EAA Reshapes for Growth - EAA Video | EAA President/CEO Rod Hightower highlights how 
EAA members and aviators will benefit from the organization's changes announced last week.
Chapter Leaders Get Update on EAA Reshaping - EAA | EAA President/CEO Rod Hightower and EAA Founder Paul Poberezny today jointly sent a letter to the leaders of EAA's nearly 1,000 chapters, outlining the reshaping and strengthening moves originally announced by the organization last week. In the letter, Hightower and Poberezny highlight how EAA members and aviators will benefit from those changes....
Foundation event to celebrate 100 years of Marine Corps aviation - Havelock News | While the Eastern Carolina Aviation Heritage Foundation’s annual gala will serve as a fundraiser, the Jan. 27 event will also serve as a celebration of 100 years of Marine Corps aviation....
Red Arrows honoured at RAF Akrotiri - British Forces News | The Red Arrows have again been honoured at RAF Akrotiri as a new lounge for junior ranks was opened in their name. In one of his last acts before leaving the post as Station Commander, Group Captain Barrie Thomson officially opened the Reds Lounge....
Air Show now on May 26 - Swazi Observer | THIS year’s Air Show will be held on May 26 at the Matsapha International Airport. It was originally supposed to be held last year. The decision to 
North Pole - x planes | “Pathe cameraman filming the Josephine Ford as it was being prepared for flight to the North Pole. The...
Happy New Year Everyone!!! - Turbine Toucan | Well it appears that the Reno Air Races will continue, which is a VERY good sign for the entire industry. The Reno tragity has had a profound impact on a few contract potentials we had in the last six months. We are starting to become active in continuing our efforts to get this bird out of the cage and on the airshow circuit. As we've always said, we won't do it until we secure the right title sponsor....
Looking Back: B-17 turret found under porch a perfect fit - Springfield News-Sun | URBANA — Part of the forward fuselage is from Yucca, Nev., and part of the aft from 20th Century Fox studios. The tail is from a target practice plane, and the equipment to retract the rear wheels was rescued from a 50-year-old crash site in Alaska....
A Little Aero-Humor Among Friends -- Dan Gryder Guitar Lesson On YouTube - Aero-News Network | Video Prompts Request For Advice From Jack Pelton | Dan Gryder is a Delta pilot, also an instructor and airshow performer in the DC-3. But he's also a bluegrass musician known for putting together jam sessions at his campsite at Oshkosh each year. Recently, Dan posted a video on YouTube, offering an introductory lesson to guitar players who'd like to learn finger-play. He linked it on his Facebook page, which prompted a humorous exchange with former Cessna CEO Jack Pelton....
Hypersonic jet set to run on clean fuels by 2050 - Silicon Republic | Plans for a hypersonic jet that could reduce your flying time from Tokyo to Paris or Tokyo to LA in less than 2.5 hours by 2050, and which would also run on clean fuels such as biofuel and liquid hydrogen, have been unveiled at the Paris Air Show this week....SPITFIRE RESTORATION HANGAR RE-OPENING Written by Vintage Wings of Canada | Vintage Wings of Canada will be re-opening their western facility at 19 Wing Comox on Friday, 20 January at 2:00 p.m. The event marks the completion of an extensive hangar renovation where a rare Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX is being restored to flying condition....
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012
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Thursday, December 8, 2011
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Pearl Harbor veterans honored in Las Vegas - KTNV Las Vegas | Jason Koltes, a USAF Thunderbirds pilot and operations officer said the connection to the past is very much in the present. He told those gathered, "We all have relatives and friends and members of our church who were in World War II, ...
Salinas Airshow ICAS Marketing Luncheon Clip - YouTube via TVR Photography | From OnBoard Images ICAS 2011 Marketing Luncheon Opening Video
Red Arrows return to the Skies by Flightline UK | From Red Arrows website. The Service Inquiry investigating the circumstances of the death of Flight Lieutenant Sean Cunningham, Red 5, at RAF Scampton on Tuesday 8 November 2011 is still ongoing. However, sufficient technical and safety advice has been provided to allow the MoD to release all Hawk MkT1A aircraft, including those of the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, The Red Arrows, back into service. The Red Arrows will, weather permitting and following a short period of staff continuation training, resume display training for the 2012 display season at the earliest opportunity....
Warbird Radio | It's CAF Week. If you missed the air times when great guests have been on the show, don't worry. They are saved as podcasts! Listen in.
GA Flight Honors Pearl Harbor Day - AVweb | In commemoration of the day, the current owner of the Cadet, airshow pilot Kent Pietsch, flew a reenactment flight on Wednesday morning, with his brother Warren flying the world's only active Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero fighter. Kent Pietsch flew the Cadet ...
Fellow World War II veterans meet for the first time - Auburn Journal | Nearly 70 years ago, Colonel Clarence “Bud” Anderson and Lt. Colonel Nelson “Bob” Cockrum assaulted enemy aircrafts in World War II together, but Wednesday the Auburn-area veterans met officially for the first time. With airplanes flying overhead, but no enemy fighters in sight, Anderson and Cockrum exchanged war stories at the Auburn Municipal Airport in an environment drastically different from the war fields of Europe. Mutual friend and retired Placer County Sheriff’s Lt. Nick Mileur, 73, of Auburn, arranged the visit for the two retired Air Force pilots. ...
Video: Breitling Jet Team East Mediterranean Tour 2011 - Takeoff Tube
Celebrating 100 years of aviation - New Straits Times | Inside the terminal, the New Straits Times Press held the 100 Years Of Aviation Pictorial Journey expo which showcased the country's aviation history. DCA director-general Datuk Az-haruddin Abd Rahman, who launched the festival, said the civil aviation ...
Aviation group to mark centennial of Wilbur Wright’s death - Dayton Daily News | KETTERING — An organization dedicated to preserving the Dayton region’s aviation history will begin a year-long community tribute this month to aviation pioneer Wilbur Wright, to mark the 100th anniversary next year of his May 1912 death....
Wright brothers historian to speak at LSA Expo from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Darrell Collins, chief historian and interpreter at the Wright Brothers National Memorial in North
Carolina, will tell the remarkable story of Wilbur and Orville Wright’s 1911 flight that lasted 9 minutes and 45 seconds and is regarded as the first soaring flight at next month's U.S. Sport Aviation Expo in Sebring, Fla...This Airplane Thing Really Got Started When… from Flight Monkeys by Chief Monkey [wVideo] | This airplane thing really got started when two brothers from Ohio hatched an idea in their heads that men could fly. Then they did the impossible – they proved it. The story of Orville and Wilbur Wright is truly inspirational. Some of the best scientific minds of the day were in the race to design, build, and fly the first heavier than air machine. But it was two bicycle mechanics from Ohio...
Ohio Air News #171 Please Vote - Charles Johnson | Please vote for three of the 12 photo's , best, second best, third best, maybe their not " the best" but ones that you like....
Former Tennessee air base now site of Veterans' Museum - WBIR Video | Each year, visitors come to the Veterans Museum in the western Tennessee town of Halls (in Lauderdale County). The museum has exhibits honoring all of the major conflicts since World War I. "The museum is located on a former B-17 training base," says Pat Higdon, director of the museum. "During World War II we trained crews for it's final phase of training before they went overseas."....
First black pilot to fly around world talks to Oklahoma students - Relat... | www.smartbrief.com | Pilot Barrington Irving set two records when he flew around the world in 2007 at 23 -- one as the first black pilot and one as the youngest...
The Aviators - Destination Wichita from AOPA Live: Latest videos | The Aviators - Destination Wichita thumbnail 'The Aviators' visits the 'air capital of the world,' where general aviation began.
McMinnville's Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum to add lodge, construction in the spring - Oregon Live | A nearly $20 million lodge addition to McMinnville’s Evergreen Aviation
and Space Museum complex on Highway 18 is expected to begin construction this Spring. The nearly 100 room, five story Red Hawk Lodge is tentatively set for its grand opening in the Summer of 2014....'Draft Sully' Petition To Be Submitted to White House from Aero-News Network | More Than A Gag... The Movement Says Much About The Troubled State Of Aviation As the song goes, "We need a hero..." and that sentiment seems to be the basis of a unique move that first came to light last night with a blog post, some tweets and, now, a White House petition to nominate Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger to be the next Administrator of the FAA. and you know what? We could do FAR worse. The blog that instigated this burgeoning movement (anonymous for the moment, but we have a good idea who started this), notes that, "Draft Sully is grassroots effort to draft Chesley Sullenberger for FAA Administrator, begun by members of the aviation community who care about restoring the FAA as the world's gold standard in aviation safety. We are not associated with Mr. Sullenberger, but we believe that he, as a man of high integrity, is the perfect candidate for this job."
PICTURE: Reaper spotted at secret CIA UAV base from The DEW Line by Stephen Trimble
Saturday, November 26, 2011
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100 years of aviation - New Straits Times | For the first time, more than 50 new generation aircraft will be lined up on the Subang Skypark tarmac, where visitors can see them from up close. Visitors 
Afterburner - Planeshots
Yves Rossy Meets TED (Video) - AVweb | In June of 2011, TED, a nonprofit "devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading" interviewed Yves Rossy, popularly known as JetMan, and detailed how Rossy flies the two-meter rigid wing he straps to his back -- they've now released video. Rossy explains that the most recent incarnation of his wing is powered by four microturbines that together generate roughly 200 pounds of thrust and...
Britain's first seaplane to fly again as enthusiasts make replica of Manchester-built Waterbird - Manchester Evening News | Enthusiasts are to relive one of the landmark moments in aviation history 
by building – and flying – a replica of the Manchester aircraft that became Britain's first seaplane. The Waterbird, which was designed and built at the AV Roe factories in Ancoats, completed its successful maiden flight 100 years ago today from the waters of Windermere....
WWII pilot joins in 70th anniversary of Columbia Army Air Base - Columbia Star | Alvin Strasburger read about the upcoming 70th anniversary commemorating the opening of the Columbia Army Air Base (CAAB) in The Columbia Star and immediately called the office of host organization, South Carolina Historic Aviation Foundation www.schistoricaviation.org for details. Strasburger did the last leg of his WWII aeronautics training at...
Honor Flight Fort Worth takes WWII vets to D.C. memorial - Star_Telegram | Former Army cook J.J. Davidson had never walked around the 7 acres of the World War II Memorial or seen the massive pillars and reflecting pool that honor the millions who won that war. Neither had Orpha Mae Blood, an Army nurse who tended to badly wounded men as they returned home from fighting in Italy and France. Certainly neither had received a....
God's strong, eternal love is able to overcome fears - Detroit News | ...The memorial was dedicated in 1943 to the name and heroics of a B-17 pilot whose plane was shot down just days after Pearl Harbor. Few people know the statue's namesake, however. It is better known as the "Four Freedoms Monument."...
Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando – ‘Citius, Altius, Fortius’ - Shortfinals's Blog | It might seem odd to quote the words of Baron Pierre de Coubertin on the creation of the International Olympic Committee in 1894 - ’Citius, Altius, Fortius’- (Faster, Higher, Stronger), but that’s exactly what the Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando was, when compared to its main competitor, the C-47 Skytrain. The....
Memories of the cold war from Barrow to the Arctic Ocean ice islands - The Arctic Sounder | "Those are the Russians," a local person told me. "They fly over just to test our defenses. Later you'll likely see U.S. jets from the Alaska bases responding." Sure enough — the U.S. fighters did come by. Both sides just testing each other. But it took much longer to hear about a secret mission (Project Coldfeet) to a hastily abandoned deteriorating Soviet ice station (or drift station) in the Arctic Ocean back in 1962. It involved two U.S. intelligence officers parachuting into the station because the airstrip had broken up. Their job was to collect data on the Soviet facility, equipment and technology. They were flown out to the drift station in a B-17.....
Aviation history in Cumbria celebrated with monuments - BBC | Six former airfields in Cumbria are to be commemorated with granite memorials. The Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust (ABCT) said the monuments would acknowledge the locations as heritage sites and highlight their contribution....
Today in Aviation History – November 26 - CRUFC
Happy Thanksgiving from Ghana - Flight to Success | "Thank you all for your giving happily to MoM all year, may your Thanksgiving day be a wonderful one.... we give thanks for you all being our friends, supporters and encourager's from the USA - you and your families!....
‘Friends’ aim to protect facility, educate public - Santa Maria Times | Lifelong passions for flying and a love of general aviation airports spurred two local pilots — Jolie Lucas and Mitch Latting — to start an all-volunteer organization to save the Oceano Airport. Lucas and Latting, who were married in 2005 and hosted their wedding reception at the beachside airport, co-founded Friends of Oceano Airport in...
Aviation school investing €500,000 in new hangar and aircraft - The Malta Independent Online | Malta Wings and its sister company and Malta’s largest flying school, the Malta School of Flying, said they will be investing €500,000 on a new hangar and aircraft. The school intends to upgrade its fleet with the new twin-engined P2006T....
Girl Who Named NASA's Mars Rover Excited to Watch It Blast Off - Space.com | When NASA's next Mars rover launches toward the Red Planet tomorrow (Nov. 26), the girl who gave the huge robot a name will be there to see it off....
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Indy Transponder 20-SEP-2011 0215z
NAS Oceana air show safety preps - WAVY-TV | As officials prepare for the NAS Oceana Air Show this weekend, they assure spectators an accident similar to the one that happened at a Nevada air race is not likely. On September 16, a World War II-era P-51 Mustang fighter plane crashed nose ...
Air race crash casts long shadow - MyFox Tampa Bay | According to Leenhouts, a similar accident is almost impossible at an airshow. "Our flight line and show line are 1500 feet back from the public and where the aircraft are participating." While in the air, unlimited aerobatic pilots perform in what's ...
Redding Air Show To Go On With No Changes - KRCRTV.COM | In light of the two fatal crashes this weekend, KRCR spoke to officials in charge of the Redding Air Show to see exactly what they are doing to make sure spectators are safe. Airshow chairman, Bill Wagner says they have several precautions in place to ...
Miramar Air Show Safer Than Reno Air Races - KGTV San Diego | Meanwhile, preparations are under way for the annual air show at Miramar. The air show is less than two weeks away but with the Reno crash in mind, 10News reporter Bob Lawrence looked at with why the risk is different between the two. ...
Video: Are Air Shows Safe? - AirShowBuzz
Fly-in features early aircraft - Military & Aerospace Electronics | A 1929 Ford Tri-Motor, number 69 of 199 manufactured by Ford before Donald Douglas' DC-3 revolutionized commercial air travel and made the Ford obsolete, will be the star this weekend at the 55th Annual Tulsa Regional Fly-In. Soucy and the other EAA ...
Video: Kirby Chambliss: Car vs. Plane from Aerial Sports Feed | Kirby Chambliss and his crew chief Jason Resop step up to a speed challenge, pitting the Team Chambliss Red Bull Air Race plane up against a Porsche at Kirby's private air strip, the Flying Crown
Women in Aerospace Awards To Be Celebrated from WAI Connect Blog | Seven outstanding women will be awarded for their contributions to the aerospace industry and to the advancement of women in the field at a reception and dinner to be held on Tuesday, November 1, 2011, at the Ritz Carlton Pentagon City Hotel in Arlington, Virginia. ...
AREA 51 SPECIAL PROJECTS from Roadrunners of Groom Lake | The public is invited to join NVAHOF and the Atomic Testing Museum as they kick off the 18-month Area 51 Myth or Reality educational exhibit by hosting members of the Roadrunners Internationale participants in ...
B-29 pilot still enjoys flying fast - Pratt Tribune | Chauncey attended the Commemorative Air Force Fly-in Saturday in Pratt. Low ceilings prevented the fly-in but Chauncey shared his combat memories. By Gale Rose Weather and mechanical problems prevented any aircraft from coming to the Commemorative Air ...
The Aero Experience Visits the AeroKnow Museum in Springfield, IL from The Aero Experience | During a recent trip to Springfield's Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport, The Aero Experience visited the AeroKnow Museum. We were met by Director Job Conger, author of Springfield Aviation, who graciously gave a tour of the extensive model and archive collections available for in-house research. For a detailed ...
F-22 fleet to resume flight operations from Air Force Link Top Stories | The Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley and Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz have recently approved an implementation plan developed by Air Combat Command officials that will allow the F-22 Raptor to resume flight operations after a four-month stand down. ...
Senior leaders: B-2 has a bright future ahead from Air Force Link Top Stories | Senior leaders from across the Air Force visited here last week to discuss the future of the B-2 Spirit bomber. The General Officer Steering Group for B-2 Sustainment met here Sept. 8 to discuss challenges and solutions for keeping the B-2 fleet healthy and operational for years to come. ...
West River Story: Aviator was hooked on flying 71 years ago - Rapid City Journal | When Vern Kraemer was a young boy in Parker, S.D., he saw an airplane flying off in the distance. Young Vern was hooked -- he wanted to fly. Then, in 1927, when Vern was 10 years old, the family moved to Wood, just east of White River, and South Dakota aviation pioneer Clyde Ice flew into town in his Ford Tri-Motor. Ice barnstormed around the country in those days. Vern got his first plane ride in that Tri-Motor. He never forgot it. ...
Whirly-Girl Scholarship Applications are Due October 1, 2011 from WAI Connect Blog | The Whirly-Girls organization and its sponsors provide a number of impressive scholarships every year to members. Application details can be found online at http://www.whirlygirls.org/wg-scholarships. The scholarship application deadline is October 1, 2011. Please note that electronic applications are being accepted this year.
Flying high with new aviation history education project - Horncastle Today | YOUNGSTERS will be taught about the county's aviation heritage through a new education resource being launched. The Aviation Heritage Lincolnshire (AHL) is putting a Take Flight programme on their website, which is believed to be the largest ever ...
Friday, June 4, 2010
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Day trip: Ocean City Air Show - Baltimore Sun
[photo by scottspitzer via Flickr]
Where: Ocean City. Show Center Beach will be located between 14th and 17th Streets. Most events will take place inside the "Aerobatic Box" which will span from the Inlet to 36th Street.
What: Lounge on the beach and experience some of the nation's top fliers as they twist and dive over the Ocean City beachfront this weekend. The event kicks off Thursday afternoon with the United States Air Force Thunderbirds roaring into town, followed by a welcome party at Sunset Grille restaurant, where spectators can mingle with performers and watch the U.S. Navy Seals Leap Frogs parachute team perform.
The event will be filled with military aircraft demonstrations, team parachute jumps and civilian aerobatic performances that will take place all along the beachfront. Civilian air show performer Rob Holland will ...
Metal birds to spread their wings at annual air show - Denton Record Chronicle
Prominent performers will include the US Air Force's A-10 Thunderbolt II West Coast Demonstration Team; the Texas Twisters Formation Team; aerobatics ...
Red White And Blue Family Funday Sunday - OurSports Central
Personnel from the Blue Angels will be on hand to shake hands and help us say 'thank you' to the amazing men and women who sacrificed so we can still be ...
Biggin Hill's 70th anniversary 1940 - 2010 - AboutMyArea
The Air Fair will include an airfield attack, enhanced through sound pyrotechnics and giant screens, to help recreate the summer of 1940. ...
Australian International Airshow Stays At Avalon Airport - Gov Monitor
Premier John Brumby today announced the Avalon Airport had been secured to host the Australian International Airshow until at least 2015. ...
A Douglas Aircraft DC-7B, the product of a six-year restoration effort by the Historical Flight Foundation (HFF), has been confirmed to appear at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2010. After a lengthy and thorough restoration, it's almost ready to return to the skies.
'Max Effort' Applied to Huge DC-3 Activities at Oshkosh from News from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh
More elements to the huge DC-3 75th anniversary celebration at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh have been added this week, creating more opportunities to enjoy a unique gathering of these aircraft at "Aviation's Family Reunion."
Massed Balloon Launch Set for AirVenture from News from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh
People attending EAA AirVenture this year can watch massed hot-air balloon launches scheduled for the early mornings of Saturday, July 31, and Sunday, August 1.
B-17 bomber highlights airport open house - Cache Valley Daily
... II B-17 bomber "The Flying Fortress" will be on view Friday, and on Saturday attendees can discover aviation history with the Commemorative Air Force. ...
Headlines from the Red Bull Air Races:
- Bonhomme top in Windsor training, McLeod experiments on track - RBAR News
- Team Chambliss Suffers Engine Trouble Deja Vu from Kirby Chambliss
- Behind the Scenes, Windsor from Kirby Chambliss
- Live This Weekend on Red Bull Web TV from Aerial Sports Feed
- Red Bull Air Race Windsor from Kirby Chambliss
- Muroya needs new plane after his Edge damaged by open canopy - RBAR News
- TAKE A VIRTUAL TOUR OF THE WINDSOR RED BULL AIR RACE IN 3D
How pilots qualify - Windsor Star
New pilots who wish to participate in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship must first fulfill the minimum criteria set by the Red Bull Air Race ...
Celebrating century of aviation - Scotland Courier
THE SKIES above Perth will be the focus of the weekend as the Heart of Scotland Airshow takes place tomorrow and Sunday. This year's event is set to be ...
Signal Soldiers jump with Golden Knights, mark Signal Corps' 150th Anniversary - The Fort Gordon Signal
Golden Knights photo You're about to jump out of an airplane flying 13500 feet above the ground. You'll fall, fast, about 120 miles per hour straight down, ...
War hero from Mid-Valley - Woodburn Independent
The following story is about a B-17 Flying Fortress Bomber that survived a direct anti-aircraft hit over Cologne, Germany in October of 1944 and made it ...
WWII flier reminisces at air show practice run - Columbia Missourian
Salute to Veterans 22nd annual airshow invited local veterans to watch as pilots practiced for the weekend's airshow. Navy veteran Ed Brown recalls his time as a pilot and the recognition WWII veterans are receiving.
An old ghost arises from Things with Wings
World War II aviation buffs will be happy to hear that Swamp Ghost has made landfall in Long Beach and the long process of restoration is beginning.
One of only four B-17Es ever recovered, the airplane was regarded as being in the best shape of any of them when it was spotted by a Royal Australian Air Force crew in 1972 in the Agaimbo swamp in Papua New Guinea. ...
Restorative Genius - Air & Space Magazine
Twenty-eight year old Erik Hokuf is considered something of a prodigy in the world of warbird restoration. His remarkable work on a couple of rare Curtiss P-40K Warhawks garnered him respect as well as awards. At 2006’s EAA AirVenture show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, one of Hokuf’s P-40s won Grand Champion Warbird. The two aircraft belong to businessman Ron Fagen, who has the same devotion to authentic restoration methods as Hokuf. Air & Space’s Bettina Chavanne spoke with Hokuf from his home base in Granite Falls, Minnesota, where his restoration company, Warhawks, Inc., is based. ...
Young Eagles Rally - EAA Chapter 119
The Young Eagles Program has been developed by the EAA Aviation Foundation to welcome young people into the world of aviation. Aviation is exciting and vital to our nation's future. They will experience a safe and enjoyable flight that ...
Legends of Flight IMAX Film to Debut at Air and Space Museum from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association
Legends of Flight, the first flight-themed film in 3-D from from the Stephen Low Company in association with the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum is coming to a theater or science museum near you.
Iconic planes taking wing for new film - Budd Lake, New Jersey ...
The retired US Airways pilot who lives near Fredonia is one of five western Pennsylvania pilots tasked with flying to Washington to help promote Legends of Flight a 3-D IMAX film about aviation history thats premiering Tuesday at the ...
Watch a Harrier Pilot Almost Land His Jet // WOAH! from FlightBlogger
St. Charles County Airport C-47 Maintenance, T-33 Display and Test Stands from The Aero Experience
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