Thunderbird flying team to be at next year's Amigo Airsho - El ... by aerobaticteams
The US Air Force Thunderbird precision flying team will perform at next year s Amigo Airsho at Biggs Army Airfield. ...
Thunderbirds are go for Cocoa Beach Air Show in October - Florida Today
The US Air Force Thunderbirds are set to headline this year's Cocoa Beach Air Show, ...
Blue Angels to soar above the Seacoast this summer ... - seacoastonline
Blue Angel Pilots, Lt. C.J. Simonsonsen, left, and Lt. Amy Tomlinson, take part in a press conference Wednesday at Alpha Flying Group at Pease as they promote this summer's air show featuring their team with other guest flight ...
Blue Angels plan isle shows Sept. 25-26 - Honolulu Local News - Fwix
The Navy's Blue Angels aerial demonstration team will return to Marine Corps Base Hawaii at Kaneohe Bay in September to perform two air shows....
Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Air Show
MCAS Miramar's World Class Air Show is scheduled for October 1, 2, 3, 2010 and will showcase the world famous Blue Angels and Canadian Snowbirds as the featured performers. Watch both civilian and military ...
What is Right?: Air Racing: A Slowly Dawning Interest from ideamatters.blogspot.com
... Air Racing is not new. It existed in some form or the other prior to World War II and even before that or so our friend Wikipedia says. Good for me! Now I can spend a lot of my time reading up on it instead of keeping track of the rising oil index.
One more interesting thing is that, it is not only Red Bull which likes this sport, but there are other variants to it, such as the Reno Air Race and the Cross Country Air Races.
It also is interesting to note that there is a lot of history tied in to this show. Digging through Google, finds you at this History page. There is even a Society for such historians. ...
Yorkshire Air Museum Hawker Hurricane Fighter Plane to Support Windsor Tattoo ... - Beverley Guardian
The Harrier became famous for its impressive role during the Falklands War and an example of the aircraft can be seen at the Yorkshire Air Museum. ...
Connect with the Air Force's national museum from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories
Web users now have more ways to connect with the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.
With the recent redesign of the museum's Web site, www.nationalmuseum.af.mil, virtual visitors have access to information and photos from the museum's exhibits, from the earliest days of military aviation through today's war on terror.
A museum tour podcast, launched at the end of the summer, acts as a virtual tour with a map of the museum galleries showing the arrangement of aircraft. "Hotspots" provide more information such as an audio recording, images or additional links. Museum staff recently completed the audio segments for the Cold War Gallery, and more information continues to be added to other galleries. ...
Canuck aviation pioneer honoured - Toronto Sun
The designer of three revolutionary jet aircraft was honoured yesterday by the Canadian Association of Retired Persons at the ...
WWII Warbird Flights. Support the Search for America's 78,000 WWII MIAs. from Planenews Aviation News Portal
History Flight gives you four patriotic ways to honor and preserve aviation history! First: To research and help locate the remains of the 78,000 American servicemen still missing in action from World War II Second: To educate the public about historic American military aviation with History Flight's "flying museums" that we take on old-fashioned, seven-month Barnstormer Tours of [...]
Then, now, the future (The Boeing story) from From the Flight Deck
Oldest Boeing Airliner in Flying Condition. After 8 years of repair and rebuilding, and 8,000 hours of toil, the Boeing 40C rolled out last winter as a finished airplane. Note the pilot gets the air conditioned seat.
The Boeing Model 40 was a United States mail plane that became the first aircraft built by the Boeing company to carry passengers. The airplane weighs 4080 lbs empty and has a gross weight of 6075 lbs. It is 34 ft long and 13 feet tall with a wing span of 44 1/2 feet. ...
Vero Beach resident receives national aviation award - Vero Beach Press-Journal
Roy Pinner remembers how a ski trip in 1977 changed the way he thought about planes. While on the trip, ...
Filipino-American pilot on the wings of a shout - Manila Times
Cox was born without arms and yet she became the first woman pilot in aviation history to fly using her feet. She spent three years to log 89 hours instead ...
EAA: C.A. Johnson Students Take Flight from Diamond Pilots
Cadet Tekeila Bennett recently had the opportunity to fly with pilot Doug Evans at the Columbia Owens Airport.
She and several other cadets were able to use the aerodynamics lessons they learned in the classroom while flying with pilots from the Columbia Chapter of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA). ...
Privately owned Russian Su-27 fighters arrive in the United States from Military and Civil Aviation Examiner
Pride Aircraft reported yesterday, May 5th 2009, that they have successfully imported the first two privately owned Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker fourth generation Russian-built fighters into the United States. The two aircraft, which are the direct S...
U-2s challenge pilots' endurance in the air from Stars and Stripes
The once-secret U-2 reconnaissance plane is known for its high-value role in some of the Cold War's most critical events. It's also known as the world's toughest plane to pilot.
Flight International front cover competition 2009 - the winner! from AirSpace
A great 2009 on AirSpace was brought to a fitting close with our annual front cover competion,...
World's Largest Zeppelin Is Back by Popular Demand in 2010 With Plenty of Opportunities to Check 'Airship Travel' Off Your Bucket List! from PR Newswire: Airlines/Aviation
It's a brand new year...where are you on your bucket list? Check off 'airship ride' as Airship Ventures returns to southern California January 7th with extended stays each and every month thereafter through June 2010! Having sold out on many trips to So-Cal last year, Airship Ventures has decided to spend part of each month here - including Valentines Day and many holidays - to accommodate a seemingly insatiable crowd of travel enthusiasts. LA travel dates and flightseeing tours are as follows: ...
MAX AIR 2 AIR
Hello Plane Folks,
This week, this year, brings new things to the MaxAir2Air table. There will still be photo essays of beautiful airplanes and flying adventures, but in addition, I've decided to embark on a new adventure of my own. I hope you will find it entertaining! http://maxair2air.com/ Enjoy! Max
FAI Grand Prix Sailplane Racing Santago, Chile - AOPA Pilot
Join us for some of the best "edge-of-your-seat" nail biting air racing drama available. It would be hard to pick a more dramatic backdrop for sailplane ...
DIY Jet Almost Ready to Fly - Wired News
It's no F-15, but those kinds of numbers from an aerobatic airplane that fits in your garage should provide plenty of smiles for those of us who don't have ...
Russian Fifth generation fighter -- PAK-FA T-50 from Wright Squawks
Russia has started the tests of its futuristic fifth generation stealth fighter jet, a project in which India is also a partner, as it prepares to compete with America's latest F-22 Raptor. The supersonic fifth generation PAK-FA T-50, with a range of 5,500 km, is scheduled to enter service with the Russian Air Force in 2015. Ahead of the maiden flight scheduled for this month, first runway tests of the futuristic fighter were held in December, Interfax reported...
Aviation book features Sault pilot - Sault Star
He described the memoir, given to him by Culliton's son, Ellis, as the "biggest find in Canadian aviation history in 25 years." "To find something new is ...
Endeavour On the Move from Uplinks by Miles O'Brien
Happy New Year, everyone! I'm back from my holiday Caribbean jaunt, and come Wednesday the shuttle Endeavour will be on the move as well – rolling out to launch pad 34A at the Kennedy Space Center. First movement is currently scheduled for 4am EST (0900 GMT). If you were there, you would not have to worry about blinking and missing it. The 3+ mile trip from the VAB to the pad typically takes about 8 hours with the massive crawler/transporter moving at literally snails pace.
SpaceX update from RLV and Space Transport News
SpaceX has posted a extensive update with and emphasis on Falcon 9/Dragon preparations for first launch. It begins with this from Elon:
The SpaceX team kicked off 2010 with the successful full duration orbit insertion firing of the Falcon 9 second stage at our Texas test site (details below). This was the final stage firing required for launch, so the second stage will soon be packaged for shipment and should arrive at Cape Canaveral by end of month. Depending on how well full vehicle integration goes, launch should occur one to three months later.
Israel Air Force F-4 Phantom from FenceCheck Forums
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