Video: DC-7 Visits Sun 'Fun - AVweb | There's not much you can do to a beautifully restored DC-7B passenger airplane to make it more interesting than it already is — except, perhaps, to pair it with a strikingly young captain. 23-year-old Glen Moss showed us around the venerated DC-7 (the last flying passenger version) and shared her story with us at Sun 'n Fun 2011 in Lakeland, Florida... Double whammy of Red Arrows in Clacton air show - Clacton Gazette | CLACTON celebrates its 20th air show with a double whammy by the world famous Red Arrows. Clacton air show fans can look forward to breathtaking displays from the best loved aerobatic display team on both days of the town’s summertime air show...
More Than 450 Young Eagles Fly During Skycatcher Tour - EAA | Young Eagles Co-Chairman Jeff Skiles and EAA Chapters in four communities opened the world of flight to young people over the past two weekends, as more than 450 kids were flown during EAA’s Young Eagles Skycatcher Tour that wrapped up Sunday at Spruce Creek, Florida...
Plane Featured in ‘Amelia' Took 17 Years to Rebuild - The Ledger | LAKELAND - Joe Shepherd's 1936 Lockheed 12 was used a couple years ago in filming the 2009 movie "Amelia" starring Hilary Swank, Richard Gere and Ewan McGregor...
Video: Bleriot at Sun 'n Fun 2011 - AVweb | A modernized version of the airplane Louis Bleriot used to cross the English Channel isn't for everyone. "You really have to fly it all the time to get it where you want it," cautioned builders Pascal Kremer and Robert Bassley, who were both at Sun 'n Fun in Lakeland, Florida...
Lane Wallace Now Contributor to EAA Publications - EAA | Lane Wallace, an internationally known aviation columnist, will be supplying her unique viewpoints to flying and an adventurous life in EAA Sport Aviation magazine beginning in the May 2011 issue...
Skagit Aero's Blog: Barn Find – WWII Wooden Constant Speed Propeller - Antique Airfield | Some times its the parts that are almost as much fun to find as the airplanes themselves. This was recently the case when Jim was crawling around a barn belonging to a friend of the museum down the river. Amidst the large number of airplane fuselages and other pieces, was a long wooden box with a brand new propeller inside...
Skagit Aero's Blog: New Piper Pictures – J-5A & PA-16 Clipper - Antique Airfield | We took advantage of some nice evening light recently to add some pictures to our galleries. Last summer we did some air-to-air photos of the J-5A and the Clipper, but we forgot to get some simple ground photos of each airplane. So with sun setting in the west and snow on the mountains to the east...
'Space!' is the theme of this month's Family Day - Air Force Museum | DAYTON, Ohio -- Visitors can learn about "Space!" through free hands-on educational opportunities during Family Day from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on April 16 at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. This month's theme commemorates the 50th anniversary of the first human...
Don’t Sell Your Spy Drone on the Internet - Gawker | Raven spy drone lying around? If so, don't try to sell it on the internet! A Philippine man, Henson Chua tried to do that last year when he offered up his Raven for $13,000 on eBay in violation of the Arms Export Control Act — a crime punishable by up to 20 years in prison...
Cessna unveils new Corvalis - AOPA | Cessna revealed its latest piston single—the Corvalis TTx—March 29 at Sun ’n Fun in Lakeland, Fla. The TTx is an upgraded version of the Corvalis TT, and its central feature is Garmin’s newly-introduced G2000 in a package that Cessna is calling its Intrinzic Flight Deck....
'There literally is no other place in Central Florida where you can have a land, sea and air festival all in one place,' said Kim Long, general manager of ...
The inaugural Bahrain International Airshow will be launched in January bringing an estimated $13 million to the local economy, attracting up to 36000 ...
Fat Albert - It’s not a name usually associated with airlines, but this flight in the sky was more than worth it.When HCN photographer Kar Hlava and yours truly were asked to fly in the Blue Angels’ C-130 Hercules during Saturday’s air show at Ellington Airfield, we jumped at the chance.Plus we felt honored because it’s not everyone in the media who gets to fly during an actual air show.
Saturday, November 7 from noon – 4 pm Lennar invites you to enjoy free food, refreshments, music, bounce house and plenty of activities for the kids. ...
Math and science lessons came to life for some high school students, as they experienced the Navy's Blue Angels simulator. The simulator visited Trinity ...
Arthur Pratt Warner brought aviation to Wisconsin, beginning with a few hops in a Beloit farm field. On Wednesday morning, history was brought to life. ...
An historic flight 100 years ago in Beloit is the center of celebration. Arthur Pratt Warner brought aviation to Wisconsin, beginning with a few hops in a Beloit farm field. On Wednesday morning, history was brought to life. Morgan Elementary School was Morgan Farm, and its students' playground was the site of something extraordinary."Today we're celebrating Arthur Warner's aviation accomplishments, a celebration that began right here in Beloit, 100 years ago," said Rose Dorsey, of the Wisconsin Aviation Hall of Fame. On Nov. 4, 1909, Arthur "AP" Warner and his Curtiss-designed airplane made Wisconsin history by flying for the first time.On Wednesday, the Wisconsin Air National Guard F-16s roared overhead, celebrating modern aviation.
8 am, Heritage Flight Museum, 4119 Mitchell Way, Bellingham. The day's events will include a remote broadcast from 8 to 11 am on local radio station KGMI-AM ...
Food, music, crafts and other activities such as the Flying Tigers Parachute Jumpers, will be packed into the Saturday line-up. There will be games, ...
... countries and even the US Air Force are still showing interest in the Air Truck-802U after its international debut at the Paris Air Show last summer. ...
“This is our fly-in time of the year, so we're always cleaning it up,” he said. Aviation is important to the Shepherd family. His father flew fighters in ...
AOPA's annual meeting in Tampa has a fresh look, and it's challenged its presenters to come up with some fresh ideas on the future of general aviation. AVweb's Russ Niles spoke with AOPA President Craig Fuller.This podcast is brought to you by Bose Corporation and WxWorx XM WX Satellite Weather.
