Saturday, November 3, 2012

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Blue Angels Back Seat Ride--The Ride of a Lifetime! - Jeff Bergosh Blog | ...I was nominated to fly with the Blue Angels in late 2010, and my original flight was cancelled in the spring of 2011 after a safety-stand-down was announced for the Blue Angels team. I had thought my flight was permanently cancelled until I received a call this past September from NAS Corpus Christi, Texas, asking if I “still wanted to go on a flight. “ Of course the answer was a YES!...

Cherish flies with Air National Guard - WALA-TV FOX10 | You'll get to see one of them at the Blue Angels Homecoming Air Show this weekend! It's an Extra 300L aerobatic aircraft, and the very talented pilot is Lieutenant Colonel John Klatt with the Air National Guard. Lieutenant Colonel Klatt promised to ...

Veteran reminisces on own service at Blue Angels' airshow - WALA-TV FOX10 | Veteran reminisces on own service at Blue Angels' airshow. PENSACOLA NAS, Fla. (WALA) - The Blue Angels' air shows draw crowds for a ...

Vintage warbirds and more at Saturday's Aviation Day - The News-Press | Vintage warbirds and more at Saturday's Aviation Day. 12:14 PM, Nov. 2, 2012

Tricolor arrows in flight celebrates national unity - Translated | ...The aircraft overflying the National Acrobatic Patrol, expected around 9 am, will take place simultaneously with the deposition by the President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano of a laurel wreath on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier, in memory of the fallen and dispersed of all wars....

The Memphis Belle movie star aircraft flies to Jacksonville this weekend - Florida Times-Union | Instead, you can fly the restored Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress that was used in the 1990 film of the same name from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, with ground tours available through 5 p.m. The plane is part of the Liberty Foundation's 2012 ...

NBAA 2012 Photo Gallery | Photos from the convention floor at NBAA 2012 in Orlando, Florida.

A modified Dayton-Wright USD-9A became, in 1921, the first... from x planes | A modified Dayton-Wright USD-9A became, in 1921, the first aircraft to feature a...

Tuskegee Airman Col Carter to Speak at Patriot's Association Luncheon from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News  | GADSDEN ALABAMA- Lt. Col. Herbert Eugene "Gene" Carter (USAF Ret.), one of the few remaining famous Tuskegee Airmen, will speak at the Gadsden/Etowah Patriots Hall of Honor Luncheon on Wednesday, November 7 at the Gadsden Convention Hall. "It is awesome to get someone of that caliber to be our speaker; someone who has actually flown 77 combat missions," said Gadsden Etowah Patriots Association President, Rick Vaughan, "He is a...

New home for early 'Air Force One'? - AOPA Pilot | In 1980, a call from the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum alerted Christler that his “spares” Constellation was a former presidential aircraft. In the years to come, Christler would team up with his son, Lockie, and other family members to ...

Video: First Public Run of Seattle World Cruiser Liberty Engine from Antique Airfield News | The Lincoln-built Liberty engine for the Seattle World Cruiser project, a reproduction of the 1924 around the world flight Douglas World Cruisers, ran for the first time in public Friday morning. Here's a video of the event...

“Wiley Post shows off his inflated full-pressure suit in... from x planes | “Wiley Post shows off his inflated full-pressure suit in front of the Winnie Mae. Note the wingnut on Post’s shoulder, just behind the helmet. The...

Reverse: The Spruce Goose Takes To The Skies - Jalopnik | Reverse: The Spruce Goose Takes To The Skies Did you see The Aviator? Then. Reverse: The Spruce Goose Takes To The Skies. Did you see The Aviator? Then you know the story of the Spruce Goose, the flying boat built by billionaire Howard Hughes...

Three generations of aviators merge at Winging Ceremony - Santa Rosa Press Gazette | Ensign Gerald Batchelder receives his Wings of Gold from his mother, Connie, as his father, Capt. Bret Batchelder looks on during the Training Air Wing FIVE winging ceremony Oct. 26. The pin represents Batchelder's newly designated status as a Naval ...

Fly like a fighter: Backup to the backup - AOPA Pilot | While instructing in the T-38 at Vance Air Force Base in Enid, Okla., I was able to fly in a variety of weather conditions. One particular mission was an intermediate phase two-ship formation student sortie. The weather at our home base wasn't great ...

Air Force Week in Photos from Air Force Link Top Stories | This week's photos feature Airmen around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force. View the slideshow.

Unfriendly F-22 Fire By Mark Thompson |
...Niemi was one of the first 10 Air Force pilots tapped to fly the fifth-generation fighter on Dec. 11, 2001, two months after 9/11. ”When there are only 10 pilots in the entire Air Force that get selected for a chance like this, there has to be luck involved,” he said at the time....

Women in Corporate Aviation Awards Scholarships from WAI Connect Blog by Amy Laboda | Scholarship awards may have been the headliner for the annual Women in Corporate Aviation (WCA) NBAA luncheon, but networking was definitely the theme of what is becoming one of the more prominent little meetings taking place within this one big meeting of...

Wichita Aero Club establishes new scholarship - Bizjournals.com | Wichita Aero Club logo. The Wichita Aero Club this week announced the creation of the Edward W. Stimpson Scholarship, which will provide $2,000 to a student with an interest in pursuing a degree or professional certification in an aviation-related field...

Space shuttle Atlantis rolls to retirement - CBS News | The long-awaited move marked the last time a space shuttle would be seen in motion, following similar museum runs for the prototype shuttle Enterprise, now on display at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City; the shuttle Discovery, on ...

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