Flag Day honors American ideals, sacrifices from National Guard - Top News
Military personnel at Dover Air Force Base, Del., performed their duties with solemn respect over the past several weeks as U.S. servicemembers killed in Afghanistan returned to U.S. soil...
Images: Milwaukee Air Show Streams Through Sky - WISN
Air show wows spectators - Porterville Recorder
Pilots and spectators alike had high praise for the Eagle Mountain Air Show held Saturday at the Porterville Municipal Airport. ...
Air show to showcase military air power - TheRecord.com
Last year the duo built a full-sized flying replica of the Silver Dart — the contraption built partly of bamboo sticks, heavy wire and hockey tape that in 1909 made the first powered flight in Canada.
“This was the rocket ship of the day,” quipped Lubitz.
As the red-and-white Snowbirds jets scream over Waterloo Region next weekend, Lubitz and Taylor will be on the ground, in a hangar, giving fellow flying buffs a taste of Canada’s aviation history. ...
Rare, Pioneering Aircraft Highlight Oshkosh Vintage Showcase
from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association
Vintage aircraft enthusiasts are anticipating a veritable treasure trove of classics at AirVenture Oshkosh 2010. Among the pioneering aircraft scheduled to appear is an original Hamilton H-47 Metalplane, plus replicas of a 1909 Bleriot XI, Avions Caudron C.460, and five warbirds from World War I that will be a part of the week-long "Salute to Veterans" commemoration. ...
Wings over Whiteman Air Show set for Sept. 18-19 - digitalBURG.com
KNOB NOSTER, Mo.--The Wings Over Whiteman Air Show, set for Sept. 18-19, will again feature military and civilian aircraft, stunt teams and the US Air Force ...
Gallery: Eyes on the skies at Bentwaters air show - East Anglian Daily Times
PERFECT flying weather brought thousands to the former USAF base at Bentwaters for the first air show at the site since ...
TG 12:06:10 Great show in Galashiels tricolor arrows - ANTENNA SUD
Great show in Galashiels tricolor arrows at the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the tenth aircraft maintenance department. ...
Red Arrows fly high at RAF Cosford Air Show - expressandstar.com
The world-famous RAF Red Arrows aerobatic team painted the skies the colour of the Union Jack, while the RAF Falcons Freefall Parachute Team performed a ...
Nice grand celebration of the 150th anniversary of annexation to France - Radio Riviera
After the meeting of the Patrouille de France, which followed a jump around 11:30 exceptional 40 paratroopers representing the Star of the 150th anniversary ...
Golden Knights kick off festival's second day - NorthMyrtleBeachOnline.com
The team is one of three authorized DoD aerial demonstration teams, along with the Thunderbirds and Blue Angels. Sunday, the last day of the event, ...
GOLDEN KNIGHT RETURNS TO THE TOP OF THE PODIUM AFTER DEPLOYMENT from armygoldenknights's
On what turned out to be the hottest day of the year so far in Georgia,the competition was even hotter at "Skydive the Farm" located in Rockmart, Georgia which was home to the 5th and final meet of the 2010 season for the Florida Canopy Piloting Association (FLCPA). 10 amateurs and 18 Pro's competed side-by-side, utilizing a handicapped scoring system, to give the amateurs an opportunity and a small advantage when competing with the Professional canopy pilots, also known as "swoopers." ...
Public land around Stead closed for Reno Air Race activity - The Record-Courier
Public lands around and north of Stead Airport will be closed Wednesday through Saturday and again Sept. 11-19 for activities related to the National ...
Battle of Britain: 70 years on - Channel 4 News
... Battle of Britain Experience (2010) sponsored by the RAF. In 2010 he was presented with the James Doolittle Award for his contribution to aviation history.
Bombers and fighters gather in tribute to B-17 anniversary from Aerospace News
Aircraft from four Puget Sound aviation museums gathered at Boeing Field Saturday in tribute to the 75th anniversary of the Boeing B-17 bomber.
Memories of Pioneering Pilot Bill Bridgeman, Once the 'Fastest Man Alive' - Voice of America
His achievement surpassed a flight four years earlier by famed test pilot Chuck Yeager, who was the first aviator to break the sound barrier in the X-1 ...
Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago
To boost morale on the home front during the Second World War, aircraft manufacturers celebrated production aircraft milestones. Lockheed, for example, painted the 5,000th P-38 Lightning red and named it "YIPEE". But Boeing wanted to do something different as it approached the 5,000 B-17 Flying Fortress to be built since the attack on Pearl Harbor when the US entered the war against the Axis. Aircraft number 40-37716, a B-17G, was that aircraft and early on it was marked with a notice on the fuselage that it was the 5,000th Flying Fortress to be built since the US entry into the war. Every worker who played a part in the construction of this particular aircraft was invited to sign the aircraft as it advanced down the production line in Seattle. ...
International Young Eagles Day Brings Smiles
from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association
EAA members around the world took time on Saturday, June 12, to introduce more children to aviation through International Young Eagles Day.
Free airplane rides for kids at Young Eagles Rally
Young people ages eight to 17 will have a chance to take on the skies on Saturday, June 19 during a Young Eagles Flight Rally hosted by the Experimental Aircraft Association, Chapter 937.
Since the EAA Young Eagles program was created in 1992 to interest youth in aviation, volunteer pilots have flown over 1.5 million children in over 90 countries, donating their time and use of their aircraft. ...
Whitesides Named Virgin Galactic CEO - Aviation Week
The vehicles, designed and manufactured by Burt Rutan's Scaled Composites, a wholly owned subsidiary of Northrop Grumman, are based on Scaled's SpaceShipOne ...
‘This Week in Space’ – June 13, 2010 from Uplinks
It was a nail biter – sample return missions always are – but in the end JAXA pulled it out and the troubled Japanese “Hayabusa” mission to land on an asteroid and collect a sample ended on a high note. A small capsule containing dust from the asteroid Itokawa touched down Sunday under parachute at the Woomera test range in the Australian Outback. Launched in May 2003, Hayabusa suffered a host of technical problems and malfunctions, but in the end came home. For those of you keeping score, NASA is 1 for 1 on sample return ...
Amazing video shows Japanese space capsule reentry from Black Horizon
ADELAIDE, Australia — A team of scientists flew to the Australian Outback on Monday and recovered a Japanese space capsule that they hope contains asteroid samples providing clues into the evolution of the solar system. ...
Legends of Flight — a new film I saw - Seattle Post Intelligencer
Last week I flew to Washington DC to attend the premier of a new IMAX movie, Legends of Flight 3D. It was an invitation event and we were feted with coffee ...
Nothing Confirmed on Tom Cruise: John Woo | Vamban News
The movie will chronicle the exploits of 'The Flying Tigers', known otherwise as the 1st American Volunteer Group (AVG), a fighter squadron based in Yunnan, China, made up of American pilots that flew missions against Japanese bombers ...
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