Tuesday, February 22, 2011

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2011 Armed Forces Memorial Aerobatic Contest - IAC 27 | IAC Chapter 27's first 2011 contest will be the Armed Forces Memorial Contest to be held, once again, at Grenada Municipal Airport (KGNF), Grenada, Mississippi.   Date: May 20 – 21, 2011  Location: Grenada Municipal Airport (KGNF)

Cotswold Air show to celebrate iconic jet’s 60th anniversary - Flightline UK | One of Britain’s most iconic fighter jets will be honoured with an historic and breathtaking display at the 2011 Cotswold Air Show.  The theme of this year’s show, at Cotswold Airport, on June 18 and 19, is the 60th anniversary of the first flight of the Hawker Hunter.  Only a few airworthy examples remain of the elegant swept wing aircraft and it is hoped that one of the highlights will be a spectacular diamond nine formation flypast. ...

Inauguration of Centenary Celebrations of Civil Aviation in India - LogisticsWeek | By NewsDesk “It is a great occasion for India that we are today celebrating the completion of 100 years of commercial civil aviation in this country. A hundred years ago, on this very day a plane flew from Allahabad to Naini, carrying 6500 mails. ...

2011 National Championship Air Races - Official Site | Everything you need to know about planning your next trip to the National Championship Air Races can be found here. Get the 2011 schedule; find out which pilots are going to be here and ...  Five days of racing action. Six classes of aircraft and speeds exceeding 500 mph. It all adds up to the National Championship Air Races in Reno, Nevada. Each race is just one thrilling episode of a ...

Air Racers, The Film - Official Movie Site | Coming in Summer 2011 to IMAX 3D Theatres & IMAX Dome:  Through the eyes of first-time competitor Steve Hinton, Jr., son of a legendary air racer and acrobatic pilot, you will experience a never-before-seen exploration of the fastest motor sport...

2011 Cessnas 2 Oshkosh Registration Drive
from Pilots of America Message Board | We are very happy to inform that the initial results of our 2011 registration drive are very encouraging. By the end of the first week thirty (30) pilots have registered to fly the mass arrival.  This year's mass arrival is scheduled for July 23rd at 14:30 CDT. We will again meet for the final pre-flight brief in the main hangar of Wisconsin Aviation[/URL] at Dodge County Airport[/URL] in Juneau, Wisconsin at 11:00 CDT. The Letter of Agreement (LOA) between the FAA and Cessnas 2 Oshkosh has been drafted and is ready for signing. The FAA has again approved the participation of 75 aircraft. ...

Local EAA Chapter 252 annual community Celebration of Flight banquet - Oshkosh Northwestern | The banquet will be held in the Founders Wing of the EAA AirVenture Museum, 3000 Poberezny Rd., Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The evening will begin at 6:00 pm with a cash bar followed at 7:00 pm by a buffet meal catered by Sodexho/Ripon College. ...

CAF B-29 B-24 - Home Page | The B-29/B-24 Squadron is entrusted with the operation and maintenance of two of the rarest bombers that fly.  The unit is based at the Cavanaugh Flight Museum in Addison, Texas.  When the    aircraft are not at airshows or other events across the nation, they can be visited at the Cavanaugh Flight Museum. On this website you can find out where the bombers will visit ...

100 years ago: Aviator plans to fly over Lawrence in biplane - Lawrence Journal World | The graceful but fragile looking aeroplane is being unpacked today at the depot and will be taken out to the aviation field this afternoon. The public will be welcome to visit the park and watch the aviator putting the bi-plane together. ... 

F100-F Super Sabre joins memorial flight from General Aviation News | An F-100F Super Sabre will join the Collings Foundation’s Vietnam Memorial Flight in honor of Vietnam War hero Col. Bud Day, MISTY pilots and all Vietnam Veterans.  Medal of Honor recipients, Vietnam Veterans and POWs from around the country will celebrate the roll out and commemoration of the F-100F Super Sabre jet (first super sonic jet) at a special event March 29 featuring Col. Day. This rare Vietnam icon will join the F-4 Phantom II, A-4 Skyhawk and UH-1E “Huey” helicopter that the Collings Foundation flies in honor of Vietnam veterans. ...

WW II Then and Now: Keeping planes flying - Canton Repository | Lawther proved the method by single-handedly replacing the engine of a B-25 Mitchell bomber, he told the Free Press Standard. The Army then patented his device and sent it to other units. Following his service, Lawther worked as a truck driver and ...

Fly Me To the Moon! from Parrothead Jeff | A formation of AV-8B Harriers fly by the early rising moon over San Diego Bay during the Centennial of Naval Aviation Open House and Parade of Flight at Naval Air Station North Island, Feb. 12, 2011. The Navy is ...

Looking up at Terre Haute's high-achieving African-Americans: Downtown banners ... - Terre Haute Tribune Star | Willa Beatrice Brown: 1906-1992: Pioneering aviatrix and first African-American woman to run for Congress. A Wiley High School and Indiana Teachers College graduate, she earned a graduate degree from Northwestern University and became America's first ...

Women Pilots Visit Lakeland Copper Beech Middle School - Peekskill-Cortlandt Patch | Two members of the Ninety-Nines, a women's aviation organization that Amelia Earhart co-founded, visited Lakeland Copper Beech Middle School to talk with students who were involved in an Amelia Earhart project. ...

NYPD pilot Erin Nolan spends vacation time training women to fly in Ghana - New York Daily News | NYPD pilot Detective Erin Nolan is using up year's vacation to train women to fly in Ghana. Five months removed from a brush with death, an NYPD pilot is using her training to help others - more than 5000 miles away. ...

Bladed propeller Levasseur identify - Passionate about aviation | Following the article I posted on my blog, on a four-bladed propeller Levasseur Marc Taffoureau identified as a test of a propeller CAMS 36, Roman Van Vlem contacted me to help identify this propeller twin-bladed black Levasseur (Series No. 953 35122). Some pictures of the helix accompanying message could help my search. Once again I thought the forum Aerostories technique for transmitting the question to experts in aviation history. The answer was not long to wait, John Schreiber was the first chopping simply by decrypting the inscriptions on the side of the propeller hub: FAR GOLIATH JUP 380 HP, giving FARMAN GOLIATH-Powered Gnome Rhone Jupiter 380 Horses.

Airships: Pioneering Brits heralding dawn of new Zeppelin age - Mail Online | When the Hindenburg blew up in 1937, so did the airship industry. So why is Britain building a fleet of the world's biggest, for the Americans, in our old Zeppelin sheds?   

Libyan fighter jet pilots defect to Malta as planes open fire in Tripoli - Malta Star | Two Libyan Air Force single-seater Mirage fighter jets have landed in Malta early this afternoon.  The arrival of the jets was unexpected and initial reports point towards the scenario where the pilots defected Libya after being ordered to fire on protesters. The Guardian quoted Soula al-Balaazi, a Libyan activist in Tripoli, saying that fighter jets opened fire against protesters in many areas around Tripoli. ...

February 21 from Cut and Paste Aviation 

SAA A340-600 with SAAF Silver Falcons from Flight Image of the Day | This week's Image of the Week (featured on page 3 of Flight International), is taken by AirSpace user Keith Gaskell. His photo depicts a South African Airways A340-600 flanked with two SAAF Silver Falcons on each side. Keith took the photo at Africa Aerospace & Defence 2008 at SAAF AFB Ysterplaat in Cape Town. ...

Rocketry teams place in recent meets - The Westside Story | The Cypress Ridge and Jersey Village high school Air Force Junior ROTC model rocketry teams had several students place at the Lt. Col. Mike Griffin Memorial Rocket and R/C Aircraft Meet in Cleveland on Feb. 5. Under the direction of AFJROTC ...

Evolution of the Space Shuttle - Air and Space | How 30 years changed the world's most complex flying machine.   

How Did the Space Shuttle Discovery Get Its Name? from SPACE.com | The space shuttle Discovery's name has long ties with exploration.

1st female private space explorer talking at ERAU - Daytona Beach News-Journal | A successful engineer and entrepreneur, Ansari established the Ansari X Prize, a $10 million cash award for the first non-governmental launch of a reusable manned spacecraft. Before and after her space flight, Ansari has been a successful technology ...


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