Photos: Air Show Flying Machines - Massapequa Patch | Bethpage Federal Credit Union Air was another incredible success this weekend as more than 100,000 people flocked to Jones Beach for each session. The aircraft at this annual event are spectacular, and the spectacle is breathtaking. Many representatives of the U.S. Armed Forces were on hand as well...
Photos: Home Base at the Air Show - Farmingdale Patch | A look at the Bethpage Air Show weekend events from its launching grounds in Farmingdale...
Updated: Thousands turn out for Southend Air Festival - Echo-News | BARREL rolls, nosedives and loop-the-loops became familiar sights in the skies above Southend as aviation fans lapped up two days of aeronautical stunts and displays. The 2011 Southend Airshow attracted about 300,000 people to the town’s seafront to watch the spectacular sights overhead on Saturday and yesterday...
Honor Flight | For the WWII Vets (with VIDEO) - OkcHomeSellers | We need to honor the World War II vets. Unfortunately, we are losing them at a rate of 1,000 per day. My dad was one of those vets and great Americans, but unfortunately I lost him in 1964. I miss hearing his stories of the war in the Pacific, specifically Guadalcanal, where he served in the Navy Seabees. He had an influence on me that has lasted a lifetime...
WWII pilot, POW finds joy in life - The Spectrum | ST GEORGE - At 95 years old, Harold "Bud" Cannon is enjoying his life too much to stop for Memorial Day observances. "I usually don't participate," said the retired Army Air Corps bomber pilot and World War II prisoner of war. "I hold back and be quiet."...
History comes alive; WWII vet honored in Missoula - KAJ18 | MISSOULA- The Rocky Mountain Museum of Military History honored a handful of former pilots and ground personnel on Sunday to kick off their Memorial Day celebrations, and one of the men they honored is a 94-year-old combat pilot from World War II...
Last shall be first: World War II POW to lead 91st annual Corvallis Memorial Day Parade - Missoulian | Chuck Duus has always considered himself a lucky man. As an 18-year-old, Duus' luck held for 16 bombing missions as a tail gunner in a B-17 Flying Fortress that struck deep over German territory in World War II...
Memorial Day Memories: Tosa Veterans Recall Service in WWII - Wauwatosa Patch | Some 16 million Americans served in World War II. Most of them were very young men and women when they entered their country’s service in the largest conflict the world has ever seen. We are now entering the year that, on Dec. 7, will mark the 70th anniversary of the United States’ entry into that war...
Inside a Flying Fortress - Air & Space | Compared with the B-29, the B-17’s navigation equipment was basic. The navigator’s principle tools were the air position indicator (an electromechanical dead reckoning computer), a drift sight, and an astrodome to take sextant sightings...
American good deed remembered -- and appreciated -- 70 years later - Star Advertiser | Military Appreciation Month in Hawaii seems the perfect time to recount a recent experience that defines military appreciation. As an American with a busy international travel schedule, I'm often drawn reluctantly into political discussions with citizens of countries I am visiting...
Aviation Inspiration Day Recap - Life on the Road as a Pilot | Last Saturday, May 28th, was the first ever Aviation Inspiration Day - a joint effort between Girls With Wings, Inc., and the Commemorative Air Force - Minnesota Wing, led by Squadron Commander Col. Amy Lauria. Amy and I had talked at EAA Airventure in Oshkosh about "someday" coordinating an event at the CAF museum...
Love of aviation led to illustrious career - Winnipeg Free Press | George Elliott is being remembered as an icon in Manitoba's aviation history. Elliott, who was general manager of Winnipeg International Airport and later the executive director of the Western Canada Aviation Museum, died suddenly on Thursday of a heart attack...
Still Time to Register - Big Muddy Air Race | We will be taking registrations right to the end. Claude Hendrickson just entered with his beautiful P-51, Sarah Jean, so I just had to post this photo from the Texoma race...
“Piston” pack reaches 5,000 feet - AOPA Blog | The Martin Jetpack, really a piston-engine pack powered by a derivative of a Mercury motorboat engine, has reached 5,000 feet above New Zealand with a mannikin simulating the pilot. It should be ready for delivery, the company says, in 18 months...
Space Shuttle Endeavour Returns to Earth for Final Time Wednesday - NASA | Space shuttle Endeavour is scheduled to return to Earth for the final time on Wednesday, June 1, completing a 16-day mission to outfit the International Space Station. If Endeavour lands Wednesday, it will have spent 299 days in space and traveled more than 122.8 million miles during its 25 flights. It launched on its first mission on May 7, 1992...
Endeavour is Coming Home: Amazing Photos From the Shuttle’s Last Voyage - Mashable | NASA’s space shuttle Endeavour has undocked from the International Space Station at 11:55 p.m. ET Sunday, embarking on its last voyage towards home. After undocking, Endeavour flew around the station at distances of about 450 to 650 feet, with crew members taking videos and photos of the station...
Monday, May 30, 2011
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Friday, May 27, 2011
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Seven decades of flying - AF.mil | Retired Col. Clarence Parker has flown aircraft for more than 70 years. He was an instructor pilot and flew missions during World War II, the Berlin Airlift, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. Colonel Parker decided to hang up his wings by flying his final flight May 20, 2011, at the Valdosta Regional Airport in Valdosta, Ga.
VIDEO: Backstage... and Inside the 'Driver's Seat' With the Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach - Wantagh Patch | Patch Personality Stacey Sweet gets up close and personal with some of the planes, places and people behind the high flying Bethpage Air Show (May 28-29)
Huge crowds expected at NY's Jones Beach air show - WSJ | Warthogs, Hornets and dozens of other aircraft will fill the skies over New York's Jones Beach this weekend for an annual Memorial Day Weekend air show. Hundreds of thousands of spectators are expected at the Long Island seaside for the event on Saturday and Sunday...
Southend Air Festival set to attract thousands to town - BBC | The air show, which has traditionally been held on the Spring Bank Holiday Sunday and Monday, has moved dates this year to the Saturday and Sunday. The event is recognised as one of the largest free air shows in Europe...
On the wings of freedom - Philly Burbs | This Memorial Day, Gill is looking forward to the holiday as a chance to spend a little time near home. Now a naval aviator, Lt. Gill will pilot his Orion P3-C from Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, to Millville Airport with a pit stop at Whidbey Island, Wash., to participate in the Millville Wheels and Wings Air Show...
Ashe Air Show to Take-off June 11: Inaugural Showcase to Benefit Habit for Humanity - Mountain Times | Even though organizers can not tell you exactly when the last time a daredevil of the sky attempted a barrel roll or any other aerobatic maneuver in Ashe County, they can tell you it's been too long. So when local airplane aficionados set out to stir interest for a High Country barnstorming show that would also put on display relics from the golden age of aviation...
Honoring another of ‘The Greatest Generation' - The Morehead News | This is the story of a humble man with a gentle heart who trained as a warrior for World War II but ended up serving as a humanitarian. Fortunately for him and his B-17 crew members, the war in Europe ended just as they arrived in England...
Titusville's Warbird Museum unveils new hangar for Vietnam aircraft (with VIDEO) - Florida Today | TITUSVILLE — An F-8 Crusader sits behind the Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum, glistening under the hot sun. The first military aircraft to go 1,000 mph was vital for the Navy and Marines during the Vietnam War but now is awaiting a permanent home. Starting this weekend, the Vietnam-era warplane will have that new home, as the museum unveils its new 28,000-square-foot hangar...
Flashback Fridays: More of Southwest before June 18, 1971 - Nuts About Southwest | Anyone who has studied the history of Southwest knows the many legal obstacles we had to overcome just to start service. But there were other hurdles to overcome before Southwest could fly, and many of those “loose ends” were being tied up 40 years ago in the days before June 18, 1971...
Top Five Interesting Aviation Stories - Aviation Queen | Ah, we all lived to tell the tales of another week in the wild and wonderful world of aviation. I had so many choices for this week’s top five it was hard to decide. So here goes!...
Strange But True Aviation News - Aviation Week | Girlfriend, that manicure is da BOMB!! Faye Sinclair got a surprise as she went through security at Memphis International Airport. She was stopped by TSA screeners after ha hand scan found traces of explosives were found, reports WMC-TV. Turns out Sinclair's fresh manicure was the culprit....
Christine Hollingsworth Friday’s Fabulous Flyer! - Flight To Success | And fabulous this lady she is. She flew into my life on December 5th 2010, which also happens to be her birthday, when she joined us at our first Fly it Forward event in December. She was down at the dock flying in our famous Beaver… while a birthday cake awaited up at BEFA headquarters. Yes… she got a piece. 173 women flew that day...
Plane makes successful restaurant in Switzerland - Desastres Aereos News | A somewhat curious restaurant's doing a great success in Switzerland. The difference? He was raised in a Soviet aircraft of the 1950s, serving meals with all the luxury of time, ranging from armchairs tight beats up on his elbows...
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
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News reporter braves topsy-turvy flight for a truly unique view of the city - New York Daily News | Daily News reporter Jake Pearson sat in the front seat of Extra 300 L aerobatic aircraft as Lt. Col. John Klatt displayed his piloting skills. I thought the best way to see the Statue of Liberty was to catch a glimpse from the Staten ...Bethpage Air Show At Jones Beach Scheduled for Memorial Day Weekend - PRLog.Org | Civilian Performers: Sean D. Tucker – Team Oracle, John Klatt – National Guard Reserve, World Renowned Sports Aviator Mike Goulian, GEICO Skytypers, David Windmiller, and the American Air Power Museum Warbirds. This year's show will feature three ...
Southend Airshow this weekend - Thurrock Gazette | There will be a full afternoon's flying programme on both days from 2pm, so expect to see firm favourites again this year such as the RAF's premier display team, the Red Arrows, the daredevil Breitling wingwalkers and the RAF Falcons parachute team, ...
Great article on AirVenture Intl Visitors in July’s Air & Space Smithsonian mag! See it here: http://bit.ly/imLA2K #OSH10 #OSH11 #EAA
Fisher P-75 Eagle Brochure from May 1944 from Military Photos by jzichek | A new article has just been posted at RetroMechanix.com presenting a very rare 51 page document on the Fisher P-75 Eagle: It contains numerous high resolution detail photos and drawings of this flawed but interesting aircraft, one of a handful of types powered by the mighty 24 cylinder Allison V-3420. Many of the photos are heavily retouched and portray an intermediate configuration between the original XP-75 and the final P-75A, retaining the Douglas-style tail of the former but having the bubble canopy of the latter. Ideal information for the modeler, historian, or general enthusiast wishing to get an in depth look at GM's failed foray into fighter aircraft design. -Jared
Seaplane Walkaround — Consolidated PB2Y Coronado from Travel for Aircraft | This flying boat is a behemoth and I was lucky visiting the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola near the end of April. As luck had it, the Coronado had been moved from the restoration hangar to the main display building only the week before. This PB2Y is still under restoration but the fuselage and center wing section (sans engines) look to be in mint condition…
