Wednesday, March 23, 2011

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Sun ‘n Fun commemorates 9/11 anniversary from General Aviation News | Sun ‘n Fun will commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9/11 during this year’s  International Fly-In & Expo, which will be held March 29–April 3 at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport (LAL) in Lakeland, Florida.

Milwaukee Air & Water Show schedule unveiled for 2011 - FOX6Now.com Milwaukee | This year’s headliner act will be the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds Jet Demonstration Team. Other performers include the U.S. Army Special Operations Command Parachute Team, Air Force A-10 Warthog Demo Team, Air Force Viper East F-16 Demo Team ...

Marcus to sponsor air and water show - Milwaukee Business Journal | 6 and 7 with a headline performance from the US Air Force Thunderbirds, according to a news release issued by the organization Tuesday. Marcus Hotels & Resorts is the title sponsor of this year's show, which will again take place on Milwaukee's ...

Joint Base Charleston prepares for Air Expo 2011 with a major disaster ... - WCBD | The exercise is designed to help military and community first responders be ready for any possible disaster related to an air show... (more) By Raymond Owens Joint Base Charleston prepares for Air Expo 2011 with a major disaster response exercise. ...

Golden Wings Over Meridian This Friday, Saturday - WTOK | The Golden Wings Over Meridian Air Show, featuring the Navy's Blue Angels, will be Friday and Saturday at Meridian Naval Air Station. The event marks the 100th anniversary of naval aviation and the 50th anniversary of NAS Meridian. ...

Warplane Exposition set for Saturday - Tbo.com | Several vintage airplanes like this Navy T-28 will be on display for a very limited time when the Sebring Airport Authority will host a "Warbirds Exposition" at Sebring International Airport, at the end of Haywood Taylor Boulevard, from 5 pm to 7 pm, ...

Princeton Air Show featured acts confirmed - BCLocalNews | Featured, and new to the air show, will be several aerobatics teams including: Team Rocket, Blender Airshows and John Mrazek Airshows. Each of these aerobatic groups brings a unique and exciting routine ‐ from the highly modified Rocket aerobatic ...

At the 2011 Paris Air Show, a Coming-Out Party for Green Aviation Technology - National Defense Magazine | So it's only fitting that at the upcoming Paris Air Show, there will be a lot of talk about what the industry is doing to cope with the sky-rising cost of fuel. Fuel is the aviation industry's second largest expense, after labor. ...

Other Airshow Participants at Avalon 2011 from MRC Aviation | ... Kent Pietsch was back with his 1942 Interstate Cadet performing twice on the Saturday of Avalon 2011, and ...

Take a Ride in a B-25 - Air & Space Magazine | “Don’t touch anything painted red,” ...

Historic barnstorming biplane giving rides - Rockport Pilot | Nostalgic Warbird & Biplane Rides is currently offering the public a chance to re-live aviation history by taking an authentic barnstorming ride in this rare biplane. Rides will be offered at the Aransas County Airport from March 23-27. ...
   
Hall of Famer Clay Lacy Wichita Aero Club speaker - The Wichita Eagle | Lacy spoke of his experiences at the Wichita Aero Club meeting Tuesday. Today, he owns a charter company in Van Nuys, Calif. He also does “photo flying” for Hollywood movies and commercials. He has flown more than 300 aircraft. ...

100 Years of Naval Aviation: Why diversity matters in flight - LTJG Stephanie Young | ... As an aviator, one of my favorite examples of why diversity matters comes from the once male-dominated field of mathematics. For hundreds of years mathematicians theorized that Euclid’s parallel postulate – that only one straight line can pass thorough a point without intersecting another – was wrong, but they couldn’t find a way to model it. In 1997, a Latvian mathematician named Daina Taimina created an  ...

EAA 32 Young Eagles Event Gathers Diverse Aircraft At St. Charles County Airport from The Aero Experience

Museum receives rare Zeppelin and Hindenburg artifacts from General Aviation News | Clara Adams, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, was a passenger on many first flights in early aviation history, including the transatlantic flight of the Graf Zeppelin in 1928 and the inaugural flight of the Hindenburg. A number of artifacts documenting her travels were recently donated to the International Women’s Air & Space Museum in Cleveland. Donated items include a Hindenburg passenger booklet from the inaugural flight, a ...

Boeing 307 Stratoliner - YouTube | The Boeing Model 307 Stratoliner was the first fully pressurized airliner to enter service anywhere in the world. Being able to fly 20,000 feet higher than the 5,000 to 10,000 foot-altitude unpressurized airplanes a that time, it was said that it could "fly above the weather." It carried five crew members and 33 passengers and had a nearly 12-foot wide cabin for overnight berths. The Stratoliner was also the first land-based airplane to have a flight engineer as a member of the crew. ...

A day with British Airways (red nose day) from PPRuNe Forums

"Close enough?" from Military Photos

Heavy Lifter - First CH-53K Taking Shape from Ares | Sikorsky has opened the assembly facility in West Palm Beach, Florida, where it will build five prototypes for the CH-53K heavylift helicopter development program. The building, formerly home to Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, is adjacent to Sikorsky's development flight center, where the CH-53Ks will be tested. ...

World's Biggest Space Party Set To Rock Downtown Hampton - Centre Daily Times | Hampton Roads residents will have the chance to celebrate that and another historic space anniversary during "Yuri's Night" at the Virginia Air & Space Center on April 16, 2011, from 7 pm to midnight. On April 12, 1961, Gagarin became the first human ...

FAA Updates "Through-The-Fence" Policy from AVweb Top News | Federally funded airports that now allow "through-the-fence" access for owners of hangar homes on adjacent private property may continue to do so, the FAA said in an interim policy published on Friday. The FAA had moved to stop all such access in 2009, citing economic and security concerns. The interim policy,  ...

Video: 100-Year-Old Skydiver Takes Ultimate Leap Of Faith - dig triad | ... On his 100th birthday, he suited up to jump 13,000 feet from the sky. His slight hesitation and slow steady walk didn't stop him from taking the plunge of a lifetime. ...

NASA to Launch the First Satellites Built by High School Students from PopularMechanics.com - Science: Air & Space | Starting this fall, as part of their CubeSat Launch Initiative, NASA will allow teams of student engineers to send their projects into space by piggybacking them on larger launches. ...


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