B-24 Suffers Nose Gear Collapse On Landing in Charlotte - Aero-News Network | "Diamond Lil" Skids Down Runway, But No Injuries | The B-24 "Diamond Lil" was among three WWII aircraft on display and offering rides at the Carolinas Aviation Museum this weekend. A P-51 fighter and the last airworthy B-29 bomber in the world were also brought in by the Commemorative Air Force, the iconic Texas-based nonprofit group that restores and preserves WWII historical aircraft....
'Air Boss' of Bethpage Air Show flies under radar - The Leading Aviation Industry Resource for News, Equipment and | Few of the 186000 spectators Sunday at the Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach took notice of Wayne Boggs standing on a scaffold set up on the boardwalk. But if not for coordination by the husky man wearing a yellow T-shirt emblazoned "Air Boss,"...
Emmy Nominations for Ohio/Minnesota Aviation Film - CAF Press Release | The
Commemorative Air Force, Minnesota Wing Museum, along with Hemlock Films is proud to announce that The Restorers – They Were All Volunteers has been nominated for three Emmy's. The pilot episode of The Restorers is based on the Commemorative Air Force, Minnesota Wing, their members, and their journey to the 68th Doolittle Raiders Reunion in 2010 in Dayton, Ohio. The Minnesota Wing volunteers are proud to be part of such an amazing series that showcases what they do best, preserve history for future generations to enjoy. The Minnesota Wing is based in South Saint Paul, MN and has resided there since 1971. The Restorers- They Were All Volunteers was nominated in three categories: Best Writing, Technical Achievement, and Best Documentary. The 2012 The Regional Great Lakes Emmy Awards will be held on Saturday, June 2nd in Indianapolis, Indiana. For more information about the Emmy's, please visit their website at http://www.nataslgl.org/index.php. Fun and games at Air Show - Times of Swaziland | This year's Swaziland Air show 2012
was not as well-attended as in previous years. During the 2009 air show, about 13 700 people turned out for the event while this time around only about 30 per cent of that...Photoflying Days 2012 from Apron 6 | The final version of our poster for the photoflying days is ready!...
GALLERY: Jubilee air show is a diamond event - Royston Crow | Over 17000 people attended The Jubilee Air Show at IWM Duxford to bask in the glorious weather and watch stunning aerial displays. The airborne festivities kicked off at 2pm with the powerful Eurofighter Typhoon from 6 Squadron, RAF Leuchars....
The Jug from CAF Red Tail Squadron's Blog by CAF Red Tail Squadron | The Tuskegee Airmen flew P-40 Warhawks, P-39 Aircobras and P-47D Thunderbolts before the faster and more agile P-51 Mustangs became available. The Tuskegee-trained pilots only flew the P-47s for a short time in the field, but it was a memorable airplane for the Airmen and other USAAF pilots for a number of reasons...
OAN 187 - Charles Johnson | Memorial Day edition
Why America scours the earth for her fallen soldiers - USA TODAY | By Jack Gruber, USA TODAY Temporary name markers of the nine crewmembers of the B-17 nicknamed "Naughty but Nice" are positioned at their final resting place in Arlington National Cemetery earlier this month. The plane was shot down in the jungle of...
Historic Aircraft On Display in Clermont County - WKRC TV Cincinnati | This is the tri-state Warbird Museum at the Clermont County Airport. Among the aircraft on display is a B-25, the same kind of plane used in the Doolittle Raid over Tokyo, the P-51, America's best fighter plane during the war, and even a German...
About 1800 people honor war dead at Palm Springs Air Museum on Memorial Day - The Desert Sun | Brian Nordstrom, 46, a US Navy veteran who served in the first Gulf War, and his sons Rylan, 8, and Sawyer, 2, attend Palm Springs Air Museum's annual flower drop to honor veterans for Memorial Day on Monday in Palm Springs. / Richard Lu/The Desert Sun...
Bomber pilot's daughter is touched by the past - Richmond County Daily Journal | Moore holds a picture of her father as a B-17 bomber pilot in World War II. Moore jumped at the chance to meet a man who knew her father and was with him the night before he died. Pictured from left to right are Eric Freeman (Moore's cousin),...
May 29, 2012 Fly-in Camp outs from Ely Air Lines by Linda Street-Ely | Linda: One of my favorite photos of those I've taken myself is of a yellow Piper Cub snuggled up to a tent along a grass runway in the misty morning sunrise. I took that photo at the first annual Ranger Fly-In, one of several very popular Fly-in/Camp-outs....
Acro Camp Sneak Peek 04: With Friends Like These . . . – Video Episode Show Notes - Airspeed Online | The campers at both of the Acro Camp shoots were very collaborative and supportive of each other. But that doesn't mean that there wasn't at least a little laughter with (okay, at) each other when stuff went wrong. And stuff is bound to go wrong when you're learning to fly an aircraft whose center of gravity is behind the mains....
Odyssey of an A-4 Skyhawk Pilot during the Falklands War: Captain Alberto Jorge Philippi's story from David Cenciotti's weblog | Whilst much has been written about the British involvement in the Falklands/Malvinas conflict a short story was written by an Argentinean pilot who was involved in the attack on the beach head at San Carlos. The article written a year after the conflict finished describes how Captain Alberto Jorge Philippi took off from the Rio Grande naval base as a three ship A-4 Skyhawk formation and headed towards the Malvinas at 27,000 feet....
Lockheed: F-35 Oxygen System 'Very Different' Than Troubled Sibling - U.S. News & World Report | The fighter jet fleet in which the Pentagon has staked its future is equipped with a "very different" oxygen system than the one that has plagued the F-22, its Lockheed Martin sibling. After at least 12 cases where F-22 Raptor pilots reported losing...
Military Airship Floats Toward First Flight from AVwebFlash Current Issue | Northrop Grumman's 300-foot-long, 70-foot-tall, remotely piloted Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle (LEMV) airship is scheduled to fly for the first time in early June at Lakehurst, N.J. The maiden flight could take place anytime between June 6 and 10, weather permitting, and will be followed by a trip to Florida where it will be outfitted with surveillance gear. The LEMV has been designed to operate for the U.S. Army as a surveillance and
reconnaissance platform, capable of loitering in the sky for days, or weeks, at a time ... provided it's not really windy at its operating altitude...Summer at the Smithsonian - airspacemag.com | Planning a visit to the Museum? We provide some helpful hints.
Give Me A Chance Challenge launched at Elvington Air Museum - The Press, York | A NEW scheme to help young people into employment will be launched today at Elvington Air Museum. The Give Me A Chance Challenge, which helps students with communication, confidence and jobs skills, will be launched at the Battle Group North event at...
Video of 80-Year-Old's Plunge To Earth Goes Viral; Watch It - The Ledger | For her 80th birthday last year, Laverne Everett fulfilled a longtime wish: She parachuted from a plane. But her tandem jump with an instructor from 13,000 feet above Earth did not go as planned. Everett nearly slipped out of her harness....
Video: Enter The Dragon - ISS Crew Answers Questions From Inside The SpaceX Dragon from AirPigz by Martt | The youtube channel for NASAtelevision has been posting a lot of great videos of what's been taking place with the Dragon spacecraft at the International Space Station in the last few days. The Dragon is the first commercial/private spacecraft to demonstrate the capability of resupplying the ISS, and is expected to add the capability of being a manned capsule sometime in the next three years....
SpaceX Mission Milestones Recapped from Spaceports | Mission milestones of the first commercial spaceflight to visit the International Space Station are recapped...
Explorer en-route to Space center Houston from The Original Rocket Dungeon by Dick |
Shuttlebration is coming. Photo via Tookies, the best hamburger joint in the Houston area (or possibly everywhere)....Mating and Demating a Space Shuttle — when NASA got sexy by travelforaircraft | The MDD essentially is a gantry structure supporting a large hoist ("lift beam" in NASA speak), like those seen at port facilities. The MDD is unique in that its design enabled the attaching or detaching of an orbiter to a modified Boeing B-747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft....
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