Today Bob Hoover Celebrates 90th Birthday - AviationWeek | Robert A. "Bob" Hoover, the "greatest stick-and-rudder pilot who ever lived," according to General James Doolittle, turns 90 on January 24, 2012. Last Friday at the annual Living Legends gala at the Beverly Hilton, Hoover reflected on his life experiences with the characteristic graciousness that also distinguishes him as the consummate Tennessee gentleman....
Thunder Over Utah adds rare appearance from MV-22 Osprey - St. George Daily Spectrum | The Thunder Over Utah Air Show announced today that it will host a rare demonstration from the United States Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey at this year's air show. The show will take to the skies March 17-18 at St. George Municipal Airport and ...
Airshow star 'whispers' into town - Sun Live | One of the stars of the Tauranga City Airshow on this 
Air show announcement - PJ Star | The PNC Air Show 2012 will be free and take place on the Peoria riverfront June 8-9....
Visitors to Galveston Island Can Experience Historic Airplanes Seen in Red ... - Galveston.com & Company | You can also see the rugged B-17 Flying Fortress bomber that the Tuskegee Airmen often escorted on their missions over Europe. These three airplanes, along with 10 others from the museum's collection, actually fly without the help of computer animation ...
Indy Prepares For Super Bowl Fly-In from AVweb Top News | The business jet fly-in that is also known as the Super Bowl is shaping up to be an even larger display of shiny aluminum after the event in Dallas last year attracted 600 aircraft. According to the Wall Street Journal, jet charter and brokerage companies are touting private aviation as being more weather resistant and generally a lot...
Overdue recognition for the Tuskegee Airmen from AOPA Pilot Blog: Reporting Points by Mike Collins | World War II’s Tuskegee Airmen are receiving well-deserved attention this month, following the release of George Lucas’ movie Red Tails. Here’s a short video well worth viewing, produced for the Smithsonian’s new National Museum of African American History and Culture....
Col. Donn A. Byrnes, USAF Ret - Roadrunners Internationale | It is my sad duty to report the final flight of Col. Donn A. Byrnes, USAF Ret. The loss of Colonel Byrnes leaves a void in the aviation community that will be impossible to fill. He was a corner post to all our aviation reunions and events as well as in the aviation literary world where he published books about aviation. Colonel Byrnes was a mustang who...
‘Red Tails’: Will George Lucas’ $100 million gamble pay off? - EW.com | George Lucas must have the deepest pockets of any independent filmmaker on the planet. He self-financed Red Tails – the epic passion project about the Tuskegee...
Visitors to Galveston Island Can Experience Historic Airplanes Seen in Red ... - Galveston.com 
Rare WW1 plane heading to Warbirds Over Wanaka - Voxy | Wanaka - Visitors to the Warbirds Over Wanaka International Airshow will be witness to the flight of a 'Flying Razor' - an extremely rare aircraft which was considered the German's deadliest fighter in the first World War. The building of the Fokker ...
Museum at former Willow Grove air station looks to expand - The Mercury | ... of the Willow Grove Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base (NAS JRB) — presented last Wednesday — calls for the expansion of The Harold F. Pitcairn Wings of Freedom Air Museum, at its current location at 1155 Easton Road, to approximately 13 acres....
Building project makes Legion handicapped accessible - Daily American Online | The Vietnam veteran, now 58, was once a member of the Blue Angels, the United States Navy's flight demonstration squadron from 1972 to 1976. Yuhas' life changed suddenly 10 years ago when a stroke left him physically challenged....
Groundbreaking marks first step to building massive space plane - Los Angeles Times | The plane will be built at the Mojave Air & Space Port, where the venture, bankrolled by Allen, is starting work on a building that will house an 88000-square-foot factory floor where carrier aircraft wing assemblies and associated parts will be built....
Recap: ‘Flying Wild Alaska -- One Flying Family’ - Alaska Dispatch | Well, another season of 
11 things you must do with your pilot’s license from Air Facts: the journal for personal air travel by John Zimmerman | You worked hard, paid a lot of money and earned your pilot’s license. Congratulations! Now what do you do? It’s a question that comes up more often than most pilots care to admit. Sure, you’ll want to take friends and family up for a ride, but once you’ve done that a few times, you may find yourself looking for new missions....
Kickstarter Project to Create an Affordable Done for Aerial Photography - Popular Photography Magazine | Created by aerial enthusiast Kellie Sigler and her robotics maker husband, the “eye3” is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that can be used without any special training. The six arm structure of the eye3 weighs four ...
Video: How Aeroplane Wings Really Work - Gizmodo Australia | You probably think that a wing lifts an aeroplane because the airflow moving over the top has a longer distance to travel and “needs to go faster to have the same transit time as the air travelling along the lower, flat surface”. Well, you are wrong....
Western Virginia Sport Show features country legend - Augusta Free Press | Country superstar Aaron Tippin will take a break from his Roots and Boots Tour with Sammy Kershaw and Joe Diffie to appear at the Western Virginia Sport Show in Fishersville next month. “I'm excited about it. Nobody likes being around the outdoors ...
Engaged in the Sky from Nuts About Southwest - by vkugelmann | all together now....Awwwwww! Kudos to Southwest for helping make it happen.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
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Thursday, January 19, 2012
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More than 50,000 Expected at 2012 Bahrain International Airshow - PRNewswire | With 40 sold-out corporate chalets, Bahraini officials are expecting a record number of attendees at the 
three-day Bahrain International Airshow, which begins today at Sakhir Air Base. "We have had a tremendous response and there is a lot of interest from the public as thousands of tickets have already been sold," Civil Aviation Affairs Under-Secretary Captain Abdulrahman Al Goud said. ...
"Sebring 2012 Preview" UCAP #270-alpha from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast | The boys gather on the day before the start of the Sebring U.S. Sport Aviation Expo to compare notes on what we'll see at the show. Recorded Jan 18, 2012
Airport Authority Planning for October Air Show - Patch | The Paulding County Airport Authority and the Industrial Building Authority held first regular meetings for 2012 Wednesday morning. Paulding Northwest Atlanta Airport officials are ...
Editorial: This is a big year for Cherry Point - Havelock News | ...But 2012 is also a milestone year for the base, too, one that is well worth celebrating. Those celebrations start later this month with the Eastern Carolina Aviation Heritage Foundation gala scheduled for Jan. 27 at the Havelock Tourist and Event Center. This annual fundraiser will be a bit different than in years past, as it will celebrate the 70th anniversary of the base as well as the 100th anniversary of Marine Corps aviation....
Only Airworthy B-29 Superfortress "FIFI" to Journey to Florida for the Spring
'Flying Wild Alaska' pilot to join Fly It Forward event from Toriaflies | Flying Wild Alaska’s Sarah Fraher will join the festivities at the 2012 Women Fly It Forward event to be held on March 10 
SARAH FRAHER | Pilot / Bethel | Discovery.com | Sarah grew up an Air Force brat and became the first pilot in her family. She moved to Alaska in 2002 to attend the University of Alaska, Anchorage where she quickly developed an addiction to adrenaline, usually dispensed in the form of Ice Climbing...
Six Nebraskans flew with legendary WWII unit featured in new film - Nebraska Radio Network | The movie “Red Tails” opens tomorrow, telling the story of the historic all-black unit of World War Two fighter pilots called the Tuskegee Airmen. A half-dozen Nebraska men flew with that remarkable unit. Historian Michael Kates says their heroics in aerial combat were amazing, flying single-man fighters to escort and protect large bombers....
Veterans featured in 'Red Tails' film to be recognized at premier - WXIX | Heilbrun flew an Army Air Forces B-17 and Leahr was a Tuskegee Airman who flew B-51 fighter planes. The pair was awarded the Harvard Foundation Medal for their distinguished military service and unprecedented contributions to improve intercultural and ...
New exhibit looks at home-front war effort - Gannett | ...But there are lesser-known figures, like Ruth Wellman (later Kellar), who was on active duty with the Coast Guard Women's Reserves, and John Schmidt, a torpedo bomber with the Navy late in the war. Ruth Kellar passed away late last year, having settled in Minnesota; Schmidt, 85, is going strong as the head of the museum's maintenance crew....
Congrats to our N Flight Cam winner! - Flying with Amelia | Thank you to everyone who entered to win the N Flight Cam! Mitch Ellis is the winner this time, but stick around because we are going to give another away soon! You all have made this blog a fun, inspiring place to talk aviation and it’s about to get much more exciting! We are beginning to plan the the transatlantic flight and it feels good to get started. Anyone know which airport is in the photo? It’s one of our stops along the route! ...
Thrilled to fly again - vimeo.com | Tammy Duckworth was a Blackhawk helicopter pilot flying a mission near Bagdad when her aircraft was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade. She lost both legs in the crash. She is learning to fly again with small airplanes and says the sky is where she feels...
John Richard Sacker - Philly Burbs | ...John enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1940. He was present at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941 as a member of the Signal Corps. During World War II, John joined the Army Air Corps and piloted B-25's in over 70 combat missions over North Africa and Italy, and participated in the Anzio Beachhead. During...
Another Tailhook scandal... - PJ Star | No, it’s not that Tailhook scandal which derailed the careers of many a Naval Aviator and made the Navy look really bad. No, this is the F-35C’s inability to land on a carrier like it was designed. A bit of background. The DOD wants...
School stirs up interest in science - Arizona Daily Star | ...The Honeywell presentation featured a friction lesson aboard a hovercraft. Employees from Honeywell brought two of the vehicles to Science Day. "It was really, really fun because you can spin in circles," fourth-grader Zaaron Santa Cruz said....
Demonstration and Testing of Argus One Unmanned Airship Begins at Nevada Test Site By 
Thursday, February 24, 2011
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First Civilian Air Show in Hawaii Comes to Big Island - Big Island News Center | The Big Island is getting its own air show Memorial Day weekend on May 28 and 29, 2011. Organizer Terri Thomas has been working on creating an air show in Kona for six years. She initially focused on having it at the Hilo Airport, but limitations imposed by weather, frequent low ceiling, and flight schedules made Kona a far better choice. The air show is a “civilian” air show, but will include aircraft both civilian and military. ...
The only airworthy B-29 Superfortress returns to flight from Bayou Renaissance Man | The Commemorative Air Force has been restoring its B-29 Superfortress - the only flying example of this iconic World War II bomber - over the past few years. It's now back in the air, and will once again delight audiences at air shows around the USA. Here's a video of its first test flight after restoration. ... [Indy Transponder note: Here's a video LiveAirShowTV did with the crew at the 2010 Commemorative Air Force AIRSHO]
Women’s History: February 23 - The Solipsistic Me | Happy Birthday, Ruth Nichols. While most people know who AmeliaEarhart is, far fewer people know our Ruth Nichols. Nichols was a contemporary of Earhart and one of only a handful of women pilots. Nichols became the first woman in the world to earn an international hydroplane license. In 1927, she was one of the first two women to receive a Department of Commerce transport license. In 1931, Ruth Nichols broke three major women’s records: altitude, speed and distance. Nichols and Earhart founded the Ninty-Nines, ...
Citadel alums honor Marine Corps aviation pioneer - Hilton Head Island Packet | He was a pioneer in Marine Corps aviation." Merritt was born in Ridge Springs in 1897 and graduated from The Citadel in 1917, according to school records. Upon graduation from the academy, Merritt was commissioned as a second-lieutenant in the Marine ...
Fantastic capture of two F-86 Sabres flying in formation in the... from You like airplanes, too? | Fantastic capture of two F-86 Sabres flying ... the last rays of the day. Photo by Passive Man.
Midland Air Museum Photo Report published from AVIATION-NEWS | On Coventry Airport (Baginton, Warwickshire UK) lies the Midland Air Museum that holds a number of aircraft from the RAF, USAF, Polish Air Force and more. Some amazing aircraft can be found there, even an RAF AVRO Vulcan. We visited this museum in september 2010 find the photo report here. Related posts:Photo report published of Dutch [...]
Crew chief knew blood, tears, nose art - The Desert Sun | B-17 crew chief and nose artist Jack Gaffney kept the big bombers in top-flight condition for their missions over Europe during World War II. Standing near the flight line around the time the planes were due back from a bomb run, Gaffney would look ...
Fly to the Past moves to new home - Bicester Advertiser | Two 1930s aircraft landed at Oxford Airport to launch historical air show Fly to the Past. And readers will get to see the August 21 event at a special price. As well as the de Havilland Dragon Rapide and Tiger Moth planes, Hercule Poirot, ...
Today in Aviation History – February 24 from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club | In 1898… Kurt Tank, German aeronautical engineer and test pilot, was born (d. 1983). Kurt Waldemar Tank was a resourceful German aeronautical engineer and test pilot, heading the design department at Focke-Wulf from 1931-45. He designed several important aircraft of World War II, including the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighter aircraft. ...
The Powered Aerobatic from Latest Vlog | Sit back, buckle up and turn up your speakers for this high energy well filmed & edited 3min teaser from Airstripped.com
Aviation Trivia of the Day is now Tails Through Time from Aviation Trivia of the Day | I suppose this was a long time in coming. When I started out this blog nearly two years ago ... After taking a week to mull things over, I decided to reorient this blog more along the lines of ...
Red Flag 11-03 from Randy Rothhaar Photography
Friday Night Flights to Wild Alaska from Jetwhine | ... Revealed by the Discovery Channel, every Friday night at 8 p.m. central time I find refuge in Unalakleet, Alaska, home base for Era Alaska, whose operation is portrayed in Flying Wild Alaska. It was the flying that drew me at first, because the stick-and-rudder challenges of bush flying constitutes “real flying” in my mind. ...
Aviation contest takes off Friday from General Aviation News | Students from 12 high schools across Kentucky will have their aviation knowledge put to the test Friday, Feb. 25, at a one-of-its-kind competition at a Louisville high school. ...
Student Balloon Camera to Photograph Space Shuttle Launch from SPACE.com | High-schoolers have helped build a balloon camera to photograph space shuttle Discovery's launch.
Astronaut Stafford sad to see shuttle era come to a close - NewsOK.com | Astronaut Thomas Stafford, an Oklahoma native who helped launch shuttle era, recalls successes and setbacks of the space shuttle program, and he's sad to see it end. ...
Friday, December 31, 2010
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My flight with the Blue Angels - 13WHAM-TV
With the announcement that the Blue Angels will becoming to the ESL Airshow July 16 and 17, 2011 I am remembering my flight with them on a F-18 in 2004. ...
Keep it shiny from AF.mil Photos
Staff Sgt. Sang Lee wipes down a display helmet in the U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron 'Thunderbirds' flight equipment room at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Dec. 17, 2010. Sergeant Lee is an aircrew flight equipment specialist with the Thunderbirds. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Larry E. Reid Jr.)
Aero-TV: Honoring Pioneers: International Women’s Air & Space Musuem from Aero-News Network
Museum President Details Exhibits Featuring Women's Aviation Accomplishments On November 2nd, 1929, 117 American female pilots gathered at Curtiss Field in Valley Stream, Long Island, New York; their goal was simple: to create an organization dedicated to the advancement of aviation. Three years later, Amelia Earhart became the first president of the "Ninety-Nines, Inc.," named for the 99 charter members of the first organization composed entirely of licensed female pilots. Today, the Ninety-Nines has over 5,500 members throughout the world. ...
Temporary Closure of the Canada Aviation and Space Museum - Aviation.ca
Ottawa — The Canada Aviation and Space Museum will be temporarily closed to the general public from January 4 to February 4, 2011. ...
New wing to help museum take flight - Ottawa Citizen
'What we want is to become a hub for aviation in Canada,' says Canada Aviation and Space Museum director ...
Flying Wild Alaska Discovery Channel premiere - Flying Wild Alaska TV show premiere - Flying Wild Al - Source: www.poptower.com
Premiering Wednesday, January 5, the new reality docu-series follows a family-run airline in one of the most remote and extreme regions of America. ...
Video: Pitts S-1T pilot view GREAT VIDEO from TAKEOFF TUBE
Wing-walking, modern times from AF.mil Photos
Tech. Sgt. Shawn Merchant, a crew chief with the 4th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, removes foreign object inspection mats from an F-15E Strike Eagle Dec. 15, 2010, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C. The aircraft is assigned to the 4th Fighter Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Tony R. Tolley)
Amanda Sargent from Flight To Success
Fabulous she is... she's funny and brilliant too! She sent me her bio last night at 10 p.m. while I was busy being a sleep camel--- storing up on my sleep for the next round of exhaustion, and she made this easy.
"I was born in Bolivar, Missouri at a very young age... the youngest and cutest of three, and the only girl. I'm sure my mom was ecstatic to put girly things on me but that was very short lived. When I was about two years old, my dad bought a Piper Tri-Pacer and I was strapped (willingly) into it. There are no pictures, and I have no way to prove (or disprove), but rumor has it that I was perched high on my booster seat holding onto my dolly as my dad did whooptie-dos and barrel rolls. I had a smile on my face the entire time! It was probably in those first flights which defined what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. ...
Polikarpov I-16 from You Fly, Girl January 3 in my Golden Age of Flight Desk Calendar, by Walter J. Boyne. (Probably still available at your local Barnes & Noble or calendar store for half price)
Designed by Nikolai Polikarpov in 1932, the I-16 "Ishak" (or "Rata" as it was known in Spain) made its first flight in December 1933. It was the first cantilever monoplane fighter with retractable landing gear to reach squadron service. "Despite its tricky handling, it did well against the Japanese in Manchuria." ...
Who Invented Walking? The Indoor Air Show, Empire Air Day, 1938 from Ptak Science Books
... This thought comes to mind looking at this great photo of the Empire Air Day, being celebrated in England in May 1938. All of these folks walking around this enormous dirigible hangar (a form of flight that had left the RAF field of interest just a few years before, mostly forever) looking at the best of what was in the air. The ...
By the Dawn's Early Light from Pete Wenman Aviation Art
... Three Phantom F-4B’s from VF-151 on an early morning mission over North Vietnam. NF 213 is piloted by John Chesire, with RIO George Healey in the rear.
NF 210 has Ted Triebel in the front seat and Dave Everett in the rear. Dave and Ted were shot down on August 27, 1972, on a photo escort mission over North Vietnam while flying 210, and spent the rest of the war as POW’s in the infamous Hanoi Hilton. ...
December 31 from Cut and Paste Aviation
Today In Aviation History – December 31
from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club
In 1908… Wilbur Wright at Auvours, France, makes the first flight over 2 hours. He flies for 2 hours and 20 minutes, covers 77 miles, and wins the Michelin Cup for 1908. ...
Lockheed Sneaks Another F-35 Under the Wire from Ares
On the eve of the New Year, Lockheed Martin got another F-35 test aircraft flying, with AF-4 - a CTOL F-35A - making the program's 410th and last flight on 2010 on Dec. 30. That means nine development-test aircraft are flying, but leaves three still to get airborne. ...
"What would Elon do?" Fix and fly of course from Spaceports
Kennedy Space Center technicians have uncovered even more cracks on Discovery's external tank, NASA disclosed earlier today. The cracks leave the planned Thursday, February 3, 2011 lift-off date uncertain.
Discovery, on the STS-133 mission, first went to the launch pad in early November when leaks and weather pushed the launch date into December and again to February 2011. The ongoing cracks found in the ...
Episode 50: Farewell 2010 from Plane Crazy Down Under
As the final hours of 2010 pass by and the year draws to a close, we release our 50th episode with a mix of annual review, Christmas greetings and a new experiment. In conjunction with a live video stream of the proceedings, we gathered Steve, Grant, Anthony and Ben in the recording studio to attempt the unthinkable: capturing a whole show in a single take. ...
Monday, December 20, 2010
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After a year off, the Garfield County Air Fair will return next summer - Glenwood Springs Post Independent | The Garfield County Air Fair will return next summer, after missing a year due to construction of an realigned runway and other improvements. ...
Air show committee seeks sponsors - Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier | WATERLOO --- The Thunder in the Valley Air Show has a main attraction but will need sponsors to sign other acts and demonstration groups. ...
Jelli-Beans: Air Show by Kelli | Air Show. When T.Jay was a baby (2002), Jess and Ryan brought a T-37 "Tweet" to this airshow. This year, Ryan came with someone else, in a T-6 "Texan". I think it killed Jess a little to be a spectator. Maybe one day I'll surprise him ...
Your Neighbors - Providence Journal | Col. Lawrence Gallogly of the R.I. Air National Guard was presented with the International Council of Air Shows Sword of Excellence in recognition of his outstanding service and contributions to the air show community…
Welcome to AirRace21! | AirRace21 Jet Racing Team - AirRace21 is a Jet Air Racing Venture founded by Deane Barker and Raju Mann Ward. Beginning at the National Championship Air Races in Reno in September of 2010, the team jet, named Raju Grace, will debut low in the Nevada desert sky. ...
Flying Wild Alaska: FLYING WILD ALASKA Premiere : Video : Discovery Channel - Meet the unconventional family that rules Alaskas most dangerous skies in the new series FLYING WILD ALASKA, premiering on Discovery Channel Wednesdays…
Image of the Week: Typhoon at sunset from Flight Image of the Day by Will Horton | This week's Image of the Week (featured on page 3 of Flight International), is taken by AirSpace user sunshine band. His photo depicts a Eurofighter Typhoon "rocketing into the late afternoon sun" during a role demonstration at RAF Waddington, he says. Start a gallery on AirSpace for your chance at having your photograph featured as our Image of the Week.
American charged with trying to sell F-5 to Iran from Warplanes Online Community by Jobelle | When a certain F-5 Tiger fighter jet outlived its military use years ago, it was sold for surplus, and the plane became the toy of a rich Californian. He leased it as a big prop for Hollywood movies. This year, the fighter jet became the star of a real-life sting – against an American accused of trying to sell it to Iran…
Drs. Seeley and Moore Hit One Out of the Airpark from CAFE Foundation Blog by Dean Sigler | The January 2011 issue of Popular Mechanics resurrects the perennial hope for a flying automobile. The cover taunts, "(Go Ahead, Laugh) But NASA, DARPA & the FAA Are Serious." Sharon Weinberger taunts some makers a bit in her article, "Driving on Air," as she looks at a variety of Transformer-style vehicles that can travel by land or air with the fewest inconveniences…
New JSF F-35 Wallpaper from photorecon.net | Grab a copy of this cool F-35 JSF Wallpaper for free. They have several sizes available. Lockheed Martin F-35C Lightning II wallpaper | F-35C STEALTH wallpapers. Author Lockheed Martin…
Female Licensed Airframe and Powerplant Mechanics | Nerds in Babeland from nerdsinbabeland.com | For those who don't know me, I have worked in aviation and aerospace for the past decade. In October, I volunteered for a layoff from my job as a technician on the Space Shuttle Program, as it is coming to an end soon. I am very much a space advocate, and have been using Twitter to share my enthusiasm for space for over two years. I am also the founder of the Space Tweep Society, a growing group of space enthusiasts on Twitter. Due to that role, I am often asked to participate in interviews or space outreach activities, many with the goal of encouraging girls to pursue careers in science or technology. This leaves me feeling quite conflicted because I'd love to have more women in aviation and aerospace, but in my experience breaking into these fields was really rough. I almost feel guilty for encouraging them, knowing what kind of obstacles they may face.
