2014 Reno Air Races - Tuesday Report * LiveAirShowTV | Qualification continued on Tuesday, and 
records were set! Check out all the action here!
Updated list of participants in the National Aviation Heritage Invitational * NAHI |The bulk of the planes will arrive Wed the 10th. As you can see we have quite a variety of planes and some rare ones, including the Lockheed Vega. The only one flying today! Also the Grumman F3F-2. And the unique Gee Bee.... And did I mention the Douglas A-26?
Reno Air Races feature plenty of thrills and some local faces By Dave Horn | This is they year to go to the Reno Air Races, which run through Sept. 14 at the Stead Airport in Reno, Nev. The races are a one-of-a-kind event. There are military and civilian static displays of historic aircraft to rival any airshow, great airshow acts like the "Patriot" jet team, and several classes of racing each day. There will be races with home built aircraft, World War II AT-6 trainers, World War II era fighter planes (the Unlimited class) and a Jet class, each with several aircraft racing around pylons just above the ground in full view of the stands....
Tribute planned for pilot killed at Reno Air Races * Reno Gazette Journal | "Lee was a very talented pilot but, more importantly, an enthusiastic and compassionate friend, and the entire Air Race family will miss him deeply," said Mike Major, chairman of the Reno Air Racing Association in a statement. "This is a difficult day...
Snow Birds Put On Stratford Air Show - BlackburnNews.com | Perth County OPP are reminding the public of a couple of road
closures today for the Canadian Armed Forces Snowbirds Airshow in
Stratford. Between 2:00 this afternoon and 8:00 this evening, Road 111 from
Perth Line 37 (Vivian Line) to Line 40 will be closed, along with Line
40 from Perth Road 119 to Road 110....
ROMEO: Pilot continues fulfilling her dream - Shelby Township Source Newspapers | Jacquie Warda is living proof that it is never too late to chase your dreams. She lives out her passion for flying year-round as an aerobatic performer and was one of the featured pilots at the 2014 Selfridge Air Show last weekend. Warda took to the skies at age 32, but always had a desire to be a pilot. "I had wanted to fly since the age of 3," she said. "When you dream of something long enough, failure is just not an option."...
U.S. Navy parachute team to perform at Harford County Airport - Baltimore Sun | ...The Leap Frogs is the parachute demonstration team of the U.S. Navy.
It consists of an all-volunteer team of active-duty personnel drawn from
Naval Special Warfare (NSW), including Navy SEALs, Special Warfare
Combatant-craft Crewmen (SWCC) and support personnel. The team is
sanctioned by the Department of Defense and recognized by the Federal Aviation Administration. After performances, the Leap
Frogs sign autographs and make themselves available to answer questions
about what it's like to be a Navy SEAL or SWCC...
Airshow returns to South Ayrshire - Carrick Herald | Ayr's Low Green and Prestwick Airport hosted a spectacular weekend, with thousands turning out for both events. Highlights included a Vulcan bomber, the Blades aerobatic team and a static exhibition at Prestwick on Sunday....
Beautifully restored 'Avenger' comes to Kent State Aviation Heritage Fair - Hudson Hub-Times | Stow -- The skies over Northeast Ohio will continue to rumble with the sound of radial engines, as the heaviest single-engine aircraft of World War II will make its debut at the Kent State University Aviation Heritage Fair Sept. 13. Owner and pilot Charlie Cartledge, of Orrville, will bring his TBM Avenger based at the Liberty Aviation Museum in Port Clinton to Andrew Paton Field on Route 59, having just offered 200,000 people a glimpse of a bygone era at the renowned Cleveland National Air Show over Labor Day weekend...
Pilot is reunited with the plane he flew in World War II * Herald.net | MUKILTEO — Even at 99 
B-17 Flying Fortress Brings History To Benton County - Northwest Arkansas News | BENTONVILLE -- When William Toombs was taxiing to take off at Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport on Tuesday afternoon, his mind took him back to when he was a flight engineer in the 493rd Bombing Group in World War II. Dozens of planes would line up when being set on a mission, and one took off every 30 seconds, he recalled...
WWII Veteran “Flooded With Memories” After Ride On B-17 Bomber - 5newsonline.com | BENTONVILLE (KFSM) – A WWII veteran, who flew on the famed Flying Fortress B-17 Bomber, was in Northwest Arkansas to take a trip down memory lane Tuesday (Sept. 9.) The Texas Raiders B-17 is currently at XNA...
Exhibit brings Tuskegee Airmen's legacy to life - News-Press Now | Lafayette High School students watch a movie about the Tuskegee Airmen on Tuesday afternoon. The ‘Rise Above’ traveling exhibit will be in town until Friday in the Hillyard Technical Center parking lot. It is open to the public from 3 to 5 p.m....
EAA museum to host lecture on Battle of Midway * Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Dick Campbell, an amateur historian and AirVenture Museum docent, will talk about one of the most important naval battles of World War II and widely considered the turning point in the war. Only six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S...
Lt. Alicia Makoutz deploys as the only female pilot in the Minn. Air Reserves to fly C-130 cargo planes * StarTribune | Four years ago, 24-year-old Alicia Perry boarded a C-130 cargo plane as a senior airman for the Air Force Reserve. She was heading to Afghanistan on her first deployment. For the long flight over she carried a tote stuffed with playing cards and the latest exercise magazines. There’ll be plenty to keep her busy Tuesday as she leaves on her second deployment. She’ll be flying the airplane....
The
Man, The Myth and The Legend: Author John F. Ross’s new book on Eddie
Rickenbacker Celebrates the Life and Times of America’s First Aviation Hero · S. Mark Rhodes | Eddie
Rickenbacker’s natural charisma helped forge the public image of
military aviation as a glamorous, albeit risky profession. (National
Archives)Eddie Rickenbacker is a major figure in U.S.
Military History, becoming America’s first flying Ace in World War I and
subsequent Medal of Honor winner. After the war, his work as a
businessman and aviation advocate with Eastern Airlines helped pave the
way for sustainable, safe and reliable commercial aviation in post World
War II America. Add to this...
Castle Air Museum seeks $200,000 to move rare aircraft By Doane Yawger | For nearly 20 years, acquiring an EC-121 airplane has been on the top of the wish list for the Castle Air Museum. If about $200,000 can be raised, that rare military aircraft now languishing in Montana might find a home in Atwater...
Convair PB4Y-2/P4Y-2 Privateer * Travel for Aircraft | The beginning of World War II saw long-range patrol aircraft possessing
four chief characteristics: flying boat design, lengthy flight
endurance, manual machine guns as defensive weapons and carrying as many
eyes as possible for searching....
Why The USAF's Massive $10 Billion Global Hawk UAV Is Worth The Money * Jalopnik | The Global Hawk has been flying for close to 15 years, and its development has been a twisting road filled with dead ends and wandering requirements. After over $10B spent and almost 50 airframes produced I ventured to Edwards AFB to get a rare close up look at what we actually paid for...
There's MORE HERE. Updated frequently.
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Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Makes History with 1st Rocket-Powered Flight - Space.com | A private spaceship designed to carry space tourists made its first rocket-powered test flight today 
Video: Virgin Galactic one flight closer to space tourism - CNN | Virgin Galactic is one flight closer to becoming a commercial "spaceline." The company's passenger spacecraft, SpaceShipTwo, completed its first rocket-powered flight Monday morning above the Mojave Desert in California....
Six P-38s at Airshow!!! from Planes Of Fame News | SIX P-38s AT THE 2013 PLANES OF FAME AIR SHOW!!!
Air show to host last flying Lancaster bomber - The Oxford Times | ON MAY 16, 70 years ago to the day, a brave squadron of RAF pilots took off on what was to become one of the most famous missions of the Second World War. The Dambuster squadron as they became known, flew in specially-modified Lancaster bombers ...
Aviators: Spring brings bevvy of Alaska fly-in events - Alaska Dispatch | The 23rd Annual Valdez Fly-in and Air Show is scheduled for Friday, May 10 through Sunday, May 12. It includes lectures, the Alaska Air Show Association Warbirds celebration of 100 years of Alaskan flight, “flour bombing” on Sunday and an air show with ...
Fly In for Autism Charity Event - Illinois Times - Illinois Times | Fly In for Autism Charity Event. Saturday June 29,2013. Holmes Airstrip. 8113 N. Pawnee Rd. Category: Bulletin Board. R/C airplane and helicopter flying and demos. Hands on flight of R/C airplane with an instructor. Raffle tickets for a variety of items.
AIRSHOW NEWS: Hayward Aviation supports the Wildcats Aerobatic team from Flightline UK - UK Airshow News | Hayward Aviation Ltd is delighted to support the Wildcats Aerobatic team in 
RCX | The Radio Control Expo - RC's ultimate radio control show - www.rcx.com |RCX is the ultimate radio control expo. Sponsors include Traxxas, Horizon Hob
San Marino. Started the season dell'Aerobatic Team San Marino - Giornale.Sm (translated) | Pilots dell'Aerobatic Team, Selva only able to enter the final reserved for the top ten held Sunday morning with an excellent fifth place. His lack of preparation during the winter caused by various problems does not seem to have affected ...
"Flying Catfish" UCAP #325 from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast | Guest Dan Johnson. From the deck of Sun 'n Fun Radio Jeb, Dave, and Jack wrap up the 2013 fly-in. Uncontrolled Airspace General Aviation Podcast. Recorded April 14, 2013.
Disney’s Planes to air at AirVenture from General Aviation News | The summer release of “Disney’s Planes,” the animated comedy adventure from above the world of the popular 2006 film “Cars,” has the entire aviation community buzzing. Those attending AirVenture this year will have the opportunity to experience a Special Preview Screening at the Fly-In Theater on Friday night, Aug. 2, one week before the movie opens in theaters nationwide....
'Racing Red Tails' to compete in all-female race - digitalBURG.com | The University of Central Missouri's aviation student Molly Brand will participate in one of the most prestigious, all-female, cross-country events this summer, “The Air Race Classic.” Brand and her teammate, Miyukiko ...
Today in 1918, Lt. Edward V. Rickenbacker downed his first enemy aircraft via IASAR | Rickenbacker of Columbus, Ohio, was a famous race car driver before the United States' entry into World War I. As the United States prepared to send troops to Europe, Rickenbacker was offered a position as General Pershing's chauffeur. He accepted and enlisted in the U.S. Army. Soon after arriving in France...
Historical Society to honor early aviator - Rutland Herald | Schmitt, who will be honored this week with a historical marker at the Rutland fairgrounds, set a handful of aviation records in the early days of flight, became the first pilot to fly from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and, in 1913, had the less happy...
Restorers and promises to come from Travel for Aircraft by joseph_may
Mc Donnell Douglas YC-15 (part 3) - The Lexicans | ...as part of further operational demonstrations were conducted at China Lake, CA using dummies for static-line drop tests. Cargo drops with 5000lb to 20,000lb were also conducted from an altitude of about 4750ft. The heaviest drop was a 28,243lb load of CDS containers. The primary result of the drop tests found the troop door was too narrow.
Major Cache of Ryan PT-22 Parts to Donated APM from Antique Airfield News | Thanks to the generosity of Mike & Margaret Wilson of Cedar Rapids, IA, the APM has received a large donation of Ryan PT-22 projects and parts.
'Young Eagles' Get Their First Taste Of Flying - Greeneville Sun | Members of the Smith family of Chuckey enjoyed a flight Saturday morning with pilot Jerry Hope as part of the “Young Eagles” program at the Greeneville Municipal Airport sponsored by local Chapter 1355 of the Experimental Aircraft Association
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
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Blues' season finale wows crowd of 50000 at NAS - Pensacola News Journal | “I tell people not to try that at home,” said Collmer, who spent 12 years as a Navy aviator after taking his flight training at Pensacola Naval Air Station in 1954, before any members of the Blue Angels elite flight demonstration team were born ...
South Florida Seaplane Splash-In this Sunday from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | The South Florida Seaplane Splash-In will be held this Sunday, Nov. 11, at Lake Jackson in Sebring, Florida. An incorrect date had been run on our Calendar pages...
Challenge Air Fly Day gives 104 special needs children flights from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | DALLAS LOVE FIELD, Texas — FBO Business Jet Center recently hosted Fly Days, a one-day event for special needs children and youth provided by Challenge Air, a non-profit organization. During the event, held Nov. 3, 104 special needs children were given flights in both single and multi-engine aircraft provided by...
Long-Time Colorado Aviator Inducted Into CO Aviation Hall Of Fame from Aero-News Network | Took His First Plane Ride In 1933 Jack Grenier's love of aviation began at age 13 when his father took he and his sister to the Minneapolis airport where a group of barnstormers was selling airplane rides. His sister got that first ride, as his dad could only afford one, but Greiner was undaunted. He returned as often as he could to sell tickets for the barnstormers in exchange for a small commission ... and airplane rides.
Reno Rises Again - Sport Aviation
Parys Pylon Time Trials from Latest Vlog | This was without doubt the most exciting event this year, the Parys Pylon Racing organized by Scully Levin and the members of Parys. Safety was of course a serious concern and was addresses during the safety briefing before the event commenced. The rules...
Aerobatic Pilot Pete McLeod from Apron 6
B-17 from film 'Memphis Belle' in Tampa available for rides, tour - Tbo.com | Seen through the top hatch, the B-17 that portrayed the historic Memphis Belle in the 1990 film makes a demonstration flight over Hillsborough Bay and the Tampa area Monday. It will be available for flights this weekend at $450 a seat, which covers the ...
Chickasaw Nation celebrates National Aviation month - Daily Ardmoreite | By age 14, she was flying her father to business appointments and performing aerobatic maneuvers at air shows all over Oklahoma. The film "Pearl" produced by The Chickasaw Nation, chronicles those early years in her life. It has garnered many accolades ...
Today in 1930: Capt. Edward "Eddie" Rickenbacker was awarded the Medal of Honor... from National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Smithsonian's Facebook Wall | Today in 1930: Capt. Edward "Eddie" Rickenbacker was awarded the Medal of Honor for boldly attacking seven enemy airplanes alone and shooting down two of them on September 25, 1918. He was...
Memorial Service for Marilyn York - News in photos | Marilyn York was a Navy WAVE stationed at Alameda Naval Air Station where she worked for 33 years as an aircraft mechanic, and after retirement she helped found the Alameda Naval Air Museum. York died at age 90 on October 26, and a memorial service ...
Pacific Aviation Museum to dedicate F-5A fighter from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | HONOLULU — Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor will dedicate its Northrop F-5A Freedom Fighter on Monday, Nov. 12. The 4 p.m. dedication ceremony will take place at the Museum on Historic Ford Island...
Chopper Stops Traffic During Air Museum Move - Jamestown Post Journal | Monday morning downtown commuters saw something a little out of the ordinary while on their way to work. As part of the move from the Jamestown Airport to 300 N. Main St., the Lucile M. Wright Air Museum transported a helicopter and an aircraft from ...
You Don’t Know Jack: Airspeed Completes the UCAP Trifecta – Audio Episode Show Notes from Airspeed Online by Steve Tupper | These are the show notes to an audio episode. You can listen to the show audio by clicking here. Better yet, subscribe to Airspeed through iTunes or your other favorite podcatcher. It’s all free! Even if...
F-35 celebrates 500th sortie as program grows from Air Force Link Top Stories | The Air Force's premier fighter, the F-35 Lightning II, surpassed its 500th sortie only 16 days after reaching the 400 mark and only 238 days from the beginning of the program. Maj. Matthew Johnston of the 58th Fighter Squadron completed the 500th combined sortie for both the F-35A and F-35B at the 33rd Fighter Wing Nov. 2, marking a continued progress in sortie generation rates since the wing started flight operations March 6....
Couple Takes Vows In The Air ... Skydives Into Their Honeymoon from Aero-News Network | Both Jumped With An Instructor Following The Airborne Ceremony A couple in Utah wanted to do something a little different for their wedding, so they hopped into the back of an airplane, exchanged vows at 13,000 feet, and then exited the aircraft ... each strapped to a skydiving instructor as they plunged into matrimony.
Pilot Makes Post-Crash Video Floating On The Gulf Of Mexico from Aero-News Network | Events Lead To Major Donation To His Aviation-Focused Charity A pilot who ditched his airplane in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Lousiana had the presence of mind to grab his iPad as he was getting out of the sinking airplane. While floating in the water with the person who had been his passenger in the airplane, he made a 1 minute 22 second video with the device, which he said he didn't think anyone would ever see. Pilot T.R. Wright said making the video was just a "way to pass the time."
Saturday, April 30, 2011
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'Synergy' Aircraft Revealed, Prepares To Lead A Revolution - AirPigz | These illustrations and the 1/4 scale model seen here are of an all new aircraft called Synergy that's getting close to being completed in full scale form. Even more, this aircraft truly represents a 'synergy' of advanced aerodynamic ideas that just might see it revolutionize the world of aviation...
Benefit for Kyle and Amanda Franklin to be Held May 14 - The Aero Experience | A fundraiser is being organized to help raise money for Amanda and Kyle Franklin, who were seriously injured while performing in an air show earlier this year...
Virginia first lady Maureen McDonnell takes the plunge - Washington Post | Update, 6:50 p.m.: Virginia first lady Maureen McDonnell, along with her daughter Cailin, participated in a tandem parachute jump with the U.S. Army’s Golden Knights Parachute Team this morning in Dinwiddie. The first lady and her daughter jumped as part of her ongoing work to raise awareness of the need to support Virginia’s military families...
Women in Aviation: Coast Guard aviators of tomorrow - Coast Guard | It was 1911 when small town girl Harriet Quimby moved from Michigan to New York. Inspired by the challenge of flying an “aeroplane,” Quimby took flying lessons and on August 1, 1911, became the first American woman to get her pilot’s license. In the 100 years since, women have gone on to fly around the world and launch into space...
“My other ramp is on a C-17.” The CV-22 ramp may not be the biggest - You Like Airplanes, Too? | U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Eric Wiggins, an Air Force CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft flight engineer from the 8th Special Operations Squadron (SOS) “Black Birds,” sits on the back ramp Jan. 26, 2011, scanning the area during a local training mission at Hurlburt Field, Fla...
WASP program part of OTC observance - Wings 1944 | Texas Gov. Ann Richards once said that Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, only she did it backward and in high heels. That sentiment certainly resonates with Nancy Parrish, whose mother, Deanie Parrish, was a member of the Women's Air Force Service Pilots...
ebook: Wingless Eagle: U.S. Army Aviation through World War I - EBooksFreeDownload | At the start of the twentieth century the United States led the world in advances in aviation, with the first successful engine-powered flights at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, and Dayton, Ohio, beginning in 1903. Fifteen years later, however...
Retweeted by StephenForce and others - @usairforce | Today in 1918, Lt. Edward V. Rickenbacker downed his first enemy aircraft.
Indianapolis Aero Club - Since 1933: May 10, 2011 Meeting: Jonathan Gaffney - President National Aeronautic Association - Indy Aero Club | 100th Anniversary of the Collier Trophy - JONATHAN GAFFNEY became 31st President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Aeronautic Association in 2007. Since that time, he and the staff of NAA have transformed one of the world’s oldest aeronautical organizations into a vibrant, sustainable association dedicated to itsoriginal charter: "...the advancement of the art, sport and science of aviation in the United States."...
VIDEO: NASA's AirSTAR Model Plane - AIRBOYD | Courtesy: NASA Langley Research Center. The remotely-piloted Airborne Subscale Transport Aircraft Research (AirSTAR) generic transport model demonstrates software and control systems that may some day make airliners safer.
The Spirit of Kitty Hawk Moves to Its New Home - Nuts About Southwest | While it hasn’t been a secret, we really haven’t publicized our exciting preservation/museum project yet. However, you certainly will know something is different if you pass the corner of Lemmon Avenue and Mockingbird Lane starting today here at Love Field. A big shiny Southwest 737 is half-inside and half-outside the Frontiers of Flight Museum...
Airline pilots visit fifth-grade classrooms in Glendale - AZ Central | Legend Springs Elementary School fifth-graders got a taste of what it's like to be an aviator from four pilots. The visits were part of Southwest Airlines' Adopt-A-Pilot program that pairs a pilot with a fifth-grade class to learn about the science of aviation, the career of a commercial pilot and goal setting...
NASA Heavy-Lift May Result in Bid Protests - Spaceports | As NASA hashes out an acquisition strategy for building a congressionally mandated heavy-lift launch vehicle that leverages space shuttle and Ares rocket technologies, agency officials are hoping to minimize the potential for a formal protest from industry...President Visits Astronauts After Delay - Spaceports | President Barack Obama meets with Space Shuttle Endeavor commander Mark Kelly, husband of wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and shuttle astronauts...
Missouri family's song likely to be wake-up music for Endeavour astronauts - STL Today | The Plunkett family of Halfway, Mo., had mixed feelings about today's decision to scratch the shuttle Endeavour launch. They were half glad the launch was scrapped because it meant more time to rack up votes for their song, "Dreams You Give," to be chosen as a winner of the NASA Space Rock Contest...
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Blue Angels to perform over Pensacola Bay - Crestview News Bulletin | In commemoration of the Centennial of Naval Aviation, the Navy's premier flight demonstration squadron, the Blue Angels, will perform over Pensacola Bay May 3 and 4. Numerous aircraft will also be on display at NAS Pensacola for the two-day event. ...
Flying Circus Airshow Takes Off This Weekend - Patch.com | Starting this Sunday, May 1 the Flying Circus Airshow will get underway in Bealeton, VA, about 1 hour south of Lorton. It will run each weekend until October. The show has been in operation for almost 40 years ...
Oklahoma State UAS Airshow from sUAS News | This weekend, students can fly away from the stress of finals, even if just for a little while. Oklahoma State University will host its first Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Invitational Airshow and Speedfest on Saturday. Sponsors of the show include the OSU School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University Multispectral Laboratories, NASA Oklahoma Space Grant Consortium and Stillwater Radio Control Fliers Club. Aerial events will ...
Men and Wings: Exposition of the Air Force - Passionate about aviation via Translator | Tomorrow, April 30 at CORA Cormontreuil (near Reims) ends the exposure of the Air Force: Wings and Men. The car park two aircraft are exposed retired from active service Mirage 2000 and Jaguar. The public is invited to sit in the cockpit of these aircraft under the guidance of pilots and mechanics. ...
IAF air show at MSU tomorrow - Times of India | As a part of the ongoing celebrations of Swarnim Gujarat, the IAF has organised an air show in the city. This is for the first time that IAF has participated in the state government's celebrations. Entry for all the citizens is free. ...
Classic Fighters Omaka Air Show - from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | The Classic Fighters Omaka Air Show has grown from humble beginnings in the late 1990s to become one of the world's great aviation events-arguably the top showcase for the aerial fighting machines from The Great War.
More on the Royal Flypast here
Wings & Wheels Festival - Brantford Expositor | And that special combination will be on display the weekend of May 28-29 when the Canadian Air & Space Museum hosts its 6th annual Wings & Wheels Heritage Festival at Toronto's Downsview Park. The museum is situated in the former de Havilland Aircraft hangars at what once was Downsview Air Force Base. This is one of Toronto's earliest airports, first used in 1929, and is currently where Bombardier Aerospace builds its regional jets that are sold around the world. ...
The Golden Knights above Central Virginia! - US Army Golden Knights | The Golden Knights Tandem Team took over Dinwiddie County Airport near Petersburg, VA on Tuesday. The Tandem Team will be in Central Virginia until Friday conducting Tandem jumps for COI’s in the Area. A “COI” is a person deemed Center of Influence. This person may be a High School or College Teacher, Principle, Counselor, Dean, Educator or Media personality. The COI’s will spend most of the day with the Golden Knights learning about ...
Texas Flying Legends Museum to Sponsor CAF Traveling Tuskegee Airmen Exhibit from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | The Texas Flying Legends Museum (TFLM) will donate $1 million to the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) for CAF's traveling Red Tail "Rise Above" Mobile Exhibition and Education Tour based on the history of the Tuskegee Airmen.
The Museum of Flight | Liberty Belle B-17 flight | Video - Seattle Post Intelligencer | Take a flight on a World War II B-17 bomber or a Curtiss P-40E fighter on Saturday and Sunday, April 30 and May 1, at the Museum of Flight at Boeing Field in Tukwila. Rides on both planes will be available hourly ...
A Swarm of Mosquitos from www.eaa.org | t’s not even summer in the Northern Hemisphere and yet there is at least one Mosquito flying and two others are under construction. We reported on an effort to restore a full-size Mosquito from a dilapidated hull found in Canada. That project is being finalized in New Zealand and may fly soon.In Florida, a World War II veteran who flew A-20s in Europe has begun a project to build a 3/4-scale version of a Mosquito. However, the first to the air in this Mosquito swarm is the Mosquito 75 project built by the RRAA (Reconstructions & Répliques Avions Anciens), which flew its 3/4-scale project for the first time last weekend. ...
The daring Dambusters raid was one of the most audacious in World War II. But can a team of engineers recreate it 70 years on? - Mail Online | The daring 'Dambusters' night-time raid when the RAF bombed three heavily defended dams deep in Nazi Germany is the stuff of legend. The attack in the country's industrial heartland was immortalised in the 1955 film and starred Michael Redgrave as Barnes Wallis the inventor of the 'bouncing bomb' which was used to such devastating effect. The bravery of ...
Aviation museum in Pearl Harbor gets new plane - San Antonio Express | The Pacific Aviation Museum in Pearl Harbor has acquired an airplane that trained pilots in the early years of the jet age. The T-33 arrived at the museum from Honolulu Community College on Thursday. The museum plans to house it in ...
B-29 training hangar added to historic register from Air Force Times - News | GULFPORT, Miss. — The U.S. Interior Department has added the Gulfport Army Air Field Hangar to the National Register of Historic Places.
Flashback Fridays—Found Treasures from Nuts About Southwest | I love going to airliner shows, and I always try to attend at least the one held here in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Over the years, I have developed very specific interests, and those are books, timetables, and postcards. I especially like postcards because they often have a personal meaning for me. This year’s show was a few weeks ago, and I think I hit the jackpot. ...
International Learn to Fly Day - Vertical Magazine | Young Eagles will sponsor a pancake breakfast from 8am to 11 am. At 10 am the show will open with singing of the National Anthem and the presentation of the American flag by the CAP South Florida. We will also have helicopter and airplane rides, ...
2011 - 04 - Zephyrhills, Flock & Dock 7.0 (trailer) from vimeo.com
April 2011, a large group of skydivers from all over the world gathered for the 7th 'Flock & Dock' Wingsuit meeting in Zephyhills, USA. Camera & Editing: Jarno Crdia Full video coming soon
Private pilot builds full-size 737 cockpit in his home - SmartBrief | Microsoft employee and private pilot Salvador Patuel built a full-size 737 cockpit in his house as a compromise with his wife. "When we got married she asked me to fly less hours so I tried to negotiate a win-win situation," said Patuel, who obtained his private pilot's license 15 years ago. ...
Engineers and Managers to Assess APU Issue - NASA | Shuttle launch director Mike Leinbach stated that Endeavour's launch will be no earlier than Monday at 2:33 p.m. EDT. Engineers need that time to troubleshoot an issue that resulted in today’s launch scrub. During today’s countdown, engineers detected a failure in one of two heater circuits associated with Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) 1. Heaters are required to keep the APUs’ hydrazine from freezing on orbit. Attempts to activate the heater were not successful and engineers now believe the problem might be associated with a Load Control Assembly, which is a switchbox, located in the aft end of Endeavour, or an electrical short in the wires leading into or out of the switchbox. ...
Space Shuttle Endeavour: Overview,History,Videos and Pictures from Aviation Blogs | Authorized by Congress in August 1987 as a replacement for the Space Shuttle orbiter Challenger, Endeavour (OV-105) arrived at Kennedy Space Center’s Shuttle Landing Facility on May 7, 1991, piggy-backed on top of NASA’s new Space Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. ...
As shuttle fades, the space tourism race is flying high - Montreal Gazette | The company eventually connected with engineer Burt Rutan, creator of the first privately developed manned space vehicle, dubbed SpaceShipOne. SpaceShipTwo, being created for Virgin Galactic, will be able to carry six passengers 68 miles into the air. ...
We felt compelled to share this one again! ... Reunion of Jesse R Frey & Pat Buzzeo with P51 "Aint Misbehavin" - YouTube | It was nearly sixty years ago when Jessie Frey slipped into the cockpit of "Ain't Misbehavin" to escort allied bombers over Germany and back to their base in Great Britain. As part of the 362nd Fighter Group, Lt. Frey scored two enemy kills on those long missions. ... [embedded video]
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
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Canadian Snowbirds 2011 Schedule
US Navy Battle Cats Land at American Heroes Air Show - Helicopter Association International | Buckle up for high-flying excitement when the US Navy HSL-43 Battle Cats arrive from their base in San Diego to team up with the American Heroes Air Show – just one part of the admission-free American Heroes Weekend at the Texas Military Forces' ...
Valiant Air Command Airshow 2011 - Classic Warbirds | The Valiant Air Command hosts an annual airshow in Titusville Florida each spring. In the past (20 years ago) it was one of the 3 or 4 top airshows in the country. It’s still a great show and has a long standing name “TICO” and is a contraction of the name Titusville Cocca Airport Authority. ...
Cosford Air Show to get sneak preview of aerobatic display team routine by Flightline UK | Visitors to this year’s Cosford Air Show will be treated to a first look at the new moves of aerobatic flying team The Blades. Comprising four Extra 300 stunt planes flown in an array of intricate manoeuvres, The Blades – now in their sixth consecutive display season – take aerobatic flying to the next level. ...
New SUN 'n FUN sign has 'em soaring - Lake Wales News | It used to be when a person drove into the SUN 'n FUN facility at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport, he or she would be greeted by a standard outdoor sign — the type seen adorning highways. Not anymore. Now an actual 1950s-era jet, ...
Thunder Over Michigan - A Formula for Success from Vintage Wings of Canada | Now class, I want to bring your attention to tonight's homework... calculating the formula for Fun! TOM 2010 = 8 B-17/11 X 1 B-24/2 +7 P-51 + 1 F-100 = FUNN Perhaps this may seem like an advanced calculus formula, but it’s not scientific at all. Just ask people who are regulars at air shows across North America - they are already familiar with the theoretical formula: The Sum of FUN So what was so much fun exponent to the power of "n"? Answer: the Thunder Over Michigan (TOM) air show last August 7-8 at the historic Willow Run ...
Rare chance to step inside historic aircraft - shropshirelive.com | During 'Open Cockpits Evening' members of the public will have the chance to see inside a number of cockpits including the Hunter F4, Buccaneer, Phantom and a Gnat T1 as previously used by the world famous Red Arrows team and get a feeling of what it ...
Point Cook's wonderful warbirds - Leader News | RAAF reserve officer Peter Clements checks a P-51 Mustang that, with the adjoining Spitfire, was among veteran aeroplanes visiting the RAAF Williams Point Cook Base last Thursday. The occasion was the RAAF's 90th birthday celebrations. ...
Fighting the Flying Circus from Planenews Aviation News | This is the WWI memoirs of Medal of Honor winner, Capt Eddie Rickenbacker. He fought in and eventually became commander of the 94th "Hat-in-the-Ring" Squadron, which ended the war with the highest number of air victories of any American squadron. The circus mentioned in the title refers to the German squadron commanded by the famous Red Baron, Manfred von Richthofen. ...
Debbie's Deals: Visit The Wings Over The Rockies Museum Free - KMGH Denver | The Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum is in the Lowry neighborhood at 7711 East Academy Boulevard in Denver. The air & space museum features a B-52 Stratofortress, Star Wars X-Wing fighter, B-1A Lancer and a RF-84K Thunderflash Parasite. ...
National Museum of the U.S. Air Force may close due to government shutdown from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | With the possibility of a federal government shutdown, the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, as a government facility, may temporarily close beginning April 9, 2011. All museum events and activities would be suspended until further notice. ...
Sun n Fun n Fun n More Fun from Life on the Road as a Pilot | Well, I'm back in town, if only for a little while. I drove back from Florida on Sunday and Monday - did you know that Lakeland, FL, to Lakewood, OH, is over 1000 miles and more than 18 hours of driving time? Yikes. I was so ready to get out of that car! I was returning from the Sun n Fun Fly-in, also known as "Spring Break for Pilots." I first went to this airshow (founded in 1974) two years ago which I ...
Task Force Odin pilot recalls being among first female Army combat aviators - Clarksville Online | It was then that she realized she wanted to be an aviator. It was around this time that the Army was beginning to open opportunities for women to become pilots. Jarrell, currently a C-12 pilot with Task Force Condor, Task Force Observe, Detect, ...
Cold War: Lockheed C-5 Galaxy from About.com Military History | Designed to replace the C-133 Cargomaster and complement the new C-141 Starlifter, the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy (right) began development in 1961. Moving through nearly a decade of design, the new type first took to the air on June 30, 1968. Entering service late the following year, the C-5 became a key airlift asset for the US Air Force. The largest plane ever flown by the USAF, the Galaxy ...
Looking Back: Hitting Libya in 1986 from About.com Military History | ... Departing on April 14, American F-111Fs (right) flew from Britain against targets in western Libya while US Navy aircraft suppressed the Libyan air defenses and moved against targets in the east. Striking around 2:00 AM on April 15, they hit their target and withdrew losing one aircraft. The attacks were successful in damaging their targets, but did little long-term to discourage Gaddafi from continuing his support of international terrorism. This support later aided in the bombing of Pam Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988. ...
Ciara Thompson, Why I Want to Fly from Flight To Success | When I was young, my dream was to be an engineer. With my mother’s help I was introduced to WAASPS, an aircraft building and flight training centre in Kpong, Ghana. That was the beginning of flying for me. My name is Ciara Thompson and I want to fly. My first flight experience was in an X-air Falcon with the registration number 9GZAA. That day was just another day for me. I did not expect anything. It was just going ...
April 6 – This Day In Aviation History from Aviation Earth | April 6, 1890 – The Dutch aircraft manufacturer and designer Anthony Herman Gerald Fokker was born in Kediri, Java. He designed and built several notable aircraft including the Fokker D-VIII which was one of the greatest aircraft of WWI. He later became a citizen of the United States and he designed the Fokker T-2. This [...]
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Indy Transponder 31-DEC-09 1130z
Group drops fight over plane returned to Air Force Museum - Springfield News Sun | The Commemorative Air Force could file a further appeal to the US Supreme Court within 90 days, but does not intend to do so, Stephan Brown, its president ...
Appeals Court: Historic Plane To Be Returned - News Story - WHIO Dayton from http://www.whiotv.com/ | In a published opinion, the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that an historic fighter airplane must be returned to the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force from a private organization because the organization violated the terms of the loan agreement with the U.S. Air Force. Carter M. Stewart, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio announced the opinion today. The U.S. Air Force loaned an F-82 aircraft to the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) in 1966 with the understanding that the CAF would display the plane as part of its collection of historic aircraft. The agreement called for CAF to return the aircraft to the U.S. Air Force if it no longer wanted the plane…
Blue Angels at Neb. guard air show on 9/11/11 - The Navy's Blue Angels aerial exhibition team has agreed to join the Nebraska Air National Guard's air show in 2011 and help the Guard mark the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.On Sept. ...
Springport man is part of the record-setting Tora Bomb Squad pyrotechnics team - The Jackson Citizen Patriot - MLive.com | Planes fly over air-show spectators while narration is heard and explosions go off a safe distance away. Explosions are Webb's job with the squad. ...
Brad Morehouse - A True Aviation Sportsman and Jet Air Race Pilot from http://www.bestarticle.org/ | Brad Morehouse flew his L-39 into the aviation history books and he flew as if flying was all that mattered. Brad lived his life on the edge when racing and lived every minute of it to extreme. He and his team, air race "Jet Class" team aimed to be the top contender at the 2007 Reno Air Races, unfortunately as in all high risk sports complications had arisen when a jet crossed his path and he flew the jet wash at an incredible speed…
2009's Craziest Adrenaline Junkies « Wonderment Blog "Swiss wingsuit flyer Gegenschatz flies over Barcelona during the 2009 Red Bull Air Race World Championship." "A B-2 Spirit stealth bomber is frozen in time as it breaks the sound barrier during a test flight above the Californian ...
Flying heritage collection traces biplanes to rockets - Seattle Post Intelligencer | The most-recent is a model of Scaled Composites' SpaceShipOne -- the Allen-sponsored craft that won the $10 million Ansari X Prize in 2004 as the first ...
Ultralight loses control on an airshow | microlightwings.com by Darren | An empty ultralight loses control on an airshow and runs into the crowd.
Chuck Yeager Pissed Off At Local Airline - SF Weekly | "We are big fans of General Yeager's groundbreaking contributions to aviation history, and we regret getting a little too carried away in our enthusiasm," ...
America's 'Ace of Aces' - Washington Times | In 1942, during a tour of Pacific air bases, the B-17 Rickenbacker was piloting ran out of fuel, and he had to ditch. Without either food or water, ...
By: Maureen Stephan from Comments on: December 2009 Roadrunner News by Maureen Stephan …My Dad is Jerry McIlmoyle, one of the U-2 pilots during the Cuban Missile Crisis. My husband and I, along with our two daughters, were down in Florida last week to spend Christmas with him and my mom. Because I do our McIlmoyle family genealogy, I am always asking (bugging) my mom and dad to tell me stories/give me any letters or pictures they might have about our family. This time, my mom gave me the attached letter that my dad had written to her on October 29th, 1962 – 2 days after Rudy Anderson was shot down…
Warbird Obsession from Air & Space Magazine
Centenary of first Irish powered flight celebrated - Irish Times | The Irish Aero Club had been born at the RIAC premises on Dawson Street in November 1909, and just a month later, on the last day of 1909, members gathered ...
Four Museums to Visit in Halifax | Travel Destination Blog by Alex Bhaswara | This museum shows off Canada's rich aviation heritage and takes up over 14000 square feet of space. Many of the aircraft that the museum owns are completely restored and on display while others continue to have work done on them. ...
Top aviation stories of 2009 - Photos - USATODAY.com from mediagallery.usatoday.com | A veteran pilot glided a US Airways jetliner with two dead engines onto the river's frigid surface so smoothly that all of the 150 passengers and five crewmembers escaped serious injury. Some didn't even get their feet wet.
Illinois Pilot helps kids soar by TheKathrynReport | Pilot Ed Godfrey with a Cessna 172S, one of three planes used at DuPage County Airport for the Young Eagles program. Edward Godfrey of Elmhurst has wanted to be a pilot since he was 10 years old, and after decades of work and some ...
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Saturday, October 18, 2008
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Maj. Christopher Bard becomes new Snowbirds commander at ceremony
Moose Jaw Times-Herald, Canada
Christopher Bard believes he has some big shoes to fill by taking command of the Snowbirds from outgoing squadron leader, Maj. Robert Mitchell. ...
The Hawgsmoke 2008 bombing and gunnery portion of the competition took place Oct.16 as A-10 Thunderbolt IIs attacked targets on the nearby Smoky Hill Range, dazzling the spectators who gathered to observe.
A-10s ready as Hawgsmoke 2008 begins from Milcom Monitoring Post by LarryBlue Angel #5 Buzzing The Coast Guard Cutter / San Francisco Fleet Week 2008 from Keith Breazeal Video Productions - by keith
Blue Angels Solo #5 down low on the high speed pass. The Coast Guard cutter had a great view and could feel the shock wave. The person with both arms raised is priceless.
Airplane heritage show, sale aids Delta - Atlanta Journal Constitution
What you seek may be in town Saturday, when Delta Air Lines hosts the 22nd annual Atlanta Airlines Collectibles Show and Sale.
Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site Dedicated at Moton Field [Video-Photo Gallery] from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News
"It's about time," says Tuskegee Airman Col. Harry Ford walking out of restored Hangar One at the historic site. Constructed in 1940, the Moton Field primary airmen training site had slowly deteriorated until mid-1990s preservation efforts took hold. Congress approved the National Park plan in 1988 and on October 10, ten years later a ribbon cutting ceremony for Hangar One
took place. More than a ceremony, a celebration of the Tuskegee Airman covered four days of events that will last for perpetuity.Historic homecoming for Tuskegee Airmen as site opens from Air Force Link Top StoriesSky Dawgs to put on weekend air show - The Reflector online
Hundreds of aviators, mechanics and support personnel who once worked at the Tuskegee Army Airfield and Moton Field, Ala., during the 1930s and '40s gathered here once again Oct. 10 when the National Park Service memorialized the efforts of the first black pilots, the famed Tuskegee Airmen, in the Army Air Corps.
The Starkville Bryan Airport will be overrun with remote controlled aircrafts by the sixth annual Air Show. The event will be hosted by the Sky Dawgs Remote Control and Rocketry Club and the MSU chapter of the American Institute of Aeronautics and ...
Museum of Aviation at Robins Air Force Base opens World War II hangar
Macon Telegraph, GA
Pat Bartness, president and chief operating officer of the Museum of Aviation Foundation, said the museum was privileged to honor the 507th while so many ...
Alan Henley Updates from www.caringbridge.org
... We are really excited to have the whole team over for dinner tonight. The team, (AeroShell Aerobatic Team), is flying at the Barber Motorsports Park tomorrow ...
Timeless Adventure - Flying Magazine
Warbirds, or civilian-owned aircraft that had a military role at some point in history, have been a part of EAA ever since the mid-1960s. ...
Local resident creates wooden planes and trains; Donates to Toys ...
Tyrone Daily Herald, USA
... most famous WWII bomber and fighter aircraft were on display, including the B-17 Flying Fortress, B-24 Liberator, P-51 Mustang and the B-25 Mitchell. ...
Fallen airmen remembered in Friday morning cermony - Moose Jaw Times-Herald, Canada
... across from a CT-114 Tutor liek he flew since joining the Snowbirds Home team Dwarfed in the Harvard’s shadow,sat a tan scooter with a life-sized ...
Snowbirds pilot, photographer remembered at Sask. memorial - Canada.com, CanadaSite says airshow crash avoided - Waikato Times, New Zealand
About 500 people filled a hangar at 15 Wing Moose Jaw in Saskatchewan on Friday for a memorial service for two Canadian Forces members killed in a Snowbirds ...
The footage replaces a section on the front page of the website which listed the date of the rescheduled airshow and had a countdown of the number of days ...
Berlin Airlift vets recognized by German government from Air Force Link Top Stories by afnews@afnews.af.mil (Staff Sgt. Shaun Emery)Veterans of the Berlin Airlift were recognized by the German government for their bravery and sacrifice at an Oct. 15 ceremony here.
`Hot Dog Saturday' to honor late aviator - Kalamazoo Gazette - MLive.com, MI
BY DAVE PERSON AUGUSTA -- Three years after he closed the Gull Lake Cafe and moved to North Carolina, Vince Continenza made the trip back to southwestern ...
Two Way Street Open After 90 Years from Ares
The first Alenia/L-3 C-27J Spartan Joint Cargo Aircraft has just been delivered to the US Army.My first thought was "isn't this the first Italian aircraft to be acquired by the US armed forces?" But then I remembered that the USAF Museum in Dayton, Ohio, has one of these...
Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker from Air Force Link Top Stories
Edward Vernon Rickenbacker was the American "Ace of Aces" in World War I. Born in Columbus, Ohio, 1890, he gained fame as a race car driver before joining the service. He started in the U. S. Army as a chauffeur to Army Gen. John J. Pershing.
Old plane crash rediscovered near Ariel - Seattle Times, United States
The Cowlitz County sheriff's office says the aircraft wreckage reported near Ariel is a B-24 Liberator that crashed in 1945. The Cowlitz County sheriff's ...
Nov 1, 2008: 1940s Hangar Dance & Dinner from Fly-In Calendar
Angel Wing Flights announces first mission from RSS Feed: News Angel Wing Flights, based in California, sponored its first medical transport flight on Oct. 14, according to its founder, Rena Davenport. Angel Wing Flights is a charitable non-profit organization that raises money for air ambulance flights.
Airport to host free Fall Young Eagles Flights this Saturday - Fitchburg pride, NJ
The Fitchburg Pilots Association EAA Chapter 1454 is hosting its Fall Young Eagles Flights beginning at 9 am until early afternoon Saturday, Oct. 18, ...
‘Young Eagles’ to fly free, enjoy weiner roast - Canton Daily Ledger, IL
Canton Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Chapter 832 will hold free Young Eagles flights for children ages 8 through 17 from 3 to 6 pm Saturday, ...
Real Pilots And 'Virtual Flyers' Go Head-to-head - Science Daily (press release)
"The high G-forces and extreme manoeuvres of the racing aerobatic aircraft make this a very challenging technical and operational problem. ...
William W. Brehm - Fremont News Messenger, OH
Mr. Brehm, a decorated Naval Aviator, attained the rank of Captain in the US Navy. He held the honor of being the first Jet Squadron Leader in the US Navy, ...
The Reunion.... again! from rand peck, a life aloft by Rand Peck
Well it's that time of year again, the first Tuesday in October, so I cleaned up the Cub and headed north to Plymouth, NH to Bill Grady's Northeast Airlines Reunion. I love this event, held twice a year on the first Tuesday in May and October. ...
Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome 2008 - Great Lakes T2 from Technorati
Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome - Great Lakes T2 What could be better than photographing the beautiful fall foliage you ask? How about photographing vintage airplanes with beatiful fall foliage in the background! I went to the October 12th airshow this past Sunday at the Aerodrome. It was a perfect day… sunny, not too hot, not too cold, and not a even a whisper of a breeze. This shot is of a Great Lakes T2 taking off from the airfield. I’ll be posting a few more shots of the planes and people ...
Photos of the Week -- RAAF At WW 2 Hudson Bomber Crash Site from Ares by David Hughes
Above, Squadron Leader Alain Middleton (left) and Squadron Leader John Cotterell inspect the wreckage of RAAF Hudson Bomber A16-126 as the Royal Australian Air Force conducted a search of the crash site for the remains of the crew lost during World War II. The search just completed uncovered dog tags, but no remains of the four airmen lost with the aircraft on 11 February 1942. ...
Feel the heat! from FenceCheck ForumsBombardier CL415 from Flight Image of the Day by Paul Gladman
Wrecks and Relics! and Gate Guards I guess from FenceCheck Forums
A-10 Thunderbolt II / Warthog from FenceCheck Forums
Wings Over Marietta from FenceCheck Forums
Prop Blur - Military from FenceCheck Forums
Reno 2008 from www.aafo.com
...Nimrods taxied out, flew past in formation - by
T-28 Trojan from FenceCheck Forums
Bournemouth Air Show October 17th, 2008 by quaisi
John Gromosiak's Battle To Restore Name To USS Indianapolis Plaque
from Advance Indiana by Advance Indiana
If you're a downtown resident and you patronize the Marsh grocery store (formerly O'Malias), you no doubt know who John Gromosiak is. He's the guy who has been peddling U.S.S. Indianapolis books and other memorabilia of the sunken World War II ship near the store's exit door for what seems like the past decade ...
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