Monday, April 26, 2010

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Ticket announcement from The Florida International Air Show
The Florida International Air Show will permit ticket holders for the 2010 Sunday show which was canceled to enter the Sunday show in 2011 free of charge. The individuals who provide ticket stubs or can identify themselves as having tickets for the 2010 Sunday (April 11) show only will enter through a special gate to be set up by air show personnel.
The air show board will publish all information on this procedure well in advance of next year's show. It is suggested that tickets holders retain their tickets for the 2010 canceled show to aid in the identification process. For more information the complete policy of the Board of Director's of the Florida International Air Show is provided on the show web site at www.floridaairshow.com.
   
Annual Barksdale Air Show closes - WDAM-TV
In addition to the shows in the air - including the Air Force Thunderbirds - there were vendors on the ground selling pretzels and lemonade, and children ...

Mighty Vulcan for Anniversary Air Day by Flightline UK [photo from Wikipedia]

RNAS Yeovilton Air Day 2010 is delighted to announce that subject to the completion of flight testing and other factors, Avro Vulcan B.2 XH558 will be taking part in the Flying Display. In its own fiftieth anniversary year, the mighty Vulcan will be one of the stars of the show, which this year marks the 70th birthday of RNAS Yeovilton itself with a pageant of naval aviation.
The Avro Vulcan was one strand of Britain's post-war nuclear deterrent. In RAF service for close to three  ...

Big Anzac turnout - Auckland stuff.co.nz
A fly-over by the North Shore Aero Club was a highlight, also at the Silverdale service, while military vehicles were involved in many parades. ...
   
In Rio, pilot Arch plans to build on Perth victory - National
Hannes Arch, the Team Abu Dhabi pilot, has thrown down the gauntlet to his rivals as he looks to secure back-to-back victories in the 2010 Red Bull Air Race ...

Arch happy again after Perth win chases away demons from www.redbullairrace.com
Hannes Arch of Austria won the Red Bull Air Race on Sunday with Matt Hall of Australia getting a career-best second place in front of an enormous...

Blue Angels Fat Albert Airline on board camera cockpit crew raw flight 16×9 SD from www.tektion.com
This raw video is of the nine minute performance over Barksdale Airforce Base. Airshow in Bossier City Louisiana included performances by the Blue Angels and Snow Birds. I'll try to upload the HD version once I figure out how. It was a wild ride, mostly because I was in the cargo area and couldn't see what was coming. Thank you to the crew for assistance in strapping in the CAM and patching in audio from the flight. More about the aircraft: An all-Marine Corps crew of three officers ...

Pilot brings 'Human Spirit' to Syracuse - NewsChannel 9 WSYR
Michael Combs brought a little more "human spirit" to Syracuse when he made the city one of his 135 stops on his airborne journey throughout the United States.
Combs began his "Flight of the Human Spirit" journey in a single-engine Remos light sport aircraft on April 8 in Salina, Kan. He landed in Syracuse on Thursday, April 22 and departed Friday morning, April 23. ...

B-17 fly-in and Frank Robinson of Robinson Helicopters Speaks at ERAU Commencement - Arizona Aerospan
The Spring Commencement ceremony for over 270 students at Embry-Riddle's Prescott, Ariz., campus located at 3700 Willow Creek Road will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 8, 2010 on the athletic field. The outdoor commencement will also include the commissioning of more than 50 cadets as second lieutenants from Embry-Riddle's Air Force ROTC, Army ROTC, and Marine Platoon Leadership programs.
The guest speaker will be Frank Robinson, president and founder of Robinson Helicopter Company (RHC). Robinson began his career in 1957 at Cessna Aircraft Company working on the CH-1 Skyhook four-place helicopter. Spurred on by his strong interest in helicopter design, he earned a ...

Warbirds  bring history to life - St. George Daily Spectrum
Located at St. George Municipal Airport, the museum will showcase four aircraft from around the world, some of which actually saw combat. ...


Nelson Ezell – Warbird Radio LIVE! – Tuesday from WarbirdRadio.com
TUESDAY – Nelson Ezell joins us on Warbird Radio LIVE!  Hear the latest shop news from Ezell Aviation and much more.  It all happens this Tuesday at 10am (EDT).  For more information on Ezell Aviation just use the Quick Link posted below.  If you'd like to join in on the conversation the contact info is [...]

A trip around TX. EFD to ALI and back from Airline Pilot Central Forums
I took a trip around Texas today - leaving Ellington Field (Houston TX) early in the morning on the way to Alice, TX.
Along the way I was shown some fairly interesting tidbits of aviation history and thought I'd share them with APC.
First I came across a real piece of history at the Brazoria County Airport (LBX)
Sikorsky S-43 ...

The Morane A-1 Tailcone As 'Fantasy Of Flight Week' Begins! by Martt
I was at Sun n' Fun in Lakeland, Florida on Saturday just over a week ago, but Sunday turned out overcast and rainy so I decided to scoot on over to Polk City to the Fantasy of Flight Museum.  I've actually known about this museum since long before it was built, but I'd never had the chance to visit, so I was pretty pleased to finally be checking it out.
My dad had been there several times, including just a few weeks before he passed away in January of 2009.  He was a really big fan of the Gee Bee R-2 and Delmar Benjamin, so he'd stop by anytime he could to see the amazing R-2 that Delmar flew at so many airshows thru the 90's.
There are many unique experiences to be had at the museum, and thru this week I'll be sharing a wide variety of ...


An untilted history of the tiltrotor from The DEW Line
Richard Whittle can take a bow. His new opus, "The Dream Machine: The Untold History of the Notorious V-22 Osprey", is not a good book. It's a great book. Despite the strongly worded subtitle, this is no one-sided, axe-grinding, accurate-but-unfair sort of books. It is a meticulously constructed, expertly written, history about one of my favorite subjects. The balance is ...

April 26 from Cut and Paste Aviation
... 1971 -- Lt. Col. Thomas B. Estes flew an SR-71 to a record speed at high altitude in a 10-hour 30 minute flight from Beale AFB, California. He flew 15,000 miles at speeds over Mach 3 above 80,000 feet.  ...

Aerobatics for my birthday from Fly Me Friendly
Late last year my 42nd birthday came around and, while the number 42 has deep, universal meaning, I didn't arrange any major, special celebrations. Kitt, however, did decide to buy me some time flying aerobatics with Andrew Temby in his Yak-52TW. ...

Sam sets sights on becoming pilot - Rockhampton Morning Bulletin
Rockhampton Aero Club's new flying instructor Nick Keating shares his passion for flying with scholarship winner Sam Regan. HE'S not long had his driver's ...

Young Eagles Event, June 12th - EAA Chapter 402
June 12th International Young Eagles Day, KVTA, Newark-Heath Airport. June 19th 8:00AM 3rd Saturday Fly-Out to Salem Airpark for Breakfast, 38D, Salem, Ohio. June 25-27 Fly-in Frasca Field, C16, Urbana, IL ...

Young Eagles Day 2010 - EAA Chapter 132
Young Eagles Day is coming up again! On June 5th, 2010 Chapter 132 of the EAA will be giving free airplane rides to children. Come join us on June 5th, weather permitting, at the Elkhart Municipal Airport. Flights usually start at ...

NASA Selects Partners in Idaho, Massachusetts, New Mexico and Wyoming for 2010 Summer of Innovation from NASA Breaking News
NASA is partnering with the Space Grant Consortia of Idaho, Massachusetts, New Mexico and Wyoming in the Summer of Innovation initiative to use the agency's out-of-this-world missions and technology programs to boost summer learning, particularly for students who are underrepresented and underperforming in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM. ...

Last Moon Walker to Speak in Tucson - UA News
Eugene "Gene" Cernan, a naval aviator and astronaut, will speak in Tucson in May as part of an event organized by the Friends of the University Libraries. ...

Arnadillo Aerospace 2010 Space Access'10 review video from RLV and Space Transport News
Armadillo Aerospace has posted the 2010 video review that they showed at the Space Access '10 conference. (They have set a tradition of debuting these nicely made reviews at the annual meeting.) Three file versions are available in their video gallery. I uploaded one to YouTube: ...

Air Refueling from AF.mil Photos
B-2 at Barksdale AFB - Twitpic
H-53 (all variants) from FenceCheck Forums
USCG shots - from FenceCheck Forums
Interesting Mustang prop from Airline Pilot Central Forums


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