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Airshow community honors its own - General Aviation News | The International Council of Air Shows (ICAS) and the ICAS Foundation recently honored several members of the airshow community for their contributions....

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Ilopango Air Show 2014 Opens in Capital of El Salvador - english.cri.cn |  U.S. pilot Greg Shelton performs a stunt called Wing Walker, with Ashley Battle...

Airshow one of the best yet - SunLive | Threatening weather has failed to put a damper on the Classics of the Sky Tauranga City Airshow with organisers calling the weekend’s event one of the best yet...

Bahamas Habitat slates 14th fly-in - General Aviation News | Bahamas Habitat has slated its 14th Fly-In to Serve Others Feb. 20-23. “This is a great adventure,” says John Fielding of Virginia, a participant of four fly-ins. “That’s what first attracted me to it. It’s always fun, rewarding and challenging. It’s what you expect but in an unexpected way.”...

Hamilton Air Show featured on Ice Pilots episode - Hamilton Spectator | For fans of the Hamilton Air Show and History Channel's hit reality TV series Ice Pilots, the long awaited segment filmed over Father's Day weekend last June is finally here. Highlights of the episode that...

Airbus to fly A350 XWB at Singapore Air Show - ATWOnline | Airbus has confirmed it will take the A350 XWB to February’s Singapore Air Show, giving the new aircraft its first full display at an international air show.  The flight test aircraft MSN3 will be at the show for the first two days, Feb. 11 and 13, when it will take part in the flying display on both days as well as be in the static display...

Wichita Aero Club gala brought some quotable moments - Kansas.com | Wichita Aero Club gala brought some quotable moments. Saturday's Wichita Aero Club gala drew a packed house as it honored Cessna Aircraft chairman emeritus Russ Meyer for Meyer's contributions to aviation. It also had a number of quotable moments.

Missing Man Flyover Arlington National Cemetery as seen from an F-15E Strike Eagle - The Aviationist | Four F-15E Strike Eagle attack planes from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base conducted a missing man formation flyover during a funeral in honor of retired pilot...

Mechanic helped keep Pacific war effort aloft - The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines | History’s spotlight usually misses the mechanics. Sure, there are reels of footage and stacks of photos of B-29 Superfortresses rumbling in formation across the Pacific sky, bombs dropping, fire and smoke rising in their wake. Books have been written and movies made about the heroic men who flew them into battle, who took the war to Japan.

Wyo. woman recovers class ring lost in WWII B-17 crash in South Pacific - Standard-Examiner | LANDER, Wyo.  -- Betty McAleenan held her high school class ring last week for the first time in 71 years. It was returned to her in a small ceremony held at the American Legion Hall in Lander. Betty, "94 and a half" years old, last saw the ring when she gave it to her first husband, Army Staff Sgt. Robert "Bob" Greibel, before he deployed to the South Pacific in 1943...

Happy Birthday To The Lockheed P-38 Lightning - Warbirds News | By Aviation Enthusiasts LLC | The Lockheed P-38 Lightning flew for the first time seventy-five years ago today.  The twin-boomed P-38 was fast, heavily armed and extremely versatile.  The P-38 was the first American fighter capable of flying faster than 400 miles per hour.  Turbo-supercharged engines with boom-mounted radiators gave the Lightning superb high-altitude performance and the tricycle landing gear made engine maintenance easier for maintainers and helped to reduce accidents during take-off and landing.  P-38 pilots...
   
Museum's restored shark-nosed fighter plane salutes exploits of Flying Tigers ... - Minneapolis Star Tribune | Adding to the P-40's scarcity is that after the war, enthusiasts snapped up surplus high-performance aircraft for air racing and private piloting. But the P-40 found little demand. Gutierrez estimated fewer than three dozen remain. The museum's P-40 ...

The Rathmines PBY 5A Catalina “Our Girl” – From Ebay to Australia · Warbirds News | So your wanting a PBY Catalina for a memorial display, do you just pop down to the local airport and hopefully find one on sale? No. You try Ebay and find one over 16,000km away to buy….. This is how the Australian based Rathmines Catalina Memorial Park Assoc Inc ended up with a static PBY-5A Catalina in early 2013 for its future museum where it intends to honor and recognize the heroism of the RAAF Catalina crews in WW2....

Boeing B-29 Superfortress Doc Restoration Nearing Completion - Aero-News Network | Its been a long time coming... but volunteers report that they have made significant progress restoring the Boeing B-29 Superfortress named Doc since work resumed on the project in 2013...

U-2 spyplane pilot wannabe? Be prepared to drive sport cars at top speeds - The Aviationist | The TU-2S is the two-seater version of the legendary U-2 Dragon Lady used to train pilots destined to fly the legendary spyplane. The U.S. Air Force operates five such planes, based at Beale Air Force Base, California, home of the 9th Reconnaissance Wing...

Inspiring Children... - Flight To Success | Friday I spent the day at Nelson Middle School...

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NAS PENSACOLA -- The Blue Angels will be back aboard Pensacola NAS ... - WEAR | NAS PENSACOLA -- The Blue Angels will be back aboard Pensacola NAS Monday. The Blues have spent the past ten weeks at Naval Air Facility El Centro in California....

Santa Maria Air Show Still Taking Off - KCOY.com | This year, because of the sequester the Santa Maria Air Show will have to worry about paying temporary transit and fuel costs for the military to attend, causing even more economic hardship on the show. "We're like David and Goliath," says Geddry. "We ...

Red Arrows to return to Folkestone for 2013 airshow - This is Kent | Airshow project manager Yvonne Holder said: "It's tremendous news we shall be seeing the Red Arrows again – subject to RAF operational requirements at the time. They are much in demand and we are delighted Folkestone is among the venues where they ...

Ice Pilots: For Real? - Canadian Skies | When Mikey McBryan stands in front of the camera in his ball cap and hoodie to talk about the Buffalo Airways crisis du jour, it’s the real Mikey, general manager. But do the emergencies and tension-packed moments presented weekly on Ice Pilots NWT portray the real day-to-day life of northern Canadian aviation operations?...

Timeless Voices - Kenneth Dux from eaavideo.org | Kenneth Dux was drafted into the infantry in 1943. He transferred into the Army Air Force and became a B-24 armorer/gunner assigned to the 319th Bomb Squadron of the 90th Bomb Group. He flew 44 combat missions in the Southwest Pacific Theater.

Doncaster air museum offers cockpit access - The Star | Doncaster air museum offers cockpit access. NEWS: News. Published on Thursday 14 March 2013 13:17. the chance to climb into the cockpit of one of the RAF's 1950s jets is on offer at the South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum in Doncaster this weekend.

Viewpoint: Bob Ellis transformed Air Zoo into community treasure from The Kathryn Report | tHow wise Suzanne and Pete Parish were in 1975 to choose a lanky, young airplane mechanic to head their new collection of Warbirds. When opened to the public in 1979, the community met handsome CEO Bob Ellis, who was to head the endeavor...

Tiger Eight from Apron 6 | Day 8 already in the tigerseries. Today another Swiss jet and a real tiger this time. They sure look better behind the Skyvan but landing at Kleine Brogel painted in a tiger scheme is fine too! To keep things interesting I’ll post some heli action tomorrow. I’m also working on the Moorsele series. I decided [...]

These are the planes the Air Force doesn’t want you to photograph from short distance from David Cenciotti's weblog | ...Obviously, there are no off limits planes if you take pictures from outside the base’s fence, where several spotters and photographer usually observe and shoot with powerful lenses the aircraft arriving and departing from the airbase located northeast of Las Vegas....

EAA Air Academy Among MSN's 10 Summer Camps Worth the Money from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | EAA's Air Academy summer camp programs have been recognized by MSN Money as one of 10 nationwide summer camps that are 'worth the money,' the website announced this week. Camps were chosen for not only keeping young people busy during the summer, but giving them a chance to develop passions and expand their horizons.

New state-of-the-art Air Force Museum Theatre site of inaugural Reel Stuff Film Festival of Aviation from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories |The Air Force Museum Foundation announced the full roster of films and filmmakers presenting screenings at its First Annual Reel Stuff Film Festival of Aviation, April 12-14. Fourteen producers, directors, cinematographers and others from the film industry will present twelve screenings over the three-day cinematic celebration of flight that also serves as the grand re-opening of the Air Force Museum Theatre's newly renovated digital giant screen theater. Its nearly one million dollar upgrade features state-of-the-art dual 4K digital projectors, 7.1 plus surround sound, a new 80' wide screen, new seating, carpeting and a stage, making it the finest and newest venue of its kind in the midwest...

Reel Stuff releases schedule for upcoming film festival from AOPA Pilot Blog: Reporting Points by Jill Tallman | As AOPA’s unofficial aviation movie critic, it’s my solemn duty to inform you that the Air Force Museum Foundation’s Reel Stuff Film Festival of Aviation announced its lineup for the upcoming festival, April 12 through 14 in Dayton, Ohio. And it looks good....

Marginal Aviation Chapter Is Official Now - Authentic Sign! from Antique Airfield News | The Marginal chapter of the AAA/APM recently acquired this "original" sign for their new Marginal Restoration Center! Steady progress on...

Cultivating kids from General Aviation News | Our next print issue is all about growing the next generation of aviators — Cultivating Kids. We’ve got a lot of great stories in the works, but we wanted to go to the experts — our readers — to get their thoughts on what can be done to inspire youngsters to get involved in aviation. Tell us your thoughts on what can be done, what’s happening at your airport or what you’d like to see happening. If you’ve got photos, send those along as well.

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Young Eagles Flight Rally is March 16 in Crestview - Crestview News Bulletin | CRESTVIEW — Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 108, or EAA, will host a Young Eagles Flight Rally for ages 8-17 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Emerald Coast Aviation in Bob Sikes Airport. Area elementary and middle school students can ...

National Air and Space Museum’s Trophy Awarded to Joseph Sutter and the Mars Science Laboratory EDL Team - Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum | The 2013 Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum Trophy will be awarded in the Lifetime Achievement category to Joseph Sutter and in the Current Achievement category to the Mars Science Laboratory Entry, Descent, and Landing Team. They will be presented their awards April 24 at a black-tie dinner in Washington, D.C....

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Indianapolis Air Show called off; organizers cite sequestration - Indianapolis Business Journal | The air show was set for June 15-16 at Indianapolis Regional Airport near Mount Comfort east of Indianapolis. It has taken place annually since 1996 and draws up to 100,000 spectators. The show's executive committee made the decision to cancel this ...

Flyovers at Sporting Events One Casualty of Cuts to the Military – Are They ... - New Jersey 101.5 FM Radio | According to ESPN.com, military spending cuts to the Air Force at up to 30 percent have forced the branch to trim flying hours by up to 20 percent, part of which will come from air shows. Some of those air shows include the Thunderbirds aerobatic ...

U.S. Navy Blue Angels, U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds and Air Shows Potentially on the Budget Chopping Block - DigitalJournal.com | Last year, more than 13 million Americans attended an air show. Hundreds of air shows are held every year in the United States, featuring world-class entertainment and bringing significant economic impact – sometimes tens of millions of dollars – to...

Blue Angels Lend a Helping Hand - Military.com | Several Blue Angels team members, along with Lt. Jared Smith, Naval Air Facility (NAF) El Centro base chaplain and Lt. j.g. Lisa Lill, Navy Public Affairs Support Element East, assisted in bagging and distributing 438 bags of food for those in need in ...

Yuma military air show not affected by sequestration - KSWT-TV | YUMA, AZ - The looming sequestration deadline could also bring nearly $50 billion in military budget cuts. Some viewers wanted to know if the upcoming military air show would be affected. Captain Staci Reidinger with Marine Corp Air Station Yuma says no.

Air Fiesta 2013 marks half century of Valley aerial expositions - Brownsville Herald | This year's event will focus heavily on World War II airplanes in recognition of the 50th anniversary of Commemorative Air Force air shows in the Rio Grande Valley. Posted: Monday, February 25, 2013 10:40 pm. Air Fiesta 2013 marks half century of ...

Breaking news Red Arrows confirmed for Lyme Regis Lifeboat Week - Bridport and Lyme Regis News | Breaking news Red Arrows confirmed for Lyme Regis Lifeboat Week. 10:08am Tuesday 26th February 2013 in Local News By Adrianne Maslen. The Red Arrows are confirmed for Lyme Regis Lifeboat Week. THE Red Arrows will appear at Lyme Regis ...

Frecce Tricolori calendar of exhibitions - Translated | There are 19 events, including exhibitions and overflights, which will touch many Italian places, including the islands and foreign cities. Pan will be in Lignano August 18 and 25 in Grado...

10 best air shows around the world - USA TODAY | Bournemouth Air Festival, Dorset, England. The Bournemouth Air Festival, the largest free annual airshow in Europe, combines two great things: airplanes and the beach. The four-day festival draws over a million spectators for its aerial shows, hot air ...

Looking Forward to the Cape Girardeau, MO Air Festival by Looking Back: 2006 from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | The Cape Girardeau, MO Air Festival is returning this year after a two-year absence from 2011 - 2012. I thought it would be nice to take a look back at a few of their previous shows in anticipation of what we might see at this year's show....

The Ice Pilots NWT lost a family member | While filming with a different production company in Kenya, Director/Cameraman John Driftmier was involved in a fatal plane crash....

Yeager brings 'Right Stuff' to symposium from Air Force Link Top Stories | The first person ever to travel faster than the speed of sound didn't know anything about airplanes when he enlisted in the Army Air Corps in September 1941.  But retired Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager did have a knack for fixing machines and a willingness to do whatever his duty required of him and to take advantage of any opportunity that presented itself, which is how he ended up behind the controls of the X-1 experimental aircraft when it made its first supersonic flight just six years later....

Register NOW to Race in the 37th Annual Air Race Classic from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | Albuquerque, NM -Entries for the 2013 Air Race Classic immediately started arriving at noon on January 2nd for this year's race when opened. Over the past month, two-thirds of the available racer slots were claimed. Entries will be accepted until April 1st, but the opportunity may not last that long, if all 55 race team slots are filled before then. Excitement is building early for this 2,400+ statute mile daytime VFR race from Pasco, Washington to Fayetteville, Arkansas. Challenge yourself to fly this year's route in four days (June 18-21)....

Women Fly! March 5-10 from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | Women of Aviation Week March 4-10, is one week away! The Museum of Flight is celebrating from the 5-10th.

Fly it Forward Opens to ALL Ladies on March 9th!!! from Toriaflies | The 2013 Frederick Women Fly It Forward Committee is happy to announce that flights are now available for all women on Saturday, March 9th at our PINK – Women Fly It Forward event. As our week-long Women Fly It Forward event draws near, we have seen a steady increase in interest for our Saturday flights from women and girls of all ages.

Balloon Crash Kills 19 In Egypt from AVwebFlash Current Issue | Nineteen tourists flying above the temples and tombs near Egypt's Nile River in a hot-air balloon were killed on Tuesday when the aircraft caught fire, according to the Associated Press. The passengers were from Europe, Hong Kong, and Japan. The pilot and several others survived and are being treated for burns. Tourist flights are popular in the Luxor region, where they are a mainstay in the local economy, and several other balloons were flying at the time of the accident. Local officials have grounded all flights.

Tim Timmins from Vintage Wings of Canada by Dave | Every Tuesday and Thursday morning around 1130 AM, rain or shine, winter or summer, former fighter pilot Tim Timmins wheels his car into the parking lot at Vintage Wings of Canada. As the wind sweeps hard across the pavement, often carrying drifting snow or sleet, he retrieves a document bag from the passenger seat, tucks it under one arm, locks the car door, walks up the sidewalk into the wind and enters the front door of the Vintage Wings hangar. Waiting at the door for him is Wallace, the front office dog. Tim stops by the reception counter, chats up the young ladies in the administration office, as fighter pilots are wont to do. He fishes a sandwich bag out of his pocket containing dog treats and turns to Wallace, who is waiting not so patiently and offers him “just one”. A minute later he offers him another. Then Tim Timmins makes his way to the library, taking time to stop in...

Wodicka tells harrowing tale of B-17 crash - Estherville Daily News | Editors note: The following narrative is from a telephone interview that Jerry Penry had with Edward S. Wodicka, navigator and survivor of the B-17 Flying Fortress 1st Lt. Charles Young was flying. The aircraft was shot down over Rodenbeck, Germany.

Red Bull P-38 and Corsair Video from Another Time by Dan Linn | Wow... you must take the time to watch this video showing The Flying Bulls collection P-38 Lightning and F4U Corsair flying in the skies over Austria! When I was young I saw these two Warbirds flying in the skies over Texas. Now years later...

Tourism award for Yorkshire Air Museum - The Press, York | THE Yorkshire Air Museum at Elvington has been voted the best visitor attraction in the UK by a leading tourism industry magazine. For a second year the museum has been recognised by readers of Going Places magazine, for its friendliness and welcome, ...

Oklahoma City, OK: Museum of the 99s from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale

Quicksilver Pilot George Karamitis a Wright Master Pilot from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | The FAA's prestigious Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award was presented to George Karamitis, EAA 144192, of Avon Park, Florida, at the 2013 U.S. Sport Aviation Expo in Sebring, Florida. Wright Masters are honored for 50 years of flight free of accidents, incidents, or citations.

Was there ever a YF-24? from The DEW Line by Dave Majumdar | Was there ever a YF-24? The US Air Force says no. "Our historians said there is no record of there ever having been a YF-24," says Lt
Col Max Despain, an Air Force spokeswoman at the Pentagon. "Perhaps it's being mistaken for an X-24 which wasn't a fighter?" That said, this old bio for a former test pilot, Colonel Joseph A. Lanni lists such an aircraft--which is curious...

Academy glider instructor named most active in nation - Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base | He is the first instructor recognized and certified as a master SSA cross-country instructor in U.S. Air Force Academy history and is the first instructor to be a national judge for the International Aerobatic Club. "I rely on Matti's talents daily to ...

NASA-Dryden Renamed for Neil Armstrong; Dryden Gets Test Range - SCV News | U.S. Rep. Howard “Buck” McKeon, R-Santa Clarita, praised the passage of legislation to re-designate NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center as the Neil A. Armstrong Flight Research Center and the Western Aeronautical Test Range as the Hugh L. Dryden Aeronautical Test Range. McKeon joined fellow local representative Congressman Kevin McCarthy in introducing this legislation....

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US pioneer aviatrix dies - Sky News Australia | US pioneer aviatrix dies Updated: 15:59, Saturday May 12, 2012 Female pilot Evelyn Bryan Johnson, known as 'Mama Bird', has died in Morristown, Tennessee, at the age of 102. The Knoxville Sentinel reported the death of the pioneering aviatrix on Friday ...

Memorial service today for Ice Pilots' Arnie Schreder from Kathryn's Report | Ice Pilots NWT star and pilot Arnie Schreder died in B.C. May 5 at age 69. A memorial service will be held Saturday afternoon in Yellowknife. (Dan Cattoni)        Family and friends will say their final goodbyes to former Buffalo Airways pilot Arnie Schreder at a service Saturday afternoon in Yellowknife. Schreder, 69, died of lung cancer May 5 in British Columbia...

WA hosts air show to remember - The West Australian | The most spectacular air show seen in Perth will take to the skies next weekend, with the Royal Australian Air Force promising an event to remember. The array of planes will include the world's biggest and oldest bomber, the eight-engined Boeing B-52, ...

The Patrouille de France: Luxury guardian angel for children - LaDépêche.fr (translated) | ... the official signing of a partnership linking for two years with the Air Force and several of its prestigious ambassadors and the Patrouille de France aerobatic team of the Air Force through its Chief of Staff, General Palomeros.

'Bomber County' is celebrated - This is Grimsby | The Northern Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Project has been launched at the former Elsham Wolds base. Recalling war tales: Elsham Wolds' veteran Ken Duddell admires a model aircraft at the Elsham Wolds Museum after the launch of the Northern ...

No air show, but NAS Fort Worth will open to public today - Fort Worth Star Telegram | FORT WORTH -- Naval Air Station Fort Worth won't be hosting an air show this year, but the installation is still opening to the public today. The open house begins at 4 pm; a concert begins at 7 pm All events are free. Access to the base will be from a ...

EAA Responds To AirVenture Cup Race Issue from Aero-News Network: General Aviation | Says The Organization Did Not Pull Its Support For The event In response to ANN's, and likely other media requests, EAA has issued a statement concerning the cancellation of this year's AirVenture Cup Race. The cancellation of the event this year has caused a lot of chatter on aviation bulletin boards and other discussion sites.

Air Race Committee Forwards Permit Recommendation To Full Board from Aero-News Network: Sport Aviation | Suggests A One-Year Permit While The Investigation In Ongoing The committee set up to advise the Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority on issues concerning the National Air Races has forwarded a recommendation for a one-year permit to the full board which would allow this year's event to go forward.

Essex pilot's final flight is found after 70 years - Southend Standard | A SECOND World War aeroplane, crashed by a Rochford pilot in the Sahara Desert before he walked off to his death, has been found frozen in time 70 years later. The preserved Kittyhawk P-40 is an aviation time capsule, which has remained untouched, ...

Museum Curator Writes Difinitive Article on Historic Kinloch Field from News | Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum Curator, Jack Abercrombie, has written another blockbuster article on early St. Louis aviation history – this one focusing on historic Kinloch Field formerly located in what is now St. Louis County.  The site remains unmarked, and this article has sparked interest in a remedy for that situation.  The article will soon be published on the museum web site in the Education/Published Articles section.  The abstract below gives a tantalizing peek into the 49-page work:...

Tornado livery marks 100 years of RAF Squadron from Air-Attack.com - News Feed | Number II (Army Cooperation) [AC] Squadron have decorated a Tornado GR4 in special livery to commemorate the Squadron's 100th anniversary.Number II (AC) Squadron, based at RAF Marham in Norfolk, were formed as a squadron in the Royal Flying Corps at Farnborough …

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City of aviation: Crew films segments for TV program in Oshkosh from The Oshkosh Northwestern Latest Headlines | If you happen to see the Aerostars formation aerobatic team whipping their precision aircraft around the skies over Wittman Regional Airport this weekend, relax. Airventure has not been moved up three months.

Flight academy camp teaches teens math, science - BusinessWeek | Recently, 30 teenagers put the Ambition through a two-day test run, competing in a simulated air race that took them over MacDill Air Force Base and Tampa Bay. The instructors -- many of them Navy and Air Force veterans -- sometimes laughed at the ...

Mobile Boys & Girls Club wins national award - al.com | ...The program, developed by Director of Operations Inger Anderson, was built around the 2011 Air Race Classic single-engine aircraft race, which is only for women pilots. The race, which began in Iowa City, Iowa, took six months before reaching its terminus in Mobile in June of last year. Throughout that time period, 55 girls from the Boys & Girls Clubs of South Alabama met more than a dozen female pilots, working on weekends to learn any and every thing related to aviation. They held navigation scavenger hunts, learned about weather effects, even toured an Airbus 300 aircraft and met its female captain...

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2012 MCAS Cherry Point Air Show a high-flying success - WNCT | MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, NC - The final tally from the Cherry Point "Celebrate The Heritage" airshow shows it was a success. Base officials tell us there were no serious accidents or injuries during the show. About 165-thousand people ...

Red Steel Jet Team's Inaugural Air Show Performance A Success - Aero-News Network | The Red Steel Jet Team’s first air show performance at Dyess Big Country Airfest at Dyess AFB in Abeline TX, this past weekend was judged to be a huge success for the team. The Red Steel Jet Team’s 3 L-39’s were flown by pilots Douglas Gilliss, Orestes Lorenzo and Zach ‘Z’ McNeill....

Rancho Murieta Airshow legend returns after 25-year hiatus - TSPN TV NEWS | The seemingly ancient rosters include the U-2, B-1, F-117, AV-8 Harrier, SR-71 Blackbird, and appearances by B-52s, B-25s and B-17s; with aircraft flown by Bob Hoover, Team America, Jimmy Franklin, Julie Clark, and Craig Hosking...

Mission flights, ground tours in historic WWII bomber available May 11-13, 2012 - Tri City Voice | The year-long tour will continue into the summer, with the airplane returning "home" to Oshkosh, Wisconsin, for the full week of EAA's annual AirVenture Celebration from July 23 to July 29, 2012. Since EAA began the tours of the aircraft, ...

Behind the scenes: Air Show Audio from Featured by Clark Cook | ..for the Blue Angels narrator at the 2011 Lemoore Air Show. (Clark Cook)As the National Anthem is sung, all eyes are skyward as the jumper carries our nation’s colors towards the ground at airshow center. For the team at Air Show Audio, this is a critical moment in which they are prepared and ready to act in case of a malfunction in the sound system...

Chasing Reno Gold - Trailer for Upcoming DVD Release - YouTube | The Reno 2011 Air Races were unlike any other in the 48 year history of the races, and this video promises to be very unique in its own right. Due to the tragic crash at the 2011 event this video will focus on the individual stories about the winning unlimited gold pilots beginning with the first winner, Mira Slovak, in 1964. You'll experience first hand the drive, devotion and passion that each of these pilots and key crew members brings to the winning team. In addition you'll get air show performances and interviews with the Patriot Jet Team, Eddie Andreini, Ken Shockley and Shockwave, David Martin, Clay Lacy and much more. Delivering later this summing, pre-order yours today.

Flying Fortress makes annual stop in East Bay - San Jose Mercury News | By Eric Kurhi HAYWARD -- Before this week, the last time Art Kimber clambered out of a B-17 Flying Fortress, it was 1945 and he was a 20-year-old being ferried home to Fremont from the European Theater after VE Day. A B-25 pilot, Kimber and his crew ...

Ice Pilots' Arnie Schreder dies: Northern bush pilot died of small-cell lung cancer from Kathryn's Report | Arnie Schreder – one of the stars of Ice Pilots NWT– has died after a battle with cancer. Schreder was a chief pilot at Yellowknife-based Buffalo Airways, and was a star of the show for three seasons. The reality program — which airs on History Television — follows bush pilots with Buffalo Airways, while flies Second World War-vintage airplanes year-round in Canada's North...

WWII bombers, fighter coming to JWA - OCRegister | By DOUG IRVING / THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER Two World War II-era bombers and a fighter plane will thunder into John Wayne Airport this weekend, rare reminders of another age of air power that will be open for tours and, for a steeper price, flights.

Local Events Will Celebrate EAA's International Learn to Fly Day - EAA | On Saturday, May 19, dozens of local events will turn dreams of flight into reality during the third annual International Learn to Fly Day, an aviation community-wide effort helping people of all ages take that first step to discover the fun and freedom of flight...

Area World War II vets honored by DC trip - Rapid City Journal | Airport well-wishers greet Dawes County WWII veterans on an Honor Flight to Washington DC last week. For more photos from the send-off ceremony, see The Chadron Record's Facebook page. For additional photos from the trip to DC, see the May 9 print ...

Calif. relatives get dog tags of WWII aviator - Sacramento Bee | The dog tags of a World War II aviator whose remains were discovered on a South Pacific island have been presented to his relatives in Southern California. The Los Angeles Times ( http://lat.ms/Jd7qFv) says the tags of Marine 1st Lt. Laverne Lallathin ...

Chinese DM meets 'Flying Tigers' in US - China.org | Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie on Monday met with veterans of the "Flying Tigers" and their families, stressing that China will never forget those who have offered their help....

Hawker Hunter make-over 2012 update 8-5-2012 - xe606 | Our man 'Coombes' was at it today at Barkstone Heath, and to be honest, I don't know how he does it for the money LoL !! But he's been a busy lad out there today, which as you see involved doing the under-side roundels and some colour on the bars. By the way Mick, the 'chalked' instructions were for  me mate, not you, but many thanks for giving it some more 'impact-paint' before I got there. Just for the record, I can tell anyone...

Can We Talk… : - Moose Peterson's Website | A simple potted plant on your front porch could be a whole photographic essay lasting months. It's just right in front of you! The photograph I posted here I did so for a reason. This is a $10mil aircraft, P-38 Lighting “Glacier Girl...

'Flight For Control': Pilot says her scary airline novel is based on real life in the business from Sky Talk by Star-Telegram | Flight for ControlKarlene Petitt wasn’t too surprised when a Jet Blue Airways pilot snapped and launched into an in-flight tirade a few weeks ago. The Delta Airlines pilot and veteran of nearly three decades flying passenger jets, has written a thrilling page turner novel that revolves around over stressed, crazed pilots doing far worse things....
http://blogs.star-telegram.com/sky_talk/2012/05/flight-for-control-pilot-says-her-scary-airline-novel-is-based-on-real-life-in-the-business.html

Episode 196 – A Military Fly Mom from Airplane Geeks Podcast | Guest Linda L. (Heid) Maloney had a 20 year military career as a naval flight officer flying the A-7, EA-6A, and the EA-6B Prowler. She was one of the first women to join a combat military flying squadron. Since then, she’s provided engineering and...

Jeff Bezos's "Blue Origin" Space Company Reveals Spacecraft Design - POPSCI | We've covered Blue Origin, the semi-mysterious space company founded by Amazon's Jeff Bezos, in the past, but we never knew all that much about what they were working on. But they recently showed off their new space vehicle, which has completed wind tunnel testing and is named, in a fit of wild creativity, the "Space Vehicle," and a little bit of their plans for the future. Looks like the Google guys aren't the only web billionaires with extraterrestrial ambitions....

Astronaut Hall of Fame Welcomes Three New Members - PC Magazine | Late last month, the space agency wowed New Yorkers with the final flight of the Space Shuttle Enterprise atop a NASA jet along the Hudson River to its final home, the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum. Chang Diaz, Chilton, and Precourt join such Hall ...

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Tickets already on sale for chance to see Air Force Thunderbirds in 2012 - Bangor Daily | The
2012 Great State of Maine Air Show is scheduled for closer to next Christmas than this one, but tickets are already on sale for a show that has the United States Air Force Thunderbirds booked.  In its decades-long history, the air show — which until last summer always was organized and manned by the U.S. Navy — has welcomed the Thunderbirds to Brunswick only once. The Thunderbirds, a flight demonstration and military recruitment tool, performed at 70 air shows in 2011. In Brunswick, they are expected to fly F-22 Raptors, according to Marty McMahon of the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority, the group overseeing the civilian redevelopment of the now-closed Brunswick Naval Air Station, which is now called Brunswick Executive Airport....

Hill Air Force base to hold Thunderbirds air show - Herald Extra | Hill Air Force Base officials announced this week that an open house and air show featuring the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds will be held at Hill on May 26-27. The two-day event, which is free and open to the public, will include aerial demonstrations and displays to provide the public a personal look at the Air Force and its airmen.  "Open houses and air shows serve as premier platforms that enable us to showcase the Air Force mission and the extraordinary things our Airmen do every day," said Col. Sarah Zabel, 75th Air Base Wing commander. "This is significant to our recruiting efforts, but also essential to educating the American public on the training and capabilities of their Air Force."...

Thunder Over The Blue Ridge Moves On - Aero-News Net | A West Virginia airshow which closed early this year following a fatal T-28 crash will be back for 2012. The website for the Thunder Over The Blue Ridge Open House & Air Show in Martinsburg announces, "The 167th Airlift Wing, West Virginia Air National Guard will once again partner with the local community and Thunder Over The Blue Ridge, Inc., to host the 2012 Thunder Over the Blue Ridge Open House and Air Show. The event is scheduled for September 15-16, 2012....

Leuchars Airshow will be held in 2012 - Fife Today | THE RAF Leuchars Airshow will definitely take place next year, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed.  In a letter to North East Fife MP Sir Menzies Campbell, Armed Forces Minister Nick Harvey said the annual event would be held on Saturday, September 15.  However, Mr Harvey warned that the future of the Airshow beyond 2012 could not be guaranteed...

With skyscapes painted on the tops of our wings… - Flying With Amelia | Every pilot I meet seems to want to put into words the vigor and excitement that flying brings to the table. Photos, words, videos… all of these options come close to personifying our need to soar into the big ole blue sky, but there was always something missing. Until now. I am excited to share the videos that we took today during our....

Aviation Nation 2011 – Sunday - Parrot Head Jeff | It’s Christmas Eve and I’ve been working on getting a whole bunch of photos edited and ready for uploading.  Oh, I’ll have some pics from...

A Rare Opportunity for an Up Close Look at the F-22 Raptor - Airplanista |"Congratulations," the email started, "you have been selected to attend our first Lockheed Martin Tweetup". That led to frantic trip planning, and a bunch of excitement.  Twitter and these 'Tweetups' have given me an incredible number of experiences that most could never imagine, something I'm very thankful for. My first Space Shuttle launch at STS-129, visiting...

The San Joaquin Siren: Another Great Pilot Story - Fly Me Friendly | I really enjoy reading aviation books (funny that) and especially (auto)biographies that give me an insight into the experiences of the times, from growing up to learning to fly and then on to surviving various aviation adventures. With that in mind, it was a pretty even bet that I’d probably enjoy reading The San Joaquin Siren, An American Ace in WWII’s CBI by William M Behrns & Kenneth Moore.  Not only did I enjoy the book, I loved it. It starts with a...

Combat Air Museum features P-51 fighter - CJ Online | Holiday visitors to the Combat Air Museum can view a World War II-era fighter on display.  The P-51 fighter is valued at $1.8 million, said Gene Howerter, chairman of the museum’s board of directors.  The P-51 Mustang originally was part of the Royal Australian Air Force....

T6 – So African Style - Moose Peterson Aviation Photography | Brian Churchill out of Phoenix has a couple of amazing T-6 Texans. I photographed another of his T-6 a few months backed and love its color scheme which is authentic for the field in which he flies out of, Falcon Field, AZ. One of the many training fields around the country, that kind of living history is just cool....

Ice Pilots' Buffalo Joe down to earth - Times Colonist | Buffalo Joe McBryan is a hard man to pin down.  The head of the Northwest Territories' long-standing renegade airline Buffalo Airways and gruff centre of History Television's hit reality TV series Ice Pilots NWT is sitting in his cluttered Yellowknife office on an relatively warm December morning. (It's roughly -10 C.)...

Soyuz reentry over Europe (not a comet) - High Power Rocketry

Astronaut Cady Coleman To Visit International Women’s Air And Space Museum - Aero-News Network | The International Women’s Air & Space Museum, in partnership with NASA Glenn Research Center, will host a special guest appearance from astronaut Catherine “Cady” Coleman on Tuesday, January 3rd.  Cady (pictured) will provide a post-flight mission briefing with a question and answer session. Following the presentation, there will be an informal meet and greet and autograph session....

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Fly-in to welcome Osprey - Brewton Standard | A US Air Force V22 Osprey, airplane rides, motorcycles and classic cars are among the attractions this weekend at the second annual Brewton Spring Fly-in. The event — free to the public — will be held from 9 am to 3 pm Saturday at the Brewton ...

Fly-in to Gulf Shores to help tornado victims - Gulf Coast Newspapers | John Barnes thought last year's fly-in by the Shelby County Aviation Association would be a one-time fundraiser to spotlight the crises merchants faced during the Gulf Coast oil spill. Alabama. Motorcyclists headed by Shelby County ...

San Francisco Welcomes First West Coast Lufthansa Airbus A380 Flight from Airline Reporter by David Parker Brown | Lufthansa's Airbus A380 (D-AIMD) gets a water salute when arriving to San Francisco on May 10th.  Today was a beautiful day to fly down to San Francisco (SFO) to greet the Lufthansa’s first Airbus A380 passenger flight from Frankfurt, Germany to SFO…

Blue Angels Make Perfect Landing at Children's Hospital In New Orleans  from U.S. Navy News Headline Stories | The Navy Blue Angels brought out the smiles of patients at Children's Hospital in New Orleans May 6 when they visited more than a dozen patients there…

Blue Angels coming - NJ.com  from http://www.nj.com/  The prestigious U.S. Navy Blue Angels Flight Demonstration Squadron, which performed at Millville Airport in 2007 and earlier in 2003, will return to highlight an extensive display of military airplanes and aviation displays at Millville Airport on Saturday and Sunday, May 28 and 29…

S. Korea's largest aviation exhibition successful: chief organizer - Yonhap News | To elevate the event as an international airshow and exhibition, Hwang promised to showcase more eye-catching events to attract both buyers and tourists from around the world. "We will make efforts to put on a more fun, advanced air festival next year ...

Great TN Airshow pics  by steve1840 | Here are just a few of the 3000 photos I shot on Sunday at the Great TN Airshow. I do apologize for some of the back lighting as the flight line faced into the sun all afternoon…

YF-104 Starfighter — manning a missile?  from Travel for Aircraft | The Starfighter was really known as a missile with a man it  and it’s easy to see why with its petite wings and monster engine. But what was the F-104′s genesis? The Starfighter is another design by the legendary chief designer of so many aircraft designs from the P-38 Lightning and SR-71 “Blackbird”, Clarence “Kelly” Johnson of Lockheed. During the Korean War he talked with combat fighter pilots and leaned what is so often relearned — in combat equipment is only good if it is reliable… 

USAF Takes Delivery Of First Production F-35 Lightning II  from Aero-News Network | Air Force Flight Testing To Be Conducted At Edwards AFB The U.S. Air Force has accepted into its fleet the first of a planned 1,763 production-model Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II stealth fighters…

May 2011 NAA Record Newsletter  - Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation and the X2 Technology Demonstrator Team Honored at 2011 Collier Dinner   "The most dangerous forecast in aviation is to predict the impossibility of something."  This quote from Igor I. Sikorsky, founder of the Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, was delivered by his son, Sergei Sikorsky, during a toast at the 2011 Robert J. Collier Trophy Presentation Banquet on May 5, 2011. It epitomizes what makes aviation great: an unrelenting desire for and amazing track record of innovation.  The 2010 Collier Trophy was awarded this year to the Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation and the X2 Technology Demonstrator Team.  This marked the third time the name Sikorsky has been a part of receiving this honor. Igor Sikorsky accepted the 1950 Collier Trophy from President Harry S. Truman, and the company was honored again in 2002 for its S-92 helicopter...and more....MAY NAA Newsletter

Episode 146 – Ice Pilots  from by thegeeks@airplanegeeks.com (Airplane Geeks)  Our guest this episode is Mikey McBryan from Buffalo Airways and the TV show Ice Pilots (known as Ice Pilots NWT in Canada). In the U.S., thie show airs Fridays at 10pm ET/PT on the National Geographic Channel. You can follow them on Twitter at @IcePilotsNWT…

Aviation, Making the Impossible Possible in 4 Centuries Now  from Flight Monkeys | There was a time, believe it or not, when even smart people argued that powered flight was impossible. If it didn’t have feathers, it couldn’t fly. At least that was the thinking. Then came the Montgolfier brothers and their hot air balloons. Well sure, a ballon can fly, they said. But that’s it. And the balloon only flies because it’s hollow and filled with smoke. Everyone knows that smoke rises, naturally…

Statue honors legend in the aviation community - WBIR-TV | A Guinness World Record holder and an overall legend in the aviation community added another honor to her long list on Tuesday evening. Evelyn Bryan Johnson also known as "Mama Bird" now has a bronze sculpture in her likeness at the New Morristown ...

Wartime flier tells audience the way it really was - Local stories - Yorkshire Post  from http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/   Almost 70 years after he took part in Lancaster bomber raids over Germany, former Royal Air Force flier Norman Turner has finally decided to lift the lid on the antics of his air crew. Throughout 1944 Mr Turner took part in 55 bombing missions, mostly on German cities, earning himself a Distinguished Flying Cross…

The Classic Duck  from Moose Peterson Aviation Photography » Moose Peterson Aviation Photography | It always amazes me that this plane, something used as a bomber and fighter, seats four! It’s such a cool plane to see parked, and it’s pretty cool to see in flight. This is the J2F-6 Duck at Fantasy of Flight that we had pulled out this morning to photograph. We lucked out big time when the ground fog formed and floated over the ramp in the predawn light...

Airport mural honors pilots - The Bridgeton News - NJ.com | They make our aviation heritage come alive," said Robert Trivellini, project coordinator for the Millville Army Air Field Museum. "The murals document the importance of local aviation history and demonstrate the value of visual communication in our ...

Texas Space Alliance hails state's new space tourism liability law  from RLV and Space Transport News | An announcement from the Texas Space Alliance: TEXAS SPACE ALLIANCE (TXA) Celebrates New Space “tourism” Law   Calls for More Action on Commercial Space ASAP -- Austin, TX, May 11, 2011 – The Texas Space Alliance congratulated the governor and legislature on passing what it hopes will be the first of a new wave of pro-commercial space laws in the last weeks, and called for the Texas government to move quickly to pass other pro-commercial space legislation - before other states seal their leads in courting this billion dollar industry…

EAA offers children chance to soar - Times-Georgian | by Catalina Trivinio/Times-Georgian The Experimental Aircraft Association's (EAA) local chapter will be preparing for take off during their annual Young Eagles Flight Rally on Saturday, May 14 at the West Georgia Regional Airport offering young people ...

Today in Aviation History – May 11  from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club by bikeal

ICE PILOTS on National Geographic Channel (begins Fri 4/22)

Ice Pilots, which begins this Friday, April 22, chronicles the extraordinary adventures of the Buffalo Airlines crew - true Arctic aviators in every sense of the word - who fly WWII-era classic propeller planes to deliver food and fuel to far-flung locations in the Northwest Territories (NWT) of Canada.

Ice Pilots: Nightmare Landing Friday, April 22, 2011, at 10 PM ET/PT
Rookie co-pilot Scott and Buffalo Airlines captain AJ face their worst nightmare when low fog and engine malfunction of the Curtiss C-46 Commando result in one of the toughest landings of their lives.  Ambitious young flyer Alex must prove himself when Buffalo’s chief pilot, Arnie, gives him control of the 20-ton Douglas DC-4 for the very first time.  And the boss’ son Mikey gets in hot water when Joe, his father and president of Buffalo Airlines, needs the Douglas DC-3 for backup, but it’s nowhere near ready to fly.

Ice Pilots: Deadly Winds Friday, April 29, 2011, at 10 PM ET/PT
Christmas is just around the corner, and the Northern Territories in Canada depend on Buffalo Airways more than ever to fly in food and supplies.  But the engine in the C-46 freezes up in the tiny town of Norman Wells, stranding Scott and AJ, while mechanic Chuck must attempt a bare-handed engine swap in the minus 30°C deep freeze — on a remote tarmac.  Back at Yellowknife, pressure from customers and co-workers pushes cargo manager Kelly Jurasevich to reroute the Christmas food and goods.  But when the landing gear on the backup C-46 gets stuck, captain Devan Brooks must turn back.  Meanwhile, the crew struggles to get the goods out of Buffalo Airlines headquarters to meet the demand of NWT residents. 

Ice Pilots: Deadly Cargo Friday, May 6, 2011, at 10 PM ET/PT
A string of bad luck turns chief pilot Arnie’s 66th birthday run into the flight from hell when the exterior of the plane threatens to stall as it ices up while in flight — and unfortunately, the plane doesn’t have deicing equipment built in.  Will they make it?  Fresh out of flight school, Jeremy is desperate to move up the ranks, but newbie Audrey Marchand’s enthusiasm and “can-do” attitude impresses the boss and could throw a wrench into Jeremy’s plans to move up.  After the team works all night to turn the DC-4 into a flying gas tanker, new co-pilot Alex flies a tricky fuel haul and grabs the chance to execute his first takeoff and try some rare “low flying” over the spectacular northern landscape.

Ice Pilots: State of Emergency Friday, May 13, 2011, at 10 PM ET/PT
When a power failure leaves the tiny region of Rankin Inlet exposed to the brutal northern elements, DC-4 captain Justin races to deliver two massive generators to the secluded community before sundown.  Jeremy is determined to become a co-pilot — and beat co-worker Audrey into the seat by training a new hire from India to replace him.  When the recession nips at Joe’s heels, he organizes a $7 million sale of two Canadair CL-215 water bombers to the Turkish government that could save Buffalo Airlines.

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Living Legends of Aviation Event from Aviation News 
8th Annual ‘Living Legends of Aviation’ ® Awards to Honor Captain James Lovell, Delford M. Smith, Lynn Tilton, Clay Jones, Congressman Sam Johnson, Frank Robinson, the Doolittle Raiders and others. ...

Lack of Blue Angels means no Airfest in 2011 - La Crosse Tribune
In December 2009, the Navy's Blue Angels flight demonstration team announced its schedule for the next two years and said it would perform at Airfest on May ...

Members of San Diego Community See Navy at Work First Hand - Navy Compass
Events will include the 100th Anniversary Parade of Flight, carrier and other ship tours, and the Leap Frogs parachute jump team. ...

Centennial of Naval Aviation - Heritage Paint Schemes from FenceCheck Forums

Gila Bend Fly-In Feb 5th!!! from Arizona Aerospan 

Free helicopter show in Fort Myers on Saturday - Naples Daily News
The air show runs from 9 am until 4 pm Admission and parking are free and open to the public. For more information online visit www.heroes-airshow.com.

WWI Aviation History Week Takes Flight – Warbird Radio LIVE! – Monday from WarbirdRadio.com | MONDAY – League of WWI Aviation Historians – President - J.R. Williams joins us for the start of WWI Aviation History Week on Warbird Radio LIVE! Join us at 10am (EASTERN) for the start of this amazing week of programming. For more information [...]

Convair N-36J Peacemaker - Aviation Geeks

Retired General Spruance Dies from Pacific Flyer | Retired Brig. Gen. William “Bill” Spruance, 94, died in his Las Vegas home this month, according to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
A university spokesman called him an “irreplaceable supporter and friend.”
Spruance was commissioned in the Army Air Corps after graduating from Princeton University in 1939 and worked for Gen. George S. Patton. He flew 362 missions in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. ...

Women in Aviation, International Official Site
Women in Aviation, International is a nonprofit 501(C)(3) organization dedicated to providing networking, ...

Air wing's future leader makes habit of achieving firsts By Corinne Reilly The Virginian-Pilot
When Sara Joyner started at the U.S. Naval Academy in 1985, there wasn't a lot of room for women. In fact, the law said at least 90 percent of the students had to be men.
In a way, it made sense. The Naval Academy is designed to turn out line officers. Why waste desks on women when the military allowed them to fill so few jobs after graduation?
"It was very tough," Joyner said Thursday, speaking at a luncheon in Norfolk. "A lot has changed since then."
A quarter-century later, Joyner is still in the Navy. She's a captain and a fighter pilot now, and she ...

Get to Know Virginia Aviation History: The Roma Disaster - Science Museum of Virginia
Recently I discovered a scrapbook at the Virginia Aviation Museum. Glued inside a bound ledger of the “Southern Fire Insurance Company, Inc. of Lynchburg, VA”, were newspaper clippings spanning from the early 1920s to the late 1930s describing various advancements and events in the progress of aviation technology. Eighty-two of the pages are filled ...

Exploring the Flying Heritage Collection at Paine Field from Airline Reporter by David Parker Brown | Around the world there are a lot of old war birds on display for many to enjoy. However, there aren’t too many that are kept in original condition and are still flyable. This is one of the things that makes the Flying Heritage Collection (FHC) stand out from others. Recently I was able to take a visit to the facility to check it out — sadly I had never been. One of the first things I noticed when going inside the...

New Guided Tours of Concorde Aircraft at Intrepid Museum - myCentralJersy.com | ... M-42 West Bus to Hudson River (12th Ave). Walk North to Intrepid. Sponsors: The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum is proudly supported by Bank of America. ...

YouTube – Air Force Tactical Firepower (1963) from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club 

Ice Pilots NWT Season Two Episode 3 – Under Pressure from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club | The curse of -40 hits Buffalo pilots Devan and Scott on a food mail flight up the Mackenzie Valley when a ...

Podcast - Meet Anne Millbrooke from IAGblog Podcasts | Anne Millbrooke is an aviation historian. We have a quick conversation which provides a wonderful perspective on some aviation history. Although this is less then 20 minutes, we certainly want to speak with Anne some more. ...

New Autogyro Is An Alternative to Flying Cars from Autopia by Jason Paur | Never mind the flying car. It’s all about slowed-rotor/compound, according to Carter Aviation Technologies. SR/C is what the Texas company considers the key to a practical, personal transportation aircraft. And from ...

SpaceX to Upgrade Robotic Spaceship to Carry Astronauts from Planenews Aviation News Portal  | With one successful test flight of a private space capsule under its belt, a commercial spaceflight company is looking ahead to another big step: upgrading its robotic Dragon spaceship to carry astronaut crews. ...

NASA Plans for Final Shuttle Launch of Atlantis in June - eWeek | Those have included the first female to ever pilot a spacecraft, the oldest person to fly in space, the first African-American to perform a spacewalk, ...

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Canada's top guns return in Ice Pilots NWT - The Province | Buffalo Joe, Mikey, Blue and others from the show took a DC-3 into Oshkosh in Wisconsin for its renowned air show. They spent hours talking to fans. ...

Blue Angels returning to Tuscaloosa in 2012 - Tuscaloosa News | Two of four AH-1 Cobra Helicopters, flown by members of the Sky Soldiers Demonstration Teams, fly over the Blue Angel F/A-18 Hornet jets at the Tuscaloosa ...

Sertoma Air Fest roars back - The Daily Advertiser | The Sertoma Club of Lafayette has announced plans for 2011 Sertoma Cajun Air Festival, to be held Oct. 29-30 at Lafayette Regional Airport. ...

Fort Worth event celebrates century of aviation heritage - Fort Worth Star Telegram | Every other pilot at the Great Aviation Meet, a traveling troupe brought to Fort Worth by several of its leading businessmen, refused to fly. ...

Navy To Mark 100 Years Of Aviation With Flyover - KGTV San Diego | McGrath is helping coordinate a flyover of more than 150 different aircraft to honor naval aviation, which began at Naval Air Station North Island in ...

Aviation museum looks to Fort Worth Council for boost – WFAA | Zimmerman believes the museum will take wing once sponsors realize the 100 years of history the aviation industry has in North Texas. ...

They Call Me Mr. Airshow: The Legend of Bill Sweet - Lynchburg ... by Designer | I was at the crossroads of the town with my dad getting a haircut in a little barber shop and noticed taped to the window a small poster about the upcoming Bill Sweet's National Air Show—billed as the #1 Air Show in America featuring ...

In Honor of Amelia Earhart from Warplanes Online Community by Jobelle | Yesterday commemorates the 76th year anniversary of AMELIA EARHART, the legendary American aviation pioneer (portrayed by Hollywood actress Hilary Swank in the 2009 movie 'Amelia') becoming the first person to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean. Earhart flew 2,408 miles between Honolulu and Oakland, California, in a journey that also marked the first time an aircraft had carried a two-way radio…

After six decades, medals for heroism - Meriden Record-Journal | Barrett received the medal for actions during a mission where he flew a damaged B-17 bomber through an entire mission in January 1945. ...

Pioneering aviator spreads her wings in Roanoke - Fort Worth Star Telegram | Funk's also the first female Federal Aviation Administration inspector and first female investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board. ...

Kathleen Students Cherish Conversation With Astronauts - The Ledger | At the podium at the FAA Production Studio at the Sun 'n Fun complex are academy science teacher Lori Bradner, left, and student Connor Oslie. ...

Why We Fly! from Aviation News by Andrew_Walter | Many people wonder why I spend most of my time looking up into the sky. I don't really look for anything particular; I just like to look up into the vibrant blue sky and its liquid mountains that make such a beautiful scene. I always dream and think about flying above the clouds, for far above in the sky, it's not the same world as it is on the surface of Earth. To be honest, the beauty of flying cannot be fully put into words…

Air show holds reading contest - Sarasota Herald-Tribune | CHARLOTTE COUNTY -- The Florida International Air Show is holding its 10th annual reading contest for children ages 12 and under. Held in conjunction with ...

F2Y Sea Dart — Part 1 from Travel for Aircraft by travelforaircraft | The period after the end of WW II saw the beginning of turbojet powered aircraft coming into prominence and the culmination of seaplane evolution. And on only a few occasions these two areas of aeronautical design merged. One of these creations was the Convair F2Y Sea Dart — a prototype of a waterborne fighter that flew at high speeds, capable of supersonic velocities if in a dive — that was truly a marvel…

Today in Aviation History – January 12 from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club by bikeal

Black Silk – Chinese J-20 Stealth Fighter Takes Off from ASB.tv by bwallace | After weeks of intriguing debates whether China's J-20 stealth fighter is real or virtual, the mystery was solved today at Chengdu, as the new J-20 took off on its first 18 minute test flight. The J-20, now being called 'Black Silk', was followed by two J-10 escort planes on its flight. As more time goes on, more photos and video should be available to the public…

Chengdu J-20 Chinese Stealth fighter maiden flight [Video and Pictures] from Defence Aviation by Cavin Dsouza | China's first stealth fighter J-20, has reportedly made its first test flight, according to Chinese Reports. It was reported that China's Stealth Fighter, J-20 made a 15-minute flight from 12:50 to 13:05 hrs in southwest China's Chengdu city…