Monday, April 4, 2011

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Perfect finale to Sun 'n Fun following disastrous weather week - 10 Connects | On Sunday, the Navy's elite Blue Angels demonstration team tore through the sky over Polk County for the annual Sun 'n Fun Air show at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport. A disastrous week of wet weather finally gave way to clear skies and perfect ...

Fly-In Organizers Praise Work Of Volunteers in Wake of Storm - The Ledger | LAKELAND | On the final day of the Sun 'n Fun Fly-In, the weather cooperated, storm-related parking woes had improved and a good time was had by all, organizers said. The Aeroshell T-6 team performs during Sunday afternoon's air show ...

It’s Good to Have Connections – and Friends! from Flight Monkeys | After nearly a week of non-stop aviation activity in the skies over Lakeland, Florida – Sun ‘n Fun has completed another mission for another year. The vendors have packed their bags, the visitors have gone home, and the field is being restored to normal. So what now? With all that excitement stirred up, and all that potential exposed to the public, what do you do if your interest is piqued, but you’re still a little fuzzy on a few thousand details about how your life might be improved by aviation.  Have no fear. You’ve got connections.

Video:  Centennial of Naval Aviation - Navy | This is the official site of COMNAVAIRFOR's Centennial of Naval Aviation (CoNA) Task Force. Honoring the 100th anniversary of Naval Aviation underscores our commitment to sustaining a Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard that wins wars, protects the home front and enables peace. Our air forces are strong because of the support of our service members, their families and the American public. By honoring Naval Aviation, we honor our country and assure America and our allies that their security is guaranteed by a strong Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard team.

Flying club to land at 100 aerodromes in 24 hours from Flightglobal | Six pilots from the Air France Lognes flying club are to take part in a challenge to land at 100 aerodromes in 24 hours as part of the Breitling 100/24 Cup challenge in June.  The Air France 100/24 crew consists of three private pilots, two airline pilots and a fighter pilot and they will relay each other in a Cirrus SR22.  ...

The Last Operational B-17 Flying Fortresses from Tails Through Time | The Israeli B-17s originally flew without any defensive armament.  On the day prior to the expiration of the British Mandate over Plestine on 15 May 1948, David Ben-Gurion declared the independence of the new State of Israel and within hours, Arab forces from Egypt, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon invaded, starting the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, or the War of Independence in Israel. At the time of the declaration, the hastily-organized aviation assets of the fledgling state became the nascent Israeli Air Force, which in turn became part of the IDF, Israeli Defense Forces, on 26 May 1948. Initially outclassed  ...

Visiting the EAA AirVenture Museum by Steve | What do you when you're an aviation nut on a business trip to Wisconsin with some time to spare? You head up to Oshkosh, of course! I lucked out and finished my work at a customer site early last week so I had a little time to make a short pilgrimage. ...

Women Fly and more events! from FreeFlight Aviation | The weekend was breezy and the bright red Citrabia was unable to give flights during  the Fly It Forward weekend. Pilots, being resourceful people put their heads together and decided to fly the heavier aircraft for our event.  The beautiful fearless young girls and women would have the chance to take flight after all. The Diamond DA40, two piper archers, and one piper warrior flew the non-pilot females this weekend.  Local Brownies and the Camden County Youth Group had a ...

Lightspeed Aviation Foundation Announces Finalists for 2011 Grants - RedOrbit | ... Experience Aviation, Helicopter Foundation International, JAARS, Mission Aviation Fellowship, Ninety-Nines, Recreational Aviation Foundation, Tomorrow's Aeronautical Museum, Wings of Hope, Women in Aviation Int'l, and Youth Aviation Adventure. ...

Remembering early pilot - BlueRidgeNow.com | In 1927, DuRose's aunt, Mildred Doran, entered an aircraft race from California to Hawaii as a passenger in the Dole Trans-Pacific Air Race. She was never seen again after leaving from California. She would have been the first woman to accomplish that ...

Veteran Charles Dills relives the glory of aviation with his F-22 model prize from Warplanes Online Community by Tynibelle | ... One of the few lucky winners was Dr. Charles E. Dills of San Luis, Obispo in California. The 88-year-old retired USAF pilot enclosed that he had 94 missions of strafing and divebombing in Italy, Corsica, and France during WWII. He also had 39 missions in an A-36A aircraft, 40 missions in a P-40F aircraft, and 15 missions in a P-47D aircraft. ...

An aircraft as an art form? from Bayou Renaissance Man |I was intrigued to read about artist Mimmo Paladino's transformation of a Piaggio P.180 Avanti aircraft into a work of art in a Milanese gallery. ...

Spotlight Photographer April 2011 – Kyle Boyd from PHXspotters

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