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Embedded with The Hoppers: Battle Creek 2011  from Airspeed by Stephen Force (Steve Tupper)  If it's Independence Day weekend, you can be pretty sure that you'll find me in Battle Creek, Michigan for the Field of Flight Airshow and Balloon Festival.  This year is really special. Several months go, I made arrangements to embed for a couple of days as media guy with The Hoppers… 

Aviation Roundup in memory of Amanda - Only seven weeks from now Minden-Tahoe Airport will be hosting an outstanding event to celebrate the life of Amanda Franklin and to raise money to offset medical bills and loss of income for the great Flying Circus pilot Kyle Franklin. We are so fortunate that the air show family has stepped forward in such a dynamic way to help in this effort…

Balloon pilots wait on weather - Battle Creek Enquirer | John Grap/The Enquirer The middle part of the day Saturday was a success at the Battle Creek Field of Flight Air Show and Balloon Festival. The early morning and late evening, not so much. Winds and the threat of thunderstorms forced organizers of the ...

American Heroes Air Show cancelled | Helihub - the Helicopter ...  by HeliHub.com Editor | Additionally, several Search & Rescue teams and aircraft with long-time ties to the American Heroes Air Show have declined to attend so they can be on active standby for any issues that may arise due to increased traffic ...

Goodwood flypast for Vulcan TODAY - MSN Cars UK | The Vulcan To the Sky Trust hopes the Goodwood fly-past will help raise further essential funds for the last flying example of the 134 Vulcans built. Receiving no funding from government or the RAF, the Vulcan is kept in the air with donations from the ...

Tribute to Capt. Eric “Dirk” Ziegler  from photorecon.net | U.S. Air Force officials have identified the pilot involved in an aircraft mishap near Caliente, Nev., June 28 as Capt. Eric Ziegler, an operational test and evaluation instructor pilot with the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base. Capt. Eric Ziegler, aged 30, is a 1999 graduate of West Fargo High School [...]

Airshow - Wake&Jam 2011 - Murten (CH) from AirSpace by Grimmi | I can proudly present the Swiss Air Force's PC-7 Team in the new coloration - welcome to 'The golden PC-7 Team' : 

Kids take to the skies above Newton – KWCH (NEWTON,Kan) — Triple digit heat did not keep the crowds from the 48 th annual “Fly-In” held at the Newton airport. Planes of all shapes and sizes were not only on display on the ground but also in the sky. “Young Eagles” was one of the most popular ...

Helping The Disabled To Achieve Their Dream Of Obtaining Their Pilots License  from AvStop » Helping disabled pilots learn to fly has become a mission for German LSA producer, Flight Design. In conjunction with Able Flight and Purdue University's Department of Aviation Technology. Flight Design and its Colorado dealer Peak Aviation supplied a CTLS with an installed Flight Design hand control system to allow students to earn their…

Original Tuskegee Airman reflects on WWII - ABC7Chicago.com | George Porter was one of the original Tuskegee Airmen, which was the first all black US military unit of World War II pilots, navigators, bombardiers, mechanics and others. "We didn't know we were making history at the time. But I tell you what, ...

Rose Church, Flight Nurse to Mercury and Gemini Astronauts, Will Be NASA Guest for Last Space Shuttle Launch Next Week  from The Aero Experience by Carmelo Turdo | The St. Louis aerospace community is proud to announce that Rose Church, "Flight Nurse to the Astronauts" during the Mercury and Gemini space programs, and space program advocate, has been invited by NASA to be their special guest for the final Space Shuttle launch scheduled for July 8…

Weekend Wings #41: South Africa's "Franken-Mirages", Part 3 of 3  from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | This is the third and final article of a series describing the aircraft and systems developed by and for the South African Air Force (SAAF) during the 1980's and 1990's. In Weekend Wings #39, we described the Cheetah upgrade program for the SAAF's Mirage III fighters. In Weekend Wings #40, we looked at the Atlas Carver indigenous fighter project. This week, we'll look at efforts to re-engine the SAAF's Mirage F1 fighters (and later the Cheetahs as well), and examine some of the weapons and other systems developed to equip them...

A380 at Manchester Airport  from I Love Planes by Rafael | If I were to venture a guess, I’d say this is an Emirates A380. I love how the wings swoop up on this plane.  Also, that plane is huuuuuge. I’d love to see one in person, let alone fly in one…

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Action's up in the air at Quonset air show - Providence Journal | An Air Force C-5 cargo transport opens wide for tours at the Rhode Island National Guard Open House Air Show. An estimated 30000 people attended the show, which continues Sunday. Talk about twisting in the wind! ...

Video: A Flight On 'Fat Albert' - Patch.com | It may not fly as fast or as nimbly as the F/A-18 Hornets, but the Blue Angels' Fat Albert is definitely a showstopper. This plane typically carries the cargo, equipment and support team for the Blue ...

We made it! - Air Race ClassicAir Race Classic - Air Race Classic  by ejackson | We made it to the finish! We have no idea how we did..we will find out tomorrow at the awards banquet! We'll keep you posted. For now, we're completing han…

High Country Warbirds Fly In, June 25, 2011  from PHXspotters by Felipe Garcia | Today was the High Country Warbirds Fly-in, held at the Planes of Fame museum in Valle (40G). When I first learned of the event, I wasn’t sure if I would make it, given that this is final exams weekend; to my good luck, my final was at 8 AM, which would give me plenty of time to make the drive up to Valle to see this. So after the final, I jumped in my truck with my roommate and we headed North…

Parachute team plans local jump - Dubuque Telegraph Herald | The Golden Knights parachute team jump will land in the Kennedy Mall parking lot just off Stoneman Road at 7 pm Saturday, July 2, according to Richardson Motors and Dubuque Mining Co. For more than 52 years, members of the US Army Parachute Team have ...

Unveiling a star at Aviation Heritage Park's annual Hangar Party - Bowling Green Daily News | Six years ago, when a small group of aviation buffs set out to create an aviation park in Bowling Green, they barely even had a plan. “Aviation Heritage Park started out as just a discussion,” ...

'Complex air show' quells Monument Fire - Sierra Vista Herald | Stacking the aircraft begins at the top with an overall air boss, who is a flying air traffic controller supervising all the aircraft coming into and out of the drop areas, he said. In some cases there may be a need to separate the fire fighting into ...

Jessica Cox: turning impossibility into accomplishment - Sunday Times.lk | 'A shot glass of desire is greater than a pitcher of talent': this well known quote by Andy Munthe signified the central theme of the importance of self belief and persistence, in the deliberation by Jessica Cox to over 2000 students on 23 June at ...

Local role in aviation history is significant - Elmira Star-Gazette | Curtiss also trained Lt. Theodore Ellyson, who became US Naval Aviator No. 1. In the following years, the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company manufactured hundreds of aircraft for the US Navy. In an age when air travel and even space travel have become ...

S.E.5A replica – homage to a fierce ‘scout’ of WW1  from Shortfinals's Blog | In March 1917, at the height of the savage fighting on the Western Front in France, No. 56 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, (motto, ‘Quid si coelum ruat’, ‘What if the heavens fall?’) took delivery of a new version of a fighter which was fated to become the mount of the some of the Allies leading ‘aces’. The S.E.5A had arrived...

From wind to waves - and back again!  from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | The Greek Air Force has just salvaged one of its Mirage 2000 fighters. The aircraft crashed on June 9th, very near the coast of the island of Samos, in relatively shallow water (apparently sustaining remarkably little damage in the process). A team of divers and a recovery barge brought it to the surface. Here, posted by the Greek Air Force, are a series of photographs illustrating the recovery…

 

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Air Show Takes Flight This Weekend in Caldwell - Fox12Idaho | Pilots are getting set to take flight at this year's Celebration of Flight Air Show. "Tumble it nose over tail, hover it like a helicopter. Do the kind of things that audiences just look and go: I can't believe it. I've never seen anything like that ...   

Caldwell ready for takeoff - Idaho Press-Tribune | Mark Peterson, above, is the director of the air show and will be performing. The two pilots flew practice runs on Thursday, flying out of Caldwell Airport. Bring a blanket — no seat provided. Large area located off flight line is easy access to ...

Caldwell's 'celebration of flight' - IdahoStatesman.com | At the “Celebration of Flight” air show, you'll see the Air Force's A-10 West Demonstration Team, Caldwell-based stunt pilot Greg Poe and his ethanol-powered Fagen MXS aerobatic plane, pictured right, and Jacquie Warda and her Pitts Special S-1T do ...

Snowbirds ready to dazzle again - Castanet.net | Each table will feature at least one member of the Snowbirds team. Monday, there will be a VIP suite at the Delta Grand Hotel where people can get a front row seat for the show. "You will be chauffeured to the airport and have a chance to talk with the ...

Airport hosting another show in 2013 - Canada.com | "This time we're looking at Snowbirds and skydivers." The airport "will work co-operatively with them on all ventures, but what we'll watch for is full safety and regulator compliance," said airport CEO Mike Hooper. A number of spectacular crashes have ...

Crash Forces Airforce to Halt Aerials at Air Show - Jakarta Globe | Following the crash of the N21H aircraft “Christien Eagle” belonging to a Malaysian participant in the Minang Aerosport Show (MAS) in Padang, West Sumatra, on Thursday, the Indonesian Airforce has halted all plane aerobatic performances...

A Room with a View  from I n f o r m a t i o n 2 S h a r e by pawangkul: 

Competitors make stopover at Norman - Norman Transcript | Late Thursday morning, the airport was swamped with female pilots who were participating in the 2722-mile Women's Air Race Classic. This year was the first time the historic race made Norman one of its stops. Originally called the Women's Air Derby, ...

Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Mobile!!  from Air Race Classic 2011 by Jo Alcorn and Michelle Bostick | Hi, Folks, This was the final day of the race for us.....we went from Borger, Texas at 100 degrees, to Oklahoma City, on to El Dorado, Arkansas and then into Mobile, following thunderstorms.....amazing day.  And the end of the 2011 race for us.  There is one more day for the remaining 30 airplanes and their teams to arrive in Mobile.  Weather will delay some.  Sadly we learned that at least one more team has withdrawn....due to weather conditions…

Cal Sci Center Lockheed F-104D Starfighter walkaround  from Travel for Aircraft | The California Science Center has several aircraft on display. During a layover of only a few hours at LAX one day I had time to view the aircraft on exhibit outside the museum. It is quite easy to get to, plentiful parking, gorgeous grounds and neighboring museums…

Siemens Builds the Chevrolet Volt of Airplanes  from Autopia by Jason Paur | Tucked in between the jumbo jets and military demonstrations at the Paris Air Show this week is a small motorglider powered by the first serial hybrid electric drive found in an airplane. The innovative plane is essentially an airborne Chevrolet Volt, with an electric motor turning the prop and a gasoline engine providing juice when the battery dies…

Dornier Do 335  from I n f o r m a t i o n 2 S h a r e by pawangkul | The Dornier Do 335 Pfeil (“Arrow”) was a World War II heavy fighter built by the Dornier company. The two-seater trainer version was also called Ameisenbär (“anteater”). The Pfeil’s performance was much better than other twin-engine designs due to its unique “push-pull” layout and the much lower drag of the in-line alignment of the two motors. The Luftwaffe was desperate to get the design into operational use, but delays in engine deliveries meant only a handful were delivered before the war ended…

EAA Aviators Club offers 'cool' way to see AirVenture | Private ... - Experience AirVenture in a new, “cooler” way this year at the EAA Aviators Club presented by Shell Aviation, a place to unwind, replenish, and watch the…

NEW B-25 to linger at Walla Walla airport through end of month - Walla Walla Union-Bulletin | The B-25 bomber "Maid in the Shade" taxis into its parking place Monday afternoon at Walla Walla Regional Airport. (June 20, 2011) WALLA WALLA -- "Maid in the Shade" will not be flying away too soon. The World War II B-25 bomber will extend its visit ...

Fighter jet rises from the bottom of the sea  from PhotoBlog by Jonathan Woods | A Greek Air Force Mirage 2000 fighter jet lays on the bottom of the Aegean sea near the Greek island of Samos after it crashed on June 9, 2011. Both pilots ejected before the crash and were rescued unhurt by a military vessel…

Fargo Navy Week  from Fargo AirSho by jimb | “Bringing America’s Navy Home” with Fargo Navy Week, Fargo AirSho | America’s Navy is “coming home” to Fargo in conjunction with the Fargo AirSho.  The U.S. Navy selected Fargo as one of only 21 metropolitan areas around the country to host a Navy Week during 2011.Fargo Navy Week is scheduled for Aug. 8-14, 2011.  Throughout Fargo Navy Week, Naval officers and sailors will meet with business, civic, education and government leaders, participate in community events, engage local veterans and complete public service projects. In addition, the Navy Band Great Lakes will perform free concerts throughout the community.  Read more >

Todays Photos - Friday 24th June 2011  from Military Photos by vor033 | Yet again an early start at work so thought I would get the daily photos going :) USS Enterprise in the Strait of Bab el Mandeb:

Nice Tail!  from Flight Monkeys by Chief Monkey | A wing, is a wing, is a wing. At least from a distance they all look more or less the same, and they all serve pretty much the same function. So while there are subtle, and even not-so-subtle variations between them, almost anyone can identify a wing when they see one…

Early Days of Antique Airfield  from Antique Airfield News | Since the theme of this year's fly-in is celebrating the 40th anniversary of Antique Airfield, Brent Taylor dug around in the archives and came up with some early days photos.  The oldest aerial view of Antique Airfield I have found. This picture appears to have been taken early in 1970. Picture is looking ENE. The E/W runway and hangar #1 are visible along with the remnants of the old county road running W from the driveway. That roadbed is what separates the property owned by the Taylor family (to the N of that road) from the APM's property (to the S of that road)… 

Oldest airliner?  from PPRuNe Forums by barit1 | This one is 82 years old. A Ford 4AT's behind the lineup of terrestrial Fords:

 

Indy Transponder 18-JUN-2011 1100z

Crowd-pleasing Hunter Jet returns to Bournemouth Air Festival - Bournemouth Echo | A MULTI-coloured crowd-pleaser is making a return to Bournemouth Air Festival in August. The Hunter Jet Miss Demeanour was one of the highlights of last year's weather-hit event as it was still able to display when other aircraft were ...

MIS president celebrates Army's birthday by going airborne - Detroit Free Press | GOLDEN KNIGHTS PARACHUTE TEAM/Special to the Free BROOKLYN, Mich. -- Michigan International Speedway president Roger Curtis took the plunge of his life Wednesday as part of the US Army's 236th birthday celebrations. Curtis took a tandem skydive with ...

What makes the aerial acrobatics team of the Red Arrows the best in the world? – Scotsman | Next week the Red Arrows will perform in the skies over Edinburgh for the first time in 20 years as part of the build-up to UK Armed Forces Day. Our reporter went to meet the magnificent men and woman FLIGHT Lieutenant Sean ...

Tricolor arrows, the return - The Nation | MARINA DI CARRARA, 18 June 2011 - BACK Apuan Coast tomorrow on the Tricolour Arrows. The Air Force's aerobatic team will bring in the sky over Marina di Carrara, the show dedicated to the 150 anniversary of the unification of Italy. ...

A meeting of top-flight - the Journal of the Haute-Marne | Besides the presence of the Patrouille de France and the Rafale, the public will see the progress of patrols national Moroccan, Jordanian and English, the famous Red Arrows Royal Air Force. Bragard fly in the sky also F ...

Day One of Credentials from Air Race Classic 2011 by Jo Alcorn and Michelle Bostick | We've survived the first day of credentials check-in. Surprisingly, we had very few problems with people and their licenses, medicals, flight reviews, insurance forms, and training certificates. Nobody really got into any trouble! Almost all of the airplanes are here; I think we're only missing about six or so. Tomorrow is the arrival deadline, so everyone should be pulling in at some time or another…

WICHITA-FALLS.ORG » Two Texoma Women Compete in the Air Race Classic  by Wichita_Falls | Two Texoma women are ready to hit the skies to compete in the Air Race Classic. The women, who are from Wichita Falls and Vernon, are the first from our area to compete in the 82 year old competition. ...

Kansas Hall of Fame inducts inaugural class - Topeka Capital Journal | Richard Myers, retired chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Pizza Hut founders Dan and Frank Carney; and aviatrix Amelia Earhart. Beth Fager, spokeswoman for the Great Overland Station, said the Kansas Hall of Fame was established to celebrate the ...

Restored B-25 bomber to be on display next month - Yakima Herald-Republic | A restored B-25 Mitchell, the World War II medium bomber made famous by the Doolittle Toyko Raid, will be on display at the Yakima Air Terminal from July 5-11. Named "Maid in the Shade," the restored B-25 is a veteran of 18 combat missions flying out ...

Make the Best of a Bad Situation from Nordo News by Rich Davidson | My recent editorial about Liberty Belle was, for the most part, well received and for a while I was pleased. But then today I received a comment from another B-17 operator slamming me for having my facts wrong and, from what could tell, that my facts were wrong because he believed they had the best B-17 operation. Well, here’s the deal; my opinions and experiences are just that, mine. If you are incapable of understanding that, or, if anything written above a third grade level, of which I rarely am capable of creating, throws you so off course that you cannot understand the difference between an editorial and a news piece, then I do not give a rats rear end what you think. Sorry, that’s my opinion… 

Weekend Wings #39: South Africa's "Franken-Mirages", Part 1  from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | I'm sure readers know of Mary Shelley's famous novel 'Frankenstein'. Briefly, Dr. Victor Frankenstein assembles a monster in the form of a human being, using body parts from "the dissecting-room and the slaughter-house". Since then, the first part of his name has become a byword to describe anything that resembles a known thing, but uses parts from other things…I use the term in this article to refer to the front-line combat aircraft of the South African Air Force during the 1980's and 1990's. They began life as various models of the Mirage fighter built by Dassault in France. However…

A Couple of Interesting Things | Flying Friday  from Leaving Terra Firma by Matt | If you’re looking for a destination for your weekend flight, I recommend you check out the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. The facility is part of the Smithshonian’s National Air and Space Museum (probably the best part for plane geeks) and will play host to the annual ‘Become a Pilot’ day tomorrow, June 18th. Unlike the main museum, the Udvar-Hazy Center is in Chantilly, Va., on the grounds of Washington Dulles International Airport. For directions, the address is 14390 Air and Space Museum Parkway Chantilly, VA 20151…

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Female aviators defy reported odds - Clarkville Online | Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan - When Chief Warrant Officer 4 Trudy Truax arrived at her first unit as an OH-58A pilot in 1996, her commander refused her orders. “I’ve had my own battalion commanders not speak to me,” Truax said. Truax was one of the first females to join the community of Cobra, Apache and Kiowa pilots after then-President Bill Clinton lifted the restrictions that kept women from flying the traditionally combat-focused rotary-wing birds...

Lovers of planes, cars savor inaugural fly-in - Gainesville | Standing at about 4 feet tall, 9-year-old Anthony Bishop-Gylys hopped aboard a Blackhawk helicopter Saturday morning. "Planes are really cool, especially the pilot's seat," said Gylys, playing with the dials on the control panel...

Annual Corsicana Airsho - Corsicana, TX - Fun Places To Fly | (Saturday, May 14, 2011) Waivered air show. B-17 Texas Raiders B-25 Devil Dog P-51 Mustang Tora! group O-2 2 aerobatic acts Blue Skies Parachute Team 2 formation-flying clubs 2 RC aircraft clubs. 9:30 AM - 4 PM. 5/person or 10/carload veterans, AD military personnel and their families admitted free. Bring lawn chairs and cameras!

Cannes Airshow Catches The 162 Skycatcher - Aero-News.net | Demonstration Flights Will Be Available - Cessna's LSA will be on display at the Cannes AirShow this summer. Authorized Cessna sales rep Aeromecanic has just announced a European exclusive, with the first C162 Skycatcher presented at its display, along with a C182, a C172 and a Corvalis TT...

Dream Cruise, Air Show to be linked - Daily Tribune | Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel and Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson hope to jointly promote this year’s Selfridge Air Show and Woodward Dream Cruise as the “Wings and Wheels Weekend,” making it one of the most heavily attended combined entertainment events in Michigan history...

Another two French Air Force Mirage F1s landed in Malta - Airplane Pictures | Two French Air Force Mirage F1 fighter aircraft have landed at Luqa International Airport in Malta after one of them suffered a hydraulic problem, informed sources said. The planes landed safely at about 2.35 p.m on the 23rd of April...

VIDEO: Texas Flying Legends Museum - Saint Barths Airshow 2011 - Cockpit Cameras - YouTube | Come fly with the Texas Flying Legends Museum as they do low passes over the St Barths airport and SY Marie at the 2011 St Barths Bucket Regetta. Pilots are: Warren Pietsch - P-40K, Robert Odegaard - FG-1D and Casey Odegaard - P-51D.

VIDEO: Flying the U-2 - Pilots Of America | Some of this I knew but the video is great. This video is truly amazing. Make sure you view it full screen...

SPACEX AIMS TO PUT MAN ON MARS IN 10-20 YEARS - Discovery News | Private US company SpaceX hopes to put an astronaut on Mars within 10 to 20 years, the head of the firm said. "We'll probably put a first man in space in about three years," Elon Musk told the Wall Street Journal Saturday. "We're going all the way to Mars, I think... best case 10 years, worst case 15 to 20 years."...

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Cirrus Acquired By Chinese Company  from AVwebFlash Current Issue | Cirrus Industries Inc., parent company of Cirrus Aircraft, has been sold to China Aviation Industry General Aircraft Co. (CAIGA) of Zhuhai, China, but it appears the company will continue to build parts in Grand Forks, N.D., and assemble airplanes in Duluth, Minn. It has long been rumored that a Chinese company would acquire Cirrus and the final announcement was made Monday morning. CAIGA is a subsidiary of Aviation Industry Corporation (AVIC), the state-owned aviation company of China that makes everything from military jets to airliners…

Plane wreck believed to be Earhart - THE discovery of an aircraft wreck at the depth of 70 metres north-west of Buka in Bougainville may hold some answers to the 74-year mystery of the disappearance of world-famous aviatrix – Amelia Earhart.  There are strong indications that the aircraft is a Lockheed Model 10 Electra which took off from Lae on July 2nd 1937 destined for Howland Island. The crash site is in direct alignment with Earhart’s flight path out of Lae, past north of Buka Island in a straight northeast direction to Howland.  Information emerging from Buka say that certain interested parties were in the process of engaging the services of a professional diver with appropriate diving gear from overseas to help in the recovery process...

Thunderbirds fly the Blue Angels « Recollection Of Memorabilia  by modelworks | The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds hosted three members of the U.S. Navy Blue Angels team at the Thunderbird Hangar at Nellis Air Force Base, Feb 23 as part of the two demonstration units' traditional exchange program. Blue Angel No. ...

Hudson River crash: Pilot was scheduled to fly plane to Florida air show - Poughkeepsie Journal | KINGSTON — The 38-year-old Rhinebeck Podiatrist who died Saturday after the vintage British military jet he was piloting crashed in the icy Hudson River was scheduled to fly the plane to an air show in Florida. Michael Faraldi of Germantown had taken ...

Libya requests its Mirage F1s back  from Warplanes Online Community by Jobelle | Libya has formally approached Malta to return two Mirage F1 fighters that defected there recently.  The Libyan government has formally requested the return of two Mirage F1 fighter jets flown to Malta by defecting pilots on Monday.  The aircraft are under armed guard at the airport. The pilots have requested political asylum and their case is being considered. The pilots claimed they flew to Malta after being ordered to bomb fellow Libyans in Benghazi…

Aviation past and future on show at Avalon – Ninemsn | Fighter jets - including the F22 Raptor (pic) will feature at the Avalon Airshow in Victoria. The centenary of Australia's first passenger flight and the 90th anniversary of the RAAF are combining with the future of aviation at this week's Avalon ...

Change in Leadership for Wide Bay Australia International Airshow Board - Wide Bay Australia Air Show | At the Wide Bay Australia International Airshow meeting on Friday the Board was informed that Mr Peter Tuffield had tendered his resignation as Chairman and Director due to serious illness.  Peter, who recently retired from the National Australia bank, where he was Regional Business Banking Manager, has been Chairman of the Airshow for the past six years and has been instrumental in making the Airshow into a professionally run organisation that contributes substantially to the region’s economy every two years. Since he took over leadership in 2005, he has been the face of the Airshow and has worked tirelessly to build this event to the International standard that it is today. Peter has also been actively involved in the community and is recognised for giving freely of his time to assist the Airshow and many other community-based initiatives. ...

Look Ma! No Propellers!  by Joe Clark | F-84 Thunderjet - Today, the jet age truly turns 65 years old. It was born when the prototype XP-84 Thunderjet flew for the first time at Muroc Army Airfield on this day in 1946. Current jets are far more powerful than the first jet, they fly faster, farther, and higher; and Muroc is no longer under control of the Army, it is now Edwards Air Force Base…

Museum of Aviation focused on long-term goals, short-term improvements - Macon Telegraph | But there is one aircraft not currently at the museum that he would love to lay his hands on: a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. That's not just the wish of one man longing for a B-17 bomber to put in the backyard. A dream for the museum since it opened in ...

Aloft on a streetcar named courage - Buffalo News | His B-17,with a nine-member crew, was 26000 feet above Cologne, Germany, and had just dropped bombs on a sprawling railroad yard. “We got hit with a lot of flak. We lost one of the engines, and its propeller was windmilling,” Kane recalled. ...

World War II, from the ground up - Daily Commercial | The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Consolidated B-24J Liberator and North American TP-51C Mustang have drawn more than 1000 visitors at Leesburg International Airport since Friday. Today is the last day to see the planes, from 9 am to noon. ...
 

Tour of Duty: Eskildsen, Chodacki saw World War II from B-29 Superfortress - Baxter Bulletin | The B-29 bomber that Eskildsen and Chodacki flew during World War II was recreated and is in the New England Air Museum. / Bulletin Photo by Kevin Pieper Niel Eskildsen, 86, (left) and Henry Chodacki, 91, met during World War II while serving ...

WWII vet shares bomber stories | INFORUM | Fargo, ND -  www.inforum.com | Air museum lecture series takes flight Bazil “Bud” Murray’s experience aboard bomber aircraft in World War II got off to a bumpy start…

Auckland/ Ardmore visit - Post 1: X-Flight and the Warbirds Dakota  from Rodney's Aviation Ramblings | After a bit of an absence, I made another visit to Auckland last weekend. This was an opportunity to catch up with some people I hadn't seen for a while [more details on my other blog, Rodney's WTAOG Stuff - Andrew, Anita and Tahi will be making an appearance shortly :-)].  My first visit was to see Rob and Helena at Rob's Patisserie in the suburb of Ponsonby. Well worth a visit if you're looking for a bite to eat, or a fancy cake for a special occasion!...

It's About The Tailwind!  from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | Robbi and Doug DeVries invited my husband and myself to the first release part of Robbi's wine---Tailwind Cellars, and Doug's Grumman Goose project. What a night it was.  I happened to be in Reno at the Women in Aviation conference and flew home a day early for the party of the year. I lured my friend Kathy McCullough to join us with promise of music by Billy Joel. Yes, she shopped, changed her airline ticket, skipped town a day early, and flew to Seattle with me. So what's in a "L" anyway? ;)…

Re-igniting the Spark of Flight, by Christian Lienemann  from Aviation News by christian lienemann | The General Aviation community consists of individuals from all walks of life who all share the dream of flying. The article below was written by an Auto Repair shop owner in Metraire, Lousiana, Christian Lienemann, who finally made his lifelong dream of wanting to become a pilot a reality. It was a life changing event for him and he now owns his own airplane and enjoys sharing his passion for aviation with customers and other people he meet. Thank you Christian for sharing this experience with all of us!...

The history of aviation and the impossible  from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | In a blog post at The Atlantic, Alan Klapmeier, co-founder of Cirrus Aircraft and now the force behind the new Kestrel Aircraft Co., talks about a recent visit he made to the National Air and Space Museum. And while Klapmeier says that anyone who loves aviation would thoroughly enjoy the museum, both on the Mall and the Steven F Udvar-Hazy Center at Dulles Airport, he adds that “everyone needs to see this place. Why? Because the history of aviation is linked to the development of our society. Behind the airplanes, spacecraft and associated artifacts is the story of people striving to do the impossible.” Read the full post here.

Gorgeous photo of this shiny Airbus A330 making some weather...  from You like airplanes, too?