US Navy's Blue Angels to fly over Pittsburgh - WFMJ | PITTSBURGH (AP) - The U.S. Navy's Blue Angels flying aerobatic squadron plans to fly over Pittsburgh at low altitudes for a photo shoot. Blue Angels press officer Eric Rowley says that on Wednesday six F/A-18 Hornet jets plan to make at least three passes over downtown Pittsburgh between 2:45 and 3:15 p.m. The formation is expected to fly between 500 and 1500 feet above the ground, near Point State Park....
Packers' Hawk has sick experience with Blue Angels - FOXSports.com | GREEN BAY, Wis. -- A.J. Hawk has been trying for years to join the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels for a flight. When the Green Bay Packers linebacker finally got up in the air with them, it might have been a bit more exhilarating than Hawk anticipated....
Win a chance to fly with the Breitling Jet Team · General Aviation News | Breitling has launched an 
online video contest with a grand prize of a ride of a lifetime: A trip to Europe to fly with the Breitling Jet Team in a Breitling L-39C Albatros. The winner will fly with the Jet Team in their home base of Dijon, France, and take a private tour of the Breitling Chronométrie in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland....
Breitling speed demon shares insights on the world of air races - The Star Online | For a man who spends most of his time in the skies, British aerobatic pilot Nigel Lamb is surprisingly down-to-earth. The 57-year-old was in Malaysia recently for the Red Bull Air Race Putrajaya 2014, where he competed for the Breitling Jet Team in the Masters category. The Red Bull Air Race is a series of aerobatic air races where pilots manoeuvre through an obstacle course of inflatable pylons about 20m high, challenging not only the aircraft’s speed, but also the precision and skill of its pilot....
History Comes Alive at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2014 "Warbirds in Review" - aviationpros.com | EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wisconsin — (June 2, 2014) — A rare opportunity to listen to combat pilots tell their stories and view wartime aircraft will be at this year’s Warbirds in Review at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2014. EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, the 62nd annual fly-in convention for the Experimental Aircraft Association, is July 28-Aug. 3 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh....
Touring Motor Glider Association selects Cottonwood Airport as national fly-in site * Verde Independent | ...Cottonwood was selected because of its spectacular location in Red Rock country and the uniqueness of a "small town airport" that rolls out the red carpet for aviators. The group will be staying in a local hotel and eating locally....but also flying out to area airports and enjoying the outstanding soaring conditions of the Cottonwood/Sedona area....
Hayward Air Rally prepares for takeoff · General Aviation News | Organizers note it’s less than 60 days from the start of the Hayward Air Rally from Hayward, Calif., to Oshkosh. More than 30 aircraft have entered to date, but organizers say they hope to have 50 to celebrate the rally’s 50th year. Wonder what it’s like to fly in the air rally? Following is an account by Gil Takemori, who flew in the rally for the first time in 2013:...
Watching the Oldest Air Race with a Classic - Busbyway The Abingdon Co. is proudly sponsoring the oldest, annual, all-female cross country air race in the United States and is the official watch of the Air Race Classic (ARC). The ARC is launching its ten-stop race from June 16th – 19th, 2014, starting from Concord, CA and ending in New Cumberland, PA...
Air Race Classic Gets Inspected by Women - Virtual-Strategy Magazine (press release) | The Association for Women in Aviation Maintenance (AWAM) is honored to have been chosen as the Maintenance Team in charge of all aircraft inspections for the Air Race Classic (ARC). From start to finish, AWAM is committed and ready to offer their support and expertise. Ladies with wrenches supporting ladies with yokes!...
Blast from the past: Flying through memories from WWII in a B-17 Flying Fortress - Aurora Sentinel
BROOMFIELD | It wasn’t just an old war plane, my ride on a B-17 Flying Fortress was a giant time-travel portal back to World War II. My guide when I got to Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport in Broomfield was Frank LaBlotier, former staff sergeant with the 91st Bombardment Group of the 8th U.S. Air Force during World War II. At 92, he buried me in his enthusiasm and vigor. He was brimming with snapshot memories and anecdotes of war....
Historic B-17 roars over Front Range - Sidney Sun Telegraph | Frank LaBlotier remembers his first mission as a B-17 waist gunner. He was five miles over the submarine pens at St. Nazarre on the French coast, huffing oxygen from a bottle, wrapped badly against temperatures in the 50 degree range-below zero-watching German fighters line up to attack his bomber....
Flight with Fifi on Saturday while she was staying in... · TVR Photography.com Had a fun, but very brief flight with Fifi on Saturday while she was staying in Salinas. The plan was to head to Big Sur and get some beautiful images of her over the Pacific...
Relive the Golden Age of Air Travel in Pan Am: An Aviation Legend · Airplanista Aviation Blog | ...Let's start with the subject matter...Pan Am, or more correctly, Pan American World Airways. In my world, there is no airline that was more important to the development of commercial aviation around this globe than Pan Am. From 1927 when the Harvard-educated Juan Trippe "set out to build a global empire in the sky" as Conrad III writes, the growth around the world of this proud line is documented well in this book. In the introduction, Conrad III sets the stage well for what is to come:...
Air museum would get renovated home - Rantoul Press | RANTOUL — The village of Rantoul has applied for a $12.1 million state grant to renovate Grissom Hall on the former Chanute Air Force Base. Built in the early World War II era, the building, originally called P12, was the last of the hangars built on the former Air Force base. It was later named after astronaut Gus Grissom. It houses Chanute Air Museum, the Rantoul Historical Society Museum, classes for Lincoln’s Challenge Academy, the Rantoul Community Bicycle Recycle Program and Rantoul Theatre Group....
Supersonic Civilian Planes? * Flight To Success | ...Today, join me at: The House of Rapp where Ron has written an incredible post on supersonic planes in the corporate world....
The Ten Craziest Airplane Stunts Ever Caught On Video · Máté Petrány | Being in a metal tube sky high at incredibly speeds should be exciting enough as it is, but as always, there are some people who push the envelope further. Here are the ten best pilots caught on video...
Young Eagles to take to Nashua's skies on Saturday - Nashua Telegraph | NASHUA – Local Experimental Aircraft Association pilots will host a Young Eagles Flight Rally on Saturday at Nashua’s Boire Field, volunteering their time to take children and youths ages 8-17 into the skies. The event, for which the rain date is Sunday, is one of several activities organized by the Young Eagles program to get young people interested in aviation. ...
Yankton Young Eagles Rally Saturday - Yankton Daily Press | A Young Eagles event will be held at the Chan Gurney Airport terminal building on Saturday, June 7, running from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. The Yankton Chapter 1029 of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) are holding the 21st annual event....
Watch SpaceX's Big Reveal of Dragon V2 Spaceship · Alan Boyle | LOS ANGELES — SpaceX is literally pulling the curtain away on Thursday from its Dragon V2 spaceship, an upgraded version of its workhorse capsule that could soon start carrying astronauts into orbit — and you can watch the curtain drop online....
SpaceX Unveils Dragon V2 Spaceship for Astronaut Trips · Alan Boyle Today | HAWTHORNE, Calif. — SpaceX unveiled the spaceship it expects to use to send NASA astronauts to the International Space Station, known as the Dragon V2, at its headquarters on Thursday amid surroundings as glitzy as an auto show. Maybe that shouldn't be surprising, considering that the company's billionaire founder, CEO and chief designer, Elon Musk, also runs the Tesla electric-car company. His SpaceX venture has even loftier ambitions than Tesla — nothing less than sending colonists to Mars....
Wednesday, June 4, 2014
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Tuesday, June 3, 2014
MOBILE ‘BIG’ SCREEN THEATER AND EXHIBIT HONORING TUSKEGEE AIRMEN TO VISIT AIR ZOO
During the original movie aptly named, "RISE ABOVE," audience members will be transported into what it was like to be a black airman during WWII and the obstacles faced by America’s first black military pilots and their support personnel, known today as the Tuskegee Airmen, as they worked toward their goal of becoming U.S. Army Air Corps pilots in the early 1940s. At the conclusion of the film, audiences experience the excitement and thrill of flying the world’s greatest fighter aircraft, the P-51 Mustang, in formation, aerobatics, a break and a few low passes. Filmed with a 180-degree lens along with the state-of-the-art theater design, the movie experience gives attendees the feeling that you are actually flying in the airplane.
“The exhibit is truly a one-of-a-kind adventure similar to something you would experience at Disneyland,” said Brad Lang, CAF Red Tail Squadron Leader. “The overall message is about rising above to reach your potential no matter your circumstances; the film uses the story of the Tuskegee Airmen and the story of the CAF Red Tail Squadron to inspire young people to achieve their potential, but the message resonates with all ages because of the unique and interactive way it is told. This is an experience you won’t want to miss.”
The exhibit is a mobile ‘big’ screen theater with a customized 53' trailer with expandable sides that houses a 160-degree panoramic curved movie screen and seating for 35 in climate-controlled comfort. It showcases a short original movie, "RISE ABOVE," focusing on what the Tuskegee Airmen had to overcome to be allowed to fly and fight for their country during World War II. This experience highlights how to set a goal and succeed even when all odds are against you; just like the original Tuskegee Airmen achieved.
On Saturday, the Mustang is available for a once-in-a-lifetime backseat ride in a rare WWII-era P-51C Mustang, fighter airplane. For 30 minutes, you’ll be transported back to the days of dogfights over Europe, feeling and hearing the powerful Rolls Royce engine as your fly over the countryside. Just call LaVone Kay at 888-928-0188 to schedule your ride today.
For additional information about the CAF Red Tail Squadron, visit www.redtail.org, or call 888-928-0188. Be sure to follow us on Facebook.
About the CAF:
In 1957, a small group of ex-service pilots pooled their money to purchase a P-51 Mustang, beginning what is now called the Commemorative Air Force (CAF). With the addition of a pair of F8F Bearcats, the CAF became the founders of the Warbird Movement, an effort to preserve and honor our military history with the rallying cry to “Keep ‘Em Flying!” Now, 55 years later, the CAF is the premier Warbird organization, operating 156 vintage aircraft in Honor of American Military Aviation. A non-profit educational association, the CAF has more than 10,000 members and its fleet of historic aircraft is distributed to 80 units located in 24 states for care and operation. For more information, visit www.commemorativeairforce.org or call (432) 563-1000.Indy Transponder 03-JUN-2014 1630z
D-Day commemoration set at AirShow San Diego - San Diego Community Newspaper Group | Air Group One, the San Diego wing of the Commemorative Air Force, will present AirShow San Diego at Gillespie Field in El Cajon Saturday and Sunday, June 7 and 8, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., featuring a collection of aircraft and performances commemorating the 70th anniversary of D-Day, the allied invasion of Normandy. The exhibition will be preceded by a youth education day on Friday, June 6....
Sean D. Tucker Interview – POF Chino 2014 * Photorecon.net
Air show, fly-in ready for Rusk County residents - The Henderson Daily News | The committee preparing final details for the Saturday air show and fly-in which will feature airplanes, classic cars, food vendors, a salute to veterans and other fun events, is ready to go, Rusk County Airport Manager Ron Franks said Friday. The gates will open at 8 a.m. on Saturday, and the air show and veteran salute are scheduled for a noon start. The event, featuring acrobatic maneuvers by planes and other things such as rides for people around Rusk County, will last until 3 p.m....
AIRSHOW NEWS: First headline aircraft announced for the Flying Legends Air Show · UK 
Airshow News - Flightline UK | The Flying Legends Air Show is famous the world over for its unique presentation of historic piston-engined aircraft in rare combinations and remarkable flying displays. The Fighter Collection is delighted to announce the first confirmed aircraft taking part in the Flying Legends Air Show 2014, to whet your appetite for the fantastic flying that awaits you on Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 July...
Air racer Mike Goulian flies clean — maybe too clean · General Aviation News | On one hand, American pilot Mike Goulian saw some encouraging progress at the third stop of the Red Bull Air Race in Malaysia — but not nearly the kind of progress he’s looking for. For three races in a row, the award-winning pilot has finished in 12th place. At the next stop, in Poland, expect an aggressive new strategy from the man from Massachusetts....
Memphis Bell B-17 in Broomfield this weekend - The Daily Camera | The Liberty Foundations 2014 Salute to Veterans tour will be at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport Saturday and Sunday. On display will be the famous Boeing B-17 "Memphis Belle." This year is the 71st anniversary of the Memphis Belle's historic last mission, according to a news release from the Liberty Foundation...
B-17 Flies Into Forbes Field - WIBW | TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The work horse of World War II planes made its sentimental journey to the Capital City. A Boeing B-17 bomber, named "Sentimental Journey," touched down at Forbes Field. The World War II combat aircraft will be in Topeka through Friday offering guests rides and a history lesson on World War II aviation in the 40's...
Commemorative Air Force Announces B-24 Diamond Lil East Coast Tour - PR Web | Buffalo, NY (PRWEB) June 02, 2014 Diamond Lil, the oldest B-24 Liberator in the world, is headed east this June for a month long tour. The Consolidated B-24A Liberator operated by the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) will appear at the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum’s World War II Weekend in Reading, Pennsylvania for the first time in many years before moving on to Buffalo, New York then Hamilton, Ontario to attend the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum’s 2014 Hamilton Night Airshow. The aircraft will also make several tour stops in Ohio including an appearance at the Dayton Vectren Airshow....
World War II veteran remembers service in bombing squadron - Topeka Capital Journal | More than 70 years after the B-17 flew in combat, the bomber brings back a flood of memories for Max Baker — and makes a connection to the past for the children of some of his fellow airmen. The Commemorative Air Force, which preserves and flies World War II-era planes, will offer rides in a B-17 bomber this week. The planes leave Friday. Tickets are $850 for a seat in the nose and $425 for a ride in the rear of the plane, and are available by calling (602) 448-9415. People can take a walk-through tour for $5.
Bill Shepard, CAF Red Tail Squadron P-51C Mustang Pilot * Red Tail Squadron | Born in Kansas, raised in Canada, educated in Texas – CAF Red Tail Squadron pilot Bill Shepard has a passion for aviation that spurs his continued dedication to the squadron and to RISE ABOVE. He developed a love of flying at a young age and today shares with us the path that led him to proudly fly the P-51C Mustang for the CAF Red Tail Squadron...
Flying in the Air Race Classic -- A Transcontinental Air Race ... | When she was playing tackle football with the boys at age four and winning trophies in Pass, Punt, and Kick competitions as the only girl, I should have known our daughter, Alicia, was destined to grow up as a competitor in some unusual field. However, I didn't expect her to become a pilot. When she...
Local Pilot of Small Airplane Competes in Oldest Air Race - Virtual-Strategy Magazine (press release) Pasco, WA (PRWEB) | Local pilot Marjy Leggett will serve as co-pilot to Betty Lee Longstaff as they soar across the country in a small aircraft competing in the 2014 Air Race Classic (ARC) this summer which begins June 16th in Concord, California and spans over 2,338 nautical miles....
Sycamore aviators take to the air in search of a win - Indiana State University | After a three year 
absence, a trio of aviators from Indiana State University is preparing to make its mark in an annual transcontinental race for female pilots. The Air Race Classic begins June 16 and will take the trio on a 2,692-mile race across the mid-section of the United States. It begins this year in Concord, Calif. and ends June 19 in New Cumberland, Pa. Indiana State is one of 50 teams involved in the race. Eleven colleges and universities have teams in the field....
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The International Council of Air Shows: Canadian Forces Snowbirds | Thanks to Match Productions for sharing this video of the The Canadian Forces Snowbirds at the Salute to Veterans Air Show.
Dylan Dreyer takes to the skies with the U.S. Marine Corps * www.today.com | I’ve been in a pretty cool aircraft before. After all, my brother is a Master Sergeant who works on...
AIRSHOW NEWS: Carol Vorderman returns to Cosford Air Show * UK Airshow News - Flightline UK | For the second year running TV presenter Carol Vorderman will be visiting the RAF Cosford Air Show to help promote the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) exhibition which will be one of over 100 trade and exhibition attractions at the Show this year....
Wing of Freedom Tour returns to Skagit Regional Airport · General Aviation News | BURLINGTON, Wash. — The Port of Skagit is hosting a return visit of three restored World War II-era combat aircraft when the Wings of Freedom Tour touches down at Skagit Regional Airport (KBVS) June 16-18. The warbirds, a B-17G Flying Fortress named “Nine-O-Nine,” [pictured] a B-24J Liberator, “Witchcraft,” and a TP-51C Mustang, “Betty Jane,” also visited the airport last June....
The World's Silliest Plane Takes Off for a 'Once-in-a-Lifetime' Stunt - Wired | The coolest planes in 
all of France have flown in formation together, and we couldn’t be happier about it. On Friday May 30, fighter jets with the country’s top (only?) aerobatic flying team took to the skies over Toulouse alongside the Airbus Beluga, the funky cargo plane we love more every time we see it....
Remembering the WASPs: Women who were aviation trailblazers * www.cbsnews.com | Until recently, the contributions and sacrifices made by Women Airforce Service Pilots during WWII w...
Five World War II pilots to speak in commemoration of D-Day · General Aviation News | At a Living History Flying Day event Saturday, June 7, at Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, Calif., a panel of aviation experts, historians and veterans will be featured to commemorate D-Day. The P-47 Thunderbolt will be on display and perform a flight demonstration....
Off Beat: Doolittle Raiders honor touches home - The Columbian | Commemorative events during Memorial Day weekend included a White House nod to a World War II airman from Vancouver. President Barack Obama signed a bill on May 23 awarding the Congressional Gold Medal to the Doolittle Raiders. Vancouver’s Wayne Bissell was one of 80 Doolittle Raiders who bombed Japan on April 18, 1942; only four are still alive. Bissell, who died in 1997, was a bombardier on the B-25 bomber “Whirling Dervish.”...
First successful flight for solar plane "Solar Impulse 2" · Xavier Cotton (translated) | The Swiss Solar Impulse airplane 2, powered only by solar energy, began early Monday its first test flight on Air Force Base Payerne, in the center of Switzerland. German test pilot Markus Scherdel being in control, Solar Impulse 2 lunged on the track, powered by four electric motors powered by 17,200 solar cells. . Markus Scherdel had also conducted the first flight of the previous version of the aircraft in June 2009 After a few hundred meters, Solar Impulse took two slow air carried by its huge wing span of 72 m: so that Airbus A380, but with a weight of 2300 kg, 150 times less than the giant Airbus aircraft .. this first flight lasted 2 h 17, a half-hour longer than what was originally planned...
CAF Air Group One Stinson L-5 Sentinel’s Restoration · Warbirds News | Based on an article by Bailey Burkhartsmeier:Each spring the skies of San Diego fill with airplanes of days gone by due to help from Air Group One, San Diego’s local wing of the Commemorative Air Force. From 1930′s era Stearman biplanes to the magnificent P-51 Mustang WWII fighter plane, there is something for everyone to enjoy at “AirShow San Diego” held each year at Gillespie Field in El Cajon. While many of the aircraft whizzing above the airfield visit from nearby CAF squadrons or private collectors, there are a handful of these vintage flying machines that Air Group One is proud to have collected, restored and maintained...
Museum official: Construction at Rosie the Riveter's old Michigan plant could ... - WDIV Detroit | DETROIT - The signing of a purchase agreement is imminent but construction on a museum won't get underway until autumn at the earliest, said an aviation enthusiast leading an effort to save from demolition a portion of the Detroit-area plant where the original Rosie the Riveter worked 70 years ago. Yankee Air Museum founder Dennis Norton said he and the Willow Run facility's owner will sign the purchase deal soon and expect to formally close on the sale next month....
The Inside Scoop on Marine One * Air & Space Magazine | In the early 1990s, during the administrations of George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton, Colonel Ray “Frenchy” L'Heureux was a young officer in Marine Helicopter Squadron One, the Quantico, Virginia-based unit that ferries U.S. presidents around the world.
Monday, June 2, 2014
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Tricolor arrows for June 2 on the Forum. - MondialiBrasile.com (translated) | At the military parade which will take place on the feast of the Republic of June 2 will fly over the skies even the tricolor arrows. The Italian Air Force aerobatic team will be all'Alzabandiera to lay wreaths at the Altar of the Fatherland with the President of the Republic and the end of the event. The parade will take place at the Imperial Forum....
EAA commemorates D-Day 70th anniversary with activities - The Oshkosh Northwestern | The 70th anniversary of the massive D-Day invasion of World War II will be commemorated at the EAA AirVenture Museum in Oshkosh on June 6-7, including programs with veterans of the Allied offensive that began on June 6, 1944. Friday, June 6, marks 70 years after 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. According to the....
P-51 Mustang flights on Peninsula to mark D-Day's 70th anniversary on Friday * Peninsula Daily News | Four P-51 Mustangs will fly over Port Townsend, Port Hadlock, Sequim and Port Angeles to mark the 70th anniversary of D-Day on Friday. The flight of the World War II vintage fighter planes will kick off a celebration at the Historic Flight Foundation in Mukilteo, said Jessica Leftwich of the foundation...
Spitfire take to the skies for Yorkshire Air Museum's Thunder Day - The Press, York | The Second 
World War Spitfire takes to the skies to thrill the crowds at Yorkshire Air Museum’s Thunder Day. Pictures: David Harrison | Last of the few. The only Spitfire still airworthy to have fought in the Battle of Britain thrilled the crowds at the Yorkshire Aim Museum’s Thunder Day. Yesterday’s fly-past was by a Spitfire MK11a which is the pride of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight. As well as the only Spitfire to be still flying from The Finest Hour, number P7350 is also the oldest Spitfire in the world which can still take to the skies...
Boeing’s P-8A Poseidon to debut at Waddington by Katerina Greenlaw | Designed to replace many of the world’s ageing maritime patrol aircraft, Boeing’s P-8A Poseidon is based on the popular Boeing 737-800 airliner. A Multi Mission Aircraft (MMA), the aircraft has been developed to conduct Anti-Submarine and Anti-Surface Warfare; Maritime Surveillance; as well as Search and Rescue, as seen recently in the search for the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370....
B17 aircraft lands in Sioux City June 27-29 - Sioux City Journal SIOUX CITY | A WWII B17 aircraft will be on display June 27-29 at the Mid America Museum of Aviation and Transportation. The Oshkosh Aluminum Overcast airplane will be at the museum...
Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson to Fly in World War I Air Show | ...Yes, Bruce Dickinson will be piloting an airplane for a full-on air show. Along with nine other members of the metal legend’s pilot group, the Great War Display Team, Dickinson will fly for an event recognizing the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I. Even more fascinating, the voice of Iron Maiden will pilot a replica of the Red Baron’s famous fighter plane....
F-35B Will Fly, Hover, Not Land Vertically At RIAT, Farnborough - Breaking Defense | WASHINGTON: Will the F-35B land vertically at the Royal International Air Tattoo or the Farnborough Air Show? No. Will it hover? Yes. One of my colleagues had raised the issue that the F-35B will not perform a vertical landing this July, inferring this might be because it would damage the plane or the runway. F-35 program spokesman Joe DellaVedova told me that the...
Flying into the Past on a B-25’s Wings * Visit by Tondelayo Evokes Memories for Joe Connell | General Dwight D. Eisenhower, supreme commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force, and his staff wrestled with many vital decisions in planning the June 6, 1944, invasion of Nazi-occupied Western Europe. Not the least of these was timing the landing of 156,000 American, British, and Canadian forces along a 50-mile stretch of Normandy, France. The success of Operation Overlord, as the assault was called, pivoted on one uncontrollable element: the weather....
Capt. Glen Berree started out a Navy pilot and ended up a destroyer skipper · Don Moore, War Tales | Glen Berree spent the first two decades of his life as a Navy brat. His father was a fighter ace in World War II with nine kills to his credit. The next quarter century Berree carved out a career as a pilot, like his dad, almost became a SEAL and completed his Naval career as skipper of a guided missile destroyer following the Vietnam War when he wasn’t serving in positions at Annapolis and working in the Pentagon with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Colin Powell....
D-Day also b-day for ace aviator - USA TODAY | Bob Milliken knew when he was 5 that he wanted
The Armband * Voices From The DC-3 | From its perch in the sterile glass case, the armband draws you in. Printed with bright red bars and a blue field to outline the Stars and Stripes of the American flag, the broad armband was manufactured in great numbers for use by the U.S. forces in all manner of operations for World War II, the most famous of which was Operation Overlord. We have...
Two former Vietnam War Fighter Pilots Together Again · Warbirds News | ...Nguyen Hong My is credited with shooting Stiles’ RF-4C Phantom jet down on January 20, 1972. Yet, the two men have learned how to reconcile their dramatic moments and turn it into a surprising friendship.“Old Guys and Their Airplanes,” a popular online show featuring the interviews and artwork of historian/ artist John Mollison, flew Stiles to Hanoi, Vietnam, this past March to re-unite with Hong My on what was once “enemy soil.” The result is an episode that is at once informative and inspiring....
Betsy — a lady with a certain reputation in Kowloon by travelforaircraft | I travelled to Asia to rendezvous with my wife, first landing in Hong Kong. Asia — where the colors black and red have different meanings than in the West, chopsticks not forks, soya sauce and fish sauce instead of salsa and mustard. So many other exotic differences to the eyes as well as the other senses. Before I continued on I first had to see another lady — one I was compelled to see — as were so many men before me — so I made my way through the crush of people on the sidewalks to her house in Kowloon...
Non-Test Pilot Flight in Terrafugia's Transition®: "I used my blinker to exit the active..." * Airplanista Aviation Blog | Recently, the test flight phase of bringing Terrafugia's Transition® roadable airplane to market reached another milestone, when the company let non-test pilots fly it for the first time from the left seat. One of those lucky few pilots was Vanessa Blakeley, Terrafugia's Corporate Communications Lead, and she agreed to virtually "sit down" with Airplanista to tell us about those few minutes at the controls of this craft....
Young Eagles Spring Rally at the Nashua Airport · Steve Russo | Young Eagles flights will be taking off from Boire Field at the Nashua Airport on Saturday June 7th. If you are between the ages of 8 and 17 and interested in flying – or just seeing Nashua from the air – drop by the Nashua Airport to get a free ride...
Weekend Recap - 02 Jun 2014
Steven Point Air Show Cancelled Following Plane Crash - WSAW | A performer in the Steven Point Air Show is dead after his plane crashed while performing an aerial maneuver at the show this afternoon. One witness tells us the pilot was making what appeared to be a question mark in smoke trails when it sounded like the engine failed....
Thousands of air show fans welcome SkyFest return to Fairchild Air Force Base * The Republic | FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Washington — The SkyFest air show returned to Fairchild Air Force Base this weekend for the first time since 2010 when it was grounded by budget problems...
75-year-old Air Force veteran sees Thunderbirds for first time - KREM.com | AIRWAY HEIGHTS, Wash.—A Coeur d’Alene Air Force veteran saw the Thunderbirds at SkyFest for the first time on Saturday. SkyFest returned to Airway Heights Saturday after a four-year hiatus. The air show featured several demonstrations, including the Air Force Thunderbirds. It was the first time 75-year-old Del Still of Coeur d’Alene saw the fighter jets in action....
Video: Les Smith gets a wild ride at the Patriotic Festival * wtkr.com | Les Smith gets a wild ride at the Patriotic Festival
Flying with Fat Albert * www.wxow.com | LA CROSSE, Wis. (WXOW) - Before you see the Blue
ICAS: ICAS Member Scott "Scooter" Yoak shows us a different view of the Patriotic Festival - Virginia Beach, VA.
Pilot killed in glider tournament - thenews.pl | Sunday's collision occurred shortly before 1 pm local time, and witnesses have commented that the 49-year-old's parachute failed to open. Both gliders fell on the town itself, and the second pilot, whose parachute opened, was taken to hospital with serious injuries....
Golden Knights wow crowds at SkyFest - KXLY Spokane The United States Army Parachute team, the Golden Knights, entertained the masses at SkyFest 2014. The Golden Knights are comprised of 89 paratroopers. Sargent First Class Brian Karst has been a part of the team for three years. "There is no greater thrill or better way to bring the American Army to the American public," said Karst....
Video: Helicopter Day at the Strategic Air and Space Museum * Omaha.com | The Strategic Air and Space Museum held its annual "Helicopter Day" Saturday. And, boy, was it quite the show. The day began with a group helicopter landing at the museum, located about 20 minutes west of Omaha in Ashland, Neb., off of I-80....
Indy Fly-In builds dreams, offers second chances - AOPA Pilot | Austin Malcomb flew an Experimental Vans Aircraft RV-12 that he helped build in with his father, and met his grandfather, also a pilot, at the fly-in. Malcomb of North Vernon, Ind., earned his private pilot certificate on Jan. 4, his seventeenth birthday. He worked on and trained in the aircraft through Eagle’s Nest, a program in seven states that works with high schools to place an RV-12 kit for students to build and get three hours of college credit with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Purdue University, or Liberty University....
Red Arrows return to Lincoln after winter training - Lincolnshire Echo | It's a sure sign that summer has arrived in Lincolnshire - the Red Arrows have returned to the county ahead of the new display season. The squadron are back in the UK after a month-long winter training sojourn to Cyprus, and last night arrived at their home base, RAF Scampton, following an appearance at a display in Cornwall....
VIDEO: Red Arrows perform in Falmouth - West Briton | Barely an inch of sand could be seen at Falmouth’s Gyllyngvase Beach as crowds flocked to see a spectacular air display by the Red Arrows. Sunshine brought thousands of spectators to the bay at 3.30pm to watch a 30-minute aerial acrobatic performance from the distinctive red Royal Air Force jets....
3rd annual fly-in and open house for charity at Ferguson airport - WEAR | Hundreds of people went to the 3rd annual fly-in and open house at Ferguson Airport this weekend. They offered plane and helicopter rides to people who donated to a charity. The charity allows local high school students a chance to learn to fly. People waited for hours to get on their favorite aircraft.
For some it was their first time flying....
Historic biplanes flock to Stearman fly-in in Benton - Kansas.com | Owners of historic Stearman biplanes are gathering this weekend for a fly-in at the Lloyd Stearman Airport in Benton. The blue sky was dotted Friday with the Wichita-built open-cockpit planes as about 16 pilots arrived for lunch at a private airport west of Goddard. Some flew in formation as they arrived....
Females fly in for fun and fellowship - Northern Advocate | Helicopter hover, aeroplane aerobatics, glide approach and spot landings aren't your average Saturday afternoon games, but for New Zealand Association of Women in Aviation (NZAWA) members it was all part of their yearly rally held in Dargaville over the weekend. NZAWA treasurer and rally organiser Joanne Hales said 47 people came from as far afield as Dunedin for the association's 54th annual rally, held at the Dargaville Aero Club from Friday and finishing today....
Photos from the Reykjavik Air Show 2014 · Lisa All the fun from yesterday’s show in pictures! The annual Reykjavík Air Show is hosted by Iceland’s aviation association (Flugmálafélag) and sponsored by Icelandair and Ísavia. Live commentary was by Icelandic legend of stage and screen, Gestur Einar Jóhannsson....
Effortlessly fit: Godfather of aerobatics Peter Besenyei still feels 25 - The Star Online | Eating whatever he wants and only exercising when he has the time, this competitive air-racer somehow remains fighting fit and healthy. When it comes to staying healthy and fit, Besenyei is one of those people we desperately envy and love to hate. The veteran Hungarian acrobatic pilot, who will be celebrating his 58th birthday on June 8, reveals that he has stayed a trim 73kg over the last 35 years. At 1.85m in height, that puts him smack in the middle of the normal body mass index (BMI) range of 21.3....
Tuskegee Valiant Campaign – Plus Freshly Restored TBM Avenger · Warbirds News In mid-March, the CAF National Capitol Squadron’s BT-13 Valiant experienced power loss and engine vibration on the downwind leg coming in to its home field at Culpeper Regional Airport in Culpeper, Virginia. Thankfully the pilot made a safe, but effectively dead-stick landing. The engine is now with Covington Aircraft Engines in Okmulgee, Oklahoma for a complete overhaul, but the bill is expected to cost a whopping US$78,000. The National Capitol Squadron is now entering a fund raising campaign to gather the necessary capital to support the rebuild. The money will go strictly towards the contracted repair, overhaul and materials. Volunteers, including some of the Squadron’s cadets (ages 12-23) will provide the additional labor in bringing the Valiant back to health again....
Restored Iolar plane for Athboy air show on Sunday - Meath Chronicle Up to 80 light aircrafts are
expected to come from all over Ireland for an aerobatic display at a HB Hazelbrook Farm Ice Cream Fundays event on Sunday 1st June from 1pm in aid of Down Syndrome Ireland at a private airfield just oustide Athboy....Solar Impulse 2 Makes Premier Flight by Dean Sigler | Solar Impulse HB-SIB, the second aircraft from the program headed by Andre’ Borschberg and Bertrand Piccard, took to the skies early this morning piloted by Markus Scherdel. Taking off from Payerne Airport at 3:38 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) Solar Impulse 2 climbed to a randomly orbiting path within a 20-mile compass of the airfield to the southwest, Lake Neuchatel to the north, and Belleville to the northeast....
Dreams taking flight - Farm Weekly | ANYTHING is possible if you try hard enough, says retired teacher and pilot, Gordon McCaw. Sitting in a wheelchair as he addressed members and delegates of the 92nd State conference of the Country Women’s Association of NSW in Griffith, Gordon began to relate the story of one man’s dream – to fly solo around Australia....
Inside The New Dragon Spacecraft * www.popsci.com | The Dragon V2 Capsule can carry humans, dock with the ISS, and land on its own.
Musk Says SpaceX Manned Craft Can Be Ready To Fly In 2016 - International Business Times | Elon Musk, the CEO of private aerospace company SpaceX, said the company’s soon-to-be unveiled reusable space capsule, the Dragon V2, could be ready to carry astronauts by 2016. SpaceX unveiled the new craft Thursday at its Hawthorne, California, plant, Bloomberg News said....
