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Video: Fat Albert to thrill crowd during Thunder Over Louisville - WAVE | LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - Thunder Over Louisville is not only about the fireworks, but also the airshow. There will be some incredible aircraft soaring over the Ohio River. At the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Florida where the Blue Angels are based, more than 150 planes are in the museum, each with an incredible story to tell...
Video: Last-minute preps being made for Thunder Over Louisville * WLKY Louisville | Security is the top priority for police going into Thunder Over Louisville this Saturday. Authorities said they have a plan in place to keep everyone safe. Ever since the outbreak of violence on March 22, police have been very visible at Waterfront ...
Video: DM Air Show: Thunderbirds fly in, base gears up - TUCSON (KGUN9-TV) | Davis Monthan Air Force base is expecting more than 200 thousand people to watch its air show this weekend. Thursday the Air Force Thunderbirds arrived to practice for the aerobatics they'll show off Saturday and Sunday afternoons....
80000 people expected at Red Bull Air Race * Croatian Times | Some 80,000 visitors are expected in the western Croatian town of Rovinj this weekend at the Red Bull Air Race. Tickets for the event that will take place in Saturday and Sunday, and will attract pilots from around the world, cost from 99 to 4999...
Sun 'n Fun Celebrates Successful 40th Fly-In * EAA | April 10, 2014 - The 40th Sun 'n Fun International Fly-in and Expo that wrapped up in Lakeland, Florida, on April 6 saw one of the largest turnouts in years thanks to perfect weather, improved operations, 3,000 dedicated volunteers, and popular attractions including the Navy's Blue Angels Naval flight demonstration team that performed Friday, Saturday, and Sunday....
Banner year for SUN ’n FUN * General Aviation News | “Pick your cliche,” said John “Lites” Lennhouts, as the president of SUN ‘n FUN kicked off his closing day briefing. “We hit it out of the park, hit a home run, what have you.” Great weather, both locally and for those traveling from afar, strong advertising in both Tampa and Orlando, and a stout schedule all led to a banner year for SUN ‘n FUN, based at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport in Florida....
Crawl through WWII-era planes at Wings of Freedom Tour stop - East Valley Tribune | Rare aircraft from the World War II era will land April 10-13 in Scottsdale for a living history display, and local veterans are encouraged to visit and share their stories with the public as part of the affair. The Wings of Freedom Tour, presented by The Collings Foundation, will feature the authentic Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress “Nine O Nine” WWII Heavy Bomber, Consolidated B-24 Liberator “Witchcraft” WWII Heavy Bomber and P-51 Mustang fighter....
More Military Displays for RAF Cosford Air Show * UK Airshow News - Flightline UK | Today the organisers of the RAF Cosford Air Show revealed a number of exciting additions to aircraft appearing at this year’s event. Following on from last year’s popular Medical Emergency Response Team (MERT) demonstration, which saw Prince Harry in his first air show appearance, the RAF Chinook and Army Apache will again be at Cosford as part of the planned six-hour flying display. As well as performing their individual displays, they will showcase the combat capabilities of the two helicopters in an exciting joint demonstration with the RAF Regiment. Other helicopters taking part in the flying display include the Royal Navy Lynx, making a welcome return with its ‘Black Cat’ solo routine...
Red Arrows practice session over Cyprus - Famagusta Gazette | The Red Arrows have tweeted a cockpit photo of a practice session over Cyprus yesterday. For the next two months, the Team will operate from the the Akrotiri bases as training is completed for its 50th display season....
The arrows Tricolori May 18 for the first time in Loano * Translated | The "Frecce Tricolori", and all other participants will be deployed by Friday, May 15th on the airport of Villanova d'Albenga. The program is updated daily on facebook Aero Club Savona and the site www.aeroclubsavona.it....
X-47B UCAS-D wins Collier trophy - Australian Aviation | The Northrop Grumman X-47B unmanned combat air system demonstrator (UCAS-D) program has been awarded the 2014 Collier Trophy for the greatest achievement in aeronautics or astronautics in the US. The award, announced by the National Aeronautic Association (NAA), recognises the achievements of the X-47B industry team “…for developing and demonstrating the first unmanned, autonomous air system operating from an aircraft carrier.”...
Historic Flight Foundation commemorates Doolittle Raid - South Everett Beacon | The Historic Flight Foundation is celebrating the 72nd anniversary of the Doolittle Raid with an all-day event and contest. During this time in 1942, the U.S. was planning its first air raid on Japan in response to the Pearl Harbor attack....
Solar Impulse 2 Completed, Aims for 2015 Global Flight * EAA | Solar Impulse 2, the new solar-powered aircraft designed to make the first around-the-world solar flight in 2015, has been completed, according to its visionaries Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg....
Cleveland Air Race Mustang Under Restoration at New England Air Museum * Warbirds News | The 
Four named for Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame * macon.com | WARNER ROBINS -- A pilot who helped rescue hostages with a C-130 that now sits at the Museum of Aviation is among four people named Thursday to be inducted into the Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame. According to a museum release, the inductees are Gordon Bellah, a World War II flight instructor and skydiving pioneer; David Garrett Jr., former president and chief executive officer of Delta Airlines; Johnny Kytle, an airmail and aerobatic pilot; and retired Air Force Lt. Col. Mack Secord, one of the first pilots who served in Vietnam....
Spirit of ’45 Day Express to Helping to Rally Support for Preserving Willow Run · WarbirdsNews | The Spirit of ’45 Day Express will be visiting the Yankee Air Museum in Bellevue, MI on Wednesday, April 15 to help rally public support for the “Save The Willow Run Bomber Plant Campaign” that is raising $8 mm to restore the plant. The Campaign has been organized by the Michigan Aerospace Foundation, the fund raising arm of the Museum, and is chaired by former astronaut Jack Lousma and GM CEO Bob Lutz. A portion of the restored aircraft plant will be used as a new home for the Museum. More than $7 mm has been committed so far. Approximately $1.5 mm remains to be raised by May 1....
Airship Hangars Around The World· Ian Brown | From the late 19th century to the period between 
Winners announced for museum's national writing competition award * National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | Deborah Rocheleau, Jarrod Roetenberger and Claud J.A. Boyd were announced as the first, second and third place winners, respectively, of the Air Force Heritage and History Writing Competition, sponsored by the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton, Ohio...
Take Someone Flying on International Learn to Fly Day * EAA | April 10, 2014 - EAA always encourages its members to take others flying, but on Saturday, May 17, there's an even better reason to do so: The fifth annual International Learn to Fly Day is an opportunity to help someone take that first step to discover the fun, freedom, and accomplishment of becoming a pilot. It could be a friend, a relative, a friend of a relative, or a relative of a friend. For a person age 18 or older, you could take an Eagle Flight. If your passenger is age 15-17, you could make it a Young Eagles flight....
Friday, April 11, 2014
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Friday, March 22, 2013
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A world tour of aerobatic - AeroBuzz.fr | Of course all the major military formations are present with 
Neuvo Tango To Attend from Mojave Experimental Fly-In
Scaled Composites will have reps at the event from Mojave Experimental Fly-In
The Society of Air Racing Historians 29th Annual Conference - The Society of Air Racing Historians is holding its 29th Annual Conference which features a visit to the recently renovated Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum followed by air racing presentations, dinner and key note speakers, John and Mary Ann Jannazo who will discuss the 
life of their uncle Tony Jannazo, a local pilot, and his fatal crash (on his brother's wedding day) in the 1947 Thompson race held in Cleveland. The Conference will be held April 27, 2013, starting at 10 AM - 9 PM at the Holiday Inn Cleveland Airport W. 150th St., Cleveland, OH.
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- e-Golden Pylons, their newsletter. I didn't find a way to link to it off their website, so we saved it and shared here.
Whitehead "First Flight" Claims Stir Critical Backlash from AVwebFlash Current Issue | Critics that include the National Aviation Heritage Alliance (NAHA) and a senior curator for the Smithsonian Institution have refuted claims made this month and supported by Jane's All the World's Aircraft that Gustav Whitehead piloted a powered aircraft years before the Wright Brothers. The claim, which specifically stated that Whitehead first flew his original powered monoplane by at least 1901, was recently promoted by Australian aviation historian John Brown. Brown's evidence...
Mighty Eighth museum changes name to reflect national mission - Savannah Morning News | “This is an announcement that I believe signifies really a new era in our museum,” Skipper told a group of museum supporters gathered in front of the iconic B-17 Flying Fortress that serves as the centerpiece of the museum's Combat Gallery. “The Mighty ...
Jensen Back At EAA from AVwebFlash Current Issue | As we told you Monday the popular head of EAA's homebuilder section Chad Jensen was dismissed from that position but EAA was still hopeful of finding a place for him in the organization. That apparently happened and Jensen is now Homebuilt Technical Specialist through EAA's Member Services team. Read Jensen's post on the Van's Airforce Forum site here.
Ohio Air News 223 - Charles Johnson | Includes a great tribute to MAJ. Thomas C. “Tom” Griffin - Doolittle Raider.
The first man to set foot in France on D-Day . . . from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | ...Jim Wallwork, who has died aged 93, was the pilot of the first glider to land in the coup-de-main on the bridges across the river Orne and the Caen Canal; catapulted through the Perspex canopy on touching down, he was able to claim to be the first Allied soldier to set foot on French soil during the D-Day landings....
Fokker G-1 cruiser yacht - Part 2 from Let Let Let - Warplanes by Nico | When the Fokker G-1 book Part 1 was introduced in August 2011 work on the second part on its operational career was progressing well and the second part was expected to be published after a year.
New images of the weird, futuristic “Project Zero” All-Electric Tilt Rotor unmanned aircraft released from David Cenciotti's weblog | The revolutionary AgustaWestland “Project Zero” all-electric tilt
rotor technology demonstrator, designed, built and tested in twelve months, was officially unveiled on Mar. 4, 2013, just prior to the Heli-Expo 2013 in Las Vegas, USA.... Charles AA Dellschau Dreams of Flying: The Amazing Story of an Airship Club ... - The Atlantic | They called themselves the Sonora Aero Club and, over time, they counted some 60 members, possibly many more. Their ranks included great characters, such as Peter Mennis, inventor of the Club's secret "Lifting Fluid," later described as "a rough Man ...
The 11-year itch…scratched from General Aviation News by Ben Sclair | ...Suffice it to say, she was ready in flash and was excited to get in the air. The picture above says it all....
Surf, Sand and [Plane]Spotting: Where "Low Flying Aircraft" Takes on a More Urgent Meaning from Airplanista Aviation Blog by Dan Pimentel | There are only a tiny handful of places in our aviation world that are "must see" locations for any licensed pilot or aviation enthusiast. ... But one not-so-obvious stop that we in the aviation family must check out is a fairly non-descript sliver of sand under the approach end of Princess Juliana International Airport's runway 10 on the island of St. Maarten. It is Maho Beach, and all that separates it from the TDZ is a tiny two-lane road and a chain link fence....
Voyager-1 Still on 'the magnetic highway' from Spaceports | "The Voyager team is aware of reports today that NASA's Voyager 1 has left the solar system," said Edward Stone, Voyager project scientist based at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif. "It is the consensus of the Voyager science team that Voyager 1 has not yet left the solar system or reached interstellar space. In December 2012, the Voyager science team reported that...
Video: Next Station Crew in Kazakhstan for Launch from Spaceports | International Space Station Expedition 35/36 Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov of the Russian Federal Space Agency, NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy and Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin arrive at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and prepare for their March 28, 2013 Soyuz launch to the International Space Station.
Saturday, August 11, 2012
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Two Salukis to join the Blue Angels - The Southern | CARBONDALE — Two SIU aviation alumni will be part of the famed Blue Angels flight demonstration team for the next two show seasons. Navy Lt. Ryan Chamberlain of Bloomington and Navy Lt. Cmdr. Declan Hartney of Limerick, Ireland, are part of the elite ...
Possible name change for National Championship Air Races - KRNV My News 4 | Reno Air Racing Association President and CEO Mike Houghton tells News 4 the National Championship Air Races could have a new name this year, but what that name will be is up to Nevada Commission on Tourism. The state's $600000 sponsorship sent...
Abbotsford Air Show celebrates 50 years of aeronautic thrills - Vancouver Sun | This is a special year for the popular air show — it celebrates half a century of thrilling spectators with daring displays of aerial mastery and showcasing the latest in aeronautical technology and classic planes from the distant and not-so-distant ...
President Putin to Attend Air Force Centenary Air Show - RIA Novosti | Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend on Saturday a spectacular air show near Moscow marking the 100th anniversary of the Russian Air Force, the Kremlin's press service said. The two-day event, which will be open to public on Sunday, comprises a ...
Week of the Eagles MWR and VFW Air Show sneak peek - Clarksville Online | Fort Campbell KY, 101st Airborne Division Fort Campbell, KY – On Friday afternoon, August 10th, local media were invited out to Campbell Army Air Field to watch the rehearsal for the Week of the Eagles MWR and VFW Air Show. Clarksville Online was on ...
Letter of Thanks: Magic Valley Air Show Successful Thanks to Months of Hard ... - Twin Falls Times-News | If you recently attended the Magic Valley Air Show, you were most likely mesmerized with the incredible flight skills and amazed with the beautiful static displays. What you didn't see was the eight months of planning and excellent multi-agency ...
The RAF Falcons Parachute Display Team from Sunderland airshow |The RAF Falcon are based at 
The Black Cats from Sunderland airshow | The Black Cats Helicopter display team do uncanny things with these Lynx helicopters. Flying backwards is strange to watch.They are from RNAS Yeovilton...
City Weighs Red Bull Race Costs - Windsor Star | Cost is the major hurdle for Windsor sponsoring the return of the Red Bull air races to the waterfront in 2014, one of several international events Mayor Eddie Francis continues to pursue. The mayor pulled another of one of his unannounced overnight ...
Fly-in today in Prineville - Bend Bulletin | The public is invited to a free fly-in at the Prineville Airport today from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event, sponsored by the Prineville Airport and Experimental Aircraft Association, will include a pancake breakfast, aircraft displays, a flight simulator ...
B-17 bomber buzzes around Valley skies - KLEW | The B-17 was made in 1944 and introduced at the end of the war. This specific plane was used mainly for mapping research and later on in World War II for rescue, which is why it's still in such good condition. Captain Roberts said their non-profit ...
Veteran's Memorial Commemoration and Warbird fly-in - DVIDS | Also taking place Aug. 11 will be the Warbirds Salute to soldiers fly-in beginning at 11 a.m. at Himsel Army Airfield on Camp Atterbury. The event includes the World War II aircraft on display. Members of the community and media are welcome to attend ...
Images: Photo Contest Finalists - Chicago Daily Herald | Flyby of T-6 World War II airplanes during the AirVenture 2012 Oshkosh air show on July 27. Ted Kowalik of Hanover Park. A deer relaxes amid the summer wildflowers on Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park in Washington on July 31. Matt Dempsey of ...
Restoration Center Above-ground Construction from Antique Airfield News | After a long wait the above ground construction of the APM Restoration Center is finally underway...
Silent Falcon solar-powered UAV gets launched - Ubergizmo | Silent Falcon UAS Technologies officially announced the Silent Falcon solar electric unmanned aerial system (UAS) at the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) conference in Las Vegas early this week. Silent Falcon is the result of the company’s collaboration with Bye Aerospace to build a small tactical UAS that’s portable for long-range intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. The Silent Falcon uses thin film photo voltaic (TFPV) solar energy collection and lithium polymer batteries for energy storage, providing long-range flight endurance of up to 14 hours....
A new airship takes to the skies from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | The US Air Force recently cancelled its proposed Blue Devil II persistent surveillance airship project, but the US Army is 
pressing ahead with its plans for a similar vehicle. The prototype of the Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle, or LEMV, flew for the first time on August 7th. Ares reports:...
Army's all-seeing, super blimp makes debut flight - security.blogs.cnn.com | CNN\'s Security Clearance examines national and global security, terrorism and intelligence, as well as the economic, military, political and diplomatic effects of it around the globe -- and how it impacts daily life.
Local Young Eagles Flight Rally scheduled for this weekend - Wicked Local | Anyone between 8 and 17 years old will have a chance to take to the skies on Saturday, Aug. 11, from 9 a.m. to noon, as EAA Chapter 196 hosts a Young Eagles Flight Rally at Minute Man Airfield, 302 Boxboro Road, Stow. Registration takes place next to ...
NASA Morpheus Lander Flight Test Fails from Aero-News Network | Prototype Low-Cost Lander Crashed And Burned In First Autonomous Flight Test While NASA celebrates the success of the Curiosity Rover landing on Mars, another program suffered a setback Thursday when the Morpheus Lander prototype crashed and burned only a few seconds after lifting off on its first autonomous test flight. In a video release, NASA said that "during the free flight test of the Project Morpheus vehicle at the Shuttle Landing Facility, the vehicle lifted off the ground and then experienced a hardware component failure. This failure prevented the vehicle from maintaining stable flight. "No one was injured and the resulting fire was extinguished...
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
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Victorious Victory Junction from US Army Golden Knights by ddixon | Members of the US Army 
Organizers call weekend air show a great success - Seacoastonline.com | PORTSMOUTH — Approximately 65000 people attended this weekend's Service Credit Union Boston Portsmouth Air Show, according to a preliminary estimate of attendance released by organizers....
VIDEO: Blue Angels Soar Over Seacoast - Patch.com | The Boston-Portsmouth Air Show was held this weekend.
Breckenridge 4th of July Brings First Ever Airshow - Mtn Town Views | With the cancellation of fireworks just about every where in the state you can still look up to see something exciting in the air this 4th of July! Breckenridge is bringing Rower Airshows and Wild Horse Aviation to present Breckenridge, Colorado’s first ever airshow at 11:30 a.m. on July 4, 2012. Pilots intend to perform at over 10,000 feet above sea level for what they say will be the world’s highest airshow.
Rare Ju 52 Makes Brief Stop in Oshkosh from News from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh | The 1939 RIMOWA Junkers Ju 52 tri-motor airplane that will be on display at AirVenture in three weeks paid a short visit to Oshkosh just after noon on Saturday, June 30 - a planned waypoint on its journey across America to the West Coast.
Wings Of Freedom Coming To Salina - KSAL | A sight seldom seen since the 1940's, the Wings of Freedom tour is scheduled to stop Salina with circa WWII aircraft including the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress "Nine O Nine" Heavy Bomber, Consolidated B-24 Liberator "Witchcraft" Heavy Bomber and P-51 ...
Hodson pilots KSU to 2nd in 4-day air race - Marion County Record | Tonya Hodson, formerly of Marion, and co-pilot Nicole Lordemann placed second in the collegiate division of the 4000 nautical mile cross-country Air Race Classic, an all-female competition honoring women in aviation. “It was four straight days of drive ...
Dear Amelia… from Amelia Earhart | 75 years ago today, Amelia Earhart embarked upon her final flight… a flight that would go down in the world’s history as one of the most calculated risks, most 
Local women aviators pay tribute to Amelia Earhart - St. Louis Beacon | Libby Yunger, president of the local chapter, has researched Earhart extensively for talks she gives to area groups about the history of women in aviation. “I am interested in Amelia because she is such a modern woman,'' Yunger said. “She was not the ...
A handful of Aces at Oakland museum from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | "A Handful of Aces," a symposium discussion with four surviving World War II combat fighter pilots, will be held Saturday, July 7, at Oakland Aviation Museum at Oakland International Airport in California. Q&A session and autograph signing will follow the symposium, which is scheduled for 5 to 9 p.m. Cost: $35 per person (non-members); $25 per person for members...
Last ‘Spruce Goose’ crewmember passes away from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | John Hayes Glenn, the last crewmember of the one and only flight of the Hughes Hercules HK1, "Spruce Goose," passed away June 20. He was 94...
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An Aviator's Last Father's Day from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | ...One of the most cherished aviation memories of my dad involves the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA). He and I were very fortunate to spend some quality aviation time together at AirVenture 2010. Since he was already too frail for the kind of walking required to see everything, a golf cart piloted by me became his magic carpet. Like every visitor, he was awestruck by the aviation wonderland he saw as we whirred around the grounds. We offered a lift to many, who gave us a lift in return by sharing their own aviation stories....
Rare "dual unrelated engine failures" caused Virginia Beach F-18 crash. from Black Horizon by Steve Douglass | By Ian SimpsonWASHINGTON, July 2 (Reuters) - The Navy on Monday blamed a
rare two-engine mechanical failure for the April crash of an F/A-18D fighter into a Virginia apartment complex that caused minor injuries...
MAFFS-equipped C-130 crashes in South Dakota from Air Force Link Top Stories | At approximately 6 p.m. MDT July 1, a Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System equipped C-130 aircraft supporting firefighting missions crashed in the southwest corner of South Dakota. The aircraft was supporting the efforts against the White Draw Fire....
A-10 first aircraft to use alcohol-based fuel from Air Force Link Top Stories | On June 28, the 40th Flight Test Squadron made history here flying the first aircraft to use a new fuel blend derived from alcohol. "The A-10 is the first aircraft ever to fly on this fuel," said Jeff Braun, Chief for the Air Force Alternative Fuel Certification Division, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio...
An AvGeek Day Out In A Kansas Field … Now This Is Fun! from Flying With Fish | ...There is nothing quite as fun as watching a Bombardier Challenger 604 being stripped, standing inside an engine cowling, sitting in old Boeing 727-100 first class seats … complete with an AirPhone, crawling through an old cut up DC-8 or climbing in the complete stripped shell of a carcass of an Embraer E-170 that over ran an runway before being scrapped. Crawling through a Republic of Liberia aircraft and stepping into an Air Malawi plane, where else would one get to do this?...
Stuck Mic AvCast: Flyabout Interview from Toriaflies | A great documentary + a great podcast = one great interview!
Parachuting from 120000 feet - Boing Boing | From Air & Space (Jay Nemeth photo):
“Basically we want to instrument Felix just like he was an airplane,” says Jon Clark, a former NASA space shuttle crew surgeon and Stratos' medical director. Baumgartner will be wearing a physiological monitoring... A Plan For Airships That Might Finally Take Off from POPSCI |Sky Captain and the World of Today | "Some kids wanted to be firefighters," Igor Pasternak says. "I always thought about blimps." Pasternak grew up in Lviv, Ukraine, near a weather station. When he was six, he convinced the Soviet meteorologists there to let him launch one of their balloons. "I was hooked," he says. "I wanted to build airships." We are standing in the vast wood-beamed hangar where one such vessel, a 400-foot-long "variable buoyancy functional cargo airship" called the Aeroscraft, is being assembled. The looming aluminum and ...
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
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B-24 Suffers Nose Gear Collapse On Landing in Charlotte - Aero-News Network | "Diamond Lil" Skids Down Runway, But No Injuries | The B-24 "Diamond Lil" was among three WWII aircraft on display and offering rides at the Carolinas Aviation Museum this weekend. A P-51 fighter and the last airworthy B-29 bomber in the world were also brought in by the Commemorative Air Force, the iconic Texas-based nonprofit group that restores and preserves WWII historical aircraft....
'Air Boss' of Bethpage Air Show flies under radar - The Leading Aviation Industry Resource for News, Equipment and | Few of the 186000 spectators Sunday at the Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach took notice of Wayne Boggs standing on a scaffold set up on the boardwalk. But if not for coordination by the husky man wearing a yellow T-shirt emblazoned "Air Boss,"...
Emmy Nominations for Ohio/Minnesota Aviation Film - CAF Press Release | The
Commemorative Air Force, Minnesota Wing Museum, along with Hemlock Films is proud to announce that The Restorers – They Were All Volunteers has been nominated for three Emmy's. The pilot episode of The Restorers is based on the Commemorative Air Force, Minnesota Wing, their members, and their journey to the 68th Doolittle Raiders Reunion in 2010 in Dayton, Ohio. The Minnesota Wing volunteers are proud to be part of such an amazing series that showcases what they do best, preserve history for future generations to enjoy. The Minnesota Wing is based in South Saint Paul, MN and has resided there since 1971. The Restorers- They Were All Volunteers was nominated in three categories: Best Writing, Technical Achievement, and Best Documentary. The 2012 The Regional Great Lakes Emmy Awards will be held on Saturday, June 2nd in Indianapolis, Indiana. For more information about the Emmy's, please visit their website at http://www.nataslgl.org/index.php. Fun and games at Air Show - Times of Swaziland | This year's Swaziland Air show 2012
was not as well-attended as in previous years. During the 2009 air show, about 13 700 people turned out for the event while this time around only about 30 per cent of that...Photoflying Days 2012 from Apron 6 | The final version of our poster for the photoflying days is ready!...
GALLERY: Jubilee air show is a diamond event - Royston Crow | Over 17000 people attended The Jubilee Air Show at IWM Duxford to bask in the glorious weather and watch stunning aerial displays. The airborne festivities kicked off at 2pm with the powerful Eurofighter Typhoon from 6 Squadron, RAF Leuchars....
The Jug from CAF Red Tail Squadron's Blog by CAF Red Tail Squadron | The Tuskegee Airmen flew P-40 Warhawks, P-39 Aircobras and P-47D Thunderbolts before the faster and more agile P-51 Mustangs became available. The Tuskegee-trained pilots only flew the P-47s for a short time in the field, but it was a memorable airplane for the Airmen and other USAAF pilots for a number of reasons...
OAN 187 - Charles Johnson | Memorial Day edition
Why America scours the earth for her fallen soldiers - USA TODAY | By Jack Gruber, USA TODAY Temporary name markers of the nine crewmembers of the B-17 nicknamed "Naughty but Nice" are positioned at their final resting place in Arlington National Cemetery earlier this month. The plane was shot down in the jungle of...
Historic Aircraft On Display in Clermont County - WKRC TV Cincinnati | This is the tri-state Warbird Museum at the Clermont County Airport. Among the aircraft on display is a B-25, the same kind of plane used in the Doolittle Raid over Tokyo, the P-51, America's best fighter plane during the war, and even a German...
About 1800 people honor war dead at Palm Springs Air Museum on Memorial Day - The Desert Sun | Brian Nordstrom, 46, a US Navy veteran who served in the first Gulf War, and his sons Rylan, 8, and Sawyer, 2, attend Palm Springs Air Museum's annual flower drop to honor veterans for Memorial Day on Monday in Palm Springs. / Richard Lu/The Desert Sun...
Bomber pilot's daughter is touched by the past - Richmond County Daily Journal | Moore holds a picture of her father as a B-17 bomber pilot in World War II. Moore jumped at the chance to meet a man who knew her father and was with him the night before he died. Pictured from left to right are Eric Freeman (Moore's cousin),...
May 29, 2012 Fly-in Camp outs from Ely Air Lines by Linda Street-Ely | Linda: One of my favorite photos of those I've taken myself is of a yellow Piper Cub snuggled up to a tent along a grass runway in the misty morning sunrise. I took that photo at the first annual Ranger Fly-In, one of several very popular Fly-in/Camp-outs....
Acro Camp Sneak Peek 04: With Friends Like These . . . – Video Episode Show Notes - Airspeed Online | The campers at both of the Acro Camp shoots were very collaborative and supportive of each other. But that doesn't mean that there wasn't at least a little laughter with (okay, at) each other when stuff went wrong. And stuff is bound to go wrong when you're learning to fly an aircraft whose center of gravity is behind the mains....
Odyssey of an A-4 Skyhawk Pilot during the Falklands War: Captain Alberto Jorge Philippi's story from David Cenciotti's weblog | Whilst much has been written about the British involvement in the Falklands/Malvinas conflict a short story was written by an Argentinean pilot who was involved in the attack on the beach head at San Carlos. The article written a year after the conflict finished describes how Captain Alberto Jorge Philippi took off from the Rio Grande naval base as a three ship A-4 Skyhawk formation and headed towards the Malvinas at 27,000 feet....
Lockheed: F-35 Oxygen System 'Very Different' Than Troubled Sibling - U.S. News & World Report | The fighter jet fleet in which the Pentagon has staked its future is equipped with a "very different" oxygen system than the one that has plagued the F-22, its Lockheed Martin sibling. After at least 12 cases where F-22 Raptor pilots reported losing...
Military Airship Floats Toward First Flight from AVwebFlash Current Issue | Northrop Grumman's 300-foot-long, 70-foot-tall, remotely piloted Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle (LEMV) airship is scheduled to fly for the first time in early June at Lakehurst, N.J. The maiden flight could take place anytime between June 6 and 10, weather permitting, and will be followed by a trip to Florida where it will be outfitted with surveillance gear. The LEMV has been designed to operate for the U.S. Army as a surveillance and
reconnaissance platform, capable of loitering in the sky for days, or weeks, at a time ... provided it's not really windy at its operating altitude...Summer at the Smithsonian - airspacemag.com | Planning a visit to the Museum? We provide some helpful hints.
Give Me A Chance Challenge launched at Elvington Air Museum - The Press, York | A NEW scheme to help young people into employment will be launched today at Elvington Air Museum. The Give Me A Chance Challenge, which helps students with communication, confidence and jobs skills, will be launched at the Battle Group North event at...
Video of 80-Year-Old's Plunge To Earth Goes Viral; Watch It - The Ledger | For her 80th birthday last year, Laverne Everett fulfilled a longtime wish: She parachuted from a plane. But her tandem jump with an instructor from 13,000 feet above Earth did not go as planned. Everett nearly slipped out of her harness....
Video: Enter The Dragon - ISS Crew Answers Questions From Inside The SpaceX Dragon from AirPigz by Martt | The youtube channel for NASAtelevision has been posting a lot of great videos of what's been taking place with the Dragon spacecraft at the International Space Station in the last few days. The Dragon is the first commercial/private spacecraft to demonstrate the capability of resupplying the ISS, and is expected to add the capability of being a manned capsule sometime in the next three years....
SpaceX Mission Milestones Recapped from Spaceports | Mission milestones of the first commercial spaceflight to visit the International Space Station are recapped...
Explorer en-route to Space center Houston from The Original Rocket Dungeon by Dick |
Shuttlebration is coming. Photo via Tookies, the best hamburger joint in the Houston area (or possibly everywhere)....Mating and Demating a Space Shuttle — when NASA got sexy by travelforaircraft | The MDD essentially is a gantry structure supporting a large hoist ("lift beam" in NASA speak), like those seen at port facilities. The MDD is unique in that its design enabled the attaching or detaching of an orbiter to a modified Boeing B-747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft....
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Indy Transponder 05-APR-2012 0200z
A Blast from the Past - Rancho Murieta Airshow 2012 from Featured by Webmaster | In preparation 
for the Rancho Murieta Airshow, performers Bill Stein, Vicky Benzing, Julie Clark and Corey Wells got together for a special photo shoot for In Flight USA. After a long hiatus, Rancho Murieta Airshow is well on it’s way to return gto it’s former glory. (Richard VanderMeulen)When someone mentions “The Rancho Murieta Airshow” in aviation circles, there’s almost always someone in the group who inhales, grabs the moment, and travels back 25 years in his...
The ride of your life - TheMercury.com.au | "I've been flying since I was knee-high, joined the airforce as a teenager and flew jet fighters - F18s and F15s - for my entire career, and then ended up racing in the Red Bull Air race and now I support these types of events," he said...
Two old hands to control air over Wanaka - Otago Daily Times | ...While Wanaka Airport was busy yesterday preparing for an estimated 65,000 visitors during Easter weekend - most of whom will arrive by road - the controllers were bracing for up to 2000 aircraft arrivals and departures over four days....
Red Arrows not taking part in Eastbourne Airbourne - BBC News | The Red Arrows have revealed they will not be taking part in this summer's Eastbourne International Airshow which is celebrating its 20th year. The event, which claims to be the biggest free seafront airshow in the world, starts on 9 August...
Fly-in brings fun and proceeds benefit several organizations - Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald | As spring approaches, we urge everyone to save 12 May (the Saturday just before Mother's Day) for the Valley-Favorite “FLY-IN” at the Halifax Northampton Regional Airport. As in previous years, 
Skip Stewart pumps his fist at the crowd at the 2012 Ilopango... from You like airplanes, too?
Bombers drop in on PC - The Beacon | The group — from the Yankee Air Museum in Belleville, Mich., — brought B-17 and B-25 bombers out for check rides for the first time after maintenance. “Once a year we have to have the check rides for all of our pilots who fly this aircraft,” said ...
Reno Air Racing Foundation’s next Pathways to Aviation event welcomes CEO of the Perlan Project to speak about unique sailplane initiative - This is Reno | The Reno Air Racing Foundation (RARF) is pleased to host the next seminar in the Pathways to Aviation series. The event will feature Ed Warnock, chief executive officer (CEO) of the Perlan Project and Paul McFarlane, lead flight director at the Challenger Learning Center, as they share their passion and educate students and enthusiasts about the world of flight. The event is on Wednesday, April 11 beginning with light refreshments at 6 p.m.in the Great Room on the fourth floor of the Joe Crowley Student Union 
followed by the speaking program at 7:00 p.m. in the theatre located on the third floor at the University of Nevada, Reno....
The Radial Rocket - Official Website | Now Available with Retractable Landing Gear! | That's right! - The Radial Rocket is now available with a tri-cycle /retractable landing gear configuration, taking the Radial Rocket design to a new level, with a new look and even more performance. The new gear configuration greatly enhances ease of gound handling and over-the-nose visibility during ground operations. Although the tailwheel...Press Release. [be sure to checking the video of the Radial Rocket rounding the pylons at Reno on the Racing link]
Will money fly for Lindbergh boyhood home? from History News Network | When it comes to proposed state bonding projects, the Charles A. Lindbergh Historic Site in Little Falls hardly registers a blip on the radar screen. The Minnesota Historical Society wants $650,000 to preserve and maintain the 106-year-old boyhood home of the famous aviator — far less than the tens of millions requested by other agencies for other projects...
Germans shot me down in 1942 - Stuff.co.nz | Now aged 91, he's looking forward to reminiscing with his old friend the Spitfire and an Avro Anson at this weekend's Warbirds Over Wanaka airshow. Mr Wright arrived in Queenstown from Sydney yesterday with wife Lola, son Peter and a contingent of ...
Shrewsbury veteran visits St. Mary's - The Shrewsbury Lantern | The Naval Aviator shared stories of his work piloting his E-2C Hawkeye. “You could have heard a pin drop as John talked about launching and landing his 54000 pound twin-turboprop jet aboard the USS John Stennis. The children were completely captivated ...
Solar-powered plane preps for new flight - UPI | A solar-powered airplane that has already set three 
B-2 stealth bomber to get 2 billion dollar upgrades. Including a new email system. from David Cenciotti | It was announced recently that the U.S. Air Force is to move forward with a ten year +2 billion USD upgrade to the fleet of 21 B-2s; an upgrade of the communications systems. The B-2 started rolling off Northrop Grumman’s production line during the ’80s and some of the systems are now getting rather long in the tooth with parts becoming rather hard to come by....
Sad 80th — loss of the Akron and Moffett, naval aviation would never be the same by travelforaircraft | This is the 80th anniversary of the tragic demise of the airship USS Akron (ZRS-4), 
Museums get space shuttles for cheap - USA TODAY | Discovery would go to the Smithsonian in Chantilly, Va.; Endeavour to the California Science Center in Los Angeles; Atlantis to the KSC Visitor Complex; and Enterprise to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York. The inspector general found ...
Boeing's Space Capsule Undergoes First Drop Test from POPSCI | In a landing system test, Boeing just dropped its new space capsule from 11,000 feet above the Nevada desert, watching the Apollo-esque craft descend under three massive parachutes. The CST-100 (which really needs a catchier name) is now one step closer to flying to the International Space Station or a future space hotel....
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Indy Transponder 30-NOV-2011 2345z
Clap for the end aerobatic de France 2011 - Maritima.info | "This is a very special day," said Captain Stephen Azou, officer in charge of public relations teams have the PAF. "Pilots are leaving,
others will happen is a page in the history of the Patrouille de ...Iconic Red Arrows jets could be built in overseas factories - This is Lincolnshire | THE Red Arrows' iconic jets could soon be built overseas at the cost of hundreds of British jobs, MPs have warned. MPs warned that future generations of the plane, used by the RAF Aerobatic Display Team, which is currently based at RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire, will be built in India, the US and other overseas factories....
Civil Air Patrol approaches 70th anniversary, looks to honor World War II's 'unsung heroes' - Air Combat Command | MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. -- On Dec. 1, Civil Air Patrol, the official auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force, observes 70 years of vigilant service. But the celebration won't be complete until CAP's earliest members -- now in their eighties and nineties -- are "rightly honored" with the Congressional Gold Medal. CAP, an all-volunteer service of more than 61,000 members, was founded 70 years ago on Dec. 1, 1941, less than a week before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor led to America's involvement in World War II....
MO Aviation Historical Society Meeting December 8 Celebrates Civil Air Patrol Birthday - The Aero Experience | The Missouri Aviation Historical Society is a group of folks with a love of aircraft, and we are striving to record and document the rich aviation history that has been a part of the great state of Missouri for the past century. From Benoist to Zenith, the aviation industry in the "Show Me" state has always been at the forefront of....
Pearl Harbor observed Sunday - NeighborNewspapers.com | On Sunday, the Commemorative Air Force Dixie Wing will host its fourth annual observance of National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. According to spokesman, Chris Madrid, attendees will get the opportunity to meet actual Pearl Harbor...
Fly to be Free - Nuts About Southwest | ...Recently, I was privileged to receive a letter from the daughter of such a hero. Vickie Clark wrote to Southwest Airlines on behalf of her father, Lieutenant
James Decker. Although Lt. Decker is 88 years old, his memories of World War II are vivid, and he had a desire to once again be able to sit in the cockpit of a P-47D Thunderbolt as he did during the war. Although he downplays the title of “hero,” he fits the role perfectly. This modest gentleman spent four years with the 27th Fighter Bomber Group in the 523rd Fighter Squadron, piloting his P-47D through 69 missions over Germany, Spain, France, Italy, and Yugoslavia. He also helped provide escort protection for General George Patton....Ruston man recalls B-17 raid during World War II - KTBS | ...One man from Ruston, La. knows all too well the power the B-17 bomber had when used in Hamburg. After a short stay in an internment camp, Wesselhoft, German by descent, American by birth and at heart - and his family were shipped to Hamburg Germany during the war. It was there where he experienced first hand what the B-17 can do....
PHOTOS: New pics of Shinshin, the stealth fighter - The Dew Line | New photos have appeared showing the wingless full-scale radar cross section model of Japan's Mitsubishi ATD-X Shinshin (or, ??, which Google somehow translates to "Mind and Body" -- can any Japanese speakers explain how "Shinshin" translates into two different words?). These photos were snapped surreptitiously (see the "no camera" sign in front of the model!) at...
T-50-3 Photo Bank - Black Horizon | The aircraft is equipped with a fifth-generation brand new avionics, integrating the function of "electronic pilot" and promising radar with a phased antenna array. This greatly reduces the load on the pilot and...
"The Middle People" UCAP #263 from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast | Three odd aviation stories... Dave & Jeb squabble about ADS-B... Jack rambles on about his recent airlines trip.
A Lot of People Out Flying from aroundthepattern.com by Tracy | ...This is just another shot of our high desert area around Reno – taken just west of Pyramid Lake as I headed back to the airport. The previous photos were taken just past the second ridgeline visible on the left side of this shot. The lighter v-shaped area is a glider port that I’ve mentioned in previous articles....
Aviation club makes children’s spirits soar - The Utah Statesman | When it comes to service, members of the Society of Aviation Maintenance Professionals (SAMP) decided to think outside the aviation box. Teaming up with the Happy Factory on Oct. 28, the USU club donated toys to young children. "Our club wanted to do something outside of just aviation maintenance," said Cade Cross, a senior majoring in aviation technology maintenance management and this year's SAMP president. "We came across this great service opportunity donating wooden cars and toys to elementary kids."...
Getting Girls On Board: WAI Chapter Outreach from WAI Connect Blog by Amy Laboda | NEW BEDFORD — Members of Girl Scout Junior Troop 65323 and Brownie Troop 80011 spent a recent Saturday morning at the New Bedford Municipal Airport with members of Atlantic Aviators, the Southeastern Massachusetts chapter of Women in Aviation, International. Led by chapter President
Tammie Irwin, the girls toured the hangar at Colonial Air, sat in several different types of airplanes, and spoke with women pilots, such as Cape Air's Elin-Mari Heggland....Blue Devil Airship is Getting a Super-High-Speed Optical Laser Downlink Upgrade - POPSCI | The Air Force’s Blue Devil airship--a recent PopSci Best of What’s New recipient and a potential answer to the military’s expanding data glut problem--is getting yet another high-tech upgrade. Via a federal announcement put out last week, The Register reports that DARPA will outfit the Blue Devil Block 2 ISR airship with up to two Free-space Optical Experimental Network Experiment (FOENEX) systems. Think of them like optical lasers that move through the air with the fidelity of a fiber optic cable....
Monday, October 31, 2011
Indy Transponder 30-OCT-2011 2345z
Performers at Randolph air show delight crowd - San Antonio Express | Navy Boatswain's Mate Craig Boone, with the Navy Recruiting District in San 
Episode 170.5 – Dot Matrix Printing at 10,000 Feet from Airplane Geeks Podcast | GEICO Skytypers Airshow Team This Special Edition of the Airplane Geeks podcast was produced by Airplane Geeks co-host David Vanderhoof. David interviewed the Geico Skytypers at Naval Air Station Oceania’s Airshow Sunday, September 24, 2011: The teams hospitality was fantastic as I was invited to the warmth of their tour trailer to sit down with two of the team, #4 Bob Johansen and #8 Steve Kapur. With them was Allie Schotanus who is part of their marketing team. Thanks to my Max, Rob, and Dan for giving me the outlet for this interview I am quite proud of...
Memphis Belle’ hits restoration milestones from General Aviation News | As the United States approaches the 70th anniversary of its involvement in World War II, one of the most famous aircraft from that war recently reached two milestones in its restoration at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. Both wings were mated and the landing gear was extended on the "Memphis Belle," a Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress that in May 1943 became the first U.S. Army Air Forces heavy bomber to complete 25 missions over Europe and return to the United States...
Base museum gets community support - Shreveport Times | Snook noted a recent revamping of the museum's website, planned introduction in coming days of a "smartphone tour" to allow visitors to get phone help on self-guided tours through the air park, an e-newsletter, participation in a "B-17 Co-Op" next week...
"The German" - A Short Film from VAF Forums by aeropunk | Found this little WWII dogfighting short on Vimeo this morning and thought the folks here would appreciate it. Awesome CGI, cool story. Enjoy!
Able Flight students to benefit from ForeFlight donation from General Aviation News | When the next Able Flight scholarship winners prepare for a flight, they'll have the option of doing so with ForeFlight's Mobile HD software. ForeFlight, a provider of aviation software for pilots, is the newest sponsor of Able Flight's unique flight training program for people with physical disabilities. In addition to a financial donation for the scholarship fund, ForeFlight will provide software for Able Flight's student pilots to use during their training...
Mojave spaceport & Spaceport Sweden partnership from RLV and Space Transport News | Spaceport Sweden and Mojave Air and Space Port have recently announced an agreement to cooperate in various areas of common interest: Mojave Air & Space Port and Spaceport Sweden building bridge across boarders - Spaceport Sweden - Oct.27.11 - An agreement with the aim to mobilize, stimulate and facilitate the growth of the commercial suborbital human spaceflight industry across boarders at Kiruna, Sweden and Mojave, California, US was signed on Friday 21 October 2011 in San Francisco by Mojave Air and Space Port CEO, Stuart Witt and Spaceport Sweden CEO, Karin Nilsdotter...
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Indy Transponder 08-OCT-2011 1630z
Fleet Week: Celebrating 30 Years in the Air [PHOTOS] - International Business Times | Fleet Week, the annual event celebrating military sea services, roars through San Francisco Friday, beginning with a Blue Angels air show at 1 pm Celebrations are likely to be spectacular. The Week not only celebrates three decades ...
Performers showcase planes during AIRSHO - Odessa American | MIDLAND Partly cloudy skies and windy conditions might have stalled the start of the AIRSHO's opening performance Friday but it didn't stop pilots from giving spectators a good, heart-stopping show. The Commemorative Air Force began ...
C-130J transport aircraft, woman sky divers at IAF show - The Hindu | Missing in action was the Surya Kiran Aerobatic Team, which has been grounded for the time being to provide training to IAF's rookie pilots in absence of basic trainer aircraft. Making its debut, the six-member woman sky-diving team jumped from an ...
Surya Kirans to fly again with Hawk aircraft: ACM Browne - IBNLive.com | Hindon (Ghaziabad), Oct 8 (PTI) The disbanded nine aircraft Surya Kiran Aerobatic Team (SKAT) of the Indian Air Force will once again take to the skies in another three years with British Hawk Advanced Jet Trainers (AJTs). ...
EAA'S B-17 ALUMINUM OVERCAST LANDS IN LAS VEGAS OCTOBER 11-12 - EAA News | EAA's B-17 TourEAA continues to offer historic flight experiences in its beautifully restored B-17G Flying Fortress Aluminum Overcast with a tour stop in Las Vegas, Nevada, October 11-12 at North Las Vegas Airport (VGT), hosted by EAA Chapter 163. Pre-book a flight aboard this iconic World War II bomber and relive the experience those brave young men had more than 60 years ago. Once airborne, passengers have the opportunity to walk around and explore the B-17's various sections, including the bomb bay, radio room, tail, and waist gunner. Self-guided ground tours are also available daily from 2-5 p.m. and cost $5 per adult, $15 per family. Active military or veterans receive free ground tour admission. While you save money when you pre-book a flight, walk-ups are always welcome. For more information, or to pre-book a flight,....
Old-fashioned air race charts a course over multiple nearby counties - Your Houston News | The Cleveland Air Race Revival is set for Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011, from 8 am to noon at the Cleveland Municipal Airport. The 150-mile race will officially start at Lake Water Wheel in Shepherd with six turn points over Liberty, Hardin, Jasper, Tyler, ...
Cleveland Air Race in Texas (Houston) on 10-15-11 from VAF Forums by Bob Axsom | On October 15, 2011 the race in the Houston, Texas area of the US will be flown over the following course:...
From AAFO: More photos from Reno 2011, A Small Reno Pics Offering, LAST SPORT RACE 2011, HEAD TO HEAD FINISH!
Gene Littlefield, Longtime Air Show Star, Passes Away - EAA News | Gene Littlefield, who flew a wing-walking act with his wife for nearly 20 years at Oshkosh and was also a stalwart for air show performer safety, died on Saturday, October 1, at his home in Wilmington, Illinois. He was 81. Littlefield (EAA 61641) was an EAA and IAC member since 1975. He was best known for the Gene Littlefield Air Shows performances in his Stearman 450 biplane, which included wing-walking by his wife, Cheryl. He began flying in the air shows at Oshkosh in the early 1980s and continued impressing air show fans at the EAA fly-in through the mid-1990s. ...
TIMELESS VOICES: SCALEVENTURE WWII VETERANS PANEL - EAA | On Saturday October 1, 2011, the EAA AirVenture Museum hosted a special moderated panel discussion featuring seven WWII veterans. Held in conjunction with the inaugural ScaleVenture model contest at the museum, the panel allowed modelers to interact with some of the veterans who flew in the very machines their scale models depicted. Participating in the panel were: Vic Bast, a P-47 pilot assigned to the 61st Fighter Squadron of the 56th Fighter Group; Bill Hartshorn, a second P-47 pilot who also flew with the 61st Fighter Squadron; John Roseberg, a B-24 tailgunner assigned to the 526th Bomb Squadron of the 392nd Bomb Group; Bill Meier, who was a B-17 bombardier with the 413th Bomb Squadron of the 96th Bomb Group; Chet Gardeski, a B-17 flight engineer assigned to the 422nd Bomb Squadron of the 305th Bomb Group; Bill Bergner, who served as a B-17 radar operator with the 327th Bomb Squadron of the 92nd Bomb Group; and John Gibbons, who was a B-17 pilot with the 350th Bomb Squadron of the 100th Bomb Group. All seven men flew their missions out of England while serving in the Eighth Air Force. They shared some of their childhood aviation memories with the audience, as well as stories of combat while overseas. Watch the video
His past was diverse, but he looks forward - Reading Eagle | ... He was a member of the Black Hawk B-17 crew, mentioned many times in the book "The Cold Blue Sky," written by fellow crew member and gunner Jack Novey. Eisenhower was on the second B-17 plane to finish 25 missions at a time when an average crew lasted only seven missions, he said. ...
Model Beginning: ScaleVenture Holds First Oshkosh Event - EAA News | EAA’s first “ScaleVenture” exhibit and competition was held last weekend, drawing 64 competitors and 283 model entries at the Founders’ Wing inside the EAA AirVenture Museum. The inaugural event featured a room full of models and attendees as hundreds of people came out to see the detailed replications of aircraft, automobiles, ships, and armored vehicles. Winners were named in 30 categories, plus 20 other special awards were presented, including Joe Simon for Best of Show for his “IJN Kongo Battleship” model....
Look: Giant Spy Blimp Dwarfs an 18-Wheeler from Wired: Danger Room | That teeny-weeny, toy-looking thing to the left? An 18-wheeler truck. The giant egg to the right? The biggest spy drone anyone has ever made. The optionally manned airship — known by the cumbersome code name of “Blue Devil Block 2” — was first inflated with air in early September. Last week, at a hangar in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, the blimp was filled with helium, and began to float. By the middle of next year, the Air Force hopes, the airship will be...
