Monday, March 7, 2011

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More Noise!  from Windsor International Air Show 2011 by Sounds of Freedom III - Windsor will be hosting the CF-18 Hornet Demo Team once again! | The Demo pilot for this year is Capt Erick O’Connor of 409 Squadron in Cold Lake Alberta. The theme for this years Demo team is “Supporting Military Families”.  The Windsor Air Show is grateful to the Canadian DND and the Canadian Air Force as the sky over Windsor is filling up with the best an air show has to offer.  See you soon!

Spitfire’s 75th anniversary in Southampton  from Warplanes Online Community by Jobelle | A Spitfire has been flown over Southampton in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the first test flight of the world famous aircraft in the city. | Carolyn Grace, 58, thought to be the world’s only female Spitfire pilot, gave the public a view of her plane over Southampton Water. She flew the Spitfire around a lap of Southampton International Airport to recreate the test flight…

Warbirds seek new nest - St. George Daily Spectrum | GEORGE - The Western Sky Aviation Warbird Museum is eager to move to the new airport and play a significant role in the 2012 Blue Angels-headlined Thunder Over Utah air show. Cost constraints might keep that from happening. The museum, which opened ...


Bournemouth air festival gets high praise - Bournemouth Echo | Representatives from the festival have just returned from the annual European Airshow Convention, organised by the European Airshow Council and attended by more than 200 movers and shakers in the world of air shows. ...

PILOTS AROUND THE WORLD GET READY TO CELEBRATE THE FIRST ANNUAL WOMEN OF AVIATION WORLDWIDE WEEK  from WAI Connect Blog by Amy Laboda | While fields such as medicine, law, and business has seen a steady increase in women participation (most of these fields enjoy close to 50% participation today), aviation has not generated such progress. The participation of women in the aviation industry has been steady at approximately 6% for decades in most countries.  March 8, 2011, marks the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day…

Women Of Aviation Worldwide Week Has Begun! from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | Today I'm taking my annual checkride. It may be an annual event, but a first for me on the A330. What a great day for a checkride... the first day of  Women Of Aviation Worldwide Week... and a great day to celebrate. If all goes well, tonight I'll be climbing into my bed around midnight and then you can find me hitchhiking to Billings Montana tomorrow around noon…

12 March in Cleveland, OH at the International Women's Air and Space Museum  from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale | The International Women's Air and Space Museum is easily accessible in Cleveland, right on the main drag as you come into town.  The Museum is located in the terminal building at Burke Lakefront Airport right on Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. We are located near the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, as well as the Great Lakes Science Center, the Steamship William G. Mather, and the U.S.S. Cod Submarine…

Remembrance: Kelsey Ann Meyer - Patch.com | She was a member of Alpha Eta Rho International Aviation Fraternity and Women in Aviation. Kelsey was a fan of the Oakland Athletics and cherished her Barry Zito autographed jersey. She was looking forward to wearing it to the A's v. ...

Everest ambition wins sponsorship - Australian Geographic | Nancy-Bird Walton was a pioneering Australian aviatrix, the first woman to work in commercial aviation in Australia and the pioneer of an air ambulance service for remote areas of Australia. The Nancy-Bird Walton sponsorship aims to be remindful of ...

Pictures: End of a long legacy at Woodford aerodrome - Manchester Evening News | In July 1909, Roe's triplane flew 100ft at Lea Marshes, Essex, making Roe the first Englishman to fly an all-British aeroplane. A Roe family meeting was convened and it was decided that AV should make a go of aircraft production under his brother's ...

Up in Real Life  from The Awesomer | For the upcoming How Hard Can it Be?, Nat Geo decided to recreate Carl’s flying house from Pixar’s Up, sending a lightweight house attached to 300 balloons 10,000 feet into the sky. More pics here.

Space Shuttle 1981-2011  from Air & Space Magazine

Virgin Galactic and XCOR Aerospace to fly scientists into space - DefenceWeb | It was designed by aviation pioneer Burt Rutan and his company Scaled Composites of Mojave, California. Rutan is tasked with developing the suborbital vehicle as well as its WhiteKnightTwo mothership. SpaceShipTwo has space for six passengers and two ...

AgustaWestland and BA609 - Bell Finally Ready to Sell?  from Business Aviation Now by Graham Warwick | Bell Helicopter has agreed to sell its share in the BA609 civil tiltrotor to AgustaWestland, the Italian helicopter manufacturer's CEO Giuseppe Orsi said here at Heli-Expo on Mar. 5, writes ShowNews' John Morris…

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