Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Indy Transponder 11-JAN-2011 1130z

100th anniversary of Naval aviation showcased on Web - Pensacola News Journal | "The Pensacola Bay Area — the 'Cradle of Naval Aviation' — is the jewel of the Emerald Coast and has one of the richest histories of any city in the ...

USN Blue Angels 2012 Schedule from the Indy Transponder

Fort Worth event celebrates century of aviation heritage - Fort Worth Star Telegram | But three groups of aviation enthusiasts -- the Fort Worth Air & Space Museum Foundation, the OV-10 Bronco Association and the B-36 Peacemaker Museum ...

Phuket Airshow & Fly-In Bikini Competition to take off on 15 January - Phuketindex.com | There are a total of 9 aircraft flying in from all parts of Malaysia for this airshow in Phuket – including an Eclipse 500 Jet. ...
 

Collings Foundation Mission Briefing - 02/25/05 from collingsfoundation.org | Wings of Freedom Tour celebrates its 2,500th stop - A monumental achievement! 22 years and still "Keeping 'Em Flying" ~ There are a couple pictures on my desk. Pictures I am most fond of - these include pictures of my two boys, a picture of longtime Collings friend Maudie with Tom Cruise (R.I.P. Maudie, we miss you) and a picture from B-24 Veteran David Millington…

Boulder WWII hero Bill Bower dies at 93 - Daily Camera | Boulder's Bill Bower, one of Doolittle's Raiders, shows off the crest used by the four units that participated in the 1942 ...

Profile 45 - "Flak Shak" as flown by Capt. V. Wiggins...and crew. from WWII & Korean Conflict Airplane Profiles by JSM | The dynamics of a bomber crew are life in microcosm.  Inside the metal-skinned tube, a team of people work, each with their role, their function - a flying cell in the larger organism (formation) of others like it. Most people understand that the romance of a tightly bound "band of brothers" that live, breathe and die together is more Hollywood than Reality.  True enough, I've heard of fights breaking out inside cockpits, pilots 'firing' crew members and stories of plane old boredom on long, arduous flights…

Martin 187 Baltimore (A-30) bomb aimer checking his equipment from Planeshots

Today in Aviation History – January 11 from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club by bikeal | In 1935… Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman pilot to fly solo between Hawaii and the United States. She takes off from Wheeler Field, Oahu, Honolulu, to fly her Lockheed Vega across the eastern Pacific to Oakland, California. Earhart lands after 18 hours 15 minutes…

On this date in 1935, aviator Amelia Earhart began a solo flight across the ... - Lehighvalleylive.com
In 1935, aviator Amelia Earhart began an 18-hour trip from Honolulu to Oakland, Calif., that made her the first woman to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean. ...

Video: The Mesmerizing Beauty Of The Boeing 747 by Martt |  This mesmerizing mid-80's video of a 747 in Pan Am paint is 9 minutes and 20 seconds long, and if you're too busy to to take the time and experience it right now, then may I say... you're too busy. What an awesome experience…

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