Tuesday, March 22, 2011

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Video: Please Continue To Pray For Kyle And Amanda Franklin From AirPigz | The Today Show on NBC aired a feature story this morning on Kyle and Amanda Franklin's airshow accident and their current condition. While Kyle is doing remarkably well, we find out that Amanda's injuries are extensive. But  ... [Today show link in the post]
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Getting #1 Ready to Fly at Luke AFB - YouTube | TSgt Paul DeGrechie and SSgt Jason Wilson getting the #1 aircraft ready for the show at Luke Air Force Base.  ...

TB #5 talks about what it means to be a USAF Thunderbird - YouTube

US planes' Fly In helps jumpstart sleepy Dominican region, airport - Dominican Today | The hotel boutique Casa Bonita Tropical Lodge hosted a welcome for the pilots of airplanes from 12 states of the US, as part of the Fly In celebrated by government and private organizations. The bash is also part of a push to jump-start the Maria ...

Win a family ticket for Duxford's flying legends - Saffron Walden Reporter | Steve Hinton, Dan Friedkin and Ed Shipley, highly skilled warbird pilots, have a passion for showcasing the aircraft that made America great. Alongside them will be an unrivalled line-up of classic propeller-driven combat aircraft from both the First ...

Radka Machova: On top of the world  from Aerial Sports Feed | The leader of the Flying Bulls Aerobatic Team is a true ambassador for flying. Whether upside down pulling serious G or cruising over the sea, Radka Machova is happiest when she’s way up in the sky ...

Gold Team perfroms first Demo of Season at Luke Days  from US Army Golden Knights by Richard Sloan on 3/21/11 Gold Demonstration Team kicks off its Air Show season with Luke Air force Base in Glendale Arizona. The Gold Demonstration Team performed their first night aerial demonstration of the 2011 show season for the Luke Days 56th Fighter Wing with 2000 spectators in attendance. The night show consisted of a jumping narrator followed by [...]

Wings of Freedom to fly over Katy area - Katy Times | The public will have a rare opportunity to observe and even fly in warplanes from World War II as well as the iconic Huey helicopter from the Viet Nam era. These rare aircraft will be on display at Houston Executive Airport March 30 to April 1. ...

New-York to the Cannes Air Show in Less Than 24 Hours, in a Single Engine Aircraft - AMTOnline.com | Cannes, March 21st, 2011 - For the 2011 Cannes Air Show exhibition, Jacques Callies and Gilles Khaïat will attempt to set a new record: New-York to Cannes in less than 24 hours, in a Mooney Ovation2 GX without supplemental fuel equipment. ...

EAA Warbirds President Bill Fischer – Warbird Radio LIVE! – Tuesday 3/22/11 from WarbirdRadio.com | TUESDAY - EAA Warbirds President Bill Fischer joins us on Warbird Radio LIVE.  Hear what’s in store for not only for AirVenture 2011 but also the fast approaching Sun-N-Fun ...

Female aviator is honored in Arizona for public health work from Aviation eBrief  |  A woman credited with passing the first milk ordinance in Yuma, Ariz., and who also served as a captain in the Civil Air Patrol ...

Female pilots find it hard to soar above the glass ceiling from  Aviation eBrief | Nearly eight decades after Helen Richey became the first female commercial airline pilot, women account for only 5% of member ...

Pols Get OK to Move Museum at Republic Airport - Long Island Press | The American Airpower Museum in Farmingdale is moving to clear the way for a new runway project at Republic Airport while simultaneously preserving Long Island's aviation history. The FAA is improving its runway ...

'Off the 99' podcast: Castle Air Museum celebrates 30 years - Sacramento Bee | Reporters Mike North and Ameera Butt covered the Castle Air Museum's 30th anniversary for this week's "Off the 99" radio show. Located minutes from Merced in Atwater, the museum showcases planes used in various wars such as the Korean War, ...

Air Journey celebrates 14th year of flying adventures from General Aviation News | One group of pilots is currently circumnavigating South America while another is hop-scotching the Caribbean sampling a string of tropical golf courses. In addition, seven private aircraft are flying in seven different parts of the world on flights arranged by Air Journey. Shortly, another contingent from Air Journey will fly to the Bahamas just before Sun ‘n Fun, and soon pilots will tour Alaska, Central America and Europe, all via Air Journey. ...

Feeling the History at Washington National Airport from AirSpace | Last month when I flew in and out of Washington National Airport, it brought back a lot of memories. The airport has changed a great deal since I first arrived for college in 1995, but the beauty of the airport is that it doesn’t cover up its history ...

March 21 – This Day In Aviation History from Planes, Flying and Aviation | March 21, 1877 – One of the founding fathers of aviation, Maurice Farman (1877-1964), was born on this date. He accomplished the feat of making the first circular flight of greater than 1 mile (1.6km), which he accomplished with his brother Henri Farman in 1908. March 21, 1908 – Henri Farman flies a circular pattern [...]

Video:  Anti Gravity Helicopter?! from Aviation 

Movie Monday - March 21 - Inside Skylab from FlightBlogger - Aviation News | Movie Monday returns this week with a 1970's film from NASA about the Skylab and its operations from the time of its launch, the on-orbit repair and deployment of the solar panels and heat shield, and the three crews who called her home in 1973 and 1974. Just   ...

Caption Contest #54 - Ends Wednesday 3.23.11 At 9PM EDT from AirPigz | After a week of rest it's time to get back to avgeek captioneering! This pic should make it easy for y'all too... so follow ...

Model Airplane Enthusiast: Hobby Under Attack By FAA from Aviation Blogs | PORTSMOUTH — Model airplane enthusiast Dennis Karoleski wants the federal government to take its hands off his hobby.  The retired city resident, who has flown model aircraft since he was 6 years old, recently expressed concern about what he says is the Federal Aviation Administration’s push to enact regulations restricting model aircraft. ...

Redstone College Earns Top Awards from National Aviation Competition from Aviation Blogs | BROOMFIELD, Colo. — Redstone College, a Denver-based institution of higher learning, recently sent two teams to compete in the Aviation Maintenance Technician (AMT) Society’s Aviation Maintenance Skills Competition in Las Vegas. A total of 26 teams competed in the 4th annual event, which attracted international teams, domestic air carriers, military teams and six aviation maintenance schools. ...

Honoring the Space Shuttle Program's 30-year Legacy from How I Am Becoming An Astronaut | A unique photo was taken designed to honor the space shuttle program's 30-year legacy and the people who contribute to safely processing, launching and landing the vehicle.

Japanese Astronaut Focused on Space Mission Despite Tragedy at Home
from  SPACE.com | Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa is completing his final months of training before launching to the space station in May. ...

Taking to the Martian Skies from Aviation | The Aerial Regional-scale Environmental Surveyor (ARES) is a proposed project of NASA's Langley Research Centre that may very well launch the first plane that will fly on Mars. The plane will be rocket powered and once on Mars, will fly for about two hours at about 450 miles per hour.

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