Air show boasts large attendance – WSFA ... taxpayers what they're spending their money on--and do some recruiting, we're going to take that chance," said Major John Echols, an F22 Raptor pilot. ...
Airshow performer's goal: Reach 10,000 kids from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Airshow performer Greg Poe's "Elevate Your Life" program got off to a roaring start in Tucson earlier this month when he made his presentation to more than 670 students at Booth-Fickett Magnet School and Naylor Middle School in Tucson, Ariz., during the week of the Davis-Monthan A&A Days airshow. Two students, winners of an essay contest put on by the program, got rides in Poe's airshow plane and chase plane…
Brit takes out 2010 Air Race opener - BigPond News | Defending champion Paul Bonhomme made the perfect start to the 2010 Red Bull Air Race season, winning the opening race in scorching temparture at Abu Dhabi. ...
Wellington Aero Club Open Day 2010 #13: The Cat - post 2 of 2 from Rodney's Aviation Ramblings by Rodney | In this second post on the PBY5A Catalina, ZK-PBY, I have a few pictures of the aircraft taxiing, post flight checks, engine start and soon after takeoff. The RNZAF operated a few 10's of Catalina's during World War 2, in air-sea rescue, patrol and shipping escort roles, although I understand that these were all flying boats rather than amphibious models such as ZK-PBY. You can get more details on the Catalina Group's website…
Wellington Aero Club Open Day 2010 #14: Odd and Sods from Rodney's Aviation Ramblings by Rodney | I thought it was time to show some of the "odds and sods" aircraft and events happening around the open day. The aircraft are [in order] the Cirrus SR22 ZK-YUG, Neico Aviation Lancair 320, ZK-VDQ and Akrotech G200 ZK-LGT, all registered to Wellington addresses. Following this is our very own "7 foot tall instructor" [I guess you had to be there!] Blair running one of his popular "Learn to Fly" seminars. Capital Books were in attendance again with a good selection, and finally, a "winged garbage collector" consuming some "left overs" …
Wellington Aero Club Open Day 2010 #15: Sounds Air Cessna 208 Caravan from Rodney's Aviation Ramblings by Rodney | Sounds Air very kindly sent ZK-TZR, one of their Cessna 208 Caravan's along for the day. It was a good chance for visitors to get up in to the cockpit of a small airliner, to see all the "bits and pieces" and to ask questions. "Captain R-Dog" [a Club pilot] and several others spent a lot of time supervising people to make sure that nothing bad happened [like the engine starting :-)]. It was actually good fun taking my turn to sit in the cockpit and answer questions from the [mainly] kids who wanted a look…
Wellington Aero Club Open Day 2010 #16: Goodyear FG-1D Corsair - post 1 of 2 from Rodney's Aviation Ramblings by Rodney | Wow! There's little else that can be said about the mighty Corsair! ZK-COR arrived in Wellington the previous day, so no arrival pictures. This post contains a number of shots from various angles during the day. The next post will contain the departure :-) I guess partly because the aircraft is an "odd" shape with the gull wings, not the mention the size [it is certainly close to, if not actually, the biggest single-seater prop I have ever seen] this aircraft was popular with visitors throughout the day. Awesome!...Wellington Aero Club Open Day 2010 #17: Goodyear FG-1D Corsair - post 2 of 2 from Rodney's Aviation Ramblings by Rodney | Here are some of my favourite Corsair pictures. The start-up of these older engines is always impressive ["smokey" :-)], and in this case almost half the plane disappears in the smoke. After this are a couple of shots of the wings being lowered [now might be a good time to see how little metal appears to hold those wings on!], followed by taxi then departure…
Wellington Aero Club Open Day 2010 #18: This is the Club from Rodney's Aviation Ramblings by Rodney | After all is said and done, this was an aero club open day. We had great fun, and a great day [great weather also!]! Many thanks of course to those who supported the day by bringing and operating aircraft and by providing support during the day, and of course our visitors!...
The Raptor Rocks | Military Aviation | Air & Space Magazine - Sales, along with all other activities on the airshow grounds (which are vast), were suspended for the 20 minutes or so that the F-22s flew…
Announcements - April 24 - TASM Air & Rocket Racing Show by Payne, Joe | Flying Circus and Younkin Aerobatics, as well as a true "sneak peak" at the future of air racing as the Rocket Racers take flight. The Tulsa Air and Rocket Show will be held on the Tulsa International Airports' western runway located ...
WWII pilot Stewart spent two years as POW - San Antonio Express | As RC Stewart piloted a B-17 Flying Fortress during a World War II combat mission, the aircraft came under heavy fire, ...
Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago | Aviation history is filled with individuals whose achievements have been eclipsed by history or by their choices later in life. Norwegian aviator Tryggve Gran falls into both categories, having been the first man to fly across the North Sea in 1914 in a fragile Bleriot monoplane only to have the achievement fade into the cataclysm that was the First World War and then to have later in life collaborated with the Nazi occupation government of Norway in the Second World War…
March 29 from Cut and Paste Aviation by KenInfinite…
This Week In Military/Aviation History 29 March - 4 April from Warbirds Online by Tom Kwiatkowski Sr. | Well Folks, another seven gone, Spring is here, and the reassembly of the A-20 continues: http://members3.boardhost.com/1941AirMuseum/msg/1269474477.html It's raining here, so what say we take a quick, brisk walk down History Lane and get out of said rain, not to mention also getting our weekly virtual exercise and working up a refreshing virtual sweat. OK….Double Time…..Harch! Tom K…
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