Team RV to Make First Appearance at EAA AirVenture 2012 from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, WI- Team RV, the world's largest air show team that combines precision formation flying and formation aerobatics, makes its first Oshkosh appearance in 2012 when it flies during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh - "The World's Greatest Aviation Celebration" - which is July 23-29 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh....
Air show is gift to our community - Yuma Sun | Comments are still coming in about the Marine 
Corps air show that took place last month. What a magnificent performance that was! More than 50000 attended and many more enjoyed it from outside MCAS. Many of us would choose it as the top performance of ...
Kirby Chambliss – Lauderdale Air Show | Kirby Chambliss has spent so much time up flying his Zivko Edge 540's he now jokes that the plane controls and wings are a mere extension of his own arms. It's second nature. The former Red Bull Air Race World Champion, ...
Air show planned to save KZN airports - Independent Online | By Sharika Regchand A string of air shows is being planned to generate funds for six KwaZulu-Natal airports which are in financial trouble. The six municipal airports are in Newcastle, Pietermaritzburg, Margate, Richards Bay, Ulundi and Durban North...
Mission Briefing: Doolittle Raiders 70th Anniversary Flight Prepares for Departure from 
Here's a rare beauty for those who are looking for a special reason to donate... from Warbird Radio's Facebook Wall | Here's a rare beauty for those who are looking for a special reason to donate $500 to the Doolittle Raiders Reunion. This is 1 of only 6 prints signed by 4 of the surviving VMF-214 "Blacksheep" from WWII....
WWII Aircraft 'Executive Sweet' to Moberly airport - Moberly Monitor Index | A B-25 World War II aircraft “Executive Sweet” has been selected as one of 25 aircraft to attend the final Doolittle Raiders Reunion. Executive Sweet will be arriving sometime between noon and 12:30 pm at Omar Bradley Airport....
AIRSHOW NEWS: Falkland’s Figurehead Roars Back To RNAS Yeovilton International Air Day by Flightline UK | The participation of the mighty Avro Vulcan B2 XH558 in Air Day 2012 is an integral part of RNAS Yeovilton International Air Day’s commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the Falklands Campaign. Only recently pressed into service, the Royal Navy’s Sea Harrier FRS1s spearheaded the strike force sent by the UK armed forces to the South Atlantic region and the effectiveness of their involvement was recorded and celebrated. But the Falkland Campaign also saw a fleet of five aircraft, in the twilight of their UK military careers,...
Breckenridge aviator receives final salute - ReporterNews.com | On Wednesday afternoon, Pardue, 77, crashed shortly after taking off and performing a maneuver in his 1940s Grumman F8F Bearcat in preparation for an upcoming air show. Pardue's plane is reported to have made it off the runway before hitting the ground ...
FAA: Stunt plane victim was air traffic controller - Sacramento Bee | The two were flying a single-engine Extra Flugzeugbau EA-300 designed for aerobatic competitions. It's unclear if the men were performing stunts when the crashed occurred. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Allen Kinitzer told the Salinas ...
Ready for a Regional WAI Conference? from WAI Connect Blog by Amy Laboda | If you are planning to participate in the AeroExpo UK at Sywell, England, in May, save May 25th and be a part of the WAI Regional Conference at AeroExpo UK. Secure online registration for WAI members is available...
Search for Amelia Earhart intensifies as 75th anniversary of aviator’s disappearance nears - Washington Post | Jon Thompson has traveled the world collecting art and artifacts for museum exhibits, seen the remains of the Titanic on the sea floor and participated in two unsuccessful missions to find Amelia Earhart. Now 72 and battling prostate cancer, Thompson is convinced he and a team from deep-sea exploration company Nauticos will finally be successful in finding the Kansas-born aviator’s plane, which disappeared with Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan in July 1937. He’s...
Helicopter Museum to hold 30th Anniversary Falklands Weekend from HeliHub.com News | An extra special Falkland’s Conflict commemorative event is to take place at The Helicopter Museum, Weston-super-Mare on 19th and 20th May as part of the national ‘Museums at Night 2012′ campaign. Visitors to the museum will be able to meet the ‘troops’ at a living history encampment and military vehicle display on site before the [...]
The Red Hawks from Featured by Russ Albertson | U.S. Navy’s Premiere Advanced Training Squadron | Lieutenant Junior Grade Wes Tanner breaks away from us landing at NAS Kingsville. (Russ Albertson)VT-21, the “Red Hawks,” is one of the US Navy’s premiere advanced training squadrons, located at NAS Kingsville in southern Texas. Along with VT-22, this base is home to Training Air Wing 2 and provides advanced jet training for new Navy and Marine Aviators....
LSA news from Sun ’n Fun from General Aviation News by Dan Johnson | Whew! It’s over. Sun ’n Fun can be the busiest six days of one’s life — until the next one. I wanted to skim the very top of what I found interesting at the recently concluded show. Today I'll cover airframe manufacturers and follow up this week with more...
Enter AOPA Keep Em Flying Challenge from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | Last week, AOPA announced the launch of the "AOPA Keep ‘Em Flying Challenge." The new AOPA challenge was inspired by the Georgia Air Challenge, which was hosted by the Atlanta Aero Club. It had 308 participants who flew an estimated 1,500 hours from July 1, 2011, through Aug. 12, 2011. Steve Champness, president of the Atlanta Aero Club, felt the Georgia effort could be expanded, and worked with AOPA to create the national challenge....
Street-legal aeroplane unveiled at New York Auto Show - The Independent | A small aviation company has created the first car licensed to fly as well as drive. The Transition, made by Massachusetts-based Terrafugia, features two seats, four wheels and retractable wings, and was unveiled at the New York International Auto Show ...
PAL-V flying car must have commercial version in 2014 from AVIATION AVIATION NEWS NEWS (translated) | Dutch company seeks investors to get 15 million euros. | It is estimated that the vehicle will cost between 250,000 and 500,000 euros. | The Dutch company PAL-V broke the famous phrase of Calderon de la Barca says that "the dreams, dreams are" the fantasy come true to create a flying car, whose commercial version can go on sale in 2014. "We are looking for investors worldwide to achieve the 10 million or 15 million missing to launch the commercial version of the flying car, and we expect this to happen in 2014 ', told Efe, Robert Dingemanse, a co-founder the firm....
NASA Jumbo Jet Arrives to Ferry Shuttle Discovery to Smithsonian - Space.com | CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Discovery's chartered ride to retirement has arrived. The modified-Boeing 747, known as the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), touched down at NASA's Kennedy Space Center here Tuesday (April 10). The jumbo jetliner came in from Dryden Flight Research Center in California to ferry Discovery to the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C., ...
Space Shuttle Discovery will fly over Washington area April 17 – Washington Post from Planenews Aviation News by gil | Weather permitting, the craft will fly at about 1,500 feet and the local flight is scheduled to occur between 10 and 11 a.m. that day, according to NASA. The agency will also be streaming the flight. After the flyover, the aircraft will land at Dulles International Airport. The aircraft is expected to fly near a variety of landmarks,...
Virgin Galactic is coming … but how will space tourism work? - The Conversation | The idea to air-launch came from Burt Rutan, founder of Scaled Composites. Rutan is an aerospace engineer who is well known for winning the Ansari X-Prize in 2004, when his company successfully launched SpaceShipOne: the first privately-funded ...
Showing posts with label Black Sheep Squadron. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Black Sheep Squadron. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
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Saturday, April 9, 2011
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Thunderbirds salute aviation history in Charleston - Myrtle Beach Sun News | AP JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, SC -- The Air Force's famed Thunderbirds aerial demonstration team is flying high over the skies of Charleston during a tribute to aviation history. The Thunderbirds were scheduled to perform hundreds of air ballet moves while ...
Black Sheep fighter jets fly into Boyington Field - The Spokesman Review | Rick Seward, left, who served in Korea and Vietnam, talks with Sgt. Alfred Negron after the fly-in of the Black Sheep Squadron AV-8B Harrier at Pappy Boyington Field in Hayden on Friday. Two fighter jets from the US Marines' famed Black Sheep Squadron ...
Vet who flew bombing missions during World War II is in B-17 again, this time ... - The Republic | The Peoria resident was a special guest of the Wisconsin-based Experimental Aircraft Association and was invited to fly in the plane called the "Aluminim Overcast." It's one a handful of the vintage B-17s still operational. During his service as an US ...
Tales of heroism mark POW Remembrance Day - The Spokesman Review | World War II ex-POWs Bud Kirchhoff, far left, and Jack Donohoe, center, both survivors of the Bataan Death March, and George Vasil, a B-17 navigator shot down in 1943 and held in a Nazi prisoner of war camp, watch a flag-folding ceremony at the POW ...
Lindy Hop to Lindbergh LEAP from CAFE Foundation Blog | Sun n’ Fun, following a disastrous sweep by an F1 tornado through the flight line on Thursday, March 31, came back strong the following day, with F-22 demonstration flights, the Blue Angels, and a full contingent of top-drawer aerobatic pilots. The Green Aviation exhibits ...
Plane Pull is back on track at Delaware National Guard base - The News Journal | The Delaware National Guard's annual Plane Pull to benefit Special Olympics is set to begin at 9 am Sunday. The event was canceled Friday because of concerns over the possibility of a federal government shutdown. But due to the compromise reached in ...
Spaceships of the World: 50 Years of Humans Spaceflight from SPACE.com | See the spaceships that have launched astronauts and cosmonauts into space in the first 50 years of human spaceflight.
Video: Yuri Gagarin and the Science of Orbit from Spaceports
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Blacksheep Reunion
The Famous Fighter Squadron of VMF-214 Blacksheep led by Major Gregory "Pappy" Boyington will be holding their last Reunion. Jim Hill, Tom Emrich, Ed Harper, and Harry Johnson will be attending. Special Guest to join us for the Reunion will be Greg Boyington Jr. Pappy son.
More information will be submitted when exact time lines are confirmed.
All Request and or Press / Media info needs to be Directed to Mint Moore III: CorsairBoss@aol.com
To be forwarded to Appropriate Public Affairs Offices.
This is The Official Hotel for this Event and will also be "The HQ" for the Event:
http://www.radisson.com/yuma-hotel-az-85365/azyumard
FLY SAFE---FLY FAST
Mint Moore III
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Friday, January 7, 2011
The Black Sheep Squadron
from reader Mint Moore III
The VMF-214 Blacksheep Pilots where 52 strong at one point and some became MIA and some Shot in Battle during WWII. The Blacksheep are very well known, and if you ask a person about the F4U Corsair ...the first thing they say is Pappy Boyington.
The Web Site is www.bsheep.com
FLY SAFE---FLY FAST
Mint Moore III
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Fred "Rope Trick" Losch - Black Sheep Squadron
This just in from a loyal reader, Mint Moore III, who was a close friend for Mr. Losch ....
Photos submitted by Mint Moore III
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Indy Transponder 10-FEB-10 2300z
3 1/2 months and counting down - Havelock News
The Aeroshell Aerobatic Team of AT-6 Texans will be filling the sky with smoke in precision flying formations this year. The four-member flying team uses ...
Eglin air show right around the corner - Eglin AFB
Plans are in high gear for Eglin's 2010 Open House and Air Show. The event, scheduled for April 10 and11, is the first here since 2007. This year's theme, "75 Years of Eglin Pride," will showcase the mission here and pay homage to ...
Heli-Expo 2010 from Airplanes Channel
The Heli-Expo is one of the biggest aviation events of the year, and it focuses on promoting the latest technology and developments within the helicopter industry. Known and supported by the helicopter community from across the world, visitors to the expo will see products from a variety of exhibitors, such ...
2010 Westfield International Airshow - official web site
The 2010 Westfield International Air Show will be held August 21 & 22, 2010 | Featuring: The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds
Houdini Centenary Air Show 2010 from Airplanes Channel
On 20 March 2010, the air space above the Melton Airfield will be filled with spectacular aerial demonstrations and exciting exhibition flights. It is here, at the Houdini – Centenary Air Show, that tribute will be paid to the first controlled powered flight, which was recorded in Australia, by Harry ...
Southend Festival of the Air 2010 – Update by Flightline UK
TSA Consulting is delighted to have been asked to organise the flying display element of the Southend Festival of the Air 2010. This will see the 25th staging of an airshow on the May Bank Holiday weekend along the Thames Estuary at Southend – the longest running seafront airshow – and all have seen the critical involvement of Ray Thilthorpe in the role of Flying Display Director and latterly as a member of the Flying Control Committee and 'specialist aviation commentator' to the team from BBC Radio Essex
City and sponsor address air show traffic concerns - Leader-Telegram
Sponsors of the 2010 Chippewa Valley Air Show and Eau Claire city government are attempting to reduce the ...
Talking point: Red Arrows: Time to go? from www.key.aero
Every so often the popular press in the UK will run stories suggesting that the Royal Air Force's aerobatic display team, the Red Arrows is about to be disbanded to save money… and time after time the idea is rebuffed by the Ministry of Defence.
But, given the dire state of the UK's finances, and recent press speculation that even the Royal Air Force itself may not survive the Strategic Defence Review after the General Election later this year, perhaps doing away with a national institution such as the Red Arrows would highlight the difficult decisions facing the armed forces.
Don't misunderstand us – we're big fans of the Red Arrows – the team has ably demonstrated the professionalism of the Royal Air Force around the world since its inception in 1965 – after all, it...
Enter the 'Wings Over South Texas' 5K fun run - Kingsville Record
A 5K fun run will be held on board Naval Air Station Kingsville prior to gates opening, Saturday, March 27, for the "Wings Over South Texas" 2010 Air Show. ...
Wings of Freedom WWII Aircraft Tour in Gulf Shores Feb. 24-26 - Mullet Wrapper
Featured planes are a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Consolidated B-24 Liberator (pictured) and North American P-51 Mustang. This is a rare opportunity to ...
My Summer of Love: The Assignment of aLifetime is One I Will Never Forget from Av8rdan's World of Flying
For those who follow my writing here, you know my admiration for the DC-3/C-47 has never been higher. Those who join me in loving these great old warhorses and passenger liners know there is something about this make/model of aircraft that elevates them beyond simply vintage status.
When I heard that the crew at thelasttime.org was organizing a massive formation flight of DC-3s and C-47s into Oshkosh for opening day of the 2010 Airventure Airplane Bazaar, Camp Out and Brat Festival, I instantly knew I had to be a part of this adventure. But how? ...
Tuskegee Airman was inspiring - Stars and Stripes Letters to the Editor
I had the opportunity to meet Lt. Col. Lee A. Archer when I was in Civil Air Patrol in Omaha, Neb. ("Pilot considered the only ace Tuskegee Airman dies," Web, Jan. 28). I was about 16 at the time and my CAP squadron (99th Pursuit Composite Squadron) had him visit us. Our commander was also a Tuskegee Airman, and Archer came as a favor to his comrade. ...
Virtual Museum To Honor African American Aviation Pioneers from AvStop
Airlines has a new virtual museum, BlacksinAviation.com, that explores the history of African Americans in aviation from pre-civil rights to the present. Launched today, the virtual museum highlights the challenges and accomplishments of African-American aviation professionals, including the struggle for racial equality in commercial airlines, the military and aerospace. The virtual museum is a Web site that provides written profiles along with video interviews, photos and historical documents to cover this chapter in American history. Some of today's most accomplished aviators assisted American Airlines with Blacks in Aviation, including NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, who was chosen to lead the aerospace agency in 2008 and members of the Tuskegee Airmen.
The Black sheep squadron by Frank Sider
Major Boyington had just returned from a year's tour in China as a member of the American Volunteer Group, the "Flying Tigers". In China, he had downed six enemy planes and became, through actual experience, one of the originators of ...
Video: Museum reaches milestone as 'Tiger Moth' is rolled out from Diamond Pilots
A 68-year-old Tiger Moth biplane was rolled out at the Aviation Museum today in a milestone in its long restoration process. The 'moth,' started being produced from 1931 and most of Britain's wartime pilots took their first training flight on it. The aircraft bought by the Aviation Museum, built in 1942, it being restored to full flying condition, a first for the museum. READ MORE and WATCH VIDEO
Virtual tours of new Waco cockpit online from General Aviation News
Waco Classic Aircraft Corp. now offers 360° virtual tours of the rear cockpit of the new WACO YMF-D.
Go to WacoClassic.com, and use your mouse to scroll around a panoramic view inside the cockpit of a new production WACO YMF, which includes an all-glass panel in the new production biplane.
Reunion from National WWII Glider Pilots Association, Inc
The Executive Council has approved the location for 40th Annual Reunion. We will be returning to Lubbock, Texas. Our primary focus will be the Silent Wings Museum. Doug Flynn and Otto Lyons are assisting with the negotiations and working with officials to make it a very interesting and enjoyable affair. Many changes have been made in the museum since we last had our reunion in Lubbock. The dates have not been established as yet. However, October 7, 8 and 9, 2010 have been suggested as probable. We have ...
Spirits soar at air museum during SI photo shoot - The Desert Sun
The same day Santa Claus flew into the Palm Springs Air Museum, the facility hosted some other guests — two Sports Illustrated swimsuit models. ...
More Ladybirds from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale
Here's some more brief entries on women pilots from Ladybirds: The Untold Story of Women Pilots in America.
A Whirly-Girl (helicopter pilot), K. C. Nichols, made it possible for women to fly stunt doubles in parts that had women pilot characters. Her lobbying efforts with the Screen Actors Guild helped eliminate the "man pilot in the wig" role.
Kay Bowman wanted to learn to fly helicopters but needed a job to ...
Top Women Aviation Authors Featured at WAI Conference - Plane News
Attendees at the Women in Aviation, International (WAI) Conference will have the chance to meet aviation authors in person to purchase their books and have them autographed. Each author will have a specific time period to be showcased.
The authors that will be featured at this year's conference at Disney's Coronado Springs Resort from February 25-27, 2010 include:...
Continental honors its first black pilot - 9NEWS.com
Continental Airlines has named a new Boeing 737-800 for Denver aviator Marlon D. Green, who was the first African-American pilot to fly for ...
American Airlines Honors African-American Aviation Pioneers With Its New Virtual Museum from PR Newswire: Airlines/Aviation
American Airlines has a new virtual museum, BlacksinAviation.com, that explores the history of African Americans in aviation from pre-civil rights to the present. Launched today, the virtual museum highlights the challenges and accomplishments of ...
Fort Smith Museum of History preps for 100-year anniversary - The City Wire
... and Fort Smith's African-American History;" "American Indian Realism;" "The Fort in Flight: Bud Mars and the City's Aviation History;" "Boom and Slash! ...
DARPA calls for an unmanned A-10 -- literally, perhaps from The DEW Line
Since the moment on November 4, 2002, when a Hellfire-armed MQ-1 Predator whacked a car full of terrorists in Yemen, the idea was planted. It wouldn't be long before armed, remotely piloted aircraft would be doing more than striking high value targets. They would be hovering somewhere over a gunfight, backing up the good guys with a laser-guided missile -- in lieu of the A-10's 30mm cannon. It's actually already happening today, with the handful of MQ-9 Reapers sometimes being in the right place at the right time.
But the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is now ...
Rare Bear Landing Gear Failure - Reno 2008 - Keith Breazeal Video Productions
Rare Bear experienced a right landing gear failure after the last race on Friday.
p from My Life
Picture: Red Flag Raptors from www.key.aero
Freeman Field Flying Association of Seymour, Indiana
The Freeman Field Flying Association (FFFA) is a group of aviation minded individuals, most from the Seymour, IN area, who have banded together for the purpose of promoting aviation growth and safety at Freeman Municipal Airport. Activities include monthly membership meetings and publication of a monthly newsletter. Safety topics are discussed at meetings and an FAA-approved aviation safety seminar is held once a year.
In order to promote aviation activity the FFFA works closely with the airport manager to assist with the sponsorship of various events each year. In recent times these have included an annual T-6 WW-II trainer fly-in, safety seminars, pancake breakfasts, radio-controlled model aircraft fly-in and an airport awareness day.
Airport Awareness Day, Saturday, October 9, 2010
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The Aeroshell Aerobatic Team of AT-6 Texans will be filling the sky with smoke in precision flying formations this year. The four-member flying team uses ...
Eglin air show right around the corner - Eglin AFB
Plans are in high gear for Eglin's 2010 Open House and Air Show. The event, scheduled for April 10 and11, is the first here since 2007. This year's theme, "75 Years of Eglin Pride," will showcase the mission here and pay homage to ...
Heli-Expo 2010 from Airplanes Channel
The Heli-Expo is one of the biggest aviation events of the year, and it focuses on promoting the latest technology and developments within the helicopter industry. Known and supported by the helicopter community from across the world, visitors to the expo will see products from a variety of exhibitors, such ...
2010 Westfield International Airshow - official web site
The 2010 Westfield International Air Show will be held August 21 & 22, 2010 | Featuring: The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds
Houdini Centenary Air Show 2010 from Airplanes Channel
On 20 March 2010, the air space above the Melton Airfield will be filled with spectacular aerial demonstrations and exciting exhibition flights. It is here, at the Houdini – Centenary Air Show, that tribute will be paid to the first controlled powered flight, which was recorded in Australia, by Harry ...
Daily Headlines from the IndyTransponder can now be heard on...
Southend Festival of the Air 2010 – Update by Flightline UK
TSA Consulting is delighted to have been asked to organise the flying display element of the Southend Festival of the Air 2010. This will see the 25th staging of an airshow on the May Bank Holiday weekend along the Thames Estuary at Southend – the longest running seafront airshow – and all have seen the critical involvement of Ray Thilthorpe in the role of Flying Display Director and latterly as a member of the Flying Control Committee and 'specialist aviation commentator' to the team from BBC Radio Essex
City and sponsor address air show traffic concerns - Leader-Telegram
Sponsors of the 2010 Chippewa Valley Air Show and Eau Claire city government are attempting to reduce the ...
Talking point: Red Arrows: Time to go? from www.key.aero
Every so often the popular press in the UK will run stories suggesting that the Royal Air Force's aerobatic display team, the Red Arrows is about to be disbanded to save money… and time after time the idea is rebuffed by the Ministry of Defence.
But, given the dire state of the UK's finances, and recent press speculation that even the Royal Air Force itself may not survive the Strategic Defence Review after the General Election later this year, perhaps doing away with a national institution such as the Red Arrows would highlight the difficult decisions facing the armed forces.
Don't misunderstand us – we're big fans of the Red Arrows – the team has ably demonstrated the professionalism of the Royal Air Force around the world since its inception in 1965 – after all, it...
Enter the 'Wings Over South Texas' 5K fun run - Kingsville Record
A 5K fun run will be held on board Naval Air Station Kingsville prior to gates opening, Saturday, March 27, for the "Wings Over South Texas" 2010 Air Show. ...
Wings of Freedom WWII Aircraft Tour in Gulf Shores Feb. 24-26 - Mullet Wrapper
Featured planes are a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Consolidated B-24 Liberator (pictured) and North American P-51 Mustang. This is a rare opportunity to ...
My Summer of Love: The Assignment of aLifetime is One I Will Never Forget from Av8rdan's World of Flying
For those who follow my writing here, you know my admiration for the DC-3/C-47 has never been higher. Those who join me in loving these great old warhorses and passenger liners know there is something about this make/model of aircraft that elevates them beyond simply vintage status.
When I heard that the crew at thelasttime.org was organizing a massive formation flight of DC-3s and C-47s into Oshkosh for opening day of the 2010 Airventure Airplane Bazaar, Camp Out and Brat Festival, I instantly knew I had to be a part of this adventure. But how? ...
Tuskegee Airman was inspiring - Stars and Stripes Letters to the Editor
I had the opportunity to meet Lt. Col. Lee A. Archer when I was in Civil Air Patrol in Omaha, Neb. ("Pilot considered the only ace Tuskegee Airman dies," Web, Jan. 28). I was about 16 at the time and my CAP squadron (99th Pursuit Composite Squadron) had him visit us. Our commander was also a Tuskegee Airman, and Archer came as a favor to his comrade. ...
Virtual Museum To Honor African American Aviation Pioneers from AvStop
Airlines has a new virtual museum, BlacksinAviation.com, that explores the history of African Americans in aviation from pre-civil rights to the present. Launched today, the virtual museum highlights the challenges and accomplishments of African-American aviation professionals, including the struggle for racial equality in commercial airlines, the military and aerospace. The virtual museum is a Web site that provides written profiles along with video interviews, photos and historical documents to cover this chapter in American history. Some of today's most accomplished aviators assisted American Airlines with Blacks in Aviation, including NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, who was chosen to lead the aerospace agency in 2008 and members of the Tuskegee Airmen.
The Black sheep squadron by Frank Sider
Major Boyington had just returned from a year's tour in China as a member of the American Volunteer Group, the "Flying Tigers". In China, he had downed six enemy planes and became, through actual experience, one of the originators of ...
Video: Museum reaches milestone as 'Tiger Moth' is rolled out from Diamond Pilots
A 68-year-old Tiger Moth biplane was rolled out at the Aviation Museum today in a milestone in its long restoration process. The 'moth,' started being produced from 1931 and most of Britain's wartime pilots took their first training flight on it. The aircraft bought by the Aviation Museum, built in 1942, it being restored to full flying condition, a first for the museum. READ MORE and WATCH VIDEO
Virtual tours of new Waco cockpit online from General Aviation News
Waco Classic Aircraft Corp. now offers 360° virtual tours of the rear cockpit of the new WACO YMF-D.
Go to WacoClassic.com, and use your mouse to scroll around a panoramic view inside the cockpit of a new production WACO YMF, which includes an all-glass panel in the new production biplane.
Reunion from National WWII Glider Pilots Association, Inc
The Executive Council has approved the location for 40th Annual Reunion. We will be returning to Lubbock, Texas. Our primary focus will be the Silent Wings Museum. Doug Flynn and Otto Lyons are assisting with the negotiations and working with officials to make it a very interesting and enjoyable affair. Many changes have been made in the museum since we last had our reunion in Lubbock. The dates have not been established as yet. However, October 7, 8 and 9, 2010 have been suggested as probable. We have ...
Spirits soar at air museum during SI photo shoot - The Desert Sun
The same day Santa Claus flew into the Palm Springs Air Museum, the facility hosted some other guests — two Sports Illustrated swimsuit models. ...
More Ladybirds from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale
Here's some more brief entries on women pilots from Ladybirds: The Untold Story of Women Pilots in America.
A Whirly-Girl (helicopter pilot), K. C. Nichols, made it possible for women to fly stunt doubles in parts that had women pilot characters. Her lobbying efforts with the Screen Actors Guild helped eliminate the "man pilot in the wig" role.
Kay Bowman wanted to learn to fly helicopters but needed a job to ...
Top Women Aviation Authors Featured at WAI Conference - Plane News
Attendees at the Women in Aviation, International (WAI) Conference will have the chance to meet aviation authors in person to purchase their books and have them autographed. Each author will have a specific time period to be showcased.
The authors that will be featured at this year's conference at Disney's Coronado Springs Resort from February 25-27, 2010 include:...
Continental honors its first black pilot - 9NEWS.com
Continental Airlines has named a new Boeing 737-800 for Denver aviator Marlon D. Green, who was the first African-American pilot to fly for ...
American Airlines Honors African-American Aviation Pioneers With Its New Virtual Museum from PR Newswire: Airlines/Aviation
American Airlines has a new virtual museum, BlacksinAviation.com, that explores the history of African Americans in aviation from pre-civil rights to the present. Launched today, the virtual museum highlights the challenges and accomplishments of ...
BlackHistoryInAviation.com launches from General Aviation News
American Airlines has launched a new website, BlackHistoryInAviation.com, which includes interviews with pioneering black aviators, biographies, a photo gallery, a timeline, and resources for today's pilots, including a section on scholarships and recommended reading.
American Airlines has launched a new website, BlackHistoryInAviation.com, which includes interviews with pioneering black aviators, biographies, a photo gallery, a timeline, and resources for today's pilots, including a section on scholarships and recommended reading.
Fort Smith Museum of History preps for 100-year anniversary - The City Wire
... and Fort Smith's African-American History;" "American Indian Realism;" "The Fort in Flight: Bud Mars and the City's Aviation History;" "Boom and Slash! ...
DARPA calls for an unmanned A-10 -- literally, perhaps from The DEW Line
Since the moment on November 4, 2002, when a Hellfire-armed MQ-1 Predator whacked a car full of terrorists in Yemen, the idea was planted. It wouldn't be long before armed, remotely piloted aircraft would be doing more than striking high value targets. They would be hovering somewhere over a gunfight, backing up the good guys with a laser-guided missile -- in lieu of the A-10's 30mm cannon. It's actually already happening today, with the handful of MQ-9 Reapers sometimes being in the right place at the right time.
But the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is now ...
Rare Bear Landing Gear Failure - Reno 2008 - Keith Breazeal Video ProductionsRare Bear experienced a right landing gear failure after the last race on Friday.
p from My Life
Picture: Red Flag Raptors from www.key.aero
Freeman Field Flying Association of Seymour, Indiana
The Freeman Field Flying Association (FFFA) is a group of aviation minded individuals, most from the Seymour, IN area, who have banded together for the purpose of promoting aviation growth and safety at Freeman Municipal Airport. Activities include monthly membership meetings and publication of a monthly newsletter. Safety topics are discussed at meetings and an FAA-approved aviation safety seminar is held once a year.
In order to promote aviation activity the FFFA works closely with the airport manager to assist with the sponsorship of various events each year. In recent times these have included an annual T-6 WW-II trainer fly-in, safety seminars, pancake breakfasts, radio-controlled model aircraft fly-in and an airport awareness day.
Airport Awareness Day, Saturday, October 9, 2010
.Monday, November 16, 2009
Indy Transponder 16-NOV-09 0045z
Thunderbirds wow crowd at Nellis AFB - Las Vegas Sun
F-16 jets in the US Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron Thunderbirds perform during the 2009 Aviation Nation air show Saturday at Nellis Air Force Base. ...
PHOTOS: Getting An Eyeful At Aviation Nation - Las Vegas Review - Journal
Aviation Nation 2009 - Nellis AFB - Fence Check Forums
Aviation Nation 2009 – Picture(s) A Day – 14 November 2009 by Parrothead Jeff
I can think of a few Jimmy Buffett songs that would fit my condition right now, but I'll just quote him about it for now – "It's my own damn fault!" :P
Today was round 1 of my time at Aviation Nation 2009. This has been a superb airshow all around :D Between the quality static displays and the awesome aerial acts, I'd say this is one of the best airshows I've ever been to. And considering I've been to something like 15 days at Nellis, 40+ days at Miramar, quite a few trips to El Centro, and a few others, I'd say I might just be qualified to speak on the subject :wink:
My photographic equipment for today consisted of my ...
Aviation Nation 2009 - Nellis AFB - Fence Check Forums
Aviation Nation 2009 – Picture(s) A Day – 14 November 2009 by Parrothead Jeff
I can think of a few Jimmy Buffett songs that would fit my condition right now, but I'll just quote him about it for now – "It's my own damn fault!" :P
Today was round 1 of my time at Aviation Nation 2009. This has been a superb airshow all around :D Between the quality static displays and the awesome aerial acts, I'd say this is one of the best airshows I've ever been to. And considering I've been to something like 15 days at Nellis, 40+ days at Miramar, quite a few trips to El Centro, and a few others, I'd say I might just be qualified to speak on the subject :wink:
My photographic equipment for today consisted of my ...
Blue Angels go out with a bang - Pensacola News Journal
Pensacola Naval Air Station officials estimated more than 147000 people turned out for the second day of the Blue Angels homecoming air show Saturday, ...
Veteran's Day celebration at Flabob draws thousands - General Aviation News
More than 3,000 people turned up for the free activities at Flabob Airport that honored America's veterans.
The day was a busy one, according to airport officials, who note the flight line quickly filled up with aircraft, including a number of warbirds from the Planes of Fame Museum and Classic Rotors. A pair of F-16s did a fly-over and the T-34 Missing Man Formation also flew over. ...
58th annual Fairview Fly-In and Air Show draws pilot of Texan back - Enid News & Eagle
FAIRVIEW — It was high-flying fun Saturday at the 58th annual Fairview Fly-In and Air Show, billed by organizers as the world's ...
Thousands flock to Page Field for Aviation Day - The News-Press
The star of the show, however, was a B-25 bomber, which co-pilot Mike Banner explained had shot down three Japanese Zeroes and sunk two Japanese ships ...
Crash mars Aviation Day - The News-Press
The National Transportation Safety Board will investigate what caused a Saturday plane crash that injured three, none seriously, at Page Field in Fort Myers ...
The National Transportation Safety Board will investigate what caused a Saturday plane crash that injured three, none seriously, at Page Field in Fort Myers ...
Dubai Airshow opens - GulfNews
Running over five days at the city's Airport Expo, Dubai Airshow is the foremost aerospace event in the Middle East and the fastest growing in the world. ...
Hopes pinned on Dubai air show by Diamond Pilots
... The Dubai air show has opened with hopes that military sales will to continue to prop up a slowing civilian industry.
The four-day, bi-annual exhibition began on Sunday in the United Arab Emirates with advance orders and exhibitor numbers up on previous years, according to organisers.
With aviation being one of the industry's worst hit by the global recession, unrest in the Middle Eastern is said to have kept military orders up and the sector partially afloat. ...
French Pilots Open Air Display - DefenseNews.com
DUBAI – The élite Patrouille de France aerobatic team are due to open the flying displays at 2 pm local time here, to be followed by the Rafale strike ...
11th Dubai Air Show begins amid much fanfare - Google
11th Dubai Air Show begins amid much fan...The Dubai Air show, to run from Nov 15 to 19 at Ai...The show is being organised by F'&'E Aerospace in ...Around 37 high-profile military delegations from 4...About 130 aircrafts will be on ...
#DXB:09 Watch F-22 flying display at Dubai (videos) - The DEW Line
The US Air Force showed off the always crowd-pleasing Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor in the 2:58 pm slot at the Dubai Air Show today. There are a few moments, especially in the first minute, when I lost track of the aircraft, but bear with me. I don't think I missed any of big shots, like the F-22's famous J-turn, for example. Please enjoy.
Gulf Ambition: Dubai Air Show 2009 Preview (#DXB09) - FlightBlogger - Aviation News,
It feels like just yesterday I was arriving in Dubai for my first day of work with Flight. Two years around the horn and I'm back for another go at the Dubai Air Show. Needless to say, the world (and this city) has changed much in the past two years. The 2007 show saw a staggering number of orders as backlogs exploded, pushing Airbus and Boeing towards record bookings.
Late 2007 saw mega orders for Boeing and Airbus by Emirates and DAE, while Bombardier selected the Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan for CSeries, 787 first flight was scheduled for February 2008, United and Delta were in merger talks, 747-8F roll-out had slid and just one A380 had been delivered to Singapore Airlines. ...
Dubai Air Show still grows, defying economic gravity - AINonline
The 2009 Dubai Airshow will seek to buck the aerospace industry's downward trend when it opens its doors this morning. But it seems highly unlikely that this will manifest itself in announcements of significant new aircraft orders, ...
'The French Patrol' thrills crowds with daredevil display - Khaleej Times
Daredevil stunt team the Patrouille de France (translated as 'The French Patrol') kicked off proceedings, enchanting crowds at the Airport Expo with a ...
Airshow turnout a sign of recovery - Emirates Business
... General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, toured the Dubai Airshow. ...
Photostory: Dubai, the flight of arrows Tricolori - ANSA
Mary Kirby and I review Day One at #DXB09 - FlightBlogger - Aviation News
Dubai Airshow 2009, Airport EXPO, UAE - Military Photos
Air show marks PLA Air Force's 60th Anniversary - CCTV... The Dubai air show has opened with hopes that military sales will to continue to prop up a slowing civilian industry.
The four-day, bi-annual exhibition began on Sunday in the United Arab Emirates with advance orders and exhibitor numbers up on previous years, according to organisers.
With aviation being one of the industry's worst hit by the global recession, unrest in the Middle Eastern is said to have kept military orders up and the sector partially afloat. ...
French Pilots Open Air Display - DefenseNews.com
DUBAI – The élite Patrouille de France aerobatic team are due to open the flying displays at 2 pm local time here, to be followed by the Rafale strike ...
11th Dubai Air Show begins amid much fanfare - Google
11th Dubai Air Show begins amid much fan...The Dubai Air show, to run from Nov 15 to 19 at Ai...The show is being organised by F'&'E Aerospace in ...Around 37 high-profile military delegations from 4...About 130 aircrafts will be on ...
#DXB:09 Watch F-22 flying display at Dubai (videos) - The DEW Line
The US Air Force showed off the always crowd-pleasing Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor in the 2:58 pm slot at the Dubai Air Show today. There are a few moments, especially in the first minute, when I lost track of the aircraft, but bear with me. I don't think I missed any of big shots, like the F-22's famous J-turn, for example. Please enjoy.
Gulf Ambition: Dubai Air Show 2009 Preview (#DXB09) - FlightBlogger - Aviation News,
It feels like just yesterday I was arriving in Dubai for my first day of work with Flight. Two years around the horn and I'm back for another go at the Dubai Air Show. Needless to say, the world (and this city) has changed much in the past two years. The 2007 show saw a staggering number of orders as backlogs exploded, pushing Airbus and Boeing towards record bookings.
Late 2007 saw mega orders for Boeing and Airbus by Emirates and DAE, while Bombardier selected the Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan for CSeries, 787 first flight was scheduled for February 2008, United and Delta were in merger talks, 747-8F roll-out had slid and just one A380 had been delivered to Singapore Airlines. ...
Dubai Air Show still grows, defying economic gravity - AINonline
The 2009 Dubai Airshow will seek to buck the aerospace industry's downward trend when it opens its doors this morning. But it seems highly unlikely that this will manifest itself in announcements of significant new aircraft orders, ...
'The French Patrol' thrills crowds with daredevil display - Khaleej Times
Daredevil stunt team the Patrouille de France (translated as 'The French Patrol') kicked off proceedings, enchanting crowds at the Airport Expo with a ...
Airshow turnout a sign of recovery - Emirates Business
... General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, toured the Dubai Airshow. ...
Photostory: Dubai, the flight of arrows Tricolori - ANSA
Mary Kirby and I review Day One at #DXB09 - FlightBlogger - Aviation News
Dubai Airshow 2009, Airport EXPO, UAE - Military Photos
The Air Force's aerobatic team and paratroopers put on a dazzling aerial display amid clear skies. CCTV reporter takes a look at the much-anticipated event ...
"August First" Aerobatics Team aims for the sky - CCTV
As the J-7 fighter makes way for the new J-10 models, the PLA August 1st Aerobatic Team is using the next generation of hardware, to become one of the ...
Tucson Ninety-Nines fly in the spirit of Amelia Earhart - Eastern Arizona Courier
A journey that started in the days of Amelia Earhart was continued by the Tucson Ninety-Nines on Nov. 7. In 1929, an international ...
American WW2 pilot returns to England to unveil memorial to his fallen comrades - Telegraph.co.uk
... which his best friends died has returned to England for the first time after being tracked down by a farmer who unearthed the wreckage of his aeroplane. ...
Memorial unveiled to people killed in WWII crash - Kent News
A memorial stone dedicated to those killed in an aeroplane accident during World War Two was unveiled at a service in Dartford. On July 30, 1941, ...
'Indian aviation history has remained only in memories' - Times of India
Her personal connect with planes, airfields and airports led her to chronicle the aviation history of Hyderabad, Delhi and now, Mumbai. ...
Aviator from World War II's famed Black Sheep Squadron dies - The Canadian Press
One of the last surviving aviators from World War II's famed Black Sheep Squadron has died in Covington, Louisiana. Henry Mayor "Hank" Bourgeois was 88. ...
"A special plane": air-to-air video of the special coloured F-104 by David Cenciotti
Between 2003 and 2004, Piercarlo Ciacchi, a former F-104 pilot currently flying with the Frecce Tricolori display team, produced a series of videos he took flying with the Starfighter from Grazzanise, where its squadron, the 18° Gruppo, was temporary deployed. The following one is dedicated to the world famous 9-99, the red special colour of the 9° Stormo; the first and only Starfighter in special colour scheme ever made by the wing based in Grazzanise. The video is titled "Un aereo speciale" ("A special plane") and you can watch it all by clicking the below image ...
Wings of freedom - Open cockpit tour spotlights 2 vintage aircraft from WWII by Diamond Pilots
... Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum, located at Pueblo Memorial Airport, held an open cockpit tour of two World War II aircraft Saturday.
The tour started with the B-29, dubbed the Super Fortress. The B-29 arrived at the museum from China Lakes, Calif. Junior Air Patrol Guard Cadet Staff Sgt. Haelie Compton gave the B-29 tour. ...
A memorable Veterans Remembered day downtown - Jacksonville Journal-Courier
Ernest "Perk" Chumley initialed papers from his post at Leo's Pizza, sitting at a table next to a display of parts from a B-17 that had been ...
Husted: Stars Ford and Glover give fave causes a lift - Denver Post
Ford, an accomplished pilot, was in Colorado as the honoree of the Spreading Wings Gala at the Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum. ...
War left its marks in Kansas - Topeka Capital Journal
Aircraft targeting the range included B-25 medium bombers, B-17, B-24 and B-29 heavy bombers, and an occasional P-38, a twin-boom fighter-bomber. ...
On This Day in Aviation History: November 15th - NYCAviation.com
Oregon Air & Space Museum - The Register-Guard
As a child, Peter Gatehouse remembers watching as fighter planes crisscrossed the sky during the Battle of Britain, occasionally erupting into ...
Sukhoi - Fence Check ForumsVideo: 99-Year-old jumps out of plane by Diamond Pilots
Weekly Winners ~ patriot edition by Tara R.
Bell Model D-18: Early Helicopter - The Unwanted Blog
Formation Flight Sunday - Planeshots
Indiana astronaut to appear on Indy talk show - Palladium-Item
INDIANAPOLIS — Astronaut David Wolf will discuss his experiences on the International Space Station during a live talk show next month in Indianapolis. ...
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World War I Dawn Patrol Rendezvous offers free educational activities for visitors of all ages from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories
Learn about the primary causes of WWI, fly a plane in a flight simulator or experience the rotational force known as torque, during the 2009 WWI Dawn Patrol Rendezvous at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.
On Friday, Sept. 25, the museum's education division will present ...
Aerial Aerobatics - OregonLive.com
The Thunderbirds didn't disappoint with their streaking precision formations. Heads were on swivels to try to pick out each of the dots on the horizon, ...
B-2 Bomber heading to Kirksville - Kirksville Daily Express and Daily News
A very, very large addition has been made to the 2009 Depot Inn & Suites Kirksville Regional Air Festival. According to a press release, ...
Nova Scotia International Air Show Ready to Roar from Aviation.ca News
Nova Scotia is ready to celebrate Canada's Centennial of Flight on September 12 and 13 at Yarmouth Airport. Aerial performances and ground displays will be represented by aircraft from 12 Wing Shearwater, 14 Wing Greenwood, 3 Wing Bagotville and...
The Red Arrows: aerial acrobats - Telegraph.co.uk
Wing Commander Jas Hawker is the man who choreographs the world-famous Red Arrows, the aerial display team who travel the globe performing breath-taking ...
Red Arrows entertain record-breaking crowd at Hoylake Lifeboat Day - Wirral Globe
A BREATHTAKING new display from the Red Arrows brought this year's Hoylake Lifeboat Day to a close. A record-breaking crowd of more than ...
Air show dazzles flight buffs; Crowd awed by precision manoeuvres by marylee
By Don Lajoie, 31 August 2009 Reprinted from the Windsor Star There was thunder and lightning in the skies over Windsor on the weekend but it had nothing to do with the weather. The thunder came from the jet engines of some of the most awe-inspiring military aircraft in the Canadian and U.S. arsenals and the lightning was [...]
Not only green, arrows are tricolor - Corriere della Sera
Arrows Tricolori their performances regularly take place in Tripoli. But despite repeated requests by the Libyan authorities, the performance is ...
3000 feet up! Evanston Airport delivers on awe-inspiring air show ... - Uinta County Herald
The Pitts Special, designed in 1944, was the top stunt plane until the rise of the aerobatic monoplane in the 1980s, and it's still a potent aerobatic ...
B-25D 'Grumpy' retraces WWII flight path from AOPA News
The route across Canada and the North Atlantic that World War II ferry pilots used to supply the Allies with aircraft and supplies is active once again: A restored B-25D Mitchell is retracing the route.
Connie restoration proceeding by Curt Epstein
The Lockheed L-1649A Starliner was the queen of the skies in the late 1950s and it might again become a familiar sight aloft, according to officials at Lufthansa Technik. In cooperation with the company’s Tulsa, Okla. subsidiary, BizJet, restoration on one of the 50-year-old propliners is under way at a specially built hangar at Auburn-Lewiston Airport in Maine.
The Starliner, the final iteration of Lockheed...
Tuskogee Airman, lawyer dies at 88 from Air Force Times - News
BILOXI, Miss. — Former Tuskegee Airman Robert Decatur, who became a judge and civil rights lawyer, will be buried in Biloxi this week.Decatur died Aug. 19 at his home in Titusville, Fla., at age 88. Burial is at Biloxi National Cemetery with full military honors at 11 a.m. Thursday.He graduated from St. Leo High School in Chicago and received his pilot's license from the University of Akron. He earned a law degree from Case Western Reserve University in Ohio.Decatur was selected for the Tuskegee Airmen Experiment during...
Chris Magee-Marine Ace, Israeli fighter pilot, bank robber from Military Photos by KB
...In early September, he joined the newly-reorganized VMF-214, soon to be dubbed The Black Sheep, commanded by the legendary Greg Boyington. Chris missed out on their first combat mission, but two days later, on Sept. 16, he found all the aerial fighting he could have wished for. In the melee, the Black Sheep tallied eleven confirmed kills; Chris got a probable. On the 17th, they moved up to that most disagreeable of bases, Munda ...
EAA AirVenture 2009 by Matt Thurber
That the annual EAA AirVenture show offers a mouth-watering and impossible-to-swallow cornucopia of everything aviation was never more evident than at this year’s event, where a colossal Airbus A380 shared the ramp at AeroShell Square with Burt Rutan’s most outlandish creation yet, the spaceship-launching Virgin Galactic WhiteKnightTwo built by the talented crew at Scaled Composites. The two giants were joined by all the usual visitors and some other new arrivals, including the first-ever remotely flown UAV to land at Oshkosh, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection Predator B, whose operator flew in air-conditioned comfort in a trailer on the flight line while piloting the UAV to Wittman Regional Airport on July 14. ...
70 Years Ago Today from About.com Military History
Today marks the 70th anniversary of the start of World War II. The largest conflict in history, World War II consumed the globe between 1939 and 1945. On September 1, 1939, the war began when German forces crossed the border into Poland. Commemorative events began in Poland today with the first taking place at Gdansk near where the opening shots were fired.
Double amputee flies from Wright Squawks by Roger Chua
Video and abridged text from Chicago Tribune
Tammy Duckworth, the former Black Hawk helicopter pilot who lost both her legs to a rocket-propelled grenade in Iraq, hoists herself into a single-engine Piper Cherokee.
Now it's blue skies for Duckworth, who's flying again.
For the 41-year-old assistant U.S. veterans affairs secretary, flying equals freedom, even if it's not adrenaline-drenched combat duty but sailing over exurban Virginia's forests and farms. ...
Brazier tries his hand at flying - Politics.co.uk
Julian Brazier spent a day at the Northamptonshire track and was treated to an aerobatic plane ride courtesy of renowned American pilot, Richard "Smokey" ...
From USAFE Live: USAFE Commander visits NASCAR from U.S. Air Force Live
... As I stood beside Reed Sorenson's mother, a four-ship of A-10s from the Michigan ANG passed overhead and she said, "seeing your airplanes overhead always takes my breath away." Me too. ...
Evergreen Aviation's 747 "supertanker" makes retardant air drops ... - OregonLive.com
Mike mcmillan/Alaska Division of forestryevergreen Aviation's 747 "supertanker" makes a retardant drop last month on the ...
EAA Helps Kids Take Flight - WHIZ
The Experimental Aircraft Association will be taking kids age eight through 18 on a free flight as part of their Young Eagles program. ...
XCOR milestone from RLV and Space Transport News
Happy Birthday to XCOR. The company is 10 years old today. Time flies and I expect the Lynx will as well within another birthday or two.
Skydiver Films 10,000 Foot Freefall into Steel Shed [Luckiest Guy Ever] from Gizmodo by Rosa Golijan
Somehow the thrill of skydiving is lost after you've jumped out of a plane, had both parachutes fail, passed out before hitting the roof of a steel shed, and walked away. With video of the fall. [YouTube]
Shortest and longest scheduled commercial flight from Wright Squawks by Roger Chua
Seaplanes Anyone? from Views From The Left Seat
The Heartland Warrior
The September edition of the Heartland Warrior is now available. The official E-Paper of the 434th Air Refueling Wing includes eight pages of stories, photos and features on the units, people and organizations of Grissom ARB. Top stories include: Grissom medics train at Mountain Home, new licenses required for GOV operation, changes to AF fitness test and DoD and VA work to create electronic records. To read this issue of the Heartland Warrior, click here.
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Learn about the primary causes of WWI, fly a plane in a flight simulator or experience the rotational force known as torque, during the 2009 WWI Dawn Patrol Rendezvous at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.
On Friday, Sept. 25, the museum's education division will present ...
Aerial Aerobatics - OregonLive.com
The Thunderbirds didn't disappoint with their streaking precision formations. Heads were on swivels to try to pick out each of the dots on the horizon, ...
B-2 Bomber heading to Kirksville - Kirksville Daily Express and Daily News
A very, very large addition has been made to the 2009 Depot Inn & Suites Kirksville Regional Air Festival. According to a press release, ...
Nova Scotia International Air Show Ready to Roar from Aviation.ca News
Nova Scotia is ready to celebrate Canada's Centennial of Flight on September 12 and 13 at Yarmouth Airport. Aerial performances and ground displays will be represented by aircraft from 12 Wing Shearwater, 14 Wing Greenwood, 3 Wing Bagotville and...
The Red Arrows: aerial acrobats - Telegraph.co.uk
Wing Commander Jas Hawker is the man who choreographs the world-famous Red Arrows, the aerial display team who travel the globe performing breath-taking ...
Red Arrows entertain record-breaking crowd at Hoylake Lifeboat Day - Wirral Globe
A BREATHTAKING new display from the Red Arrows brought this year's Hoylake Lifeboat Day to a close. A record-breaking crowd of more than ...
Air show dazzles flight buffs; Crowd awed by precision manoeuvres by marylee
By Don Lajoie, 31 August 2009 Reprinted from the Windsor Star There was thunder and lightning in the skies over Windsor on the weekend but it had nothing to do with the weather. The thunder came from the jet engines of some of the most awe-inspiring military aircraft in the Canadian and U.S. arsenals and the lightning was [...]
Not only green, arrows are tricolor - Corriere della Sera
Arrows Tricolori their performances regularly take place in Tripoli. But despite repeated requests by the Libyan authorities, the performance is ...
LYBIA:TRICOLOUR WAKE CLOSES FLIGTH DEMONSTRATION CONTROVERSY - ANSAmed
(ansamed) - ROME - A flyover of Tripoli by the flight demonstration squadron of the Italian Air Force marked with a long white, red, and green wake, ...
(ansamed) - ROME - A flyover of Tripoli by the flight demonstration squadron of the Italian Air Force marked with a long white, red, and green wake, ...
3000 feet up! Evanston Airport delivers on awe-inspiring air show ... - Uinta County Herald
The Pitts Special, designed in 1944, was the top stunt plane until the rise of the aerobatic monoplane in the 1980s, and it's still a potent aerobatic ...
B-25D 'Grumpy' retraces WWII flight path from AOPA News
The route across Canada and the North Atlantic that World War II ferry pilots used to supply the Allies with aircraft and supplies is active once again: A restored B-25D Mitchell is retracing the route.
Connie restoration proceeding by Curt Epstein
The Lockheed L-1649A Starliner was the queen of the skies in the late 1950s and it might again become a familiar sight aloft, according to officials at Lufthansa Technik. In cooperation with the company’s Tulsa, Okla. subsidiary, BizJet, restoration on one of the 50-year-old propliners is under way at a specially built hangar at Auburn-Lewiston Airport in Maine.
The Starliner, the final iteration of Lockheed...
Tuskogee Airman, lawyer dies at 88 from Air Force Times - News
BILOXI, Miss. — Former Tuskegee Airman Robert Decatur, who became a judge and civil rights lawyer, will be buried in Biloxi this week.Decatur died Aug. 19 at his home in Titusville, Fla., at age 88. Burial is at Biloxi National Cemetery with full military honors at 11 a.m. Thursday.He graduated from St. Leo High School in Chicago and received his pilot's license from the University of Akron. He earned a law degree from Case Western Reserve University in Ohio.Decatur was selected for the Tuskegee Airmen Experiment during...
Chris Magee-Marine Ace, Israeli fighter pilot, bank robber from Military Photos by KB
...In early September, he joined the newly-reorganized VMF-214, soon to be dubbed The Black Sheep, commanded by the legendary Greg Boyington. Chris missed out on their first combat mission, but two days later, on Sept. 16, he found all the aerial fighting he could have wished for. In the melee, the Black Sheep tallied eleven confirmed kills; Chris got a probable. On the 17th, they moved up to that most disagreeable of bases, Munda ...
EAA AirVenture 2009 by Matt Thurber
That the annual EAA AirVenture show offers a mouth-watering and impossible-to-swallow cornucopia of everything aviation was never more evident than at this year’s event, where a colossal Airbus A380 shared the ramp at AeroShell Square with Burt Rutan’s most outlandish creation yet, the spaceship-launching Virgin Galactic WhiteKnightTwo built by the talented crew at Scaled Composites. The two giants were joined by all the usual visitors and some other new arrivals, including the first-ever remotely flown UAV to land at Oshkosh, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection Predator B, whose operator flew in air-conditioned comfort in a trailer on the flight line while piloting the UAV to Wittman Regional Airport on July 14. ...
70 Years Ago Today from About.com Military History
Today marks the 70th anniversary of the start of World War II. The largest conflict in history, World War II consumed the globe between 1939 and 1945. On September 1, 1939, the war began when German forces crossed the border into Poland. Commemorative events began in Poland today with the first taking place at Gdansk near where the opening shots were fired.
Double amputee flies from Wright Squawks by Roger Chua
Video and abridged text from Chicago Tribune
Tammy Duckworth, the former Black Hawk helicopter pilot who lost both her legs to a rocket-propelled grenade in Iraq, hoists herself into a single-engine Piper Cherokee.
Now it's blue skies for Duckworth, who's flying again.
For the 41-year-old assistant U.S. veterans affairs secretary, flying equals freedom, even if it's not adrenaline-drenched combat duty but sailing over exurban Virginia's forests and farms. ...
Brazier tries his hand at flying - Politics.co.uk
Julian Brazier spent a day at the Northamptonshire track and was treated to an aerobatic plane ride courtesy of renowned American pilot, Richard "Smokey" ...
From USAFE Live: USAFE Commander visits NASCAR from U.S. Air Force Live
... As I stood beside Reed Sorenson's mother, a four-ship of A-10s from the Michigan ANG passed overhead and she said, "seeing your airplanes overhead always takes my breath away." Me too. ...
Evergreen Aviation's 747 "supertanker" makes retardant air drops ... - OregonLive.com
Mike mcmillan/Alaska Division of forestryevergreen Aviation's 747 "supertanker" makes a retardant drop last month on the ...
EAA Helps Kids Take Flight - WHIZ
The Experimental Aircraft Association will be taking kids age eight through 18 on a free flight as part of their Young Eagles program. ...
XCOR milestone from RLV and Space Transport News
Happy Birthday to XCOR. The company is 10 years old today. Time flies and I expect the Lynx will as well within another birthday or two.
Skydiver Films 10,000 Foot Freefall into Steel Shed [Luckiest Guy Ever] from Gizmodo by Rosa Golijan
Somehow the thrill of skydiving is lost after you've jumped out of a plane, had both parachutes fail, passed out before hitting the roof of a steel shed, and walked away. With video of the fall. [YouTube]
Shortest and longest scheduled commercial flight from Wright Squawks by Roger Chua
Seaplanes Anyone? from Views From The Left Seat
The Heartland Warrior
The September edition of the Heartland Warrior is now available. The official E-Paper of the 434th Air Refueling Wing includes eight pages of stories, photos and features on the units, people and organizations of Grissom ARB. Top stories include: Grissom medics train at Mountain Home, new licenses required for GOV operation, changes to AF fitness test and DoD and VA work to create electronic records. To read this issue of the Heartland Warrior, click here.
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