Unique WWII German fighter reassembled in Everett - Seattle PI | The German Focke-Wulf 190 fighter plane shocked its adversaries when it debuted in World War II. Just getting the one that Everett’s Flying Heritage Collection owns flying again took more than a decade of restoration work. And then they took it apart. The airplane rotted in a marsh outside of Leningrad from 1943, when pilot Paul Ratz crashed there, until someone found it in 1989. After a Soviet helicopter pulled it out of the muck, the plane traveled to England and then Arizona, where the Flying Heritage Collection had it restored...
VIDEO: AirVenture 2011 promo - EAA | An exciting look ahead to AirVenture 2011, July 25-31. Tributes to Hoover and Rutan! Concerts by REO Speedwagon, Aaron Tippin, and the Lt Dan Band! Daily airshows—including an even BIGGER nighttime show than last year!
F-35's 1st air show appearance will be ... - Flightglobal | ... maybe later this year, says Adm David Venlet, F-35 program executive officer, who briefed reporters this morning at Joint Strike Fighter headquarters on the 6th floor of a a typically non-descript office building in Crystal City...
Second F-35 Production Jet Takes First Flight - Defense Update | AF-7, the second F-35 Lightning II production jet, takes off on its first flight Friday, March 4, from Naval Air Station Fort Worth JointAF-7, the second F-35 Lightning II production jet, takes off on its first flight Friday, March 4, from Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base...
Blackburn Buccaneer – the last British bomber - Shortfinals Blog | I once had the great privilege of living (and working) at the Royal Air Force’s premier navigation school. Inevitably, one met members of the instructing staff who had been in contact with the Blackburn Buccaneer. To say that this aircraft was held in affection would be a massive understatement...
Primeira mulher a pilotar um Gripen na Suécia (First woman to fly a Gripen in Sweden) - Cavok | A capitã Anna Dellham recentemente completou seu primeiro voo solo num caça Gripen tornando-se a primeira mulher piloto de um Gripen na Força Aérea da Suécia. O voo ocorreu junto ao Esquadrão F7 na Base Aérea de Satenas...
VIDEO: Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender (1945) - AIRBOYD | The Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender (Curtiss-Wright CW-24), was a 1940s United States prototype fighter aircraft built by Curtiss. Along with the XP-54 and XP-56, it resulted from United States Army Air Corps proposal R-40C issued on 27 November 1939 calling for unconventional aircraft designs. A highly unusual design for its time, it had a canard configuration, a rear mounted engine, swept wings and two vertical tails...
VIDEO: Stinson L-5 Sentinel (1942) - AIRBOYD | The USA light aircraft L-5 Sentinel began life as the pre-war Stinson Model 105. The model 105 was nicknamed Voyager, built by the Stinson division of Consolidated Vultee. When World War II broke out, the Voyager was redesigned and then entered into service as a liaison aircraft. It also flew in the artillery spotter role and as an air ambulance...
Open Line Friday – Warbird Radio LIVE! - Warbird Radio | FRIDAY – It’s time once again for an open line show on Warbird Radio LIVE! This means it’s your turn to call in and discuss whats on your mind…this Friday at 10am (EASTERN). FYI…we have some cool stuff for give aways …so call in.
FAA administrator to speak at Atlanta Aero Club - General Aviation News | Randy Babbitt, administrator for the FAA, will be the featured guest speaker at the regular bi–monthly meeting of the Atlanta Aero Club scheduled for May 5. Babbitt, a veteran pilot who flew 25 years for Eastern Airlines, is an internationally recognized expert in aviation and labor relations...
Warbird Restoration Enthusiast and Aviation Experience of Clyde Zellers - Covington Aircraft | Covington Aircraft believes that remembering and honoring the history of aviation is vital to our daily operation in Okmulgee, OK. We highlight an important figure in Aviation, in this blog post, Clyde Zellers...
More Books About Flying - Joe Clark | After finishing yesterday’s blog about books on the subject of the Doolittle Raid, I began thinking of other books written of flying that all serious pilots should read. There are so many great novels and historical accounts written of flying that once started, many become very difficult to put down until finished...
All female pilot group encourages women to take to the sky - KTRE | LUFKIN, TX (KTRE) - In 1929 men told them they could never be pilots. With the help of pioneers like Amelia Earhart, women from around the world formed their own group- the Ninety-Nines, Inc. Their mission is to mentor other female pilots. They hope high flying inspires more women to take to the sky...
Heliboarding Copter? - Yanko Design | Have you heard of heliboarding? I haven’t but apparently it’s the hot new thing with adventurists. The AvA 299 DROP is a helicopter designed to take crazy snowboarders to locations not accessible by normal lifts. The entire cabin can lower them just enough to leap out and carve their stake across a mountain...
Amateur High-Altitude Balloon DOES NOT Launch Tonight - MT Utility | The Project Blue Horizon 5 high-altitude transatlantic balloon flight originally scheduled for Friday, April 22 [UTC, tonight in Pacific time], has been postponed to April 27 - 29...
Friday, April 22, 2011
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Wednesday, November 3, 2010
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Tuesday, October 12, 2010
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The Blue Angels: An Entomological Perspective from Telstar Logistics | As the saying goes, give an infinite number of monkeys an infinite number of typewriters and an infinite amount of time, and eventually one of them might just write Hamlet. By the same token, give Telstar Logistics a digital camera, six F-18s, and about ten years of San Francisco Fleet Weeks, and eventually we'll snap a presentable photograph of the Blue Angels…
Hin's Tech Corner: Fleetweek and Blue Angels Air Show by Hin Man | There were 6 blue angels and most of the time, they have 4 flying very close to each other. They are so fast and loud. I was not in the middle section of their flying path but I did catch some of the shots that I like…
Photo Gallery: San Francisco Fleet Week 2010 Airshow | NYCAviation.com | Airplane Photos, Airline News, Planespotting Guides from nycaviation.com | NYCAviation visited gorgeous San Francisco this past weekend for the Fleet Week 2010 Airshow. Thousands of spectators hit the beaches, piers, and hills of the city to catch a glimpse of some of the best aerial action around. And the performers didn't disappoint: Sean Tucker and John Klatt dazzled the crowds with their mind bending aerobatics. Rescue demos by…
Great Restorations from Air & Space Magazine | Where else in the space of a few hundred square yards could you find the oldest Boeing airplane flying, a 1945 Grumman Widgeon amphibian, a 1956 de Havilland Chipmunk, and a 1929 Hamilton metalplane—all beautifully restored to flying condition? Only at the National Aviation Heritage Invitational at the Reno air races. LiveAirshowTV brings you this preview video of the treasures that will be competing at Reno this year for the title of most accurately restored vintage aircraft. (06:58) Video: LiveAirshowTV
The King of Aviation - Highlands Ranch Herald | The pilot, an air race veteran who was unaware of the baby on board, proceeded to perform death-defying acrobatic maneuvers. It was Hendershot's first taste ...
*RAF podcast tells tale of Polish pilots from Military Photos by wholagun | A new set of podcasts produced by the RAF Museum in the United Kingdom reveals the bravery of Polish pilots during the Battle of Britain, whose 70th anniversary falls this year…
IAF's Surya Kirans to soon fly as Hawks - MSN India | IAF's formation aerobatic team Surya Kirans have taken the first step to switch from the present Kiran MkII aircraft to the 'Hawks' Advanced Jet Trainers ...
*Refurbished B-17 steals show at Hondo airport ceremony - San Antonio Express | The refurbished B-17 owned by the Commemorative Air Force drew cheers as it rumbled over the crowd of about 150 that included veterans who'd flown the same ...
World War II pilots and aircraft make brief visit to Pratt - Pratt Tribune
All three aircraft belong to the Commemorative Air Force and were all headed to Midland, Texas for the annual CAF Air Show and meeting. ...
First 'Flying Car (LSA)' Receives Go-Ahead by FAA To Begin Production. from Aviation Blogs | The Orlando office of the FAA issued a historic Special Light Sport Aircraft airworthiness certificate to Itec, a Central Florida Christian Non-Profit humanitarian organization; for their unique land, air, water and snow capable vehicle…
Aero-TV: Powered Parachutes -- PRA Reaches Out to PPCs at 2010 Event from Aero-News Network | ALL That Flies Over Mentone Need Not Always Have Rotors ANN and Aero-TV have had a ball bringing you the very best of the rotary sites, sounds and concepts that literally revolve around Mentone once a year... but we need to mention one of the more intriguing variants that typified this year's event -- as this year, a large contingent of Powered Parachutes joined the fun and added a decided sporty element to the festivities otherwise known as the PRA Fly-In…
'Secret' X-37B Space Plane Disappears Again - Universe Today | If you want a comprehensive look into the history and the possible uses of the X-37B, there is a lengthy article over at Air & Space by associate editor ...
*Teachers in zero-gravity, the wonder of weightlessness – StandardNet | Aboard our specially modified Boeing 727, G-FORCE ONE, weightlessness is achieved by doing aerobatic maneuvers known as parabolas. ...
Injured soldiers get flying training from key.Aero | UK charity Aerobility is enabling disabled service personnel to fly…
The Extreme STOL De Havilland Otter Testbed from Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago | Throughout the 1950s De Havilland Canada saw its reputation for tough STOL aircraft grow with the DHC-2 Beaver and its larger successor, the DHC-3 Otter. From the research standpoint, the durability and load carrying capacity of the Otter in particular led to one of the more unusual STOL aircraft research programs that while little-known to most, played a significant role in advancing De Havilland Canada's knowledge base in STOL aerodynamics…
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Sunday, October 3, 2010
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Airshow honors heroes – KXRM | The first day of the "In their Honor" airshow is in the books. More than 15-thousand people flooded the Colorado Springs airport to see the best planes and ...
Air show bridges gap between vintage, modern planes - Colorado Springs Gazette | Other children watched stuntmen Greg Poe, Tim Weber and Bob Carlton fly nauseating routines above the crowd, leaving some kids unsure about ever donning a ...
California International Airshow Salinas offers speeds, skills and style - Monterey County Herald | Jim Ercek, of Pleasant Hill, and his son, Peter, 1, check out the Super Snooper scout plane at the air show on Saturday. ...
Sights and sounds at the Miramar Air Show - San Diego Union Tribune | MIRAMAR — It was hot and loud at the Miramar Air Show on Saturday, but that didn't dampen the excitement of seeing jets like the AV-8B Harrier ...
Hose falls from Marine plane onto SD County house - The Associated Press | SAN DIEGO — A 75-foot refueling hose fell from a large cargo plane that was part of an air show Saturday and landed on a house in a San Diego County ...
Part of An Airshow Plane Lands On Carmel Mountain Ranch House - San Diego 6 | UPDATE - A part from an airshow plane falls off scaring a Carmel Mountain Ranch neighborhood. A C-130 cargo plane performing in the Miramar Air Show sent a ...
Miramar air show - East County Magazine ... is handling it," San Diego Police officer Frank Cali confirmed. The spilled fuel is believed to be from the air show at Miramar Marine Corps Air Base…
Rain, five Clubbies, and an Air Show by Iain Hall - Its Sunday so I'll give you a totally non political piece. As I mentioned yesterday I was invited to go on a drive out to an air show near Kilcoy and to be frank the weather was not that grand , in fact it was awful but none the less my daughter and I went to meet my mates at the mountain road. they were clearly running late and I thought that they had wimped out because of a bit of rain…
Search Continues For Gordon Bennett 2010 U.S. Balloonist Team from AvStop » Number One Online Resource For General Aviation News | The Italian Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) with support from other civil and military assets, including US and Croatian Military continues to search for the American balloonists, Richard Abruzzo and Carol Rymer-Davis, designated USA2, registration N801NM. On Wednesday at about 05.58Z the Gordon Bennett…
"Live Chat" with Me! – Mike Goulian by Karin | Save the date! This is my chance to have a live chat, on-line, with you! Tune in to Alliance Air Show's Facebook page to post your questions for me and I will answer them in real-time! Ask me anything about aerobatics, air shows, aviation, and how it feels to do what I love best – fly! Date: Monday, October 11th - Time: 6pm EST (5pm CT) (for 30 minutes) Log In to: www.Facebook.com/AllianceAirShow - I hope to see you at the Alliance Airshow in Ft. Worth, TX on Oct 30 – 31
Jacksonville Air Show 2010 from http://www.airshow.jacksonville.com/ October 23 – 24 - A great family event featuring top military and civilian performers, including the US Navy Blue Angels! - Gates open at 9 a.m. - Show begins at 10 a.m. - FREE parking, admission and Kid's Zone! - Open to the public! - Witness thrills like never before from a variety of military and civilian aerobatic demonstrations. The world famous Super Shockwave Jet Truck will be racing down the runway at speeds more than 300 mph. The grand finale will be the Navy's flight demonstration team: The Blue Angels.
Video: Kent Pietsch 'Deadstick' Routine At 2010 Reno Air Races by Martt | This is a nicely shot video by youtuber wunkus shows Kent Pietsch doing his 'deadstick' routine from 6,500' in his Interstate Cadet recently at the Reno Air Races. The airplane and tip smoke really look great against the beautiful Reno sky, and placing the prop spinner in the hand of the announcer at the end is a pretty sweet way to end an akro routine with no engine power!
"Ice Pilots" prepare for take-off while former Snowbird signs books - iNews880.com | Meanwhile Dan Dempsey, a former Edmontonian and Snowbird lead pilot, will be back signing his book "Tradition of Excellence." "It chronicles this wonderful ...
Sully Lands Movie Deal from AVwebFlash Current Issue - The Hero of the Hudson has landed a Hollywood deal. Varietyis reporting that heavyweight film development firms Flashlight Films and Kennedy/Marshall Co. have reached a deal with former U.S. Airways Capt. Chesley Sullenberger for the rights to the film about his involvement in the successful ditching of an A320 in the Hudson River in January of 2009.
Air Race Raises Money For Those Who Need to Be Flown to Hospitals – KTEN | Grace Flight of America and the North Texas Regional Airport hosted an air race Saturday. Formerly known as Angel Flight, the benefit has been held for more ...
Worlds largest aerial banner from The Unwanted Blog | Seems a dubious use of the available technology. http://jalopnik.com/5653873/chrysler-drops-worlds-largest-aerial-banner-spooks-faa?skyline=true&s=i
Dayton Museum Holds Special Ribbon Cutting - WHIO Dayton | The newly completed Aviation Trail Dave Gold Parachute Museum had been a work in progress for 15 years. On Saturday, Gold was on hand for the special ribbon ...
B-17 Flying Fortress visits Tulsa - Examiner.com | This may be a bit of a stretch for 'alternative transportation' since the B-17 was never designed to carry passengers. Strictly speaking, it was more like a ...
Fantasy of Flight kicks off October with spooky events - News Chief | While vintage planes like the B-17 and Grumman Duck typically take center stage at Fantasy of Flight, it's the long-lost pilots whose spirits soared while ...
Polish archaeologists to dig at plane crash site in western Russia - RIA Novosti | Polish experts probing the plane crash said in late September they were "dissatisfied" with the documents supplied by Russia. ...
WACO Classic Aircraft Donates Aircraft In Support Of AOPA Foundation from AvStop » Number One Online Resource For General Aviation News | WACO Classic Aircraft has announced that, in support of AOPA Foundation and its key initiatives, they are donating a brand new made-to-order WACO YMF-5 D-Model to the AOPA Foundation Auction. The bidding began Thursday and will end November 13th with proceeds going to AOPA Foundation. "Every item up for bid10,000 flight hours with Czech Gripen from Defence Aviation by SAAB Group | During the NATO Days 2010, the Czech Air force celebrated 10,000 flight hours with their fleet of 14 Gripen aircraft. That means an average of more than 140 hours per aircraft and year. "In May, we successfully reached half of the lease contract for the Gripen aircraft, and we are very proud that we already have flown 10,000 flight hours on these fighters. It is easy just to say it, but it really means a lot of work, technical skills and capabilities of pilots, as well as of ground crew," says Verner…
Discovery on launch pad for final mission from Flight Image of the Day by Will Horton | Space Shuttle Discovery has safely reached the launch pad at Cape Canaveral in anticipation of its final launch before retirement. A Terminal Countdown Demonstration dress rehearsal is scheduled for 12-15 October, before mission STS-133 lifts off on 1 November. Continue reading...
World Space Week 2010 from tomorrow - Brahmand Defence and Aerospace News | The week-long carnival includes activities like comet making, hydro-rocketry workshops, astronomy webcasts, a night sky observing trip and face painting for ...
This week in space history: Ley an early champion of moon flight - Alamogordo Daily News | He "would go on to become a public spokesman for rocketry and space travel over the next half century," Ted Spitzmiller wrote in "Astronautics: Book 1 Dawn ...
14th annual Plane Pull helps youth programs get airborne - DeSoto Appeal | More than 20 organizations participated in the plane pull, the largest turnout in the event's 14-year history. Networking among repeat participants has ...
Taking Flight at Jefferson City Airport - KOMU-TV | The Young Eagles and their parents watched planes and a helicopter take off and land. Everyone had a chance to talk to the pilots, ask questions, ...
Youth Aviation Adventure helps kids realize dreams of flight - WEAU-TV 13 | As these boy scouts play with paper airplanes, they say they've learned so much at the Youth Aviation Adventure about the real deal. ...
AN-225 in Charlotte - what a Monster! from Pilots of America Message Board by N5571Q - I drove to KCLT today to mail something and saw this beast on the ramp. Hope I can watch it take off.
Republic TFX and D-24 designs from The Unwanted Blog - In the early 1960's, Republic Aviation came up with a general configuration for a high speed aircraft… pointy-nosed fuselage, highly swept delta wings and small variable geometry wings for low speed. Republic applied this concept to at least four aircraft designs… the relatively small D-24 "Alliance" (with Fokker), several designs for the TFX program (eventually the F-111), a Mach 3 supersonic passenger transport, and a supersonic strategic bomber…
The Lockheed R6V Constitution from Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago | Before the start of the Second World War, Pan American Airways was the world's biggest operator of large ocean-going flying boats with the Boeing 314, Martin M-130 and Sikorsky S-42 in the fleet that spanned Pan American's worldwide network. However, the airline recognized that the pace of development in aviation technology meant that landplanes would be the dominant airline aircraft of the future. Pan Am worked with Boeing to bring the Boeing 307 Stratoliner to fruition (the world's first pressurized airliner)…
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Indy Transponder 24-JUN-10 1030z
Blue Angels Honor Kentucky WWII Flying Ace's Memory – WBKO | The Blue Angels roared into Bowling Green Wednesday afternoon. Fans stood breathless as the US Navy precision flight team landed their Boeing F/A-18 Hornets ...
Threat of storms overshadows festivities - St. Cloud Times ... largest summer festivals on the line — not to mention an air show featuring the US Navy's famed Blue Angels — a lot is riding on the weather this week ...
The Air Force Thunderbirds - Salisbury Post | The Thunderbirds' full schedule of events continues this weekend with a show in Ocean City, Md. The airshow earlier this month was filled with old and new ... The featured performers were the Thunderbirds, which use F-16s as their demo planes. The Thunderbirds' full schedule of events continues this weekend with a ...
Luke Air Force Base's own Capt. Nicholas Holmes will fly as Thunderbird No. 4. - Fighter Country Partnership | The Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, commonly known as the Thunderbirds, have announced incoming officer selections for the 2011 demonstration season. ...
Air show takes off in Rhody - Attleboro Sun Chronicle ... to see the Thunderbirds in action as well as other attractions at the 20th anniversary edition of the Rhode Island National Guard Open House Air Show. ...
An inside look at the Great Minnesota Air Show - Minneapolis Star Tribune | So when Wiskus is flying upside-down 25 feet off the ground, or the Blue Angels are soaring with their wings within inches of each other, the only thing ...
Miami Valley Youth Soar through the Skies with Greg Poe - Times Community Newspapers of Greater Dayton | World-renowned aerobatic performer and unlimited aerobatic champion, Greg Poe, will give Miami Valley youth the chance of a lifetime, that of flying with ...
Air show may take off from province - Metro Canada – Vancouver | Visitors to the Nova Scotia International Air Show watch the Snowbirds pass by from the wing of a Hercules plane in this file photo from 2005. ...
Muskegon's Sumer Celebration's air show has safety zone that will restrict ... - The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com | File PhotoMusekgon's Summer Celebration brings back an air show to the area after a four-year absence. MUSKEGON COUNTY — The first Summer Celebration Air ...
Battle of Britain flight for air show - Diss Mercury | All eyes will look up to the skies around Old Buckenham Airfield at the weekend for the return of a popular community air show. ...
Spitfire flypast for anniversary – WalesOnline | A SPITFIRE flypast will mark the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain in Cardiff Bay. An aircraft flown in North Africa will make three passes above ...
Red Arrows over Worthing for Armed Forces weekend - Worthing Today | THE Red Arrows will fly over Worthing as part of the renowned West Sussex Armed Forces weekend. The event, taking place in Steyne Gardens this weekend, ...
AirVenture 2010 Promises Rare Warbirds, New Technology from AVwebFlash Current Issue | EAA AirVenture 2010 is just over a month away, so if you're going, now is a good time to be making plans, especially since early-bird discounts on advance tickets expire June 30. This year's big event has plenty of new features, a salute to veterans with lots of rare warbirds, plus of course the usual huge lineup of flight demos, airshow performers, forums, workshops, aviation films, and just about any kind of aviation-related event you can think of. Space is limited for the electric aircraft symposium on Friday, featuring aircraft designers Burt Rutan, Randall Fishman, John Monnett and more, so if you want to be there, register online now. The Goodyear Blimp will make another visit to the site, and a night airshow will light up the sky on Friday night, followed by mass balloon launches on Saturday and Sunday mornings.
Saab Gripen from FenceCheck Forums - Swedish Gripen at Skrydstrup AB, Denmark, 5 June 2010:
Historic air race comes to town - Great Bend Tribune | The two will come together next year when Great Bend Municipal Airport is one of 10 stops in the 2011 Air Race Classic, according to Airport Manager Martin ...
Liberty pilot takes to the air in famous air race - Liberty Vindicator | "I thought that was such a wonderful idea, and why not do something to benefit someone else while we're having fun?" So this year Team Ely-Kummer is raising ...
Talk about blowing a gasket! from Warrior Women take on the Air Race Classic 2010 by warriorwomen2010 | Our mechanic, Mitch, was true to his word and returned to the airplane late last night (after his shift as an EMT!) to get the plane ready so all he would have to do was replace the gaskets when they arrived. However, as he further inspected the parts he soon realized it was a bigger issue than originally thought. The carburetor was showing signs of fuel in places it shouldn't. [NOTE: I am NOT a mechanic so please forgive that my details may be fuzzy and my wording may not make complete sense.]…
Alabama-based team competes in Air Race Classic - Tuscaloosa News | The "Flying Carastros" are competing for the eighth time in the Air Race Classic race, not only to honor women in aviation but also to spend time with each ...
Day Two of the Air Race from Team Charley | We were pretty tired after landing in Hot Springs yesterday. The leg from Tuscaloosa to Hot Springs was pretty brutal. It was hot and humid, with lots of thermals. We checked into our hotel in Hot Springs and were in bed and asleep by 8:30 pm. Up again at 6:30 and out to the airport before 7:30 am. First leg was from Hot Springs, AR to Cameron, MO. The weather was still cool and comfortable for that leg…
Historic Cross Canada Flight Group Takes to the Skies Again from Aviation.ca News | On the morning of July 12th 2010 aircraft from across Canada will start their engines to begin another epic aviation pilgrimage... this time to the Yukon. The flight will originate in two locations with half of the more than 120...
Going three wheeling from AOPA Pilot Blog: Reporting Points by Tom Haines | Where are you landing this weekend? Somewhere other than pavement, I hope. Last week we quietly introduced a means to help you find new places to land. The AOPA Airports section on AOPA Online now includes the ability to search for "unpaved" runways. As I wrote in my Waypoints column in the July issue of AOPA Pilot, my most memorable and rewarding landings have occurred on other than paved runways. I think you'll find that to be true too…
Best of day 3: Baton Rouge from Flying Across America | This post is a summary of our day in Baton Rouge. No new destination today but N512R took off on a very important mission: passing the passion for aviation along. Jason gives introductory flights at our stops. Contact us if you want to book one - this is a unique opportunity. No one comes out of the aircraft without a bright smile…
Combs reaches 40th state from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | "Hope One" at the Denton Air Show under the wing of "Flagship Detroit," the oldest flying DC-3 in the world. The Flight for the Human Spirit had covered 13,442 miles when it landed for a maintenance stop at its home base at Denton Municipal Airport (DTO) in Texas. Texas became the 40th state of a journey that has touched down in more than 90 cities and towns across the United States, all in a Light Sport Aircraft…Aces take to the skies in Geneseo Airshow | The Livingston County News by Virginia Kropf | A group of some of history's most talented flying aces will highlight the 2010 airshow at Geneseo Airport. The Greatest Show on Turf, scheduled July 10 and 11, will pay tribute to the famed Tuskegee Airmen and will feature the ...
CAF B-25 Makes Unscheduled Stop In Iowa from Aero-News Network | Engine Problems Caused Pilot To Make A Precautionary Landing A Commemorative Air Force B-25 returning to St. Paul, MN from Cape Girardeau, MO made a precautionary landing in Muscatine, IA because of an engine problem.
C-47 seats available for Independence Day Parade fly-over - Heritage Newspapers | The C-47 has become the most versatile and numerous aircraft of this century, according to literature from the Yankee Air Museum. More than 13000 were built ...
Museum highlights a century of aviation - Lompoc Record | Bryan Walton/Staff A century of aviation history is on display at the Santa Maria Museum of Flight overlooking the city's public airport. ...
St. Louis Science Center Displays Mercury and Gemini Development Spacecraft from The Aero Experience by Carmelo Turdo
Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago | The helicopter amphibious assault ships of the US Navy that transport Marine Expeditionary Units (MEUs) are often called the "big deck amphibs" as their size approaches that of the the aircraft carriers of previous generations. In fact, the latest class of assault carriers, the Wasp-class LHDs, are much larger than the Royal Navy's Invincible-class Harrier carriers and closer in size to ships like the old French aircraft carriers FNS Clemenceau and FNS Foch (size comparison here) Like a supercarrier, the assault carriers have their own air wing embarked with the Marine Corps calls an Air Combat Element or Aviation Combat Element (ACE). But there the difference ends. But let's back up a bit and talk about the MEU and how the ACE fits into the MEU…
Monday, July 20, 2009
Indy Transponder 20-JUL-09 1030z
Air Show chairman pleased with weekend turnout - Dayton Daily News
The Vectren Dayton Air Show closed its second and final day this year much as it did its first ...
35th Dayton air show roars into history from AviationDayton by editor@aviationdayton.com
VANDALIA, Ohio — Dayton's 35th annual air show on Dayton International Airport roared into history Sunday with flying machines ranging from a Wright "B" Flyer lookalike to the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds.
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Aerial acrobats draw thousands - Detroit Free Press
Metro Detroiters took advantage of the spring-like weather and free admission for kids to come down to the Yankee Air Museum's event. Scott Shute of Livonia waited about 90 minutes in bumper-to-bumper traffic on Ecorse Road near the airport entrance to ...
Tours of B-17 Bomber start Monday - WCLO, WI
EAA Tour Stop Coordinator Ken Brooks says the B-17 Bomber will be at the Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport until Thursday. It's part of a nationwide tour to raise funds for the plane's maintenance. Brooks says it's restored to its original ...
Gripen At the Biggest Air Show In the World Air Force News at ... from air show - Google Blog Search by unknown
Gripen aircraft from the Swedish and Hungarian air forces will participate in the multinational Royal International Air Tattoo in the UK. The organizer Royal.
Aero-TV: Let's Review Our 'OSHCasts' From AirVenture 2008 On The ... - Aero-News Network
... closed-circuit video, Burt Rutan and Sir Richard Branson appeared together in person at AirVenture's Honda Pavillion to make a stunning announcement. ...
Cradle of Aviation hosts Grumman lander vets – Newsday
(Photo by Joe Epstein / July 19, 2009) Lawrence Hennessey steered his daughter to a model of a lunar excursion module at the Cradle of Aviation Museum yesterday and pointed out its features. "You see the front door," Hennessey told Alana, 8.
The countdown's on for humans to return to moon - Pittsburgh Post Gazette
David Gump, Astrobotic president, said the company hopes to send a robot to the moon and win the $20 million Google Lunar X Prize in May 2011. ...
Spacewalk No. 2 scheduled for moon anniversary - The Associated Press
Late Monday morning, David Wolf and Thomas Marshburn will venture out to hook spare parts to the international space station. ...
Air Force Association event replete with Barksdale figures - Shreveport Times
Thomas C. Griffin, navigator on the B-25 bomber "Whirling Dervish." According to the event Web site, Alison was one of the best pilots the US ever produced, ...
Mojave Skies: Plane Crazy Saturday Celebrates Space by Alan Radecki
The Racer was XCOR's early prototype for the Rocket Racing League, and debuted at last year's Oshkosh AirVenture air show, but this is the first time that it has been shown publically at Mojave. (Curiously, the RRL folks have been oddly ...
Chickasaw Kids Go Flying from AVwebFlash Current Issue
Chickasaw Nation Aviation and Space Academy offers a five-day summer camp that this year doubled in size. Some 82 students signed on for the five-day experience that put each one of them in the pilot seat of a Diamond DA-40, thanks to US Flight Academy in Denton, Texas. The children ranged in age from 10 to 18 and spent one of their five days at the academy taking ground school, visiting the control tower and going for rides. "There's no substitute for the real thing," said US Flight Academy's Mark Taylor, who acted as event coordinator. "When these kits take their first ride in an aircraft, their eyes light up like the sun," he said. The camp brings children together from all over the Midwest. Through the program they gain exposure to everything from model rocketry to the basics of space medicine.
Parajet SkyCar flying vehicle evolves, now ready for pre-orders from Engadget by Darren Murph
The historians once pontificated that we'd all be cruising about in flying cars right around the year 2000, and while that whole Y2K fiasco threw us a tad behind schedule, it looks like the future may actually still be upon us. Parajet, the same company responsible for that downright unnerving personal flying machine we peeked back in '05, has now placed its long-awaited SkyCar up for pre-order. Said vehicle has evolved quite dramatically over the years, but now that dollars (er, pounds) are being dropped on it, we have to assume that the design is near final. The vehicle is completely street legal and can accelerate to 62mph in just 4.2 seconds, thus making it the world's first "usable, road-legal flying car." If you're champing at the bit to be the first on your block with one, you can drop £10,000 ($16,381) now and pay the remaining £50,000 ($81,905) just before it ships in "late 2010." Of course, we're not making any promises about it actually shipping, but that's a risk you'll have to take.
Glacier Girl – P38 » Photography by Allen from Google Blog Search: Glacier Girl by Allen
Ten years later, now christened Glacier Girl, this rare early model P-38 took to the air once more with veteran warbird pilot Steve Hinton at the control yoke. Cardin said the recovery team actually fired the P-38's guns with the ...
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Friday, July 17, 2009
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Pilots practice for airshow - Dayton Daily News
Ty Greenlees/Staff National Aviation Hall of Fame inductees Patty Wagstaff (top) and Sean D. Tucker fly over the National Museum of the US Air Force and the ...
Danielle Elias Flies With Sean Tucker - WHIOtv.com
DAYTON, Ohio -- High-flying airman Sean Tucker is returning to the 2009 Vectren Dayton Air Show, and he promises that this will be another exciting year. ...
Going to the Air Show? Read this first - Springfield News Sun
DAYTON — The Vectren Dayton Air Show is ready for take off. ...
Dayton Air Show Dayton Air Show Schedule Dayton Air Show 2009 ...
Dayton, Ohio — The Vectren Dayton Air Show in Vandalia , getting ready for take off, the show is on July 18 and 19 at the Dayton International Airport,expecting crowd of around 75000 people. The Disabled American Veterans(DAV) is proud ...
Strickland to visit Dayton school, air show expo, Air Force museum - Dayton Daily News
After the battle he's been through, it's perhaps fitting that Gov. ...
The Day in Pictures - July 16, 2009 - Memphis Commercial Appeal
National Aviation Hall of Fame inductees Patty Wagstaff, top, and Sean D. Tucker flew over the National Museum of the United States Air Force and the ...
2 Blue Angels help bring wows home - Detroit Free Press
Sgt Adam Church, 33, a flight mechanic on Fat Albert Airlines, a C130 that carries maintenance personnel and 30000 pounds of equipment for the Blue Angels, ...
Lapeer native wraps up stint with Blue Angels - The Detroit News
The Blue Angels will perform at the Yankee Air Museum Chrysler Jeep Superstores "Thunder Over Michigan" air show Saturday and Sunday at Willow Run Airport ...
Blue Angels set to thrill at Ypsilanti-area show - Chicago Tribune
AP The elite US Navy air unit is scheduled to perform Saturday and Sunday at the Chrysler Jeep Superstores Thunder Over Michigan 2009 air show at Willow Run ...
Blue Angel Pilot Hails from Michigan - MyFox Detroit
The Blue Angels tear through the sky with such precision, Inches apart at fighter jet speed, their bound to attract some attention parked outside the Yankee ...
Great day for fans of flying - Minot Daily News
The Magic City Gate opens to the public at 8 am, with the air show officially beginning at noon. Visitors are encouraged to arrive early before the air show ...
Army Golden Knights celebrate 50 years - Minot Daily News
For more information on the Golden Knights, visit (www.usarec.army.mil/hq/goldenknights). On Friday the team will be at Dakota Square Mall along with the ...
Air show set for 2010 - Martinsburg Journal
Melissa Shade said in a telephone interview Thursday that an air show is scheduled for Sept. 10, 2010, but she said it is in the very preliminary stage and ...
Airshow Organizers Plan For Parking And Security – KSFY
The Sioux Falls Airshow is July 25th and 26th. KSFY is a proud sponsor of this year's Airshow. By Brian Allen The Sioux Falls Airshow will be held next ...
Flight Festival Plans Announced – KWCH
The festival will include traditional elements such as the air show, musical entertainment, children's activities and vendor booths, but in recognition of ...
Sioux Falls Airshow Coming Up July 25th-26th – KSFY
Airshow hours are 8:30 in the morning until 5 in the afternoon on both days of the airshow...July 25th and July 26th. The show will be held at the Sioux ...
Air show needs volunteers - Brantford Expositor
The Brantford Air Show is flying high in its first year with the Rotary Club of Brantford as chief sponsor, organizer Gary Surette said Thursday. ...
Invitation to join trip to air show - Scarborough Today
A SCARBOROUGH group are inviting people to join them for a trip to the biggest free air show in Europe next week. ...
HAFB plans open house - Alamogordo Daily News
... acts include demonstrations by the F-22A Raptor and F-4 Phantom II, a Holloman heritage flight and performances by several military aircraft and assets. ...
Moonwalk 40 year anniversary celebrate Naval Aviation Museum ... - Examiner.com
Space Day at the Naval Aviation Museum www.navalaviationmuseum.org Saturday July 18, 2009 10:00 – 2:00 pm Activities will include paper rocket making with a ...
Gripen to participate at Air Tattoo in the UK – defpro
06:35 GMT, July 17, 2009 Gripen aircraft from the Swedish and Hungarian air forces will participate in the multinational Royal International Air Tattoo in ...
The B-17 Bomber Lands in Rochester - KAALtv.com, MN
(ABC 6 NEWS)--- The B-17 Bomber, "The Aluminum Overcast" is on a 60-city tour, trying to reach as many World War Two veterans as possible. It already made a stop in Rochester two years ago, but the response was so good, they decided to do something ...
Restored WWII B-17 Bomber on show next week - Eagle Tribune, MA
NORTH ANDOVER — The Liberty Belle, a restored World War II bomber, will have a tale to tell aviation lovers next week at the Lawrence Municipal Airport. The plane and a few pilots who flew it will visit the 492 Sutton St., airport on July 25 and 26. ...
Wings of Freedom Tour - Waukegan News Sun, IL
Participating in 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 the P-51 Mustang will fly into Waukegan Regional Airport ...
From Pilot to President from Air & Space Magazine
Into the Mushroom Cloud from Air & Space Magazine
P-51 Mustang from FenceCheck Forums - Vlado and Moonbeam at Peoria
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