Support the Franklins from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Concern and support for Amanda and Kyle Franklin are profound at this year’s Sun ‘n Fun. The two air show performers were critically injured during a performance in Brownsville, Texas, on March 12, when an engine malfunction caused an inflight fire. Aircraft Specialties Services, Inc., of Tulsa, Okla., has been a prominent sponsor of the Franklin act since its inception four years ago. The company is supporting the Franklins by collecting donations and messages for the couple during this year’s event. Read more...Mark Woods: Clay officer earning yellow bricks with the Blues - Florida Times-Union | If all goes as planned, this morning a 56-year-old major with the Clay County Sheriff's Office will climb into an F/A-18 and fly with the Blue Angels in a Lakeland air show. When he does, Mike Hardee will fulfill a dream. And not just his dream. ...
The Harrier from Latest Vlog by hilton@shortfinal.tv (Hilton) Today's video has some awesome in cockpit camera views and includes excerpts from the final UK Harrier GR9/T12 flight on 15 December 2010, during which a 16 ship formation was flown. Enjoy!
69 years ago this week, Doolittle raiders practiced at Willows airfield - Enterprise-Record | On April 18, 1942, 16 B-25 medium bombers did what most believed was impossible: launching from the deck of the aircraft carrier Hornet in the first US bombing raid to hit the Japanese islands. The raid, which inflicted only minimal physical damage, ...
Future of South St. Paul flying museum is up in the air - Pioneer Press | "This B-25 was donated to us in 1985, and it took us two years to make it airworthy enough to fly it from Rice Lake, Wis., back to Fleming," said member Joel Ludwigson of Cottage Grove. On any given Wednesday and Saturday, aviation enthusiasts, ...
Future of South St. Paul flying museum is up in the air - Pioneer Press | "This B-25 was donated to us in 1985, and it took us two years to make it airworthy enough to fly it from Rice Lake, Wis., back to Fleming," said member Joel Ludwigson of Cottage Grove. On any given Wednesday and Saturday, aviation enthusiasts, ...
Museum of Flight schedules space fest for April 12 from Aerospace News by Aubrey Cohen | Seattle’s Museum of Flight has scheduled a celebration of spaceflight for April 12, which is the 50th anniversary of Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becoming the first man in space, the 30th anniversary of the first space shuttle flight and the day NASA is scheduled to announce who gets the retiring space shuttle orbiters. Visitors can [...]
Vintage war planes put on show for Bendigo - Bendigo Advertiser | Echuca Air Show spokesman and Echuca Aero Club president Murray Lanyon said the planes were on their way to Point Cook for the RAAF's 90th anniversary celebrations. He said the planes would return for the Echuca Air Show on Sunday. ...
New Aerospace Academy Opens At Sun 'n Fun from AVweb Top News | The Central Florida Aerospace Academy now has a new home on the Sun 'n Fun campus, which was formally dedicated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday morning. The 58,000-square-foot building features classrooms, a media center, a cafeteria and an engineering lab, and can serve up to 500 students. The school aims to help students prepare for careers in aviation and aerospace…
Max Holste MH.1521 Broussard walkaround from Travel for Aircraft by travelforaircraft | Max Holste MH.1521 Broussard walkaround - One day, after a visit to an aircraft museum, I dropped by a small nearby airfield called the Alfred Dunn Airpark because one never knows when an odd or unusual aircraft might be spotted. On this day I saw one of my favorite aircraft, a de Havilland Beaver — but no? This aircraft had twin tails and, as in nature, DH Beavers have only a single tail apiece!...
