Tuesday, January 10, 2012

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Houghton tells NTSB panel Reno Air Races works with FAA on safety - Reno Gazette-Journal | Witnesses are sworn in, in at National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) headquarters in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012, as the NTSB opened hearings on air show and air race safety after eleven people died and about 70 more were badly injured at ...

NTSB chair: Set-back standards for air racing will be addressed - Reno Gazette Journal | Mike Houghton, president of the Reno Air Racing Association, said they have an air boss, deputy air boss and a tower chief, and they bring them up through the ranks as they secure their positions. Hart asked if the FAA is involved in the process....

NCCU Dean And Tuskegee Airman, Dr. Stewart B. Fulbright Dies At 91 from AvStop | Dr. Stewart B. Fulbright, 92, a Tuskegee Airman during World War II who later became the first dean of the School of Business at North Carolina Central University, died in Durham on January 1. Born in Springfield, Mo., in 1919, Dr. Fulbright attended Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Mo., graduating in 1941 with a bachelor’s degree in French. He remained at Lincoln as an instructor in French. In early 1943... 

Video: "Red Tails" gets air! from Guided by History by Charles Riggs | Hey, check it out! George Lucas was on the "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" last night talking about his film Red Tails, which we discussed here last week...

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Family Fun: Open Cockpit Sunday, Storytelling - Hartford Courant | 15 at the New England Air Museum, 36 Perimeter Road, Windsor Locks. From 10 am to 4 pm, climb into the cockpits of up to 12 vintage aircraft, a full-motion flight simulator and two static flight simulators. For the first time, the US Navy SH-2F ...

New book recounts author’s solo flight around globe at age 76 - SAJ | At the age of 76, rather than choosing a life of quiet retirement interspersed with trips to the golf course, Randolph decided that he would embark on the flight of a lifetime. After building his single engine plane, Randolph flew it solo 27,000 nautical miles over three oceans, eight seas and three gulfs as well as a few continents. From an emergency landing in a thunderstorm in Brazil to a near crash and aircraft fire in Thailand to pursuit by fighter jets over the Mediterranean, the journey was fraught with danger at every turn....

The Amundsen/Ellsworth North Pole flight attempt from x planes | The Amundsen/Ellsworth North Pole flight attempt, 1925 (photo via this amazing Flickr set from the Preus Museum of photography, Norway)...

Pilot encourages students to study aviation from Smart Brief | Jeff Skiles, who was a co-pilot on the "Miracle on the Hudson" flight in 2009, recently encouraged Wisconsin students to...

'The sky's the limit': Central High students learn about aviation careers - MiamiHerald.com | Teens learned they can dream big and reach for the stars in aviation and aeronautics careers. By Eileen Soler The gymnasium at Miami Central Senior High School, home of the Rockets, was a launching pad recently for hundreds of students on a journey to ...

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