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Showing posts with label The Restorers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Restorers. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Phase Two for The Restorers
Monday, May 26, 2014
Hemlock Films: A New Aviation Film for the BIG screen
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Hemlock Films | 1446 Elbur Avenue | Lakewood, Oh 44107
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Monday, April 7, 2014
The Restorers on the big, BIG screen
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Hemlock Films | 1446 Elbur Avenue | Lakewood, Oh 44107
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Thursday, February 13, 2014
Indy Transponder 13-FEB-2014 1930z
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...
Thursday, November 7, 2013
Indy Transponder 07-NOV-2013 0415z
Breitling Wingwalkers to perform death-defying aerial stunts at Al Ain air show - The National | Breitling Wingwalkers, the world's only aerobatic formation wingwalking team, will be demonstrating their daredevil stunts at the Al Ain Aerobatic Show...
Aviation Dubai Airshow Preview - Gulf Business News | The 13th Dubai Airshow is upon us. All eyes will be on Dubai's second airport November 17 to 21, as a new venue for the first time plays host to what is fast becoming one of the key events in the global aviation calendar. A purpose-built venue at Dubai ...
'Jetman' joyrides around Mount Fuji - The National | Yves Rossy, known as the 'Jetman', flies by 
Mount Fuji in Japan. The Swiss aviator jumped from a helicopter at an altitude of 3,600 meters and successfully flew the jet-powered carbon-Kevlar Jetwing around Japan's highest peak...
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Veteran wins car at Stuart Airshow - TCPalm | STUART — Jeffery McCarty, 42, of Stuart was the winner of a refurbished Buick Century in the Wheels to Warrior program sponsored by Crown Car Care and Crown Collision, at the Stuart Airshow. McCarty joined the National Guard in 2008 and served in the ...
Liberty Foundation Gives Public Chance of a Lifetime to Ride B-17 - WUSF News | On Monday, November 4, 2013, The Liberty Foundation invited members of the media to Tampa Executive airport to get the chance of a lifetime to fly in a Boeing B-17 that was used in 'The Movie' Memphis Belle. This Saturday and Sunday they will be open ...
SUN ’n FUN hosts international Skype event · General Aviation News Staff | SUN ‘n FUN CAMPUS, LAKELAND, Florida — Students at the Central Florida Aerospace Academy and students at the Nannestad High School outside of Oslo, Norway, will be the guests at the first International Skype event hosted by SUN ‘n FUN and the Florida Air Museum. The event, on Thursday, Nov. 7, is also open to the general public...
2014 MCAS Miramar Air Show sneak preview - KFMB News 8 | After this year's disappointing cancellation of the Miramar Air Show, CBS News 8 is getting an exclusive explanation straight from the commanding officer himself about what went wrong. The air show normally makes more than a $1 ...
EAA to Expand College Park Area at AirVenture 2014 - aviationpros.com | The College Park area at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, which made its debut in 2013 with dozens of aviation colleges and universities taking part, will expand in 2014 to include more opportunities for those seeking aviation careers and ...
The Restorers – They Were All Volunteers. Screening This Week At USAF Museum’s IMAX Theater · Warbirds News | DAYTON, Ohio –The National Museum of the United States Air Force hosts a reunion on 17 April 2011 for the brave men, who took off from an aircraft carrier for a top secret mission to bomb Japan. Achieving the unimaginable on 18 April 1942, these men, led by Lt. Col. James H. “Jimmy” Doolittle, came to be known as the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders. The public had the opportunity to celebrate the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders as the World War II aviation heroes commemorated the 70th anniversary of the raid on Japan at a memorial service on 18 April 2012. The 20 vintage B-25 bombers were...
Air Museum offers free admission for veterans and active service personnel on Veterans Day - Blair Enterprise Publishing | The air museum will honor Veterans by inviting them to the museum and tour free of charge on Veterans Day. Bud Nelson, former commander of the 185th and museum board Vice President, is pleased “the museum is planning the activity to honor his fellow...
Claire Chennault Proved Fighter's Value Against Japanese Over China - Investor's Business Daily | And after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in December 1941, Chennault led the first American counterpunches, delivered by the American Volunteer Group — the famed Flying Tigers — in the skies over Burma and China. Before shipping off to China on what ...
‘Sandbar Mitchell’ B-25 Bomber Restoration Story Highlights Breakfast Honoring Veterans - Patch.com | The guest speaker will be Patrick Mihalek, director of the the Sandbar Mitchell Organization of Brighton, the group responsible for the recovery of the B-25 bomber that crashed on the Tanana River sandbar near Fairbanks, Alaska, in June 1969. In his ...
A World War II pilot remembers - Estes Park Trail-Gazette | He is dedicated to the Honor Flight program serving as Co-organizer of Benefits for the Honor Flights of Northern Colorado. Since retiring to Estes Park he has been a regular VIP at Rocky Mountain National Park and is active in the Aviation Club. He ...
Nakajima Ki-115 Tsurugi (? Sabre) — ultimate Kamikaze? - Travel for Aircraft | Late in World War II, Imperial Japan began a strategy of what know of today as asymmetric warfare with the Special Attack Units, better know as Kamikaze in the West. Kamikazes were effective and were getting more effective as the Allies approached Japan’s home islands. Ironically, as the war wore on Japan began using...
Free Desktop CoolPix Of Thom Richard And Precious Metal At Reno 2013! - AirPigz | I posted a 
version of this image as a CoolPix a few weeks back but I didn't offer it in the various desktop sizes as I sometimes do to make it easy for y'all to use it for a computer screen background... and then I had a reason to shape one up for a friend in the 1366x768 size the other day. After I did I thought maybe now was a good time to go back and get that done for anyone wanting a pretty nice pic of Precious Metal and Thom Richard in the new Reno 2013 paint...
[Photo] F-14 Tomcat could land on carrier with missing radome, damaged wing - The Aviationist | The Grumman Aerospace Corporation, acquired in 1994 by Northrop Corporation to form the Northrop Grumman, was one of the most respected aircraft manufacturer in the world and leading airplanes builder for the U.S. Navy in the 20th century. But among the fighter pilots community it was known as “Grumman Ironworks”, due to its aircraft ability to come back to the carriers or bases after having been heavily damaged, thanks to their strength and durability....
Hartzell Becomes Propeller Technical Partner for Red Bull Air Races, Featuring 'The Claw' - aviationpros.com | Piqua, Ohio, Nov. 6, 2013 – Hartzell Propeller has been selected by Red Bull Air Races as the propeller technical partner for the upcoming Red Bull Air Race World Championship motor-sport series...
Pilot pays it forward through Young Eagles - Florida Today | Yacono is passing on that same thrill to kids on the Space Coast via the EAA through the Young Eagles program. Members of the Merritt Island chapter donate their time, planes and cost for gas, equipment and insurance two times a year to give kids ages ...
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
The Restorers: The Doolittle Raider Toast
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Hemlock Films | 1446 Elbur Avenue | Lakewood, Oh 44107
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Friday, October 11, 2013
"The Restorers"…..back in the saddle!
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Hemlock Films | 1446 Elbur Avenue | Lakewood, Oh 44107
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