Monday, January 10, 2011

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Cable Air Show draws hundreds - Inland Valley Daily Bulletin | UPLAND - The air acrobatics of dozens of professional pilots held the crowds transfixed at the 36th Annual Cable Air Show on Sunday. ...

Airport Dreams May Not Be Boss' Flight of Fancy - The Ledger | His father was the airport director at Oshkosh, the home of the largest air show in the nation. The Sun 'n Fun Fly-In in Lakeland is the second biggest in ...

How Moose Jaw gave a home to the Snowbirds - shropshirestar.com | The Snowbirds are similar to the Red Arrows, although they fly Tutor jets instead of Hawks. However, both fly nine plane formations. ...



Alberta pilot to be inducted into Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame - Edmonton Journal | EDMONTON — The owner of an Edmonton aviation company is one of four Canadians being inducted into Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame this spring at a ceremony ...

Golden Knights score a Touchdown at the 2011 US Army All American Bowl by Joe Abeln | Friday was the final day for the Golden Knights Tandem Camp supporting the US Army All American Bowl, and the last day was just as good as the first.  For the first time in over four years Mother Nature was on our side.  The weather was perfect for jumping out of airplanes.  Over the three [...]

Concord woman living pilot dream - Charlotte Observer | "The Influence of Women in Aviation." Now Brittany is a junior pursuing a bachelor of science degree in aviation management-flight management at Middle ...

Coast Guard Centennial of Flight T-34C Turbo Mentor Check Flight All OK at Sabreliner Perryville, MO Facility from The Aero Experience by Carmelo Turdo

Marine Centennial of Flight T-34C Turbo Mentor Gets Engine Check at Sabreliner Perryville, MO Facility from The Aero Experience by Carmelo Turdo

Navy Centennial of Flight T-44A Pegasus Engine Tests at Sabreliner Perryville, MO Facility
from The Aero Experience by Carmelo Turdo

Embassy applauds Airmen for founding Iraqi Women in Aviation chapter DVIDS | Horizon East, the Iraq chapter of the non-profit organization Women in Aviation, was started by female pilots deployed to Joint Base Balad, Iraq. ...

Red Arrows from Latest Vlog by hilton@shortfinal.tv (Hilton) I've features the Blue Angels a few times last year and would like to present to you the Red Arrows. This performance took place two years ago at the Quebec International air show. Sensational flying with a great closing act. Enjoy!

Image of the Week: Typhoon with Spitfire from Flight Image of the Day by Will Horton | This week's Image of the Week (featured on page 3 of Flight International), is taken by AirSpace user flyer1 (Martin Dighton). His photo depicts a RAF RAF Eurofighter EF-2000 Typhoon FGR4 ZJ923 [cn.0075/BS014] and a RAF Supermarine 389 Spitfire PR19 [cn.65/585121] at the Battle of Britain Airshow at Biggin Hill last 27 June. Start a gallery on AirSpace for your chance at having your photograph featured as our Image of the Week. "The sun was just breaking through the cloud as the pair banked and began to climb," Martin says.

1965 Super Guppy Dive Test Goes Bad (Not A Bird Strike!) by Martt | The story behind what lead to the Super Guppy having such a massive collapse of the upper fuselage is pretty amazing... and while this pic was used in Caption Contest #47, and the winning caption perfectly asked the question: "What kind of bird did you say it was ?????", in reality it was the result of a high speed dive test done during the final phase of getting the airplane certified. Birds were not involved…

SeaMaster and Sea Dart — a pity from Travel for Aircraft by travelforaircraft | The 1950s were a time of transition in military technology with aircraft moving from propellers to turbojets, submarines moving from diesel engines to nuclear propulsion and missiles challenging aircraft as the most strategic of weapon systems, and the Kalashnikov AK-47 setting a new paradigm for the standard infantry weapon having semi-automatic or automatic fire…

Fun Things to do on a Cold Saturday in January from VAF Forums | So we were able to launch our normal Saturday breakfast flight from LXT to K81. After that a buddy of ours with a L-39 Albatross wanted to do some formation flying with us. BeeGee rounded up someone with a big time Camera and here is what we captured on film…

Space flight by Giffords' husband may be in doubt - The Associated Press | That fact alone propelled 46-year-old Mark Kelly onto the cover of this month's Air & Space magazine of the Smithsonian Institution; he shares the cover ...

Today in Aviation History – January 10 from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club by bikeal

Some gorgeous photos from flying last week around SoCal from The Adventures of Chopper Chick! by Desiree

Modern fighters: why so similar? from David Cenciotti's weblog - the most visited Italian Aviation Blog by David Cenciotti | Let's make it simple. According to aircraft designers (often accused of copying from other projects….), modern fighters are similar one another because computers model more or less in the same way the shapes required to achieve the requested performances. Maybe. At the end of the day, although showing a certain degree of similarity at first glance, depending on the way a computer uses the law of physics and aerodynamics to solve a common problem, at a more in-depth look, each fighter shows its own peculiarities, as a consequences of the "personal touch" of the designing team…


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