Legendary OSH2013 Sponsor: Bendix-King by Honeywell - Aero-News Network | The history of the Bendix name runs parallel to the development of King Radio until the mid-1980s, when the Allied Corporation purchased Bendix Aviation and King Radio and combined the two to create the
now-renowned Bendix/King brand of avionics....Carla Larsh Receives Dorothy Hilbert Award - News from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh |EAA is proud to present Carla Larsh with the Dorothy Hilbert Award, which honors exemplary volunteerism by a female.
Vintage Aircraft: Every Airplane Has a Story - News from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh |Even brand new airplanes have a story, though that story may be very short. But by the time an airframe reaches the age necessary to be considered in the Vintage Aircraft Association's Vintage, Classic, or Contemporary categories, the stories get much, much longer.
OSH13: CampBacon Starts To Sizzle - Opening Day Tomorrow! - AirPigz | My original plan of heading up to Hartford Wisconsin on the Friday before OSH13 for the staging of the aircraft participating in the round engine rodeo at Oshkosh sorta fell apart when I got there and found out the staging had been cancelled. No worries tho, Oshkosh was just about an hour north so I headed on up and got the AirPigz mobile on the hallowed CampBacon soil!...
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Record Number of Exhibitors at AirVenture 2013 - News from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh | We may not have record highs on the thermometer, but EAA is proud to have record highs on the 'number-of-exhibitors meter' for 2013.
Photos: Sunday 2013 AirVenture - Ladies Love Taildraggers | One of the great things to do at AirVenture is sit your rear down alongside a runway and watch the arriving aircraft come streaming in. I found time this afternoon to park my camping stool in front of the green dot on runway 27, a near perfect spot to watch the show. Who needs an airshow when there’s a half dozen planes on downwind & base and another 3 or 4 or 5 …. on final. It’s a sight to behold.
Oregon International Air Show 2013: Final day ... - OregonLive.com | In the end, the Patriots Jet Team ripped through the air, just feet above the runway at Hillsboro Airport in tight formation amid a large explosion of fire and cheers from the assembled masses. The 26th annual Oregon International Air Show finished on Sunday in Hillsboro, and organizers say at an early glance, this year's edition went smoothly....
SLIDESHOW: Sunderland Airshow - sunderlandecho.com | PICTURES of the sights and crowds as 300,000 visitors flock to the 25th Sunderland Airshow.
Getting some airtime: T-28 Trojans stop in Sheboygan on way to Airventure 2013 - The Sheboygan Press | From Friday to Sunday, a group of about 20 T-28 Trojans and their pilots performed training exercises when the T-28 Fly In came to the Sheboygan County Memorial Airport. Although the weather wasn't perfect on Saturday, plane eventually got off the ground and wowed the audience with their aerial abilities.The event gave viewers a chance to see the planes in action, see the pilots' pre-flight preparation and rituals and learn about the history of T-28 Trojans....
Sunderland Airshow 2013: video highlights - ChronicleLive | Sunderland Air Show got off to an impressive start with the Red Arrows among the aircraft taking part on the first day | Sunderland Airshow started in spectacular fashion with the Red Arrows and Battle of Britain Memorial Flight drawing huge crowds to the Sunderland coastline....
Blue Angels Team Members At Library Storytimes This Week - NorthEscambia.com | The West Florida Public Library has a special storytime treat in store beginning this week. A member of the Blue Angels’ team will take part in the final summer storytime sessions as follows:
US Aviator Fails to Find Remains of Korean War Comrade - Voice of America | A highly decorated American pilot from the Korean War prepared to leave Pyongyang after failing to locate the remains of his fallen comrade. Thomas Hudner returned to North Korea last week to try to find the remains of his wingman Jesse Brown, who crashlanded over a battlefield in December 1950. Brown was the U.S. Navy's first black aviator....
Amelia Earhart Forever Changed Our View of Women - PolicyMic | Everyone knows that Amelia Earhart was the first aviatrix (female pilot) to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, and that she mysteriously disappeared over the Pacific while attempting to complete a circumnavigational flight;
but most people’s knowledge of her ends there. What they don’t know is that Amelia Mary Earhart was a pioneer in more than just aviation...Canada’s Reynolds-Alberta Museum Gains its 100th Plane - Warbirds News | Canada’s Reynolds-Alberta Museum, of Wetaskiwin, Alberta received its 100th plane for its collection in a ceremony held last Saturday, Conair Firecat 567. The plane has a long history serving the people of Canada, starting in 1960 as a Grumman S-2 Tracker, built under license by de Havilland Canada and serving in the Royal Canadian Navy, patrolling the oceans for submarines, attached to the...
Fairview trades airplane engines and history with Newfoundland - Edmonton Journal | EDMONTON - One is a small fishing community perched on a rocky edge of the North Atlantic; the other an agricultural and petroleum town nestled just east of the Rocky Mountains. Separated by some 6,500 kilometres, on opposite sides of Canada, St. Anthony, NL, and Fairview, Alta., would seem to have little in common.Yet the diminutive municipalities are both home to a historic Canso airplane, few of which remain intact. The Canadian-built planes were used to protect Allied convoys from U-boats during the Second World War and repurposed afterwards for a variety of jobs, including battling forest fires and hauling cargo to northern communities....
Amber's Final Essay as the Girls With Wings Private Pilot Scholarship Winner! - Life on the Road as a Pilot | Amber was the recipient of our Spring Scholarship - we've given away fourteen thus far! And we will be awarding more for the summer. Stay tuned to this blog for the announcements, coming soon....
Wounded Marine receives first AOPA/Able Flight scholarship · General Aviation News Staff | The first recipient of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Able Flight Scholarship will be honored Tuesday at AirVenture. Marine Lt. Andrew Kinard (retired) is a Naval Academy graduate who had the option of becoming a Marine aviator in 2005, but chose to lead infantry instead. He had plans to follow his service in the infantry with flight training, but six weeks into his first deployment in Iraq, he lost both legs above the knee due to an IED....
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