Stunt pilots set for Bahrain airshow thrills - Trade Arabia | Fearless stunt pilots have been putting their planes through their paces above Bahrain International Circuit (BIC) in Sakhir, ahead of this weekend's Bahrain International Airshow (BIAS). The Huawei Twister Duo teams have special wing-mounted cameras that allow them to take pictures of each other mid-flight, said a report in the Gulf Daily News (GDN), our sister publication....
'Schumacher of the sky' - Gulf Times | Talking about his progress in aerobatic flying and air racing, Tamás explained, “I completed my aerobatics training in 2001. Initially, I owned simpler planes and began by entertaining crowds during national events and enjoyed the experience. The ...
South West Council of Air Shows (SWCAS) Conference Scholarship Opportunities, Thanks to the generosity of John Haak of Extreme Tix, a number of scholarship opportunities are available for the February 7 & 8, 2013 SWCAS Conference at the Sheraton Grand Hotel, Sacramento, California. A limited number of scholarships to cover full conference fees plus one night hotel for one person, or full two day conference fees for two people without hotel are available. Priority will be given to those who have not attended SWCAS before and did not received scholarship funding in 2013. To apply for scholarship support, please e-mail the selection committee at scholarship@swcas.org not later than Jan 25, 2013.
Updated 2014 Conference schedule
How to Get Tickets to the Red Bull Air Races in Dallas and Las Vegas - Jaunted | It seems like just
yesterday that the VROOM of high performance aircraft was booming over New York Harbor, but in reality that was already three years ago, when the Red Bull Air Race World Championships last took to the skies to crown one aerobatic pilot most daredevil of all...Brigadier General William “Bill” Hall named 2014 Air Show Marshal for the WBCA Stars and Stripes Air Show Spectacular Sponsored by Miller Lite - Christine Rojas, The Laredo Sun | LAREDO, TX – The Washington’s Birthday Celebration Association (WBCA) has formally announced Brigadier General William “Bill” Hall as the air show marshal for the 2014 WBCA Stars and Stripes Air Show Spectacular Sponsored by Miller Lite. Along with Brigadier General Hall the WBCA is pleased to announce the entertainment lineup for the 16thannual WBCA Stars and Stripes Air Show Spectacular....
National Warbird Operator Conference – 2014 CONFERENCE AGENDA · Warbirds News | NWOC has just published the NWOC 2014 preliminary agenda. Late additions to the agenda include a review of...
Commemorative Air Force training event slated at Woodring Regional - Enid News & Eagle | ENID, Okla. — The A-26 Lady Liberty Sponsor Group of Enid will host a training event Saturday and Sunday at Enid Woodring Regional Airport for members of the Commemorative Air Force seeking certification for flight engineer, crew chief, co-pilot and pilot in command...
Our distinguished speaker Dr. Lin Wells, II will launch our 2014 Silver Wings Speakers Luncheon Serie on January 23rd! - Silver Wings Over Washington Fraternity | In twenty-six years of naval service, Dr. Wells served in a variety of surface ships, including command of a destroyer squadron and guided missile destroyer. In addition, he acquired a wide range of experience in operations analysis; Pacific, Indian Ocean and Middle East affairs; and C3I. Recently he has been focusing onSTAR-TIDES, a research project emphasizing affordable, sustainable support to populations under stress, on technological innovation and on public-private cooperation. In 2013 he completed 50 consecutive years of service with the Department of Defense...
Happy Birthday To The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 Fresco · Warbirds News, By Aviation Enthusiasts LLC | The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 Fresco flew for the first time sixty-four years ago today. Designed as a successor to the MiG-15, the MiG-17 was to be one of the most widely exported of all Soviet military aircraft. Developed to improve on the MiG-15's handling, the...
Video: Ancient DC-3s deliver hope in Colombia, and seat belts are optional - PRI | For Colombians who live in isolated jungle villages, flying often involves climbing aboard an American aircraft that made its mark way back in World War II: the twin-engine Douglas DC-3. There aren’t many of these vintage models still in use, but Colombia has its share...
France honours air museum director over war memorial - Yorkshire Post | THE director of the Yorkshire Air Museum and Allied Air Forces Memorial has been awarded one of France’s most prestigious honours. Ian Reed is among only 2,500 people worldwide to receive the country’s Ordre national du Mérite, or Order of Merit. It has been conferred in a sign of appreciation for Mr Reed’s career and his efforts to ensure proper recognition for the heroism of the airmen of France...
First World War : Stories of Empire - RAF Museum | Join us in the Sackler Centre of the Victoria and Albert Museum on Friday 24th of January from 6pm onwards where members of our Curatorial team will be at hand to talk about the contribution that Black and Asian airmen and personnel made to the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force during the First World War.
Historic poster showing major identifying features of the B-17E... from Vintagraph Blog
I WAS THERE: Bring Down the Spyplane - Air & Space Magazine | At that point, Chinese pilots had very little experience flying at night or in bad weather. When I first started to fly, I should have learned much more about both flying itself, and about aerial warfare. But our participation in the Korean War was imminent, and like most Chinese pilots at that time, I didn’t have time to learn. Many of the things I needed, I actually learned in the war, not in training...
Stategic Air & Space museum names new director - Lincoln Journal Star | The Strategic Air & Space Museum has named Michael L. McGinnis its new executive director. He was most recently executive director at the Peter Kiewit Institute and has worked as head of the Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center at Old Dominion University after seven years as professor and head of the Department of Systems Engineering at West Point Military Academy...
Wendell Minor’s Illustrations and Art Take Center Stage at the Norman Rockwell Museum - InFlightUSA | ...Mr. Minor’s lifelong interest in aviation and space exploration has seen him work on aviation-themed books such as Harry Comb’s Kill Devil Hill, in collaboration with the likes of Buzz Aldrin with whom he worked on Look to the Stars, a memoir aimed at young readers of Aldrin’s life and work as a test pilot and then as an astronaut. His work was...
GAMA scholarships now available - General Aviation News | WASHINGTON, D.C. — The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) today announced the availability of two scholarships awarded annually to students who have excelled in or are pursuing aviation studies. The Edward W. Stimpson “Aviation Excellence Award” is given to a graduating high school senior who has been accepted to and will be enrolled in an aviation degree core program at his or her chosen university or college. The award includes...
Video: Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo goes higher and supersonic in Mojave California test flight - Spaceports | Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo, a spacecraft aiming to make the world's first commercial suborbital spaceflights, completes its third rocket-powered supersonic flight in the Mojave Desert, soaring to a record 21,640 metres in the third test flight Friday, January 10, 2014. SpaceShipTwo and its two-member crew then glided to a safe landing in the desert north of Los Angeles, California.
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