Military plane crashes in Dubai - The National | DUBAI // A military training aircraft returning to Italy after the Dubai Airshow crashed in the sea near Deira about midday yesterday, less than half an hour after take-off. The two pilots from the Italian-made trainer M-346 ejected from the aircraft just before it went down in the Gulf near the Palm Deira, which is under construction. Dubai Police said the Italian crew were rescued from the sea and taken to Rashid Hospital, one suffering a broken leg and one suffering minor injuries. There were no other reported casualties when the plane hit the water....
Thunderbirds thrill thousands at Aviation Nation, wrapping up 2011 show season - Air Combat 
Blue Angels Visit Tuscaloosa in Advance of 2012 Air Show from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | US Navy Blues Angels advance planning team landed at Tuscaloosa late yesterday to check on details for the upcoming air show. The visit, which will last less than 24 hours, is to ensure proper logistics and show plans are in place during a series of meetings with air show officials in anticipation of the event scheduled for March 31 and April 1, according to the Tuscaloosa News.....
The acts the producer of Thunder Over Louisville has planned this year - WDRB | Thunder Over Louisville is set for April 21st, 2012 on WDRB. Wayne Hettinger tells us about his recent trip to Las Vegas and which military aircraft he's already locked down for Thunder's Air Show. Rated as one of the top 100 events in North America, the Derby Festival's Opening Ceremonies is truly a sight to behold. And each year, more than 500,000 eager thrill-seekers do just that. The day-long event kicks off the two exciting weeks of events that are part of the annual Kentucky Derby Festival. The Thunder Air Show dazzles the crowd with more than 100 planes, aerobatics teams, daring sky diving teams and breathtaking stunts....
Operational pause lifted on Hawks at 15 Wing - Moose Jaw Times Herald | An operational pause put in place last week on the CT-155 Hawk fleet used at 15 Wing Moose Jaw has been lifted. The pause was activated after a Royal Air Force pilot was killed in the U.K. after being ejected from his plane while still on the runway....
Sikorsky X2 makes Fort Worth appearance - Sky Talk | Sikorsky X2 in Fort Worth 11-18-2011 1 of 2One of our sharp eyed readers and an aviation buff spied the world's fastest helicopter (or something like that), the Sikorsky X2 on display this morning outside the company's south Fort Worth office (4800 Overton Plaza). And our citizen journalist snapped some cell phone pics we'll drop in here....
Airventure Photos - Northwest Flying Photography Blog | ...Just to catch all three of you up on the last year and a half, I did fly to Oshkosh and back, I took a bunch of pictures, I posted them on the social network, but never wrote up my stuff here....
The Blitz - CAF Red Tail Squadron | As this fall’s “Occupy Wall Street” movement expanded from the U.S. to Europe and beyond, protesters in the London, England offshoot camped out in front of St. Paul’s cathedral. The protesters were left alone for awhile, but eventually the church’s staff members shut the doors to the cathedral, citing a concern about potential health and safety hazards. A newspaper article about the closure mentioned that “it was the first time since the German Luftwaffe blitzed London during World War II that St. Paul’s was closed to worshipers.” The word “blitz” – which is German for “lightning” - is not typically capitalized. However, in describing the pounding that England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland endured for eight months, courtesy of the Luftwaffe, the word...
Updated: Mysterious Stealth Helicopter photographed in California is a retrofitted obsolete chopper turned into gunship - The Aviationist | Helikopter Hysterie blog’s editor Axel M. Vollmer, who posted my Stealth Black Hawk digital mock up in May, has recently taken the following pictures of a mysterious Stealth Helicopter sitting out in the open at Torrance Airport / Zamperini field, home of Robinson Helicopters, in California....
LOOP Aviation Magazine Now Available on the iPad - PR Web | LOOP Digital Media has launched LOOP magazine as a bespoke iPad app available from the Apple App store. It follows on from the succesful launch of the FLIGHTTEST and P1 Apps | A new iPad app brings you the very best in flying, and celebrates what it takes to fly for fun, to fly for a career, or simply to fly better. It can be downloaded by clicking here. LOOP for iPad is a new addition to the App Store, celebrating every aspect of just what it takes to be a pilot and shining a light on the best of leisure flying – the place where every person who made the decision to chase the dream of being a pilot can marvel at the sublime pleasure of flight....
SpaceX Searches for New Commercial Launch Site - Hobby Space | Hawthorne, CA – Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) is searching for a new launch site to meet increasing demand from commercial customers. SpaceX already has an active launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida and is currently developing a new launch site at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The company also operates a rocket development facility in McGregor, Texas....
Saturday, November 19, 2011
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Praise for success of airshow - gulfnews.com | Dubai: General Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, yesterday lauded the success of the Dubai Airshow. He said, after touring the Dubai Airshow 2011, "The Dubai Airshow has ...
Hawks grounded at 15 Wing due to accident in the UK - Moose Jaw Times-Herald | Flt. Lt. Sean Cunningham, of the RAF display team the Red Arrows, which are similar to the Canadian Forces' Snowbirds team, was killed on Nov. 8. His plane was still on the runway when the accident happened. The Red Arrows fly the Hawk TI aircraft, ...
Spirit of Tuskegee UPDATE – Warbird Radio LIVE! – Thursday from WarbirdRadio.com by Matt | THURSDAY – Smithsonian Curator of Modern Military Aircraft Dik Daso joins Matt Jolley with an update on the Spirit of Tuskegee! Gerald “Hawkeye” Voigt will also stop in with a preview of next week’s Plastic Scale Modeling Hour. Tune in at 10am (EASTERN) for the big show.
Alabama Aviation Events this Week from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | A special Association Achievement Reception in honor of Dr. Ed Stevenson is on Thursday, November 17 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm. A Birmingham Aero Club member and officer, since 1977, he is a Southern Museum of Flight Board member, and past Vice-Chairman. Dr. Stevenson serves on the Alabama Aviation Hall of Fame and is an Emeritus member of the Board, and past-Chairman. Dollar Bill Lawson of Clear Channel Communications will be the Master of Ceremony....
Singapore Airshow preparations underway - FlightCentric.com | by Flightcentric.com Singapore Airshow, Asia's largest aerospace and defence show, continues to attract strong support from leading industry players and thought leaders. A packed schedule of flight displays and ground tours will be complemented by ...
Early Texas aviators put their lives at risk - Hays Free Press | Far and away the most famous early aviator from the Lone Star State was Sam Cody of Birdville, now known as Haltom City, a Metroplex suburb east of Fort Worth. Though completely illiterate, in the brand-new science of aeronautical design he was a ...
B-17 Bomber - San Antonio Express | An artist's rendering is on the nose end below the cockpit windows on the "Aluminum Overcast" B-17 bomber. The plane was in Kerrville Wednesday November 16, 2011. A bomb cache on board the B-17 bomber "Aluminum Overcast....
Alberta Aviation Museum fighting to save F-104 Starfighter by Alberta Aviation Museum | The Alberta Aviation Museum has located an appropriate F-104 Starfighter (2) seater and is moving forward with acquiring the aircraft for restoration and exhibit. This is one of the few remaining available and is identical to the (2) seat version used in the Royal Canadian Air force and...
Flying Tigers exhibit opens at Pacific Aviation Museum - General Aviation News | The Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor has opened its American Volunteer Group/“The Flying Tigers” Exhibit in honor of the pilots and support personnel who protected the China skies. The permanent exhibit is housed in the museum’s Hangar 79. A Curtiss P-40 Warhawk Flying Tiger, which was one of the most popular and successful American aircraft of World War II, joined the aircraft collection at Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl...
Year of success for RAAF Heritage Centre - Daily Advertiser | LESS than three years ago there were fears Wagga would lose its link to the nation's aviation history. But after a hard-fought battle, residents and volunteers alike yesterday joined forces to celebrate the first anniversary of the newly refurbished...
Aviation Youth Career Day; Exposing Students to Careers in Aviation - Saturday ... - Everything Long Beach | “Long Beach has a rich aviation history and Aviation Youth Career Day is a wonderful opportunity to teach our young people about their aviation roots and include them in the centennial celebration of flight,” said Curt Castagna, President and CEO of...
Retired Aermacchi to join museum's line-up - Queenstown Lakes | Shot on the wings of a Skyhawk, Wanaka's new Warbirds and Wheels visitor attraction museum has won a bid for a retired Royal New Zealand Air Force Aermacchi. Defence Minister Wayne Mapp announced the allocation on Tuesday. The Aermacchi will be...
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The Ultimate Homebuilder - Frank Robinson from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | People build their own aircraft for all sorts of reasons, but high on the list is a desire for a machine you just can't buy from a factory. And that's exactly why Frank Robinson built his own helicopter. And that was 10,000 Robinson helicopters ago.
Indiana Wing Civil Air Patrol - FB | Tomorrow Indiana Wing cadets are taking part in a very special activity at Grissom Air Reserve Base! The 434th Air Refueling Wing has graciously invited us to be part of an air refueling mission on one of the Boeing KC-135 Stratotankers. We'll be livetweeting and updating during the event. Make sure you're following us on Twitter!
1 visionary + 3 launchers + 1,500 employees = ? - Air & Space Magazine | Is SpaceX changing the rocket equation?
The Candle Lighters - Air & Space Magazine | Alan Shepard was brave enough to ride the Mercury-
Redstone rocket. These guys were brave enough to light it.NASA Legends Awarded Congressional Gold Medal from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | Leaders of Congress honored astronauts John Glenn, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins with congressional gold medals in a ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda on Nov. 16, 2011. The Gold Medal, Congress' highest expression of national appreciation for distinguished achievements and contributions, was first given to George Washington in 1776. Glenn was the first American to orbit the Earth, achieving the feat aboard Friendship 7 on Feb. 20, 1962. On July 20, 1969, Armstrong and Aldrin became the first humans to set foot on the Moon, while Collins piloted Apollo 11's command module....
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
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Name That Event - Next Year's Michigan Aerobatic Open is Bigger! - IAC88 Blog - | It has been a while since I've written as we've just been having too much fun flying. We shot AcroCamp II, gave a lot of training and rides in the Pitts, and put a little Hero Cam in the front for great videos of people grinning and straining. At the Michigan Aerobatic Open in Jackson we were approached by community representatives who wanted to take this special event and make it more of a community weekend. Turns out we...
Desert display from Dubai - Flightglobal | Pictured over the Dubai desert is a joint display from the 
Air show set to return to Fort Lauderdale beach in 2012 - Sun Sentinel | It's a go for the 2012 Lauderdale Air Show. Fort Lauderdale commissioners approved a three-year agreement on Tuesday with Lauderdale Air Show, LLC, which is putting on the spectacle. The city is also pledging up to $150,000 to cover show expenses, but only once the show actually takes place. The April 28 and 29 event will be the city's first air show in five years....
Grieving mother tells of pilot son’s last show - Yorkshire Post | ...Chris Penistone, 31, a commercial airline pilot with Jet2 who was also qualified for aerobatic flying, died at the Methley Bridge Boatyard, near Castleford, after his single-seater aircraft plunged to the ground in front of a large crowd, which included his parents. An inquest in Leeds heard yesterday that the night before the show on June 19 last year, friends had suggested Mr Penistone’s plan to perform three shows in a single day was over-ambitious....
Burt Rutan has a Wing in Ground Effect High Speed Seaplane project - Next Big Future | 
Legendary aerospace engineer Burt Rutan is working on a new project, a high-speed winged boat that can double as a seaplane, so he can fly between lakes and rivers near his new home in Coeur d'Alene, a lakeside resort in northern Idaho. He has his sights set on designing a short-takeoff and landing (STOL) plane....
EAA 1457: A Little Bit of Oshkosh Every Month - Airplanista | I've made six trips to the gigantic airplane party that the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) throws each July on the shores of Lake Winnebago. Each time I step onto the grounds of Wittman Regional Airport after it has been transformed into a glistening wonderland of aviation goodness, I'm reminded that as aviators, we...
Flying through the Totality - Airspeed | Have you ever wondered what it would be like to see something 70 miles wide moving over the landscape at almost 1,700 miles per hour?...
Episode 173 – Jamie Dodson Knows Nick Grant - Airplane Geeks Podcast | Guest Jamie Dodson, is author of the Nick Grant adventure novel series, including Flying Boats & Spies, and China Clipper. Jamie is a Technology Protection Officer for the Security and Intelligence Division, US Army, Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center (AMRDEC), Intelligence Division. He has over 30 years of experience in Intelligence Operations for the US Military. He’s served with Special Operations, Army Aviation, Airborne Infantry, and Military Police and has worked operations all over the world....
Photo Essay: Aircraft Construction From A To Z - English Russia | We’ve got used to think that 
Today in Aviation History – November 16 - CRUFC
XCOR & SwRI offer space flight prize for NSRC 2012 participants - hobbyspace.com | Suborbital Research Flight Giveaway Announced by XCOR Aerospace & Southwest Research Institute for Next-Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference (NSRC)-2012 | November 15th, 2011, Mojave, California and Boulder, Colorado: In a first of its kind prize for the reusable suborbital research...
Wanted: Astronauts; Missing: US rocket to fly them - Sacremento Bee | WASHINGTON -- Looking for a job? NASA is hiring astronauts. You can even apply online at a giant government jobs website. There's only one hitch: NASA doesn't have its own spaceship anymore and is sending fewer fliers into orbit right now....
Space tourist capsule in museum display - UPI | NEW YORK, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- A Soyuz space capsule that brought a private space tourist back from orbit is on display at a museum in New York, a space tourism company says. Space Adventures, the company that organized...
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
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Visible Friendship by Christina Mackenzie Aviation Week | Al Fursan (the Knights) and Patrouille de 
RE-LIVE THRILLS OF GREATEST SHOW ABOVE EARTH - Royal International Air Tattoo | From the Vulcan to the Red Arrows, the Lancaster to the Typhoon, all the action from this summer's Royal International Air Tattoo flying display have been captured on an exciting new DVD released this week. The official Air Tattoo 2011 DVD features displays by many of the world's greatest aircraft as they perform on one of aviation's greatest stages. Highlights include the USAF A-10, the, the Frecce Tricolori, Team Viper and the RAF's Tornado GR4 Role Demo. There is also the opportunity to see just...
Waikato loses passionate aviator: Max Clear - Waikato Times | Waikato aviator and microlight exporter Max Clear has died, aged 71. "He has been an incredible inspiration to people, it is a devastating loss to the New Zealand aviation industry," said Waikato Aviation Cluster general manager Shaun Mitchell, who organised aviation trade show Flair 2011 last month at Mr Clear's Te Kowhai airfield. For 28 years on his Limmer Rd farm, Mr Clear's company, Micro Aviation NZ, has been designing, building and...
VOLUNTEERS DEDICATE RESTORED F-4 - ASB | HEATH -- James Bickley never will forget how important F-4C Phantom jets were to the soldiers who fought in the Vietnam War. "The plane usually came in to give us air support," said Bickley, who is a member of the Vietnam Veterans of America's Licking County Chapter 55. "This plane saved our rear ends more then once."...
Video: Brave, Bold, and Flat Out Whacky Pioneers of Powered Flight - Flight Monkeys | Those of us who love to fly today might find it difficult to deal with the reality of flying a true pioneering aircraft, but these video clips can sure give us a good idea what it must have been like. Can you name any of the legendary pilots included in this short? They’re in there. And get a...
418 Squadron celebrates its 70th Anniversary - iNews880.com | The squadron would continue on after the war flying the B-25 Mitchell in the tactical bomber role from what is now known as the City Centre Airport . Largely made up of reservists from students to businessmen, defence cuts in the late 50's eventually ...
ON A MISSION WITH THE 3 rd COAST GUARD AIR CORE "SUPRA FLUCTUS Vigil" - Aviation Report (translated) | The air component of the Coast Guard, which in 2008 used the twentieth anniversary of the Constitution, derives from the implementation of Law 979/82 "Provisions for the protection of the sea" that, through the acquisition of aircraft, provides, among other a service of protection of the marine, coastal and supervisory tasks with prevention and intervention to combat 
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Lawn chair balloonists to take flight in Iraq - Dawn | BAGHDAD: An American and an Iraqi will take flight from Baghdad, but not in a plane, or one of the helicopters that frequently buzz over the city: instead, they will fly in lawn chairs lifted by party balloons. “In the spring of 2012, US citizen Kent Couch and Iraqi pilot Captain Fareed Abdul-Zahra al-Saadi will launch a cluster balloon craft to raise awareness of the plight of Iraqi orphans as well as attempt to break multiple cluster balloon flying records,” an emailed statement from Couch’s spokesman said....
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Air Force: Aviation Nation a huge success - Fox News 5 | This year's Aviation Nation featured some close and sometimes even seemingly dangerous maneuvers. But everyone FOX5 spoke to said they felt completely safe. "I think they do a great job as far as security, keeping people back… I'm not worried about anything," said Mark siepman, a spectator from Las Vegas....
Airshow: Flying displays keep crowds enthralled - Emirates 24/7 | The first day of the Dubai Airshow proved to be historic for the aerospace industry with the first aircraft order totaling US$26 billion (Dhs95.4 billion). With a spectacular opening on day one the exhibition will run until Thursday 17 November 2011 at the Airport Expo Centre. The show has been decked out in the UAE national flag colours to celebrate the nation’s 40th anniversary in two weeks’ time on 2 December....
IN PICTURES. The show of the Patrouille de France in Dubai - Translated | The Dubai Air Show opened on Sunday for five days. with the hope that it will be rich in aircraft orders after a final 2009 
edition affected by the global financial crisis. To mark the event, the Patrouille de France has carried out an air show Monday, November 14. Up to 1000 exhibitors from 50 countries taking part in this 12th edition of the show, launched 25 years ago, and over 55,000 trade visitors are expected, said Alison Weller, Director General of the organizing company F & E Aerospace....
Red Bull Air Races cancelled — again - General Aviation News | The Red Bull Air Race World Championships, the only other air race series in the world besides the Reno National Championship event, cancelled this year’s series in part over safety concerns,...
Aircraft Design Legend Burt Rutan Bestowed with Lifetime Achievement Award - AIN Online | General aviation design guru and space pioneer Burt Rutan was presented with a lifetime achievement award at the Dubai Air Show yesterday, though the founder and ex-CEO of Scaled Composite protested, “I haven’t done anything for months.” Rutan retired from his...
Pilot captures the ultimate moment By Heather Murtagh Daily Journal Staff | Evan Peers has dedicated his life to aerobatic flight. Capturing the beauty of two planes intertwining in the air can be a challenge for any photographer but one which 48-year-old Evan Peers seems to have mastered. “The running joke is I’m on a jet pack,” Peers said of a photograph he took of airshow legend Sean Tucker and son Eric Tucker near Big Sur....
MAAG's Blog: Spaghetti tops menu at MAAG meeting - Antique Air Field | The November MAAG meeting was held at Dead Cow Airport in west Wichita today with Earl Long serving up spaghetti. A variety of other side dishes and deserts left everyone full. The weather cooperated with highs in the upper 60's and light winds. Hard to believe for mid-November! Approximately 55 people were in attendance along with about 10 airplanes. In addition to eating and hangar flying, we also recognized...
Auction, seaplane base and more added to Sebring LSA Expo - General Aviation News | The U.S. Sport Aviation Expo at Sebring Regional Airport has added an AvBid Auction, during which the company will not only auction airplanes but also three vacation packages with proceeds going to charity. Also new this year is a Model Airplane Contest that will take place on Sunday, as well as a Closing Awards Ceremony with a Sebring Send-Off....
World War II: Heinkel He 219 First Flies - Military History | November 15, 1942 - The Heinkel He 219 (right) night fighter first flies. Created by Robert Lusser, the initial designs for the He 219 incorporated a variety of new technologies including a pressurized cockpit, ejection seats, and remote-
41-13207 – B-25C-1 – “Oh-7″ - Warbird Central | B-25C 41-13207 of the 445th Bomb Sq, 321st BG. “OH-7″ logged over 80 combat missions between March 1943 and January 1944. More Warbird pictures here
Cradle of Aviation Museum recognizes David Sterling - General Aviation News | The Cradle of Aviation Museum in Woodbury, N.Y., recently honored David Sterling, chairman and CEO of Sterling & Sterling, Inc. at its 9th Annual “Air and Space Gala” with the Donald E. Axinn Award for Community Service. Also honored at the gala were Mark Kelly, U.S. Navy Captain and Space Shuttle Commander, and Martin R. Benante, chairman and CEO of Curtiss-Wright Corporation....
Flight museum offers a ride to the past - Gadling | Flight MuseumGalveston features a number of attractive features for travelers. In the Texas island town over the weekend for the US debut of Carnival Cruise Lines new Carnival Magic, Gadling got to sample a few of them. One that stands out as a must-do for aviation buffs is the Lone Star Flight Museum. This...
Spitfire redux: The WWII guns firing after 70 years buried in peat - HNN | An excavation at the site of a 1941 Spitfire crash in a bog in the Irish Republic uncovered huge, remarkably preserved 
The mating of a Black Hawk and an Osprey - Sky Talk | Saw this photo on Lockheed Martin's Dubai Air Show site. Looks like...
Goodyear Blimp Gondola Goes to Smithsonian - PRNewswire | The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (NYSE: GT) is making another significant gift to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Tuesday - the second in two years - with the donation of the Goodyear blimp gondola, or car C-49....
Russia makes first manned flight after a series of failures - NEWS ABOUT AVIATION AVIATION NEWS | The Russian space agency (Roscosmos) launched a Soyuz rocket into space at about 2:14 a.m. on Monday (14), with three astronauts on board who will follow up the International Space Station (ISS, its acronym in English). The launch took place at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, two months later than scheduled. The three crew members - the U.S. Dan Burbank and the Russians Anton and Anatoly Shkaplerov Ivanishin - part of the ISS Expedition 30. They will yield other...
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Governor's Banquet raised $28,000 for air races, IHOP victims - RGJ | The inaugural Nevada Day Governor’s Banquet raised $28,000 for victims of the crash at the National Championship Air Races 
Dubai Int'l Airshow opens with aerobatic performances - People's Daily Online | The aerobatic team of the Air Force of United Arab Emirates performs during the first day of the Dubai International Airshow in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 13, 2011. As the leading aviation event in the Middle East, the biannual Dubai airshow ...
F 16 Royal Netherlands Air Force / Speed and Rythm!!!!!! [Full HD] by RAFALETIGRE1
Patrouille de France Photos - Ares | Here's a collection of photos of Patrouille de France performing at the 2011 Dubai Air Show.
The Patrouille de France will return next summer - Perros-Guirec - Translated | The 2012 calendar of events, including the Patrol and regattas Ploumanac'h, is consistent with patterns perrosiennes always with a strong involvement of volunteers. Two major events were not on the calendar as the date is not fixed yet. The Patrouille de France will return to the show this summer over Trestraou, a show which never tires. Another point to refine the regatta Ploumanac'h, the Ar gentiles celebrating its...
Quzhou delegation encourages more exchanges - Republican Eagle | ...They celebrated a relationship that began in 1992 when local artist Bryan Moon brought some elderly Chinese farmers to Red Wing to reunite them with U.S. airmen whose lives they had saved during World War II. The Doolittle Raiders airmen had crash-landed in Zhejiang Province after bombing Tokyo....
CAP To Honor Two World War II Members On Day Of 70th Anniversary from Aero-News Network | Ceremony To Be Held December 1st At Maxwell AFB In Alabama When Civil Air Patrol marks its 70th anniversary with a ceremony at 1100 CST December 1 at its National Headquarters building at Maxwell Air Force Base, AL, the organization will also be honoring two of its World War II members now in the Alabama Wing, Lt. Cols. Wendall Haas of Birmingham and Otha Vaughan of Huntsville, with the Exceptional Service Award....
VIDEOS: World War II veteran has a final war story he wants to tell - The Patriot Ledger | He was sitting bolt straight, wearing his Army uniform, decorated with a medical service corps insignia, unit citation for exemplary service, Flying Tigers insignia, three overseas service stripes and lieutenant colonel oak leaves. ...
Warhawk Air Museum honors vets with special breakfast - KTVB | NAMPA -- Veterans Day celebrations continued through the weekend. Sunday, the Warhawk Air Museum offered up a hot breakfast for military members and their families....
New Smyrna Beach man earns top FAA honor - The Daytona Beach News Journal | NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- George Baker's love affair with military aircraft began as a teenager in New Jersey. "It was 1946 and B-25 (bombers) would fly over my school," Baker recalled while sitting in his home office in his hangar at the New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport. "I would jump up from my seat and run to the windows. The teacher would ask, what was I doing and I would say, sharpening my pencil." For the past 64 years, Baker, 81, has flown, worked on, or restored...
Skyhawk arrives - in bits and pieces - Otago Daily Times | Two trucks were used to transport the aircraft, in three pieces, from Blenheim to Wanaka where it will be a centrepiece on static display in the new Warbirds and Wheels visitor attraction at Wanaka Airport. The mothballed plane was one of 14 New ...
Those Magnificent Women in Their Flying Machines from WAI Connect Blog by Amy Laboda | Charming? Fetching? Adorable? Don’t believe your eyes. As Elsie Mackay qualified near London for her pilot’s license in 1920, The Times’s caption of this picture made it sound as if aviation was just another caper in the breathless life of the naughty daughter of Lord Inchcape. Over her father’s objections, Mackay had married an actor and performed on the silent screen as Poppy Wyndham. Now, here she was, flirting with airplanes — almost literally....
Veteran of 2 wars honored as hero - Buffalo News | “You have to understand that most of the young men that I knew wanted desperately to serve,” Kennedy said of his ardent desire to defend the United 
A very low pass indeed! - Bayou Renaissance Man | A few months ago I published an article about 'The T-6 Texan in South African service'. This world-famous training aircraft served with the South African Air Force (SAAF) from 1940 until 1995 (where it was known as the Harvard, rather than the Texan, following Royal Air Force nomenclature). Several examples are still flying with the SAAF Museum in that country. A reader in South Africa, Hannes S., came across that article, and sent me the two photographs below. He describes them as follows (I've translated his Afrikaans e-mail into English): The first picture shows a very low pass by a single Harvard over a group of Army candidate officers on the...
“Barnstormer” by Harrison Covington — a sculpture by travelforaircraft | Where would aviation's lore be without the barnstormers? After WW I there was a surplus of aircraft, notably Curtiss Jenny's, as well as pilots. Quite a few of these daring pilots bought a Jenny and proceeded to tour the country, flying into small and large communities alike to perform aerobatics and offer rides for entertainment. Perhaps this did more to infuse aviation into the fabric of the United States than anything else. The precursor to the airshow — the barnstormer — brought aviation to the regular person in this country. Clerks, daughters, sons, farmers and workers — saw for themselves the freedom of flight....
Actor John Travolta has signed up to promote Bombardier's Learjet, Challenger and Global business jets as a "brand ambassador." - Wright Squawks | The world's largest business aircraft manufacturer says the actor and producer recently added a pre-owned Challenger 601 aircraft to the 11 different jets he's qualified to fly. The Oscar-nominated actor also owns a Learjet 24 and previously owned a small Canadair De Havilland plane....
Small, Cute, and European from Flight Monkeys by Chief Monkey | With the Fiat 500 making waves on the streets of America’s cities, and the Smart car showing up tucked into tiny little parking spaces, it seems that diminutive European motor vehicles are all the rage these days. Can the Cri Cri be far behind, we wonder? It’s tiny, capable, and turns heads everywhere it goes....
New Unmanned Drone Fits In The Palm Of A Hand - Fast Company | One of the smallest unmanned drones in the world has the diameter of a Frisbee, fits in the palm of a hand, and looks like a miniature Star Wars X-wing. The SQ-4 UAV isn't just a tiny surveillance vehicle; it's also on the cutting edge of the new wave of nanodrones....
Remembering Amelia: Harris-Para and Malan Present Program on Aviatrix - Southern Pines Pilot | Harris-Para also volunteers locally in the Young Eagles program, which was launched in 1992 by the Experimental Aircraft Association in order to give young people the opportunity to go flying in 
An Insider’s View to “Out of This World” - Indianapolis Museum of Art | ...Space Suits: I had every intention of making these suits myself, but the scope of the exhibition quickly made me realize that in order to complete the work on time, I needed more help. Kyle Perry and Adam Buente of PROJECTiONE offered to help make a model of the space helmet. They found a 3D model of the space suit on the NASA website and were able to use that file to CNC cut the foam model, making my helmets very accurate reproductions of the original. Once I had the model, I made the mold and cast the...
Expedition 29 Preflight in a snowstorm from The Original Rocket Dungeon by Dick
Thursday, November 10, 2011
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Chilean Air Force Pilot Dies in Crash - Latin American Herald Tribune | SANTIAGO – A member of the Chilean air force's flight-demonstration team died Wednesday when his plane crashed during a training exercise, the military said. The pilot was identified as Lt. Cristian Andres Padilla Bravo, 28, who joined the Halcones ...
Nellis opens gate for annual Aviation Nation - Las Vegas Review-Journal | The US Air Force Thunderbirds flight demonstration team performs during the annual Aviation Nation air show at Nellis Air Force Base last year. » Buy this photo When: Gates open at 9 am Saturday and Sunday; the Thunderbirds demonstrations at 2 pm ...
Harry Wardwell steps down as Airshow show director - The Salinas Californian | Harry Wardwell has stepped down as executive director of the California International Airshow Salinas, said a news release from the organization. Wardwell, who held the position for 20 years, will be replaced by Airshow volunteer and board member Bruce ...
#DXB11: Dubai Air Show's biggest non-story is ... the F-35 from The DEW Line by Stephen Trimble | The Lockheed Martin F-35 is the story that won't happen at the Dubai Air Show, which opens Sunday, and we're not entirely sure why. There is of course no shortage of big headlines at what is now the world's third-largest aerospace event and...
Dutch WWII fliers, families visit Camp Shelby - The Associated Press | HATTIESBURG, Miss. — Diplomats from the Netherlands and families of Dutch airmen who learned to fly in Mississippi during World War II are visiting Camp Shelby, where the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum is dedicating an exhibit about the Royal Netherlands Military Flying School. The museum, which marked its 10th anniversary last month, scheduled the dedication Thursday....
Is the F-35 stealth jet so advanced that it can be flown using one hand only? Picture raise question by David Cenciotti | Do you remember HOTAS (Hands On Throttle And Stick)? Ok, forget 
Holiday Tips for Visiting the Museum from AirSpace by The National Air and Space Museum | As the weather gets cooler and Thanksgiving approaches, I start thinking about the throngs of holiday tourists that will be lining up to get a chance to view the great stuff we have here at the Smithsonian. For our holiday visitors, I’d like to suggest the following tips for a more enjoyable visit....
Air Force Museum hosting student writing competition - Dayton Daily News | The research questions for this year's competition are: The Doolittle Raiders encountered various problems prior to and in route to their mission. Identify three of these problems and the remedies implemented. Based on the remedies, do you believe the ...
Breitling Jet Team Formation Flight with Airbus A380 from TAKEOFF TUBE
Video: Dassault Rafale Display Only from Latest Vlog | I suggest opening up this video to full screen with HD on. Filmed at the Breitling Sion Airshow this past September 15th and 16th, Yannick Barthe really captures this display brilliantly with his cuts in the cockpit and steady tracking of this twin-engine multi-role jet fighter aircraft. Enjoy!
What happens to Scaled Composites after Burt Rutan? - Flightglobal | Burt Rutan founded Scaled Composites in 1982 and over three decades drove its research into such risky projects as the round-the-world flight of Voyager ...
Southwestern Virginia Technology Council Supports Human Spaceflight at Wallops Island from Spaceports | The Southwestern Virginia Technology Council continues to help advance the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport by voicing support for the NASA commercial crew program later in this decade. The council communicates to federal and state legislators, to the general public via Op-Eds, and to the next generation through STEM-education within its service footprint....
