Fans ready for Cleveland National Air Show as they get a glimpse of practice * fox8.com | Friday morning, people lined up along North and South Marginal Roads, as well as the East 9th Street Pier, to get a glimpse of the planes. “It's right in front of us. You can see everything,” said Larry Smith of Solon. Thousands are expected to witness...
'Ready? Hit it!' Lutheran West teacher flies with Blue Angels (Photo gallery ... * Sun News - 
Taking flight: Toronto CNE air show preview * CANOE | Mike Wiskus flies his Pitts Special over the skies of Toronto during media flight day ahead of the Canadian International Air Show in Toronto on Friday, August 29, 2014. (DAVE ABEL/Toronto Sun). /. Mike Wiskus flies his Pitts Special over the skies of...
CNE air show plane skids off runway at Pearson, no one injured * Toronto Star | No one was injured when a small plane scheduled to fly in the CNE air show skidded off the runway at Pearson International Airport Friday afternoon. Peel Regional Police confirmed that the plane's landing gear collapsed. The two pilots inside the plane...
In pictures: Bournemouth Air Festival 2014 * BBC News | The show, now in its seventh year, features fighter jets, display teams and vintage aircraft. Red Arrows at Bournemouth Air Festival 2014. The flying takes place along the seafront, between Boscombe and Bournemouth piers, over four days from Thursday...
Canadian Lancaster Bomber grounded ahead of Bournemouth Air Festival * BBC News | Displays by the last two airworthy Lancaster bombers from World War Two have been cancelled after one suffered engine problems. A Canadian Lancaster, currently on a UK tour, performed an engine shutdown during a flight in County Durham. Its owners...
Rhyl Air Show 2014: The Blades hoping to 'have a ball' * Daily Post North Wales | Visitors can expect thrilling flips, loops and rolls at the Rhyl Air Show on Saturday and Sunday. Taking to the skies on Saturday are thrilling display team The Blades. Renowned for their cutting-edge display and breath-taking aerobatics, the former...
Meet the woman who flies stunt planes for a living * Cambridge News | Based at Little Gransden 
Pilots share joys, challenges of flight * Galesburg Register-Mail | GALESBURG — The National Stearman Fly-In attracts dozens of World War II-era biplane trainers to Galesburg every year for six days starting on Labor Day at the Galesburg Municipal Airport. Robert Preston describes owning a World War II-era Stearman...
Reno Air Races – 2014 - Here we go! · Marilyn Dash, The Pylon Place | The 51st National Championship Air Races are just around the corner. While the teams are putting the final touches on the racers, packing the tools and trailers and trying to remember what they forgot, let’s take a look at what to expect....
Experimental Solar Airship Down In Canada * Aero-News Network | Two Seriously Injured In The Accident An experimental, solar-powered airship went down in a tobacco field near the Brantford, Ontario Canada airport Friday morning, resulting in the serious injury of the two people on board...
Story of pioneer aviator Nancy Corrigan featured in new exhibit at ... * The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com | CLEVELAND, Ohio – Aviation pioneer, fashion model and Cleveland celebrity Nancy Corrigan is coming back to town for a special appearance, 31 years after her death. A new exhibit about the Irish-born flier, "Nancy Corrigan: The Model Pilot," will be...
Former presidential pilot stops by Atwater's Castle Air Museum * Fresno Bee | On his way to Oregon on Thursday, Rice came to see his friend Larry Morelock of Merced, the vice chairman and facilities chairman for the Castle Air Museum. After bidding the Air Force goodbye, both Morelock and Rice were pilots for Reno Air and then...
Boneyard Nose Art · Travel for Aircraft | Boneyard Nose Art Boneyard Nose Art: U.S. military 
CAF Takes Action Regarding Proposed FAA Rule · Warbirds News | The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposed a new policy on July 22, 2014, to address the non-aeronautical use of airport hangars. A summary of the proposed Non-aeronautical Use of Airport Hangars rule stated on the regulations.gov website reads, “Under Federal law, airport operators that have accepted federal grants and/or those that have obligations contained in property deeds for...
National Guard identifies fallen F-15C aviator * Air Force Link | Massachusetts National Guard officials identified the pilot of an F-15C Eagle jet that crashed in Virginia as Air Force Lt. Col. Morris "Moose" Fontenot Jr. The veteran aviator was killed Aug. 27 when his aircraft crashed in remote, mountainous terrain ...
John McTiernan is preparing to direct the film Warbirds with John Travolta * JoBlo.com | When asked about the likelihood that WARBIRDS will get made, McTiernan says he has been taking two hour meetings about the film and that they are already looking at CGI firms to handle the special effects since "it's sort of the dog-fighting movie of...
Young Eagles Flight takes Salinas students to the skies * Monterey County Herald | SALINAS >> The "Young Eagles Flight" program, sponsored by the nonprofit EAA Aviation Foundation, took about 30 girls from the Hartnell SEMAA program on a tour of our Salinas skies last weekend. It's a new partnership between the aviation group and the...
There's MORE HERE. Updated frequently.
Saturday, August 30, 2014
Indy Transponder 30-AUG-2014 1500z
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Indy Transponder 13-FEB-2014 1930z
International Skiplane Fly-In Changes to Sunday - EAA | February 13, 2014 - The weather forecast in the Lake Memphremagog region has led organizers of this weekend's 6th annual International Skiplane Fly-In to move the event back one day - from this Saturday, February 15, to Sunday, February 16. Skiplane pilots from the United States (Vermont) and Canada (Quebec) can land on frozen Lake Memphremagog behind their respective borders along the 45th parallel just west of Providence Island. The U.S.-Canadian border is readily apparent - a 20-foot-wide line cuts across the island...
Fly-in coming to FPO over Valentine's weekend - Bahama Islands Info (blog) | FREEPORT, Grand Bahama -- This Valentines weekend the Grand Bahama International Airport’s FBO will welcome approximately 6 private charter flights with some 26 passengers from the Bahamas Flying Ambassadors program (pilots with extensive experience in flying the Islands of The Bahamas) from Florida for a weekend of island soaring and exploring. c are nothing new for the island of Grand Bahama, in fact, the Ministry of Tourism in its aggressive campaign to appeal to the multi-billion dollar general aviation and private aircraft market is pleased to welcome these and other private charters to participate, travel, explore and share what the island of Grand Bahama has to offer...
Stephanie Myers' Classic Car & Vintage Plane Show - Community Impact Newspaper | The third annual Classic Car and Vintage Plane show features classic cars of all makes and models and awards trophies for Best of Show, People's Choice and more. The Commemorative Air Force supplies air crafts, including the Devil Dog, which will offer...
Living history lands at Boca Raton airport - Sun-Sentinel | The World War II war birds are coming to the Boca Raton Airport — and so is a thinning cadre of living history. Ninety-one-year-old Irwin Stovroff, who survived parachuting into enemy territory from a B-24, is hoping to rustle up at least two dozen World War II veterans who can tell the next generation about their experiences...
Tuskegee Airman from Louisville laid to rest - WAVE | LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - The community came together Wednesday to bid a final farewell to a World War II veteran with Louisville ties. Family and friends gathered at A.D. Porter & Sons Funeral Home on W. Chestnut Street to pay their final respects to Alvin LaRue, a flight officer with the Tuskegee Airman...
If These Planes Could Talk - CAF | The CAF's B-29/B-24 Squadron has put together a really cool video that shows how our planes commemorate veterans. If you get a chance, check out the video If These Planes Could Talk. It's about 2 minutes long.
Gee Bee QED: Gigantic Homebuilt Vintage Racer · eaavideo.org | Project patrol with Jim Moss and friends who built a flying replica of the gigantic vintage racer. [excerpt from December 2013 Chapter Video Magazine]
Historic airplane takes off from OKC to new home - KFOX14 | A historic aircraft listed on the National Register of Historic Places is relocating from Oklahoma to a museum in Texas. The Douglas DC-3 aircraft is...
Those Kiwi Moths - Vintage Wings of Canada | I have never been to New Zealand, that nation of two 
The Restorers – Mike Porter on Warbird Restoration · Warbirds News | Recently Kara and Adam, producers of The Restorers” have been getting a lot of posts on their Facebook page by people who want to make a career out of restoring old airplanes. People have been asking them, “How do I get to do that for a living?” So they thought we’d ask someone who happens to restore vintage airplanes. Mike Porter was...
The Boneyard · Warbirds News | Here at Warbirds News we have been tossing around the idea of adding a section dedicated to the “The Boneyard”, known more officially as the 309th Aerospace Maintenance And Regeneration Group (AMARG) at Davis-Monthan AFB in Tuscon, Arizona. We have decided that although AMARG hosts many current aircraft types, it does have a unique fascination to aviation enthusiasts and more importantly it hosts several warbirds. So starting today we will run a monthly column called “Ghosts of the Boneyard”....
Unique Mustang Model Now on Display at The RAF Museum Cosford · Warbirds News | PRESS RELEASE – Now on display at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford is a 1:5 scale scratch built North American P-51D Mustang. This unique model took almost ten years to build and was kindly donated to the Museum in autumn last year. This remarkable Mustang model now forms a centre piece display in the Museum’s Visitor Centre where visitors can view all its intricate details up close.The model is the work of retired journalist and avid modeller David Glen and was built in tribute to the US pilots and crews who gave their lives in support of their European allies over two World Wars. At over 6ft in length with a wing span of over 7ft the model bears the markings of VF-B 413317, the aircraft flown by Captain Donald R. Emerson, 336 Squadron, 4th Fighter Group who was killed on Christmas Day 1944 during the Battle of the Bulge...
Awesome helicopter exit, by Andrey Veselov. - Bonjour Bluesky
Here is Pentagon’s Future Tilt-Rotor Drone - The Aviationist | Aerial Reconfigurable Embedded 
Virginia Aerospace Days Leads to Two Senate Joint Resolutions and Budget Support - Spaceports | Two resolutions have been offered this week by Virginia State Senator Bill Carrico (R-Grayson County) and State Delegate Terry Kilgore (R-Scott County) relating to student space science activities in Wise County and Norton, Virginia (Senate Joint Resolution No. 141) and the recent efforts of the Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority (Senate Joint Resolution No. 142). Other legislators offered their support to expanding the spaceport budget in the next fiscal year...
Tuesday, December 24, 2013
Indy Transponder 24-DEC-2013 1900z
NORAD to track Santa's global journey - ACC | 12/23/2013 - WASHINGTON -- On Christmas Eve, tens of thousands of children around the globe will gather around their family telephones and computers to track the path of Santa Claus as he makes his rounds delivering gifts on his sleigh led by tiny reindeer...
Tusker Air Show Dazzles Nairobi - AllAfrica.com | The Wilson Airport in Nairobi, which is more famous as an airport for smaller aeroplanes, hosted the Tusker Air Show this past weekend. The event, which had been postponed because of bad weather, returned as the skies turned blue skies with some of the most exciting actions in the air that Kenyans have seen...
Sywell Airshow to get WWI theme in 2014 - Minuteman Press | As next year marks the centenary of the First World War, it was recently announced that an airshow near Print company in Northampton printing services Northampton will be delivered with a distinctive Great War theme. The 2014 Sywell Airshow – which is held every two years – will feature a unique line-up of biplanes that soared over the battlefields of one of the most significant conflicts of the 20th century...
Women pilots of WWII will get grand recognition in Rose Parade - LA Times | After waiting decades
for military status and honors, several WASPs, all around 90, will ride atop their own float in the Rose Parade.Red Tail Pilot Monument Dedication | The first monument in the nation to specifically honor the Red Tail pilots of the Tuskegee Airmen was dedicated on November 11, 2013, at the Orlando Science...
Join The AirPigz 'Naval Aviation Museum' MeetUp (Pensacola January 24-26, 2014) - AirPigz | This is your official invitation to make a trip to sunny Pensacola Florida for the AirPigz Naval Aviation Museum MeetUp on January 24-26, 2014...
Navy pilot who performed heroic blind landing during Korean War dies - Stars & Stripes | The stunned Navy pilot was gripped in pain, blood was pouring down his face and a good part of his warplane was destroyed. But worst of all, Ensign Kenneth Schechter couldn't see. An enemy shell had smashed into his Skyraider and fragments pierced his eyes. Hurtling over the Korean coast at 200 mph, Schechter was suddenly enveloped in blackness...
B-25 “Sandbar Mitchell” Update · Warbirds News | Moose Peterson reports. It took flight February, 1945 and in June, 1969 it came to an end. The B-25J 44-30733 saw military life as a trainer and civilian life as a fire bomber. July of 2013, the B-25J took flight again underneath a sky crane that lifted it off the Tanana River sandbar where it has rested for the last forty-four years. Patrick Mihalek had a child age dream of working with warbirds and at age 30, now heads the Warbirds of Glory Museum that is taking the Sandbar Mitchell back to the skies...
A Very Special F-104 Starfighter-Ferrari · WarbirdsNews | The F-104 was officially retired from the Aeronautica Militare Italiana ( Italian Air Force) service during a large ceremony at Pratica di Mare in 2004. Almost ten years later this aircraft is still the favorite of many pilots, officers and aviation enthusiast in Italy, as well as around the world. In the...
Post flight - Apron 6 | Some more shots made at the first day of the A2A Academy. Shortly after the sunset flight...
USAF planes going to boneyard cited in rubbish report - Arizona News | The Air Force’s preference to mothball a swift of mint load planes — unclosed in an I-Team review in Oct — done this year’s list of a tip 100 examples of supervision rubbish in America, published annually by U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla. Coburn’s Wastebook 2013 notes, as a I-Team reported, that Congress destined a Air Force to continue purchasing a planes even after a Air Force Chief of Staff pronounced it didn’t need them...
Day 7 - December 21, 2013 - TeenFlight! | It is exciting to see the progress and the excitement around the TeenFlight hangar on Saturdays. The TeenFlight 3 crew is really getting into the build. The mentors divided the students into four teams: Purple, Red, Green, and Blue. Each of these teams consists of three or four students. The teams have...
Astronauts make rare Christmas Eve spacewalk from RGJ.com | CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronauts wrapped up urgent space station repairs during a rare Christmas Eve spacewalk Tuesday, braving a 'mini blizzard' of noxious ammonia as they popped in a new pump.
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Have you missed the A-10 Demo Team at air shows lately?
Friday, April 5, 2013
Indy Transponder 05-APR-2013 0130z
Going to SUN ’n FUN and want to learn more about NextGen? from General Aviation News | The FAA’s NextGen system is scheduled for launch by the end of the year. Are you ready for this change? Matchbox’s Jeffrey Boccaccio, NextGen columnist for General Aviation News, will offer a free presentation demonstrating how easy this transition will be for general aviation pilots, from an application and installation standpoints, not to mention the cost reductions....
Will the Blue Angels be at Shrinersfest this year? - 14 News WFIE Evansville | Shrinersfest Spokesman Dale Thomas says the show remains on the schedule even though the Blue Angels aren't practicing...
Blue Angels cancel performance in Vidalia - Thecoastalsource | The news, while disappointing was not entirely unexpected in light of the federal budget cuts, but organizers of the Onion Festival say even though the Blue Angels won't be performing there will still be an air show with plenty of interesting things to ...
From Mojave Experimental Fly-In
BD-5 Static Display to attendBinghamton Airshow Canceled - FOX 40 News WICZ TV | According to David Hickling, Deputy Commissioner of Aviation, the military has withdrawn all support for airshows due to sequestration. "It's really a disappointment to not have a show again this year, we really intend to bring the show back next year ...
Electric Long EZ to attend
VG and TSC to attend
Brand new RV-7 to attend
Air Force Museum Theatre adds "Goose" power to star lineup of TOP GUN 3D presenters at Reel Stuff Film Festival of Aviation from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | Actor Anthony Edwards has been added to a pair of film industry luminaries participating in the Air Force Museum Theatre's special presentation of TOP GUN 3D on Saturday, April 13, in Dayton, Ohio. Edwards, who played the role of Navy Lt. Nick "Goose" Bradshaw in the 1986 Paramount Pictures blockbuster, will co-present the screening with pilot Clay Lacy, the film's aerial cinematographer, and Barry Sandrew, Ph. D., founder of Legend3D, the company that recently converted TOP GUN for Paramount Pictures into digital 3D from its original 35mm film format....
About the XB-70 'Valkyrie' from The Original Rocket Dungeon by Dick Stafford | The H.A.M.B.
forum
has numerous photos of the cool XB-70 Valkyrie. The XB-70 was a
prototype, 6-engined, Mach-3 capable bomber. The program was eventually
cancelled due to price/performance and operational concerns.... World War II Scholars Fly High in B-17 Bomber
The Alcalde | A few lucky UT students were given a whole new perspective this past Saturday as they flew over the Forty Acres in a restored World War II-era Boeing B-17 Bomber. Michel Oxford, one of four Normandy Scholars chosen to ride in the plane, said the ...
Queen of Hearts from Airstrike Aviation Photography by Justin de Reuck | Patrick Davidson’s P51D Mustang, “The Queen of Hearts” has adopted a stunning new colour scheme and yesterday morning I got to do an air to air shoot along the coast of Port Elizabeth with Patrick and his fine steed....
Watch Kenny Scharf Paint an Airplane for "The Boneyard Project" - Papermag | ... the right "Jetson's" frame of mind, check out this short clip of Kenny out in a Tucson, Arizona, airplane
graveyard working on a piece for "The Boneyard Project" curated by Eric Firestone, Carlo McCormick and Medvin Sobio for the Pima Air & Space ... WAI Conference: Get Your Video Here! from WAI Connect Blog by Amy Laboda | Commercial pilot and WAI member Syd Blue is a videographer and author. Blue spent hours documenting the 24th Annual International Women in Aviation Conference...
My Cameo in the AOPA Members Video from Toriaflies | Why am I the only one that got interviewed in a freezing cold hangar, might I ask?!
German Student Seizes Opportunity to Volunteer at EAA from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | The tight-knit EAA community helped bring 19-year-old Philipp Stute of Friedrichshafen, Germany, to the Kermit Weeks Flight Research Center in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, to work on EAA's B-17 Aluminum Overcast as a maintenance volunteer.
ISS Flyby of the Moon from Keith Breazeal Video Productions
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Indy Transponder 20-MAR-2013 0200z
Almost 50000 at Air Show - KXO Radio | (They came from around the Country Saturday)…They gathered at the Naval Air Facility, El Centro. They all came to see the Blue Angels Air Show. Many knew there may not be another chance to attend an Air Show featuring the Navies Ace Flight...
Blue Angels Fly One Of Final Shows In El Centro Before Sequestration ... - KPBS | Sequestration cuts are expected ground the Navy's Blue Angels and the Air Force's Thunderbirds next week. The final flight demonstration planned for both elite flight squadrons is March 24 in Florida, according to USA Today. Defense spending researcher ...
Budget cuts may permanently ground Blue Angels - WXYZ | It may be time to say 'bon voyage' to our friends, the Blue Angels. For now, automatic budge cuts will ground the elite military air show. This means no flyovers for funeral services or academy graduations. It also means we won't see the ...
The Aero Experience Editorial: Sequestration - Don't Let It Stop Aviation Dreams from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo |The Aero Experience Editorial, by "Mr. Airshow" Leo Cachat | With sequestration taking place, many airshows throughout the country have cancelled their events, and the list keeps growing. At The Aero Experience, we strive to provide top quality aviation-related stories, events and media material complete with pictures and sometimes video. We try to keep everything as positive as we can because aviation is great, and I'd even reach out and say it is a magical thing. It's the closest we can get to heaven and the stars while still enjoying life - and what can be negative about that?...
WTVM goes behind the scenes at Thunder in the Valley's Media Day - WTVM | News Leader 9's Jason Dennis got a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity on Friday, flying in a B-25 bomber used in World War II. He and WTVM photographer Paul Therrien were the only local TV crew who got to fly in this 1944 Warbird. This plane and many more ...
Nominations open for Air Show Hall of Fame from General Aviation News | The International Council of Air Shows (ICAS) Foundation is looking for nominations for the Air Show Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame was created in 1995 to recognize those who made significant contributions to the air show industry. It is currently home to more than 47 people representing the pilots, stunt persons, announcers, producers, aircraft designers, builders and other innovators who have changed the face of air shows forever. Some past inductees include Bob Hoover, Curtis Pitts, Patty Wagstaff, Sean D. Tucker and Paul Poberezny...
Air show planned for Myrtle Beach this summer canceled - MyrtleBeachOnline.com | Among the other acts that had been scheduled to perform: AreoShell Aerobatic Team, Mike Lucas-Lucas Oil Air Show team, Raiders Aerobatic team, the Fowler Cary T33 Jet and the All Veteran Parachute Team. The U.S. Army Band also was scheduled to ...
AIRSHOW NEWS: RAF Red Arrows Display Dates 2013 from Flightline UK - UK Airshow News
Women in Aviation conference hits record attendance - AOPA Pilot | Among those in the hall were representatives from the all-female Air Race Classic; the Abington Co., sellers of a female flight watch; and the Professional Women Controllers Inc. The hall also featured long lines of potential pilot candidates at booths...
The Fly With Amelia Foundation from Amelia Earhart | It is with great pleasure and excitement that I announce the creation of the Fly With Amelia Foundation, a Colorado non-profit organization providing aviation opportunities to all, free aviation based educational curriculum to grades K-12, 
and scholarship funding of flight training to young women. In partnership with Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum, [...]
Phantom biplane to attend from Mojave Experimental Fly-In by Mojave FlyIn | ...He plans to bring his exotic biplane racer Phantom to the event....
Showcase Sprints and Cat Shot debut at SUN ’n FUN from General Aviation News | A pair of fun events for performance enthusiasts will be held at Lakeland-Linder Regional Airport during SUN ’n FUN, which is slated for April 9-14. “Here is the opportunity to demonstrate your piloting precision and test your airplane’s performance in a time trial,” organizers promise. The events will be held Wednesday, April 10, during the fly-in’s daily Showcase segment....
The wild blue yonder - Mohave Valley News | “In 1929 the air race classic was known as a Powderpuff Race where many of the ladies competing were famous pilots.” “It is going to be great and hopefully this year we will do better,” said Irwin, who, along with her husband, received her pilot's ...
Aerobatic Box Permit Sought - Northwest Arkansas News | Louise Thaden Field could be a home base for the type of flight often seen at air shows if an application to the Federal Aviation Administration is approved for an aerobatic box west of the city airport.
Remembering a Doolittle Raider - WYSO | They were known as Doolittle's Raiders. Griffin lived in Cincinnati and he was 96 years old. Now only four members of that elite group survive. WYSO aviation commentator Dan Patterson knew Griffin and tells us his story. Listen. In March of 1942 this...
Capt. "Red" McDaniel, USN (Ret.) from What is Silver Wings Over Washington? by Ron David | ...On May 19, 1967, while on his 81st combat mission over North Vietnam, Eugene B. “Red” McDaniel was shot down while flying his A-6 Intruder aircraft. He was listed as “missing in action” until 1970, when the Hanoi government acknowledged that he was being held prisoner. A POW for six years, McDaniel was released 4 March 1973, after the Vietnam cease-fire....
Finding Nobility in the Middle of Wartime - Patheos (blog) | In December 1943, Lt. Franz Stigler honed in on a beleaguered B-17 bomber, determined to blow it from the sky and avenge the death of his older brother. The B-17 had suffered massive damage and was far behind enemy lines when Stigler came in for the...
Air and Space Curator: The Wright Brothers Were Most Definitely the First in Flight - SmithsonianMag | ...Perhaps the strongest argument against the Whitehead claims is to be found in the fact that not one of the powered machines that he built after 1902 ever left the ground. Nor did any of those machines resemble the aircraft that he claimed to have flown between 1901 to 1902....
Sky Siren - Travel Air Restoration from Another Time by Dan Linn | In California at the restoration shop called Aerocraftsman they are putting the finishing touches on a beautiful Travel Air. A Travel Air biplane they are calling Sky Siren...
The Boneyard Project: Kenny Scharf Paints a Lockhead Jetstar -- On View This ... - Phoenix New Times (blog) | This past Saturday afternoon, Scharf took a break from painting his Lockheed Jetstar at the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson to talk to the public about the future of The Boneyard Project alongside Eric Firestone and Carlo McCormick.
Video: Boeing Presentation On 787 Battery Problem And Fix (+ CoolPix) from AirPigz by Martt | I've been pretty quiet about the Boeing 787 battery issue that grounded the fleet on January 17, 2013, but mostly because situations like this are really hard to comment on when you simply don't have access to the facts....
Photo essay: Cope Tiger 2013 from Air Force Link Top Stories | More than 1,900 U.S., Thai and Singapore airmen are participating in the Exercise Cope Tiger 2013 at Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, and the surrounding area. ... View the SLIDESHOW to catch a glimpse of what the Airmen have had during the exercise....
Nellis pilot first reservist to fly F-35 from Air Force Link Top Stories | A reservist from the 706th Fighter Squadron here recently became the first to fly the F-35 Lightning II, Air Force's newest aircraft.
Solo Flight! from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | Solo: To Take that first flight without your instructor. A right of passage for all student pilots. We all remember that first solo flight. Please enjoy Swayne Martins' experience... something he will remember for the rest of his life....
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Boneyards / SR-71 / A-10 / B-17 / Save 20% New Website Sale!
|
|
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Indy Transponder 14-MAR-2012 0400z
Snowbirds nesting at Waukegan Air Show - Lake County News Sun | But 
Thunder Over Utah puts a buzz in the air - St. George Daily Spectrum | The Blue Angels will be part of the Thunder Over Utah Air Show on Saturday and Sunday. Photo Courtesy of mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Rachel McMarr / US Navy ST. GEORGE - It's going to be a busy week in Southern Utah....
Red Arrows air show for Volvo week is shot down - Galway News
There will be no air show as part of the Volvo Race this year. “We'd asked them to be involved and they've not confirmed one way or the other but it is my belief that it (Galway) is not part of the RAF's schedule. It is not part of our programme ...
CALENDAR OF PERFORMANCES OF PAN-YEAR 2012 Comments for this picture - Translated | 2012 events program tricolor arrows aerobatic team It 'was officially announced by the Ministry of Defence Staff Air Force calendar of performances of Aerobatic Training Squadron 313 - Tricolour Arrows - Aerobatic Team for 2012. The following dates this year....
One dead in military plane crash in Turkey - Aviation News | A pilot died today (13) when their training aircraft crashed in the province of Konya, in the region of Central Anatolia, Turkey, reported the Doğan news agency. The plane Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter, the Air Force in Turkey, fell around noon (local time) on a tractor factory, killing the pilot....
Air display ready for lift-off - This is Grimsby | Festival director and MD of Cleethorpes Air Show Limited, Adam Johnson, said: "Today is the culmination of a lot of hard work from the organising committee and we are delighted that the festival has finally got the green light....
Air Force Jet Joins Air Show Lineup - Patch.com | “We are thrilled to welcome back the renowned F-22 to the Bethpage Air Show lineup," said Rose Harvey, the commissioner of the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historical Preservation. "Tri-state area residents are in for a treat with an ...
Women Aviators Recognized at Harriet Quimby Celebration | | Daily Event Blog - Across the Channel:. - www.womenofaviationweek.org | Women of Aviation Worldwide celebrated Harriet Quimby's 1912 English Channel crossing at Headcorn Aerodrome and Le Touquet Airport.
Women in Aviation Are Doing Big Things. Dallas 2012, Nashville 2013. from Flight Monkeys by Chief Monkey | We told you last week about Girls with Wings and the effort they’re putting into inspiring and motivating girls to get involved with aviation. Well this week it’s time for us to wave the flag for another estrogen rich organization with some very aviation friendly goals. We’re talking about Women in Aviation, International. Their International Conference just wrapped up in Dallas, with the next one planned for Nashville in 2013....
The Women Fly it Forward Frederick Recap from Toriaflies | Although her parents always told her she could do anything she put her mind to, Madeleine, age seven, told her father that she didn’t think she could become a pilot because “it was a boy thing”. So Madeleine’s family came out to Frederick Municipal Airport for the 2nd annual Women Fly it Forward event aimed at introducing women to aviation...
Episode 189 – Darryl Jenkins from Airplane Geeks Podcast | Guest Darryl Jenkins is a seasoned airline analyst, Chairman of the American Aviation Institute, and author of the Handbook of Airline Economics....
In for the Spin! Shot at 1/15th of a second hand held... from TVR 
How to take pictures through a canopy from Apron 6 | After taking the Pitts pictures I remembered a blogpost I once wrote for another blog. It was titled: ‘how to take pictures through a canopy’. The Pitts pictures were taken from the Extra 300. Ideal for...
Experimental Plane loses brakes and exits the runway at Atlanta - Translated | Mechanical testing of engines did when they had problem with the brakes. | Without passengers, aircraft suffered damage and stopped lying on the bank. | A model airplane company Boeing 737 Delta Airlines suffered serious damage after escaping from the runway in Atlanta International Airport, one of the world's busiest, officials said on Tuesday (13). A spokesman said the company's mechanics were doing a test when the plane's engines had a problem with the brakes at about 5 am....
The Boneyard Project from Bayou Renaissance Man | A rather 'different' aviation-related art project is on display in Arizona until the end of May....
Truesdale’s Neptune Finds from Travel for Aircraft | Reader John Truesdale is 
F-22 Crash Widow Sues Lockheed Martin for Wrongful Death - ABC News | The widow of the F-22 Raptor pilot who died after a malfunction in his jet cut off his oxygen system during a training mission in Alaska is suing the F-22 manufacturer, Lockheed Martin, and other major defense contracting companies for wrongful death,...
Cincinnati Blue Ash Airport Officially Gets The Axe from Aero-News Network | City Informs FAA That The Facility Will Close Pilots in the greater Cincinnati, OH, area are about to lose an airport. Cincinnati City Manager Milton Dohoney Jr. has sent a letter to the FAA expressing the city's intention to close Blue Ash Airport no earlier than June 8th....
Dream Prize from Randy's Journal | Most of you know I’m a music lover. That’s why I was thrilled to learn the 787 Dreamliner has taken home the equivalent of a Grammy. The airplane was honored today with the Robert J. Collier Trophy for 2011. This is the pinnacle— one of the most prestigious honors in our...
St. Louis Science Center First Friday in March Offers Space Activities for the Whole Family from The Aero Experience | The St. Louis Science Center hosted its March First Friday event last week as an on-going promotion of Star Trek, The Exhibition. The monthly event provides a variety of science education activities for all ages in the...
China paving the way for first female taikonaut from NASASpaceFlight.com by Chris Bergin | China appears to be on the brink of selecting female taikonaut for the up-coming Shenzhou 9 mission, likely to launch in early June. Following the success of last year’s Shenzhou-8 and Tiangong-1 unmanned docking, 2012 is expected to mark another first, with a crewed Shenzhou-9 set to launch and dock with Tiangong 1....
