Hinton captures Reno Air Races gold * Reno Gazette Journal | If Steven Hinton Jr., hasn't already made the transition from air racing ... Hinton won his first four championships in Strega before moving to...
National Aviation Heritage Invitational Announces 2014 Awards to Restored Aircraft | News release
announcing the winners. Visit the NAHI FB page if you'd like to see some photos of the beautifully restored aircraft.
Fallon pilot wins T-6 Gold at Reno Air Races * KTVN | Fallon's Dennis Buehn started with the lead and never relinquished it in winning his second consecutive T-6 Class championship at the Reno National Championship Air Races on Sunday. It was Buehn's second consecutive T-6 title and his fifth overall...
LiveAirShowTV crew working hard * video clip
Sport plane catches fire at Reno Air Races * RGJ.com | A plane began smoking as it raced through the air at the Reno-Stead Airport during the Reno Air Races on Sunday afternoon....
PHOTOS: Blue Angels fly over Baltimore, crowds pack the Inner Harbor for Star-Spangled Spectacular * Baltimore Business Journal | The Blue Angels perform over a sea of boats at Fort McHenry on Sunday as part of the Star-Spangled Spectacular celebration.
'Home Town Hero' takes flight with Thunderbirds - Altus Times | While everyone from the ground watches the US Air Force Thunderbird Team perform dangerous maneuvers this weekend at the Altus AFB Open House, Altus Police Officer, Sergeant Brad Edmonds, got to cruise the Oklahoma sky aboard an F-16 Fighting Falcon on Friday, Sept. 12, as the Altus “Hometown Hero.”...
Ocean City's airshow big treat for beachgoers - Press of Atlantic City | OCEAN CITY — On a spectacular Sunday afternoon for an airplane ride — although most of those rides were upside down at one point — eight high-flying acts took to the cloud-dotted blue sky above the Atlantic Ocean to entertain the thousands of spectators who lined the Boardwalk railing for the city’s fifth annual Aerobatic Airshow.
Video: Watch as plane crashes into Pacific Ocean during air show * JOE | The incident occurred yesterday during an air show near Puerto San Jose, Guatemala, and it shows a Stearman Model-75 biplane crashing into the water in front of hundreds of spectators. According to initial reports, the pilot in question managed to survive the incident and only sustained some minor scratches and bruising....
Air Force museum in Ohio hosting WWI air show - WFMJ | DAYTON, Ohio (AP) - Snoopy would probably love this. Others who also imagine what it was like to be a World War I flying ace can get a glimpse of a 100-year-old past at the WWI Dawn Patrol Rendezvous set for Sept. 27-28 at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force near Dayton...
High hopes for Pacific Coast Air Museum - Santa Rosa Press Democrat | Twenty-five years have soared past since a clutch of pilots and others fascinated by the contrivances of human flight created an aircraft museum at the Sonoma County Airport. Today, their baby has grown tremendously and spread its wings...
Operation Overlord Escort · Vintage Wings of Canada | ...Shortly after takeoff, Potter slides in on the starboard wing of the Dakota. The CWHM DC-3 Dakota is painted in the markings of No. 435 and 436 Squadrons of the RCAF. The two squadrons were sent to Burma during the Second World War, operating under the nickname of “Canucks Unlimited”. The Dak carries the dark blue/light blue roundels of the South East Asian Command. The official roundel of the SEAC was the elegant dark blue/light blue roundel, which was...
Avro Vulcan 1952 onwards (all marks) * Travel for Aircraft | Avro’s Vulcan strategic bomber came just over a decade after its Lancaster but is a revolutionary step forward in flight. Largely unknown on U.S. shores the Vulcan did its significant Cold War duties in the Western as well as Eastern hemispheres effectively and with elán. Although designed after World War II the Vulcan followed...
Monday, September 15, 2014
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Friday, August 22, 2014
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Most kids are back in school now. Have you attended an air show this year? You might find one close to you, HERE, thanks to our friends at Fencecheck.
The Blue Angels: The United States Navy's flight demonstration squadron - Hometown Focus | The Blue Angels are performing at the Duluth Air and Aviation Expo 2014 August 23 – 24. Other scheduled performers include the USAF Heritage Flight, a USCG SAR Demonstration, a USAF F-22 “Raptor” Demo, the USN Leap Frogs, the Liberty Jump Team and C-47 Normandy Tribute, the DAV Flight Team B-25 Show Me, and more. For schedule information, visit www.duluthairshow.com. Photo courtesy of www.blueangels.navy.mil/team. The Blue Angels is the United States Navy’s flight demonstration squadron. The Blue Angels team was formed in 1946, making it the second oldest formal flying aerobatic team (under the same name) in the world, after the French Patrouille de France formed in 1931....
2014 Wings Over Camarillo Airshow·
Steve Lewis, Photorecon.net | This weekend, August 23rd and 24th, the
Wings over Camarillo Airshow will be held at the Camarillo airport. I
have been to this show many times, and it is a very entertaining airshow
for the entire family. It has something for everyone, and this years
line-up looks no different. There will also be a car show with many
vintage cars, and a pancake breakfast for those who show up early. I am
looking forward to a great weekend of flying....
How did Steve Hinton become a pace pilot? * Mark Magin | Video
Video: Air Racing Legend Bill 'Tiger' Destafani * unicombuzz | US Senator Fuller (R-Bakersfield) presents a resolution honoring air racer and Bakersfield resident Bill ‘Tiger’ Destefani. Tiger is expected to return to racing to compete for his 8th win at the 51st Annual National Championship Air Race in Reno this September....
Reno National Championship Air Races | Check out the new web site!
Air festival of Saint-Quentin Roupy |
August 24, 2014 The festivities will themes: Commemorating the Centennial of the War 14/18 with the recovery of dogfights. | The 70th anniversary of the liberation of the city of St Quentin. | The presence of the Patrouille de France, Patrouille Cartouche Doré and Aerobatics Team of the Air Force and the Air Sirpa are confirmed by the Ministry of Défens.
Air show in tribute to Louison Bobet | Airfield Quiberon | August 22, 2014 | On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of thalassotherapy, the City of Quiberon honors Louison Bobet, great sportsman and creator of the Thalassotherapy wellness. You can find the full schedule of events...
Breitling Jet Team - LOCARNO Airshow | The Cielo Aperto, although a great event, was a tough challenge due to the steep trajectory that the Breitling Jet Team pilots had to fly. Adaptability and p...
Westfield Airport (Indiana) Ultralight and LSA Fly-in. Info here
Ride in EAA's B-17 "Aluminum Overcast" and See Other Warbirds in Aurora, IL Labor Day Weekend! * The Aero Experience
Vulcan and 2 Lancasters in Formation #Avro3Sisters * PlanesTV | From today's special flypast formation for the turf cutting ceremony at the new Bomber Command memorial at Canwick Hill. We had cameras at RAF Waddington, the new memorial site and on the roof of Lincoln Cathedral for a truly spectacular view.
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2014: F-8F Bearcat First Flight Anniversary * Fred Harl and Carmelo Turdo | Today we recognize the first flight of the Grumman XF8F-1 Bearcat prototype (Grumman Model G-58) on August 21, 1944. The new fighter was flown from the company's facility at Bethpage, New York by Grumman test pilot Robert Hall. The Bearcat was designed to be 20% lighter than the company's Hellcat production fighter while...
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2014: "The Few" - British Warbirds * Fred Harl and Carmelo Turdo | The Aero Experience marks another anniversary today as we enter this season of year-round coverage of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2014. On this day in 1940, Prime Minister Winston Churchill addressed Parliament during the Battle of Britain and uttered these immortal words in gratitude to the Royal Air Force pilots who defended the island nation:...
Britain’s Forgotten Aviation Pioneer by WarbirdsNews | PRESS RELEASE-A brand new exhibition uncovers one of Britain’s forgotten heroes. Sir Alan Cobham was a true aviation pioneer both in the air and on the ground. Amongst his many contributions was the ‘Air to Air’ refuelling technique still used by air forces across the globe today.Sir Alan Cobham was one of the biggest celebrities of his day. Brave, visionary and innovative – he was a record setter whose legacy still holds to this day with an aerospace company that provides technology to air forces around the world....
Royal Air Force Museum Short-Listed for National Apprenticeship Award by WarbirdsNews | ... The Museum tells the stories of the RAF and its people from its origins to today by displaying aircraft, weapons and vehicles. It does this by interpreting the hidden and often very personal stories of Service personnel in order to retell their stories today and to preserve them for the future. In 2005 the Museum began engineering apprenticeships at the Michael Beetham Conservation Centre at its Cosford site in the West Midlands specifically to preserve Heritage Aviation Hand Skills; it has also offered apprenticeships in Fabrication and Welding as well as Carpentry – all in partnership with City of Wolverhampton College....
Back Home….. · Douglas Aguillard, Photorecon.net | Detachments 1 and 2 from the “Blue Hawks” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 78, following two simultaneous deployments to the Western Pacific and Indian Oceans came home today, August 20, 2014. They were aboard the guided missile destroyers USS Pinckney (DDG 91) and USS Kidd (DDG 100). They landed at their home base at North Island Naval Air Station in San Diego, California....
Dr.Sky Interviews Author Bill Yenne / AREA 51 Black Jets / A History Of The Aircraft Developed At Groom Lake, America’s Secret Aviation Base · Dr Sky, Photorecon.net | ...It’s easy to forget that, since the mid-1950s, the United States’ famed extension of Edwards Air Force Base has served as a top-secret CIA testing ground for many of the most groundbreaking advancements in American military aviation technology. In Area 51 – Black Jets, author and military historian Bill Yenne offers the first fully illustrated chronology of Area 51′s most famous aircraft projects, including Lockheed’s U-2 “Dragon Lady” and SR-71 “Blackbird” reconnaissance planes, drones ranging from the early Lockheed D-21 to the modern-day General Atomics MQ-1 Predator, and the famous F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighter produced by the Have Blue program during the 1970s....
Daniel Shulte * Friday's Fabulous Flyer! | When young people experience the gift of flight and take it upon themselves to share their passion, the butterfly effect is put in motion. Age is no match for passion, as 18-year-old Daniel decided to take aviation to the next level and share his love with the world....
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Monday, September 16, 2013
Reno Air Races: Hinton Wins!
Different plane, same result for Unlimited champion Hinton · By Guy Clifton RGJ.com | Voodoo's jinx is over, Steven Hinton's streak continues and Strega is left to wonder what might have been.
There's Magic In The Man! Steven Hinton Wins Reno 2013 (In Voodoo) - AirPigz | I rushed to get this hi-res pic of Steven Hinton in Voodoo posted - it's from the Gold Unlimited race and I captured it less then an hour and a half ago from pylon 2 out on the course!...
Photo gallery: 2013 Reno air races in black and white - RGJ.com
'Jetman' making aviation history above Reno · By Guy Clifton RGJ.com | Sometime in the future, when the names of aviation pioneers are talked about, Yves Rossy might be mentioned alongside those of the Wright Brothers, Amelia Earhart, Chuck Yeager and other giants.
Watch video: Breitling Jetman over the airport in Stead - RGJ.com | Yesterday, September 15th 3:16pm Breitling made this video available of Jetman going over the airport in Stead.
Planes & People At The 2013 Reno Air Races | The Lexicans · Bill Brandt | Yesterday morning, I decided to do something I hadn't done in awhile. I would attend the Reno Air Races after a hiatus of 5 years...
Reno Air Races: Day Four By WarbirdsUpdate | Moose Peterson reports: It’s Day Four at the 50th annual Reno Air Races… Who will finish the day moving up? With only one day left to the races, position is everything, so the pushing of the pilots and aircraft to their limits is a big part of the drama. The day started early with Formula and Biplane racers taking to the air, and finished with the Unlimited Class and a tremendous thunderstorm in close succession....
Thursday, September 12, 2013
Reno Air Races 2013 - Celebrating 50 Years of Racing
50th annual Reno Air Races under way - RGJ.com | The 50th annual Reno National Championship Air Races kicked off Wednesday at Reno Stead Airport under mostly sunny skies and temperatures in the high 80s.
Video: Original Reno Air Races Pilot Reflects On 50 Years of Flying - KRNV My News 4 | RENO, Nev. (KRNV & MyNews4.com) -- Long before airplanes were built for speed and just about everything in aviation was simplified, there was Fred Rechenmacher. “It was dirt runways, just regular biplanes,” Rachenmacher said. “I happened to have a biplane at the time as the races were held on the road to the lake.”...
Video: 50 years of air races in Reno - MyNews4 | RENO, Nev. (KRNV & MyNews4.com) -- It's the 50th year for the National Championship Reno Air Races. In 1964 they took off from the Sky Ranch airfield in what is now Spanish Springs...
Reno Air Races: Prior winning P-51 Mustang must race from worst to first - RGJ.com | If Strega, the P-51 Mustang that has dominated the Unlimited Class in the Reno National Championship Air Races the past five years, is to repeat in 2013, it will have to race from worst to first...
Strega's Canopy Implodes at 500 mph By Pia Bergqvist Flying Magazine | The competition in the Unlimited Class at the National Championship Air Races taking place in Reno, Nevada this week is off to an exciting start. On Tuesday, during the second day of qualifications for the Unlimited Class, part of the canopy on Strega, the airplane that won the class during the past few years at the hands of Steven Hinton, flew off...
Video: Qualifying rounds kick off for Reno Air Races - KRNV My News 4
Air Race photo: Crews work on Rare Bear - RGJ.com | Crews work on Rare Bear on Wednesday morning, Sept. 11. The plane lost a magneto during a qualifying round on Tuesday.
Historic 50th National Championship Air Races takes to the skies - The Leading Aviation Industry Resource for News, Equipment and | “As the last remaining event of its kind and the premier air racing event in the world, this year – our 50th year, is extremely special and we plan to do everything we can to celebrate our history and our future,” said Mike Houghton, president and CEO...
Inside the Reno National Championship Air Races - MensJournal.com | They are the last heroes of the Wild West, bucking and galloping across the sky in vintage airplanes at the world's most dangerous rodeo, the Reno Air Races.The Flying Cowboys of the Reno Air Races.
Unlimited Class – Taxing, Take offs, Fly Byes and Landings, Reno 2010 - Warbird Babe | I didn’t
think I would ever use these short clips when I was filming them on my
tiny Flip video close to Runway 8 at the Stead Air Field. And, I really
couldn’t remember which airplanes I had taped in 2010 or 2011. In
preparing for the races this year, much to my surprise, I stumbled
across a few clips of Jimmy Leeward flying his beautiful P-51, the
Galloping Ghost. Captured with Jimmy are several other beautiful
aircraft...Video: Local Park Takes On Air Races Theme - KTVN | One of the Reno Air Race's legendary planes is now a permanent part of the community, after a dedication ceremony today in Stead. Standing tall on a pedestal, rising above the sacks of concrete and construction machinery, sits a gleaming model of a military legend: the F8F Bearcat, the flying star of designed to chase Japanese zeros...
Sunday, August 4, 2013
Airventure 2013: Saturday
Oshkosh 2013 - Saturday Airshow Highlights - LiveAirShowTV | Highlights from Saturday's airshow at AirVenture Oshkosh!
Disney's 'Planes' debuts to thousands at AirVenture - AOPA Pilot | Thousands of children and adults lined up in advance of the free 8:30 p.m. showing, some arriving as early as 2 p.m. Space in the best viewing area filled up before the movie began, forcing EAA AirVenture volunteers to turn away viewers or re-direct...
The Aero Experience at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013: Exhibits and Airshow Performers - The
Aero Experience | The Aero Experience has spent a week at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, and we have lots of stories to share with our audience over the next 12 months before the next season begins. We have canvassed the grounds, met many interesting people, and seen many unusual aircraft. Here are a few glimpses of the exhibits and airshow performers we saw in the last few days. Special thanks to Air Associates of Missouri and Air Associates of Kansas for sponsoring The Aero Experience at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013...
Gorgeous Photos Of Flying Cars And Vintage Warbirds From A Huge Wisconsin ... - Business Insider | Each year aviators, enthusiasts, and spectators from more than 60 countries flock to Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin to attend the "world's greatest aviation celebration." The week-long 2013 EAA AirVenture is now in full swing, and the...
Video: Plane Pulled From Lake Michigan Showcased at Airventure - WGBA-TV | OSHKOSH -- While taking a stroll at EAA Airventure in Oshkosh, you'll see a lot of newly-restored Warbirds
Chipmunk is the 'Poor Man's Spitfire' By Frederick A. Johnsen | August 3, 2013 - Pilot Richard Wilsher calls the postwar de Havilland Chipmunk trainer "the poor man's Spitfire." Beyond its tailwheel stance and British Commonwealth Canadian pedigree, the Chipmunk is said to be very responsive, like the Spitfire, according to pilots fortunate to have flown them both.
Howard is a Head Turner By Randy Dufault | It was apparent to the vintage aircraft community that Roger Brown was not an experienced aircraft restorer. "I have a ratty old Stearman," Brown said. "I go to [the National Stearman Fly-In at] Galesburg with it every year. Four of the five last years it was voted the airplane most in need of restoration."
Steve Hinton: Master Warbird Pilot By Frederick A. Johnsen | August 2, 2013 - Steve Hinton doesn't know offhand how many warbird types he's flown, but he's made more than 100 post-restoration first flights. If that sounds nonchalant, it's an indicator of Steve's down-to-earth outlook.
Lots of EAA Airventure News HERE
OSH13: CoolPix - James Redmon And His Fabulous Berkut (Friday 8.2.13) - AirPigz | This Berkut is also known as race #13 and competes in events run by the Sport Air Racing League (SARL) - this design has been tweaked to be able to compete at over 250 mph... and to look really good while doing it! I'm planning a more in-depth post in the future with lots of up-close detail pix, but for now I hope you enjoy this wide-angle CoolPix from under the Berkut that shows James enjoying OSH13 : )
Monday, September 17, 2012
Indy Transponder 17-SEP-2012 1045z
2012 Reno Air Races - Sunday Live Update - LiveAirShowTV | LiveAirShowTV talks with Tiger
Destefani and Steven Hinton just minutes after Strega's 10th Unlimited Gold victory.
Photo gallery: The closing day of the 2012 Reno air races from RGJ.com
Strega dominates as Reno Air Races conclude without incident from
RGJ.com | Steven Hinton had to let the Breitling Unlimited Gold Trophy
out of his sight for a little more 8 minutes on Sunday. That's
how long it took Hinton, a 25-year-old from Chino, Calif., to go out and win it...
Reno Air Races Results page
Steve Hinton Jr. Wins Reno Again!!
from Photorecon by Dave Budd | Steve Hinton Jr. and Team Strega have
won the Reno Races again!! It was the fifth consecutive victory and 11th
win overall for
| Photorecon.net |
Schneider Cup comes to Alderney - Channel Television | The race is being organised by the Royal Aero Club and will form part of this year's Island Air Races which are the last of eight events staged around Britain and France. Pilots from Britain, Ireland, France and Spain will compete on 22 and 23...
Ocean City Air Show Draws Thousands of Spectators - Patch.com | Thousands of Boardwalk Aerobatic Airshow spectators jammed the Ocean City Boardwalk and downtown beaches on Sunday to catch a glimpse of a two-hour display of airplane stunts and maneuvers. The show took place over the Atlantic Ocean just off the ...
Sky not the limit at air show - Martinsburg Journal | MARTINSBURG - An amazing assortment of aerial acrobats proved the sky is not the limit Sunday during the second and final day of the Thunder Over the Blue Ridge Open House and Air Show. An estimated 10,000 people passed through the gates ...
Great day helps air show take off - Aberdeen Press and Journal | Sparkling weather put a shine on the 2012 RAF Leuchars Diamond Jubilee Air Show at the weekend as more than 40,000 people from across Scotland descended on the Fife base. History was made early in the day when Number 1 (Fighter) Squadron, one ...
Hill Hoppers Holds Annual R/C Air Show - WTRF | The Hill Hoppers Air Show was held Sunday in Wheeling. The group with about 50 members was showing off their skills flying remote control airplanes and helicopters Sunday afternoon. This annual event. This annual event attracts many families to watch ...
Sanicole Sunset Airshow 2012 from Aviation News - Airplane-Pictures.net | Portfolio of pictures from the Sanicole Sunset Airshow 2012 from various Members...
Breitling Albatros crash from Aviation News - Airplane-Pictures.net
Video: Oshkosh Highlights from Latest Vlog | Here's a short montage of clips I cut to the theme song in the SA camp at Oshkosh 2012. This event it a must for anyone nuts about aviation and I recommend getting in touch with Neil from Air Adventure tours to book your spot for next year!
Local aviation legend and 17 year old flight student die in plane crash - WAAY | George and his passenger Chris Schmitt, 17, were flying in a Russian Yak at the Annual Moontown Fly-In. They were flying in a formation with three other Yaks when suddenly their plane snapped out of formation and crashed. Those who knew George ...
Balloonists give thank-you flights to farmers - Statesman Journal | She and her brother, Cody, 19, were among 18 people who spent Saturday morning floating over the Mid-Valley in nine hot air balloons. The flights were thank-yous from pilots who landed in area farm fields during the recent Wah Chang Art and Air Festival.
Dying veteran pilot granted final wish - KARE | He flew for Northwest Airlines, was a captain for Delta Airlines, part of the Navy reserves, and took a volunteer mission in the Commemorative Air Force flying military aircraft, specifically the B-25 World War Two plane. "Flying was my heart and soul ...
Hoveringham, Nottinghamshire UK memorial flypast 16-9-2012 from stickandrudderWTO by G-GARY other links | From information supplied via the BBMF website, I saw the promised 'solo' Spitfire flypast over the village of Hoveringham and the memorials to the two crashed Lancasters, which crashed after take-off from RAF Syerston over the river....
Young Eagles introduce children to the wonders of flight - Sarasota Herald-Tribune | The boy's free flight came from the Young Eagles group, made up of current and retired pilots who donate their time, fuel and planes on the third Saturday of every month. Operating out of the Dolphin Aviation center adjacent to Sarasota-Bradenton ...
NASA Accepting Applications For Aeronautics Scholarships from Aero-News Network | Expects To Hand Out 20 Undergrad And Five Graduate Awards NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate is accepting scholarship applications from graduate and undergraduate students for the 2013-2014 academic year. The application deadline is Jan. 14, 2013. NASA expects to award 20 undergraduate and five graduate scholarships to students in an aeronautical engineering program or related field.
First Tests Are Successful At Stratospheric Balloon Launch Site In Ontario from Aero-News Network | Canadian, French Space Agencies Prep For Trial Launch Next Year This week, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and the French space agency (Centre national d'études spatiales or CNES) traveled last week to the future stratospheric balloon launch site in Timmins, Ontario and successfully completed a series of tests for the first trial launch scheduled for 2013.
Three Astonauts Home From ISS from Aero-News Network | ISS Astronauts Land Safely In Kazakhstan Three members of the Expedition 32 crew undocked from the International Space Station and returned safely to Earth on Sunday, wrapping up a mission lasting more than four months. Flight Engineer Joe Acaba of NASA, and Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer Sergei Revin of the Russian Federal Space Agency, undocked their Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft from the space station at 7:09 p.m. EDT and landed north of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, at 10:53 p.m. (8:53 a.m., Sept. 17, Kazakhstan time). The trio arrived at the station May 17 and spent 125 days in space, 123 of which were aboard the orbiting laboratory.
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Indy Transponder 16-SEP-2012 1030z
Photos: Today at the Reno Air Races in Stead from RGJ.com | RGJ photographer Marilyn Newton sent in a few photos from today's action at the Reno National Championship Races at Reno Stead Airport.
CoolPix Triple Play - Chasing Strega At Pylon 4 (Reno 9-14-12) from AirPigz by Martt | It was a great day of racing on Friday September 15th at Reno 2012, and it was capped off with an Unlimited
Thunderbirds amaze air show crowd - Belleville News Democrat | A member of the U.S. Special Operations Command Parachute Team is about to land with the American flag to officially start the airshow on Saturday. This was just one of many displays at the 2012 Airpower Over the Midwest air show, held at Scott Air ...
VIDEO: Check out the Oceana Air Show this weekend | WTKR.com ... by Doris Taylor WTKR | Juliet Bickford was out all day on Friday to watch all the high-flying fun! ...
Crowdes pack Oceana for annual air show - WAVY-TV | VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) - Crowds packed Naval Air Station Oceana Saturday to see some high flying acrobatics in the annual air show. Check out the video to the left of this page to see WAVY.com photojournalist Drew Smith's video composition of ...
Thunder Over the Blue Ridge Open House & Air Show - WHAG | The 167th Airlift Wing along with the Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport and the United Way of the Eastern Panhandle partnered to host the Thunder Over the Blue Ridge open house and 2012 air show. Despite the devastating plane crash last September ...
Marines practice 'wall of fire' pyrotechnics display - Honolulu Star-Advertiser | Marine Corps Base Hawaii received approval from the state Department of Health to conduct special-effects displays to simulate bomb blasts and fires during rehearsals and when the Blue Angels and other high-flying acts take to the air over the base ...
Wings of Freedom III planning under way - Sidney Herald Leader | 7-8, 2013, at the Sidney/Richland Airport. Featured act will be AeroShell Aerobatic Team, which is a four-plane, AT 6 precision flying formation. Other new acts will include the Shockwave Jet Truck, Skip Stewart Air Shows and Jeff Boerboon Aerobatics.
New York National Guard participates in Africa's largest Trade and Air Show ... - DVIDS | "Our participation in the air show demonstrates the strength of the New York and Republic of South Africa state partnership," said Col. Ray Shields, the Director of Joint Staff for the New York National Guard.
" Taking part in this event will help ... 2012 California Capital Airshow - Sacramento, California - TVR Photography Photo Gallery
Red Arrows pick two Bath pilots for 2013 team - This is Bath | The Red Arrows will return to a nine-plane formation after flying with seven for much of this year, following the deaths of Flt Lt Jon Egging and Flt Lt Sean Cunningham in separate accidents in 2011. The other new pilot is Flt Lt Mark Lawson, 34, from ...
Red Arrows announce new line-up - BBC News | Related Stories. Behind the scenes with the Red Arrows · Red Arrows announce new line-up · New Red Arrows pilot is announced. The Red Arrows have announced details of their new line-up for the 2013 display season. The team will get three new pilots ...
Aerobatics team soars at Berlin Air Show - PhotoBlog - NBC News | An aerobatics team from the Turkish Air Force performs during the second day of the Berlin Air Show (ILA) at Schoenefeld Airport in Berlin, Germany, Sept. 15. The aviation trade show south of Berlin takes place from Sept...
The Frecce Tricolori give emotions - PuntoAlbenga | Albenga. Here they are the Frecce Tricolori who fall in love over the world for their stunts. Today, thousands of people attended flight tests in view of the spectacle of the sky that will take place next Sunday from 15.30 in heaven ...
A Tribute to Bob Odegaard from Fargo AirSho by jimb |KINDRED, N.D. – One of Bob Odegaard’s
World War II from a WASP's point of view topic of seniors meeting in Florham Park - New Jersey Hills | Haydu is an inductee into the Aviation Hall of Fame in Teterboro and into the Women in Aviation International Pioneer Hall of Fame. She is also the author of “Letters From Home,” based on leters her mother had saved. Chapter meetings are held on the ...
Getting history Wright Re-enactor tells story of Wright brothers' first ... - Burlington Hawk Eye | Re-enactor tells story of Wright brothers' first airplane, flight. By WILLIAM SMITH wsmith@thehawkeye.com. With the 2012 Southeast Iowa Air Show only a week away, it seemed appropriate Wilbur Wright would stop by the Burlington Public Library Friday.
Pilot explains what taking off with an F-15 at night looks like: “it’s like being in a dark tunnel and going super fast” from David Cenciotti's weblog | The following video shows interesting footage of the 173rd Fighter Wing at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Oregon. The Wing has done night flight training last week and the NBC has filmed the F-15s taking off in the dark in full afterburner and talked with Lt.Col. Jeffrey Edwards, an “Eagle driver”...
National Museums Scotland - National Museum of Flight # 1 from Rodney's Aviation Ramblings | Ok, so still in catch up mode, but this will be worth while... While staying in Edinburgh, Moira, Ken
and I took a trip out to Scotland's
National Museum of Flight at East Fortune, an old airbase and civilian
airfield. The only flying that happens there now is some microlight
activity, but what I was really interested in was the museum side of
things...National Museums Scotland - National Museum of Flight # 2 from Rodney's Aviation Ramblings | In this next post, I cover off most of the other "heavy metal" at the museum. Unfortunately, most of it is outside, and deteriorating because of that, but still good to see them.
Video: Mosquito Trailer from stickandrudderWTO
Friday, August 17, 2012
Indy Transponder 17-AUG-2012 1045z
Atlantic City Airshow takes off Friday morning over Boardwalk - Press of Atlantic City | Atlantic City's ability to handle large-scale crowds will be tested today — perhaps more than ever — as hundreds of thousands of people are expected to pour onto Absecon Island for the Atlantic City Airshow. For the first time, “Thunder Over the ...
Photos: The Atlantic City Airshow rehearsal - The Star-Ledger - NJ.com | The USAF Thunderbirds even did a surprise flyby under the beautiful Atlantic City skies. The Airshow begins today at 10 a.m. and concludes at 3 p.m. For Atlantic City airshow information visit their website. For a live Atlantic City webcam of Albany ...
Military Jet Fighters Headline Wings Over Wine Country Air Show | ... The F/A-18 Super Hornet
Demonstration Team from Lemoore NAS will thrill the crowd with their demonstration showing its tactical power, maneuverability, high performance and speed. The Marines will provide a rare AV-8B Harrier air show flight performance to commemorate the Centennial of Marine Aviation. A Harrier from MCAS Yuma and three helicopter gunships from Camp Pendleton will be on static display. The Air Force will provide a nostalgic Heritage Flight with an A-10 fighter and a vintage P-51 Mustang flown by renowned warbird pilot Steve Hinton. ...
Vintage warbirds -- and the men who flew them in WWII -- soar again for Wings ... - Los Angeles Daily News | Batey will be among a group of WWII pilots celebrating a 67th reunion this weekend at the 33rd Wings Over Camarillo Airshow. The show, organized by the Camarillo Wings Association, takes place Saturday and Sunday at the Camarillo Airport. "This is a ...
American Barnstormers Tour Drops Into Eau Claire, WI from Aero-News Network | Third Stop For The Vintage Bipes And Monoplanes As They Tour The Upper Midwest The American Barnstormers Tour, which kicked off August 9th, is now on its third stop its trip around the Midwest. The dozen-plus vintage aircraft are turning heads and offering rides until Saturday at Chippewa Valley Regional Airport (KEAU) in Eau Claire, WI, and then they'll head off to Manitowoc County Airport (KMTW) in Manitowoc, WI for a few days...
WI Air Show To Feature B-17 Bomber, Aerobatics, Family Fun from Aero-News Network \ Wings Over Waukesha Air Show Adds Another Aerobatics Act And 1st Tactical Air Wing Demonstration To The Lineup A fourth aerobatic act has been added to the lineup for the Wings over Waukesha Air Show. Orgnaizers announced Wednesday that former U.S. Air Force A-10 pilot Jim Leavelle will be performing in his T-6, along with Jim "Fang" Maroney Super Chipmunk aerobatics, Dave Dacy-Tony Kazian wingwalking, and Dr Bill Blank Super Decathlon aerobatics...
Week of the Eagles air show draws 20000 - WHAS 11.com | The air show featured a Dixie Commemorative Air Force demonstration, a C-45 (Beech 18) demonstration, Army Aviation Heritage Foundation Air Assault and Rescue at Dawn Re-enactment, a Trojan Horse demonstration, Air Force Flyovers, and an Air ...
Tillsonburg air shows fun for all of Oxford County, Tillsonburg mayor says - Brantford Expositor | The Canadian Forces Snowbirds, pictured here performing in British Columbia, will grace the skies of Orillia on Saturday as part of the Canada Day Weekend Celebration. The Snowbirds, an internationally renowned air demonstration team, travel across ...
Time to go Flying! from Stead Airport Users Association by Tracy | This is from eaa.org | In 1939, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt proclaimed August 19 – birthday of first pilot Orville Wright – as America’s first National Aviation Day celebrating the development of aviation. This Sunday marks the 73rd observance of National Aviation Day, so how does an aviator mark the occasion? Get out and fly! EAA encourages...
Flying Club's annual fly-in/drive-in breakfast takes place on Saturday - Moose Jaw Times-Herald | The annual Moose Jaw Flying Club Fly-in/Drive-in breakfast will take place on Saturday from 8 to 11 a.m. at the Moose Jaw Municipal Airport. For $5 per person, people can enjoy a pancake and sausage breakfast while talking with pilots and looking at a ...
Breitling Wingwalkers by danceswithplates | These unmistakable orange aircraft were a joy to watch with the girls on top of the wings doing various manouvres. The...
Chelsea Handler flies with SCA from Sky Combat Ace's Facebook Wall | #Chelsea Handler flew with SCA today in Santa Monica! Make sure...
David Pablo Cohn's Skyranger Almost Ready To Fly from Antique Airfield News | David Pablo Cohn sent an update to the Skyranger list and has agreed to share his project's project with us: Those of you who have been following the saga of NC33395's restoration will have lost count, but we're now closing in on the 9th year of our 9-month restoration project. I was out at Calaveras just this afternoon, and here's the scary bit - we're almost there...
Ready to Install the Door on the APM Restoration Center from Antique Airfield News | Progress continues on the APM Restoration Center though it was one of those days where the project appeared 90% done with 90% to go. A crew from the...
Lockheed Martin Marks 100th Anniversary Of Glenn L. Martin Company Founding from Aero-News Network \ Self-Taught Engineer, Then 26, Was Already Well Versed In Aviation It was on August 16th, 1912, that the Glann L. Martin company was incorporated in the city of Los Angeles, CA. The start-up grew to become the company we know today as Lockheed Martin...
Jungle Skipper — Douglas C-47D Skytrain in green over grey from Travel for Aircraft by joseph_may | What has not been said of the DC-3 and what has it not done? The DC-3/C-47 has been flying since 1936 when the DC-3 was first used by American Airlines to replace their Curtiss Condor* which revolutionized air [...]
Only Emily from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | ...Emily is a Test Pilot. Specifically a "Production Captain" on the 737 but she’s in the process of making all of us jealous because she’s getting her 787 "Production Captain" qualification. While she earned her pilot's license when she was 19...
Youth aviation club to celebrate heritage - Topeka Capital Journal | A decades-old aviation club is planning a daylong celebration of its heritage...On Saturday, members past and present, along with family members and
advisers, will convene for brunch in the morning before taking in
displays of airplanes, old jeeps and photographs. An evening dinner will
include a program in which the group’s elders will talk about how the
program started...
The Astronaut Question - airspacemag.com | How long will humans remain better than robots at exploration?
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Indy Transponder 11-JUL-2012 0200z
Farnborough International Airshow - Albany Times Union | The Red Arrows fly in formation alongside a Vulcan bomber to officially open the Farnborough International Airshow in Hampshire, southern England, on July 9, 2012. Farnborough sees the announcement of orders for military jets but with governments...
Farnborough 2012: Parade of Flying Legends from David Cenciotti's weblog | Farnborough International Airshow 2012 is not only interesting for the new aircraft, equipment, weapon systems, orders being announced and so on. Among the planes taking part to the daily air display there are also some of the most famous British planes of the WWII and Cold War era: the Avro Lancaster, the Spitfire, the Vulcan....
Spitfire grounded by weather - BBC News | A rare Spitfire which was unable to fly at the Royal International Air Tattoo because of the weather has been unable to return home to West Sussex.
Farnborough 2012 Photo: Flying as “Scalp 99″ a U.S. B-52 Stratofortress opens Day 2 of the Airshow from David Cenciotti's weblog | While Day 1 was opened by a memorable Red Arrows and Avro Vulcan formation, the second trade day of Farnborough International Air Show 2012 air display was kicked off by a U.S. B-52. Coming from RAF Fairford as “Scalp 99″ (reportedly 60-0042/BD belonding to the 93 BS from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana), the B-52H performed a flyover before heading back to the U.S. though the Daventry corridor...
Farnborough 2012: new details about the “weaponized” C-27J disclosed from David Cenciotti's weblog | In a media briefing held inside the fuselage of the C-27J CSX62127, Alenia Aermacchi has unveiled a few more details about the new gunship version of the Spartan launched by Alenia Aeronautica and ATK at Farnborough International Airshow 2012. First of all, the “mini-Spectre” is just the first of a series of highly specialized configurations that Alenia Aeronautica plans to base on the C-27J battlefield airlifter: ISR (Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance), Border Surveillance, Command and Control. And, of course, Gunship...
'ZIMI' SIGNS OUT WITH LAST DISPLAY from Royal International Air Tattoo News | THE Swiss aerobatic display team produced a top performance in the last display of this year's Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford.
31st Annual Fly-In Breakfast, 51st Annual Fine Arts Show set for Aug. 5 in Cresco - Cresco Times Plain Dealer | The Fly-In Breakfast will run from 7:30 a.m. to 12-noon at the Cresco Airport – Ellen Church Field. The breakfast features omelets and pancakes. Day-of tickets are $7, with children age 5 and under FREE. Advance tickets are $6, available at the Cresco ...
Salento Tricolore II Air Show here is the picture - The Everyday Italian | In addition to the program Acrobatic Patrol "Frecce Tricolori", there was the participation of vessels and aircraft of other Forces and Armed Corps and civilian aerobatic team. "The aerobatic team is a valuable business ...
On Sale Now! Fill Your Need for Speed with Tickets to Fleet Week Coronado ... - Sacramento Bee | Leap Frogs – The Navy Parachute Team, a.k.a the Leap Frogs, will demonstrate their skill and precision on Sunday, September 23, during the opening ceremony. The San Diego-based Leap Frogs perform precision, free-fall parachute demonstrations across ...
Podcast: Planes of Fame’s Steve Hinton – Warbird Radio from WarbirdRadio.com by Matt | TUESDAY – Planes of Fame’s Steve Hinton joins Matt Jolley on Warbird Radio LIVE! Learn the latest news from POF this morning at 10am (EASTERN) plus we’re taking your calls and questions. For more information on POF just click on the Quick Link posted below. Thanks for tuning in. QUICK LINK: Planes of Fame STUDIO [...]
World War II bomber tours skies over Casper - Casper Star-Tribune Online | Cy Brown, a crew member of the B-25 Mitchell "Maid in the Shade", hangs on during takeoff Monday, July 9, 2012 in Casper. The restored WWII bomber, which is owned by the Arizona Commemorative Air Force, will be at Natrona County International Airport ...
B-17 Flying Fortress Intro - Timesonline.com | A B-17 Flying Fortress taxiing down the runway after a mission over the Three Rivers and Clairton Steel Works, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Mustang Sally from Latest Vlog | Here's a quick clip I cut today of footage that was given to me by the guys at Helimedia of Menno Parsons flying his P-51D Mustang at the 2012 Rand Air Show. The video includes some awesome onboard visuals and aerial work of Mustang Sally in all her glory!
Timeless Voices - Frank Rezich by eaavideo.org | A natural mechanic, Frank Rezich worked for Howard Aircraft before serving in the Air Transport Command during WWII. He worked for various aviation manufacturers after the war on such projects as the XB-70 bomber and the Apollo Program.
Computers and Mosquitos.mpg from stickandrudderWTO | Video
Veterans conflicted, disappointed about Supreme Court's ruling that lying ... - Villages Daily Sun | Jim Jinks, right, of the Village of Glenbrook and his best friend, Bill Rich, look out a gun window of a B-17 Flying Fortress during an airshow at Leesburg International Airport. Rich was a bombadier on a B-17 for 35 missions over Germany during World ...
Wind Chamber Symphony: Freeflying with Fred Fugen and Vince Reffet from Aerial Sports Feed | Fred Fugen and Vince Reffet do it all - skydiving, freeflying, BASE jumping, wingsuit flying,
swooping, speed riding... See them take off as they train with the help of a wind tunnel in Prague!
Fellowship to help warbirds - Fraser Coast Chronicle | RETIRED army major Peter Ford will fly half way around the world to gather the information he needs to replicate some of Australia's first war birds.
Fall Behind the Scenes Tour registration opens July 17 from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | Get a first-hand look at the aircraft restoration process during the Behind the Scenes Tours at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. Registration for tours from September through December 2012 opens on Tuesday, July 17. The free tours take place every Friday from 12:15 p.m. to 3 p.m. Space is limited, so advance registration is required...
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Indy Transponder 25-FEB-2012 1730z
The Breitling Jet Team to Sanicole and Lens! from Apache Roll, le blog de la patrouille Breitling |
B ientôt season dates and already beginning to fall. The Sept. 14 at night and on September 16 in early afternoon, the patrol will occur Sanicole , the famous Belgian rally. On September 16, following the Breitling Jet Team will close the show great Franco-Polish which is organized by the Urban Community of Lens-Lievin, on AD Lens-Bénifontaine. 50,000 people are expected for a week of entertainment and an exceptional Airshow....
Red Arrows plan tribute fly-past - Wales Online | THE RED Arrows have been asked to perform a fly-past at a Welsh air show that is to be renamed in memory of an airport owner who was killed in a plane crash last month....
IMAX Air Racers 3D - Steven Hinton - Planes of Fame | Video: A personal message from Planes of Fame Air Museum and Strega Air Racing pilot Steve Hinton, one of the stars of the IMAX theatre film "Air Racers 3D" narrated by Paul Walker. The film is a breathtaking exploration of the fastest race in the world combined with spectacular air show entertainment: the legendary Reno National Championship Air Races....
City plans donation to air-show fund - Standard | The city is showing its support by agreeing to be a sponsor for the upcoming air show. Hill Air Force Base will hold its annual open house and air show May 26 and 27. It requested the city be part of that by sponsoring the event with a cash donation. The city council recently approved, by resolution, a donation of $2,500....
Friday, May 11, 2012 - An Evening with R.A. Bob Hoover, Let History Take Flight. A Gala Benefiting Cavanaugh Flight Museum, Addison, TX from FunPlacesToFly.com Aviation Events | The Cavanaugh Flight Museum is pleased to announce our 2012 Spring Gala - "Let History Take Flight", An Evening with R.A. "Bob" Hoover. The evening's events will include a live and silent auction, a formal dinner catered by III Forks and a special address by "the pilots' pilot" R.A. "Bob" Hoover. Individual tickets are 150. Sponsorship packages range from 2,500 to 15,000...
Model RC airplane expo takes flight in Aurora - Fox31 Denver | Man’s fascination with flight probably started with ancient man gazing skyward and watching mysterious creatures defying gravity and soaring the heavens. Today,man is still gazing skyward. It may be a little less mysterious but it is just as fascinating. If you can’t afford a real aircraft to...
Vietnam War rescue pilot goes on to command space shuttle from Air Force Link Top Stories | African Americans blazed trails even beyond the stratosphere, as seen in the achievements of retired Col. Frederick D. Gregory, a former Air Force combat rescue pilot and NASA astronaut. After graduating from the Air Force Academy in 1964, Gregory entered pilot training and attended undergraduate helicopter training at Stead Air Force Base, Nev. He received his wings in 1965 and was assigned as an H-43 helicopter rescue pilot at Vance AFB, Okla., until May 1966....
Navy Primary Flight Training with ENS Evan Levesque – Audio Episode Show Notes from Airspeed Online by Steve Tupper | ENS Evan Levesque (pronounced “leh-VECK”) is a primary flight student at NAS Whiting Field near Milton, Florida. He’s flying the mighty...
Wings Club celebrates rich history - The Gazette | Despite rocky periods, Manhattan’s one-time flyboy club has managed to maintain its relevance in aviation circles as it prepares to turn 70 | ...“Every December, we take a group of students to functions at the Wings Club, and they’ve been extremely accommodating and welcoming to us. And there’s been an emphasis lately on women in aviation.” Women were first allowed into the inner sanctum only in the early 1970s, but Herman said that their services have been increasingly recognized since then, including honouring WASPS – Women Airforce Service Pilots – who ferried all types of airplanes from factories to combat zones during the world war....
Albert Seifert, 91, worked at Boeing through seven decades - The Seattle Times | ...Albert Elmer Seifert, one of the longest-serving employees at Boeing, died Feb. 20 at the age of 91. He worked full time at the Auburn plant until two months ago...
Tuskegee Airman, 89, offers own lesson in life - The Post and Courier | ...The two boys, 13, had learned a little about the Tuskegee Airmen who performed so magnificently during World War II despite -- or perhaps because of -- endemic racism, and could not pass up the chance to meet the man who embodied this important history....
Tuskegee Airmen come to Bloom High School - Southtown Star | Air Force veterans Louis Irons and Lawton Wilkerson never saw World War II combat. But as part of the dwindling ranks of the Tuskegee Airmen, their service to the country and its historic aviation program has been on display this month, along with others who were part of the famous unit....
Big, Bigger, Biggest. Seriously, The AN-225 is a Whopper Big Airplane from Flight Monkeys | They say everything’s bigger in Texas. Well, if Texas is in Russia, that may be true. Let us introduce you to the Antonov AN- 225. It’s bigger than a Boeing 747…by a lot. This thing’s huge. In fact, it’s so...
Boeing Marks 1st Anniversary Of KC-46A Tanker Contract Award from Aero-News Network: Military | Major Milestones Completed On Schedule As Program Prepares For Preliminary Design Review February 24th marked the first anniversary of the Boeing KC-46 Tanker program receiving a U.S. Air Force contract to build the next-generation aerial refueling tanker, the KC-46A. Over the past year, the program has completed key milestones in support of the design and development phase on or ahead of schedule, and is now preparing for a Preliminary Design Review (PDR) in March.
NASA Announces Time Change For Shuttle Tile Presentation To School from Space Shuttle and International Space Station News | The time for a Feb. 27 appearance by former space shuttle astronaut Leland Melvin, NASA's associate administrator for education, at Bruce Monroe Elementary School at Parkview in Washington, has changed. Melvin will present a space shuttle tile to the school and speak to students at 10 a.m.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Indy Transponder 15-SEP-2011 0400z
F-16 pilot was ready to down plane her father piloted on 9/11 - Washington Post | “This sounds cold-hearted, I mean that was my daddy,” Penney said from Reno, where she and her father are flying for separate teams in the annual Reno Air Races. “But, frankly, there was no way for me to know, and it would not have changed what I ...
EAA's "One Lap" series. A video episode for each class. Reno: One Lap in Austin Priester's Pitts, Reno: One Lap in a P-51, Reno: One Lap in a T-6, Reno: One Lap in a Pitts S1C,
Life In The (Really) Fast Lane! Fab EAA Video On Reno Air Racing from AirPigz | I'm sitting in the Denver airport on my way to the Reno Air Races so I figure this excellent EAA video on Reno Racing and the PRS (Pylon Racing School - held in June each year) is the perfect post for the day. It gives a really great idea of what it's like to be tearing up the desert race course at Stead Field in Reno, and puts faces and personalities on the pilots that have air racing in their blood. ...
Qualifying videos from You Tube: Blue Thunder II, Galloping Ghost.
National Championship Air Races Soars into Reno - My News 4 | Includes video interview with Steven Hinton and Mike Houghton
Thunder Over the Blue Ridge to roll into Martinsburg - The Herald-Mail | “We feel this is going to be a great time for everyone,” Schmidt said Wednesday of the show lineup and various activities on the base. The Viper East F-16 Demonstration Team, US Aerobatic Champion Paul Jennings and the Trojan Horsemen, ...
UCRA Airshow to feature stunts, rare planes and fun - Cookeville Herald Citizen | The skies above Sparta will be filled with planes and stunts when the Upper Cumberland Airshow, scheduled for this Saturday, kicks off at 11:55 amHerald-Citizen Photo/Ty Kernea SPARTA -- In just a few days, the Upper Cumberland Regional Airport will be ...
Red Arrows announce new line-up - BBC News | The team will get three new pilots, one of whom will replace Flt Lt Jon Egging, who died in a crash following a display at the Bournemouth Air Festival. Since the crash in August the team has been flying in an eight-man formation instead of the usual ...
Wheee! Flying upside down in a super-fast jet from PhotoBlog | The Breitling Jet Team flies during a press demonstration before the airshow of Sion, Switzerland, Sept. 14. The Breitling Jet Team is ...
Seaplanes return to Hammondsport on Saturday - The Leader | The annual Seaplane Homecoming returns to Hammondsport’s Depot Park on Saturday, with a new look. Highlights include a seaplane parade, hot air balloon and helicopter rides, a ...
Fly-in to feature antique aircraft - Green Bay Press Gazette | The fruit of those efforts is the EAA Warbirds Badger Squadron 6 Annual Fly-in. The third fly-in is set for Saturday at the airport. The event — which runs from 9 am to 5 pm — is slated to feature not just antique aircraft, but antique cars, ...
Photos: PT-22 at Night from Antique Airfield News | Brendan Shay, a first-timer to the 2011 Blakesburg Fly-In, took some neat night shots of a Ryan PT-22 at Blakesburg.
Festival to include air show at airport - Stafford County Sun | STAFFORD — Bad weather, the economy and an upcoming festival and air show were among the topics discussed at a monthly meeting of the Stafford Regional Airport Authority on Monday. The annual ...
B-29 "Superfortress" lands in Stillwater - Perkins Journal | Members of the Commemorative Air Force (CAF), a group of volunteers who care for classic military air craft, provided visitors to the Stillwater Regional Airport with information about the plane and a chance to tour the interior. ...
Netherlands Air Force will demonstrate airpower in Leeuwarden - Cavok (translated) | The Apache attack helicopter demonstration team ground of the Royal Netherlands Air Force, one of the attractions of Air Power Show in Leeuwarden. (Photo: RNLAF) | On 16 and 17 September 2011, the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RLNAF) will present to the public during the Open Gates Leeuwarden Air Base during the event under the motto "The future hangs in the air." ...
Tom Reilly – Warbird Radio LIVE! – Thursday – 10am (EASTERN) - WarbirdRadio.com | THURSDAY - Tom Reilly joins us with an update on the XP-82. Tune in at 10am (EASTERN) and hear the latest news from Douglas, Georgia. It's always an ...
Black Team Kicks off the NFL Season — US Army Golden Knights | Every year, millions of Americans look forward to an exciting day- The beginning of the NFL season. Black Team was proud to be part of the first NFL game, in Miami. The Miami Dolphins invited the Golden Knights to jump, once again. This year added an additional touch, however. Our jump was scheduled for 8:45 PM, well after the sun had set. The Miami Dolphins requested a night-pyrotechnic performance, for their first 2011 halftime. Black Team began our preparations at the beginning of the 2nd quarter. With a half time ...
Teammates Final jump from US Army Golden Knights | After a full day of training on Monday, members of the Golden Knights 8 Way Team were honored to spend one final afternoon with a former teammate. William Harrell, known affectionately to his teammates as Buzz, was a member of the US Army Parachute Team beginning in the 1970′s. His last wish was to be [...]
2011 Golden Knight Assessment and Selection Begins — US Army Golden Knights | Well, GKAS has started for 2011 and the cadre have the 10 of us up and running. We started zero week on 7 September with in-processing and classes on everything from marking our bunks to how to roll a WDI. We went to Media Relations and had our “head shots” taken and then we had a taped interview. This was ...
Brush hosts balloon blast - The Fort Morgan Times | Saturday dawned to a sky clear and cold, just the right weather for the Brush Balloon Festival. Hot air balloon owners and fans worked in tandem to put the balloons together, and it took a crew for each of ...
Boeing 377 from I n f o r m a t i o n 2 S h a r e by pawangkul | The plane was released in the late-1940s and it had four piston propeller engines that powered it. The aircraft had surprisingly low fuel consumption for the era and was able to cruise at about 32,000 feet. It also had a pressurized cabin, which was a relatively new feature to high altitude aircraft of that time. At cruising altitude the cabin altitude was 5,500 ft (1,700 m). The airlines were able to make transoceanic flights ...
John McCain at ‘Hook 2011 from Neptunus Lex | ... “So as we celebrate the centennial of Naval Aviation and begin to contemplate the next 100 years, I encourage all of you to look back on those who led us through our first century. I urge you to study their lives and their leadership styles. Then strive to be like them. Learn to inspire the men and women who work for you. Learn to lift them up, to give them meaningful responsibility, to allow them room to grow, and yes, even to ... "
Traps and Cats on the USS Abraham Lincoln CVN 72 from Cara Renee Photography Blog | I was nominated by Dennis Hall and Guy Kawasaki for the Navy’s Distinguished Visitor program to photo document everyday life on the aircraft carrier the USS Abraham Lincoln. Check another one off the “bucket list”! This was an opportunity of a life time! ...
Alabama Native and 50 Year NASA Marshall Veteran to Receive 'Women Helping Women' Award from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | HUNTSVILLE AL- Ann McNair, Director of the Office of Center Operations at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., will be honored Sept. 15 with a "Women Helping Women" award from the nonprofit Women's Economic Development Council of Huntsville. ...
WASP Homecoming 2011- Pictures from WASP Museum
Young Eagles take flight from Creswell airport - Creswell Chronicle | It's possible that one or more of your flight crew started an aviation career as the result of the Experimental Aircraft Association's Young Eagles program, offered since 1982. Last Saturday, 31 potential future aviators from eight to 17 years old ...
NASA unveils next rocket — a hybrid shuttle to fly in 2017 - Orlando Sentinel | WASHINGTON -- NASA made official on Wednesday its next vision for space travel by unveiling plans for a massive rocket it hopes could blast astronauts to an asteroid by 2025 while laying the foundation for a ...


