Professor goes vertical with Blue Angels - Sioux Falls Argus Leader | Sorenson's flight with the Blue Angels, a touring aviation fleet aimed at enhancing Navy and Marine Corps recruiting efforts and to represent the naval service to the United States, took him about 15000 feet in the air. The jet climbed 500 feet per...
Sioux Falls Airshow: Same World War II-era aircraft, different Doolittle ... - The Republic | SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — An official at South Dakota State University will be taking to the air in a vintage World War II-era B-25 aircraft on Thursday at the Sioux Falls Airshow. Jim Doolittle, SDSU's associate vice president for research, will take to...
Air Force Thunderbirds arrive at Joint Base Lewis-McChord today - The Olympian | Expect to hear the roar of Thunderbirds today. That's the Air Force Thunderbird's F-16 jet fighter aircraft, that will make their presence known around 1 p.m., as they make their way to Joint Base Lewis-McChord. The Thunderbirds will conduct aerial...
Thunderbirds will roar at Scott's airshow - ArmedForces.com | The airshow is Sept. 15-16 and gates will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The free event also features performances by the U.S. Special Operation Para-Commandos and will feature aircraft displays, historical reenactments and...
Embraer Highlights Phenoms, Super Tucano at EAA Air Venture from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | Melbourne, FL-Embraer will participate in the 60th annual Experimental Aircraft Association's (EAA) AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis. July 23-29, displaying the entry-level Phenom 100 and light Phenom 300, making a return appearance. Embraer's A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft will make its Oshkosh debut...
Question of the Week: AirVenture Priorities from AVwebFlash Current Issue | There is so much to see at AirVenture! Do you have a preference (or even ritual) about where you go first? This week, we'd like to know where you begin...
Eh? Red Tail joins Duluth Airshow lineup - Duluth News Tribune | The Commemorative Air Force Red Tail Squadron's P-51 Mustang, restored to look like the ones flown by the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II, will be on display at September's Duluth Airshow...
Sunderland prepares for International Air Show - BBC News | And one group, the RAF Falcons Parachute Display Team, has been to all previous 23 Sunderland Air Shows. The youngest Falcons' member, 27-year-old Sgt James Bruce, will be leading the team of 10 jumpers on Saturday's and Sunday's jumps.
AIRSHOW NEWS: Vulcan set to appear for two days at Bournemouth Air Festival from Flightline UK - UK Airshow News | Air Festival organisers are thrilled to confirm that the Avro Vulcan will be making a roaring weekend display appearance at this year’s much anticipated event. The aircraft had been booked and announced to appear on Sunday 2nd September, but it’s with thanks to sponsorship from local Wimborne company AIRglide, and business partner Action Aviation Ltd that the crowd favourite has been secured for Saturday 1st....
Thierry Dusautoir new sponsor of the Patrouille de France - Toulouse7.com | Thierry Dusautoir, captain of Stade Toulouse and XV of France, voted best rugby player in the world in 2011, is the new sponsor of the prestigious 2012 formation of the Air Force, the Patrouille de France. Under this sponsorship,...
Putrajaya To Host Air Race World Championship In 2014 - Bernama | KUALA LUMPUR, July 19 (Bernama) -- Malaysia's administration capital Putrajaya will be home to the 2014 Red Bull Air Race World Championship, which is expected to draw over 80000 local and international spectators. Red Bull Air Race managing...
CoolPix (Poll): Life's A Beach... And Then You Fly!! Blue Angels 2Fer from AirPigz by Martt | This
amazing picture was posted Monday on the Blue Angels facebook page - and of course you should go hit the like button there right now if you haven't already! Then today they made it the cover pic for the facebook page. However, they have the pic as it was taken, which is actually flipped from the way I have it posted above. I decided it should definitely be a CoolPix image, so I also tightened it up quite a bit to make it 'pop' a lot... Firefighters sell tickets for hot air balloon ride - Albany Democrat Herald | Albany Firefighters Community Assistance Fund (AFFCAF) is selling tickets for a ride in Ember the Fire Panda hot air balloon during the Northwest Art & Air Festival. Tickets are $20 each and are being sold at River Rhythms concerts at Monteith Park ...
Newbury Park woman leading international pilots group - Ventura County Star | Martha Phillips and legendary aviatrix Amelia Earhart have a love of flying and a sisterhood of women pilots in common. The similarities linking Phillips, a Newbury Park resident, and Earhart, who disappeared while trying to fly around the globe in ...
Frederick Beseler: La Crosse native was one of the last WASPs - La Crosse Tribune | With U.S. entry into WW II and the need for more pilots, Mary Belle received a letter from famed American aviatrix Jackie Cochran, inviting her to apply for WASP training. She completed her training in 1943 and went to Romulus Army Air Base near Detroit...
Baker family restores historic airplane - Billings Gazette | Flying has been a family tradition for three generations, since Donald Meggers joined the U.S. Army Air Corps at age 17 hoping to earn his wings as a World War II pilot. “But they decided they ... Now the family firm does general aviation and provides...
As seen in this photo, the first British F-35B Joint Strike Fighter is a real cool looking badass combat plane from David Cenciotti's weblog | On Jul. 19, the United Kingdom accepted the first
international Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II aircraft in a ceremony attended by senior representatives of the U.K. Ministry of Defence and the U.S. Department of Defense. The U.K. was the first of eight international partners to join the F-35 program and plans to acquire the F-35B short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) aircraft... Aero-TV: Col. Mark Tillman (Part 3): The Most Important Left Seat In Aviation from Aero-News Network | An Honored Flyer Tells Of His Service To America (Part 3 of 4) OK... we gotta tell you... this one was one of the best speeches we have EVER heard at any aviation event... and it occurred this year at the 2012 AEA Convention and Tradeshow. The kind folks of Universal Avionics pulled off quite a coup and arranged for a truly inspiring speaker for one of the most important gatherings in all of aviation...
AOPA Steps Up for Flying Clubs from Flight Monkeys by Chief Monkey | We FlightMonkeys are a frugal bunch. Maybe we don’t hold our money so tight that it squeaks, but we’re pretty close to that threshold. That cheapness…er…ah…..fiscal conservatism, is just one of the reasons that we have been so outspoken on the issue of flying clubs. While the club model may not be everyone’s cup of tea, it fills a need for a lot of us who want to fly a few times a month, while keeping out costs down to a minimum...
Cave in China has input plane and turns reminiscent bar military from NOTÍCIAS SOBRE
AVIAÇÃO AVIATION NEWS (translated) | ...A cave used by Chinese military in the 1960s became a military bar. The entrance to the cave, which lies on the outskirts of Beijing, was painted and shaped to resemble an aircraft and the interior was furnished with sandbags, ammunition and landmines false, and other military items....Teens take flight at Lyon Air Museum - Coastline Pilot | Eulalia Garcia-Amini anticipates her first time flying as she prepares to take off in a Cessna airplane as part of a Boys & Girls Club of Laguna Beach event Tuesday at Lyon Air Museum.
Young aviator touches down on Ramsey - The Sudbury Star | Illustration: GINO DONATO The Sudbury Star Sixteen-year-old Matt Gougeon taxis his aircraft at Science North on Wednesday. Gougeon made a stop during his cross-Canada flight that started in Tofino, B.C., and ends in Halifax, N.S. When he completes the...
EAA Chapter 1418 Appoints 18-Year-Old President from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | Eighteen-year-old Lindsay Locke of Fortuna, California, who has been flying since she was 12 years old, received her private pilot certificate on her 17th birthday last July, and she is currently building an RV-4 with her dad.
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