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NAHF Selects “Class of 2012” - Flying Magazine | With the year coming to an end, the National Aviation Hall of Fame (NAHF) has selected the “Class of 2012,” the new members which will be enshrined into the NAHF in a ceremony next fall. Like most years in the 50-year history of the NAHF, four aviation pioneers are being honored for their contributions to aviation. These pioneers were selected by the NAHF Board of Nominations, which includes 120 air and space professionals nationwide....

AirFest 'air boss' Cutshall dies at 62 - Tampa Bay Online | If you have ever been to AirFest at MacDill Air Force Base, watched fighters zoom over Raymond James Stadium or heard the thumping drone of military helicopters over your house in Brandon, you have witnessed the handiwork of Richard "Dick" Cutshall, a retired Air Force captain and aviation pioneer. Cutshall — who helped launch AirFest in 1987 and since then served as its "air boss," running the show — died on Christmas Day after more than a decade battling breast cancer. He was 62....

A difficult promise and a lot of hard work… are you game? - Flying with Amelia | Never before, in my nearly twenty-nine years have I experienced such a straight line of learning in direct coordination with practical application of a skill. Just three months ago I was sitting in my downtown apartment, feeling like my aviation goals were out of reach. I knew I wanted to do something big but I didn’t know what it would be. The flight around the world will come in time, but there had to be ways that I could become a smarter, more flexible pilot in the meantime. When the...

Award Winning Skydiver and Aviator to Speak at Amelia Earhart Museum Benefit Luncheon - Alabama Aviator | ...the Alabama Ninety Nines and the Birmingham Zonta Club joined to help support Amelia Earhart's Birthplace Museum with a benefit luncheon. On Saturday, January 7, 2012, the Ninety-Nines continue their fund-raising efforts to maintain and improve this treasured National Historic landmark and its contents. Despite living in many different citie...

WATCH: 2011 USN Year in Review - YouTube via AirShowBuzz

Reno Air Racing Association Thanks Nevadans for Their Strength - News4 | The Reno Air Racing Association wrote the following letter thanking fellow Nevadans. The year 2011 brought unprecedented adversity to northern Nevadans. And, while we have shared in the collective grief of our friends and neighbors over the numerous tragic events that have befallen us, we have been absolutely humbled and awe-inspired at the resiliency and...

2011 Year in Review - By Kevin Garrison | AVweb | ...Reno air racing pilots and fans have known the risk and done it anyway for decades because they are Americans who knew the risks and love it. Let's all hope they keep racing and don't let anybody shut them down....

F2Gs. Yes. As in "multiple." - AAFO | I think we were the first to shoot both flying F2Gs today... (I could be wrong, but listening to the logistics today, it seems like it...)...

Fairey Swordfish with wings folded - Planeshots

Wild ride for UCRA this year - Herald-Citizen | 2011 was a year of ups and downs for the Upper Cumberland Regional Airport. The community mourned the death of a local pilot who was killed when his plane crashed during an airshow in Florida. Lightning struck twice at the airport causing tens of thousands of dollars worth of damage. Adults and children alike delighted in an airshow that attracted large crowds....

Gov't to Pay Family $17.8M for Military Jet Crash - ABC News | A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the U.S. government to pay $17.8 million to a family that lost four members when a Marine Corps fighter jet crashed into their San Diego home in 2008....

McAllister Museum donation to help expand display space - Yakima Herald-Republic | YAKIMA, Wash. -- The McAllister Museum of Aviation accepted a $5,000 donation Wednesday with an eye toward bringing home a piece of local aviation history.  The donation from PepsiCo. and the Noel Corporation, the local Pepsi bottler, will help start a museum expansion effort aimed at creating a suitable display...

Museum Hosts Fun Events During Vacation Week - Patch | On Tuesday, the New England Air Museum was filled with families checking out the planes and engines, climbing into airplane cockpits and testing flight simulators.  Gina Marie Alimberti, gift shop manager at the New England Air Museum, said the holiday week...

St. Louis County Lewis & Clark Branch Features Display of World War II Japanese Airplane Models By Carmelo Turdo | The Lewis & Clark Branch of the St. Louis County Library featured a display of World War II Japanese model aircraft in remembrance of the attack on Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941.  The models, in1:72 scale, were made by Mr. Frederick Busse, and have been in a handsome case in...

Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum Builds Relationship With St. Louis Science Center - News | The Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum is building a mutually positive relationship with the nearby St. Louis Science Center.  The two organizations have worked together in the past, with the Science Center previously exhibiting space memorabilia from the Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum’s premier Mercury and Gemini space program artifact...

Monocopter Mk2 - The Original Rocket Dungeon | Check out this cool carbon fiber monocopter. If you click through you will find additional photos.

He helps Young Eagles fly - Democrat Herald | Tim Corban of Brownsville has reached a goal he set last year, to put 200 youngsters in the air by the end of 2011....

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Could the Blue Angels be grounded -- forever? - The Blue Angels, the Navy's elite exhibition flight squadron, have thrilled Seafair audiences for decades with their precision maneuvers and aerial acrobatics at speeds reaching 700 mph.  But could the Angels face the axe in upcoming federal budget cuts?...

Video: The rest of the Blue Angels arrive for Seafair 2011 - West Seattle Blog | 11:15 AM: The unmistakable roar you might have heard was indeed that of the Blue Angels, who are now all here for Seafair 2011 – just landed, right on schedule. We're at Boeing Field and will add visuals shortly. ADDED 11:23 AM: Our video of the Boeing ...

Airshow in Millington next month to benefit local charities - WMC-TV | The Memphis Airshow is one of the most spectacular events in the MidSouth, but it wouldn't be possible if it wasn't for its original founder, Curt Watson. Watson created the Memphis Airshow in 1999 to help raise money for scholarships for children with ...

Thunder on the Water and in the Air with the ... - John Klatt Airshows  by Rebecca | More from the 2011 Tri-City Water Follies in Pasco/Kennewick, WA. The Air National Guard H1 Unlimited Series Lamb Weston Cup & Hapo Over the River Air Show. John Klatt Airshows, Inc shows off some of their favorite pics…

Leap Frogs Parachute During First LA Navy Week - Military.com | LOS ANGELES -- Nearly 40000 baseball fans watched the Leap Frogs, the US Navy parachute demonstration team, perform during the opening ceremony of a Los Angeles Dodgers baseball game as part of Los Angeles' inaugural Navy Week, July 30. ...

Liked this shot I took of this crewman sitting atop the main...  from You like airplanes, too? | Liked this shot I took of this crewman sitting atop the main rotor of his MH-53 whilst enjoying the sites and sounds at AirVenture 2011. Photo by myself…

National Aviation Hall of Fame celebrates 100th anniversary of first licensed female pilot  from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Journalist Harriet Quimby became the first licensed female pilot in the United States when, on Aug. 1, 1911, she was awarded license #37 from the Aero Club of America. Continue Reading » 

World's first person to get pilot's licence without arms visits SL: Ceylon Daily News | Jessica Cox, the world's first person to earn a pilot's licence without arms, who was in Sri Lanka recently, says motivating differently-abled people is a priority for her. “I have been given many opportunities in my life. Everyone has the ability to ...

Wings of Freedom tour lands in Jeffersonville – WDRB | A trio of World War Two-era planes -- a B-17, a B-24 and a P-51 Mustang -- arrived Wednesday at the Clark Regional Airport in Jeffersonville. It's part of the Wings of Freedom Tour. It was a special moment for Shelbyville resident Edmund Myles. ...

Skydive Monroe- Picture taken by Max Sidner. Just freakin...  from Bonjour BlueSky 

Today in Aviation History – August 4  from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club by bikeal

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National Aviation Hall of Fame adding 4 - Dayton Daily News | On Friday night, the aviation hall honored the Navy Blue Angels flight demonstration team with the annual Milton Caniff “Spirit of Flight” Award for 65 years of serving as role models and goodwill ambassadors for the Navy and Marine Corps. ...

Red Wings' Justin Abdelkader to fly with Blue Angels - MLive.com | "I've always been fascinated with their planes, always wanted to fly in a jet, it's been a dream of mine," Abdelkader said. He asked the Red Wings if they could arrange it. Former Red Wings Kirk Maltby and Dallas Drake have flown with the Blue Angels. ...

RESERVE AIRCREW DELIVERS THUNDERBIRDS TEAM TO INTERNATIONAL AIR SHOWS - Military & Aerospace Electronics | A C-17 aircrew from the 326th Airlift Squadron transported the US Air Force Thunderbirds' 42-person support team and their equipment from Dover Air Force Base, Del., to two international air shows July 3-7. The Thunderbirds are based at Nellis AFB, ...

Navy's Leap Frogs to jump Saturday at race honoring SEAL - The Virginian-Pilot | The Leap Frogs, the Navy's parachute demonstration team, perform in the skies above Chicago. (US Navy) The Navy's parachute demonstration team, the Leap Frogs, is scheduled to perform Saturday at the Oceanfront at a race honoring Norfolk SEAL Allen ...

Atlantic City Airshow "Thunder over the Boardwalk" is city's signature summer ... - The Star-Ledger - NJ.com | By Star-Ledger Guest Columnist By Samantha D. Graves On August 17, the heart-stopping feats, aerobatic maneuvers, and formation flying and solo routines of “Thunder over the Boardwalk” will be back! Yes, this annual event has easily made the transition ...

Aviators arrive for Airdrie air show - CTV.ca | The Canadian Forces Snowbirds will make an appearance and are already in the area. The aerial acrobats took to the sky above Stampede Park on Friday morning and treated visitors to a special flyover…

Jets to roar at air show - Lethbridge Herald | However, the CF-18 demo team will attend along with a variety of other air show acts that promise to delight the ground-bound. "We have a really loud show this year; we have as many as 15 jets flying in this show which has never been done in Lethbridge ...

Pilots offer evening preview of weekend Air Show - Post-Tribune | GARY — The Gary Air Show had something for everyone — even drivers waiting to park got a slice of the action Friday night. The roar of the F/A-18C Hornet thundered over the Miller ...

2011 SCOTTSDALE AIR FAIR RETURNS NOV 5th & 6th «  by wrowan | The 2011 Scottsdale Air Fair will touch down at the Scottsdale Airport November 5th and 6th with an array of airborne demonstrations, ground-level displays and entertainment options for aviation enthusiasts of all ages. ...

The Canadian National Exhibition Air Show Line-Up For 2011 - Eesti elu | Mike Wiskus will do some fantastic stunt flying in a Pitts sponsored by Lucas Oil. Gliding will be by the Royal Canadian Air Cadets in their Schweizer 2-33 and Manfred Radius in his H-101 Salto Sailplane. I'm looking forward to seeing the Osprey, ...

Airdrie Regional Air Show takes flight - 660 News | The world renowned Canadian Forces Snowbirds, Commonwealth airplanes and air racing planes will fly this weekend as part of the show. It takes hundreds of hours to practice in preparation for pilots to perform for audiences. The Snowbirds were in the ...

Whidbey celebrates 100 years of naval aviation - Seattle Post Intelligencer | By Whidbey News Times Whidbey Island Naval Air Station invites its Northwest neighbors to the air station's celebration of 100 years of Naval Aviation July 28 to 30. The premiere event of the 3-day celebration is the Centennial of Naval Aviation ...

Flying in to Oshkosh | Flying Friday  from Leaving Terra Firma by Matt | I was thinking about what I should write about today and I realized that, even though I’m not flying in, a ton of people will be flying in to Oshkosh next week. So, if you’re planning to or are interested in the arrival procedures for Airventure, read/watch on… 

Ride-Sharing With the Rich  from Air & Space Magazine

JU team wins transcontinental air race in second try - Florida Times-Union | Jacksonville University's Sarah Morris (left) and Leah Hetzel hold trophies they earned after winning the 2011 Air Race Classic, an all-female transcontinental air race. They beat 11 other college teams, as well as all 50 teams made up of top female ...

Lewis student soaring to new heights - Suburban Life Publications | Just recently, Kasak flew in the Air Race Classic with partner Jennifer Alicz, 23. The Classic is a race around the Midwest, which was a large stepping stone for the new pilot. “We knew it would be fun, but very challenging,” Kasak said. ...

WWII's Hellcat night fighter pilot blocked for Doak Walker - Allen Publishing | In close correspondence to this day are Buck Ridley (Front, second from left) and Bob Ramsey (Front, third from left) who are pictured with other night fighter pilots who flew the infamous Hellcat fighter planes in World War II. Bob Ramsey of Highland ...

Bird Aviation Museum  from FlightAware > Discussions | Dr Forest Bird aviation collection:

SUN 'n FUN Congratulates CFAA's Bradner for Award - Helicopter Association International | SUN 'n FUN and its Florida Air Museum extend congratulations to Central Florida Aerospace Academy (CFAA) Science Instructor Lori Beth Bradner for her selection by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for its national 2011 ...

Awesome composition of this Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit doing a...  from You like airplanes, too? 

Helicopter Tour Company Offers Birds-Eye View Of 'Car-mageddon'  from Aero-News Network | Seeing Empty I-405 Freeway May Be A Once-In-A-Lifetime Opportunity Anyone who has ever tried to drive on what's known as "The 405" in southern California knows that it's normally choked with vehicles pretty much any time of any day. It's a very, very, busy freeway…

So, how did they take those aerial pictures? - Fife Today | No, it's a UAV – that's an Unmanned Airborne Vehicle, or drone, as they are better known, and widely associated with military operations in conflict zones such as Afghanistan. Thankfully, when one was deployed above Elie beach recently it was armed ...

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National Aviation Hall of Fame to honor Navy's Blue Angels flight ... - Daily Journal | AP DAYTON, Ohio — The National Aviation Hall of Fame in Ohio is giving the US Navy's Blue Angels flight demonstration team an award recognizing exceptional contributions to the advancement of flight. The annual Milton Caniff "Spirit of Flight" award ...

Ford "Blue Angels" Mustang to Be Sold at EAA AirVenture 2011  - EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, WI - For the fourth straight year, the Ford Motor Company has created a unique, "one of one" aviation-themed vehicle for auction to benefit the EAA Young Eagles program. The one-of-a-kind 2011 "Blue Angels" Mustang GT will go to the highest bidder at the Young Eagles Auction during EAA AirVenture 2011, which will be held July 25-31 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh…

Details released for 2011 ESL International Airshow - News 10NBC | The Blue Angels will be one of the high-flying attractions this year. The Canadian Skyhawks will also be dropping by. ESL President and CEO David Fiedler predicts this year's show will be a great success. “We're looking forward to the Blue Angels ...

We made it to Texas, Y’all!  from Air Race Classic by ejackson | Hey everyone Lanie here! The day began with a pre-take off briefing in Alliance, Nebraska. The new start time was 12:00 o’clock local time. As we lined up to wait for take-off the excitement began take over. We were now in race mode! After all the briefings we completed in the last 4 days nothing could prepare me for what was about to occur!...

Nebraska, Kansas, Texas  from Air Race Classic 2011 by Jo Alcorn and Michelle Bostick | We started the day with a look at where we ended up in Hemingsford, NE...The Patriot Inn.  A quiet place run by sisters-in-law who had several fainting goats.  We loved it.  After greeting the goats and their mistress we headed to the airport for a takeoff about 1pm....

Women's air race taking off from Alliance - Houston Chronicle | The 35th Annual Women's Air Race Classic has been scheduled for takeoff in Alliance. Gaylene Jensen, of Heartland Aviation in Alliance, told Alliance radio station KCOW that weather and other issues forced the race to start in Alliance instead of Iowa ...

Confirmed: Pilot's flight over Taunton river was upside down - Fall River Herald News | John Klatt gives Herald News reporter Kevin P. O'Connor a ride in his aerobatic plane. Piloting the single-seater is Bill Kerns. By Kevin P. O'Connor The first sign of home came moments after John Klatt pushed his plane into the air...

A 2013 air show proposed for Burlington is in mayor's hands - BurlingtonFreePress.com | Free Press file photo An air show proposed for the Burlington waterfront scheduled in 2013 circles back to Mayor Bob Kiss for approval after winning support from a city commission. Kiss has suggested such air shows be made greener and become less ...

Night Air displays will shine even brighter - Bournemouth Echo | ORGANISERS of Bournemouth Air Festival have announced details of this year's Night Air displays, which are being extended. The dusk show was a highlight of last year's festival and, as a result, there will be flying on the Thursday ...

Licensed to Loop: America's Only Aerobatic Copter Pilot - Wired | ICAS (the international council of airshows) does issue a “ACE” card (aerobatic competency card), which is required to fly in airshows where the normal rules are waived in the “show box”. My question is, was something different done here? ...

Wings of Freedom tour awaits B-24 Liberator - Peninsula Daily | Dave Seaton, left, and Lad Libera, both of Port Angeles, fold their arms while posing for a photo in front of the B-17 Flying Fortress “Nine-O-Nine” at William R. Fairchild International Airport in Port Angeles on Wednesday...

Smokin T-6!  from Moose Peterson Aviation Photography | The smokin T-6 act of John Collver in War Dog at the Wings over Gillespie airshow was outstanding! The T-6 was a WWII trainer for fighter pilots. All aspects from being a tail dragger to its handling in the air prepared thousands for taking the controls of such legendary aircraft at the P-51 Mustang…

Skydivers drop in on Jobbie Nooner - Detroit Free Press | The Red Bull Air Races were held in recent years in the Detroit-Windsor area and the people welcomed the pilots. When we heard about the Jobbie Nooner, it just made a lot of sense. A: The athletes will jump out of the aircraft with each competitor ...

Tornado Hits Train Carrying Boeing Parts  from AVwebFlash Current Issue | A train carrying subassemblies for Boeing from Tulsa to Everett, WA was hit by a tornado earlier this week and, based on this video posted to YouTube by StormChasingVideo.com (it's the first 40 seconds) it seems likely there will be, at a minimum, some supply chain disruptions at the Boeing plant. As the storm chasers mention in the video, the train was carrying Boeing 737 fuselages (yes, we are struck by the irony, too) but the aluminum tubes appear to have escaped a direct hit. However, an AVweb reader who works at the Tulsa plant has told us that the train was also carrying wings for Boeing's new flagship 747-8. He told us the railway is still tallying up the damage…

Warren Beatty Wants An All-Star Cast For His Howard Hughes Biopic - Cinema Blend | They've also got a list of the actors Beatty has been meeting with, and weirdly enough, it includes Alec Baldwin, who played a major character in The Aviator. It also includes a laundry list of interesting up and coming actors-- Andrew Garfield, ...

Ride of a Lifetime - MV-22B Osprey at Marine Week St. Louis from The Aero Experience by Carmelo Turdo | Aero Experience contributors Carmelo Turdo and Mark Nankivil had the "Experience" of a lifetime while flying aboard an MV-22B Osprey of VMM-161 during Marine Week St. Louis.  The day began around 07:00 (pretty late for Marines) at St. Louis Downtown Airport in Cahokia, IL as those scheduled for media flights began to assemble for the pre-flight briefing.   Prior to the briefing, St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay was honored for the city's efforts in the preparation for Marine Week St. Louis:

Maine does away with aircraft sales taxes - Boston Herald | By AP PORTLAND, Maine — A new law eliminating sales taxes on aircraft and parts should give aviation businesses a boost and improve Maine's image as a tax-hungry state prowling after out-of-staters who fly in for visits. Buried deep in the state's new ...

If you’re coming to Oshkosh, get ready for Airplanista Magazine’s new #Tweeplechase game  from Av8rdan's World of Flying by Dan Pimentel | Airplanista Magazine, a popular new media, online publication, is launching a fun game for three days during EAA Airventure Oshkosh. Called #Tweeplechase, this new event will lead players on a clue-by-clue hunt to win prizes as they follow the #tweeplechase hashtag on Twitter. The game is scheduled to be played Thursday, July 28th, Friday, July 29th and Saturday, July 30th…

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107 Years by Joe Clark | A century plus seven years. It is almost too much to comprehend, especially when you give some thought to the amazing accomplishments which have taken place since then. It was 107 years ago today the Wright Brothers officially "cracked the code" on getting heavier than air devices into the sky. Many today pay little heed to the significance of the event; for them, the convenience of crossing the nation or an ocean in a few hours time is the most important aspect of the event…

The First Flight Society - Celebrate the Wright Brothers First Flight - firstflight.org | We invite you to become a part of aviation's past, present and future by joining the Society. Your membership will help us accomplish our goals of memorializing the accomplishments of Wilbur and Orville Wright and promoting aviation in all its forms. Happy First Flight Day....107th anniversary! http://firstflight.org/

National Aviation Hall of Fame announces 2011 honorees - Dayton Daily News | DAYTON — Three former US Air Force officers and an aviation safety pioneer are to be enshrined in the National Aviation Hall of Fame in 2011, ...

Rockford AirFest 2011 Tickets On Sale – WIFR | ROCKFORD (WIFR) -- Tickets went on sale today for Rockford AirFest 2011, which will be headlined by the US Navy Blue Angels and is expected to draw more ...

Plane madness of jet sledgers | The Sun |News -  www.thesun.co.uk | THREE formation sledgers have planely taken the activity too far after hooking themselves up to the back of a FAST JET. A video clip of the stunt appeared on YouTube this week claiming to show Swedish Air Force crew racing around a snow hit air force base being towed by a fighter plane…

75th Anniversary of the Plane That Changed Everything from Autopia by Jason Paur | The aviation era started 107 years ago when the Wright brothers first took flight. But the era of the airlines for the flying public didn't really take off until 1935 when the venerable Douglas DC-3 first took to the skies. Seventy-five years ago the DC-3 ushered in the era of utility flight, one that continues to this day. Oh sure, the DC-3 may not top a lot of people's list of their favorite planes. It's not sleek. It's not sexy. And it's not fast. But despite a production run of just 11 years, the DC-3 remains one of the most important airplanes in the history of aviation…

Dayton honors Wrights, Holbrooke from AviationDayton by editor@aviationdayton.com | WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Base officials, civic leaders and aviation heritage enthusiasts celebrated the 107th anniversary of powered flight at the Wright Memorial near Dayton this morning. Later, local leaders remembered the late Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke, chief U.S. negotiator in the 1995 Dayton Peace Accords…

After 13 Years, the Largest Aviation Museum in the Bay Area Thrives – Patch | After 13 years, the Hiller Aviation Museum still thrives, despite a recession, plenty of competition, ...

Farmingdale air museum honors historic plane – Newsday | Photo credit: Newsday / Alejandra Villa | 88-year-old WWII Veteran Robert Reynolds takes a trip down memory lane as ...

Oakland Aviation Museum — the military aircraft 2 of 2 from Travel for Aircraft | This is a continuation of the previous post to show the balance of the military aircraft in the outside exhibit area of the Oakland Aviation Museum…

Avro Lancaster, Lincoln and York in post-war RAF service 1945-1950 from Let Let Let - Warplanes by Darko | During the World War II RAF Bomber command had played a very significant role, but that role continued even after Victory over Europe day arrived. A new era in world aviation arrived, a jet age, and although RAF had in its service jet planes, years to come truly still belonged to the piston engine aircrafts. When the war ended RAF was downsizing its army to the peace-time level, so there were a lot of planes that needed to re-service, bombers were modified to transporters, transporters to civil airliners etc…

Profile 44 - UPDATED! F6F-5 Hellcat as flown by Harold Thune from WWII & Korean Conflict Airplane Profiles by JSM | Wow!  From pencil studies to nearly finished in five days - that's a record for me. This 'Cat is going back into the hanger until I get info on markings - hopefully in the next week or so.  Then, I'll put them in, quite like the real process when a factory-fresh Hellcat obtained her squadron marks…

Soviet Wild Weasels: Part Two (Aircraft) from Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago | Last night we took a look at the nuts and bolts of Soviet suppression of enemy air defenses (SEAD) doctrine and tactics. Tonight we'll continue along that them with a look at the aircraft that filled the role of  "Wild Weasels" in the Soviet air forces. Like the United States, the Russians had put into service several specialized aircraft that were used to knock out and/or jam enemy radars and surface-to-air missile sites…

A Successful Show from Autogyro circumnavigation of the globe by The GYROX Team | Yesterday (16th December), Norman appeared live on the 'Drivetime' radio show broadcast by Chaine FM around the world via the internet. Friends and fans were asked to send in questions and what was expected to be an hour long broadcast stretched in the end to nearly two hours. The DJ, Gary Andrews, talked with Norman about his reasons for taking up Autogyro flying and how this became a flight around the world…

Virgin Galactic is heading into orbit  from Plane Talking by Ben Sandilands | A Virgin Galactic brochure image of Spaceport America in full swing - Richard Branson's space ambitions have come into sharper focus after he revealed his rocket ride venture, Virgin Galactic, is joining two other highly credentialed US organisations in submissions to NASA on private sector participation in orbital spaceflights…

NASA Engineers Propose Combining a Rail Gun and a Scramjet to Fire Spacecraft ... - Popular Science
Graham Murdoch In April, President Obama urged NASA to come up with, among other things, a less expensive method than conventional rocketry for launching ... 

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Blue Angels make quick stop in Rockford | WREX-TV | Members of the Blue Angels are here Wednesday and Thursday. They're making plans for their performance at this summer's Rockford AirFest. ...

Parade lineup released - Laurinburg Exchange | "We're all excited about having the Golden Knights as the grand marshals," said Pauline Gruver, chair of the parade committee. The elite army parachutists ...

National Aviation Hall of Fame wants to hire executive director - Dayton Daily News ... organization tries to rebuild its fund-raising and strengthen its ability to preserve and promote aviation heritage, its leaders said Wednesday. ...

New Jersey man wins air show design contest - Hilton Head Island Packet | A New Jersey man edged two local artists to win a $500 cash prize in the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort Air Show Design Contest. Jim Keane of Woodbury, ...

Audrina Could Pilot Your Next Flight by Jessilyn | Hosted by the U.S. Air Force, the event consisted of an open house of the base and an exciting air show, which Audrina enjoyed so much that she wrote up a blog entry about it. Last weekend I was in Las Vegas for Aviation Nation 2010! ...

Audrina Patridge's Charitable Kmart Stop - GossipCenter.com
Of the event, Audrina wrote on her blog, "The air show was absolutely amazing! If you have never been to an air show before, go to one! ...

Farewell fly-by for F-111s - Lismore Northern Star | The flypast is part of a wider fly-by that will also take in parts of south-east Queensland before the F-111s are retired from service. ...

Goodbye HARRIER from Wright Squawks by Roger Chua | 24 November 2010 marked the final flight of four Harrier GR9 jump jets from the deck of HMS Ark Royal. The ship was sailing from North Shields, North Tyneside, across the North Sea to Hamburg, Germany. The Harriers were heading 150 miles back to RAF Cottesmore, Lincolnshire, ahead of decommissioning next year as part of the Strategic Defence and Security Review…

Mission accomplished: A World War II soldier's story - Polson Lake County Leader | It was about 2 am when we boarded our B-25 and got down to the business ahead. We were to bomb a German airfield near the Egyptian-Libyan border, ...

Scene | EAA B-17 Fantasy Flight Camp: One of the most famous airplanes of World War II, the B-17 Flying Fortress needs little introduction. Program participants are immersed in the history of the B-17, meet B-17 veterans, and receive a flight experience in "Aluminum Overcast." EAA grounds, Oshkosh…

HAFB has been area fixture for 70 years - Davis County Clipper | He died from injuries received in the crash of the Boeing experimental aircraft Model 299, the prototype of what would become the famous B-17 Flying ...

Winning a war - at a deadly cost from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter …One early result of these problems was the so-called 'Battle of Kansas', an all-out effort to resolve problems with early B-29's and get them into shape for combat. (A ceremony celebrating the 1,000th B-29 produced at Boeing's Wichita, Kansas factory, February 14, 1945) A good example of the operational effects of these and other problems may be found in this account of the wartime service of a B-29 pilot…

CAP celebrates anniversary from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Today the Civil Air Patrol celebrates its 69th anniversary. The all-volunteer, nonprofit organization of more than 61,000 members was founded Dec. 1, 1941, less than a week before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor led to America's involvement in World War II. Read more...

Chatting with Friends Continued - Episode 25 from Mile High Flyers Podcast by DenverPilot | We continue where we left off in Episode 24 with Daren @shotgun15e, Robert @robertcigliano, and the MHF gang, Zyola (@supovadea), Mike (@Mike_Flys) minus @dhindmanjr... 'cause he's busy gettin' his Private Pilot's license! Topics: …

NASA Offers Space Shuttle Tiles To Schools And Universities from Space Shuttle and International Space Station News | As the Space Shuttle Program nears retirement, NASA is looking for ways to preserve the program's history and inspire the next generation of space explorers, scientists and engineers…

NASA Astronaut Corps May Thumb for Rides from Spaceports by jack@jackkennedy.net (JackKennedy) With NASA's budget under pressure and the space shuttle program set to retire, even the agency's most sacred cow — the 64-member astronaut corps — isn't safe from the possibility of cuts. At the behest of the White House, the nation's top science advisors this month began a 10-month study of the appropriate "role and size" of the astronaut corps after the final shuttle mission next year…

NORAD Goes Multimedia Tracking Santa's Flight from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE CO - For the 55th consecutive year, the men and women of the North American Aerospace Defense Command are getting ready to track Santa! The NORAD Tracks Santa website, http://www.noradsanta.org/, went live today and features holiday games and activities that change daily. The website is available in seven languages: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, and Chinese. On Dec. 24, the website will stream videos, captured by NORAD "Santa Cams," from cities along Santa's journey…

When America Needed a Hero, Butch O'Hare Stepped Up from Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago | Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, the first six months of 1942 were dark days for the American public. The Japanese war machine seemed unstoppable with the fall of the Philippines, Burma and Singapore. The Dutch East Indies and the Solomons would also fall. Japanese air attacks had already taken place on Darwin, Australia. A Japanese sub even managed to surface off the coast of California and shell targets on the coastline. Rommel's Afrika Corps were pushing steadily eastward towards the Suez Canal. The German U-boat offensive in the Atlantic was taking a tremendous toll on shipping…

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4 aviation leaders to enter hall of fame at enshrinement dinner - Dayton Daily News | DAYTON — After the Vectren Dayton Air Show's first day is complete, the National Aviation Hall of Fame will induct four more members into its exclusive club. Alan Bean, Warren G. Grimes, Clay Lacy and Noel Wien will have their careers celebrated Saturday, July 17, at the hall's 49th annual enshrinement dinner and ceremony at the Dayton Convention Center…

Atlantic City Airshow "Thunder Over The Boardwalk", August 25th - TheAlternativePress.com | The US Air Force Thunderbirds and the US Army Golden Knights will both return to headline the 2010 airshow. This year also marks the first appearance by the ...

REGION: Miramar Air Show to be held Oct. 1-3 - North County Times | The Miramar Marine Corps Air Station's annual air show will be Oct. 1-3 this year, the base announced Monday. This year's theme is "Marines: A Tradition of ...

WIA Waco's First Ever Gathering Open To The Public – KWTX (WACO) — The local chapter of Women in Aviation will host its first ever gathering from 10 am to 1 pm on Saturday, July 17, at the TSTC Waco Airport. ...

On the Eve of the Talon Ride from Airspeed by Stephen Force (Steve Tupper) Okay, I'm going on radar. (It seems as though I've been using that line frequently lately!) I've been here at Beale AFB, about 45 minutes north of Sacramento, since Sunday afternoon. This morning, I completed my flight physical. That's the last hurdle over which I have any control and thus the event after which I go on radar with you guys. So I can tell you that I'm on the verge of completing the trifecta: Completing demo rides in examples of aircraft from each phase of the fighter-bomber track…

Flying Circus takes off from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | While the American Barnstormers Tour has concluded, many of the barnstormers are now participating in the Flying Circus at various events through the country, including the Wausau Balloon and BBQ Festival. Stearman pilot Sarah Wilson, who blogged about the tour for GeneralAviationNews.com, continues her Barnstormers Blog with what's going on with the Flying Circus…

Rocket Racing League » Flying Inside The Groove – Aerospace ... by smitty - This in depth look at all the aspects about the current Rocket Racing League cover the Propulsion Systems, Raceway Avionics, Augmented Reality and gives a glimpse of what the future holds for this adrenaline filled racing league. ...

It's a plane, it's a helicopter and it's a jeep from Sky Talk by Star-Telegram | It's straight out of the Jetsons, or maybe the movie Transformers, and soon to appear on the cover of Popular Mechanics. The Pentagon has asked industry for ideas for a combat vehicle - think a WWII Willy's Jeep - that can roll over rocks, plow through mud AND fly, taking off and landing like a helicopter…

Flight International 13-19 July: Farnborough Airshow Preview from Flight Image of the Day by Will Horton | This week Flightglobal publication Flight International has its pre-show special for the Farnborough Airshow. We review the progress of the show debutant, the Boeing 787, and look at steps being made by its Airbus rival, the A350. We also monitor F-35 testing, preview US fighters of the future, and more…

Air Show Brings Back Memories For World War II Veterans – KAKE | Three vintage war-birds circa 1940s. A Boeing B-17 flying fortress "909 Heavy Bomber," consolidated B-24 Liberator "Witchcraft" Heavy Bomber and P-51 ...

Flight into history: Vintage plane lands at Muncie airport - Muncie Star Press | His brother was a crew chief on a B-17 during WWII, and his wife's uncle was a tail gunner. A 13-year-old when the war ended, he loved the planes and ...

Veterans fly in WWII bombers - Salina Journal | It had been 65 years since Alfred Murphy had been inside a B-17, but it wasn't long after the WWII-era heavy bomber was airborne Monday that the 85-year-old ...

Liberty Foundation's B-17 'Liberty Belle' - Hartford Courant | Pilot Bob Hill, left, and co-pilot Staurt Goldstein guide the Liberty Foundation's B-17 "Liberty Belle" back to Brainard Airport in Hartford Monday ...

Ithaca-made WWI-era plane comes home - Elmira Star-Gazette | While planning a commemoration of Airport Day in 2003, members of the Ithaca Aviation Heritage Foundation were inspired to determine the status of all ...

Altre Foto Aerei Scattate a Volandia from Passione Volo by ironman70 | Ecco altre foto scattate al Parco e Museo del Volo di Volandia, vicino a Malpensa. Vedi anche l'articolo Visita a Volandia, Parco e Museo del Volo

Duxford 'Hangar Queen's' 11-6-2010. 'Look around' from Gary Watson's Posts - Stick and Rudder by Gary Watson

Teams pull jet plane to raise money for charity - Sandusky Register | More than 400 people took part in a charity plane pull on Sunday to help the airport celebrate its 85th anniversary. Twenty-two teams heaved on a 60-foot ...

Volunteers take youth on aviation tour - Rocky Mount Telegram | Whitley and Harrell were two of more than 150 youth who filed into the airport Saturday to take part in the Experimental Aircraft Association's Young Eagles ...

Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago - When Chicago & Southern Airlines was acquired by Delta Air Lines in 1953, as far as airline mergers go, it was one of the more peaceful ones in terms of merging the labor forces. Much of that stemmed from both airlines having a similar work environment and the paternalistic attentions of Delta's founder and CEO, C.E. Woolman…

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More than ever before, Blues show must go on - Pensacola News Journal | The Blue Angels, the US Naval flight demonstration team, performs its annual Pensacola Beach Air Show on Saturday, with a full dress rehearsal on Friday. ...

People Look to the Sky During National Cherry Festival's Air Show - 9&10 News | Festival organizers say the Air Show is one of the most anticipated events in the National Cherry Festival. The Blue Angels and several other stunt pilots ...

Frecce Tricolori nel cielo di Capo d'Orlando - Hercole.it | The Tricolori " are having a party in Capo d' Orlando , near Messina. Starts today, the ' Air Show 2010 Capo d' Orlando . The " Arrows " will perform this afternoon, but yesterday they made the dress rehearsal in heaven before the Lungomare Andrea Doria and Ligabue…

United States - Iowa - Dubuque Air Show & Fireworks 2010 - Dubuque - 07/03/10
from FenceCheck Forums - Had a great time with the gang.  Never thought the B-17 could steal the show, but it did! - Heritage flight with Vlado and Dusty:

FIFI Ready To Fly, FAA Not from Pacific Flyer - The Commemorative Air Force announced in late June that the world's only flyable B-29 Superfortress "FIFI" was to return to the skies on Tuesday, June 29 at Midland, Texas. But that was before the FAA got involved. Or rather, wouldn't…

1910: When Wright plane flew in Aurora - Aurora Beacon News | This image shows the Wright Aeroplane in flight over Aurora in 1910. Twenty minutes into his flight, after soaring to the breathtaking height of 850 feet, ...

Were The Wright Brothers Wrong? from Pacific Flyer - We all know the history of the Wright Brothers and their first flight in 1903, correct? It's been drummed into us how flying successfully was their idea, due to their inspiration and their innate understanding of the four forces of flight that eventually resulted in the hallowed Wright flyer…

Aviation museums take flight in Ohio - Columbus Dispatch | While in the area, aviation buffs might also want to stop by the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historic Park, which tells the story of the Wright ...

National Aviation Hall rehires former director, seeks ways to thrive - Dayton Daily News | Ty Greenlees/Staff Photographer Ron Kaplan retuned to lead the National Aviation Hall of Fame before its big weekend, July 16-17. ...

Virgin Galactic CEO talks about company's plans - Las Cruces Sun-News | The X Prize vehicles were designed and built by Burt Rutan's company, Scaled Composites, and actually made it to space. Q: Had you been following New ...

Boeing 'Speed Agile' Concept Reminds Me Of The 60's by Martt | Looking a bit B-2ish, with an added whale tail, this Boeing 'Speed Agile' concept was unearthed over at AviationWeek.com. The 'Speed Agile' term is a way of describing what the U.S. Military is looking for in a future replacement for the C-130. The idea is to have a very STOL aircraft capable of really slow flight, but also have cruise speeds above .8 Mach (possibly transonic), with take off and landing distances of 2,000 feet or less, all while being able to tote around 65,000 pounds of battle hardware. Looks like they pretty much want it all…

Speed Agile Stealth Transport concept design discovered from Black Horizon by Steve Douglass - I am researching something on future airlifters and wanted artwork on the stealthy super-STOL tactical transport Boeing windtunnel tested under the US Air Force Research Laboratory's Speed Agile program…

NASA successfully tests autonomous lunar lander navigation system, codename GENIE (video) from Engadget by Sean Hollister | Robonaut2 may have fantastic biceps, but raw muscle won't put a man humanoid on the moon -- that takes rockets. Rockets like the one in this RR-1 prototype lander, recently outfitted with a Guidance Embedded Navigator Integration Environment (GENIE) system to let the craft safely descend to the lunar surface…

STS-111 UAV Airship Arrives In US from Aero-News Network | German Aircraft To Get Payload Integration Work In Maryland The newest UAV airship from the German manufacturer Sanswire has arrived in Maryland for initial inspection of the craft, and the integration of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) technologies into the UAV's sensor bay.

A new twist to the KC-X competition from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | I'm intrigued by the news that a relatively unknown US company has teamed up with Antonov of the Ukraine to offer the latter company's aircraft as a candidate for the US Air Force's KC-X competition to select a new aerial refueling tanker. There's a lot of skepticism in aviation circles about the news. Pundits have pointed out that none of the proposed Antonov models have ever been used as aerial tankers (indeed, two of the three don't yet exist!); that the US partner, US Aerospace, has never built an aircraft in its life and appears to be in financial difficulties already; and that the project appears to depend on unnamed outside investors, who may or may not materialize. Also, Antonov in the Ukraine has been struggling to find financing for its projects since the breakup of the Soviet Union. There are rumors that Russia would like to see the company either fold up entirely, or move back to Russia so that the latter nation can control its output. I'm pretty sure the last thing Russia wants is for Antonov to partner with a Western firm, and it can be expected to mount vigorous opposition…

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Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago - In the 1960s as preliminary design work began on what would become the Space Shuttle, thoughts turned to ways of protecting the vehicle on its fiery re-entry into the atmosphere. The thermal protection issue was closely intertwined with what structural material to use for the spacecraft. One school of thought was based on what was used on the X-15 program- a "hot structure" that was tolerant to high temperatures. Unfortunately this meant the use of expensive and possibly rare alloys…