Blue Angels will read to kids at Barnes and Nobles - WEAR | ESCAMBIA COUNTY -- The Blue Angels may be grounded but they are staying busy this summer.. The pilots are making a special appearance this Wednesday at the Barnes and Noble store in Pensacola. They will be reading a story and taking pictures with ...
Patty Wagstaff to appear at Build A Plane’s Teachers’ Day in Oshkosh - General Aviation News Staff | Three-time national aerobatic champion and International Aerospace Hall of Famer Patty Wagstaff will speak at Build A Plane’s 2013 Teachers’ Day on Tuesday, July 30 at EAA’s AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis. “We cannot tell you how excited we are to have the first lady of aviation come to our program and share her experiences with teachers from all across the United States,” Build A Plane’s Executive Director Katrina Bradshaw said....
Organizer pleased with slight loss for Hollister Airshow - Hollister Free Lance | Although the Hollister Airshow lost about $1,400 in its fourth year, the head organizer deemed it a success and heralded the event as a cheap form of advertising. Airport Director Mike Chambless, who oversees the Memorial Day weekend event at the...
Old Warden airshow pilot died when 'gusty winds caused nosedive' - BBC News | A pilot practising for an airshow in a vintage wooden plane died when gusty conditions caused it to nosedive into a field, an inquest has heard. Trevor Roche, 52, from Wiltshire, was killed when the 1923 De Havilland DH53 Humming Bird crashed at Old...
'Thunder' air show goes on - Herald Times Reporter | Paul Stender's school bus rockets down the runway at speeds approaching 300 mph before the driver-pilot deployed his parachutes during the Thunder on the Lakeshore air show on Saturday at the Manitowoc County Airport in Manitowoc.
Boeing 787 to perform Paris Air Show flying displays - ATWOnline | Boeing will conduct daily flying displays with a 787 at the Paris Air Show starting June 17. The manufacturer said another 787 belonging to Qatar Airways will be on static display throughout the show. The Dreamliner has been returning to service since...
RAF Cosford Air Show Post Show Announcement - Flightline UK | The RAF Cosford Air Show saw record attendance on Sunday 9th June. The highlights of the show included an appearance by the Vulcan XH558 accompanied by the two Rv8s, the RAF Red Arrows, the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight and the RAF Typhoon display...
Vintage B-25 bomber makes a visit to Rochester - Post Bulletin | That twin-engine roar you heard overhead in Rochester Saturday? That was history. A B-25J bomber, the "Miss Mitchell," and a World War II-era training plane paid a visit this weekend,...
Despite Obstacles, RAF Museum Salvage of Dornier Do 17 a Complete Success - Warbird Radio | With salvage consistently hampered by poor weather and seabed geology that prevented the fitment of their carefully-engineered lifting frame, the Royal Air Force Museum nonetheless successfully managed to wrest a Dornier Do 17 from the oceans grasp today, the plane breaking the surface of the water for the first time in 70 years.... More:
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New England Air Museum Announces Schedule of Summertime Activities - The Leading Aviation Industry Resource for News, Equipment and | WINDSOR LOCKS~ The New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks, CT announces special programs and hands-on activities for its visitors beginning on Monday, July 1st and running through Friday, August 23rd. Visitors of all ages have the opportunity to...
F-35A AMRAAM launch video - The DEW Line | This is a video footage of last weeks' F-35A AMRAAM launch. Enjoy.
Bob Adler asked me about how it felt to work on QF-4 Drones, knowing they would eventually go away. - The Lexicans | Bob Adler asked me a question in another thread about working on Drones, and my feelings about watching them die later. I’ll try to answer that here. First off, and with very few exceptions, the QF-86F and QF-4 N/S Drones that I worked on came and stayed for a good long while. Most operations were manned flight carrying auxiliary systems, such as radar jammers, for
testing against captive carry flights by other organizations. One QF-4N, 151000, only lasted a month because of a customer requirement, but it was rare to see a Drone go away that quickly....The Saga of Ada Red - Rolla Daily News | A brother's sacrifice, a sister's love and an old airplane come together on an abandoned runway in Vichy | Even though it was over 70 years ago, Margaret Ray vividly remembers the last time she saw her brother, Philip. "I was taking a tennis lesson. He came by the court to say good-bye." That day in 1942, Lt. Philip Sarrett left his hometown of Ada, Okla., to serve in World War II. But like so many young men of that generation, he would not return....
And the Oscar Goes to... the Airplane! - Air & Space magazine | Some of the airplanes that loom largest in our collective memory have flown only in the movies.
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