Relocation will allow air show to expand, organizers say - Post-Tribune | FAIR OAKS — Air show enthusiasts will have to head about 45 miles south next summer when the South Shore Air Show relocates to Fair Oaks Farms in Newton County. The unique partnership was announced by the two entities in a news conference Thursday and shifts the focus of the air show from the shoreline to the only agritourism venue of its kind in the state...
St. Tammany CAP participates in regional fly-in, salutes veterans - CAP | LOUISIANA – The St. Tammany Composite Squadron of Civil Air Patrol recently participated in the St. Tammany Regional Airport Fly-In, which included a salute to U.S. veterans. Sixteen single and multi-engine civilian and prior military aircraft landed at the airport. “It was an honor to serve the pilots, especially the veterans,” said St. Tammany squadron Cadet Chief Master Sgt. Sarah Nogueras. Joining the St. Tammany squadron at the fly-in were the Billy Mitchell Senior Squadron from New Orleans and the Ponchartrain and Alvin Callendar composite squadrons.
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013: L-39 Albatross Is the Jet of Choice for Airshows - The Aero 
Experience | Airshow organizers across the country faced a dilemma during the 2013 season: what jet aircraft performers to offer in the place of the idled USAF Thunderbirds and U.S. Navy Blue Angels jet teams. In some cases, the entire event collapsed for lack of a suitable substitute for the excitement of these military jet team headliners, while other airshow organizers persevered with innovative civilian jet teams and solo acts that successfully...
Video: Big jet that landed at wrong airport takes off safely - WTHR | WICHITA -The Boeing 747 jumbo cargo jet that mistakenly landed at a small Kansas airport yesterday evening, instead of at a nearby Air Force base where it was supposed to land, took off safely Thursday afternoon. The runway at the airport in Wichita is just 6,100 feet long -- much shorter than it should be for the takeoff of a plane like that. But airport officials said the plane should be able to take off....
'Flying Tigers' exhibition celebrates ROC-US air squad - Focus Taiwan News Channel | Taipei, Nov. 22 (CNA) An exhibition opened Friday to commemorate military cooperation between the United States and Republic of China during World War II, marking 70 years since the establishment of the Flying Tigers air squads. The exhibition, which features photos, relics and even a combat flight simulator, memorializes the contributions of the squads of American and Chinese pilots -- and brings back old memories for some...
Andre is Pilot of the Year - Kormorant | Hartbeespoort paragliding pilot, Andre Rainsford-Alberts, was awarded the coveted Lewis-Lang Trophy at the annual Aero Club of South Africa Awards function recently. This trophy is awarded to the 'Pilot of the Year'. This is the first time a ...
The Birth of American Aerobatics - Hiller Aviation Museum | In January 1910, the first air show in the United States was held at Dominguez, California, just a short road or rail journey from Los Angeles. Over a quarter million people flocked to the meet, with most seeing an airplane fly for the first time in their lives...
San Diego Air & Space Museum receives Atlas rocket film collection - San Diego Source | Lockheed Martin and United Launch Alliance have donated about 3,000 reels of 16-millimeter film on Atlas space launch vehicles and missiles to the San Diego Air & Space Museum. The collection will be digitized and put online for public access...
Meet Fitz Fulton - Air & Space Magazine | The photograph shows a boy of five or six, jug-eared and happy, holding on to the wing strut of a biplane. Taken in rural Blakely, Georgia, in the early 1930s, the image captures the joy afforded by small pleasures during hard times. But what boy would not be cheered by being close to a real, honest-to-goodness airplane? His mother evidently sensed the effect on her son, for she labeled the photo “1st. Love.”...
CAF Officially Votes to Relocate Headquarters 11/21/13 - KOSA | Midland - Officials with the Commemorative Air Force have confirmed that the headquarters is leaving West Texas. CAF members had to vote on the proposal earlier this year, for it to become final, 75 percent of the votes had to be in favor. Well the numbers are in and according to CAF President Stephan Brown, it passed by 75 point one percent, passing by only two or three votes...
Navy X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Completes Carrier Tests - Aero-News Network | The Navy concluded another round of carrier testing Nov. 19 to further demonstrate and evaluate the X-47B unmanned air system integration within the aircraft carrier environment. Tests aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) included deck handling, carrier approaches and landings in off-nominal wind conditions, digitized ship systems interfaces, and concept of operations development...
Zee.Aero's flying car concept would fit in a standard parking space - Gizmag | Zee.Aero, a small company located near the GooglePlex, home to Google, is working on a flying car concept that can take off and land vertically using a plethora of small electric motors turning four-bladed propellers. According to illustrations ...
Friday, November 22, 2013
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Saturday, May 11, 2013
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Aerial demonstration approved for graduation events - U.S. Air Force Academy | Scheduled teams include a group of privately-owned T-33 aircraft, the Texas Flying Legends, the Mile High Wing of the Commemorative Air Force, the Air Force Heritage Flight Foundation, and the National Museum of WWII Aviation based in Colorado Springs ...
Snowbirds back in the sky - Moose Jaw Times-Herald | Hundreds of family, friends and military 
REDLANDS: Hangar 24 releases full details of AirFest - Press-Enterprise (blog) | Kent Pietsch executing an amazing landing on a moving RV and dead stick aerobatics. Gregory “Wired” Colyer performing his high performance aerobatic maneuvers in his T-33 “Ace Maker”. Clay Lacy bringing his Lear Jet aerobatics. Vintage warplanes will ...
Sporty's annual Fly-in set for May 18 - The Clermont Sun | Sporty's Pilot Shop, the largest pilot shop in the world, is hosting their annual Fly-In on Saturday May 18. This event has been going on for about ten years and attracts over 1,000 attendants each year. Last year, over 200 pilots and their passengers ...
Air show to honour Korean War vets By DON RICE, The StarPhoenix | For the third year in a row planes, not cars, will be the object of attention at Auto Clearing Motor Speedway. The Canada Remembers Our Heroes Air Show is back for another soar past ACMS on July 6 and 7. Organizing body of the event, 602 Lynx Wing Association, who saved the air show from cancellation last year, attracted around 11,000 people for their first event at ACMS in August 2012...
Corsicana AirSho salutes military war birds - Corsicana Daily Sun | Paul Fiala's Aerobatic act, Falcon Flight and the Texas V-Tails Formation Flight teams, and the Trojan Phlyers Flight Demonstration Team are scheduled to perform. The Coyote Squadron is selling rides in its PT-19 for $150 and several other war birds ...
EAA Annual Member Meeting Moves To Wednesday At AirVenture from Aero-News Network | Pelton Says More Members Should Be Able To Attend Mid-Week Meeting To allow more EAA members to attend their annual membership meeting at AirVenture, which is also the organizations annual convention, EAA's annual meeting has been moved to Wednesday, July 31, at 8:30 a.m. at Theater in the Woods. The annual meeting had traditionally been held on Saturday morning at the fly-in.
Fly-in celebrates 40 years of training - McPherson Sentinel | Kollett moved from Oklahoma to McPherson at age 19, graduating from McPherson High School in 1957 and from Central Christian College in 1960. Kollett said he took lessons from the McPherson Airport, before CCC even had its own aviation program.
VIDEO. Tricolor arrows in the sky of Bari, performances for children ... - Radiobombo | Our city today has been able to experience the excitement of the Tour of Italy and in many yesterday they went to the Bari to watch the spectacle of the Tricolour Arrows in the sky looking the waterfront of the city. The artists of the Force, on board ...
Impressive air display over Warwick - Leamington Observer | In response the school was offered a 15-minute aerial display from RAFA's Blades display team, a group of full-time civilian aerobatic display made up entirely of former RAF Red Arrows pilots, renowned worldwide for flying close formation aerobatics....
Folkestone Airshow cancelled from Flightline UK - UK Airshow News | The organisers of the Folkestone Airshow have released the following on Facebook...
Take a peek inside the RISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit! by CAF Red Tail Squadron | Did you know that RISE ABOVE was created by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Adam White of Hemlock Films who specializes in aviation cinema? This is the third time White has made a documentary featuring the story of the Tuskegee Airmen. He said in an interview, “It’s been my privilege to meet and work with many of the Tuskegee Airmen while making Red Tail Reborn, Flight of the Red Tail, and now RISE ABOVE. I’m pleased to be part of the team that is ensuring that the dedication and accomplishments of the Tuskegee Airmen will not be forgotten.” Additionally, The Restorers, a documentary about the restoration of vintage war planes, is also White’s creation, for which he earned his Emmy in 2005. An interesting side note, White is a licensed pilot himself....
Hawthorne Global Hosts The Commemorative Air Force and Its WWII B-17 Bomber - The Leading Aviation Industry Resource for News, Equipment and | Hawthorne Global Aviation Services, an FBO tradition since 1932 and the preferred FBO at the Lakefront Airport in New Orleans, will host the Texas Raiders, an authentically restored WWII B-17 Bomber owned and operated by the Commemorative Air Force, ...
Indiana State University Flight Academy taking off - Indiana State University | ... is currently being developed. The Diamond DA40, which Indiana State graduate Kay Brown and professor Melanie Abel flew in the Air Race Classic in 2011, features a modern cockpit and technology that makes it a preferred choice to train aspiring pilots.
HSC-2 Pilot Receives USO Woman of the Year Military Leadership Award - Navy.mil | A helicopter instructor pilot from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 2 was selected as the Navy's Woman of the Year honoree for the USO of Metropolitan New York, May 2. Lt. Janis Harrington was one of five female service members - one from each branch of the armed forces - who received the award in commemoration of their dedication, achievements, and service to the country....
Fresno pilot Jack Wiegand forgets passport in around-the-world quest - The Fresno Bee | In a haste to start his quest to become the youngest person to fly solo around the world, Fresno pilot Jack Wiegand forgot one of his most important documents -- his passport. The oversight grounded him in Canada for an extra two days....
Local aviator to follow explorers' route - South Coast Register | Ray Vincent from Coolangatta will fly his Piper Challenger among a group of aviators, including the RAAF aerobatic team, the Roulettes, as part of the historic Blue Mountains Bicentenary Flyover on May 25. The flyover will follow the path trodden by ...
Air Force Week in Photos from Air Force Link Top Stories | This week's photos feature Airmen 
Random Aviation Photo links from The Lexicans
Maverick 'Flying Car' Crashes In Canada from AVwebFlash Current Issue | Two men suffered minor injuries Friday when the Maverick "flying car" they were in crashed in an elementary schoolyard in Vernon, British Columbia Canada. Children had just started classes for the day and no one on the ground was hurt. Ray Sebring, the pilot, and passenger Ed Haaskyk were on a demonstration flight of the aircraft...
Check out this hot air balloon! - Picture speaks for itself.
Podcast: Pilots Get Social from AVWeb Podcast - Podcast | The $100 hamburger can be a pleasant quest for pilots, but there's nothing like planning a flight to a specific event to get the prop turning. That's the theory behind Social Flight, an app that lists more than 3,500 flying-related events all over the U.S. with customized features that let pilots know where they can fly -- but, more importantly, why they should. AVweb's Russ Niles spoke with Social Flight's Jeff Simon.
Aviation workshop offered to high schoolers at expo - Weakley County Press | There will be a business expo set up on the grounds as well as airplane displays, a petting zoo, activities for youngsters and food vendors. The airport has scheduled fly-in displays as well as aerobatic demonstrations during the afternoon as part of ...
Mini rover rolls into museum - The Daily Standard | Curio, a 1/4 scale fully-functional model of the Mars rover Curiosity, debuted Thursday afternoon at the Armstrong Air & Space Museum in Wapakoneta. The six-wheel drive, remote-controlled model was a year-long effort by engineering students at Ohio ...
NASA Wins Prestigious Aerospace Industry Awards from Aero-News Network | Collier Trophy To Goes To Mars Science Laboratory Team For Curiosity Two prominent aerospace industry organizations are recognizing the contributions of NASA, especially the achievements of the team that landed NASA's Curiosity rover on Mars in August, with coveted awards. The National Aeronautic Association (NAA) presented its Robert J. Collier Trophy to the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Team of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, CA, at an event in Arlington, VA, Thursday night. At an event in Washington on Wednesday, the team received the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Foundation Award.
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
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Flying Bulls BD-5J in fatal crash from Flightglobal Events | A Bede BD-5J single-seater microjet of the Red Bull Flying Bulls display team has crashed during an attempted forced landing, killing the pilot, Guido Gehrmann....
World War II Air Show Calendar Tells Enthusiasts Where the Warbirds Are Flying - PR Web | The events listed in the calendar—57 in all—are scheduled for venues large and small across the country. All include vintage warbirds from the Second World War. Federal budgetary restrictions due to sequestration prompted some air show organizers, ...
Sukhoi Su-35 and 787 among the stars at Paris 2013 from Flightglobal Events | Flying displays by the Sukhoi Su-35 in its overseas debut and the back-in-service Boeing 787 will be among the highlights at this year's Paris air show. Boeing...
Ready to race? Sport Air Racing League has an event for you - AOPA Pilot | The league promotes open course air racing for experimental, production, and vintage military aircraft. Aimed at pilots “who do not have the deep pockets to race at Reno, even in the Sport Class,” the league promotes mostly one-day events ranging from ...
DH Mosquito FB.26 from FenceCheck Forums
Ahmed bin Saeed meets Women in Aviation members - WAM - Emirates News Agency | WAM DUBAI: Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Aviation Authority and Chairman of Emirates Group on Tuesday met members of Women in Aviation, an international nonprofit organization dedicated to providing networking, education, ...
WAI Retrospective At Dubai Airport Show from WAI Connect Blog by Amy Laboda | Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Aviation Authority and Chairman of Emirates Group on Tuesday met members of Women in Aviation, International...
National Museum of the U.S. Air Force selected for Air Force Heritage Award from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force was recently selected by the U.S. Air Force History and Museums Program as the recipient of the 2013 Air Force Heritage Award for an exhibit titled Destruction from High Above: The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress in Southeast Asia. The award recognizes...
Chalk’s Turbo Mallard Airliner and premature demise by travelforaircraft | Frakes Aviation converted the Grumman Mallard type into a Turbo Mallard (G-73T) type, most notably by exchanging the radial Pratt & Whitney Wasp reciprocating engines with Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A turboprop engines. To be sure many other modifications, though outwardly unseen, were also made — the most 
notable perhaps being a newly designed wing spar which was required to address the greater load....
INDIANAPOLIS AERO CLUB 80TH BIRTHDAY BASH | The Aero Club was formed in 1933 and holds monthly dinner meetings featuring some of the most widely known names in the aviation and space community. It is one of the oldest and finest Aviation oriented clubs in America.... Our speaker for the evening will be retired Col. Don James, USAF, who will tell of his experiences flying the U-2 and the SR-71 spy plane....
The Great Africa Air Safari from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt
Podcast: A Flying Car for Everyone from AVWeb Podcast - Podcast | Terrafugia announced plans this week to proceed with development of a four-seat VTOL hybrid electric semi-autonomous flying car with a 500-mile range. Even with a time frame of 10 years or more, the regulatory, technological, and funding challenges are steep. Terrafugia CEO Carl Dietrich spoke with AVweb's Mary Grady about the company's plans.
Space Shuttle Enterprise's New York Exhibit Reopening July 10 - Space.com | Enterprise's new "Space Shuttle Pavilion," located at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in Manhattan, replaces its original display home that was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy in October 2012. The replacement structure is now under construction ...
Virgin Galactic scoping Abu Dhabi spaceport from Spaceports | Virgin Galactic could be transporting fee-paying astronaut tourists into near space from its Abu Dhabi spaceport in around two-three years time (2016). That was the message from...
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
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AERO takes off Wednesday from General Aviation News | Friedrichshafen, Germany – The international trade show for general aviation will takeoff Wednesday, April 24, running through Saturday, April 27. The show will focus on the entire range of general aviation, from gliders, ultralights and powered aircraft to helicopters and business jets, with 630 exhibitors from 35 countries....
Expanded WomenVenture planned for AirVenture from General Aviation News | WomenVenture, Women in Aviation, International’s collaborative program with the Experimental Aircraft Association, is now in its sixth year and will be expanded during this year’s EAA AirVenture with a group lunch. WomenVenture is both a networking resource 
Photos of the day from around the world: April 22 - New York Daily News | The Frecce Tricolori, aerobatic demonstration team of the Italian Aeronautica Militare, flies over the Altare della Patria (Tomb of the Unknown Soldier) in Rome on April 22, 2013, as the Italian President Giorgio Napolitano attends a ceremony after his...
FAI Releases Annual Report from Aero-News Network | Reference For Anyone Interested In Sport Aviation Events And Achievements The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), the World Air Sports Federation, has just released its 2012 annual report, and made it available for download over the Internet. FAI sais the document is meant to be a reference book for all those who are interested in air sports events and the FAI.
Museum to honor New Hamphire’s James Tamposi from General Aviation News | The New Hampshire Aviation Historical Society (NHAHS) will honor the lifetime aviation contributions of James Tamposi, Sr. of Nashua at the Aviation Museum of New Hampshire on Saturday, June 29, at 11 am....
The Luftwaffe on Jersey (not for the first time) from Flight Image of the Day by Dominic Perry | As one of the few parts of the British Isles (and here someone may wish to correct my geographical ignorance) occupied by the Germans in the Second World War, Jersey has a rich inheritance of fortifications left over from that period and, among the older generation, a difficult relationship with their former occupiers. So...
Cyrte, China Film Board John Woo's 'Flying Tigers' - Variety | Cyrte Investments and China Film Co. have come on board with John Woo (pictured above) and Terence Chang for their “Flying Tigers” World War II project to be released in two versions — a two-part feature and a six-hour miniseries. Project, which Woo ...
Video -interview with Korea War Sabre Pilot from PlanesTV.com's Facebook Wall
McDonnell Douglas YC-15 (part 1) from The Lexicans by themavf14d | The McDonnell Douglas YC-15 was a prototype developed of the USAF ‘s AMST program in 1972. The competition was the
Curtiss (NAF) TS-1. “Carried on board USS Charles Ausburn... from Planeshots
Great footage of a C-17 departing Joint Base... from You like airplanes, too? by marvinsmith
This rocket-like plane could have been the SR-71 Blackbird replacement from David Cenciotti's weblog | The following image, published by Code One on its Facebook page, shows configuration SA-2S, an SR-71 Blackbird replacement concept that was studied by Convair in the early ’60s....
Hyundai's Flying Concept Car from AVwebFlash Current Issue | As part of an annual festival to encourage its engineers to develop creative ideas, Hyundai recently exhibited a "flying car" based on a quad-copter design. The aircraft has four sets of four propellers, with a seat in the center, which was occupied by a crash-test dummy for the demo flight at the festival. A short video posted online shows the vehicle taking off vertically from a road in Korea, and climbing to several feet above the surface, operated by remote control.
Sky Combat Ace Ups the Bachelor Party Ante in Las Vegas with Debut of "Wingmen" Experience - SFGate | Although bachelor parties lose a member of their crew to nuptials, they’ll all gain their manhood with Sky Combat Ace’s ultimate bachelor party package—Wingmen, where men recreate their own version of “Top Gun” with non-stop spins, barrel rolls and loops 6,000 feet above...
Think Different - TVR Photography | ...He continued to stun me as he named off the individual aircraft. “I jumped from quite a few of those C-47’s,” he recalled. “I also remember seeing those white stripes on the wings for the first time. They painted hundreds of them that way.” He went on to describe the actions of P-38’s and P-51’s in the European Theater. For someone who managed to distance himself for so long from such intense experiences, his memory was flawless....
Children take flight in Young Eagles program - The Record-Courier | Jacks Valley Elementary School 5th-grader Bryanna Marlatt had never been in a small aircraft before, let alone one without a motor. Bryanna, 11, was one of nearly 60 children who participated in Saturday's Young Eagles Program at the Minden Tahoe ...
Space Shuttle Astronauts Inducted Into U.S. Astronaut Hall Of Fame from Aero-News Network | Curt Brown, Eileen Collins And Bonnie Dunbar Enshrined In Ceremonies Saturday Space Shuttle astronauts Curt Brown, Eileen Collins and Bonnie Dunbar, Ph.D., today joined an elite group of American space heroes with their induction into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame during a ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. The three astronauts join the ranks of legendary space pioneers in the Hall of Fame such as Neil Armstrong, John Glenn, Alan Shepard, Jim Lovell, Sally Ride and John Young...
Friday, February 8, 2013
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Jeff Mitchell: Naslund keeps Airshow flying - The Salinas Californian | One of those good guys is Steve Naslund, a 52-year-old Salinan recently named president of the California International Airshow Salinas — a yearly, two-day celebration of everything related to flight and aviation. It's also a show that wouldn't happen ...
AIRSHOW NEWS: Proposals for air show at Durham Tees Valley Airport could be dropped after organisers missed out on investment from Flightline UK | From the Northern Echo: PLANS to bring back a popular air show could being dropped after organisers ran out of cash. Bosses at Durham Tees Valley Airport hoped to bring back the show for the first time since 1989, with displays from the Red Arrows and Tornado and Falcons Parachute demonstration teams....
Audrey Baird - Bismarck Tribune | In 1970, she and her best friend and flying companion, Geneva Oleson, participated in the nation-wide Women's Transcontinental Air Race, also known as the “Powder Puff Derby.” For the Derby, she piloted her plane from Calgary, Alberta to Baton Rouge ...
Speakers Will Stream Live March 9th from Toriaflies | Speakers Will Stream Live March 9th | Can’t make it out to Frederick, MD on March 9th to see the impressive line-up of special guest speakers? Not to worry – event organizers are pleased to announce they will be live streaming discussions with both Dr. Mamta Nagaraja and Colonel Pamela Melroy during their special Pink! Women Fly It Forward marathon event....
Ace pilot, father, ex-mayor and legislator Kenneth A. Jernstedt dies at 95 - OregonLive.com (blog) | "I didn't even know he was in the Flying Tigers until I was in my 30s," said Oregon Department of Veterans' Affairs public affairs officer Mike Allegre, who knew him as a child in Hood River, where he went to school with Jernstedt's children. Allegre ...
Spitfire battle cry from The Kathryn Report | John Coombes with the Lytham St Annes Spitfire. A plea for help has been issued to help finish the Spitfire project at Fairhaven Lake. The replica Second World War aircraft was put on display in August.Despite the first phase of the...
Pearson Air Museum, over and out - The Columbian | Only displays attached to the walls remained Wednesday at Pearson Air Museum after volunteers spent two days moving material out rather than risk handing private property over to the National Park Service. By Sue Vorenberg Columbian Staff Reporter ...
On Display: Peter Burgher's Record-Setting Quicksilver MX-1 from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | The EAA AirVenture Museum's mission is to display sport aviation's innovation through exciting exhibits that showcase the significant moments in aviation history, and the stories and backgrounds of the innovators behind these achievements.
Teen pilot representing CAP in nation's capital from Headline News - Civil Air Patrol | ILLINOIS -- Flying. It’s all he’s wanted to do since he was 5 years old. “I was born to be a pilot,” Michael Carpenter said. He joined Civil Air Patrol when he was only 13. The first time he flew a plane without an instructor, he was 16. And by 17, he had received his private pilot certificate after...
Episode 234 – Our Listeners are the Star of the Show from Airplanegeeks | F-22 by Ian Kershaw This episode we feature contributions from our listeners: comments, feedback, news items, links, and more, from email and recordings. You’ll hear about the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, USAF Museum lecture series recordings, good aviation books, Institute for Women of Aviation Worldwide, stories of aviation as first love, the F-22...
Podcast: Group Offers Flying Club Scholarship from AVWeb Podcast - Podcast | A new organization called Ground Effect Advisors is awarding a scholarship that includes advice, materials, and supplies worth more than $3,500 to a group that wants to start a flying club. AVweb's Russ Niles spoke with Todd McClamroch about the initiative and how worthy groups should apply to StartAFlyingClub.com by May 1.This podcast is brought to you by Bose Corporation.
Flying car developer confident that 'production is on the horizon' - Creamer Media's Engineering News | Once the engineering team is satisfied that the majority of the field issues have been identified from this prototype, the company says it will evaluate if the number and magnitude of potential modifications warrant the construction of another ...
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
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Blue Angels weekend called successful - WEAR | Blue Angels weekend called successful - PENSACOLA BEACH - The big Blue Angels weekend on Pensacola....
Airshow Celebrates 100 Years of Aviation on Catalina Island - Catalina Island News | The first Catalina Island Air Show and Festival, celebrating a century of aviation on the island, will be held just outside the breakwater of Avalon Bay September 29 and 30. This is the only air show held over water in southern California.
Arctic Thunder air show roars over Alaska skies this month - Alaska Dispatch | This year's Arctic Thunder will take place July 28 and 29 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m..
Fierce Flying—and Competition—at Farnborough Airshow - Composites Mfg | This year’s 
Farnborough Airshow, July 9-15, 2012 in Hampshire, England, was packed with information, sales and stunning displays to engage attendees. Nearly 1,400 exhibitors from around the world represented the aerospace, defense, equipment and technology, and composite manufacturing industries. The Airshow, organized by Farnborough International Limited, a subsidiary of British aerospace organization ADS Group Limited, demonstrates...
Notes From Farnborough - AirSpaceMag.com
Information about Wings of Freedom Tour - KLKN | The Collings Foundation's WINGS OF FREEDOM TOUR, the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress "Nine O Nine" WWII Heavy Bomber, Consolidated B-24 Liberator "Witchcraft" WWII Heavy Bomber and P-51 Mustang are on display at Silverhawk Aviation near the ...
B-17 Flying Fortress 3 - Timesonline.com | Flying Fortress 2 · Contributed · Updated. B-17 at the Allegheny County Airport, early July 2012: the flight took place towards the end of a two week heat wave that not only gripped the Pittsburgh area, but extended from the Mid-western states to the ...
Photos: B-17 bomber - 77Square.com | A restored B-17 bomber nicknamed "Aluminum Overcast" flew into Truax Field Friday as part of a Salute to Veterans national tour. The Experiemental Aircraft Association owns the B-17 and is.
Toledo man recalls service as WWII Naval aviator - Toledo Free Press | Toledoan Alex Rapp made it through World War II unscathed, but not for lack of action. The Naval aviator, now 94, was stationed on the USS Yorktown and flew a.
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John Glenn's Project Bullet - Air & Space magazine | Marine Corps Major John Glenn got up on the morning of July 16, 1957, strapped into a Vought F8U Crusader, and took off from Los Alamitos
Naval Air Station in California like a cannon shot. Three hours, 23 minutes, and 8.4 seconds later (a time based on a National Aeronautic Association formula for records), he touched down at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York, setting a transcontinental speed record: 725.55 mph. At a time when...Command: Recent F-22 oxygen deficit was mechanical failure, not related to ... - Washington Post | HONOLULU — The Air Combat Command says an oxygen deficit involving an F-22 stealth fighter in Hawaii was a mechanical failure and not the malfunctions other pilots experienced last year.
CAP cadets catch glimpse of pilot training from Air Force Link Top Stories | Forty Civil Air Patrol Cadets came here to Columbus Air Force Base July 6 to 14 to catch a glimpse of just what Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training is really like. The weeklong camp, known as the Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Program Familiarization Course, is an annual event that gives select CAP cadets from a pool of all 50 states a chance to see what pilot training is like...
Flying Car moves into Phase 2 of flight tests from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Terrafugia's prototype street-legal aircraft, the Transition, has moved into Phase 2 of its six planned phases of flight-testing, said company officials, who note the prototype won't be at next week's AirVenture in Oshkosh as they don't want to disrupt flight tests...
"OFLOTW" UCAP #295 from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast | In a change of pace the boys talk about nothing but off field landings. Uncontrolled Airspace General Aviation Podcast. Recorded July 2, 2012.
Museum of Flight Gets Space Shuttle Trainer from WAI Connect Blog by Amy Laboda | By Makayla Walters and Michael Barber | Looking like a fish in the sky, NASA’s Super Guppy cargo aircraft arrived at Seattle’s Boeing Field amid cheers from space enthusiasts who gathered on June 30 to welcome the Space Shuttle program’s Full Fuselage Trainer crew compartment to its new home at the Museum of Flight. As invisible, but important as the wind beneath the Guppy’s wings to many in the crowd, was Boeing’s long history of involvement with the space program and the future use to which the trainer will be put...
A space shuttle lands at NYC's Intrepid museum - USA TODAY | Thursday, the Space Shuttle Enterprise is due to open to the public at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum at Pier 86 in New York City. Previously it was at the Smithsonian's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center near Washington Dulles International Airport.
Saturday, June 30, 2012
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The Blues Have Landed! - Londonderry News | Blue Angels 4, 5 & 6 showed up off the right side of the plane and were ready to refuel. Blue Angels 5 and 6 were on the right side of the plane right off our wingtip while Blue Angel 4 refueled. The 3 jets took turns refueling, Blue Angels 1, 2, & 3 ...
Angels fly high and low to put on a show - The Union Leader | The lineup also includes the Black 
South Shore Air Show to Honor the Fallen - PortageLife | Where Life and Portage Connect - Telling the positive stories of the people, businesses, and organizations of Portage, Indiana.
Thunder Over Cedar Creek Lake to stage annual air show, fireworks display by David Webb| The "Thunder Over Cedar Creek Lake air show" returns on July 7 at 6 p.m. to provide its spectacular fireworks display that is visible to boaters and shore huggers all over the lake area. The event, which drew an estimated 40,000 people last year, provides free viewing from boats, the lake's shores, local parks and private residences. The air show featuring both civilian and military aircraft flying within 500 feet of the ground culminates with the fireworks show after dark....
Fair St. Louis Getting Ready To Bring The Heat - CBS Local | Another special appearance will include a Heritage Flight featuring a vintage North American P-51 (Mustang) from World War II and an A-10 Thunderbolt (Warthog). Other events include an inaugural Freedom 4 miler and a one-mile Family Fun Run, hosted ...
Podcast: Coming Up at AirVenture from AVWeb Podcast - Podcast | EAA spokesman Dick Knapinski, veteran of a quarter-century's worth of AirVenture extravaganzas, updates AVweb's Mary Grady with a look at what to expect from the 2012 edition, just a few weeks away.
Helicopter Air Show in Los Angeles This Saturday - LAFD News & Information | The American Heroes Air Show arrives in Los Angeles this Saturday, June 30, 2012. The free public event that focuses on helicopters, will be held from 10AM to 4PM at the Hansen Dam Recreation Area in Lake View Terrace.
Spitfire and Red Arrows to wow crowds as forces heroes celebrated - This is Scunthorpe | The Red Arrows and a Spitfire will wow crowds at this year's National Armed Forces Day event in North Lincolnshire.The show will come to Messingham Showground on Saturday, June 30, with everything...
Jubilee marked at Air Tattoo launch - Lancashire Evening Post | There was a distinct Diamond Jubilee feel at the launch of this summer.
The Tricolour Arrows fly in Puglia - free News | The aerobatic team arrives in Salento with the performance of the Tricolour Arrows. The "2 ° Salento Tricolore Air Show", scheduled ...
Video: 1970 Super 8 Home Movie: Blue Angels In F-4J Phantom II's (Mesmerizing) from AirPigz | 
Lifestyles: Big Sky Air Race - Beartooth NBC | The second annual Big Sky Air Race will showcase the talents of pilots from all across the country. The Big Sky Air Race is an annual event that attracts aviation fans and families looking for a good time. Kevin Danz, race coordinator, says the ...
'Bombs away' over insuring B-17 - AOPA Pilot | A spat over insurance disrupted a stop in Seattle, Wash., for two World War II bombers scheduled to give sightseeing rides from King County International Airport-Boeing Field during the Collings Foundation's Wings of Freedom Tour.
Memphis Belle's Co-Pilot from Connecticut - Patch.com | The co-pilot of the most famous B-17 of World War II hails from Woodbridge.
B-17 Bomber To Fly Over Columbus, Offer Public Flights - 10TV | A World War II bomber is on display this weekend and will offer public flights
What Happens To Old Airplanes from CAF Red Tail Squadron's Blog | As big/fast airplanes become obsolete, they are typically just parked somewhere. The lucky ones get a second life like the last DC-7 produced which is being turned into a restaurant in Florida. It was built in 1956 and retired in 2006 after flying 33,000 hours. After 50 years of service, it has earned the rest(aurant), I guess. One of the best-known “boneyards” of retired aircraft is at Davis-Monthan AFB in Tucson, Ariz....
Amelia Earhart's Navigator: The Life and Loss of Fred Noonan - History | Earhart may get all the glory for being a pioneering aviator, but Noonan was no slouch in that respect. Widely credited with opening the Pacific to air transportation, Noonan worked for Pan American World Airways beginning in the mid-1920s and was ...
The Map of My Dead Pilots: The Dangerous Game of Flying in Alaska from General Aviation News by Meg Godlewski | There are some books about aviation that are so spot-on, so gritty, that you are compelled to hide them from the aviation squeamish. “The Map of My Dead Pilots: The Dangerous Game of Flying in Alaska” is one of these books. The book was written by Colleen Mondor, who drew upon her four years of running dispatch operations for a Fairbanks-based airline. The names have been changed, but the experiences, such as knowingly flying over-loaded aircraft and intentional scud-running, are pulled from real life....
‘Plane Talk’ to broadcast live from 99s conference from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | IMC Radio’s “Plane Talk,” a live-streaming aviation internet radio talk show sponsored by the IMC Club International, will be broadcasting four two-hour shows live from its remote studio at the 2012 International 99s Conference in Providence, Rhode Island, starting July 11 and continuing through July 14.
Here’s another cool B-52 cockpit video! from David Cenciotti's weblog | With all the fleet having surpassed 50 years of active service, the B-52 heavy bomber remains one of the most interesting (and powerful) weapon system in the U.S. inventory....
Air Force Week in Photos from Air Force Link Top Stories |This week's photos feature Airmen 
Skydive Debuts Google Glass Project from Aero-News Network | Seeing The Freefall From The Skydivers Point Of View Google co-founder Sergey Brin came up with a pretty novel way to introduce Google Glass, which is a pair of glasses designed to deliver much of the same information as you might get from your smart phone, but in a wearable HUD. The glasses allow the user to interact with the Internet through voice commands, getting the display literally right before his or her eyes....
CAP cadets get taste of pararescue career field from Air Force Link Top Stories | The 306th Rescue Squadron hosted more than 20 Civil Air Patrol cadets during the advanced pararescue orientation course here June 13-23. The course is a 10-day challenge that tests CAP cadets both mentally and physically as they are constantly evaluated on the stringent requirements of the pararescue, combat rescue officer, and survival, evasion, resistance, escape career fields...
Flying car completes Phase 1 flight testing from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | The production prototype of the Terrafugia Transition — a flying car — has completed the first phase of its flight test program. Phase 1 flight testing, conducted at Plattsburgh International Airport in Plattsburgh, N.Y, allowed Terrafugia to check off many critical early testing objectives for the Transition program, said Terrafugia CEO Carl Dietrich, who added, "It's a real airplane; we're flying it whenever we want, for as long...
Kennedy Space Center's Celebrates 50th Anniversary from Aero-News Network | Equal Parts Nod To The Past And Look To The Future Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Kennedy Space Center on Sunday, July 1 with a program that includes NASA officials discussing the historic spaceport and the dynamic transformation underway to support the next generation of space exploration....
SpaceShipTwo Fires Rocket from AVwebFlash Current Issue | Virgin Galactic's passenger-carrying suborbital space vehicle, SpaceShipTwo successfully passed aerodynamic and powerplant tests on June 26, near Mojave, California. The vehicle performed its first successful glide since integration of its rocket motor systems. WhiteKnightTwo carried it to 51,000 feet over where it was released under the control of Scaled pilots Pete Siebold and Mike Alsbury. A chase plane...
Taikonauts Land in Inner Mongolia from Spaceports | China's Shenzhou 9 spacecraft returned to Earth on Friday (10 PM EST, Thursday, June 28, 2012), ending a 13-day mission that put the country's first woman in space and completed a human manual docking test with the Tiangong space lab critical to its goal of building a larger space station by 2020.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
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Full lineup announced for Great Tennessee Air Show
- The Daily News Journal | SMYRNA — The United States Navy Blue Angels
precision flight demonstration team will soar into Middle Tennessee for
the 2012 Great Tennessee Air Show on Saturday, May 12 and Sunday, May
13. Presented by the Smyrna/Rutherford County Airport Authority, ...
Bethpage Kicks off 9th Annual Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach
- CUinsight.com (press release) | Bethpage, NY – April 23, 2012 – Fans
of the Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach can participate this year in two
interactive and exciting Facebook contests designed to celebrate fans
of flight, as well as our nation's deserving veterans...
Two Fan Contests Announced for Annual Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach
- Patch.com | By Patch Staff Vintage WWII Bombers over the Atlantic
Ocean at last year's Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach. Fans of the
Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach can participate this year in two
interactive Facebook contests designed to celebrate fans of ...
Barksdale air show a great way to support military
- Shreveport Times (blog) | Me with a couple Thunderbird crewmen I had
lunch with at the Barksdale air show Sunday. / Special to The Times For
two days every year, Barksdale Air Force Base opens its doors to give
the public an inside look into military operations....
Patrol at Muret May 12
- Roll from Apache, the blog of the patrol by Breitling Grifil | The
news is 
official and organizers are thrilled! The Breitling Jet Team
will be the feast of the great airshow AIREXPO May 12 | Currently in
training, the patrol will unveil its 2012 demo on the occasion, before
leaving for Rome and Farnborough...
Aero 2012 Photo Gallery: Gyros
from AVweb Top News | Before we pack up and head home from Aero 2012 in
Friedrichshafen, Germany, here's one last photo gallery showcasing some
of the gyros we took in during the show.
Vintage bombers on display in Yuma
- aviationpros.com | April 23--The Wings of Freedom Tour lands in Yuma
this week, bringing a World War II vintage Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress,
Consolidated B-24 Liberator and North American P-51 Mustang to Yuma
International Airport. The tour will be open to the public ...
Rare Junkers JU52 at this summer’s Oshkosh
from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | A rare Junkers JU 52
tri-motor will be a main attraction along the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh
2012 flight line as part of the airplane’s North American tour...
Revisiting the Ely Curtiss Pusher
- Pensacola News Journal | Without the paper-and-fabric little plane
that landed on the deck of a warship for the first time in 1911, there
would be no Blue Angels or giant aircraft carriers today. So the
National Naval Aviation Museum will salute the Ely Curtiss Pusher on ...
Ohio Air News # 181 - Charles Johnson | Second issue on the Gathering of B-25/ Doolittle Tokyo Raiders Reunion.
Hornet II from Historic Flight by JohnS | One of our recent communications suggested that on May 5th, “Grumpy” will fly over the USS Hornet, from which the Doolittle Raiders launched on April 18, 1942. While the carrier docked at Alameda Point in San Francisco Bay is the USS Hornet, it is not the same one that played a crucial role in the Doolittle Raid. That USS Hornet, CV-8, was sunk by the Japanese on 26 October 1942. According to a well informed member, the surviving Hornet is CV-12 which was originally intended to be the USS Kearsarge, but was re-named “Hornet” prior to commissioning. The surviving Hornet has been converted to a floating museum and is used by the Doolittle Foundation to commemorate the Raid. I apologize for the error...
Many WWII pilots first saw liftoff at Sidney's airport
- Oneonta Daily Star | While driving back from Binghamton to Oneonta
late at night recently, I marveled at the sight of the Sidney Municipal
Airport just north of I-88. Its multicolored runway was glittering in
the clear, black night. Its revolving searchlight probing into ...
Hawker Hunter make-over 2012 'SGD' update 23-4-2012
- xe606 [w/video] | When you agree to do a 'project' on behalf of the
Royal Air Force, you need to look at what you are getting into, and if
help is required with the undertaking. I can tell you that, the minute I
was contacted regarding this project, the first person in my mind was
Mick Coombes of the NAM without question, and I was so pleased that he
like me, gave up his free time to respond to this project. Today, Mick
joined-in and made his mark, on the aircraft, by marking-out with an
'extra-large' ...
April News
- Collings Foundation | A-1E Skyraider Joins the Collings Foundation's
Flying 
Photos: Intrepid planes in Albany
- Albany Times Union | In order to make room for NASA space shuttle
Enterprise on the flight deck at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space
Museum, three historic planes were lifted off by crane. A Supermarine
Scimitar F.1 British Royal Navy fighter, a Douglas F3D-2 Skyknight and a
...
Another Raptor driver hits the 1000hr mark from The DEW Line by Dave Majumdar | A second F-22 Raptor pilot has logged 1000 hours in the stealthy air dominance fighter. This time it is Lockheed Martin's James "JB" Brown, the company's chief test pilot at Edwards Air Force Base (AFB), California, who passed that milestone on 6 April. He has been flying the Raptor since 2002...
"Russkiye Vityazi” (Russian Knights) from High Power Rocketry | "The Sukhoi Su-27 
(Russian:
????? ??-27) (NATO reporting name: Flanker) is a twin-engine
supermanoeuverable fighter aircraft designed by Sukhoi. It was intended
as a direct competitor for the large ...
Death of DARPA's Superfast Hypersonic Glider Explained from SPACE.com | DARPA's hypersonic glider hit a max speed of 13,000 mph (Mach 20) before crashing into the sea.
Drive it, fly it: 'Flying car' brings GA to auto show - AOPA Pilot | based startup exhibited its Transition street-legal airplane at the auto show in lieu of attending the traditional general aviation haunt Sun 'n Fun hoping to reach a wider audience and test the market for the light sport aircraft among nonpilots—and ...
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Indy Transponder 03-APR-2012 2200z
Casting of the Marine Aviation Centennial Bell in commemoration of 100 years ... - Cincinnati.com | The MCAA McCutcheon Squadron is erecting a memorial bell tower on the 100th anniversary of the first flight of the first Marine Aviator. The bell for the tower will be cast in Cincinnati at the Bell Event Centre (444 Reading Road) on April 26, ...
Ebace 2012 Preview: Manufacturers Gather for Europe’s Must-attend Event from www.ainonline.com : Latest News by Charles Alcock | The 62 aircraft on static display at last year’s Ebace contrasted starkly with the economic gloom, and organizers expect this year’s show to have a similar turnout. While Europe’s economies continue to struggle, and in some cases flirt with disaster, there might be a case for playing down expectations over prospects for the annual European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (Ebace). But the highly successful show has defied general economic pessimism in the years since the financial crisis took hold in the Old World in 2008, and the 2012 event (May 14 to 16) looks as if it could be no exception when it opens again in Geneva, one of Europe’s most prosperous cities....
See spectacular Sun `n Fun photos - AOPA Blogs by Al Marsh | March 30, 2012 by Alton K. Marsh, Senior Editor, AOPA Pilot. Scott Kelby, president of an association devoted to improving everyone's photos, visited Sun `n Fun in Lakeland, Fla., Thursday and got some amazing shots. See them here (and...
Red Arrows back flying again with Sunderland in their sights - The Northern Echo | THE world acclaimed aerobatics team, the Red Arrows, are to return to the Sunderland International Airshow later this year. Despite two fatalities involving Red Arrows pilots last year, the RAF's premier display team is back flying again and will be at ...
The Tricolour Arrows expected to Albenga Sunday, September 16: the logistics base ... - Your
Newspaper (translated) | It 'already countdown to the eagerly awaited show of the Tricolour Arrows returning in Liguria on 15 and 16 September. After the stage of Imperia on Saturday with a performance at the rally of Vintage Sails to be held in Porto Maurizio in Imperia,...This week's Flight International: F-22 flying into the sunset - Flightglobal | It has been dubbed the world's best air dominance fighter, but when the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor finally entered flight testing in the late 1990s the world had already moved on from the Cold War and the USA was preparing for different kinds of ...
Airshow victim of its own success - Wanganui Chronicle | The fallout has already begun over the traffic chaos from the Royal New Zealand Airforce 75th Anniversary Airshow held at Ohakea over the weekend - but it would be a shame if these concerns overshadowed what was clearly an enormously successful event...
Women in Aviation 2012 Conference Report from www.ainonline.com : Latest News by Amy Laboda | Recovering jobs market boosts attendance at networking event | This year aviation companies, even airlines, are resuming hiring, and that alone may explain the new attendance record set by the annual Women in Aviation International Conference, held in Dallas from March 8 to 10. It might be difficult to believe that in 2012 women still need to band together to help each other find jobs in the aviation and aerospace industries. After all...
Spitfires return to Biggin Hill in heritage hangar - This is Local London | Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar spokesman Robin Brooks said: "Interest is very much on the agenda and with the sad demise of the annual Air Fair, the establishment of the heritage hangar will certainly put Biggin Hill back where it belongs on the vintage ...
Hometown Heroes: Pancho Barnes and Donald Douglas Sr. - Santa Monica Mirror | Pancho Barnes (1901-1975) joined 19 other women pilots, including the most famous woman aviator of the time, Amelia Earhart, as they took off from Santa Monica Airport. The women were flying in the first Women's Air Derby. It was 1929, a time when only ...
Former Record Holder Unable To Get A Pilot Certificate Renewal from Aero-News Network | Rachel Carter Had Double Heart Valve Replacement At 19 Years Old The young girl who at one time was the youngest to fly across the country on her own ... with her father in the right seat ... has been
denied the renewal of her pilot certificate due to a double heart valve replacement eight years ago. FARs do not allow persons who have had such surgery to hold pilot certificates....Big way, Florida state record. Picture by Willy Boeykens from Bonjour BlueSky
Lockheed Reached a New Milestone with F-16 from Warplanes Online Community | Lockheed Martin celebrates the delivery of the 4500th unit of the F-16 jet model. It is such a huge milestone for Lockheed Martin and Fort Worth, where the jet planes are made. The F-16 is considered the best combat airplane of the jet age. It is the foremost warplane of the United States Air Force and 25 other nations. The 4500th plane is bound for Morocco. Almost half of all the F-16 that was built was ordered by foreign nations....
Photo: Tornado night take off with full afterburner from David Cenciotti | Here’s what a flight of Italian Tornados taking off from Decimomannu airbase for a night mission looks like...
New Aircraft Introduced At P-8A Roll-Out Ceremony from Milcom Monitoring Post by Larry | More than 1,200 distinguished visitors filled the Patrol Squadron 30 hangar at Naval Air Station Jacksonville March 28 to celebrate the first fleet delivery of the P-8A Poseidon multi-mission aircraft. "In the same year that our maritime patrol and reconnaissance force (MPRF) is celebrating 50 years of service for the P-3 Orion, we're also celebrating the fleet introduction of P-8 Poseidon," said Capt. Mark Stevens, VP-30 commanding officer and master of ceremonies....
Aero Club makes pitch for survival - Dayton Daily News | WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE — Members of the Wright-Patterson Aero Club, battling the base's proposal to shut down the flying group, made a pitch to base officials Monday in an effort to ...
Video: PAL-V Flying Car Kinda Motorcycle Gyrocopter Thingy Flies! from AirPigz by Martt | ...
But there remains a significant desire among many to see the car and the airplane produce some sort of hybrid offspring. The PAL-V flying car project designed and...Movie Tuesday - April 3 - The Birth of Concorde from FlightBlogger - Aviation News, Commentary and Analysis by Jon Ostrower | This week's Movie Monday takes a deep look at the birth of the first commercially operational supersonic airliner, Aerospatiale/BAe Concorde. The development of the Mach 2.4 aircraft goes back through the technical origins that served as the basis for the drooping nose, delta wing design of jet. The hour-long documentary examines the material and aerodynamic properties and the challenges to sustain both low and high-speed stability, as well as the trans-atlantic political dynamics of the supersonic aircraft fielded by Tupolev and Boeing....
Photos: BA's Olympic Dove Livery from Things with Wings by Rupa Haria | British Airways has
painted nine Airbus A319s in the new Olympic inspired 'Dove' livery. The livery was designed by British designer Pascal Anson with mentoring from artist Tracy Emin. It "transforms the aircraft into the bird of peace," according to British Airways....The Rest of the Rocket Scientists - airspacemag.com | Some went west. This is the story of the ones who went east. | IN THE CLOSING WEEKS OF WORLD WAR II, AS ALLIED TROOPS RUMBLED INTO GERMAN TOWNS and the victors jockeyed to divide the spoils, one prize stood out: the people and machinery that had produced the V-2 rocket, one of the war’s most exotic weapons. To the delight of U.S. intelligence, Wernher von Braun and most of his top associates on the V-2 development team chose to surrender to the Americans, shrewdly calculating where they might be allowed to continue their pioneering research after the war....
Virgin Galactic 500th Ticket Bought by Ashton Kutcher for $200000 - Z6Mag | The Virgin Galactic is a six-passenger, two-pilot spaceship built and tested by Scaled Composites, an aerospace company founded by aircraft designer Burt Rutan and now owned by Northrop Grumman. Right now the Virgin Galactic is in the final stages of ...
NASA v. NASM: Different approaches to mating (and demating) from The Original Rocket Dungeon by Dick |
Flickr user james_gordon_los_angeles (click image to see his photo stream) recently posted the following photo of the Shuttle Mate-Demate Device (MDD) at the Shuttle Landing Facility, Kennedy Space Center, Florida. NASA has (had?) three of them, all with different designs. James has more into attached to his photo....Press Release: "Astronauts for Hire" Book Available Now from Astronauts for Hire by Astronauts4Hire | Tampa, Florida – Human spaceflight is no longer the sole preserve of professional astronauts working on government-funded space programs. As private companies build and operate launch new vehicles, a new breed of astronaut is coming into being – the commercial astronaut. Astronauts4Hire (A4H) Training Officer Dr. Erik Seedhouse’s ninth book titled Astronauts for Hire: The Emergence of the Commercial Astronaut Corps (ISBN 978-1-4614-0519-1) explores how this new breed of astronaut will be selected and trained, providing a unique insight into the kinds of missions and tasks that commercial astronauts will perform....
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Indy Transponder 24-JUL-2011 0515z
Road show brings Air Force Thunderbirds back to Dayton - Springfield News Sun | DAYTON — 
Being a member of the Air Force Thunderbirds demonstration flying team is a distinction, but it can include exposure to up to nine times the force of gravity, ...
Heat doesn't stop crowds - Dayton Daily News | The Vectren Dayton Airshow is continuing without a hitch despite the sticky weather as of 10 this morning. The air show, which opened at 9 am, brought crowds lining up at the main ...
Air Show Pilots Stun Spectators at Range Regional Airshow - Northland's NewsCenter | From fighter jets to wing walkers the 2011 Range Regional Air Show had something for everyone. It's been 18 years since the Range Regional airport has hosted its own air show and planning for the big weekend started more than one year ...
Small plane owners make 'annual pilgrimage' to AirVenture event in Oshkosh - Wisconsin State Journal | "It's truly an annual pilgrimage that immerses you in aviation with like-minded folks who share the same passion," said Chris Shopperly, 49, of Calgary, Alberta, who has attended the fly-in since 1983. Billed as the "World's Greatest Aviation ...
"Ardy & Ed's" UCAP #244-bravo from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast | We meetup with a bunch of Oshkosh friends at the legendary Ardy & Ed's car-hop.
Air show takes flight in Peoria - Peoria Journal Star | Spc. Andrew Hohimer leans on a CH-47D Chinook helicopter as he talks to a group of children Friday evening at a preview party for the PNC Air Show at the Gen. Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport. By GARY CHILDS Where Tony Galusha was Friday, ...
Fighter jet pilots take to the sky over Lethbridge - CTV.ca | The CF-18 demo team is one of the most anticipated acts of this year's Lethbridge International Airshow. "You feel that rumble in your chest," says Captain Holly Brown, the team's Public Affairs Officer. "You see the speed, the power, ...
Sun 'n Fun Names New President: John Leenhouts - The Ledger | Leenhouts succeeds John Burton, who held the position for 12 years and recently became president of the Florida Air Museum. Billy Henderson was the first person to head the Sun 'n Fun staff. Leenhouts "has been a regular and active participant at ...
Legendary Vulcan to make a double display at Bournemouth Air Festival - Bournemouth Echo | Jon Weaver, air festival director, added: “What a great addition to an already great flying programme. We're so pleased to have the Vulcan for a second display, so a big thank you to S&D Leisure and Bournemouth Airport for their generous contribution. ...
RAF Wittering: A day to remember for RAF families - Peterborough Today | Around 2000 people packed the base near Peterborough yesterday for the annual Families and Friends Day featuring air displays from the traditional highlight of the Red Arrows to the rarely spotted Avro Vulcan. RAF Falcon Parachute Display Team dropped ...
Cooperation and teamwork pay dividends - Vineland Daily Journal | Frank LoBiondo, R-2, for their efforts in ensuring the demonstration squadron's late cancellation of its air show appearance doesn't permanently harm the museum. The profit margin for the air show was narrower than was hoped for with the grounding of ...
WWII ace Navy pilot Gayler dies at 96 - Military - SunHerald.com | Navy Noel A.M. Gayler, an ace combat pilot during World War II who served as President Richard M. Nixon's first director of the National Security Agency and retired as commander of all forces in the Pacific at the ...
Upcoming aviation book – A Silver Ring from Plastic Pilot | This post is a shout out for my friend and fellow Airplanista columnist Nate Carriker. His first aviation book called A Silver Ring will hit the stores on the 26th of July. Nate can’t remember not being crazy about airplanes and flying, nor can he remember his dad telling him about an Uncle he never met who was a B-24 flight engineer killed in the skies over ...
Out-of-town students see aviation careers up close - Pensacola News Journal | A group of teenagers watched in awe as the Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron gracefully swooped and soared through the clouds. For many of the teens, like Rayjhan Bethune, 17, Wednesday's practice air show was the first ...
