TV Show Seeks Aerobatic Pilots & Freight Dogs from Pilots of America Message Board
Emmy Award Winning Production Company Seeks Aerobatic Pilots, Race Pilots and Freight Dogs!
We're looking for dedicated, passionate pilots with big personalities to star in an upcoming documentary TV series about the professional life and times of aviators: we're particularly interested in hearing from aerobatic competitors, race pilots, and cargo pilots. ...
Thunderbirds soar with the angels - F-16.net
Cmdr. Greg McWherter, Commander/Leader and Blue Angel No. 1; Marine Corps Officer, Maj. Chris Collins, Slot Pilot and Blue Angel No. 4; and Lt. Cmdr. Frank Weisser, Lead Solo and Blue Angel No. 5, participated in the program providing both storied teams the opportunity to share ideas and learn from each other as part of the two demonstration squadrons' traditional exchange program. ...
Pilots Given Last Salute - AP Airshow Accident
He claimed that SPAT, the team which started in 2003, is perhaps the only aerobatic team in the world who had safe and unblemished record. ...
'SPAT to be air borne soon' - Press Trust of India
The Sagar Pawan Aerobatic Team (SPAT), which was grounded after two of its pilots died in a crash during an air show in Hyderabad, ...
Air Tattoo offers something for the weekend by Flightline UK
Organisers of this summer's Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in the Cotswolds believe there will be so much for people to see and do at the airshow that they are offering a special discounted two-day ticket. The Air Tattoo, which takes place on July 17&18, not only stages a seven-and-a-half-hour flying display but it also features a large, static aircraft park and a wide range of ground-based entertainment and interactive activities. Deputy Director of Marketing Helen Webb said the decision to introduce the new weekend ticket was in response to feedback from the public who said there wasn't enough time in one day to enjoy all the attractions. ...
Sign up and support air show - The Lowestoft Journal
organisers of the Lowestoft Seafront Air Festival are urging local people to sign-up to support this year's event. Every year for the past five years, ...
An unforgettable salute to veterans and warbirds: Wings and Wheels 2010 ... - Connectcut Plus
Other aircraft scheduled to appear on May 29 and 30 are the Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation's C-54 "Spirit of Freedom"; a B-25 Mitchell "Panchito" ...
2010 Fly-In Events for greater central Indiana by Indianapolis Aero Club
April 13 – 18 Sun 'N' Fun Fly-In, Lakeland Linder Regional Airport (LAL), Lakeland, FL April 16 - 18 Doolittle Raid Reunion, USAF Museum, Dayton, OH
http://www.airforcemuseum.com/ April 17 Purdue University Fly-In, Lafayette Airport ...
An Event VIP Experience Done Right – Red Bull Style by Eugene Loj
As part of my 2008 Air Race experience, I witness the most amazing thing . . . A business man from Detroit paid big bucks to get into the High Flyer's lounge. Because of high winds on Saturday the Air Race was canceled. ...
Highly Modified P-51 Galloping Ghost Fixin' To Haunt Reno In 2010 by Martt
And my firsthand experience at the Reno Air Races in 2009, my first since the 1970 races, showed me there's a ton of interest out there both in the number of racers and the people who come to watch 'em tear up the sky. ...
The Last Time
This Douglas DC-2 is one of only two examples remaining in the world. Built in 1934, it was first sold to Pan Am and saw service in South America for many years as an early South American Airliner. It returned to the United States and eventually wound up in the Dakotas owned by Johnson Flying service and was used as a smoke jump aircraft dropping firefighters into US forestry areas as well as training jumpers on practice runs. ...
... This aircraft will be flown by Clay Lacy and will be one of the lead aircraft in the 40 ship mass formation arrival. It will be available for viewing and photos at KSQI July 23-25 and will be on the ground at AirVenture from July 26-31.
Old-time photo of the day March 5 - DesMoinesRegister.com
We're assuming the stern gent at the right was guarding the area around the famous aviator's vehicle. The speech Lindbergh gave that night turned out to be ...
Updates and More from Windsor International Air Show by Sounds of Freedom II
We're changing the way we take in information just a little bit. We have been getting a lot of emails and requests about volunteering and information regarding the 2010 Air Show. Rest assured we are updating the 2010 web site and should be available in the next week or so.
The most notable change is the email blasts we will be doing. We have had to use a separate contact for the Membership we have added. The volunteer ...
WWII female pilot, 93, returns to the cockpit - THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
As Violet Cowden, 93, of Huntington Beach waited in her flight jumpsuit to hit the Tarmac at Fullerton Airport, she reminisced about flying World War II fighter planes during her time as a Women's Airforce Service Pilot.
After almost 70 years of the government all but sweeping their service under the rug, the roughly 300 living WASPs are going to receive the highest civilian honor at a Washington, D.C. ceremony this month: The Congressional Gold Medal.
"My assignment was air transport command," Cowden said. "I picked up planes from the factories and delivered them to the point of debarkation within the continental U.S. where they were used. The reason for the WASP program was to release the men so they could fly in combat." ...
Moon Lake aviatrix to be honored in DC - Clarksdale Press Register
Betty Archibald Fernandes of Moon Lake is a WASP and, as such, will receive the Congressional Gold Medal Wednesday, March 10. ...
Women in Aviation, International 2010 Conference Wrap-Up from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association
Nearly 3,000 women and men, including more than double the number of past international participants, attended the 21st Annual International Women in Aviation (WAI) Conference held last week in Orlando, Florida.
Developing Story: Madison woman turns 105 - WKOW-TV.com
During World War II she worked on B-17 bombers in Seattle. Family and friends believe the 105-year-old may be the last surviving "Rosie The Riveter". ...
Women's History Month: Celebrating a culture of equality from Air Force Link Top Stories
As we enter March and begin to recognize Women's History Month, I'd like to take a moment to talk about an Air Force pioneer who passed away a few weeks ago.
Retired Maj. Gen. Jeanne M. Holm, credited as the single driving force in achieving equality for today's military women, died Feb. 15 at 88 years old.
She started her military career by enlisting in the Army in 1942. She entered the Women's Army Air Corps the following year, receiving a commission as the WAAC's equivalent of a second lieutenant. She commanded a basic training company, then a training regiment, and after the war took command of the 106th Women's Army Corps Hospital in West Virginia before leaving active duty in 1946. ...
She served in the Navy, then joined the Army - Desert Valley Times
He served in Korea and was a part of the Flying Tigers, and served in Vietnam three times. He had three bronze stars and the Vietnamese Medal of Honor. ...
Battle of Britain gunner honoured - BBC News
A Battle of Britain veteran from the Borders has been honoured with a flypast to mark his 90th birthday. George Purslow, of Innerleithen, took part in 50 ...
PROFILE 40 (update) - "SNOWBALLS" as flown by Hank Snow from WWII Fighter Plane Profiles
Look at the photo below. It's probably the best nose art reference I've ever had to work from. Texture, color and detail - thank you, Hank (actually, I think Hank's CC took the photo). But also notice the names painted on the snow balls - they're Hank's left-behind family.
There are two responses to photos like this. One is to see tragedy and hope against the possibility that Hank won't come home to see his "Snowballs." The other is to see victory in the ideal that upholding the nation's values are worth identifying personally. ...
Naked Airplanes: Inspections Keep GA Aircraft in Top Form from Let's Go Flying by Steve Tupper
This was a unique opportunity because the Pitts is in the middle of getting its annual inspection. A lot of the sheet metal is off the airplane and it's easy to see the airplane's stucture and systems.
The Pitts is an aerobatic monster. It occupies a unique position between basic aerobatic airplanes like the Citabria or Super Decathlon and the unlimited aerobatic airplanes like the Extra 300 series and the Edge 540.
The Pitts will handle six Gs positive and 3 negative, which isn't all that different from the Super-D. But you can ...
Reservist in private plane aids C-17 from Air Force Times - News
A C-17 marooned at 35,000 feet without a radio. Air traffic controllers struggling to land the cargo plane safely. And a C-17 reservist, flying a private plane, who talked the big bird down.
It was just like a scene from TV's "MacGyver" — except this action hero spells his name M-c-G-u-y-v-e-r.
Tech. Sgt. Alec McGuyver was in a Cessna 340, headed from New Jersey to the nation's capital, when he heard an air traffic controller for Washington ask for quiet because of a problem with a military aircraft.
The cargo plane lost its radio and transponder after it took off Jan. 26 from its home, Charleston Air Force Base, S.C.
McGuyver overheard the controller, Tony Manzione, call out the plane's tail number and immediately knew it was a C-17 out of Charleston because he works there as a loadmaster with the 315th Airlift Wing. ...
CAFE To Host 4th Annual Electric Aircraft Symposium - tailspin
Presentations Range From Hybrids To Solar And Fuel Cell Technology The Comparative Aircraft Flight Efficiency (CAFE) Foundation's 4th Annual Electric Aircraft Symposium (EAS IV) will convene a knowledgable faculty of experts on electric ...
Five New EAA Webinars Announced from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association
After a successful launch to its new webinar series this past Wednesday night, EAA has five more of the interactive, online programs lined up in the coming weeks.
"Flying fever" - The Register-Guard
Becoming a pilot — sky captain in command of a ship, free to go anywhere — continues to be an expanding realm for young girls. After Sally Ride flew the space shuttle Challenger, Vicki Van Meter, at the age of 12, became the youngest pilot to fly across the Atlantic. As more women took to the sky and girls saw those images in the news, another world of possibilities opened.
For some of the female students and instructors in Lane Community College's aviation program, flying is all they ever considered as a career.
Show Time? from Things with Wings
Boeing is considering bringing both the 747-8 and 787 to the Farnborough air show this summer in an event-stealing move unparalleled since the double-heading international debut of the 757 and 767 in the UK in 1982, or the startling appearance of the 747 at Paris in 1969. ...
A stowaway's view from a 747 flight over Africa from Flightblogger
Sometime in the last three weeks a 747 departed Johannesburg, South Africa for Maputo, Mozambique with an camera strapped to the nose landing gear looking aft along the fuselage. The result is a stunning piece of HD video taken over African skies. (music leaves something to be desired) You'll notice that the Air France A380, which started service to JNB on February 17th, is parked at the gate giving some impression of just how recently the footage was recorded. The video reminds me of one angle available on ...
Uncontrolled Airspace #174 "Unleashing the Thunder"
Amy Laboda joins us in the hangar this week. We talk about tandem seating and the other kind... Dave reports on another of his secret missions... and Amy goes on a rant about her cylinders. All this and more on Uncontrolled Airspace #174 "Unleashing the Thunder"
Caption Contest #32 Winner - And, Thank You Russia! by Martt
Feel the heat! from FenceCheck Forums
Focke-Wulf Fw 189 Uhu ("Eagle Owl") from x planes
