Preview: Wings Over Houston Air Show * KPRC Houston | Adventure takes flight this weekend at Ellington Airport! The Navy Blue Angels will soar into town for the 30th Annual Wings Over Houston Air Show...
Air show draws record crowd * Florida Times-Union | According to Undersander a lot of effort was put into moving air show traffic off base in a timely manner. “I'm very proud of our base security force as well as the 11 state and local law enforcement agencies who supported this event. When you have...
ShrinersFest cancel Blue Angels, all future air shows * 14 News WFIE Evansville | Evansville Freedom Festival committee members announced Wednesday they have decided to cancel air shows altogether in conjunction with ShrinersFest because the economy over the past three years has increased challenges and caused a financial risk...
Willow Run plant to officially become new home of Yankee Air Museum today * Crain's Detroit Business | Yankee Air Museum Chairman Ray Hunter is to sign papers today making the aviation museum the official owner of a 144,000-square-foot slice of the former Willow Run Bomber Plant, where Rose Will Monroe and other workers built B-24 Liberator bombers...
Pilot Spotlight: CAF Red Tail Squadron Pilot Paul Stojkov * Red Tail Squadron | Flying the CAF Red Tail Squadron’s P-51C Mustang might be the BEST. JOB. EVER. Soaring amongst the clouds, feeling the purr of that engine and meeting people all over the country to share the legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen is nothing short of an honor. In today’s final installment of our Pilot Spotlight series, learn how CAF Red Tail Squadron Pilot Paul Stojkov channeled his love of flight into a career in the skies...
Niki de Saint Phalle's 84th birthday marked with Google doodle * Telegraph.co.uk | A different doodle marking the 107th birthday of Egyptian aviatrix Lotfia El Nady appears on the North African and Middle Eastern versions of the search engine's home page. Meanwhile, the South Korean version of Google celebrates the 510th birthday of...
A vital clue to the unfathomable mystery of aviator Amelia Earhart * Capital Wired | Well the quest for her last whereabouts have kept researchers, filmmakers and many other followers pretty much occupied ever since the pioneer aviator vanished over the Pacific while attempting to cross the world. The finding of a three foot scrap of...
Italian WWII Fighter Pilot Found At Controls Of Crashed Airplane * Aero-News Network | Aircraft Went Down During A Battle Nearly 70 Years Ago The wreckage of an Italian Macchi C.205 fighter plane has been found outside Pauda in northern Italy buried 13 feet underground with its pilot still at the controls...
Northrop Nomad (A-17A) Recovered in Canada * Warbirds News | An ultra-rare Northrop Nomad is slowly emerging from the frigid waters of Lake Muskoka near Bracebridge, Ontario. The Nomad was an export version of a US Army Air Corps A-17A, a small number of which ended up with the Royal Canadian Air Force in WWII instead of their original customer in France, following that country’s seizure by Germany. None of the Canadian Nomads were known to...
Unmanned Antares rocket explodes after liftoff * Fox News | The owners of the unmanned 
commercial supply ship that exploded Tuesday over a launchpad in Virginia warned people to keep away from potentially hazardous debris and promised to figure out what destroyed the rocket that was supposed to ferry cargo to the International Space Station. No injuries were reported following the first catastrophic launch in NASA's commercial spaceflight effort...
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Thursday, October 30, 2014
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Tuesday, October 21, 2014
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U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds #2 · LiveAirShowTV | Chat with U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds #2, Maj. Josh Boudreaux on Wednesday before the Fort Worth Alliance Air Show!...
NAS Jax Air Show 2014 * FCN | Are you ready for the return of the Blue Angels? The show takes
off this Saturday and Sunday, October 25 and 26, at Naval Air Station Jacksonville. A variety of military and civilian demonstrations are in store, with a grand finale from the Navy's Blue Angels at 3:00pm. Plan on arriving at 12:30pm in order to see the Blues...Monster Splash Seaplan Fly-In will be on Saturday * Orlando Sentinel | Tavares Seaplane Base will be hosting a Monster Splash Seaplane Fly-In on Saturday, Oct. 25. Admission is free and the public is invited to help welcome the seaplanes and pilots as they fly in from all over to visit the Lake County city that has been dubbed “America’s Seaplane City.”...
'A Hero's Salute' WWII airplane/car show event at Yeager Saturday * The Herald-Dispatch | ...Admission is $15 and $10 for children 6 to 12. Under five or veterans get in free. The event will include lots of WWII aircraft, including P-51, P-40, A-26, B-25, C-46, a 42-Stearman, a Corsair Spitfire as well as West Virginia’s Scott “Scooter” Yoak and his P-51 Mustang Quicksilver....
RAF Transport Command Memorial’s Fundraiser * Warbirds News | Warbirds News has covered the RAF Transport Command Memorial several times over the past year or so. They are going through the arduous process of returning a Douglas Dakota to flying condition, as well as burrowing through the enormous mountain of red tape required to allow the aircraft to take passengers on pleasure flights. The Transport Command Memorial’s goal is to keep the history and sacrifice of those who served alive and relevant to those living today. They feel that having members of the public see, feel, smell and almost taste this history by flying aboard a living monument to those times is the most effective way of reaching out to the present generation...
Air Force Museum Of Alberta Unveils CF-104 Starfighter by WarbirdsNews | The CF-104 is finally ready to make its debut following thousands of volunteer restoration hours lavished upon it, a road move from Springbank airport to The Military Museums, and a generous donation from Maj.Gen.(Ret.) Ken Lett. The Starfighter is a key feature of the Ken and Roma Lett Cold War Exhibit, opening in the new year. The new exhibit will be home to three Canadian Cold War-era fighter jets....
Hercules represents at Rome air show * Dobbins ARB | A team from the 94th Airlift Wing brought a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules to the Wings over North Georgia air show in Rome, Georgia as a static display Oct. 18 and 19 to showcase the aircraft and let the public know about its capabilities...
Hercules by the Numbers * Lockheed Martin | You may know that the C-130 Hercules is operated by 70 countries. You might even be able to name several of C-130’s 70+ variants. But, here are some facts and figures that you may not know about the Herc...
Women in Corporate Aviation to Award $90K in Scholarships * WAI Connect | Women in Corporate Aviation (WCA) will award more than $90,000 in training scholarships to 17 aviation professionals at its annual scholarship luncheon on October 22 during the NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition in Orlando...
12 Join International Space Hall of Fame By Janessa Maxilom | People who dreamed of space exploration and shared their dreams with the world were honored on Saturday at the New Mexico Museum of Space History and International Space Hall of Fame. Twelve individuals were inducted into the International Space Hall of fame as the Induction Class of 2014....
Boeing-Built X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle Successfully Completes 3rd Flight * Aero-News Network | The Boeing-built X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) successfully de-orbited and landed late last week at Vandenberg Air Force Base concluding a 674-day experimental test mission for the U.S. Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office. The X-37B was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL on Dec. 11, 2012....
Monday, September 22, 2014
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2014 National Aerobatic Championships underway at NTRA-Perrin Field * KXII | ...There are five 
categories for pilots: primary, sportsman, intermediate, advanced, and unlimited. Each category has three rounds of flights: A routine everyone practices, a freestyle flight each pilot designs themselves, and an unknown flight pilots receive hours before the competition, and are not allowed to practice. By the end of this week, a team of pilots will be selected from the "unlimited" category, to represent the United States at the World Championships in France next year. The world championships were held here at NTRA last year....
Photos: NAS Oceana Air Show in Va. Beach * The Virginian-Pilot | Photos | NAS Oceana Air Show in Va. Beach. Crowds gathered Saturday and Sunday at Oceana Naval Air Station in Virginia Beach for the annual air show, featuring fliers including the Blue Angels. Tweet · 1652661000.jpg. The Blue Angels perform during...
Oregon International Air Show takes over Hillsboro Airport this weekend * FOX 12 Staff | THIS media flight was different
Tulsa Regional Fly-In Finale * Bartlesville Radio | The 58th-annual Tulsa Regional Fly-In drew to a close Saturday afternoon at Bartlesville Airport. The event was billed as "The Best Sport Aviation Since 1957". Wile the featured attraction for the event was the opportunity for the public to ride in the...
2014 Gunfighter Skies Open House And Air Show - KMVT | Mountain Home, Idaho ( KMVT-TV / KSVT-TV ) The skies above Mountain Home were very active Saturday afternoon as the Mountain Home Air Force Base hosted the 2014 Gunfighter Skies. "From an air power perspective it's just a great celebration for all these people in the community to come out and understand the heritage of air power as our nation”, said Col. Davie Iverson, 366th Fighter Wing Commander...
Photos: Wings Over Wine Country Air Show - Santa Rosa Press Democrat
2014 Flights of Our Fathers Fly-In - inForney.com | TERRELL, Texas – Vintage airplanes filled the sky above the Terrell Municipal Airport on Saturday for the 2014 Flights of our Fathers Fly-In hosted by the No. 1 British Flying Training School Museum...
Fans of aeronautics amazed by Waterkloof airshow - Eyewitness News | PRETORIA – Thousands of aeronautical fanatics have been treated to a weekend of death-defying stunts and maneuvers at the Africa Aerospace and Defence exhibition. The two day event was held at the Waterkloof Air Force Base in Pretoria...
Best of Show! The Very Best/Worst of Oshkosh '14! (Part 1) * Aero-News Network | For quite a while, we have recognized the highs and lows inherent in the general and sport aviation community -- and yes, we’ve had a bit of fun in the process--especially as we went through our notes, read all YOUR comments, and put together our thoughts on what has turned out to be one of the most successful aviation events in a long while...
Otago's old flyers gather for one last time * Otago Daily Times | The fly-past, which included 12 aircraft and a helicopter, was organised by Paul Ward, who served in Vietnam as an air force medic, and the Otago Aero Club. • To mark the end of the Otago Brevet Club a display has been installed at Toitu Otago Settlers...
Flying high: Cancer survivor organizes event to honor veterans * The Charleston Gazette | Betsy Murphy loves airplanes, history and dressing up. She’s combining all three for A Hero’s Salute on Oct. 25. The event features classic airplanes, military vehicles, living history and a dinner and dance... [Quick Silver featured]
Yankee Air Museum to Change its Name · WarbirdsNews | Yankee-Air-MuseumAccording to an article in the Detroit News, the Yankee Air Museum is set to update its name to reflect its new position. The museum, now in its fourth decade, has accomplished some major goals lately, most notably with the acquisition of a significant chunk of the old Ford bomber plant at Willow Run in Yipsilanti, Michigan. The massive B-24 Liberator final assembly hangar is...
For Paul Allen and Peter Jackson, Dogfight Over Warbirds - Bloomberg | ...That’s where Paul Allen, the Microsoft Corp. multibillionaire, keeps his Flying Heritage Collection -- more than 20 vintage World War II fighter planes, all in working condition -- of which both the Hellcat and the Zero are a part. Meanwhile, on the underside of the globe, visitors to Hood Aerodrome, near Masterton, New Zealand, could be forgiven for thinking they’ve been transported to northern France, circa 1918. There, the skies fill with British Sopwith Camels and brightly colored German Fokker Dr.I Dreideckers, for which enthralled spectators can thank another wealthy aviation enthusiast and amateur pilot: Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson. The...
The Hunt For SR-71 61-7965· Dave Budd, Photorecon.net | Joe Kates and I have become Associate Members of the Roadrunnersinternationale recently. They are a group of men and women who either worked at “The Ranch” or are in some way connected to the...
A great piece of flying · Bayou Renaissance Man | Watch this DC-10 water bomber from 10 Tanker dive straight down a ridgeline to drop its load of fire retardant, then firewall the throttles to pull up clear of the cross-ridge where the photographer is waiting. I recommend watching the video in full-screen mode...
NASA's MAVEN spacecraft enters orbit around Mars - Spaceflight Now | NASA's MAVEN spacecraft braked into orbit around Mars on Sunday after a 10-month interplanetary cruise from Earth, positioning the probe to help scientists learn how water and air were stripped from the red planet's ancient atmosphere, killing off life that may have once existed there...
Lot's of weekend coverage HERE.
Thursday, July 31, 2014
Aerospace Educator “Lands” at Advanced Academy for Educators in an Apollo Moon Suit replica
Huntsville, AL – Civil Air Patrol (CAP) aerospace educator Lt. Col. Kathy Beauford “landed” at the Advanced Academy for Educators at the U. S. Space & Rocket Center where she demonstrated a replica of Neil Armstrong’s Apollo Moon Suit. Beauford illustrated the application of “Lunar Nautics” and “A Field Trip to the Moon,” (both available from NASA Educator Resource Centers in each state), and distributed NASA and CAP aerospace education materials. She presented her A Teacher’s Companion to the Space Station: A Multi-disciplinary Resource.
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| Kathy Beauford, Director of External Aerospace Education for Louisiana, demonstrates her replica of Neil Armstrong’s Apollo Moon Suit. |
The Advanced Space Academy Educators trained on space hardware and ran missions based on real space mission scripts and caution and warning systems. Realistic Modules included the space shuttle, space station, moon rocket flight deck, and experiments lab. The teachers donned scuba gear and dove in the 30 foot deep Neutral Buoyancy tank to experience working on space station trusses and experiments in a Zero-G (gravity) simulation. They performed “Space Walks” to repair solar arrays and satellites. The educators trained on real astronaut simulators: the Multi-axis simulator which mimicked a space capsule spinning out of control, the 1/6th gravity Moon chair, and “pulled 4 G’s” (gravities in weight, simulating rocket liftoff).
The educators visited the Davis Museum with its array of historic space vehicles and exhibits illustrating the history of the space program. They also toured the Rocket Park with its extensive array of rockets from the U.S. Space Program.
They also experienced climbing the 30 foot “Pamper Pole,” while tethered for safety, and making a “leap of faith” while being lowered carefully to the ground by their colleagues. The Aerospace Educators brought their experiences, excitement, materials, and knowledge home to their respective states (and Australia).
The CAP Aerospace Educator Membership provides teachers with free STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) kits which include educator guides, software and hardware. These free STEM kits include Astronomy (Celestron telescope); Remote Control (RC) (simulators for 60 aircraft, control box, CD, and aircraft with 3 foot wingspan); Microsoft X Gold Flight Simulator software (yoke, throttles, and foot controls); Robotics (Robot Arm Edge kits); and Model Rocketry (rockets, A8-3 motors, launch pad, controller, curriculum, and video). $1,000 worth of free kits for a lifetime fee of $35!
The teachers request one kit; when finished the kit, the teacher can order another. See stem@capnhq.gov. CAP’s 30 other national standards-driven free aerospace education offerings include the K-6 Aerospace Connection in Education (ACE) program; Aerospace Dimensions; Aerospace Education Excellence Program (AEX); Satellite Tool Kit (STK); Air Force Association “Introduction to Cyber Security”; CAP Teacher Educational Remote Sensing (CAP-TERS) Kit.
Also available from CAP are materials on Robotics, Model Rocketry, Advanced Model Rocketry, Advanced Math, Middle School Physical Science, Middle School Earth Science, The Space Station, and Remote Control Airplanes, to name a few. These materials are based on national educational standards. Teachers are also eligible for free orientation rides in CAP’s C-172 aircraft and actually get to fly the airplane. Teachers can also apply for Air Force Association grants of $250.
Civil Air Patrol, the official auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force, is a nonprofit organization with 60,000 members nationwide, operating a fleet of 550 aircraft. CAP, in its Air Force auxiliary role, performs about 85 percent of continental U.S. inland search and rescue missions as tasked by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center and is credited by the AFRCC with saving an average of 70 lives annually. Its unpaid professionals also perform homeland security, disaster relief and drug interdiction missions at the request of federal, state and local agencies. The members play a leading role in aerospace education and serve as mentors to more than 25,000 young people currently participating in the CAP cadet programs. Performing missions for America for over 70 years, CAP will receive the Congressional Gold Medal in 2015 in honor of the heroic efforts of its World War II veterans. CAP also participates in Wreaths Across America, an initiative to remember, honor and teach about the sacrifices of U.S. military veterans. Visit www.gocivilairpatrol.com, www.capvolunteernow.com and www.capgoldmedal.com for more information.
Friday, May 30, 2014
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Viewer Pictures of the Thunderbirds - KKTV 11 News The Thunderbirds wowed southern Colorado residents Wednesday afternoon, bringing out the best in shutterbugs across town...
Fire chief takes flight with Thunderbirds * Air Force Space Command | PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- Flight physical: check. Safety brief: check. Preflight checks: complete. Next up: a 400 mph ride with the U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, better known as the Thunderbirds....
WEB EXTRAS: Fly with Heather and the Blue Angels - WXOW.com | LA CROSSE, Wis. (WXOW) - While most of us aren't as lucky as Heather Armstrong to go flying with one of the members of the Blue Angels, you can watch what she went through during her flight....
Airshow takes flight in Stevens Point this weekend - Stevenspointjournal | STEVENS POINT — The Stevens Point Municipal Airport will treat spectators to aerobatic antics, city tours in helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft, and World War II aircraft displays during its biennial airshow on Sunday....
Fly-in, drive-in to breakfast at airport Sunday - Houghton Lake resorter | The 67th annual Dawn Patrol Fly-in and Breakfast at Roscommon County Blodgett Memorial Airport will be held Sunday, rain or shine....
Aviation Summit to include Parade of Planes · General Aviation News | The 2014 Aviation Summit will host the Parade of Planes at the event, scheduled for Oct. 31-Nov. 2 in Palm Springs, Calif. The Parade of Planes is set for Oct. 30. The planes will taxi from the Palm Springs International Airport to the Palm Springs Convention Center, traveling down East Alejo Road to North Avenida Caballeros.....
VIDEO: New-look Red Arrows get permission to fly - Torquay Herald Express | THE Red Arrows aerobatic team - with scheduled displays this summer at Dawlish, Torquay and Dartmouth - have been given permission to fly. The official approval is formally renewed every year and means the team will go ahead with displays for its 50th season....
Fly girls ready to takeoff * McGill Publications | About to receive her Engineering degree on May 29, Annie Wen is flying pretty high. But she’s
soaring even higher than your typical graduating McGill student – about 10,000 feet higher – because she is one-third of the Montreal Flyers, a team of three young women pilots from McGill who will take part in the Air Race Classic (ARC) from June 16 – 19.... Reno Air Races School on Track to Break Record - Flying Magazine | It appears the interest is growing in the National Championship Air Races, the annual aerial pylon race that is set to take place this year on September 10 through 14 at the Reno-Stead Airport, 10 miles northwest of Reno, Nevada. A record number of registrations for the National Championship Air Races Pylon Racing Seminar (PRS), the mandatory rookie race-pilot training program, has been entered this year....
Return of the Red Tails – May 24, 2014 * CAF Red Tail Squadron | The CAF Red Tail Squadron participated in Return of the Red Tails in Elmira, New York over the Memorial Day weekend. At this once-in-a-lifetime gathering, seven original World War II Tuskegee Airmen were in attendance with other VIP’s and special guests....
Timeless Voices - Joan Mace · eaavideo.org | Joan Mace went to work for Curtiss-Wright as an inspector on a SB2C Helldiver line in 1943. She joined the company flying club and learned to fly, and later went on to a long career as a flight instructor at Ohio University from 1946 to 1993.
Mad Dog Kelly * Ely Air LinesMike: Mike “Mad Dog” Kelly is the kind of guy you can call “a pilot’s pilot.” His Stearman is painted as a...
A beautiful look at the C-17 Globemaster III * Bayou Renaissance Man | Here's a lovely music video dealing with the C-17 Globemaster III military transport, pictured over the mountains and coasts of California. I highly recommend watching it in full-screen mode...
All 50 states have officially recognized importance of aviation · General Aviation News | WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Alliance for Aviation Across America reports that all 50 states have officially recognized the importance of aviation, and most have recognized the importance of general aviation in particular....
AOPA Foundation offers scholarships · General Aviation News | The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) Foundation will award 11 scholarships in 2014 to help support outstanding student pilots. Ten of the scholarships will provide $5,000 each and an 11th scholarship will award $12,000 to student pilots pursuing an FAA sport, recreational or private pilot certificate....
WCA Offers $110,000 in Scholarships * WAI Connect Blog | Women in Corporate Aviation (WCA) has announced more than $110,000 in scholarships to be awarded during the annual NBAA Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition in Orlando, Florida at an awards ceremony on October 22, 2014....
Young Eagles Rally is June 14 - Mason City Globe Gazette | MASON CITY |The Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 94 of Mason City is holding its annual EAA Young Eagles Rally from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, June 14 at the Mason City Municipal Airport....
Every Hubble picture ever taken * Bayou Renaissance Man | For those who are fans of space photography (stars, planets and everything in between) the Hubble space telescope has long been a mainstay for images of high clarity....
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
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Fair St. Louis cancels annual air show - STLtoday.com | ST. LOUIS • Fair St. Louis is moving to Forest Park from downtown in July, but its air show isn’t tagging along. Fair organizers plan to announce today that the annual air show will be canceled, Julie Hauser, a spokeswoman for Fair St. Louis, confirmed late on Tuesday. The fair will be held in Forest Park from July 3 to 5 while the Gateway Arch grounds are in the midst of a multimillion-dollar makeover...
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Air show returns to DeKalb-Peachtree Airport - Atlanta Journal Constitution | The annual Good Neighbor Day air show returns May 17 to the skies over DeKalb-Peachtree Airport in Chamblee. This year’s show marks the 55th anniversary of PDK being a civilian airport after construction as a Naval Air Station...
Air show contract finalized with Fair Oaks Farms - Newsbug.info | NEWTON COUNTY — The contract to bring the South Shore Air Show to Newton County at Fair Oaks Farms was finalized on April 17, with South Shore Convention and Visitors Authority (CVA), Fair Oaks Farms and Newton County officials signing for the big three-day event to be held July 11-13...
Westmoreland air show tickets go on sale May 1 - Tribune-Review | Tickets for the 2014 Westmoreland County Air Show at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport go on sale May 1. All area Shop ‘n Save stores will carry tickets for the event on June 7 and 8 at the Unity airport, according to a news release...
Blackbird Airpark Open House 2014 Photos * Roadrunners Internationale | So those are the photos. Here's a press release about the event from last week.
Fly It Forward Challenge introduces women to general aviation · General Aviation News | During Women Of Aviation Worldwide Week 2014, March 3-9, entrants in the Fly It Forward Challenge organized activities that drew more than 26,000 attendees in 96 locations on four continents. Pilots flew approximately 1,000 hours to introduce 5,703 girls and women to flight in a small aircraft...
Photographer Takes a Ride in an F16 with the Thunderbirds as a Little 'Thank You' - PetaPixel | Very
few people ever have the honor of flying along with the Thunderbirds. However, Blair Bunting, a fairly new Nikon Ambassador, managed to do just that at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona after shooting one of the Thunderbirds’ newly-painted F-16 beauties...The People’s Mosquito is cutting wood! | We are very pleased to announce that the first wood is being cut for the fabrication of a complete set of wing ribs for The People’s Mosquito, RL249. Corin McCrae of Aerowood Ltd, will be cutting the ribs for RL249 at his workshops in Auckland, New Zealand in the coming weeks. There are various types of rib that make up the Mosquito’s wing, and these are fabricated from a variety of woods, both solids, such as Canadian Spruce, and plies. The Canadian Spruce that Aerowood will be cutting for RL249 is selected for aviation fabrication, and sourced and shipped to New Zealand from the same area on the west coast of Canada as that used by de Havilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd during WW2. Before being cut, it has undergone a number of tests to conform with air safety regulations....
Yankee Air Museum: Purchase agreement in the works for bomber plant - The Ann Arbor News | Yankee Air Museum officials state a purchase agreement is being drafted for the former Willow Run Bomber plant in Ypsilanti Township. Dennis Norton, founder of the Yankee Air Museum and the president of the Michigan Aerospace Foundation, said Tuesday that the museum's massive fund-raising campaign has raised enough to make the approximately 150,000-square-foot space a functional building and to save it from demolition...
SA-10 walkaround — the other Catalina in Blue and Gold (Part II) by travelforaircraft | This is the second post of a walkaround photo essay with the first post published just two days prior, on Monday, along with a bit of information. This Consolidated Catalina served in the U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) and was designated as an SA-10 (PBY-5A in the U.S. Navy). It is located in the...
Space Fest features multitude of activities, adds third astronaut appearance by Sarah Swan National Museum of the U.S. Air Force | 4/29/2014 - DAYTON, Ohio -- You never know what you may come across in the galleries at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force! Out-of-this-world activities - and perhaps even some "extra-terrestrials" - await visitors to the museum during Space Fest on May 16-17 when the museum and more than 20 other participating organizations offer a multitude of space-related activities for visitors of all ages. All activities are free, unless otherwise noted...
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
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News Briefs: Blue Angels return to Spirit of St. Louis Airport May 3-4 * Newsmagazine Network | ...This year, the air show will see the wheels of the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels’ F/A-18 Hornets touching down once more onto Spirit’s tarmac. Additionally, the Sky Soldiers – the show’s only helicopters – and pilots Skip Stewart and Patty Wagstaff will take to the skies during the event, alongside other flight demonstrations....
Thunder over Louisville: The Blue Angels Soar Over Louisville Waterfront * The Aero Experience | The U.S. Navy Blue Angels Flight demonstration Squadron continued to roar through the spring schedule with a performance last weekend at Thunder Over Louisville. The airshow box over the Ohio River is unique in that it crosses the river at an angle, not just Contained parallel to the river banks. This unique arrangement allows for...
Scorpion Eyed For RIAT, Farnborough Debut - Aviation Week | Textron is hoping to send its 
Scorpion prototype light attack, reconnaissance aircraft to an international coming-out at the U.K.’s Royal International Air Tattoo and Farnborough Air Show in July. RIAT is set for July 11-13. Farnborough is the following week....
GALLERY: Sabre fighter set to soar By BREE FULLER | ...Media were treated to a chest-rumbling fly-by on Tuesday as the Vietnam War-era fighter jet arrived at the Illawarra Regional Airport ahead of the event. ‘‘It’s beautiful to fly, you just sit there and you hardly touch it, it’s very effortless,’’ explained Mr Trappett, a former RAAF and Qantas international pilot....
For first time, Lake Guntersville's antique boat show will feature seaplane fly-in - The Huntsville Times - al.com | GUNTERSVILLE, Alabama – The Antique and Classic Boat Show and Seaplane Fly-In will be Saturday, May 17 at Lake Guntersville. The free boat show, hosted by the Yacht Club and Dixieland Chapter of the Antique & Classic Boat Society, will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. In addition to seeing restored antique boats in the water, attendees can see unique air and sea craft up close, said Tommy Gray, past commodore of the Yacht Club....
Happy Birthday To The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress * Warbirds News | ...Sixty-two years ago today, the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress took flight for the first time. The B-52 began life as a proposed replacement for Strategic Air Command’s B-36s and B-50s. Originally designed to be powered by turboprops, Pratt & Whitney J57 turbojet engines were selected as the powerplant of choice. At the roll-out ceremony, Air Force Chief of Staff General Nathan Twining said: “The long rifle was...
Video: WWII B-17 veterans take special flight in Oshkosh - Fox11online.com | OSHKOSH – For 
some area World War II veterans, Monday meant a flight back in time. It was a journey they had made before, but this journey above Oshkosh was different. Just like he did as a pilot some 70 years ago, Robert Abresch climbed up the ladder of a B-17 bomber....
The raid that stopped Japan: Doolittle’s Co-Pilot’s Experience of the Doolittle Raid - DVIDS | FORT HOOD, Texas – ‘Battle stations’, ‘battle stations’, reverberated off the bulkheads and through portholes of the ship. A young 2nd lieutenant jumped out of his bunk and ran down a corridor toward the upper deck alongside other aviators, bombardiers and navigators. They all believed this was another drill. Then, as they reached the upper deck they heard the concussion of a destroyer’s 5-inch guns as it fired into the distance....
$54,000 helps ensure liftoff of 9th Honor Flight; Korean War vets will go next - Billings Gazette | With donations totaling more than $54,000, the ninth and final tour of Big Sky Honor Flight will take off in May, bound for the nation’s capital. The infusion of cash Monday put Big Sky Honor Flight over the $155,000 it needs to send the last group of World War II veterans to Washington, D.C., at no cost to them, to see the National World War II Memorial....
Photos: Volunteers honored for service at National Museum of the U.S. Air Force * National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | The National Museum of the United States Air Force Volunteer Program celebrated its 32nd anniversary by honoring more than 500 volunteers during a Volunteer Appreciation Banquet on April 11. The event is held during Volunteer Appreciation Week...
Fleet Air Museum to host aircraft piloting seminar at Society of Friends evening - Western Gazette | An aircraft pilot will be giving a talk on pilot training at the Fleet Arm Air Museum at Yeovilton this month. Captain Phil Nelson will make his presentation as part of the Society of Friends’ monthly talks series in the museum’s AgustaWestland Conference room on Thursday, April 24....
Tom Wilson's GP-5 Photos * Mojave Experimental Fly-in
B-25 Sandbar Mitchell – April Restoration Update · Warbirds News | The Sandbar Mitchell project made major progress in March. They have completely stripped down the center section left side to just its front and rear spars. They have de-rivetted the webbing from the rear spar and cleaned the spar caps. They then clecoed the inboard webbing back into place, but need to replace the outboard webbing due to corrosion issues....
Collings Foundation TF-51D Mustang – Restoration Status · Warbirds News | The Collings Foundation has a formidable collection of airworthy warbirds, almost all of which actively participate at air shows, or tour the length and breadth of the country. They also have several rare birds currently under restoration, including a Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat, FM-2 Wildcat and Focke-Wulf Fw-190F-8. However, lost amongst the more exotic types under the knife, is a North American P-51D Mustang....
Connecticut house built by aviator Gustave Whitehead could be demolished - New Haven Register | FAIRFIELD, Conn. >> A Connecticut house built by an aviator credited by the legislature for being the first to fly could fall under the wrecking ball. Tom Conley, Fairfield’s chief building official, told Hearst Connecticut Media that a Stratford developer was issued a demolition permit for the bungalow-style house built by Gustave Whitehead...
Blackbird * Apron 6 | One of my all time favourite planes...
Review: 'Air & Space Trivia' book asks whether you know the right stuff about aviation * Star Tribune | ...Only those with out-of-this-world interests could possibly score well in answering the questions posed in "The Smithsonian Book of Air & Space Trivia." And such buffs would probably chafe at the suggestion that this informative little book, edited by Amy Pastan, is filled with unimportant details....
Missouri governor declares April General Aviation Appreciation Month * General Aviation News | Missouri Governor Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon has declared April “General Aviation Appreciation Month.” In Missouri, general aviation accounts for $857 million in annual economic activity, and supports more than 7,000 jobs statewide...
Hemlock, Saginaw students to see Tuskegee Airmen traveling exhibit - The Ann Arbor News | SAGINAW COUNTY, MI — Students in Hemlock and Saginaw will learn about the determination of World War II pilots known as the Tuskegee Airmen thanks to a traveling exhibit. The Commemorative Air Force Red Tail Squadron is visiting students of Hemlock Public Schools and Saginaw School District in late April and early May...
Russians Look To Colonize The Moon * Aero-News Network | Says It Will Have A Permanent Base 'Up And Running' By 2040 | As Russia was celebrating the anniversary of the first spaceflight of Yuri Gagarin on Saturday, Deputy Premier Dmitry Rogozin made a bold statement: "We are coming to the moon forever."...
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
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Aviator Jim Maroney involved in Monroe County plane crash - WATE-TV | VONORE (WATE) - The Monroe County Sheriff's Office says they have located the plane that went down Sunday night in the Indian Boundary area within the Cherokee National Forest. The pilot, Jim "Fang" Maroney, was found dead. He was a retired military pilot an airline pilot and popular air show pilot...
Blue Angels return home today - WEAR | The team has spent the two months at their winter base in California getting their precision flying skills back up to speed. They have already flown two shows in California this year. They typcially do about three dozen shows annually. But last year...
Saugus pilot breaks world record for inverted flat spins - on purpose * Santa Clarita Valley Signal | 
Air show pilot Spencer Suderman of Saugus has broken the world record for the most number of inverted flat spins done in an aircraft — which means he is now the only person to drop from the sky, upside down, spinning 81 times in an airplane....
Annual Sun-n-Fun Fly-in and Airshows just Over a Week Away By D Robert Curry | In just a matter of days, Lakeland Florida will once again become the temporary Mecca of aviation as the flying community, and thousands of spectator, descend on the area creating the 2nd largest airshow and fly-in in the world known as Sun-n-Fun....
Jumps Schedule For the Dakotas Over Normandy Is Set · Warbirds News | The Jumps schedule for the much anticipated “Daks over Normandy” event is slowly materializing. For the first time since 1944 the skies over Normandy will be filled with Dakotas to drop paratroopers. Throughout Europe about 15 of these aircraft are still flying and...
Wings Over Flagler gets lift from tourism board - Daytona Beach News-Journal | Wings Over Flagler, the popular air show held at the Flagler County Airport, is set to return to the Flagler County Airport April 25 and 26. The two-day event featuring aerobatic displays will also include a variety of other events, including music...
Camarillo service honors 2 Commemorative Air Force members - Ventura County Star | Two members of the Southern California Wing of the Commemorative Air Force killed in a January airplane crash were memorialized Saturday during a service at the group’s Camarillo Airport facility. David Casey, of Avila Beach, and Alan Gaynor, of Los Angeles, were killed in an afternoon crash Jan. 14 in the ocean near Oceano in San Luis Obispo County. The crash is still being investigated...
National Air and Space Museum Trophy Award winners named · General Aviation News | The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum Trophy for 2014 will be awarded in the Lifetime Achievement category to Norman R. Augustine, while the Current Achievement category to the Dawn Flight Team. They will be presented their awards March 26 at a black-tie dinner in Washington, D.C....
PHOTOS: B-17 Takes the Skies Over Phoenix - KFYI | (KFYI News) Nearly 70 years ago, Boeing B-17 aircraft flew from bases far from home in an attempt to bring freedom around the world. The mission of the B-17 today is to educate Americans about courageous World War II veterans and remember those brave aircrew who never made it home...
Climate and Deterioration claims the ARC LIGHT Memorial’s B-52D Stratofortress · Warbirds News | WarbirdsNews has learned that the B-52D Stratofortress 56-0586, long on display at the Arc Light Memorial Park on Guam is due to be scrapped. The airframe has simply deteriorated too far to save, despite the dedicated efforts of local airmen over the past thirty years. This is the second B-52D to succumb to the...
Ohio museum volunteers constructing vintage B-17 - Fayetteville Observer | URBANA, Ohio - They got one part for the World War II-era bomber from under an elderly woman's porch in the next town. Another was bought from someone who had it hanging in a bar in Colorado. One chunk was a prop in a 1960s TV show, and the tail section was salvaged from a wreck deep in the Alaska wilderness...
1940s planes to make dead-of-night trip on Wichita's streets - Kansas.com | In the black of night, two vintage planes will be moved early Wednesday from Yingling Aviation at Wichita Mid-Continent Airport to the Kansas Aviation Museum. It will take about three hours to make the 14-mile trip, museum officials said. The planes, a 1949 Rawdon T-1 single-engine trainer and a 1948 Allied A-2 experimental aircraft, will be moved into a new restoration storage facility at the museum...
WWII fighter plane recovered from New Guinea has York County ties - York Daily Record | Led by a shoeless and scantily clad group of reformed cannibals, Russ Strine and his dad hiked for over eight hours up a jungle mountain to find a treasure buried under tangled vegetation and infested with snakes...
Commemorative envelope to mark the centenary of the BA 102 Dijon - Translated | 102 Dijon Air Base is one of the oldest in France since it was created in 1914. It was renamed "Captain Guynemer", named after one of its pilots, heroes of the Great War, died in combat mission September 1917 111. Military renowned served the BA 102, like the Caroline Aigle , who worked in this place from 2000. To commemorate the centenary of the base, a souvenir was published...
Ore. AG asks IRS to investigate Evergreen aviation museum - KATU | PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum says the state won't take enforcement action against the McMinnville-based Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum. But Rosenblum said Thursday an investigation revealed significant concerns regarding the governance of the museum, and she will ask the Internal Revenue Service to investigate whether its operations comply with its tax-exempt status...
“DISCOVER YOUR FUTURE IN AVIATION” 5th Year at Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor * Warbirds News | Young people interested in aviation as a career or hobby, schools, Scouts, and families will want to attend Discover Your Future in Aviation at Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor Saturday, March 29 from 10:00am to 4:00pm.This is the fifth year for the special aviation day, which will feature hands-on workshops, a career fair, flight lab, and interactive science exhibits. Guests can venture into the open cockpits of some of history’s greatest aircraft and learn to fly on the Museum’s flight lab simulators...
AOPA awards scholarships at Women in Aviation show · General Aviation News | The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) awarded a scholarship worth $3,000 to a student pilot during the annual Women in Aviation, International (WAI) Conference in Orlando, Florida earlier this month...
Space Expo At NEAM - The Courant | Piloting a space craft simultor is part of the New England Air Museum's annual Space Expo, Sunday, March 30, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Exhibits include demonstrations and hands-on activities, such as rocket building, designing a mission patch, donning a real space suit, meeting R2D2 and more...
Remembering William Reid “Bill” Pogue by The National Air and Space Museum | Bill Pogue may be best known as an astronaut who served on America’s Skylab space station and author of the book he titled with the perennial question astronauts are asked to answer, How Do You Go to the Bathroom in Space?...
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
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Air Race F1 launches inaugural international air race in Lleida, Spain - BlueSky Executive Aviation News | The first event will take place at Lleida-Alguaire Airport, near Barcelona in Spain, on 1st June when it will showcase the skills of the world's premier Formula 1 air racing pilots and their high-performance planes. This inaugural race will be the ...
2014 National Flying Competitions a Blazing Success | The 2014 RNZAC National Flying Competitions were hosted by the Tauranga Aero Club in February. Good weather, a great turnout from clubs all over New Zealand, excellent organisation by the RNZAC executive, and and army of volunteers made this a successful weekend. The...
HELI-EXPO 2014
- WAI Connect Blog | If you'll be in Anaheim, California this week for
HAI's annual HELI-EXPO be sure to stop by Booth 5613 to meet Aviation
for Women editor Kelly Nelson, and...
Canada Remembers air show cancelled - Star Phoenix | There will be no Canada Remembers our Heroes air show in Saskatoon this year, but organizers are still planning an event to honour veterans this summer....
F-22 Raptor coming to Duluth Airshow - Budgeteer | Organizers of the Duluth Airshow announced Thursday that a U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor fighter aircraft will take part in this year's event. By: News Tribune staff, Duluth News Tribune. U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor. image. A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor ...
Museum of Aviation's First Director Dies at 87 - WAI Connect Blog | Peggy Young, 87, the first director of the Museum of Aviation, died January 24 in Alexandria, Virginia, after suffering a stroke. Peggy became the first director of the Museum of Aviation Heritage, Exhibit and Education Center in 1988. According to her obituary, under her direction the museum, which began with $20 in private funds, two airplanes, a 43-acre site and a great idea, grew into the "Crown Jewel of Middle Georgia." 
When Peggy retired in 1997 the Peggy B. Young Education Center was dedicated in the Century of Flight Hangar....
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013: Goulian Aerosports - The Aero Experience | The Aero Experience coverage of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013 continues with a photo essay of aerobatic superstar performer (Extra 330C) and Red Bull racer (Edge 540) Michael Goulian. His aerial performance is honed to a sharp edge, featuring...
Robert A. “Bob” Hoover, The Greatest Stick and Rudder Man, is Honored in Hollywood by The National Air and Space Museum | On the evening of Friday, February 21, friends of legendary pilot Bob Hoover will gather with him at Paramount Studios Theater in Los Angeles to celebrate his “Lifetime of Achievement.” We doubt this Red Carpet event will make Access Hollywood but of course that is not the point. Instead, these friends will gather to honor an exceptional man with extraordinary flying skills and, hopefully, to hear Bob tell a few more of his incredible stories...
Pancake breakfast to celebrate 109th birthday of aviation legend - The Oshkosh Northwestern | Wittman was active in air racing through most of his aviation career; from the Thompson Trophy 
Races of the 1930s to the EAA supported Lowers, Baker, Falk efficiency races in the 1980s. In January of 1932 Wittman won the Colonel Green Trophy in Florida ...
Future of Flight to celebrate women in aviation - Edmonds Beacon | Patricia Beckman was honored in 2010 by the Women in Aviation, International Pioneer Hall of Fame, for being the first woman to qualify as a crewmember in the F-15 and the first American woman to qualify as a crewmember in the F/A-18. Loraine Bratset...
Venice man served as Navy aviator for 30 years - Sarasota Herald-Tribune | George L. Ayers of Racine, Wis., was a naval aviator for 30 years, serving during World War II, and the Korean and Vietnam wars. He enlisted in the Navy in 1942 and was assigned to F4U Corsair training before qualifying for carrier operations on the ...
Museum Receives Several High-Profile Aviation Artifacts | The Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum recently received several high-profile aviation artifacts to add to its already impressive collection at its location in historic Curtiss-Wright Hangar 2 at St. Louis Downtown Airport. The museum has been preserving and exhibiting local aviation history for over 30 years, and continues to attract donations from across the region. The museum receives hundreds of items each year of all types relating to St. Louis and Metro East Illinois aviation. Additionally, the museum has a world-class archive of media relating to aviation history throughout the world that is regularly used by researchers in their books and professional journal articles. Recent donations include:...
New season of 'Aviators' on Discovery Turbo - Best Media Info | Get behind-the-scenes look at the US Air Force air demonstration squadron, USAF Thunderbirds, and their F-16s. Find out about Fifi, the infamous B-29 bomber from WWII, through the different crew positions of this historic aircraft. The series also ...
Two Antonov AN-124-100 "Ruslans" on the ground at Long Beach Airport - Aero Pacific Flightlines
Exercise Red Flag from Nellis AFB in high-res (82 Photos) - The Brigade
Stunning Combat Artwork Reveals WWII Fighting That Will Never Be Seen Again - Business Insider Australia | The U.S. B-25 Bomber was the first medium sized bomber to successfully take off from a carrier, allowing the U.S. to carry out bombing runs on mainland Japan. 'Can't talk now, gotta shoot' -- was Capt. Bud Anderson's famous radio response after ...
Big cat saves lives - Flight Image of the Day | Belatedly spotted on the Rex picture agency site is this wonderful shot of a French Search and Rescue helicopter – an Aerospatiale SA330 Puma no less – on a mission to rescue seamen from the stricken Spanish freighter Luno on 5 February near Bayonne, France.
Through Eager Eyes - Chapter 2: Machines That Fly * Airplanista Aviation Blog | Full of Wonder and Innocence, a Young Girl Romances the Sky
Getting to the Heart of Future Cygnus Payload Return from the International Space Station? - Spaceports | Chris Bergin at NASA Spaceflight.com has noted that the recently released NASA Commercial Resupply2 (CRS2) RFP document includes a provision that the Agency is looking at a requirement that would result in the return/disposal of up to 14,250 to 16,750 kg of pressurized cargo and the disposal of 1,500 to 4,000 kg of unpressurized cargo per year...
Monday, February 24, 2014
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National Naval Aviation Museum Welcomes Excitement over the Last Weeks of its Blue Angels Winter Promotion - PR Web (press release) | The National Naval Aviation Museum, located in the northwestern coastal region of Pensacola, Florida, counts down the final days of offering the Blue Angels Winter Special. The special package includes a ticket to the Blue Angel themed attractions located at the Museum including the Blue Angels 4D Experience, a ride with the Blues in a...
Aeroshell team, Franklin and Younkin headline show - Brownsville Herald | Air Fiesta will feature additional aerobatic performers as well, plus flying by the Commemorative Air Force's own fleet of vintage aircraft. The CAF's RGV Wing, based at the Brownsville airport, puts on the air show every year strictly with volunteers.
Plane Amazing: Air Fiesta attracts large crowd - Valley morning Star | Hundreds of attendees passed through the Commemorative Air Force Museum during the afternoon and took in the show while meeting pilots and posing for photos with aircraft. For the Canales family, Air Fiesta has been a fixture in two generations of...
B-29 and other historic aircraft to visit Bradenton-Sarasota - Bradenton Herald | MANATEE -- Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport will host several historic aircraft Feb. 27-March 2, including a B-29 Superfortress, a Curtis SB2C Helldiver, a C-45 Expediter "Bucket of Bolts," a PT-17 Stearman, and a Model 4 Stearman Speedmail.
Let the Sparks Fly - U.S. Army Parachute Team "Golden Knights" | Golden Knights Annual 
Certification CycleAs the Gold Demonstration Team works their way into the second month of the Golden Knights Annual Certification Cycle, the resolute focus on the team remains with safety, target accuracy, and perfecting the show to bring to the public. After a strenuous first few weeks of five to eight jumps a day, Gold Team has found its rhythm and is working together like a well oiled machine.
Red Bull Air Race aces back in action in Abu Dhabi - Times of Oman | ...The Red Bull Air Race World Championship will be back in the skies on February 28 and March 1 with a triumphant return to Abu Dhabi for the seventh season opener over the sparkling waters of the Arabian Gulf. Reigning champion Paul Bonhomme of Britain, who won the last race in Abu Dhabi in 2010, will be...
Isle of Man gives Red Arrows stamp of approval - Isle of Man Today | The Red Arrows is the public face of the Royal Air Force and have thrilled thousands of and spectators with displays around the globe, including the Isle of Man, where they often appear in TT Week. Maxine Cannon, general manager Isle of Man Stamps and...
Red Arrows team leader hopes ageing jets will be replaced with new version of the Hawk - Grimsby Telegraph | The leader of the Red Arrows helped select a new tailfin design to celebrate their 50th display season – and then called for the RAF to look at replacing the ageing jets with a new version of the Hawk. Squadron leader Jim Turner, also known as Red One...
Last Flying RNZAF Dakota at Warbirds Over Wanaka 2014 - Warbirds News | The Warbirds Over Wanaka air show, in Wanaka, New Zealand will be rumbling to life this Easter weekend, from the 18th through 20th of April. The biennial event is famous the world over for its gathering of rare warbirds, and fabulous set-piece events set against the stunning backdrop of some of New Zealand’s finest mountain scenery. Amongst the Spitfires, Kittyhawks and Mustangs that will surely be attending this year’s air show will be the familiar, and yet increasingly rare site of a Douglas C-47B Dakota. This particular Dakota is even more special though, as it is the last of the Royal New Zealand Air Force’s WWII fleet still flying and operating as a commercial aircraft. And what’s more, it will be selling rides to enthusiasts over the air show days....
New England Air Museum to Hold Open Cockpit Day on Sunday, March 16 - WarbirdsNews | PRESS RELEASE – The New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks, Conn., will hold Open Cockpit Day on Sunday, March 16th. On that day visitors will be permitted to climb into the cockpits of up to nine vintage airplanes including two supersonic jet fighters, the Vietnam era Huey helicopter, the WWII P-47 Thunderbolt, the Vintage DC-3 airliner, and more.A special feature of the day will be a program on the Museum’s WWII Goodyear blimp car which is in its final stages of restoration. U.S. Navy blimps played a pivotal role in patrolling the U.S. East and Gulf coasts searching for German U-boats and in escorting North Atlantic ship convoys....
Twirly Birds to hold annual meeting · General Aviation News Staff | DALLAS — International helicopter pilot organization, Twirly Birds, will again hold its annual membership meeting in conjunction with the Helicopter Association International (HAI) Heli-Expo in Anaheim, Calif., on Feb. 25. The meeting begins at 5 p.m. in the Anaheim Marriott Marquis Ballroom Northeast....
Crew 713: The Story of a WWII Liberator Crew - Warbirds News | Warbirds News, while often focused on the current state of vintage military aircraft, is also keen to share stories concerning the people involved with those aircraft whether in the present, or the past. We have here a terrific article written by Brendan McNally about a documentary film currently in production concerning a specific WWII bomber crew: Crew 713, the men who flew the B-24 Liberator known as Irishman’s Shanty....
Last Call for Lancasters - Vintage Wings of Canada | As the Second World War wound down in 
Europe, the Allied powers, which had previously been focused on the destruction of Hitler’s Nazi-run Germany, began to think about the battle to come in and around Japan. The United States was largely responsible for offensive aerial attacks on the Japanese home islands, though the Royal Navy and the aerial arms of Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain and Canada were engaging the collapsing enemy in his many empirical outposts from Burma to Palembang to New Britain...
Naval Air Station Pensacola – A Pictorial History - Warbirds News | Warbirds News likes to support authors with new books which might appeal to our aviation-minded audience. One such book which crossed our desk recently is “Naval Air Station Pensacola”, by mother and son team Maureen Keillor and Chief Richard Keillor. The book, one of Arcadia Publishing’s Images of Aviation Series, is a pictorial history of NAS Pensacola from its humble beginnings in January 1914 as the US Navy’s very first commissioned air station to the present day. The photographs are thoroughly engaging, and well captioned. Some of the topics covered includethrilling...
The Last of Tu 144 Planes - English Russia | ...The first Tu-144 that performed a flight with an RD-36-51A engine was plane No 03-1 – it happened in November 30, 1974. In June 1976 the plane performed a long-distance flight for 6200 km with a load of five tons and it was subsequently decided to continue development of this model....
Alouette III — French design in helicopters by travelforaircraft | Nearly 1440 of these helicopters were built by Aérospatiale over a 25 year period ending in 1985 — and another 500 license built in four countries other than France. It is a light helicopter which can work at high altitudes...
New space shuttle exhibit opens at Air Force museum · General Aviation News Staff | DAYTON, Ohio — National Museum of the U.S. Air Force visitors will be cleared for liftoff when the museum’s new Space Shuttle Exhibit opens to the public on Feb. 26. The exhibit, which features NASA’s first Crew Compartment Trainer, allows visitors to experience the size and shape of an actual space shuttle orbiter by entering the payload bay and looking into the flight deck and mid-deck levels....
Museum to host Space Expo · General Aviation News Staff | WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn. — The New England Air Museum will hold its annual SPACE EXPO March 30. More than 15 exhibitors from across New England will participate in the event, including UTC Aerospace, the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Aldrich Astronomical Society, FlisKits, McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center, the CATO Rocketry Club, NASA, the Clay Center, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the Mars Foundation, US Space Camp, and Robotics First....
Astronaut to be guest speaker at Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame · General Aviation News Staff | WETASKIWIN, Alberta, Canada — Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield will be the guest speaker at the 41st annual induction ceremony of Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame. The former commander of the International Space Station, Expedition 35, Hadfield spent six months in Earth orbit. The Hall will induct four new members at the gala, to be held May 29 in Westjet Airlines’ Campus facility at Calgary International Airport....
Thursday, February 13, 2014
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International Skiplane Fly-In Changes to Sunday - EAA | February 13, 2014 - The weather forecast in the Lake Memphremagog region has led organizers of this weekend's 6th annual International Skiplane Fly-In to move the event back one day - from this Saturday, February 15, to Sunday, February 16. Skiplane pilots from the United States (Vermont) and Canada (Quebec) can land on frozen Lake Memphremagog behind their respective borders along the 45th parallel just west of Providence Island. The U.S.-Canadian border is readily apparent - a 20-foot-wide line cuts across the island...
Fly-in coming to FPO over Valentine's weekend - Bahama Islands Info (blog) | FREEPORT, Grand Bahama -- This Valentines weekend the Grand Bahama International Airport’s FBO will welcome approximately 6 private charter flights with some 26 passengers from the Bahamas Flying Ambassadors program (pilots with extensive experience in flying the Islands of The Bahamas) from Florida for a weekend of island soaring and exploring. c are nothing new for the island of Grand Bahama, in fact, the Ministry of Tourism in its aggressive campaign to appeal to the multi-billion dollar general aviation and private aircraft market is pleased to welcome these and other private charters to participate, travel, explore and share what the island of Grand Bahama has to offer...
Stephanie Myers' Classic Car & Vintage Plane Show - Community Impact Newspaper | The third annual Classic Car and Vintage Plane show features classic cars of all makes and models and awards trophies for Best of Show, People's Choice and more. The Commemorative Air Force supplies air crafts, including the Devil Dog, which will offer...
Living history lands at Boca Raton airport - Sun-Sentinel | The World War II war birds are coming to the Boca Raton Airport — and so is a thinning cadre of living history. Ninety-one-year-old Irwin Stovroff, who survived parachuting into enemy territory from a B-24, is hoping to rustle up at least two dozen World War II veterans who can tell the next generation about their experiences...
Tuskegee Airman from Louisville laid to rest - WAVE | LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - The community came together Wednesday to bid a final farewell to a World War II veteran with Louisville ties. Family and friends gathered at A.D. Porter & Sons Funeral Home on W. Chestnut Street to pay their final respects to Alvin LaRue, a flight officer with the Tuskegee Airman...
If These Planes Could Talk - CAF | The CAF's B-29/B-24 Squadron has put together a really cool video that shows how our planes commemorate veterans. If you get a chance, check out the video If These Planes Could Talk. It's about 2 minutes long.
Gee Bee QED: Gigantic Homebuilt Vintage Racer · eaavideo.org | Project patrol with Jim Moss and friends who built a flying replica of the gigantic vintage racer. [excerpt from December 2013 Chapter Video Magazine]
Historic airplane takes off from OKC to new home - KFOX14 | A historic aircraft listed on the National Register of Historic Places is relocating from Oklahoma to a museum in Texas. The Douglas DC-3 aircraft is...
Those Kiwi Moths - Vintage Wings of Canada | I have never been to New Zealand, that nation of two 
islands on the far side of my world, but I have this dream-like image that runs in my head when that adventurous nation comes to mind. It is not the Middle Earth fantasy world created by Peter Jackson or tourist professionals, but it is just as beautiful... maybe more so....
The Restorers – Mike Porter on Warbird Restoration · Warbirds News | Recently Kara and Adam, producers of The Restorers” have been getting a lot of posts on their Facebook page by people who want to make a career out of restoring old airplanes. People have been asking them, “How do I get to do that for a living?” So they thought we’d ask someone who happens to restore vintage airplanes. Mike Porter was...
The Boneyard · Warbirds News | Here at Warbirds News we have been tossing around the idea of adding a section dedicated to the “The Boneyard”, known more officially as the 309th Aerospace Maintenance And Regeneration Group (AMARG) at Davis-Monthan AFB in Tuscon, Arizona. We have decided that although AMARG hosts many current aircraft types, it does have a unique fascination to aviation enthusiasts and more importantly it hosts several warbirds. So starting today we will run a monthly column called “Ghosts of the Boneyard”....
Unique Mustang Model Now on Display at The RAF Museum Cosford · Warbirds News | PRESS RELEASE – Now on display at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford is a 1:5 scale scratch built North American P-51D Mustang. This unique model took almost ten years to build and was kindly donated to the Museum in autumn last year. This remarkable Mustang model now forms a centre piece display in the Museum’s Visitor Centre where visitors can view all its intricate details up close.The model is the work of retired journalist and avid modeller David Glen and was built in tribute to the US pilots and crews who gave their lives in support of their European allies over two World Wars. At over 6ft in length with a wing span of over 7ft the model bears the markings of VF-B 413317, the aircraft flown by Captain Donald R. Emerson, 336 Squadron, 4th Fighter Group who was killed on Christmas Day 1944 during the Battle of the Bulge...
Awesome helicopter exit, by Andrey Veselov. - Bonjour Bluesky
Here is Pentagon’s Future Tilt-Rotor Drone - The Aviationist | Aerial Reconfigurable Embedded 
System will perform cargo resupply, CASEVAC and ISR missions | According to Darpa “ARES is a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) flight module designed to operate as an unmanned platform capable of transporting a variety of payloads. The ARES VTOL flight module is designed to have its own power system, fuel, digital flight controls and remote command-and-control interfaces. Twin tilting ducted fans will provide efficient hovering and landing capabilities in a compact configuration, with rapid conversion to high-speed cruise flight.”...
Virginia Aerospace Days Leads to Two Senate Joint Resolutions and Budget Support - Spaceports | Two resolutions have been offered this week by Virginia State Senator Bill Carrico (R-Grayson County) and State Delegate Terry Kilgore (R-Scott County) relating to student space science activities in Wise County and Norton, Virginia (Senate Joint Resolution No. 141) and the recent efforts of the Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority (Senate Joint Resolution No. 142). Other legislators offered their support to expanding the spaceport budget in the next fiscal year...
