Solar plane leaves Dallas airport, next stop St. Louis - Flightwire | A solar-powered plane aiming to cross the US from the West Coast to the East Coast has begun its third leg. This will take the Solar Impulse vehicle from Dallas to St Louis in a flight expected to last 21 hours. The HB-SIA craft, which has the same wingspan as an Airbus A340 but weighs just 1.6t, took off from Dallas Fort Worth at 04:06 local time (09:06 GMT). It is due to land at Lambert-St Louis International Airport at about 01:00 local time on Tuesday (06:00 GMT)....
Smoketown Airport annual fly-in set for Saturday, June 8 - Lancaster Newspapers | Flying enthusiasts from all over the mid-Atlantic will be piloting their small planes to Smoketown Airport on Saturday, June 8, for the annual fly-in and pancake breakfast. World War II craft and vintage biplanes will vie for space with single-seater ...
South Plains Airshow scheduled at Slaton Airport - LubbockOnline.com | The Yellow Rose, a World 
War II bomber like those Gen. Jimmy Doolittle launched from the USS Hornet for a first strike against Tokyo, will roar across the skies above Slaton Airport on Saturday, June 8, during the biennial South Plains Airshow. The B ...
Lanett Pancake Breakfast Fly In Family Affair from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | LANETT AL- A beautiful early summer morning greeted participants at Lanett Municipal Airport's second annual Pancake Fly In Saturday. Greeting and cooking flapjacks were Brown Aero proprietress Regina Brown and her mom, Martine Robertson, who came up from Pensacola to help her daughter. "I love coming to Lanett for this event to meet the pilots and help out Regina," Ms. Robertson said. "Everyone is so friendly!"
Eyes on the sky as air shows take off - Independent Online | This event is similar to the Red Bull Air Race, which is widely followed around the world. According to the organisers of the KZN Winter Air Show, it will be the first time Africa has hosted an event of this magnitude. About 105 aircraft will take part ...
Wings fly in Saugerties: Hungry crowds pack seventh annual Wing Fling before ... - Kingston Daily Freeman | Wings fly in Saugerties: Hungry crowds pack seventh annual Wing Fling before rains come
Highlights from IWM Duxford's Spring Air Show from PlanesTV.com's Facebook Wall
Photos: Legends of Airpower and Armor Weekend 2013- American Airpower Museum | Memorial Day Weekend 24-27 2013
Women Aviators Invited to Day of Fun at EAA's WomenVenture from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | Special recognition for female aviation enthusiasts at AirVenture on Friday, Aug. 2- EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, WI- Hundreds of female aviation enthusiasts will be empowered through aviation at this year's WomenVenture on Friday, Aug. 2, during EAA AirVenture 2013. Female aviators can attend a networking breakfast and a power lunch, and hear from special guest speakers.
Senators Trying To Stop AirVenture Controller Fees from AVwebFlash Current Issue | EAA is rallying the troops to encourage Senate action to block an FAA proposal to collect expenses for the controllers that staff AirVenture. In a bulletin to EAA members, EAA Chairman Jack Pelton urged members to contact their local representatives and ask them to sign a letter being circulated among senators (PDF) calling on the FAA to abandon the plan. But Pelton also said there was no time to waste since the letters were being collected for presentation to FAA Administrator Michael Huerta by close of business on Tuesday. EAA has set up a petition Web site.
B-29 gets spotlight at aviation history tour at Martin airport - Baltimore Sun | Now just one remains flight worthy, plucked from the desert and saved from military target practice by the nonprofit Commemorative Air Force, which has collected and restored more than 150 vintage planes. Before the 45-minute flight Monday from ...
Flying Circus important part of Kansas aviation history - Kansas.com | “While thousands of horrified spectators looked on, Mrs. Ruth Garver, daring aviatrix, jumped to her death from the wings of a plane piloted by her husband here Sunday afternoon,” the Evening Independent reported on Oct. 13, 1924, about the National ...
Silent Wings Museum commemorates D-Day Thursday (PlayBill blog by William ... - LubbockOnline.com | There will be opportunities to view the documentary “D-Day Remembered,” children's educational activities, special exhibits and a World War II patch display. A real C-47 and B-25 will arrive for display and be available for rides. The Greatest ...
World War II Vets Revisit B-17 Bomber On Tour In Tulsa - News On 6 | World War II Vets Revisit B-17 Bomber On Tour In Tulsa. Posted: Monday, June 3, 2013 4:58 PM EST. Updated: Monday, June 3, 2013 4:58 PM EST. NewsOn6.com - email. It's the 70th anniversary of The Memphis Belle's final mission. And Monday, veterans ...
History Comes Alive with the B-25 "Miss Mitchell" and Veterans Round Table - PR Web | The Minnesota Wing of the Commemorative Air Force will have the B-25 "Miss Mitchell" and other historic WWII aircraft on display June 8 and 9 at Rochester International Airport in conjunction with the Scott Hosier Veterans Round Table series. The B-25 ...
94-year-old Fairbanks pilot checks off flying a B-17 bomber - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner | Urban Rahoi, 94, is pictured in the cockpit of the “Yankee Lady,” a B-17 Flying Fortress, a 4-engine heavy bomber. Rahoi, who flew B-17s during World War II, fufilled a dream and on May 20, flew the “Yankee Lady” out of the Yankee Air Museum in ...
A 93-Year-Old Man Flies A B-17 Bomber, 68 Years After His Last Time In The ... - KMVT | A 93-Year-Old Man Flies A B-17 Bomber, 68 Years After His Last Time In The Cockpit.
WWII gunner had “eerie” view from bottom of B-17 - Rapid City Journal | Quote: “If we hadn't joined the English and helped put Germany down, the outcome (of World War II) might have been very different.” Few things could feel more vulnerable or terrifying than looking between your boots at 25,000 feet and seeing the ...
Montgomery to Show Off Wright Brothers History from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | MONTGOMERY AL- Tying it all together after all these years, the City of Montgomery is claiming the Wright Brothers aviation "first" for all to see. On July 2, 2013 at 10:00 am a new icon for Montgomery will be dedicated. A 42-foot-wide replica of the Wright brothers' first plane, a full-scale steel replica of the brothers flyer will welcome visitors to Alabama's capital. The flyer will sit at the summit of what is now Overlook Park, held aloft by a series of support poles and facing the overpass that leads to Maxwell Air Force Base. There, the Wrights opened the nation's first civilian flying school and made a first night flight. The ceremony will include a tribute to Maxwell Air Force Base
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- Howard Wright's Hamilton Metalplane
- Dave and Jeanne Allen's Waco YKC Engine Start
- A Spartan and Two Stearmans for the Fly-In
- Nebraska and Michigan Chapter Newsletters
National Museum of the U.S. Air Force Visit: Air Force Gemini - The Manned Orbiting Laboratory from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation | The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force has a very unique piece of space hardware on display - a USAF flight-rated Gemini B that was later modified for use in the Manned Orbiting Laboratory program. The Air Force...
Communist version of “Planes” features Chinese fighter downing U.S. F-22 Raptor from David Cenciotti's weblog | The following video is extremely funny. Basically, it is an animated cartoon that features several very well known aircraft...
International Young Eagles Day June 8 Highland Community News | On June 8, EAA Chapter 845 will be conducting the annual International Young Eagles Day Flights at the Redlands Municipal Airport located at 1745 Sessums Dr., Redlands. The event will introduce young people to the joy of air travel in a safe and fun way.
from National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Smithsonian's Facebook Wall | Today in 1965: Astronaut Edward H. White II was the first American to perform a "spacewalk." White did so during the four-day Gemini IV mission - http://ow.ly/lFOHW. Gemini IV was the second of ten manned Gemini missions, which...
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