Mustang replacing crashed Spitfire - Scoop.co.nz
An American P51 Mustang fighter aircraft has been secured for Saturday's Let's GO Rotorua Air Show to replace the Spitfire which crashed ...
Planes fly in to show airport support - ABC Regional Online
The 300-strong crowd was addressed by aviator and entrepreneur Dick Smith. Kempsey Mayor John Bowell says his message was that the community and council ...
Show roars to life - Shepparton News
... a World War II Mustang fly-over, a helicopter aerobatic show, a street parade, a family market and an aerobatic display from pilot Matt Hall. ...
Aero-TV: The Heart of Team MS760 – Captain Dale 'Snort' Snodgrass from Aero-News Network
Meet Captain Dale "Snort" Snodgrass, One of the Two Team MS760 Pilots Beginning today, nearly 1,600 air show professionals will gather at the International Council of Air Shows Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada. To celebrate the 2009 ICAS Convention, Aero-TV is profiling some of the most extraordinary air show performers we've had the honor to meet over the last year.
BR Campbell set international standards in aerobatics - Globe and Mail
Fighter pilot BR Campbell helped thrill hundreds of thousands of spectators as a member of not just one aerobatic flying team, but two, during the postwar ...
Plea to save Lowestoft airshow favourite - TheAdvertiser24
The organisers of Lowestoft Seafront Air Festival are backing an appeal to keep flying an iconic aircraft that has brought "the wow factor" to their past ...
Joey Logano gets high with the US Air Force Thunderbirds by Karen Pistone
The Thunderbirds are the air demonstration squadron of the US Air Force (USAF) which has been active since 1953. The squadron tours the United States and much of the world, performing aerobatic formation and solo flying in ...
LIMA helps improve RMAF aerobatic displays - Sin Chew Jit Poh
"(In aerobatic displays), we are not professionals with a specific team, so our squadron pilots have to undergo lots of training. ...
Dig Out Your Foil Hat, the EAA SchedulersAre Reading Our Minds Again from Av8rdan's World of Flying by Dan Pimentel
At last year's EAA Airventure Oshkosh, the organizers managed two of the biggest "gets" in all of aviation. A "get" is television trade jargon for landing that one big interview nobody else could...get. By landing scheduled visits by an Airbus A380 and WhiteKnightTwo, they helped push the show to an attendance of 578,000, a 12 percent increase over 2008.
And now, as the cheese hardens in Winnebago County ...
Airborne tribute a display of respect for Pip - Shepparton News
Mr Borrman was a frequent performer at the car event before his death in February and Red Bull Air Race pilot and friend Matt Hall stepped up to put on an ...
Members of the Greatest Generation tell their stories - San Jose Mercury News
Former bombardier Herbert Kwart, 88, of San Jose, asked a high school class how many had heard of the plane he flew, the famous B-17 bomber. ...
'Stubby' Clapper had right build to be an Air Corps turret gunner - Hey Johnstown
That is even more than the other famous World War II bomber, the B-17 Flying Fortress. The B-24 had an aluminum and Plexiglas ball turret on top of the ...
AVweb Insider Blog: Harry Hurt Another Great Lost from AVwebFlash Current Issue
A few days ago, Drew Steketee remembered GA advocate Ed Stimpson on the AVweb Insider blog. Now Paul Bertorelli shares similarly sad news about another often-overlooked voice in aviation that many naval pilots will recognize Harry Hurt. Click here to read Paul's thoughts and add your own comments.
'War Birds' film flying at TMU Pictures - Hollywood Reporter
... including authentic P-51 Mustangs, P-38 Lightnings, F4U Corsairs and a B-17 Flying Fortress as well as modern military helicopters and jets. ...
Book on world's greatest air race - Cambridge News
AN author will be signing copies of his new book about the world's greatest air race - in the town where the race started. Stuart McKay's book, Mildenhall ...
This Week In Military/Aviation History 7 - 13 December from Warbirds Online
On This Day in Aviation History: December 7th from NYCAviation.com
Neil Armstrong Named Guest Of Honor For Telluride Re-Opening from Aero-News Network
Official Ceremony Set For December 17th Officials at the Telluride Regional Airport (TEX) will soon be celebrating a grand re-opening following the completion of a $22 million runway renovation project. TEX officials are proud to announce that astronaut and Telluride homeowner Neil Armstrong will serve as the guest of honor at the re-opening events.
SpaceShipTwo Unveiling Dec. 7 from AVwebFlash Current Issue
Scaled Composites and Virgin Galactic are set to unveil SpaceShipTwo, the six-passenger vehicle on which about 300 people have already booked flights to the edge of space. The rollout will be held at the Mojave Spaceport in California's high desert today. Flight tests of the rocket-powered aircraft/spacecraft will begin soon after the rollout. Many of the future space travelers who have committed $200,000 each for the relatively brief journey will be at the Mojave ceremony.
PICTURE: Virgin Galactic light show? from Hyperbola
Go here to see a photo dated 6 December that very probably shows a practice run for the light show that is expected to accompany Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo unveil planned for tonight - as revealed by Hyperbola back in October. More evidence of light show plans here. Congrats to Steve Johnson for getting that picture even if he didn't know what he was photogaphing. Hyperbola will post images from the unveil shortly after it occurs. This blog has heard that SS2 has been seen attached to its mothership Whiteknightwo
Go here to see a photo dated 6 December that very probably shows a practice run for the light show that is expected to accompany Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo unveil planned for tonight - as revealed by Hyperbola back in October. More evidence of light show plans here. Congrats to Steve Johnson for getting that picture even if he didn't know what he was photogaphing. Hyperbola will post images from the unveil shortly after it occurs. This blog has heard that SS2 has been seen attached to its mothership Whiteknightwo
Hero pilot let plane fly unaided at 7,500ft as he battled to save skydiver hanging from wheel from Diamond Pilots
A hero pilot has been awarded one of the UK's highest bravery awards after a dare-devil rescue of a parachutist who was left dangling by his feet from a plane.
Garth Greyling, who is currently serving in Afghanistan, flew over the skies of Bad Lippspringe, Germany, allowing a parachute team to make their jump. ...
Book Review: Lane Wallace's Unforgettable: My Best 10 Flights by Max Trescott
Lane Wallace book Unforgettable My 10 Best Flights Flying magazine distinguishes itself with signature columnists that subscribers anxiously await reading each month. As a teenager, I grew up on a diet of hilarious tales spun by Gordon Baxter and airline piloting wisdom from the sage Len Morgan. Richard Collins coached me on air safety while extolling the virtues of his Cessna 210. Little did I know that decades later, I too would own a 210 and become an aviation writer.
Aerospace Projects Review V2N5 is now available from The Unwanted Blog
Volume 2, Number 5. Finally.
Aerospaceplane - 1962: a moment in the development of an early USAF "operational" orbital aircraft. With all-new color artwork by G. De Chiara.
Convairs "Spaceplane" by Dennis R. Jenkins: A detailed look at the Convair Aerospaceplane entry
Curtis Wright Helicopter Airliner concept from 1944
Convair post World War II Seaplane Studies, Part II by Robert Bradley
Fairchild NEPA: an early nuclear powered bomber concept
Messerschmitt Me 328 variations, Part 1: numerous studies regarding engine location and the like
Martin SeaMistress: a giant jet-propelled cargo seaplane
Postcards And Road Trips: Thunderbirds in Owatonna, MN USA by oneal629
Thunderbirds in Owatonna, MN USA · Owatonna MN. Fantastic display of 3 T-38 Talon "Thunderbird" jets performing a "bomb burst" maneuver. Located in Owatonna, Minnesota USA. Their story here.
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