Aviation Pioneer Chip Yates To Accept International Award * Flight of the Century | Yates has been selected to receive the FAI’s Louis Bleriot Medal for his record-setting flights in 2013, which established new international landmarks in speed, altitude and distance for electric flight....
Video: Blue Angels rip through San Francisco skies * KOMO | Footage and commentary on the prep for Fleet Week.
Behind the scenes with the Blue Angels * SF Gate | The Blue Angels were set to head to the skies 
Up, up and away over the San Francisco Bay * Mercury News | It was fun and exhilarating ... until I got sick. When my editor asked me last week -- half jokingly -- if I'd like to go up in a Fleet Week stunt plane, I jumped at the chance, surprising some colleagues who never guessed that this mild-mannered suburban mom is actually a thrill-seeker at heart...
Wings and Waves takes flight this weekend over Daytona Beach * News-Journal Online | A Screamin’ Sasquatch and Thunderbirds will soar through the skies over the World’s Most Famous Beach this weekend. The Wings and Waves Air Show will feature aerial performances by the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, a bi-plane beastie known as the Screamin’ Sasquatch Jet Waco, and some 40 other aircraft....
Aero-TV: Kyle Franklin -- Acro Flying With Showmanship * Aero-News Net | One Of the Airshow 
Thomasville Fly-In to Kick Off Today * WCTV | THOMASVILLE, Ga. -- The Thomasville Fly-In, a celebration in the air and a nearly fifty year tradition is taking place today. The Fly-In kicks off today and it will last through Sunday at the Thomasville Regional Airport. It's a free event and open to everyone...
Community Invited to Bryce Canyon Airport for Fly-in, Open House * St. George News | PANGUITCH — The communities of the Bryce Canyon area are preparing to welcome extra pilots and the public to its historic airport with the first-ever Bryce Canyon Fly-in and Airport Appreciation Day happening Friday and Saturday...
Voodoo and Strega are here! * Planes of Fame | Voodoo just arrived! We are excited to have both Strega and Voodoo here on display at Planes of Fame Air Museum!...
Fort Worth Alliance Air Show 2014 * Airplanes.com | The USAF Thunderbirds will be one of the highlights of the program at the Fort Worth Alliance Air Show on October 25 & 26, 2014. Also featured on the program of events is the US Special Operations Command Parachute Team, as well as aerobatic pilots Manfred Radius, Kevin Coleman, Dan Buchanan, Rob Holland, and Matt Younkin...
Breitling Jet Team - Belgian Air Force Days 2014 * TakeOffTube.com
Amazing Fireworks Flight With Gene Soucy * TakeOffTube.com
CAF Red Tail Squadron – Event Update – CAF WWII Air Expo * CAF Red Tail Squadron | On October 2-5 the CAF Red Ta 10669334_718067074940971_3513277791046784249_oil Squadron participated in the CAF Air Expo at the Dallas Executive airport (formally Redbird airport). This the location for the National Airbase for the CAF. The Air Expo had an “Open House” feel which was welcomed by the local neighbors. DOTA’s Calvin Spann and Homer Houge joined the audience and shared their memories with the crowd. Gordon Guillory, President of the local Tuskegee chapter (Claude R. Platte Chapter) spent many hours with us...
Photos: Pemberton & Sons Aviation * Crosswind Images | A brief visit with one of the leading families in classic aircraft restoration and operation.
Dennis McCarthy: World War II combat pilot has one final mission * Los Angeles Daily News | ...The B-25 took off from Camarillo Airport on Saturday, Sept. 6, heading 18 miles out toward the Channel Islands....
Kentville woman wins aviation and aerospace award * Nova News Now | ...The award recognizes outstanding Canadian women in aviation and aerospace industries and is named after Elsie MacGill, who achieved many firsts during her lifetime...
LORD, IF YOU’RE UP THERE... * Photorecon | ...Still falling face up, I appeared to be clear of the debris and I saw no sign of the seat between my legs, so I pulled the parachute’s rip cord. No comforting jerk, though....
NASA Partners With X-37B Program For Use Of Former Space Shuttle Hangars * Aero-News Net | NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida has entered into an agreement with the U.S. Air Force's X-37B Program for use of the center’s Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) Bays 1 and 2 to process the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle for launch...
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Friday, October 10, 2014
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Thursday, October 9, 2014
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Fleet Week to open in S.F. with a roar * SFGate.com | ...This year the event begins with a roar around noon Thursday when the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels precision flying team begins its practice runs over San Francisco and the bay. The Angels fly again Friday, Saturday and Sunday as part of an air show over the waterfront....
Photos: Team Oracle stunt pilot Sean D. Tucker flies over the Bay Area * San Jose Mercury News 
media center | Team Oracle stunt pilot Sean D. Tucker and Bay Area News Group reporter Theresa Harrington fly over the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Calif., on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014. Tucker has been inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame and...
Watsonville Fly-In celebrates 50 years * Contra Costa Times | WATSONVILLE >> The 50th annual Watsonville Fly-In and Air Show will kick off Friday with special activities for children and the traditional spaghetti dinner. Watsonville Municipal Airport's premier event will run through the weekend with skydiving and...
HALL AIMING FOR A WIN IN AIR RACE SERIES * NBN | There are two rounds remaining in this year’s Air Race Series – and Merewether’s Matt Hall has set himself a goal of winning at least one of them. Currently fourth overall, Hall resumes his campaign in Las Vegas on Sunday...
The ride of a lifetime: Inside a Red Bull Air Race plane * Las Vegas Weekly | The moment I send the email, I regret it, but what's done is done: I've agreed to a fly-along with Red Bull Air Race pilot Kirby Chambliss in a two-seater aerobatic plane. The one-sheet explainer on the experience includes a parachute briefing and...
The fastest sport you've never heard of * CNN | Look out NASCAR, one of the world's fastest motor sports wants to steal your fans. We're talking about air racing, where powerful, small planes compete on a looped path in the air, reaching speeds between 200-500 mph. This thrilling sport is...
Video: The Athleticism of Aerobatics · General Aviation News | Cirrus Aircraft has released the latest in a series of videos spotlighting aerobatic star Michael Goulian. Called The Athleticism of Aerobatics...
Community invited to Bryce Canyon Airport for fly-in and open house * Suindependent | As part of the inaugural Bryce Canyon Fly-In, pilots are invited to land their planes at the airport for free and then take a shuttle to visit the red-rock vistas of Bryce Canyon National Park. Pilots will also be treated Friday evening to an opening...
Variety of aircraft to see at Fly-In * Times-Enterprise | THOMASVILLE — Aircraft from all over the Southeast will descend here this weekend for the 47th Thomasville Fly-In, an event sponsored by the Thomasville Aviation Club. More than 300 airplanes and more than 3,000 spectators are expected if the weather...
The Lee Bottom Fly-In Review Part 5 - The Ultimate Review · Rich Davidson NORDO News | After 
everything was said and done, everyone had flown away, and the last box of fly-in "stuff" was put away, Ginger and I felt pretty good. The event had gone off rather smoothly. Attendance at the fly-in was better than we expected. The flow of people never seemed to stop. It was a good crowd but it wasn't crazy. A plane would land and a few minutes later so would another. That's how it went...
The making of an air show * Florida Times-Union | For the 2014 NAS Jax Air Show, scheduled for Oct. 25-26, a diverse team of professionals joined together with a shared vision to create what is expected to be two spectacular days of high-flying entertainment for hundreds of thousands of spectators...
Wattisham Apache wins Army photographer the ‘people’s prize’ * Daily Free Press | A spectacular picture of one of Wattisham’s Apache attack helicopters hovering in front of a fireball was voted by Facebook users to be the Best Overall Image in the Army’s annual photographic competition, it was announced today...
A Record Mojave * Kitplanes | Copy of article from Kitplanes posted on the Mojave Fly-in site.
Pilot Charlotte Zeederberg flies The Great Tiger Moth Air Race * Ladies Love Taildraggers | The first Tiger Moth Air Race was run in 1977, in order to test the airman-ship of the many pilots who took part. Since the first Tiger Moth Air Race there have been 13 air races, the last being in 2003. The James Strong Memorial Great Tiger Moth Air Race revives this tradition and brings pilots and machines from all over the country (Australia)...
NWOC 2015 Registration Open · WarbirdsNews | Registration for 21st National Warbird Operator Conference on Feb 26-Mar 1 in New Orleans, LA is now open.The world’s largest gathering of warbird owners, operators, maintainers and suppliers will soon meet at the 21st Anniversary National Warbird Operator Conference...
Boulder park to be named after Col. Bill Bower, who served in WWII * Boulder Daily Camera | ...Bower participated in the famed Doolittle Raid on Tokyo in 1942. The Doolittle raid was the first strike by the U.S. against Japan after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Bower flew his B-25B bomber off the deck of the USS Hornet and helped bomb Tokyo before ditching his plane in China and making his way back to the U.S...
10 Years After The Yankee Air Museum Hangar Fire * WEMU | Ten years ago Thursday the Yankee Air Museum's hangar went up in flames, destroying everything the museum had, except for its three flying aircraft. And if not for the heroic work of several museum volunteers, the planes might have been lost, as well...
magneticNorth builds World War II archive for American Air Museum * Prolific North | magneticNorth has built the most comprehensive digital archive of the American servicemen who served from the UK during the Second World War. It was commissioned by the American Air Museum, part of the Imperial War Museum. american air museum...
SIPA 121 # 51 in Essey-lès-Nancy * Translated | Recently I told you about the MS472 "Lapwing" stationed in Essey-les-Nancy in the 1:36 Erala heiress CERO307 stating that they were gradually replaced by SIPA S111 / 121 from 1957. Here is a picture above, it is the SIPA 121 No. 51, recognizable by the antenna of the radio compass in the rear of the canopy. According to the badge visible on the plane, even if it is upside down compared to the usual representations, we can say that it is the 3/38 Erala Tours outcome of CERO 311...
French Air Force celebrates 50th Anniversary of Strategic Air Forces with three stunning special colors * The Aviationist | On Oct. 3, with a ceremony held at Istres airbase, the French Air Force celebrated 50 years of French deterrence by the Forces Aériennes Strategiques which are responsible for Paris’s nuclear weapons....
Are those F-117s? | Check out this post from The Aviationist
Pilot dies in air tanker crash at Yosemite fire * CNN | The pilot of an air tanker battling a wildfire at Yosemite National Park died after the tanker crashed Tuesday, Cal Fire said. The tanker was being used to help battle Dog Rock Fire when authorities lost contact with its pilot Tuesday afternoon, Cal Fire spokesman Daniel Berlant said in a statement...
National Air and Space Museum releases free children’s app · General Aviation News | A new iPad app from the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum helps children learn about airplanes and rockets through four games inspired by the history of early flight. Pilot Pals, the museum’s first app, also enables children ages 4 to 6 to personalize their experience by naming their hangar and choosing a Pilot Pal to accompany them...
NASA helicopter test a smashing success · General Aviation News | HAMPTON, Va. — The successful crash test of a former Marine helicopter could help lead to safer civilian and military helicopters, according to NASA aeronautics researchers. The full-scale test sent the fuselage and its 15 dummy occupants crashing into the dirt at NASA Langley Research Center’s Landing and Impact Research facility in Hampton, Virginia, at about 30 miles an hour...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014
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Everything you need to know about this weekend's Red Bull Air Race * GQ.com | After a three-year hiatus the Red Bull Air Race World Championship has returned to pit the world's best pilots against each other. With new rules standardising the engines and propellers, and various safety and technical regulations introduced, the...
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Stunt pilot was flying high before harrowing drop onto Maine road * Portland Press Herald | ...The 
Warsaw Air Show Returns This Weekend * Stacey Page Online | ... Bob “Pitts Bob” Richards in his Pitts S1S; Ralph Lutes in his Air Tractor; Dave Folk piloting a F-4U Corsair; Patrick McAlee in a Pitts S1S “Blue Demon”; Hoover with a Staudacher S300 and the Commemorative Air Force/Glider Demo of a PT-26 Tow Ship....
Legendary plane on display at this year’s Abbotsford International Airshow * Global News | Former WWII Mosquito Pilot Bill Mar is one of the few who flew a unique and rare plane, the de Havilland Mosquito. More than 7800 Mosquitos were built. Today, one of two that can still fly was featured in Abbotsford...
Daring performers boost air show excitement * Quad-City Times | ...Fans were treated to an array of 
Annual fly-in breakfast takes flight Saturday * The Newark Advocate | The Newark-Heath Airport and Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 402 are hosting their annual fly-in breakfast from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Newark-Heath Airport, 530 Heath Road.
Forest Lake Airport Fly-in lifts off * Forest Lake Lowdown | Up to 3,000 attendees, including an estimated 200 pilots, are expected at the 13th Annual Forest Lake Fly-In and Open House event from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 16. Ashbach said those numbers have risen from about 1,700 attendees when the event...
Fester will help pilot B-25 at Sullivan Airport Fly-In * Three Rivers Publishing | Free airplane rides for kids will be just one of the exciting events held at the 5th Annual Sullivan Airport Fly-In on Saturday, August 16 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Children aged eight to 16 are welcome to come out for a ride, sponsored by the EAA Young...
Melbourne air show includes Thunderbirds, parachute jump team * Florida Today | In addition to the previously announced U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, the Oct. 4-5 air show will include such acts as the U.S. Army Silver Wings parachute jump team, as well as aerobatic demonstrations from Greg Connell, Gary Ward and Kent Pietsch, who...
Vintage World War II aircraft coming to 1940 Air Terminal Museum Saturday * Your Houston News | It has been nearly 70 years since the last combat aircraft lifted into the air during World War II to join the largest air armada ever to fill the skies, but on Saturday, August 16, four rare WWII warbirds will be roaring over Houston. Leading the...
Historic B-17 lands in Pittsburgh * Pittsburgh Post Gazette | After waking at 3 a.m., Stanley Lantz and other members of the 452nd Bomb Group in England would clamber into the back of a B-17 called “Lady Be Good” and wait to hear about their next mission, hoping for somewhere other than Berlin. Snow or sleet, in...
WWII B-17G plane in Glenville * Albany Times Union | GLENVILLE -- To celebrate its 30th anniversary, the Empire State Aerosciences Museum has special events all week. On Monday, the Commemorative Air Force's World War II B-17G Sentimental Journey flew in for the week. Events include tours, new...
WWII era Bomber lands at the Olympic Flight Museum for a week's visit * The Olympian | Commemorative Air Force pilot Spike McLane gives the history of the WW2-era B-25 Mitchell bomber, "Maid in the Shade" at the Olympic Flight Museum before airplane loadmaster Mike Mueller gives pre-flight instructions to a group of passengers Aug. 11...
Airport seeks memories of Stead Air Force Base * Reno Gazette Journal | He was the brother of Reno Air Races founder Bill Stead. Today, the military history largely exists in the memories of those who served and worked there and a scattering of buildings still standing in Stead, many of them boarded up and likely bound for...
Lawrence native is one of few black pilots in rare World War II aircraft * Lawrence Journal World | He's a volunteer pilot for the Commemorative Air Force Red Tail Squadron — an organization aimed at sharing the story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the black pilots most famous for their success flying Mustangs in WWII. Shepard performed in an air show in...
A Terrifying Beauty – the Art of Piotr Forkasiewicz · Vintage Wings of Canada | In the black of night 
Historic Aircraft: Spruce Goose | One of the highlights of the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum in McMinnville, Oregon, is the historic “Spruce Goose” – the one and only Hughes H-4 Hercules ever manufactured. With a wingspan of 320 feet and measuring 219 feet long, the H-4 is the largest flying boat ever to be constructed, and although it only ever made one flight on November 2, 1947, it proved that an airplane of that...
A Pilot’s View of Historic Aircraft · WarbirdsNews | Aviation fans from across the country are being given the chance to sit inside some of the world’s most historic aircraft at the Open Cockpits Evening being held at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford next month. Just 300 tickets are available for this exclusive evening on Saturday 20 September, where a wide range of aircraft will be available for close viewing on the night: including transport aircraft, jet fighters and unique research airframes. Aircraft enthusiasts will be able to get a feel for what it was like to fly these much loved machines by entering their cockpits and enjoying a Pilot’s view. In addition....
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Amelia Earhart: Canadian aviation protégé * RCAF | ...This well-known American aviatrix made a name for herself in the field of aviation during the 1920s and 30s through a series of "firsts". The most famous of these was perhaps being the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 1932; a feat for which she received the Distinguished Flying Cross from the United States
Congress....Breathtaking photo as F/A-18E Super Hornet pilot seemingly activates “Hyperspace Drive” * The Aviationist | This photo was taken by an F/A-18E Super Hornet pilot with the U.S. Navy’s Strike-Fighter Squadron 27 (VFA-27) “Royal Maces” during a night gun strafe practice. The visual effect of the...
NASA's 'flying saucer' test project deemed a success * Valley Sun | When it was at the right height and spin, a Supersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator installed around the edge of the payload instantly filled with air to reduce the speed to Mach 2.5. Fractions of a second later, a helium-filled balloon parachute...
Monday, June 30, 2014
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The Wood, Fabric, & Tailwheels Fly-In is Back * NORDO News - Aviation Unedited · Rich 
Davidson | The Wood, Fabric & Tailwheels Fly-In is back. Many of you have been asking about it for months and up till now all we could say is we’d get back to you. Well, this is us getting back to you. The Lee Bottom Fly-In is a go for this year and the dates are September 19-21; that’s a Friday through Sunday. Now, before some of you start sending angry emails because of the date and the rest of you begin asking questions, let me try to address them first....
PHOTOS: Tinker Air Force Base Air Show * KOCO | Last weekend, Tinker Air Force Base held its air show. Viewer Jeff Halasz sent us these photos. He's a retired Airman and an amateur photographer from Midwest City.
45th Annual Cracker Fly-in set for Sat. - Access North Georgia | GAINESVILLE - The Gainesville-based Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 611 will host its 45th Annual Cracker Fly-In July 5 in Gainesville at Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport...
Typhoon and Spitfire D-Day Flypast at The Royal Air Tattoo · WarbirdsNews | On Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 July we also have a special flypast to commemorate the 70th Anniversary of D-Day when an RAF Typhoon from 29(R) Squadron and a Spitfire from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight will fly together, both in their D-Day markings. Another flypast is scheduled to commemorate the British aerobatic team Red Arrows.The Patrouille de France, Frecce Tricolori, Patrouille Suisse and the Breitling Jet Team will all take part in this tribute to...
Boeing P-26 Peashooter Heads To Duxford for Flying Legends · The Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, California is sending their
Boeing P-26A Peashooter to England this July to take part in the Flying
Legends air show over the weekend of July 12th/13th at Duxford, in
Cambridgeshire. This ulra-rare fighter plane is one of only two
originals in existence, and the only one flying....
Air Show San Diego 2014 - Photorecon.net · On Saturday and Sunday, June 7th and 8th, the San Diego Wing of the
Commemorative Air Force, ‘Air Group One’, held their 19th annual airshow
at Gillespie Field in El Cajon, Ca. The show (formerly known as “Wings Over Gillespie”) has been renamed
“AirShow San Diego”. This years show commemorated the 70th anniversary
of D-DAY. The star of the show was the C-53 Skytrooper known as “D-Day Doll”, which actually flew 3 missions in the invasion of Normandy....
ERAU Team Takes Top Collegiate Honors In Women's Air Race Classic * Aero-News Network | Daytona Beach Campus Students Also Finished Second Overall | Pilot Val Mehanja and co-pilot Nancy Snyder from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Daytona Beach, FL campus took first place in the collegiate division of this year’s women’s Air Race Classic, besting 11 other university teams. Mehanja and Snyder also finished second overall out of 50 teams from across the country in the 2,338-nautical-mile race that concluded last Saturday in New Cumberland, PA...
World War II aircraft to land in Marion * By Scott Fitzgerald | MARION -- One of the world's oldest flying bombers is coming to Southern Illinois. The Consolidated B-24 Liberator "Diamond Lil" will land sometime between 10:30 a.m. and noon Monday at Williamson County Regional Airport. Free tours will be offered throughout the day as people will be allowed inside the aircraft....
A conversation with Jack Pelton * Kansas.com | As child, former Cessna Aircraft chairman and CEO Jack Pelton attended the country's largest aviation event – AirVenture Oshkosh – with his dad. It was through his father that he got interested in the aviation industry. “My dad was always an aviation...
‘No Guts, No Glory’: 334th FS honors legendary fighter pilot * seymourjohnson.af.mil |The Air Force is no stranger to excellence. It is a virtue engrained into the service's core values and is an integral part of each Airman's life. According to those who knew and served with, Maj. Gen. Frederick "Boots" Blesse, a former Air Force ace pilot, he exemplified excellence during his service....
Aviator hall gets remodel - Paris News | Nine years after it was first begun, a display of military aviator pride has received a face lift. In 2005, Capt. Jack Ashmore, a member of Cox Field’s airport advisory board, envisioned converting the airport’s conference room into something akin to a museum, showcasing photographs and memorabilia from military pilots with local connections...
An Electric Altitude Record in Short Sleeves · Dean Sigler, CAFE Foundation Blog | Gary Davis of Greenville, South Carolina set a world altitude record for electric trikes, about the simplest of powered flying machines. His flight to 4,790 feet above mean sea level (under 4,000 feet above ground level) exceeded his hope to reach at least 1,000 meters (3,280 feet) and puts him and power system provider Randall Fishman in the record books, at least when the Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI) ratifies the numbers....
Palm Springs Air Museum Announces New Development Manager · WarbirdsNews | Palm Springs, CA: After eight months of lengthy interviews, the Executive Board of the Palm Springs Air Museum is pleased to announce Victoria Cracknell as the museum’s new Development Manager. Board Chairman Dan Gilbertson said “As a non-profit organization, our dedicated staff must wear many hats and Victoria’s multi-skill-sets definitely fit our requirements; it’s the Board’s pleasure to welcome her into the family of the Palm Springs Air Museum.”...
The F-106 which almost got away with it by travelforaircraft | The F-106A on exhibit in the Heritage
Hill Air Park of the McChord Air Museum was originally assigned to Major Joseph "Joe" Rodgers for a speed record attempt. As so often happens with complicated aircraft it was grounded at the last moment so Maj. Rogers simply hopped into another F-106, setting a still standing record of 1529.29 mph (2446.864kph) — impressively, though set in 1959 the record stands for a single engine aircraft.... Illinois National Guard Troops Welcomed Home at Mount Vernon Outland Airport · Carmelo Turdo, The Aero Experience | Members of the IL Army National Guard were welcomed back from a training deployment at Mount Vernon Outland Airport Thursday. The troops arrived in six C-130H Hercules transport aircraft flown by the IL Air National Guard 182nd Airlift Wing based in Peoria, IL. Airport Manager Chris Collins assembled a great team of staff and volunteers to safely direct and park the aircraft. The troops were greeted at the terminal by a unit of Young Marines and ushered to waiting coaches for the remainder of the trip. The Aero Experience was on site to capture the arrivals, and we can now share some of the photos here...
Eyes On the Sky: Six Tips For Photographing An Air Show ... · Andrea Nay | The 2014 Vectren Dayton Air Show has one more day left, and — weather permitting — you might find yourself there with your eyes on the sky and a cell phone in hand. I’ve covered the show for Tipp News Daily several times, and I’ve had a chance to photograph the Blue Angels three different years. Would you like a few tips for stopping time and snapping some fantastic memories?...
Sun N Fun pilots to participate in 'Fly In' to Grand Bahama and Bimini | PLANTATION, Florida -- For decades aviators have loved flying over the pristine waters and clear skies of The Islands Of The Bahamas, and June 25-29, 2014, some twenty-five pilots of Sun N Fun, led by Captain Mike Zidziunas, The Bahamas’ Flying Ambassador, will navigate the skies of Grand Bahama and Bimini. The Fly-In is a...
F-35A Flights at Eglin Suspended After Fighter Catches Fire * Aviation International News | The grounding will not affect the imminent departure of four F-35Bs to the UK, where they will appear at the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) and the Farnborough Air Show. The aircraft are set to fly direct from NAS Patuxent River, MD to RAF...
Irena Raymond on Flying the Sunseeker Duo · Dean Sigler, CAFE Foundation Blog | A few days after posting the entry on the Raymond’s first cross country flight in their new solar-powered Sunseeker Duo, your editor received followups from Irena and Eric. First, Irena shares her impressions of what sounds like a beautiful flight....
NASA Dryden Flight Research Facility Operations Highlights · WarbirdsNews | You got to Love YouTube! Here is a great find, this videos show the historical archive film footage from the NASA Dryden Flight Research Facility. Part 1 shows the1940′s experimental aircraft including the Northrop YB-49 flying wing and the X-series research aircraft on the ground and in flight, including scenes of
Chuck Yeager’s record breaking X-1 flight and the X-15 space plane.Parasail & lifting body experiments.... Phantom Eye - Boeing | Let's learn about a surveillance plane that can stay aloft for 4 days.
Weekend Recap: 30-JUN-2014
Flying with a legend * Piqua Daily Call | I was to be given an honor of my own, an aerobatic flying lesson, courtesy of Sean Tucker. Tucker is a fun and entertaining man to be around. There is “that” point, when planning a flight or actually flying, that Tucker is all business. While still...
Wide open skies at Hill air show - Standard-Examiner | HILL AIR FORCE BASE — Thousands of eyes were glued to the sky Saturday, as some of the country’s best aerial performers “knife-edged” “dived” and “hammered” their way through the air as part of the 2014 Warriors Over The Wasatch: Power Of Airmen air show open house at Hill Air Force Base. The Hill team that helped organized the event put Saturday’s crowd at about 200,000 people....
Air force secretary gets sick flying with Thunderbirds * Washington Times | Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James became “violently ill” during a ride with the storied Thunderbirds aerial acrobatic team this week. Commanders at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., thought it would be good PR to invite the relatively new secretary for a flight with its most famous squadron. Amid tight defense spending, there is pressure to demonstrate the worth of the Thunderbirds, which is back in the air show business after having been grounded last year when sequestration took hold...
Annual Waterloo Air Show takes flight for thousands of spectators - CTV News | All eyes were on the sky today for the annual Waterloo Air Show. Thousands came to check out the sights and very loud sounds of the aircraft, at the Region of Waterloo International Airport. The first of two days, the airshow runs with a variety of planes both in the air and on the ground. Though it might not be for everyone, it was quite an experience for the Dittmer family, who came to the show for the first time....
Taking flight: News reporter Charles Lefebvre would not be denied a ride again - Medicine Hat News | Story time: Shortly after I began working at the Medicine Hat News, the Flying Fortress Sentimental Journey arrived in Medicine Hat, and I was scheduled to take part in the media ride. I love aviation. My father served in the Air Force for 23 years as an aircraft mechanic and my grandfather Gordon Charles Blair served in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, as a gunner in the Lancaster...
Festival of Speed 2014: Red Arrows rule the skies above Goodwood * Chichester Observer | THOUSANDS of Festival of Speed visitors tore their focus away from the hill climb to spot the Red Arrows fly by at Goodwood today (June 27). The air display by the elite flying squad lasted for at least ten minutes, until the Arrows did a low fly-past...
F-16, F/A-18 and Mig-29′s Solo demos at Roma International Air Show 2014 · David Cenciotti | ...Along with the Frecce Tricolori and Patrouille de France display teams and the usual solo displays by the Italian Air Force’s F-2000, Tornado IDS, AMX and C-27J, Roma International Air Show 2014, didn’t fail to meet the expectations of about 1 million spectators bringing in the skies over Ostia, on the coast to the west of Rome, Italy, some really interesting guests: the Dutch F-16 Demo Team, the Belgian Air Force F-16 demo team, the Swiss Air Force F-18 demo and the Polish Air Force Mig-29 demo....
Photos: The Patrouille de France and many other Sunday in Le Cannet-des-Maures - Var-Matin (translated) |
On the occasion of 60 years of general aviation of the Army (Alat), School of Cannet Moorish hosts a spectacular airshow Sunday | Year after year, the airshow EALAT has become an appointment reference material. Since Friday, from all over France, dozens of "spotters", these enthusiasts aéronautisme weighted cameras and video planquent around the base Lejay, multiplying clichés As the aircraft (helicopters and aircraft, military and civilian, flaming or antique ...) arise Cannet...Oklahoma Warbirds take off in Wolfe Field - Duncan Banner | DUNCAN — The breezy weekend didn’t take all of the fun out of the first Warbirds radio control air show held just south of Bray on Friday and Saturday. Over 50 Pilots from Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas joined together from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days to put on a show that audiences wouldn’t forget...
History on the move - The Register-Guard | COTTAGE GROVE — At age 70, Doug Kindred says he’s the junior member of the Oregon Aviation Historical Society’s board of directors. So it pleased him greatly to see youngsters roaming the grounds of Jim Wright Field at Cottage Grove State Airport on Saturday, checking out classic aircraft and automobiles during the historical society’s first-ever Wings & Wheels event...
Transportation Expo, B-17 serve as reminders of Sioux City history - Sioux City Journal | SIOUX CITY | For some, Saturday at the Mid America Museum of Transportation and Aviation’s Transportation Expo was an opportunity to see one of the last flight-capable World War II era B-17 bombers in existence. For others, it was a rare look into a piece of family history....
GALLAGHER: WWII co-pilot from Hawarden returns to sky in B-17 - Sioux City Journal | SERGEANT BLUFF | Thirty seconds after a B-17 bomber lifts from Sioux Gateway Airport on Thursday afternoon, one of its passengers lifts from his seat and steps into the cockpit. "I might have jumped the gun a bit," the passenger says with a smile, admitting he maybe hadn't yet gotten the all-clear from the flight director....
B-29 Super Fortress FiFi Cockpit B&W * Keith Breazeal Video Productions - Amador County Photographer | Cockpit view of the B-29 Super Fortress bomber "FiFi". This photo was taken 7 June 2014 at Mather Field, Ca. during her west coast tour. FiFi was there all weekend allowing for several flights and photo opportunities. I was on the official photo tour that started at 5 am and lasted into the afternoon. Sunrise photos were...
Veteran reunited with Vietnam-era jet at Palm Springs Air Museum - The Desert Sun | PALM SPRINGS – It was like seeing an old friend, Gordon Jenkins said, standing next to "Kombat Kathy," the very F-105D fighter jet he flew on 100 missions over North Vietnam nearly 50 years ago. The plane has been restored and is now one of 10 Vietnam era aircraft on exhibit at the Palm Springs Air Museum...
Women take flight - The Daily Progress | When Meagan Maynard turned right out of Hollymead with her daughters and niece in tow Saturday, the girls thought they were going to run errands. Ten minutes later, they were on the tarmac at Landmark Aviation, face to face with a line of airplanes gassed up and ready for free flights. There was only one condition: no boys allowed...
NASA Launches 'Flying Saucer' to Test Mars Landing Tech - Space.com | New NASA gear that could help humanity set up an outpost on Mars has gotten its first test flight. The space agency launched its Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) test vehicle Saturday (June 28) from Hawaii. Although the first part of the test went well, the vehicle's huge parachute apparently failed to deploy properly — but LDSD engineers are pleased anyway...
Friday, June 13, 2014
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Blue Angels arrive in Smyrna * The Daily News Journal | Additionally, John Klatt will fly in his Air 
Great Tennessee Air Show event to feature the U.S. Navy Blue Angels * Columbia Daily Herald | Additionally, joining Michael Wiskus will be the Lucas Oil Skydivers, John Klatt will fly in his Air National Guard Staudacher S-300 racing, and the war-bird enthusiasts will particularly enjoy the show when Scott “Scooter” Yoak takes to the skies in...
Region set to soar with OC Air Show * Delmarva Daily Times | Leap Frogs: The U.S. Navy Seals Leap Frogs parachute team will be part of the event. • Breakfast with the Performers: This opportunity to get up close and personal with some of the pilots and others takes place at 8 a.m. Saturday and Sunday at Layton's...
Fly-in breakfast Sunday at James Clements Airport * Midland Daily News | Valley Aero Club, the nonprofit organization supporting James Clements Airport in Bay City, will celebrate its 60th birthday with its 60th annual fly-in breakfast on Sunday from 7 a.m. to noon. The “We Remember” event celebrates the Grant family with...
A hundred years of the Bourget Airport * Passion for Aviation (Translated) | Centenary Bourget
Airport | Sunday, July 13, 2014 | Le Bourget You can attend a fifty presentations flight and enjoy the many aircraft on display on tarmac summarizing a century of aviation activity at Le Bourget. On legendary aircraft, it will Morane Louis Blériot aircraft Roland Garros, a replica airworthy came especially from USA "Spirit of St. Louis" by Charles Lindbergh to YAK Normandie-Niemen but commercial aircraft epic (DC3, Lockheed etc ...) aviation business will not be forgotten. Cars collection there will also be exhibited...Dayton Air Show adds new act to roster * WDTN | DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – The Vectren Dayton Air Show announced a new act to this year's lineup. The U.S. Coast Guard will demonstrate search and rescue techniques during its performance. The four person team from Detroit will maneuver a helicopter to ...
Richmond CAP organizes Wings & Wheels event * Headline News - Civil Air Patrol | INDIANA -- Richmond will be a model example for car and plane owners this weekend for the 11th annual Speedster Rally, organized by the Richmond Senior Flight of Civil Air Patrol. Model T Speedsters from Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois, Virginia, Oklahoma, Iowa, Missouri, Texas, Michigan and North Carolina will be in town for a Wings & Wheels public show at the Richmond Municipal Airport that coincides with the Speedster Rally. A variety of aircraft will be on display and model airplane flight demonstrations are planned....
Webinar- Tips For Flying Into EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2014 · eaavideo.org | EAA AirVenture NOTAM Chairman Fred Stadler shares some hints and tips for reducing your pilot workload when flying into AirVenture 2014. Discussion highlighting the special requirements and procedures of the FAA issued NOTAM.
Mo’Venture: Unique Mojave Experimentals Flying to Oshkosh * EAA Airventure | June 12, 2014 - Catbird. Ol’ Blue. Wasabi Siren. Tango2. If those aircraft nicknames sound familiar, they probably should; they’re among a group of homebuilts that have emerged from the fertile experimental hotbed of Mojave, California, and they are among a group of aircraft that are assembling to fly to Oshkosh together for EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2014. EAA received word this week that six airplanes are confirmed to arrive together on Monday, July 28, and several other well known airplanes might be added....
Video: Reno Air Races to Have Festival Atmosphere This Year * KTVN | The Reno Air Racing Association is making its final preparations for the 2014 National Championship Air Races. On Thursday, officials took the time to tell us what's new this year. This year's event is set to be like a festival....
Aloft Hot-Air Balloon Festival Says It WIll Close * WLTX.com | ... festival announced today that it will cease operation, citing a lack of attendance, and is in the process of filing for bankruptcy. Check out this story on WLTX.com: http://www.wltx.com/story/news/local/2014/06/12/aloft-hot-air-festival-bankruptcy...
Thrills and skill at Aerobatics Competition | Photos * Parkes Champion-Post | Good crowds turned out to watch the round of the Australian Scale Aerobatics Competition at the Parkes Miniature Aero Club's flying field located at Nelungaloo last weekend. Pilots from NSW, QLD and Victoria took part in the event - the eighth year the ...
Veteran flies in B-17 Bomber * KLKN | The "Flying Fortress" is a B-17 Bomber Airplane, today Dick Miller, a former military pilot took a tour of the plane he once flew in WWII. At 94-years-old, Miller got a chance to relive his days in the skies. "The Germans had some mighty good guns and...
A quarter century of power · Dan Johnson, General Aviation News | In 1989 something remarkable happened. You might remember the fall of the despised Berlin Wall that separated Germany. Certainly that was a remarkable event in human history, but it wasn’t the only noteworthy occurrence that year. Not far away in Wels, Austria, something else happened that, for pilots, was also important. In 1989, Rotax Aircraft Engines introduced its 912 engine. The Berlin Wall may be gone and thank goodness for that advancement of freedom. Yet another kind of freedom was born with the Austrian company’s introduction of the 912. In 2014, the company plans a major fly-in to commemorate this history. Many, including myself, will travel long distances to be part of the celebration....
B-17 'Lacey Lady' could be on the move * KOIN.com | (The Tribune) — Southeast McLoughlin
Boulevard's famous B-17 bomber will move to Aurora's airport for restoration if a local coalition's campaign can raise a remaining $50,000 needed to get the “Lacey Lady” out of the weather and 67 years of pigeon...Facebook for my Women in Aviation Mini-Museum Project * You Fly, Girl | Next year, I'm going to be putting a bit of my women in aviation collection into an exhibit at the Laramie County Public Library, here in Cheyenne. I've got a year to get all the pieces mounted properly for exhibit. Of course once I get the exhibits all ready to go, I want to share them with other people, and what I'm thinking of is creating a Mini Museum - renting a store front here in town and putting the collection on display....
From Antique Airfield:
- Flying Over the Cornfields at Blakesburg
- Applegate Airport's 50th Anniversary Watermelon Fly-In
- Bellanca Cruisemaster Donation Progress Report
- Mike Araldi's "Rat Rod" Curtiss Junior
Golf Open raises $90,000 for aviation charities · General Aviation News | Thanks to the generosity of 165 golfers, their organizations and the many sponsors who donated auction items, the 26th Annual Greater Washington Aviation Open (GWAO) Tournament raised $90,000, which was donated to two charities — Corporate Angel Network (CAN) and Veterans Airlift Command (VAC)....
4 Russian Bombers Flew Within 50 Miles Of The California Coast * Business Insider | Two U.S. Air Force F-22 jets were scrambled and intercepted the bombers over the Aleutians. After tracking the bombers as they flew eastward, two of the four Bears turned around and headed west toward the Russian Far East. The bombers are believed to...
Winds Push NASA 'Flying Saucer' Test Launch to Late June * Space.com | "All of the vehicle systems [and] our team were ready and prepared for all of the launch days; we were ready to go," said Mark Adler, LDSD project manager at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California. "The only thing that held us...
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
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OC Air Show: Where to go * Delmarva Daily Times | Whether you want to shell out the big bucks or keep your wallet full, there are plenty of options for you to view the Ocean City Air Show. The top ticket, with only 64 available each day, is the VIP Skybox, complete with an elevated reserved seat on a...
Quincy Airport Father’s Day Fly-in * Reno-Stead Airport Association | There will be a Father's Day Fly-in at Quincy's Gansner Airfield (2O1) on Sunday, June 15th from 1 am until 11 am. There will be a pancake breakfast and...
Raptors, Reapers and Reunions – Holloman AFB Open House 2014 · Joe Kates, Photorecon.net | It had been almost two and a half years since the gates of Holloman AFB were open to the public and
airshow performers had taken to the skies over south central New Mexico. Holloman...
Ferte 2014 · The Indy Transponder | Photos by Frederic Cotton
Cosford Airshow 2014 * Aviation Headlines - Airplane-Pictures.net
Cool video from across the pond. · The International Council of Air Shows | A little snippet of the Typhoon FGR4 at RAF Cosford Air Show 2014 Created by Cas K Jackson
Scenes from the Planes of Fame Airshow · General Aviation News | Frederick A. Johnsen attended the Planes of Fame Museum airshow at Chino, Calif., held May 2-4, and sent us these photos:
Diamond Lil, oldest flying bomber, open for tours at Prior * Buffalo News | The B-24 is open to the public until 6 p.m. today, and it may be opened for tours again tomorrow – the Commemorative Air Force organizers are not yet sure. They do know they'll be taking rides tomorrow. Those interested can purchase tickets for $375.
History arrives with wings, sails * Buffalo News | The Commemorative Air Force takes Diamond Lil on 6-week tours three to four times a year. “You hear about them, but you never get to see one up close and inside,” said Darren DeSantis, 48, of Depew. “It's almost crude inside there. You think of an...
Historic B-17 Bomber Makes Stop in Central Iowa * whotv.com | ANKENY, Iowa – A very rare bomber plane flew into the Des Moines metro Tuesday afternoon. The “Aluminum Overcast” stopped by the Ankeny airport. The Experimental Aircraft Association says it's just one of 15 B-17′s that are still airworthy. The...
360° cockpit visuals - RAF Waddington International Air Show · Katerina Greenlaw | ...the Lancaster Bomber, E3 Sentry, the Spitfire or the Vulcan...
EAA Remembers D-Day, Honors Veterans · eaavideo.org | The 70th anniversary of D-Day was commemorated at the EAA AirVenture Museum in Oshkosh on June 6, 2014. World War II veterans in attendance were honored with speeches and a gathering of friends and family.
A time to 'reflect on what those guys did in these planes in World War II' * North Kitsap Herald | The other two pilots — Greg Anders of the Heritage Flight Museum and Carter Teeters of the Flying Heritage Collection — flew about 10 feet behind Sessions' lead Mustang, with three feet between each aircraft. “If the lead does a good job, we fly...
Impact: MOAHS WW2 Honor Flight for 92 year Old Veteran, Tom Mohan (Full Episode) | MOAHS honors 92 year old veteran Tom Mohan with a flight in the SBD Dauntless, 70 years after he flew in the same aircraft during the Battle of Guadalcanal.
Air Force Sgt. Pilots honored with monument at Gunter * Montgomery Advertiser | Fisk, who graduated pilot school and flew 53 combat missions in a B-25, attended the event with his family. “I don't have enough words to describe it, really,” Fisk said. “It's wonderful. It's great to be here and see everybody.” Beard flew 105 combat...
Three midstate aviators to compete in Women's Air Race Classic * The Patriot-News | Three female aviators from central Pennsylvania will take part in the Women's Air Race Classic, a cross-country flight for female pilots, starting June 16 in Concord, Calif., and ending four days later at the Capital City Airport in Fairview Township ...
AirVenture Cup 2014 Race Applications Now Being Accepted · Kelly Nelson | The timed 400-statute mile race ends in Wausau, Wisconsin (KAUW), before racers head to Oshkosh (KOSH) for the annual EAA AirVenture fly-in convention. On Saturday, July 26, the AirVenture Cup Race staff and ...
First World War Film Series: Curated by Sir Peter Jackson | Between 10th and 13th July the RAF Museum will be hosting four film screenings from 6.30pm. This short film season has been curated by Sir Peter Jackson. Sir Peter has selected and reviewed each film and even loaned us his unseen short film ‘Crossing the Line’ specially for this event!...
THE FIRST AIR FORCE ONE | A video about the very first Air Force One, Columbine II.
T-50 Jet Caught Fire * English Russia | T-50 is a new jet being built in the Sukhoi factory. It made its 
Off-the-grid Tofino hike reveals crashed RCAF bomber * www.theprovince.com | TOFINO: 'You wanna go see a dead bomber?' Sure, it sounds like something out of a movie, but it is all too real if you find yourself on the west coast of Vancouver Island with a couple of hours to spare.
Will be great to see her in the sky! | WIX shares that it will be another three years until the P-61 Black Widow flies again
Zenith ships One Week Wonder kit to AirVenture · General Aviation News | The Experimental Aircraft Association‘s program to build a complete aircraft during AirVenture-Oshkosh 2014 has moved a step closer. Zenith Aircraft President Sebastien Heintz has put the final screws into the crate holding all of the materials needed to assemble the airframe for a CH 750. Another crate containing the powerplant will be shipped by Rotax and avionics are being sent by Dynon Avionics...
NASA to Test Flying Saucer-Shaped Vehicle * Sci-News.com | Once in the very rarified air high above the Pacific, the vehicle will begin a series of automated tests of a 6-meter supersonic inflatable aerodynamic decelerator and a parachute. “The success of this experimental test flight will be measured by the ...
Thursday, June 5, 2014
Indy Transponder 05-JUN-2014 2130z
2014 Rockford Airfest Kickoff - WREX-TV | ROCKFORD (WREX) - There's a lot of excitement among spectators getting ready for the 2014 Rockford Airfest this weekend. They're already practicing. One thunderbird is in Rockford, and the crew is doing their final checks before take off. "Make sure the aircraft is ready to go, first and foremost," says Advance Crew Chief Joseph Khodabakhshian. "Safety is always a priority."The Thunderbirds also have three different shows prepared depending on cloud coverage....
Typhoon with D-Day invasion stripes among Duxford D-Day Anniversary Airshow highlights · 
Don't miss Red Arrows show over the Solent in D-Day commemorations - On The Wight | Residents in Ryde are in for a treat this afternoon as the Red Arrows take part in D-Day commemorations across the Solent. As part of a commemorative service on Southsea Common which starts at noon, the Royal Air Force aerobatic team will be performing over Southsea Common at 2pm....
Folkestone Airshow 2014 - Kent Online | Crowds of 200,000 visitors are expected to hit Folkestone seafront to see a huge range of aeroplanes and helicopters in flight. This year’s Folkestone Airshow on Saturday, June 7, and Sunday, June 8, features the ever-popular RAF Red Arrows display team, some of the world’s most iconic wartime aircraft and, new for this year, a display by the Breitling Wingwalkers....
D-Day 70: Red Arrows leader 'comes home' to Portsmouth - Portsmouth News | THE daredevil pilots of the Red Arrows squadron will take to the skies above us led by a man with family links to the area. Squadron Leader Jim Turner, 41, was set to lead the aerobatic team as they perform over Portsmouth at 2pm today. Sqn Ldr Turner’s father was born and brought up in Southsea and his grandparents met and married in Portsmouth where they were doctor and ward sister respectively at the Royal Hospital. His great uncle, Major Dennis Connors, was Lord Mayor of Portsmouth in the late 1960s....
Blades aerobatic display team to return for Sunderland Airshow - Sunderland Echo | BREATH-TAKING aerial acrobatics and cutting-edge displays will be on the cards as the Sunderland International Airshow returns for the 26th time. And this year, organisers hope to attract even more families with little ones to the action-packed event, headlined by acrobatic display team The Blades....
New F-35 is making its UK debut at the air tattoo - Swindon Advertiser | THE skies above Fairford will be painted a vast array of colours at this year's Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) as the 50th anniversary of the Red Arrows is celebrated. The world famous display team will be joined by other aircraft from around the world to put on colourful aerobatics throughout the three-day event. For plane lovers the 2014 show, taking place from July 11 to 13, will be an historic occasion for another reason, with the new F-35 Lightning II set to make its first appearance outside of America....
CF-18 Pilot Capt. Adam "Manik" Runge · The International Council of Air Shows Captain Adam "Manik" Runge talks about his experience flying the CF-18 Hornet in the Royal Canadian Air Force.
The Latest on PRS, etc. · Mike D, Reno-Stead Airport Association | There will be a great deal of flight activity at Stead over the next 10 days. I have attached information regarding 2014 Pylon Racing Seminar activities and schedules. In addition to PRS, we will be hosting the Collings Foundation “Wings of Freedom” tour from noon on Wednesday until noon on Friday. Flight activity will include B-17, B-24, B-25 and P-51 flights over the three day event. The aircraft will be located at center ramp east of the RARA grandstands....
New Livery For the Starfighter Aerospace’s Aircraft · WarbirdsNews | During a recent visit to the Starfighter Aerospace facility at the Kennedy Space Center we had the 
The Sword of David — all you ever wanted to know about the Israeli Air Force by travelforaircraft | This book is thoroughly enjoyable and fills a niche describing the history, organization, aces, equipment and battles of the Israeli Air Force (IAF). The artwork on the cover is stunning and the plethora of photographs are primarily from private collections (i.e. IAF personnel) — these are not publicity photos, these are photos which have been taken by those who have the mission’s perspective and a keen awareness....
Young Eagles flight rally this Sunday * Morris Daily Herald | MORRIS – Children and young adults ages 8 to 17 have a chance to take to the skies this Sunday as Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Chapter 95 hosts a Young Eagles Flight Rally at Morris Municipal Airport. The rally is part of the EAA Young...
NASA and Titan Missile Museum to Send Locals Names Into Space · WarbirdsNews | PRESS RELEASE – Sahuarita, Arizona—Jun. 1, 2014. The Titan Missile Museum will help send your name into space during its first of four 2014 cool Saturday summer evening programs, Moonlight MADness. Working with NASA, Titan volunteers will run the Educational Design Challenge (EDC), geared specifically for kids, on Sat., Jun. 14. Participants who complete the challenge will have their names sent into space as virtual crew members of the first Orion EFT-1 unmanned space flight scheduled for Dec. 2014. In addition, during Moonlight MADness you can see the awesome six-story rocket with eerie green lights on, launch seltzer rockets with MAD Scientists, sample space food, take the astronaut test, explore the Titan missile’s launch control room and more.
