Sun shines bright for Beale Air Show - Sacramento Bee | Beale Air Show attendees emerge from under the wing of a C-17A transport plane to catch some aerobatic action Saturday. The lineup for the air show, which concludes today, includes performances by the Thunderbirds and a B-2 Spirit, or Stealth bomber, ...Beale Air Show: Nostalgia and awe - Appeal-Democrat | Planes from all eras and aircraft of all types dazzled spectators from the sky and on the ground Saturday at the Beale Air Show 2011. Bombers, jet trainers and fighters shot like rockets above the runway as cargo carriers soared along and the Air Force ...
Big Turn Out For Dyess Big Country Airfest – KTXS | The air show is a standing tradition for many people who went as kids and now years later are taking their own kids. Captain Greg Dover remembers going to air shows when he was a little boy, now that he is all grown up he is the one in the cockpit. ...
Belgian Red Devils to fly at air tattoo - Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard | AN AEROBATIC display team that attended the second International Air Tattoo in 1972 is set to return to Fairford this summer to mark the 40th anniversary of he world's largest military airshow. Les Diables Rouges (The Red Devils) ...
Blues kick off Aviation Week - Pensacola News Journal | The Blue Angels will fly. The $34.5 million National Flight Academy will be christened. The last man to walk on the moon will visit. And tons — literally — of aviation memorabilia and planes will be on display during Aviation Week, which Monday ...
Blues kick off Aviation Week - Pensacola News Journal | The Blue Angels will fly. The $34.5 million National Flight Academy will be christened. The last man to walk on the moon will visit. And tons — literally — of aviation memorabilia and planes will be on display during Aviation Week, which Monday ...
This week, it's all about aviation - Pensacola News Journal | The Aero Club at Eglin Air Force Base closed bidding last week on two of its Cessna 172P flight training aircraft, which were put up for sale after years of service to the club. Your stalwart military notes columnist has a bit of a history with one ...
Helicopter believed to be taking part in the production of a reality TV show crashed - At least two people were injured when a helicopter believed to be taking part in the production of a reality TV show crashed Saturday night a couple of blocks from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania campus. No fatalities were immediately reported, and nobody on the ground was injured. Indiana County Coroner Michael Baker and Mayor George Hood said three people were on board the helicopter, while the borough police department said late Saturday that four people were on board…
On the wings of a guardian angel - Jackson Clarion Ledger | They made the P-51, and the B-25 and the AT-6s. They were wonderful plane makers." Three AT-6s left Craig Field in Selma, Ala., about 7 pm Instructor Lt. BH Aszman acted as flight commander, with Cadet Ellis flying with him. Their course took them east ...
Hunting Warbirds: The Obsessive Quest for the Lost Aircraft of World War II, by Carl Hoffman from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale | "Winged treasure" they call them-the lost remains of the great American fighter planes and bombers that won World War II. Hellcats and Supperfortresses, Corsairs and Dauntlesses. Produced by the thousands at the height of the war, and then cast off as scrap in the decades that followed, these warbirds are now worth literally anything-fortunes,families, even lives-to the peoplewho search for them. Like many men, writer Carl Hoffman was bitten by the warbird bug as a child. But he never imagined that he would one day witness and participate in a heroic adventure himself-the most audacious warbird rescue attempt of all time…Art Donahue: Minnesotan, RAF WWII pilot, hall of famer - Winona Daily News | A St. Charles boy who learned to fly in Winona was the first American pilot to see combat action in World War II. Flight Lieutenant Art Donahue, who died in 1942 flying a Spitfire for the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force, was inducted Saturday into the ...
Going International – Virtually! from Flight Monkeys | A message recently posted on our Facebook page caught our attention. It read, “Hi there! We are the Puerto Rico Chapter of Women in Aviation, International…and we like your page!” Now we’re close enough to being grown-ups to admit that it took us about 15 minutes to calm down after realizing that we had made an International connection. But we eventually put away the noisemakers, shut down the confetti canons, and took the spotlight off the mirrorball in our lobby. It was right about then when the intern made a point that the rest of us had missed somehow...
Going International – Virtually! from Flight Monkeys | A message recently posted on our Facebook page caught our attention. It read, “Hi there! We are the Puerto Rico Chapter of Women in Aviation, International…and we like your page!” Now we’re close enough to being grown-ups to admit that it took us about 15 minutes to calm down after realizing that we had made an International connection. But we eventually put away the noisemakers, shut down the confetti canons, and took the spotlight off the mirrorball in our lobby. It was right about then when the intern made a point that the rest of us had missed somehow...
Larry Tobin's Stearman C3B Back in the Air! from Antique Airfield News | Larry Tobin's 1927 Stearman C3B SN 004 took wing this morning after a 2 1/2 year rebuild following his horrific crash landing in the Columbia Gorge on our return from New York Sept 20 2008. Larry did the first ride without a squawk list and then I was able to test hop that airplane as well as my son Ryan. The rigging is nearly perfect and the airplane is as it was once again. Larry is to be commended for his tenacity, craftsmanship and drive to get the major damage repaired and return this oldest flying Stearman in the air again. A great day for all of us at Felts Field in Spokane… Setting Up the Wing on a Command-Aire from Antique Airfield News | The wing is being assembled on Bob and Bill Juranich's Command-Aire 5C3 at Auburn Municipal Airport, Auburn WA. Bob Johnson and Dustin Peterson have been busy with fabric covering, painting, and now hoisting the wing in preparation for final rig. Former owner Jeremy Young dropped by to help as well…
John Pike's Ghost Ship Gets a New Cowling from Antique Airfield News | John Pike of Big Sky Stearman in Oregon City sent some photos of the latest modifications to his Ghost Ship Project. The cowling looks great but slowed the ship down by 20 mph! …Addison Pemberton's Waco from Antique Airfield News | Addison Pemberton in Spokane, WA wrote the latest pictures of his 1936 350 HP Wright powered Waco EQC-6 project. As you can see in the pictures the fresh Wright R706-E2 is now fully rigged and set up. We have had to fabricate a new oil tank with preheat and 6 gallon capacity for long trips and winter starts…
Colorado Chapter May Newsletter from Antique Airfield News | Here's the May 2011 Newsletter for the Colorado Chapter. Report on Sun N Fun and more.
Today in Aviation History – May 1 from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club by bikeal
