Tuesday, March 29, 2011

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Video: DC-7 Visits Sun 'Fun - AVweb | There's not much you can do to a beautifully restored DC-7B passenger airplane to make it more interesting than it already is — except, perhaps, to pair it with a strikingly young captain. 23-year-old Glen Moss showed us around the venerated DC-7 (the last flying passenger version) and shared her story with us at Sun 'n Fun 2011 in Lakeland, Florida...

Double whammy of Red Arrows in Clacton air show - Clacton Gazette | CLACTON celebrates its 20th air show with a double whammy by the world famous Red Arrows. Clacton air show fans can look forward to breathtaking displays from the best loved aerobatic display team on both days of the town’s summertime air show...

More Than 450 Young Eagles Fly During Skycatcher Tour - EAA | Young Eagles Co-Chairman Jeff Skiles and EAA Chapters in four communities opened the world of flight to young people over the past two weekends, as more than 450 kids were flown during EAA’s Young Eagles Skycatcher Tour that wrapped up Sunday at Spruce Creek, Florida...


Plane Featured in ‘Amelia' Took 17 Years to Rebuild - The Ledger | LAKELAND - Joe Shepherd's 1936 Lockheed 12 was used a couple years ago in filming the 2009 movie "Amelia" starring Hilary Swank, Richard Gere and Ewan McGregor...

Video: Bleriot at Sun 'n Fun 2011 - AVweb | A modernized version of the airplane Louis Bleriot used to cross the English Channel isn't for everyone. "You really have to fly it all the time to get it where you want it," cautioned builders Pascal Kremer and Robert Bassley, who were both at Sun 'n Fun in Lakeland, Florida...

Lane Wallace Now Contributor to EAA Publications - EAA |  Lane Wallace, an internationally known aviation columnist, will be supplying her unique viewpoints to flying and an adventurous life in EAA Sport Aviation magazine beginning in the May 2011 issue...

Skagit Aero's Blog: Barn Find – WWII Wooden Constant Speed Propeller - Antique Airfield | Some times its the parts that are almost as much fun to find as the airplanes themselves. This was recently the case when Jim was crawling around a barn belonging to a friend of the museum down the river. Amidst the large number of airplane fuselages and other pieces, was a long wooden box with a brand new propeller inside...

Skagit Aero's Blog: New Piper Pictures – J-5A & PA-16 Clipper - Antique Airfield | We took advantage of some nice evening light recently to add some pictures to our galleries. Last summer we did some air-to-air photos of the J-5A and the Clipper, but we forgot to get some simple ground photos of each airplane. So with sun setting in the west and snow on the mountains to the east...

'Space!' is the theme of this month's Family Day - Air Force Museum | DAYTON, Ohio -- Visitors can learn about "Space!" through free hands-on educational opportunities during Family Day from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on April 16 at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. This month's theme commemorates the 50th anniversary of the first human...

Don’t Sell Your Spy Drone on the Internet - Gawker | Raven spy drone lying around? If so, don't try to sell it on the internet! A Philippine man, Henson Chua tried to do that last year when he offered up his Raven for $13,000 on eBay in violation of the Arms Export Control Act — a crime punishable by up to 20 years in prison...

Cessna unveils new Corvalis - AOPA | Cessna revealed its latest piston single—the Corvalis TTx—March 29 at Sun ’n Fun in Lakeland, Fla. The TTx is an upgraded version of the Corvalis TT, and its central feature is Garmin’s newly-introduced G2000 in a package that Cessna is calling its Intrinzic Flight Deck....



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