Commemorative Air Force Announces Hall of Fame Inductees for 2014 - PR Web | For nearly 60 years, the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) has worked to preserve and honor American military aviation history. The organization’s success can only be attributed to its dedicated volunteer-members, called Colonels, who have been the foundation and the driving force to keep the organization’s mission and aircraft going strong since 1957....
Sally Ride Inducted Into the Women in Aviation International Pioneer Hall of Fame - PR Web | [March 7], the Women in Aviation, International (WAI) inducted four new women into its International Pioneer Hall of Fame, with Sally Ride—America's first woman in space—joining Nancy Currie, Beryl Markham, and Sheila Scott as honorees. These women are ...
Celebrating Women in Aviation - abc40 | NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (WGGB) — Northampton Airport celebrates women in aviation with free scenic flights from volunteer licenses pilots to girls and women. Pilots from the area came out to celebrate the cause of introducing girls to being a pilot. The goal of the event was to get at least 100 girls on a flight. Pilots say they are always looking for any excuse to fly and introduce a girl to the joys of aviation...
Pilots try for a chance to fly in Thunder Over Louisville airshow - WHAS 11.com | LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11) -- Local pilots took to the skies Saturday hoping to get the chance to fly in this year's Thunder Over Louisville. Pilots practiced in vintage planes which will be used in the upcoming air show....
3 News is a Proud Sponsor of this Year's South Texas Air Show in Kingsville - KIII TV3 | KINGSVILLE (Kiii News) -They're considered the most electrifying and precise flyers around, of course we are talking about the pilots of the Blue Angels. In just three weeks from now, they'll be returning to the skies in Kingsville. It's all part of the South Texas Air show at Naval Air Station-Kingsville. They're back and better than ever!..
Aviation Day - Apron 6 | Event number 2 of this month was the Aviation day. An event held at several airfields in Belgium including Ostend, Wevelgem-Kortrijk, Deurne-Antwerpen and Brussels airport. It gives the opportunity to get to know your local airfield...
Wings of Freedom: Legendary combat pilots' endless mission - Pensacola News Journal | The volunteers who occasionally bring World War II planes on tour through Pensacola and other cities say the historic bombers and fighters may still be flying a century or more, long after hostilities ended in 1945. "There really isn't a life limit on the airplanes. You could literally fly these for another 100 years if you keep them maintained right," said Ryan Keough, flight coordinator for the Collings Foundation, a nonprofit based in Stow, Mass...
Harry Thetford: B-17 pilot lived to tell tale of ferocious aerial firefight - Greensboro News & Record | First Lt. John Koehne, a B-17 pilot, probably had a hunch the mission of April 2, 1944, would be different. In his previous combat missions, he had generally flown as co-pilot. On this mission, a less experienced replacement pilot would co-pilot Ole Mose, and Koehne would pilot...
1944 B-17 joy ride links pair - Enterprise-Record | RED BLUFF >> Records show the U.S. Army Air Force's B-17 Flying Fortress "My Baby" was shot down over occupied France Sept. 5, 1944, during a bombing run on a German chemical plant. However history is made up of more than just records. And while "My Baby" crashed in Piermont, France that day, the story of the aircraft continues through the memories of the 91st Bomb Group and those who know them. Two of those people met up in Red Bluff recently...
'Those who deny the past have no future' - People's Daily Online | The Chennault Aviation and Military Museum, not far from the airport of Monroe, Louisiana, is a plain building at the first sight. However, it used to be the site of the Selman Field Army-Air Force Navigation School, which was the largest such facility in the US, offering the nation's only complete navigation course during the WWII and over 15,000 navigators graduated from here...
Dick Rutan Recalls Historic Round-the-World Flight - NASA |Nearly 27 years ago, the one-of-a-kind, purpose-built Voyager aircraft embarked on a non-stop, unrefueled flight around the world, setting a world record that remains unchallenged today. Dick Rutan, the pilot of this historic flight that departed from and landed at Edwards Air Force Base in the Southern California desert, recently recounted the Voyager's almost 25,000-mile circumnavigation of the globe to employees at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center...
Even Lindbergh Got Lost - Air & Space | In the year following his historic transatlantic flight to Paris, Charles Lindbergh, flying again in the Spirit of St. Louis, lost his way somewhere between Havana, Cuba, and the southwest coast of Florida. It happened in the middle of the night, and it alarmed Lindbergh enough that years later he recalled the incident in his...
RAF Museum Youth Apprentice Awarded Prize for Outstanding Service - Warbirds News | Warbirds 
Is The Air Force's Secret Shuttle The Key To Russia-Free ISS Trips? - Jalopnik | Ever since the US retired the Shuttle fleet, we've been bumming rides to the ISS on Russia's old reliable spacecraft, the Soyuz. Technically, this arrangement works well, but tensions with the Russians over the Ukraine, gay rights, and other issues are making the US realize that maybe it's time for a new ride...
'Airplane' Commercial Spoof Lauds Wisconsin's Summer - Aero-News Network | Robert Hays And Former Milwaukee Buck Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Reprise Iconic Roles | Many of us spend some time in Wisconsin during the summer, but the state's tourism agency Travel Wisconsin would like even more people to know about what the state has to offer ... at least in the summer time...
Monday, March 10, 2014
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Thursday, September 12, 2013
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Victor Valley’s Only Airshow With Aerobatics, Warbirds, Wingwalkers And More Over Apple Valley Skies - High Desert Daily | (Apple Valley)– Aerobatic pilots, wingwalkers and warbirds will provide big-time airshow action in the High Desert over Apple Valley Airport skies on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013. This year’s airshow will feature several aerobatic pilots, John Collver in “Wardog” the T-6, “Dr. D” Old Time Aerobatics in his Taylorcraft, Rob Harrison “The Tumbling Bear” in his Zlin, Margie Stivers and Marion Wagner wingwalkers with Silver Wings Wingwalking demo team in a Stearman biplane, and Tim Just flying the Extra. Other favorites such as Rich Piccirilli with Just In Time Skydivers, radio control airplanes, the N-9M Flying Wing and warbirds such as the F4U Corsair, P-38 Lightning, B-25 Mitchell, P-51 Mustang, P-40 Warhawk, Fw190, all from Planes of Fame Air Museum to name a few....
Meet This Week's Airshow Pilots - Island FM | ... can go for a look around and Organiser Alan Brunger says it is as much fun for the pilots as it is for the public. They will be at the Aero Club between half 2 and 5 o'clock this afternoon. Parking is only at the Aero Club or in nearby fields, not...
Sioux Falls Airshow Committee Hosts Famed Aviator Dick Rutan for their second “Night With Heroes” Event - Warbirds News | The Sioux Falls Airshow Committee, sponsors of the Sioux Falls Airshow, has announced their second “Night With Heroes” event, to be held October 5th at the Belbas Theater in the Washington Pavilion in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The Night With Heroes events bring legendary aviators to the city as an inspirational touchstone, to inform the public about American history and to benefit local veteran-related causes and charities...
VIDEO: Views on Shoreham Airshow 2013 - Latest - Worthing Herald | RECORD crowds visited this year’s RAFA Shoreham Airshow, which enjoyed the best weather it has had for years. Organisers declared the two-day show the most successful to date, despite the disappointment of the Vulcan not being able to appear on Sunday. The airshow was under the guidance of a new team this year but the quality and the atmosphere were as good as ever...
Green Speed Cup Day Two – A Clear Winner * CAFE Foundation Blog | Robert Adam, one of the organizers of the Green Speed Cup in Germany and pilot of the Flight Design CTLS that ended the competition in seventh place, shared some information on the challenges faced by pilots in this year’s event...
9/11 Flight Crew Memorial in Grapevine by travelforaircraft | The destruction of the buildings of the World Trade Center did what most violent acts do against a strong people — although the fires killed and wounded thousands they tempered a nation against terrorists as well as terrorism. This is the anniversary of the four 9/11 attacks and World Trade Center steel has been distributed wide and far in memorials and in sculpture. Sculptures are many, a few have been posted about here, Steel pieces are in city halls, museums and libraries that are too numerous to count. Every one...
Questions about Hot Air Festival's future abound - Times Bulletin | Those who attended the 2013 Van Wert County Hot Air Festival were provided quite a show and a variety of entertainment thanks to this year's sponsors and creative ideas of Event Organizer Jerry Mazur. Balloon pilots left the event with the remark, "See you next year!" Numbers and final totals from the event are still being tallied to see if the event ended up in the black and if a 2014 festival is still feasible....
Blue Angels (61 pics) - Acid Picdump | The Blue Angels is the United States Navy's flight
demonstration squadron. It was formed in 1946, making it
the second oldest formal flying aerobatic team (flying under the same
name) in the world, after the French Patrouille de France formed in
1931. The Blue Angels' six demonstration pilots fly the F/A-18 Hornet
in...Dwane Wallace to be honored by National Aviation Hall of Fame - Kansas.com | During the Depression, Wallace used money won by air racing to meet the company's payroll. After Cessna helped meet the demand for World War II military aircraft in the 1940s, Wallace directed Cessna's development of an extensive line of corporate and...
Latest on XH558 Fuel Leak - Vulcantothesky.org | Issued at 4pm Wednesday 11th September | We have now received a report on the state of the leaking No.5 tank from specialists FPT Industries in Portsmouth. Given that more than one leak and other signs of deterioration were found, and that the tank is itself over 30 years old, we have concluded that, if repaired, the tank would remain vulnerable to further leaks. We have therefore decided that repair of the tank would not prove economical and, if reinstalled on the aircraft, could prove to be unreliable. There is no airworthy spare available; we have accordingly commissioned a new tank to be manufactured immediately. With an estimated 16 week lead time for manufacture, we are very sorry to announce that it will not be possible to return the aircraft to flight again in 2013...
YPSILANTI TOWNSHIP: RACER deal good news for Yankee Air Museum - Heritage | The Ypsilanti community is buzzing with excitement over the prospect of an innovative vehicle research center on the site of the former General Motors Willow Run Powertrain plant, yet the news has been particularly exciting for the Yankee Air Museum. "It's very much a win-win," said Dennis Norton, founder of the museum. "They were very specific in the demolition and development plans about exempting the part of the Bomber Plant that we're trying to save." Currently, the museum is...
Oshkosh – Pioneer Airport - LET LET LET | Here are my photo’ from Oshkosh – Pioneer Airport, USA.
Thursday, March 28, 2013
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Accountant wins Red Arrows experience
- Bournemouth Echo | AN accountant swapped her
computer for a cockpit
yesterday after her firm won a prize of a ride in a jet formerly used by
the Red 
Red Arrows to return to Swansea this summer
- This is South Wales | Red Arrows to return to Swansea this summer.
Trusted article source icon. Tuesday, March 26, 2013. Profile image for
RichardYoule · RichardYoule. Follow. THE Red Arrows are returning to the
skies above Swansea! The display team will be performing at...
#Oshbash Will be 'Rockin' With Help From Ardy & Ed's! from Airplanista Aviation Blog by Dan Pimentel | The Airplanista Blog Meetup, #Oshbash, is set to bring the aviation family and Twitter #Avgeeks together at EAA Airventure Oshkosh on Wednesday night, July 31 from 5:30 - 7:30pm in the EAA Press Tent. We'll be...
Preparations under way for October air show - NeighborNewspapers.com | Preparation and fundraising are under way for the Salute America 2013 Air Show at Paulding Northwest Atlanta Airport. Air Show director Brent Sparks updated the Paulding County Airport Authority last week on the progress of the show, set for early October....
Exhibition Bucharest International Airport Moves to Dubai April 8 from WAI Connect Blog by Amy Laboda | The last day of the exhibition “Woman in Aviation” at Henri Coanda, Bucharest International Airport was March 25....
WWII hero Farrow, NASCAR great Yarborough join SC Hall of Fame - The State | ...Farrow was
posthumously inducted for his role in the famed Doolittle Raid in April 1942. His crew bombed 
Podcast: Dick Rutan Remembers from AVWeb Podcast - Podcast | It's only been 27 years since Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager flew around the world without refueling, but the technology that has been introduced since then would make it a much different trip today. Rutan spoke with AVweb's Paul Bertorelli after speaking to the Aircraft Electronics Association convention in Las Vegas.
Solar-Powered Plane Uses Its Lightness To Fly In The Dark - NPR (blog) | Next month, a very odd looking plane will take off from Moffett Field in Mountain View, Calif., and head east to New York. The Solar Impulse — the world's first solar-powered plane — is capable of flying nonstop all day and all night. Its creators ...
Local pilots recipients of Wright Brothers award - Polson Lake County Leader | Timm was a flight instructor for the Wright-Patterson AFB Aero Club. Hiss military career was in intelligence, and he retired as a colonel in 1992. He amassed more than 5,000 flight hours and has flown 50 aircraft makes and models. Morin recalls that ...
The Jolly Green Giant approaches from Travel for Aircraft by joseph_may | The Jolly Green Giant
Video: This Is The Way To Start Your Day! (F-18 Cat Launch From Cockpit!) from AirPigz by Martt
Wisconsin Aviation Hall of Fame Expands Scholarship Program from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | The Wisconsin Aviation Hall of Fame (WAHF) has expanded its scholarship program to include Wisconsin students enrolled in aviation/aerospace courses of study at out-of-state colleges and universities.
Disney's Planes Cast Revealed! - Babble | Roger Craig Smith (Captain America in Disney XD's “Marvel's Avengers Assemble,” voice of Sonic The Hedgehog in “Wreck-It Ralph”) voices world champion racer Ripslinger—wings down, the biggest name in air racing—and he knows it....
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
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'Aviation Nation' air show canceled at Nevada's Nellis Air Force Base - Truckee Times | NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. (AP) — U.S. Air Force officials say federal budget cuts mean the grounding of the Thunderbirds precision aerial demonstration team and cancellation of a popular Nellis Air Force Base open house and air show. The 99th Air...
Blue Angels cancel Friday practice - Pensacola News Journal | Because of the uncertainty surrounding the federal budget cuts known as sequestration, the cancellation leaves only Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of this week as confirmed Blue Angels practices. The Navy has announced that the Blues's participation ...
25th Annual 2013 Salute To Veterans Airshow - STLtoday.com | It made history as the first aircraft to fly down Broadway over the 1989 Salute to Veterans Parade 25 years ago accompanied by the WWII B-25 Mitchell Bomber SHOWME who will return to join it and fly a Heritage Flight. DON'T MISS THE INCREDIBLE ...
Dick Rutan Recalls Voyager's 1986 Circumnavigation from AVwebFlash Current Issue | Twenty seven years after the fact, Dick Rutan says he's somewhat astonished that he and Jeana Yeager made it around the world in the Burt Rutan-designed Voyager, given the rudimentary avionics of the day and the fact that the airplane had so little surplus load factor that moderate turbulence would have torn it apart. As the keynote speaker at the 56th Aircraft Electronics Association Convention opening in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Rutan flashed a photo of his panel that was then state-of-the-art but which now features some boxes long since faded from the market.
Leading the Way for Women in the Air Force: Jacqueline Cochran - DoD Live | Just as Nazi troops began their march across Europe, Jacqueline (Jackie) Cochran suggested her plans for using women 
Doolittle Raider to visit Goodfellow [JUMP]97-year-old Cole to recall nearly ... - San Angelo Standard Times | SAN ANGELO, Texas — A national treasure will visit Goodfellow Air Force Base today, a man whose 97 years of life experiences include flying the right seat of a B-25 Mitchell in the famous Doolittle Raid on Tokyo. Lt. Col. Richard E. Cole, Ret. USAF ...
Sgt. Norman Page was a C-130 ‘Cold War’ mechanic and flight engineer from War Tales by Don Moore | For most of his 24 years of service in the Air Force Sgt. Norman Page kept C-130 “Hercules,’ four-engine transport planes flying as a senior aviation mechanic and flight engineer or crew chief. After graduating from aviation mechanics training his first assignment, a Strategic Air Command mechanic at McDill Air Force Base in Tampa in the [...]
Georgia pilots band together to inspire - AOPA Pilot | The distinctive paint scheme, along with patches and insignia, are used by TigerFlight both to capture the interest of children, and honor the Flying Tigers of World War II. Photo courtesy Phil Cataldo/TigerFlight Foundation. Phil Cataldo worried he ...
Meet the Chairman of the Board from Vintage Wings of Canada by DaveIf there is one person you should introduce yourself to at Vintage Wings of Canada this year, make it Todd Lemieux, our new 
1911 Ely-Curtiss Pusher Replica, C-54 Spirit of Freedom to Appear at Virginia Regional Festival of Flight from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | Bob Coolbaugh's 1911 Ely-Curtiss Pusher replica and the Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation's C-54 Spirit of Freedom will be at the 2013 Virginia Festival of Flight slated for May 4-5 at Suffolk Executive Airport (SFQ).
More than $125,000 in scholarships awarded from General Aviation News | LAS VEGAS — During the Opening Ceremonies at the 56th annual AEA International Convention & Trade Show on Tuesday, March 26, the Aircraft Electronics Association’s Educational Foundation announced the names of 26 individuals who were awarded individual scholarships worth more than $125,000 for the 2013-14 academic year.
Preserving backcountry flying from General Aviation News | By JOHN J. MCKENNA Jr. | Some things are just worth holding onto and that is all there is to it. That simple statement is really how the Recreational Aviation Foundation (RAF) was formed — six folks sitting around a campfire with the idea that if they did not get busy protecting the special places that we know as backcountry and recreational airstrips, these cherished destinations would most likely just go away....
Val Kilmer & Anthony Edwards Are Fighter Jets in Full 'Planes' Cast - First Showing | Planes is directed by Klay Hall ("King of the Hill," Tinkerbell and the Lost Treasure) and follows Dusty (Dane Cook), a small town crop dusting plane who longs to enter the most epic around-the-world air race despite his fear of heights. But Dusty's ...
Space shuttle Enterprise lands in historic places registry - NBCNews.com (blog) | Located at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City, the test orbiter has been added to the National Register of Historic Places, becoming the first of NASA's retired space shuttles to receive the distinction. "We are extremely proud to be ...
Dragon Returns in Successful Splashdown from Spaceports | Elon Musk tweeted "Cargo looks A ok," referencing the nearly 2,668 pounds of equipment, supplies and scientific instruments returned from the International Space Station on-orbit. The cargo will be shipped to the Port of Los Angeles and then trucked to Texas for unloading with NASA....
Thursday, February 21, 2013
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American Heroes Air Shows | The nation's premier admission-free, helicopter-only aviation events. Join us at our next event at Camp Mabry in Austin TX April 20 & 21 - 2013
If cuts go through, MacDill air show off, millions lost locally - WTSP 10 News | We've now confirmed with MacDill staff that the entire MacDill AirFest air show planned for April may be canceled if Congress can't come up with a deal to avoid sequestration and automatic budget cuts. The air show routinely draws more than 100,000 ...
Milwaukee Air & Water Show set for Aug. 3-4 - FOX6Now.com – Milwaukee News & weather from WITI Television FOX6 | Milwaukee Air & Water Show. MILWAUKEE (WITI) – The Milwaukee Air & Water Show dates were unveiled on Tuesday, February 19th. The Air Show dates will be Saturday, August 3rd and Sunday, August 4th along Milwaukee's Lakefront. The U.S. Air Force ...
Fokker D.VII from Planeshots
ILM Airport cancels local air show indefinitely - WECT-TV6 | The Coastal Carolina Air Show will not be held at the Wilmington International Airport anymore, according to an airport spokesman. ILM Director Jon Rosborough tells WECT.com that due to a number of factors, including air traffic problems, they will not ...
FIFI to return to Rocky Mountain Airshow from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | DENVER — The world’s only flying World War II B-29 Superfortress FIFI will appear at this year’s Rocky Mountain Airshow. FIFI has proven to be one of the biggest attendance draws to airshows across the country and will be making the only appearance in the Denver area at the Rocky Mountain Airshow this Aug. 16-18, organizers note. In keeping with a history of showcasing military forces, the Rocky Mountain Airshow will be celebrating the 90th anniversary of Colorado National Guard aviation....
Historic B-17 flights coming to Atlanta - Covington News | The B-17 is one of the most iconic airplanes in U.S. military history, flying throughout every theater in World War II and continuing service until Vietnam, using the roar of its four engines, 13 .50-caliber machine guns, chin, top, ball and tail ...
Dick Rutan to speak at AEA from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Dick Rutan, a pilot, entrepreneur and adventurer who made history in December 1986 after completing a nine-day, nonstop and nonrefueled flight around the world that established a flight-endurance record, will be the keynote speaker during the official opening at the 56th annual Aircraft Electronics Association International Convention & Trade Show, which will take place March 26 at the MGM Grand Hotel & Convention Center in Las Vegas....
Women in Aviation Exhibition opened at Frankfurt International Airport - BlueSky Executive Aviation News | A world wide exhibition highlighting the role women play and have played in aviation was launched today at Frankfurt International Airport. Organised by the German affiliate of the US based Women in Aviation International the exhibition will tour ...
From Women of Aviation's Facebook Wall | In addition test pilot and astronaut, Pam Melroy, and NASA space scientist, Mamta Patel Nagaraja, Ph.D., we just added Natalie, Space Engineer for MDA (Canadarm), to our amazing line up of women involved in space exploration
WWII veteran receives honor from France - Daily Press | Don Demmert: He bailed out of his B-17 bomber after it took a crippling hit on July 21, 1944. Taken prisoner, he was a POW for 10 months before being liberated by the Russians. In passing. Retired Maj. Gen. Carroll Thackston, the Adjutant General of ...
Frontiers of Flight Museum Honoring African American aviation pioneers past ... - Northdallasgazette | In 1996, Larry was recruited by Cutter Aviation to join the aircraft sales team. He continues as the Piper Aircraft Regional Sales Manager for Texas Piper . In addition, Larry has become responsible ... Educational classes for all ages are offered ...
Air museum closed, emptied in ownership spat - AOPA Pilot | When a dispute between the National Park Service and a Vancouver, Wash., aviation museum located on park property boiled over, the museum operators walked—taking 15 vintage airplanes and other displays including a 3,350-pound R-4360 radial ...
Video: Solar Impulse: Innovation and the Pioneering Spirit - FORA.tv
Hopes soar for new Larsen Park jet - SFgate.com | ...There were actually three military plane play structures in Larsen Park starting in the early 1950s. The longest-lasting was a Vietnam-era F-8 Crusader, which was towed to the corner of 19th Avenue and Vicente Street in the 1970s. The engine was replaced with a corrugated crawl space, and a slide was attached to the side...
Pickerington, Ohio: Aviation club hopes to build model aircraft 'airstrip' from The Kathryn Report | A model aviation club hopes to find a landing spot in Pickerington if the city and the club can work out a facility use agreement in the future.City Development Services Director Joe Henderson made a presentation to the City Parks and Recreation Board Jan. 14 in behalf of the Pickerington Model Aviation Club, which is an organization of aeronautical enthusiasts who regularly fly their...
Video: Will You Take Your Russian AN-2 Biplane Waterskiing This Summer? from AirPigz by Martt | I've long understood that a great pilot can put the main tires of a taildragger on the water and have a fun-to-watch waterskiing adventure, but an average pilot will likely run into some very serious trouble giving it a go. Fortunately the pilot of this big ole Russian AN-2 biplane did a great job of rolling the mains in the water. You can get a pretty good sense for what's really going on if you look closely....
Cirrus Design VK-30 — big kit fast mover by travelforaircraft | Cirrus Design’s VK-30 is a mid-engine aircraft that is conventionally powered as well as highly streamlined. The VK-30 resembles the LearAvia Lear Fan in outward appearance though having a single engine whereas the Lear Fan had a side-by-side twin engine arrangement. The VK-30 is...
Bronco #2 – end from Apron 6 | Probably the last update on the Bronco Arrival. I’m not sure what the next album will be. Probably something from some years ago like the album of the Fieseler Storch in the snow; as there are a few stories to tell about the plane, as well as about the pictures. The editing in this shot [...]
Last B-52 gunner retires from active duty from Air Force Link Top Stories | When a young Frank Dailey II entered the Air Force in 1985, he expected to start his career as an inventory management specialist. But a single viewing of a recruiting video for the then-Strategic Air Command's defensive aerial gunner position changed his mind about his future....
EAA Chapter 939 Gets a Taste of Silver Screen Fame from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | If you saw the new movie Safe Haven last weekend, you might have caught a glimpse of EAA Chapter 939's 2012 Independence Day parade float in the background.
Video: NASA’s Jerry Budd takes the main stage at AMA EXPO - AMA Blog | Jerry Budd is Business Development Manager of the Advanced Planning and Partnerships Office at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California. Jerry will be speaking about his team’s development of a R/C, 1/3 scale model Twin Ventus Glider with a Mini Sprite Rocket to conduct flight research on towed glider, air-launch vehicle possibilities. Jerry is an accomplished R/C aerobatic pilot competing on a regional and national level.
Monday, September 24, 2012
Heritage Invitational Winners Profile
were awarded in four categories, plus the People’s Choice Award, and the Grand Champion. LiveAirShowTV covered the Invitational all during the week from arrivals, through judging and finally the awarding of trophies.Enshrinees from the National Aviation Hall of Fame, including Bob Hoover, Sean D. Tucker, Bud Anderson, Clay Lacy, and Dick Rutan were on hand to unveil the Neil A. Armstrong Aviation Heritage Trophy and to present trophies to the winners.
See the planes that won, and hear from some of the winners HERE:
Watch for more post-event coverage from the Reno Air Races as well as some fall air shows. Follow us on Twitter and “Like” us on Facebook. The air show season may be winding down, but LiveAirShowTV will continue to bring fans the “Inside Story” from the world of aviation and air shows.
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
2012 Air Racing Season Concludes
2012 Reno Air Races - Sunday Report Pt 1 - LiveAirShowTV | Part 1 of the Sunday Finals at the 
2012 Reno National Championship Air Races. The two fastest classes are the Jets and the Unlimiteds. Here are the highlights of the Gold Jet race, and the Silver and Gold Unlimited races.
Lucas Oil's Steve Hinton JR Wins Reno Air Races Again : Lucas Oil from Lucas Oil | Steve Hinton Jr. and Team Strega have won the Reno Races again!! It was the fifth consecutive victory and 11th win overall for Strega. SteveO and Strega covered the course in 8 minutes and 5 seconds – and average speed of 477.523 mph...
2012 a healing year for Reno Air Races - KRNV My News 4 | On the one year anniversary of the Galloping Ghost crash, this year's air races have drawn to a close. "The week has been a great week," said Reno Air Racing Association CEO Mike Houghton. "I think it's been a great healing week for many of us." While it's been a positive week in many ways, Houghton says attendance seems to be a negative...
Reno Air Races Baby!!!! by MooseWell, we went from the high of Photoshop World to the high of the Reno Air Races, talk about being fortunate! After...
Many Legends, History Makers, Thrill Masters, Record Setters, and Aviation Preservationists in Attendance to Present the NAHI 2012 Awards at the Reno Races! from Warbirdbabe's Blog by warbirdbabe | The Aviation Heritage awards were lively, fun and I’m sure exciting for the recipients of the prestigious awards, especially the inaugural recipient of the newly named Neil A. Armstrong National Aviation Heritage Invitational Trophy which was presented to Duncan Cameron of Lebanon TN for his, and Tom Westfall’s wonderful restoration of a 1944 OY-1 Consolidated Vultee Stinson. It was a privilege and honor to speak with the many Aviation Legends and Enshrinees whose individual passion for aviation has changed history and...
Video: Thrill Master, Sean D. Tucker & Legendary Test Pilot, Bob Hoover Present Heritage Awards at the Reno Races 2012 from Warbirdbabe's Blog
Photorecon Meets Dick Rutan At Reno from photorecon.net by Dave Budd | After the Unlimited Gold Heat runs at Reno on Sunday afternoon it signals the end of the racing weekend. Most of the spectators had left and some of the planes that had been entered in the National Aviation Heritage Invitational judging had already been pushed out from the barriers and were leaving. The crew from Photorecon (Joe, Dave, Julie and...
Monday, October 24, 2011
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Amigo Airsho: Blue Angels perform for about 50000 at Biggs Army Airfield ... - El Paso Times | The Blue Angels had returned to El Paso. Saturday's Amigo Airsho was the first time the Blue Angels, known as the Blues, performed in El Paso in 14 years. Organizers said they had worked for two years to ensure that logistics were in place for the ...Modern jets and vintage war planes thrill crowds at Alliance Air Show - Fort Worth Star Telegram | The Air Force's Thunderbirds are the main attraction at this year's show, which continues today. There were also demonstrations of F-15 and F-18 fighter jets as well as stunt performers. The Cavanaugh Flight Museum in Addison supplied the vintage ...
Air Show Performer Michael Wiskus Starts With Tanis from Midwest Flyer by mwflyer | EDEN PRAIRIE, MINN. – Tanis Aircraft Products has become a sponsor of air show performer, Michael Wiskus. The Lucas Oil S-2C Pitts Special, which Wiskus flys, is equipped with a Lycoming AEIO-540 engine. Wiskus swears by the Tanis preheating system, … Continue reading →
Aviation Day flies over the county - Imperial Valley Press | IMPERIAL — El Centro resident Matthew Garcia, 8, showed up late to Aviation Day last year, but this year he and his family went to Imperial County Airport early Saturday morning so Matthew could fly for the first time ...Bournemouth Aviation Museum trustees' static site bid is rejected - Bournemouth Echo | TRUSTEES at Bournemouth Aviation Museum have gone back to the drawing board after planning permission for a permanent siting of their static display at Adventure Wonderland was turned down. The group of trustees who manage the display ...
NH Aviation Museum expands site, services - Nashua Telegraph | Preserving New Hampshire's aviation history is the first objective of the Aviation Museum of New Hampshire, which is just over the Londonderry line from Manchester, near the airport. “We've got 100 years of aviation history in the state of New ...
MiG 21 – Above All Simple from Moose Peterson Aviation Photography » The MiG 21 is one of those classic aircraft shapes that when I see it, I just think, “Bad Guy!” All those Saturday movies had them as the black hat character and for good reason. The MiG 21 was the most produced jet, ever! This is in part because it was simple, it could and was cranked out in huge numbers with estimates starting at 10,000 and heading up to 15,000…
Thursday, September 15, 2011
The National Aviation Heritage Invitational Celebrates the 25th Anniversary of ‘Voyager’
In tribute to this 1986 world record-breaking flight, this original commemorative artwork was developed by acclaimed aviation artist Joe Jones and presented by Executive Director, Ken Perich and Charlie Marks, Director of Operations of the National Aviation Heritage Invitational, to fittingly honor Voyager's pilot Dick Rutan and his historic flight. Rutan and a small group of people set out to achieve the impossible on ‘a wing and a dream’.
Posters are avialable for sale for $20.00. For an additional $15.00 th eposters will be signed by Dick Rutan and Joe Jones.
"It is difficult to believe 25 years have passed since that milestone flight. Looking back, I am still amazed at the 'perfect storm' of volunteers and vendors, who appeared from seemingly nowhere, who truly made Voyager's non-stop, unrefueled flight a reality. This wasn't a flight done by a couple of people with a dream, it was a success because of the those who created the wind under the wings, and who believed in the impossible. For them, I will always be grateful." - Dick Rutan
This unique aircraft was constructed almost entirely of lightweight graphite-honeycomb composite materials and laden with fuel. "Voyager" lifted off from Edwards Air Force Base, California, at 8:01 a.m. on December 14, 1986. It returned nine days later at 8:05 a.m. For their record-breaking flight pilots Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, designer Burt Rutan, and crew chief Bruce Evans earned the Collier Trophy, aviation’s most prestigious award. Both Burt and Dick Rutan would later be enshrined into the National Aviation Hall of Fame for this and other aviation achievements.
"Bathed in the warm late afternoon sunlight over the seemingly endless ocean, ultimately, I wanted to simply capture the sheer grace and beauty of this extraordinary aircraft as her brave crew press ahead fully committed to the challenge" ~ Joe Jones - Official NAHI Artist
The National Aviation Heritage Invitational allows aircraft owners and restorers from across the U.S. to showcase their flying testaments to aviation history. As in years past, owners of 45 years or older antique aircraft fly their restored planes nto Stead Field on the outskirts of Reno to compete for the coveted Rolls-Royce Aviation Heritage Trophy.
Visit us at www.heritagetrophy.org and on Facebook at National Aviation Heritage Invitational.
Monday, April 11, 2011
Collier Dinner Invitation
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