Local Pilot To Fly For Movie Premiere In DC – KDKA | "They built about 10000 of these things for the WWII pilots to learn how to fly in," he said. "There's probably 500 still left alive throughout the United ...
United States - Wisconsin - Southern Wisconsin AirFEST 2010 - Janesville - 05/28/10 from FenceCheck Forums - Here are a few of my favorites so far....
N.C. Aviation Museum's annual fly-in is Saturday | museum, aviation, piedmont - Region - Burlington Times News from http://www.thetimesnews.com/ Nearly 100 airplanes and helicopters will ply the Piedmont skies during the North Carolina Aviation Museum's fourth annual fly-in Saturday. "It's by far the most important fundraiser of the year for our museum," said Rick Bondurant, general manager and curator of the museum. The event will be conducted from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., in and around the NCAM, located adjacent to the Asheboro Regional Airport.
Cloud Dancer's New Home | Florida's Premier Airpark - Leeward Air Ranch from leewardairranch.com | Leeward Air Ranch's stock P-51 (N55JL) "Cloud Dancer" was acquired April 29th, 2010 (less its engine) by Phil Petrik, a friend of Jimmy Leeward's, who is a lifelong aviation enthusiast. Phil owns an established aviation operation, Richland Aviation in Sidney, Montana where his family for the past 40 years has operated an FBO and aerial application company…
Indianapolis Aero Club June Meeting at the Marten House. Tuesday, June 8, 2010, 6:00 PM. Guest speaker: Lt Col John Klatt of the Air National Guard, an aerobatic performer. Cocktails 6 PM, Dinner 6:30 PM, Speaker 7 PM. $20 advance, $22 door ( $10 first-time guests, or under age 17). Info: See Web site or call 317-341-3444. http://indyaeroclub.org - Location: The Marten House, 1801 West 86th Street, Indianapolis, Marion County.
A useful side-effect? from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | It's reported that the V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft, currently in production for the US Marine Corps and US Air Force, may be offered by Boeing as a replacement for the helicopters used to transport the President of the United States. Unfortunately, the V-22 has a very strong downdraft indeed from its twin engines. As an illustration, CNN reported today that 10 people were injured by flying debris during a V-22 demonstration flight in New York. Here's a CNN video clip showing how the aircraft kicked up dust and knocked down tree limbs as it came in. You can see the spectators scurrying for cover in the treeline…
Flowers for fallen on Memorial Day - The Desert Sun | Men, women and children dashed onto the tarmac to retrieve the 3000 flowers dropped from an Army B-25 bomber that sputtered gray smoke as its engines roared ...
B-17 drops flowers in NY to honor CIA casualties - The Associated Press | NEW YORK — Historic aircraft have escorted a B-17 bomber on part of its mission to drop flowers over the Statue of Liberty in a public Memorial Day tribute ...
Final Flight, Deceased Roadrunners of Groom Lake Area 51 CIA Projects U-2 Aquatone A-12 Oxcart Blackbird from roadrunnersinternationale.com | We just received the sad news that Col. Marion C. "Hack" Mixon died earlier this week. He was 93; RIP. Many of you Roadrunners remember Colonel Mixon being another old head in the Agency U-2 Program, the U-2 /DC-130 Wing Commander at Davis Monthan and a pioneer in B--47 and British over programs. He is survived by his lovely wife, Mary…
Silver Wings Wing Walking by Margaret Stivers - Silver Wings at Chino 2010. Great video from Collin Callahan from thr Chino 2010 airshow! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-L7FTwJg_c
Ranger, Texas Show from Another Time by Dan Linn | My friend Jay and I launched off for the morning at the Ranger, Texas Flyin/Airshow early so we could make breakfast. This was my first time at the famous Ranger Airfield. As the historical marker states... Amelia Earhart landed there years ago. Jay and I enjoyed breakfast but it soon became warm as the Texas sun heated things up…
Refurbished WWII bomber lands in Oklahoma City to honor veterans - NewsOK.com | A World War II B-17 bomber arrived in Oklahoma City Monday for 2010 Salute to Veterans Tour. BY JOHN A. WILLIAMS Leave a comment Charles Mighton of Oklahoma ...
Concorde may be revived as vintage plane from Wright Squawks by Roger Chua | PARIS, May 29 (UPI) -- In little more than a generation the French Concorde, the first supersonic passenger jet, has gone from the next big thing to a vintage aircraft, advocates say. Two groups of Concorde buffs are working at Le Bourget Air and Space Museum to determine if the Concorde can be flown again, the BBC reports. Save the Concorde from Britain and Olympus 593 from France hope an airborne Concorde will be part of the show at the opening of the 2012 Olympics in London, the report said…
Soyuz TMA-19 Readied for June 16 Launch from Spaceports by jack@jackkennedy.net (JackKennedy) The Soyuz TMA-19 new crew expedition to the International Space Station is scheduled to rocket into space from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan, on June 16, 2010. The crew comprises Fyodor Yurchikhin of Russia and two American NASA astronauts, Douglas Willock and Shannon Walker, [France24] will continue training for the mission the next two weeks in Star City, Russia…
PLANES of FAME - Taste of Flight - October 23, 2010 from http://www.planesoffame.org/ Taste of Flight, a wine tasting event held at Planes of Fame Air Museum in the fall, is the major fundraiser for the Museum. Initiated in 2007 to commemorate the Museum's 50th Anniversary, Taste of Flight provides an intimate opportunity for guests to wine and dine and get up close to the Museum's rare aircraft and the pilots who fly them. Proceeds from the event fund Museum programs such as the restoration of rare aircraft, including work currently being done on the P-59, VAL and 0-47; the development of the education program, including support of the Hands-On Aviation center and assist in completing major projects, including a Korean War memorial. Funds from the first three events have assisted in the completion of the welcome center, theater and library. Guests bid on one of a kind aviation items in the Silent Auction while enjoying wines from wineries in the Paso Robles/Templeton and Napa/Sonoma regions. In addition, guests are treated to unique speakers such as the Doolittle Raiders and Maj. Gen. Bill Anders, lunar module pilot for the Apollo 8 mission.
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