Canada Remembers airshow returns – StarPhoenix | After missing a year, Saskatoon's air show and tribute to veterans is back with a new name and venue. After missing a year... veterans is back with a new name and venue. ...
Riverside Airshow 2011 – March 26 by Scott | The Riverside Airshow is the envy of every municipal airport in the Inland Empire. Founded 19 years, the 2011 show will not disappoint, with a full day of fun at no cost…
Episode 57: Avalon Quick Cast #4 from Plane Crazy Down Under by Grant (Falcon124) We’re up to day 4 of the Australian International Airshow and Aerospace & Defence Exposition (aka Avalon 2011) and the general public are arriving as of today. The PCDU team are pushing through more interviews, catching up with old friends and meeting listeners. The content we selected for this Quick Cast includes…
First Vicki Cruse Memorial Scholarships Awarded at WAI Conference from WAI Connect Blog by Amy Laboda | Two Amazing Women Prepare To 'Get Their Acro On'What should have been but one more sad reminder of a tragic event has turned out to be one of the most uplifting pursuits we've undertaken all year. After receiving a number of impressive submissions, ANN CEO, Jim Campbell, finally had to make up his mind and make what turned out to be some very tough selections…
Flying high as an airshow ace - Herald Sun | Herald Sun reporter Nathan Mawby returns to earth after a demo flight with the RAAF in a Hawk 127 fighter jet. Picture: Craig Hughes Source: Herald Sun MANKIND was never meant to fly. On the whole we're about as aerodynamic as a roast chicken. ...Blue Angels Confirmed for Field of Flight - AM 590 - FM 96.5 | WKZO - Organizers of the Fourth of July weekend event received final confirmation Wednesday that the Blue Angels will perform on July second and third at the W.K. Kellogg Airport after the Navy scrubbed the team's appearance at the Muskegon ...
'Holy Grail' of Warbirds Found Off San Diego from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | The National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Florida, announced last week plans to raise a pre-World War II Douglas TBD Devastator torpedo bomber located off the coast of San Diego, California…
Spitfire flypast for 'world's only' woman pilot - BBC News | A woman thought to be the world's only qualified female Spitfire pilot is to fly her plane over Southampton on Saturday to mark the 75th anniversary of its first journey. When Carolyn Grace's husband was killed in a car accident in 1988, aged 52, ...
Iowans' tales of WWII fill new book - DesMoinesRegister.com | DES MOINES RESIDENTS: Flight Officer Clair E. Harper, an Army Air Forces B-17 bomber pilot; Sgt. William F. Leasure, a paratrooper; 1st Lt. John C. Phillips, an Army anti-aircraft artillery officer; 1st Lt. Albert J. Greffenius, a P-47 Thunderbolt ...
Taking a B-17 for a Loop and a Spin from Pilots of America Message Board by Steve | My recent tour of some currently flying vintage bombers had me perusing the net on the subject and in doing so came across this interesting bit of history http://www.mcall.com/entertainment/mc-ed-krupa-john-urban-20110303,0,7065295.story
Aerospace Camp registration now open at National Museum of the U.S. Air Force from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories by nationalmuseum.usaf@wpafb.af.mil (Sarah Swan) Registration for five affordable and exciting aerospace summer camps is now open at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. Campers who have completed grades 2-9 will be able to learn about a variety of topics through hands-on activities that incorporate history, science and math concepts, as well as team-building skills. Base clearance is not required to participate. The "Go for Launch!" aerospace camp will take place from 9 a.m.-noon on June 20-24. Students who have finished grades 5-6 and who have previously had little or no experience building model rockets, airplanes or plastic kits of any kind, will have the opportunity to learn about the history and science of rocketry, and build and launch several model rockets. Cost is $70 per camper. more...
Patricia Mawuli Nyekodzi from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | What appeared to be any other day in Ghana turned out to be anything but normal when Patricia walked out of the bush, in 2007, looking for work with the WAASPS—A social entrepreneurship project in West Africa. The WAASPS provide—pilot training, build aircraft, maintenance, expertise for aerial survey, agricultural surveillance and plantation selection work, and more…
Striving Across Sea, Sky and Space from Hiller Aviation Museum by hillermuseum | Aeronautical Prizes from Louis Bleriot to Burt Rutan By Jon Welte …In 1996 an organization that would eventually become the X Prize Foundation was formed. Its mission was simple: establish a prize for a reusable airplane able to carry a human being to an altitude of 62 miles (100 kilometers). Such heights had been reached by rocket planes before, most notably the North American X-15 research airplane that flew as high as 67 miles during a 1960s research program. The X-15, however, was a multiyear program funded by NASA and the USAF. The Ansari X Prize was reserved for a privately-funded endeavor. Within a decade, the prize was won by a team headed by maverick aeronautical engineer Burt Rutan…
Brits release UFO files and videos ... from Black Horizon by Steve Douglass | The Ministry of Defense United Kingdom has released thousands of files with details of UFO sightings and an "alien abduction." These previously classified files document sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) by the military and members of the public dating back to the 1950s. The files contain around 8,500 pages mainly covering the period from 1997 to 2005 and include photographs, drawings and descriptions of flying saucer sightings, as well as letters the Ministry of Defence (MoD) sent eyewitnesses in response to their accounts, the Sky News and The Telegraph reported…
Jetpack and skis are going uphill fast - Coolest Gadgets | The ski jetpack uses two engines from a decommissioned military UAV, and they propel him up the slopes at about 47 mph. Feel free to watch a video after the jump to see his ski-camera. For those who have never heard of Troy Harman, you should know that ...
Fascinating aviation art from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | Courtesy of a link in the archives over at Dark Roasted Blend, I came across two articles at Voyages Extraordinaires, a blog that describes itself as: "a weblog for people of intelligence and good breeding who enjoy rousing Victorian-Edwardian Scientific, Imperial and Planetary Romances, Retro-Futurism, Victoriana, silent and early cinema, and authentic tales of history and exploration."
Astronaut Garrett Reisman Joins SpaceX from RLV and Space Transport News | An announcement from SpaceX: Astronaut Garrett Reisman Joins SpaceX - Joining Astronaut Safety and Mission Assurance Team as SpaceX Prepares to Carry Astronauts - Hawthorne, CA– Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) is proud to announce that NASA astronaut Garrett Reisman is joining the company as a senior engineer working on astronaut safety and mission assurance…
Strange But True Aviation News from Things with Wings by Benet Wilson
March 4 from Cut and Paste Aviation by KenInfinite
Today in Aviation History – March 4 from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club
Friday's Fix of Pix - 4th March, 2011 from Military Photos by marek | A Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet, assigned to the USS Carl Vinson, receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron in the skies above Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, March 2, 2011. Photo by Master Sgt. William Greer
Young Eagles Ford Mustang Raffle Opens This Weekend from Aviation Blogs by Av8tor | If you’re attending EAA’s Hops & Props fundraiser on Saturday night, March 5, at the AirVenture Museum you can be among the first to buy a ticket to win one sweet ride – a 2011 Ford Mustang GT convertible! That car is the grand prize for the annual Young Eagles Raffle, which supports EAA’s Young Eagles program and other youth aviation education initiatives. Only 1,500 tickets are available in the raffle, which continues through July 31 at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. Tickets are $100 each and will also be available in the coming months at the AirVenture Museum as well as during AirVenture. The prize drawings will be held at 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, July 31, the final day of the fly-in. Other prizes to be awarded include four cash prizes ranging from $500 to $5,000. The Mustang, valued at $42,000, is provided with assistance from Ford Motor Company and Kocourek Ford of Wausau, Wis. Source: http://www.eaa.org/
