Blue Angels take KSL's Brooke Walker for ride - KSL-TV | Formed in 1946, the Blue Angels are the oldest formal flying aerobatic team. The Blues fly six F-18 Hornet aircraft. Their high flying tricks, famous diamond formations and detailed dives are crowd favorites, admired from afar by an estimated 11...
Not a bad day at the office - St. George Daily Spectrum | GEORGE - Standing in front of his F-22 Raptor fighter jet Thursday, US Air Force Maj.- 10:00 pm ST. GEORGE - With the political futures of US Sen. Orrin Hatch, Gov.- 10:00 pm By Tom Zulewski- 10:00 pm ST. GEORGE - It's not uncommon for a prep team to...
Former pilots to be honored - St. George Daily Spectrum | GEORGE - As the Thunder Over Utah Air Show approaches, the volunteers at the Western Sky Aviation Warbird Museum are preparing for the event by setting up booths and cleaning up the antique airplanes that will be on display at the event....
News 13 takes to the skies with The US Thunderbirds - KSWT-TV | Thunderbird # 7 Colonel 
Air Show To Expand Flyovers To North OC - The Dispatch | OCEAN CITY -- Resort business leaders this week got an update on the 2012 Ocean City Air Show, including a plan to extend many of the show's flyovers to the north end of town. Ocean City Air Show Director of Sponsorship and Hospitality Sales Steven ...
Red Arrows flying back to Northern Ireland - Belfast Telegraph | Last year they pulled out of their appearance after Flt Lt Jon Egging (33), from Rutland, was killed when his Hawk T1 aircraft crashed following a display at the Bournemouth Air Festival. The Red Arrows are the undoubted star attraction of the Portrush ...
Lake Berryessa Seaplane Splash-in a Hit from Max Trescott on General Aviation | Popout The 1st annual Lake Berryessa Polar Bear Classic Splash-In, held February 4 in Napa, California was a hit, drawing a dozen seaplanes from northern California and Nevada. In addition to the video, you can view a photo album of the event. Ten Lake amphibians and two SeaReys flew in for the one-day event. Weather was excellent with...
PERRIS: Military jumps to build relationships with teachers - Press-Enterprise | Keith-Jones was one of 40 educators from the Inland Empire and 
Pilot Recounts Navy Experiences from theledger.com | Naval carrier pilot Scott Franklin flew F-14 jets during Desert Storm, the Bosnian War and the war in Kosovo....
PH BLOG: PISTONHEADS TAKES TO THE SKIES - Pistonheads.com | OK, let's get this out of the way first, the link between this aeroplane and Abarth doesn't go much further than a set of stickers on the skin and some money in the bank. This is sponsorship pure and simple, pilot Mark Jefferies getting petrol money to...
C-123K — Fairchild’s hybrid Provider walkaround and Lt. Col. Joseph Jackson’s MoH from Travel for Aircraft | Two days previously was the post 
Aviation museum set for special day - Louth Leader | FANS of World War Two aircraft and photography are in for a special treat at the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre in East Kirkby this weekend. The popular local museum is set to hold a Special Access Photography Event on Saturday, March 17....
#57 Super Corsair Amazing Paint from Moose Peterson Aviation Photography | Out of the public view for the last couple of years, #57 Super Corsair is back out and on the road in 2012. One of the three remaining Super Corsairs and the only airworthy F2G-1, Racer #57 sports brand new paint in its color from Cleveland Race days of 1949. It was last seen at the Cactus Fly-in a week ago and is...
Friday's Fabulous Flyer: Lynda Meeks from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt 
| Lynda Meeks, founder and executive director of Girls With Wings, Inc., is inspiring girls to achieve their full potential through aviation, emphasizing STEM education. The fun thing about life is that it can take you in directions that you’d never dreamed of—especially when a challenge is involved....
Fallen pilot 'has come home' from Air Force Link Top Stories | The pilot of a U-28A aircraft that crashed near Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, on Feb. 18 was laid to rest at the Air Force Academy Cemetery on March 12. Capt. Ryan Hall, 30, was a native of Colorado Springs and the son of 1970 Academy graduate Dennis Hall.
Air Force Week in Photos from Air Force Link Top Stories | This week's photos 
RAF Chinooks on Salisbury Plain from Flight Image of the Day by Dominic Perry | Pictured on the recent Pashtun Dawn pre-Afghanistan deployment exercise is this pair of RAF Chinooks at the comically-named FARP (that's a Forward Arming and Refuelling Point to you) in the depths of Salisbury Plain in God's Own County*. Pic by duncan monk on Flightglobal/AirSpace.
Podcast: The Flying Musicians Association from AVWeb Podcast - Podcast | A few years ago, a group of pilots who play music got together in Texas, and now they perform at aviation events around the country. They also work to inspire young people to enjoy both music and flying as either a career path or as a practice that helps to hone their analytical and study skills. AVweb's Mary Grady spoke with John Zapp, one of the founders of the association, about their impressive growth and their plans for Sun 'n Fun.
Video: Skydiver Felix Baumgartner jumps 13.6 miles on path to world's highest jump this summer from Spaceports | On March 15, 2012, Austria's Felix Baumgartner jumped out of a space capsule from an altitude of approximately 71,580 feet as the Red Bull Stratos project moved 
First Red Bull Stratos Test Flight a Success from Aerial Sports Feed | Felix Baumgartner jumped out of a space capsule from an altitude of approximately 71,580 feet today as Red Bull Stratos moved into the manned-flight testing stage in Roswell, New Mexico.
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A Memorial Day Compendium - Steeljaw Scribe
You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on earth, or we will sentence them to take the first step into a thousand years of darkness. If we fail, at least let our children and our children’s children say of us we justified our brief moment here. We did all that could be done – Ronald Reagan
Through the years we’ve observed Memorial Day on these pages in a variety of ways. Through it all, we’ve sought to instill a sense of perspective and context to an ...
Jones Beach State Park Hosts New York Air Show 2010 - Daily Top Trends
It is typically headlined by either the US Navy Blue Angels or US Air Force Thunderbirds. All branches of the military are represented at the New York Air ...
Jones Beach Air Show from Kirby Chambliss
Jones Beach Air Show 2010 - LiveStreetJournal
Thousands of people gather around Jones Beach in Wantagh, New York (Long Island) for the Jones Beach Air Show 2010. Bad news for beachgoers and fans that ...
Wings and Wheels 2010 car and air show - Danbury News Times
Tyler Surprenant, 10, of Cheshire, blocks his ears at a B-25 Mitchell starts its engines on the ...
Air Show [Harlingen] - Valley Morning Star
The planes were at the airport for a “static air show,” part of Harlingen's centennial celebrations. VIA is the site of the World War II Harlingen aerial gunnery school, the former Harlingen Air Force Base and the former home of the ...
Southend Air Festival thrills - Essex Echo
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the show, and although there's no Red Arrows display, there will be plenty of airborne thrills. ...
Terry Bowden's Blog: Ranger Airfield Fly-in, 2010 from Antique Airfield News
This article is from Terry Bowden's Blog Barnstmr's Random Aeronautics, who has kindly granted permission to re-publish on AntiqueAirfield.com.
Great weather in Texas today and a great turnout to this year's Ranger Airfield Fly-in. Here are some of my favorite sights.
Chino Wrap Up from Another Time To wrap up the posts on Chino here are the links to the pictures from that long weekend. As noted were spent some time at the Yanks Air Museum shooting pictures of their outstanding Curtiss Robin. Detailed Robin pictures are here. This is one of three Curtiss Robins they have. This one being powered by a Challenger radial.
The welcome shade from the California sun was provided by my friend Les Whittlesey at his hangar. The hangar that he calls the Cal-Aero Aviation Country Club. If you want to develop a serious case of hangar envy take a look at these pictures! Thanks again Les for the place to hang out! (The picture above is my wife and I standing with Les's award winning Lockheed 12.) ...
60 YEARS BLUE ANGELS FORMATION WITH THE RED ARROWS - www.youtube.com
Open house 2006. The U. S. Navys Flight Demonstration Squadron Check the fantastic website: http://www.blueangels.navy.mil/index.htm The Blue Angels mission is to enhance Navy and Marine Corps recruiting ...
The wildest of blue yonder tributes at Charlotte track - News Observer
Weather permitting, the sky over Charlotte Motor Speedway on Sunday is going to be filled with aircraft of the ages.
The always highly anticipated prerace show for the Coca-Cola 600 this year will feature a tribute to military aircraft that have flown for our nation in many of its wars.
The flyover, continuing the track’s annual and laudable Memorial Day tribute to U.S. troops, will include a World War I biplane that’s almost 100 years old. World War II planes, such as the beautiful, sleek P-51 Mustang – a few of which are now in the hangar of NASCAR team owner Jack Roush – will be up there, too.
P-51s were flown in combat by the famed Tuskegee Airmen, courageous African-American pilots who escorted B-17 bombers into the heavily defended airspace over Germany. ...
Local veteran shares memories as pilot in World War II - Fenton Tri County Times
Then Butts had a chance to work with B17 Flying Fortress planes, which he jumped at. He made the transition at Avon Park, and then went 11 miles down the ...
E. Fred Kessler - Great Falls Tribune
He flew numerous planes, including the BT-13, C-47, B-25, A-26, A-20 and his favorite, the P-38. Toward the end of the war, he was stationed in Cairo, ...
Programs showed what females could do - Nashua Telegraph
The WASP, under the command of renowned aviatrix Jacqueline Cochran and Air Force General Henry “Hap” Arnold, were originally stationed at the Howard Hughes ...
This is the second part of an interview of Lynda Meeks, whose aviation career is really less ordinary. Lynda has experience with both airplanes and helicopters, and in both military and civilian operations! She’s also the founder of a nonprofit organization to encourage girls to embrace an aviation career…
Squadron opens hangar - Culpeper Regional Airport (KCJR) Virginia - Star Exponent
The National Capital Squadron, part of the Commemorative Air Force, opened their hangar to share their collection and knowledge of historic military aircraft and other items. The open house was in observance of Memorial Day and to kick off the summer weekend. Guests were permitted to climb aboard many of the aircraft on display; three are owned by the squadron, while others are personally owned.
The CAF works to preserve historic aircraft and maintain them in flying condition. Some members are military veterans, some are lifelong civilian pilots and others don’t fly at all. Regardless, Culpeper squadron member Grover Amick said everyone is welcome if they have an interest in aviation. ...
Palm Springs Air Museum plane lawsuit dismissed - MyDesert.com
The Palm Springs Air Museum has reached a deal to dismiss its lawsuit over a fleet of World War II planes on display there, officials say.
The agreement with Jo Rose Pond, widow of museum co-founder Robert Pond, ensures Coachella Valley residents and visitors “will always be able to see the kind of aircraft that were flown in World War II,” museum general counsel Don Reuben said Thursday. ...
Truck Killer: The A-26 - Air and Space
This rare footage shot during the Vietnam War shows the Douglas A-26 Invader operating at England Air Force Base in Louisiana and at Nakhon Phanom RTAFB in Thailand. The final scenes at the Vintage Flying Museum at Meacham Field in Fort Worth, Texas, show the last airworthy A-26A, "Special K," now owned and being restored by the Pacific Prowler organization chaired by Jim Terry.
Flight of the Human Spirit
Episode 47 - Amazing Airport, Smiling FBO, and Touched Lives - combs.podomatic.com
Author, Michael Combs has always dreamed of flying. Join him as he takes off to set a world record while inspiring millions to follow their dreams -- no matter what. Michael's mission is to fly a Light Sport Aircraft into all 50 states in Forty Flight 40 days. ...
Pa. pilots to fly historic planes to film premiere - York Daily Record
He and the others are flying restored biplanes in for the Washington premiere of "Legends of Flight," a 3-D IMAX film about aviation history, on Saturday at ...
French air enthusiasts hope to restart Concorde engines - Yahoo
A French aeronautics association Saturday examined the engines of a Concorde passenger jet at an air museum outside Paris to determine if they could be used again.
"The objective is not to get it (Concorde) to fly again but to get the engines working again, hoping one day to see it taxi on the tarmac for the pleasure of visitors to the museum," said Frederic Pinlet, head of Olympus 593, named after the Rolls Royce/Snecma engines used on the aircraft.
The association founded a little over a year ago has reached an ...
Concorde May Fly Again from AVwebFlash Current IssueMay 30 from Cut and Paste Aviation
An Air France Concorde was to have undergone borescope tests Saturday to determine if its four engines can be safely started in advance of a possible return to flight. The aircraft is at a French museum at Le Bourget Airport, where it was mothballed seven years ago when Air France and British Airways ended supersonic service after decades of financial losses and the spectacular crash of a Concorde in Paris in 2000 that killed 113 people. There was no word at our deadline on the outcome of the tests but it's hoped the aircraft can soon be fueled and readied for taxi tests before returning to the air for heritage flights. It's hoped the aircraft can be airworthy in time for a flight over the opening ceremonies of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
...1912 -- Pioneer aviator Wilbur Wright dies from typhoid fever, at the early age of 45.
His death marks the end of his extraordinary partnership with his brother Orville, which culminated in 1903 with the first, powered airplane, Flyer, capable of sustained, controlled flight on Dececember 17, 1903.
Orville made the first flight, airborn for 12 seconds. Wilbur took the second flight, covering 853 feet (260-m) in 59 seconds. By 1905, they had improved the design, built and and made several long flights in Flyer III, which was the first fully practical airplane (1905), able to fly up to 38 minutes and travel 24 miles (39-km). Their Model A was produced in 1908, capable of flight for over two hours of flight. They sold considerable numbers, but European designers became strong competitors.
Orville sold his interest in the Wright Company in 1915. ...
Air Force Museum in Dayton hopes to land one of retired space shuttles - Plain Dealer
Officials say the shuttle Atlantis would be most appropriate for the Dayton ...
Space Shuttle Atlantis – The End of an Era from Wayne Farley's Aviation Blog
When Space Shuttle Atlantis touched down at the Kennedy Space Centre on May 26, 2010, it marked the end of 25 years of service for the space vehicle. ...
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Thursday, March 18, 2010
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Veteran Reno air races pilot killed in California crash
- Reno Gazette Journal | The Reno Air Racing Association acknowledged Goss' death on its Web site on Wednesday: "He is a true champion and will be missed by everyone. ...
Pilot was beloved brother, mentor, 'fun-loving flyboy' - KGET 17 | For some 20 years, Goss and Van Fossen were fixtures of the Minter Field "Warbirds in Action" Airshow, thrilling crowds with their precision flying. ...
Veteran pilots killed in plane crash - Bakersfield Californian
Two veteran pilots -- one a Bakersfield-based national champion in 2004 at a Reno air show -- were killed ...
Warlock Race #75 Photo Gallery by Victor Archer at pbase.com
CELEBRATING the P-51MUSTANG… A WELCOME BLAST FROM THE PAST - Kick off your summer June 11th-13th with one of Indiana's best family entertainment values—The Indianapolis Air Show | Indianapolis, Indiana -The Indianapolis Air Show officials announced today that the World's only P-51 Horsemen Aerobatic Team will headline this year's show. These 3 authentic P-51 Mustangs served in WWII and their aerobatic routines remind us of how these powerful machines influenced the outcome of WWII.
Where did Air Force Thunderbirds get their high-flying start 56 years ago? - Arizona Daily Star | The US Air Force Thunderbirds will execute more than 30 high-precision maneuvers at the Aerospace & Arizona Days 2010 at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base on ...
Hornets to make flying visit at airshow - Southland Times | International Airshow event manager Mandy Deans said the fighter jets would be in New Zealand on exercise with the Royal New Zealand Air Force and would be ...
Scouts offer free tickets to June air show - Chippewa Herald | The show will feature the US Navy Blue Angels. Gilger made the announcement to coincide with advance tickets going on sale today at Mega Foods, Mega Holiday ...
New and old planes to mark 100 years of controlled flight - The Border Mail | The Albury Aero Club organised an impromptu display to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the first controlled flight on March 18, 1910. ...
Exhibit honors WWII-era factory workers - Bonner Springs Chieftain | In a another section of the museum, a wing of a B-25 bomber, signed by several women who worked in the factory, stands as a tribute to the county's ...
CIA or Special Operations Aircraft from Military Photos by Elbs | Found a few curious shots of a variety of the aircraft used by the CIA or USAF for the less visible work in Afghanistan and around the world. All of them from google...
Airspeed Comes Up for Air from Airspeed by Stephen Force (Steve Tupper) | You might be wondering, "Where the heck is Airspeed?" And you could be forgiven for wondering that. I haven't gotten a new episode out for some time. But it's all going to be worthwhile. I haven't been idle! Unless you've hidden your iPod under a rock, you know that I've been working on the Acro Camp movie project with virtually every spare moment of time. It turns out that there's an unreal amount of stuff to get in order for making a movie. And, being that I'm both a lawyer and persnickety about how the legal structure of a project works, I've had to draft virtually every document from scratch after researching the subject matter pretty thoroughly…
Acro Camp Announces Cast -: "We're very pleased to announce the cast of Acro Camp. The "campers" if you will. Here they are in alphabetical order…
Pink Attack! - Interview with Lynda Meeks of Girls With Wings - Episode 10
from Mile High Flyers Podcast by DenverPilot - Recorded: March 7, 2010 | Introductions including guests | MHF Hosts: Nate, Zyola, Doug | Guest: Lynda Meeks founder of Girls With Wings Interview with Lynda…
Winter comes to Australia's loneliest jet runway from Plane Talking by Ben Sandilands | Wilkins gets busy, photo Martin Boyle © Commonwealth of Australia - After a 'summer' in which melt water caused hassles for researchers, and even an Airbus A319, the darkness and cold of polar night has closed in on the Wilkins Blue Ice runway, a 70 kilometres and three hours long big tractor ride from Australia's Casey Station. The last flight on the Hobart-Wilkins run flew on March 2, but the photos and stories that can be accessed on the Casey web site are too interesting to overlook any longer…
Find more at Pima Air & Space Museum - Arizona Daily Star | If all the air show talk has you wanting to admire some aircraft but you want to avoid crowds, then head over to the Pima Air & Space Museum, where it will ...
Museums Special Section - Aboard the Intrepid, Putting a Fighter Jet Back Together - NYTimes.com from http://www.nytimes.com/ THE Grumman F9F Cougar had seen better days, some of them flying in Navy fighter squadrons in the 1950s. But then it was retired and ended up spending years in a park in New Jersey as perhaps the world's coolest jungle gym. Now it's a mess — the once-smooth metal skin rough and spotted, holes here and there. The fuselage is in two pieces. And the wings have been taken off, which, for a high-performance jet aircraft, is a real insult…
Lindbergh to launch LEAP prize - La Jolla Light | Erik Lindbergh, an aviator and philanthropist, said the LEAP prize is part of an effort to inspire new technology. The other part is a project-based ...
Cruiser San Diego the 'unbeatable ship' of WWII - San Diego Union Tribune | But the aircraft carrier Hornet — remembered for its launch of the Doolittle Raiders in April 1942 -— was sunk. The San Diego rescued 200 of the Hornet's ...
Naval Astronaut Wings Long Overdue from Tailhook Daily Briefing by JC | Nearly 41 years after Neil Armstrong first set foot on the Moon, he has finally received a pair of Naval Astronaut Wings. In a ceremony on-board the USS Eisenhower (accompanied by fellow Astronauts Jim Lovell and Gene Cernan) Armstrong was presented with a pair of rare Naval Astronaut wings by Captain Dee Mewbourne (CO CVN-69) and Capt Roy Kelley (CAG-7)…
Swisscopter Dragonfly DF1: Tip-Jet Helo That Might Actually Work! by Martt - During the first minute of this video you're very likely gonna think: watch out, crazy people alert! But that will soon transform to something more like: hmm, this thing is very interesting and really seems like a totally stable flying platform with serious potential. What strikes me is that this may be the first time we've seen a truly viable solution to the idea of having a tip-powered rotor. As the video of the Hiller HJ-1 I posted a while back shows, the tip-powered rotor idea has been around for a long time. It just seems like there's always been hurdles too high to clear that have keep the concept from having a genuine application…
Dragonfly jet-powered helicopter runs on H2O2, shuns traditional tail rotors (video) from Engadget by Tim Stevens | Your average whirleybird is driven by a big motor in the middle, spinning the blades one way and, as per Newton, rotating the body of the craft the other. A tail rotor counteracts the force, but a more efficient solution is to have the rotors power themselves, which is exactly how the Dragonfly DF1 works. It has tiny, hydrogen-peroxide jets on the blade tips, spinning them up without pushing the body of the helo in the other way -- though a small tail rotor is still needed to turn the craft. It's much like the tech that propelled James Bond toward his waiting DB5 in Thunderball, but unlike that jetpack this copter can fly for up to 50 minutes…
Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago | One of the more unique flying boats to be built was the Dornier Do 212 which began its water trials in 1942. Design work on the Do 212 began in 1938 at the Dornier-Werke facility in Freiderichshafen, Germany in collaboration with Dornier's Switzerland-based subsidiary who would be responsible for construction of the prototype with the Swiss registration HB-GOG…
A Fairey What? from Ares by Bill Sweetman - When Jetcal commented on an earlier post that the JSF was shaping up as a modern-day Breda Ba88 and I remarked that the Lince was an Italian Fairey Battle, less historically minded readers might have been confused, However... The Fairey Battle was not, as you might think, a brawl on Old Compton Street but one of Britain's less successful bombers. Resembling a scaled-up fighter, it looked fast in pre-WW2 publicity photos and was intended to survive by speed, with only a single .303 machine gun for rear defense…
On This Day in Aviation History: March 18th by Phil Derner Jr. - Europe's first airplane flight takes place in 1906. Also, Austrian Airlines first flight, Delta offers voluntary severance to 30,000 employees, the crash of a Boeing 307 Stratoliner during a test flight as well as five other crashes…
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