Windsor might take charge of air race that Detroit hosted in '08 - Detroit Free Press, United States
BY MIKE BRUDENELL • FREE PRESS SPORTS WRITER • January 28, 2009 The Red Bull Air Race World Series might return to the Detroit River this summer, ...
WE NEED THE SHIRT OFF YOUR BACK – AirShowBuzz.com
Actually we need signed performer t-shirts as part of a larger fundraiser for Aeroshell Team Lead Alan Henley who was injured in a non-aviation accident last summer. Find Out How You Can Help
Aerobatics champ to be farewelled - ABC Regional Online, Australia
Mr Moon died when his plane crashed at Temora Airport while he was during aerobatics last Tuesday. He was an experienced pilot and a former national ...
Small step for Andy Thomas, a giant leap for airshow - Geelong Advertiser, Australia
ADELAIDE-born astronaut Andy Thomas will be guest of honour at this year's Australian International Airshow at Avalon. Thomas is a veteran of four space ...
Fly-in celebration - Manning River Times, Australia
The Wing and Wave Fly-In will feature loads of different activities and events including an official visit and welcome from air commodore Mel Hupfeld. ...
Dubai Air Show site move delayed to 2011 - Flight International
By Alan Peaford Dubai Air Show's planned move to its new location at the Dubai World Central complex at Jebel Ali has been postponed.
Aero-TV: Stars in The Sky -- YAK ATTACK!! (Part 2) - Aero-News Network, FL
Charlie Lynch Is the Right Wing (#2) Pilot, and has been flying since 1992 -- first as a helicopter pilot, and then as a fixed wing aviator. ...
SUPER BOWL CHARTERS SACKED - The party is over for jet brokers as far as the Super Bowl is concerned. The number of jets at this year's game is expected to be a small fraction of what it's been in previous years.
Valentines Day Aviation Events 2009 from Indy Transponder by Transponder Admin
As promised on our radio spot for Flight Line Internet Radio today - this is the Valentine’s Day Aviation Events post. We'll continue to update this post as people send in aviation related events they find (or we discover) until the big day. We'll back link to this post each day through Valentine’s Day.
Saturday, Feb 14, 2009 - 1940s Valentine's Evening Gala, Zionsville, IN from FunPlacesToFly.com Aviation Events
The Indiana Wing of the Commemorative Air Force CAF is hosting an annual St. Valentine's Evening Gala in the spirit of a 1940's era USO gala. The event will be held on Saturday, February 14th, beginning at 6 pm at Indianapolis Executive Airport. Tickets are $75/couple and include fine dining catered by Keltie's and dancing to the swing and big band music of the Starlighters, a 16 piece big band and vocalist. Surrounding the dining and dance floor will be a selection of World War II combat aircraft and vehicles. The event also includes an era military and civilian impression costume contest, dance contest, and silent auction. Uniforms or civilian dress from the era are welcome as is modern cocktail attire or dress military uniforms. Advance tickets are required and may be obtained by calling Wing Leader Carl Winkler at 317-769-4487. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Indiana Wing of the CAF. The Indiana Wing maintains and flies two World War II aircraft, a primary trainer PT-26 Cornell and a liaison L-2A Grasshopper, to airshows around Indiana. Nationwide, the CAF maintains over 150 flying historic combat aircraft, the world's largest collection, as a tribute to the several hundred thousand men and women who built, serviced, and flew them in defense of our nation. Hamilton County's Indianapolis Executive Airport is located at 11329 East State Road 32, which is 1 ½ miles East of Hwy 421 and 6 miles West of Hwy 31. The event will be held in a large heated hanger off the main terminal building of Montgomery Aviation. Contact: Carl Winkler 317-769-4487, indplterry@msn.com
College Park Airport celebrates centennial By Tom Norton
The College Park Airport, the oldest continuously operating airport in the world, is celebrating its centennial this year. The airport and the College Park Aviation Museum on its grounds are offering dozens of special programs, running throughout the centennial year. They include tours of the restoration workshop in Wilbur Wright’s hangar, classic motion pictures about aviation (with lemonade and popcorn), an art contest and numerous other programs for schoolchildren, lectures on the early days of aviation at the airport, and outstanding photographs taken by two airport neighbors who documented its activities from its Wright era through the 1930s. Read More→
Morris named to top post at Arizona Aerospace Foundation - Yvonne Morris has been named executive director of the Arizona Aerospace Foundation. Morris, who is also director of the Titan Missile Museum, has been serving as acting executive director since June. Read More→
Uncontrolled Airspace #117 "DKPROC" from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast
Eclipse's new owners... dropping the wings off your airplane... and Jeb remembers a dear friend. All this and more on Uncontrolled Airspace, Episode #117 "DKPROC"
VERY cool Space Shuttle cockpit photo (LARGE) from Pilots of America Message Board by TangoWhiskey http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi.../STSCPanel.jpg
If you have a browser that re-sizes the image, do whatever you have to do to get it "real size". Then have fun exploring the cockpit. Cool that they have an electronic "HSI".
S-3 Viking Sunset - Another little bit of aviation diversity will be lost next week when VS-22, the US Navy’s final S-3 Viking squadron, is disestablished. To mark the occasion, Kevin Whitehead provides a look back at the S-3’s Navy career. Read Article »
Plane crashes into snow bank at airport from The Oshkosh Northwestern Latest Headlines
A pilot lost control and crashed his plane into a snow bank Tuesday morning while taxing down the runway at Wittman Regional Airport.
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009
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Valentines Day Aviation Events 2009
As promised on our radio spot for Flight Line Internet Radio today - this is the Valentines Day Aviation Events post. We'll continue to update this post as people send in aviation related events they find (or we discover) until the big day. We'll back link to this post each day through Valentines Day. [photo credit: handmadeheavendotbiz]
Indiana
Saturday, Feb 14, 2009 - 1940s Valentine's Evening Gala, Zionsville, IN from FunPlacesToFly.com Aviation Events The Indiana Wing of the Commemorative Air Force CAF is hosting an annual St. Valentine's Evening Gala in the spirit of a 1940's era USO gala. The event will be held on Saturday, February 14th, beginning at 6 pm at Indianapolis Executive Airport. Tickets are $75/couple and include fine dining catered by Keltie's and dancing to the swing and big band music of the Starlighters, a 16 piece big band and vocalist. Surrounding the dining and dance floor will be a selection of World War II combat aircraft and vehicles. The event also includes an era military and civilian impression costume contest, dance contest, and silent auction. Uniforms or civilian dress from the era are welcome as is modern cocktail attire or dress military uniforms. Advance tickets are required and may be obtained by calling Wing Leader Carl Winkler at 317-769-4487. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Indiana Wing of the CAF. The Indiana Wing maintains and flies two World War II aircraft, a primary trainer PT-26 Cornell and a liaison L-2A Grasshopper, to airshows around Indiana. Nationwide, the CAF maintains over 150 flying historic combat aircraft, the world's largest collection, as a tribute to the several hundred thousand men and women who built, serviced, and flew them in defense of our nation. Hamilton County's Indianapolis Executive Airport is located at 11329 East State Road 32, which is 1 ½ miles East of Hwy 421 and 6 miles West of Hwy 31. The event will be held in a large heated hanger off the main terminal building of Montgomery Aviation. Contact: Carl Winkler 317-769-4487, indplterry@msn.com
New Jersey
Historic airplanes will set stage for hangar dance in Millville - Today's Sunbeam - NJ.com, NJ
A rare P-47 Thunderbolt, a B-25 Mitchell and a Supermarine Spitfire are just a few of the beautifully restored World War II warbirds that will set the stage for the Valentine's Hangar Dance to benefit the Millville Army Air Field Museum (MAAFM).
The Museum's “Dancing with the Warbirds” Hangar Dance will take place Saturday, Feb. 7, from 6 to 10 p.m. in Hangar A at Millville Airport -- the large blue hangar just next to the Millville Jet Center on Thunderbolt Drive. ....
Indy Transponder 27-January 0400z
Sebring Success! from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association
Someone forgot to tell the attendees at the U.S. Sport Aviation Expo about the recession. With something in excess of 15 aircraft sales reported from the airframe manufacturers and two record-breaking attendance days, this year's Expo set the recreational aviation industry off to a positive start for 2009.
Aaron Tippin to guest star at Freedom's Call Tattoo 2009 - Times Community Newspapers of Greater Dayton, OH
Country music superstar Aaron Tippin will take to the stage Friday, June 26, in a free concert that is part of the Air Force Materiel Command's fifth annual ...
Dubai Air Show site move delayed to 2011 from Flightglobal Events
Dubai Air Show's planned move to its new location at the Dubai World Central complex at Jebel Ali has been postponed. Sources...
Historic airplanes will set stage for hangar dance in Millville - Today's Sunbeam - NJ.com, NJ
The Museum's "Dancing with the Warbirds" Hangar Dance will take place Saturday, Feb. 7, from 6 to 10 pm in Hangar A at Millville Airport -- the large blue ...
[photo credit: Mariusz Petelicki]
Air Force Day Parade 2009 - Blog
This year they will have formal parades, fly pasts and capability demonstrations, and other activities to involve the public on a more sociable level. The event is open for the public and will cost you nothing. All you need to do is bring your own food, beverages, sun block,chairs etc.
Pilot fined for getting in way of Red Arrows - WalesOnline, United Kingdom
A light aircraft pilot has been fined after flying into the path of a Red Arrows display. Shelia Mathinson's single engine aircraft was spotted by police in ...
Hangar 11 Hurricane flies. from Warbirdworld by WireFox
The Hangar 11 group Hurricane has flown for the first post-restoration flight today at North Weald airfield, Essex. See Taxi-footage with permission at http://www.flyingmachinestv.co.uk/H11Hurricanetaxy.wmv Well done all involved, Engine from Norfolk well-known restorer stable ?
Soaring museum to hold winter aviation camp - Elmira Star-Gazette, NY
The National Soaring Museum will hold a winter aviation camp for youth 8 to 12 years old during the Presidents Week break Feb. 16 to 20. ...
Little Toot : George Meyer Wins Mechanics Illustrated 1957 from The Biplane Forum
Just a small amount of history about Little Toot.
George Meyer won the Mechanics Illustrated Trophy at the fifth Experimental Aircraft Association flying-in 1957 when Little Toot was first finished. This trophy was presented to George by Paul Poberezny.
Here are two pictures one of George with his trophies 1957 and one of Son Tommy 50 years later ...
Obama honorees speaking at Oahu aviation museum - Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Their lectures, "From Tuskegee to Triumph," take place at the Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor, with Holloman speaking at 2 pm Sunday, and Jefferson at 2 pm Feb. 7. Signings of books about the Tuskegee Airmen and of "Red Tail" P-51 model aircraft ...
China's First Lady of Flight from www.airspacemag.com
In an era when Chinese women weren't allowed to drive cars, Lee Ya-Ching flew the globe. ...
Documentary on Apollo TV broadcasts from RLV and Space Transport News
Spacecraft Films has created the documentary film Live from the Moon, which tells the story of how the Apollo television broadcasts came about: New documentary follows the broadcast 'Live from the Moon' - collectSPACE - Jan.27.09. The article links to a high resolution trailer.
Apollo 1 from RLV and Space Transport News
Today is the 42nd anniversary of the Apollo 1 tragedy: Jan. 27, 1967: 3 Astronauts Die in Capsule Fire - Wired.
Additional resources:
/-- NASA Apollo Mission Apollo-1
/-- Apollo 1 - Wikipedia
Is this a wind up?? from PPRuNe Forums by GANNET FAN
Even though the Aeroscraft dwarfs the largest commercial airliners, it requires less net space on the ground than any plane because it doesn't need a runway. The airship takes off and lands like a helicopter, straight up and down.
This is not a Blimp. It's a sort of flying Queen Mary 2 that could change the way you think about air travel. It's the Aeroscraft, and when it's completed, it will ferry pampered passengers across continents and oceans as they stroll leisurely about the one-acre cabin or relax in their staterooms. ...
www.greatlakesaviationconference.com from Twitter / StephenForce
3 major components
* Expo pilots mechanics, career fair
* Educational Seminars – pilots, mechanics, students
* Social (including aviation group meetings), pancake breakfast, happy hour, keynote speakers
P-51 Mustang from Fence Check
ww2 bomber thread from Military Photos by Abbadon the Despoiler
German WWII gun camera footage from PPRuNe Forums by rotornut
Local Rolls-Royce plant lands Air Force contract from Indianapolis Business Journal Latest News
The 6,000-plus employees at Rolls-Royce Group Plcs Tibbs Avenue manufacturing plant started 2008 not knowing
whether theyd keep their jobs. Theyre starting 2009 with plenty of work ahead of them. Rolls-Royce said yesterday it won a multiyear contract to develop fuel-efficient turbine engines for the U.S. Air Force - a deal that could be worth as much as $185 million. The work will be handled by the British aerospace companys Indianapolis operation. ...
Someone forgot to tell the attendees at the U.S. Sport Aviation Expo about the recession. With something in excess of 15 aircraft sales reported from the airframe manufacturers and two record-breaking attendance days, this year's Expo set the recreational aviation industry off to a positive start for 2009.
Aaron Tippin to guest star at Freedom's Call Tattoo 2009 - Times Community Newspapers of Greater Dayton, OH
Country music superstar Aaron Tippin will take to the stage Friday, June 26, in a free concert that is part of the Air Force Materiel Command's fifth annual ...
Dubai Air Show site move delayed to 2011 from Flightglobal Events
Dubai Air Show's planned move to its new location at the Dubai World Central complex at Jebel Ali has been postponed. Sources...
Historic airplanes will set stage for hangar dance in Millville - Today's Sunbeam - NJ.com, NJ
The Museum's "Dancing with the Warbirds" Hangar Dance will take place Saturday, Feb. 7, from 6 to 10 pm in Hangar A at Millville Airport -- the large blue ...
[photo credit: Mariusz Petelicki]
Air Force Day Parade 2009 - Blog
This year they will have formal parades, fly pasts and capability demonstrations, and other activities to involve the public on a more sociable level. The event is open for the public and will cost you nothing. All you need to do is bring your own food, beverages, sun block,chairs etc.
Pilot fined for getting in way of Red Arrows - WalesOnline, United Kingdom
A light aircraft pilot has been fined after flying into the path of a Red Arrows display. Shelia Mathinson's single engine aircraft was spotted by police in ...
Hangar 11 Hurricane flies. from Warbirdworld by WireFox
The Hangar 11 group Hurricane has flown for the first post-restoration flight today at North Weald airfield, Essex. See Taxi-footage with permission at http://www.flyingmachinestv.co.uk/H11Hurricanetaxy.wmv Well done all involved, Engine from Norfolk well-known restorer stable ?
Soaring museum to hold winter aviation camp - Elmira Star-Gazette, NY
The National Soaring Museum will hold a winter aviation camp for youth 8 to 12 years old during the Presidents Week break Feb. 16 to 20. ...
Little Toot : George Meyer Wins Mechanics Illustrated 1957 from The Biplane Forum
Just a small amount of history about Little Toot.
George Meyer won the Mechanics Illustrated Trophy at the fifth Experimental Aircraft Association flying-in 1957 when Little Toot was first finished. This trophy was presented to George by Paul Poberezny.
Here are two pictures one of George with his trophies 1957 and one of Son Tommy 50 years later ...
Little Toot : Toot Pics from The Biplane Forum
Obama honorees speaking at Oahu aviation museum - Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Their lectures, "From Tuskegee to Triumph," take place at the Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor, with Holloman speaking at 2 pm Sunday, and Jefferson at 2 pm Feb. 7. Signings of books about the Tuskegee Airmen and of "Red Tail" P-51 model aircraft ...
China's First Lady of Flight from www.airspacemag.com
In an era when Chinese women weren't allowed to drive cars, Lee Ya-Ching flew the globe. ...
Documentary on Apollo TV broadcasts from RLV and Space Transport News
Spacecraft Films has created the documentary film Live from the Moon, which tells the story of how the Apollo television broadcasts came about: New documentary follows the broadcast 'Live from the Moon' - collectSPACE - Jan.27.09. The article links to a high resolution trailer.
Apollo 1 from RLV and Space Transport News
Today is the 42nd anniversary of the Apollo 1 tragedy: Jan. 27, 1967: 3 Astronauts Die in Capsule Fire - Wired.
Additional resources:
/-- NASA Apollo Mission Apollo-1
/-- Apollo 1 - Wikipedia
Is this a wind up?? from PPRuNe Forums by GANNET FAN
Even though the Aeroscraft dwarfs the largest commercial airliners, it requires less net space on the ground than any plane because it doesn't need a runway. The airship takes off and lands like a helicopter, straight up and down.
This is not a Blimp. It's a sort of flying Queen Mary 2 that could change the way you think about air travel. It's the Aeroscraft, and when it's completed, it will ferry pampered passengers across continents and oceans as they stroll leisurely about the one-acre cabin or relax in their staterooms. ...
www.greatlakesaviationconference.com from Twitter / StephenForce
3 major components
* Expo pilots mechanics, career fair
* Educational Seminars – pilots, mechanics, students
* Social (including aviation group meetings), pancake breakfast, happy hour, keynote speakers
P-51 Mustang from Fence Check
ww2 bomber thread from Military Photos by Abbadon the Despoiler
German WWII gun camera footage from PPRuNe Forums by rotornut
Local Rolls-Royce plant lands Air Force contract from Indianapolis Business Journal Latest News
The 6,000-plus employees at Rolls-Royce Group Plcs Tibbs Avenue manufacturing plant started 2008 not knowing
whether theyd keep their jobs. Theyre starting 2009 with plenty of work ahead of them. Rolls-Royce said yesterday it won a multiyear contract to develop fuel-efficient turbine engines for the U.S. Air Force - a deal that could be worth as much as $185 million. The work will be handled by the British aerospace companys Indianapolis operation. ...For the latest News @ Full Throttle and additional features visit www.IndyTransponder.com © You may also subscribe for daily automatic E-mail delivery directly to your Inbox!
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