Sunday, September 11, 2011

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Bush says U.S. will never forget Flight 93 - Reuters | 1 of 4. Former president George W. Bush speaks at the ceremony marking the opening of the Flight 93 National Memorial and the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attack in Shanksville, Pennsylvania September 10, 2011. By Daniel Lovering SHANKSVILLE, ...

Female 9/11 pilot to compete in Reno air races | Sacramento Bee | AP RENO, Nev. -- A former military fighter pilot who was sent to ram a hijacked commercial airliner en route to Washington, DC, shortly after the 9/11 attacks will be competing in next week's National Championship Air Races in Reno. ...

A display of spirit -- both patriotic and collegiate -- at Airshow - Lincoln Journal Star | A B-2 stealth bomber makes a pass over the crowd at the Guardians of Freedom Airshow in Lincoln on Saturday, September 10, 2011. (ERIN DUERR/Lincoln Journal Star) Barb New and her great-grandsons didn't know it, but they arrived at the Guardians of ...

Day 9.1 from per Ardua ad Astra by Grant Piper | Well, the results are out for the technical contest, and with some surprises.   I missed Francois Levot's HZ for a positive crossover snap instead of a negative snap (downward iverted 45 leg of a humpty).   This dropped him down the standings considerably.  Phillipp's HZ also cost him - same applies as at home, NO DONUTS.  Some lovely flying in the last seven,  ...

WAC Day 10 - 4 Minute Freestyle from per Ardua ad Astra by Grant Piper | Just back from the 4 minute Freestyle.   Great flying on show with Hannes Arch, Ramon Alonso and Eric Vazeilleadded to the classic competitors.   I don't expect any results to be announced until the closing ceremony this evening,    My picks were Kairys, Sonka, Holland and Marmy (maybe not in that order).  A lot of  ...

Coach Lindy Ruff Takes To The Skies - WKBW-TV | NIAGARA FALLS AIR RESERVE STATION, NY – Lindy Ruff, the longest-tenured coach in the National Hockey League, received an aerobatic aircraft flight with the John Klatt Airshow Team at the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station on Friday, ...

Winston-Salem Air Show 9/10/11 - Winston-Salem Journal | Members of the Black Daggers Parachute Jump team and the Aeroshell Teasers open the aerial performances with the delivery of the American flag to Smith Reynolds Airport during the Winston-Salem Airshow Saturday, September 10, 2011. ...

Airshow is a Take-Off - WHIZ | The airplanes were on their way to the 3rd annual air show put on by Home Depots Lead Generator Frank Berlo. Berlo has been partnering with the Y-City Flying Service since the beginning. "We had a car show here and then I heard talk about many, ...

The Breitling Jet Team in BD - Apache Roll | S i you are used to air shows, you probably met the friendly staff of the publishing house "Ideas Passion + BD " ... They are usually in their booth located at the end of a queue of players waiting for the dedication of bought the book.  You can not miss them, they always smile and passionate and if you talk comics and Aviation, become inexhaustible! Make a comic about the exploits of Team Breitling Jet Team is part of their dreams and hope it will happen one day soon. Why not! For the "Laverdure" series, they are torn between Douky and Gaston ...

Astronaut Chris Hadfield Flying the Golden F-86 Sabre ... - Marketwire | As he once said: "we must keep our aviation heritage alive and continue to challenge and inspire today's explorers both in aviation and aerospace". He certainly will be inspiring Canadian youth when he embarks in his third space mission. ...

Air Marshall confirms three more years of Leuchars airshow - stv.tv | The RAF's top officer has guaranteed the future of the Leuchars airshow for at least three years. But Air Chief Marshall Sir Stephen Dalton said no decisions have been made about whether it will continue once the base is handed over to the army. ...

B-17, Teterboro airport 9.10.11 - YouTube | Wing and Wheels expo, Teterboro Airport, NJ

See the Historic Warbirds That Swooped Into Wall Airport - Patch.com | The Collings Foundation, a Massachusetts-based non-profit organization devoted to aviation history, brought its 22nd annual Wings of Freedom Tour from to Monmouth Executive Airport in Wall Township over the long Labor Day weekend. ...

Wreckage of Michigan WWII pilot's plane is located - MiamiHerald.com | Like many men of his generation, Marshall native Charles Dobbins Sr. didn't talk much about his part in World War II. But several years after his death, an archaeological find in Florida brought his son and namesake, Chuck, a reminder of the dangers ...

Supermarine Stranraer – the last flourish of the military biplane flying-boat from Shortfinals's Blog | During WWI, both Britain and the United States built numbers of large, biplane flying-boats and used them to patrol far out over the oceans, searching for enemy surface fleets, downed aviators and the new menace, enemy submarines. By the 1920s, the original stocks of early flying-boats were just about worn out. Even though the Royal Air Force had very little money to spend, it recognized that control of the sea lanes and maritime reconnaissance was vital for an island nation (with an Empire, no less), so a new ...

Display of aviation heritage - Toronto Star | Air shows are an incredible display of our aviation heritage, combining modern and historic aircraft. Where would we be today if it wasn't for our military aircraft in World War II? I volunteer with a historic aircraft association and am proud to see ...

Biplanes Take Center Stage At Tulsa Air & Space Museum - News On 6 | TULSA, Oklahoma -- Vintage aircraft and a children's book about a biplane took center stage at the Tulsa Air and Space Museum & Planetarium Saturday. As the museum highlighted its traveling exhibit "Our Lives, Our Stories: America's Greatest Generation ...

Top photo from Airfighters.com - The damage to the tailpipe was caused by a AIM-120 AMRAAM fired at it by a F-15 on February 22nd 1988.

Opportunity to Earn Your Aviation Merit Badge! by Aaron Weissman | Hello Scouters!! Please get this out to all of your Scouts and other Scouters! (including Cubs, Webelos, Boy Scouts and Venture Scouts) Please see the flyer for info.  The Aviation merit badge was one of the Original 57 Merit Badges issued by the Boy Scouts of America in 1911. Working with Lt Col Carlton of the MT ANG, we’ve been able to arrange for District Boy Scouts to work for their Aviation Merit Badge and attend the Flight Over the Falls Air Show. VOLUNTEERS for the AIR SHOW are also needed; Scouters, Cubs, Venture Scouts are all welcome to participate. ...

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