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100 years after Harriet did it, women fly across the Channel | | Across the Channel: Women Unifying - www.womenofaviationweek.org | “It was my turn at last. Everybody was expectant. I was eager to get into my seat and be off. My heart was not in my mouth,” said Harriet Quimby of her state of mind, minutes before taking off to make history in 1912.

Formation flight Sunday. Meteors - Planeshots

Starfighter is a go!!! - Aviation.ca | Thanks to the committment of a major contribution to the fund raising drive by Lynn Hamilton, the Hamilton family and Airspray the Alberta Avaition Museum has hit the needed target to commit to the F-104 Starfighter it has been pursuing....Now we can tell the Cold War story of those that flew and maintained the CF-104s from Cold Lake and in the NATO missions in Europe as well as the Edmonton Story of North West Industries and its work force that overhauled Canada's Starfighters at what is now Edmonton City Centre Airport....

In the Museum: The Original Airliner - Air & Space | The Boeing 247 was the Dreamliner of its day.  When Boeing introduced its 787 Dreamliner, which was delivered to its first customer last September, the company may have been hoping for a reprise of its experience with an earlier revolutionary design....

Flying Dream - The Book of Life | The An-225's name, Mriya (Мрiя) means "Dream" (Inspiration) in Ukrainian.  The Antonov An-225 was designed to airlift the Energia rocket's boosters and the Buran space shuttle for the Soviet space program. It was developed as a replacement for the Myasishchev VM-T. The An-225's original mission and objectives are almost identical to...

One of our readers decided it was time we learned a bit about RAF Coltishal - 1960s style (A great submission.  Thank you!)

• Spitfire to Lightning
• The Story of the Royal Air Force Coltishall
• Battle of Britain Anniversary Preparations at RAF Coltishall

Final F-22 jet to have ceremonial roll out in Marietta Tuesday - Examiner | (MARIETTA, Ga.) -- The final F-22A jet will roll from its north Atlanta assembly line and into a grand ceremonial show on Tuesday before hundreds of well wishers.  Constructed by three Lockheed Martin Aeronautics plants including one in Marietta, the F-22A Raptor is America's combat superiority in the sky featuring the latest glass cockpit controls and an ability to cruise at over the speed of sound undetected with a greater range.... 

Low FLying Hours Harrier aircraft for sale  - Wright Squawks | Year of Construction: 1998 | Total Time Airframe: 1291 Hours. | Total Time Engine: 870 Hours | **THIS HARRIER IS COMPLETE AND READY TO FLY** | SPARES & SUPPORT PACKAGE AVAILABLE INCLUDING SPARE LOW TIME SERVICEABLE ENGINE

Boeing 787 Dreamliner Touches Down in Africa for First Time - pilotnewsmag.com | Boeing’s (NYSE: BA) 787 Dreamliner touched down in Ethiopia’s capital today to kick off the Africa portion of Boeing’s 787 Dream Tour – a six-month worldwide tour featuring the Dreamliner. This is the first time the Dreamliner has visited the African continent. The Dream Tour airplane will be in...

Shotton book examines qualities of leadership - The Outer Banks Voice | ...Shotton is rated as airplane transport pilot. In a commitment to providing commercial air transportation to the Outer Banks, she founded and led two regional airlines, SouthEast Air and SeaAir.  In this book she shares personal tales from the cockpit and as well as from the office to drive home the power of 10 attributes and principles that define exceptional leaders....

Sennheiser donates scholarship to college - GAN | Aviation headset manufacturer Sennheiser has awarded Moncton Flight College with a flight scholarship gift of $3,000 in support of the 2011 Webster Memorial Trophy Competition.  Sennheiser presented the check during a banquet ceremony at the Air Transport Association of Canada’s (ATAC) annual meeting, which was held in Montreal last month. The Webster Memorial Trophy Competition, which is sponsored by Air Canada–Flight Operations, is committed to declaring the “Top Amateur Pilot in Canada” each year and was established in 1932....