Lehigh Valley Airshow stunts impress visitors; traffic headaches arise - The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.com | Lehigh Valley International Airport’s runways saw a bit more action than 
usual today as private planes performed eye-popping tricks amid the backdrop of landing commercial airliners. A contingent of planes dipped, nosedived and shot up into the air at the start of the Sands Lehigh Valley Airshow at the Hanover Township, Lehigh County, airport....
Airshow soars through the Valley - Allentown Morning Call | Seated on a folding chair under a cloudless blue sky, an awestruck Ron Sierzega cocked his head upward and watched the fighter jets streak by. "It's just awesome," he said as four L-39 Albatroses that make up the Black Diamonds soared overhead in tight formation. "It seems as though they're roped to each other."...
Local residents treated to "old school" air show - WKTV | FRANKFORT, N.Y. (WKTV) - Frankfort residents received a blast from the past, as a 1930's/1940's-style air show took place at Highland Airport, Saturday. The 12th Annual Radio Control Airshow included combat demonstrations, giant scale aerobatics, clown flying acts, and vintage flying models, dazzling local residents on a beautiful day in August...
Air show raises money for Wounded Warriors - UpNorthLive.com | BENZIE COUNTY -- The Benzie Area Radio Control club (BARC) held their 16th Annual Model Aircraft Show on Saturday, but changed things up this year by donating what they raised to a special cause. There were model planes of all different shapes and sizes at the show held at the Thompsonville Airport. Hundreds of spectators watched as pilots made their aircrafts dip, dive, twirl, and jet through the air...
Owatonna airport hosts aviation-filled weekend for area residents, WWII ... - Southernminn.com | OWATONNA — When the Minnesota Wing of Commemorative Air Force landed its World War II aircraft at the Owatonna Degner Regional Airport Saturday, Jim Fairchild had a smile on his face. “I like airplanes,” Fairchild said. Fairchild of Owatonna said he has a pilot’s license, but hasn’t flown in years...
Russian air show rehearsals canceled - UPI.com | MOSCOW, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Rehearsals for a major Russian air show were postponed after media reports said several planes suffered mechanical failures and couldn't get off the ground. The MAKS-2013 air show, set to run in Moscow from Tuesday to Sept. 1, will draw 100,000 visitors per day, organizers said. But rehearsals were halted, officially due to poor weather...
Fifth Annual EAA Warbirds Badger Squadron 6 Oconto Fly-In: 9/14/13 - Warbirds News | The air 
will be filled with excitement at the 5th Annual Oconto Fly-In hosted by Wisconsin’s EAA Warbirds Badger Squadron 6. The event will take place at the J. Douglas Bake Memorial Airport in Oconto, Wisconsin on Saturday September 14th 2013 with gates opening at 9am with festivities running throughout the day until 5pm. Admission is $4 per person and children under 12 are FREE.
Cascades airshow lifts off Video: Restored World War II bomber flies at Airshow - Bend Bulletin | MADRAS — At the edge of the taxiway at the Madras Airport on Saturday afternoon, a B-17 bomber paused in front of the VIP tent at the Airshow of the Cascades. Already nearly close enough to reach out and touch its wing, the VIPs crowded in to take a better look, just in time for the plane to belch a cloud of pungent black smoke directly into the tent...
The 23rd annual Fly/In Cruise/In to take place Aug. 31 - Chronicle-Tribune | The event features a number of air and motor vehicles. The Tri-Motor Ford 5-AT will offer rides from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. with the purchase of a ticket. Food tickets for the all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast are also available for purchase. All proceeds from those sales will benefit the Marion High School Band.
Labor Day Benefit Event to Be Held at St. Louis Downtown Airport The Aero Experience | Flyer
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013: Warbird Nose Art Is Still Popular Attraction - The Aero Experience | In any large gathering of aircraft, there will be a number of examples of what is traditionally known as "nose art," here loosely defined as a personalized emblem or nickname given to an aircraft and applied near the nose of the aircraft. Finding examples of nose art at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013, with over 10,000 aircraft in attendance, was not difficult - it was more a matter of how many examples would be missed during the week. Nose art is most...
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013: More Aircraft Markings - The Aero Experience | With so many aircraft at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh this year, there were bound to be interesting markings besides the typical "nose art" featured in the previous post. Again using warbirds and...
Grandfather a nearly famous B-17 crew chief - Concord Monitor | Looking over the .50 caliber waist guns of the B-17 flying low over Hooksett, it was easy to imagine ourselves transported back 70 years to the skies over Europe. Except of course, we were warm. We were within sight of a safe landing strip. And no one was shooting at us...
Residents, vets enjoy flights in Vietnam-era helicopters - Dothan Eagle | OZARK – Dozens of area residents and military veterans showed up at Blackwell Field Airport on Saturday for the unique chance to fly in Vietnam-era U.S. Army helicopters. The Friends of Army Aviation-Ozark partnered with the Hampton, Ga.-based Army Aviation Heritage Foundation to present an open house event of sorts, celebrating the permanent arrival of a UH-1H Huey N104HF and an AH-1F Cobra Attack Helicopter N766HF to Ozark. ...
Historic Aircraft Finds Permanent Home in Ozark - WTVY, Dothan | OZARK -- Veterans, soldiers and civilians all connected today at Blackwell Field Airport. They had the chance to ride in a UH-1H Huey and an AH-1F Cobra Attack Helicopter. The Army Aviation Heritage Foundation and the Friends of Army Aviation-Ozark chose to permanently station the two aircrafts in Ozark...
Students experience rides aboard Yak 52s · General Aviation News Staff | FRANKFORT, Kentucky — Several students from the Institute of Aerospace Education recently met at Bowman Field in Louisville, Kentucky, to fly in Yak 52s. Six Yak pilots from around the country gathered at the airport, letting each student experience formation flight in these amazing World War II Warbirds...
Virgin launches glass-bottomed plane - Virgin.com | I’m thrilled to announce that Virgin has created another world-first with the introduction of the technology required to produce the world’s first glass-bottomed plane. This technological innovation coincides with the start of Virgin Atlantic Airways’ first ever domestic service to Scotland...
NASA to crash helicopter to study safety · General Aviation News Staff | NASA researchers will drop a 45-foot-long helicopter fuselage from a height of about 30 feet to test improved seat belts and seats and advance experimental techniques and crashworthiness data. The test is slated for Wednesday, Aug. 28, at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va...
Sunday, August 25, 2013
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Thursday, August 1, 2013
Embry-Riddle, Kiddie Hawk Air Academy/Living Legends of Aviation Announce Partnership at Oshkosh
University to Provide Exclusive Academic Support for Higher Education, STEM Programs
OSHKOSH, WI -- Aug. 1, 2013 – Today at EAA AirVenture air show in Oshkosh, the world’s leader in aerospace and aviation higher education Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and Kiddie Hawk Air Academy (KHAA), a nonprofit dedicated to sparking a love of aviation in children, announced an exclusive partnership to lead educational and STEM (Science Technology Engineering Math) programs for the next generation.
Emceed by air show announcer “Sky Talker” Danny Clisham, the joint announcement took place Thursday morning at the Kiddie Hawk/Living Legends of Aviation display in KidVenture at Oshkosh. It featured Embry-Riddle’s Prescott, Ariz., Campus Chancellor Dr. Frank Ayers, one of the newest Living Legends of Aviation and only FAA-certified acrobatic helicopter pilot in the Americas Chuck Aaron and longtime Living Legend and founder of Fantasy of Flight in Polk City, Fla., Kermit Weeks. Earlier in the week, KHAA received the AirVenture Oshkosh 2013 Service Award.
Kiddie Hawk organizers and special guests travel around the country to air shows, schools, hospitals and other events to educate children ages 4 to 9 about the world of aviation. The partnership with the university expands this outreach via programs within the university’s STEM Academy, summer camp opportunities for school-age children, and university and KHAA volunteers and staff coordinating as mentors.
Embry-Riddle is the world's largest, fully accredited university specializing in aviation and aerospace as a nonprofit, independent institution offering more than 40 baccalaureate, master's and Ph.D. degree programs at its residential campuses in Daytona Beach, Fla., and Prescott, Ariz., and more than 150 locations around the globe as part of Embry-Riddle Worldwide.
This relationship also connects the university to KHAA’s annual fundraiser the Living Legends in Aviation Awards, which has honored such aviation notables as astronaut Buzz Aldrin, entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson, actor/pilots Harrison Ford, Tom Cruise, John Travolta and Morgan Freeman, commercial pilot Sully Sullenberger, pilot/author and Embry-Riddle alum Barry Schiff and Emily Howell Warner, the first woman to pilot a major American passenger flight.
“It’s an honor for our university to team with Kiddie Hawk and the Living Legends,” said Embry-Riddle Vice President of Marketing and Enrollment Management Bill Hampton. “We share a common goal of bringing that love of flight not just to our current students and alumni, but also to children who come to air shows like this and say: ‘One day, that’ll be me.’ This partnership will help make that dream come true, and continue to foster generations of talented pilots, astronauts and innovators for many years to come.”
KHAA produces its annual fundraiser the “Living Legends of Aviation” Awards gala each January in Beverly Hills, Calif. The Living Legends are defined as aviation entrepreneurs, innovators, record breakers, industry leaders, astronauts, pilots who have become celebrities and celebrities who have become pilots. Two recent recipients of this year’s award were astronauts Neil Armstrong (Carol Armstrong accepted) and Gene Cernan. As the Living Legends “Official Ambassador of Aviation,” pilot/actor John Travolta will host the 2014 event.
“Kiddie Hawk Air Academy and the ‘Living Legends of Aviation’ are extremely excited to be partnering with such an amazing educational institution as Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University,” said the nonprofit’s Executive Director Stacey Elsner. “I have had several conversations with our Legends regarding this partnership and every one of them has expressed their support and excitement for the potential that this partnership will create. This partnership gives Kiddie Hawk, Legends and Embry-Riddle the ability to have a substantial impact on today's youth to create the Legends of tomorrow through inspiration and education."
Kiddie Hawk is displaying in this year’s Oshkosh in the KidVenture area at D7 with its airplane Trainers, kinetic motion flight simulators specially designed for children, as well as the newest addition to their fleet, the Kiddie Kopter. Also at the display is the “Legends and Guests” stage where aviation Legends and special guests will be on-hand throughout the week to answer questions, offer mentor and informational forums for children (schedule available in EAA Daily). Embry-Riddle’s tent at Oshkosh in the Education and Interactive Zone includes aircraft from its training fleets at both its residential campuses in Daytona Beach, Fla., and Prescott, Ariz.
About Embry-Riddle
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, the world's largest, fully accredited university specializing in aviation and aerospace, is a nonprofit, independent institution offering more than 40 baccalaureate, master's and Ph.D. degree programs in its colleges of Arts and Sciences, Aviation, Business and Engineering. Embry-Riddle educates students at residential campuses in Daytona Beach, Fla., and Prescott, Ariz., and through the Worldwide Campus with more than 150 locations in the United States, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. The university is a major research center, seeking solutions to real-world problems in partnership with the aerospace industry, other universities and government agencies. For more information, visit embryriddle.edu, follow us on Twitter (@EmbryRiddle) and facebook.com/EmbryRiddleUniversity, and find expert videos at YouTube.com/EmbryRiddleUniv.
About Kiddie Hawk Air Academy/Living Legends of Aviation Awards
Founded by aeronautical engineer and pilot William “Bill” Marcy in 1996 the goal of the Kiddie Hawk Air Academy is to introduce children to aviation by incorporating the Trainer, a kinetic motion flight simulator specially designed for youth, and a curriculum that includes aviation mechanics, history and career opportunities. The goal of the program is to spark a passion as well as develop a sense of appreciation and interest in aviation that will carry on into their adult years. With this, KHAA also strives to inspire kids to achieve academic excellence in order to enter into aviation-related careers. In 2008 the Kiddie Hawk Air Academy assumed the production of the “Living Legends of Aviation” Awards Gala each year as its annual fundraiser. Past winners of the awards include Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, Sully Sullenberger, Sir Richard Branson, John Travolta, Harrison Ford and Morgan Freeman, who in his acceptance speech called the award “the Academy Award of Aviation.” For more information on KHAA, visit Kiddiehawkairacademy.org. For more on Living Legends of Aviation, go to livinglegendsofaviation.org and follow the Legends on Twitter (@AviationAwards).
Monday, April 30, 2012
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Robins Air Show Called 'Record Breaking Success'
- 13WMAZ | Base spokeswoman Chrissy Miner estimates between 150000 and
170000 people descended on the International City to see the Blue Angels
and other acts in flight. In a statement Robins Installation Commander,
Col. Mitchel Butikofer, called the air show a ...
The thrill is back: Air show wows the crowds, despite gray skies and drizzles
- Sun-Sentinel | Brian Clark, 45, of West Palm Beach, said as he
watched world aerobatic champ Rob Holland put his plane through a series
of stalls, loops and gut-churning dives. "He's just twisting and
flipping around. Definitely a good pilot...
Thousands attend Lauderdale Air Show
- 7Online WSVN-TV | B-1 bombers and F-5 formations caught the eyes of
475000 people in the crowd watching the Lauderdale Air Show. "All the
planes going like, 'Woo!' Across the sky, you could barely see them,"
said Colton Tanner, who attended the Air Show...
Sound of Speed Airshow promises lots of thrills
- News-Press Now | This year's international edition of the Sound of
Speed Airshow, set Saturday and Sunday at Rosecrans Memorial Airport,
will include planes from World War I right up to today's newest stealth
fighter. There will be huge walls of flame, acres of free ...
Casey Curry parachutes with the Golden Knights
- abc13.com | Sargeant First Class Aaron Figel is part of the US Army's
elite parachute team, the Golden Knights. "It's the best job in the
world," Fiegel said. "Never gets old. It's one of the things I've found
in my life that I could do it every single day, ...
Frecce Tricolori live in action in Friuli-Venezia Giulia
- Translated | ...Rivolto, home of the Frecce 
Tricolore is about 20 km
from Udine, a provincial capital of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia. From
March to September you can visit the base and with their own eyes the
Aermacchi MB339 to see that the stunts are performed....
The "news". With 5 ½ months in advance
- Savona news | We are talking about the inevitable Tricolor Arrows to
arouse much enthusiasm with entire seasons in advance, giving further
reason for existence of the whole superstructure of the airport of
Albenga Clemente Panero, equipped as NASA, but ...
Woman dies in tragic take-off
- iol news | Aviators and spectators attending an aircraft convention
watched in horror as a light aircraft crashed and caught alight minutes
after taking off from Margate Airport on Sunday. The pilot and his woman
passenger, who are believed to be from Cato Ridge, had taken off in a
Rally two-seater plane just before 11am when they had difficulties and
crashed...
Ohio Air News # 182 - Charles Johnson | Wrapping up the "Grimes Gathering of B-25's" & Doolittle Tokyo Raiders Reunion.
Daniel Bubb, Ph.D. joins Nevada Aerospace Hall of Fame Staff - NVAHOF | The Nevada Aerospace Hall of Fame is pleased to announce that Daniel Bubb, Ph.D. has agreed to serve on the NVAHOF staff as Director of Education Programs for NVAHOF. He will also serve on the Hall of Fame Selection Committee, which is...
Rodney's Aviation Ramblings
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- ANZAC WW1 Airshow at Masterton : Sopwith Camel
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downtown, Valdosta, Ga., April 24 to 25, to recover an aircraft that has been a historic landmark in town since the early 1960s. The F-86L Sabre, which has been on display for decades, will undergo an extensive refurbishment before being put on permanent display at George W. Bush Air Park at Moody Field...Key West Seaplanes and The Seaplane Pilot's Association feature article in ... - PR Web | The newest seaplane of the fleet has been named "Grand Champion" seaplane at the 38th annual Sun n' Fun International Fly-In and Expo. Key West Seaplanes, the region's premiere and long-established private seaplane charter company receives another ...
Make America First In The Air (Ca. 1923) from AIRBOYD.TV
Podcast: The Turkish Air Service of WWI – League Week IV – Warbird Radio | Dieter H.M. Gröschel, M.D from the League of World War I Aviation Historians joins Matt Jolley with a look at the Turkish Air Service. Dr. Gröschel is an expert on this subject matter and will share his knowledge with us...
Dogfight Brewing Over Burmese Spitfires from AVwebFlash Current Issue | British farmer and aviation history buff David Cundall now says there are 124 new Spitfires buried in Myanmar (formerly Burma) and he knows where 60 of them are. As we reported two weeks ago, Cundall stunned the aviation world with news that he had found at least 20 crated, brand-new Spitfires wrapped in protective paper and tar to preserve them. Whether he'll be able to capitalize on his stunning discovery is in question, however, as...
The voices of the Greatest Generation continue to inspire - Jacksonville Daily News | More than 751 bombers — eight B-17 combat wings and four B-24 wings — lifted off from their bases in England on this mission. When each plane left the runway, so too did 10 American flyers. Imagine an aerial assault today with a fraction of the ...
Podcast: This Is The Year Of The B-52 from AVwebFlash Current Issue | The B-52 first flew 60 years ago in April, it was last produced 50 years ago, it dropped 15,000 tons of bombs on North Vietnam 40 years ago, and now, it is being honored for its (continuing) decades of service with a "Year of The B-52" campaign. The Commanders Action Group of the Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) began promoting the campaign in earnest this April in commemoration of the first flight of the YB-52 on April 15, 1952. Since then, AFGSC says the...
Idaho Marine saves one of his own - The Idaho Statesman | “I don't feel really I am worthy in light of the other great things that for 100 years Marine aviators have been doing,” he said. This wasn't training. This time, Maj. J. Eric Grunke knew it was real. A half-dozen enemy vehicles were on the hunt for a ...
Video: Waving at balloons and other fun with Rob from A mile of runway will take you anywhere. by Steve | My best friend Rob made another journey down from Kalamazoo this week and - as always - we planned on some fun in the Cub. We also spent a lot of time watching and photographing the twenty B-25s in town for the 70th Anniversary of the Doolittle Raid. I'll have a post with photos and videos from that incredible event up sometime soon...
Movie Monday: The Beeb's all-access tour inside Rolls-Royce from FlightBlogger - Aviation News, Commentary and Analysis by Stephen Trimble | ...It actually is a timely peek inside Rolls-Royce on the eve of a Pratt & Whitney media day, where surely a major theme of press conferences and interviews will be the newly-sealed long-term relationship between these propulsion
giants on narrowbody turbofans.
...MD-21 mothership with D-21 drone from The Original Rocket Dungeon by Dick | The MD-21 was the designation for the modified A-12. Follow my tags for related posts. Click through for additional photos.
Richard Branson May Provide Last Chance to Hillary Clinton for Astronaut Wings in Space from Spaceports | United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's childhood aspiration of becoming an astronaut was dashed by NASA, but she may not be giving up on the dream of reaching the heavens (at least flying Virgin Galactic suborbital)...
Friday, December 2, 2011
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Former Snowbird Gobeil Appointed 2012 CF-18 Demo Team Pilot - Marketwire | (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- On behalf of Major-General Alain Parent, Commander 1 Canadian Air Division, the Canadian Forces CF-18 National Demonstration Team is thrilled to announce the appointment of former Canadian Forces Snowbird Captain Patrick "Paco" Gobeil of 3 Wing Bagotville as the 2012 Demo Pilot. A native of Ville de la Baie, Quebec, Captain Gobeil lived just outside of the airport in Bagotville. "I grew up looking at jets and as far as I can remember, I always knew that flying was going to be my ultimate goal in life; there is nothing else I wanted to do more," he explained....
Windermere Air Festival 2012 is cancelled - The Westmorland Gazette | ORGANISERS of the Windermere Air Festival have announced the cancellation of the 2012 event due to the current economic climate and lack of grant funding and sponsorship revenue. Bluestone Events will no longer run the event, having helped organise it in 2010 and been responsible for its delivery in 2011....
Air Force Week in Photos - AF.mil | FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. (AFNS) -- 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.
California International Airshow adds trio to board of directors - The Californian | The California International Airshow has announced the addition of three new members to its board of directors....
ICAS Convention - CAF Red Tail Squadron's Blog | ...A delegation of six people from the CAF Red Tail Squadron team will attend this year’s ICAS Convention and the Squadron will have a booth in the exhibit hall close by the Commemorative Air Force’s. The Squadron team anticipates speaking with many air show directors from around the country about the prospect of bringing the red-tailed P51-C Mustang and the RISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit to their shows....
Grief of Red Arrows pilot's family - The Local | The family of Flight Lieutenant Sean Cunningham, who died in Lincolnshire, issued a statement on the day of his funeral thanking people around the world for their messages of support and sympathy. In a joint statement issued by the RAF, the pilot's father Jim, mother Monika, and sister Nicolette said the weeks since his death had been the hardest of their lives....
Flight Dream Jordan - Apache Roll | Certainly the most beautiful flight of the Tour in the Middle East Patrol Breitling Jet Team!
Photorecon - Blue Angels 2011, National Naval Aviation Museum
Museum event will look at Pearl Harbor - mydesert.com | The Palm Springs Air Museum is scheduled to host an event that discusses how the United States changed as a result of the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. It's set for 1 p.m. Saturday at the museum, 745 N. Gene Autry Trail. Education coordinator Greg Kenny, Blaine Mack and pilot Ken Ryan, who was on his way to Pearl Harbor during the World War II attack, are slated as guest speakers....
AIR TATTOO GETS PERSONAL - RIAT | Be a part of the excitement and become one of the world's Top Guns! Fly with the Frecce, sponsor the Air Tattoo, marshal landing aircraft, or pilot an F-16!...
Grandson of legendary Air Force pilot reflects family legacy - AF.mil | Col. Paul W. Tibbets IV, the Air Force Inspection Agency commander, is the grandson of retired Brig. Gen. Paul W. Tibbets Jr., the pilot in command of the "Enola Gay" when it dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, Aug. 6, 1945....
Freedom from Fear - Wison County News | In the town of Madison, Florida, you can find the Colin P. Kelly memorial, a striking sculpture of four angels, their wings unfurled in the wind. The memorial was dedicated in 1943 to the name and heroics of a B-17 pilot whose plane was shot down just days after Pearl Harbor....
Scramble! Spitfire squadron takes off - The Telegraph | Paul Fowler is building 90 per cent scale models of the classic fighter, and seeks recruits to build – and fly – more, says Adam Edwards | ost Englishmen have at one time or another owned a Spitfire. The keenest boasted Airfix models perfectly glued and painted. Others had metal Matchbox or Dinky toy reproductions or even scale facsimiles in bronze. The geeks flew radio-controlled replicas while the less technically minded had tacky balsa wood gliders. And then there were those who sported the iconic fighter on key rings or cufflinks as a talisman. Paul Fowler, aged 50, has taken this enthusiasm for the Second World War fighter to an extreme....
PICTURES: Lockheed unveils two future C-130 variants - The DEW Line | Lockheed Martin has quietly launched two new variants of the 57-year-old (and counting!) C-130 Hercules. The C-130XJ and the C-130NG both appeared in a presentation by Ralph Heath, executive vice president of Lockheed's Aeronautics division, on 1 December at the Credit Suisse aerospace and defense conference in New York. Few details of both configurations have been made available so far. The C-130XJ is aimed at the....
NORAD ready to track Santa's flight -AF.mil | PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. (AFNS) -- The North American Aerospace Defense Command is getting ready to track Santa's yuletide journey. The NORAD Tracks Santa website, http://www.noradsanta.org, went live Dec. 1 featuring a countdown calendar, a kid's countdown village complete with holiday games and activities that change daily, and video messages from students and troops from around the world....
Richard Branson: Time To Rethink 'Business As Usual' - NPR | ..."And I was fortunate enough, after many visits to many wonderful, weird people to come across Burt Rutan, who is a genius in the Mojave Desert. And SpaceShipOne was born and had three flights into space that won something called the X Prize. And from there, we're building...
Today in Aviation History – December 2 - CRUFC
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Indy Transponder 27-AUG-2011 2345z
Acro Camp 2 QuickCast 1 — The Pilot's Flight PodLog | Michelle, Will, and David have all gathered at Ray Community Airport (57D) in Michigan for the principle filming for Acro Camp 2, the independent film that takes for pilots and teams them up with two aerobatic instructors.
Acro Camp 2 Day 1 from The Pilot's Flight PodLog
Air show cut short - WCSH-TV | BRUNSWICK, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Hurricane Irene is cutting the first ever civilian-run airshow in Brunswick short. Organizers had to cancel Sunday's festivities. But the crowds had plenty of performances to enjoy Saturday. ...
Aerobatics highlight Wings Over Waukesha - Military & Aerospace Electronics | ... John Mohr Stearman barnstorming aerobatics, Dave Dacy-Tony Kazian wingwalking, and Dr. In addition, Wings over Waukesha has confirmed that the Yankee Air Museum in Detroit will bring its fullyrestored World War II era B-25 "Mitchell" bomber and the ...
After air show, B-2 Stealth Bomber flies over Boulder - Daily Camera | It participated in an air show at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport in Broomfield. ( CLIFF GRASSMICK ) Boulder residents were greeted with the sights and sounds of a B-2 bomber around 2 pm Saturday. The US Air Force aircraft was participating in this ...
Mayor leads Eastbourne tributes to Red Arrows pilot - Eastbourne Today | Flight Lieutenant Jon Egging, 33, died on Saturday (August 20) following a display at the Bournemouth Air Festival. One week before the tragic incident, Flt Lt Egging had wowed the crowds at Airbourne and now the Eastbourne people who met him during ...
Rebuild Tsunami - our current newsletter from Speed, Props & Pylons. | Sharon's Corner, P-51 Ride Raffle, Oshkosh 2011, Reno 2011, John's Column, Volunteers Needed
The high wing Howards were designed by Gordon Israel and Benjamin Howard and was one of the early experimenters in aircraft design in the late 1920’s and early ‘30s. He designed several low wing racers and had his eyes firmly set on the Bendix and Thompson trophies. These were races with large prize ...
Sir Richard Branson backs rescue of WW2 bomber - Times Series | SIR Richard Branson has backed the Royal Air Force museum's fundraising campaign to rescue a Second World War aircraft. The museum in Grahame Park Way, Colindale launched its appeal to raise £250000 towards the recovery and ...
Connecticut's Role in Early Aviation - Patch.com | For anyone who has ever visited the Smithsonian Institute National Museum of Air & Space is likely familiar with the Wright's “Flyer” airplane. It seems suspended in mid-flight high above visitors' heads. According to several aviation historians the ...
Vintage X-24A Model Restoration from The Unwanted Blog | A recent project: restoring the decals and finish on a vintage X-24A display model. The paint was
Virginia Spaceport Hunkered Down by Storm - from Spaceports | Hurricane Irene's eye is approaching the NASA Wallops Flight Facility and the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport launch pads where up to 2-feet of water is expected to wash over the island from the storm wind gusts of up to 75 mph, leaving severe flooding in its wake. NASA Wallops personnel and security
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Indy Transponder 16-JAN-2011 2030z
Midwest Aviation Conference and Trade Show Features Rod Hightower, Erik Lindbergh, and Gregg Maryniak from The Aero Experience
Day 1 of the 2011 Midwest Aviation Conference and Trade Show featured local aviation safety experts as well as internationally known presenters. The two-day event, sponsored by the Greater St. Louis Flight Instructors Association, has become an annual local institution - a combination of trade show, fund raiser, ...
FW190 at Planes of Fame from Another Time
I must confess that I really am a big fan of these new build FW190s. What once was absent from the skies now flies again. No matter what era of aviation, no matter what type of airplane, I love to see types that ...Air force display team cleared for take-off
Six airshow appearances by the Red Checkers were subsequently cancelled and the five-aircraft display team has not flown publicly since. ...
Pilot killed in crash honoured one year on - Manawatu Standard
Mr Cree, an experienced instructor and member of the Red Checkers aerobatic team, was practising an aerobatic manoeuvre – known as a fish tail pass – when ...
Can you help air tattoo? - Swindon Advertiser
THE Royal International Air Tattoo wants prominent sites on which it can display it new artwork. Organisers of the event at RAF Fairford are hoping that ...
DVD Review: Sanicole International Airshow 2010 DVD and Photobook Pack by Flightline UK
Available from the Sanicole Airshow website
The Sanicole International Airshow is one of the most famous and rest regarded shows in Europe. Flightline UK made it’s first visit to the show in 2010 and I have to admit, it was probably my favourite show of the year. Few other shows provide quite the variety of Sanicole and it is supremely well organised! This year the show included such acts as the Canadian Skyhawks Parachute Team, the Swift Aerobatic Display Team, Breitling Jet Team, Breitling Wingwalkers, Belgian F-16, Dutch AH-64D Apache, Red Bull AH-1 Cobra and the Turkish Stars.
For the first time in 2010, Sanicole hosted a Sunset Show on the Friday before the show. While Sunset ...
Most Female Friendly Airport in the United States! from Flight To Success
March 8 1910, Raymonde de Laroche became the first woman to earn a pilot license in the world. In September of the same year, Bessica Medlar Raiche, a Wisconsin native, became the first woman to solo an airplane on the American continent.
One hundred years later, to celebrate the achievements of these trailblazing women, pilots ...
Encouraging Girls to be Pilots from Life on the Road as a Pilot
Two things happened recently to prompt this blog post. First, I exhibited at the Great Lakes Aviation Conference last weekend with my 9 year old niece, Delaney. Second, I received an email asking me about the role models on the website. More about that later.
So, first off, the Great Lakes Aviation Conference (GLAC) was held at Eastern Michigan University Student ...
The Great Air Race – England to Melbourne 1934 - Wall Street Stocks
The MacRobertson Trophy Air Race took place October, 1934 as part of the Melbourne Centenary celebrations. The idea of the race was devised by the Lord Mayor of Melbourne, and a prize fund of $75000 was put up by Sir Macpherson Robertson, a wealthy Australian confectionery manufacturer, on the conditions that the race be named after his MacRobertson confectionery company, and that it be organised to be as safe as possible. The race was organised by the Royal ...
Soviet Warbirds from FenceCheck Forums
Centennial of Naval Aviation - Heritage Paint Schemes from FenceCheck Forums
Transitional Helicopter Flight Training (1956) from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club
National Archives and Records Administration – ARC Identifier 36696 / Local Identifier 111-TF-2423 – Transitional Helicopter Flight Training: Part I – Transition to the H-19 – Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (09/18/1947 – 02/28/1964). This film covers the H-19′s preflight inspection, taxiing, normal takeoff, hovering, autorotations, normal and steep approach, and engine shutdown.
January 16 from Cut and Paste Aviation
First flight of AF-4 from Flight Image of the Day
The eleventh Lockheed Martin F-35 flight-test aircraft is expected to begin taxi trials during the week of 10 January ahead of first flight as the $380 billion programme faces the consequences of the most sweeping government review to date. ...
Broken leg delays Richard Branson's flight attendant debut from Flight International
Branson AirAsia uniform.JPGEarlier this month on the slopes Sir Richard Branson broke his leg after a fellow skier crashed into him. (The other skier's identity has not been released, but who wants to bet it was someone who did not get their upgrade after trying one of these excuses?)
It was especially bad timing as Branson next month ...
More turmoil for Spaceport America from Personal Spaceflight
The new year has not been a good one so far for Spaceport America, the commercial spaceport under construction in southern New Mexico. Early this month executive director Rick Homans resigned, apparently at the insistence of the administration of new governor Susana Martinez, who took office on New Year’s Day. On Thursday the governor announced the formation of a six-person “transition team” to examine the ...
Monday, December 13, 2010
Indy Transponder 13-DEC-2010 1130z
Air show promises top-flight fun - The National | AL AIN // Around 130000 people are expected to attend the Al Ain Aerobatic Show in February, organisers say, promising an even more adrenaline-charged event ...
September 10 & 11 2011 from Windsor International Air Show by Sounds of Freedom III ~ Work is progressing on the 2011 show and tickets will be offered soon with some really great early bird deals. The confirmed line up as of today; Snowbirds, Mike Goulian, Pete McLeod, Jacquie B, Neal Darnell (Jet Truck), Firecat, Hawk One… We're awaiting more confirmations and acts as we get them. Many more are lined up with conversations ongoing.We're looking to keep it interesting and still have the familiar Sounds of Freedom theme. We'll be setting up the new website soon with updated information. Stay Tuned
Extreme Air Combat Adventure From Fighter Combat International Voted Top 21 ... - PR Web | This rare fighter pilot for a day opportunity is provided by Fighter Combat International, a company based in Mesa, Arizona, that specializes in aerobatic ...
Hawker Sea Harriers say farewell in poignant flypast over Imperial War Museum ... - Culture24 | By Culture24 Staff | 12 December 2010 A formation of four Harrier aircraft performed a flypast over Imperial War Museum Duxford last week in what is likely ...
Australian pilot saved by manure manoeuvre - Monsters and Critics.com | 'The council had shifted it to the edge of the runway, and the aeroplane finished up in that,' Buckley told national broadcaster ABC on Monday…
China fighter jet clones and longer range missiles and nuclear powered missile ... - Next Big Future | China is offering the JF-17 for $10 million less than Russia's $30 million MiG-29. China is 8-10 years from making a F22 like stealth fighter.
Volunteer Flights Save Lives Statewide from Aviation Blogs by flyer98 | When it comes to serving and protecting people, Ken Calman is a tried and true veteran with more than two decades of hands-on experience with the Phoenix Police Department. As a retired uniformed patrol…
Lost Bet Puts Richard Branson In Heels from Aviation Blogs by Av8tor | The two men laid the wager over whose Formula One team would place higher in this year's rankings. Although both teams had zero points, Mr Fernandes's Lotus F1 team was placed ahead of Sir Richard's Virgin Racing by virtue of its better race finishing positions…
When science meets fiction - Irish Medical Times | A round-the-world flight without fuel would write a new page of aviation history. But the project is not just a quest for extreme technological performance ...
Joseph W. Cunningham - Martinsburg Journal | He was associated with the Flying Tigers in the China Burma Theater. He was a design engineer for Goddard Space Flight Center, and one of Mr. Cunningham's ...
Restoring a special B-17 from General Aviation News By BILL WALKER |The man was in his 80s, too frail to lift himself through the door of the iconic aircraft being restored in the gallery of the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum in Savannah, Ga. "What if he hurt himself?" someone asked. "The museum might be liable," someone else worried out loud. "Well, this guy's getting in that airplane," a third person said firmly and the man was gently lifted in as his daughter watched quietly…
The Juan T. Trippe by Joe Clark | These days, if you don't know who Juan T. Trippe is, the old airplane guys can almost excuse you because we are now moving so far down the timeline away from the glorious days of airline travel. This was a time when Pan American World Airways ruled the skies. For those who don't know of Mr. Trippe, he is the man who created the airline…
Profile 44 - Harold Thune's F6F from WWII & Korean Conflict Airplane Profiles by JSM | Last month, I announced to my wife, "No more airplanes for a long while." Funny how things work because the ears of Fate must have remembered a comment I made to Steve Heffernan, a historian at the Naval Air Museum in Pensacola, FL…
Neil Armstrong e-Mails of 1st Moon Walk from Spaceports by jack@jackkennedy.net (JackKennedy) The first human to step foot on the surface of the Moon tells NPR blogger Robert Krulwich why he (Neil Armstrong) and Buzz Aldrin walked such a modest distance of less than one hundred yards distance from their lunar lander on the Moon back in July 1969 in an unusual response well worth the reading…
The Buzz: Aviation and Aerospace News With MySkyMom from Ask My Sky Mom by Danielle Gibeault | The SpaceX Dragon made history as the first private company space launch and retrieval, Continental Airlines found guilty in 2001 Concorde crash, more!...
Dragon Success and Atlantis Engines – SpacePod 2010.12.13 from Spacevidcast by bencredible | The end is in sight for the Space Shuttle while the future of SpaceX is looking bright. I'm Benjamin Higginbotham and this is your SpacePod for December 13th, 2010. The big news this last week was that Space Exploration Technologies or SpaceX has become the first company in the world to have a spacecraft launch, orbit the Earth, re-enter our atmosphere and be safely recovered. Until now only 3 countries have been able to accomplish this: the US, Russia and China. Here's a quick review of the launch itself just in case you missed it
BEST OF THE BEST: shuttle compilation from Spaceports by jack@jackkennedy.net (JackKennedy) Photographic documentation of a Space Shuttle launch plays a critical role in the engineering analysis and evaluation process that takes place during each and every mission. Motion and Still images enable Shuttle engineers to visually identify off-nominal events and conditions requiring corrective action to ensure mission safety and success. This imagery also provides highly inspirational and educational insight to those outside the NASA family…
"'Throttle?' We Just Ring Down To The Engineer!" from The Adventures of Roberta X by Roberta X | The Dornier Do-X; an airplane that did not have a cockpit so much as it had a bridge:
And, yes, they really did have an engineer standing watch over the dozen temperamental engines and working the (so to speak) gas pedal:
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Indy Transponder 12-DEC-2010 1630z
LETTER: Thanks to Shriners for taking over air show - Evansville Courier & Press | I was at work at Evansville Regional Airport when a Blue Angels' F-18 landed for their planning meeting. What an awesome sight. Thanks, Shriners, for this ...
Al Ain aerobatic show soaring to new heights - AME Info | ADTA, organisers of the Al Ain Aerobatic Show - the 'Oasis City's' annual aerobatics display, running 2-5 February 2011 at Al Ain International Airport ...
Great Cockpit Video - Rob Holland Daytona Airshow from Flightstory.net - Aviation Blog by Michael | What about some airshow fun on this cold December day? I just found this amazing video on YouTube, showing Rob Holland in his MX2 at Daytona Wings and Waves Airshow 2010. The footage is taken straight out of the cockpit using a helmet camera! So you're going to see the whole action from pilots eye in finest HD quality! …
Few exhibit spaces remaining for US Sport Aviation Expo - Tbo.com | While some few exhibitors have dropped out, this has been more than made up for by new exhibitors identified at AirVenture and through advertising, ...
CAF Opens Their Doors for Aircraft Viewing - NewsWest9.com | MIDLAND - The Commemorative Air Force opened their doors giving West Texans a chance to peek inside the world's only B-29 bomber "Fi-Fi. ...
Camarillo holds 49th annual Christmas parade - Ventura County Star | The official start to the parade was a flyover of two World War II vintage aircraft provided by the Commemorative Air Force Southern California Wing based ...
Now 500 Aviation Museums on line from the ZAPP Group from AVIATION-NEWS by Rob Vogelaar | After three years working in spare time we have 500 aviation related museums on line. We hope to have them all online in 2015, there is a lot of work to do for us. We can't do it all with our team, what we need is information and photo's of any aviation museum in [...] Related posts:Aviation accidents decline in 2006, group says Aviation Capital Group orders 20 Airbus A320 Family Aircraft Boeing and Aviation Capital Group Finalize Order for 14 Next-Generation 737s…
The Mirage F1 of the Brussels Air Museum from Let Let Let - Warplanes by Daniel | The mIrage bears a desert camo that gives him a splendid aspect. The aircraft is actually presented just on the side on the F-16 FA-01: you have to know that when Belgium, The Netherlands, Denmark and Norway bought the F-16 in the seventies, the Mirage F1 was in competition, like also the YF-17 (that became later the F-18) and the Saab Viggen…
Front and Center - Shreveport Times | He was assigned to the 2230th Army Air Force Base Unit as a tail gunner on B-17 bombers. His overseas duty was in Sicily, Naples-Foggia, Rome-Arno and the ...
Loody Christofero, longtime Boy Scout executive, dies at 93 - Kansas City Star | One day during World War II, Lodovico S. "Loody" Christofero was flying his B-17 over Seattle, Wash. He called his mother, ...
Another day that will live in infamy — how can we forget? - Culpeper Star Exponent | Kelly was stationed at Clark Field in the Philippines as a B-17 pilot. On Dec. 10, 1941, while under attack by the Japanese, he and his crew took off with ...
Baranov Museum is often a Blue Star Museum - In Alaska, participating museums include the Baranov Museum plus the Alutiiq Museum in Kodiak, the Alaska State Museum in Juneau, plus the Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum in Anchorage. The complete list of participating museums is ...
I'm back! from Flying for Dummies by Chris Nielsen - I can't believe my last post here was February! That's really slack of me :-) Not much has happened for me in aviation over winter - I've not flown, not taken any photos, been too busy with other things. Now I've gone and gotten current again, and bought a DSLR for aviation stuff, well I'm back baby! I've got some pics here for you from the recent Warbirds Open Day at Ardmore…
Lebanon Aero Club destroyed by devastating winter storms - Arabian Aerospace | The Aero Club of Lebanon was devastated yesterday when heavy winter storms destroyed or seriously damaged the club's few remaining aircraft stationed at its ...
Historic 747 reaches a grim destination - Los Angeles Times | Frustrated owners in South Korea, unable to profit from their piece of aviation history, have it demolished. By John M. Glionna Los Angeles Times Staff ...
December 12 from Cut and Paste Aviation by KenInfinite
The ICON A5 from J Clark | Yesterday, I had an exchange of comments with one of the readers which prompted me to send her a link to the ICON A5 aircraft. If you have never seen this new airplane, and you are a pilot who likes the water, before you read any further strap on your seat belt so you don't fall out of your chair in front of your computer…
Richard Branson to be AirAsia X flight attendant on 21 February from Flight International by Will Horton | Mark your calendars to catch the spectacle or keep your eyes covered: Sir Richard Branson will don an AirAsia X flight attendant uniform on 21 February and serve passengers on an AirAsia X flight between London and Kuala Lumpur. AirAsia's marketing department is teasing us with this Photoshop concoction on the right…
27 Years Before the Eagle Was the First F-15 from Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago | The Northrop P-61 Black Widow, despite having a wingspan of 66 feet and being the size of most medium bombers, possessed a high speed and maneuverability that made it a candidate for further development into a very-long range day fighter. With the war in the Pacific now on the front door step of the Home Islands, there arose a need for a fighter with a very long range to escort the Boeing B-29 Superfortress bombers from their bases in the Marianas and China to Japan and back…
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Thursday, December 2, 2010
Indy Transponder 02-DEC-2010 0200z
Greg Poe: Elevating Lives from Featured by Richard VanderMeulen
Greg Poe flying his two-seat MX2. (Richard VanderMeulen) For many, being a world-renowned air show performer at the top of his game would be the pinnacle of their career and the answer to lifelong dreams. For Greg Poe, that laudable position is simply a tool he uses to teach kids how they can elevate their own lives with his Elevate Your Life program. ...
Blue Angels Homecoming 2010 - NAS Pensacola - 11/11/10 from FenceCheck Forums
Cancelled or Postponed Airshows/Aerial Events for 2011 from FenceCheck Forums
ACC gets $2100 from Dakota Air show - Jamestown Sun
The Anne Carlsen Center received a donation totaling more than $2100, as money was raised through a Prairie Public Broadcasting program held in November. ...
Santa Fly-In Cash Drive For Interfaith - MyMotherLode.com
Sonora, CA -- The Santa Fly-In Food and Coat Drive is coming up Saturday morning at Standard Park, and the Santa Fly-In Cash Drive for Interfaith is coming ...
DC-3 75th Anniversary - ATWOnline
The British press ridiculed KLM Royal Dutch Airlines' entry of its shiny new DC-2 into the MacRoberston Air Race from London to Australia in 1934. ...
POW during Vietnam War POW holds records for sky dives, balloon crossing
Joseph Kittinger had only 33 sky dives under his belt on the day in August 1960 when he stepped to the edge of a balloon gondola, peered into the white abyss and jumped.
Perhaps sky dive isn’t the correct term — space dive might be a better way to describe what he did, a feat that still stands 50 years later. Because on that day, Kittinger wasn’t just ejecting from a jet or leaping from a single-engine plane, he was setting the record for the highest, fastest and longest sky dive. ...
Skydivers, air acrobatics stun early morning traffic - Emirates 24/7
What appeared to be a bright yellow Cessna, the aircraft was engaged in an aerobatic display that delighted many onlookers from their cars, ...
Aerodays 2011 – Sixth European Aeronautics Days from Roger-Wilco
The sixth European Aeronautics Days will take place from 30 March to 1 April 2011 in Madrid, following its successful predecessor events that took place in Brussels (1991), Naples (1993), Toulouse (1997), Hamburg (2001) and Vienna (2006). ...
The cool news is there’s a new speed record for electric aircraft. A French pilot flew his twin-engine, electric powered Cri-Cri to a top speed of 162 miles per hour. This beats the previous record of 155 mph set by an Italian team in 2009.
The somewhat embarrassing news is the record was set September 5. ...
Come fly with me - Comet 24
... pilot from Hitchin who performs at air shows across the country is giving the opportunity for an aviation enthusiast to join him on an aerobatic flight. ...
My AOPA Summit '10 trip to CA from Life on the Road as a Pilot
This November I left the weather in Northeast Ohio to almost the exact same weather in Southern California. No kidding, a solid week of sun and mid-60's in Cleveland, in November and I missed it? Yes, but what I got to experience in SoCal was SO much better!
I have to admit, however, I was totally dreading this trip on the airlines. I have not flown commercially since ...
This seems like a terrible idea. Yet somehow they managed to pull it off without catapulting nose-first into the wet.
These photos (and the video below) show the Flying Lions, a South African aerobatic team, performing a stunt in 2006. The trick is ...
Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR2 - Aviation Geeks
Classed as the first operational close-support fighter/reconnaissance aircraft with vertical take-off capabilities, the Hawker Siddeley Harrier or sometimes better known as the “Jump Jet” came to the eyes of the world in the 1960s. ...
Apollo 13 Commander Jim Lovell Delivers Ubben Lecture - DePauw University
December 1, 1995, Greencastle, Ind. - "Why am I here today?," asked former astronaut and retired business executive James A. Lovell Jr. during a Timothy and Sharon Ubben Lecture at DePauw University today. "Because of teamwork both with the crew and the people on the ground," added Lovell, who has received a good deal of attention since Tom Hanks portrayed him in the hit movie Apollo 13. He called the Apollo 13 mission "a great study in crisis management."
Lovell discussed "Apollo 13: A Successful Failure" in an 11 a.m. address in the ...
Recreational Aviation Foundation seeks executive director - AOPA Pilot
The RAF's Tim Clifford joined Fuller on AOPA Live during Sun 'n Fun in April to discuss the mission and initiatives the nonprofit organization is tackling. ...
Museum of Flight from Flight To Success
Today my sidekick, alias my granddaughter Kadence, and I hit the town delivering fliers for December 5th FREE FLIGHT Event.
First stop--- Museum of flight. When I told her we were going to the museum, she said, "there's a snake." I told her this museum didn't have snakes. She asked, "Why grandma?" Explain that one to a two-year-old. ...
Plenty Of Options For Aviator Gifts from AVweb Top News
If you're looking for unique holiday gifts for the aviator on your list, or compiling a list of your own, plenty of options have been flowing into the AVweb inbox. Bonham's auction house in Oxford is selling a pair of wooden photograph cases made from one of the main spars of the tri-plane flown by Manfred Von Reichthofen, known as the "Red Baron," in World War I. The airplane was shot down in April 1918. The two cases will be auctioned on Dec. 7 and are expected to sell for about $600 to $900. Build A Plane is holding an online auction to support its efforts to help kids learn about aviation and science by building their own airplanes. Bidders can find special passes to EAA AirVenture, a Garmin GPS, a Bahamas weekend and more. The auction continues until Dec. 17, with new items listed every day.
Book of the Day: 'Winged Victory' from Theo Spark
At last the book of the Blog has arrived! “Winged Victory, 1940” is a 420 page book with illustrations of planes and people. The cover price is £12.95 plus postage.
Airplanes and Mountains from ASB.tv
Have you ever wanted to travel the world by plane or jet to view all the amazing sights? In these pictures you can get a little taste of what it’s really like to do just that. Planes that are flying over mountains, large bodies of water, and massive canyons. Not to mention planes resting on glaciers, in snow storms, and finding secret cabins in the forest. Get away for a second and imagine being in these mysterious places: ...
The December edition of the Heartland Warrior is now available. The official E-Paper of the 434th Air Refueling Wing includes seven pages of stories, photos and features pertaining to Grissom ARB and the U.S. Air Force. Top stories include:
--President Obama arrives at Grissom
--Grissom families reunited after deployments
--74th ARS has new commander
--Bridging the gap
--Turkey trot
To read this issue of the Heartland Warrior, click here
UDT-SeAL — their national museum from Travel for Aircraft
Air France Sends the A380 to Washington from Things in the Sky
Air France announced Tuesday that it would send its A380 superjumbo aircraft to Washington-Dulles this summer, with daily service beginning on June 6. ...
A first landing for Virgin America from Sky Talk
It was a smooth first landing for Virgin America's inaugural flight to Dallas/Fort Worth airport. With the Fort Worth cattle herd and champagne, local dignitaries greeted the plane. "This our first midcontinent city," said Virgin America ceo David Cush. "We hope to have a long history here."
The carrier - which is 25 percent owned by Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group - launched service today from D/FW to Los Angeles. Flights to San Francisco start on December 6. It will have two daily flights to each city. ...
Sierra Nevada looking at X-34 as Dream Chaser testbed from RLV and Space Transport News
Sierra Nevada is one of the firms that supported NASA's retrieval of the X-34s from storage: Sierra Nevada Studying X-34 As Rocket Testbed - Aviation Week.
They want to use the suborbital vehicles to support their Dream Chaser program. They are thinking of powering a X-34 with one of their hybrid motors: ...
Mystery Space Plane Coming Home, Still No Clue What it Does from Defense Tech
So, the world’s most mysterious UAV is set to return to Earth after spending nearly eight months in space where it did lord only knows what. Courtesy of the LA Times: The X-37, an unmanned spacecraft that resembles a miniature version of the space shuttle, is set to land at Vandenberg Air Force Base as [...]
