Saturday, July 30, 2011

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Flying with the Thunderbirds - Daily Democrat | The Thunderbirds, however, stay just below the speed of sound during air show maneuvers. (Matthew Henderson/Democrat) FAIRFIELD -- As the sun rises and a bugle broadcasts "Reveille" across the rolling hills surrounding Travis Air Force Base, ...

Blue Angels member tours Montana Veterans Memorial - KXLH Helena News | One member of the Blue Angels team took time out of his busy schedule for a tour of the Montana Veterans Memorial in Great Falls on Friday. Memorial president Gina Winters was joined by area veterans in giving Blue Angels flight surgeon Jason Smith a ...

Tri-Cities air show filled with aerobatic feats (w/ video) - TheNewsTribune.com | John Klatt with the Air National Guard flies the Extra 300L two seater as his partner Bill Kerns flies the Staudacher S-300D over the Tri-Cities Thursday as a preview to the airshows this weekend over the Columbia River During the 2011 Water Follies. ...

National Championship Air Races to star in IMAX documentary - Reno Gazette Journal | After attending in 2003, his connections helped him get to know the Reno Air Racing Association, which runs the Air Races. “You just don't walk into an event like this and go, 'Hi, we're going to make a movie!'” Fry said. Co-producer Leckie is not a ...

Aerial demonstration return to USAF base in Germany from Warplanes Online Community | The USAF West Coast F-16 demo team will join a Belgian OV-10 and a L-39 to perform aerobatics display at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany this weekend. ...

Sunderland Airshow set for take off - BBC News | The event, over the coastline at Seaburn and Roker, will also include a fly-past by Spitfire and Hurricane fighter planes, and a Cold War bomber. There will also be an RAF parachute team, acrobatic flying show and a display by wing-walkers. ...

Excitement as countdown to Red Arrows begins - DCA | Excitement is building across Falmouth as the countdown begins to the spectacular Red Arrows display, which will be wowing crowds once again this year thanks to sponsors Falmouth Harbour Commissioners (FHC). The Royal Air Force's world-famous ...

Historic warbirds will visit Anoka County-Blaine Airport Aug. 3-7 - Coon Rapids Herald | by Tim Hennagir Warbird lovers will have plenty to watch next week as a Florida-based non-profit organization brings its historic planes to the Anoka County-Blaine Airport. History Flight is dedicated to preserving and honoring all American World War ...

Navy News Service - Eye on the Fleet - www.navy.mil | USS Midway Museum volunteers, Don Williams, left, Bob Gingery, and Gary Walcher conduct a wings-off restoration of an F4F-3 Wildcat at the Midway restoration hanger at Naval Air Station North Island. The USS Midway Museum restoration hanger is helping re ...

Navy aviators plan Fargo landing - In-Forum | Fargo AirSho organizers expect at least 100 and possibly 200 to 300 current and retired naval aviators and flight officers to descend on the city for a luncheon Aug. 12 in conjunction with the AirSho. FARGO – All hands on deck: The Navy is coming to ...

Whidbey base celebrates 100 years of naval aviation Saturday - PNW Local News | Vintage, World War II era Navy planes will be some featured aircraft at the Centennial of Naval Aviation Heritage Fly In scheduled this weekend at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station. The public is invited to the Centennial of Naval Aviation Heritage Fly ...

16th FAI European Gliding Championships: results for Club Class, Standard Class, 20m two seat Class from Fédération Aéronautique Internationale - FAI | Here are the provisional results for the 16th FAI European Gliding Championships in Nitra

City of New York marks 'Air Force Day' during CSAF visit from Air Force Link Top Stories | Citing the city's long military history, Mayor Michael Bloomberg declared July 28 as "Air Force Day" in New York, through a proclamation read at the Air Force Association Iron Gate Chapter's 50th Anniversary Luncheon here.  Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz spoke at the event, ...

Norman Surplus resuming his record breaking gyrocopter flight around the world in SE Asia July 2011 by Norman Surplus | Norman Surplus of Northern Ireland who is attempting to be the first person to fly a gyrocopter around the world. He hopes to take approximately 50 days and will include crossing NE Asia, North America and the North Atlantic stopping in Japan, the Russian Far East, Canada, the US, Greenland, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Scotland and home to N.Ireland. This will cover a distance of 19,000 miles approximately. The 47-year-old businessman -- who was diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2003 -- has been ...

Pilots for Patients lauds milestone - The News Star | Dozens of people gathered at the Chennault Aviation and Military Museum on Wednesday to celebrate Pilots for Patients' 1,000th mission, which took place earlier this week.  Pilots for Patients is a  ...

Illinois National Guard Aviator Inducted in Aviation Hall of Fame from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale | There are few people in the world born to fly, but Maj. Tammy Duckworth is one such person. The 19 year veteran of the Illinois Army National Guard and Hoffman Estates resident was recently inducted into the Women of Aviation International Pioneer Hall of Fame.  "I am extremely humbled to have been inducted into the hall of fame," said Duckworth. "Especially when the ...

Women Pilots: Raymonde de laRoche from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale | Raymonde de Laroche (22 August 1882 – 18 July 1919), born Elise Raymonde Deroche, was a French aviatrix and the first woman in the world to receive an aeroplane pilot's licence. ...

Preserving Wichita History – The Kansas Aviation Museum - Classic Aero-TV | Director Lon Smith Describes Wichita’s Living Aviation History Museum | The Kansas Aviation Museum is more than just a showcase for Wichita’s rich aviation history; it is history. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the museum is housed in Wichita’s original municipal airport terminal. Dedicated on March 31st, 1935, the Wichita Municipal Airport served as a ...

Burt Rutan: The Measure of His Success - Aviation International News | To my mind, however, Burt Rutan has repeatedly demonstrated over the past 40 years or so that he possesses the most fertile neurons ever tasked with designing flying machines. In April this year, Rutan put Mojave in the rearview mirror and drove north ...

Lindbergh Prize for Electric Aircraft Vision Award to PC-Aero - Helicopter Association International | At the World Electric Aircraft Symposium at EAA AirVenture, Erik Lindbergh, founder of LEAP, announced the 2011 AirVenture winner of the Lindbergh Prize for Electric Aircraft. LEAP's programs recognize, inspire and incentivize the innovation that ...

Burt Rutan's 16 wildest custom aircraft - DVICE | Last week, Burt Rutan announced his retirement from Scaled Composites while simultaneously unveiling a prototype of his latest design, the Model 367 BiPod flying car roadable plane. Rutan gave each of his aircraft designs a model number, and as you may ...

Still no answer to F-22s oxygen-system problems - Fort Worth Star Telegram | The Air force's fleet of F-22 Raptors has been grounded since May 3 as the service and Lockheed Martin try to sort out why pilots are being rendered nearly unconscious or fully blacking out, a likely explanation for last November's fatal crash in ...
   
Rocketeers prepare for fair; - Longmont Daily Times-Call | John and his brother Christopher, 12, have been involved in Boulder County 4-H rocketry for the past five years running. busy at home working on this year's rockets. The Trace and Stratos are slowly coming together, piece by piece: Body, tube, ...

NASA Presenter Discusses a New Way to Work in a New Age from PR Newswire: Aerospace/Defense | Two heads are better than one as today's innovation path is more about working together and leaving the do-it-yourself concept behind, according to next week's  ...

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