Wings Over Pittsburgh air show aims to repeat success - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | The Wings Over Pittsburgh air show will give an encore performance here next year to mark the 10th anniversary of 9/11…
Aviation Mall to hold Halloween event - Glens Falls Post-Star | QUEENSBURY, NY -- All area children with their parents are invited to enjoy Halloween at Aviation Mall with trick or treating and a children's costume contest ...
Video: US Air Force Thunderbirds Fly Over the Magic Kingdom ... by Amanda Tinney - The US Air Force Thunderbirds fly over Disney parade floats, park guests and Cinderella Castle Oct. 26, 2010 at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vi...
Pararescuemen demonstrate their skills during Air Force Week from AF.mil PA pararescuemen from the 920th Rescue Wing jumps from an HC-130P/N King while performing a freefall rescue demonstration Oct. 27, 2010, at Cocoa Beach, Fla. As part of the demonstration for Air Force Week Cocoa Beach, the Airman will swim to shore. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Rob Grande)
Save the Day in Fort Worth, Texas: Flying Musicians: Landing at AOPA Summit 2010
from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale | Flying Musicians: Landing at AOPA Summit 2010 -- Live Performances at the AOPA Airportfest Stage Sponsored by Sennheiser– Fort Worth, Texas – The Flying Musicians Association, Inc. (FMA), a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, will be featured during the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) Aviation Summit on November 11-13. With more than 410,000 members, AOPA is the largest civil aviation association in the world…
Horror Stories From Space: 10 Ways Life in Orbit Can Be Rough from SPACE.com - In honor of Halloween, here are 10 ways space station living can be a horror story....
Apollo 13 astronaut recalls dark day - Indiana Gazette | It was real people, though, like his uncle, a naval aviator, and Robert Goddard, an American rocketry pioneer, who piqued Lovell's interest in a way that ...
B-17 journey brings about new appreciation, old memories - al.com | 2000 FEET OVER NORTH ALABAMA - I am sitting at the radio man's desk, wind whooshing above me from the open top of the B-17. The four props are a blur out ...
WWII war planes - The Birmingham News - al.com | L to R, former B-17 pilots Wilburn Howard and Robert Schultz greet each other in front of The Collings Foundation's WINGS OF FREEDOM TOUR's Boeing B-17 ...
Pilot makes quick landing on I-65 - News Courier | Lankford said he was flying from Hazel Green to a Courtland air show when the emergency landing became necessary. Firefighters, emergency personnel and an ...
I have an aversion to this sort of inversion! from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | I've heard of, and seen, inverted flight . . . but inverted landings? That's new to me, but a stunt pilot, Craig Hosking, modified his Pitts Special, 'Double Take', for the purpose. Weird, but certainly entertaining! I particularly liked the second tail-wheel on top of the tail . . . but when I'm in a plane, I think I'd greatly prefer the more conventional variety of landing, thank you very much! Peter
SpaceShipTwo makes another glide test over Calif - San Jose Mercury News | SpaceShipTwo made its first unpowered flight on Oct. 10 at Mojave Air & Space Port. The program is progressing toward tests in which the craft will fire its ...
Virgin's SpaceShipTwo completes 2nd glide flight - msnbc.com | More glide tests are on the books, part of "an aggressive flight test schedule," according to Burt Rutan, founder of Scaled Composites. ...
10 pilots volunteer time, planes to give foster kids a chance to fly from Aviation eBrief | An initiative involving 10 volunteer pilots, the American Charities Foundation and the Experimental Aircraft Association Youn -More-
Youth Pilot Program Grounded Again in Big Spring - NewsWest9.com | It's called "Young Eagle Flights" and it takes place at the Hanger 25 Air Museum. It had to be canceled because not enough planes are ready. ...
PR: Claire Bear Aviation Books Win National Recognition from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale | Two Named as "Best Book 2010" FinalistsAurora, Colorado – On October 26, 2010, USABookNews.com named two publications from Powder Puff Pilot as finalists of their Best Books 2010 Awards. Claire Bear's First Solo was recognized in the Children's Picture Book: Softcover Fiction category, while Claire Bear Explains… What Pilots Fly placed as a finalist in the Children's Picture Book: Softcover NonFiction category. Powder Puff Pilot is a Colorado-based publisher and web retailer that specializes in gear and accessories for women pilots…
How the Lockheed P-80 Saved McDonnell Aircraft from Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago | In 1942 James McDonnell was summoned to Washington to meet with officials from the US Navy's Bureau of Aeronautics (BuAer). At the time McDonnell Aircraft only built parts for other aircraft manufacturers at its St. Louis facilities and only had one aircraft program going, the XP-67 Moonbat fighter…
Lockheed proposes F-35'ing the F-22 from The DEW Line by Stephen Trimble | So far, the F-22 and F-35 have been developed along parallel paths. Except for one of the F-35's engines, the direct links between Lockheed's two "fifth-generation fighters" are surprisingly thin. It seems both Lockheed Martin and the US Air Force like it that way. If an official -- or even unofficial -- photo exists showing both aircraft together in flight, I've never seen it…
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Indy Transponder 30-OCT-2010 1430z
Friday, October 22, 2010
Indy Transponder 22-OCT-10 1030z
Tony Stewart makes 2nd Pit Stop with the Golden Knights! from US Army Golden Knights by Joe Abeln | Tony Stewart his father Nelson and sister Natalie Several months ago the Golden Knights were honored to have NASCAR Driver/Owner Tony Stewart and his father Nelson visit us in Cincinnati. They did a little more than just visit. They wanted to know what it was like to go 120 mph with out the use of…
Copperstate Fly-In features vintage, custom airplanes - Arizona Republic | A nearby sign priced tours inside the B-17 Flying Fortress at $5. "Military goes through free if you guys would like to wander," Kozimor said…
Final iFlight from #NBAA10 is the best - no butts about it from Runway Girl by Mary Kirby | Day 3 of Flightglobal's iFlight magazine from #NBAA10 is my favorite by far. Be sure to check my hall highlights video, including footage of the butt sketcher, who drew big crowds to the Jet Works Air Center booth…
NBAA's Successful 2010 Convention Concludes Today from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | ATLANTA GA - As the National Business Aviation Association -NBAA- concluded its 63rd Annual Meeting & Convention, Association President and CEO Ed Bolen said the highly successful show reflects its continuing value, even as the industry continues to confront a turbulent marketplace…
Atlanta museum of aviation visit blog/report. 14-10-2010 from Gary Watson's Posts - Stick and Rudder by Gary Watson | I had seen through various sat/images, that since last year, the collection of former naval aircraft held over at a National guard complex in and around Dobbins AFB, had moved to another part of the airfield, now showing on this year's images…
Air force doesn't rate GC600 - Gold Coast Bulletin News | THE Gold Coast 600 was not considered 'significant' enough to warrant a military air show, the Defence Department has revealed. The department claims the ...
Dragon Spacecraft Headed to the National Mall - Space Ref | The SpaceX booth will be on the Mall at booth number 333, on 4th Street just north of Jefferson, not far from the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum. ...
Ex-Joint Chiefs head shares U-2 story in book from Air Force Times - News by Staff writer | One proposal to start a war in Iraq: Let Saddam Hussein shoot down an Air Force U-2…
Air Force Week in Photos from Air Force Link Top Stories by afnews@dma.mil | This week's photo highlights 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 slideshow. more...
F-22 Raptor Engineer Prevents Crash By Causing One - Jalopnik | Innes, an engineer and Boeing's manager of the F-22 fighter-jet program, quickly did the math, sped up, and let the pickup crash into him. ...
Remembering the Lancaster Bomber Aircrews
from Defense Forum at DefenceTalk.com by Doering | Something a little different! A video that compiles original photos and film segments to remember the aircrews who flew the "Lancs" during WWII. Enjoy "Courage and Passion"! Courage and Passion...
Vintage planes open their hatches for a look inside at the Chesterfield County ... - Progress Index | After World War II, the Mustang became a popular plane in air racing contests. The Wings of Freedom Tour will remain at Chesterfield County Airport until ...
Marvelous Early Flying Machines - Photo Gallery - LIFE from http://www.life.com/ | In the years just before and after the Wright brothers' legendary flight at Kitty Hawk in 1903, the science—and the art—of aviation caught the public imagination like few technological pursuits before or since…
Crocodile blamed for aircraft crash from Flight International by Will Horton | Quirky news is a good beat to cover when the news is innocuous, but once lives are lost the news serves as a reminder we are in a serious industry and matters need to be checked, double checked, and re-checked. Or in this situation: thought through. The solve survivor of a 25 August aircraft crash in the Democratic Republic of Congo now says a crocodile is to blame for the loss of 19 lives on a Czech-made Let L-410 Turbolet…
Heli Shot At, Hit, While Flying In Idaho from AVwebFlash Current Issue | Federal and state authorities are considering charges for a suspect who earned the attention of the FBI for his possible role in putting bullet holes in a Bell Jet Ranger as it flew near Clarkia, Idaho, on October 14…
Pedal to the Metal - Sikorsky Goes Full Speed on X2 Raider from Ares by Graham Warwick | So Sikorsky is going to spend "a couple of hundred million dollars" of its own and suppliers' money to build two prototypes of its S-97 X2 Raider light tactical helicopter - a bold move Sikorsky president Jeff Pino says the company had to make to ensure the high-speed coaxial-rotor helicopter is considered for the US Army's Armed Aerial Scout requirement to replace the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior…
Trailrotor from The Unwanted Blog | One variant of the tiltrotor concept is the "trailrotor." The basic tiltrotor concept has the problem that the proprotors must be a compromise between efficient at low speed and efficient at high speed, and no such prop design exists. The trailrotor is a concept that focusses the proprotor towards low speed efficiency, and then slows, stops and folds the proprotor out of the way at high speed…
The SpaceShipTwo plan - phasing in spaceflight step by step from RLV and Space Transport News | Sounds like it won't be too long before another SpaceShipTwo glide flight: SS2 Test Moves Virgin Closer to Goal - Aviation Week - Oct.21.10. The article lays out the seven test phases planned for the SS2 that will precede revenue flights with paying passenger. The first two phases included ground tests and the captive-carry flights with WhiteKnightTwo. The glide flights represent the third phase. The fourth phase will involve subsonic flights powered by short bursts of the engine. Supersonic flights with longer burns represent the fifth phase while the sixth phase starts with full burns that power the SS2 to space…
Monday, October 18, 2010
Indy Transponder 18-OCT-10 1030z
Blue Angels cap off Wings Over Atlanta Air Show - Examiner.com | The two-day Wings Over Atlanta Air Show wrapped up Sunday afternoon with a performance by the Navy's Blue Angels. The free air show, which took place at ...
Pics from Wings Over Atlanta…The Blue Angels Show « A ... by maligner | Today I had a Great Patriotic day hanging out at Dobbins Air Force Base in Marietta, Ga (just north of Atlanta on 75), watching the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels, Canada's Snow Birds, and many others. It was a great show and a great fun day ...
Confessions of a Domestic Diva: Blue Angels Air Show at Dobbins ... by Tracey Axnick | The show is 100% free, several hours long (there are many acts.. the Blue Angels are the Grand Finale), and very uplifting (keep in mind I'm the daughter of an Air Force officer, so I'm a wee bit biased). Enjoy the clip! ...
Aerial show concludes: Winged spectacle draws 72000 in 3 days - El Paso Times | Russell, who helped found the Amigo Airsho along with Dick Azar has watched it grow into a tradition. "It's off the scale," Russell said. ...
25000 turn out for Air Expo - Parkersburg News | They especially enjoyed watching the flight demonstration of the US Navy F-18 Hornet. Blake Gentry, 12, of Ravenswood said he had a good time. ...
StephenForce: Song about airshow radio that'll never be played on airshow radio. Get your copy: http://media.libsyn.com/media/airspeed/LastPureThing.mp3
Air show seeking designs for T-shirt - Hilton Head Island Packet ... and Marine Corps Community Services are offering residents a chance to design the T-shirt for the 2011 Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort Air Show. ...
Owners of the Last B-29 Hope It Doesn't Bomb in Its New Mission - Wall Street Journal | Once Fifi was fully restored and approved for flights in the mid-1970s, she became a regular on the air-show circuit, keeping alive the public's fascination ...
Best Fall Regional Fly In -SERFI 2010 from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News -EVERGREEN AL- Polish your prop, and load the family, it's time for the South East Regional Fly In -SERFI. Evergreen Alabama is home to the 19th annual event held at Middleton Field- KGZH. Beautifully wooded RV camping sites open at noon on Wednesday October 20 and the Official Fly in Schedule of Events begins Friday, October 22 and runs through Sunday noon, October 24, 2010…
Idaho A-10 Unit Repeats as Hawgsmoke Champion from AFA Daily Report | The Idaho Air National Guard's 190th Fighter Squadron has taken top prize in "Hawgsmoke 2010," the Air Force's biennial A-10 competition, repeating its winning performance from 2008. The Idaho Statesman reports that the Idaho unit bested 17 other USAF A-10 teams that flew in from across the globe to Gowen ANG Base in Boise to compete in the bombing, missile, and tactical gunnery activities at the Mountain Home Range complex on Oct. 14. Overall, more than 40 A-10s participated, and more than 200 pilots and maintenance personnel. The Idaho Air Guardsmen got to host this year's event since they won Hawgsmoke 2008 in Salinas, Kans. Unlike in 2008, fleet-wide maintenance issues did not hamper the ability of some A-10 units to participate. (See also Boise report by TSgt. John Orrell)
UK Defense Review - Harriers Out, Tornado Survives? from Ares by Bill Sweetman | UK Prime Minister David Cameron is due to announce the results of the nation's strategic defense and security review on Tuesday afternoon. After performing twists and gyrations that would have put Strictly Come Dancing's Flexible Felicity to shame, much of the media had settled last week on a common narrative. Either it's right or the Ministry of Defence's department of obfuscation will pull down the OBEs and MBEs big-time in the next honours list…
Practice set for 8 Marine jets - Arizona Daily Star | Some warbirds rarely seen in Tucson will be flying over the city during the next few weeks. Eight AV-8B Harrier II jets, which can land vertically like ...
Chico pilot Thaddeus Kerns soared in early 1900s - Enterprise-Record ... Weitze looks at a photo of an old airplane as Barbara Hennigan (background) speaks at Chico Municipal Airport near the Chico Air Museum on Sunday. ...
PFP # 61 Virgin America Chief Pilots from The Pilot's Flight PodLog | On this episode, we start by getting a not-so short update of the progress of the Flight For the Human Spirit. Michael and Michele Combs join us in to tell the story of the trip from from Wilmington, Virginia to California. We discuss the visit to the Keys, then home to Texas, followed by some adventures on the way to Oshkosh…
Boeing 4-engine airliner lands on 2800ft strip! from Pilots of America Message Board by flyingcheesehead | I knew about this, but I had never seen video before - In 1977, a Boeing C97 - The military cargo version of the Boeing 377 Stratocruiser - was landed at the old Dodgeville airport, where it was then put in front of the Don Q Inn next door…
Pioneering jetpack inventor giving free talk in Queenstown - Scene Queenstown | He unveiled the Martin Jetpack at the Experimental Aircraft Association's Airventure in the United States in 2008. This year, his Martin Aircraft Company ...
Virgin Galactic glides closer to $200000-a-seat space shots - Christian Science Monitor | But Burt Rutan, the mutton-chopped engineering mind behind Virgin Galactic, pronounced himself pleased with the Enterprise's first flight, ...
SpaceShipTwo's Tourist Joyrides Could Launch Next Year - Space.com "We at Scaled look forward to an aggressive flight test schedule," said Burt Rutan, founder of Scaled Composites, which built SpaceShipTwo. ...
"Virgin Galactic" on National Geographic Channel from RLV and Space Transport News | National Geographic's documentary series Virgin Galactic, about the development of the WhiteKnightTwo/SpaceShipTwo vehicles, begins Monday night at 10:00 pm ET (too bad it's so late on a school night for kids). Here's a review: National Geographic Documents Virgin Galactic Test - NYTimes.com (via Jeff Foust).
High Power Rocketry – What's Your Neighbor Building In His Garage? from Parrothead Jeff | High power rocketry is an interesting hobby / mental illness. I've gotten into it in the past, but left for a few different reasons. There was the expense for one thing (propellant isn't free) and there were a few personality conflicts as well. I may very well get back into rocketry, but I don't think I'm going to go very big with the rockets – the smaller ones can still be a lot of fun, too…
Friday, October 15, 2010
Indy Transponder 15-OCT-2010 1000z
Tom Cruise Eyed for Role in 'Top Gun' Sequel: Report - ABC News | LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Paramount Pictures has made offers to producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Tony Scott for a sequel to their 1986 feature "Top Gun," with Christopher McQuarrie eyed to update the script, New York magazine's Vulture blog reported. Tom Cruise is expected to make an appearance as Maverick, the report said. David Ellison, the 27-year-old son of Oracle founder Larry Ellison, a trained aerobatic pilot, is a key driver of the project, according to Vulture. He recently raised $350 million to finance films and struck a first-look deal with Paramount. The first of their film collaborations will be "Mission: Impossible IV," starring Cruise…
Airport preps for Air Expo 2010 - Parkersburg News | "About 80 percent of the phone calls we receive are about the air show." Moore said the questions range from parking to food stands. ...
WWII P-51C Mustang To Appear At Wings Over Houston Airshow from AvStop » Number One Online Resource For General Aviation News | The Wings Over Houston Airshow at Ellington Airport in Houston, Texas on October 23-24, 2010, will feature many amazing aircraft. As fun and exciting as it will be to see them all in action, one airplane, a rare P-51C Mustang, will stand out from the others for two reasons: it has a bright red tail and it is a key part of an educational initiative…
Interview With A Stunt Pilot at 2500 Feet - KTSM News Channel 9 | We have 23 cities on our tour this year. We go into the communities where we do these airshow events, and we go talk to young people. Feeling ok?...
Inclement weather preempts Bethel airshow - Lewiston Sun Journal | BETHEL — Inclement weather forecast for this weekend and next has bumped Sunday's second annual Fall Foliage Community Event ...
Air Show In Dasara, India Abruptly Cancelled - Aero-News Network ... - Visitors arriving at the Lalitha Mahal Palace helipad to watch the Dasara air show on Tuesday were surprised and angry to find that the show had been abruptly cancelled. The show was expected to be the centerpiece of the 10-day Dasara ...
Cottonwood Airfest 2010 this weekend - Verde Independent | This year, the name is tweaked, but the Cottonwood Airport's Airfest 2010 event is bigger and better. It all takes place at the Cottonwood Airport, ...
Annual 'fly-in' Saturday, Oct. 16 at Mt. Vernon, Ill. - Carmi Times | Warbirds expected to make an appearance on Saturday include the P-51 "Mustang," Douglas C-47 "Sky Train/Gooney Bird," C-2 "COD," T-6 "Texans" and ...
Air station gem retires after 30 faithful years - Marines.mil "She calls the Blue Impulse, Japanese flight team, and asks them to come out for Friendship Day," said Keith. "They always say yes because it's Taeko asking ...
A different kind of formation from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | Most of us, I'm sure, are familiar with the Red Arrows, the aerobatic display team of the Royal Air Force. They're among the top performers in the world at their demanding profession.
Tuskegee museum gets rare World War II plane - The Detroit News | …air restrictions had become intolerable, so she loaned the plane in 2004 to the Experimental Aircraft Association's AirVenture Museum in Oshkosh, Wisc., ...
World War II bomber offers trip through history - Gwinnettdailypost.com | LAWRENCEVILLE — Some 66 years ago, Loganville resident Kenneth Powell was shot down over Munich, Germany, leaping from the B-17 bomber he was co-piloting ...
Baťa's plane to return home after decades - Prague Daily Monitor | Lockheed Electra L-10 A was manufactured in 1937 for US aviatrix Amelia Earhart, the first woman to accomplish a solo flight over the Atlantic. ...
Tributes paid to Yorkshire Air Museum chief Ian Robinson - The Press, York | A former airman who helped record Yorkshire's wartime history at the Yorkshire Air Museum in Elvington has died. ...
Raw Video: Skydiving Into Michigan Stadium with the 101st Airborne Division, from Fort Campbell, Kentucky, USA from The Kathryn Report | Video by MGoBlueVideo | October 14, 2010Sgt. Adam Sniffen from the 101st Airborne Division from Fort Campbell, Kentucky, delivers the game ball via parachute before the Michigan vs. MSU game at Michigan Stadium on Oct. 9, 2010. After a year in the planning stages, Sgt. Adam Sniffen jumped from a Cessna several thousand feet above Michigan Stadium and skydived into the largest football stadium..
Virgin Galatic to be featured in TV series - Las Cruces Sun-News | Virgin Galactic provides exclusive documentary coverage of Sir Richard Branson, head of Virgin Galactic, and legendary aeronautical engineer Burt Rutan, ...
SS2 to Utilize Kennedy Space Center? from Spaceports by jack@jackkennedy.net (JackKennedy) Sir Richard Branson, the British billionaire, said this week his Virgin Galactic spaceflight subsidiary "would seriously consider" Central Florida for an East Coast spaceport within the next decade, reports The Orlando Sentinel. More from VirginGalactic.
STS-133 Crew Begins Dress Rehearsal from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | Space shuttle Discovery's crew talked this morning about their upcoming mission to the International Space Station, which is also the last flight of NASA's oldest active shuttle. The crew met with news media at Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center where Discovery stands with its solid rocket boosters and external fuel tank…
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex vies to get retiring shuttle to display - Examiner.com | One of the three has already been promised to the Smithsonian's National Air & Space Museum in Washington DC. That leaves two others…
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Saturday, July 17, 2010
Indy Transponder 17-JUL-10 1545z
The US Air Force Thunderbirds arrived in Duluth with a roar Thursday morning, in preparation for the Duluth Air and Aviation Expo this Saturday and Sunday. ...
Duluth Air Show This Weekend! by The Admiral
Minnesota's largest air show returns to Duluth July 17-18, 2010. The Duluth Air and Aviation Expo features the United States Air Force Thunderbirds and Pearl Harbor re-enactment Tora Tora Tora.
The Thunderbirds will leave you breathless as six F-16 military jet aircraft take to the sky performing highly skilled maneuvers only inches apart. You'll also be dazzled by the Unites States Army Special Operations Parachute Team making its first ever appearance in the state. The Black Daggers are the best of the best winning numerous awards worldwide. ...
Photo via Duluth Air & Aviation Expo 2010 - Duluth - 07/17/10 from FenceCheck Forums
Tora! Tora! Tora! - Northland's NewsCenter
Some in one form or another still fly the skies today thanks to Commemorative Air Force. "They are a lot of fun, noisy, dirty old planes. ...
American Heroes Air Show, Los Angeles, Saturday 24 July from The Kathryn Report
ADMISSION FREE AMERICAN HEROES AIR SHOW FEATURES | HIGH-TECH HELICOPTERS, AERIAL DEMOS AND CODE3 CAREER FAIR
Lake View Terrace, CA) - A collection of high-tech military and civilian helicopters will be on display at the Valley's admission-free American Heroes Air Show on Saturday, July 24 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Hansen Dam Recreation & Sports Complex. High tech helicopters on static display, aerial demonstrations, exhibits and a public safety career fair will highlight the event honoring the men and women in uniform and civilian volunteers who save lives and safeguard communities every day. ....
Golden Knights Fly into Beckley - WVNS-TV
The US Army's Golden Knights take local coal dignitaries skydiving Friday at the Beckley-Raleigh County Memorial Airport. By Timmy Carrico BECKLEY -- Some ...
Walk, Ride Or Fly In Oklahoma This Weekend - KOKI FOX 23
SHAWNEE — Pilot Appreciation Fly-In, 7 am-noon, Shawnee Municipal Airport, 2202 Airport Dr. Information: Rex Hennen, 405-878-1532 or 405-615-9117. ...
Car show, Fly-in DVD available - Foothills Media Group
SIMSBURY — During the past 24 years, the Simsbury Airport Fly-In and car show has grown to be the largest event of its kind in New England, ...
F15-C from Windsor International Air Show
They're back.
The F-15C's from Idaho will be back for a return engagement this August in Windsor.
The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle is a twin-engine, all-weather tactical fighter designed to gain and maintain air superiority in aerial combat. It is considered among the most successful modern fighters with over 100 aerial combat victories with no losses in dogfights. Following reviews of proposals, the USAF selected McDonnell Douglas' design in ...
PAF JF-17 Arrives At Farnborough Airshow 2010 from Defence Talk Forum
Aircraft arrive ahead of Royal International Air Tattoo - BBC
... One of the planes, Red One, had an hydraulic emergency as it came in to land which meant a potential fire risk and the emergency services were called into action. The aircraft managed to land safely. ...
F-22 jets fly in for spectacular show - Swindon Advertiser
TWO OF the US Air Force's top fighter jets – the F-22 Raptors – have made a thunderous arrival at RAF Fairford ready for the Royal International Air Tattoo. ...
The Red Arrows to soar again: Display ban over health and safety fears averted - Daily Mail
A display by the Red arrows that appeared to be under threat due to health and safety concerns will take place, organisers confirmed today. ...
I want Vulcan Bomber here! - Eastbourne Today
The Vulcan is now the gem of all of Britain's Summer airshow displays, arguably more popular than the Red Arrows, and if our organisers want record ...
Pak to send JF-17 combat jets for Farnborough Air Show in Britain - Sify
Pakistan would be sending its JF-17 fighter jets, which have been developed with China's help, for the Farnborough Air Show 2010 scheduled to held from July ...
Mirage among flying machines set to thrill at Durban Airshow, South Africa's biggest. Video and pics - South Africa Travel ExaminerWanda Hennig
The 54th annual Durban Airshow takes place at Virginia Airport in Durban North on Saturday, 17 July, 2010. Gates open at 7:00am for the general public and the show commences at 08h30. The Castle Lager Durban Airshow after-party with live music going on into the night. See more details and purchase tickets from the Durban Airshow website, which also has parking details and advice. See full program details here.
Raceway in the Sky video live from Rocket Racing League Games
A great video showcasing the Raceway in the Sky™ technology developed by Rocket Racing League.
RRL's Mike D'Angelo and Dr. Peter Diamandis discuss the convergence of ground and cockpit based systems required to implement this revolutionary system.
The video, hosted by Miles O'Brian, offers fans a glimpse of the future of racing. ...
FiFi Could Remain on the Ground Until the End of the Month - NewsWest9.com
On Friday, the Commemorative Air Force announced it may be the end of the month before FiFi takes to the skies. They say it's because the Federal Aviation ...
Air Force museum on pace to surpass 2003 attendance record - Dayton Daily News
... museum store, Morphis Movieride and two additional IMAX showings — Fighter Pilot at 7 pm and Legends of Flight at 8 pm Visitors may also enjoy food and ...
Historic aircraft on display - Danville News
Ron Strine, president of the mid-Atlantic Air Museum, flew the TBM into the Penn Valley Airport late Friday afternoon. Although he's not a re-enactor, ...
Lancaster Bomber Will Visit Thunder Bay - Net Newsledger
... Thunder Bay International Airports Authority, Confederation College Aviation Centre of Excellence and the Northwestern Ontario Aviation Heritage Centre. ...
Pilot for Presidents-Western Museum of Flight Lecture Series, Torrance Airport, Saturday 17 July from The Kathryn Report
You Fly, Girl: Edith Cook Remembered by Cathy Gale
Apparently Dolly Shepherd had been due to make the jump at Coventry but Cook took her place. In 2008 Suffolk Aviation Heritage Group launched a campaign to erect a statue to Edith Cook in her home town of Ipswich in Suffolk. ...
BBC News - Joint Strike Fighter: Jet that's a 'spy in the sky' - Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The BBC is given exclusive access to film the world's most advanced fighter jet at the US Navy's Patuxent River Air Base, Maryland.
RAF Cosford Air Show: Image Gallery
Antonov An-225 Mriya from Planeshots
TU-144 Konkordski - www.youtube.com
The Tupolev Tu-144 Charger was a supersonic transport aircraft AKA Koncordski, on 15/07/69 it became the first commercial transport to exceed Mach 2, and the fastest commercial airliner ever. Includes footage of the the Paris Air Show 03/06/73 when the aircraft crashed killing all six crew.
Video: Weather Research Sailplane 'Cloud Flying' - Beautiful! from Martt
All-girls aviation camp launched - The Daily Advance
Secondly, we thought this would be a great opportunity for these young girls to meet with professional women in aviation," Sharp said. ...
Campers at Aviation Career Education Camp Become Pilots for a Day - First Coast News
Teenagers interested in aviation got a chance to become co-pilots during their last day of the week-long Aviation Career Education Camp. ...
Smithsonian's Spacesuits: Number One On The Runway [Space] from Gizmodo
The iconic NASA spacesuit didn't show up in astronauts' closets fully formed. Here, a small sampling of the many precursors held with reverence at the Smithsonian Museum. More »
SpaceShipTwo Makes First Flight With Crew Aboard - Wired (blog)
Burt Rutan @ Scaled Composites is not that guy. I went to see him speak at the Air and Space Museum last year and left believing that he was a) an actual ...
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Virgin Galactic’s VSS Enterprise’s First Flight
VSS Enterprise's first 'captive carry' flight! - Virgin Galactic
[Home page has an exclusive video]
Virgin Galactic announced today that VSS Enterprise has completed her inaugural captive carry flight from Mojave Air and Spaceport. This very first captive carry was a huge success and both the mothership and spaceship looked absolutely stunning against….
First flight for SpaceShipTwo - msnbc.com
Founded by Burt Rutan, Scaled developed SpaceShipOne which in 2004 claimed the $10 million Ansari X Prize as the world's first privately developed manned ...
Spaceship Makes 1st Flight Strapped to Mothership - ABC News
It's the second generation of the Burt Rutan-designed system that sent the first privately developed, manned rocket into space in 2004.
"On Monday 22nd March, 2010, Virgin Galactic announced... from x planes
"On Monday 22nd March, 2010, Virgin Galactic announced that VSS Enterprise has completed her inaugural captive carry flight.
This very first captive carry was a huge success and both the mothership and spaceship looked absolutely stunning against the blue back drop of the Mojave skies." ...
Photos: SpaceShipTwo Completes First Captive Flight - Wired
Virgin Galactic has released some details about today's first captive flight of SpaceShipTwo. The early morning flight lasted for nearly three hours and achieved an altitude of 45,000 feet. Attached to WhiteKnightTwo, the second generation spacecraft from Scaled Composites lifted off at 7:05am from the Mojave Air and Space Port.
Scaled Composites founder and legendary aerospace designer Burt Rutan said it was a momentous day for the Scaled and Virgin Galactic teams.
"The captive carry flight signifies the start of what we believe will be extremely exciting and successful spaceship flight test program."
As we reported earlier, captive flights are expected to continue for SpaceShipTwo and will be followed by ...
SpaceShipTwo First Flight, Captive from AVwebFlash Current Issue
Virgin Galactic's VSS Enterprise spaceship flew for the first time Monday morning, carried in place between the twin cockpits of its mothership, Eve. The coupled aircraft took off from Mojave Air and Spaceport in California at 7:05 a.m. local time. "This is a momentous day for the Scaled and Virgin Teams," said Burt Rutan, designer of the ships and founder of Scaled Composites, which built the aircraft. "The captive-carry flight signifies the start of what we believe will be an extremely exciting and successful spaceship flight-test program." Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Galactic, said the first flight was a "major step" in his project to fly tourists into suborbital space. "Watching VSS Enterprise fly for the first time really brings home what beautiful, ground-breaking vehicles Burt and his team have developed for us," Branson said. "The Scaled team is uniquely qualified to bring this important and incredible dream to reality. Today was another major step along that road and a testament to U.S. engineering and innovation." The first flight lasted about three hours and reached altitudes up to 45,000 feet, according to wired.com.
More about SpaceShip'sTwo first flight from RLV and Space Transport News
Additional WK2/SS2 first flight articles, picts and video:
/-- First flight for SpaceShipTwo - Cosmic Log/msnbc.com
/-- SpaceShipTwo Makes First (Captive) Flight - Wired.com
/-- WhiteKnightTwo "Eve" and SpaceShipTwo taxi home after morning... - Twitpic - Aleta Jackson
A video with clips of the takeoff and landing (via Spaceports blog):
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Thanks ASB and great work!
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