Navy Blue Angels to perform in March at Thunder Over Utah Air Show in St. George - The Republic | The U.S. Navy Blue Angels will be the featured performers at the next Thunder Over Utah Air Show at the municipal airport in St. George. The show is set for March 17-18. This will be the 
Blue Angels' first time performing in southern Utah....
Phantoms and Angels: Blue Angels F-4 Phantom Teams | Precision, team work, unending dedication to perfection. Since its formation in 1946, these have been the traditions of the United States Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron - the Blue Angels. From 1969 to 1973, the Blue Angels flew the F-4J Phantom II, a high-performance jet fighter which flew more than 1,600 miles per hour and achieved altitudes in excess of 100,000 feet. For the first time, read the first hand accounts of the Blue Angels who flew on the wings of the F-4 Phantom....
My biggest fan came for a visit in Burbank - Flying with Amelia | We woke in Oakland, CA to a 
bank of fog that keep many a pilot on the ground. Rather than taking off at 6am and heading straight to Burbank, we waited until 9 am to head to the airport when the fog cleared. We thanked the crew at Attitude Aviation for their hangar space and gracious hospitality. With a cliff bar in hand, we climbed in the plane and started a cold engine. We decided to fly VFR to Santa Barbara in...
Air show officials remember pilot - News and Sentinel | Local air show officials remember a pilot who was a staple at the Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport events and other aerial programs throughout the state. On Dec. 22, pilot Michael Lakin, 42, who had participated in many Air Expos at the Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport, was killed while performing aerial stunt maneuvers for recertification near Columbus, Ohio....
More Info On Sponsorship for the Air Race Classic - You Fly Girl | We can certainly use all available hands. But I would like to add a comment about sponsoring the race: Sponsorship does not entail thousands of dollars. We have sponsors for $25 on up and we have many who sponsor the race by...
Air Racers 3D | 3D Entertainment has released the new poster for the upcoming Giant Screen film "Air Racers 3D." - "A Spectacular Air Show Experience"
Fly into Nevada’s “Valley of Speed” for a breathtaking exploration of the fastest race in the world 
combined with spectacular air show entertainment: the legendary Reno National Championship Air Races. Join today’s elite pilots as they fight for position, wingtip-to-wingtip, and skim 50 feet (15 m) above the ground around an oval course at twice the speed of a “Nascar” race.
Discover this ultra-competitive world through the eyes of rookie pilot Steve Hinton Jr. as he attempts to fly his P-51 Mustang fighter plane to victory in the most highly-anticipated and unpredictable race class. Learn about the history and science behind the sport, whose concept dates back to the dawn of aviation and see top-notch aerobatic performers, including the Canadian Forces Snowbirds.
With spectacular aerial photography filmed entirely in 3D and unprecedented access granted to the course, Air Racers puts you in the cockpit to experience the intensity and high-speed thrills of a sports event like no other for the very first time in IMAX 3D theatres.
The film opens in IMAX and Giant Screen theaters April 5, 2012.
Old Buckenham airshow to return in 2012 - Norfolk Eastern Daily Press | Officials from the Touchdown Aero Centre, which operates the airfield, said the airshow would offer displays from perennially popular vintage aircraft to the latest in modern aerobatic machines. The event will also feature a fairground, military static...
Venues set New Year's Eve plans By LINDSAY PEYTON, CHRONICLE CORRESPONDENT | As 2011 draws to a close, local restaurants are creating special menus and area venues are booking acts for their New Year's Eve celebrations. Spring residents will have their pick of entertainment for the big evening – from listening to the classical compositions of the Houston Symphony to dancing to Sinatra tunes in an airport hangar-turned 1940s nightclub....
Studio plans to film 'Duggy' episodes - AndersonValleyPost.com | He recently starred in “Thunder Over Reno,” a film that partially takes place at the Reno Air Races. The movie was directed by Mitch Farley, creator of “Duggy.” “He (Foxworthy) did share his excitement for the project and he appears to have quite a bit...
Museum to feature B-25 - Fremont News Messenger | The centerpiece at the Liberty Aviation Museum, under construction at the Erie-Ottawa Regional Airport, will be a B-25 bomber manufactured by NA Aviation in 1945. The plane has 13 machine guns and is one of only 30 worldwide....
U.S. Air Force & Combat Infantry: Intense Love-Hate Relationship - Salem News | ...The first American Airplanes got to Britain in June ’45. By July 27th there were 47 B-17 Bombers, 74 P-38 Fighters and 52 C-47 Cargo planes. Almost none of the Bombers survived their missions. The Memphis Belle was the first to survive 25 missions to great celebration!...
Secret Squirrel Stratofortress — the B-52 known as El Lobo II - Travel for Aircraft | 16-17 
December 1991: 57 men in 7 B-52 Stratofortresses completed a record setting historical combat mission which was designated Secret Squirrel. This mission was the first strike of Operation Desert Storm — initiating Gulf War I — flying 35 hours over 14,000 miles to...
Video: Nearly 14' Wingspan RC Airbus A400M - With Paratroopers! - AirPigz | This amazing and very large (1:10 scale) Airbus A400M RC model has been around for a while but there's so dang much cool stuff on the interwebs these days that sometimes it takes a while to find the must-see items. With a nearly 14 foot wingspan, a little over 90 pounds, and with 18 servos operated by two people with two radios, this is one complex RC model. And, as this video shows, it has video cameras mounted in the cockpit(!), under the...
Video: Wingsuiters at it again - in formation! - Bayou Renaissance Man
Aviation for Kids - NBC26 | E.A.A. Airventure may be about a half a year away, but that's not stopping the staff at the E.A.A. Airventure Museum from getting Northeast Wisconsin kids excited about airplanes....
XB-70 Engines - The Unwanted Blog | A photo from a NASA report showing the tail end of a B-70, with engine #3 removed. The B-70 was a carefully shaped vehicle, every line and....
NASA space camp scholarship offered to children of military from Air Force Link Top Stories | NASA Space Camp is a place of learning where children come together for a journey they will never forget. For many, it is a life-changing event - helping them make decisions about their educational and vocational careers. This extraordinary adventure teaches our youth about astronauts and space travel and so much more. They learn leadership and they develop bonds of friendship that can last a lifetime....
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
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Monday, December 26, 2011
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Tickets already on sale for chance to see Air Force Thunderbirds in 2012 - Bangor Daily | The 
2012 Great State of Maine Air Show is scheduled for closer to next Christmas than this one, but tickets are already on sale for a show that has the United States Air Force Thunderbirds booked. In its decades-long history, the air show — which until last summer always was organized and manned by the U.S. Navy — has welcomed the Thunderbirds to Brunswick only once. The Thunderbirds, a flight demonstration and military recruitment tool, performed at 70 air shows in 2011. In Brunswick, they are expected to fly F-22 Raptors, according to Marty McMahon of the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority, the group overseeing the civilian redevelopment of the now-closed Brunswick Naval Air Station, which is now called Brunswick Executive Airport....
Hill Air Force base to hold Thunderbirds air show - Herald Extra | Hill Air Force Base officials announced this week that an open house and air show featuring the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds will be held at Hill on May 26-27. The two-day event, which is free and open to the public, will include aerial demonstrations and displays to provide the public a personal look at the Air Force and its airmen. "Open houses and air shows serve as premier platforms that enable us to showcase the Air Force mission and the extraordinary things our Airmen do every day," said Col. Sarah Zabel, 75th Air Base Wing commander. "This is significant to our recruiting efforts, but also essential to educating the American public on the training and capabilities of their Air Force."...
Thunder Over The Blue Ridge Moves On - Aero-News Net | A West Virginia airshow which closed early this year following a fatal T-28 crash will be back for 2012. The website for the Thunder Over The Blue Ridge Open House & Air Show in Martinsburg announces, "The 167th Airlift Wing, West Virginia Air National Guard will once again partner with the local community and Thunder Over The Blue Ridge, Inc., to host the 2012 Thunder Over the Blue Ridge Open House and Air Show. The event is scheduled for September 15-16, 2012....
Leuchars Airshow will be held in 2012 - Fife Today | THE RAF Leuchars Airshow will definitely take place next year, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed. In a letter to North East Fife MP Sir Menzies Campbell, Armed Forces Minister Nick Harvey said the annual event would be held on Saturday, September 15. However, Mr Harvey warned that the future of the Airshow beyond 2012 could not be guaranteed...
With skyscapes painted on the tops of our wings… - Flying With Amelia | Every pilot I meet seems to want to put into words the vigor and excitement that flying brings to the table. Photos, words, videos… all of these options come close to personifying our need to soar into the big ole blue sky, but there was always something missing. Until now. I am excited to share the videos that we took today during our....
Aviation Nation 2011 – Sunday - Parrot Head Jeff | It’s Christmas Eve and I’ve been working on 
getting a whole bunch of photos edited and ready for uploading. Oh, I’ll have some pics from...
A Rare Opportunity for an Up Close Look at the F-22 Raptor - Airplanista |"Congratulations," the email started, "you have been selected to attend our first Lockheed Martin Tweetup". That led to frantic trip planning, and a bunch of excitement. Twitter and these 'Tweetups' have given me an incredible number of experiences that most could never imagine, something I'm very thankful for. My first Space Shuttle launch at STS-129, visiting...
The San Joaquin Siren: Another Great Pilot Story - Fly Me Friendly | I really enjoy reading aviation books (funny that) and especially (auto)biographies that give me an insight into the experiences of the times, from growing up to learning to fly and then on to surviving various aviation adventures. With that in mind, it was a pretty even bet that I’d probably enjoy reading The San Joaquin Siren, An American Ace in WWII’s CBI by William M Behrns & Kenneth Moore. Not only did I enjoy the book, I loved it. It starts with a...
Combat Air Museum features P-51 fighter - CJ Online | Holiday visitors to the Combat Air Museum can view a World War II-era fighter on display. The P-51 fighter is valued at $1.8 million, said Gene Howerter, chairman of the museum’s board of directors. The P-51 Mustang originally was part of the Royal Australian Air Force....
a couple of amazing T-6 Texans. I photographed another of his T-6 a few months backed and love its color scheme which is authentic for the field in which he flies out of, Falcon Field, AZ. One of the many training fields around the country, that kind of living history is just cool....Ice Pilots' Buffalo Joe down to earth - Times Colonist | Buffalo Joe McBryan is a hard man to pin down. The head of the Northwest Territories' long-standing renegade airline Buffalo Airways and gruff centre of History Television's hit reality TV series Ice Pilots NWT is sitting in his cluttered Yellowknife office on an relatively warm December morning. (It's roughly -10 C.)...
Soyuz reentry over Europe (not a comet) - High Power Rocketry
Astronaut Cady Coleman To Visit International Women’s Air And Space Museum - Aero-News Network | The International Women’s Air & Space Museum, in partnership with NASA Glenn Research Center, will host a special guest appearance from astronaut Catherine “Cady” Coleman on Tuesday, January 3rd. Cady (pictured) will provide a post-flight mission briefing with a question and answer session. Following the presentation, there will be an informal meet and greet and autograph session....
Saturday, December 24, 2011
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Air Show funds Cornelius children's library programs - Oregon Live | Friends of the Cornelius Public Library received a $750 grant from the Oregon International Air Show to support fun and educational children's programs that encourage reading and literacy. One of the Friends' primary goals is to support an annual Summer Reading Program. This year 409 Cornelius children participated in the program, reading more than 6,250 books....
Podcast: Amelia Earhart Flies Again - AVweb | Amelia Rose Earhart, who works as a reporter at a Denver TV station, has been inspired by her famous ancestor to learn to fly. She's now re-tracing Earhart's 1937...
Evoking memories of a legend, Amelia Earhart will once again take to the skies over the United States, retracing the North American route of her namesake, distant relative and legendary aviatrix. Fueled by a love of adventure and passion for inspiring others to pursue their own dreams, this modern-day Amelia will fly a Cirrus SR22 from Oakland, California to Miami, Florida. Amelia's thrilling quest to recreate Earhart's trans-continental flight soars on Dec. 26, 2011. Why Oakland? In the late spring of 1937, Earhart flew from Oakland to Miami where she announced her bold...[Don't forget to check out Amelia's blog too! - which is where the photo came from]
Amelia Earhart Flies A Cirrus - AVweb | Denver traffic reporter Amelia Rose Earhart is distantly related to the famous aviator, and says her parents gave her that name to inspire her -- and it worked. Earhart already has earned her private pilot certificate, and this week she's flying from Oakland, Calif., to Miami in a Cirrus SR-22 to re-trace one of her namesake's famous flights...
Help with the Air Race Classic, June 19-22, 2012 - You Fly Girl | ...Most of us can't be sponsors, but we can certainly be volunteers...
TEASER TRAILER SNEAK PEEK! - THE BOB HOOVER PROJECT Team | An early teaser for an upcoming feature documentary film, currently in production, on the life of flying legend R.A. “Bob” Hoover – THE BOB HOOVER PROJECT....
Roadrunners Internationale December Newsletter | For those of you who did not attend the Roadrunners Internationale 22d reunion last October, the reunion was a major success. As Reunion Committee Chairman Harry Martin put the event together, it appeared at first...
How an A-12 Avenger II canopy landed on eBay [UPDATE] - Flightglobal | Seth Kettleman makes a living buying and selling surplus aircraft machinery on the web. In late November, a strange item popped up on GovDeals.com: an A-12 Avenger II fighter canopy. Kettleman had never heard of the A-12, but he was intrigued so he started Googling. He read that the highly classified A-12 had been canceled in 1991. He also read that the A-12 was canceled before McDonnell Douglas and General Dynamics assembled the first aircraft....
Jimmy Stewart showed us that ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ COMMENTARY William C. Kashatus - Times Leader | ...Stewart was a genuine hero, a highly decorated fighter pilot who flew 20 combat missions against Nazi Germany during World War II. After the war, he refused to act in any movie about the conflict or his role in it. It contradicted his personal code of honor. Instead, Stewart, a bona fide star before the war, renewed his Hollywood career with a film that celebrates life and has become an annual holiday classic...
Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum Displays Newest Attraction By Carmelo Turdo | The Greater St. Louis Air and Space Museum is sprucing up its hangar to accommodate its newest display
– an F-4 Phantom II cockpit restored by Joe Steimann. The aircraft cockpit, originally from a McDonnell Douglas F-4F stricken from the German Air Force after an accident, is now in the colors of the MO ANG 131st TFW formerly based in St. Louis. Other aircraft on display include...Scuba divers discover airplane submerged off coast of Palm Beach County Divers say plane may be from WWII - Kathryn Report | It was supposed to be a typical scuba dive. Randy Jordan, owner of Emerald Charters in Jupiter, grabbed his gear and ferried a small group of divers to a spot about four miles east of the Jupiter Inlet. "Completely random drop and the captain just dropped us right on it," said Jordan. "It was just totally by accident."...
Wings of Mercy pilot says volunteering is "highlight" - Smart Brief | Wings of Mercy pilots volunteer to fly medical patients for treatment. "The whole experience has been a highlight of my life," said pilot George Schraft. He recently flew a 26-year-old with brain cancer for treatment from Michigan to North Carolina....
Aviation Nation 2011 – Saturday By Parrothead Jeff | ... I’ve often seen the doors open for tours on
these E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning And Control System (AWACS) jets, but there’s always been too long of a line for my interest to override my dislike of standing in line. Thankfully, there was no line during the Saturday airshow so I jumped...US authorities give Santa Claus’s reindeer-powered sleigh the green light to fly - Pilot News Magazine | WASHINGTON — US aviation authorities have given Santa Claus’s reindeer-powered sleigh the green light to fly on Christmas Eve after a rigorous inspection of the “Santa One” aircraft, officials said Friday. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said safety inspectors at the North Pole have given the thumbs-up for Santa’s sleigh to cruise through US airspace and came away impressed with improved technology allowing Saint Nick to avoid other aircraft....
NORAD’s Santa tracker pulls out high-tech stops - Air Force Times | Come Donner! Come Blitzen! Come North American Aerospace Defense Command! That's right. This Christmas, NORAD, the premier U.S.-Canadian air defense directorate, is once again using its super high-tech tracking equipment to keep tabs on jolly old Saint Nick. For 365 days of the year, NORAD is serious about
tracking the skies over North America. But beginning at 3 a.m. Saturday, the generals and air-sovereignty commanders will be telling Virginia that, yes, there is a Santa Claus. And they've got the satellite tracking of his sleigh to prove it....Merry christmas everybody, hope a lot of cool jumps for 2012 ! - Bonjour Bluesky
How Does NORAD 'Track' Santa? - Space.com | For more than 50 years, NORAD — the North American Aerospace Defense Command — has used its high-tech missile-tracking systems to track Santa's progress during his annual Christmas Eve flight around the world....
Local students named winners in PennDOT Aviation Art Contest - Abbington Journal | ..."These students came up with very creative ways to show why aviation is important in Pennsylvania," said PennDOT Secretary Barry J. Schoch. "Considering we received more than 900 entries this year, these winners should be extra proud to be chosen as the best. I thank all of the students, parents and teachers who made this contest a success."...
Video: This Year @NASA: 2011 in Review - Spaceports | ...From the end of one monumental mission, to the beginning of a new era in the human exploration of our solar system....
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
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ICAS FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES AIR SHOW HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES By ICAS Foundation via ASB | Air show legends Jim and Ernie Moser, Julie Clark, Steve Oliver and Suzanne Asbury-Oliver will be inducted into the International Council of Airshows (ICAS) Foundation Hall of Fame on the evening of Wednesday, December 7th, 2011 at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas during the annual ICAS Chairman's Banquet....
Blue Angels to visit Tuscaloosa this week to plan for 2012 air show - Al.com | TUSCALOOSA, Alabama -- Two U.S. Navy Blue Angel pilots will visit Tuscaloosa this week to begin planning the 2012 Tuscaloosa Air Show, according to the Tuscaloosa Tourism and Sports Commission. The pilots will meet with Tuscaloosa...
LIVE EVENT: Breakfast with LiveATC.net Founder! - The Pilot Report | Join us LIVE online Thursday, November 17, 2011 for a virtual breakfast of sorts as I interview Dave Pascoe, founder and 
creator of LiveATC.net! I’ll be interviewing him about how he got started with LiveATC and more....
This USAF pararescueman decides he’s been cooped up in... from You like airplanes, too? by marvinsmith | This USAF pararescueman decides he’s been cooped up in this HC-130 for too long. Can’t decide what’d be funner, flying this bad bird or jumping out of it!...
Airmen screen Tuskegee Airmen documentary at Pentagon - USAF | WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- More than 150 Airmen came out to screen a documentary about the original Tuskegee Airmen during a red-carpet event here Nov. 10. "Double Victory" was produced by George Lucas, of "Star Wars" fame, in support of his new feature film about the Tuskegee Airmen, "Red Tails." Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley and Tuskegee Airmen William Broadwater and...
Tuskegee Airmen:A legacy of love - USAF | PENTAGON (AFNS) -- Last week I had the opportunity to learn about some Air Force history as well as family history. There was a screening of a new documentary about the Tuskegee Airmen that was produced, by George Lucas, in conjunction with his feature film called "Red Tails." I was especially excited to see the documentary because my paternal grandfather was a bombardier in World War II and an original Tuskegee Airman. This was one of the most exciting times in my Air Force career. The...
Pilot’s long lost ring is key to forgotten crash - Oak Hill Gazette | This is a story about how a Christmas card to the sister of a local veteran started a chain of events that led to a ceremony in France and a monument to a forgotten plane crash in World War II. Oak Hill resident John Tschirhart was a B-17 bombardier who flew 35 combat missions over Nazi occupied Europe. The 91 year-old is proud to be a member of the Oak Hill Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4443, and is also proud of his younger sister who he says is “a great patriot, who through diligent research solved a 60 year-old mystery.” As we observed Veterans Day recently and honored all the men and women who have worn the uniform 
of our Armed Forces, what could be more appropriate than to share a story of patriotism, sacrifice, dedication and of a Ring of Honor—in this case an almost forgotten pilot’s ring found by a young boy in a small town in France....
Fallon Air Park Recce - Neptunus Lex
They yet live among us - McCook Gazette | Veteran's Day has come and gone but the memories continue. As a reminder of the annual commemoration of service by American GI's someone went me a YouTube video, produced by the History Channel, of a World War II B-17E mission in the Pacific, circa 1943. A lone B-17, Old 666, out on a long overwater photo reconnaissance mission to Bougainville and Buka Islands, was besieged by 17 Japanese fighters, collectively called the "Zero." The crew shot down at least two of the Zeros in a 45-minute combat, which ended only due to low fuel state of the Japanese combatants....
Honoring our Veterans - The Town Crier | We buried my Uncle Bill two weeks ago. Then a few days later, before I put the coffee on, a dear friend phoned to say that her husband had died in the early morning hours. He was my friend too. Both Uncle Bill and my deceased friend have been a part of my life forever, it seems....
North American F-86 Sabre 1947 onwards (all day-fighter variants) — book review by travelforaircraft | ...South Korea, the USA and Western Europe were surprised by the advanced technology of the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 with its swept wing and powerful centrifugal jet turbine engine as well as its fearsome cannon armament (2 x 23mm and 1 x 37mm). The U.S. Air Force 
quickly countered with the North American F-86 Sabre which was similar in design aspects but also having significant differences....
Exhibition on the assistance of military airplanes in 1911 from Passion pour l'aviation by Xavier Cotton | I spoke recently of Tender forgot to 14-18 # 1 -themed "Competition military airplanes" that took place in Reims in 1911 and was designed to select the best manufacturers in accordance with a specification very precise, in order to develop military aviation....
HyperMach Now Aiming for Mach 4 Bizjet - AIN Online | HyperMach Aerospace’s planned 20-seat supersonic business jet (SSBJ), dubbed the SonicStar, will be able to fly at Mach 4.0, the company said Friday in Dubai. This is faster than the Mach 3.6 top speed announced when the proposed V-tailed aircraft was first revealed in June at the Paris Air Show. At Mach 4, the SonicStar would be able to fly from New York to Dubai in just 2 hours 20 minutes. According to...
Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum Unveils New Exhibit Featuring Greg Olsen's Soyuz TMA-6 Descent Capsule - Space Ref | Space Adventures, the only company that has provided human space missions to the global marketplace, is pleased to announce that a new exhibit has opened at the 
Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City featuring the Soyuz TMA-6 descent capsule that returned to Earth on October 11, 2005 with spaceflight participant Greg Olsen, Ph.D. and the Expedition 11 crew onboard....
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo: Tourists in for a 'Magical' Ride - Space.com | The 400 space tourists who've already signed up to fly on the private Virgin Galactic space plane are in for a wild ride. Virgin Galactic is developing the SpaceShipTwo vehicle to carry passengers to the edge of space for $200,000 each. Once the prototype is ready, a fleet of the spacecraft will be produced by The Spaceship...
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
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Governor's Banquet raised $28,000 for air races, IHOP victims - RGJ | The inaugural Nevada Day Governor’s Banquet raised $28,000 for victims of the crash at the National Championship Air Races 
and the Carson City IHOP shooting....
Dubai Int'l Airshow opens with aerobatic performances - People's Daily Online | The aerobatic team of the Air Force of United Arab Emirates performs during the first day of the Dubai International Airshow in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 13, 2011. As the leading aviation event in the Middle East, the biannual Dubai airshow ...
F 16 Royal Netherlands Air Force / Speed and Rythm!!!!!! [Full HD] by RAFALETIGRE1
Patrouille de France Photos - Ares | Here's a collection of photos of Patrouille de France performing at the 2011 Dubai Air Show.
The Patrouille de France will return next summer - Perros-Guirec - Translated | The 2012 calendar of events, including the Patrol and regattas Ploumanac'h, is consistent with patterns perrosiennes always with a strong involvement of volunteers. Two major events were not on the calendar as the date is not fixed yet. The Patrouille de France will return to the show this summer over Trestraou, a show which never tires. Another point to refine the regatta Ploumanac'h, the Ar gentiles celebrating its...
Quzhou delegation encourages more exchanges - Republican Eagle | ...They celebrated a relationship that began in 1992 when local artist Bryan Moon brought some elderly Chinese farmers to Red Wing to reunite them with U.S. airmen whose lives they had saved during World War II. The Doolittle Raiders airmen had crash-landed in Zhejiang Province after bombing Tokyo....
CAP To Honor Two World War II Members On Day Of 70th Anniversary from Aero-News Network | Ceremony To Be Held December 1st At Maxwell AFB In Alabama When Civil Air Patrol marks its 70th anniversary with a ceremony at 1100 CST December 1 at its National Headquarters building at Maxwell Air Force Base, AL, the organization will also be honoring two of its World War II members now in the Alabama Wing, Lt. Cols. Wendall Haas of Birmingham and Otha Vaughan of Huntsville, with the Exceptional Service Award....
The Air Force and airport - San Mateo Daily Journal | In 1937, the Air Corps, a new impressive bomber became the mainstay of the service — the B-17 Flying Fortress. Although the United States entered World War I almost at the end of armed conflict, the Army now knew that the future of defending the...
VIDEOS: World War II veteran has a final war story he wants to tell - The Patriot Ledger | He was sitting bolt straight, wearing his Army uniform, decorated with a medical service corps insignia, unit citation for exemplary service, Flying Tigers insignia, three overseas service stripes and lieutenant colonel oak leaves. ...
Warhawk Air Museum honors vets with special breakfast - KTVB | NAMPA -- Veterans Day celebrations continued through the weekend. Sunday, the Warhawk Air Museum offered up a hot breakfast for military members and their families....
New Smyrna Beach man earns top FAA honor - The Daytona Beach News Journal | NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- George Baker's love affair with military aircraft began as a teenager in New Jersey. "It was 1946 and B-25 (bombers) would fly over my school," Baker recalled while sitting in his home office in his hangar at the New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport. "I would jump up from my seat and run to the windows. The teacher would ask, what was I doing and I would say, sharpening my pencil." For the past 64 years, Baker, 81, has flown, worked on, or restored...
Skyhawk arrives - in bits and pieces - Otago Daily Times | Two trucks were used to transport the aircraft, in three pieces, from Blenheim to Wanaka where it will be a centrepiece on static display in the new Warbirds and Wheels visitor attraction at Wanaka Airport. The mothballed plane was one of 14 New ...
Those Magnificent Women in Their Flying Machines from WAI Connect Blog by Amy Laboda | Charming? Fetching? Adorable? Don’t believe your eyes. As Elsie Mackay qualified near London for her pilot’s license in 1920, The Times’s caption of this picture made it sound as if aviation was just another caper in the breathless life of the naughty daughter of Lord Inchcape. Over her father’s objections, Mackay had married an actor and performed on the silent screen as Poppy Wyndham. Now, here she was, flirting with airplanes — almost literally....
Veteran of 2 wars honored as hero - Buffalo News | “You have to understand that most of the young men that I knew wanted desperately to serve,” Kennedy said of his ardent desire to defend the United 
A very low pass indeed! - Bayou Renaissance Man | A few months ago I published an article about 'The T-6 Texan in South African service'. This world-famous training aircraft served with the South African Air Force (SAAF) from 1940 until 1995 (where it was known as the Harvard, rather than the Texan, following Royal Air Force nomenclature). Several examples are still flying with the SAAF Museum in that country. A reader in South Africa, Hannes S., came across that article, and sent me the two photographs below. He describes them as follows (I've translated his Afrikaans e-mail into English): The first picture shows a very low pass by a single Harvard over a group of Army candidate officers on the...
“Barnstormer” by Harrison Covington — a sculpture by travelforaircraft | Where would aviation's lore be without the barnstormers? After WW I there was a surplus of aircraft, notably Curtiss Jenny's, as well as pilots. Quite a few of these daring pilots bought a Jenny and proceeded to tour the country, flying into small and large communities alike to perform aerobatics and offer rides for entertainment. Perhaps this did more to infuse aviation into the fabric of the United States than anything else. The precursor to the airshow — the barnstormer — brought aviation to the regular person in this country. Clerks, daughters, sons, farmers and workers — saw for themselves the freedom of flight....
What a scene! You certainly don’t see this very often. A... from You like airplanes, too? by marvinsmith | What a scene! You certainly don’t see this very often. A formation of C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft fly together as they are flown back to Yokota Air Base, Japan, from...
Actor John Travolta has signed up to promote Bombardier's Learjet, Challenger and Global business jets as a "brand ambassador." - Wright Squawks | The world's largest business aircraft manufacturer says the actor and producer recently added a pre-owned Challenger 601 aircraft to the 11 different jets he's qualified to fly. The Oscar-nominated actor also owns a Learjet 24 and previously owned a small Canadair De Havilland plane....
Small, Cute, and European from Flight Monkeys by Chief Monkey | With the Fiat 500 making waves on the streets of America’s cities, and the Smart car showing up tucked into tiny little parking spaces, it seems that diminutive European motor vehicles are all the rage these days. Can the Cri Cri be far behind, we wonder? It’s tiny, capable, and turns heads everywhere it goes....
New Unmanned Drone Fits In The Palm Of A Hand - Fast Company | One of the smallest unmanned drones in the world has the diameter of a Frisbee, fits in the palm of a hand, and looks like a miniature Star Wars X-wing. The SQ-4 UAV isn't just a tiny surveillance vehicle; it's also on the cutting edge of the new wave of nanodrones....
Remembering Amelia: Harris-Para and Malan Present Program on Aviatrix - Southern Pines Pilot | Harris-Para also volunteers locally in the Young Eagles program, which was launched in 1992 by the Experimental Aircraft Association in order to give young people the opportunity to go flying in 
a general aviation airplane. “By getting the kids into ...
An Insider’s View to “Out of This World” - Indianapolis Museum of Art | ...Space Suits: I had every intention of making these suits myself, but the scope of the exhibition quickly made me realize that in order to complete the work on time, I needed more help. Kyle Perry and Adam Buente of PROJECTiONE offered to help make a model of the space helmet. They found a 3D model of the space suit on the NASA website and were able to use that file to CNC cut the foam model, making my helmets very accurate reproductions of the original. Once I had the model, I made the mold and cast the...
Expedition 29 Preflight in a snowstorm from The Original Rocket Dungeon by Dick
Sunday, November 13, 2011
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Blue Angels Finish 2011 Schedule - WKRG-TV | The Blue Angels flew for the last time Saturday afternoon at NAS Pensacola. The homecoming airshow closes out the flight schedule for 2011. Thousands packed NAS on Saturday to see the Blue Angels up close and personal. Perhaps one of the biggest ...
Thousands pilot their way to Nellis for annual air show - Las Vegas Sun | “The air show itself brings in approximately $1.2 million into the local economy each year.” Aviation Nation continues Sunday, Nov. 13. Gates open at 9 am The last performance, the Thunderbirds, is at 2 pm The event is free. ...
Cocoa Beach Air Show - MyFoxOrlando.com | The 2011 Cocoa Beach Air Show will feature a diverse line up of performers including the Heavy Metal Jet Team, F-18 Super Hornet and US Navy Seals Leap Frogs! Military jet demonstrations, parachute team jumps, civilian aerobatic performers and ...
Stuart Air Show dazzles crowd and honors WWII Veterans - WPTV | The spins and spectacular 
aviation of the Stuart Air Show were on display once again Saturday. Pilots from all over put on the show, but inside the show were tributes. You see the planes in the sky and can hear them from a mile away, but on the ground ...
Kris Sakti team sets to blaze Langkawi skies - New Straits Times | The Extra 300L was designed in 1987 by Walter Extra, an award-winning German aerobatic pilot and built by Extra Flugzeugbau. In previous Lima editions, the RMAF put up aerobatic teams like the Taming Sari, comprising Pilatus PC-7 turboprops and others, ...
War plane replicas fly - The Spectrum | ST. GEORGE - Radio-controlled airplanes replicating the planes used during World War I and World War II flew over the Remote Possibilities RC Club Flying Field Friday in honor of Veterans Day. The War Birds over St. George event continues through Sunday at the field, located at 3780 S. 1550 West in St. George. It is a way for avid RC fliers from all over the western U.S. to get...
UAE Team Paints Sky with Its National Colors - Aviation International News | Al Fursan, the United Arab Emirates Air Force's flight display team, is making its debut at the Dubai Air Show this week. (Photo: David McIntosh) Al Fursan, the United Arab Emirates Air Force's flight display team, is making its ...
Canadian Air And Space Museum Chair Stresses Importance Of History from Aero-News Network | Remembrance Day Speech Decries Slated Demolition Of Museum Building Canadian Air & Space Museum chairman Ian A. McDougall used a Remembrance Day speech at the museum to strees the importance of the country's avaition history, and to call for the preservation of the building that houses the museum. The museum building is the original de Havilland Canada hangar in Toronto, and though certified as a 'Heritage Building' by the Canadian Federal Government, it is slated for demolition, to be replaced next year by a hockey rink....
Strategic Air & Space Museum to honor fallen Nebraska, Iowa military members ... - The Republic | The Strategic Air & Space Museum in Ashland will honor fallen military members from Nebraska and western Iowa in a special ceremony dubbed "Heroes Among Us/Portraits of a Hero." The museum's tribute takes place Sunday afternoon at the museum along ...
Veterans, public enjoy event at Chico airport - Enterprise-Record | The F-15 was acquired from the Air Force and motored in parts to Chico Air Museum at the Chico Municipal Airport this summer. Reassembled, the jet fighter was positioned into the museum's display yard, and dedicated during a ceremony today that ...
Plainfield ceremonies offer nonagenarians chance to reflect - MyCentralJersey.com | “Everything,” Nettingham said when asked what he recalled most keenly about his time serving as a radio operator and gunner in a B-25 bomber — ranking among the first five black airmen ever to receive radio training, he added. ...
Former POW honored by school, community - WLBT-TV | Rodgers became a top turret gunner on a Mitchell B-25 based in North Africa after joining the US Army Air Corps on May 8, 1942. He flew 35 missions successfully and ditched in the Mediterranean Sea on his 36th, as told during Friday's program. ...
Bee Haydu featured in AOPA Flight Training from WAI Connect Blog by Pat | The December 2011 edition of AOPA Flight Training magazine contains a profile of WASP Bee Haydu where she offers this advice for student pilots: Stay with it. It's a challenge, but it's so worthwhile when you pick up that certificate. Don't let anyone talk you out of it. As for her own "best aviation experience," Bee says it's "winning my wings." She goes on to say: It was at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas. My mother and sister witnessed it....
Before They're Gone - WDIO-TV | Wayne Johnson, from Beaver Bay, was part of the Flying Tigers. They flew combat missions in China, protecting that country from Japan. "I enlisted December 8th, 1941, the day after Pearl Harbor," he said. Johnson told us there's only four pilots left ...
B-17G "Thunderbird" from Moose Peterson Aviation Photography | The Lone Star Flight Museum’s 
B-17G “Thunderbird” is a spectacular aircraft! In the classic European theater color scheme, this amazingly accurately restored and flying reminder of those flights is, well, there are no words...
Young Eagles flight rally at Minute Man Air Field - Wicked Local | 12, from 9 am to noon when EAA Chapter 196 hosts a Young Eagles Flight Rally at Minute Man Airfield, 302 Boxboro Road, Stow. Registration takes place next to Nancy's Airfield Café, where you can enjoy a nice breakfast or lunch before or after the ...
Russians Prepare Soyuz for Next ISS Crew from Spaceports | The Russians have now placed the next human-rated Soyuz on the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Desert Steppe of Kazakhstan to launch the next crew to the Interntaional Space Station on Sunday, November 13, 2011 at 11:14 p.m. EST. NASA Associate Administrator Bill Gerstenmaier sets forth the launch calendar in the linked video....
Saturday, November 12, 2011
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Video: Blue Angels: It's a great day for an air show - PNJ | Folks jumping out of perfectly good airplanes. Explosions that rattle the ground. Strange flying crafts from eras long ago. There is more to the Blue Angels' Homecoming Air Show than the Blues themselves even though those F/A-18 Hornets are the stars of the performances today and Saturday at Pensacola Naval Air Station....
Fat Albert flies high - Navarre Press | The Blue Angels C-130 Hercules known as Fat Albert flew a very special visitor on Nov. 11. Navarre Press writer Joanna Hammond escorted Stanely on the flight where they both experienced zero gravity and more than 2 Gs of force....
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2011 Stuart Air Show - WPTV | The gates opened Friday afternoon for this year's Stuart Air Show. Tens of thousands are expected to attend the event. “We are the Black Diamond Jet Team, and we invite you to come join us at the Stuart Air Show to see America's newest jet ...
Tragic Red Arrows pilot was former member of Lossie squadron - STV | Former 617 Squadron pilot Flight Lieutenant Sean Cunningham died in the incident on the runway at RAF Scampton on Tuesday. The 35-year-old had served in Iraq with Lossiemouth’s 617 (Dambusters) Squadron. He is the second Red Arrows pilot to lose his life, Flight Lieutenant Jon Egging, 33, having died in a crash in Dorset in August....
Boy's Own adventures nearly killed Lyndon Johnson - The Australian | ...Even within Australia, few people know the story of how a frightened future president considered parachuting from a B-17 bomber over central Queensland as it circled the desert aimlessly, lost and low on fuel with dusk fast approaching....
Renowned RCAF pilot who penned famous poem to receive tribute By Randy Boswell, Postmedia News | John Gillespie Magee, the ill-fated RCAF pilot-poet who composed the famous Second World War ode to aviation titled High Flight, is to be the focus of a special commemoration in Britain next month on the 70th anniversary of his tragic death in a mid-air collision in December 1941....
Veteran remembers WWII - The Spectrum | CEDAR CITY - World War II veteran and Cedar City resident Mel Aldrich may be 84 years old, but he has the energy of a 20-year-old and a deep love for aviation. That love has been poured into a model of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft he built more than 20 years ago. He said his B-17 is a model of the plane he flew during weather reconnaissance missions while serving in the Army Air Corps....
Ask a Veteran - Air & Space | These Museum staffers and volunteers once served their country. Now they serve in a different way.
Veterans' Day 2011: Passing It On - Airspeed | A number of new/social media personalities are celebrating Veterans' Day by wearing our WindTees shirts featuring the aircraft and twitter handle of Daren Sorenson, a USAF Lt Col, F-15E Strike Eagle pilot, and Deputy Operations Group Commander at Nellis AFB. Lt Col Sorenson recently received news that he will be awarded (at least his second) Distinguished Flying Cross for actions during his most ...recent deployment to Afghanistan. I'm fortunate to know Lt Col Sorenson and his brother, Mark Sorenson, a talented airline and airshow pilot. I'm also fortunate to be...
Video: Veterans take flight in WWII's 'Flying Fortress' - YNN, Your News Now | As part of the Salute to Veterans Tour, a B-17 Aluminum Overcast made a special appearance in Georgetown. The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress was a World War II bomber used primarily in Europe. “It's a beautiful airplane. It took me there and back again 50 ...
Podcast for Veterans Day: Airman Jack Bennett of Madison bails out, lands in ... - Morristown Green | During World War II he survived two crash-landings in shot-up B-17 bombers. But on his 23rd mission over Nazi Germany, a shell smashed into his plane and the aircraft plunged into a death spiral. Jack's situation, recounted in this November 2010 audio ...
B-17 Display Reunites World War II Buddies - MyFox Houston | The men were shot down together in 1943 over Nance, France and lived to tell about it, saying their Boeing B-17 heavy bomber aircraft — described as a "Flying Fortress" — lives up to its name. Both say the aircraft, noted for its grit and fortitude, ...
Canadian Air & Space Museum Thanking a Generation of Military Personnel - Ottawa Citizen | Today is a day of deep reflection. “Let us Never Forget” must never become a hollow cliché. “Let us Never Forget” means more today than it ever has for the Canadian Air & Space Museum here in Downsview Park. “Let Us Never Forget” is our mission statement. “Let Us Never Forget” is a Nation’s sacred promise that goes beyond a...
Fagen World War II Museum to be world class - Granite Falls News | ...Since May of this year crews have been working on the 80 by 150 foot hangar that will serve to accommodate the museum. Designed to replicate fighter and bomber hangars of the WWII era, it has yet to be given a name. Comprised of steel and concrete, it is an immensely stout, tornado resistant structure that would boast tornado proof classification if not for a single large window at the hangar’s rear where brawn makes a compromise in the interest of natural light....
Kentucky Aviation Museum is almost ready for its grand reopening - Lexington Herald Leader | The museum's biggest treasures are probably items in an exhibit dedicated to Matthew Sellers, who built and flew the first plane in Kentucky, and memorabilia on display pertaining to the Doolittle Raiders, who participated in the first US air raid to ...
Book sheds light on stealth helicopters used in bin Laden raid - Black Horizon | WIRED DANGER ROOM: There are lots of surprising claims in Chuck Pfarrer’s new book, SEAL Target Geronimo, a supposedly inside account of the May 2 raid that killed Osama bin Laden in his Abbottabad, Pakistan, compound — and none more surprising than this. The former commando-turned-author Pfarrer insists the Army’s 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment possesses not one, but two stealth transport helicopter designs. The stealthier of the two was held back from the mission for fear of one crashing and giving up its secrets, Pfarrer claims....
Thursday, November 10, 2011
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Slattery's Field Street marks 100 years of aviation in Ottawa - Orléans Star | The neighbourhood is close to the Ottawa International Airport and the name change was championed by Ward Councillor Steve Desroches as a unique opportunity to recognize an important chapter in Ottawa's aviation history. The original Slattery's Field ...
Adam White From Hemlock Films – Warbird Radio LIVE! – Thursday : WarbirdRadio.com
THURSDAY – Adam White from Hemlock Films joins Matt Jolley with details on their new film The Restorers – They Were All Volunteers. Tune in and hear all the news this Thursday morning at 10am (EASTERN) for this special episode of Warbird Radio LIVE!
'Sully' to take controls of vintage plane - Middle East North Africa Financial Network | ... episode of the new ABC series "Pan Am." Roger Jarman, president of the Miami-based Historical Flight Foundation that restored the aircraft, said he met Sullenberger in Oshkosh, Wis., at the annual AirVenture air show where the DC-7B was on display. ...
In Preparation for the Spin Cycle - AOPA Pilot | International Aerobatic Club instructor and director Bill Finagin did the honors. He runs Dent-air Ltd., an aerobatic school in Annapolis, MD. (He's also a dentist, which explains the name, not the condition of the aircraft.) ...
Flying with the Thirsty 13th - Marion County Record | Friday and Saturday, six former pilots of the Thirsty 13th gathered with family and friends to not only reminisce about their war experiences, but recreate them by flying one of two C-47s and a B-25 bomber. The reunion was arranged by Seth Washburne, ...
Decorated Lewis proud of service in US military - Gulf Breeze News | November 11, 1943, Lewis — then a pilot in the 94th Bombardment Group, Eight Air Force – was flying a B-17 Flying Fortress on what seemed to be a routine bombing mission over Nazi Germany. One of Lewis' B-17 “Lucky 13” crewmembers, John Gabay, detailed all of ...
Last call to apply for 2012 WAI Scholarships - BlueSky Executive Aviation News | Just one week
remains to apply for one of the many Women in Aviation, International scholarships which will be distributed at WAI's annual Conference. For 2012, 68 individual scholarships valued at $470431 will be awarded to WAI members. ...Vought F-8 Crusader from Planeshots
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Tuesday, November 1, 2011
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Video: NAS Jacksonville Air Show Promo - ASB | Head to the birthplace of the USN Blue Angels for a fantastic show featuring the Blues, The Horsemen flying vintage Bearcats, Mike Goulian, Patty Wagstaff, Matt Chapman, and more.
Like the Blue Angels? There's an app for that - Pensacola News Journal | The Naval Aviation Museum Foundation last week released a Blue Angels app for both the iTunes and Android markets that allows mobile device users to get the latest news on the Blues. The app, which was released Oct. 25, includes current show schedules,...
Tryouts 2011: Jacket Day and Graduation — US Army Golden Knights | The United States Army Parachute Team, Golden Knights are the official aerial demonstration team for the US Army. Stationed at the home of the Airborne, Fort Bragg, NC.
Randolph AFB Heritage - ASB | The Heritage Formation today at Randolph AFB was something special. Many people don't get to see all of the planning and prep that go into a dissimilar formation as unique as an F-16 and P-47 combo. Timing, deconfliction, speeds, formation position etc...
Hundreds remember Red Arrows pilot - The Press Association | Hundreds of RAF service men and women have joined family and friends to remember a dedicated and inspirational Red Arrows pilot with an "infectious smile" at a memorial service. Flt Lt Jon Egging died in August while completing a Red Arrows display at ...
Threatened Toronto museum gets vote of support from director of Smithsonian - CityNews | A plane is shown at the Canadian Air & Space Museum, which has been evicted by landlord Parc Downsview Park Inc. CITYNEWS A Toronto museum facing the wrecking ball has received a letter of support from the world-famous Smithsonian....
Monday, October 31, 2011
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Performers at Randolph air show delight crowd - San Antonio Express | Navy Boatswain's Mate Craig Boone, with the Navy Recruiting District in San 
Antonio, watches the US Navy Blue Angels perform during the Randolph AFB Airshow in San Antonio on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011. ...
Episode 170.5 – Dot Matrix Printing at 10,000 Feet from Airplane Geeks Podcast | GEICO Skytypers Airshow Team This Special Edition of the Airplane Geeks podcast was produced by Airplane Geeks co-host David Vanderhoof. David interviewed the Geico Skytypers at Naval Air Station Oceania’s Airshow Sunday, September 24, 2011: The teams hospitality was fantastic as I was invited to the warmth of their tour trailer to sit down with two of the team, #4 Bob Johansen and #8 Steve Kapur. With them was Allie Schotanus who is part of their marketing team. Thanks to my Max, Rob, and Dan for giving me the outlet for this interview I am quite proud of...
Memphis Belle’ hits restoration milestones from General Aviation News | As the United States approaches the 70th anniversary of its involvement in World War II, one of the most famous aircraft from that war recently reached two milestones in its restoration at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. Both wings were mated and the landing gear was extended on the "Memphis Belle," a Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress that in May 1943 became the first U.S. Army Air Forces heavy bomber to complete 25 missions over Europe and return to the United States...
Base museum gets community support - Shreveport Times | Snook noted a recent revamping of the museum's website, planned introduction in coming days of a "smartphone tour" to allow visitors to get phone help on self-guided tours through the air park, an e-newsletter, participation in a "B-17 Co-Op" next week...
"The German" - A Short Film from VAF Forums by aeropunk | Found this little WWII dogfighting short on Vimeo this morning and thought the folks here would appreciate it. Awesome CGI, cool story. Enjoy!
Able Flight students to benefit from ForeFlight donation from General Aviation News | When the next Able Flight scholarship winners prepare for a flight, they'll have the option of doing so with ForeFlight's Mobile HD software. ForeFlight, a provider of aviation software for pilots, is the newest sponsor of Able Flight's unique flight training program for people with physical disabilities. In addition to a financial donation for the scholarship fund, ForeFlight will provide software for Able Flight's student pilots to use during their training...
Mojave spaceport & Spaceport Sweden partnership from RLV and Space Transport News | Spaceport Sweden and Mojave Air and Space Port have recently announced an agreement to cooperate in various areas of common interest: Mojave Air & Space Port and Spaceport Sweden building bridge across boarders - Spaceport Sweden - Oct.27.11 - An agreement with the aim to mobilize, stimulate and facilitate the growth of the commercial suborbital human spaceflight industry across boarders at Kiruna, Sweden and Mojave, California, US was signed on Friday 21 October 2011 in San Francisco by Mojave Air and Space Port CEO, Stuart Witt and Spaceport Sweden CEO, Karin Nilsdotter...
Saturday, October 29, 2011
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Stuart Air Show will have F-16 practice demonstration Nov. 11 - TCPalm | By news release STUART — Mike Moon, president of the Stuart Air Show, has announced that for the first time ever there will be an F-16 practice demonstration shortly after the gates open at 4:30 pm Nov. 11 If you like excitement, amazing aerial...
The Air Demonstration Squadron (EDA), popularly known as Smoke Squadron, makes a presentation to the city of Recife, on October 30, at 14 o'clock on the beach of Good Voyage. The event is part of the commemorations alluding to the days of the Brazilian Air Force (Oct. 23), which only hold demonstration in about 45 minutes, more than 52 maneuvers, vertical and horizontal....
Jet team looks forward to first flight at 400m below Sea Level - Ammon News | The Breitling Jet Team, the world's only full-time civilian aerobatics team flying jet aircraft, will be visible across Jordan on Thursday as they fly over the country in the lead up to the Breitling Air Show taking place at Marka Airport...
Reno Air Races – Safe Enough? from Pit Lizards, Unlimited by sandramore | Since the accident on September 16th, there has been an enormous amount of speculation regarding the cause: Jimmy Leeward’s age, Galloping Ghost’s age, the aircraft’s modifications, the speed, mechanical failure, the race course and the distance of the spectators to the race area. A very big deal has been made by a vocal, but relatively small number of people calling for an end to air racing. Air show organizers, people we consider to be members of our extended family, have distanced themselves, assuring the world that their primary concern is spectator safety, this somehow making them different than the air races...
Historic aviation plant at Toronto's Downsview Park faces wrecking ball - CityNews | A plane is shown at the Canadian Air & Space Museum, which has been evicted by landlord Parc Downsview Park Inc. CITYNEWS A building at Toronto's Downsview Park, which played a major role in the production of aircraft for the Allies in their fight...
