Sunday, July 18, 2010

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Kentucky renames I-75 to honor Tuskegee Airmen - Examiner.com
Although they did not see action during WWII, other pilots were trained as B-25 pilots for the 477th Bomber Group. The Tuskegee Airmen also created ...
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Briton digs up remnants of a fierce time - Stars and Stripes
... Sixty-five years ago, this field, known as Maybread to the locals, was a supply depot for the 8th Air Force during World War II. It was here in East Anglia that B-17 Flying Fortress and B-24 Liberator crews said a prayer and commenced their daily bombing raids into Germany to battle the Nazis. ...

Last reunion for wartime squadrion - Bury Free Press
In a fitting tribute, a flypast was staged by a Lancaster and Hurricane. Travelling thousands of miles to the reunion, held annually at the home of Mrs ...
   
Museum honors WASPs for service - Bonner County Daily Bee
Dorothy Olsen, another of the first women enlisted in the female aviator program said she and fellow pilots spent so much time in the air ferrying planes ...

Two planes that once turned heads - Press-Enterprise
Today the B-17 bomber and a full-size replica of the P-38 fighter may be seen at the March Field Air Museum located where Van Buren Avenue meets the I-15 ...

Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago
Starting in January 1947 OKB Tupolev began design work on a twin jet tactical bomber powered by two Rolls-Royce Nene centrifugal-flow turbojets. With a few months of the start of the work, it became apparent that the Nene engines produced less thrust than anticipated which delayed development work. Although this jet bomber design carried the official designation Tu-14, it had the Tupolev in-house designation of "73", a continuation of the ANT number series that was discontinued as the ...

July 18 from Cut and Paste Aviation

Top Air Force pilot returning to Port Angeles roots for Boy Scouts fundraiser - Peninsula Daily
... Staff College as a distinguished graduate. He was promoted to 411th Flight Test Squadron commander and the director of the F-22 Raptor Combined Test Force.

Become a Part of Aviation History – Help Fund the Green Flight Challenge from CAFE Foundation Blog
The CAFE Foundation is a small, all volunteer, and remarkably effective group based at the Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport in Santa Rosa, California.  Consider that the Foundation Board members, eight strong, planned and executed all aspects of the fourth annual Electric Aircraft Symposium. This world-class gathering was the product of tight organization, shared goals, and truly remarkable, dedicated people.

International Learn to Fly Day scholarship winners chosen from General Aviation News 
Cessna's global network of Cessna Pilot Centers (CPC) supported EAA's International Learn to Fly Day by offering drawings for two flight training scholarships. Also, participating CPCs around the U.S. held local drawings for a free Cessna Sport/Private kit and a first flight lesson.
First prize winner, Salvador Valdes of Los Angeles, was awarded a $10,000 flight training credit, which she plans to use at Vista Air, a CPC located in Pacoima, Calif. ...

Springfield student one of first to attend Air Camp - Springfield News Sun
As the Miami Valley celebrates aviation heritage this weekend with the 36th Dayton Air ...

Annual airplane festival taking flight - Staunton News Leader
Standing in line waiting for his free plane ride as part of the Young Eagles program, Joey Dunlap of Swoope had no fear whatsoever. "I feel like No. ...

Hopes fly high for national aviation research center - Daytona Beach News-Journal
DAYTONA BEACH -- Could a proposed research park here turn into a national aviation research and development center and an ...

Anniversaries of Apollo-Soyuz and Apollo 11 from RLV and Space Transport News
Yesterday was the 35th anniversary of the docking of Amercian and Soviet space capsules in the culmination of the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project. A reader points to this video about the event: Anniversary of Apollo–Soyuz docking - Scientific American.

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