PORTSMOUTH, NH -- Excitement is in the air for this weekend's Boston-Portsmouth Air Show at Pease. On Friday, spectators got a preview of what's to come, ...
Aerobatic formations over New England - Boston Globe
It will feature the best of aerobatic pilots performing jaw-dropping tricks near the clouds. One of the pilots flying will be Rob Holland, a Norton native, ...
Blue Angels to fly at Dobbins in October - Atlanta Journal Constitution
AJC file photo It's been two years since the last military precision air show – in 2008 it was the Air Force's Thunderbirds – was staged at the Marietta ...
Ethanol-Powered Stunt Plane to Amaze Air Show Crowd
Greg Poe is coming to the Defenders of Freedom Air Show at Offutt AFB this Saturday and Sunday. Greg is a former test pilot and aerobatic champion, and he flies a very unique aircraft....it's powered by US-made ethanol.
Airshow of the Cascaded Starts Tonight - KBND
Some aircraft have already arrived for the Airshow of the Cascades that is set to being today. Tracy Berg with the Airshow says the big fires in the Warm ...
Art & Air Fest soars this weekend in Albany - KVAL
The Art & Air Festival runs August 27-29, 2010, at Timber-Linn Memorial Park and Albany Municipal Airport. The weekend includes an art show and sale with ...
Airshows and Aviation Photos - KBVP
Warbirds get wide berth - Waukegan News Sun
Clark said that another 2010 highlight will be participation by the Air Force Heritage Flight and the Navy Legacy Flight programs, which feature aircraft ...
Zagreb Air Show & Open Air Festival to occur on Sunday - Croatian Times
Among other things, visitors will be able to see the first flight of a Penkala airplane after 100 years, the first Air Race in Croatia and a race between ...
From EAA News Letter: John Parker, EAA 134198, recently claimed a speed record at the Golden West Fly-In with a speed of more than 363 mph in his Blue Thunder II. A few weeks later he flew the plane to Oshkosh and took a few minutes to tell us about his new Thunder Mustang. [video]
One more free screening of "Pearl"! This time we're at Landmark's Greenwood Village Theater (near Denver, CO) at 7 p.m. on Sept. 16. Come see what all the buzz is about, meet Producer David Rennke and Lead Actress Angela Gair, and take home a free "Pearl" movie poster!
Boeing B-17G to be highlight of WWII center in New Orleans
Seattle Post Intelligencer
In addition to the B-17, the center is slated to include a B-25J Mitchell Bomber, TBM Avenger, North American P-51 Mustang and Douglas SBD Dauntless. ...
World War II-era bomber to land at MAPS -Canton Repository
Call EAA at (800) 359-6217 or e-mail B17@eaa/org. Ground tours of the B-17 will be 2 to 5 pm Tour prices are $5 per person or $15 per family; children under ...
Aviation History is on Hand in Tulsa - KRMG Local News
(Tulsa, OK) - A piece of aviation history is in Tulsa this weekend and you have a chance to experience it. A Ford Tri-Motor airliner is at Jones-Riverside Airport and flights are available. The Tri-Motor in question is one of only four ...
WWII pilot recounts dive-bombing missions
Dubuque Telegraph Herald
After a 21-year career as a naval aviator, Buell retired, earned master's and Ph.D. degrees at Florida State University and completed a second career in ...
Phase Two—The New Wing from AirSpace by The National Air and Space Museum
...This will all change with the completion of the new wing of the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center—“Phase Two”—which will be dedicated to the behind-the-scenes care of the collection. The new wing, which will be furnished with state-of-the-art equipment and provide roughly three and a half times more space than Garber, will greatly aid staff in their work to restore, process, store, and conserve the collection. Located south ...
World record bid: Larne man reaches Kuala Lumpur - UTV Lifestyle
Spectacular views have greeted Larneman Norman Surplus during his bid to become the first person to ever fly solo round the world in a gyrocopter, as he visited his 15th country. ...
Fly for MS: International flight for a cause that hits home from GlobalAir.com
A pair of pilots and a photographer next week will begin a journey of thousands of miles, land in dozens of countries, and speak to hundreds of people — all to promote a single cause.
The trio represents Fly for MS, a startup non-profit that seeks to bring awareness, raise money and provide hours of flight to the many who suffer from multiple sclerosis.
Pilots Keith Siilats and Andrei Floriou (pictured above) will take off from New York with Florian Trojer, a volunteer photographer from Austria. ...
For sale: Swedish supersonic fighter jet - Recordnet.com
At the beginning of the jet age, Sweden sought a high-altitude air defense interceptor.
Saab aviation engineers responded by building the J35 Draken, a single-seat, delta-wing fighter able to take on MiGs in supersonic dogfights.
After first entering service in 1960, the aircraft proved capable and durable, and it eventually was employed by the military in Denmark, Finland and Austria, as well as in Sweden, before being retired in the 1990s and as late as 2005. ...
August 27 from Cut and Paste Aviation
... If you don't know the Messenger, it was designed by Alfred Verville for the U.S. Army Air Service in the early 1920s as the aerial equivalent of a motorcycle for military couriers. It's short span (under 20') and overall small size and simplicity were intended to allow operation from small fields and country roads. Unusually, it used struts, with neither flying nor landing wires, to simplify rigging and maintenance. ...
Space Race: Museums Fight for Soon to be Retired Space Shuttles - Gather.com
Twenty-one museums are vying for them, ranging from Chicago's Adler Planetarium, the San Diego Air & Space Museum, Seattle's Museum of Flight, and of course ...
“Girls Need Flight Plans, Not Fairy Tales.” An Interview With Lynda Meeks, Founder of Girls With Wings from Ask My Sky Mom
... Equally surprising to Lynda was how many of her customers seemed to have a story. For some, the story was about dreams deferred or never realized. Many who wanted to fly hadn’t due to discouragement and roadblocks. For those who had, the story was often about overcoming adversity and having to reinvent the wheel. Why did so many of these women have to feel like the first or the only? Where was the sense of community that would have helped them as they worked their way through? And wouldn’t it be wonderful if, instead of having to move mountains, these women had been able to feel encouraged more often? Making flying a plausible option for girls when they’re young and showing them ...
Aviation scholarship takes off for area students
The Middletown Aviation Club was organized and incorporated in August 1940 to develop and promote interest in aviation while at the same time encouraging and assisting flying safety and proficiency in the Middletown area.
AOPA Aviation Summit: - AOPA Pilot
What will general aviation look like in 2020? Professional futurist, pilot, and former naval aviator John L. Petersen will take attendees on a tour of the ...
Uncontrolled Airspace:The General Aviation Podcast: "Never Boozled" UCAP #204
Amy Laboda joins the boys in the virtual hangar, and they all have just a little bit too much fun. All this and more on Uncontrolled Airspace #204 "Never Boozled"
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