Holland Wins Second Straight Unlimited Title - EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | September 26, 2013 - Rob Holland successfully defended his Unlimited Power national championship at the 2013 U.S. National Aerobatic Championships in Sherman/Denison, Texas, which runs through Friday. Second place went to Jeff Boerboon and third to Nick Timofeev...
The Heart Of Texas Airshow debuts Saturday · General Aviation News Staff | WACO, Texas — The Heart of Texas Airshow will make its debut Saturday, Sept. 28, at Texas State Technical College Waco Airport (CNW), featuring aerobatic performances, jet cars, warbirds, pyrotechnics and more. The first airshow to take place in Waco in seven years, The Heart of Texas Airshow includes appearances by Justin Lewis and his FLS Microjet, the world’s smallest jet, like that seen in the James Bond movie; Michael Kennedy’s pre-World War II Vultee BT-13 Valiant; a variety of aircraft from the Cavanaugh Flight Museum, including a P-51 Mustang, T-6, PT-19 and helicopter, as well as the B-25 Bomber “Devil Dog” and the Douglas C47 “Bluebonnet Belle.”...
Mustangs, Rainbows & Lightning / Earth to Sky Gallery
- Keith Breazeal Video Productions - Amador County Photographer | A
group of photographers had a scheduled photo shoot at the Reno Air Races
on Saturday the 14th of September. The timing was for sunset, but the
weather was not looking good. This was our third attempt due to rain in
the evening. We dashed to the flight line as the crews moved the P-51
Mustangs into position. Lightning was already moving into the area
and...
Competition Flying – Reno Air Races 2013 - Global Aviation Resource | The 50th running of the 
The QED Has Flown! - NORDO News | That's all I know. I just read an email that if flew this evening and am now anxiously waiting and looking for photos or video. News of the first flight is exciting and I'm sure Jim's family, and the extended build family, are very thrilled and sentimental tonight. Congratulations to everyone involved...
South Carolina RC Clubs Offer Radio Controlled Aircraft Air Show - Aero-News Network | Three Clubs Join Forces To Present Event Free To The Public | On Saturday, November 2nd starting at 1100 EDT the Blue Ridge Radio Control Club (BRRC), Western Carolina Radio Control Club (WCRC) and Firetower Fliers will be performing at a free-to-attend Radio Controlled (RC) Aircraft Show at the Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU) in South Carolina...
Breezy Co-Creator Carl Unger Passes Away - EAA News | September 26, 2013 - Carl Unger, whose unique Breezy aircraft provided many thousands of flights to people over the past half-century, passed away Tuesday, September 24, at his home in Oak Lawn, Illinois. He was 82....
Filming The Rescue of The B-25 “Sandbar Mitchell” - Warbirds News | The Restorers is a documentary film about warbird and vintage aircraft restorers and the planes they resurrect from the graves of history. If you are a warbird enthusiast you must have watched the documentary “The Restorers” at least once. The Restorers – They Were All Volunteers has earned two Emmy awards in 2012. Producer Kara Martinelli and Director Adam White won for Best Writing and Technical Achievement for the film. Adam and Kara produced the documentary film with 8 short stories about people restoring planes...
A slice of aviation heaven in Illinois· Meg Godlewski, General Aviation News | This summer marked my 13th AirVenture. After a few years of going to the big show, I noticed that whenever I 
encountered someone with a particularly unusual or well-kept airplane, the names Bel Air Estates and Poplar Grove Airport (C77) in Illinois were attached to them. The privately-owned, public use airport came first, says Steve Thomas, whose father Dick established the airport in 1972 after retiring from dairy farming....
WWII Triple Ace to speak October 8, 2013 - Indianapolis Aero Club | Col. Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson will be our featured speaker for our October 8 meeting...
Warbird Pilots Step in to Honor Fallen Airmen - EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | Retired naval aviator Lt. Cmdr. Sean "Flopper" Cushing pulls up in his L-39 during Monday's missing man flight over Arlington National Cemetery....
The Hump - The Lexicans | We are losing our WWII vets at an ever increasing rate. My father-in-law and my father, both veterans of the war in the Pacific, have passed away in the last 5 years or so. I am reading about the history of the Battle of Okinawa, which my father-in-law participated in, and today I received an e-mail about the incredible losses suffered in the air wars over Europe and the Pacific, and the heartbreaking losses in…the United States. The U.S. lost 14 or 15,000 aircraft alone in training in the United States, and at least 22,000 operationally in the war overseas...
Pilots of the Caribbean Volunteers of African Heritage in the RAF - RAF Museum London Events | In two World Wars black people from the Caribbean, Africa and from Britain volunteered to serve in the Royal Air Force. These volunteers fought, and died, for the Mother Country and for freedom, and thereby helped to preserve the values and the heritage they shared with their white comrades. The tradition of service to the Crown continues today, and the RAF is proud to welcome new generations of black volunteers into its ranks...
Smithsonian Magazine Sponsors Free Visits To Museums Saturday September 28,2013 · Warbirds News | This upcoming weekend you can visit one of the many museums in the United States, including some of the nation’s finest museums. In fact the Smithsonian magazine will sponsor free visits on a certain day “in the spirit of Smithsonian Museums,” which offer free admission every day. It calls the event Museum Day Live!, and this year it falls on Saturday, Sept. 28...
McDonnell Aircraft XF-85 Goblin Wind Tunnel Model Dedicated at Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum - airandspacemuseum.org | The Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum dedicated a one-sixth scale restored wind tunnel model of the McDonnell Aircraft XF-85 Goblin parasite fighter during a mid-day ceremony held at historic Curtiss-Wright Hangar 2 at St. Louis Downtown Airport. The museum hosted a group of retired McDonnell Aircraft employees and guests in the hangar following a luncheon held at the airport’s nearby Spinners restaurant. Prior to the arrival of the invited guests, museum members set up several displays featuring wind tunnel model parts from various known and unknown aircraft projects in addition to the Goblin model, which was kept under wraps until later in the program. Here we present an illustrated recap of today’s event...
OK, that's low! - Bayou Renaissance Man | This video clip is of an Argentine Air Force C-130 Hercules making a (very) low pass over observers on the runway at that country's Marambio Base in the Antarctic.
A Conversation with AOPA President and CEO Mark Baker, Part 1 - Aero-News Network | This is a Special Report of the Aero News Network... Mark Baker, Part 1 of 3 | We all know that AOPA has a new head man - Mark Baker. He's a pilot with a corporate business management background. But what do we really know about Mark Baker - and more importantly his plans for AOPA and its membership...
The Hadfield Effect - Vintage Wings of Canada By Dave O'Malley | I often shake my head today at 
Build A Plane to present Teachers’ Day at NBAA · General Aviation News Staff | For the first time, the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) will host a Build A Plane Teachers’ Day at its annual convention next month in Las Vegas. Sponsored by Honeywell Aerospace, the Teacher’s Day will be held in conjunction with the annual Careers in Business Aviation Day, on Oct. 24, the third day of this year’s convention...
EAA Member's 400th Young Eagle Flown Is Extra Special - EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | September 26, 2013 - Fran Uliano, EAA 237515, flew his 400th Young Eagle, Abigail Murphy, on September 14, and he said it was the passenger, not the milestone, that made the flight one of his most memorable. Abigail's mother, Carol, called Uliano to ask about the EAA Chapter 27 (Meridian, Connecticut) Young Eagles rally scheduled for October 12. Carol told Fran that she planned to bring all three of her children for flights, with Abby, 9, being the youngest...
SpaceX to launch Sunday from Vandenberg - Spaceports | Team Vandenberg is scheduled to launch its first-ever SpaceX launch from Space Launch Complex-4 from the Vandenberg Air Firce Base in California Sunday, September 29, 2013 with a targeted launch window beginning at 9 a.m. PDT or 12:00 noon EDT. USAF Col. Keith Balts, 30th Space Wing commander, is the launch decision authority...
Friday, September 27, 2013
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Air show brings thrills - Amarillo.com [Video] | Looking up in the sky, a plane was seen wobbling 
Pilots enjoy offering air show to eastern Montana audience - Sidney Herald Leader | Pilots of the Wings of Freedom III air show this weekend are enthusiastic about performing in Sidney. Mark Frederick and Beth Jenkins are pilots flying the historic World War II B25 Devil-Dog, which was built in 1944 before the war ended.At some air shows, Jenkins said veterans come to the show and ride with them. “It’s very touching,” she said. “Normally they have tears in their eyes.”...
Plane crashes during Louisa air show; no one hurt - The Daily Progress | A small plane crashed while landing Saturday morning during the Louisa County Air Fair, state police said. No one was injured. The crash occurred shortly after 11 a.m. at the Louisa County/Freeman Field Airport. State police responded to the scene after the pilot of a 1929 Fleet fixed-wing, single-engine plane was attempting to land when a malfunction with the brakes occurred. The plane ran off the runway to the left and struck an embankment before overturning and coming to rest on the cockpit, police said....
North Mississippi Aviation Expo attracts crowd - WTVA | TUPELO, Miss. (WTVA) -- The sky is the limit! That's one way to describe the popular North Mississippi Aviation expo. The event is well underway at the Tupelo Regional Airport. The public is encouraged to tour hangars where aircraft are on display. Various other aircraft are are also on display including vintage plants and helicopters used during the Vietnam war to present day....
More than 40,000 spectators enjoyed the final Leuchars Airshow ... | The RAF Leuchars Airshow 2013 was the 65th "Battle of Britain at Home Day" to be held at the airfield, which will become an army base by 2015. Although the review into the future of the airshow is still taking place, the RAF said they need 1100 staff to put on the event and 600 of them will be gone by September 2014...
Another Great Aviator and Builder Gone - Nordo News | Waking up from my own bed for a change, things were going well. Then I opened my email. Jim Moss had died (September 1st, 2013). Jim’s aviation history is long and storied but most of today’s generations know him for his replicas, the Super Solution and Gee Bee QED. What I remember most though is how he and Ginger hit it off at one airshow years ago. Jim’s shadow was long and that’s where most people naturally fell. Ginger though, with some good natured Indiana style ribbing, made him wonder who was standing in whose shadow and before long he’d put her in the Super Solution to check it out and get her picture taken...
It Flies, It Floats, It's Metal - Nordo News | It's my understanding the Hamilton Metalplane has made 
its first flight on floats. Although the photographer appears to have forgotten to take a photo of it in flight, I am told it flew. Here are some photos for you to enjoy. The location is Kenmore Air Harbour. The floats are 6400's....
RAAF-Restored F-111C Arrives at Pacific Aviation Museum in Hawaii By Warbirds News | The Royal Australian Air Force-restored General Dynamics F-111C that has been gifted to the Pacific Aviation Museum in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, arrived at Hickam Air Field at Joint Base Pearl Harbor a couple of nights ago, carried from RAAF-Amberley by an RAAF Boeing C-17 Globemaster. The arrival of the fuselage, was the final piece of the delivery of the plane with the wings and tail shipped separately. The plane was then pulled over to the museum’s Ford Island location over public roads in the middle of the night, so as to avoid snarling traffic.
Fighter jets at work and at play - Bayou Renaissance Man | Courtesy of an e-mail from reader J. B., here's a fascinating video of fighter jets old and new in the skies. The...
A conversation with the next generation of pilots · General Aviation News Staff | The Kentucky Institute for Aerospace Education (KIAE) is a one-of-a-kind endeavor, currently working with 14 high schools in the state to provide students direct experiences in aeronautical engineering, flight, aircraft maintenance, and space systems. When I asked Tim Smith, director of Frankfort High School’s Aviation program and CIO for KIAE, why this was important, he said...
Citizen Astronauts Complete Suborbital Scientist Course - Aero-News Network | Citizens in Space announced that four astronaut candidates have completed Suborbital Scientist training at the National AeroSpace Training and Research (NASTAR) Center, a premier aviation and space training, research, and education facility aimed at optimizing human performance in extreme environments. Maureen Adams, Lt. Col. Steve Heck (USAF-ret.), Michael Johnson, and Edward Wright have been selected by Citizens in Space to fly as payload operators on the XCOR Lynx spacecraft....
Thursday, September 5, 2013
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Miramar Air Show lands its own high-flying act - KFMB News 8 | SAN DIEGO (CBS 8) - We are a month away from the Miramar Air Show and things are starting to get exciting. On Wednesday, the crew that will fly in place of the Blue Angels released a video revealing more secrets of the show...
Annual fly-in slated for Sept. 7 at the Cambridge Municipal Airport - The Daily Jeffersonian | The 25th annual Cambridge Fly-In returns to the Cambridge Municipal Airport Saturday, Sept. 7. Aviators will share the skies and tarmac with numerous general aviation, sport aircraft and antique planes expected to be on hand during the event...
Aviation expo this weekend - Leecountycourier | The Marine Corps League and the Tupelo Regional Airport are teaming up to bring the 2nd Annual Aviation Expo to North Mississippi, Sept. 6 and 7, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Tupelo airport. What started out several years ago as a small ceremony to honor fallen soldiers, has grown into a large event featuring dozens of vendors, exhibitors and aircraft. The original event, Petals for Patriots was begun in 2005 for Gold Star families, families who had lost a son in combat...
Fly-In/Drive-In set at Viroqua airport, Sunday - The Westby Times | The Commemorative Air Force Wisconsin Wing has accepted the invitation of EAA Chapter 1439 to attend the Fly-In/Drive-In on Sunday, Sept. 8, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Viroqua Municipal Airport. People are invited to come for the fly-In and stay for the Fall Chili Fest, which costs $5 for adults and $3 for children under 13....
Antique Airfield: Antiques, In The Air! (10 Pix) - AirPigz | I've got a boatload of pix from my 
Owensboro Air Show Returns This Fall - SurfKY News | OWENSBORO, Ky. (9/3/13) - Prepare for takeoff as the Owensboro Air Show gears up for its second annual return this fall. This two day event will begin on Friday, Sept. 20, and will continue through Saturday evening, Sept. 21...
Arrows tricolor at Balloons Festival - La Nuova Ferrara | It will be the spectacular air force to open tomorrow afternoon, the 9th edition of the Festival Balloons | Will the Frecce Tricolori to open tomorrow afternoon, the 9th edition of the Festival Balloons. The passage of the National Acrobatic Patrol, shortly after the inauguration of the 16 will be the first of many occasions to look at the sky during the most important event of the balloons in Italy, which will continue to Urban Park Bassani until Sunday 15 September. "An initiative that moves a turnover of approximately 300 thousand euro - explains Nicola Zanardi, president of Ferrara Fiere, which organizes the event, together with Multimedia Tre - and for us is the 4th edition: we were able to make a reliable 'original idea of celebration for the family, but compatible with all tastes. We hope to be re-elected in the future. "...
GALLERY: Readers' Shoreham Airshow pictures - Worthing Herald | Tens of thousands of people flocked to Shoreham Airport over the weekend for the 24th RAFA Shoreham Airshow. There were many highlights over the two-day event, but one disappointment, with the Vulcan declared unserviceable just before it was due to set off for Shoreham Airport on Sunday afternoon....
5th Montgolfiade Champagne Warmeriville - Passion for Aviation | Warmeriville (Marne) | From 21/09/2013 to 22/09/2013...
Hot Air Festival coming Van Wert this weekend - Delphos Herald | VAN WERT — The 2013 Van Wert Hot Air Festival is quickly approaching and will kick off today at the Van Wert Regional Airport with a media event and free tethered balloon rides for the area’s residents with special needs. The main events will be held Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the Van Wert County Fairgrounds....
World War II-era B-17 bomber honors late Col. 'Bud' Day - Sioux City Journal | SIOUX CITY | From a small bench in Mesa, Ariz., to a 65,000-pound aircraft that many argue won World War II, the honor of the late local war hero Col. George “Bud” Day has not fallen short on commemoration. Both the bench that is dedicated to Day and the authentic B-17G bomber on display at Sioux City’s Mid America Museum of Aviation and Transportation belong to the Commemorative Air Force’s Arizona Wing, whose volunteers tour the country to show off the aircraft....
Historic B-25 bomber in Mount Vernon - The Southern | MOUNT VERNON — A flying tribute to those who served in World War II landed Monday at Mount Vernon Outland Airport. The B-25 “Maid in the Shade,” to be joined Friday by a Red Nose P-51D, will be available for tours and flights through Sunday. Airbase Arizona of the Commemorative Air Force brought the B-25 Mitchell medium bomber to the airport as part of its mission to reconnect the public with history and show veterans that their sacrifices are not forgotten....
WWII tailgunner flew missions over Brenner Pass - West Orange Times | In 1942, Charles Hawthorne went ahead and joined the Air Force so the West Orange Draft Board couldn’t decide his branch for him. Hawthorne’s father, Claude Hawthorne, was chairman of the board, and that’s how Charles knew his number was coming up....
Spitfire and Lancaster Flypasts announced for Royal Air Force Museum’s Battle of Britain Weekend- Warbirds News | The Royal Air Force Museum in Cosford, UK will be commemorating the Battle of Britain, considered the most important event in Royal Air Force history, with a weekend of events and activities the weekend of September 14-15. A main highlight for visitors over that weekend will be a flypast from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight‘s Lancaster on Saturday 14th and a Spitfire flypast on Sunday 15th September....
video: Jessica Dean: What I'll Miss - My Flight With the Blue Angels - KARK | Before she leaves for her new anchoring gig at CBS 3 in Philadelphia, Jessica Dean shares what she'll miss most about Arkansas. Tonight she tells us about her flight with the Blue Angels...
Historian, Navy Pilot Present U.S. Navy Blue Angels Experiences to EAA Chapter 64 Members
The Aero Experience | The September meeting of EAA Chapter 64, held Tuesday evening at St. 
Louis Downtown Airport, included a presentation on the history of the U.S. Navy Blue Angels by aviation historian Joe Gurney and Navy Captain (Ret.) William Switzer. Captain Switzer flew with the Blue Angels as a Lieutenant during the 1971 and 1972 seasons in the McDonnell Douglas F-4J Phantom II, and also flew over 20 different aircraft including the F-14 Tomcat at NAS Miramar during the filming of the movie "Top Gun." Joe Gurney gave a comprehensive view of the Blue Angels aircraft used since the 1946 season, while Captain Switzer relayed his experiences flying the F-4J as Opposing Solo No. 6 in 1971 and Slot No. 4 in 1972. Members and visitors also viewed a film of the team flying the current F/A-18C Hornet, which in this year of uncertain federal budgets, is as close to a Blue Angel performance as possible....
Gone West: Wing Commander Ken Wallis - Aero-News Network | U.K. Bomber Pilot Was 97, Helped Develop The Modern Autogyro | A legend of aviation in the U.K. passed away. Wing Commander Ken Wallis, who was instrumental in the development of the autogyro, was 97 years old...
All Female Crew Makes 552nd ACW History - Aero-News Network | Sortie Flown In Recognition 
Retired astronaut Marsha Ivins featured speaker at Stearman Fly-In - Peoria Journal Star | Marsha Ivins chose her life’s work at age 10. That was in 1961. Alan Shepard’s 15-minute sub-orbital space flight on May 5 that year made him America’s first man in space. That made Ivins — who will speak at this week’s 42nd annual National Stearman Fly-In — think she might become an astronaut, too....
Space museum to host final star party of season - Lincoln Journal Star | The Strategic Air & Space Museum and Omaha Astronomical Society will host a final star party of the summer Friday evening, starting at 8:30 in the museum's parking lot. The party is free and open to everyone who loves the night sky...
Careers in Aviation - EAA Video | EAA has recently released a number of videos featuring the ladies that are making a difference in aviation careers.
Fargo Air Museum to raffle Ford Mustang Boss 302 - In-Forum | FARGO – A raffle to support a new aircraft hangar addition is scheduled for 11 a.m. Sept. 14 at the Fargo Air Museum, 1609 19th Ave. N. A 2013 Ford Mustang Boss 302 is the grand prize. Other prizes include a flight in a historic P-51D Mustang fighter, a Beretta 12-gauge shotgun, an Apple iPad and a 47-inch HDTV...
Granddad Jumps With Granddaughter In Skydiving Adventure - Aero-News Network | Pair Plummets On Her 30th Birthday | For her 30th birthday, Heather Ellis decided she wanted to jump out of an airplane. And when she mentioned it to her grandfather, he decided to go along for the ride ... and the fall....
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Gone West: EAA Founder Paul Poberezny
EAA Founder Paul Poberezny Passes at Age 91 - EAA | August 22, 2013 - EAA Founder Paul 
Poberezny passed away this morning (August 22) at Evergreen Retirement Village in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, after a battle with cancer. He was 91....EAA Tribute page
RIP: Paul H. Poberezny · Dave Higdon, UCAP Blog | Seeing Paul briefly during Oshkosh a few weeks ago made me smile; cruising with a driver in Red One, his presence reminded me of the irrefutable influence “Papa Paul” has been in aviation — general aviation, specifically. From our first face-to-face visit at EAA’s old HQ in Hales Corners, Wisc., he exuded enthusiasm and delight at introducing a young, green aviation writer to the inside story of EAA…he made my hang gliding feel more a part of aviation than we “hippie pilots” got from any other corner of aviation....
Paul Poberezny, founder of Experimental Aircraft Association and major air ... - Washington Post | ...
EAA moved in 1983 to Oshkosh, where it had been hosting AirVenture, an annual pilots’ convention and air show, since 1970. The event draws 10,000 planes and tens of thousands of participants each summer. “As Paul often said, he considers himself a millionaire because through aviation he made a million friends. He leaves an unmatched legacy in aviation and can be best remembered by all the people who discovered aviation through his inspiration to create EAA,” his family said in a statement issued by the association...
The aviation community will miss him, and appreciates all his contributions!
Monday, April 15, 2013
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Sun 'n Fun Wrap: Drifting - AVweb (blog) | The major shows like Sun 'n Fun and AirVenture may be imperfect reflections of the industry they promote, but they are nonetheless reflections. And the image I saw this week in the mirror of attendees, vendors and perhaps even fellow journalists was of...
Sun 'n Fun | Hangar Talk 950 by Linda | Its been a great week for the ForeFlight crew at the annual Sun 'n Fun fly-in and air show, and we're wrapping up our last day here in Lakeland, Florida. Our booth in Hangar C has been busy, busy, busy! This was my first time ...
FedEx 727 dedicated at SUN ’n FUN from General Aviation News | Top executives from FedEx Express were on hand at SUN ’n FUN Friday to dedicate the newest “classroom” on the SUN ’n FUN campus on Lakeland-Linder Regional Airport (LAL) in Florida. The donated Boeing 727, delivered in February to the SUN ‘n FUN campus, held a place of honor on the flightline during this year’s airshow....
SUN ’n FUN volunteers remember one of their own from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Ask anyone at SUN ’n FUN about Albert Borchik and a smile immediately comes over their faces, followed by the slight glistening of tears in their eyes. That’s because for the first time in more than two decades, he’s not at the fly-in. He passed away suddenly Jan. 30....
"One Last Visit to Paradise" UCAP Daily #323-golf from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast | Dave, Jeb and Jack visit the new Paradise City grass root's flying area for one last time at the 2013 Sun 'n Fun Fly-in. Recorded April 14, 2013.
SHARKS air show wraps up - KTBS | About 80 small scale planes took to the weekend's blue skies in the SHARKS' air show. That's the Shreveport Area Kontrol Society. The group holds the show every year during Holiday in Dixie. More than 40 pilots from around the Ark-La-Tex participated.
Gone West: Air Force Museum Historian David Menard from Aero-News Network | Knowledge Of Aviation History Called 'Encyclopedic' ANN has learned of the passing of David Walter Menard, who followed an Air Force career with a stint as the historian at the Air Force Museum in Dayton, 
Start Your Week With A Hot B-58 Hustler (Orange Paint!) from AirPigz by Martt | I figured this pic was a great way to get your week going... a B-58 Hustler from way back in the day shortly after takeoff with a positive rate of climb (probably VERY positive!) and with some swanky orange paint too. In fact, this is the first in a new sub-series of posts with the tag 'orange paint'....
Tour of Central and Southern Missouri Brings Variety of "Show Me" Aero Experiences from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | This weekend The Aero Experience took a mini-tour of central and southern Missouri to scout opportunities for future projects. Our first stop was the Missouri Air National Guard facility in Jefferson City, where a former Missouri ANG F-15A Eagle is on display near the Ike Skelton National Guard Training Site. Our next...
Video shows how difficult Helicopter Air-to-Air Refueling can be from David Cenciotti's weblog | The following video depicts two HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters refueling from an HC-130J Combat King II during Ex. Angel Thunder 2013. Watch the helicopters blades coming dangerously close to the refueling hose as the pilots struggle to get in the proper position to plug the IFR (in-flight refueling) probe into the low speed paradrogue (or “basket”)....
Hot Air Balloon Launch from Travel for Aircraft by joseph_may
Aviation Day for Girl Scouts - WCTI12.com | | One goal of Aviation Day is to provide female role models for all of the aspiring young aviatrixes. Aside from an airplane ride, girls were able to talk to real women in aviation-related professions. Guest female role models ranged from airplane ...
Girl learns to fly with help from pilot from another generation - Spartanburg Herald Journal | A plaque in the waiting area of the airport hangs in honor of Orr. It reads in part: “With more than 25,000 hours of flying time, she has served as a role model for women in aviation as well as a mentor for countless pilots and colleagues.” Perhaps a ...
Disabled people learn how to fly gliders at Tibenham airfield - Norfolk Eastern Daily Press | The sky is the limit for a group of disabled people who will learn how to fly gliders thanks to a south Norfolk aviation club. Comments; Email; Print. To send a link to this page to a friend, you must be logged in. Norfolk Gliding Club, based at ...
A strong community is our best defense from General Aviation News | GUEST EDITORIAL By CRAIG FULLER, AOPA President | You don’t have to look very far to see the threats to general aviation today. Sequestration cuts, tower closures, user fees, and tax changes are just a few of the recent, and ongoing, assaults on GA. Our freedom to fly is under attack, and we must fight back with every weapon in our arsenal....
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
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25th Annual 2013 Salute To Veterans Airshow - STLtoday.com | Columbia, MO: The Memorial Day Weekend Salute to Veterans Corporation invites the public to come celebrate a major milestone at their 25th Annual Two-Day Salute to Veterans Airshow over the Memorial Day Weekend at Columbia Regional Airport on...
August airshow planned at Allentown airport - Allentown Morning Call | The Lehigh Valley International Airport will host an airshow in late August to raise money and awareness about the Allentown facility, where passenger traffic has slipped. The Iron Eagle Aerobatic Team, an all-female sky diving team and ground exhibits...
Ellsworth cancels annual Dakota Thunder airshow - Rapid City Journal | Ellsworth Air Force Base said Monday that it has cancelled this year's Dakota Thunder air show following federal budget cuts that took effect this month. The air show has been been hosted every two to three years at Ellsworth for decades. At a typical...
MAGNIFICENT SEVEN - DAY TWO from Royal International Air Tattoo News | Welcome to Day Two of the Air Tattoo's 'Magnificent Seven' Easter Egg-stravaganza of Aircraft.
AIRSHOW NEWS: RNAS Yeovilton International Air Day is a finalist in the VisitEngland Awards for Excellence 2013 from Flightline UK - UK Airshow News | Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton International Air Day has been named as a finalist in the Tourism Experience of the Year category of the prestigious VisitEngland Awards for Excellence 2013....
WWII Avro Anson plane airshow star - 3News NZ | Organisers say computer games have driven interest in aviation heritage. But it's a rare World War II-era bomber that should attract the most attention. A 10-year restoration effort left the Avro Anson looking just as it did during the Second World War...
Opening Day festivities at Turner Field are set - AtlantaBraves.com | During the National Anthem, four T-6s of the historic Dixie Wing of the Commemorative Air Force will perform a flyover across Turner Field. Fans will see former third baseman Chipper Jones on the field for the first time out of his uniform when he will...
Navy Leap Frogs Parachute Into Cathedral Catholic [Gallery] - Patch.com | The Leap Frogs jumped from the aircraft immediately following an appearance by the U.S. Marine Corps Color Guard and the singing of the national anthem. The jumpers deployed their gold and blue parachutes and activated green smoke grenades to make...
Air Force Museum Hosts Aviation Film Festival from AVwebFlash Current Issue | To celebrate the installation of its giant new movie screen, the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, in Dayton, Ohio, is hosting an all-aviation film festival, April 12 to 14. The museum's 400-seat theater is re-opening after an $800,000 renovation, featuring a high-definition digital 3D screen that stands six stories high and an all-new sound system. The Reel Stuff Film Festival of Aviation...
Faribault Area Balloon Rally & Airfest to return this fall - Southernminn.com | A group of hot air balloons are prepared to be launched at the beginning of the 2007 Faribault Area Airfest and Balloon Rally. The event has been on hiatus since 2009, but will return this September.
Boots Blesse flies west from Air Force Link Top Stories | An Air Force legend was laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery March 22, officially "flying west." Retired Maj. Gen. Frederick "Boots" Blesse, a double ace pilot, passed away Oct. 31, 2012. He retired from the Air Force April 1, 1975, and into his final days, the Air Force was a consistent part of his life....
Moon landing jump starts general's own space legacy from Air Force Link Top Stories | When Neil Armstrong made history with man's first footsteps on the moon, Susan Helms needed a little nudging
from her mom to get excited. And get excited she did. She realized that there would never be another first step on the moon, and even as a young 11-year-old, knew the feat was something special. Little did she know that a little more than two decades later, then Maj. Helms would be the first woman military astronaut to fly in space....B-17 'Memphis Belle' vintage aircraft flies into Long Beach for anniversary from LGB - Long Beach Airport Spotting and News by Stephen Tornblom |LONG BEACH -- Laurence Stevens was a 19-year-old B-17 tail gunner, dozing off above Brux, Czechoslovakia, in 1944 when a jolt snapped him alert. Dozens of white parachute canopies were blossoming in the freezing stratosphere as B-17s began plummeting toward the ground.... [video]
Yorkshire Air museum in awards final - The Press, York | THE Yorkshire Air Museum at Elvington, near York, has been named as a finalist in this year's Visit England Awards For Excellence. The museum has made the shortlist in the category of Tourism Experience of the Year, following its French In York...
Air Force tells stealth pilots it has no cure for 'Raptor cough' - RT | Air Force pilots employed to fly the US military's F-22 warplanes are experiencing breathing problems and coughing fits caused by plane's oxygen system – and officials say they have no solution for this problem. Despite at least one fatal crash that...
Air Force Memorial Launches New Website - Sacramento Bee | The website has undergone a total redesign to better provide people with information about visiting the memorial, hosting an event, accessing its heritage archives, leaving a tribute for a friend or a family member, and much more. ... the United States...
SpaceX Dragon capsule returns successfully to Earth from Flightglobal Events | The SpaceX Dragon capsule has returned successfully from its third flight to the International Space Station, splashing down into the Pacific Ocean. The...
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Indy Transponder 06-MAR-2013 1145z
TORA! TORA! TORA! is coming to the Jasper Air Show - Beaumont Enterprise | Each morning of the show, Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 1356 of Leesville, LA will give FREE flights to children ages 8-17 - on a first come-first serve basis - in their Young Eagles Program...
Tickets now on sale for Reno from General Aviation News | Tickets are now on sale for the 50th Annual National Championship Air Races in Reno, slated for Sept. 11-15. You can order them online or you can call 775-972-6663. “We are excited that the Patriot Jet Team will be returning this year with their spectacular show,” officials said. “They are former Blue Angel and Thunderbird pilots so you know they will be putting on a great show. They are a six ship L-39 jet team that perform an outstanding show that will make your jaw drop. We also have David Martin, Michael Goulian and Kent Pietsch returning for our airshow....
Warbirds Weekend in Punta Gorda - WZVN-TV | Take a trip back in time this weekend. Antique airplanes from World War II will be on display at the Punta Gorda Airport for the 4th annual Warbirds Weekend. When John Makinson goes for a flight, he prefers an old warbird. "I'd rather be in one of ...
Announcing details: Warbirds, Wings & Wheels 5 - Paso Robles Press | Jim "Bones" Noteboom will show off his customs during the Warbirds, Wings & Wheels 5, slated for Saturday, May 11 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Estrella Warbirds Museum and Woodland Auto Display, 4251 Dry Creek Road. BELOW: pictures from a past ...
AIRSHOW NEWS: Royal International Air Tattoo statement following US Military Budget Cuts from Flightline UK | ...I am happy to confirm that there is no reason to suggest that RIAT this year will be anything other than a great aviation spectacle; and as before, we will continue to meet the logistical costs incurred by the USAF and MoD at Fairford resulting from our activities....
Airshow axed - Yellow Advertiser | SOUTHEND Airshow has been axed by Southend Council for this year as a measure to save £10.5million. The cancellation of the airshow will save the authority £130,000. At the meeting last Thursday night members of the council agreed to put up council tax ...
Famed DC-3 Returns to the Skies - Flying Magazine | The airplane was also in the hands of Claire Chennault, commander of the Flying Tigers during WWII, before returning to the United States and receiving an N-number in the late 1940s. The DC-3 then flew routes with Pan Am before being converted into an ...
From PILOTMAG's Facebook: A Star fell from the sky today... It is with deep regret that
we announce the passing of Jeff Harris, whom many of you may know as
being the pilot of the silver
P-38 Lightning "Honey Bunny," owned by
Jack Croul of Allied Fighters in Chino. Jeff has been a friend of ours
and his absence will be felt by many. He was an inspiration to everyone
he met, he shared his love for aviation more passionately than most, and
he will never be forgotten. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his
friends and family, to the P-38 National Association, with whom Jeff was
extensively involved and a huge supporter of, and to all of the
veterans whose lives were touched by Jeff showing up in that beautiful
aircraft. We will miss you, dear friend. Blueskies and God speed. (Photo TVR Photography)
Women of Aviation Week Hits Cruising Altitude - Patch.com | ...She wanted to bring the joy of flight to other mothers, so she organized
an event that is an opportunity for girls and women to learn about all
facets of aviation from female pilots. ...
Women fly free - The Manitoban | She is specifically excited to learn about the processes involved, how people become pilots, and the role of women in aviation. “Airplanes and aviation have played a big role in uniting Canada by providing access to remote parts of the country as well ...
Spirit of the WASP from WINGS AND WASP by Nancy Parrish | Early in October, 2012, a World War II air-to-air B-26 tow-target pilot cut a symbolic ribbon at Wings Over the Rockies Aviation and Space Museum in Denver, Colorado. Just beyond the ribbon, high above the polished floor, overlooking the beautiful planes stretched wingtip to wingtip across the pristine hangar, is a visually stunning, factual, inspiring exhibit--a...
Bridgeton resident Jim Owens recalls time as World War II fighter pilot - Gloucester County Times - NJ.com | The next step up from a B-17. He has the 20 missions he flew listed in order on a piece of cardboard. The fifth mission was hairy. “We lost the number three engine and that created a drag,” he said. “We were in formation. I could run the other three ...
Teens charged in Tuskegee Airman's carjacking - minbcnews.com | The youths were arrested Sunday. The Tuskegee Airmen were a group of black combat pilots who trained in Alabama during World War II. They helped pave the way for desegregation in the U.S. military. Rutledge says he was a gunner on B-25 bomber.
New England Air Museum to Hold 2013 Space Expo on April 7 - CT Newsjunkie | New England Air Museum Photo The New England Air Museum will welcome former Space Shuttle Astronaut Jerry Ross on Sunday, April 7, 2013 at the museum in Windsor Locks for their annual Space Expo. Ross was one of NASA's most experienced ...
Wings Over the Water from Hiller Aviation Museum | From the 1920s through the 1960s, the nature 
Youth take to skies with Civil Air Patrol from Headline News - Civil Air Patrol | GEORGIA -- Six teens experienced the thrill of aviation, through orientation flights with Civil Air Patrol at Covington Municipal Airport last Thursday. The cadets flew a combined total of 6 hours in CAP’s Cessna aircraft. “It was awesome!” said cadet Justyn Patterson. “I have always wanted to fly and I am going to become a pilot!” cadet Rachel Dumas said. The cadets' big day is featured in this online version of the local newspaper, the Covington News.
CAP cadets involved in Operation Aerial Badger from Headline News - Civil Air Patrol | WISCONSIN -- Wisconsin National Guard aviators and medics, along with civilian emergency management agencies, participated in a joint training natural disaster exercise spanning all of southeastern Wisconsin. For the first time in five years, civilian agencies and National Guard aviation units worked together in a joint exercise Saturday to react to a mass flooding scenario that tested the Guard’s medical evacuation capabilities. The exercise, dubbed Operation Aerial Badger, combined an array of Wisconsin medical and aviation units to include elements of the 248th Aviation Support Battalion, 112th Aviation, 135th Aviation, 238th Aviation, 135th Medical Company, and cadets from the Civil Air Patrol.
Video: Soyuz TMA-08M Crew Readied at Star City from Spaceports | Three Expedition 35/36 crew members prepare for their final exams in their Sokol launch and entry suits at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy and Roscosmos cosmonauts Pavel Vinogradov and Alexander Misurkin are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station on March 28, U.S. time (March 29, Kazakhstan time) in the Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft....
Sunday, January 6, 2013
Indy Transponder 06-JAN-2013 1030z
Newport native takes aviation to next level By BRANTLEY WATSON Orange County Register | Steven Hinton Jr. has become a star in one of the world’s most dangerous sports, one that no one is talking about....
Big names lined up for Vero Beach air show in October from The Kathryn Report | VERO BEACH — The organizers of a new air show for the Vero Beach Municipal Airport have reeled in some big names for the event that will take off this October. Todd Howder, president of the board of directors of the Vero Beach Air Show Inc., and his colleagues have lined up some impressive names for the Oct. 5-6 show. They include the Navy's F/A-18 Tactical Demonstration Team and the Army's...
Spread your wings at display - This is Gloucestershire | DISPLAYS of aerobatics and wing-walking will be part of an event at Gloucestershire Airport later this month. The Staverton airport will be holding a holiday, travel and leisure weekend on Saturday, January 19 and Sunday, January 20. The aim is to ...
ANN 2012 Year In Review: Gone West from Aero-News Network | Astronauts Neil Armstrong And Sally Ride, Four Tuskegee Airmen, And 'Mama Bird' Johnson It is always appropriate to spend a few moments to remember those who were pioneers and visionaries in aviation. But some who passed this year were just men and women doing their jobs, and drawn to flying for the pure joy they could experience from it. Here is the roll call of those who have "Gone West" in 2012.
Losing an Engine Over the Alps - KMJ Now | The sun may have set on his B-17 days, but Echols continues to serve our community through volunteer work, something he's focused on since retiring from Fresno State in 1985. The next time you see him at the zoo, make sure you thank him for serving our ...
Allan Deacon 1932-1990 from Test & Research Pilots, Flight Test Engineers | Allan Deacon was an ex Royal Navy pilot who had also flown at Boscombe Down. He was Chief Test Pilot for Shorts in Belfast until his death. He ejected from ZH203 Tucano Mk 51 off...
Sandford Bruce Fleming from Test & Research Pilots, Flight Test Engineers | F/O S. B. Fleming was a veteran of World War II, having flown Beaufighters with No. 58 Sqn. RAF. He was attached to the 4th Fighter-Interceptor Wing, based at Kimpo, where he joined the 334th Sqn.,While in Korea they were given verbal instructions to complete 50 missions and return home. This was not immediately confirmed in writing, nor was the USAF informed of...
A Visit to The Tri-State Warbird Museum from Nordo News by Rich Davidson | Ginger and I recently found ourselves within a few miles of The Tri-State Warbird Museum and couldn't pass up the opportunity to visit. Although we'd like to make it there more often, it seems to be about every other year or so we do. Fortunately, there is a benefit to so much time in between; the noticeable evidence of progress being made....
That time Toronto went supersonic with the Avro Arrow blogTO (blog) | But that hasn't stopped a team of enthusiasts looking. Arrow Recovery ... It was during this stage of development that the first engineless vessels were strapped to Nike rockets at Point Petre in Prince Edward County for real-world aerodynamic tests ...
Photo from Planeshots | {Big and Graceful!}
Photo allegedly shows interception of a fleeing Syrian Mig-23 by two Turkish F-4 Phantoms from David Cenciotti's weblog | On Jan. 5, 2013, a Syrian Arab Air Force Mig-23 whose pilot had been ordered to attack Aleppo, fled to Turkey. Upon entering Turkey’s airspace, the defecting pilot replied to the radio calls of the Turkish Air Defense controllers and requested asylum.
Gateway Area Ultralight Association Holds Carburetor Clinic from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | The Gateway Area Ultralight Association (GAUA) held a carburetor clinic today at St. Louis Downtown Airport. About 20 attendees, many of whom were also members of EAA Chapter 64 and the Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum, were on hand for a thorough tutorial on...
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Indy Transponder 08-MAR-2012 1145z
NAF El Centro Air Show this weekend - KYMA | In just a few days, the Blue Angels will perform their amazing stunts and maneuvers at the NAF El Centro Air Show. Flying in FA18 Hornets is a dream for many, but Wednesday it became a reality for News 11's Rachel Elzufon. “Imagine this, the plane ...
Vintage aircraft land in Gulfport - SunHerald.com | The featured aircraft are a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, a B-24J Liberator and a North American P-51 Mustang. Once the planes had landed, people were able to get an up-close look at them, inside and out. Walking through the cramped fuselage of the ...
Vaiden Field and MMI Flying Tigers Host 4th Annual Fly In from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | MARION AL- On Saturday, April 14th, 2012, Vaiden Field Airport (A08), in conjunction with Marion Military Institute will host the 4th Annual Vaiden Field Fly-in. The Vaiden Fly-in, inspired by University of Alabama Honors College student Bethany McAleer of Birmingham, as a community development project in 2008-2009, has become a capstone for advertising and public awareness for this rapidly expanding rural airport. ...
Gary Setzer - AAFO | We lost an incredible crew member and fan of air racing recently. ...Gary crewed on the Lickety Split AT-6 crew with...
Great North West Air Race | ...his year GNAR will be launching out of Ephrata (KEPH) for a 170 nautical mile round robin cross country race across scenic Eastern Washington...
It’s a Woman’s World Up There – So Let’s Give a Big Cheer! from Flight Monkeys | Last week we were all excited about doing a podcast with Lynda Meeks, the founder and driving force behind Girls with Wings. This week we find the 2012 International Women in Aviation Conference going on in Dallas, Texas. Sure, it’s a total coincidence. There’s nobody here in the office smart enough, or sufficiently crafty to pull off a journalistic two-step like that. So we’re just going to leave it at that. Two great organizations focused on women’s involvement in aviation just happen to show up on our blog in close succession....
International Women’s day special: China’s Air Force first six JH-7 female fighter pilots pose for photo from David Cenciotti | According to a Xinhua News Agency article the first six “”loyal and fearless” female pilots flying with the Xian JH-7 fighter bomber have just finished the training required to perform all-weather air-to-ground missions and are now able to attack and destroy targets located on unfamiliar ground, hidden by fog, using precision munitions....
Former Tuskegee Airman talks “Red Tails” inspiration - The Crimson White | Social prejudice and individual determination were the focus of conversation for Col. Herbert Carter, an original member of the 99th Squadron and the Tuskegee Airmen, on Wednesday in the Ferguson Center Theatre. The Black Faculty and Staff Association of the University of Alabama hosted the event “An Evening with a Red Tail” that addressed the physical, psychological and social obstacles the Tuskegee Airmen faced during the 1940s....
Lightning strikes again from Apron 6 | Yet another Lightning shot, but this 
Prayers For Captain Carroll “Lex” Lefon and For the Lefon Family from Parrothead Jeff | I heard that there was a horrible possibility last night. I found out this morning that it wasn’t just a possibility anymore. It was a fact. A wife had lost her husband. Daughters and a son had lost their father. A nation had lost a patriot, warrior, and leader. I had lost a friend and inspiration. The world had lost a good man....
Aviation museum upgrades digital presence with monitors, touch screens - Dothan Eagle | The interaction the family had on Wednesday is what museum officials hope to enhance with additional technology at the museum, including interactive touch screen stations that guide patrons through past and current aviation history....
Kansas Aviation Museum to dedicate new archive center - from Kansas.com | The Kansas Aviation Museum will host a ceremony today to dedicate a new 6,500-square-foot archive center, which will house the most sensitive pieces of the museum’s artifacts collection. “This is a huge milestone for the museum,” said Lon Smith, Kansas Aviation Museum executive director. He said the museum has been...
The B-17G – Grace Under Fire from Moose Peterson Aviation Photography | Working on an article on WWII bomber training and talking with one of those pilots, it’s just hard to imagine being 21yrs old flying this amazing machine! Lone Star Flight Museum’s B-17G “Thunderbird” is an amazing example of the power those “kids” piloted. This pilot, Ben, two days after...
Sundance Flying Club - An Affordable Idea for Recreational Flyers from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | GADSDEN AL- How many times have you looked up to see a private plane roar through the sky above you and think, "Man, if only...!" Well, three local Gadsden pilots have come up with an idea to help realize your dreams for affordable flying with the inception of the Sun Dance Flying Club. The heart of the Sun Dance Flying Club project is to provide...
Cincinnati Blue Ash Airport Threatened With Closure
from Aero-News Network | Ninety-Year-Old Facility A Victim Of The Economy Cincinnati officials say they are likely to close Blue Ash Airport (KSIZ) and transfer the resources to the operation of Lunken Airport (KLUK), also known as Cincinnati Municipal, another GA facility in the area...
Microsoft flight from Passion pour l'aviation by Xavier Cotton | February 29, 2012, the new game flight simulator Microsoft Flight is released worldwide. The basic version of Flight is completely free and you can download (1.5 GB) games on the site of Microsoft: link. The following aircraft are available for free in the basic version, the Icon A5 amphibious aircraft and beautiful, if you...
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Indy Transponder 07-MAR-2012 1145z
Eyes on skies at Tyabb air show - Peninsula Weekly | THE Tyabb air show 
Royal Canadian Air Force jet will be in Chico for air show - Enterprise-Record | CHICO — The Royal Canadian Air Force's F-18 jet will be appearing during this year's Chico Air Show, slated for Sept. 28-30 at the Chico Municipal Airport. A variety of aircraft will be participating in the air show, either in aerial performances or ...
'Wings of Freedom' Tour on Display in Pensacola - WKRG-TV | This is a rare opportunity to visit, explore, and learn more about these unique and rare treasures of aviation history. The B-17 is one of only 9 in flying condition in the United States, the B-24J and Dual Control P-51C Mustang are the sole remaining...
The Dakota Hunter – Warbird Radio LIVE! – Wednesday – 10am (EASTERN) | WEDNESDAY – Filmmaker Axel Ebermann joins Matt Jolley on Warbird Radio LIVE to discuss is new documentary “The Dakota Hunter.” Dutchman Hans Wiesman is completely and utterly in love – with a seventy year old cargo plane: The legendary DC3 ‘Dakota’. Is it her...
Vietnam veterans will be honored at Air Fiesta 2012 in Brownsville - 
EAA Mourns Loss of Leonard Eaves
from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | EAA extends its deepest sympathy to the family and friends of Leonard R. Eaves, EAA Lifetime 2194, who lost his life in the crash of his Skeeter 1M homebuilt on Saturday, March 3.
Breakfast on ice for Minnesota general aviation pilots from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Our friends in EAA Chapter 551 periodically send us photos of their great flying adventures. One of the latest was a Saturday morning "breakfast on ice" in -5° temperatures at Eddy' Resort on Mille Lacs Lake in Minnesota. Some pictures follow of the ice runway and the camaraderie shared by this very active group of general aviation pilots....
Aviation heritage celebrated by Mollison Way's £1.5m revamp - Harrow Observer | A HERITAGE trail explaining Edgware's role in advances in aviation is the 'icing on the cake' of a shopping parade's £1.5 million facelift. Pupils at Stag Lane Infant and Nursery School and neighbouring Stag Lane Junior School, both in Collier Drive, ...
First F-35 flight at Eglin cut way short from Sky Talk by Star-Telegram | Another day, another problem with the F-35. Maybe not a big one, but a problem nevertheless. Tuesday's first flight of a production F-35 at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, the beginning of preparation for pilot training, was cut short by a possible fuel leak, Bloomberg reports....
Aircraft crash at Naval Air Station Fallon kills pilot - Kathryn's Report | ...This is the second crash in 10 days. A Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet crashed north of NAS Fallon on Feb. 24, but both pilots ejected safely....
Episode 188 – The Mach 1.4 UAV from Airplane Geeks Podcast | Guest Ryan P. Starkey, Ph.D. has been working with University of Colorado students to develop a Mach 1.4 UAV. Propulsion for this very efficient aircraft comes from a 20 pound turbojet that features an afterburner and thrust vectoring nozzle. We talk about the...
Gallery 104 — it is all about the UAV from the 1990s onward by travelforaircraft | During the March 2009 visit to the National Air & Space Museum on the National Mall, I saw the construction of a new gallery, one for modern the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) — Gallery 104. This exhibit is on the west end and stands the full tow storied height of the museum — lending the opportunity to see the aircraft from below as well as...
Martin Jetpack selling Pre-production Jetpack to Flight Schools and Aero Club - Next Big Future | If you would like to register your interest in purchasing a Martin Jetpack for private use or for your flight school or aero club, or if you wish to secure an early production position, please Order a Jetpack today....
Video: Lego Space Shuttle Lifts Off for the Stratosphere - POPSCI | So many intrepid stratonauts send stuff into the upper atmosphere these days, it’s almost hard to keep track — there’s even a suborbital balloon factory now. But this weather balloon experiment still caught my eye. It’s a little space shuttle, winging its way into orbit one more time...in Lego form. Romanian shuttle enthusiast Raul Oaida posted this video to YouTube of his hand-made Lego...
Video: The Capsule: Red Bull Stratos from Aerial Sports Feed | The Red Bull Stratos science team has spent five years developing the capsule that will deliver Felix Baumgartner to the edge of space for his record-breaking freefall attempt from over 22 miles up.
First woman in space turns 75 from Military Photos | Quote: Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (Russian: Валенти́на Влади́мировна Терешко́ва; born March 6, 1937) is a retired Soviet cosmonaut, and was the first woman in space. She was selected out of more than four hundred applicants, and then out of five finalists, to pilot Vostok 6 on the 16 June, 1963, becoming both the first woman...
Sounding Rockets from The Original Rocket Dungeon | "The ATREX launches will take place between March 14 and April 4. The five rockets will release a chemical tracer that will form milky, white tracer clouds that allow scientists and the public to "see" the winds in space."
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Indy Transponder 14-JAN-2012 1030z
Black Diamond Jet Team set to sparkle From AOPA By Dan Namowitz | If Jared Isaacman could 
Team Viper announces it's end | Nothing fancy. Just a quick note on their FB fan page. Here was their website.
Al Khor Fly-in attracts hundreds - Gulf Times | Hundreds of people attended the fifth open Fly-in day at Al Khor Airfield yesterday. Visitors, estimated to be at least 3000, expressed their joy to attend the “exciting and dramatic festival. The offer by some of the small ...
Al Khor air show lends wings to visitors’ flying aspirations - The Peninsula | DOHA: Excitement was aflutter as the Fifth Al Khor Fly-in Open Day took off yesterday. The two-day event tasted success on the first day as it surpassed the expectations of visitors, whose excitement was not dampened despite most of them being unable to enjoy a flight. There are more than thirty attractive 
and colourful private aircraft on display. The owners...
2012 West Coast Formation Clinic (WCFC) - Van Air Force | The 2012 West Coast Formation Clinic (WCFC) will be held from Friday April 27 to Sunday April 29, 2012 at Madera Municipal Airport (KMAE), Madera, California, hosted by the West Coast Ravens RV Formation Squadron. Formation flying is an extremely fun, challenging and rewarding activity. The WCFC is designed to introduce you to the basics of, and develop your skills in, RV Formation Flying to FFI standards...in a safe, professional and fun environment....
Gone — Ken Terry and his “Midnight Special” by Travel for Aircraft | ...While drafting the post I received the latest newsletter of the Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum, UnScramble. Ironically, it brought word of the sudden passing of Ken Terry. He, as well as Mike Fuller of Port Orange FL, died as a result of the crash of his T-34B Mentor called “Midnight Special” upon departure from Wings Field, near Williston FL on 5 November 2011. Mike Fuller was in the front seat and Ken Terry was in the back seat. Terry was quite accomplished as an aviator (60,000 hours experience), service man and family man. I also know he was well liked by those in the museum....
Aviation museum hosts tribute to Tuskegee Airmen; Alumni now Valley residents - East Valley Tribune | As part of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday weekend, the Commemorative Air Force Arizona Wing Aviation Museum in Mesa is hosting an event to honor America’s first all Black aerial unit, the Tuskegee Airmen, and mark the premiere of Lucasfilm’s “Red Tails.”...
Sci-fly: Piece of aviation history slips under Purdue radar - Journal and Courier | While in 
Book celebrates city's aviation history - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette | The book features stories and photos of local aviation history. Myers, a World War II aviator, wrote the book with help from his son Larry, center right, and grandson Geoffrey, center left. The book tour continues from 10 am to 4 pm today at the ...
Aviation film uses Clay County airpark as backdrop - Clay Today | GREEN COVE SPRINGS – A Middleburg High School graduate has written and produced a film shot mostly in Clay County that is expected to be completed in a few months. Writer-producer Lisa Weseman graduated from Middleburg High School in 1996 and earned a degree in television and film production from the University of Florida in 2000. She moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in the entertainment industry. “SOLO” is the story of a close-knit aviation community mourning the loss of an experimental aircraft pilot. Filming ended Dec. 21. The final cut is expected in March. The first public viewing will be at Sun 'N' Fun Air Show in Lakeland at the end of March. Weseman said the family element sets “SOLO” apart from other aviation films....
Georgia: New film details Athens brothers' aerial circus - Online Athens | The photographs, 8mm film, yellowed newspaper clippings and other dusty memorabilia from the high-flying daredevil days of 1945-50 lay stored away for decades in dark closets. But in coming days, those images will have new life when “The World’s Smallest Airport,” a documentary film about The Thrasher Brothers Aerial Circus, will be shown...
Video: RAF Blasts Japanese Supplies (1945) - airboyd.tv | Universal Newsreels RAF Blasts Jap Supplies; “really pinpoint bombing” of targets in Burma
Awesome CRw Camp last weekend here at SDAZ, check out the neat... from Bonjour BlueSky
Marine UH-1 crew chief receives Distinguished Flying Cross for heroic action from Military Photos | Inside the Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron369 hangar is an honor roll, a wall covered with patches of distinguishedMarines who have done outstanding work. Staff Sgt. Bart C. Davis’ patch waselevated to the honor roll after he received the Distinguished Flying Cross for heroism....
Lippisch Aerodyne Naval from The Unwanted Blog | Another of one Alexander Lippisch’s aerodyne concepts. Wingless VTOL vehicles, they obviously never caught on. This one is for a US Navy craft of some type, apparently a...
Personal Fighter Jet Plan for $100,000 - Hanute Living | If private aviation is your little piece of heaven, you may be interested in taking it one step further and purchase your very own personal fighter jet plane. The price ranges from $76,511 up to $102,014. Those with significant discretionary income enjoy...
Dauck helps with EAA Young Eagles Program - Green Bay Press Gazette | Participating young people become official Young Eagles with the flight, with the names of the pilots and the participants are also included in the "World's Largest Logbook" that is on permanent display in the EAA AirVenture Museum in Oshkosh, ...
Richard Garriott: Man on a Mission - Spaceports | Reaching for the heavens looks pretty easy in Man on a Mission: Richard Garriott's Road to the Stars. The title character didn't meet the eyesight requirements to train as a NASA astronaut. So he just paid $30 million to the Russian space program, and hopped a Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station, notes NPR....
