Former Blue Angels boss receives civilian air show award - Pensacola News Journal | Greg McWherter, who stepped down as lead pilot of the Blue Angels in November, received a Special Achievement Award from the International Council of Air Shows in Las Vegas on Tuesday. McWherter, 43, who led the elite flight demonstration team for a...
Airshow Industry Honors Its Own - from Aero-News Network | Individuals, Organizations Recognized For Their Contributions At ICAS Convention During its annual convention in Las Vegas last week, the International Council of Air Shows (ICAS) recognized several individuals and organizations for their achievements and contributions during the 2012 air show season...
Air show organizer tells of event - Fort Myers Beach Observer | With the American Heroes Air Show in Fort Myers now just 30 days ahead of us, we invite your team to deploy to our admission-free, helicopter-only aviation event with a mission to educate the community, elected officials and the media about the ...
US Army parachute team expected to join Thunderbirds at Martinsburg air show - The Herald-Mail | The Golden Knights, the U.S. Army's parachute team, are expected to join the Air Force's Thunderbirds for the 2013 Thunder over the Blue Ridge Open House and Air Show in May, organizers announced Tuesday. A complete lineup of aerial acts for the May ...
Air Show Offers Rare Opportunities - AllAfrica.com | Last weekend will be etched in many Ugandans' memories forever as Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) gave them a chance to take to the skies in an air show dubbed 'Fly at 50 for 50k'. People streamed to Entebbe airport from various parts of the country to ...
Sean D. Tucker Air to Air Video Media Flight from TAKEOFF TUBE | Our first air to air video was released quickly and just shows everything as it happened with very little editing. This version is a fully edited version with special effects and music added. You can
Video: Flying Legends 2013 from Apron 6 | That last formation… Damn!
Concord: the year in review in photos - News in photos | A North American TP-51C Mustang, foreground, and a B-17 Flying Fortress are photographed during their visit to Buchanan Field Airport in Concord, Calif. on Wednesday, May 30, 2012. (Dan Honda/Staff Archives). Concord: Year in 
Sea Harrier Mishap This Sea Harrier took off from from the deck... from Planeshots
Flying Tigers Museum opens in central China - Global Times | A museum commemorating the Flying Tigers, a US air squadron that helped the Chinese fight the Japanese in World War II, opened to the public in central China's Hunan Province on Tuesday. The Flying Tigers Museum, located at the Zhijiang Airport in ...
Luther Johnson shot down in torpedo bomber over Japan; taken prisoner from War Tales by Don Moore | Gunner’s mate 2/C Luther Johnson was shot down in his TBM torpedo bomber during an attack on the Japanese fleet bottled up in Kure Bay, Japan in late July 1945. He was the back seat gunner on a ring-mounted .50-caliber machine-gun in an “Avenger,” part of Air Group VT-6 that flew from the deck of [...]
The only plane ever to drop a bomb on the United States during WWII was this submarine based Glen. from What is Silver Wings Over Washington? by Ron David | Received from "Scotty" Cameron and David Vuich |September 9, 1942: Nebraska forestry student Keith V. Johnson was on duty atop a forest fire lookout tower between Gold's Beach and Brookings Oregon . Keith had memorized the silhouettes of Japanese long distance bombers and those of our own aircraft. He felt confident that he could spot and identify, friend or foe, almost immediately. It was cold on the coast this September morning , and quiet. The residents of the area were still in bed or preparing to head for work. Lumber was a large part of the industry in Brookings, just a few miles north of the California Oregon state lines....
A Superb Editorial from AOPA's John Yodice from Nordo News by Rich Davidson | Inside the November 2012 edition of AOPA Pilot, John Yodice offers up one of the best editorials you may have never read. If you missed it, and you are an AOPA member, it was in the issue with the Piper Cub logo on the cover. Go look for it and learn something.If you've read NORDO News even once, you know the aviation community's willingness to relinquish our aviation freedoms has me perpetually dismayed. After reading John Yodice's editorial,...
Bottom right wing skin done, flip, repeat. from The EAA Zenith Project by ChadJensen | This entry covers four working sessions over the last two weeks…Skinning the wings is a big step and a big motivator. It’s also repetitive, and keeping focus has to be on the forefront of a builders mind. It’s not as bad a building wood ribs, or banging out metal ribs on a forming block (which is a different kind of fun), but repeating anything can be a chore at times...
Pilots For Kids from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | Each year groups of pilots all over the country visit hospitals bringing gifts, and smiles for children stuck in the hospital over Christmas. Last night Pilots
The X-47 Ships Out from Air & Space Magazine | The U.S. Navy’s dream of a pilotless combat jet that can fly off an aircraft carrier, refuel in the air, complete its mission and then land safely back on the flat top has taken a couple of steps closer to reality...
Soyuz TMA-27A on Baikonur Launch Pad from Spaceports
SpaceX Falcon 9 lift off from Flight Image of the Day by Michael | SpaceX hopes to benefit from the next rolling five-year USAF launch contract, with the latest round of announcements imminent....
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
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