Jet participating in Punta Gorda air show appears to have landing gear - The News-Press | Tony Rybarczyk/Special to news-press.com A member of a seven-jet team appeared to have landing gear problems during a special VIP show this evening before Saturday's Florida International Air Show at the Punta Gorda Airport. According to witness Tony...
Florida airshow aviation scholarship in memory of local pilot - Herald Citizen | The skilled aerobatics team Red Thunder will be heading to Florida this weekend. But, they'll be making the trip without one of their own. In 2011, exactly one year ago Saturday, local pilot and Red Thunder team member William "Wild Bill" Walker was killed when...
Air show will have Flagler looking up - Daytona Beach News-Journal | The air show starts at 9am today and continues Sunday. (NJ | David Massey) WHEN: 9 am to 5 pm today, with special dedication ceremony at 11 am; and 9 am to 3 pm Sunday. ADMISSION: $7 for adults, $5 for ages 2 to 17; children younger than 2 are free.
Winds keep balloons grounded but crowds delight in air show - Daytona Beach News-Journal | A couple did give it a try, though, as members of Aeroshell Aerobatic team looped and dived overhead during the evening portion of the air show. Prior to the stunt flyers, the crowd oohed and aahed as the US Army Golden Knights Parachute Team sporting ...
First responders practice at mock air show crash - FOX13Now.com | HILL AIR FORCE BASE -- Emergency response teams held a mock drill Wednesday in Clearfield. The purpose of the drill is to be ready in case something like this really did happen...
Aaron Tippin — this country singer’s ties to Naval Aviation from Travel for Aircraft | Aaron Tippin — this country singer’s ties to Naval Aviation I received a press release from Tip Top Entertainment about Aaron Tippin which quite surprised me. It turns out that he has been an accomplished pilot — including instrument and rotary wing ratings — for some time, beginning in his teen years. His love for flying was [...]
MCAS Yuma Airshow 2012 from Photorecon | The MCAS Yuma played out a little different from the original way I was planning on doing the show. The weather people in San Diego had been predicting 
a large winter storm to hit Southern California with lots of rain, snow, and major winds, on the weekend for the schedule Yuma 2012 Airshow. I started [...]
Stellar line-up for Air Tattoo - Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard | SOME of the world's most potent fast jets are among a stellar line-up of RAF aircraft joining this summer's Royal International Air Tattoo. The Fairford airshow draws one of the largest crowds in the UK each year with displays by the RAF's frontline ...
Royal Thai Air Force Aerobatic Team "BLUE PHOENIX" from Military Photos | The Blue Phoenix, officially known as the Royal Thai Air Force Aerobatic Team, is the aerobatics display team of the Royal Thai Air Force based at KamPhaeng Saen AFB. The Blue Phoenix uses the FTS's advanced training aircraft, PC-9, manufactured by Pilatus Aircraft Ltd of Switzerland. The team's six demonstration pilots currently fly the PC-9 Mustang...
Annual Easter Bunny Fly-in at Readington's Solberg Airport set for Saturday ... - New Jersey Hills | Invited to fly in is the new Medivac Westland Augusta Helicopter. Airplane rides will be available at a reduced rate all afternoon, and the instructional staff will be available to answer questions on obtaining your Pilots License...
The Weekend Guide: Pancake Breakfast, Night at the Races, Pizza Fly-In - Patch.com | The Babylon Flyers club is having a Pizza Fly-In event at the WBCYC at 75 Sawyer Avenue, West Babylon from 12 noon to 4 pm There will be spot landing, pylon racing, an obstacle course, a limbo contest as well as prizes and a 50-50 raffle...
Balloon Pilot Ed Ristaino: Brother Gives Account Of Last Ride from Kathryn's Report | As lightning illuminated the cloudy sky around him, hot air balloonist Ed Ristaino told his ground crew: “This is one we’re going to be talking about for a long time.” Minutes later, the Cornelius man’s balloon was hovering more than three miles above south Georgia, when an accumulation of ice apparently caused it to collapse, one of his brothers says. In an interview with the Observer Friday,...
Many pilots plans to boycott Sun n' Fun over tornado damage costs - Bay News 9 | The Sun 'n Fun Fly-In came close to disaster after a tornado touched down near Lakeland Linder Regional Airport in 2011. I has been nearly 1 year since a tornado ripped through the Sun n' Fun Fly-in at Lakeland Linger Regional Airport...
Filmmaker brings to light the story of women's national air derby from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale | Amelia Earhart is a household name when it comes to the pioneers of female aviation. However, pilots like Phoebe Omlie, Ruth Elder and Louise Thaden — although not as famous — were just as revolutionary. Along with 16 others in 1929, the four female pilots took part in the first-ever women’s national air derby, racing across the United States in nine days, to prove that women could fly just like men....
The Flying Leatherneck Museum from 
photorecon.net | It all started on May 22, 1912, when Lt. Alfred A. Cunningham reported for flight training at the Naval Academy at Annaplois, it wasn’t until August 20, at Marblehead, Massachusetts, that Cunningham soloed in a Curtiss B-1 Seaplane and became Naval Aviator number 5. Since then, Marine pilots have done their job to defend America...
Old Wright Bros aero history in 1909 from PPRuNe Forums | This film clip is fascinating and in very good condition for its age being as it shows the Wright Bros demonstrating the Flyer to a group of European officers and officials in 1909. Only runs for 4 mins. The shots of the plane in flight are the best I have ever seen of this machine showing a degree of speed and smoothness I did not think would have been possible...
Way Back When: Today In History from Kathryn's Report | B-24s and A-24s for World War II are produced in Air Force Plant No. 3, which was built with bond funds. Air and Space Museum By GENE CURTIS 1941 - Bomber plant bonds approvedTulsa voters approved a $750,000 bond issue to buy land and pay for water and sewer lines for a $15 million bomber assembly plant that would build B-24s for use in World War II. The bond vote was held the day after an...
ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (03.24.12) from Aero-News Network | Beechcraft Heritage Museum The Beechcraft Heritage Museum is a distinctly original one-of-a-kind, “living and working” aviation museum that traces the lineage of the Beechcraft family of airplanes....
Return of the QN Broussard 30 in Reims-Prunay from Passion for aviation | Tuesday, March 13 the Medley 30 Broussard had landed at Reims-Prunay a flatbed truck with a crane of the Air Force. 
After a little investigation on the internet there seems to be the MH-1521 number 305 which was on display on the BA 112 Reims-Champagne (now closed) as shown in this photo from 2008 of Pyperpote...
RAF Cranwell base visit 23-3-2012 Part-two The RAF College museum from stickandrudderWTO | After visiting both main aircraft 'ramps' on the base in the morning we were taken to a 'buffet' launch within the base, and after we were rounded-up to the supplied coach to take us to the RAF Cranwell college just over the road, where we were greeted by museum staff and split into two groups. Our group went to see the Miss Hazel Crozier who is the museums curator and works very hard to conserve the many old files, slides and books held by the museum. Hazel went...
Zoltan Dani: I shot down US stealth fighter via Military Photos | ...In an interview with the Voice of Russia broadcast on Friday, Dani, who retired in 2004 and now owns a small bakery outside Belgrade, elaborated on the March 27 events: “At about 18:00 local time, we were ordered to turn on the system. We checked out the functionality of the missile defense system, reporting that the 3rd battery was on combat alert. After 20:00, a NATO airstrike began which prompted us to turn on the radar that tracked down an approaching target. We asked the mission control center to act against this aircraft, and at 20:41 we got the go-ahead. At 20:42, the target was destroyed. It took us 18 seconds to do so.”...
Scaled Composites Career Day | On Saturday April 21, 2012, Scaled Composites, LLC will open its hangar doors to give job seekers of all backgrounds the chance to talk to our employees and see some of our unique aircraft. The Career Day and Open House will occur from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM; qualified applicants should come prepared to talk one-on-one with Scaled employees. This is a chance for us to get to know you, for...
Major Changes to Warbird Central! from Warbird Central | Major Changes to Warbird Central! | We have joined forces with a great established forum called US-aircraft.com! Our forums are now shutting down and converted over to this great forum! You can go directly to the new forum at http://usaircraft.proboards.com ...
FAA Official Predicts Space Tourism Within Two Years from Aero-News Network | Statement Comes In Testimony Concerning Office Of Commercial Space FY13 Budget In testimony before a U.S. House subcommittee considering the FY2013 budget for the FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation, or AST, the Associate Administrator in charge of the office said that he expects space tourism to get underway within the next two years...
School wins NASA rocket challenge - U.TV | The team from Longstone Special School in Dundonald beat others from Victoria College and St Dominic's in Belfast, Lisneal College in Derry and Our Lady's in Newry to become the UK Aerospace Youth Rocketry champions. Mark Brockbank, Teacher from ...
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Wildfires continue in Texas - MSNBC | Emergency crews drop a fire retardant slurry on a running wildfire to save a house on April 19, in Strawn, Texas...
America's 'Victory Days' Come Back To Life Sept 30 - Oct 2, 2011 - AirPigz | I'm coming at you from two angles about a very interesting WWII era event called Victory Days that'll take place in early fall at the Grissom Aeroplex in central Indiana (Sept 30 thru Oct 2 to be exact)... on one hand I'm pretty intrigued about an event that not only brings together a large collection of Warbirds (for both static display and flight demonstrations) but also includes a wide range of 'living museum' style attractions that re-create both military and civilian life of the 1940's...
Yolo County Antique Fly-In - Antique Airfield | Chris Galloway and Jimmy Rollison of Davis, CA organized a fly-in cookout for antique airplane enthusiasts on April 16th. About 40 airplanes attended including a selection of warbirds (Mustangs, T-6, T-28) and beautiful classics and antiques...
AIR TATTOO ISSUES BIRTHDAY BASH INVITE - Scale Modeling Now | Organisers of the Royal International Air Tattoo, on July 16 and July 17, are inviting people to join them as they present a range of breath-taking set pieces both in the air and on the ground to mark the airshow’s landmark birthday. The first Air Tattoo was held at North Weald airfield in 1971 and has since grown to become one of the UK’s biggest outdoor public events...
Aerial treats at the Weymouth Carnival and Air Show 2011 - Dorset Echo | A BREATHTAKING aerobatic duo, death-defying wingwalkers and replica vintage planes recreating a First World War dogfight are among the amazing displays that will fill the skies above Weymouth...
The Real Wright Flyer - National Air and Space Museum | The Smithsonian literally has millions of objects in its vast collections. Everything from specimens of flora and fauna from around the globe, to machines that have shaped the modern world, to cultural artifacts that reflect our rich diversity, to important works of art. Even live animals at the National Zoo. Every aspect of human endeavor and creativity and the natural world can be found at the Smithsonian...
Minden-Tahoe Airport hosts Kyle & Amanda Franklin Benefit Air Show - Indy Transponder | August 27-28, 2011: The Minden-Tahoe Airport will host the 1st annual Aviation Roundup. This year’s event will be a benefit for Amanda and Kyle Franklin. All profits will be donated to the Kyle and Amanda Fund through the ICAS Foundation. Please join us in this very important event. ICAS members Bobbi Thompson, Wayne Boggs and Bruce Turner will team together to lead this special benefit show...
Pilot Journey kicks off Airshow Alerts - General Aviation News | Pilot Journey, a long time promoter of first time flight lessons, has teamed with AttendStar, an online airshow ticketing service, in an attempt to increase the U.S. pilot population...
Rare air show archives to go under hammer - The Star UK | Amazing collection of memorabilia from pioneering event - RARE archive material from a pioneering air show staged in Doncaster more than a century ago will go under the auctioneer’s hammer today. The auction lot features a collection of documents and photos relating to famous aviator Sam Cody...
100 Years of Naval Aviation: Countdown to the centennial celebration - PNJ | For the next 100 days, the News Journal is counting down to the 100th anniversary celebration of Naval aviation, and every day you can find a new fact here...
Gilliam-McConnell Airfield Home for Flying Tiger Pilot Memorial? - The Pilot | The recent dedication of a runway-side placement for the James Rogers McConnell monument gave state Sen. Harris Blake an idea. He suggested expanding the airfield’s homage to include another heroic fighter pilot from Moore County...
The Wings Club Selects Norman R. Augustine as its 2011 Distinguished Achievement Award Recipient - PR Newswire | The Wings Club, recognized as the premier aviation club in the world, will honor Mr. Norman R. Augustine, first President and now retired Chairman & CEO of the Lockheed Martin Corporation, with the 2011 Distinguished Achievement Award. Acknowledging outstanding accomplishments in the field of aviation...
China’s Stealth Jet Makes Second Flight - Defense Tech | Check it out, China’s J-20 stealth fighter apparently had its second flight on Tuesday at the Chengdu airfield, taking to the skies for the first time since its premiere flight that occurred during a visit by United States Defense Secretary Robert Gates to China in January...You Gotta See This: Ice Pilots on National Geographic (with video) - Airline Reporter | Watching television is not one of my favorite things. Most shows just annoy me and I haven’t had cable TV in years. Sure, I watch stuff on Hulu and Netflix, but that is about it. Most of what is out there is poorly done reality TV, with bad plots and worst acting. Recently someone someone started talking to me about this show “Ice Pilots” that was in production and on the air in Canada and at first I wasn’t sure what to think...
Electric Flying, Cheap and Crazy - Wired | The breakout star of this month’s Aero show in Friedrichshafen — Europe’s top aviation event — has to be the electric FlyNano “fun flyer”. It’s the creation of aviation consultant and flight designer Aki Suokas, who reckons that the lightweight body and tiny design makes it the closest you’re going to get to experiencing personal flight...PVD-DTW-IND and back plus Purdue and CRJ Flightdeck (PICS) - Jet Careers | Flight #1 - Delta Connection Flight 6484 Operated by Comair (KPVD-KDTW) Aircraft: N868CA - CRJ100. Seat: 10A - Flight Time: 1hr 40mins.
April 19, 2011 Lauren Jones, Young Aviatrix, part 2 - Ely airlines | The Dry Creek fly-in community prints a calendar every year featuring twelve of the airplanes that live on the field west of Houston. “We were doing the calendar photo flight,” says eleven-year old Lauren Jones, who lives with her family at Dry Creek, “when the photographer said over the radio, ‘You have a few bugs on the belly of that plane.’ But that was okay because we had just finished a Young Eagles Day, so we knew it would have bugs,” she says of her family’s Bonanza...Tuesday, April 12, 2011
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Rock-it and roll: Students celebrate the anniversary of first man in space - Russian Yuri Gagarin - Daily Mail | It was the Soviet Union's own giant leap for mankind, one that would spur a humiliated America to race for the moon. So it's no surprise that people in Russia have been out in full force celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first human in space, Yuri Gagarin...
The Family He Left Behind - Air & Space | This month the heirs of Yuri Gagarin will celebrate the 50th anniversary of his flight into orbit. They are his daughters and his widow, his nieces and cousins, his space-going peers, his former rivals, millions of us who knew him only from black-and-white newsreels as the first man in space...
Celebrating 50 Years of Human Spaceflight - The Launch Pad | Tomorrow is April 12. This is a date that most space geeks have committed to memory like it's their mother's birthday -- you just don't forget it. It is a landmark day in the history of human space exploration when Yuri Gagarin exclaimed, "Poehali!" (Let's go!) and became the first man to orbit the earth in 1961...
Legendary rocket propulsion icon Frank Kosdon passes away - Rocketry Planet | VENTURA, California USA — The year is 1961 and a student of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, destined to make an impact on the rocket propulsion industry, is recognized at a luncheon where Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was the guest speaker...
Crews Prep For A Wet 'Thunder Over Louisville' - WLKY | LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Thunder Over Louisville is less than a week away. The air show will feature more than 60 aircraft both civilian and military planes, and the fireworks will feature the latest in pyrotechnic power from Zambelli...
Vipers, Sabre's, & Starfighters, oh my...... - Airline Pilot Forums | Moving things in still pictures...
Operation Unified Protector (was Odyssey Dawn) explained (Day 24) - Cencio 4 | Day 24 saw the quick and quite expected collapse of the African roadmap to halt Libya’s civil war: as representatives from the African Union were in Benghazi to discuss with rebels the plan for peace, including immediate ceasefire...
US naval aviation back on the rise - Flightglobal | Retired Vice Adm Robert Dunn remembers being called to the Secretary of the Navy's office. It was 1989 and the US Navy was still at the peak of its Cold War, 600-ship glory. Defence spending, however, was already in decline and the navy's top civilian, Henry Garrett, had a tough decision to make...
So You Think You Can Fly? Virgin Galactic is Hiring Pilot-Astronauts - MRO Magazine | Virgin Galactic LLC, the world's first commercial spaceline, is accepting qualified applications for pilot-astronauts. Pilot-astronaut responsibilities include the WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo spaceflight system test program in accordance with government regulations...
T*C P-47G DX Latest 10-4-2011 - Stick And Rudder | Six pictures...
Sun ‘N Fun Photos - Joe Clark | Top row, the Blue Angels of course. From left to right, the two solos blowing around the area low and fast, the only way to fly. Center, the diamond breaking up from the south. Right, the six going to separate points on the compass...
