Red Arrows to wow Abu Dhabi Corniche today - The National | The display will begin at 3.15pm – weather permitting - and will last approximately 25 minutes. It will demonstrate the very best of the pilots’ skills and precision flying, organisers say...
Video: B-17 Bomber lands in Green Bay - Fox11online.com | ASHWAUBENON - A piece of World War II history has landed in the Green Bay area. Visitors got an up-close look at a historic B-17 bomber Saturday. It's nicknamed the "Aluminum Overcast." The plane is fully restored, and is even still able to fly!...
2013 COPPERSTATE Fly-In & Aviation Expo a Big (Non-Towered) Hit! - Photorecon.net | CASA GRANDE, ARIZ. (Nov. 20, 2013) — More than 500 aircraft and 6,100 attendees from 12 countries 
Inside Airshows – Part 3: Tuskegee 3 – Audio Episode Show Notes * Airspeed Online | If you want to understand a subculture or an experience, a great way to do that is to take an outsider and plunge him into the place you want to know about, wait awhile, then drag him back to the surface and wring him out to see how it changed him. It’s even better if you can get the guy to wring himself out. You begin to realize that not everybody who writes about the majesty of flight does it because he’s a fighter pilot. Some of us write because we’re not fighter pilots....
Doolittle's Raiders - Napa Valley Register | Six days after the Dec. 7, 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, I celebrated my 12th birthday. I remember that Sunday morning attack like it happened yesterday. Our citizens were in shock, and their morale was low. Then, four months later, we learned that U.S. bomber crews, in retaliation for Pearl Harbor, had taken off from an aircraft carrier, bombed Tokyo and other Japanese industrial cities and proved that U.S. aircraft could reach the Japanese homeland. Our morale recovered...
Happy Birthday To The Grumman F9F Panther · Warbirds News By Aviation Enthusiasts LLC | The Grumman F9F Panther flew for the first time sixty-six years ago today. A single-seat carrier-based fighter and attack aircraft, the F9F was the first Navy jet to go to war and the first to try an inflight-refueling system. Panthers flew 78,000 combat sorties during the Korean War and scored the first air-to-air “kill” by the Navy in the conflict, downing a North Korean Yakovlev Yak-9 on July 3, 1950. The Navy’s first jet-versus-jet “kill” was also accomplished by a Panther when the type dispatched a MiG-15 on November 9, 1950. Grumman built 1,382 aircraft between 1947 and 1953. The...
Ju-52 air to air, making off - Apron 6 | And this is how it’s done. Sitting in a Do-27 flying next to a Junkers 52. Not really a close formation but good enough to get some good images from...
Experimental Aircraft Programme Now On Display At Cosford · Warbirds News | PRESS RELEASE-Christmas has come early at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford with the arrival of the Experimental Aircraft Programme (EAP) technology demonstrator. This experimental jet helped pave the way for the renowned Eurofighter Typhoon and thanks to support of BAE Systems is now on display to visitors within the Museum’s Test Flight collection....
'Fatal Incident' plays loose with historic tragedy - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner | FAIRBANKS — On Sept. 18, 1944, an Army Air Transport Command flight left Fort Richardson en route to Ladd Field, carrying 16 servicemen heading home on furlough, two Northwest Airlines pilots, and a civilian. Flying on instruments, the C-47 flew over Denali National Park, crashing into what was thought at the time to be Mount Brooks (it was actually an unnamed peak, later called Mount Deception in honor of the victims), 19 miles from Mount McKinley. Forty-four men hiked the 20 miles of rugged terrain in a recovery effort, reaching the site on Nov. 10, only to find the plane buried under 10 feet of snow. None of the bodies was recovered....
Three new board members for EAA · General Aviation News Staff | EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wis. — Three aviators with extensive experience in diverse areas of the aviation community have joined the top leadership of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) as the newest members of the EAA Board of Directors...
Blue Skies Frank · Warbirds News By Elena DePree | The warbird community has lost a great person and outstanding restorer,Frank Arrufat died on Wednesday after a long battle with cancer.Frank Arrufat built the Corsair called Kathleen, named after his wife. It is now Corsair 489 and is flown by the Texas Flying Legends Museum. Frank was a superb individual and just a really great guy to know.
Women in Aviation plans UAE launch to attract more women in Middle East to the industry - The National | DUBAI // A US aviation organisation is aiming to attract more women to the industry in the UAE and across the region. Women in Aviation plans to launch its UAE chapter next month, and will offer scholarships in an attempt to raise the profile of the industry. “Everybody knows about aviation and that it involves piloting, ticketing or flight attending,” said Mervat Sultan, the organisation’s president, on the sidelines of the Dubai Airshow last week...
Topgun in the Mid-1980s: Building on the Legacy – Part Two - Photorecon.net, · Dave "Bio" Baranek | When considering why Topgun flourished, much credit must go to the enduring culture established by the earliest instructors and handed down to their successors. They met the essential requirements for a “school”: obtain accurate intelligence and develop effective tactics. The following items, on the other hand, were matters of choice that became part of the standards that defined Topgun...
A life of flight, awards and meeting famous folks - GoDanRiver.com | “I started working for the Aero Club at Langley where they teach dependents to fly. I started with three airplanes and built it up to 17,” he said. “I started under a light pole, then a shed and then they built me a nice hangar. “Someone made me a nice ...
Jeff Mitchell: Aerobatics ace to take at-risk kids under his wing - The Salinas Californian | Friday morning I was up and out early for a trip to Rancho Cielo. What a great place full of energy and full of hope for some of our most at-risk kids. Established and founded by retired Superior Court Judge John Phillips, the place gives troubled kids a chance to get back on their feet and to learn a craft or a trade that can lead to a real job. But I was there Friday not to take the nickel tour but to attend an assembly being led by National Aerobatics Champion and Salinas native Sean D. Tucker...
SUN ‘n FUN to gift 12 Flights of Christmas to children · General Aviation News Staff | SUN ’n FUN CAMPUS, LAKELAND, Florida — For the second year in a row, 12 lucky children will find a certificate under the tree this year for an airplane ride on Jan. 11 at SUN ’n FUN. For any family finding it difficult to put gifts under the Christmas Tree this year, there is a no-cost option. Through Dec. 18, parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, neighbors or friends can complete a form found on the SUN ’n FUN website. Nominate a child ages 7-18 by completing a 500-word essay describing the circumstances and provide the reason a child should be selected...
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