Angels in the sky - BSU Daily News | From wing-walkers to F/A-18 jets, the 15th Annual Indianapolis Air Show was filled with stunts that made many observers weak in the knees at Mount Comfort Airport on Saturday. The day started off with the flights of remote controlled model airplanes, many of which were scale models of planes used in combat. The controls were even more difficult than those of typical planes, due to being outside the aircraft, announcer Rob Reider said...
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Air show soars in Jacksonville - Biz Journals | The homecoming of American Idol finalist and Garner native Scotty McCreery was the big news in the Triangle this past weekend. But down east, in Jacksonville, a different group of well-known Americans – the U.S. Marines – were putting on a special show of their own...
ST. AUGUSTINE AIR SHOW - St Augustine | May 28-29: Northeast Florida Regional Airport will be the site of the St Augustine Air Show on Memorial Day weekend.
Gates will open at 9:30 a.m. and close at 5 p.m. each day at the airport, 4900 U.S. 1 North...
Blaine Aviation Days! May 21 & 22, 2011 - Midwest Flyer | BLAINE, MINN. – Kids, parents and aviation enthusiasts young and old are encouraged to attend “Blaine Aviation Days” at Anoka County-Blaine Airport, May 21 and 22, 2011. This is a great opportunity for members of Scouts, 4-H, the YMCA and other youth groups to explore aviation as a career or hobby. It is also an opportunity for adults to find out more about flight training and aircraft ownership, and experience flight in a variety of aircraft...
Father, son and daughter deploy to Iraq as Apache pilots - Warplanes | Having an AH-64 Apache attack helicopter pilot for your dad is pretty cool. Even cooler is being an Apache pilot and having two of your children follow in your footsteps to become pilots, too...
VIDEO: B-25 Honors Doolittle Raider With Fly-Over At Arlington National Cemetery - Warbird Radio | The last living Command Pilot of the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders, Colonel William Bower, was buried at Arlington National Cemetery on May 16th 2011. B-25 owner / operator Larry Kelley piloted “Panchito” over the ceremony as tribute to Col. Bower and all the Doolittle Raiders. The video above shows his approach to the cemetery...
Book about the Vulcan released ahead of Shoreham Airshow - Shoreham Herald | UK -- THE history of one of the world’s most distinctive aircraft, the AVRO Vulcan XH558, is celebrated in a new book. Written by the Vulcan to the Sky Trust, 50 Years of Vulcan XH558, has been published to celebrate her 50th year...
The Air Force suspended its aircraft festival - Clarin | Argentina -- Had for years as "open day" of the Air Force and in the last three had climbed to megafestival, with a record of 800 thousand people in 2010, to the point that accompany the international nature had taken it renamed "Argentina Air Fest Moron...
Burton moves next door to head Air Museum - Newschief | Sun ‘n Fun Fly-In President John Burton won't need much fuel to fly over to his new job next month - he will be heading up the Florida Air Museum right next door. He put in a long run at Sun ‘n Fun for 12 years, but said he's psyched about his new position...
Movie Monday - May 16 - Saving the B-29 Kee Bird - Flight Blogger | Aviation restoration projects may be commonplace in this industry, but they are never unimpressive when those passionate enough to attempt the undertaking seek to bring a flying machine to museum quality. It's even more impressive when an aircraft is restored to flying condition...
Local man helped plan operation to rescue POWs from North Vietnam - LVRJ | When John Gargus helped plan the historic but unsuccessful raid to rescue U.S. prisoners of war from the infamous Son Tay compound in North Vietnam, radar-evading warplanes and stealth helicopters weren't among his options. Forty-one years ago, aircraft that delivered Special Forces soldiers to reach their target deep behind enemy lines had to fly below the radar...
Winners announced for national writing competition award from National Museum of the U.S. Air Force - Air Force Museum | Tad M. Staller Jr., Robert M. Harris and Jeremy Lund were announced as the first, second and third place winners, respectively, of the Air Force Heritage and History Writing Competition, sponsored by the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton, Ohio...
Air pioneer Kittinger brings thrill of flight to kids - Aviation Dayton | National Aviation Hall of Fame Enshrinee Joe Kittinger brought the thrill of flight to kids today with a visit to Valley View Middle School that included lofting several students and teacher Jill Weaver in a tethered balloon...
WAI Photographer Tells How to Take That Perfect Air Show Photograph - WAI Show Daily | At Women in Aviation Conferences, and as a professional photographer on the job, I"m often asked questions about how to make better pictures. Having often considered this, I thought I might offer a few tips that will make your photographs "better." When it comes to creating an image, I'm not an overly technical photographer myself...
Chanute Museum curator delves into history of city, air base - News Gazette | Mark D. Hanson, curator of the Chanute Air Museum, thought he knew quite a bit about the history of the Air Force base that called Rantoul home for about three-quarters of a century. He was surprised, though, when he began delving into the past for a book he planned to write about the former base and Rantoul...
Video: Shuttle Launch Triple Play As Endeavour Makes Final Flight - Martt | The bittersweet days of the Space Shuttle program resurfaced in a big way this morning as Endeavour lifted off on her final mission. For mission details, check out the NASA STS-134 overview page, and you might also like this NASA Endeavour tribute image gallery...
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Blue Angels and beams from WTC will be key attractions at earlier-than-ever air show - Daily Reporter | Indianapolis Air Show - The roar is back: The Blue Angels, which last appeared at the air show in 2009, are back this year. Accommodating the Angels' schedule is one reason the air show, typically held in August and then June over the past few years, is early this year...
Langley Air Show Wynne Hampton Local Ford Dealer - Ford Dealer Virginia | Wynne Ford in Hampton is part of your Local Ford Dealers and happy to have the AirPower over Hampton Roads Show in their community. The show runs from Friday May 13th through the 15th, 2011. Below is a schedule of events. Please enjoy and stop by to see Wynne Ford of Hampton...
Kirtland Air Force to put on a show - KASA | KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (KRQE) - The air force thunderbirds will dazzle crowds with their aerial maneuvers at Kirtland Air Force Base. It’s part of the Kirtland’s open house to celebrate its 70th anniversary...
New River Air Show This Weekend - WCTI | ONSLOW COUNTY -- At the 2011 New River Air Show, the Marines appear to be going the Canadian way. The Snowbirds, a Canadian military jet team, will headline this year's show with a nine-plane demonstration team...
CAF’s Red, White & Loud to take part in AirVenture - GA News | The world’s only flight-worthy Boeing B-29 Superfortress FIFI, and country music star/pilot Aaron Tippin will take the CAF’s Red, White & Loud Tour to the “World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration,” EAA AirVenture July 25-31 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh...
Michelin inks deal with Rob Holland - GA News | Michelin Aircraft Tires has signed a sponsorship agreement with aerobatics expert pilot Rob Holland. Holland, the 2008 World Advanced Aerobatic Champion, will feature Michelin Air tires on his plane at the 2011 World Aerobatics Championships, as well as showcase his plane for Michelin at a number of air shows in 2011...
First F-35A formally delivered - Aviation week | he U.S. Air Force officially accepted the first F-35 Joint Strike Fighter from Lockheed Martin at its Fort Worth, Texas facility on May 5. The milestone, which occurred with the formal acceptance of F-35A AF-7, comes just under 10 years since the F-35 System Development and Demonstration contract was awarded to Lockheed...
WWII paratrooper skydives at 85 (With VIDEO) - USA Today | TURTLECREEK TOWNSHIP, Ohio — Clarence Turner Jr. had open heart surgery in 1999 and knee replacement surgery in 2009. Before anything else happened, the 85-year-old wanted to realize a dream: A parachute jump, just like he did 65 years ago right after World War II...
B-25 Vets To Hold Reunion in Crest - CMC Herald | WILDWOOD CREST - Veterans from World War II and their families will be having their Eastern Reunion at the Pan American Hotel in Wildwood Crest this weekend, May 13-16. These veterans are from the 57th Bomb Wing. They flew B-25's over North Africa, Corsica, and Italy in 1943-1945...
RAF aerial photos from WW2 used to discover location of £500m Nazi gold bunker - Daily Mail | Historians using RAF surveillance photos shot by Mosquito fighter-bombers over Germany during WW2 believe they are poised to uncover a mammoth bunker containing the secret gold reserves of the Third Reich. After using photos and eyewitness reports from the time to pinpoint the spot, a dig is due to start next month in the Leinawald forest near Leipzig in the hope it will uncover the lost underground complex...
Naval Aviation: Breathing Life into Pilots and Passengers - DoD Live | This month we celebrate the centennial of Naval Aviation. This is a huge milestone in the history of our service and I am incredibly proud of our aviation community. For the past 100 years, Navy Medicine has been committed to keeping our pilots and aviators in the air and I am elated at the success we’ve had and the partnerships we’ve built within the community...
Lockheed Martin pledges $10M to Air Force Museum Foundation - Aviation Dayton | WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Museum Foundation, Inc. today announced its acceptance of a $10 million pledge from Lockheed Martin Corp. It's the single largest dollar gift the Foundation has ever received, according to the announcement...
1939 Waco popular bird at fly-in - Abilene-RC | A hobby of Jim Clark is to restore biplanes and his rare 1939 Waco bird was a star at the annual Abilene Fly-In this past Saturday. Clark, Chapman, said his 1939 Waco Custom Cabin EGC-8 was built for the Civil Aeronautics Authority, the fore-runner of today’s Federal Aviation Administration...
Delaware Aviation Hall of Fame to honor outstanding youth - Milford Beacon | Wilmington, Del. - The Delaware Aviation Hall of Fame will confer its annual “Youth Aviation Achievement Award" this fall to the young man or woman who has distinguished himself or herself in aviation training, career development or participation in aviation community activities. Delaware youths ages 15 through 21 are eligible...
CHELSEA: Resident to be inducted into Michigan Aviation Hall of Fame - Heritage | Chelsea resident Captain Jim Mynning was enthralled as a child watching the planes flying over his home -- so much so that he hitchhiked to the Ann Arbor airport when he was 9 years old. There, his aviation career began. Pilot Roy Rice hired young Mynning on the spot at the airport to hawk rides in his 1929 Stinson SM-8A...
Earning her wings: Montana teen flies solo at Eagles Nest - The News Virginian | She started by biting her lower lip. Pre-flight jitters, mostly hidden in a stiff westerly wind that tossed the hair of a dozen onlookers. At 14 years old, Lillymae Gunick prepared Friday to do what few before her have attempted in their early teens: a solo flight in a glider plane...
V750 Unmanned Helicopter Can Rival US Counterparts - Gizmodo | Shiny and purple. It may look like a baddy chopper from an 80s TV movie made in a Foxconn factory, but it's China's latest flying machine, the V750. And it means the Chinese's aerospace industry is maturing dangerously quickly...
Endeavour's Launch Set for Monday ... - Black Horizon | NASA managers have set the liftoff of space shuttle Endeavour for 8:56 a.m. EDT on Monday, May 16. Space Shuttle Program Launch Integration Manager Mike Moses and Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach announced the date at a news briefing Monday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida...
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Upcoming airshow lifting Lynchburg's hospitality industry - News Advance | Lynchburg’s first aviation show in 29 years could draw thousands of customers for local businesses. The May 21-22 show featuring the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels flight demonstration team has sold more than 5,000 tickets so far. The VIP and preferred seating tickets are gone, and the rest are selling quickly, said John Barksdale, the air show’s director...
Grumman TBM Avenger / In The Air - Indy Air show | The TBM saw its first combat in WWII during the Battle of Midway as a low level torpedo bomber against the Japanese fleet. As the war in the Pacific progressed and the US gained the upper hand, there developed a shortage of targets as most of the enemy shipping was on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.
I’m Going To Be A Race Pilot! - I Can Fly | Last week, I was so excited when my Kristen Jurn called me up to ask if I wanted to race a Cirrus with her in June for the all women’s air race! That’s right everyone, I am adding to my many titles, “Race Pilot.” The race is called The Air Race Classic and it will be from June 20th-24th, race through 11 different states beginning in Iowa City and ending in Mobile, Alabama...
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Podcast: Mayday! Pilots In Distress Describe 'Punching Out' - NPR | When a military aviator's plane is in trouble — big trouble — sometimes the only option is to "punch out," or bail out of the aircraft in the rocket-powered ejection seat. In Punching Out, Air Force veteran James Cross shares stories of the small number of pilots and aviators who have survived rocketing out of their planes...
B-26 / B-17 WASP Pilot Betty Wall – Warbird Radio LIVE! - Warbird Radio | WEDNESDAY – B-26 / B-17 WASP Pilot Elizabeth ”Betty” Wall joins us for a special Warbird Radio LIVE! Find out what it was like to fly the B-26 and much more. Tune in tomorrow morning at 10am (EASTERN) to hear the LIVE broadcast. For more information on Betty just click on the Quick Link posted below. Thanks for listening!
Warbird Radio Presents – EAA’s Timeless Voices Interview With Danny Russell - Warbird Radio | EC-47 crew member Danny Russell talks about his experiences in Vietnam during this special Warbird Radio Presents. Our thanks to the Experimental Aviation Association and Zach Baughman for making this program possible...
VIDEO: Eshelman Flying Flounder NX28993 (1942) - AIRBOYD | United News Newsreel (amazing - it flies!)
Plan to scrap U. of I. aviation program stalls - Chicago Tribune | CHAMPAIGN -- A move to close down the University of Illinois' Aviation program as a cost-saving measure has stalled. The Champaign-Urbana campus' faculty-student Senate voted 57-54 Monday against the proposal to shut down the program while continuing to offer an aviation-related master's degree...
VIDEO: STS-134 Astronauts Arrive at Launch Site - Spaceports | STS-134 Commander Mark Kelly and the five members of his crew arrived at the Kennedy Space Center following their flight from Houston in their NASA T-38 aircraft. Kelly, pilot Greg Johnson, mission specialists Mike Fincke, Drew Feustel, Greg Chamitoff and European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori are scheduled to liftoff at 3:47 pm EDT Friday, April 29, 2011 aboard space shuttle Endeavour...
