70000 attended weekend air shows - St. Cloud Times
The show featured the US Navy Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron, the F-22 Raptor and other aerobatics. Chapman said volunteers will finish taking ...
Setup begins for air show-balloon event - Battle Creek Enquirer
The annual rite of summer that is the Field of Flight Balloon Festival and Air Show begins Thursday, but there's plenty of preparation under way on the ...
The Commemorative Air Force Tour to arrive in Cedar City - St. George Daily Spectrum
... known as the “Ghost Squadron,” recreate, remind and reinforce the lessons learned from the defining moments in American military aviation history.”
CAF B-29 test flights postponed from General Aviation News
All test flights scheduled for the Commemorative Air Force’s B-29 Superfortress FIFI, on June 29 and 30, have been postponed until further notice. Due to a scheduling conflict, the FAA will not be able to issue a new Airworthiness Certificate for the B-29 Superfortress FIFI until next week at the earliest, CAF officials said, noting the certificate is required for FIFI to begin test flights. ...
Visit from B-17 brings WWII history to life - Muskego Now
Watching Aluminum Overcast, a B-17 bomber, fly overhead at the Wings Over Waukesha event brought New Berlin resident Howard Traeder back to ...
Rare WWII aircraft touch down at GEG - KXLY Spokane
The tour allows visitors to climb into the aircraft and sit at the controls of three historic warbirds: The Vintage Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, ...
Just ask Eric Baldwin of Denver, who was offering rides in his open-cockpit Stearman biplane at Saturday`s fly-in at the Fort Morgan airport. ...
They answered the call - Hot Springs Village Voice
Tens of thousands of airmen, B-17 Flying Fortresses, B-24 Liberators, and fighter aircraft made the journey to England to create an air armada the likes of ...
2010 South Shore Air Show from Airplanes Channel
The South Shore Air Show will be held for the eleventh time this year, and enthusiasm and interest is already building up. Tickets for the preview parties to this phenomenal show have already gone on sale, and this year ...
Preview: Windermere Air Show - Westmorland Gazette
A FEAST of aerial acrobatics and neck-craning displays will draw thousands of people to the tenth Windermere Air Show on July 24 and 25. ...
EAA's AirVenture to Include 2 Hot Air Balloon Launches - WTAQ
The EAA's annual AirVenture show in Oshkosh is about a month away – and this year, it will include two big launches of hot air balloons. ...
Dells Raceway Park: A penny makes the difference - WISBusiness
Excitement was at its peak Saturday night at Dells Raceway Park. Starting off the evening's activities was a flyover by the Scream'n Rebel Airshow Team. This team has honored Veterans by attending events and airshows throughout the Midwest for over 10 years. The four vintage planes were used in training during WWII and are individually owned, maintained, and flown by their dedicated pilots. ...
92-year-old pilot is oldest air show racer - WTOP
At age 92, Ruby Sheldon was the oldest pilot in the three-day 34th Annual Air Race Classic that touched down in Frederick last week. ...
The pivotal leg by warriorwomen2010
Hot Springs to Cameron was our make it or break it leg. We knew that if we could make this leg…with enough time to get to Carbondale, IL….we would have a shot. Problem was: we had WEATHER! A line of ...
Checking in with… Heather Taylor from AOPA Pilot Blog: Reporting Points
When last I talked to Heather Taylor, the director of the documentary “Breaking Through the Clouds,” it was still 2009, the doc was still named “Ragwing Derby,” and Taylor was working hard to finish it up for a hoped-for screening at EAA AirVenture. Flash-forward to June 26, 2010: The documentary is finished, retitled “Breaking Through the Clouds,” and was screened to a very appreciative audience at Hood College, Taylor’s alma mater (and mine).
It was a fantastic experience on many levels. For 12 years, Taylor has been researching and weaving together ...
Making Arctic history from www.aviation.ca
A CC-177 Globemaster III made Arctic history on June 22, 2010, when it arrived in Resolute Bay, Nunavut, during a northern resupply mission to Thule, Greenland, and Canadian Forces Station (CFS) Alert.
The stop in Resolute Bay provided reconnaissance of the airfield in preparation for future strategic airlift support to Operation Nanook, resupply to CFS Alert and other CF activities in the north. ...
The right stuff image - The best of aviation and spacecraft (photos) - CNET News
If you're a geek and you're in the nation's capital, one of the must-sees is definitely the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Located just west of the U.S. Capitol, the museum is an absolute treasure trove of aviation and space artifacts.
CNET reporter Daniel Terdiman came through this week as part of Road Trip 2010 and made sure to spend some time looking at some of the most famous airplanes in history. ...
The National Air and Space Museum at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival from AirSpace
National Air and Space Museum staff contribute to many larger Smithsonian efforts during any given year. For example, this year the Smithsonian Folklife Festival staff came calling. The 2010 Festival running June 24-28 and July 1-5, features the “culture” of the Smithsonian. “Smithsonian Inside Out” allows visitors to interact with Smithsonian experts and get a glimpse behind-the-Castle-doors, so to speak. ...
Learn about rockets and space during Family Day
from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | Commemorate the anniversaries of the Apollo 11 and Apollo 15 moon landings while learning about rocketry and space flight during Family Day at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force on July 17.
"Storytime" begins at 11:30 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. in the Early Years Gallery. Preschool and primary-grade children are invited to sit under the wings of airplanes and listen to stories about rockets and space. Participants will be able to build their own paper rocket decorations. ...
‘Final Flight’ to be released soon from General Aviation News
A new book, “Final Flight: The Mystery of a WWII Plane Crash and the Frozen Airmen in the High Sierra,” will be released in September. The book explores the true-life mystery uncovered in 2005, when two mountaineers climbing above Mendel Glacier in the High Sierra found the mummified remains of a uniformed World War II US airman frozen in the ice. ...
Solar Impulse All-Nighter July 1 from CAFE Foundation Blog
Solar Impulse is set to attempt its first night flight on Thursday, July 1, 2010.
Weather conditions are ”Favourable for attempting the first night flight on solar energy,” according to the Solar Impulse web site. ”The situation continues to look good and the likelihood of seeing the HB-SIA take off on July 1st and land back in the early morning 2nd July is increasingly probable.” ...
Flying without fuel, that's a crazy, almost impossible to reject in all areas limits of current technology ... This project is called Solar Impulse.
Initially, a crazy gamble: the ambition to circumnavigate the world in a solar aircraft without fuel. In a world dependent on fossil fuel, the project Solar Impulse is a paradox, almost a provocation: it aims to take off and fly autonomously, day and night, an airplane powered only by solar energy, to make a round the world without fuel ...
The Terrafugia's been the best hope for a flying car since it made its maiden voyage last March. The vehicle is a two-seater plane powered by regular unleaded gas from your corner Shell station. When flown, the front propeller allows the Transition to travel at a speed of approximately 115 mph for a range of around 450 miles. ...
Future Warbird? Terrafugia CEO Carl Dietrich – Warbird Radio LIVE! – Wednesday
from WarbirdRadio.com | WEDNESDAY – Perhaps the best IFR airplane ever created… If it’s too bad to fly home the Transition can drive home. Terrafugia CEO Carl Dietrich joins us to dicuss their roadable airplane and much more. Could this be a future warbird? Find out tomorrow on Warbird Radio LIVE at 10am (EDT). Your calls and questions are [...]
Uncontrolled Airspace #192 "Alumagami"
Jack's in Las Vegas for his annual visit, once again overlooking the GA ramp of the big airport... A strange shaped airplane... California flight instructors under attach... and a flock of off-field-landings. All this and more on Uncontrolled Airspace #192 "Alumagami"
Great Minnesota Air Show from Airline Pilot Central Forums
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