Clay Lacy inducted into Kansas Hall of Fame from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | From the time he was a young boy growing up in the farmland of Wichita, Kansas, during the Great Depression, veteran pilot and business aviation pioneer Clay Lacy had a natural fascination with flight. He first took to the air at age 8 and began working at a local airport in exchange for flying time at age 12. He has since spent nearly every day of his life around airplanes. On Saturday, Nov. 5, Lacy will return to his hometown to attend this year's Kansas Aviation Museum Gala, where he will be inducted into the Kansas Aviation Hall of Fame for his achievements in aviation...
Blue Angels give teacher ride of his life - WJXT Jacksonville | As the Blue Angels are set to perform this weekend at the Naval Air Station Jacksonville Centennial of Naval Aviation Air Show, they helped make the wishes of a local teacher come true. The Blue Angels offered Patrick Stitz the opportunity to fly with ...
Warriors and Warbirds Air Show - 1110 AM WBT | Warriors and Warbirds, Inc. and the City of Monroe welcomes you to look forward to this year's airshow! Join WBT onsite for the fun and excitement!! Warriors and Warbirds was formed to preserve the history of aviation, to serve as an educational tool for the community, and to...
VP-30 to perform in NAS Jax air show By Lt. j.g. Farin Wilson | VP-30 Public Affairs Pilots and aircrew from the VP-30 "Pro's Nest" are eagerly preparing for the return of the P-3C Orion as a performer in the NAS Jacksonville "Centennial of Naval Aviation" Air Show Nov. 5 & 6. The Orion's return marks the first P-3 air show flight in five years at NAS Jacksonville. VP-30 Commanding Officer Capt. Mark Stevens said,...
Jacqueline Cochran Air Show set for Saturday in Thermal - The Desert Sun | Military warplanes and aerobatic pilots will take to the sky from 9 am to 3 pm Saturday during the eighth annual Jacqueline Cochran Air Show at the Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport at 56-850 Higgins Drive in Thermal. Featured performances include ...
World Air Race likely in Mumbai next year - Daily News & Analysis | Organisers of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship, Austrian Trade Commission and Red Bull Air Race company met Maharashtra Tourism Minister Chhagan Bhujbal yesterday and made a presentation about the event. They told the minister that races are ...
UCRA may break even with airshow - Cookeville Herald Citizen | While the final numbers for the September Upper Cumberland Airshow are still not in, Airport Manager Jim Kmet estimates that the airport will come close to breaking even in comparing costs to revenues. "We've got $2500 that we're waiting for from ...
Goodrich to Showcase Military and Civil Aviation Technologies at Dubai Airshow ... - Sacramento Bee | Goodrich Corporation (NYSE:GR) will showcase a range of advanced civil and military technologies at the Dubai Airshow, which takes place from November 13 to 17, 2011. The Goodrich advanced DB-110 sensor is a focus of the ...
Remembrance at the Museum this November from RAF Museum London News | As befits November the Royal Air Force Museum London will be holding a series of events and ceremonies dedicated to the act of Remembrance. On Friday 11th of November, the Museum will be holding a simple Remembrance Ceremony by the Lancaster in Bomber Hall starting at 10.55am. On Remembrance Sunday the museum will be inviting members of the public to hold a two minutes silence; whilst on 12th and the 13th we will be holding an activity for younger children exploring the theme of Remembrance: 'Lest We Forget' where children...
"Flying Tigers" exhibit dedicated at Pacific Aviation Museum - KHON | A new exhibit was dedicated tonight at the Pacific Aviation Museum in honor of pilots who protected the skies over China during World War II. A Curtiss P-40 Warhawk flying tiger is now the centerpiece of the new "flying tigers" exhibit. It's one of the most popular American fighter planes of...
Back in the Day: first and only flight of the world's largest plane - euronews | The H-4 was built by Hollywood movie producer and aviation fanatic Howard Hughes, the subject of Martin Scorsese's 2004 film 'The Aviator'. The US government ordered a large flying boat in 1942, as it needed to transport troops and equipment for the ...
The Boeing Bee by Paul Tannahill | Since restoration began on the aircraft in 1991, the Museum of Flights rare B-17F "Boeing Bee," has been for the most part, inaccessible to the general public, largely viewable only by special appointment. (Paul Tannahill)One of the most iconic aircraft of WWII is the B-17. And nowhere is this...
Vintage Beechcraft Staggerwing Restoration By Rebecca Reeb | (Tom Carter)In a small, unassuming hangar at French Valley Airport in Temecula, Calif., a group of four people ministrate to Beechcraft Staggerwings. Currently there are two Beeches awaiting the final
completion of work items. One airplane had not flown in more than ten years so there...
"Almost on Top" UCAP #260 from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast | Duct Tape Redux... a quality stroke... Uncontrolled Airspace General Aviation Podcast. Recorded October 28, 2011
A New Biography for Young Readers: The Fabulous Flying Machines of Alberto Santos-Dumont from Featured by S. Mark Rhodes | Santos-Dumont helped make aviation into a spectator sport in the early 20th century (Abrams)Alberto Santos-Dumont is the most influential early aviation pioneer you (probably) never heard of; equally urbane and enigmatic, Santos-Dumont lived like a character out of a Jules Verne novel, taking his flying machines out to shop, have coffee (with his good friend Louis Cartier with whom he helped develop one of the first popular wristwatches) or for a quick trip around the Eiffel Tower....
Blue Angels give teacher ride of his life - WJXT Jacksonville | As the Blue Angels are set to perform this weekend at the Naval Air Station Jacksonville Centennial of Naval Aviation Air Show, they helped make the wishes of a local teacher come true. The Blue Angels offered Patrick Stitz the opportunity to fly with ...
Warriors and Warbirds Air Show - 1110 AM WBT | Warriors and Warbirds, Inc. and the City of Monroe welcomes you to look forward to this year's airshow! Join WBT onsite for the fun and excitement!! Warriors and Warbirds was formed to preserve the history of aviation, to serve as an educational tool for the community, and to...
Jacqueline Cochran Air Show set for Saturday in Thermal - The Desert Sun | Military warplanes and aerobatic pilots will take to the sky from 9 am to 3 pm Saturday during the eighth annual Jacqueline Cochran Air Show at the Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport at 56-850 Higgins Drive in Thermal. Featured performances include ...
World Air Race likely in Mumbai next year - Daily News & Analysis | Organisers of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship, Austrian Trade Commission and Red Bull Air Race company met Maharashtra Tourism Minister Chhagan Bhujbal yesterday and made a presentation about the event. They told the minister that races are ...
UCRA may break even with airshow - Cookeville Herald Citizen | While the final numbers for the September Upper Cumberland Airshow are still not in, Airport Manager Jim Kmet estimates that the airport will come close to breaking even in comparing costs to revenues. "We've got $2500 that we're waiting for from ...
Goodrich to Showcase Military and Civil Aviation Technologies at Dubai Airshow ... - Sacramento Bee | Goodrich Corporation (NYSE:GR) will showcase a range of advanced civil and military technologies at the Dubai Airshow, which takes place from November 13 to 17, 2011. The Goodrich advanced DB-110 sensor is a focus of the ...
Remembrance at the Museum this November from RAF Museum London News | As befits November the Royal Air Force Museum London will be holding a series of events and ceremonies dedicated to the act of Remembrance. On Friday 11th of November, the Museum will be holding a simple Remembrance Ceremony by the Lancaster in Bomber Hall starting at 10.55am. On Remembrance Sunday the museum will be inviting members of the public to hold a two minutes silence; whilst on 12th and the 13th we will be holding an activity for younger children exploring the theme of Remembrance: 'Lest We Forget' where children...
"Flying Tigers" exhibit dedicated at Pacific Aviation Museum - KHON | A new exhibit was dedicated tonight at the Pacific Aviation Museum in honor of pilots who protected the skies over China during World War II. A Curtiss P-40 Warhawk flying tiger is now the centerpiece of the new "flying tigers" exhibit. It's one of the most popular American fighter planes of...
The Boeing Bee by Paul Tannahill | Since restoration began on the aircraft in 1991, the Museum of Flights rare B-17F "Boeing Bee," has been for the most part, inaccessible to the general public, largely viewable only by special appointment. (Paul Tannahill)One of the most iconic aircraft of WWII is the B-17. And nowhere is this...
Vintage Beechcraft Staggerwing Restoration By Rebecca Reeb | (Tom Carter)In a small, unassuming hangar at French Valley Airport in Temecula, Calif., a group of four people ministrate to Beechcraft Staggerwings. Currently there are two Beeches awaiting the final
completion of work items. One airplane had not flown in more than ten years so there... "Almost on Top" UCAP #260 from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast | Duct Tape Redux... a quality stroke... Uncontrolled Airspace General Aviation Podcast. Recorded October 28, 2011
A New Biography for Young Readers: The Fabulous Flying Machines of Alberto Santos-Dumont from Featured by S. Mark Rhodes | Santos-Dumont helped make aviation into a spectator sport in the early 20th century (Abrams)Alberto Santos-Dumont is the most influential early aviation pioneer you (probably) never heard of; equally urbane and enigmatic, Santos-Dumont lived like a character out of a Jules Verne novel, taking his flying machines out to shop, have coffee (with his good friend Louis Cartier with whom he helped develop one of the first popular wristwatches) or for a quick trip around the Eiffel Tower....
