AirVenture Oshkosh 2013 – July 29-August 4 · eaavideo.org | Enjoy daily world class air shows plus TWO night air shows, concerts by Chicago and Gary Sinise & the LT. Dan Band, first U.S. public flights by Yves "Jetman" Rossi and much, much more. Tickets available now!
EAA Welcome Center: The Heartbeat of AirVenture |The EAA Welcome Center at AirVenture offers members a chance to network and interact with fellow aviation enthusiasts worldwide, but is also the number one resource for all attendees of The World's Greatest Aviation Celebration.
Another Pemberton Gem Heading for Oshkosh - Airventure.org | Addison Pemberton, owner of 
Women of Flight Highlight Women Soar You Soar | Space is still available for high school-aged girls to apply for EAA's Women Soar You Soarprogram that will introduce 100 girls to 35 women August 1-4 during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013. Debby Rihn-Harvey, a three-time U.S. Overall Aerobatic Champion and 14-time U.S. Women's National Champion, is the 2013 Women Soar You Soar chairperson.
EAA Aircraft Sweepstakes: Appreciation for the Membership | ...The grand prize for this year's EAA Sweepstakes is a restored 1943 Boeing Stearman Model 75. Air Repair of Cleveland, Mississippi, is putting the finishing touches on the airplane at this writing...
Eurocopter X3 and Patrouille de france - Fence Check | Fantastic photos
“Wings Over Indiana” receives two Emmy’s - AMA Media Room | Wings Over Indiana,” a special one-hour edition of the science series, Indiana Expeditions, was awarded two Emmys by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences-Lower Great Lakes Chapter. The television special, a collaboration between WFYI Productions, the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, and the Academy of Model Aeronautics, was made possible by a NASA grant....
German Jump Wings Ceremony | Today members of the Golden Knights were honored to be presented their German Jump Wings by members of the German Army Liaison Staff
Indiana man returns to skies after skydiving accident - WTHR | ...Man met earth in the spring of 
1974. Reynolds was a 19-year-old soldier. The Speedway High School graduate joined the Army to serve his country and perfect his parachute skills. In fact, Reynolds earned a spot as the youngest member of the elite U.S. Army parachute team, the Golden Knights...
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar - Planeshots | Featured airplane for today's photos
35 years of the F/A-18 - The DEW Line | This year is the 35th anniversary of the Boeing F/A-18 Hornet's first flight. Like most of the Pentagon's inventory, its design is older than I am--which is kinda sad if you think about it (though the E/F models are for all intents and purposes completely new airframes designed in 1990s). But even though the Navy has started doing the preliminary work to study a next-generation follow-on to the F/A-18...
Aviation in the USA · Karlene Petitt | Happy Birthday America! | What will your Aviation future bring? | In honor of the 4th of July this week, Blogging In Formation is all about the future of Aviation in the USA. But so close to the 4th of July I drifted on course to the independence and freedom of our country. Today is about the opportunities we have in America that we sometimes take for granted...
Young Eagles Take Flight | Area Kids Learn to Fly By Savannah Stelzer | ...Founded in 1952 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, by flying enthusiasts, the EAA began essentially as a flying club. Over the past 60 years, it has expanded its aviation advocacy vision to include 1,000 chapters worldwide and several aviation programs, including Young Eagles, which introduces youths ages 8-17 to the wonders of piloting an aircraft, free of charge. Since the program’s launch in 1992, more than 1.7 million Young Eagles have flown worldwide....
Secret Space Shuttles - airspacemag.com | The giant gold and silver satellite glittered against the black sky as space shuttle Atlantis closed in on it from below. Commander Hoot Gibson and pilot Guy Gardner flew the approach, while mission specialist Mike Mullane, at the other end of the flight deck, readied the shuttle’s robot arm for a capture. Downstairs in the airlock, mission specialists Jerry Ross and Bill Shepherd waited in their spacesuits for Gibson’s order to go outside and attempt a rescue....
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
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Tuesday, June 11, 2013
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Warbird Expo 2013 - Indiana Wing CAF | http://www.indianawingcaf.org/
Attend 'Flying Into AirVenture' Webinar Tonight - EAA | June 11, 2013 - Whether this will be your 30th time flying into AirVenture or your first, Oshkosh-bound pilots are encouraged to sign up and attend tonight's webinar, Tips for Flying Into EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013, hosted by with AirVenture Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) Chairman Fred Stadler. The webinar begins at 7 p.m. CDT, as Stadler shares numerous hints and tips that can reduce your pilot workload when flying into Wittman Regional Airport for the annual event. Discussions will...
Flights on vintage aircraft offered as part of annual Father's Day Fly-In ... - Quincy Herald Whig | The local chapter of the Experimental Aircraft Association is hosting a vintage Ford Tri-Motor passenger plane belonging to the association to coincide with its annual Father's Day Fly-In/Drive-In Breakfast. Flights to the public will be offered...
Mid-Atlantic Air Museum WWII Weekend. - Andrew Warren | Despite some heavy rainfall on Friday the show went off well on both Saturday and Sunday.
Take to the Skies Airfest - LiveAirShowTV | Eaker Field in Durant, OK was the new home for the Take to the Skies Airfest in 2013. Aerobatic pilots and warbirds entertained the crowd who had not seen an airshow in Durant in 14 years. Here are the highlights.
Laconia Airport Open House a hit - General Aviation News Staff | NEW HAMPSHIRE — Heavy downpours threatened to create a repeat of last year’s open house at Laconia Municipal Airport (LCI) in Gilford, but as if on cue the rain stopped and the clouds parted just as the doors opened to this year’s Wings, Water & Wheels open house held on June 8. An estimated 3,000 visitors were treated to a vast array of things to see, do, and experience....
High-flying Reith, new airshow president - Abbotsford Times | The new president of the airshow society was first introduced to the aviation event 37 years ago, when as a young CAF Voodo pilot, he was assigned the task to provide military commentary in 1976. He moved to the 'hot side' of the tarmac the next year...
Mike Argento: Tony Danna of West York recalls Flying Tiger service - York Daily Record | They flew out of Calcutta to China and bases that served as homes to the Flying Tigers, the squadron known for its shark-faced P-40 Warhawk fighters. The Tigers started as a volunteer group of American flyers helping the Chinese air force, sort of a...
X3 Helicopter Sets Speed Record At Nearly 300 MPH - Wired | The Eurocopter test pilot set a new speed record for helicopters last week, achieving 255 knots (293 mph) in the Eurocopter X3 hybrid. He easily eclipsed the benchmark Kevin Bredenbeck set in the experimental (and conincidentally named) Sirkorksy X2 a little more than two years ago....
Video: Taking A Dip In SeaRey Amphibian Paradise! - AirPigz | I put up an amphibian SLSA poll 
Gathering of Eagles “Honoring Legacies-Forging the Future” Artwork at Maxwell AFB from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | Maxwell AFB ALABAMA- Fourteen Eagles gathered on Thursday to sign their original portraits during the six-day capstone event for graduates of the Air Command and Staff College at Maxwell AFB. Accompanying them was their fourteen assigned host who assist and guide the Eagles through scheduled events. These hosts have also worked with the Eagles during the year to develop their biographies that are compiled in a commemorative book...
Eufaula 'Young Eagles' take flight - Dothan Eagle | Tameka Williams watched with mixed emotions as her sons, Warren and Jacob, were buckled into separate small aircraft. “They've never been in a plane before,” she said. Her children were excited about taking their first flight with the Young Eagles ...
Photos: Young Eagles Day at Trenton-Mercer Airport - The Times of Trenton - NJ.com | ... The Times, Trenton on June 11, 2013 at 7:10 AM, updated June 11, 2013 at 7:52 AM. View/Post Comments. EWING - The Experimental Aircraft Association offered free flights to children ages 8 to 17 at the Trenton Mercer Airport for Young Eagles Day.
Chinese spaceship blasts off from Gobi Desert - CNN | Hong Kong (CNN) -- A Chinese spaceship blasted off Tuesday from a launch center in the Gobi Desert, carrying three astronauts on what is expected to be the Asian giant's longest crewed mission yet....
Monday, July 16, 2012
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Recovered Navy plane from Lake Michigan among Warbirds in Review - The Oshkosh Northwestern | »Saturday,
July 28, 10 a.m. – B-25 and the Doolittle Raiders »Saturday, July 28, 1
p.m. – Aeroshell Aerobatic Team and its T-6 Texans »Sunday, July 29, 10
a.m. – Best of the Best »Sunday, July 29, 1 p.m. – Red Star Aircraft.
More. Organizers hope a ...
JBLM weekend air show could attract 350000
- TheNewsTribune.com | Keep your eyes on the sky this coming weekend:
Joint Base Lewis-McChord is hosting what could become its biggest-ever
free air show.
Bowling Green air show to offer plane, copter rides - Toledo Blade | BOWLING GREEN -- Area residents will have the opportunity to take airplane rides and see aviation exhibits at the Wood County Air Fair on Saturday at the Wood County Regional Airport, 1261 E. Poe Rd., Bowling Green. Airplane and helicopter rides will...
WWII aircraft in action at Washington aviation museum - USA TODAY | The B-25 flew in combat with nearly every Allied nation during World War II. After the war, many B-25s were retained by Army and Air Force and used as trainers, transports and radar platforms. The B-25 was named after air power advocate General William ...
Seen at 2012 Arlington Fly-In from General Aviation News by Ben Sclair | Arlington, Wash -- The 
July 11-15 Arlington Fly-In, despite Friday thunderstorms managed to attract a wide variety of aircraft and airshow acts. See a few of the images we...
Air Show Fun on the Hot Tarmac - TippNews DAILY | Air Show Fun on the Hot Tarmac. Everyone has heard the news that the 2012 Vectren Dayton Air Show attendance was down by a whopping 38% due to oven-like heat reaching up to 120 degrees Fahrenheit on the tarmac. What the news hasn't published is ...
Fast aircraft in slow motion from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | This video clip from the recent Royal International Air Tattoo in Britain shows some of the activity and air displays in slow motion. It's oddly fascinating, and well worth watching in full-screen mode...
Farnborough hangover - the A400M, not me from Flight Image of the Day by Dominic Perry | I may be back in the office but my brain is still somewhere in a field in Hampshire (to borrow a choice phrase from Pulp's Sorted for Es and Whizz). And just as all the FG team have been left coping with their Farnborough hangovers, so too is Airbus Military after the A400M once again managed to sit out the flying...
Plane builders flock to Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 992 fly-in - Marshfield News-Herald | For 20 years, the Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 992 has been holding a fly-in, drive-in pancake breakfast as a way to raise awareness about the Marshfield Municipal Airport and to fund a scholarship for those pursuing a degree in aviation.
Lofty legend | In 1995 he was the first African to participate in the annual National Air Racing Championships at Reno in the USA, where he won both the races in which he competed. He has also flown as a member of the giant airliner ...
EAA offers B-17 Bomber flights - Wisconsin State Journal | IF YOU GO. Where: Wisconsin Aviation, 3606 Corben Court in Madison, off Amelia Earhardt Drive near Highway 51. When: Friday through Sunday. Flights and Tours: Flights are at 10:15 a.m., 11 a.m., 11:45 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 1:15 p.m., with ground tours ...
B-17's visit poignant to Trinidad vet - Pueblo Chieftain | She rumbled and shook through the clear sky Sunday over Pueblo, taking one World War II veteran paratrooper on a 30-minute trip back in time.
Video: Want To Fly A Lightning, And Take Your Own Thunder With You? from AirPigz by Martt |
The English Electric Lightning is a truly remarkable Mach 2 jet fighter from the U.K. that originated in the late 50's and remained in service until the 80's. The unique over-and-under twin engine design definitely set it apart from your ordinary fighter, and capabilities like being the first ever to supercruise (fly supersonic without afterburners) and the ability to climb at 50,000 feet per minute are pretty much astounding. Possibly...
Model Zeppelin — LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin from Travel for Aircraft by joseph_may | Model Zeppelin — LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin Flying almost entirely for DELAG (Deutsche Luftschiffahrts-Aktiengesellsschaft) from 1928 through 1937 the Graf Zeppelin was the last of the great passenger airships. Though not as famous as her bigger sister Hindenburg she flew transoceanically, transpolar as well as transworld — no aircraft or other airline of the day could [...]
Palm Springs Air Museum to hold children's workshop - Southwest Riverside News Network | The Palm Springs Air Museum will host the “Early Days of Flight,” a workshop for children, next Wednesday. The Palm Springs Air Museum will host the "Early Days of Flight,'' a workshop for children, next Wednesday. (Photo courtesy of The Palm Springs ...
Mirage 2000 from Latest Vlog | I was shared this clip yesterday via Justin de Reuck on FaceBook. High impact, AWESOME footage with some epic shots and...
Eurocopter Cutting-Edge X3 Helicopter on a U.S. Tour from Warplanes Online Community by yna | Eurocopter continues to the U.S. tour of the X3 high-speed helicopter, their latest and most advanced helicopter to date. The X3 is visiting military bases to show off its capabilities to military officials and personnel. The X3 demonstrates it unique flight characteristics including 200 knots cruise speed, high rates of climb and the ability to perform complex maneuvers at high-speed. The X3 had shown that it can reach a maximum speed of 223 knots using 80 percent of its power and achieve a climb rate of 5,500 feet per minute...
Cluster Balloon Attempt Abandoned from AVwebFlash Current Issue | Landing in a thunderstorm is no fun for any pilot but when the aircraft is a couple of lawn chairs suspended under 300 party balloons, the term hard landing takes on a slightly different context. Cluster balloon pilot Kent Couch and his copilot Fareed Lafta, self-described Iraqi adventurer, aborted their bid to fly from Bend, Ore., to Montana just 30 miles from their starting point Saturday after a thunderstorm at 10,000 feet pelted
Taylor Aerocar For Sale from Aero-News Network | Vintage Rodable Aircraft Can Be Yours For $1.25 Million If you've ever wanted to own a piece of aviation history ... and you've got over a million dollars burning a hole in your wallet, you could be the proud new owner of a 1954 Aerocar,
N-101D. The roadable aircraft was one of only five produced back in the 1950s...
When snowmobiles fly from The Original Rocket Dungeon by Dick | Here's a photo of Crazy Jim's snowmobile at LDRS. At least it sounded like the up part went well. Photo credit: Stan Senesy.
Nissan Consults With Blue Angels On Sports Car Development: Video - Motor Authority | Nissan is taking a leaf out of Lamborghini's book and looking to the aviation industry for inspiration for the development of its future range of sports cars. A team of designers and product planners from Nissan recently landed in Pensacola, Fl, to ...
Shuttle Model Moving Slowly To New Location from Aero-News Network | Pieces Being Transported Separately, Will Be Reassembled The wood-and-plastic space shuttle model, which was used by Rockwell to sell NASA on the concept and which has been gathering dust in a warehouse in California for 40 or so years, is being moved piece-by-piece to its temporary home under a tent in a parking lot near the building in Downey, CA...
Saturday, June 23, 2012
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States Air Force Thunderbirds are the main attraction of the Indianapolis Air Show this weekend in Hancock County and their performance will be ...Blue Angels Announce 2013 Enlisted Team Members from US Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron - The Blue Angels | We are proud to announce that the following enlisted personnel have been selected as members of the 2013 Blue Angel team...
Golden Knights at - Pocono Record | Sgt. 1st Class Dustin Peregrin flies the Pennsylvania state flag as he descends to Tobyhanna Army Depot during a demonstration by the U.S. Army Parachute ...
Webinar- Flying into AirVenture from eaavideo.org | Join Fred Stadler, EAA AirVenture NOTAM Chairman, as he discusses hints and tips for reducing your pilot workload when flying into AirVenture.
Video: XH558: Engineering Update 22/06/12 from stickandrudderWTO
CIAF celebrate the nineteenth. The air stirred and fighters from the U.S. - Chrudimský journal | ... Arrive in late summer to Hradec Kralove. The second weekend in September is held in Hradec Králové airport already nineteenth annual Czech International Air Fest (CIAF)...
Carol Vorderman takes to the skies for aerobatics at the Best of British air show - The Telegraph | ...The former Countdown star was passenger in an ex-RAF training plane as it performed air acrobatics in stormy conditionsat Cotswold Airport, in Kemble, Gloucestershire. Ms Vorderman, a keen amateur pilot who is working towards taking her private pilot's license, was flown by experienced Mark Greenfield. She flew in a Bulldog plane to celebrate the start of this year's Best of British aviation show and raise money for charity. ...
Three Kansas teams flying in women’s air race - kansas.com | Three Kansas teams are flying in the 2012 Air Race Classic, an all-women race that began Tuesday. The 2,330 nautical-mile race started in Lake Havasu City, Ariz., and ends in Batavia, Ohio. Fifty-five planes are registered.
The Summer of Thunder at the Alberta Aviation Museum from Aviation.ca News | The Alberta Aviation Museum is thundering through the Canada Day Weekend starting on Thursday June 28th with the arrival of the Discovery Air/Vintage Wings of Canada Canadair F-86 Sabre “Hawk One”...
Robots Join Hunt for Amelia Earhart's Plane - LiveScience.com | U.S. Navy warships and aircraft failed to find Amelia Earhart when the pioneering female aviator vanished in the South Pacific during her second attempt to fly ...
Castle Air Museum benefits from large donation - Merced Sun-Star | Castle Air Museum is enjoying a better financial situation after it got a large donation earlier this month.
The Blue Cruise in 1948 Norécrin from Passion for aviation by Xavier Cotton | On 21 March 1948,
a "Tour of the Mediterranean" which will participate twenty Norécrin is announced to the press, this cruise is quickly nicknamed "The Blue Cruise". This tour is organized by Paul Legastelois agency of the same name and then President of the Union Chamber of Commerce of Aeronautics in order to demonstrate the qualities of this aircraft aviation....Russ Zenith CH750 from Mike’s Adventures | ...I got to catch up with Russ today. He finished his build last November and has managed to put 60 hrs on it so far...
Bigger, Bolder: Red Flag – Alaska from Photorecon | The name Red Flag has been synonymous with large scale flying exercises since the early 1970s. Originally developed at Nevada’s Nellis AFB to help pilots survive their first ten missions in Vietnam, Red Flag has become an important test of tactics and teamwork. A similar but larger venue has been created, called Red Flag [...]
CVW 11 Commander Reaches 1,000 Traps from Aero-News Network | Nimitz Commanding Officer Was In The Back Seat The commander of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 11 completed his 1,000th carrier arrested landing, or trap, aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) June 18. Capt. Greg Harris completed the trap in an F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the "Black Knights" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 154...
Eurocopter’s X3 Hybrid Helicopter Begins U.S. Tour In Texas from Aero-News Network | First Flight On The Tour Was In Front Of American Eurocopter Employees In Grand Prairie Eurocopter has begun the U.S. tour of its X3 high-speed hybrid helicopter, which will demonstrate the unique operational capabilities of this advanced transportation system during a month of visits to military facilities and hub locations for civil helicopter operators. The tour was initiated Wednesday with a debut X3 flight presentation at the Grand Prairie, Texas headquarters of Eurocopter’s U.S. subsidiary – American Eurocopter...
Gamera II Makes 40 Second Flight from Aero-News Network | Human-Powered Helicopter Vying For The Sikorsky Prize The Gamera II human-powered helicopter designed and built at the University of Maryland has set a new unofficial record for flight in such a vehicle. According to a story appearing in the online publication The Blaze, the quad-rotor aircraft stayed airborne in the Reckord Armory on the campus of the University of Maryland for 40 seconds, still short of the minute needed to claim the American Helicopter Society's $250,000 award...
Podcast: Gamera II, the Human-Powered Helicopter from AVWeb Podcast - Podcast | A team at the University of Maryland hopes to fly their 105-foot, 76-pound human-powered helicopter for at least 60 seconds and up to an altitude of 10 feet. Glenn Pew speaks with Dr. Inderjit Chopra about the project's advances and, if it's successful, what's next.
Initial Flight Tests Of Experimental Fighter And Research Aircraft from AIRBOYD.TV by Airboyd
WWII Veteran -- Age 90 -- Still Skydiving from Aero-News Network | Had 'Always Wanted To Do One' While In The Service Lt. Bill Keller had become enamoured of skydiving while in the Army Air Corps during WWII, but says he never had an opportunity to make a jump. He finally did, at the Skydive Sky Ranch in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, in 1992 to celebrate his 70th birthday...
Local Youth Invited to Experience Flight at EAA Young Eagles Day - SurfKY News | MUHLENBERG COUNTY, KY (6/22/12) - The EAA Young Eagles program was started in 1992, giving interested young people, ages 8 - 17, the chance to fly in a ...
[Updated] Turkish RF-4E Phantom shot down by Syrian Air Defense battery. Known and unknown facts from David Cenciotti's weblog | Late on the afternoon (Central European Time) of Jun. 22, media outlets started to report that a Turkish Air Force F-4 Phantom has disappeared over the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, near its shared border with Syria. The Phantom had left Erhac Air Base at around 07.30GMT and disappeared off radar around 09.00 GMT. Reports came out of Turkey soon after saying that Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erodgan had claimed that Syria had apologised for shooting down the jet, however at a press conference he told the gathered reporters that he could not confirm reports that Syria had shot down the jet and had apologised....
Friday, May 20, 2011
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Navy's Blue Angels set to fly high next weekend - The Daily Journal | MILLVILLE -- The U.S. Navy's Blue Angels touch down at the municipal airport next week to start final preparations for the 2011 Wheels and Wings Airshow. Meanwhile, the hosting Millville Army Air Field Museum says "tickets are selling like hotcakes" for the May 28-29 air show...
VIDEO: Bird's eye preview of the Andrews Air Force Base Airshow - Washington Post | Lieutenant Colonel John Klatt has loved planes all of his life, flying planes for the Air National Guard out of college and earning his wings from the Air Force in Texas. Now, he flies aerobatic planes as well as C-130s and F-16s...
Rockford AirFest 2011 to Honor Two U.S. Navy Rear Admirals - WIFR | Rockford AirFest 2011 will honor two U.S. Navy Rear Admirals, the third-highest rank in the Navy, as the AirFest Honorary Chairmen. Rear Adm. Paul A. Grosklags, a DeKalb native, and Rear Adm. William K. Lescher, a Highland Park native, have each served for approximately three decades. As AirFest Honorary Chairmen, they will be personally recognized at the show, June 4 and 5 at Chicago Rockford International Airport (RFD)...
Wings of Freedom Tour Roars Into The Bay Area - Examiner | Soon many Bay Area residents will look to the sky and see a rare and amazing site: two giant World War Two four engine bombers roaring by. Get ready folks, the Wings of Freedom Tour is coming to a Bay Area Airport near you! The event is part of a nation-wide, 130 city annual tour courtesy of the non-profit Collings Foundation, based in Stow, Mass. The Collings Foundation owns and operates a collection of vintage historic aircraft and cars...
CAF to Host WASP Reunion at AIRSHO 2011 - Indy Transponder | Midland, Texas (May 20, 2011) — The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) is proud to announce that it will be hosting a reunion of Women Air Service Pilots (WASP) at the 2011 CAF AIRSHO presented by Western National Bank. To date, 28 of the WASP veterans have committed to take part in the reunion. The Best Warbird Show in America returns to the skies Oct. 8-9, 2011, above Midland International Airport between Midland and Odessa, Texas...
B-17 Flying Fortress conservation work begins - BBC | A conservation team has begun a 16-month project to transform a World War II American bomber. The B-17 Flying Fortress, Mary Alice, had been on display at the American Air Museum, part of Imperial War Museum (IWM) Duxford, in Cambridgeshire...
Hailey candy drop reenacts post-WWII Berlin Airlift - Magic Valley | HAILEY — Candy will drop from the sky Thursday afternoon as a pilot flying a vintage Tri-Engine Grumman amphibian plane reenacts the famous candy drops over Berlin during the Berlin Airlift of 1948 and 1949. The candy will drop onto the Wood River High School football field at the end of Fox Acres Road between 4 and 4:30 p.m. Witnesses should assemble on the field by 4...
Southwest Airlines and the Salute Our Troops Weekend - Nuts About Southwest | When we first learned about the opportunity to work with Southwest Airlines and The Palazzo Las Vegas on a “Salute Our Troops” weekend, we had a hard time believing our luck. How often do you have the chance to work with two corporate partners as committed to pulling off such a huge event for our troops?...
Glorious Glosters - PPRuNe | A unique, never before seen line up of the three Gloster-built jet aircraft was created at Gloucestershire Airport, Staverton. We were joined by 92-year old former GAC apprentice Sidney Dix, who helped to build the E28 and strapped Gerry Sayers in at Cranwell 70 years ago for the first historic flight.
Paratrooper to recall WWII - Nashoba Publishing | Herb Adams, of Worcester, will be a guest speaker at the Devens Museum open house on Saturday, May 21. The 87-year-old WWII veteran was one of the VIPs who came to a Combat Infantry Association get-together at the museum last month. Among other notables in attendance that Saturday morning was WWII veteran Joe Landry, of Shirley, who will also be a guest speaker at the open house...
Clayton Brukner earns spot in Michigan Aviation Hall of Fame - Battle Creek Enquirer | An aviation pioneer from Battle Creek becomes a member of the Michigan Aviation Hall of Fame on Saturday. Clayton Brukner, who grew up in Battle Creek and graduated from Battle Creek Central High School, was one of the founders of the Waco Aircraft Co., which was once the largest commercial builder of aircraft in the world...Episode 42 - Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre - Flying Podcast | Continuing with the Lincolnshire theme, today I’m at Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre. The centre is home to several WWII aircraft, most notably a Lancaster bomber and a Dakota; both of which are available for taxi rides. I started my podcast interview with Andrew Panton who runs the museum and concluded with a chat with Paddy Green, owner of the resident Dakota...
EAA e-Hotline - EAA | AirVenture to feature largest collection of naval aircraft from all eras -- From the 1911 Curtiss-Ely Pusher that made the first ship-based takeoff and landing to aircraft in the current inventory, AirVenture 2011 will showcase the largest collection of naval aircraft spanning all eras ever assembled in one location.
Airbus gives Concorde's new home a boost - Gazette | AIRBUS has pledged more than £800,000 towards a permanent home for Concorde. The aerospace giant gave the funding pledge, worth £840,000, to The Concorde Trust, which plans to build a Bristol Concorde Aviation Museum at Cribbs Causeway near Filton...
Eurocopter X3 hybrid sets new speed record of 430km/h, readies for next search and rescue mission - Engadget | See that chopper right there? That's the Eurocopter X3, and as of last week, it can cruise at more than half the speed of a commercial jet. Although the helicopter was striving to hit 220 knots, it actually blew past that milestone to maintain 232 knots (450 km or 279.6 miles per hour) in level, stabilized flight -- a new record for this aircraft...What's On at RAF Museum London - RAF Museum | For much of his distinguished career, Kennington was regularly classed by leading critics as belonging to the ranks of such exceptional portraitists as: Hans Holbein the Younger; Albrecht Dürer; Franz Hals; Van Gogh and Augustus John. Furthermore, many of his artistic contemporaries rated him as one of the finest draughtsman of his day and while among famous contemporaries who admired Kennington’s portraiture were: Winston Churchill...
Sidney Centennial Community has history of flying - Sidney Herald | Believe it or not, Sidney has almost 100 years of aviation in its history. The city’s flying roots date back to 1915 with the first appearance of an airplane which made passes just above the streets. The Sidney Chamber of Commerce contracted a pilot from Kenmare, N.D., Otto W. Simms, to put on a show, taking off and landing at the 500 block of Fifth Avenue S.E. This was the first event in a long and complicated history of flying, a history former pilot and longtime member of the aviation community Don Rees was willing to share with the Herald recently...
Harry Haas: Friday's Fabulos Flyer - Flight To Success | EFHA: European Federation Historic Aviation. The reason Harry is involved is because he "snapped" in his early twenty's. From that point on, his life has made history. As a child he had been enamored with with aviation, but never dreamed it could be for him. He had collected aviation memorabilia, gathered newspaper clippings, and glued models together.... but, well, I'm going to let Harry share his story...
A Brief History of Unmanned Aircraft - Air & Space | My first experience with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles was in the spring of 2005, when I visited the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center at Twentynine Palms, California. I was researching an article on close air support, and got a firsthand look at the RQ-2 Pioneer operated by Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron-1. Later that year...E-Fenix, the Two-Seater Trike - CAFE Blog | Anne Lavrand, Electravia’s General Manager, announced the E-Fenix, the first two-seat electric paratrike. Developed with Planète Sports & Loisirs, a leisure activities company based on Re Island, off the coast of La Rochelle, France, the trike will carry visitors on discovery flights over the scenic island...
VIDEO: Coalition for Space Exploration Releases PSA - Spaceports | The Coalition for Space Exploration has released a new public service announcement entitled "Closer and Safer." The 60-second piece depicts an astronaut appearing in unexpected places on Earth: in an oceanfront community during a hurricane, beside firefighters in a sweltering blaze and alongside surgeons performing an operation; demonstrating the positive outcome of space technology in our everyday lives.
Thursday, December 9, 2010
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Blue Angels flying in - The Bridgeton News - NJ.com | …according to organizers of the airshow, scheduled for Memorial Day weekend 2011. The aircraft will then taxi to the Boeing Corp. Hangar. ...
Pinky's Corner: Come to Atlantic City for air show, stay for the ... - Press of Atlantic City | Since its inception, many of us in the community have come up with ideas to bring people here before the air show and keep them here for several hours after ...
Shrinersfest will host Blue Angels in 2011 - 14 News, The Tri ... by Becky Graham | Mayor Weinzapfel says, "The Shriners will be hosting, managing, and coordinating a visit by the Blue Angels in June of 2011, and there will be an ongoing ten year commitment between the Shriners, the city, and GAGE to host an annual ...
ICAS 2010: This Year's Winners Are ... Music, Sex & Cookies! #ICAS10
Extra 500 Spirit coming Down Under - Australian Flying | The company, who also has a long history of producing high-end aerobatic aircraft including the EXTRA 200, has appointed Extra Aviation Australasia as the ...
Al Ain Air Show to Hit New Heights: AINonline by Charles Alcock | Al Ain Air Show to Hit New Heights. By: Charles Alcock. December 7, 2010. Some of the world's top pilots are going to battle it out at next year's Al Ain Aerobatic Show (February 2-5, 2011). The Desert Challenge, officially sanctioned ...
Malvern J. Gross Jr., accounting executive and record-setting pilot, dies at 77 - Washington Post | For four years, he served as president of the National Aviation Association, which is the country's official aviation record-keeper and represents the ...
Who was the best Marine WWII ace? - Yuma Sun | No one "wins" the Medal of Honor — this medal is earned — and Boyington flew in China with Claire Chennault's Flying Tigers (prior to the United States ...
History Detectives to visit Seattle museum's Boeing B-29 - Seattle Post Intelligencer ... is displayed during a ceremony on July 25, 2010 at Boeing's Plant 2 to mark the 75th anniversary of the B-17 Flying Fortress' first flight. ...
$15,000 Offered for the Rare B-25 Plane from Warplanes Online Community by Tynibelle | A B-25C Mitchell bomber pulled decades ago from the bottom of a South Carolina lake, then partially restored and placed for sale, has found a buyer. The newly formed South Carolina Historic Aviation Foundation will pay Celebrate Freedom Foundation $15,000 for the B-25C Mitchell plane that ditched in the lake during a 1944 training exercise…
91 Year Old Spitfire Pilot Needs Your Help from PPRuNe Forums by VIProds | I have just finished filming a 91 year old Spitfire photo reconnaissance pilot talking about his wartime experiences. Alec would have to fly over to Brest in France, which was the heaviest defended of the occupied ports on the French coast…
F-117 Stealth Trainer? from Black Horizon by Steve Douglass | A friend of mine (Dean Muskett) was out at the local airport today and shot this photo of one of Holloman's T-38 jet trainers on the ramp. What surprised me was to see the tail stripe adorned with F-117s and not the usual F-22 Raptors…
Women in Aviation honored at Kitty Hawk - BlueSky Executive Aviation News "This is an incredible honor for women pioneers throughout aviation history." said WAI President Peggy Chabrian. "And I will be on hand to represent Women ...
Interview with Tami Lewis Brown from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale | Tami Lewis Brown, author of children's picture book (and a very good one at that) Soar Elinor, recounting Elinor Smith's record-breaking flight beneath all of the bridges spanning New York's East River, a feat no one had done before, or has done since, was kind enough to give Winged Victory: Women in Aviation an interview. Check it out at: http://thethunderchild.com/YouFlyGirl/Interviews/TamiLewisBrown.html. And note that if you're looking for someone to speak to school groups, scout troops, book clubs or pilot groups, Tami is more than happy to do so. She'll even do it long distance, via Skype! http://www.tamilewisbrown.com/
Quest for Earhart's plane to land here - Arizona Daily Star | In August, Jourdan came to the Pima Air & Space Museum as part of its National Aviation Day celebration. • What: Never Forgotten Classic Fly-In, ...
How Things Work: Whole-Airplane Parachute | Flight Today | Air & Space Magazine - Source: www.airspacemag.com | The Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS) was one of the first programs I worked on in 1997 at Cirrus. Now it has saved at least 46 lives. Air and Space magazine has this article in their Jan 2011 issue: : http://www.airspacemag.com/flight-today/How-Things-Work-Whole-Airplane-Parachute.html
Airbus A380 Superjumbo Lines Up Two More Buyers for VIP Version - San Francisco Chronicle | Fekih, speaking on the eve of the Middle East Business Aviation air show, running Dec. 7 through 9 in Dubai, also said that Airbus has several prospective ...
X3 Gains Speed (with video) from Ares by Robert Wall | Eurocopter's X3 hybrid helo has reached its first speed target: 180 knots. The program, unveiled in September, reached the initial speed marker on November 29 at the Istres flight test center in southern France -- the goal was reached slightly ahead of target. The next target is exceeding 220 knots.
"It's almost too easy" from Personal Spaceflight by Jeff Foust | It's hard to overstate the achievement that SpaceX made on Wednesday with the successful flight of its Dragon spacecraft. Launching the spacecraft into orbit, while hardly unprecedented, is no simple feat: national space agencies in places like Brazil and South Korea have failed to accomplish this…
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Miramar Air Show tops Fleet Week – OCRegister | The final event is the Miramar Air Show, one of the most attended free events in the country. Members of the US Navy Blue Angels precision flying team in a ...
Amigo Airsho to feature famed Thunderbirds - El Paso Times by By Luis Hernandez \ El Paso Times | The US Air Force Thunderbirds -- with their precision aerial acrobatics -- will headline this year s edition of the Amigo Airsho next month…
Planes, pilots showcased at air show - The Orion | The Canadian Forces Snowbirds performed at the Chico Air Show last, a nine-person team of aerobatic stunt pilots flying CT-114 Tutors. ...
from Aviation.ca News | The Rotary Brantford Charity Airshow is in jeopardy for the 2011 season. Canada's Snowbird Demo team says they are unable to perform at the Brantford Municipal Airport until some upgrades are made to the tarmac…
from http://www.bbc.co.uk/ Two British teams taking part in the Gordon Bennett 2010 international gas balloon race have been forced to land. At about 0913 BST, Janet Folkes and Ann Rich were reported to have descended after flying 1037.74km (644.82 miles). Colin Butter and Paul Spellward came down after flying 916.39km (569.42 miles). Twenty teams launched their balloons near Bristol late on Saturday. The race aim is to see who can travel the farthest…
Blue Angels At Kaneohe Bay 2010 – DallasNagata.com – Photography ... - This past Friday I had the opportunity to attend the Blue Angels' airshow rehearsal day, ahead of the major crowds and epic traffic jam. I was also granted a media pass, allowing for front-row seating within the media section…
Malta International Airshow 2010 FB Photos
American Heros Airshow ,Lake Havasu City 2010 <Photo Thread> from azaerophoto.com Restoring the last surviving Wellington Bomber to its former glory
from Military Photos by NovocastrianUK | Work is underway to preserve an important piece of British military history that played a vital role in the Second World War - the last surviving Wellington Bomber. It was taken to pieces for the 145 mile road journey from London to the RAF Museum's conservation centre in Shropshire, where specialists are now working to return it to its former glory. After nearly seventy years, the biggest threat to the Wellington is corrosion of the metal frame. The team at the RAF Museum conservation centre are working to remove it, and prevent it spreading. The structure underneath shows little sign of its age, good news for the team who hope to conserve as much of the original build as possible…
Aero-TV Redux: AAA's New Generation – Antique Aircraft Inspires Young Pilots from Aero-News Network | Colorado Youth Find Mentorship in Antique Aviation Community ANN E-I-C Note: In light of the tone of some recent efforts to to look to the future of aviation, I thought it might make sense to see how one amazing effort is paying off in inspiring young people to seek a future that includes aviation... enjoy! -- Jim Campbell, ANN Editor-In-Chief. Founded in August of 1953 by Robert L. Taylor, the Antique Aircraft Association is the world's oldest organization specifically devoted to antique and classic aircraft. Yet as airfield accessibility continues to diminish and the general aviation community continues to grey, there is growing concern among antique aircraft enthusiasts: how can we appeal to youth in order to grow and support the next generation of pilots?...
Eurocopter's X3 unveiled - part plane part copter.from Black Horizon by Steve Douglass | Eurocopter has revealed its hand in the race for high-speed rotary-wing flight, unveiling the extraordinary-looking X³ high-speed prototype on 27 September…
Virgin Galactic: Branson makes space travel his next frontier - International Business Times AU | With fare starting at $200000, Virgin Galactic's unique spacecraft created by Burt Rutan will likely take passengers into a into suborbital space. ...
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