Team Little Rock Lands Top Air Show Honor - KARK | The Dick Schram Community Relations Award is presented each year to the military air show that uses its air show to build stronger community relations. According to the award citation, Team Little Rock was cited for its effective efforts to partner ...
Winners announced in air show design contest - Hilton Head Island Packet | A Brooklyn woman's artwork will be used to publicize the 2013 Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort Air Show, officials announced Thursday. Mingda Liu was named the grand-prize winner of the air show's design contest. Her artwork will be printed on a ...
A pilot in the Ghedi Arrows tricolor - Corriere della Sera | A pilot of the sixth flight of Ghedi becomes part of the Frecce Tricolori. This is the captain Pierangelo Semproniel, Tornado pilot from the 154th Squadron of the 6 ° Stormo of Ghedi, who will fly with the number 7. Another new entry is the captain...
AIRSHOW NEWS: Royal Air Force delivers Air Tattoo early ‘Christmas Gift’ from Flightline UK - UK Airshow News | Organisers of the Royal International Air Tattoo have described news of the Royal Air Force’s plans for next summer’s airshow as an exciting, early Christmas present. In a letter to the organisers this week, the RAF outlined an ambitious programme of involvement at the Air Tattoo, which takes place at RAF Fairford, in the heart of the Cotswolds, on July 20 & 21, 2013...
Maj. Roy Sproul - Silver Falcons from Latest Vlog | Rory & I got to film Maj. Roy Sproul at the Wings & Wheels air show that took place at AFB Ysterplaat in December 2011. This...
Photo: U.S. Air Force plane prepares for take off under giant double rainbow on Dec. 21 “Doomsday” from David Cenciotti's weblog | Taken on the day of the alleged Mayan Apocalypse 
Warbird Radio | What's new? check out what's coming up....
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2012: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Airport from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | EAA
AirVenture Oshkosh 2012 was a great destination for thousands of pilots
and aviation enthusiasts, but sometimes the travel to Oshkosh,
especially when taking the RV ground route, can be an adventure in
itself. On a fuel stop during our trip from southeast Missouri, we
noticed a crop duster doing his thing over a nearby field, and had to
capture the moment....
Year nine students from Bournemouth schools embark on project in memory of ... - Bournemouth Echo | PATHFINDERS:
Students who have embarked on a pioneering project in memory of Red
Arrows pilot Jon Egging. YEAR Nine students from two Bournemouth schools
are embarking on a pioneering project set up in memory of Red Arrows
pilot Jon Egging....
Roman exhibition at Hugault Artludik from Passion for aviation by Xavier Cotton | ..."The Last Flight", "The Grand Duke" or "The Pilot in Edelweiss" are albums that despite the youth of its author 
is now among the "classic comics". Combining design the most precise attention to detail genuine sensitivity and related colors, Romain Hugault (http://romain-hugault.blogspot.fr) imposed a style that is already a reference. Arludik gallery is proud for its first opening in 2013 to host a unique exhibition of original drawings, drawings ink, unique digital paintings by the artist. The opening of this exhibition will be held Thursday, January 3 from 18:30 to 21:30....
Winds prevent 'Memphis Belle' takeoff - Salisbury Post | ...High winds prevented the World War II-era bomber “Memphis Belle” from departing Rowan Regional Airport today. A large crowd that had turned out to watch the B-17 take off at noon had to leave disappointed...
'Memphis Belle' takeoff set for second try today - Salisbury Post | The B-17 bomber that portrayed the Memphis Belle in the movie of the same name is now scheduled to leave the Rowan County Airport today after high winds prevented its scheduled departure Friday. The plane, famous for portraying the bomber that was...
Christmas from CAF Red Tail Squadron's Blog | Today’s short blog entry will be about two interesting Christmas-y items related to the military...
The Christmas Roundel of the RCAF from Vintage Wings of Canada by Dave
Santa and Fighter Jets - Planeshots | Today's theme is Santa with USAF fighter jets, past and present.
Original fly girls get Denver tribute - 9NEWS.com | In 1944, during the graduation ceremony for the last WASP training class, the commanding general of the U.S. Army Air Forces, Henry "Hap" Arnold, said that when the program started, he wasn't sure "whether a slip of a girl could fight the controls of a ...
WWII veteran receives medal: WWII veteran receives medal - Great Falls Tribune | Between May and November of 1943, he served as flight engineer/top turret gunner aboard the Evil Eye Egbert, a B-17 bomber under the command of the U.S. Army's 12th Air Force in the war against the Italian and German armies in North Africa and Italy.
XC-142 — the un-fixed wing V/STOL from Travel for Aircraft by joseph_may | XC-142 — the un-fixed wing V/STOL Many design tracks have been tested so that the benefits of vertical flight can be realized by fixed wing aircraft — tilt rotor, vertically oriented additional engines and tilting wings. The XC-142 design by Ling-Temco-Vought (LTV) was a four turboprop engine tilting wing aircraft produced for testing by the U.S. [...]
Solar Impulse will fly the United States in 2013 from Passion for aviation by Xavier Cotton | In 2012 Solar Impulse (HB-SIA) conducted the first intercontinental flight between Europe and Africa, performed entirely by solar energy. Which allowed him to register with the FAI (Fédération Aéronautique Internationale), two world records for distance in the "solar airplane." At the invitation of King Mohammed VI, Solar Impulse has crossed the Strait of Gibraltar and the Moroccan sky won for a role as spokesperson during the construction of the Ouarzazate largest solar thermal plant in the world....
Canadian NORAD Region Names Pilots to Track Santa from Aviation.ca News by National Defence and the Canadian Forces | With Christmas around the corner, the Canadian North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Region is set to track and escort Santa Claus during his annual visit to Canada, and has selected four CF-18 fighter pilots who will act as Santa's official escorts.
Disney Sets Cars Spinoff Planes for a Theatrical Release - ComingSoon.net | Planes follows Dusty (Cryer), a small town dreamer who longs to enter the most epic around-the-world air race... despite his fear of heights. With the help and support of a fleet of new and hilarious characters, Dusty wings his way into the biggest ...
Aerostars from Apron 6 | First picture for the Sanicole Airshow album.
Russian Air Force MiG-29 (Strizhi) from FenceCheck Forums
Man Spins 568 Times Head-Over-Heels In the Air and Somehow Doesn't Vomit - Gizmodo UK | Apparently infinity tumbling is the hardest aerobatic paragliding manoeuvre there is, and I can see why. One wrong move and you might get wrapped up in your parachute, sending you flying like a brick into the ground. But probably the most impressive...
Intrepid Museum, Home of Shuttle Enterprise, Reopens after Hurricane Sandy ... - Space.com | The Enterprise, which never flew to space, was used as a prototype to test the space shuttle design during glide flights in the 1970s. The orbiter has been exposed to rough weather many ...
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Saturday, December 22, 2012
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Monday, May 9, 2011
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Tuskegee Airmen set inspirational tone of movie filmed here for traveling theater - Cleveland | WILLOUGHBY, Ohio -- As the young boy quietly appraised the P-51C Mustang fighter plane parked on the runway, an old pilot approached, rested his hand on the youth's shoulder and said, "She's a beautiful thing, isn't she?" It was literally a made-for movie moment, but that pilot, Col. Charles McGee, really does understand the allure of the vintage warbird...
AirSho features flying history (Coyote Squadron big event coming May 14) - Corsicana Daily Sun | This year’s AirSho, an annual display and celebration of the Coyote Squadron of the Commemorative Air Force, will be different from the 12 previous annual shows. This year, the airport will be closed to general aviation during the show, from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, and the ramp will be cleared of people and secured...
Two more Honor Flights will take vets to WWII memorial beginning Tuesday - WCF Courier | WATERLOO, Iowa --- Over the next two weeks, nearly 200 Cedar Valley area World War II veterans will make one of the most memorable journeys of their lives since their actual military service. On a pair of flights Tuesday and May 17, they will travel to Washington, D.C...
We say...Thanks again to WWII vets - Bluffton Today | We will continue to say, “Thank you,” to what we’ve come to know as the Greatest Generation. But sooner rather than later, there won’t be anybody left to hear it as World War II veterans gradually pass away.
Last weekend was the last reunion of the so-called “Hump pilots” who flew C-46 cargo planes from India and Burma to China over the Himalaya Mountains...
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Freedom Museum adds personal touch - Inside Nova | MANASSAS, Va. -In a sun-drenched field near the Manassas Regional Airport on Saturday, amateur aviators maneuver model airplanes and helicopters through the sky. Not too far away, machines just a little larger are on display with some showing off their aerial moves...
VIDEO: Air Demonstration Squadron Swifts Russia celebrates 20th anniversary - Cavok | The Russian aerobatic team Strizhi (Swifts) celebrated its 20th anniversary on May 6, Friday, with a new air show held at Kubinka airfield near Moscow...
Bari - The acrobatic squadron between the world famous 'Le Tricolor Arrows' in the 150 years of Italian unification - Puglia Live | Clear skies, slight breeze, a sea of people flooded the promenade of Bari, it is true, the feast of the patron saint of Bari San Nicola has always attracted Thousands of pilgrims, tourists and Bari, but today the appointment on May 8...
Plus Harrier fighter makes first landing at the Juan Carlos I - Cavok | Plus Harrier jet from the Spanish Armada at the time arrived for the new aircraft carrier landing...
Boeing gives $1 million to children’s hospital - The State | CHARLESTON MUSC Children’s Hospital has received a $1 million investment from Boeing to expand existing programs promoting healthy living among children and families...
Space Adventures Looking for the $150-Million Lunar Cosmonaut to Complete Crew - Spaceports | Space Adventures, LLC, the only company that has provided human space missions to the global marketplace, outlined its forecast for commercial orbital spaceflight and announced details of how additional living space would be made available during the company's planned circumlunar mission now planned for 2015, RIA Novosti...
Space Adventures will shoot you (and your ego) to the moon for $150 million - Engadget | Y'know, there are only so many pristine beaches and spectacular slopes one can see before terrestrial tourism becomes blasé. That's why Space Adventures -- who lets folks vacay in space via suborbital jaunts -- is offering to shoot you to the moon during your next work sabbatical...
Saturday, May 7, 2011
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The Great Tennessee Air Show | Flying Friday - Leaving Terra Firma | I don’t know what your plans are this weekend, but if you’re near Smyrna, TN you should get to The Great Tennessee Air Show. The air show gates open at 8 a.m. this Saturday and Sunday at the Smyrna Airport. There are still tickets are still available for $20 at the gate or $10 for kids under 12 and kids under 4 are free...
Picture gallery: 2011 N'Awlins Air Show preview day thrills students, military families - NOLA | Near perfect weather greeted the crowd during the 2011 N'Awlins Air Show preview show for students, military members and their family members and invited guests Friday at the Naval Air Station-Joint Reserve Base in Belle Chasse, Louisiana...
VIDEO: High flyin' times at Central Texas Airshow - KCEN | Brace for daring stunts in the skies over Temple, with the return of the Central Texas Airshow! The three day event kicks off Friday, but pilots started arriving Thursday evening to practice their hair-raising tricks with our KCEN-HD camera on board...
JetMan delayed his flight through Grand Canyon - Aviation News EU | Yves Rossy and his team want to do some test runs before the actual flight. Just before 10 a.m., they announced that they had scrubbed the event. Rossy reportedly saying he didn’t have enough time to train...
VIDEO: Aluminum Overcast B-17 Flying Fortress - BlueRidgeNow | The Aluminum Overcast B-17 is at the Asheville Regional Airport for tours and flight experiences.
Bomber brings back memories - The Adobe Press | High winds sweeping along the Santa Maria Public Airport runway couldn’t keep 88-year-old Joel Johnson from crossing the tarmac for an up-close look at a restored B-17 parked outside the Radisson hotel last week. A 10-year Nipomo resident, Johnson fought back tears as he examined the World War II bomber nicknamed Aluminum Overcast...Honor Flight sends another 105 WW2 vets to Washington - KSFY | They are among the best this nation has ever produced.
The men and women of World War II literally saved the world from unspeakable evil. Friday morning, 105 World War II veterans left Sioux Falls for Washington D-C, to see for themselves the memorial dedicated to the war that left a mark on them and the world...
North Korea hands over remains of RAF pilot - Histroy News Network | North Korea has handed over the remains of a British pilot who died in the Korean War nearly 60 years ago...
Parachute Team Lands In Loudoun To Support Veterans' Project - Leesburg 2Day | Leesburg, VA - Residents shouldn't be alarmed Monday if they see a group of Army Rangers parachuting into Loudoun. The drop by the Obligated, Dedicated and Determined Ranger Group Veteran Parachute Team will be part of the Fisher House Golf Classic to be played on the Norman Course at Lansdowne Resort...
Women in Aviation receive scholarship pledges of $375,000 so far - Dayton Daily News | WEST ALEXANDRIA — Businesses and individuals have pledged a total of $375,000 in funding to be used by the Women in Aviation International organization for training and academic scholarships in 2012...
Young Eagles Flight Rally at Minute Man Airfield - Community Advocate | Stow - All those between ages 8-17 will have a chance to take to the skies Saturday May 14, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., as EAA Chapter 196 hosts a Young Eagles Flight Rally at Minute Man Airfield, 302 Boxboro Rd., Stow...
New Buoyant-Aircraft Design Could Lead to Fleets of Efficient Cargo Zeppelins - PopSci | A California company is working on a new airship design that could solve one of the biggest problems facing buoyancy-aided aircraft — how to control floatworthiness without wasting fuel.
Aeros, founded by Russian-born entrepreneur Igor Pasternak, is working on a rigid-hulled airship that varies its buoyancy to take off and land vertically...
CoolPix: Scaled Composites Model 355 - Pilot Optional - Martt | A few days ago there were some aviation news stories about a mysterious, apparent Rutan designed, UAV-looking flying machine that had been spotted flying near Beale Air Force Base north of Sacremento California. Today, much more info has been revealed about what this airplane is. It started life as Scaled Composites Model 355, and it first flew in February 2010. It's now officially known as the Northrop Grumman Firebird...SPACE.com Facebook Q&A: 10 Alan Shepard Questions for Biographer Neal Thompson - Space | This year marks the 50th anniversary of American human spaceflight, and yesterday (May 5), NASA celebrated the historic suborbital flight that made astronaut Alan Shepard the first American to reach space. On May 5, 1961, Shepard launched aboard his Freedom 7 spacecraft on a 15-minute journey that changed the face of the nation's space program...
STS-134 moves to NET May 16 target amid APU wiring and thermos work - NASA Space Flight | Endeavour’s final mission is now tracking a No Earlier Than (NET) May 16 launch date, following a Program level meeting to evaluate the schedule for the troubleshooting work on the orbiter’s Auxiliary Power Unit (APU-1) heater system. Work has – and continues to – focus on the Aft Load Controller Assembly (ALCA-2), while additional work is being performed on replacing wiring and thermostats to provide improved fault mitigation...
Friday, May 6, 2011
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Blue Angels headline NO air show this weekend - The Republic | Marking the centennial of naval aviation, the Navy takes flight for the 2011 N'Awlins Air Show on Saturday and Sunday at the Belle Chasse Naval Air Station. The Times-Picayune reported the Blue Angels team will be the headliners. ...
N'awlins Air Show marks 100 years of the Navy taking flight - NOLA.com | John Klatt, shadowed by fellow Air National Guard Aerobatic Team member Bill Kerns, inverts his plane as they practice for this weekend's N'Awlins Air Show at the Belle Chasse Naval Air Station on Wednesday, May 4, 2011. Air Show Practice Flights ...
Look to skies over Smyrna for Great Tennessee Air Show - The Daily News Journal | This weekend's signature aviation event will also include performances by air show legends Gene Soucy and Wing Walker Teresa Stokes; Michael Goulian, USA pilot in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship; Jason Newburg flying the Viper; Cheryl Stearns, ...
New show of Strizhi aerobatic team: live broadcast at EN.RIAN.RU - RIA Novosti | The
Russian Strizhi (“Swifts”) aerobatic display team celebrates its 20th anniversary on May 6 with a new air show at the Kubinka airfield near Moscow. Watch the show live at 1.00 pm Moscow time (09.00 GMT) at EN.RIAN.RU. “This year, the pilots will ...PAS11: Russia drops Su-30 from Paris Air Show line-up from The DEW Line | The Su-30 has been pulled from the flying display and the static line.
Loving the steely hues in this photo of a MATS (Military Air... from You like airplanes, too? | Loving the steely hues in this photo of a MATS (Military Air Transport Command) C-121 Constellation doing a lovely photo pass at the 1993 Livermore Airshow. Photo by Tom Hardin.
"Loss of Separation" UCAP #234 from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast | Amy Laboda joins us in the virtual hangar.
Air Museum names speaker for opening - In-Forum | FARGO – National Vietnam Veterans Association President John Rowan will be the keynote speaker for the opening ceremonies of the Vietnam Veteran Memorial Exhibit at the Fargo Air Museum. FARGO – National Vietnam Veterans Association President John ...
Pima from Jetcareers forums [photos] | Just a few. Went there yearly w/my pops when I was a youngster. Had the opportunity to slip out with the crew car to see the old birds. Too bad it was a Sunday because I would have loved to tour the Boneyard again. ...
U. of Maryland's Human-Powered Helicopter Aims to Make Aviation History Next Week - POPSCI | Two years, 50 graduate students, countless man hours, and mankind’s insatiable need to prove he can defy gravity will all come to a head on Wednesday when a team of University of Maryland Students attempts to fly its human-powered helicopter, Gamera. They won’t be flying very high, but the payoff could be tremendous; hanging in the balance is a world record, an aviation “first,” and a claim to the $250,000 Sikorsky Challenge. ...
Bill Chases the Hindenburg from AirSpace | May 6th marks the anniversary of the tragic end of the airship Hindenburg, destroyed by fire as it came in for a landing at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station, New Jersey, in 1937. Last year, to commemorate the anniversary, we posted the story of Anne “Cookie” Chotzinoff Grossman, who, on October 9th, 1936, spotted the Hindenburg in flight from her Connecticut schoolyard. She took off in hot pursuit along with her brother ...
Video: Piper Pilot Needs Just 10 Feet To Take Off - from Autopia | KNIK RIVER, Alaska – Unlike other places where speed may dominate pilot discussions, up here it’s all about how slow you can go. It’s directly related to how quickly you can get off the ground and how little room you need to land. It’s called STOL, or “short take-off and landing,” and here in Alaska it is synonymous with flying. This weekend pilots, pilots from throughout Alaska and ...
Learn to fly at Barnstormers Air Festival (5/6) - The American Press (blog) | ... with tahe help of the Jeff Davis Tourist Commission, the Jeff Davis Airport Commission and the Louisiana Department of Transportation-Aviation Division, will sponsor the second annual Barnstormers Air Festival 10 am-4 pm at the Jennings Airport. ...
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
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Wing walker sets world record above San Francisco - abcnews.com
A woman [Ashley Battles] set a new world record for standing on a wing of an airplane for four straight hours above San Francisco Bay.
Related Post - Indy Transponder
Tulsa Woman Sets New Wing Walking World Record - newson6.com
Red Bull Air Race Zooms Over NYC
Thousands turn out to watch planes zip through Hudson River obstacle course.
Red Bull Air Race: Highlights, NYC
from Aerial Sports Feed
Race Day highlights from the fifth round of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship in New York and New Jersey.
from Aerial Sports Feed
Race Day highlights from the fifth round of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship in New York and New Jersey.
Red Bull vs. Us for Getting New Pilots - AOPA Pilot
Red Bull cola, which must have a corner on the world's caffeine market, puts on an air show in New York and 75000 people show up; in past years, ...
Red Bull cola, which must have a corner on the world's caffeine market, puts on an air show in New York and 75000 people show up; in past years, ...
2010 Air Race Classic from Life on the Road as a Pilot
We'd like to interrupt our regularly scheduled blog posts about AcroCamp for a particularly timely notice...
Tomorrow is the launch for the Women's Transcontinental Air Race Classic!
We'd like to interrupt our regularly scheduled blog posts about AcroCamp for a particularly timely notice...
Tomorrow is the launch for the Women's Transcontinental Air Race Classic!
I participated in the race last year and blogged about it in a series of posts starting with this one.
I had the time of my life and hope to participate again next year. I know so many of the wonderful women participating this year that I hope you will visit the Air Race Classic website and see more about the FIFTY EIGHT teams this year (last year there were fewer than 40!) ...Women to compete in 2500-mile air race - The News Herald
In a few hours, two female pilots from Bay County will fly it across the country in a multi-state air race. Mary Sittman and Leah Dunn are the first local ...
In a few hours, two female pilots from Bay County will fly it across the country in a multi-state air race. Mary Sittman and Leah Dunn are the first local ...
Navy's Blue Angels to Launch Inaugural Air Show in St. Cloud - PR Web
... Franklin's Flying Circus, Minnesota flying legend John Mohr, Mike Wiskus and his Lucas Oil plane, Team Chaos and warbirds like the B-25 and the P-51. ...
About 5000 brave the heat for final day of Cape Girardeau Regional Air Festival - Southeast Missourian
John Dissauer, air show spokesman, said Sunday's heat advisory may have affected the day's attendance. "The forecast was calling for an extremely hot ...
Horsemen: Bringing the P-51 experience - P51 Models
The founder of the group, Ed Shipley, is a long-time air show performer with more than 18 years of experience flying the T-6 Texan, P-51 Mustang, the F8F Bearcat and the F-86 Sabre. He was also one of the civilian founders of the USAF ...
Flying Across America - Promoting your General Aviation
One day to go. At this time tomorrow, we’ll be approaching Destin and get ready to meet our friends at DestinJet. And guess what we did yesterday and tomorrow? We spent all day on Florida’s beaches, hit the swimming pool, drink cocktails, and … No forget about that. Apart form the rally and burgers in Dunnellon, we spent the day in Jason’s office here in Ocala, sending mail, calling contacts and updating our plans…
Green Aviation Show in Paris - Examiner
The Green Aviation Show takes place from June 18th to 20th 2010 at Paris-Le Bourget Airport. Egis Avia will be conducting a conference on the new procedures in air traffic. ...
Rain fails to dampen the party at Margate's Big Event 2010 - Kent Online
by Martin Jefferies The Red Arrows defied the gloomy weather to light up the sky with a dazzling display at Margate's Big Event. ...
'Gifted' pilot killed performing stunts for festival crowd - Yorkshire Post
Chris Penistone, a pilot with Yorkshire airline Jet2, was also an instructor with Sherburn Aero Club, near Leeds. The 31-year-old was killed on Saturday ...
Great Britain goes for European and World gold from Airsports.TV's Blog
2010 or the year when Great Britain could produce a World and European Champion in the sport of aerobatics for the first time ever.
This summer, teams rigorous selected during 2009 and 2010 by the British Aerobatic Association will compete in the European and World Advanced Aerobatic Championships.
The Unlimited European championships are to be held in the Czech Republic in September. The Unlimited Team is formed by Tom Cassells, British Champion Gerald Cooper, Nick Onn, Richard Pickin and ex-World Champion Eric Vazeille. ...
100 years on the wing - Living in Niort
Climax on Sunday with the airshow and the exceptional participation of the Patrouille de France. Born in March 1910, during the week of the air ...
Mitchell & Mustangs flyover at Boeing Field - WIX
Saturday night was the B-17 75th anniversary gala held at Clay Lacy aviation. Boeing Bee was towed over and in the hangar for the event. I never got my ticket so I have no shots from that. However, this freed me up to be able to shoot the flyby of Grumpy, Impatient Virgin & Upupa Epops with the perfect evening light. They really beat up the field good especially John Sessions in Grumpy. It's nice to see the drop tanks on I.V.
World War II bomber to visit capital - The State Journal-Register
Sentimental Journey, a restored World War II-era B-17 bomber, will be flying into Springfield's Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport today. ...
Strizhi Russian Acrobatic Air Team - You Tube
The Strizhi (Swifts (Стрижи) are a Soviet and later Russian aerobatic performance demonstrator team connected with the Russian Air Force.
In July 1983 the 234 Guards Fighter Regiment based in Kubinka air base was among the first regular aviation regiments to receive 4th generation fighters Mig-29. Regiment started tailoring a team of military pilots, boasting perfect aerobatic techniques, to carry out demonstration flights on Mig-29s in the mid-1980s, when the Air Force was just embarking on mastering aircraft of this type. Military pilots, headed by Lieutenant Colonel A.N. Kutuzov, an Honorary Military Pilot of Russia, were tasked with perfecting aerobatics in a formation of six aircraft sometimes spaced three metres apart. ...
YF-22 comes home to stay from F-22 Raptor news
A prototype YF-22 Raptor fighter plane that was built in Palmdale, Calif., flight tested here, and put on temporary display at the National Museum of the Air Force in Dayton, Ohio, returned to Edwards AFB where it will stay for Air Force Flight Test Center Museum visitors to see.
With approximately 100 military and civilians in attendance, Maj. Gen David Eichhorn, Air Force Flight Test Center commander, welcomed all to the AFFTC Museum for the dedication of the Raptor June 11. ...
What Goes Up, Stays Up (Hopefully) from Ares
Can you identify this unmanned aircraft? Its makers plan to launch the aircraft at Yuma Proving Ground this week on a flight they hope will last two weeks, setting a new world flight duration record for an aircraft, manned or unmanned. ...
Suspected WWII US plane wreck found in India - SIFY News
A trekker in India stumbled across the wreckage of a plane thought to be an American aircraft that crashed during operations to supply China's army in World War II, officials said Monday.
The wreckage was spotted earlier this month by T. Bagang, 26, who had climbed to 14,000 feet (4,200 metres) in the forests of Arunachal Pradesh state's East Kameng district, local administrator Tope Bam said. ...
Polikarpov I-15, I-16 and I-153 Aces – Aircraft of the Aces 95 from Let Let Let - Warplanes Polikarpov family of fighter’s I-15, I-16 and I-153 were first Soviet fighters produced in serial mass production. More than 17.000 of these were produced and delivered to the units. At the beginning of the world war two Polikarpov fighters formed the backbone of VVS. Although they were successful fighters they were replaced in 1943 with more modern fighters who were able to withstand German invasion and to provide air dominance. ...
Museum's World War II era plane damaged in crash - Chillicothe Gazette
CANTON, Ohio (AP) -- An Ohio aviation museum believes it can salvage a 1943 military training plane that crashed on its way to a Father's Day event.
Pilot Wayne Noall, 72, wasn't seriously hurt when the single-engine Taylorcraft L2 Grasshopper lost oil pressure and engine speed and went down Sunday morning in northeast Ohio. The ...
Flying Fortress 5K Run for Mighty Eighth - Bryan County News
6, at 8:30 am, which will benefit the restoration of the museum's B-17 bomber, City of Savannah. Runners will begin the 5K course at the museum and wind ...
B52 in Darwin by drej08
Spent the weekend up in Darwin, and finally found the time to drop into the Darwin Aviation Heritage Museum. Featuring a variety of both civil and military aircraft, from Gyrocopters to a Spitfire replica and even an original RAAF Tiger ...
Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago
... But before I can talk about the Convair Model 6, I have to jump back a bit and talk about both the XC-99 and the YB-60 as they're both derivatives of the B-36 Peacemaker. Convair's work on the B-36 began in the midst of the Second World War as there was a concern that Great Britain would fall to the Reich and we would need strategic bombers that could reach Europe from the United States. But in parallel to the development of the B-36 ...
Living Aviaton History from The Wings Stayed On!
Trans Canada Airline's first stewardess, Lucile Garner Grant, celebrated her one hundredth birthday on Sunday, June 13, 2010.
Plane Crash Pictures: Pilot Survives, Makes 911 Call - WJW
from www.fox8.com
... The 1943 Taylor Craft L2 single engine airplane sustained heavy damage to the left wing, right rear tail flap, landing gear and underside of the fuselage.
Fox 8 News contacted Noall about his survival story but the family preferred not to comment. As of Sunday afternoon there was no information available on Noall's injuries.
Lunch in Muncie with the family by Steve
... The clouds were still at about 4,500 feet and I wanted to climb above them both for the smoother, cooler air and to take advantage of the tailwind. I had to make a few gentle turns as we climbed to remain clear of the clouds and then turned on course once we were 1,000 feet above them. I then called Dayton Approach and requested VFR Advisories - for those of you skimming this post, here's where things get fun.
Roughly 25 miles away from Stewart I had started our descent from 7,500 feet through an large break in the clouds when ATC called out traffic 6 miles ahead, below us, 1 o'clock to 12 o'clock. Then he advised they were ...
Northrop Grumman wins contract to build US Army's long-endurance hybrid airship
from Engadget | Northrop Grumman's announced that it's won a contract from the United States Army to build its LEMV surveillance ship. The Army is building the ship specifically to assist troops in Afghanistan, and they are expected to go into use sometime in 2011. Northrop Grumman has been commissioned to build three of the ships, which can carry up to 2,500 pounds and hover 20,000 feet above sea-level with a top speed of about 34 miles per hour. The Army will pay NG 517 million dollars for the project. ...
SpaceShipOne, government one? - The Space Review
SpaceShipOne flew two more times, the two flights it needed to capture the $10-million Ansari X PRIZE, later in 2004. SpaceShipOne was retired after the ...
John Glenn to NASA: Keep shuttles flying - MSNBC
Fleet’s retirement should be put on hold, retired senator-astronaut says
Vertical Challenge Helicopter Air Show 2010 - San Carlos - 06/18/10 from FenceCheck Forums
Members ride day at fly fest 2010 , Canadian War Plane Heritage Museum from Theo Spark
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