each of the other 42 men for support until he achieved a unanimous commitment...
“FIFI” Heads to Florida in February · Warbirds News | The Commemorative Air Force’s (CAF) Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber FIFI returns to Florida this February and March.FIFI will visit local airports in 10 Florida cities accompanied by other aircraft including P-51 Mustang The Brat III the famous C-45 Expeditor ‘Bucket of Bolts’; a T-6 Texan; and a Fairchild PT-19. Additional CAF airplanes will join the tour in several cities. The aircraft, all part of the CAF AirPower History Tour, will be on display and offering rides throughout each stop.The Boeing B-29 FIFI operated by the CAF is the only one still flying in the world. It was...
He flew the longest bomber mission of WW II in a B-29 over Japan – Capt. Harold Keathley bombed Aomori in ‘Skookum’ - War Tales | It was Capt. Harold Keathley’s 33rd combat mission flying “Skookum,” a B-29 “Superfortress” over Japan loaded with incendiary bombs. The target: Aomori, located along the coast of Honshu, the northernmost main island. What made this bombing mission special was that the crew flew from Tinian Island in the Pacific to Aomori and back, a distance of 2,250 miles. The mission was billed as the longest bombing run in World War II...
Vulcan To The Sky - We all love the howl | It’s what 558 does best, her signature and lets you know she is here. But have you ever wondered why she makes that noise as the engines reach 90%? Have you ever wondered what “the howl” is doing to the airframe?
Marcel Doret and Dewoitine D1 F-Ahaz - Passion for Aviation (translated) | Above, probably D1 Dewoitine 111 F-Ahaz built in 1925 and purchased in 1929 by Marcel Doret and he used for many 
years until the end of 1933. This device will be removed in 1934. This is to allow his faithful mechanic to take with him as he did convert two-seater, rear post was hidden for presentations or competitions....
Udvar-Hazy Center celebrates 10 years · General Aviation News Staff | The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, the only Smithsonian facility to have been built with private funds, marked 10 years of operation Dec. 15. An Open House will be held next month to commemorate the anniversary. Since it opened in conjunction with the nation’s Centennial of Flight in 2003, the center has expanded in all areas: Size, scope of collections, displays, programs and educational activities, according to officials...
Curtiss “Jenny” Plane Will Soon Be Grounded Forever - texomashomepage.com | It's a legacy that started in 1916 but will soon be coming to an end. The Curtiss Jenny plane that was tested at the old Call Field Airbase is taking it's farewell flying tour before being moved to what will soon become the Wichita Falls Regional Airport...
Historic Navy Aircraft Makes Big Move - 7 San Diego | If you spotted a vintage aircraft rolling down some of San Diego’s freeways earlier this week, you were not imagining things. It really was a historic Navy plane, making its way to its new home. Late Thursday night, a vintage Navy FJ-3 Fury aircraft made its move through the...
WWII Sunderland flying-boat raised from seabed 65ft below waves - www.dailymail.co.uk | After 73 years, the world's only Mark I Sunderland flying-boat has been found wrapped in coral and barnacles 
65ft below the coast of Wales...
Canadair CL 41G Tebuan — Tudor with a bite by travelforaircraft | Canadair's CT-114 Tutor, famous for use by the Royal Canadian Air Force Snowbirds aerobatic team, was militarized for the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) as a ground attack aircraft. This aircraft was the CL 41G Tebuan (Tebuan is Malay for "Storm") with nearly two dozen manufactured. The RMAF displays...
History of aviation to be shared at weekly talks - Maidenhead Advertiser | Richard said: "Few airfields have as rich a history as White Waltham and every year new material is added to the talks." In the seventh week there will be the opportunity to visit West London Aero Club to view aircraft in their hangars. Contact 01628 ...
Axed Palmair jet makes its final landing at Bournemouth aviation museum - Daily Echo | BOURNEMOUTH’S popular aviation museum has a new addition – of a more recent vintage. The distinctive exhibit is an old Palmair jet, a familiar sight at the airport until the carrier closed three years ago...
100th F-35 Celebrated - Code One | More than 2,000 employees and guests celebrated production of the 100th F-35 Lightning II in ceremonies at the Lockheed Martin facility in Fort Worth, Texas, on 13 December 2013. The 100th aircraft, an F-35A (US Air Force serial number 11-5030), is the first of 144 F-35s scheduled for delivery to...
'Airplane Repo' Star Fights For Second Season - Aero-News Network | Poor Ratings, Accusations Of 'Fakery' Threaten The Series | One of the airplane repo men featured on the much-maligned (and deservedly so... -- ANN E-I-C) Discovery Channel series "Airplane Repo" is fighting for a second season for the show, which has had less-than-spectacular ratings and which some think is at least partially faked...
Video: Former Cosmonaut Andrei Grechko Predicts Chinese Among Mars Exploration Crew - Spaceports | Former Soviet Union cosmonaut Andrei Antonovich Grechko has spoken highly of China's progress and forecast the future of human space exploration suggesting that no one government will send humans to Mars but that humanity will be there in 10-to-15 years. The former cosmonaut predicts that Chinese will be among the international crew.
Video: Astronaut Hadfield Hopes For International Human Moon Base in Next 12-to-15 Years - Spaceports | Chris Hadfield, famous for tweeting and singing in space, thinks countries could work together with China after Beijing's mission. The Canadian astronaut told Sky News the next logical step in space exploration would be a permanent base on the Moon. "It's a demonstration of the increased capability of China" and if Beijing can team up with other countries then the "next logical step" would be a permanent base on the Moon, Hadfield went on...
