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Showing posts with label #SNF11. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #SNF11. Show all posts
Saturday, April 16, 2011
The Aviators: New Contest, Sun N Fun Report, Coming Events
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Indy Transponder 14-APR-2011 1145z
Holloman air show to honor past, inspire future - Alamogordo Daily News | HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE - The official name for the 2011 Holloman Air Show and Open House has been confirmed. The "Legacy of Liberty" 2011 Air Show, scheduled for Oct. 8, will honor service members of the past ...
Student flies high with award winning aerobatic pilot - WWAY NewsChannel 3 | WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) -- The Coastal Carolina Airshow is this weekend at the Wilmington International Airport. A Holly Shelter Middle School eighth grader got the chance of a lifetime to fly with one of the show's aerobatic pilots. ...
Wings Over Desert wows spectators - Arizona Daily Star | Jeff Olmstead and Sam Egan prepare a plane for takeoff during the annual Wings Over the Desert military aircraft fly-in and swap meet. About 50 people from Tucson and outside the state attended ...
Australian International Airshow a success in 2011 - Australian Flying | Organisers of the Australian International Airshow at Avalon Airport have revealed overall attendance and participation numbers for this year's event. Held at Victoria's Avalon Airport from March 1-6, the numbers show that Avalon 2011 was an ...
Not just another mission: Doolittle Raiders reflect on bombing run to Japan - Lincoln Journal Star | This week, the last five surviving Doolittle Raiders have come to Nebraska to mark the 69th anniversary of the mission. Events in their honor will be held Thursday through Sunday in Lincoln, Omaha and at the Strategic Air and Space Museum near Ashland. ...
"Fifi" by Randy Rothhaar | Spent the past couple days shooting the only airworthy B-29 Superfortress "Fifi" and the Commemorative Air Force Arizona Wing at the Deer Valley Airport in Arizona...will be spending the next few weeks editing images from all the 2011 airshows so far until the next one in May
Freeman Field Recovery UPDATE – Warbird Radio LIVE! – Thursday from WarbirdRadio.com | THURSDAY – David Gray from the Freeman Field Recovery Team joins us with an update on their upcoming dig. Tune in and hear all the details at 10am (EASTERN) this Thursday morning on Warbird Radio LIVE. For more information on the Freeman Field Recovery Team just [...]
WORK on restoring a former military fast jet has started.- This is Lincolnshire | The Newark Air Museum's Lightning T5 is being restored and given a fresh coat of paint ahead of plans to have it on more prominent display. The Lightning T5 was a supersonic jet trainer used by the RAF to train interceptor pilots to fly at Mach 2, ...
Burt Rutan Makes Retirement Official from Aero-News Network | Quietly Left Scaled Composites April 1st There are five of his airplanes hanging in the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. One of them flew around the world on one tank of gas. One was the first non-government-built spacecraft to fly to the very fringe of space ... twice.
Former Thunderbirds pilot survives harrowing ordeal over Lake Mead - Las Vegas Review-Journal | Tyrone Douglas flew lead solo for the Thunderbirds air demonstration team in 2009. Air Force Photo By Keith Rogers When Air Force Maj. Tyrone Douglas took off Friday from North Las Vegas Airport in his privately owned experimental airplane, ...
Yuri's Night at Hampton - Space Ref | Hampton Roads residents will have the chance to celebrate that and another historic space anniversary during "Yuri's Night" at the Virginia Air & Space Center on April 16, 2011, from 7 pm to midnight. On April 12, 1961, Gagarin became the first human ...
School Vacation at the Air Museum; "Flaming Guns" and "The Tourist" in ... - Patch.com | School vacation activities at the New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks include workshops on how to build a parachute. Courtesy New England Air Museum Build a model airplane; take the pilot's seat in an ...
EAA Chapter 1359 Young Eagles Day "Kids Fly For Free Day" - Saugerties Post Star
By Anonymous Proudly present their annual Young Eagles Fly For Free Day on Saturday, May 14, 2011 from 9am -1pm at the Kingston Ulster Airport, Kingston, NY. Young Eagles Event is for kids 8-17. rain date 5/15 same times The EAA Young Eagles program ...
Houston, We Have No Shuttle from Aero-News Network | Johnson Space Center Director Says He Is "Disappointed" While there was a lot of celebration in the cities selected for display of one of NASA's retiring space shuttles, Houston, home of the Johnson Space Flight Center, did not get to join the party.
Historic space capsule sells for $US2.9 million - Sydney Morning Herald | The Ivanovich mannequin has been on exhibition at the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum since 1997 after being purchased at Sotheby's at a Russian space history auction. Sotheby's had estimated the test capsule would sell for anywhere from $US2 ...
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Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Indy Transponder 12-APR-2011 0444z
Rock-it and roll: Students celebrate the anniversary of first man in space - Russian Yuri Gagarin - Daily Mail | It was the Soviet Union's own giant leap for mankind, one that would spur a humiliated America to race for the moon. So it's no surprise that people in Russia have been out in full force celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first human in space, Yuri Gagarin...
The Family He Left Behind - Air & Space | This month the heirs of Yuri Gagarin will celebrate the 50th anniversary of his flight into orbit. They are his daughters and his widow, his nieces and cousins, his space-going peers, his former rivals, millions of us who knew him only from black-and-white newsreels as the first man in space...
Celebrating 50 Years of Human Spaceflight - The Launch Pad | Tomorrow is April 12. This is a date that most space geeks have committed to memory like it's their mother's birthday -- you just don't forget it. It is a landmark day in the history of human space exploration when Yuri Gagarin exclaimed, "Poehali!" (Let's go!) and became the first man to orbit the earth in 1961...
Legendary rocket propulsion icon Frank Kosdon passes away - Rocketry Planet | VENTURA, California USA — The year is 1961 and a student of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, destined to make an impact on the rocket propulsion industry, is recognized at a luncheon where Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was the guest speaker...
Crews Prep For A Wet 'Thunder Over Louisville' - WLKY | LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Thunder Over Louisville is less than a week away. The air show will feature more than 60 aircraft both civilian and military planes, and the fireworks will feature the latest in pyrotechnic power from Zambelli...
Vipers, Sabre's, & Starfighters, oh my...... - Airline Pilot Forums | Moving things in still pictures...
Operation Unified Protector (was Odyssey Dawn) explained (Day 24) - Cencio 4 | Day 24 saw the quick and quite expected collapse of the African roadmap to halt Libya’s civil war: as representatives from the African Union were in Benghazi to discuss with rebels the plan for peace, including immediate ceasefire...
US naval aviation back on the rise - Flightglobal | Retired Vice Adm Robert Dunn remembers being called to the Secretary of the Navy's office. It was 1989 and the US Navy was still at the peak of its Cold War, 600-ship glory. Defence spending, however, was already in decline and the navy's top civilian, Henry Garrett, had a tough decision to make...
So You Think You Can Fly? Virgin Galactic is Hiring Pilot-Astronauts - MRO Magazine | Virgin Galactic LLC, the world's first commercial spaceline, is accepting qualified applications for pilot-astronauts. Pilot-astronaut responsibilities include the WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo spaceflight system test program in accordance with government regulations...
T*C P-47G DX Latest 10-4-2011 - Stick And Rudder | Six pictures...
Sun ‘N Fun Photos - Joe Clark | Top row, the Blue Angels of course. From left to right, the two solos blowing around the area low and fast, the only way to fly. Center, the diamond breaking up from the south. Right, the six going to separate points on the compass...
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Indy Transponder 10-APR-2011 0359z
Sea of spectators takes in thrills at air show - Caller.com | CORPUS CHRISTI — Diego Salazar, 6, swooshed a toy Blue Angels jet Saturday through the air as he darted around his family making engine noises at the 2011 Naval Air Station Corpus Christi Air Show. "I need it 'cause my brother's in the Navy," Diego, of Beeville, said. "It's going by my bed."...
VIDEO: Bluebonnet Air Show - KXAN | Jacqueline Ingles takes us for a look inside this annual airshow.
Golden Knights set to perform Sunday if wind permits - Caller.com | (With Video) CORPUS CHRISTI — Leaping from airplanes is risky business. For the military it’s protocol for unloading troops. For the Army’s Golden Knights parachute team it’s show time. Not at Saturday’s Corpus Christi Air Show, but they hope to jump Sunday, weather permitting...
Sun 'n Fun 2011 Aircraft Judging Awards - EAA | Sun 'n Fun aircraft award winners:
WWII vet gets to fly in B-17 bomber over Flagstaff - Chicago Tribune | FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.— Joe Leben remembers flying over the Atlantic in a B-17 bomber during World War II on his 22nd birthday. Now at age 89, he found himself inside another "Flying Fortress" -- this one flying over Flagstaff...
Frederick Tops Female Flight Drive - AVweb | Frederick Airport in Maryland, home airport of AOPA, earned another distinction during Women of Aviation World Week in March. A total of 22 pilots gave free introductory flights to 185 girls and women to claim the title of Most Female Pilot Friendly Airport in the World...
The Amazing Story Of How The Windshield Blew Out Of This Jet And The Pilot Almost Got Sucked Out - Business insider | In the wake of last weekend's Southwest Airlines incident, in which a 5-foot hole blew open in the roof of a 737 and forced an emergency landing, other tales of "explosive decompression" are being recalled...
Missionary pilots share stories, backcountry flying tips - AOPA | Something didn’t seem right. Glen Ferguson had just departed a Brazilian airstrip to fly to a remote village and pick up a young missionary family. The aircraft performed normally. The engine instruments checked out...
VIDEO: Silver Spur3 - Student Rocket (Wow!) - High Power Rocketry | "It features an all carbon fiber motor case, ablative fin leading edges, and a titanium nose cone tip. Flying on an O5000, it flew to about 50000 ft and reached a maximum speed of about Mach 3.3."...
'Name The Plane' - ID Make And Model For Free Bacon! (4.9.11) - AirPigz | Finally! Here's another Name The Plane game for y'all to see who can fetch up a bacon sandwich at Oshkosh 2011 by using their sharp aircraft ID skills. All you gotta do is be the first person to ID both MAKE and MODEL of this aircraft...
Friday, April 8, 2011
Indy Transponder 08-APR-2011 2215z
Joint base Charleston Air Expo 2011 - Live 5 News | There will also be a B-25 on display and an appearance by America's own Thunderbirds. "We are just excited to be here in the Lowcountry Charleston Air force base. We are really looking forward to a great weekend and we hope that folks come out and see ...
USAF Thunderbirds 2011 Schedule
Blue Angels Pilot Interview - YouTube (MzeroA) | Here's my exclusive Blue Angels Pilot Interview with Captain Ben. Pilot of Fat Albert the Blue Angels C-130
Podcast: A Sun 'n Fun to Be Remembered from AVWeb Podcast - Podcast
If you were there, you'll never forget it and if you weren't, you certainly heard about it. AVweb's Russ Niles spoke with SNF CEO John Burton to recap a show that offered more than its share of challenges and could ultimately be called a success.
Team RV rebounds after severe storm - AOPA Pilot | Team RV, a formation and aerobatic display team, is back at full strength after two of its airplanes were destroyed and others damaged by the March 31 tornado that struck during the Sun 'n Fun Fly-In. The event was to have been the ...
VIDEO: Russian Knights celebrate 20 years on Moscow from CavokBlog | On the last day on April 5, the legendary squadron of Air Force aerial demonstration of Russia, the Russian Knights (Russkie VÃtiazi) completed 20 years of existence . To celebrate the milestone, the Russians conducted a demonstration riders in the sky of Moscow. The team flies four aircraft Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker, two versions of single-seat Su-27 and Su-27UB two seater, painted in the colors blue, red, white and yellow. Three aircraft remain in the squad, but did not present themselves more with the group. ...
Australian pilots recreate aviation history - ABC Online | MARK COLVIN: Two Australian pilots are attempting to recreate aviation history by flying around the world in the path of Charles Kingsford Smith and Amelia Earhart. Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic but her attempt to ...
Mutley's Hangar Announces the Great UK Air Race from Flight Simulator News | Joe Lawford the owner of Mutley's Hangar has announced the launch of the Great UK Air Race! Also known as MEBAR - Mutleys' Easter Bunny Air Rally 2011. This event forms part of the wider Global event initiated by Bluegrass Airlines who have already completed the first in the series The Great Australian Air Rally (GAAR). This event is based around the south coast of England, briefly venturing into the Channel Islands, Isles of Scilly, Wales then back to the home of Mutley's Hangar, ...
TV presenter Bleakley wingwalks for Rio from Flight International | Daybreak presenter Christine Bleakley recently took up wingwalking to promote the release of the 3D animated film Rio. She described the experience as 'completely insane and exhilarating' adding it was like being in a Duran Duran music video. The film Rio follows a young bird called Blu who isn't capable of flying. Christine after wingwalking thousands of feet above the ground sympathised with Blu and said: "No wonder Blu doesn't want to fly." ...
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B-17 Gets New Tail! - Planes of Fame | Piccadilly Lilly finally has her vertical stabilizer and rudder back. Now she is one step closer to flight thanks to all your generous donations! Find out how you can help us with this historic restoration. Please visit the B-17 Piccadilly Lilly "Restoration Project" page to learn more.
Warbird hopes high for Skyhawk - Otago Daily Times | It is not yet known whether the new Warbirds Over Wanaka visitor attraction will get one of nine mothballed Skyhawk jet fighters from the Government. Four of the nine were allocated to museums by Defence Minister Wayne Mapp and the fate of the ...
Missionary Pilots Share Stories, Backcountry Flying Tips from Aviation Blogs | Something didn’t seem right. Glen Ferguson had just departed a Brazilian airstrip to fly to a remote village and pick up a young missionary family. The aircraft performed normally. The engine instruments checked out. The only thing slightly amiss was a periodic fluctuation in EGTs. Still, Ferguson couldn’t shake the feeling that something was wrong with the aircraft. He leveled off in cruise and checked the magnetos. Left mag: normal. Right mag: silence. Ferguson immediately turned the mags back to both and returned to his departure airport less than 15 minutes away. ...
The RAAF's Balloons from Vintage Aeroplane Writer | ... Certainly the RAAF never operated airships or balloons for warlike purposes back in the inter-war period, but while at the Antiquers airshow and fly in at Echuca last weekend, I bumped into a current RAAF balloon airman - who is one of the crew operating the RAAF's balloons. Details of the balloons, and their (recent) history is here. Serendipity! ...
Super Chipmunk R90S - ModelFlying | I immediately found lots of references to aerobatic championships from the late '60s and '70s. Indeed Art Scholl, the owner of this particular variant (N1114V) was one of the best aerobatic pilots of his era, and this was his chosen weapon. ...
Cassie Mathews from Flight To Success | Friday Fabulous Flyer! - Cassie Mathews: A few weeks ago I was at Renton Airport cleaning airport seats and I got to watch Cassie Mathews take her solo flight. I was upset because I'd deleted her pictures from my computer. But when Cassie heard what I'd done, she sent me some that her instructor had taken. And since then I've had the chance to learn a little more about this female aviator soaring into the sky and kissing the runway at Renton Airport. ...
VIDEO: Yes, the F-35 ejection seat works from The DEW Line | There is no truth to the rumor that the video clip below depicts the moments immediately after former F-35 program director Brig Gen David Heinz's final meeting with Secretary of Defense Robert Gates.
Fly From San Francisco to Paris in Two Minutes from Telstar Logistics | YouTube user nbolt produced a sweet little time-lapse video that compresses an Air France flight from SFO to CDG into just two minutes -- including a special cameo appearance by an aurora borealis. ...
ESA Euronews: First Man in Space from Spaceports | 50 years ago, for the first time in history, a human travelled into space. Who was Yuri Gagarin ? How did this flight change his life and the future of humankind?
ESA Notes 50 Years of Humans in Space from Spaceports | ESA pays tribute to five decades of human spaceflight with a video from the European Astronaut Centre remembering the historic flight of 12 April 1961. Yuri Gagarin was the first to see Earth from space and his legacy has motivated many young people to follow careers in science and engineering - and to become astronauts and cosmonauts.
Public has opportunity to watch shuttle announcement at National Museum of the U.S. Air Force from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force will host an opportunity for the public to watch a live broadcast of NASA's commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the first space shuttle launch beginning at 1 p.m. on April 12. During that time, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden is scheduled to announce the locations selected to receive the space shuttle orbiters when they are retired. ...
Space Shuttle's Maiden Launch and Landing from SPACE.com | The STS-1 mission launched NASA astronauts John W. Young and Robert Crippen into space for a 54.4 hour, 36 orbit test flight of Space Shuttle Columbia on April 12, 1981. ...
Indy Transponder 08-APR-2011 0414z
Video: Kim Passoth Flies with the Blue Angels - Kiii | CORPUS CHRISTI (Kiii News) - Every year about 100 people from around the country are selected to hop on board and take a ride with the Blue Angels, the Navy's Elite Flight Demonstration Squadron. Our Kim Passoth was one of the lucky few here in Corpus Christi and the only member of the local media to get that invitation to fly on the F-18 Hornet...
Team RV rebounds after severe storm - AOPA | Team RV, a formation and aerobatic display team, is back at full strength after two of its airplanes were destroyed and others damaged by the March 31 tornado that struck during the Sun ’n Fun Fly-In. The event was to have been the 12-airplane team’s national debut...
Video: YouTube – Sun’ Fun 2011 Fly-In Tornado Aftermath - CRUFC | Sun’ Fun 2011 Fly-In Tornado Aftermath.
2011 CF-18 Demo Jet - Windsor Int'l Airshow | Here's some pictures of the 2011 CF-18 Demo Jet coming to Windsor in September. The theme for this year is Supporting Our Military Families. I like it.
It’s Airshow time again at Wickenby Airfield - Wickenby Airfield | Lincolnshire has been famous for it’s airshows for many years, with the likes of RAF Coningsby and RAF Waddington hosting some fantastic events, and more recently the Aviation Heritage Centre at East Kirkby. But now Wickenby Airfield...
Rockford AirFest 2011 Ticket Sales Strong - WIFR | Advance-ticket sales continue to be strong for Rockford AirFest 2011, which is June 4 and 5 at Chicago Rockford International Airport (RFD). Ticket buyers have taken advantage of deeply discounted prices through March, General Admission tickets were half of the gate price. Already, 6,500 tickets have been sold, a 50 percent increase from two months before last year's show...
Air War over Libya, in The Pilots' Words - Popular Mechanics | Peace one day, war the next: It's the life of a combat pilot. And because Operation Odyssey Dawn—the U.S.-NATO effort to curtail Muammar Gaddafi's suppression of a revolt in Libya—so far relies exclusively on air power, American airmen are again at the sharp edge of history...
Podcast: Uncontrolled Airspace Episode #232 "Strange Brew" - UCAP | The boys are still together in Florida, at Jeb's poolside, doing one last bit of face-to-face hangar flying.
Museum of Flight hosting shuttle announcement broadcast - Seattle PI | Seattle’s Museum of Flight will host a live broadcast of NASA’s announcement next Tuesday of who will get retiring space shuttle orbiters, the museum announced Thursday. The Museum of Flight is one of 27 sites around the country competing to be the home of the shuttle orbiters Atlantis, Endeavour and Enterprise (which was used to test atmospheric flight) after the retirement of the shuttle fleet later this year...
Astronaut John Glenn on the Future of Space Programs - PopSci | John Glenn's biography reads like that of a superhero: first American to orbit Earth, then a United States senator and eventually the oldest person to go into space. So when PM ran into him at a recent gathering at Ohio State University (home of the John Glenn School of Public Affairs), we couldn't help but ask him his thoughts on the current space program and America's world standing...
Air Zoo didn't intend to infringe on Battle Creek's 'Field of Flight' with disc golf course name, official says - MLive | The Air Zoo's new disc golf course continues to gain attention and that has some people in Battle Creek concerned. The Air Zoo's 18-hole course — Field of Flight — shares its name with Battle Creek's hot air balloon competition held each year on the Fourth of July...
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Indy Transponder 06-APR-2011 2200z
Canadian Snowbirds 2011 Schedule
US Navy Battle Cats Land at American Heroes Air Show - Helicopter Association International | Buckle up for high-flying excitement when the US Navy HSL-43 Battle Cats arrive from their base in San Diego to team up with the American Heroes Air Show – just one part of the admission-free American Heroes Weekend at the Texas Military Forces' ...
Valiant Air Command Airshow 2011 - Classic Warbirds | The Valiant Air Command hosts an annual airshow in Titusville Florida each spring. In the past (20 years ago) it was one of the 3 or 4 top airshows in the country. It’s still a great show and has a long standing name “TICO” and is a contraction of the name Titusville Cocca Airport Authority. ...
Cosford Air Show to get sneak preview of aerobatic display team routine by Flightline UK | Visitors to this year’s Cosford Air Show will be treated to a first look at the new moves of aerobatic flying team The Blades. Comprising four Extra 300 stunt planes flown in an array of intricate manoeuvres, The Blades – now in their sixth consecutive display season – take aerobatic flying to the next level. ...
New SUN 'n FUN sign has 'em soaring - Lake Wales News | It used to be when a person drove into the SUN 'n FUN facility at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport, he or she would be greeted by a standard outdoor sign — the type seen adorning highways. Not anymore. Now an actual 1950s-era jet, ...
Thunder Over Michigan - A Formula for Success from Vintage Wings of Canada | Now class, I want to bring your attention to tonight's homework... calculating the formula for Fun! TOM 2010 = 8 B-17/11 X 1 B-24/2 +7 P-51 + 1 F-100 = FUNN Perhaps this may seem like an advanced calculus formula, but it’s not scientific at all. Just ask people who are regulars at air shows across North America - they are already familiar with the theoretical formula: The Sum of FUN So what was so much fun exponent to the power of "n"? Answer: the Thunder Over Michigan (TOM) air show last August 7-8 at the historic Willow Run ...
Rare chance to step inside historic aircraft - shropshirelive.com | During 'Open Cockpits Evening' members of the public will have the chance to see inside a number of cockpits including the Hunter F4, Buccaneer, Phantom and a Gnat T1 as previously used by the world famous Red Arrows team and get a feeling of what it ...
Point Cook's wonderful warbirds - Leader News | RAAF reserve officer Peter Clements checks a P-51 Mustang that, with the adjoining Spitfire, was among veteran aeroplanes visiting the RAAF Williams Point Cook Base last Thursday. The occasion was the RAAF's 90th birthday celebrations. ...
Fighting the Flying Circus from Planenews Aviation News | This is the WWI memoirs of Medal of Honor winner, Capt Eddie Rickenbacker. He fought in and eventually became commander of the 94th "Hat-in-the-Ring" Squadron, which ended the war with the highest number of air victories of any American squadron. The circus mentioned in the title refers to the German squadron commanded by the famous Red Baron, Manfred von Richthofen. ...
Debbie's Deals: Visit The Wings Over The Rockies Museum Free - KMGH Denver | The Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum is in the Lowry neighborhood at 7711 East Academy Boulevard in Denver. The air & space museum features a B-52 Stratofortress, Star Wars X-Wing fighter, B-1A Lancer and a RF-84K Thunderflash Parasite. ...
National Museum of the U.S. Air Force may close due to government shutdown from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | With the possibility of a federal government shutdown, the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, as a government facility, may temporarily close beginning April 9, 2011. All museum events and activities would be suspended until further notice. ...
Sun n Fun n Fun n More Fun from Life on the Road as a Pilot | Well, I'm back in town, if only for a little while. I drove back from Florida on Sunday and Monday - did you know that Lakeland, FL, to Lakewood, OH, is over 1000 miles and more than 18 hours of driving time? Yikes. I was so ready to get out of that car! I was returning from the Sun n Fun Fly-in, also known as "Spring Break for Pilots." I first went to this airshow (founded in 1974) two years ago which I ...
Task Force Odin pilot recalls being among first female Army combat aviators - Clarksville Online | It was then that she realized she wanted to be an aviator. It was around this time that the Army was beginning to open opportunities for women to become pilots. Jarrell, currently a C-12 pilot with Task Force Condor, Task Force Observe, Detect, ...
Cold War: Lockheed C-5 Galaxy from About.com Military History | Designed to replace the C-133 Cargomaster and complement the new C-141 Starlifter, the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy (right) began development in 1961. Moving through nearly a decade of design, the new type first took to the air on June 30, 1968. Entering service late the following year, the C-5 became a key airlift asset for the US Air Force. The largest plane ever flown by the USAF, the Galaxy ...
Looking Back: Hitting Libya in 1986 from About.com Military History | ... Departing on April 14, American F-111Fs (right) flew from Britain against targets in western Libya while US Navy aircraft suppressed the Libyan air defenses and moved against targets in the east. Striking around 2:00 AM on April 15, they hit their target and withdrew losing one aircraft. The attacks were successful in damaging their targets, but did little long-term to discourage Gaddafi from continuing his support of international terrorism. This support later aided in the bombing of Pam Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988. ...
Ciara Thompson, Why I Want to Fly from Flight To Success | When I was young, my dream was to be an engineer. With my mother’s help I was introduced to WAASPS, an aircraft building and flight training centre in Kpong, Ghana. That was the beginning of flying for me. My name is Ciara Thompson and I want to fly. My first flight experience was in an X-air Falcon with the registration number 9GZAA. That day was just another day for me. I did not expect anything. It was just going ...
April 6 – This Day In Aviation History from Aviation Earth | April 6, 1890 – The Dutch aircraft manufacturer and designer Anthony Herman Gerald Fokker was born in Kediri, Java. He designed and built several notable aircraft including the Fokker D-VIII which was one of the greatest aircraft of WWI. He later became a citizen of the United States and he designed the Fokker T-2. This [...]
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Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Gonna Fly Now... FedEx Air Show Team
Calling all aviation enthusiasts and air show fans! In 2011 the FedEx Air show team will participate in about 50 air shows and 12 plane pulls for charity around the world. FedEx team members will volunteer their time to position jet airplanes at the air shows for touring and at plane pulls for giant tug-a-war competitions for charity. Share the FedEx Air Show Schedule (at the bottom of this page) with your friends, family, coworkers and other aviation fans!
As the world’s largest express transportation company, FedEx team members are proud to see the company join the excitement and entertainment air shows bring to their communities. For more than 30 years, many team members have aided in the positioning of our aircraft on the tarmac for people to walk around, step aboard and ask questions. You can actually sit in the cockpit and act like you are taking off. Many of us have a deep fascination with aviation and love being a part of a family-friendly event.
A Plane Pull pits teams of people in a giant, tug-of-war challenge with a FedEx jet aircraft. Tugging on a huge rope, a team's goal is to move a 147,000+ pound aircraft 12 feet faster than other teams can. It takes both maximum individual effort and teamwork to get the job done; just like in our daily operations! FedEx has been organizing plane pulls for the last 18 years. Each year plane pulls raise about $500,000 for local charities. Plane Pulls are a fun team competition to support the communities we serve.
Kicking off the season, I am at Sun’n Fun International Fly-in and Expo, Lakeland, FL, one of the largest air shows in the country. Being my first air show, I am wide-eyed and awed by the earth-shaking roar of the aerial-acrobatic teams practicing. There is an array of aircrafts and exhibits to see, from personally made aircraft to those that are engineered by the best in the business. Some look like boats, some look like rockets, but all of them are amazing. The activities and displays are for all ages. It’s really awesome!
Long-time member of the FedEx Air Show team, Tina Rodgers is here manning the FedEx ship site, along with agents who work locally. Folks are shipping parts and collectibles back home. Today is the parts exchange day so we are getting a lot of interesting shipments. Tina said she “...likes meeting people from different countries who all share a love of aviation and everything it entails." She also enjoys creating containers to ship these odd shaped and unique items back to all the countries represented at the show.
I’ve found that it doesn’t matter the age or gender, fans start talking faster and their pitch becomes a lot higher, showing tons of excitement when they tell you about their air show experiences. Most can’t get enough of it! I hope to see you at one of air shows FedEx is participating in around the world.
2011 FedEx Air Show Schedule: http://blog.fedex.designcdt.com/node/933
Monday, April 4, 2011
Indy Transponder 04-APR-2011 2200z - Go Dawgs!
Butler’s Bulldog Blue II visits the Cockpit! The ridiculously cute English bulldog is Butler University’s Mascot - from Amazing Facts by amazingfacts : GO DAWGS!Air Boss from AOPA Live: Latest videos from AOPA Live | Interview with Sun n Fun Air Boss Wayne Boggs
Thunder on the Lakeshore prepares for 19th annual air show season - Herald Times Reporter | “We are pleased and proud to say that the AeroShell team has agreed to come to Manitowoc,” said Curt Drumm, air show director. “Fans of our air show will really enjoy watching these guys with their crisp formation aerobatics.” Current military jet demo ...
Fly-In Organizers Praise Work of Volunteers in Wake of Storm - The Ledger | Planes park on the taxiway Sunday to line up for departure after air show. Organizers said they were heartened with the turnout after Thursday's damaging storm. By MARY TOOTHMAN LAKELAND | On the final day of the Sun 'n Fun Fly-In, ... Historic Vulcan jet to be the star of Abingdon Air Show - Oxford Mail | THE SKIES above Abingdon are to be graced by the last airworthy Avro Vulcan bomber as it makes its first air show appearance this year. Vulcan XH558, which was built to carry Britain's nuclear deterrent during the Cold War, will star at the 12th annual ...
P-38 Lightning Blog from P38assn | Hi all, When we started this blog, way back when, we wanted it as a way to keep everyone updated on the latest P-38 lightning news that could not wait until the next issue of our “P-38 Lightning” newsletter came out. Since then, however, we have launched our Facebook page, which includes everything we were [...]
F4U-4 Corsair “Korean War Hero” from classicwarbirds.net by joekates | At the Valiant Air Command’s TICO Airshow this spring a new Corsair debuted. The F4U-4 N713JT Bureau No. 97143 is owned by Jim Tobul of South Carolina and has been in the family for about 30 years…
Vought F4U-4 Corsair from classicwarbirds.net by joekates | The aircraft craft is owned by Doug Matthews of Wellington, Fla., and is an ecellent example of a 1945 Chance Vought F4U-4 “Corsair.” This Photo was captured at the 2010 Reno Air Races. She was just sitting on the Ramp in early evening, after just competing in the Race a few hrs earlier…
Aviation Winners! from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt - Congratulations:
Reserve pilot spends over 400 days in air from Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind. - Grissom Headlines by 434arw.pa@grissom.af.mil (Senior Airman Damon Kasberg) One Air Force Reserve pilot recently reached 10,000 flying hours in his career, an accomplishment few achieve. The 10,000 flying hours is the equivilent of more than one full year in the air. Lt. Col Patrick Reed, 72nd Air Refueling Squadron pilot, grew up in Chicago near the Midway International Airport, which is where his dreams of being a pilot began. In 1983 he graduated from the University of Illinois and received a bachelor's degree in aviation...
Neville Duke Hunter at Tangmere Military Aviation Museum – Martin Purcell-Shaw from Michael Beetham Conservation Centre - Royal Air Force Museum by Mick Shepherd - My name is Martin Purcell-Shaw and I have been an MBCC Aircraft Apprentice since September 2009. During my apprenticeship, the main area of work completed on behalf of the museum is completed on the Cosford site, working on project tasks set within the MBCC hangar but also supporting roles in display aircraft moves and maintenance… Free Viewing of B-17 Liberty Belle at Huntsville & Shelby County Airports ... - The Birmingham News - al.com | Photo by Michael Mercier/The Huntsville Times-- Co-pilot Bryan Wyatt positions the huge propellers on the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress named the Liberty Belle. The Liberty Foundations 2011 Salute to Veterans ...
Global Observer crashes during test flight - UPI.com | MONROVIA, Calif., April 4 (UPI) -- The high-altitude, long-endurance Global Observer unmanned aerial vehicle by AeroVironment Inc. of California crashed 18 hours into its ninth flight test. The crash at Edwards Air Force Base in California of the ...
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