Fat Albert Practice Demonstration and Silent Drill Platoon - US Navy Blue Angels | Must see photo set!
Local Training Opportunities [photos] - U.S. Army Parachute Team "Golden Knights" | The Demonstrators on the Golden Knights had the great opportunity of working with a local vendor to help enhance the training for the Annual Certification Cycle. The benefits of jumping at various venues are perilous, as it is the first time for many of the newest team members to jump outside of a typical drop zone arena. The team...
Gallery | Point Cook Air Show 2014 - Maribyrnong Weekly | Click through the carousel above for our picture gallery. More than 33,000 people flocked to Point Cook at the weekend for the Centenary of Military Aviation Air Show. Spectators at Royal Australian Air Force Williams were treated to flying and static displays featuring aircraft that have contributed to Australia’s rich military aviation history...
Red Bull Air Race: Matthias DOL Interview - translated | On 1 March starts the fastest motor sport series in the world into a new season ( Servus TV , 13 clock). In eight chapters, 12 racers fight for the world championship title. For Germany flies Matthias DOL. In an interview with Digital TV reveals the 43-year-old, what excites him most at the Red Bull Air Race and what he expects from this year's championships....
Family Flight Fest offers aviation opportunities By Laura Smith | The EAA AirVenture Museum in Oshkosh hosted the annual Family Flight Fest this weekend. Kids could watch demonstrations by volunteers and aviation enthusiasts from across the country. They could also build their own model airplane, and test their flying skills in a simulator...
Get ready for the return of the raptor! - Air Combat Command - ACC Headlines | The F-22 Raptor Demonstration Team will perform on base for the first time since 2010 as part of the Defenders of Freedom Open House and Air Show on July 19 - 20...
Glendale officials hope Luke Air Force Base air show will include F-35 - Arizona Republic | Luke Air Force Base’s first F-35 Lightning II fighter jet has yet to arrive for its official party — the base’s air show on March 15 and 16. However, Air Force officials and Lockheed Martin executives are hopeful that if technical issues keep the plane in Fort Worth, Texas, where it was built, Luke’s second F-35 will fly to Arizona in time for the event...
Intrepid Museum Celebrates Women's History Month with Tour Guide Talks - City Guide Magazine | The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum will celebrate Women’s History Month this March with a special edition of its regular Tour Guide Talks. Three different talks will be given on various days and times from Saturday, March 1, 2014 until Monday, March 31, 2014....
And Then There Were Two - Vintage Wings of Canada | Back in 1991, working at Ottawa’s National
Capital Air Show, I welcomed a young Rockwell B-1B bomber pilot as he stepped down from the ladder of his “Bone” after the long flight from Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota. The Bone was call sign TIGER 11 from the 32nd Bomb Squadron of the 28th Bomb Wing. The pilot dropped his flight and helmet bags to the hot tarmac, stretched his back, pulled a ball cap from the lower leg pocket of his speed-jeans, put it on and then reached into his left shoulder pocket, pulled out a velcro-backed “Fun Meter” patch which showed the fun level pinned in the red zone and slapped it on his shoulder. Then he reached out his hand, and with a wide flashing smile said, “Now I am ready, ...name’s Captain Tibbets, Captain Paul Tibbets”...Mig fighter jets chief designer Rostislav Belyakov dies at 94 - The Aviationist | Belyakov became the chief designer back in 1969, succeeding the firm’s founder Artyom Mikoyan. When Mikoyan died in 1969 due to the heart attack Belyakov had taken over the bureau and its running projects, including the development of MiG-25 Foxbat heavy interceptor, MiG-23 Flogger swing-wing fighter and MiG-29 Fulcrum...
Convention center lauded for its Doolittle publicity - The Northwest Florida Daily News | NEW YORK — The Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International recognized the Emerald Coast Convention and Visitor’s Bureau with a Platinum Adrian Award for public relations excellence for its publicity surrounding the Doolittle Raiders’ 71st and final reunion. This year’s Adrian Awards, held last month, attracted more than 1,200 entries from around the world, with entries judged by top executives from all sectors of the industry...
Bugatti 100P re-creation to debut in museum exhibition - AOPA Pilot | The restored original graces the Experimental Aircraft Association’s EAA AirVenture Museum in Oshkosh, Wis.—and now, the flyable re-creation built by a devoted group of volunteers under the management of former fighter pilot Scotty Wilson of Tulsa, Okla., is approaching completion. Among the group’s participants have been two grand nephews of Louis de Monge, a Belgian engineer who was one of the original airplane’s designers...
SLIDESHOW: Mighty Eighth installs ball-turret on its B-17 - Savannah Morning News | Project volunteers at the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force Tuesday morning installed the ball-turret on its B-17G the City of Savannah. The installation of the small, rotating turret on the massive World War-II era bomber’s belly marked a major milestone for the museum that has been restoring the plane since 2009...
Take a ride on the "Memphis Belle" B-17 Bomber - KTAL | A famous World War II B-17 bomber is in town on display. The Liberty Foundation's infamous "Memphis Belle" is one of the 14 B-17s still flying today. It’s called a “Flying Fortress” for its bombing and machine gun capabilities. The B-17s were flown mostly in Europe during WWII...
20th Century Pterodactyl — Westland–Hill Pterodactyl spinless airplane by travelforaircraft | Pterosaurs (also known as pterodactyls) flew in the Mesozoic Era for quite a long time — from 228 million years ago to just 66 million years ago prior to their extinction. Much later, in the 20th Century, the name would be brought active flight by aeronautical designer Geoffrey Hill who worked on a tailless aircraft design, inspired by...
Happy Birthday to the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter - Warbirds News | Exactly sixty years ago today,
[March 4] the very first Lockheed Starfighter took to the skies over Edwards Air Force Base with legendary test pilot, Tony LeVier at the controls. Technically, it was not the first flight for the XF-104, but a brief hop about 5′ in the air during high speed taxiing tests in late February hardly counts as first flights go. Interestingly...Swansong of the DC-10 - Flight Image of the Day | When two engines are too few and four are too many, the logical solution must be three. Or so both McDonnell Douglas and Lockheed concluded in the late-1960s when conceiving large airliners to compete with Boeing’s mighty 747...
World's Largest Aircraft Could Fly in Early 2015 - Mashable | The Wright Brothers flew their first flight in a 21 ft. airplane over the Outer Banks of North Carolina. About 14 of their planes could fit inside the world's newest, largest aircraft, the Airlander, a 300 ft. zeppelin-shaped, helium-filled vessel. The U.S. government originally funded the development of the voluminous aircraft, but scraped plans due to budget cuts. The aircraft — built in England — made one flight in Lakehurst, N.J., at McGuire Air Force Base in August 2012...
Aviation Photography Workshop at the CAF Dixie Wing - Warbirds News | Fresh from the success of their popular aviation photography workshop at Stallion 51 in Kissimmee, Florida, the talented staff from 3G Aviation Media return to the Commemorative Air Force’s Dixie Wing hangar in Peachtree City, near Atlanta, Georgia for another seminar over the weekend of March 28th thru 30th, 2014. 3G Aviation Media and the CAF – Dixie Wing have paired up to...
Free small plane rides for girls in Frederick - Washington Post | ...The free flights and on-the-ground exhibits honor Raymonde de Laroche. On March 8, 1910, Laroche passed the test of the Aero Club of France to become the first woman in the world to receive a pilot’s license....
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