'Aviation Nation' air show canceled at Nevada's Nellis Air Force Base - Truckee Times | NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. (AP) — U.S. Air Force officials say federal budget cuts mean the grounding of the Thunderbirds precision aerial demonstration team and cancellation of a popular Nellis Air Force Base open house and air show. The 99th Air...
Blue Angels cancel Friday practice - Pensacola News Journal | Because of the uncertainty surrounding the federal budget cuts known as sequestration, the cancellation leaves only Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of this week as confirmed Blue Angels practices. The Navy has announced that the Blues's participation ...
25th Annual 2013 Salute To Veterans Airshow - STLtoday.com | It made history as the first aircraft to fly down Broadway over the 1989 Salute to Veterans Parade 25 years ago accompanied by the WWII B-25 Mitchell Bomber SHOWME who will return to join it and fly a Heritage Flight. DON'T MISS THE INCREDIBLE ...
Dick Rutan Recalls Voyager's 1986 Circumnavigation from AVwebFlash Current Issue | Twenty seven years after the fact, Dick Rutan says he's somewhat astonished that he and Jeana Yeager made it around the world in the Burt Rutan-designed Voyager, given the rudimentary avionics of the day and the fact that the airplane had so little surplus load factor that moderate turbulence would have torn it apart. As the keynote speaker at the 56th Aircraft Electronics Association Convention opening in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Rutan flashed a photo of his panel that was then state-of-the-art but which now features some boxes long since faded from the market.
Leading the Way for Women in the Air Force: Jacqueline Cochran - DoD Live | Just as Nazi troops began their march across Europe, Jacqueline (Jackie) Cochran suggested her plans for using women 
Doolittle Raider to visit Goodfellow [JUMP]97-year-old Cole to recall nearly ... - San Angelo Standard Times | SAN ANGELO, Texas — A national treasure will visit Goodfellow Air Force Base today, a man whose 97 years of life experiences include flying the right seat of a B-25 Mitchell in the famous Doolittle Raid on Tokyo. Lt. Col. Richard E. Cole, Ret. USAF ...
Sgt. Norman Page was a C-130 ‘Cold War’ mechanic and flight engineer from War Tales by Don Moore | For most of his 24 years of service in the Air Force Sgt. Norman Page kept C-130 “Hercules,’ four-engine transport planes flying as a senior aviation mechanic and flight engineer or crew chief. After graduating from aviation mechanics training his first assignment, a Strategic Air Command mechanic at McDill Air Force Base in Tampa in the [...]
Georgia pilots band together to inspire - AOPA Pilot | The distinctive paint scheme, along with patches and insignia, are used by TigerFlight both to capture the interest of children, and honor the Flying Tigers of World War II. Photo courtesy Phil Cataldo/TigerFlight Foundation. Phil Cataldo worried he ...
Meet the Chairman of the Board from Vintage Wings of Canada by DaveIf there is one person you should introduce yourself to at Vintage Wings of Canada this year, make it Todd Lemieux, our new 
1911 Ely-Curtiss Pusher Replica, C-54 Spirit of Freedom to Appear at Virginia Regional Festival of Flight from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | Bob Coolbaugh's 1911 Ely-Curtiss Pusher replica and the Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation's C-54 Spirit of Freedom will be at the 2013 Virginia Festival of Flight slated for May 4-5 at Suffolk Executive Airport (SFQ).
More than $125,000 in scholarships awarded from General Aviation News | LAS VEGAS — During the Opening Ceremonies at the 56th annual AEA International Convention & Trade Show on Tuesday, March 26, the Aircraft Electronics Association’s Educational Foundation announced the names of 26 individuals who were awarded individual scholarships worth more than $125,000 for the 2013-14 academic year.
Preserving backcountry flying from General Aviation News | By JOHN J. MCKENNA Jr. | Some things are just worth holding onto and that is all there is to it. That simple statement is really how the Recreational Aviation Foundation (RAF) was formed — six folks sitting around a campfire with the idea that if they did not get busy protecting the special places that we know as backcountry and recreational airstrips, these cherished destinations would most likely just go away....
Val Kilmer & Anthony Edwards Are Fighter Jets in Full 'Planes' Cast - First Showing | Planes is directed by Klay Hall ("King of the Hill," Tinkerbell and the Lost Treasure) and follows Dusty (Dane Cook), a small town crop dusting plane who longs to enter the most epic around-the-world air race despite his fear of heights. But Dusty's ...
Space shuttle Enterprise lands in historic places registry - NBCNews.com (blog) | Located at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City, the test orbiter has been added to the National Register of Historic Places, becoming the first of NASA's retired space shuttles to receive the distinction. "We are extremely proud to be ...
Dragon Returns in Successful Splashdown from Spaceports | Elon Musk tweeted "Cargo looks A ok," referencing the nearly 2,668 pounds of equipment, supplies and scientific instruments returned from the International Space Station on-orbit. The cargo will be shipped to the Port of Los Angeles and then trucked to Texas for unloading with NASA....
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Photos: Blue Angels Homecoming Air Show At NAS Pensacola - NorthEscambia.com | Photos: Blue Angels Homecoming Air Show At NAS Pensacola. November 4, 2012. Tens of thousands attend the 
Return of Homestead's air show brings thrills to lovers of flight - MiamiHerald.com | About a mile away from the Homestead Air Reserve Base, planes soared through the sky, making dynamic smoke patterns while throngs of people walked or took a trolley to the entrance, beach chairs and water bottles in hand. Twenty years ago, the area ...
2012 Wings Over Homestead Air Show - MiamiHerald.com | People wait in line to look at a 1937 DC-3 American Flagship at the Wings Over Homestead Air Show, which took place Saturday Nov. 3, 
Pilots entertain at the Jacqueline Cochran Air Show - The Desert Sun | Legendary pilot Sean Tucker performs acrobatic tricks during the Jacqueline Cochran Air Show in Thermal Saturday. The free event was organized by the Riverside County Economic Development Agency. / Gerry Maceda/Special to The Desert Sun ...
Autumn Air Show closes 2012 flying season in style! - Saffron Walden Reporter | The flying display offers excitement for all ages and tastes, with contemporary fast jets, exciting helicopter displays, fun aerobatics and an array of historic warbirds. Agile helicopter displays come from The Black Cats Lynx Pair from 702 Naval Air ...
Flying ace with Air Force - Le Figaro | For over a year, we followed the daily drivers exception, as the aviation. These are the team members presenting the air force. At the heart of the famous Patrouille de France and spectacular aerobatic team ...
The Breitling Dragon Tour 2012 - NEWS.GNOM.ES | Although the 1940's Stearmans of the wingwalking team and Yves Rossy's Jetwings can all be shipped there in containers, the Breitling Jet Team will have to get there with their own wings. Leaving from Dijon this Tuesday, they will fly through Eastern ...
JF-17 to participate in Zhuhai Air Show - The News International | ISLAMBAD: Thunder, the Pakistan's pride will participate in the forthcoming Zhuhai Air Show (China) from 13 to 18 November 2012, says a press release issued on Sunday. The JF-17 Thunder's Squadron pilots have completed series of aerobatics training ...
Lone survivor of 1953 Pine Mountain plane crash recalls that night - Columbus Ledger-Enquirer | WARM SPRINGS -- On a rainy night in October 1953, a twin-engine B-25 veered off course and plunged into the fogbound summit of Pine Mountain, killing three Air Force crewmen and a passenger upon impact. The aircraft skidded through the forest, ...
Air museum seeks help to expand tour offerings - Chino Champion | More tours are planned for Planes of Fame Air Museum and more volunteers are needed to lead the way. Tom Licata, assistant docent, said about two tours per week come through the museum, but head docent Dave Landier would like to add more.
Texas governor proclaims November ‘Aviation Appreciation Month’ from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Texas Governor Rick Perry proclaimed November 2012 to be Aviation Appreciation Month, noting "General Aviation and related activities generated $14.6 billion in direct, indirect and induced economic activity in the state of Texas, representing $580 in activity per capita." This is the third year 
“Very Rare view of the world’s only... - Planeshots | “Very Rare view of the world’s only ‘Dart-Stang’ at Canberra Airport in 1975. (She is fitted with F-86 Sabre droptanks.) The CA-18 Mk 21 Mustang, formerly RAAF A68-187, was...
A Family's Story, an Aviator's Gift and $12000 for a Rochester Cause - Patch.com | A Family's Story, an Aviator's Gift and $12,000 for a Rochester Cause. When the great, great niece of one of Michigan's most famous pilots read about the Spehn family and their New Day Foundation on Rochester Patch, she was inspired — and called to ...
Spotlight's on shuttle Atlantis, but that's not all - Florida Today | ENDEAVOUR: The baby of the fleet, Endeavour, arrived last month at the California Science Center in Los Angeles ENTERPRISE: The prototype orbiter that never flew in space, Enterprise, is on the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York. More ...
Thursday, November 1, 2012
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Homestead air show will showcase the Air Reserve Base - MiamiHerald.com | The thunderous roar of the United States Air Force Thunderbird's F-16 demonstration team will be tearing through the skies over Homestead Air reserve Base during the 2012 Wings Over Homestead Air Show, Nov 3 & 4. The event is a free family event and ...
Air Force Thunderbird Pilot Making History - NBC 6 Miami | “I joined the Reserves not knowing that I would ever be able to be a Thunderbird one day, but the opportunity presented itself to me about a year and a half ago and I'm really proud to be here,” she said. Jenson is what they call “Thunderbird 3.” She ...
Record Opening Day, 500-Plus Aircraft Highlight 40th Copperstate from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | The 40th annual Copperstate Fly-In Aviation Expo enjoyed a larger-than-expected turnout of aircraft, great weather, and a good gate attendance last weekend at the Casa Grande Municipal Airport in Arizona. The fly-in started with a bang on Thursday with the largest number of aircraft and attendees in the fly-in's eight years at Casa Grande. The ideal weather continued through the weekend and more than 500 aircraft of all varieties participated.
Air show featuring aerobatic pilots coming to Thermal airport Saturday - Southwest Riverside News Network | The free show, which starts at 9 a.m., will feature performances by well-known aerobatic pilots,
Local aerobatic daredevil GOES GLOBAL - Albuquerque Journal | Bob Carlton's aerobatic antics have earned him a pivotal role in a Nov. 10 anniversary bash in Kuwait to celebrate the 50th year of that country's constitution. Carlton, who performs nighttime aerial fireworks shows worldwide, has been contracted to ...
Pumpkins taken to a new level - KSDK | Pumpkins were taken to a different level Saturday in Portage de Sioux. Pumpkins were dropped from a B-25, and were filled with flour for a bit more drama. This is the fourth year for the pumpkin ...
WWII navigator supported wife's efforts at VA - Tribune-Review | As an Army Air Corps navigator aboard a B-17 bomber during World War II, Vincent Holden completed 34 missions over the Rhineland, Ardennes and central Europe. His expertise earned him an Air Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters. Mr. Holden's neighbor in ...
Lunchbox show explores the unreal part of Amelia Earhart legend - Calgary Herald | Hence, the title of Heiti's play — Aviatrix, an Unreal Story of Amelia Earhart. Rather than starting at the beginning, and doing his best to recreate the facts about what we know of the life of Earhart, Heiti starts his play at the moment of her ...
Restoring WWII aircraft - The Lawton Constitution | The Commemorative Air Force, Spirit of Tulsa Squadron, is hosting a fundraiser Nov. 10 at Tulsa Tech that will help them support their work to remember the veterans of World War II. For 13 years now, this organization has been working to restore World ...
October and November Chapter Newsletters from Antique Airfield News | There's lots of interesting content here, here are a few teasers (you'll need to figure out which newsletter they're in): From Pat Schmitz's first trip to Blakesburg report: "The atmosphere, and people of this fly in, was fantastic and we enjoyed every part of it. Just to spend the night, and wake up to the “Field of Dreams” with all the marvelous...
Blakesburg Fly-In Article in Pacific Flyer from Antique Airfield News | Gilles Auliard, longtime photographer at Blakesburg, also penned an 
article on the Blakesburg fly-in in the latest issue of Pacific Flyer.... Other Posts: Gone West Memorial for Bill Tinkler, Pumpkin Drop at Antique Airfield This Saturday, Scenes from a Warner Overhaul Part 1
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Lindbergh Foundation Announces Aviation Green Alliance Awareness Campaign from Aero-News Network | Campaign Will Run Five Month Informational Ad Series On Tuesday the Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation announced that its Aviation Green Alliance is running a five month awareness campaign to highlight advances in green aviation. The campaign, which will be carried in most major aviation publications, begins this month with an informational ad about API’s Joe Clark and his company’s Blended Winglet technology.
Tomorrow's Aeronautical Museum Hosts Air Fair - Precinct Reporter Group | Tomorrow's Aeronautical Museum in Compton was the scene of an unusual sight over the weekend as it hosted a youth air fair. The purpose was the motivation of the area's youth to experience the joy of aviation. Students had an. opportunity to display ...
Taking Flight - Jamestown Post Journal | In a partnership spanning decades, the Lucile M. Wright Air Museum and Jamestown Community College are offering a program to students interested in all things aircraft. The program - called Student Exploratory Aircraft Mechanics - is funded by the ...
Star Wars? Whatever... I Just Found Out The Rocketeer Might Return! from AirPigz by Martt | I had a brush with Art Deco tonight (the 1930's graphic style not some guy named Art) and that pretty
quickly drove me back into the arm of the Rocketeer. That Disney film from 1991 is still one of my all time favorites... tho I realized when I hopped into youtube for a little visual stimulation Rocketeer style that I haven't actually watched the film for several years now. That's gonna change real soon! I was a little surprised that the entire film can be watched at youtube in a string of just-under-10-minute-segments (wait till Mickey finds out about that!) - so I watched the first segment... wow I love that film! Any movie that shows me Miss Los Angeles, the Gee Bee Z, AND a Travel Air Mystery Ship all in the first 2 minutes pretty much owns my heart!...
Episode 221 – Airplane Geeks vs Sandy | The weather spawned by Hurricane Sandy took out David and Max, although Rob was comfortably situated in Orlando, Florida for the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) convention. Not wanting to leave you without an episode for the week,we gathered up what we could and produced this “mini-episode.” We have David’s interview...
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Flying Nun meets Blue Angel - New Bern Sun Journal | Sister Annunciata Wentz stuffed her ankle-
FOX 4 Rides Along for Flips and Spins in an Air Show Plane
- fox4kc.com | This weekend is the Air National Guard's air show in St.
Joseph, called the Sound of Speed Airshow For people on the ground
watching, the show promises to make many wonder how do they do that? How
would that feel? FOX 4′s Abby Eden now gets to tell ...
Cherry Point air show takes flight this weekend
- WNCT | It starts at 10:30 am and goes until 4 pm The gates will open
at 8 am To get your tickets, just use the Keywords: Air Show right here
on our website. And don't forget to come by and say hello to us! 9 On
Your Side crews will be there Saturday and ...
The Red Steel Jet Team's First Flight At Dyess Big Country Airfest This Past ...
- PR Web | 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
huge a success for the team. The Red Steel Jet Team's 3 L-39's this
weekend were flown by pilots Douglas Gilliss, ...
Air show once again takes flight
- StarPhoenix | By Creeson Agecoutay, The StarPhoenix May 3, 2012 11:00
PM One of Canada's largest tributes to veterans officially got its
wings back after an announcement by Saskatoon's Royal Canadian Air Force
Association that the air show is returning to Saskatoon...
Snowbird public show cancelled - Canada.com
| By Spencer Anderson, Comox Valley Echo May 4, 2012 This year's
Snowbirds Demonstration Team public show has been cancelled to allow for
more training time for the pilots. According to 19 Wing spokesman Lt.
Trevor Reid, poor weather has cost the team ...
Bob Jones: Welshpool Air Show renamed in his memory
- walesairforum | An air show is to be renamed in memory of a pilot and
airport owner who was killed in a plane crash last month. Bob Jones,
60, who founded Mid Wales Airport in Welshpool, died on nearby Long
Mountain along with Steven Carr, 55, from Ruthin, Denbighshire.
Welshpool Air Show is held annually at the airport, but is being renamed
the Bob Jones Memorial Air Show in tribute....
Alan Cobham’s Flying Circus, 1931 (via) from x planes
POLISH AIR FORCE MIG-29 CONFIRMED FOR AIR TATTOO
from Royal International Air Tattoo News | One of the world's most
potent Soviet-built jet fighters, will make a welcome appearance at the
Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford this summer.
New-look RAF craft flies the flag ahead of Folkestone Airshow
- This is Kent | The Tucano, due to feature in the Folkestone Jubilee
Airshow on June 2, has been redecorated red, white and blue to mark Her
Majesty's 60 years on the throne. Flight Lieutenant Jon Bond said: "I am
so proud to be able to celebrate the Queen's Diamond ...
Chance For Flight in P-51!
from Planes Of Fame News | Be sure to buy a 2012 Airshow Program, not
only to have a chance to win a flight in a P-51, but to be fully
informed about what you will be seeing at the Airshow. Only $5 for this
full-color program and keepsake.
Last Famous Flying Tiger on Mainland Dies at 92
- CRIENGLISH.com | The last remaining heroic pilot of the famed Flying
Tigers who lived on mainland China died on April 29 at the age of 92,
Qilu Evening News reported on Wednesday. Wang Yanzhou was the only
former pilot on the Chinese mainland who ...
Fly spy – Punta Gorda man flew secret missions behind the ‘Iron Curtain’
from War Tales by Don Moore | “Ferrets flights” are what they were
called. They were aptly named because the super-secret missions in
modified B-29 bombers immediately after World War II were made to ferret
out information about the Soviet Union’s most sensitive military sites.
First Lt. Roger Smith of Punta 
Fairey IIIFs in a row from Planeshots
Vietnam veteran makes day special for World War II vet - Napa Valley Register | The last two years, when the B-17 “Flying Fortress” has flown into the Napa airport to offer up rides (free to veterans), Bob has picked my dad up, taken him out to the airport, fed him lunch, and brought him home. Bob is a Vietnam vet, and my dad is a ...
WWII pilot remains return to America after Lincolnshire discovery
- BBC News | ... buried 18ft (5.5m) deep. The remains of the pilot were
later collected by the American authorities. The wreckage was
transported to the LARG workshop at the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage
Centre, where it will go on display in future. Brake pedal.
Unveiling an Amphibious Skiplane - Aerospace Manufacturing and Design | LISA Airplanes will unveil for the first time in North America, the Akoya, the high-end amphibious skiplane at the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2012 airshow. Following the European success of the AKOYA and in answer to the increasing interest from the North ...
Scouting for aviation history — serendipity and a fiancée-fiancé learning moment from Travel for Aircraft by joseph_may | Scouting for aviation history — serendipity and a fiancée-fiancé learning moment 44º 18′ 14″ S / 171º 13′ 29″ E I am fortunate to be married to a lovely kiwi (a person from New Zealand). I was also fortunate to visit New Zealand in 2009 with her as tour guide while we were engaged to [...]
Wood for Wood - Vintage Wings of Canada | ...In what could easily be the finest and boldest 
Air Force Week in Photos
from Air Force Link Top Stories | This week's photos feature Airmen
around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary
operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men
and women of the Air Force. View the slideshow.
Photographer Toni Frissell from CAF Red Tail Squadron's Blog | ...Antoinette Frissell, known to all as “Toni,” was an established fashion photographer for the major American magazines of the day, when she volunteered for the Red Cross and was asked to go to Europe to cover World War II from the perspective of women and black pilots and their crews. This is a shot of her in her Red Cross uniform holding a camera. Her cameras were heavy, two-handed affairs, which makes her willingness to traipse all over Europe to take pictures during wartime even more impressive....
F-22 pilots speak out to '60 Minutes' - The Hill | By Jeremy Herb - 05/04/12 10:20 AM ET A pair of F-22 pilots are going on “60 Minutes” Sunday to speak out about why they won't fly the fighter plane. The two pilots say they are not the only ones who have chosen not to fly the F-22 Raptor, ...
Play honors flying ace Jackie Cochran
- The Desert Sun | Courtesy Photo Two months before the 75th
anniversary of Amelia Earhart's disappearance, a Rancho Mirage company
is helping to launch a play about how the aviatrix's final journey
impacted desert icon Jackie Cochran. Titled “Jinxed,” the play will get
...
Wooddale Only TN Team To Qualify For National Rocketry Competition
- WKNO FM | By Eleanor Boudreau The Wooddale High School rocketry team
practices at the Mid-South Rocket Society launch pad at Shelby Farms
Park, across from the bison. “We're going in five, four, three, two,
one,” said Wooddale High School rocketry team president ...
Buzz Aldrin Gives TV Comedian Stephen Colbert Space Award from SPACE.com | The Apollo astronaut appeared on "The Colbert Report" to present its host with a special award.
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Editorial: Keep the Blues aloft - Pensacola News Journal | Call us homers, but we agree with Navy Secretary Ray Mabus that the value of the Blue Angels Flight Demonstration team is well worth the $37 million that would be saved by eliminating the team as part of future defense budget cuts. ...
Sole survivor of '45 Air Show crash thankful to be alive - Dayton Daily News | Woman, now 66, only survivor of 1945 Dayton Air Show crash. | ... John Culdahy, president of the Virginia-based International Council of Air Shows, said the air show industry came under close scrutiny after the Dayton tragedy. “As a result of that accident, there was a close cooperative effort that developed a comprehensive set of air show regulations and rules that have done quite well at protecting spectator safety,” Culdahy said. Among the improvements: greater distances between spectators and aircraft, stringent qualifications for pilots and a prohibition against aerobatics while plane pointed at audience....
Santa Fly-in and East Valley Firefighters Annual Toy Drive - AZ Central.com | Santa arrives at the museum at 11 am for a visit and to help the East Valley Firefighters collect toys for needy children. The first 100 kids get a diecast model of the B-17 Flying Fortress Sentimental Journey airplane from the 1940s. ...
Santa Flying in Style - WDAY | Santa is flying in style this year. In fact, he flew into Fargo, but not 
by sled. The jolly old man flew in to the Air Museum by Sanford's life flight helicopter. Anxious children and parents patiently waited to see Santa arrive. Once he landed, kids got to go...
As Pearl Harbor veterans dwindle, Abilienians and others speculate on future ... - ReporterNews.com | Roddy will be honored today by the Big Country Squadron of the Commemorative Air Force for his involvement in the historic event. But a sad truth overshadows the remembrances of troops such as Roddy. Though their efforts won the war, ...
Springfield engineers restore plane from Pearl Harbor, World War II's beginning - KMTR NewsSource 16 | So you're looking at a pretty important piece of history here,” says Kent Pietsch, owner of the historic plane. The plane dates back to 1941 and a well-known female pilot by the name of Cornelia Fort. Fort was the first female pilot in American history ...
Cornelia Fort's family, friends donate funds to save open land from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale | This article is actually from last month, but somehow I missed it. Cornelia Fort was the first WASP to die during World War II. The article doesn't mention it, but the other pilot, a male, was believed to have been "buzzing" the female pilot - and it was his fault she died. He of course was not punished for his grandstanding....
Keeping the Faith – Freedom from Fear - SurfKY Owensboro | WESTERN KY (11/18/11) - In the town of Madison, Florida, you can find the Colin P. Kelly memorial, a striking sculpture of four angels, their wings unfurled in the wind. The memorial was dedicated in 1943 to the name and heroics of a B-17 pilot whose plane was shot down just days after Pearl Harbor. Pilot Kelly did not survive the crash, but thanks to his courage and skill, all his crew did, jettisoning safely from the plane. After the memorial was...
PERSPECTIVE: History Comes to Life ... Laurel Oaks Elementary School middle school students - Naples News | Jacqueline Cochran ...During her flying career, Cochran set many new records in aviation and became the first woman to break the sound barrier in 1953. She first took to the air in 1932, earning her license that year. A true adventurer at heart, she participated in the Bendix Transcontinental Air Race for the first time in 1935. Cochran won the race and set the transcontinental record in 1938. During World War II, Cochran served abroad in the British Air Force Auxiliary as a captain....
Reel Life Becomes Real Life from Flight Monkeys by Chief Monkey | Have you seen a movie known
as The Rocketeer? It’s fanciful, exciting, and satisfies the dream of personal flight. But did you know that a man in Europe has been living the dream for real, using his own body as an integral part of the smallest aircraft we have ever seen...Need Someplace to Fly on December 10th? from Stead Airport Users Association by Webby
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
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Checking Out An Aerobatic Pilot's Bag Of Tricks - WAMU | When the annual Joint Service Open House and Air Show at Andrews Air Force Base rolls into town later this week, the lineup will feature one of this country's top aerobatic pilots, the Air National Guard's Lieutenant Colonel John Klatt. In 25 years of flying, Klatt has piloted commercial airliners, flown F-16s in combat, and supported missions for the space shuttle...
Teaser Video for Boston-Portsmouth Air Show - Mike Goulian | The folks at the Boston-Portsmouth Air Show caught up with us last week to discuss the upcoming air show in August at Pease airport. This year watch Michael fly along with the USAF Thunderbirds, Sean D. Tucker, and an amazing line up of performers. Michael’s interview shares his thoughts as the closest event to home this year.
Jones Beach Air Show on Memorial Day Weekend - Long Island | Memorial Day is fast approaching and it's time for the 2011 Bethpage Federal Credit Union New York Air Show at Jones Beach State Park. On Saturday, May 28 and Sunday, May 29, 2011, you can watch the United States Air Force F-22 Raptor and the A-10 Thunderbolt II soaring through the skies over Long Island as well as other high-flying entertainment...
BLADES AND THEIR FLYING MACHINES ARE HERE - Gibraltar Chronicle | SET FOR THE SKIES: (from left) The Blades pilots Mark Cutmore, Andy Offer, Myles Garland and Andy Evans. After 48 hours of serial leg flying from the UK, THE BLADES Aerobatic Display Team has landed in Gibraltar ready for their series of activities this weekend. Over the next few days you will see the four Blades aircraft manoeuvring around Gibraltar...
15th Annual Lyon County Fly-In this weekend - RGJ | SILVER SPRINGS-The 15th Annual Lyon County Fly-In is slated for this weekend at the Silver Springs Regional Airport, and the event will feature many activities for families and aviation fans. "This whole thing is about kids," said Fly-In Chairperson Ron Bell, adding, "There are many activities for families to enjoy."...
Air Force plane crashes in Victoria - ABC Melbourne | A plane used by the RAAF's Roulettes aerobatic team has crashed at the East Sale airbase in Victoria. The PC-9/A's two crew members ejected moments before the plane crashed after experiencing engine failure. The Defence Force said the crew were undertaking a routine training flight when the plane crashed about 1 kilometre from the runway...
The Stealth Chinook involved in the Osama Bin Laden raid and why the Stealth Black Hawk crashed in Abbottabad - Cencio4 | An interesting article published yesterday by the Associated Press and commented by Wired/Danger Room, provided some interesting details about the Osama Bin Laden raid. Indeed, anonymous government sources have told the story to the AP even if information they disclosed, raise more questions… Anyway, first of all, I can’t help but notice that my possible explaination of Operation Neptune’s Spear (OBL raid’s name), published on May 6, was not disproved by facts disclosed so far!...
Videos from AIRBOYD:
A-10 Thunderbolt Refueling
EA-6 Prowler Refueling
F-16 Fighting Falcon Refueling
May 18, 1953: Jackie Cochran, First Woman to Break Sound Barrier - Wired | 1953: Jackie Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier. Cochran was already famous (as an aviatrix and racing pilot) and wealthy (through marriage) when she broke the sound barrier over Rogers Dry Lake, California, flying a Royal Canadian Air Force F-86 Sabrejet. In moving from subsonic to supersonic speed, Cochran averaged 652 mph...
New York Guard Women Are At Home in The Sky - You Fly Girl | This is a press release from March 18...still worth reading! LATHAM, NY (03/18/2011)(readMedia)-- The women who keep the New York Army and Air National Guard flying found inspiration in the skies and on the ground...
Juliet Kuruwaa: "Why I Want To Fly" - Flight To Success | Another incredible essay from a talented and beautiful young lady from Ghana. Aviation has not only touched her life, but changed it. Juliet Kuruwaa is my name and I am a citizen of Ghana in West Africa. A student of Aviation Technology Academy, studying piloting and engineering. My ambition to become a pilot started from the very first day I saw a plane in the sky...
The First Woman to Fly in an Airplane Was When? - Ptak Science | I wondered about how long after the Wright's first powered flight (17 December 1903) that it took for a woman fly in an airplane, either as passenger or pilot. I was a little surprised--when I found my answer, my glasses weren't quite up to seeing the date on the top of the page very clearly, and on closer inspection I was a little taken aback to see how wrong my assumption was...
Star Struck In California - Collings Foundation | The national Wings of Freedom tour is now bouncing around California. So far, we have visited La Verne, Long Beach, Carlsbad, Ramona, Santa Ana, Hawthorne, Camarillo, Burbank – and now in Bakersfield. The Wings of Freedom tour is making its way up the coast landing in eight cities in Northern California before heading to Oregon and Washington...
Super Guppy back in Amarillo -- Black Horizon | Photographed last night flying into Amarillo/Rick Husband International Airport. It is ferrying V-22 fuselages for assembly at the Bell/Textron Plant here.
Let’s Fly on Saturday! - AOPA Blog | This Saturday, May 21st, is Learn-to-Fly day. It should come as no surprise by now that GA is in need of more pilots if our activity is to survive as we know it. There may be a better reason to go flying than to introduce a prospective pilot to our world but I’m not sure what it might be. Ditto for educating people who will never become pilots. The more “air-minded” people we can make, the fewer hassles there will be regarding airports...
New book celebrates Iowa’s aviation heritage - GA News | Eastern Iowa’s Aviation Heritage, a new book from Arcadia Publishing, captures Eastern Iowa’s long-time fascination with flight. From primitive air gliders and balloons to today’s modern airplanes (and everything in between), aviation enthusiasts in Eastern Iowa have had their heads in the clouds since the late 1800s...
Winners of the 2011 FAI Young Artists Contest - FAI | On the occasion of the recent FAI Aviation and Space Education Commission (CIEA) plenary meeting, the International Jury met to determine the winners of the 2011 FAI Young Artists Contest, whose theme was "50 Years of Human Space Flight". The theme of this year was tightly linked to the 50th anniversary of Gagarin's historic flight...
SS2 first feather flight video - Hobby Space | Here's a video from Virgin Galactic about the drop test of SpaceShipTwo on May 10th in which its feathering re-entry system was tested for the first time.
Secret Stealth Drone Spied on Osama, Dodged Pakistanis - Danger Room | Two years ago, pictures leaked of a previously unknown, bat-winged drone operating out of Afghanistan’s Kandahar airport. Speculation spiked about the mission of the mysterious aircraft, instantly nicknamed “the Beast of Kandahar” by secret plane-spotter extraordinaire Bill Sweetman...http://wamu.org/news/11/05/18/checking_out_an_aerobatic_pilots_bag_of_tricks.php
