Tuesday, June 1, 2010

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Happy Memorial Day from Flight To Success [also photo at right]
Remember 'why we fight' this Memorial Day from Air Force Link Top Stories
Today's PIX!! Monday, May 31st, 2010 from Military Photos 
Blue Angels - Autism's Edges

Memorial Day Events In The Triad - WFMY News 2
The event will feature a parade, speakers, free food and a performance by the Golden Knights Parachute Team. The parade is scheduled to start at 11:15 am ...

Douglas County veteran remembers those who died in war - NRToday.com
Markham served in the US Army Air Force as a B-17 bomber pilot during World War II. Bill Markham holds a model B-17 Flying Fortress, the type of plane he ...

Soldier's story is of loss, legacy - Port Huron Times Herald
THE FAMILY patriarch, Lew McConnell, is a retired Army colonel and Master Army Aviator who grew up at 1412 Minnie St. on the city's south end. ...
  
B-17 to drop flowers over Statue of Liberty in tribute to CIA employees killed ... - Los Angeles Times
Historic aircraft will escort a B-17 bomber as it drops flowers over the Statue of Liberty in a public Memorial Day tribute to seven ...

Happy Memorial Day - JetCheck.net
Today is a day to remember those that have fallen while serving in our nation’s armed forces. In addition, I think it’s important to honor the men and women who currently serve and those who served. We owe them our thanks and gratitude. I hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday.

Veterans salute highlights Oshkosh ‘Warbirds in Review’ from General Aviation News
The EAA Warbirds of America will host its “Warbirds in Review” program for the ninth consecutive year at this summer’s AirVenture Oshkosh, slated for July 26-Aug.1.
In keeping with AirVenture 2010’s “Salute to Veterans” theme, these twice-daily informal sessions held in the Warbirds area will not only delve into an aircraft’s restoration, operation, and other aspects of owning a valued piece of history, but also spotlight veterans sharing stories about what it was like to fly the aircraft in combat or support the operation as a ground crew member. This year’s lineup showcases a variety of renowned aircraft, as well as pays tribute to and honors those who served. ...

Video: Honoring women who served in WWII from TODAYshow.com: Military
May 31: They were called Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs), and they played an important supporting role during World War II. TODAY’s Jenna Hager Bush meets several members of this special sisterhood, who fought for years to receive the appropriate recognition from their country. (Today Show)They were called Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs), and they played an important supporting role during World War II. TODAY’s Jenna Hager Bush meets several members of this special sisterhood, who fought for years to receive the appropriate recognition from their country. (Today Show)

Hattiesburg man recalls wife's WWII service as pilot from WASP & WINGS
PoSTED FROM THE CLARION LEDGER, HATTIESBURG, MISSISSIPPI TIM DOHERTY • AMERICAN STAFF WRITER • MAY 31, 2010 HATTIESBURG — Jim Bishop was an Army Air Corps pilot when he met the woman who would become his wife of 63 years, Edna "Kitty" Hines.Like her husband-to-be, Hines also flew military aircraft stateside during World War II, one of only 1,100 women nationwide that graduated into the an ...

World Trade Center I-beam Unveiled at Bagram - Defense.gov News Article
Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal, commander of NATO’s International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, and Army Maj. Gen. Curtis M. Scaparrotti, commander of Combined Joint Task Force 82, commemorate the unveiling of a 9-foot segment of an I-beam that once was part of the World Trade Center. The unveiling of the beam was part of the Memorial Day ceremony at the Regional Command East command building at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, May 31, 2010. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Spencer J. Case

~ Memorial Day, 2010 ~ - Sport Air Racing League!
As we go through this weekend honoring the memory of men and women in and out of uniform who sacrificed their lives on behalf of this great nation, let us remember also they whose lives have been most closely touched by those sacrifices.  "All gave some, some gave all"

Memorial Day Service At Wichita's Resthaven Cemetery - KAKE
The ceremony featured a flyover by the Commemorative Air Force and also hundreds of huge American Flags honoring those that have served. ...

9 reportedly hurt in Clove Lakes Park during air show - SILive.comSeveral spectators were injured in Clove Lakes Park this morning, when a hovering military helicopter performing in an air show blew ...

'Chaos' at Staten Island air show, as helicopter takes down branches, hurts ... - SILive.com
... when the force of a military helicopter's propellers took down tree branches and kicked up dirt and garbage cans during an air show at Clove Lakes Park. ...

First Hollister Airshow  Takes Off - Video - KSBW The Central Coast
The city of Hollister hosted its first air show in an effort to help boost local businesses.
   
Air show leaves trail of success - Hollister Free Lance
Hoping to get 1500 people each day, the air show brought out 2500 Saturday and at least another 1000 Sunday, Airport Manager Mike Chambless said. ...
   
Wings Over Gillespie Commemorates D-Day's 66th Anniversary With World War II ... - Marketwire
Aviation experts will give students tours of the aircrafts on display and talk about aviation history. On Saturday, June 5 and Sunday, June 6 Wings Over ...

Open Cockpit Day at Atwater's Castle Air Museum - Merced Sun-Star
Open Cockpit Day was celebrated at Castle Air Museum. More than 3500 attended, the most successful show in more than a decade, said Joe Pruzzo, ...

Swift Fly In - Daily Post Athenian
The Swift Fly In was held this weekend at the McMinn County Airport. Here a group of Swift airplane enthusiast check out one of the ...

Golden Knights were busy this weekend:
Aircraft to make debut at air tattoo - This is Wiltshire.co.uk
This summer's Royal International Air Tattoo will feature around 300 aircraft from across the globe, including the US Air Force F-22 Raptor, Romanian Air ...

June 2: DEFENCE, over 5,000 men engaged in PARADE - At Reuters news agency
At the conclusion of the event, the usual step of the Tricolour Arrows aerobatic team greet 'the public and the City' to ...
   
'Being all she can be' - Cleveland Daily Banner
Interestingly, it was the Navy, not the Air Force, who took the first step toward women in aviation. In 1974 six women earned their wings and became the ...

Off beat: Vancouver woman's legacy honored in Air Force ad campaign - The Columbian
A shot of a B-25 bomber taking off from an aircraft carrier represents the 1942 Doolittle Raid, and Vancouver's Wayne Bissell was one of 80 men on the ...

The aviation world, we live in !! by Gary Watson
I spoke to a member of the Midland air museum at Coventry, who was kind enough to 'pull-rank' because he was a member of the museum, and let me have a look at something, which caught my eye in the area laid-out at the museum for the storage of certain 'items' which you might need later-on. Nice bloke, who by the way runs the 'de-mobbed' site. After having a 'butchers' what was laying around in the area, we walked past a 'stored' externally F4. I was told, that this aircraft, came from RAF/USaF Bentwaters, and was sitting in a hardened ...

The PSA History/Oldtimers Page from www.psa-history.org
One of those mischevous mechanics took out his paint bucket and painted a smile on a USAir 737-300. No big deal, right? Unless the Captain has no idea what the smile is! The Captain of this particular flight started out at Allegheny, and refused to fly the airplane. This is not a joke. (At least as far as we know, are there any of the people who really know out there?) (via Jim Newark)
The flight was cancelled, stranding the passengers, and the plane ferried to Los Angeles to have the 'marking' removed. In the maintenence logs, the smile was noted as "plane defaced." Some have said this was taken at Pittsburgh's old terminal. ...

Young Eagles Rally - EAA Chapter 119
The Young Eagles Program has been developed by the EAA Aviation Foundation to welcome young people into the world of aviation. Aviation is exciting and vital to our nation's future. They will experience a safe and enjoyable flight that ...

EAA Chapter 237 – Blaine, MN - Young Eagles Flights ...
Chapter 237 of the Experimental Aircraft Association is located at the Anoka County Airport (KANE) in Blaine, MN. We actively participate in aviation events including the EAA Young Eagles program and Blaine Aviation Weekend.

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