It is with great sadness that we share the loss of Red Bull Air Race pilot Alejandro (Alex) Maclean, who has died today at the age of 41 following a fatal accident in his native Spain while carrying out aerobatic training for an Air Show. Our thoughts are with his wife Emma and their two children aged 7 and 12. The entire Red Bull Air Race community and the aerobatic fraternity have lost one of their most vibrant and passionate characters. Alex’s significant contribution to the growth and development of the Red Bull Air Race over the past six years and to aviation in general will be remembered forever by those who shared this journey with him. ...
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Air Race pilot Alejandro Maclean dies in training crash - Seattle Post Intelligencer
Alejandro Maclean of Spain flies during Round 6, training day 1 of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship on Aug. 5, 2010, in Lausitz, Germany. ...
Oregon Air Show Set to Open - KBND
The Air Show, besides being one of the largest air shows on the west coast, is a nonprofit organization, which has donated more than a million dollars to ...
Air Show newbie is primed for heavy Gs - OregonLive.com
... is either not human, or may be just downright crazy, says Michael Wiskus, who makes his first appearance at the Oregon International Air Show, Aug. ...
Air show takes to the skies over Atlantic City Aug. 25 - Shore News Today
The team is due to perform at 1:45 pm Photo submitted ATLANTIC CITY – The US Air Force Thunderbirds and the US Army Golden Knights parachute team will once ...
Point Mugu Airshow - Ventura County Star
He told me it was because "the Blue Angels refuse to ever come back to this base." He was surrounded by autograph hounds, so I could not ask anything ...
Want Some Air Show Tickets?…Guess The Common Thread - WDOK.com
I'll play three songs at 1pm that share a Common Thread. It could have something to do with the title, the song, the genre or maybe the artist's name.  Guess today's Common Thread and win tickets for the Cleveland National Airshow at ...
Ocean Museum celebrates centennial of Wright brothers' air show - Trading Markets
The public can see an exhibit setting the stage for the air show and then the story of the meet at the Township of Ocean Historical Museum, 703 Deal Road. ...
Applegate Fly-In from Antique Airfield News
For many aviation enthusiasts, the year revolves around the week of AirVenture in Oshkosh. The anticipation leading up to that week is much like we felt about Christmas when we were youngsters. After that week, there is naturally the realization that Oshkosh is over with for another year. This condition, Post-Oshkosh Blues, can be quite depressing. For those of us located in The Midwest, we have a remedy ...
Snowbirds stop briefly in Moose Jaw - Moose Jaw Times-Herald
The Canadian Forces Snowbirds team returned home to 15 Wing Moose Jaw this week for a brief 48 hour stay. The show season isn't over yet as celebrations ...
Lowestoft Seafront Air Festival donations down for 2010 - BBC News
The air festival costs in excess of £300000 to run, with other sources of income including local business support, 'friends of the air festival' and park ...
Excitement building for Bournemouth Air Festival's Thursday start - Bournemouth Echo
As the sun sets, Hunter jet Miss Deme-anour, the Red Devils parachute team, the Swift glider and the Cap 232 aerobatic aircraft – piloted by Gerald Cooper, ...
The Patrouille de France for a show from heaven - Provence
He was involved in a moment of brilliance, the time that the eight aircraft of the Patrouille de France swallow handfuls of seconds in a fortnight ...
Tampere Air Show 2010 - Stereo Finland
Tampere was a lucky city this year to have a main Finnish aviation event of the year – International Air Show 2010. The event was held in Pirkkala airport this weekend – 14 and 15th of August. According to the press, about 36 000 people ...
From the Commemorative Air Force website: “Due to mechanical issues in Engine #2. FIFI will not be ready in time to attend the Colorado Sports International Airshow on Aug. 28 & 29 in Denver, Colo. The CAF’s B-24 Liberator ‘Ol 927 will be attending in place of the B-29. The B-24 ‘Ol 927 is one of only two flying B-24 Liberators in the world.”
WWII Aircraft Recovery Effort Continues - 10News
More than 65 years after it crashed in Otay Lakes, a vintage World War II aircraft could soon see daylight again.
Former Navy Capt. Bob Rasmussen is overseeing a project that he only dreamed of. He's the director of the Naval Air Museum in Pensacola, Fla.
"There are only three or four SB2C Helldivers in existence anywhere and this is one of them," said Rasmussen.
Thousands were made in World War II, but after the war, the Navy got rid of them. ...
Warren Township pioneer lands in NJ Aviation Hall of Fame - The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Aviatrix Aline Rhonie would have been 101 this week, and though her trailblazing story has seldom been told in the nearly five decades since her death, ...
Battle of Britain 2010 - Old Warden - 08/14/10 from FenceCheck Forums
Two seater Hurricane from PPRuNe Forums
We've all seen two seater Spitfires but this is the first time I've seen a two- seater Hurricane.
The caption says that it was a unique two-seat trainer, painted yellow and sold to Persia.
(The article also mentions a Hurricane that had a jettisonable upper wing that was towed by a Lancaster and flew "piggy-back" on top of a B 24 Liberator) !
Chanute museum members prepared to install new board - Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette
RANTOUL – Chanute Air Museum members expect to elect a new board of directors at an emergency meeting Saturday, after nearly the entire board resigned last ...
Arthur L Vikse - The Coloradoan
Art then completed 6 months of twin engine pilot training in a B-25 bomber at Reese AFB in Lubbock, Texas. Art then received his commission and Pilot's ...
On Wednesday, July 21, 2010 I had the extreme pleasure of getting to go along on a KC-135 refueling flight operated by the 74th Air Refueling Squadron, which is part of the 434th Air Refueling Wing, based at the Grissom Air Reserve Base near Peru, Indiana. That puts Grissom ARB is about 60 miles straight north of Indianapolis, and about 50 miles south-southwest of where I'm at in Warsaw, Indiana. It was a special 'social media' flight that gave me and other folks from outlets like Indy Transponder, Flight Line Internet Radio, My Sky Mom, myTransponder and more, the opportunity to see an air refueling mission up close and personal. Wow! I must say it was an awesome experience! ...
Our thoughts on the same ride!
The Future of Vintage Aircraft Operation and Restoration from Another Time
A few years from now will we still see vintage aircraft flying through the skies? What does the future hold!?
Many issues come to mind in looking to the future of vintage aircraft operation and restoration. Issues related to engine parts, airframe parts, fuel, and the costs of all of those items rolled into what we will call "operational costs" for this article. Who has the skills and tools to restore and maintain vintage aircraft? Are the skills to fly these aircraft being taught to new pilots today? Then, what could be done to generate an interest in flying? What needs ...
Aviators mourn loss of five Maine pilots over past month - The Portland Press Herald
Although the string of accidents is unusual, it is unclear whether the crash rate has risen.
Maine's aviation community has lost five pilots in the past four weeks in an unusual string of small-plane crashes.
The three fatal accidents happened in different parts of the state, under different circumstances. But collectively, the losses are a blow to the state's small cadre of fliers, many of whom lost close friends or mentors. ...
August 17 from Cut and Paste Aviation
... 1955 -- Twelve F-84F Thunderstreaks fighter-bomber aircraft flew nonstop 5,118 miles from London, to Austin, Texas, in 10 hours, 43 minutes to set distance and time records for a mass flight. ...
It's probably what incited me to phone owner Arnold Klappe to find out more about his company.
What I discovered is it was an ultra-light flying school providing lessons for those interested in becoming pilots.
I was graciously invited to visit and learn about flying, and take a ride up.
I was a bit hesitant. ...
Why Aurora Flight Sciences is still bitter about X-55 from The DEW Line
During a wide-ranging interview last week with Aurora Flight Sciences chief executive officer and founder John Langford, a single question set off a long and provocative monologue by the MIT-trained aerodynamicist and UAV pioneer that ripped into the heart of the ongoing debate about how the Department of Defense streamlines and reforms the industrial base. ...
A4H Member flies "Coach" on ZERO-G from Astronauts for Hire
A4H member and ZERO-G Coach Todd Romberger flew aboard Zero Gravity Corporation’s G-FORCE ONE aircraft out of Dallas, TX last weekend with John Carmack and members of the Armadillo Aerospace team. ...
Gar Travis Photography from FenceCheck Forums
Video: The maiden voyage of the world's only glass-bottomed hot air balloon from Theo Spark
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