Lockheed Martin Avalon Air Show 2011 - Media Guide. RAAF 90th Anniversary, F-35 Australian Components, C-130 Hercules. ... [pictured]
AW169 Makes Its Heli-Expo Debut - Aviation International News | AgustaWestland's AW169, introduced last summer at the Farnborough airshow, made its Heli-Expo debut today, and the Finmeccanica company says the program “is progressing as planned.” The new multipurpose twin will meet requirements for Category A, ...
Episode 59: Avalon Not-So Quick Cast #6 from Plane Crazy Down Under | We’ve made it to the end of day 6 of the Australian International Airshow and Aerospace & Defence Exposition (aka Avalon 2011). It’s the final day of the airshow and once again Team PCDU have been flat out interviewing, editing and generally having fun. We’ve spent some time chatting with the crew of a KC-135 inside their aircraft, interviewed a number of acts, caught up with the Temora Aviation Museum crew and generally had a great time. ...
Red Arrows heads Fairford Air Tattoo - Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard | They will join Team Viper, the Breitling Jet Team and the Breitling Wingwalkers in helping celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford on July 16-17. Deputy director of air operations Rob Windsor said: "The air ...
Mumbai to host major aviation conference - Economic Times | MUMBAI: The first international aviation conference on maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) covering both civil and military sectors will be held here March 16-18, an official said Sunday. To be hosted by publications Indian Aviation and STAT Trade ...
Legislation introduced to honor CAP World War II veterans from General Aviation News | WASHINGTON, D.C. – Bipartisan legislation has been introduced in the 112th Congress to honor World War II members of Civil Air Patrol. The two identical bills are intended to award a single Congressional Gold Medal to Civil Air Patrol in recognition of the service performed by the volunteer men and women of the organization who, using their own aircraft, conducted combat operations and other emergency missions during the war. ...
Heli-Expo 2011: Whirly-Girls helps fund eight future helo pilots from www.ainonline.com : Latest News | At its annual Whirly-Girls Awards Banquet on Saturday, the international women helicopter pilots organization presented 2011 scholarships totaling more than $50,000 to eight women. The scholarships were as follows: ...
All female pilot group encourages women to take to the sky by Cathy Gale | Their goal is to provide scholarships to other women pilots. Street-Ely received one for aerobatic training. She participates in the annual air race classic. "That is a four day air race across the country, women only," she explained. ...
Scholarship fundraiser set for women's day - Truckee Times | Raffle prizes will include Reno Air Race passes, spa and beauty certificates, artwork, gym memberships and gift certificates. The event marks the fifth year the Reno women have used International Women's Day to raise scholarship funds to send local ...
LZ-130 Graf Zeppelin and the “Spies Who Lost the Battle of Britain” by Dan (Airships.net) | LZ-130 Graf Zeppelin features prominently in a recent documentary about the revolutionary air defense radar system that saved Great Britain from Nazi invasion during World War II. “The Spies Who Lost the Battle of Britain” is a brilliantly-produced ...
Iron 44: a co-pilot’s story from www.ainonline.com : Latest News by Mark Huber | Bill Coultas still struggles to make sense of what happened. Coultas was the co-pilot on a Carson Helicopters Sikorsky S-61N that crashed Aug. 5, 2008, while on a firefighting mission in California’s Shasta-Trinity National Forest. Nine of the 13 aboard were killed, including PIC Roark Schwanenberg and U.S. Forest Service (USFS) check pilot Jim Ramage. During its third takeoff that day from Iron 44, a 6,000-foot-msl helispot, witnesses on the ground said the helicopter labored to gain altitude before sinking and clipping trees. At 7:41 p.m. the helicopter came to rest on its side and was immediately engulfed in flames. The wreckage burned until the next morning. Coultas survived with severe burns and other injuries. ...
DVD Review: Airbourne 2010 by Flightline UK | Produced by Planes TV; available from PlanesTV.com priced DVD £12.99, Blu-Ray £18.99. Airbourne is one of my favourite airshows of the years; Eastbourne is a stunning venue for an airshow and ...
Whisper: Still Life from Neptunus Lex | Aviation photography has been a hobby of mine for over 15 years now. I truly got the bug in 2003 when the photo lab on Enterprise loaned me a Nikon D100 to take for a spin over Afghanistan and later Iraq. Earlier this year, on the occasion of a short form flight physical, my family was kind enough to throw some cash on the fire and upgrade my old Canon 10D to a 60D. I hope to make you the beneficiary of this gift as well. ...
Space Station Astronauts Bid Farewell to Shuttle Discovery from SPACE.com | The shuttle and station astronauts marked the end of the joint mission with a special goodbye ceremony today.
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