Eyes on skies at Tyabb air show - Peninsula Weekly | THE Tyabb air show 
Royal Canadian Air Force jet will be in Chico for air show - Enterprise-Record | CHICO — The Royal Canadian Air Force's F-18 jet will be appearing during this year's Chico Air Show, slated for Sept. 28-30 at the Chico Municipal Airport. A variety of aircraft will be participating in the air show, either in aerial performances or ...
'Wings of Freedom' Tour on Display in Pensacola - WKRG-TV | This is a rare opportunity to visit, explore, and learn more about these unique and rare treasures of aviation history. The B-17 is one of only 9 in flying condition in the United States, the B-24J and Dual Control P-51C Mustang are the sole remaining...
The Dakota Hunter – Warbird Radio LIVE! – Wednesday – 10am (EASTERN) | WEDNESDAY – Filmmaker Axel Ebermann joins Matt Jolley on Warbird Radio LIVE to discuss is new documentary “The Dakota Hunter.” Dutchman Hans Wiesman is completely and utterly in love – with a seventy year old cargo plane: The legendary DC3 ‘Dakota’. Is it her...
Vietnam veterans will be honored at Air Fiesta 2012 in Brownsville - 
EAA Mourns Loss of Leonard Eaves
from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | EAA extends its deepest sympathy to the family and friends of Leonard R. Eaves, EAA Lifetime 2194, who lost his life in the crash of his Skeeter 1M homebuilt on Saturday, March 3.
Breakfast on ice for Minnesota general aviation pilots from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Our friends in EAA Chapter 551 periodically send us photos of their great flying adventures. One of the latest was a Saturday morning "breakfast on ice" in -5° temperatures at Eddy' Resort on Mille Lacs Lake in Minnesota. Some pictures follow of the ice runway and the camaraderie shared by this very active group of general aviation pilots....
Aviation heritage celebrated by Mollison Way's £1.5m revamp - Harrow Observer | A HERITAGE trail explaining Edgware's role in advances in aviation is the 'icing on the cake' of a shopping parade's £1.5 million facelift. Pupils at Stag Lane Infant and Nursery School and neighbouring Stag Lane Junior School, both in Collier Drive, ...
First F-35 flight at Eglin cut way short from Sky Talk by Star-Telegram | Another day, another problem with the F-35. Maybe not a big one, but a problem nevertheless. Tuesday's first flight of a production F-35 at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, the beginning of preparation for pilot training, was cut short by a possible fuel leak, Bloomberg reports....
Aircraft crash at Naval Air Station Fallon kills pilot - Kathryn's Report | ...This is the second crash in 10 days. A Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet crashed north of NAS Fallon on Feb. 24, but both pilots ejected safely....
Episode 188 – The Mach 1.4 UAV from Airplane Geeks Podcast | Guest Ryan P. Starkey, Ph.D. has been working with University of Colorado students to develop a Mach 1.4 UAV. Propulsion for this very efficient aircraft comes from a 20 pound turbojet that features an afterburner and thrust vectoring nozzle. We talk about the...
Gallery 104 — it is all about the UAV from the 1990s onward by travelforaircraft | During the March 2009 visit to the National Air & Space Museum on the National Mall, I saw the construction of a new gallery, one for modern the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) — Gallery 104. This exhibit is on the west end and stands the full tow storied height of the museum — lending the opportunity to see the aircraft from below as well as...
Martin Jetpack selling Pre-production Jetpack to Flight Schools and Aero Club - Next Big Future | If you would like to register your interest in purchasing a Martin Jetpack for private use or for your flight school or aero club, or if you wish to secure an early production position, please Order a Jetpack today....
Video: Lego Space Shuttle Lifts Off for the Stratosphere - POPSCI | So many intrepid stratonauts send stuff into the upper atmosphere these days, it’s almost hard to keep track — there’s even a suborbital balloon factory now. But this weather balloon experiment still caught my eye. It’s a little space shuttle, winging its way into orbit one more time...in Lego form. Romanian shuttle enthusiast Raul Oaida posted this video to YouTube of his hand-made Lego...
Video: The Capsule: Red Bull Stratos from Aerial Sports Feed | The Red Bull Stratos science team has spent five years developing the capsule that will deliver Felix Baumgartner to the edge of space for his record-breaking freefall attempt from over 22 miles up.
First woman in space turns 75 from Military Photos | Quote: Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (Russian: Валенти́на Влади́мировна Терешко́ва; born March 6, 1937) is a retired Soviet cosmonaut, and was the first woman in space. She was selected out of more than four hundred applicants, and then out of five finalists, to pilot Vostok 6 on the 16 June, 1963, becoming both the first woman...
Sounding Rockets from The Original Rocket Dungeon | "The ATREX launches will take place between March 14 and April 4. The five rockets will release a chemical tracer that will form milky, white tracer clouds that allow scientists and the public to "see" the winds in space."
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
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Monday, February 20, 2012
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Thunderbirds fly over South Fla. Beach - 7Online WSVN-TV video | The US Air Force Thunderbirds conducted a flyover at Fort Lauderdale Beach. Captain Michael Fisher piloted the F-16 aircraft, landing at Opa Locka Airport ahead of the upcoming air show. "Right now we're going to do a quick site survey of the Fort...
Air Fiesta to feature vintage Russian jet fighter - The Brownsville Herald | It would’ve been unthinkable just a couple of decades ago, but a Soviet-era MiG-17F fighter is laying over in Brownsville for a few weeks. The rare aircraft is on display at the CAF Rio Grande Valley Wing museum at the Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport, and will be...
Fighters old and new to highlight RNZAF airshow - Australian Aviation | Modern day aircraft from six nations will join Mustang and Spitfire fighters of the past at the Royal New Zealand Air Force's 75 th Anniversary Air Show next month. Flight demonstrations by RAAF F/A-18A Hornets will headline the show, which will also ...
Jump start a jetpack at Wanaka airshow - The Southland Times | Punters can get a taste of flying using a jetpack at the Warbirds Over Wanaka International Airshow. Christchurch company Martin Aircraft, developers of the first commercial product, will display a simulator of their Martin Jetpack at the show....
In pictures: Singapore Airshow - BBC News | The Singapore Airshow is as much for defence deals 
as for commercial aviation. The region's pockets of instability, such as disputes in the South China Sea, ensure that countries continue to spend on their military capabilities.
Clacton air show boosted by restaurant backing - Clacton and Frinton Gazette | A RESTAUANT chain has thrown its weight behind the Clacton Air Show in a bid to boost the show and the town. Toby Carvery restaurants around the country will help advertise the summer spectacular to help increase interest in the event.
EAA’S Women Soar You Soar Will Inspire Young Women During AirVenture from Aero-News Network | Rewarding Experiences Await Young Women Interested In Aviation-Based Careers Young women will be inspired to reach for their aviation dreams as Women Soar You Soar, a four-day mentoring camp featuring inspirational women aviators, returns for its eighth year in conjunction with EAA AirVenture 2012.
Four Georges — three easy, one hard — what is left of one of Imperial Japan’s best WW II fighters, the Kawanishi N1K-J Shiden (紫電 “Violet Lightning”) Allied Codename George - travelforaircraft | It is difficult to find aircraft of countries which have lost in war. Aircraft on the winning side usually abound while the defeated have their equipment scrapped — to the detriment of history, increasing the inherent bias of the victor's interpretation of events....
Formation flight Sunday. Coast Guard amphibian and flying boats from Planeshots
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Today in history: a step closer to the atomic bomb raids from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | ...What very few Americans knew at the time (and certainly none of the landing force knew) was that the seizure of Iwo Jima was an integral part of preparations for the atomic bombing of Japan. The island had no real strategic value in terms of a future amphibious invasion of Japan, but was a vital element of the air war, for several reasons. Some of them were downplayed by later historians, but at the time all seemed vitally important reasons to invade Iwo Jima....
VMM-561 Tiltrotor Squadron trains on a stack of matresses - Helihub | MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. – Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 561 conducted emergency landing pad procedures for MV-22B Ospreys aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Feb. 13. The training helps pilots react if an aircraft suffers landing gear malfunctions. One Osprey practiced landing to test the configuration of the pad eyes. Pad eyes are used to anchor the ties that hold the numerous stacks of mattresses together, ensuring they can withstand the down wash of an MV-22B or a CH-53E. Mattresses are used to protect the aircraft frame from damage....
Mission booms rattle Holloman neighbors - KRQE | The F-22 Raptor flies at supersonic speeds, and can create a boom loud enough to set off car alarms. One of the squadrons is based at Holloman Air Force Base outside Alamogordo. But, the booms that come with them are rattling some people up to 50 miles ...
Rare behind the scenes video of Iranian Air Force Sukhoi Su-24 Fencer operations from David Cenciotti | The following interesting video shows daily operations at the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force Sukhoi Su-24 F...
An air of kindness: Longview pilots provide free flights for people with serious medical conditions - News-Journal | Atrio of Longview pilots are using their time and aircraft to benefit people with serious illnesses. Robert Davis, Richard Hamilton and Jim Hurst are part of Grace Flight of America, an organization that provides free transportation to and from major medical centers for people with cancer or other life-threatening medical conditions. None of the three men are professional pilots — Davis and Hamilton are dentists, while Hurst owns an auto dealership....
School flies with project to build plane - Nelson Mail | A group of 15 students from Nayland College are going to build a six-metre long kit aeroplane. And then they get to fly it. Behind the project are retired aircraft engineer and pilot Alan Caudwell and his partner Julja Vogt....
Enterprise provides template for orbiter fleet retirement from NASASpaceFlight.com by Chris Bergin | As the retired Shuttle fleet continue their Transition and Retirement (T&R) processing, efforts are being focused on Northern Virginia, as preparations are made on shuttle Enterprise for her final flight to the Intrepid Air and Space...
A Golden 50th Anniversary for Astronaut John Glenn and America's First Orbit of the Earth from Spaceports [video] | 50-YEARS AGO: The Mercury-Atlas 6 mission was the first attempt by the U.S. Mercury program to place astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr. in orbit. The Friendship 7 mission was launched on 20 February 1962, from Launch Complex 14 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. In the wake...
Monday, May 30, 2011
Indy Transponder 30-MAY-2011 2051z
Photos: Air Show Flying Machines - Massapequa Patch | Bethpage Federal Credit Union Air was another incredible success this weekend as more than 100,000 people flocked to Jones Beach for each session. The aircraft at this annual event are spectacular, and the spectacle is breathtaking. Many representatives of the U.S. Armed Forces were on hand as well...
Photos: Home Base at the Air Show - Farmingdale Patch | A look at the Bethpage Air Show weekend events from its launching grounds in Farmingdale...
Updated: Thousands turn out for Southend Air Festival - Echo-News | BARREL rolls, nosedives and loop-the-loops became familiar sights in the skies above Southend as aviation fans lapped up two days of aeronautical stunts and displays. The 2011 Southend Airshow attracted about 300,000 people to the town’s seafront to watch the spectacular sights overhead on Saturday and yesterday...
Honor Flight | For the WWII Vets (with VIDEO) - OkcHomeSellers | We need to honor the World War II vets. Unfortunately, we are losing them at a rate of 1,000 per day. My dad was one of those vets and great Americans, but unfortunately I lost him in 1964. I miss hearing his stories of the war in the Pacific, specifically Guadalcanal, where he served in the Navy Seabees. He had an influence on me that has lasted a lifetime...
WWII pilot, POW finds joy in life - The Spectrum | ST GEORGE - At 95 years old, Harold "Bud" Cannon is enjoying his life too much to stop for Memorial Day observances. "I usually don't participate," said the retired Army Air Corps bomber pilot and World War II prisoner of war. "I hold back and be quiet."...
History comes alive; WWII vet honored in Missoula - KAJ18 | MISSOULA- The Rocky Mountain Museum of Military History honored a handful of former pilots and ground personnel on Sunday to kick off their Memorial Day celebrations, and one of the men they honored is a 94-year-old combat pilot from World War II...
Last shall be first: World War II POW to lead 91st annual Corvallis Memorial Day Parade - Missoulian | Chuck Duus has always considered himself a lucky man. As an 18-year-old, Duus' luck held for 16 bombing missions as a tail gunner in a B-17 Flying Fortress that struck deep over German territory in World War II...
Memorial Day Memories: Tosa Veterans Recall Service in WWII - Wauwatosa Patch | Some 16 million Americans served in World War II. Most of them were very young men and women when they entered their country’s service in the largest conflict the world has ever seen. We are now entering the year that, on Dec. 7, will mark the 70th anniversary of the United States’ entry into that war...
Inside a Flying Fortress - Air & Space | Compared with the B-29, the B-17’s navigation equipment was basic. The navigator’s principle tools were the air position indicator (an electromechanical dead reckoning computer), a drift sight, and an astrodome to take sextant sightings...
American good deed remembered -- and appreciated -- 70 years later - Star Advertiser | Military Appreciation Month in Hawaii seems the perfect time to recount a recent experience that defines military appreciation. As an American with a busy international travel schedule, I'm often drawn reluctantly into political discussions with citizens of countries I am visiting...
Aviation Inspiration Day Recap - Life on the Road as a Pilot | Last Saturday, May 28th, was the first ever Aviation Inspiration Day - a joint effort between Girls With Wings, Inc., and the Commemorative Air Force - Minnesota Wing, led by Squadron Commander Col. Amy Lauria. Amy and I had talked at EAA Airventure in Oshkosh about "someday" coordinating an event at the CAF museum...
Love of aviation led to illustrious career - Winnipeg Free Press | George Elliott is being remembered as an icon in Manitoba's aviation history. Elliott, who was general manager of Winnipeg International Airport and later the executive director of the Western Canada Aviation Museum, died suddenly on Thursday of a heart attack...
Still Time to Register - Big Muddy Air Race | We will be taking registrations right to the end. Claude Hendrickson just entered with his beautiful P-51, Sarah Jean, so I just had to post this photo from the Texoma race...
“Piston” pack reaches 5,000 feet - AOPA Blog | The Martin Jetpack, really a piston-engine pack powered by a derivative of a Mercury motorboat engine, has reached 5,000 feet above New Zealand with a mannikin simulating the pilot. It should be ready for delivery, the company says, in 18 months...
Space Shuttle Endeavour Returns to Earth for Final Time Wednesday - NASA | Space shuttle Endeavour is scheduled to return to Earth for the final time on Wednesday, June 1, completing a 16-day mission to outfit the International Space Station. If Endeavour lands Wednesday, it will have spent 299 days in space and traveled more than 122.8 million miles during its 25 flights. It launched on its first mission on May 7, 1992...
Endeavour is Coming Home: Amazing Photos From the Shuttle’s Last Voyage - Mashable | NASA’s space shuttle Endeavour has undocked from the International Space Station at 11:55 p.m. ET Sunday, embarking on its last voyage towards home. After undocking, Endeavour flew around the station at distances of about 450 to 650 feet, with crew members taking videos and photos of the station...
Sunday, May 29, 2011
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Blue Angels' safety review won't affect plans to honor them in Dayton - Dayton Daily News | The Navy Blue Angels flying team has canceled several air show performances during a safety review of a potentially dangerous mistake during a recent flight, but it won't affect plans ...
Blue Angels cancel Rockford performance - Chicago Tribune | The US Navy Blue Angels have canceled their headline performance at an upcoming northern Illinois air show as they continue a safety review. The Navy's air demonstration team announced Saturday it won't perform at the annual Rockford ...
Air Force leaders issue Memorial Day message from Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind. | Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz send the following Memorial Day message to the Airmen of the U.S. Air Force and their families: As we pause this Memorial Day to honor those who have died in service of our great nation, it also is useful to reflect on what this day of remembrance reveals about the character of our nation and its people. History records that Maj. Gen. John Logan, national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, formally designated May 30th, 1868, as a day to decorate the graves of the fallen. ...
Updated Gone West: Amanda Franklin - Tributes and Farewells
Memorial Day air show at Jones Beach, Long Island thrills thousands - Examiner.com | Tens of thousands thronged to Jones Beach State Park, Long Island, for the 8th Annual Bethpage Federal Credit Union Air Show, May 28 and May 29, to honor those who have given their lives in service, as well as veterans and troops still serving. ...
1st Annual Hawai’i Airshow Invitational Finally Gets Off the Ground (w/video) - Big Island News Center | Hundreds gathered for the 1st Annual Hawai’i Airshow Invitational at Kona International Airport on Saturday. The dream child of Terri Thomas, this show had its beginning in 2003 when Thomas asked Hilo airport manager if she could have an air show. Research and development began immediately, but, ultimately, Thomas determined that the Kona International Airport would provide a better location ...
Vulcan stars in little and large airshow: Falklands bomber takes to the skies ... - Daily Mail | It is an image that aviation fans will treasure: the sight of the last airworthy Vulcan bomber flying over a huge Victor tanker aircraft. The two jets operated in tandem during the Cold War and Falklands when the Victor, ...
Sarin Witchayakul a top rookie aerobatic pilot - The Daily Telegraph | Screen Grab Shot from GoPro of Aerobatics pilot Sarin Witchayakul preparing to fly a Pitts Special biplane at Action Aerobatics at Maitland Airport in the Hunter Valley. Picture: Liam Driver Source: The Daily Telegraph FORMER air hostess Sarin ...
Geico SkyTypers - 2011 Jones Beach Airshow - YouTube
From Vietnam to Blue Angels, retired admiral at home in sky - The Daily News Journal | Taylor served in the US Navy for 34 years, flying 170 missions as a fighter pilot and later becoming the boss of the Blue Angels. / Taylor Loyal/DNJ Family: Wife of 53 years, Annette; daughter, Tracy Condy; sons, Todd and Jim (both deceased); brothers, ...
Former bomber pilot does his bit on Memorial Day - Jackson County Floridan | These are some of the medals Albert Lane earned during his time in service as a B-17 bomber pilot. – Deborah Buckhalter/Floridan An artist in Italy drew this caricature for bomber pilot Albert J. Lane while Lane was stationed there ...
HH-60 crews rescue Army pilot, fallen comrade - Air Force News | This rescue mission had it all: an urgent call to pluck downed Army pilots from enemy territory, a firefight that wounded the flight engineer and forced a return to Bagram Airfield, and five pararescuemen left behind on the ground for nearly six hours. In the end, no one was left behind. ...
Tupolev Bear at Ukraine State Aviation Museum by Wayan Vota | Today we went to the Ukraine State Aviation Museum and checked out the best in Soviet era planes and helicopters. My highlight was this quad turboprop Bear. --
Legal claims filed in Cottonwood Airfest balloon collision - Verde Independent | The City is once again planning its third air related activity, recently dubbed a "fly-in." The Airport Administration and the city are considering hiring a specialist or "air boss" to administer the 2011 show rather than handle all details themselves.
Kiwi Invented Jetpack Reaches New Heights from Planenews Aviation News | Christchurch inventor Glenn Martin has finally turned science fiction into reality, with a contraption that's got the whole world talking. Up until now his experimental Jetpack has only ever ground-hopped, but his flying machine has finally soared 5000 feet above sea level, albeit with a crash test dummy in the pilot's position. ...
Monday, April 11, 2011
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2011 Charleston Air Expo - ABC NEWS 4 | The elite Thunderbirds, a six-plane unit of the United States Air Force, were a special feature. Other performances included the Black Daggers, the Army's special operations command parachute demo team. "The thrill of jumping out of a plane is second ...
Blue Angels Take To Skies After Saturday's Postponement - KZTV Action 10 News | CORPUS CHRISTI - After weather grounded the famous navy pilots, Saturday, folks got to enjoy the Blue Angels Sunday at this year's air show. Crowds cheered as the pilots took to the skies. Yesterday, their daring stunts were postponed because thick ...
Where Blue Angels get their wings - North County Times | ... But each winter for the past 44 years, the Blue Angels have retreated to El Centro and the training ground where new team members integrate with second-year veterans to perfect their performance. For 10 weeks, they put on show after show over the Imperial Valley. ...
Air show will fly into Wilmington on Saturday - Star News Online | What does an Air Force pilot do in retirement? Fly. And if you have five colleagues willing to do it as well, you've got quite a show – one you can see this coming weekend. Heavy Metal, a one-year-old team of airmen led by Lt. Col. Jerry “Jive” Kerby USAF (ret.), headlines the Coastal Carolina Air Show Saturday and Sunday at Wilmington International Airport. ...
Last flying Vulcan takes off from Wiltshire for final time - Wiltshire Gazette and Herald | The Vulcan thrilled almost two million people last year when it featured at several high-profile air shows including the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford and at Kemble Air Day. It was originally built in 1960, was restored between 2005 ...
Crash was a blow to Air Fiesta, but the show will go on - The Monitor | ... “I think everybody who was at the show felt a connection with the Franklins,” Hughston said. “I was real proud of our crowd for that. It was a classy thing.” A fundraiser to help defray the cost of the Missouri-based couple’s medical bills is being planned for June 4 at CAF RGV Wing headquarters at the Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport. ...
Vintage airplanes recall glory days of Hamilton Field - Marin Independent-Journal | "The B-17 (bomber) was quite a bit different. Flying it was like driving a truck after driving a racing car." between 1935 and 1945. Only 12 are still capable of flight. One, the "Liberty Belle," made stops at the Hayward Executive Airport this past ...
Nazi plane survives 70 years underwater - Boise State University The Arbiter Online | Ian Thirsk of the RAF museum said, “This aircraft is a unique aeroplane and it's linked to an iconic event in British history, so its importance cannot be over-emphasized, nationally and internationally.” The Port of London Authority used high tech ...
P-47D – ‘Victory Through Air Power’ - Shortfinals | The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt was one of the heaviest single-seat fighters of World War Two; indeed, a fully-laden 'Thud' could weigh up to 17,500 lbs at take-off. To give you something to compare this to, this is 3,000lbs MORE than a fully-laden Bristol Blenheim IV, a British twin-engined bomber, with a crew of three! Alexander Nikolaievich Prokofiev de Seversky was a Russian emigre of noble birth who had been an ace with the Russian Imperial Ai …
Today in Aviation History – April 11 - CRUFC | Today in Aviation History – April 11. 1952 – The Piasecki H/CH-21 Shawnee tandem-rotor helicopter makes its first flight. 1934 – Comdr. Renato Donati of the Italian Regia Aeronautica sets a new world altitude record by flying a much ...
Video: Martin Jetpack Latest Tests from AVwebFlash Current Issue | Development of the Martin Jetpack is continuing in New Zealand, and the latest publicly released video shows it reaching new heights. However, that's a mannequin onboard and not a human pilot.
$2M grant to help preserve astronauts' archives - WTHR | AP National/International News Entertainment News from AP West Lafayette, Ind. - Purdue Libraries will use a $2 million grant to help preserve the papers and archives of astronauts who graduated from the university, including Neil Armstrong. ...
NASA Updates OV-103/Discovery End State Requirements from NASASpaceFlight.com | One month after the completion of her STS-133 mission, Discovery is nearing completion of Down Mission Processing (DMP) activities inside OPF-2 at the Kennedy Space Center. With DMP nearly complete, technicians will soon begin the initial stages of Transition & Retirement processing on the Shuttle Program’s fleet leader. With this step, technicians will follow a revised/updated Delta End State Flow Review for Discovery, as approved by the Program Requirements Control Board. ...
50 years ago the first cosmonaut shouted “Off we go” and manned space flight began from
Plane Talking | A NASA archive of a newspaper front page given over to Gagarin: Fifty years ago tomorrow afternoon Australian time Yuri Gagarin was blasted into a single orbit flight around the earth, becoming the first human to fly beyond the aerodynamic limits of the atmosphere and enter space, experiencing prolonged weightlessness in the confines of his Vostok 1 capsule.Pratt & Whitney J58 (A-12 and SR-71) with a tiger tail from High Power Rocketry
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
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Aaron Tippin: Fit for the job at the Aquarius - Laughlin Entertainer | Talk about a grand entry. Forget about getting to a concert in a tripped out bus or the fanciest of stretch limos. Aaron Tippin had plans to arrive in Laughlin for his concert at the Aquarius on Saturday, April 9, in the only flying B-29 bomber in existence...
Legends Over the Colorado Fly-In - Laughlin Entertainer | If you see a B-29 bomber flying overhead from Thursday through Sunday, April 7-10, don’t call 911. We aren’t being strafed and it’s not the “Enola Gay” loaded with deadly intent. It’s a sister “ship”, the “FIFI” the only flying B-29 in the world, loaded with tourists and history buffs flying over the area as part of the “Legends Over the Colorado Fly-In”...
Blue Angels "Centennial of Naval Aviation" This Weekend - Kiii | CORPUS CHRISTI (Kiii News) - On Saturday and Sunday, April 9th and 10th, eighty thousand people are expected to visit the base thru the weekend. Gates at NAS Corpus Christi open at 8am, shows start at 10am each day and runs thru 4pm....
Historical Flight Foundations DC-7B - Rand Peck | I'm still away from home, have about four more weeks to go, but I just received these photos from my friend John Brier and wanted to share them. Let me introduce you to a couple of good friends from my past. This is Frank Moss, he was hired with me in 1974 to fly at Hyannis based, later Boston based Air New England...
Aerobatic prowess wins NZ titles - Southland Times | Two Wanaka pilots have their feet back on terra firma after winning national titles at the New Zealand aerobatic championships...
American Heroes Air Show lands at historic Camp Mabry - HeliHub | Buckle up the entire family for high-flying excitement when the American Heroes Air Show, the nation’s premier aviation event devoted exclusively to helicopters, returns to the Texas Military Force’s historic Camp Mabry in Austin on Saturday, April 16th...
Martin Jetpack flies again, sees IPO on horizon but no commercial sales yet (video) - Engadget | We were all aflutter this time last year when it was announced that the Martin Jetpack was finally available commercially and would be heading out to eager buyers in exchange for $86,000. Regrettably, the time since then hasn't been filled with...
Doolittle granddaughter to speak at Fantasy of Flight - General Aviation News | On April 15 and 16, visitors to Fantasy of Flight will have the opportunity to hear from a direct descendant of one of history’s most famous aviators and war heroes, General Jimmy Doolittle of the renowned “Doolittle Raiders.” Doolittle’s granddaughter, Jonna Doolittle Hoppes, author of “Calculated Risk: The Extraordinary Life of Jimmy Doolittle,”...
Mere Mortals Step Into the World of Fighter Pilots - Fighter Pilot University | Rick Reilly, is a longtime sports writer and most recently contributor to ESPN. A number of years ago he wrote this article for Sports Illustrated. It’s still funny today and shows one of the things that set fighter pilots apart from the lowly...
SpaceX Falcon Heavy to be ‘world’s largest rocket’* - Seattle PI | * Still in existance, that is. Space Exploration Technologies will launch what it called “the world’s largest rocket” in 2013 or 2014, the company announced Tuesday...
SpaceX Reveals The Falcon Heavy, The Most Powerful Rocket Since The Mighty Saturn V - CrunchGear | SpaceX teased the world last week with some rocket pr0n that hinted that the company was finally ready to reveal its Falcon Heavy mega rocket. Well, that’s what the company did minutes ago in a Washington DC press conference...
Astronaut Brings Back Medal of Honor After Six Month Stay on ISS - News Release | After living aboard the International Space Station for six months, NASA astronaut Douglas Wheelock will return to Harpursville, N.Y., on April 6 to relive his spaceflight experience for students of Harpursville Central School District and to return the Medal of Honor he carried with him in space...
Podcast: The RC Scale Builder Show - WarBird Radio | Join Mike Chilson and friends tonight on the RC Scale Builder Show LIVE! Tonight’s show our guest will be Gary Sibert, owner of Pink-it. Also, we’ll have other great segments and info from the world of R/C Scale Building...
Best photo I’ve seen all week! - You Like Airplanes, Too? | Beautiful snap taken aboard a TWA Lockheed Constellation...
