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Video: Eddie Andreini's Memorial "Missing Man" formation * Internation Council of Air Shows

Now previewing: USAF Thunderbirds - Cannon Connections | The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, the high-performance air demonstration squadron, are scheduled to join the Wings of Blue, the global parachuting performance team comprised of jumpers from the U.S. Air Force Academy and the 98th Flying Training Squadron May 24 and 25 for the 2014 Open House at Cannon Air Force Base...

US Army Golden Knights to Perform at the 2014 South Shore Air Show * South Shore Convention & Visitors Authority | While flying under banners of black and gold, the US Army Golden Knights will perform during the 2014 South Shore Air Show, set to take place at Fair Oaks Farms in Newton County July 11 through July 13...

Today Marks 71 years Since the Dambusters Raid · Warbirds News | Today marks 71 years since the Dambusters raid was undertaken by the legendary 617 Squadron, who commemorated the 70th anniversary last year with a special flypast at the Air Tattoo with a Lancaster Bomber and Tornado fighter jet from the squadron. You can see the Lancaster flying as part of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight in July here at the Air Tattoo...

D-Day 70 - Pt.9 - Preview of Commemorations * globalaviationresource.com | Throughout the spring and summer of 2014, the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings and the Battle of Normandy will be commemorated by a series of events in the UK and Europe. Several UK-based hi...

Cape May Airport to Host Annual Aerobatic Contest May 30-June 1 * Cape May County Herald | CAPE MAY AIRPORT -- Cape May Airport (WWD) officials announced that the Airport will once again host “AcroBlast,” an aerobatic contest sponsored by Chapter 58 of the International Aerobatics Club (IAC). The event will take place beginning May 30 and...

F-35B To Fly At Christening Of Brits’ Newest Aircraft Carrier, If Weather OK * Breaking Defense | WASHINGTON: Do not expect any official confirmation, but the British will allow Lockheed Martin’s F-35B to make its first flight outside of the United States on July 4 when the country’s newest aircraft carrier is christened by Her Majesty the Queen....

Video: Meet the first British F-35 pilot who will make his debut at the RIAT in July * The International Council of Air Shows

[Photo] All three F-35 variants fly together for the first time * The Aviationist | A nice photo lets you compare the shape and size of the three variants of the F-35 Lightining II multi-role aircraft flying together for the first time...

What to expect at this year's Farnborough Airshow - gethampshire.co.uk | A century of aviation is to be the central theme of the displays at this year's Farnborough International Airshow. The 2014 show will also mark 100 years since the start of the First World War by featuring replica war planes, from both Britain and Germany, over the weekend of July 19-20...

Wing walker among new acts booked for Sands Lehigh Valley Airshow - The Express-Times | A wing walker will be among the new acts performing at this year's Sands Lehigh Valley Airshow Aug. 23-24 at Lehigh Valley International Airport. The airport this week announced the booking of Gene Soucy and Teresa Stoke. The act involves Soucy flying his ShowCat biplane while Stoke climbs about the wings, the airport says in a news release...

Air Show replaced by scaled down event, Airfest 2014 - Seacoastonline.com | PORTSMOUTH — While there will be no Boston-Portsmouth Air Show this year at Pease, the Brain Injury Association of New Hampshire is looking to hold a scaled down event called Airfest 2014. The Pease Development Authority's board of directors approved the event at its meeting Thursday, Executive Director David Mullen said. The group will hold the event Aug. 9 on the airport's north apron...

The Heart of Texas Airshow set to launch Sept. 27 · General Aviation News | The Heart Of Texas Airshow will take to the skies over Waco, Texas, Saturday, Sept. 27 at Texas State Technical College airport. Jets, helicopters, airplanes, warbirds, a wing walker, skydivers, radio control aircraft and more will be at the show. Flights will be available throughout the day in helicopters, airplanes, historic warbirds and biplanes...

Blue Angels to be featured in 2015 Westover air show * WWLP | CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – If you enjoy the sound of jet noise, mark your calendar! Next year’s Great New England Air Show at Westover Air Reserve Base has been announced. The show, which will feature the famous Navy Blue Angels team, will be held one year from Friday, on May 16 and 17. The show will coincide with Westover’s 75th anniversary....

SUN ‘n FUN 2014: Blue Angels * Other People's Airplanes Podcast | In this episode of Other People’s Airplanes, the US Navy Blue Angels perform at SUN ‘n FUN 2014.

Doolittle Raiders: Experiencing the raid that stopped Japan By Sgt. 1st Class Joshua Brandenburg, 7th MPAD | ...This was it. There was no turning back. They all knew they had to make their current mission happen – but it was a day early, and they were 600 miles farther away from their earliest departure point than they were supposed to be...

B-17E ‘Desert Rat’ – April Restoration Update · Warbirds News | WarbirdsNews has received a few details about the ongoing restoration of B-17E Flying Fortress 41-2595 known as “Desert Rat”. We thought our readers would be interested in seeing some photographs of their latest progress. This project is a truly amazing feat of perseverance, whose story will probably one day fill a book. There really is too much...

Old Shakey walkaround — Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, third of three by travelforaircraft | McChord Air Museum and Heritage Hill Air Park has several aircraft on display including this Douglas C-124 Globemaster II. This aircraft set a standard which is the norm of today's large cargo aircraft with a box-like fuselage cross-section and on-board loading ramps as well as hoists which could move the length of the cargo deck...

Aviator & Engineer: Lawrence Burst Sperry - MarineLink | The U.S. Navy, and the aeronautic field in general, has benefited enormously from the genius of more than one Sperry.  Lawrence Burst Sperry, the second son and third child of gyrocompass inventor Elmer A. Sperry was a pioneer in instrumental flight and famous inventor in his own right, launching the Lawrence Sperry Aircraft Co. at 26, and earning 23 patents before his untimely death at the age of 31 in 1923. Aviation promoter and Air Service General Billy Mitchell lauded him as one of the most brilliant minds and greatest developers in the world of aviation, while one newspaper called him “Uncle Sam’s youngest technical expert and aviator.”...

Chet Buckenmaier spent 10 years working on B-1A bomber during ‘Cold War’ · Don Moore, War Tales | Chet Buckenmaier of Burnt Store Marina sits beside a picture of a B-1 Bomber he helped design while serving in the Air Force for almost 20 years...

Incredible video from the receiving end of a DC-10 Supertanker’s fire retardant drop * The Aviationist | KUSI photojournalist Taylor Schuss filmed the DC10 Air Tanker (unofficially dubbed “Supertanker”) fighting the Cocos Fire in San Marcos, California, from the receiving end of a load of fire retardant on May 14...

Spirit Air Show fuels local woman’s dream By: Dan Fox Newsmagazine Network | ...At age 15, she took an introductory flight, the first step in attaining a pilot’s license, but  the process and costs associated with attaining a pilot’s license intimidated her, and she took a break from pursuing her dream. In July of 2013, everything changed when she saw one of her longtime aviation heroes, stunt pilot Patty Wagstaff, perform....


Outer Space with David Wolf in Muncie IN - Muncie Free Press | Retired Hoosier Astronaut thrills adults, youth alike By Rick Yencer | MUNCIE, INDIANA (NEWS) - Retired shuttle astronaut David Wolf took a wrong turn to get to Muncie, but he never got lost during his 4,040 hours in space. Wolf, a medical doctor and electrical engineer with more than a dozen patents, informed and enlightened adults and youth alike with his great adventures and no holds barred talk about America's space program that has been on hiatus since the shuttle program was scuttled in 2011....

Legendary NASA Flight Director Gene Kranz Inspires Students During Mission at St. Louis Challenger Learning Center By Carmelo Turdo | Legendary NASA Flight Director Gene Kranz spent this morning on Day Two of his visit to St. Louis at the Challenger Learning Center in St. Louis County.  The Challenger Learning Center has joined other local aerospace community organizations in welcoming Kranz to St. Louis to participate in a series of events planned this week in early commemoration of the 45th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing mission....

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'I'm really nervous' KATU producer says before daring flight - KATU | HILLSBORO, Ore. - Flips and spins, twists and turns - and all of it 3,000 feet above the earth at 120 miles per hour - that's what KATU News Producer Deidre Hannah experienced on Thursday. You see, we sent her to the Hillsboro Airport to get an up close and personal look at one of the acts at this weekend's Oregon International Air Show. She took the ride of her life with Lt. Colonel John Klatt of the Air National Guard. He's one of the top aerobatic pilots in the world. Only a few people can do what he does....

Pilot to sing patriotic songs to crowd in air show routine - TheNewsTribune.com | Will Allen left a thick trail of white smoke as he looped and rolled his aerobatic plane Thursday afternoon through the blue skies of the Tri-Cities. The experienced pilot is bringing his S-2B plane and a unique routine that he says is like no other in the world to this year's HAPO Over the River Air Show as part of Water Follies weekend....

Over the River Air Show - KVEW | The Annual "Over the Water" show starts tomorrow and pilots are setting up at Bergstrom Aircraft in Pasco. There are a total of 7 planes in the show that will perform 5 acts, each one going for about an hour and a half. There's going to be a WWII aircraft, a German built light attack jet and the United States Air Force Heritage Flight featuring two P-51 Mustangs out there...

Wasilla air show rescheduled for Saturday - Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman | WASILLA — Planes mostly seen only in the pages of history books these days will soar over the Valley Saturday as part of the Centennial Celebration of Aviation from 1 to 3 p.m., July 27 at Wasilla Airport. Jane Dale, with the Alaska Air Show Association, said the air show was rescheduled after weather kept the pilots on the ground in Fairbanks July 5. The air show includes a pair of T-6s, a Japanese Zero and an American Pilgrim. ...

EAA Airventure 2013 – Announcement by Other People's Airplanes | Are you excited for AirVenture 2013? Are you ready for lots of yummy aviation goodness? The crew of Other People’s Airplanes will be at AirVenture bringing you high definition video every day of the show. Look for new gadget reviews, airshow coverage, interviews, daily episodes and of course, stories from Camp Scholler. OPA will also be covering the following events:...

EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2012 Reprise: Chuck Aaron and the Red Bull Helicopter - The Aero Experience | The Aero Experiencerecently posted our team coverage of Fair St. Louis, where we met Chuck Aaron, pilot of the Red Bull Helicopter. We were amazed at his rotary-wing aerobatic performance, but also put completely at ease by Aaron's personality and willingness to visit with us. We are now able to close out our coverage of the airshow performers at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2012 with Chuck Aaron and the Red Bull Helicopter. These shots were taken close to the landing zone, and include a nice roll...

Red Bull P38 & Corsair Display , La Ferte Alais , 19 may 2013 - Eric Goujon | The Lockheed P-38 Lightning ( Flying Bulls ) was a World War II American fighter aircraft built by Lockheed. Developed to a United States Army Air Corps requirement, the P-38 had distinctive twin booms and a single, central nacelle containing the cockpit and armament. Named "fork-tailed devil" ...

Hall of Fame: Decorated aviator flew secret Cold War missions - Portage Daily Register | One of the premier aerial reconnaissance operatives in the U.S. Air Force, Ret. Col. LaVerne Griffin, began his career piloting a box off a roof in Wyocena. “I remember the time he took his brother Duane and put him in an orange crate with a rope on it. Duane volunteered to go on it to see if it would fly. That’s why we knew he was interested in flying,” said Terry Pease, a childhood friend. The decorated aviator “Griff” grew up in rural Wyocena and led top secret missions during the Cold War that he was unable to reveal to a single soul for decades. The 1946 graduate of Portage High School received the FAA’s Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award; was named to the Wisconsin Aviation Hall of Fame; and earned three Air Force Distinguished Flying Crosses. Now 84 and still flying, Griffin will be inducted into the Portage High School Hall of Fame on Saturday....

The Dambusters Raid DVD - Travel for Aircraft | This is an excellent reference, as well as wonderful DVD to view, with regard to the dam busting raid by the Royal Air Force’s 617 Squadron during World War II. The narrative is objective, pulling no punches, with interviews of people on both sides of the raid — both military as well as civilian. A fabulous amount of film footage is contained within the DVD showing the low flying specially modified Lancasters, the dams (before and after), Barnes Wallis (England’s inventor of the bomb/mine as well as the Wellington bomber) and much more....

Students ride on stunt plane in memory of famous pilot - KTVB | NAMPA -- Wednesday marked the two-year anniversary of the passing of famous aerobatic pilot Greg Poe. In memory of him -- and to honor the Ryan J. Poe foundation he started back in 2008 -- two students from the Treasure Valley flew as passengers in an air-show plane courtesy the foundation....

Brent Owens - Flight To Success | Fridays Fabulous Flyer | "My goal is to promote, educate, and share this great gift of flight that we all enjoy!" | Brent tells me he started flying April of 1986, at the "tender age of 15" and has pursued aviation ever since. He's proven that passion can carry you far, and love of flight can change your life...

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World's largest jet flies with Red Arrows at Royal International Air Tattoo - Telegraph.co.uk | The event, held at RAF Fairford, also featured aerobatic displays by the Frecce Tricolori of the Italian air force and the Breitling Wingwalkers from Cirencester, Gloucestershire. The A380 was flown by Peter Nye, a British Airways’ senior first officer, who described the show as a “very British celebration”. Prince Harry had been rumoured to be preparing to take part in the show after he was spotted flying in an Apache helicopter over RAF Fairford on Friday....

Santa Maria Air Show cancelled due to lack of funding - KSBY San Luis Obispo News | Officials at the Santa Maria Museum of Flight announced Saturday that this year's Air Show will be cancelled. The museum lost much of its funding after the sequestration cuts. The event committee tried to raise the funding needed for the event through sponsorships, but they were not able to raise enough....

Dunsfold Wings and Wheels: Mitchell Bomber returns to aerodrome - West Sussex Gazette | Some 70 years after the B-25 Dutch Mitchell Bomber first arrived at Dunsfold Aerodrome it will be back in our skies for Wings & Wheels on Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th August thanks to the generous support of the Royal Netherlands Air Force Historic...

Wales Air Show brings back wartime memories for Swansea pensioner - This is South Wales | WHEN the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight passed over Swansea during the spectacular Wales National Air Show it brought back dark memories for one local pensioner. Derek Morris was a schoolboy in 1941 when his home town was subjected to three consecutive nights of heavy bombing at the hands of the German Luftwaffe during the height of the Second World War...

Video: Join Irish aerobatic pilot in a thrilling flight above Dublin - Irish Independent | THE country’s largest free air show takes place tomorrow, with over 80,000 spectators expected at the annual Air Spectacular in Bray. Irish aerobatic pilot Dave Burton in his high speed SBach 342 will be thrilling the crowds with a smoked fill display again this year. But he also thrilled Sunday Independent photographer Gerry Mooney earlier this week with a stunning flight above Dublin – footage of which can be watched here....

Video: The Patrouille de France - Translated | This Saturday at noon, thousands of spectators gathered on the beach promenade Trestaou to admire the traditional show of the Patrouille de France....

Collings Foundation Holding Race of the Century Event July 27-28th - Warbirds News | In a recent story, we recounted the history of races staged over the years between aircraft and motor vehicles. We must have been tapping onto something subconsciously because we were recently informed that the Collins Foundation of Stowe, Massachusetts is holding a racing event later this month in the spirit of these historic cross-transportational contests....

Reno Air Races 1964 to 50th Anniversary - Photorecon.net,· Mark Hrutkay| |There have been few events in sports that manage to last 50 years. Fortunately the National Championship Air Races at Reno are one of them. This year will mark the 50th running of this race during September 11th-15th 2013. Like WWII veterans, few people who were at the races in 1964 will be at the races this year. Few people showed up for the first one and crowds weren’t nearly as crowded as they are today. The current gathering is nothing compared to its humble beginnings and humble it was....

Vet Returns to NKorea for 1st Black Navy Aviator - ABC News | Two years after he made history by becoming the Navy's first black pilot, Ensign Jesse Brown lay trapped in his downed fighter plane in subfreezing North Korea, his leg broken and bleeding. His wingman crash-landed to try to save him, and even burned his hands trying to put out the flames....

Air museum gets $54000 Gilchrist grant - Sioux City Journal | SIOUX CITY | The Mid America Museum of Aviation and Transportation has received a $54,000 grant. The money will help fund an education and research center upgrade to the Fed Ex Boeing 727 aircraft display, 2600 Expedition Court. the project includes multiple learning stations, a theatre style area, library and research center and age-appropriate transportation lessons...

Way to Go, Meg! - WAI Connect Blog | Congratulations to Aviation for Women Contributor Meg Godlewski who recently renewed her Master CFI and Master GI accreditations. A journalist with General Aviation News, Meg is a flight and ground instructor with Safety In Motion Flight Center at Pierce County Airport (PLU). Additionally, she teaches at Crest Airpark (S36) and serves as a FAASTeam representative in the FAA's Seattle FSDO area.

This Really Exists: Giant Concrete Arrows That Point Your Way Across America - The Daily Traveler | ...The Postal Service solved the problem with the world’s first ground-based civilian navigation system: a series of lit beacons that would extend from New York to San Francisco. Every ten miles, pilots would pass a bright yellow concrete arrow. Each arrow would be surmounted by a 51-foot steel tower and lit by a million-candlepower rotating beacon. (A generator shed at the tail of each arrow powered the beacon.) Now mail could get from the Atlantic to the Pacific not in a matter of weeks, but in just 30 hours or so....

The ‘Dambusters’ will be the first British unit to receive the F-35B - Defense Update | The Royal Air Force has announced that 617 Squadron, the famous ‘Dambusters’, will be the first operational squadron using F-35B Lightning II aircraft. According to Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton, the 617 Squadron is to disband on 1st April next year, as part of the planned drawdown of the Tornado GR4 force. It will then reform in 2016, taking delivery of the highly advanced Lightning II. Dalton made the announcement at a...

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Air Show Features Civilian Planes - The Dispatch | Acts already online for the performances June 8 and 9 (with practices on June 6 and 7) include Air Force Heritage Flight, Mike Wiskus in the Lucas Oil Pitts, Sean Carroll YAK-9 Fighter Demo, John Klatt in the ANG MXS, Lucas Oil Parachute Team, GEICO...

Busy weekend at Billy Bishop airport - Owen Sound Sun Times | This year, a Second World War B-25 Bomber will be returning to the event, while a vintage Beech 18 from the Canadian Wartime Heritage Museum will be offering rides all day for a fee. Meades said the Beech 18 is a unique plane that has run freight from ...

Warbirds return to Minot - Minot Daily News | A TBM-3E Avenger that sank two ships during World War II and now has President George H.W. Bush's signature on it is among eight planes of the Texas Flying Legends Museum that have arrived at Minot's Dakota Territory Air Museum. Pilots made two trips ...

Warbirds Fly-in - messenger-inquirer | Cape Air pilot Trevor Rowe looks over a row of T-34 training planes used in the 1950s and 60s that were parked next to the Watts Brothers Aviation hangar on Friday at Owensboro-Daviess County Regional Airport. The airplanes and as many as 30 other ...

Huge crowd for Cosford Air Show - Shropshire Today | Advance ticket sales for this weekend’s 75th Anniversary Air Show at RAF Cosford are double the number sold this time last year, organisers said today.... Air Show spokesman Amanda Butcher said: “With the great British weather finally emerging this week, we are preparing for potentially the largest Air Show we’ve held over recent years.”...

Stat​e of the art Wildcat​ at Wings & Wheels​ from Flightline UK - UK Airshow News | Wings & Wheels is thrilled to announce that visitors to the airshow will get an exclusive look at the Royal Navy’s new helicopter, the Maritime Wildcat Attack Helicopter, as it performs a flypast on Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th August at Dunsfold Aerodrome in Surrey.

Rendcomb-based Breitling Wingwalking team seeking new recruit - Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard | To meet the criteria, candidates must be no taller than 5ft 4ins or weigh more than eight and a half stone, due to the nature of wingwalking and the safety harnesses. Wingwalker Danielle Hughes said it was an amazing opportunity for the right person.

Silent Wings Museum celebrates D-Day anniversary - MYfoxLUBBOCK.COM | A C-47 Skytrain and a B-25 Mitchell bomber, like those used during the D-Day invasion, were available for tours and rides. Greg Young with the Commemorative Air Force's B-25 crew said there is great interest in the history of the bomber. "A lot of them ...

Dambusters special edition magazine from Travel for Aircraft by joseph_may | Dambusters special edition magazine Dam-busters: the amazing story of Operation Chastise, 2013, Aeroplane Monthly, 130 pp. (with additional combination large cutaway drawing and illustration) This review is about a special edition magazine now in the stores — unlike books, these do not get reprinted so when they are gone, they are gone. Naturally, these tend to […]

212 Pilot House from Latest Vlog | We got to speak with Nandi Zama in the South African Air Force last year and learn a little more about her role within the SAAF. Great interview, great lady! All the best with your flying career Nandi!

Nasa’s F-8 Digital Fly By Wire Program (part 2) from The Lexicans

"Leprechaun" UCAP # 327 from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast | Black airplanes over Greater Boston... Drones at Sea... Sequestration, Part The Infinity ... and more on the Uncontrolled Airspace General Aviation Podcast.

Annual Young Eagles event continues June 15 - Greenville Daily News | An average of 115 children typically attend the annual Young Eagles “I Can Fly” event at the Greenville Airport, which will be held June 15. GREENVILLE — A partnership was developed to help give children the opportunity to fly and experience aviation ...

Young Eagles take to the sky Sunday - Morris Daily Herald | Area young people ages 8-17 will have a chance to take to the skies on Sunday, June 9, as Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 95 hosts a Young Eagles Flight Rally at Morris Municipal Airport. The rally is part of the EAA Young Eagles Program ...

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Pilot Who Lands Plane on Route 231 to Fly Bethpage Waterfiller Edge at Jonest Beach Air Show - NewsLI | A 10-year Bethpage Air Show veteran, David will fly the Bethpage Waterfiller Edge, a Zivko Edge 540 single-engine plane in front of hundreds of thousands of fans, who will witness precision flying like non other. David will perform the “Spiraling Tower,” rotating the Bethpage Waterfiller Edge sideways in two directions, and perform the “Waterfiller Tumble,” where he will do cartwheels in the air!..

World War II warbirds stop by Moffett Field - San Jose Mercury News | Their kind used to fill the skies over the Pacific and Europe, terrifying their prey. Only a handful of them fly today, and they're greeted with eager smiles. A trio of World War II-era warbirds are at Moffett Field and are part of the Wings of Freedom...

Pilot killed as jet crashes at Turkey airshow - GlobalPost | A pilot was killed Sunday when his jet crashed into a corn field during an acrobatic aerial display in a southern Turkish province, the state-run Anatolia news agency reported. Video footage showed the pilot losing control of the jet as he was making a...

Pitts Special Down In Turkey from Aero-News Network | Pilot Fatally Injured During Air Show Routine A Pitts Special performing during an air show in Turkey has gone down during the performance, resulting in the fatal injury of the pilot.

BullChipmeet video - Apron 6 | I still had to post the short video impression of the BullChipmeet at Abbeville...

Pat, 92, recalls helping to build parts for Dambuster planes - Stroud News and Journal | THE Dambusters will be commemorated with a special flypast at this summer's Royal International Air Tattoo at Fairford. It will feature the RAF's Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Lancaster Bomber and a specially painted Tornado GR4 from the 617...

OV-10B Bronco — plant ground control now forward air control then from Travel for Aircraft by joseph_may | OV-10 Bronco — plant ground control now forward air control then After service in Vietnam this Bronco, and several others, were assigned to crop eradication in Latin America. Armament was removed and cheek armor added with missions flown by a crew of one, not two. This is a Bravo model as can be seen by […]

Midwest Aviation Treasures: Touring the TWA Martin 404 and Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | The Aero Experience recently visited a Midwest Aviation treasure - the National Airline History Museum at Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport in Kansas City, MO. The museum originally began as Save-A-Connie, a group dedicated to restoring a Lockheed Super Constellation to flying status in Trans World Airlines colors. This effort has grown...

F/A-18F CFT & Weapons Pod mockup in St Louis from The DEW Line by Dave Majumdar While it has been known for sometime that Boeing and the US Navy intend to fly a modified F/A-18F Super Hornet equipped with conformal fuel tanks (CFTs) and a weapons pod later this summer, some new details are emerging.

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Warbirds Over Addison 2013 | Warbirds Over Addison will be featuring two of the best warbird pilots in the industry, Warren Pietch flying the Texas Flying Legends Zero and Greg Shelton flying his FM2 Wildcat...

Air show makes spectacular return - Press-Enterprise | Following a two year absence, the Redlands air show returned Saturday, May 18, with a multitude of death defying acts. Hangar 24, a popular Redlands craft brewery, resurrected the show, combining it with its fifth anniversary celebration. All proceeds...

With Offutt Air Show Grounded, Helicopter Day Takes Off - WOWT | It'll be a disappointing summer for air show lovers since the Offutt Air Show was canceled because of the sequestration, but the Strategic Air and Space Museum in Ashland helped fill that void a little Saturday with Helicopter Day. It's a sight many...

Thunder Over Michigan | Added to an already great lineup! The de Havilland DH-98 Mosquito is the only airworthy Mosquito in the world! Watch as this wooden machine buzzes through Michigan's sky in a very rare performance!

Plenty To Do On Father's Day Weekend in VenturaCountyWest - Ventura County Star | For dads who love airplanes and history, the Commemorative Air Force Museum at the Camarillo Airport features vintage aircraft and an extensive collection of World War II memorabilia--from guns and ammo to military uniforms. The museum offers flights...

Who Else Wants To Fly Upside Down? - All Things Aviation | ...Some pilots are born to fly upside down, and among those elite pilots is one Sean D. Tucker....

B-17 in Bend on Tuesday - Bend Bulletin | The Bend chapter of the Experimental Aviation Association is hosting a visit from a B-17 bomber Tuesday. The restored B-17G Flying Fortress is one of only 13 of its kind still flying, according to the EAA. B-17s were widely used as bombers in Europe...

Flight to the past: B-17 bomber visits Eugene - The Register-Guard | Nearly seven decades after he bailed out of a B-17 bomber over Europe during World War II, Alton Andrews sits in the nose of a restored Flying Fortress on a brief flight Friday afternoon over Eugene. The 91-year-old veteran of 11 missions was a...

Vulcan XH558 | We have a successful take-off for the first flight of the year. Well done to the engineering team and thanks to everyone who volunteered and donated to make it possible. The aircrew...

Seen from the inside: stunning Lancaster’s on-board video shows aerial gunner’s view of Derwent Dam flypast from David Cenciotti's weblog | On May 16-17, UK’s Royal Air Force celebrates the 70th anniversary of one its most famous raid in RAF history: the Dams raid conducted by 617 Squadron. The “Dambusters”, half of those never returned from the raids, were honoured with a dramatic tribute...

Smithsonian Air and Space Giving Away Part of its Collection By WarbirdsUpdate | Lest there be an uproar, we’ll state it upfront: The popular items the public loves to visit at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, in Washington D.C. are not being given away. So there’s no SR-71 Blackbird or Space Shuttle in the offing, but there are a number of items that the museum considers surplus to the museum’s objectives or goals and they are getting rid of them in a process called “deaccessioning” in the museum field which the Smithsonian engages in periodically...

Goodyear's Drake becomes a MAPS Air Museum exhibit - Canton Repository | Now the last surviving Goodyear Drake teaches, too, as a new permanent exhibit at MAPS Air Museum at Akron-Canton Airport. The recently restored plane — repainted in its original yellow and blue Goodyear colors — will be dedicated at 1 p.m. today...

The Aero Experience Road Trip: TWA Is Focus of Two Museums in Kansas City from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | It's the start of Road Trip season, and The Aero Experience set out today to make some new friends at two museums in Kansas City, MO that focus on the history of TWA - the former Trans World Airlines.... 
The Plane With No Name - Air and Space Smithsonian | IT BEGINS WITH THE PUSH, USUALLY AT, say, 20,000 feet and maybe 50 miles from the target. The pilot runs through a checklist with the right-seater, then throws a switch on the left side of his flight control panel, engaging the terrain-following radar....

British Astronaut Assigned 2015 ISS Stay from Spaceports  | Britain's first official astronaut, Major Tim Peake, 41, has been selected to fly on a five-month mission on the International Space Station in 2015, it is believed. The go-ahead for the flight will be seen as a major boost for the UK's space industry. Peake graduated as a...

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Dark Clouds Hang Over Air Shows After Budget Cuts - ABC News | "This is as American as apple pie," said Sean Tucker, another top aerobatic pilot, from Salinas, Calif. "It's the Indianapolis 500, the Fourth of July, and 'Top Gun' rolled into one." Air shows pump about $1.5 billion into the economy and draw nearly ...

Red Arrows back with nine-plane displays after safety sign-off - The Independent | Sir Stephen said: "The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, the Red Arrows, have designed a display of precision formation flying that encapsulates the agility and demonstrates the pure flying qualities required in the Royal Air Force. "The Reds are an...

Facebook campaign 'not enough to save airshow' - This is Kent | THE setting up of a Save Folkestone Airshow Facebook page, liked by hundreds of people within hours, is not enough for this year's event to proceed, organisers have confirmed. The page was created on Saturday, the day after the news of the cancellation...

Last flying B-29 bomber stops in Birmingham - WBRC.com - WBRC | The B-29 along with a lot of other warbirds will be available for rides and tours through Sunday evening. The aircraft are owned by the Commemorative Air Force in Addison, TX. Follow the signs at Birmingham Airport to Kaiser Aircraft Industries. For...

Evans Elementary Fun Fly day | Our second trip to Evans Elementary with the Evans Flyers and Rotors and Props members in attendance. Kids earned points for good behavior and those that reached at least 50 points in the month got to attend. 300+ students over TWO sessions!

Dambusters memorial from Flight Image of the Day by Dominic Perry | With the 70th anniversary of the Dambusters raid - Operation Chastise - here's a couple of pictures to commemorate the event. First up is this shot of an Avro Lancaster from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight taken by AirSpace user Sunshine Band. More...

Warriors of the Night Disc 2 from Travel for Aircraft by joseph_may | Warriors of the Night Disc 2 Warriors of the Night Disc 2, 2003, DVD, 90 minutes Warriors of the Night is a three DVD set produced by the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum – the mission of which is to keep history relevant by maintaining aircraft and flying them. The museum has a number of aircraft and…

Final Hog Sortie in Europe. from The Lexicans | The Cold War ended more than 20 years ago and things like this still make me realize just how much things have changed....

Video: Spend Some Quality Time With The X-47B (Carrier Suitability Testing) from AirPigz by Martt | The video of the X-47B making the first-ever unmanned-aircraft launch from an aircraft carrier a few days was very impressive, but the one above, released a few days ago by Northrop Grumman, is also great because it gives you a much more in-depth look at both the X-47B itself and the rock-solid flying characteristics of this amazing unmanned aircraft. It's a compilation of the work done this Spring conducting the 'carrier suitability testing'....

Air Force Week in Photos from Air Force Link Top Stories | This week's photos feature Airmen around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force.

More about the Mythbuster's third JATO rocket car episode from The Original Rocket Dungeon by Dick Stafford | I just noticed that the TRF thread on the episode has been joined by Rick Maschek, who was involved with the making of the rocket motors. He has two Facebook albums that are viewable: Building the motors; and, on the playa. In the thread, he confirms what I thought I had observed - that 38mm motors were used to ignite the P motors...

Cadet surprises date, also a cadet, with helicopter ride to prom from Headline News - Civil Air Patrol | MICHIGAN – Civil Air Patrol Cadet 2nd Lt. John Garcia of the Livonia Thunderbolt Cadet Squadron had a surprise for his prom date and girlfriend of two years, Juliette Lundberg, a cadet second lieutenant in the Kalamazoo Cadet Squadron. Garcia is...

Seminar set for women weighing aviation careers - Toledo Blade | Shelby Beauregard, a licensed pilot and member of Women in Aviation International, will discuss various aspects of becoming a career pilot and answer questions about the aviation industry. Attendees also can 'fly' in a full-motion flight simulator and...

Get lost in space Saturday at Virginia Air & Space Center's first Sci-Fi Fest - Daily Press | The arrival of a new "Star Trek" movie provided a launch pad for a new event at the Virginia Air & Space Center in Hampton. Sci-Fi Fest is a one-day gathering of the intergalactic clans that seeks to spotlight both cutting-edge science and way-out ...

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Wings and helicopters fly at Strategic Air & Space Musem - Lincoln Journal Star | Then come to the Strategic Air & Space Museum on Saturday for "Wings Under the Wings," a wing-tasting event featuring helicopters. Sponsored by Buffalo Wild Wings in association with the Nebraska Restaurant Association, the event is open to the public.

Snowbirds welcome Memorial Cup to Saskatoon - Star Phoenix - StarPhoenix | Fans of the Saskatoon Blades and other Canadian Hockey League teams gathered at the Vimy Memorial in Kiwanis Park Thursday to kick off the Memorial Cup tournament and watch the iconic Canadian Forces aerobatics squad, the Snowbirds, fly by...

Wyalkatchem Fly-In & Sausage Sizzle by Bunbury Aero Club | Pilots, aviation enthusiasts and friends are invited to take part in the Wyalkatchem Fly-In & Sausage Sizzle on the morning of May 19th, giving our community the opportunity to find out about aviation from local and visiting pilots. No formal flying program, but plenty of opportunity for aviating and sight-seeing....

Biggin Hill Air Show set for take off - This is Kent | ...During nearly five decades the summer crowd-pleaser became one of the largest civilian airshows in the world and the biggest privately organised in Europe, attracting 70,000 visitors at its height....

Team Pancho Barnes from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | Friday's Fabulous Flyer(s) | Katja Jourdan and Amanda Suter | Beauty, brains and they fly too! These ladies are not your ordinary run of the mill college students. Times are a changing, and there is no limit for women who fly...

Bikes, blues and women in flight - The City Wire | In honor of Fayetteville being the finish line for the 2013 Air Race Classic, the Fayetteville Underground is holding a National Juried Art Exhibition themed “Women Take Flight” in the month of June. Artists – professional or otherwise – over the age...

Spectacular to pay tribute to fallen aviator - Toowoomba Chronicle | AN AERIAL salute to the life's work of fallen aviator Terry Kronk will be a bittersweet moment for organisers of the Emu Gully Air and Land Spectacular. Mr Kronk, who co-founded the event with Barry Rodgers, died after crashing his P-51 Mustang replica ...

Lancaster bomber to join International Air Tattoo in Dambusters salute - Quedgeley People | To celebrate, organisers of the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford have arranged for a BBMF Lancaster bomber - one of the only two in the world still airworthy - to fly alongside a Tornado from the 617 Squadron in remembrance of the ...

Dambusters Commemoration – Plus 1 from The Lexicans | There was a couple of excellent programmes on the BBC last night, paying tribute to the Dambusters raid of 617 Squadron seventy years ago. There were two surviving crew members present at the sunset ceremony at RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire which was broadcast live.

'Save the bomber plant': Yankee Air Museum raising funds to acquire part of ... - Detroit Free Press | The massive Willow Run factory in Ypsilanti Township faces likely destruction, but backers of a plan to preserve part of it to expand the neighboring Yankee Air Museum launched a campaign Thursday to raise $5 million. The “Save the Bomber Plant” ...

From Antique Airfield News

• Eaglet Project for Andrew Andraka
• Greenswamp Update: Bucker and Seabee by Mike Araldi
• Thursday's Fly-In Pre-Registrations
• Florida Antique Biplane Association Chapter May 2013 Newsletter
• Video from Cawley's South Prairie Fly-In

Hats off to the US Coast Guard from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | I've always had a lot of respect for the men and women of the US Coast Guard. Not only do they do their best to secure our maritime commerce, they put their lives on the line to rescue those who are in trouble or in danger, despite risks to themselves which are sometimes very great. As their unofficial motto puts it, "You have to go out. You don't have to come back."...

Summer Camp Options Abound For Youngsters - WOWT | It's part of Robotics Camp and Hannah Luebbe of the Strategic Air & Space Museum said, "It's great fun and in addition to we also have Astronaut Academy, and our The Skies The Limit Camp features essentially anything that flies. That includes hot air ...

Virgin Galactic Has Hired Its Pilots from AVwebFlash Current Issue | A retired Air Force Lt. Colonel and a former NASA space shuttle commander have been hired to fly space tourists in Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo, the company has announced....

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Everett-Stewart ready for Airport Expo - Weakley County Press | There will be a business expo set up on the grounds as well as airplane displays, a petting zoo, activities for youngsters and food vendors. The airport has scheduled fly-in displays as well as aerobatic demonstrations during the afternoon as part of ...

LEGENDS OF AIRPOWER AND ARMOR WEEKEND | Featuring flying by The PBY-5A "Catalina Flying Boat", The B-17G Flying Fort, The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, The FG-1D Corsair, Douglas C-47, North American AT-6, and much more!

Truckee Tahoe AirFair to support youth programs - Tahoe Daily Tribune | Other highlights include The Red Star Formation Flying Group; helicopter and T6 plane rides for a cost, along with the Commemorative Air Force's P51 Man O' War with rides also available for a fee. Radio-controlled giant scale planes will fly throughout ...

Hundred of Pilots Propel to Valdez Fly-In - youralaskalink | Started in the front seat at 7, went solo at 16 and got my license on my 17th birthday,” said Jacob Williams of his decade spent navigating the skies. The Valdez Fly-In signifies the beginning of summer tourism for the community, according to some locals.

Air Tattoo to salute the Dambusters from Flightline UK - UK Airshow News | The 70th anniversary of one of the Second World War’s most audacious bombing missions will be commemorated by a special flypast at this summer’s Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in the Cotswolds...

The man behind organizing the Durban Airshow, John Neilon - KZN Winter Tour | John Neilon, is one of the KZN Winter Tour organisers and has been involved with the Durban Airshow for the past 15 years. As Flight Director, John’s responsibilities include putting together the adrenaline-pumping, dramatic airshows that have been entertaining spectators for years. This year sees the implementation of a brand new airshow programme and other showstopping demonstrations that will have the crowds begging for more....

Disbandment of Swiss Air Force display team could make its “Flat Eric” yellow puppet mascot
unemployed from David Cenciotti's weblog | The Patrouille Suisse is one of the most renowned aerobatic display team in Europe. Equipped with the F-5E Tiger the team is, together with the Turk Yildizlari (Turkish Stars), that flies the NF-5A/B Freedom Fighter, the only European display team on supersonic fighter jets....

Have You Ever Seen a Helicopter Doing Backflips? Here's the Awesome Video - TheBlaze.com | According to Red Bull, “Malibu” Chuck Aaron is the only helicopter pilot licensed to perform such aerobatic tricks in the U.S., making him one of only three internationally. He is also the first helicopter pilot to receive the Art Scholl Showmanship...

Blue Baron tells of his aerobatic exploits - The Reporter | Pilot Tony Alder can often be seen soaring through Toowoomba's skies in his Pitts S2C aerobatic plane. Dave Noonan. A FREESTYLE flight over the Darling Downs in a plane famed for its aerobatic prowess is how career pilot Tony Alder likes to unwind.

Report details pilot's last moments before Flagler air show crash - Daytona Beach News-Journal | As far as anyone knows, the plane he was piloting at the Wings over Flagler air show in 2011 descended sharply during a stunt and he couldn't pull out of it. Horrified spectators watching the air show saw flames and billowing smoke from a distance...

Step Back in History- Fly Onboard the B-29 on Armed Forces Day from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | BIRMINGHAM AL- Make this Armed Forces Day the one to remember with a flight onboard the only flying B-29, FiFi. Arriving on Thursday, May 16, FiFi will be at the Birmingham Airport on the Kaiser Aircraft ramp through Sunday, May 19. Accompanying the B-29 is a fleet of CAF warbirds and the Dixie Division Military Vehicle Club will have a large static display. It is the AirPower History tour of the National Air Tour of Historic WW II Historic Aircraft offered by the Commemorative Air Force....

B-17 flights coming to Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport in Broomfield - Broomfield Enterprise | The Memphis Belle, a restored World War II B-17 bomber, will take to the skies to offer public flights and ground tours May 25-26 at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport in Broomfield. The Memphis Belle bomber first flew in 1942. Today, the B-17 serves ...

Moore County to get glimpse of World War II-era airplane - Fayetteville Observer - Fayetteville Observer | The Carolinas Wing is one of the oldest wings in the Commemorative Air Force, a volunteer, nonprofit group that honors American military aviation history by maintaining a "flying museum" of classic military aircraft. Steve Brown, the CAF's president ...

Crowdsourced Fundraiser Hopes You'll Help Pay For Blue Angels Air Show - SFist | The government might not have enough money to put on their yearly show of airborne superiority, but one effort hopes local fans of American naval power will pitch in enough of their own cash to make sure the show gets off the ground this year. The ...

Airport to bring Snowbirds to air show next summer - Fort McMurray Today | As a part of the Fort McMurray Airport Authority's grand opening of their new terminal building, the first air show in the city since 2007 is set for the weekend of May 30 to June 1, 2014, and will feature the Snowbirds as well as the CF-18 Demo Hornet ...

Spitfire and B-17 part of Dublin city flypast - Irish Times | Thousands expected to line quays as 30 aircraft take part in event. A World War II Spitfire and a B-17 Flying Fortress will take to the skies above Dublin city as part of an international flypast...

Solo 2013 | At 20 years old, Jack Wiegand is preparing for the flight of his life to break the Guinness World Records™ title, something he has been working toward since his first flight at the age of 13. In May 2013, this record-breaking journey will take him from his home in Fresno, California, to exotic destinations he has dreamed of since childhood. Rome, Egypt, Bangkok and Tokyo are only a few of the locations he will travel to on his flight around the world....[note: you can track his progress...almost half way now]

Westchester Native Flies High in Kansas - Patch.com | She and two women classmates (one other pilot Tonya Hodson whom she'll trade off with) and one back seat navigator, Karen Morrison, will be among the 47 teams in the Air Race Classic in June. From June 18 to 21, the three women will fly a 2,500 miles ...

From Antique Airfield News

• Video from Cawley's South Prairie Fly-In
• Pre-Registrations Coming in for 2013 Fly-In
• John Cuny's Seabee Project Off to the Paint Shop
• Northwest Missouri Chapter May Newsletter
• Registration Now Open for the 2013 Fly-In

Warriors of the Night Disc 1 by travelforaircraft | Warriors of the Night is a three DVD set produced by theCanadian Warplane Heritage Museum – the mission of which is to keep history relevant by maintaining aircraft and flying them. The museum has a number of aircraft and one of which is seen in flight as well as in mood video quite often – an Avro Lancaster....

Potez 567 marine colors of Vichy from Passion pour l'aviation by Xavier Cotton | Here's another
picture from the personal collection of Jacques Hemet, there is a Potez 567 of the Navy to Vichy colors (red and yellow stripes on the engine covers and drift). It is a three seater tow target with 2 engines of 240 hp Potez 9EO built 22 copies for the French Navy....

Salty Dog 502 — U.S. Navy creates a niche and make UAV history by travelforaircraft | The U.S. Navy made history on May 14th, just two days ago, with the carrier launch of an Northrop Grumman X-47B UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) off the deck of the USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77). Salty Dog 502 (call sign for this mission's X-47B UAV) created a niche where one had not existed that day — an autonomous drone carrier launch. Soon, by 2018, the U.S. Navy carrier groups will have autonomous aircraft capability with the X-47B type which can fly programmed missions at high subsonic speeds over 2400+ miles (3900+ km) or up to 12 hours of loitering....

US SENATE HEARING: "Partnerships to Advance the Business of Space" Today@10 from Spaceports | The U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Science and Space today announced it will hold a hearing on Thursday, May 16, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. titled “Partnerships to Advance the Business of Space." The hearing will be webcast live via the Senate Commerce Committee website. Refresh the Commerce Committee homepage 10 minutes prior to the scheduled start time to automatically begin streaming the webcast....

SNC Dream Chaser Testing Begins at NASA's from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | NASA-It's a busy week for NASA's Commercial Crew Program (CCP) and its partner Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) Space Systems. On the west coast of the United States, NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, Calif., welcomed the Dream Chaser flight vehicle, also known as an engineering test article, today to begin tests of its flight and runway systems.

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Air show details released - Press-Enterprise | Hangar 24 has released the details of its air show/beer festival/concert/food truck festival it's calling the Hangar 24 AirFest and 5th Anniversary Celebration. The 13-hour event will see multiple activities meshing to celebrate the fifth birthday of...

Airshow CIAF is going to twentieth birthday - Náchodský diary | The airport in abatement will come again Jordanian Falcons aerobatic group as representatives of the Kingdom of Jordan, of nearmádních participants are very pleased with the participation of world champion in aerobatics and winner of The Red Bull Air Race Petra Besenyiho of ...

First female Thunderbird takes last flight at SJ - AF.mil | SEYMOUR JOHNSON AIR FORCE BASE, N.C. -- U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Nicole Malachowski took her final flight as the 333rd Fighter Squadron commander in an F-15E Strike Eagle here, May 8, 2013. The final flight marks another milestone in her illustrious career, which includes being the first female pilot to be selected to any U.S. military high-performance jet team....

Former Blue Angels pilot featured at Southeast Aviation Expo from General Aviation News | Lt. Commander Scott “Yogi” Beare, U.S. Navy (Retired), former pilot for the Blue Angels and author of two books, will be a keynote speaker at the Southeast Aviation Expo, slated for Sept. 27-28, at Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU) in South Carolina....

Air Museum sets Appreciation Weekend - Iosco County News Herald | OSCODA – The Wurtsmith Air Museum will reopen for the season on Saturday, May 18, and is inviting everyone to visit free of charge that day and the next, designated as the second annual Community Appreciation Weekend. “It's our way of giving back and...

The First Trans-Atlantic Flight - All Things Aviation | Ask most anyone these days who made the first trans-atlantic flight and you will probably be told Lindbergh. The problem is that Lindbergh did NOT accomplish the first trans-atlantic flight – John Alcock and Arthur Brown accomplished the first trans-atlantic flight back in 1919 in a modified Vickers Vimy bomber....

FlightTime Radio Show 277 from The FlightTime Radio Show | Milford was in the studio with his bride, Mary. They had Jessica Cox as their guest. Jessica is a very unique pilot that proves ANYBODY CAN FLY!! Jessica has her pilots license and is an aircraft owner, but she has no arms!!...

I'm back on the Stuck Mic AvCast - Listen to SMAC048 from Toriaflies | SMAC048 – Victoria’s Back, Pitch Down Dummy, Autolandings | Today’s show marks the triumphant return of our beloved and sassy Victoria Zajko as she fills us in on all the exciting news from her absence including the amazing statistics from 2013′s Women of Aviation Week Worldwide events.

Operation Chastise - Vintage Wings of Canada | In the seventy years since the night of May 16-17 1943–the night of Operation Chastise–the events that transpired on that moonlit Spring night have been made in to feature films, documentaries, novels, non-fiction books, magazine articles, dramatic paintings, computer games, marches and comic books. For all of you who read this, there is not much one can say to add to reportage of this stunning attack deep inside Germany on targets long thought to be unassailable...

Operation Dora and the Bavarian Typhoon — the Bf 108 Taifun, clandestine from Travel for Aircraft by joseph_may | Operation Dora and the Bavarian Typhoon — the Bf 108 Taifun, clandestine Operation Dora occurred in early 1944, during World War II, and was an effort by the Germans to insert personnel to observe British air supply efforts in West Africa, Fort Lamy (Chad) and Cairo — information needed to protect Axis efforts in the eastern […]

Historic Wright buildings to be preserved in new project from General Aviation News | DAYTON, Ohio — Demolition of 1.2 million square feet of former Delphi manufacturing buildings in Dayton has begun, paving the way for commercial redevelopment and historic preservation. Still standing and to be preserved on the 54-acre site are two century-old buildings originally built by the Wright Company, the aircraft manufacturing enterpris established by the Wright brothers...

Survivor of 1987 Mich. plane crash breaks silence - Philly.com | DETROIT - Cecelia Crocker's body provides her with a constant reminder of the most traumatic event of her life , one that she doesn't otherwise remember. At only 4 years old, Crocker was the lone survivor of a 1987 plane crash that killed 154 people aboard and two on the ground near Detroit Metropolitan Airport...

Smooth landing after lifetime of adventure  - John Dobson, North Coast Times  | FOR some lucky people, their work is their life’s passion. That is the case for Ian Clark (79), who spent six decades flying helicopters and planes all over the world...

40 CAP cadets meet Colin Powell, learn about leadership from Headline News - Civil Air Patrol MARYLAND -- It took seven months of planning, but persistence paid off last week when a group of young Civil Air Patrol cadets spent time with retired U.S. Army Gen. Colin Powell. “I was lucky,” Laurence Martinez said of her effort to have Powell speak to the Frederick Composite Squadron of CAP’s Maryland Wing. Her determination brought Powell to the National Guard Armory in Frederick, where he spoke to about 40 CAP cadets about leadership...

Summer camps set at Lewis University from General Aviation News | ROMEOVILLE, Ill. — Lewis University will host several summer camps for aviation, leadership, and math and science. All camps will be taught by full-time faculty and will be held at the university’s main campus.  Aviation Flight Camp (high school students), June 17-21: The cost to attend is $1,290 for the week, which includes room and board. Participants will have the opportunity to...

Son of EAA Director Emeritus Solos in Grandpa's Stearman - EAA | Cormac Siegfried, son of EAA Director Emeritus Rand Siegfried, successfully completed his first solo flight in a powered aircraft on May 5 in his grandfather Robert "Old Bob" Siegfried's Boeing Stearman PT 17, the iconic World War II trainer...

Young Eagles Day Allows Muhlenberg Youths to Take to the Sky - SurfKY News | EAA Chapter #1184 will be hosting an event called Young Eagles Day this Saturday, May 18 at the Muhlenberg County Airport just off the 189 Bypass in Greenville. Carter told SurfKY that "this event is a great time to give a child between 7 and 17 a free...

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Marjorie Morris served in Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps in WWII from War Tales | Before she signed up for the Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps in World War II, Marjorie Morris , who lives North Port, Fla.’s Jockey Club, said she led a rather cloistered life. Growing up in the Bronx in the late 1930s and early 1940s, she graduated from Manhattan Industrial High School and went to work in [...]

For Sale, An Amazing Piece of Local History: The "Last Fool Flight" of the Dallas Spirit - Dallas Observer | ... That meant first flying from Dallas to San Francisco to Hawaii for the so-called Dole Air Race of 1927, the winner of which would receive $25,000. Then Erwin planned on flying from Hawaii to Hong Kong and then back to Dallas, where local businessman William Easterwood Jr. was offering another $25,000 in prize money. ...

In Pictures: Work begins on restoration of Imperial War Museum's Flying Fortress - Culture24 | The large-scale project sees a team from the museum conserve the B-17 Flying Fortress Mary Alice, which is currently on display in the American Air Museum. Visitors can see the conservation team, who have already removed the propellers and engine from ...

The day the Dam Busters returned... in Canada from History News Network | “The physics of bouncing something on water is relatively simple,” says Dr Hugh Hunt, breezily. “But actually doing it, at scale, under a plane, building a dam and blowing it up, is much more of an engineering exercise than a science exercise.” ...

Yorkshire Air Museum to feature on The One Show - The Press, York | The Yorkshire Air Museum, at Elvington, will be providing the backdrop to The One Show. The theme of the programme will be major British inventions which have been attributed to others. The programme will focus on Sir George Cayley's glider, ...

Cold War Air Museum: Lancaster Airport, 1st Annual Air Race - 30 April 2011 from blog.cwam.org | Special event days start early for the Cold War Air Museum located at the Lancaster Airport. More activities and events attract more visitors and we are happy to see them. ...

The Boeing Archives PART 3a: Interview With Boeing Historian Michael Lombardi from Airline Reporter | Here is the long awaited part 3 of my inside look at the Boeing Archive. I apologize it has taken so long to get this published.  In part 1 I took a look at what is inside the Boeing Archive. Then part 2, I took a closer look at some of the models in the Boeing archive. Now, I will post my interview with Boeing Historian Michael Lombardi. What is amazing is Lombardi did our whole interview from memory. I broke our interview it into two parts, with the second one posting tomorrow. Enjoy is our exclusive interview: ...

Wow! Virgin Galactic Completes First 'Feathered' Flight! from blog by AirPigz | (3 pix and full flight details) Early on Wednesday 4th May 2011, in the skies above Mojave Air and Spaceport CA, SpaceShipTwo, the world's first commercial spaceship, demonstrated its unique reentry ‘feather’ configuration for the first time. ...

Astronaut Alan Shepard Immortalized on Forever Stamp from PR Newswire: Aerospace/Defense | The Postal Service dedicated two stamps today commemorating two historic events — one that occurred a half century ago, and the second that's making history now. ...

FAQ: Alan Shepard's Historic Flight as First American in Space from SPACE.com | Here are a few basic questions and answers about astronaut Alan Shepard's historic spaceflight of May 5, 1961.

Spotted: A Very Rutan-Looking Experimental Aircraft Cruising California Skies - Popular Science | Very, Very Rutan gazurtoid via Militaryphotos.net | An undeniably Burt Rutan-esque aircraft has been spotted in the airspace just a few dozen miles south of Beale Air Force Base, prompting aerospace buffs to post the question: what is this Burt Rutan-esque aircraft doing in the air near Beale Air Force Base? Flight Global has since identified (possibly) the plane as Scaled Composites Model 355, but what’s less clear is what sort of aircraft it might be.  ...

Elon Musk comments on SpaceX costs and "why the US can beat China" from RLV and Space Transport News | Why The US Can Beat China: The Facts About SpaceX Costs | Whenever someone proposes to do something that has never been done before, there will always be skeptics.  So when I started SpaceX, it was not surprising when people said we wouldn’t succeed. But now that we’ve successfully proven Falcon 1, Falcon 9 and Dragon, there’s been a steady stream of misinformation and doubt expressed about SpaceX’s actual launch costs and prices. ...