Soaring with the Blue Angels - San Antonio Express | The Blue Angels will perform at this weekend's Randolph Airshow 2011. William Luther flies backseat in a Blue Angels F-18 Hornet during a demonstration flight from Randolph Air Force Base on Oct. 26, 2011. San Antonio Express-News photographer William ...
Free, kid-friendly activities cap off an exhausting October - KENS 5 TV | Credit: AP Members of the US Navy Blue Angel flight demonstration squadron fly F/A-18 Hornet aircraft in diamond formation over San Francisco International Airport Monday, Oct. 6, 2008, in San Francisco. The Blue Angels will fly in a public air show ...
Manfeild fireworks up in air – Voxy | The on-the-up action kicks off with back-to-back routines flown by Feilding father and son pilots Bob and Dave Monds, then tops off with a show by the Red Checkers, the Royal New Zealand Air Force's precision flying team based at nearby Ohakea. ...
Upcoming Halloween Fun Aviation and Safety Events from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | Another colorful weekend ripe for aerial leaf peepin' or just enjoying bright blue fall sky is on tap to celebrate this Halloween. The 4th Annual Aircraft Spruce/Tennessee Valley Air Race is on Saturday, October 29th. The premier Sport Air Racing League event will take place at Courtland, Alabama (9A4) with registration starting at 0730 and the pilot briefing starting at 10:30. In honor of the season, the Air Race is open to the public with flying activity scheduled to start around 11:00…
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High-flying fun at Catalina Festival - Lakes Mail | The highlight will be a performance by the RAAF Roulettes who will perform their spectacular aerobatic routine over Lake Macquarie. If you've never been to the Catalina Festival, and always assumed that being an aeronautical aficionado was a ...B-29, B-24 Bombers Touch Down In Hondo - KSAT San Antonio | HONDO, Texas -- The Commemorative Air Force has been restoring and displaying vintage military aircraft for almost 60 years. Two of their most prized pieces of memorabilia are in Hondo through this Friday. The only air-worthy B-29 Superfortress and one ...
A job you can sink your teeth into... - Mukilteo Beacon | The 1938 fighter plane was flown by the famed American Volunteer Group known as the "Flying Tigers." The pilots liked to paint a sharkmouth onto the nose of their planes to make them look intimidating in the air. The P-40C became part of the Flying ...Virgin Galactic Selects First Commercial Astronaut Pilot From Competition - MarketWatch | Founded by Burt Rutan, Scaled developed SpaceShipOne, which in 2004 claimed the $10m Ansari X Prize as the world's first privately developed manned spacecraft. Virgin Galactic's new vehicles share much of the same basic design, but are being built to ...
Aluminum and Carbon Fiber from Flight Level 390 by Captain Dave | Position: On the ramp, KLAS | Equipment: A320 V2500 A-5 engines | The first hints of twilight in the east... Above my head, a magnificent aluminum and carbon-fiber aircraft tail arching high into the lightening sky. Looking straight up, Orion the Hunter is still visible. To me, that translates to snow and ice, i.e., wintertime operations just around the corner…A giant of Marine aviation - Middle East North Africa Financial Network | He was a pioneer in Marine Aviation who helped lay the foundation for modern Marine aviation through sheer flying skill and intimate knowledge of aircraft capabilities. "General Davis, the commanding general of the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, ...
Italian Navy AV-8B+ Harrier 20th anniversary from David Cenciotti's weblog - the most visited Italian Aviation Blog by David Cenciotti | On Oct. 27, 2011, with a ceremony at Grottaglie airbase, near Taranto, the Marina Militare (Italian Navy) celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Harrier in Italian service. The AV-8B+ Harriers of the I GrupAer have recently taken part to the Operation Unified Protector in Libya, performing both DCA (Defensive Counter Air) and BAI (Battlefield Air Interdiction) out of the Garibaldi aircraft carrier…A fiercer storm – the Hawker Tempest II, Royal Air Force Museum, London from Shortfinals's Blog | It all comes down to the engine, in the end. So many combat aircraft were transformed or condemned by the choice of engine (sometime imposed by ‘higher authorities’ – see the disastrous enforced selection of the A.B.C. Dragonfly radial engine for many RAF fighter designs in 1918). At the other end of the spectrum, the initial conversion of three P-51 Mustangs, from Allison engines to the magical Rolls-Royce Merlin (at the Rolls-Royce airfield at Hucknall, Nottingham) proved to be a triumph…
F8F Bearcat – Grumman’s Bad Ass Fighter! from Moose Peterson Aviation Photography » Moose Peterson Aviation Photography by Moose | The US started WWII in the Pacific with noble fighters with talented pilots. They went up against the Zero which in the beginning didn’t go so well for the US. The Navy sought a carrier based fighter and two were brought into the conflict about half way into the conflict, the Vought F4U-1 Corsair and the Grumman F8F Bearcat. Thought of as a “Hot Rod,” the Bearcat was the first Navy fighter with the full “bubble” canopy providing the pilot with amazing visibility. The first variant F8F-1, 654 were produced all with the R-2800-34W engine…Aviation Journalist Insight from Vintage Aeroplane Writer by Vintage Aero Writer | You may have wondered what it is like to be an aviation journalist, and interview a well known or respected aircraft engineer or restorer…
Recap of How Hard Can It Be's "homemade rocket" episode from The Original Rocket Dungeon by Dick | This post is mostly real-time notes taken while watching....spoilers ahead! It was a fun show and I recommend you watch it. If you can't or already have, read on! The stated goal goal was to build and launch a rocket to space in three weeks. They started by demonstrating propulsion with a fire hose and moved on to sport rockets on Estes and AeroTech motors. Last up was a ~4" rocket on 5 motors using BP 'flashpan' ignition. The rocket rocket burns up, but doesn't launch…
Recap: Rocket City Rednecks "Double Barreled Rocket" from The Original Rocket Dungeon by Dick | Another spoiler-laden post based on my notes. A laptop and the ability to pause and rewind shows in real-time are key to compiling info while watching! Thanks to the World Series, my regular Wednesday night shows were either preempted or are reruns. So, I decided to watch the new Rocket City Rednecks episode instead of taping it. As a bonus, the following episode was a rerun of "Double Barreled Rocket." In this episode, the boys build a rocket based on an old water tank (among other junk)…
Today in Aviation History – October 27 from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club by bikeal
