CAP receives Lifetime Achievement Award from Air Force Association · General Aviation News | MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. – The Air Force Association has honored Civil Air Patrol with its 2014 Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of its more than 70 years of helping secure the American homeland, especially its service during World War II...
The Lasting Legacy and Promising Future of Women in Aviation and Aerospace * Patriots Jet Team | There is no mistaking the increasingly influential role that women are now playing in the aviation and aerospace industries. In the last ten years, many organizations have formed to encourage young women to pursue careers in aeronautics, commercial and military arenas. This support has meant women are more prevalent and successful in these fields than ever before....
Red Bull Air Race headed to Las Vegas Motor Speedway - MyNews3 Las Vegas KSNV | LAS VEGAS (KSNV & MyNews3) -- Fast planes whizzing at killer speeds near a crowd of people may sound like a scary thing but that's what's coming with the Red Bull Air Race World Championship coming to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway...
Blue Angels return to Miramar Air Show * UT San Diego | Last year the MCAS Miramar Air Show 
was cancelled due to the government shutdown, but the festivities return this weekend to their full grandeur...
CH-46E Sea Knight to make final air show flight at MCAS Miramar * Air Wing Media | For decades, the CH-46E Sea Knight has served our country with honor, reliability and time tested dependability. The Sea Knight, also known as the “Phrog,” is scheduled to perform in the upcoming 2014 Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Air Show, but this will be a bittersweet event. This will be the Phrog’s last appearance at the Miramar air show before the aircraft is retired from service...
Melbourne Air and Space Show takes off * Florida Today | This weekend, all eyes are on the sky. The Melbourne Air & Space Show takes off at Melbourne International Airport. Guests will get to check out a full-scale model of the world’s largest drone, courtesy of Northrop Grumman Corp., the show’s sponsor...
Kennett Air Show: Warbird Warriors on a special mission * Daily Dunklin Democrat | Aircraft of all kinds were on display Saturday at the Kennett Air Show. Perhaps the plane with the most unique mission was a 1944 PV-2 Harpoon, one of three such flyable aircraft in the world. "The only reason it's not a bunch of soda cans is because...
US Army Golden Knights Fly in on the Eagles * Tristatehomepage.com | Students at the home of the Eagles saw some special guests fly in this morning. The US Army Golden Knights Parachute Team landed at Apollo high school this morning. The golden Kinghts will perform several jumps in the run up to this weekend's...
Fly In this year features 'Punkin Chunkin' and more fun - Reno Gazette Journal | Besides the aircraft, there will be plenty of orange orbs flying through the air this weekend during the annual Lyon County Fly In at the Silver Springs Airport, which this year is featuring a first"Punkin Chunkin" event. "We're pretty excited," said Fly-in committee chairman Ron Bell of the Saturday-Sunday Fly In and the new Punkin Chunkin, which is expected to involve schoolchildren from all over Lyon County...
Lee Bottom Fly-In Review Part 2 - Stearman vs WACO · Rich Davidson, NORDO News | The 
subject of the Lee Bottom Fly-In Review, Part 2, is the first annual Stearman vs WACO Challenge. Created in the interest of fun and promoted around bragging rights, the idea of this contest was to draw planes to something other than just a type club gathering. By pitting two long standing rival makes against each other, it was hoped owners would stray from the usual in the interest of defending their dignity and enjoying themselves in the process. It was never really thought non-owners would be that into it. We were wrong. To our surprise, some of the greatest interest in the challenge came from people who didn't own either aircraft....
EAA’s 51st annual fly-in to be held Saturday at Newton * kansas.com | The Experimental Aircraft Association will host its 51st annual Air Capital Fly-in and banquet Saturday at the Newton City/County Airport in Newton. The event, held by the EAA’s local Jayhawk Chapter 88, will include airplane judging, flying contests, Young Eagle airplane rides and other attractions...
Southeast Aviation Expo deemed a ‘high flying success’ * General Aviation News | GREENVILLE, S.C. — From flying EAA Young Eagles to flying beagles, and other animals saved by Pilots N Paws, and everything aviation in between, the Southeast Aviation Expo had it going on this past weekend at the Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU), according to Don Purcell, president of the South Carolina Aviation Association...
Thunder and Triumph * Vintage Wings of Canada | This past summer, something happened in the 
warbird world that has not happened in more than fifty years, something so creative, so daring and so anticipated, it eclipsed all other warbird activity on the planet. Someone, and I am not sure who, at Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Hamilton, Ontario had the daring and electric idea to prepare the museum’s much-loved Andrew Mynarski Avro Lancaster and fly it by the old wartime route (Toronto-Gander-Greenland-Iceland-Scotland) to Great Britain and there to join the only other flyable Lancaster in the world to delight and thrill Brits of every age....
Museum to begin capital campaign * Kokomo Tribune | GRISSOM AIR RESERVE BASE — Oct. 3 is the official kickoff date for Grissom Air Museum's 2015 Capital Campaign. The museum seeks to raise $25,000 in three months to help with operational costs. All monies raised from this event will go into the 2015...
Saving the Flying Fortress - CNN | Atlanta (CNN) -- A winged piece of history sits parked at a small airport. It's 70 years old, and in a few minutes, I'll know firsthand if this old warbird can still fly. In all, nearly 13,000 B-17 Flying Fortresses rolled off the assembly lines. Now, only about a dozen flying B-17s remain -- in the entire world. These are the famous bombers that helped the Allies win World War II. Every year planes like these are retired to aviation junkyards, destined for a rusty demise...
RIVERSIDE: Museum sets Mash Bash fundraiser * The Press Enterprise | March Field Air Museum’s historic flightline will come alive with “Hot Lips Houlihan”, “Father Mulcahey”, “Radar O’ Reilly”, “Klinger” and “Hawkeye” characters during its annual MASH Bash fundraiser on Saturday. Guests will travel on a nostalgic journey back to the fictional 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital made popular by the TV series MASH. This casual and entertaining evening includes dancing, a catered dinner and silent auction. Guests will also be treated to drinks at a recreation of “Rosie’s Bar.” The evening will conclude with a costume contest to crown Mr. and Mrs. Mash Bash 2014...
Video: ‘Stay High’ in Poland * General Aviation News | A love of flying is universal. Poland’s Dawid Nieradka put together a wonderful 5+ minute video of his flying club’s 2014 flying season.
Program helps students 'elevate' their lives * Mountain Home News | Renowned air show pilot Greg Poe created the Elevate Your Life program after he lost his son to drug addiction. For more than 10 years, he dedicated his life to helping children turn their lives around and to help them achieve their dreams. The stunt...
Sally Ride/UW Science Fest features former astronaut * King5 | As the first American woman in space, the late Sally Ride made it her mission to encourage girls to dream big and pursue careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) fields. Before she passed away, Dr. Ride founded Sally Ride Science, an organization offering workshops, festivals and scholarships. This weekend, the University of Washington's Bothell campus will host the Sally Ride Science Festival, featuring exhibits, workshops and guest speakers from various STEM backgrounds, including former Shuttle astronaut, Capt. Wendy Lawrence...
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Thursday, October 2, 2014
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Saturday, August 9, 2014
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Pursuing a dream: Fightertown pilot to fly with Blue Angels * Marines.mil | Capt. Jeff Kuss, a pilot with Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 224 has been selected to fly with the best of the best - the Navy's Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron. Kuss, a 30-year-old native of Durango, Colo., will join the Blue...
Boom — They're Back * Atlantic City Weekly | That includes an array of thrilling demonstrations by the U.S.A.F. Thunderbirds, which will race across the sky. There will also be parachute flag jumps by the U.S. Army Golden Knights and other world-class aerobatics teams. “The Golden Knights will do...
Snowbirds flying at Greenwood for Armed Forces Day * Digby Courier | Highlights include static 
displays of Greenwood, aerial displays by the Snowbirds at 2:30 p.m. and an aerial demo by a CF18 fighter at 5 p.m.. A sunset ceremony will be held at 6:30 p.m.. Residents in the area are advised to expect increased aircraft...
Snowbirds soar over Camrose * Camrose Canadian | Spectators watched in awe as the Canadian Forces Snowbirds Demonstration Team landed at the Camrose Airport from Kelowna, B.C., on Friday, Aug. 1. After the airplanes touched down and parked, the rest of the day was dedicated to preparing for the...
Heading to Cowes for the RAF Typhoons, Red Arrows and Firework displays? * On The Wight | Before you've had time to recover from the 'ooohs' and 'ahhhs', The Red Arrows will be zooming into the Cowes skies (at 19.30) for their 50th display year. The firework finale doesn't start until 21.30, but it's always worth the wait, with a fantastic...
The best riders in the Red Bull Air Race in Croatia * Translated | Croatia is hosting the second round of the championship 2014 Red Bull Air Race, where the best sport pilots "wings" are aboard their light aircraft...
Wings Over Sandpoint fly-in is Saturday * Coeur d'Alene Press | In fact, he expects between 75 to 125 airplanes of all makes, models and designs to fly in throughout the day. These aircraft will include very interesting examples of amphibious planes and older models, Berrey said. The plane exhibition will take...
Wings Over Wiscasset off to flying start * Wiscasset Newspaper | When Ron O'Neill was an Army medic serving in the European theater during World War II, he needed to memorize the different looks of warbirds he might see. On Friday, August 8, the Brunswick man saw some types that looked familiar. The planes were...
Great Lakes Aviators Build-off and Fly-in * cedarspringspost | The Great Lakes Aviators will hold their second annual Build-off and Fly-in on Saturday, August 16, at Paul C. Miller Airport, 9100 Vinton Avenue, in Sparta. Enjoy a hearty breakfast from 8:00 a.m. to 11 a.m. Tour the airport grounds and see up close...
Guest speakers, learning tracks for Aviation Expo released · General Aviation News | The FLYING Aviation Expo has its list of educational guest speakers and programs in anticipation for the three-day event and trade show set for Oct. 31-Nov. 2 in Palm Springs, Calif...
Tuskegee exhibit coming to Homestead * Beatrice Daily Sun | Six guiding principles enabled the Tuskegee Airmen to exceed expectations and become heroes during World War II. From Aug. 28 to Sept. 1, 2014, visit the Commemorative Air Force Red Tail Squadron's RISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit at Homestead...
The Canadian Lancaster Made It To England by Kevin Hong | The Canadian Lancaster has landed at 
RAF Coningsby ten minutes earlier than expected amid a break in a thunderstorm which caused it to detour around Lincoln at the end of its 3,700 mile journey from its base in Hamilton, Ontario....
Ride in vintage aircraft takes Aroostook County World War II veterans back in time * Bangor Daily News | FRENCHVILLE, Maine — It has been close to 70 years since Edmond Theriault of Fort Kent sat in the pilot's seat of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber, but on Thursday, the World War II veteran said it felt pretty familiar and perhaps he could fly it...
WWII vet reflects on time as gunner in B-25 bomber * The Northwest Florida Daily News | He volunteered for gunnery school and was assigned as the top turret gunner on a six-man crew flying B-25 bombers. That meant he was the one to climb into the cramped, clear dome sticking out of the top of the plane and man the guns. The space was so...
No. 100 Group RAF Association gets a good talking to ;) * Travel for Aircraft | The People’s Mosquito |Apologies for the misleading title but we hope it is amusing — the No. 100 Group Royal Air Force (RAF) holds a unique as well as significant place in aviation’s history and its association (RAF No. 100 Group Association) lives up to that reputation. During World War II it was...
Video: The Legacy of a Legend,The Trip of a Lifetime · Dave Budd, Photorecon.net | A few weeks 
ago..Amelia Rose Earhart recreated and symbolically completed her namesake’s famous around the world flight. Veteran Television and Radio reporter, Amelia Rose Earhart, completed an amazing journey around the world, in her...
Pilot back in Scotland after 59000 mile global journey * BBC News | The
pilot, a former president of the Scottish Aero Club, completed the
journey in his single-engine Piper Comanche, the first time a global
aerial circumnavigation has been staged from the east of Scotland.
Friends, family and fellow aviators joined...
Fun Fly Zone 2014 - Hal Stockman Interview · eaavideo.org | Update from the Fun Fly Zone - Hal Stockman talks about building his Rans S7. He also talks about the Oratex Fabric System and how he used it on his Rans S7.
Fun Fly Zone 2014 - Paul Mather Interview · eaavideo.org | Update from the Fun Fly Zone - An interview with Paul Mather, pilot and President of M-Squared Aircraft. Paul talks about his M-Squared Breeze-2.
Rodney's Aviation Ramblings:
- Brussels Air Museum - Last photos
- Brussels Air Museum - Jet fighters
- Brussels Air Museum - Smaller Aircraft
- Brussels Air Museum - Larger aircraft
- These Belgians do museums good!
- Random pictures from Brussels
Come fly with me ... Base Aero Club gets students away from it all * Robins Rev Up | Brian Shreve, Rev-Up reporter (left), and Lewayne Davis, Robins Aero Club chief flight instructor, take one of the club's Piper Warrior III aircraft for a spin above Robins Air Force Base, Ga. The club was once limited to active duty personnel and...
Remembering Henry Warren “Hank” Hartsfield, Jr. Discovery’s First Commander (1933-2014) * AirSpace | Henry “Hank” Hartsfield served as commander of the first mission of Space Shuttle Discovery, now on display at the Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. The six-day STS-41D mission began on August 30, 1984. An earlier launch attempt ended with the first on-the-pad abort just four seconds before launch. The first Discovery crew successfully deployed three communications satellites, tested a towering solar array, and used the IMAX® motion picture camera in orbit....
Thursday, August 7, 2014
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Military 'Re-Treat': Airshow returns with military acts * Press of Atlantic City | Three factors seem to have contributed to the drop in attendance at last year's Thunder Over the Boardwalk Atlantic City Airshow. One was the change in schedule from the usual month of August to June — when many kids weren't quite out of school yet...
Mike Wiskus will be among the best shredding the sky over NE Iowa * Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier | Wiskus, 55, lives in Minnesota but is a native of Iowa. He was born in Iowa City, attended Linn-Mar schools in Marion and graduated from high school in Mason City. He purchased his first aerobatic airplane about 25 years ago from Marion "Pro" Prohaska...
Snowbirds lift spirits with performance * Peace Arch News | As the City of White Rock prepares to welcome a return of the Canadian Snowbirds aerobatic team, a local man is sharing his story about living with Crohn's disease. Wednesday's performance over Semiahmoo Bay is aimed at increasing awareness of the...
Interview with Karen Morrison about her Army Career. * US Army Golden Knights | Interview with Karen Morrison about her Army Career and how she overcame a learning disability. She talks about skydiving and landing on the back of a bass boat...
Port Huron's Shelby Bixler soars with Army's Golden Knights * Port Huron Times Herald | U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Shelby Bixler is excited to perform with the Golden Knights Parachute Team in front of her family this weekend at in Ypsilanti. “This is the first time my family will be able to able to see me perform. I was accepted to in the ...
Time-travelling at 2014 Islay Airshow * For Argyll | All eyes up – a vintage aircraft used to train generations of Cold War fighter pilots for the RAF is one of the star attractions at the 2014 Islay Airport Open Day and Airshow. The Percival Jet Provost entered service in the early 1950s as a military...
Quad City Air Show Aug. 9-10 * Quad-Cities Online | The awarding winning and nationally recognized Quad City Air Show, besides being featured on the History Channel in the Modern Marvels program titled "Air Shows" being featured in the first ever book written by aviation author Erik Hildebrandt about ...
Montgomery Aviation slates Open House and Fly-In this Saturday at KTYQ · General Aviation News | ZIONSVILLE, Ind. – Montgomery Aviation, the FBO at Indianapolis Executive Airport (KTYQ) will host the eighth annual open house, fly-an, and air race on Saturday, Aug. 9. In addition to many family friendly activities, the event will combine with the Sport Air Racing League’s Indy Air Race, sponsored by Aerodine Composites. This is the fourth year that the Indy Air Race has been held at Indy Exec airport featuring aircraft of all types competing in a timed cross country trek around Central Indiana....
AirFest to encourage Scouts to consider STEM careers * The Herald-News | AirFest coordinator Ken McCafferty said the event is a culmination of two years of working with Lewis University, the Joliet Regional Port District and the National Weather Service to establish what he called the largest gathering of Scouts in the area...
Wings, Wheels, Rotors & Expo · The Kathryn Report | Event Date: Sunday, October 26, 2014 - 9:00am - 4:00pm This year’s Wings, Wheels & Rotors Event will be held on Sunday, Oct. 26 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Joint Forces Training Base at 11200 Lexington Drive in Los Alamitos. WWRE is an annual open exhibition and family event hosted by the California National Guard, Joint Forces Training Base (JFTB) and the Los Alamitos Area Chamber of...
A family airshow for all ages * Tillsonburg News | Promising superb aerial acts with both power and speed in the air, the 2014 Ontario South Coast Airshow lineup, August 23rd at the Tillsonburg Regional Airport, will also have a touch of comedy to keep everyone entertained and on the edge of their...
Annual Chetek Fly-in, Boat Rally this Sunday * Chetekalert | Those who enjoy vintage boats and aircraft should be sure to attend the annual Chetek Fly-in and Boat Rally Sunday, Aug. 10, from 10:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. at the Chetek Municipal Airport. The event will feature an array of wooden, Chetek- and...
Award winning planes at fly-in * Mille Lacs County Times | Fresh off his second consecutive year of winning at one of the largest airplane events in the country last weekend, Dave Smith will bring out his two award-winning planes this Sunday for the annual Milaca Airport Fly-in Breakfast. Joining Smith's...
Public invited to fly-in breakfast * Wallowa County Cheiftain | The fourth annual Wallowa County Fly-in Breakfast, hosted by the Wallowa County Pilots Association and the Chief Joseph Flying Club, begins at 7 a.m. and also features free airplane rides to the first 25 people who sign up on-site. The event lasts ...
Palavas famous 60-year history of the Patrouille de France * Translated | ...Since then, the Patrol is the symbol of excellence and professionalism of the Air Force and the ambassador of the French aeronautics. Every summer for several years, Palavas-les-Flots is proud to welcome the iconic acrobatic training during the summer. Airshow August 8, from 13 h 25.
"East Wind" UCAP #361-india · Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast | In this final UCAP Daily from OSH14, Jack and Jeb spend a few final minutes out on the grass beside Jeb's plane, recalling the events of this (mostly) great year at AirVenture 2014. All this and more on the Uncontrolled Airspace General Aviation Podcast. Recorded August 4, 2014.
OSH14: Saturday August 2 - Cessna 195 Heading Home (CoolPix) · AirPigz | I spent some time out by 18/36 on Saturday morning watching a long string of wonderful aircraft taxi
out and then takeoff on their way home. It was obvious that attendance at OSH14 was up dramatically in both people and airplanes, and that included a lot more aircraft still on the grounds Friday. But Saturday morning saw a lot of departures as people left the dream-like world of OSH to return to the real world...A story that exemplifies the spirit of #osh14
RIAT 2014 · Let Let Let - Warplanes This year’s Royal International Air Tattoo – Fairford celebrated the 50th Display Season of the Royal Air Force – Red Arrows as well as the 40th anniversary of the F-16 Fighting Falcon and the Hawk jet trainer.The Lockheed Martin F35B Lightning ll Joint Strike Fighter was due to make its first...
CAF Warbird Ride Program, More Than Just a Flight · WarbirdsNews | When the CAF Dixie Wing travels to air shows, rides events and celebrations, our dedicated group of volunteers – mechanics, ground crew, pilots, ride sales and more – are lucky to hear some of the greatest stories of “why” someone wants to fly in our P-51 Mustang, SBD Dauntless or LT-6. Sometimes it’s a “bucket list” item after a long career of flying airliners, a log book entry for future bragging rights, a childhood dream or someone who last sat in one of these historic aircraft in their youth while serving their country 70 years previously. It’s the reason we volunteer. We...
B-24 nose gunner William Deary reunited with rare, airworthy Liberator heavy ... * The Kalamazoo Gazette | The B-24A that Deary toured is owned and operated by the Commemorative Air Force, a non-profit organization committed to preserving and displaying historic aircraft throughout the United States. The CAF, based in Texas, sends certain aircraft in their...
“I was sitting on top of a flying A-6” The story of a lucky Intruder crew member who survived a partial ejection from a KA-6D · The Aviationist | ...On that day, Lt. Mark Baden and Lt. Keith Gallagher, who were the pilot and the bombardier and navigator (BN) of the Intruder “Lizard 515”, experienced a very unusual incident: a partial ejection from the aircraft. Both the crew members released their accounts of the mishap to Approach Magazine in November 1991 and the full story is today reported on www.gallagher.com....
The story of the pilot who flew the North American X-15 experimental rocket aircraft at the edge of outer space · The Aviationist | ...The U.S. Air Force pilots who flew the X-15 to altitudes above 50 miles all received Astronaut Wings, but NASA decided not to give the same award to the civilian pilots who made the same achievement, a decision that caused controversy within the aerospace community as explained by John Anderson and Richard Passman in their book X-15 The World’s Fastest Rocket Plane and the Pilots who Ushered in the Space Age....
Happy Birthday To The Grumman TBF Avenger · WarbirdsNews By Aviation Enthusiasts LLC The Grumman TBF Avenger flew for the first time seventy-three years ago today. Grumman’s Avenger (built by General Motors / Eastern Aircraft as the TBM) was the most important American torpedo bomber of World War II. Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor prompted Grumman officials to name their new aircraft the “Avenger” and it first saw combat during the Battle of Midway. Despite a...
Air Boss Debut Reaches Number One on iTunes Reality TV Charts * AviationPros.com | Los Angeles, CA – August 6, 2014 — FourPoints Television announced that its latest hit reality docuseries Air Boss reached number one on the iTunes Reality TV charts on Saturday, just hours after its online debut. Air Boss is a spinoff of FourPoints...
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014
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Organizer: EAA AirVenture attendance rises 5-6 percent, helped by ... * Minneapolis Star Tribune | EAA Chairman Jack Pelton said Tuesday the attendance was helped by the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, who made their first appearance at an EAA event. The convention featured daily air shows that include everything from aerobatic feats to warbirds...
Observations Of A Week At AirVenture * Aero-News Network | As The Annual Pilot Pilgrimage Ends, Just A Few Parting Thoughts. In no particular order here are a few thoughts about this years annual event called AirVenture.
Thunder Over Michigan to feature custom biplane fitted with Lear jet engine * The Ann Arbor News | Peaking at speeds of 250 miles per hour, the Screamin' Sasquatch isn't your typical air show plane. But this weekend, the Screamin' Sasquatch will be one of several planes participating in Thunder Over Michigan, at Willow Run Airport, but the Sasquatch...
Airport Fly-in is Saturday * Moody County Enterprise | The annual Fly-In at the Flandreau Airport will be held Saturday, Aug. 9 from 8 a.m. to 12 noon at the Flandreau Airport. The Team of Angels will be serving breakfast. There will be free airplane rides, the opportunity to see medical helicopters up...
Video: Hawker Sea Fury Crash-Lands at Airshow * Flying Magazine | A Hawker Sea Fury that was 
flying as part of the Royal Navy Culdrose Air Day in Cornwall, in the southwestern corner of England, crash-landed last week in front a large crowd. Video shows smoke coming out of the engine cowl as the 1940s-era fighter...
WWII bomber flight signals approach of Colorado Springs air show * Colorado Springs Gazette | The plan was to fly about 100 miles north to Erie for an air show flyby to promote the museum's upcoming air show. Several media members had come to strap themselves in, and experience the ride. Piloting the bomber was museum volunteer Bill Klaers, who...
B-17 on Display in Honor of "Dutch" Van Kirk * wnep.com | During the graveside service, a B-17 flew over the cemetery to honor the man who was the navigator on the Enola Gay. After the service, the B-17, also known as the “Memphis Belle” flew into the Sunbury Airport. “It's unique. I mean, I've never seen one...
Herschel Walker visits Fightertown [Image 6 of 8] · DVIDS Unit RSS Feed: Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort , Cpl. John Wilkes | Capt. Christian Lapp, a pilot with Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 533 shows former NFL icon and mental health advocate, Herschel Walker, an F/A-18 Hornet aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, Aug. 5. Walker, who was diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder, addressed service members, dependents and retirees during his visit in an effort to promote the Patriot Support Program’s Anti-Stigma Campaign which aims to educate and inform the audience about Depression and other behavioral health issues. The...
Canada's last airworthy Avro Lancaster embarks on UK tour * CBC.ca | Dave Rohrer, president and CEO of the museum, was riding in a B-25 Mitchell medium bomber with a documentary film crew behind the Lancaster when it became airborne. The film crew followed the Lancaster all the way to Oakville's waterfront and got...
EAA AirVenture hopes to bring B-29 “Doc” to Oshkosh in 2015 * Wichita Business Journal (blog) | 
EAA AirVenture hopes to bring B-29 “Doc” to Oshkosh in 2015. b29 doc1 WEB. View Photos. Daniel McCoy / WBJ. Doc, a World War II-era B-29 bomber, is being restored in Wichita. The restoration group, Doc's Friends, put the aircraft on display for an open...
B-29 Superfortress Nears First Flight * Flying Magazine | Volunteers in Wichita, Kansas, who are working to restore a B-29 Superfortress named Doc have brought the massive airplane close to completion and are getting ready to return the bomber to the skies before the new year. The non-profit volunteer...
Rebuilt 'Baby Ace' Plane Brings AirVenture Back to its Wisconsin Roots * AviationPros.com | Aug. 01--OSHKOSH -- This was the plane that put the Experimental Aircraft Association on the map. The red and yellow open-cockpit, single-engine "Baby Ace" built by Paul Poberezny was featured on the cover of Mechanix Illustrated in May 1955 along with...
Small-Block Chevy Reno Air Racer * Hot Rod Magazine | There's an aerospace-spec, small-block Chevy nestled into “Sweet Dreams,” the Reno Air Race GP-5 of retired U.S. Air Force pilot Lee Behel. What else would you use in an Unlimited Air race class where the only restriction is the engine must displace...
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South Dakota CAP Wing wins award · General Aviation News | South Dakota’s Civil Air Patrol Wing has been awarded the North Central Region’s Search and Rescue Missions Award. The commander of the North Central Region, Colonel Robert Todd, remarked that the award is well merited as the Wing has been aggressive finding new missions for its aircraft and personnel. Despite its small size, South Dakota Wing ranks 10th in the nation (each state is a Wing) in aircraft utilization...
Video: Is Space X’s Elon Musk looking to aircraft for his next project? · General Aviation News | Elon Musk appeared on The Colbert Report on July 24. At the 1:50 mark of this video he says, “Aircraft should be vertical take-off and landing.” Could a Musk revolution being coming to aviation?...
Astronaut Mike Massimino Departs NASA For University Position * Aero-News Network | Was First Astronaut To Tweet From Space After almost two decades with NASA, including two space shuttle missions, astronaut Mike Massimino has left the space agency for a full-time position with Columbia University in New York...
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
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Blue Angels "Fat Albert" out of air show * Pnj.com | The Blue Angels' transport aircraft, known 
affectionately as "Fat Albert," has been damaged in a bird strike and won't be flowing at the Pensacola Beach Air Show scheduled on Saturday....
Vintage planes to carry veterans at Pensacola Beach Air Show - WEAR | Pensacola, Fla. -- The Blue Angels’ beach homecoming will open with a pre-show fly-over of World War II airplanes that will honor and include veterans of World War II....
Big Crowds Expected For Offutt Air Show July 19, 20 - WOWT | The Offutt Air Force Base Airshow returns on Saturday July 19 and Sunday July 20 after government budget cuts forced it's cancellation in 2013. Planning for the show began last December with an overall group of about 70 people. Major Bryan Burger normally pilots the huge E-4 Advanced Airborne Command Post but he's also taken on the immense task of directing the 2014 Offutt Air Show....
Blue Angels dazzle Cherry Festival crowds - Manisteenews |By
KATE HANSEN The Record-Eagle TRAVERSE CITY (MCT) — An estimated 400,000
people lined the beaches along West Grand Traverse Bay to experience
the thrill of graceful, aerobatic maneuvers in the sky. Viewers set out
early in the morning to secure their prime beach real estate for the
best views of the 88th National Cherry […]
US Golden Knights Perform At Air Show - FOX 40 News WICZ TV | Another exciting part of this weekend's air show was watching the U.S Army's Golden Knights perform their parachuting show. Prior to taking to the skies there are a lot of preparations that need to take place. The demonstration teams perform several types of shows. Golden Knight Luke Olk says the adrenaline rush keeps him coming back for more....
Vintage warbirds will soar at Gathering of Eagles Air Show July 19-20 - The Plain Dealer | CLEVELAND, Ohio – Warbirds from the past will be featured July 19-20 in the Gathering of Eagles XVIII Air Show at Lost Nation Airport, 38550 Jet Center Place, in Willoughby. The show is presented by the Cleveland-based United States Aviation Museum which uses a portion of proceeds from the event to support restoration of a vintage World War II Boeing B-29 Superfortress....
Unique air exhibit coming to Mason City - Mason City Globe Gazette * MASON CITY | North Iowans will soon get a chance to learn about the famed Tuskegee Airmen of World War II and take a virtual ride in a plane similar to what they flew. It's all a part of a three-day exhibit at Mason City Municipal Airport Thursday through Saturday, July 10-12. And it's free....
Vintage war plane on display in Airdrie - Globalnews.ca | CALGARY- Airplane enthusiasts are flocking to Airdrie this week, to get a peek at a vintage B-25 bomber. Maid in the Shade was used in World War II, serving in Corsica just off the Italian coast. “It went out in a formation of four one day, and this is the only one that came back,” remembers Bob Taylor from Commemorative Air Force. “There was a possibility that you never came back if you went out on a mission.”...
Red Arrows Hawk grounded after bird strike damage at RAF Waddington ... - Lincolnshire Echo | A 
bird strike high above the Waddington International Air Show has grounded an RAF Red Arrows Hawk aircraft. The Lincolnshire-based crack aerobatic display team's synchro leader, Red 6 Flight Lieutenant James McMillan, landed safely despite the damage to the plane. It happened right at the end of the team's afternoon display before an estimated 70,000 crowd at 3.30pm on Saturday afternoon....
Red Arrows meet mystery letter girl Tahnee Johnson - BBC News | A 10-year-old girl, who was tracked down after she wrote an unaddressed letter to the Red Arrows, has met her hero - Sqd Ldr Jim Turner. Tahnee Johnson, from Bromley, who wants to become a pilot, wrote to the team last year asking if she could visit them - but forgot to include her address....
Red Arrows take to the skies at start of Tour de France * Telegraph.co.uk | The Red Arrows aerobatic jets trailed white, red and blue smoke as the Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry performed the ceremonial launch cutting of the tape for the 21-stage, 2,276 mile race that will spend three days in Britain before working its...
Amazing Red Arrows picture as two Hawks appear to make contact in mid-air - Lincolnshire Echo | 
Pic: David Sleight/University of Lincoln | An aviation fan captured this amazing image of two Red Arrows planes seemingly touching in mid-air. Thankfully it was just an illusion as the world famous Reds
wowed the crowds at the RAF Waddington International Air Show over the
weekend.
Lockheed F-35's International Debut Up in the Air - Wall Street Journal (blog) | This month’s U.K. aviation-show extravaganza is shaping up very differently for two new fighter planes at opposite ends of the price spectrum. For the Lockheed Martin Corp. F-35 Joint Strike Fighter—the Pentagon’s most expensive weapons program at $399 billion—time is running out to prepare for its planned international debut at two upcoming U.K. airshows starting Friday. The F-35 fleet remains grounded in the U.S. as investigators probe the cause of a June 23 engine fire on one of the planes....
Fog in the cockpit of Royal Netherlands Air Force F-16 demo team during Roma International Air Show. * The Aviationist | High G maneuvers, hot and humid air, air conditioning and a sweating pilot: these are the factors that caused the canopy (and the lens of the GoPro used to take the selfie) of the RNlAF F-16 of the Dutch Demo team to fog up during the seaside air display at the Roma International Air Show (RIAS) 2014...
Animal rescue flight to depart from Southeast Aviation Expo · General Aviation News | Calling all pilots and animal lovers! On Saturday, Sept. 27, a special air caravan containing rescued animals will depart from the Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU) in South Carolina as part of the Southeast Aviation Expo. Their destination? New homes and non-kill shelters throughout the U.S....
My First Landing At Oshkosh Was In A Citabria In 1974... At Age 13 (8 Pix) · AirPigz | With OSH14 being just weeks away now, I got to thinking about the first time I made a landing at Oshkosh. I guess I dream about the past since once again I won't be flying into Oshkosh... it'll all be ground-bound again this time around. Nothing wrong with driving in, but of course it's always better to be able to fly in....
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The Green Speed Cup – Fourth Edition · Dean Sigler, CAFE Foundation Blog | Robert Adam helps run the Green Speed Cup, a time, speed and economy run for aircraft in Germany. The rules for this year’s contest elucidate the intent and ambitions for the event: “The GREEN SPEED CUP is an aviation competition focusing on efficient flight. The emphasis lies on...
NASA Langley Talk: How Six Decades Flew by Faster than the Speed of Sound - Space Ref (press release) | On Tuesday, July 8, at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, former NASA engineer and Eagle Aeronautics Director for Projects Domenic Maglieri will present "Sonic Boom: A Review of Six Decades of Research" at 2 p.m. in the Reid Conference Center. Maglieri will take a look back at how 60 years of aeronautics research has helped to understand the sonic boom, created when aircraft breaks the sound barrier....
Virgin Galactic partners with New Mexico hotel * WTHR | ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Virgin Galactic appears to be getting closer to reaching its long-delayed goal of launching tourists into space. The company said Monday it has selected Hotel Encantado de Las Cruces as the preferred hotel for its elite roster of passengers, who will pay $200,000 a person to make the flights from Spaceport America....
Astronaut Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger Leaves NASA * Aero-News Network | Says She Plans To Pursue Other Interests | NASA astronaut and educator Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger has departed the agency for other pursuits. Selected by NASA in 2004, Metcalf-Lindenburger was among NASA's first class of educator astronauts...
Saturday, April 26, 2014
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Camp Mabry Open House and Air Show This Weekend - KEYE TV | KEYE TV provides local news, weather forecasts and radar, traffic updates, notices of events and items of interest in the community, sports and entertainment programming for Austin and nearby towns and communities in the Central Texas Hill Country area,...
Working hard for your first regional fly-in * AOPA Pilot Blog: Reporting Points | It looks it’s going to be a Texas-sized event. We’ve had about 2,000 individual RSVPs, and 707 airplanes are expected. Airplanes have already begun to arrive in advance of the fly-in, which kicks off Saturday, April 26....
Navy Parachute Team to Land on WHS Field May 2 - The Missourian | The U.S. Navy Parachute team, the Leap Frogs, will land on Rauch Field at Washington High School Friday, May 2, at 9 a.m. WHS Principal Dr. Frank Wood said members of the squad will then take questions from students for about 20 minutes. Wood said he received an email from the Navy saying the parachute team was going to participate in the Spirit of St. Louis Air Show, which coincides with Navy Week, and was available to do a jump at WHS....
USAF Academy Wings of Blue skydivers to open 2014 Vectren Dayton Air Show * General Aviation News | DAYTON, Ohio — Skydiving cadets and instructors from the U.S. Air Force Academy will help open the Vectren Dayton Air Show Presented by Kroger on June 28-29 at Dayton International Airport. The academy’s Wings of Blue, the U.S. Air Force Skydiving Team, will descend with the U.S. flag during the singing of the national anthem in the opening ceremonies. The team will also perform a...
Melbourne Air & Space Show to charge admission - Florida Today | The Melbourne Air & Space Show's move this year from the beachside to Melbourne International Airport will come with a price for spectators: a $15 to $20 admission charge for each day of the two-day show....
Vero Beach Air Show benefits Exchanges Clubs and Veterans Council of Indian River County * TC Palm | That’s right! The Blue Angels are flying again, and the Vero Beach Air Show is one of only 35 sites in the country where they will appear in 2014. Come see them May 10-11 at the Vero Beach Municipal Airport, the same grounds used by our brave men and women during World War II when it was known as the U.S. Naval Air Station at Vero Beach....
U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds to headline South Shore Air Show - GlobeNewswire | HAMMOND, Ind., April 25, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The South Shore Convention and Visitors Authority is pleased to announce the United States Air Force Thunderbirds as the headliners of the 2014 South Shore Air Show. The South Shore Air Show will be presented at Fair Oaks Farms in Newton County July 11 through July 13...
Fly-in, air show may land in Perham - Perham Focus | It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s... a whole lot of planes! It sounds like Perham will be getting a fly-in and air show this summer, something that hasn’t happened here it years.
Red Arrows to return * Times of Malta | The team’s return to Malta this year marks a double celebration for both Malta and the Red Arrows as they both celebrate 50th anniversaries - Malta as an independent nation and the Red Arrows from their first-ever display...
Mighty Vulcan to roar over Cosford * UK Airshow News - Flightline UK | Ticket sales for the RAF Cosford Air Show are expected to get a big boost following today’s announcement of new aircraft for the flying display. After much speculation the organisers have today confirmed that the Vulcan will provide its full display for the second year running. The Avro Vulcan aircraft, registration no XH558, is the only aircraft of its type still flying anywhere in the world and makes a welcome return to the Midlands premier aviation event...
Thunder Over Louisville: More Great Aerial Entertainment on the Riverfront | The Aero Experience coverage of Thunder Over Louisville concludes with a series of photos of top-tier airshow performers. We feature:...
SUN ‘n FUN 2014: Twin Bee Interview by Damon Favor | We interview Ricci Rowe who owns the last Twin SeaBee ever built and one of only 23. He gives us a peak at what the Twin SeaBee is and what it is like to fly.
With final approach, U-2 pilot's career makes celebrated landing - Air Force Link | SOUTHWEST
ASIA (AFNS) -- (This feature is part of the "Through Airmen's Eyes" series on AF.mil. These stories focus on a single Airman, highlighting their Air Force story.) Lt. Col. Jeff Klosky is an aviator who has spent much of his life racing out of twilight and into the dawn. After a storied career, spanning 19 years in the U-2, sundown has finally become visible on his horizon... Blue Angels in the Spotlight at April Missouri Aviation Historical Society Meeting * The Aero Experience | The U.S. Navy Blue Angels Flight Demonstration Squadron was the focus of the recent meeting of the Missouri Aviation Historical Society (MAHS) at Creve Coeur Airport. The theme was even more appropriate in advance of the appearance of the Blue Angels at the Spirit of St. Louis Airshow next weekend (May 3-4). MAHS member Joe Gurney, a noted speaker who gives presentations on the Blue Angels and the USAF Thunderbirds in the St. Louis area, gave an overview of the various aircraft flown by the Blue Angelssince their inception in 1946. Gurney also arranged to have several Blue Angels alumni informally relate their experiences during their tours....
P-3C Joins Naval Air Museum Barbers Point · Warbirds News | A Lockheed P-3C Orion arrived at Kalaeloa Airport in Hawaii on March 28th, destined for the Barbers Point Naval Air Museum. Bu.no 160770 was based locally with Patrol Wing 2, and represented the unit during the Naval Aviation Centennial celebration in 2011, painted up as an early model P3V-1. The special markings...
French Ambassador to visit Yorkshire Air Museum - Pocklington Post | Yorkshire Air Museum will be the host to a distinguished guest in honour of a French Airman. French Ambassador Bernard Emie will visit the Elvington museum on Friday 2 May at 3pm. Mr Emie will join the Allied Air Forces Memorial after unveiling a Civic Plaque in Honour of French Airman Yves Mahé....
Hawker Hurricane IIb ‘Pegs’ – North Weald – 19 April 2014 * Avpics | Peter Teichman’s Hangar 11 collection at North Weald, Essex, UK consists of one of each of the primary Allied fighters of the various fronts of the Second World War. A Spitfire, a Mustang and a P-40 remained tucked up in the hangar whilst Peter took his Hurricane IIb ‘Hurribomber’ BE505 – named ‘Pegs’ – out for much of the day. Having...
RAF Typhoons follow the Bear * The DEW Line | Thanks to the Royal Air Force for releasing some great Crown Copyright images of a quick reaction alert mission conducted by its Leuchars-based 6 Sqn on 23 April. A pair of Eurofighter Typhoons were launched “to intercept two unknown aircraft approaching the NATO Air Policing Area from the north,” the service says. It was probably no great surprise to the pilots involved that these turned out to be Russian Tu-95 ‘Bear H’ strategic bombers, conducting a routine training sortie in international airspace....
Former astronaut to headline Women in Aviation fundraiser * The Wichita Eagle - Kansas.com | Women in Aviation Air Capital City Chapter, which helps send low-income girls to Space Camp, is having a fund-raising dinner from 6 to 8 p.m. on May 6 at Stearman Field Bar & Grill in Benton....
FlyDays.co.uk Has Just Announced New Aerobatic Flight Experiences Throughout The UK | FlyDays.com has just announced new Aerobatic Flight experiences throughout the UK. These fantastic flying experiences offer an adrenaline rush like no other and make the perfect gifts for the adrenaline seeker!...
Paula Wagner to Produce Chinese Co-Production 'Flying Tigers' (EXCLUSIVE) - Variety | UDINE, Italy – “Mission: Impossible” producer Paula Wagner is set to produce a Chinese-U.S. movie about the Flying Tigers aerial combat force that performed heroically in China and South East Asia during WWII. Wagner was in Beijing last week with Oscar-nominated screenwriter Naomi Foner (“Running on Empty”) to work on the project that currently has the working title...
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
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Mix and mingle with the Blue Angels, other top aerial performers at the Vero Beach Air Show - 
WPTV | Have you ever wanted to see the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels in action? Now you can, and you'll even get to meet the pilots with this exclusive prize package. The Vero Beach Air Show brings some of the world's top aerial performers to the Vero Beach Municipal Airport in May. One grand prize winner will receive two tickets to the Sponsor/Performer Party on Friday May 9...
Watch: What it looks like when weightlessness kicks in during Blue Angels flight demonstration - Canada.com | The US Navy Flight Demonstration Team, better known as the Blue Angels, travels with a C-130T Hercules nicknamed FAT ALBERT. Known throughout the world for their amazing flying feats, here is a look inside the aircraft during the team’s air show demonstration...
Video: Local Fliers in the Air Show - KTBS | BOSSIER CITY, La -If you are heading out to the Barksdale Defenders of Liberty Air Show you will be sure to catch a few local fliers in action. We met with two local aerobatic performers with very different styles. One is taking to the skies in a plane from 1972 and is doing a retro style air show. The other is in a new plane that can do some of the most jaw dropping stunts...
Trojan Phlyers to Fly at Air Power Expo – NAS Fort Worth JRB April 26/27th · Warbirds News | Based south of Dallas and Ft. Worth, Texas, the Trojan Phlyers Demonstration Team is gearing up for their exciting performance in the first air show NAS JRB Fort Worth has had in several years. The Trojan Phlyers are always a huge hit with the crowd at the air shows they perform in, and look forwards to flying at the Joint Reserve Base on April 26th and 27th....
Air Show Helps Bethpage Brand Soar - Credit Union Times | Since 2003, Bethpage Federal Credit Union’s sponsorship of the Bethpage Air Show has gone far in spreading the cooperative’s brand throughout the Long Island community. The $5.4 billion Bethpage FCU in Bethpage, N.Y., and the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, recently announced the lineup for the show, which will take place at Jones Beach May 24-25...
AirFest to Feature New Veterans Program - WIFR | ROCKFORD (WIFR) – With the return of AirFest this year, a program paying tribute to veterans is also taking off. The Honoring Heroes program will recognize those who exclusively served in the Vietnam War. It’s now taking nominations for who in the Stateline are will be dedicated at this year’s event. Families will also get free tickets, a shuttle to the heroes chalet, and a meet and greet with the performers... Selected nominees will be recognized during AirFest on June 7 and 8 at RFD.
US Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier to be featured at OC Air Show - The Star Democrat | OCEAN CITY — The U.S. Marine Corps has awarded one of only six coveted AV-8B Harrier Demonstrations in 2014 to the Ocean City Air Show... The seventh annual edition of the event, held June 14 and 15, will be the only air show of the year in the mid-Atlantic region to feature a Harrier Demo. The U.S. Marine Corps is the third branch of the U.S. military to announce support for the OC Air Show. The U.S. Army Silver Wings Parachute Team also will perform and the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds will headline the event...
Blue Angels Returning To Chicago Air Show - CBS Local | CHICAGO (AP) — The U.S. Navy Blue Angels and the U.S. Army Parachute Team Golden Knights are returning to the annual Chicago Air and Water Show... Chicago officials said Tuesday the Air and Water Show, which will take place August 16 and 17...
United States Unlimited Aerobatic Team, Melissa Pemberton to perform at the Reno Air Races
Airshow Pilot Bails Out After Catastrophic Aircraft Failure * Aero-News Network | Planning Ahead And Staying Safe Saves A Professional Airshow Pilot | Dan Marcotte describes himself on his website as being determined and driven with a sense of vision. His adventures have included racing cars and racing airplanes, and he now owns and operates Dan Marcotte Airshows. His schedule through August includes professional aerobatic performances at 7 airshows, or at least it did until he had to “hit the silk” last week...
The Hadfield Summit * Vintage Wings of Canada | On Monday June 30, 2014, Vintage Wings of 
Canada will host Commander Chris Hadfield, the Canadian Forces Snowbirds and the RCAF's 90th Anniversary CF-18 Demonstration Hornet fighter jet. This once in a lifetime event is a coming together of some of Canada's most accomplished and inspirational aerospace leaders to celebrate not just this great country, but the men and women who make it that way...
Clacton: Red Arrows set to return to Clacton Air Show - East Anglian Daily Times | The world’s premier aerobatic display team are in high demand this year as it is their 50th anniversary. Mark Platt, Tendring district councillor for tourism and events, said “In their distinctive Hawk jets they perform dynamic displays around the world and it is a great honour to host them in Clacton....
Biggin Hill Airport's Festival of Flight organisers call for vintage car owners to take part at event * This is Local London | Biggin Hill Airport’s Festival of Flight organisers are hoping to see classic cars feature alongside flagship attendees The Red Arrows....
From Mojave Fly-in: Zach talks about the 5000km closed course flight
Last flying B-29 coming to Paine Field * Herald Net | Fifi is coming home. But just for a visit. The last flying B-29 Superfortress, Fifi, is stopping by the Historic Flight Foundation at Paine Field this summer. The bomber was built in 1945 in Boeing's Renton plant...
DDay Weekend * RAF Museum London Events | 6th - 8th June 2014 | A fly-past of an Avro Lancaster is scheduled for Sunday 8th June. Timings are yet to be announced and the fly-past is subject to weather conditions....
The Miraculous Torpedo Squadron * Vintage Wings of Canada | Mori Juzo was a torpedo bomber pilot of the Imperial Japanese Navy and one of the aviators who participated in the attack on Pearl Harbor. In 1973, Juzo wrote his autobiography, entitled Kiseki no Raigekitai (The Miraculous Torpedo Squadron). This book has, until now, never been translated into English. But one of Vintage Wings readers, Nicholas (Nick) Voge, an American pilot with Oahu's Makani Kai Air, is also a long time translator and has been working on an English translation of Mori's work...
Fleet Air Museum in Yeovil to host historic meeting of servicemens' ancestors - Western Gazette | The descendants of three British First World War bombing pilots will meet for the first time at the Fleet Air Museum in Yeovil on Monday. On November 21, 1914 Sydney Sippe, John Babington and Edward Briggs flew from Belfort in France on the first ever long-distance bombing raid using planes they had assembled themselves. Their target was the zeppelin factory at Friedrichshafen in Germany...
Air museum receives $2550 grant - Rantoul Press | RANTOUL — Community Foundation of East Central Illinois has awarded a $2,550 grant to Chanute Air Museum to develop educational programs utilizing flight simulation. The grant has allowed the museum to purchase a computer, monitor, flight control yoke and rudder pedals to facilitate aviation education through flight simulation. A series of lesson plans using the new technology and geared toward elementary-age children was developed as a result of consultation with outside museum educators and pilot instructors...
Blackbird Mach 3 Duet - M-21 “Blackbird” + D-12B Tagboard rare pair, 2 of 2 by travelforaircraft | The D-21 was a high performance vehicle, built to live but once at Mach 3 while at extremely high altitude. It's mission solely to...
Danish F-16 jets filmed on the firing range hit their own camera · David Cenciotti | This is not covered by warranty. Royal Danish Air Force personnel love to film their F-16s using air-to-air and air-to-surface armament. A GoPro screenshot of a RDAF pilot firing an AIM-9 Sidewinder produced one of the coolest selfie ever taken from a fighter jet...
Sunseeker Duo Makes Test Flights from December 17 to Earth Day * CAFE Foundation Blog | Eric Raymond announced today that his Sunseeker Duo, the world’s first solar-powered two-seat aircraft, has been making test flights since last December 17, the 111th anniversary of the Wright Brothers’ first flight. The Duo was built by Eric and his wife Irena, and is Eric’s third solar-powered airplane....
RC Airplane Flight Across the USA – sUAS News | RC Airplane Flight Across the USA - MyGeekShow | sUAS News has backed Trent so should you! A young man that has shown hard work pays off. His posts on DIY Drones have...
Mentors Needed: Women Soar 2014! * WAI Connect Blog | EAA's Women Soar You Soar is the ideal place for high school girls to find out more about the opportunities available to them in the aviation industry. The unique program introduces 100 girls to 35 women (mentors)—from engineers to fighter pilots—working in a variety of aviation and aerospace fields. It's an event filled with career exploration, discovery, inspiration, and fun...
