Rod Hightower named EAA President from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association
EAA today named longtime pilot and EAA member Rod Hightower, EAA 357443, as the incoming president of the association. Hightower was introduced by current chairman and president, Tom Poberezny, during his opening day remarks. A press conference will be held at 3 p.m. today at Press Headquarters on the AirVenture grounds. ...
Spirits Soar on Soggy Soil At AirVenture - Wired.com
OSHKOSH, Wisconsin — Recent rains have left much of Wisconsin sopping and soggy, but it hasn't dampened the spirits of the thousands of aircraft aficionados descending on the world's biggest airshow this week. ...
Editorial: Week in Review - Daily Republic
CHEERS to the AirVenture Cup, which was held in Mitchell over the weekend. Billed as the largest cross-country air race, the event brought numerous planes and pilots to Mitchell's airport Saturday and Sunday. It seems that this time of year, there are so many things going on in Mitchell, providing folks with so many entertainment options. We love it — whether your passion is baseball, softball, rodeo, swimming, concerts or even airplane racing, numerous opportunities have been presented to Mitchell residents this summer. Of course, the granddaddy of them all ...
First photo gallery from Oshkosh airshow - Seattle Post Intelligencer
DC-3s Prepare for Mass Oshkosh Arrival from Planenews Aviation News
Some 28 variants of Douglas Aircraft's pioneering air transport, the DC-3—including many C-47 military transport versions, a rare DC-2, and a C-41 military VIP transport—gathered last weekend at Whiteside County Airport in Rock Falls, Ill.
DC-3/C47 Anniversary fly-in - Washington Times
In this photo taken Sunday, July 25, 2010, Will Hamilton of Fairfield, Iowa checks out the cockpit of Spooky, a military AC-47 gunship, on display at the ...
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The Navy's Blue Angels and the Canadian Forces Snowbirds are the featured performers in next weekend's air show at Joint Base ...
Military museum taking over Stuart airshow from Visiting Nurse Association - TCPalm
STUART — The Road to Victory Military Museum is assuming command of the annual airshow at Witham Field. The museum has taken over as ...
L-Bird Fly-In attracts 15 planes, fans, enthusiasts - Keokuk Gate City Daily
About 15 liaison and spotter planes – small military aircraft used since World War II – showed up for the Fly-In. Airport Manager Greg Gobble said that a ...
Sunderland Airshow - your pictures - BBC News
When you combine something like the Sunderland International Airshow with BBC Wear readers who really know their way around a camera the result is some ...
The aerobatic team of the United Arab Aermacchi chooses - Varese News
Become the "arrow tricolor" UAE: Alenia Aermacchi has signed with the UAE two major contracts for the ...
Loreto: For the Loreto Fest Air flights only with music - Living Ancona
... Flight of four aircraft led by former pilots of the Tricolour Arrows of Loreto in the sky, let alone the performance of skydiving. ...
B-17 bomber coming to Air Zoo in Portage - Kalamazoo Gazette - MLive.com
Sandy Thompson, public information officer for the Texas-based Commemorative Air Force Gulf Coast Wing, said the iconic WW II has drawn a lot of interest at ...
Inside a B-17 bomber - Albany Times Union
B-17 bomber Liberty Belle takes off from Albany International Airport on Monday July 19, 2010. The restored WWII bomber is in Albany through the weekend and ...
Women and men who love to fly got together Saturday at the Texas State ... - News 8 Austin
The local chapter of Women in Aviation organized the event as a way for younger pilots and mechanics to learn about the industry from more seasoned flyers. ...
Flying Tiger ailing and low on funds - Flying Tiger News
An 89-year-old former member of the American Volunteer Group (AVG) is suffering from leukemia and in dire need of money in order to be able to continue affording treatment.
Peng Jiaheng has been in hospital for 10 days due to a relapse of his illness.
Peng received a bone marrow transplant last December, and he was in good health before the relapse, his family told the Legal Mirror.
Born in Indonesia in 1921, Peng is the only surviving AVG member in Beijing.
In 1944 he joined the AVG, or the Flying Tigers, air units organized by the US to help ...
Soaring women finish seminar in Reno - RGJ
Icarus, the mythical Greek who flew too close to the sun in homemade wings, would have died of envy at the sight of Jenny Beatty and her fellow glider pilots circling Thursday high above the Nevada desert.
"There's a real peace to it, and it's more like flying like a bird," said Beatty, a member of the Women Soaring Pilots Association.
The association, which ends its weeklong seminar today, has more than 200 members from across the United States and 10 countries. Those attending this year ranged in age from 17-year-old Kate Rodick of Reno to Monique Weil of Byron, Calif., who turns 82 in September. ...
Heroes honor WWII ace who died in May 1944 from Air Force Times - News
IDA, La. — World War II ace and former test pilot Chuck Yeager was among many hundreds of people in a north Caddo Parish village of about 300 to honor an ace who died in 1944.
NOVA: Who Killed the Red Baron? from Planenews Aviation News Portal
On April 21, 1918, Manfred von Richthofen, Germany's most feared fighter ace known as the "Red Baron," took off on patrol over the Somme valley with his notorious red-painted "Flying Circus." What happened next has divided historians and air buffs for decades.
Rare Earhart photos on Display in Hawaii from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale
The historic Waikiki hotel is hosting an exhibition of rarely seen photographs taken of the pioneering aviator when she visited Hawaii and stayed at the "Pink Palace of the Pacific" during the 1930s. ...
I wish I had a small fraction of the mechanical knowledge and talent of these women. They built – literally, with their bare hands – thousands of mighty planes in the '40s, to kick the arse of Nazis and Japanese forces everywhere. ...
Tangmere Military Aviation Museum unveils remarkable Lightning simulator flight machine - Culture24
... A notoriously powerful jet interceptor, the single seat English Electric Lightning quickly endeared itself to pilots who appreciated its Mach-2 speed and raw power. One test pilot memorably said: "I was in total control of the aeroplane until I released the breaks".
"That's pretty much the way the Lighting flies," confirms Dudley. "It is just quite the most exciting experience you can have. ...
WW II Lancaster Bomber on Display at Aviation Museum - ChrisD.ca
A piece of aviation history will be on display this weekend at the Western Canada Aviation Museum. The WW II Lancaster Bomber will visit the Museum Friday ...
The Dornier Do X airliner flying boat, circa 1930. A spectacular twelve-engined behemoth that toured Europe, Africa and South America as part of a transatlantic promotional journey to New York in 1931. Although not a commercial sucess, it was the largest, heaviest and most powerful flying boat in the world at that time. ...
Airplane club welcomes warbirds - The Mercury
MILFORD — Even Warbirds tire in the heat. Still, it's hard to keep a good bird down.
Model plane flyers from all over braved the swelter Saturday at the Buc-Le Aero Sportsmen Warbirds Over Pennsylvania Giant Scale Fly-In.
According to Travis Moyer, president of the club, the show normally sees up to five planes flying at the same time. ...
REMOS Aircraft Appoints Gretchen Jahn as Chief Operating Officer - AMTOnline.com
As an avid pilot for 20 years, she is a member of the 99s, the Colorado Pilots Association and on the Board of the Air Race Classic, Inc, and competes in ...
Sikorsky says its X2 Technology demonstrator has reached 225kt (259mph) in flight tests - a milestone because it exceeds the word helicopter speed record of 216kt (249.1mph), set by a Westland Lynx in 1986. ...
Terrafugia Unveils New Transition Flying Car from Planenews Aviation News
Every pilot faces uncertain weather, rising costs, and ground transportation hassles on each end of the flight. The Transition® combines the unique convenience of being able to fold its wings with the ability to drive on any surface road in a modern personal airplane platform. Stowing the wings for road use and deploying them for flight at the airport is activated from inside the cockpit. This unique functionality addresses head-on the issues faced by today's Private and Sport Pilots. ...
Production Version of Terrafugia Flying Car Now on Final Approach from Telstar Logistics [w/photos]
Astronaut Makes 1st Sign Language Address from Space Station from SPACE.comAmerican Sign Language made its debut on the International Space Station in an address by NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson.
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project by The National Air and Space Museum
July 15-24 marked the 35th anniversary of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP), the famous "Handshake in Space." ASTP was the first American-Soviet space flight, docking the last American Apollo spacecraft with the then-Soviet Soyuz spacecraft. This joint effort between the two major world players was based on an agreement signed in 1972, and it set a precedent for future joint efforts, such as the Shuttle-Mir Program and the International Space Station. ...
Live From the Moon! - Air & Space Magazine
Apollo was a massive national effort involving hundreds of thousands of people, but only twelve walked on the moon. The rest of us watched on television.
It wouldn't have happened without the dedication of engineers from RCA and Westinghouse, along with support from key NASA managers, who sometimes had to overcome the objections of engineers and astronauts worried that TV broadcasts would distract from the mission. ...
Shuttle Discovery Could Be Spare Parts Donor from AviationWeek.com Space Channel
A study assessing shuttle logistics and spare parts is underway, with a report due in September.
Your Best Vapor Shot! from FenceCheck Forums
Blue Angels Photo Gallery - WBBM Newsradio 780
F/A-18 Hornet & Super Hornet - 2010 Postings from FenceCheck Forums [CF-18 before Lethbridge]
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