Retired Canadian Forces Snowbirds Commander To Be Honoured - Ottawa Citizen | TORONTO, ONTARIO– Recently retired Commander of the Canadian Forces Snowbirds, Lt.-Col Maryse Carmichael, will be one of six women honoured at the fifth annual Northern Lights Award Foundation Gala on September 27, 2013 in Toronto...
Photos and Video: Wings Over Gatineau-Ottawa air show - Ottawa Citizen | The press conference for 
Local wing walker set to soar at the Gatineau Airshow - CTV News | Carol Pilon has two very different jobs. For most of the year she is the Produce Manager at her family’s grocery story in Masham Quebec, north of Gatineau. But for a few weekends each summer she takes to the skies as Canada’s first, and only, professional wing walker. As the name suggests, she literally climbs out of the cockpit of a two-seater biplane and walks out onto the wings freehand, striking poses as the plane dives and rolls through the air...
Airport Festival and Air Show in Ocean City this weekend - shorenewstoday.com | OCEAN CITY — As the shoulder season gets into full swing in Ocean City, there is no lack of weekend entertainment. The annual Ocean City Airport Festival returns 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sept. 14 at 26th Street and Bay Avenue and includes ground displays of unusual airplanes...
Two-day beach air show in the works for fall - PNJ.com | Island Authority OKs event without go-ahead from Blues | With an eye to fill hotels, restaurants and Casino Beach during one of the slowest tourism months of the year, the Santa Rosa Island Authority board voted unanimously Wednesday to spend $117,000 to $170,000 on a two-day air show in November. The board is gambling on the chance the Navy’s Blue Angels may be able to fly during the show, even though there’s been no official word that the performance flight team, grounded by sequestration, will do so....
Thirty years in the air - Novato Advance | Wings Over Marin will celebrate women in aviation at its Sept. 21 event at Novato’s Gnoss Field, which is home to 295 aircraft, from bi-planes to private jets. The event will feature a seminar with female pilots from...
Annual Fly-In at Wilkes County Airport is Sept. 21 - Wilkes Journal-Patriot | The annual Fly-In at the Wilkes County Airport on Airport Road in Hays, organized by the Mountain View Ruritan Club, is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 21. In addition to a variety of aircraft and classic cars on display, the event will include airplane rides, food, drinks, live music and paratroopers jumping from a plane at 11 a.m. and noon. The Wilkes County Flying Club will hold a drawing for one free ticket for an airplane ride every hour for five hours...
14th Annual Fly-In set Sept. 12-15 - Carthage Press | It’s a fun and unique event for those who enjoy having their heads in the clouds. Ernie and Alice Baugh, along with the Sho-Me Chute Flyer’s Club, will host the 14th Annual Fly-In Sept. 12-15 at Baugh Flight Park, in Reeds, Mo. There will be all kinds of aircraft keeping locals’ eyes looking up...
Simsbury Fly-In Promises Fun for Enthusiasts, Families by Kaitlin Glanzer | There’s plenty of givens for the 2013 Simsbury Fly-In. There will be airborne demonstrations, a close look at an aviation controversy, plenty of viewable aircraft and cars, food and a host of family fun....
Crossville Memorial Fly-In set Sept. 28 - Crossville Chronicle | CROSSVILLE — The 2013 Crossville Airport Open House and Fly-In, scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 28, will have an AH-1 Cobra Helicopter on display. The Cobra, which is a two-bladed, single engine attack helicopter, will 
October air show adds performers, Canadian Hornets - Rome News-Tribune | The Wings Over North Georgia Air Show will feature the Canadian Forces CF-18 Hornet Demonstration Team along with the Black Diamond Jet Team, GEICO Skytypers and Aerostars. The teams will be performing at Richard B. Russell Regional Airport on Oct. 12-13...
Folkestone Airshow to return with new backing - yourcanterbury.co.uk | Show was cancelled this year but will return in 2014 with new management and funding in place.
Video: Stunt pilots take Rob for a spin - channelonline.tv | Islanders have been getting a taste of life as a stunt pilot in Guernsey today. Aerobatic display team The Blades took passengers into the air with them today for barrel rolls, corkscrews and other expert manoeuvres. The Blades are all former Red Arrows pilots and tomorrow they will be taking part in the annual Guernsey Air Display, which supports the RAF and commemorates the Battle of Britain. That display will begin at 11am.
The Push and the Pull - Fly with Amelia | During a skydive, the threshold of an aircraft door is the shortest, yet widest, distance between frozen fear and unbridled flight. Crossing that threshold for the first time is uncomfortable, unnatural, and for most, unnecessary. Unnecessary? That’s right. You can stay right where you are. You can absolutely stay belted in. Often the first leap is the toughest… that comfort zone sure is cozy. Come to think of it, it’s crowded, hot, loud and common. In this blog, I suggest we allow ourselves to ask for a little push, or maybe a little pull to help with kicking that threshold out and really seeing the world for what it really is… a place to be experienced....
Boeing Delivers Last C-17 Globemaster III To USAF - WARBIRD RADIO | According to new release earlier today, Boeing delivered the 223rd and last U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III airlifter today, fulfilling the production contract more than 20 years after the first delivery. The aircraft left Boeing’s Long Beach facility to fly to its assignment at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., where a ceremony will mark its arrival...
AOPA to focus on grassroots events in 2014 by General Aviation News Staff | The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) has decided to suspend holding its annual Aviation Summit next year in favor of reaching more members “where they fly.” The association’s Aviation Summit in Fort Worth, Texas, from Oct. 10-12, this year will be held as planned, according to officials. “We are on track for thousands of members to join us and the exhibit hall is nearly sold out, with new exhibitors still signing up,” officials said in a prepared release. “But convention plans for 2014 have been cancelled.”...
Lambeau opener will have flyover - FOX11 | ...The planes will be from the Aeroshell Aerobatic team. The air team is a regular at EAA Airventure in Oshkosh and Thunder on the Lakeshore in Manitowoc....
Up and away! aviator attempts to cross Atlantic with 370 helium-filled balloons
- The Telegraph | An aviator has begun a world first attempt to cross
the Atlantic Ocean, dangling from 370 helium-filled balloons, in a
real-life version of the Disney film 'Up'.
Video: Voyager 1 becomes first human-made object to leave solar system - CNN | Voyager 1 becomes first human-made object to leave solar system...
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Valley pilots Marge Thayer and Helen Wyrick win the 2013 Air Race Classic - ABC15.com (KNXV-TV) | The Air Race Classic is an all-woman trans-continental aviation race that usually stretches across 2,500 miles. Along the way, there are eight different checkpoints which must be passed by doing a dangerous fly-by at 200 feet of altitude. Marge is far ...
Winlock native recounts 'amazing' Air Race Classic experience - Longview Daily News | Between the dust storms, thunderstorms, mountains, turbulence and cows, Winlock native Amanda Suter will never forget flying in last week's Air Race Classic. The 22-year-old senior at Florida's Jacksonville University didn't place in the four-day, 2 ...
Thousands attend 11th Annual Atlantic City Air Show - NBC40 | The heat didn't keep airplane 
enthusiasts from spending the day on the beach, where thousands gathered to watch the Atlantic City Air Show. Some of the usual main attractions were missing from the show this year, but those in attendance say they wouldn't miss it for the world. Firebirds, Spitfires, Mustangs and even a Harrier are just some of the aircraft's you could see if you attended the 11th Annual Atlantic City Air Show...
Atlantic City Airshow draws families to the Boardwalk - Press of Atlantic City | Crowds at the 11th annual Atlantic City Airshow were less than half the size of last year’s spectator counts. City Emergency Management Director Tom Foley said an estimated 400,000 people watched Wednesday’s show from Atlantic City. That compares with more than 908,000 people officials said were drawn to the city for last year’s show...
Quieter AC Airshow disappointsthose hoping for thunder - Philly.com | ...Budget cuts from Sequestration grounded the eye- and ear-popping Thunderbirds, the parachuting Golden Knights, and other military demonstrations of years past. The result was a nostalgic, even mellow airshow on Wednesday. But sundrenched. "Toned down," said Frank Farrell, 52, of Rumson, N.J., putting it kindly....
Cape Girardeau Regional Air Festival - Heroes and Legends - Set to Take Off This Weekend · Carmelo Turdo | The Cape Girardeau Regional Air Festival, aptly labeled "Heroes and Legends," will take off Friday evening and Saturday after a two-year hiatus.The Aero Experienceproudly welcomes the Cape Girardeau Regional Air Festival back on our schedule, and we look forward to sending Carmelo Turdo and Leo Cachat to bring a preview of the airshow and the Friday evening festivities to our growing audience. The return of the Cape Girardeau Regional Air Festival, especially in light of the absence of military aerial performers...
Lunken show offers chance to ride a B-29 - Cincinnati.com | The only flying Boeing B-29 Superfortress left in the world will touch down at Cincinnati Municipal Lunken Airport Wednesday and be part of a five-day visit where visitors can tour cockpits and pay for the opportunity to ride in historic planes.The Commemorative Air Force AirPower History Tour, which includes other World War II aircraft like the P-51 Mustang and the C-45 Expeditor, were all part of last weekend’s Vectern Dayton Air Show at the Dayton International Airport....
'Hero 2 Hired' Mobile Job Store visits Arlington Fly-In July 12-13 - Arlington Times | The Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs’ “Hero 2 Hired” program rolls into the Arlington Fly-In with their Mobile Job Store operation from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, July 12, and Saturday, July 13. The “Hero 2 Hired” program, better known as H2H, is a comprehensive, multi-faceted program which utilizes an electronic job and career web platform, mobile applications and Facebook integration, and virtual and physical career fairs to address the unique employment challenges facing members of the Guard and Reserve....
Fly-in fun for all ages - Utica Observer Dispatch | From hot pancakes, live music, and a petting zoo to a hot air balloon walk, planes taking off and landing all morning, and even the arrival of the Mercy Flight medivac helicopter, this year’s 4th annual Father’s Day Fly-in Pancake Breakfast June 16 at the Hamilton Airpark offered something for all ages to enjoy...
Balloonfest lifts off this week (with video) - Livingston Daily | There will be a display of aviation-related merchandise Saturday and Sunday at the Livingston County Spencer J. Hardy Airport in Howell Township, and the Yankee Air Museum's 1943 B-25 Yankee Warrior will be on site for viewing and photo opportunities.
Video: Black Diamond Jet Team performs flyover for Transformers: The Ride-3D · General Aviation News Staff | ORLANDO, Fla. — The Black Diamond Jet Team, an aerobatic jet team based in Lakeland, Florida, recently performed a five-ship flyover as part of a grand opening event for Transformers: The Ride-3D at Universal Studios in Orlando...
Airshow Valence Chabeuil - Passion for Aviation (translated) | Sunday, July 7, 2013 | To celebrate its 
80th anniversary Flying Club Valencia has a large meeting on July 7th at the airfield of Valence-Chabeuil (Drôme). Many will be present Warbird: P51 Mustang, T6, T28, Yak11 but also a Flemish MD312, an OV10 Bronco. You can see the MC15 Cricri, the smaller twin in the world. You will see a presentation aerobatic glider gently, but also more robust in the Extra 330 EVAA. The Army will be represented by a Tiger attack helicopter, the Navy by NH90 helicopter and the Air Force by two Rafale....
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The 9 Air Shows You Should See This Summer - Popular Mechanics | Although sequestration has grounded some military aviation performances, air show fans have plenty to look forward to in 2013, including helos, hot-air balloons, vintage military planes, and more.
World War II veterans, former pilot and Purple Heart recipient, take B-17 ... - MLive.com | MUSKEGON, MI – Two World War II veterans were so excited Monday night that they had trouble sleeping. Bill Malda and George Thomas, who had never met before, were sleeplessly anticipating a ride on a World War II-era B-17 bomber, named Sentimental Journey. It would be Maldas’ first ride, but not Thomas’ – he piloted B-17s during the war....
Ft. Lauderdale–Hollywood International back in the day · joseph_may | We ran across black and white film negatives in the archives and some where interesting. Interesting not only since they show 
352nd SOG welcomes Osprey to fleet - 100th Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs | RAF MILDENHALL, England (AFNS) -- The 352nd Special Operations Group resurrected a key capability when two CV-22B Ospreys touched down June 24 here. The Ospreys are the first of 10 slated to arrive as part of the 352nd SOG expansion, which will last through the end of 2014....
Harrier For Sale On eBay - AVweb | A Canadian businessman says he doesn't have the time to enjoy it so he's selling his Sea Harrier jump jet on eBay. Ian Cotton, of Red Deer, Alberta, is hoping to get $1.5 million for the ex-Royal Navy aircraft. He bought the fighter from the British government four years ago and imported it to Canada with an eye to getting it into taxiing condition. To that end he...
Cluster Balloonist Ready For Transatlantic Flight . AVweb By Mary Grady, Contributing editor | In the far northeast corner of the U.S., near the small town of Caribou, Maine, cluster-balloon pilot Jonathan Trappe is getting ready to fly his unusual lighter-than-air system across the Atlantic. He has put together a system of 370 small helium balloons, and he plans to fly in a small boat suspended beneath the cluster. He has acquired the helium he needs to inflate the system, and now will await favorable weather....
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“Airshow China” debuts in Zhuhai - Macau Daily Times | The Breitling Jet Team, the only private aerobatics team in the world - whose members are retired 
Breitling Jet Team makes test flight before opening of Airshow China 2012 - People's Daily Online | 11, 2012, before the opening of the 9th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition, also known as Airshow China 2012 on Tuesday. The Breitling Jet team, Europe's largest civilian aerobatic display team, will present wonderful performance ...
Russian Knights aerobatic team performs in China - The Voice of Russia | On Tuesday, five Su-27 fighter jets from the Russian Knights aerobatic team have performed a demonstration flight at an international air show in Zhuhai, China. The world's leading aircraft producers, including a spate of aircraft-manufacturing ...
China-made private plane debuts at Airshow 2012 - Global Times | More than a century after aviator Feng Ru from Guangdong Province flew the country's first aircraft in 1909, the province presented Monday its first independently designed aircraft in the lead up to Airshow China 2012, which kicks off in Zhuhai Tuesday.
Mike to fly with the 'Knights of the Sky' - This is Leicestershire | An RAF engineer is set to take his place among the "Knights of the Sky" after landing his dream job with the Red Arrows aerobatic team. Sergeant Mike Poultney, from Melton, will spend next summer high in the clouds with the world-famous flyers, as one ...
Flying Fortress rumbles into Pensacola for fundraising excursions - Pensacola News Journal | Built toward the end of World War II, the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress that's visiting Pensacola today never saw combat, but it stirs the imagination and recalls images of many an action-packed movie scene. The 17-ton, four-engine bomber is among only ...
WWII B-17 Bomber Takes to the Skies in Tallahassee - WCTV | She doesn't fly solo, though, as you'll always see her with her friends Sally and Virginia; the two guns located on the B-17's sides. The Belle is part of the Liberty Foundation's Salute to Veterans tour, and on Monday, 90 year old WWII pilot Albert ...
World War II showcase with vintage video featured at Fargo Air Museum tonight - WDAY | The speech at the Fargo Air Museum will be delivered by Kay Nehring, whose father Charles shot this video while serving in the South Pacific in 1944. Fargo, ND (WDAY TV) - You can catch a fascinating World War II showcase on this day after Veteran's Day.
Tuskegee's Own Airman- Col Herbert Carter- Gone West from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | TUSKEGEE ALABAMA- The surviving member of the City of Tuskegee's "First Family" passed away last Thursday after a brief hospital stay. Retired Lt. Col. Herbert Eugene Carter, an original WW II Tuskegee Airman, died at 95 years old. He is preceded in death by his beloved wife of 68 years, Alabama's First Black Lady pilot, Mildred Hemmonds Carter last year. The couple was revered by their historic community....
Stateside: The men with the bomber planes and the man with the camera - Michigan Radio | I got through the training when I was 19 and after I finished the navigation school, they sent me to Texas and I met my B-17 crew. Then we went to Nebraska and they gave us a brand new plane and said, 'I want you to take it to England,'” said Rosnyai.
Veteran's Day: What I Never Told You - Galesburg Register-Mail (blog) | Candy Kyler Brown retraced her father's World War II footsteps when Staff Sergeant John Roland Kyler, at age 20, parachuted from the skies after his B-17 was gunned down, and was taken prisoner by the German army. The author shares her journey from ...
World War II showcase with vintage video featured at Fargo Air Museum tonight - WDAY | The speech at the Fargo Air Museum will be delivered by Kay Nehring, whose father Charles shot this video while serving in the South Pacific in 1944. Fargo, ND (WDAY TV) - You can catch a fascinating World War II showcase on this day after Veteran's Day.
Video: Actual Footage From The 1935 National Air Races In Cleveland from AirPigz by Martt | This video tells some of the story of the 1935 National Air Races held in Cleveland Ohio where 65,000 people gathered to watch the daring men and their flying machines. I find it pretty amazing 
New museum opens to tour aviation heritage - Seattle Post Intelligencer | Page 1 of 1. VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) — Walk through the front door of the Southern Heritage Foundation Air Museum and step into history. Wander through the displays of model aircraft, photos of Mississippi pilots and learn some of the state's and the ...
Carvair N89FA from Another Time by Dan Linn | A couple months back I was itching to find a unique subject to shoot with my new camera, a Canon 60D. With any new camera there is a learning 
curve so I have been shooting airplanes, cars, scenery and my niece and nephews soccer games! So one Saturday morning I flew the 170 up to KGLE, Gainesville, Texas airport to...
Wichita Aero Club hears tales of Air Force One - Wichita Business Journal (blog) | Steve Wade, site leader of Boeing's local defense facility, introduced Monday's speaker at the Wichita Aero Club luncheon as a “great storyteller with a great story.” Retired Col. Mark Tillman of the U.S. Air Force more than lived up to that billing ...
A Woman's Flight and Plight in Life Offers Inspiration to Readers - PR Web (press release) | She is currently preparing to participate in the Air Race Classic, a women's transcontinental air race. This is her story.
Cluster Balloonist Plans Atlantic Ocean Crossing from Aero-News Network | Lifeboat Gondola Will Be Suspended By 365 Helium Balloons The lawn-chair "Cluster Balloonist" who flew his unusual aircraft across the English Channel has his sights set on a more ambitious project ... a trip across the Atlantic Ocean.
Red Bull Stratos Documentary from Latest Vlog | Here it is! The full 1 hour & 28 minute documentary on Felix Baumgartner & Red Bull Stratos. Love the fact that's it online and free to anyone with a decent broadband connection. Enjoy!
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
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Visible Friendship by Christina Mackenzie Aviation Week | Al Fursan (the Knights) and Patrouille de 
RE-LIVE THRILLS OF GREATEST SHOW ABOVE EARTH - Royal International Air Tattoo | From the Vulcan to the Red Arrows, the Lancaster to the Typhoon, all the action from this summer's Royal International Air Tattoo flying display have been captured on an exciting new DVD released this week. The official Air Tattoo 2011 DVD features displays by many of the world's greatest aircraft as they perform on one of aviation's greatest stages. Highlights include the USAF A-10, the, the Frecce Tricolori, Team Viper and the RAF's Tornado GR4 Role Demo. There is also the opportunity to see just...
Waikato loses passionate aviator: Max Clear - Waikato Times | Waikato aviator and microlight exporter Max Clear has died, aged 71. "He has been an incredible inspiration to people, it is a devastating loss to the New Zealand aviation industry," said Waikato Aviation Cluster general manager Shaun Mitchell, who organised aviation trade show Flair 2011 last month at Mr Clear's Te Kowhai airfield. For 28 years on his Limmer Rd farm, Mr Clear's company, Micro Aviation NZ, has been designing, building and...
VOLUNTEERS DEDICATE RESTORED F-4 - ASB | HEATH -- James Bickley never will forget how important F-4C Phantom jets were to the soldiers who fought in the Vietnam War. "The plane usually came in to give us air support," said Bickley, who is a member of the Vietnam Veterans of America's Licking County Chapter 55. "This plane saved our rear ends more then once."...
Video: Brave, Bold, and Flat Out Whacky Pioneers of Powered Flight - Flight Monkeys | Those of us who love to fly today might find it difficult to deal with the reality of flying a true pioneering aircraft, but these video clips can sure give us a good idea what it must have been like. Can you name any of the legendary pilots included in this short? They’re in there. And get a...
418 Squadron celebrates its 70th Anniversary - iNews880.com | The squadron would continue on after the war flying the B-25 Mitchell in the tactical bomber role from what is now known as the City Centre Airport . Largely made up of reservists from students to businessmen, defence cuts in the late 50's eventually ...
ON A MISSION WITH THE 3 rd COAST GUARD AIR CORE "SUPRA FLUCTUS Vigil" - Aviation Report (translated) | The air component of the Coast Guard, which in 2008 used the twentieth anniversary of the Constitution, derives from the implementation of Law 979/82 "Provisions for the protection of the sea" that, through the acquisition of aircraft, provides, among other a service of protection of the marine, coastal and supervisory tasks with prevention and intervention to combat 
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Lawn chair balloonists to take flight in Iraq - Dawn | BAGHDAD: An American and an Iraqi will take flight from Baghdad, but not in a plane, or one of the helicopters that frequently buzz over the city: instead, they will fly in lawn chairs lifted by party balloons. “In the spring of 2012, US citizen Kent Couch and Iraqi pilot Captain Fareed Abdul-Zahra al-Saadi will launch a cluster balloon craft to raise awareness of the plight of Iraqi orphans as well as attempt to break multiple cluster balloon flying records,” an emailed statement from Couch’s spokesman said....
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Friday, November 11, 2011
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Blues No. 2 answers to flying questions - PNJ | Thursday morning, Blue Angels No. 2 pilot Lt. Cmdr. Jim Tomaszeski answered five questions submitted by News Journal readers in the week leading up to the Blues' homecoming air show.
The team is flying its final performances of the year at 2 p.m. today and Saturday at the Pensacola Naval Air Station....
Twilight Skies and Midnight Blues - Cara Renee | As we approach the twilight of another airshow season this Veteran’s Day weekend, here are some of my favorite images from the year. Many of these were captured long after the crowds of spectators had left and the last flights of the day....
Life Begins at Forty for High-Flying UAE - AIN online | The United Arab Emirates (UAE) celebrates its 40th anniversary next month on December 2, and aviation has always been at the forefront of the young country’s ambitious development plans. This week’s Dubai Air Show reveals just how far the Arabian Gulf state has come from...
Air show in Berwick set for take-off - Berwick Advertiser | PLANS to stage an air show in Berwick next year look poised to take off if organisers feel they have public support. Talks have been held with the RAF Charitable Trust about organising an event to coincide with the Battle of Britain anniversary next September....
Poberezny Inducted Into the San Diego International Air & Space Hall of Fame - EAA | November 9 2011 – Congratulations to EAA Chairman Emeritus Tom Poberezny, who last weekend was inducted into the San Diego International Air & Space Hall of Fame. Tom was honored for his leadership of EAA, his 25-year air show career, and the creation of EAA’s Young Eagles program. He was presented for induction by actor Harrison Ford, former chairman of the EAA Young Eagles program....
Veterans Day: reflecting on service, Air Force Memorial - By Tech. Sgt. Karen J. Tomasik Air Force Public Affairs Agency | Veterans Day is near and dear to my family since many family members have served this nation across several service branches. I’ve attended many ceremonies and services at various locations over the years, but there is a place I have yet to visit on a military holiday – the Air Force Memorial....
Tuskegee Airmen rose to meet the challenges - MY SA | During the waning years of World War II, the Tuskegee Airmen were called Red Tails because the tail assemblies of their P-51 Mustangs were painted bright red. The Germans called them Schwartze Vogelmenschen, or “Black Bird Men.” San Antonio veteran Thomas Ellis called them comrades. Ellis, the first enlisted administrative clerk of the 301st Fighter Squadron, maintained the service records of the pilots, tracking every mission, sortie and enemy kill. He also recorded those missing in action and typed notification letters to wives and parents of the dead....
Tuskegee Airmen To Be Honored in Colorado - Aero News Network | Colorado is known for the Rocky Mountains, great skiing and the "Mile High City," but it also happens to be home to more surviving Tuskegee Airmen than any other state. On Saturday night, November 19, the Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum in Denver's historic Lowry neighborhood is hoping for a good turnout at a gala to honor the eight Red Tail Squadron members who reside in the state....
Dogtags - CAF Red Tail Squadron's Blog | Today is Veteran's Day. As I type this, my late father's WWII dog tag is hanging on my desk lamp. There's only one tag which is odd because the U.S. military issued each soldier two tags during WWII. One was to stay with the body if the G.I. was killed and the other was to be turned in to expedite the paperwork. Since Dad came home in one piece after piloting his B-26 "Jolly Roger" on 27 missions over France and Germany, I have no idea what happened to the other one....
Scottsdale WWII vet making sure B-17 crew’s dramatic stories survive - Arizona Republic News | A 67-year-old photo of 10 uniformed men in front of a B-17 aircraft hangs in the den of World War II veteran Bill Nopar’s Scottsdale condominium. It captures a group of near strangers, several still teenagers, frozen in time just prior to embarking on nine sleep-deprived months flying bombing missions over Germany....
On Veteran's Day, Recalling The Navigator - The Jewish Daily Forward | ...In fact, he first took off more than sixty years ago on a spring day in 1945, in a B-25 Mitchell from a base in Ghisonnacia. With the rocky coast of Corsica falling behind, the pilot lifted the aircraft into the sky and the bombardier sat with his finger on the trigger while the 25-year-old navigator from Brooklyn plotted the course north on his instruments....
Happy Veteran's Day: Friday Flyers - Flight to Success | Marvin Richard Petitt Senior, "Marvin." and Marvin Richard Petitt Junior, "Dick." | Each Friday I honor a special person involved in Aviation as my Friday Flyer. But today it’s important to honor a Veteran—that under appreciated hero who went to war ... out of duty and obligation to his country. Sometimes we don’t have the ability to choose the path our life takes, especially if we’re drafted. But if we’re lucky enough to return home to the life of freedom that we fought for, we do have the opportunity to choose the remainder of our journey....
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A Quest to Achieve the Highest Darwin Award By Dan Pimentel, Airplanista Editor | What is it with some people and balloons? I am not talking about licensed hot air balloon pilots who are serious about adhering to FAA regulations, or those who build and pilot airships, which I know are technically not “balloons” but somewhat related. No, I’m talking about people who strap themselves to a lawn chair held aloft by a cluster of balloons and blast off freestyle to somewhere, or wannabe reality TV buffoons who build a fake spaceship in their backyard, launch it skyward and then call every media market in the country screaming frantically that their kid is trapped inside....
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Video Proof: Blue Angels Really Are Humans (Lynchburg Airshow) - Martt | You may already know that the Blue Angels had a safety related issue at last Sunday's Lynchburg Airshow. The situation is pretty serious in that it has the team 'standing down' and all performances are on hold while the incident is investigated, but the good news is that the only thing that actually happened was...
US promise Air Tattoo show of force - Flightline UK | UNITED States military aircraft will be out in force at this summer’s Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford. The Air Tattoo, which takes place on July 16-17, traditionally displays the largest range of US aircraft in the UK and this year will see around 18 fast jets, transport and specialist aircraft as well as helicopters touching down at the Cotswolds airfield...
Tornadoes will take to skies for Bournemouth Air Festival - Daily Echo | TORNADOES are set to thunder into Bournemouth this summer. The Daily Echo can reveal that this year’s Bournemouth Air Festival, set to be held between August 18 and 21, will boast not one but two RAF Tornado jets...
Pier launches new Weston Air Day - The Weston Mercury | Weston’s long links with the RAF through its former Locking base has meant the town has had a rich past in terms of aerial events and displays. Such events have ebbed away in recent years – but the new Grand Pier event, scheduled for August 17, will signal a revival of the popular tradition...
Thousands attend Lyon County Fly In - RGJ | SILVER SPRINGS--Lyon County Fly In Chairman Rob Bel, summed up this past weekend's event as being one of the best Fly Ins in recent years, and he estimated about 2,500-3,000 people attended the annual event...
Elite U.S. Navy aviator visits Amherst High - New Era Progress | An expert U.S. Navy pilot stood before hundreds of silent students in a packed Amherst County High School auditorium on Friday morning. No tales, no grand bragging or even slapping himself on the back. “All right, good morning, Lancers,” said the pilot, U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Brent Stevens, striking a tall figure in a signature bright navy Blue Angels flight suit...
COCKPIT FEST AUSTRALIA - Heritage Flight Gear | A brand new aviation event for Australia is nearly ready for its opening weekend. In June i will be attending the first ever large gathering of cockpit /fuselage sections in Australia which is to be held at a private collectors place as a trial event. The owner Paul, of both the Jaguar and Su-22, has taken the idea from the successful Cockpitfest gathering which is held each year in the UK...
Boeing's statement on the decision of the Supreme Court in A-12 - Cavok | The Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Boeing, J. Michael Luttig issued a statement on Tuesday after the U.S. Supreme Court disclose his opinion in favor of Boeing and General Dynamics in the long-pending lawsuit over the A-12 aircraft...
Selfridge Honor Roll: Lts. Boyle & Eby - DVIDS | Almost 100 years ago, two young Army officers were involved in a tragic crash as the push was on to prepare an Air Corps to serve in World War I. One pilot died, but his legacy lived on as his nephew spent 40 years serving the nation -- starting at the very place his uncle had last served. The reports of the death of the other officer, meanwhile, were greatly exaggerated...
WW2 aerial combat game coming from Konami and Gaijin Entertainment - VideoGamer | Birds of Steel, a WW2 aerial combat simulator from Konami and Gaijin Entertainment, is due for release on Xbox 360 and PS3 early in 2012. The game is said to feature the most pivotal air battles from World War II...
Maryland Cluster Balloon Flight - VIDEO! - Toriaflies | Seven hot air balloons gathered at the Flying H Farm in Union Bridge, Md., May 21 to accompany John Ninomiya and his cluster balloon on a short flight in calm skies. Ninomiya, one of only a few people in the world flying cluster balloons regularly...
STS-134 Shuttle Mission Imagery - NASA | Photographed from a shuttle training aircraft, space shuttle Endeavour and its six-member STS-134 crew head toward Earth orbit and rendezvous with the International Space Station...
Spacewalking Astronauts Upgrade Space Station Despite Discomfort - Space | Two spacewalking astronauts upgraded the International Space Station with new power cables and other gear Wednesday (May 24) despite some discomfort when one spaceflyer got something in his eye and the other got stuck in a tether...
Students rocket to space adventure - HTR News | MANITOWOC — After eight months of preparation, the Star-Splitters 4-H rocket team, with youngsters from Manitowoc and Two Rivers, traveled to the George Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., recently for the culmination of the 2010-11 NASA Student Launch Initiative program...
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Indy Transponder 15-AUG-10 1030z
Sean D. Tucker And jetAVIVA Team Up To Fight 'Loss Of Control' Accidents from Aero-News Network | Training Designed Specifically For Light Jet Owner-Pilots Sean D. Tucker's Tutima Academy of Aviation Safety, an aerobatic and upset recovery training school, has partnered with the light jet acquisition and sales firm jetAVIVA to launch a new Light Jet Upset Recovery Training course…
Jonathan Trappe, Cluster Balloonist from AVwebFlash Current Issue | Jonathan Trappe is a sort of super-hero to some children and a crazy man to some adults, but we found him to be a rather enthusiastic, and appropriately certificated, lighter-than-air gas balloon pilot. Trappe is licensed to fly beneath a group of (usually more than 50) homemade helium-filled polyethylene balloons. That means his aircraft is one of the most structurally redundant vehicles in the sky. After politely explaining the complications of flying with a parachute, he concluded that he didn't fly with one at Oshkosh and asked, "When you fly your aircraft, do you wear one?" Trappe's aircraft is registered and carries an "N" number. But because he can change "gondolas" (in this case a paraglider harness) and sometimes knifes balloons in flight, the exact part of the overall rig recognized by the FAA as an aircraft is a story in itself. We chatted with Trappe at AirVenture Oshkosh the day after his successful night flight across Lake Michigan…
"A Pilot's Story" most recent news! Latest Trailer Premiers at Oshkosh/AirVenture10 | The producers of "A Pilot's Story" are pleased to announce the latest trailer of the film which premiered on July 29th, 2010 at the Fly-In Theater during Oshkosh/AirVenture 2010 …The trailer features Julie Clark, Nigel Lamb, John & Martha King, Patty Wagstaff, Tom Poberezny, Zach Braff and Jack Pelton CEO, President & Chairman of Cessna… The producers of "A Pilot's Story" are thrilled to announce a new addition to the team, John Parker of Principal Photography as Director of Aerial Cinematography. He is the genius behind the aerial sequences you see in the latest trailer and future aerials for the film. Check out his website here: Principal Photography
Skydivers land in sport's shrine - Daytona Beach News-Journal | In addition to her Golden Knights fame, she holds records for women that include 352 jumps within 24 hours and over 18300 jumps in her lifetime. ...
Marin Air Show - We were at Wings Over Marin today. Tiny little airport in a gorgeous setting in Novato. Lots of fun climbing in and out of cockpits, getting close-ups of vintage airplanes and watching fly-bys. Best part was imagining what it'd be like to own our own set of wings.
Great Minnesota Air Show costs company money - St. Cloud Times | Air Show Co-Director Chris Chapman said the company is still deciding whether to put on the show again. But he is considering making the show a nonprofit ...
United States - California - Santa Paula Airshow 2010 - Santa Paula - 08/14/10 from FenceCheck Forums:Air Show Musings « Cheryl Angst's Blog by Cheryl Angst | We took the girls to the Abbotsford International Airshow today. For those of you who are not pilots, or who have never been to an airshow, I will let you know that tarmacs are warm. It just so happened that today was the warmest day of ...
With shuttles becoming museum pieces, cities vie to land one - Los Angeles Times | New York's Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum rallied supporters to dress up in spacesuits and ride the train to call attention to its bid. ...
Boeing Plans Commercial Space Taxis by 2015 - ABC News | A man looks at a scale model of Boeing's 787 dreamliner at their booth at the Singapore Air Show in... The Boeing Co. plans to be ready to ...
