Aviation Nation show has special meaning for some on Veterans Day - Las Vegas Sun | Mark Goldstrom stood on the sprawling concrete tarmac at Nellis Air Force Base surrounded by memories during the Aviation Nation air show Sunday. Wearing his "Air Force veterans" hat and jacket, he watched with his son as an F-22 Raptor tore through ...
Aviation Nation Air Show Day Two - Las Vegas Review - Journal | Aviation Nation Air Show Day Two. War planes continued their demonstrations over Nellis Air Force Base during the second day of the Aviation Nation air show on Sunday, Nov. 11, the last day of the free event.
Photos: Aviation Nation 2012 - Nellis AFB - North Las Vegas - 11/10/12 from FenceCheck Forums
Skies come alive on Veterans Day during Stuart Air Show - TCPalm | World-renowned aerobatic pilots such as Rob Holland and Melissa Pemberson performed amazing stunts that entertained the crowd. But some members of the crowd weren't looking for entertainment as much as recognizing the importance of the day.
Notes from NBAA: Good show! from General Aviation News by Drew Steketee | The National Business Aircraft Association show made it into the Orlando Convention Center unscathed Oct. 30-Nov. 1 despite an on-again/off-again Presidential TFR, turmoil from Hurricane Sandy in the Northeast and economic headwinds in the industry. Show attendance looked thin but official numbers said otherwise. Along...
Vintage DC3 retraces record-breaking flight - ABC Online | The group is retracing the route taken by aviatrix Jean Batten in 1936 when she became the first person to fly between England and New Zealand. Coordinator Mark Oremland says it is also a unique opportunity for enthusiasts to fly halfway around the ...
Piper Celebrates Its 75th Anniversary With New Fleet Sales from AVwebFlash Current Issue | At its Vero Beach factory headquarters Saturday, Piper celebrated its 75th anniversary as an airplane company, hosting many of the very same vintage aircraft that Piper built to establish its legacy. More than 200 people attended the event and were given factory tours, presentations of the company's history and a look at some of Piper's latest products, including the popular M-class aircraft that have proven popular as luxury travelers and business aircraft. During the event, Piper CEO Simon Caldecott announced that Florida Institute of Technology, a long-time Piper customer, will soon take delivery on eight Archer TX training aircraft, with options for additional Archers and Seminole training aircraft.
Video: Piper's 75th Birthday Party from AVwebFlash Current Issue | On Saturday, November 10, Piper Aircraft celebrated its 75th anniversary as an aircraft company. AVweb was there and got a look at some terrific vintage aircraft as well as Piper's latest line of M-class airplanes.
Fairchild 24 and Taylorcraft L2 by Jon Martin from Antique Airfield News | Jon Martin in West Grove, PA sent us this great photo taken this weekend: This photo represents about a decade of my 
Monocoupe Double Low Pass at Blakesburg from Antique Airfield News | If you're standing in the hangar looking out at the fog and rain, like we are here in Seattle, here's something to tide you over until VFR returns: formation Monocoupe fly-by at Blakesburg, captured and kindly shared by Bob Punch...
Stearman Model 4 N667K from Another Time by Dan Linn | Sarah Wilson flew her newly restored Stearman Model 4E "Junior Speedmail" N667K through Dallas a few weeks ago. The Stearman was on display at the Cavanugh Flight Museum so I took the time to visit the museum and snap a few photographs. This rare Stearman was operated by Richfield Oil Company from 1929 to 1937 and wears the unique markings featuring the Richfield Eagle. Jim Kimball Enterprises completed another...
DH Mosquito HJ767 dedicated memorial 11-11-2012 from stickandrudderWTO by G-GARY other links | Today, I went to Bunny near the City of Nottingham on the A60, to place a 'floral tribute' to the crew of DH Mosquito HJ767 from 60 OTU, which crashed in a field at Bunny around 8pm on the night of the 17th of June 1944, killing the crew Pilot Flt. Lt J.K. De Roeck RAFVR and Navigator Sgt. F.W.D. Hearn, at Decoy woods after the aircraft suffered an engine problem. Graham Norbury a resident of the village of Bunny, along with others, saw ...
Jack D.Wells 1920-xxxx from Test & Research Pilots, Flight Test Engineers by the_tartanterror
Plane crash survivor recounts disaster on Pine Mountain - WTVM | Months following the Korean War, five airmen died on U.S. soil in a plane crash that left only one survivor. A B-25 bomber came down in a storm over Harris County on its way to Andrews Air Force Base. On Saturday, a monument was dedicated in Franklin D.
Happy Veteran's Day from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | There is nothing more sobering than sitting on plane during a moment of silence while they bring a young soldier home... in the cargo compartment. Words cannot explain the reality this experience brings to the lives lost in war....
$100 Hamburger - Fiorentino's Bar & Grill from Toriaflies | Today was the perfect fall day. It was 70 degrees, the wind was calm and the sky was pure blue and cloudless. We had been doing housework all weekend, including raking up a massive amount of leaves. I was in a ton of pain and just ready to escape into the sky! So, we decided to take the short 68NM trip to Lancaster Airport (KLNS) for lunch.
Young Eagles group aims to inspire tomorrow's pilots - Florida Today | As one of the co-coordinator's of the Young Eagles Merritt Island Chapter 724, Yacono has been instrumental in giving other children that same opportunity to fall in love with aviation. This Saturday, Chapter 724 will host its free flight day at ...
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Monday, November 12, 2012
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Saturday, November 10, 2012
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Scott Padgett flight log - Local 10 | So, when the United States Thunderbirds offered me the chance to fly with them, I jumped at the chance. The excitement was already building as I filled out the paperwork to see if I would get approved. I had to take measurements of my height, weight ...
Aviation Nation features F-22 Raptor virtual reality simulator - Las Vegas Review - Journal | After 15 months in development and investing $1.5 million in a mission simulator, visitors to the Aviation Nation air show today and Sunday will have a chance to sit in the virtual cockpit of an F-22 Raptor flying low over the desert to clear an area ...
First female Reservist Thunderbird pilot - WCSH-TV | "I joined the Reserves not knowing that I would ever be able to be a Thunderbird one day, but the opportunity presented itself to me about a year and a half ago and I'm really proud to be here," she said. Jenson is what they call "Thunderbird 3." She ...
Stuart airshow set for fun weekend - WPEC | ... doing some really daring stuff, looping, plunging straight down out of the sky, diving, climbing, even flying upside down at times. One organizer says about 40,000 people will attend this air show this weekend in Stuart, and it's a huge boost for ...
Ginny Beagan: Volunteers help make Stuart Air Show a success - TCPalm | Doug Davis, site planner for the Stuart Air Show, carries a tape measure through a field at Witham Airport while laying out the site for a World War II battle re-enactment Monday morning at the airport in Stuart. Davis has been volunteering for the ...
United States Navy Parachute Team test jumps for its first Stuart Air Show - WPTV | STUART, Fla. - An elite group of enlisted sailors descended on Stuart's Witham Field. Literally. Petty officer First Class Navy Seal Justin Gonzales was among them. He jumped from a C-130 Hercules aircraft at 3,000 feet. It was a test jump for the team ...
Snowbirds host celebratory dinner at 15 Wing - Moose Jaw Times-Herald | Members of 431 Squadron — the Snowbirds — were treated to a special dinner at 15 Wing Friday to celebrate the history of the squadron and a the unveiling of a memorial to the squadron in England. The memorial, erected in the small village of Burn ...
Palm Springs Air Museum to host Props and Hops Craft Beer Conclave - The Desert Sun | PALM SPRINGS — Instead of airplane enthusiasts, self proclaimed “beer geeks” will take over the Palm Springs Air Museum on Saturday for the Props and Hops Craft Beer Conclave. Beer aficionados and regular Joes that like throwing back cold ones will ...
2012 Hall of Fame Dinner, Ceremony, & Photos - NVAHOF | The Nevada Aerospace Hall of Fame conducted its first of two enshrinement events for 2012 at the Landings Restaurant at the Henderson
Executive Air Terminal, Henderson, Nevada Wednesday, 7 November 2012. Enshrined posthumously were Randal Henderson, first pilot to fly into Las Vegas, Maury Graham, pilot of first air mail service to Las Vegas, and Jess Harris, the flying sheriff of Elko County, Nevada... Skydiving at Pensacola NAS - WKRG-TV | The Blue Angels Homecoming Air Show was last weekend at Naval Air Station Pensacola. Along with the Blues, the Army Black Dagger Parachute Demonstration Team performed. The folks at NAS offered to let us see things from the Black Dagger point of ...
Air show marks 100th anniversary of military aviation in Serbia - NBC News | A Serbian 'Orao J-22' strike aircraft flies during the international air show in Belgrade Sept. 2. Participants from 16 countries and the Serbian Airforce demonstrated their flying skills on Sunday to mark the 100th anniversary of military aviation in the Balkan country. The air show at the Batajnica airport marks the first flight of a sole Serb biplane aircraft from the southern airfield of Nis during the 1912 Balkan war against Turkish empire.
PAF contingent arrives in China to participate in air show - The News International | The JF-17 Thunders will participate in the static as well as aerobatic segment of the Air Show. The Mayor of Zhuhai received Pakistan Air Force (PAF) contingent giving a warm welcome to all the participants of the Zhuhai Air Show planned to be held ...
AIRSHOW NEWS: Chocks Away for Folkestone Airshow 2013 from Flightline UK | Preparations for next year’s Folkestone Air Show are already under way, organiser Folkestone Town Centre Management Ltd (FTCM) has announced. Branded as Folkestone Air Show, the plans are to make it even more successful than the 2012 event...
Red Arrows pilot Sean Cunningham remembered one year on from Scampton ... - This is Lincolnshire | The Red Arrows are today remembering Flight Lieutenant Sean Cunningham, 35, who was killed after being ejected from his Hawk jet while on the ground at RAF Scampton on November 8 last year. The RAF aerobatic team have issued this statement: "The ...
B-25 bomber to buzz Saturday's Veterans Day parade - Quincy Journal | A B-25 Mitchell bomber will be only 1,200 feet above Maine Street, roaring over the spectators at the Veterans Day parade. Parade chairman and Navy veteran Jim Ponsot says the aircraft is not a replica.... It is circa 1940's. The bomber will land at ...
Hangar dance features music, dance, styles of WWII - KRMG | TULSA, Okla. —. Saturday, Tulsa's Commemorative Air Force will hold its annual hangar dance, featuring a live orchestra playing 1940's swing music, dancing, food and "WWII Style." It's a fundraiser for the CAF which restores WWII aircraft and flies them.
Arvada WASP pilot recaptures legacy of Fifinella with biplane flight - Denver Post | These women will be honored at the 10th annual gala of Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum on Dec. 21,
which will feature many WASP pilots, including seven who live in Colorado. The traveling exhibit, "Fly Girls of WWII," runs through March at ...Capt. Don Quigley a 'Diddled Dozen' POW - Marion Star | He is a decorated member of the Flying Tigers 23rd Fighter Group/75th Fighter Squadron. He was a Major, an “Ace” and awarded the following: Silver Star, Distinguished Flying Cross-Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster, Presidential Unit Citation, other Service and ...
Veteran's Day: A time to remember - Lake County News Chronicle | He was chosen as one of the Flying Tigers and flew P40 War Hawks and P51 Mustangs in combat, according to his biography. He is the author of a four volume history,”Chennault's Flying Tigers” and was inducted into the Minnesota Aviation Hall of Fame in ...
Veterans to speak at air museum - Journal Inquirer | WINDSOR LOCKS — The New England Air Museum will hold its annual Veterans Day program on Sunday, Nov. 11. The museum's Veterans Day program allows visitors to speak with aviation and combat veterans from several wars who have had experience ...
Ken Beaton: Twin 50s for tail gun Tommy - Nevada Appeal | Some of the engine exhaust along with any other pollutants in the sub-zero air came into the B-17 through both waist gun openings to collect in the rear of the plane, the tail gunner's confined space. Bill was the first person to lobby for a greener ...
WWII Bomber talks about his adventures - NewsOK.com | Published: November 9, 2012. Lloyd Mitchell, a World War II veteran from Oklahoma, talks about serving on a B-17 bomber...
'Smitty': World War II vet shares his stories - Conway Daily Sun | That's why they made such a big deal about the Memphis Belle, that plane they used to sell war bonds on a tour of the United States and which they made that movie about — it was one of the first B-17 heavy bombers to complete 25 combat missions with ...
Day one of the South Plains Lubbock Honor Flight BY LARRY A. WILLIAMS - LubbockOnline.com | 12:45 — Leave for the National Air & Space Museum. We enjoyed seeing everything from the first Wright Brothers military plane to the Discovery Space Shuttle which had recently been set up for display. Many of the vets enjoyed seeing many of the WWII ...
The 2012 Event Recap from CAF Red Tail Squadron | What does the CAF Red Tail Squadron have in common with the 2012 presidential contest? Both have come to the end of their campaigns! Whew, huh? I can only imagine how the political winners and losers feel, but I know that we at the Squadron are very pleased with the numbers we posted for 2012:...
WSU alum wins regional Emmys for aviation documentary - Dayton Daily News | Future episodes will cover air racing, fly-ins and re-enactors, but the pilot highlights the 2010 appearance of “Miss Mitchell” at the 68th Doolittle Raiders reunion, which drew more than 70,000 admirers at the National Museum of the United States Air ...
Air Force Week in Photos from Air Force Link Top Stories |This week's photos feature Airmen around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America.
This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force. View the slideshow.Aviation Museum partnering with Springfield Foundation - Urbana Daily Citizen | One of the main focuses of the museum is the restoration of a B-17, called the “Champaign Lady.” “Partnering with the Springfield Foundation for the administration of the museum's endowment provides us with local professional expertise, which will help ...
DH Mosquito HJ767 Memorial plaque dedication 11-11-2012 from stickandrudderWTO by G-GARY other links | This sunday coming,I hope to attend a memorial dedication, for a 'brass' plaque unveiled within the church, in the village of Bunny on the A60 near Nottingham, for two crew members, who died serving their country and gave all, in DH Mosquito HJ767 which crashed very close to the village during the war. There will be a display of the...
First VTOL — Bell XV-3 from Travel for Aircraft by joseph_may | First VTOL — Bell XV-3 The promise of an aircraft which had the benefits of both a helicopter and an fast airplane was researched in a joint U.S. Air Force–U.S. Army effort through the Bell Helicopter Textron company. Bell produced two of the XV-3 in 1955 — the world’s first VTOL (Vertical Take Off and [...]
X-48C from Julie in the SkyJulie in the Sky by Eric James Swearingen | The X-48C, a modified version of the X-48B aircraft, successfully flew for the first time Aug. 7, 2012 at Edwards Air Force Base. The Boeing-designed aircraft is flying again in partnership with NASA. The new X-48C model was modified to evaluate the low-speed stability and control of a low-noise version of a notional, future Hybrid [...]
Video: Take An Hour Journey Deep Into A British Airways 747-400 from AirPigz by Martt | ...Here's a really well done one-hour program from the BBC called Engineering Giants. This episode, which was originally broadcast across the pond back in the summer, is titled Jumbo Jet Strip-Down and it takes you on a journey into a 'D-Check' on British Airways 747-400 'Victor X-ray' (registration G-CIVX). You get a look into the...
National Museum of the U.S. Air Force announces third annual student writing competition from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force will hold its third annual Air Force Heritage and History Writing Competition, providing students the opportunity to develop positive academic and character qualities and to showcase their writing talents while vying for scholarship funds....
UK: Teenage girl becomes one of the youngest pilots in the country from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale | ...At 17 years and eight months, she is one of the youngest pilots in the UK – a feat she would have held outright had she not been forced to wait to take her test because of bad weather...
Friday, November 2, 2012
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Squadron, the Blue Angels, will close the 2012 season at their annual Homecoming Air Show aboard Naval Air Station Pensacola today and ...In His Own Words: The Ride Of A Lifetime With The Blue Angels - NorthEscambia.com | An interesting thing I learned from Lt. Tedrow was that as a part of the rotation process coming on to the Blue Angels, many of the pilots spend their first year serving as narrator, before they rotate up to the actual demonstration team. While serving ...
Airshow returns with new attractions - Hometown News | STUART - About 4,000 people are set to converge on Witham Field for the Stuart Air Show next weekend. Aerial stunts, pyrotechnics, flight demonstrations, vendor and community booths, live entertainment, aircraft and military equipment displays, a ...
'Wings Over' Possibly Coming to East Arlington - Patch.com | A Wings Over, the franchise known for its airplane-inspired orders, such as the B-17 Bomber (60 wings), could be coming to East Arlington, according to the Board of Selectmen's Monday agenda. Robert Savin, who already owns a handful of Wings Over ...
A piece of movie history takes to the air in Jacksonville this weekend - Florida Times-Union | But you can fly in the B-17 from the 1990 film of the same name, seated where actors like Harry Connick Jr. and Matthew Modine were when they replicated the original's historic final World War II mission. Part of the Liberty Foundation's Salute to ...
Win a Stearman! Iconic Biplane is 2013 EAA Sweepstakes Grand Prize from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | Next year marks the 50th anniversary of the annual EAA aircraft, and the grand prize was unveiled this week in the EAA exhibit at the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) Annual Meeting and Convention in Orlando: a completely restored 1943 Boeing Stearman Model 75 biplane!
Frank Christensen to Speak at EAA Wright Brothers Memorial Banquet from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | On December 14, EAA will welcome Frank Christensen, innovative pioneer in the homebuilt kit movement, as keynote speaker at the annual Wright Brothers Memorial Banquet. The banquet, held in the Founders Wing of the EAA AirVenture Museum in Oshkosh, commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Wright Brothers' first powered flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina...
Swashbucklers and Black Sheep — history making fighter squadron and “Pappy” Boyington from Travel for Aircraft by joseph_may | Swashbucklers and Black Sheep: a pictorial history of Marine Fighting Squadron 214 in World War II, Bruce Gamble, 2012, ISBN 13-978-0-7603-4250-3, 216 pp. <><><><><> As is the publishing business custom, Zenith Press provided a copy of this book to review so that an objective review would [...]
Today in Flying History - 02 November 1947 from MRC Aviation by Mike Condon | 1947 – In California, designer Howard Hughes performs the maiden (and only) flight of the Spruce Goose or H-4 ‘Hercules’; the largest span aircraft ever built....
An aviation mystery from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | ...It's a beautiful seaplane abandoned between the sea and the desert of Saudi Arabia and it's been left there for almost 50 years. The plane is a PBY-5A Catalina, a military American seaplane from the 1930's...
Profile 73: "870" as flown by Hank Snow, 173rd Airborne from WWII & Korean Conflict Airplane Profiles by JSM | ...I first met Hank ten years ago at a reunion of a WW2 fighter squadron. These guys were the rough and tumble type that you'd imagine - back-slapping, loud hollers, scotch-fueled braggadocio - basically, the kind of buddies any man would you'd love to hang with. And, I was at the bar with Earl Ashworth, Bill Creech, "Doc" Perrit. Why me?! I could do something they couldn't - I could fly a PENCIL...
All my avi-yesterday's 02 RAF Coltishall from stickandrudderWTO by G-GARY other links
NTSB On Wright B Flyer Crash from AVwebFlash Current Issue | A replica Wright B Flyer built in Dayton Ohio crashed for unknown reasons on July 30, 2011, killing both volunteer pilots and the NTSB's October 30 Factual Report doesn't determine a cause but does note deficiencies with a weld. According the NTSB, the aircraft's left propeller shaft tube exhibited a separation at its aft weld. Contact points in that area exhibited evidence of rotational rubbing. The aircraft was equipped with a modern engine and avionics, and video recovered from onboard recorders showed circumstantial evidence that could lead some to an early conclusion not yet officially supported by the NTSB.
Inspiring Aviator Speaks To Youth at NBAA - Aviation International News | Renowned aviator Barrington Irving gave an inspiring message about aviation as a career to hundreds of middle and high school students from central Florida today at the NBAA Convention. In 2007, at just 23, Irving flew solo around the world in a ...
Young Eagles Rally - Yankton Daily Press | Yankton EAA Chapter 1029 held a Young Eagles Rally on Sunday, Oct 30, at Chan Gurney Airport from 8 a.m. to noon. The Yankton Middle School sixth graders who earned an Independent Reading Certificate signed by Mrs. Jacalyn Hovden were eligible for ...
Superstorm deflates Intrepid's shuttle pavilion - Art Daily | The space shuttle Enterprise is draped with cloth that had protected it before Superstorm Sandy passed though, leaving the spacecraft shrouded on the deck of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, at its dock on the Hudson River in New York, Tuesday ...
Saturday, November 12, 2011
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Video: Blue Angels: It's a great day for an air show - PNJ | Folks jumping out of perfectly good airplanes. Explosions that rattle the ground. Strange flying crafts from eras long ago. There is more to the Blue Angels' Homecoming Air Show than the Blues themselves even though those F/A-18 Hornets are the stars of the performances today and Saturday at Pensacola Naval Air Station....
Fat Albert flies high - Navarre Press | The Blue Angels C-130 Hercules known as Fat Albert flew a very special visitor on Nov. 11. Navarre Press writer Joanna Hammond escorted Stanely on the flight where they both experienced zero gravity and more than 2 Gs of force....
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2011 Stuart Air Show - WPTV | The gates opened Friday afternoon for this year's Stuart Air Show. Tens of thousands are expected to attend the event. “We are the Black Diamond Jet Team, and we invite you to come join us at the Stuart Air Show to see America's newest jet ...
Tragic Red Arrows pilot was former member of Lossie squadron - STV | Former 617 Squadron pilot Flight Lieutenant Sean Cunningham died in the incident on the runway at RAF Scampton on Tuesday. The 35-year-old had served in Iraq with Lossiemouth’s 617 (Dambusters) Squadron. He is the second Red Arrows pilot to lose his life, Flight Lieutenant Jon Egging, 33, having died in a crash in Dorset in August....
Boy's Own adventures nearly killed Lyndon Johnson - The Australian | ...Even within Australia, few people know the story of how a frightened future president considered parachuting from a B-17 bomber over central Queensland as it circled the desert aimlessly, lost and low on fuel with dusk fast approaching....
Renowned RCAF pilot who penned famous poem to receive tribute By Randy Boswell, Postmedia News | John Gillespie Magee, the ill-fated RCAF pilot-poet who composed the famous Second World War ode to aviation titled High Flight, is to be the focus of a special commemoration in Britain next month on the 70th anniversary of his tragic death in a mid-air collision in December 1941....
Veteran remembers WWII - The Spectrum | CEDAR CITY - World War II veteran and Cedar City resident Mel Aldrich may be 84 years old, but he has the energy of a 20-year-old and a deep love for aviation. That love has been poured into a model of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft he built more than 20 years ago. He said his B-17 is a model of the plane he flew during weather reconnaissance missions while serving in the Army Air Corps....
Ask a Veteran - Air & Space | These Museum staffers and volunteers once served their country. Now they serve in a different way.
Veterans' Day 2011: Passing It On - Airspeed | A number of new/social media personalities are celebrating Veterans' Day by wearing our WindTees shirts featuring the aircraft and twitter handle of Daren Sorenson, a USAF Lt Col, F-15E Strike Eagle pilot, and Deputy Operations Group Commander at Nellis AFB. Lt Col Sorenson recently received news that he will be awarded (at least his second) Distinguished Flying Cross for actions during his most ...recent deployment to Afghanistan. I'm fortunate to know Lt Col Sorenson and his brother, Mark Sorenson, a talented airline and airshow pilot. I'm also fortunate to be...
Video: Veterans take flight in WWII's 'Flying Fortress' - YNN, Your News Now | As part of the Salute to Veterans Tour, a B-17 Aluminum Overcast made a special appearance in Georgetown. The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress was a World War II bomber used primarily in Europe. “It's a beautiful airplane. It took me there and back again 50 ...
Podcast for Veterans Day: Airman Jack Bennett of Madison bails out, lands in ... - Morristown Green | During World War II he survived two crash-landings in shot-up B-17 bombers. But on his 23rd mission over Nazi Germany, a shell smashed into his plane and the aircraft plunged into a death spiral. Jack's situation, recounted in this November 2010 audio ...
B-17 Display Reunites World War II Buddies - MyFox Houston | The men were shot down together in 1943 over Nance, France and lived to tell about it, saying their Boeing B-17 heavy bomber aircraft — described as a "Flying Fortress" — lives up to its name. Both say the aircraft, noted for its grit and fortitude, ...
Canadian Air & Space Museum Thanking a Generation of Military Personnel - Ottawa Citizen | Today is a day of deep reflection. “Let us Never Forget” must never become a hollow cliché. “Let us Never Forget” means more today than it ever has for the Canadian Air & Space Museum here in Downsview Park. “Let Us Never Forget” is our mission statement. “Let Us Never Forget” is a Nation’s sacred promise that goes beyond a...
Fagen World War II Museum to be world class - Granite Falls News | ...Since May of this year crews have been working on the 80 by 150 foot hangar that will serve to accommodate the museum. Designed to replicate fighter and bomber hangars of the WWII era, it has yet to be given a name. Comprised of steel and concrete, it is an immensely stout, tornado resistant structure that would boast tornado proof classification if not for a single large window at the hangar’s rear where brawn makes a compromise in the interest of natural light....
Kentucky Aviation Museum is almost ready for its grand reopening - Lexington Herald Leader | The museum's biggest treasures are probably items in an exhibit dedicated to Matthew Sellers, who built and flew the first plane in Kentucky, and memorabilia on display pertaining to the Doolittle Raiders, who participated in the first US air raid to ...
Book sheds light on stealth helicopters used in bin Laden raid - Black Horizon | WIRED DANGER ROOM: There are lots of surprising claims in Chuck Pfarrer’s new book, SEAL Target Geronimo, a supposedly inside account of the May 2 raid that killed Osama bin Laden in his Abbottabad, Pakistan, compound — and none more surprising than this. The former commando-turned-author Pfarrer insists the Army’s 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment possesses not one, but two stealth transport helicopter designs. The stealthier of the two was held back from the mission for fear of one crashing and giving up its secrets, Pfarrer claims....
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
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Red Arrows Pilot killed in ground incident at RAF Scampton - Flightline UK | It is with regret that the Ministry of Defence must announce that a member of the RAF Aerobatic Team was killed in a ground incident at RAF Scampton earlier today. Group Captain Simon Blake, the Commandant of the RAF’s Central Flying School, has issued the following statement:...
Red Arrows Pilot Dies In Ejection Accident - AVweb | For the second time this year a pilot in the RAF's Red Arrows air demonstration team has been killed in an accident but in Tuesday's mishap it appears the aircraft never left the ground. Early details are sketchy but it appears the pilot was killed when the ejection seat activated while the aircraft was parked at RAF Scampton, the team's home base. "It would be inappropriate to speculate on the cause of the incident until that inquiry is complete," Group Capt. Simon Blake told BBC News. "The investigation will determine the facts." In August a Red Arrows pilot died when his aircraft went down at the Bournemouth Air Festival....
Coast Guard to appear at the Stuart Air Show this week in celebration of the ... - TCPalm | Coast Guard Air Station Miami will be participating in this year's Stuart Air Show on November 12th and 13th. This marks the fifth year the Coast Guard has appeared as part of the static displays. Two aviation assets the MH-65 Dolphin helicopter and ...
Army Strong Showing at the 2011 US National Championships - US Army Golden Knights | The US Army Golden Knights Competition Team nearly swept all four Formation Skydiving events at the 2011 US Nationals, thereby earning the title of Combined Overall Champions for the first time in over a decade. Competition began early Monday morning with the 4way event. The Golden Knights Gold 4way Team...
Local vet gets wish to fly in vintage plane - ABC7News | (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- This Veterans Day will be special for a local World War II veteran. Beau Bancroft, 89, is getting his wish to travel to Pensacola, Fla. to fly on one of the planes he used to train other pilots....
B-17 Bomber at Airport on Vets Day for 66th Birthday - City of Georgetown Texas | A B-17 Flying Fortress bomber will be at the Georgetown Municipal Airport for Veterans Day on Friday. The event marks the 66th birthday of the Airport, which opened as a municipal airfield on November 11, 1945. The public is invited to celebrate the ...
Bookkeeper turned aviator - Vermilion Standard | ...After serving the Canadian military for 30 years, Alex Burnett retired as a squad-leader in the Royal Canadian Air Force. As Remembrance Day approaches, Burnett says the day is very important to him each year because he remembers the hundreds of pilots he trained, who most likely died in the war. In his home in Vermilion Burnett waits
to wear his Air Force cap along with his jacket decorated with the Canadian Service Volunteer Medal, the most important one of all, his War Medal he received after winning the war, his NATO...Stillwater veteran honored with resolutions from Halligan, Fallin - Middle East North Africa Financial Network | Roscoe Rouse Jr. of Stillwater served as a B-17 Flying Fortress navigator with the US Army Air Forces, the predecessor to the modern-day US Air Force, from 1944-1945. During that time, Rouse was stationed at Royal Air Force Station Grafton Underwood in...
“Cierva Air Horse Farnborough Airshow 1949” (via) - X planes [pictured left]
Confined to the Clouds - NORDO News | ...“List all aircraft flown in the last two years”. Were the streets outside filled with Model A Fords, I would own this moment. Upon completion, nearly thirty planes served as reference for two years of my life. Friends
far and wide, machines rare and exotic, and once in a lifetime experiences were marked by each type. And yet, in this world, mine is not an amazing...Avro Vulcan over the wreck of the B-24 “Lady Be... from x planes | Avro Vulcan over the wreck of the B-24 “Lady Be Good”, Libya, date unknown (via)
Monday, November 7, 2011
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Pumpkin Drop a smashing success - Santa Cruz Sentinel | WATSONVILLE -- People can learn to fly. Pumpkins can't. That was the message, basically, for Sunday's annual Pumpkin Drop at Watsonville Municipal Airport. The event is geared to highlight the joys of flying and allows people a free flight in a small plane to hoist that old pumpkin out the window toward a target near...
Podcast: The Last Biplane Fighters – Warbird Radio | MONDAY – Grumman biplane expert Rich Dann joins Matt Jolley on Warbird Radio LIVE! Rich is the author of Grumman Biplane Fighters in Action and is also an accomplished aviation artist....
Stuart Air Show returns with world's fastest helicopter, WWII re-enactors - TCPalm | STUART 
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Rutan starts work on new light aircaft - Flightglobal | Aircraft designer Burt Rutan is working on a new aviation project in the Idaho lake house where he retired only seven months ago after a 45-year career that produced SpaceShipOne, Voyager and dozens of other ground-breaking air vehicles. "I found after working on 40 airplanes in 40 years it probably is impossible to stop," Rutan said in an exclusive interview. "So I'm working on a new one." Rutan provided few details about the...
Brigadier General Dick Lord - The Telegraph | Brigadier General Dick Lord, the Fleet Air Arm pilot who has died aged 75, was instrumental in the development of America’s Top Gun fighter pilot academy, made famous by the film of the same name....
Honor the Veterans, including the women - You Fly Girl | The second story informed us that the Marine's first female striker pilot is from Meridian Mississippi. These two events took me back in memory to a high school girl at Randlett, Okla. In those days, classes were...
History: the Start of CG Aviation - Military.com News | One hundred years ago, during the dawn of the twentieth century, a technological
revolution took place that ushered in the use of steel, internal combustion engines and new sources of power. During this era, American visionaries rose to the...Fallen pilot laid to rest after 43 years - Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations Public Affairs | 11/7/2011 - DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. (AFNS) -- Since 1977 a marker in memory of Air Force Col. Gilbert S. Palmer Jr. sat upon a hill for the pilot who went missing in action Feb. 27, 1968. Now, more than 43 years later, Palmer's remains have been returned to his family for proper burial in Arlington with full military honors....
USAF in the 2020s -- F-15s, F-16s ... and U-2s? - Ares by Graham Warwick | ...This will extend their airframe life to 10,000hr from 8,000hr, another eight years of service life keeping the F-16 on the front line until 2030. The life-extension could be expanded to up to 600 F-16s if there are further F-35 delays, but Carlisle said he did not believe the Air Force would have to go that far....
'Young Eagles' Event Introduces Young People To Flight - Greenville Sun | Dennis Smith is hoping to join the Air Force after high school. His friend Jeffrey Newkirk plans a career in aeronautical engineering. So it's no surprise the Greeneville teenagers were among the first to arrive Saturday...
Protecting Apollo artifacts on the Moon - The Space Review | Within the next few years, one of the 26 teams competing in the Google Lunar X PRIZE (GLXP) competition will hopefully claim the $20-million grand prize by successfully landing its privately funded spacecraft on the Moon, traveling at least 500 meters across the lunar...
The breaking of the fellowship (NASA, not Lord of the Rings) - Cron.com | NASA as we know it ended last week in Building 9 on the campus of Johnson Space Center. The final four, the last crew to fly aboard a space shuttle, quietly met for the last time, officially, as a group before they go their separate ways. They did so for the purpose of meeting with the original shuttle duo, John Young and Robert Crippen, who flew on STS-1 lo those many years ago....
Friday, October 28, 2011
Indy Transponder 28-OCT-2011 1030z
Thunderbirds set to thrill - The Daily Advertiser | One of the members of The Unites States Air Force Thunderbirds does a fly by during his arrival a for the Sertoma Air Show at the Lafayette Regional Airport on Thursday in Lafayette. The 2011 Sertoma Cajun Air Festival will be held at the Lafayette ...Sertoma Cajun Air Festival – KLFY | In addition to the USAF Thunderbirds, the air show will feature aerial performances by the US Air Force A-10 West demonstration team, the Navy's F-18 Super Hornet, Mike Goulian Aerosports, the AeroShell Aerobatic Team, Corkey Fornof, Bill Stein, ...
Randolph welcomes public to air show - Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base | JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO--RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- The air show is here, and with it, thousands of visitors will soon be on Randolph Air Force Base. The 2011 Randolph AFB Airshow is projected to ...
Stuart Air Show announces F-16 practice demonstration at Dirty Flight Suit party – TCPalm | STUART — Mike Moon, president of the Stuart Air Show, has announced that for the first time ever there will be an F-16 practice demonstration shortly after the gates open at 4:30 pm. You won't get a better opportunity to witness the full force of the ...
Airshow season concludes at IWM Duxford - Haverhill Echo | Thousands of visitors flocked to the Autumn Air Show at Imperial War Museum (IWM) Duxford on a bright and sunny Sunday (October 16) to see a fantastic flying display which had something for every fan of flying. The Remembering the Korean War theme ...2011 Reno Air Races Ticket Refunds Offered - More information is at the link. http://www.airrace.org/refund/index.php
Skies open for model Melton high flyers - Melton Leader | EVER wanted to take the controls of an aeroplane, but don't have a pilot's licence? The Melton Model Aircraft Association is opening up the skies, and it wants you to get behind the controls. The association's annual open day is on November 6, ...
A legacy is secured…and it only took 30 years from AOPA Pilot Blog: Reporting Points by Jill Tallman | The brand-new air traffic control tower at Memphis International Airport has a name. It’s the Omlie Tower. Omlie, for Phoebe Fairgrove Omlie. Omlie was the first woman to get an aviation mechanic license, as well as the first woman to earn a commercial certificate. She flew a Monocoupe Warner in the very first Women’s Transcontinental Air Race in 1929, competing against pilots like Pancho Barnes, Amelia Earhart, and Louise Thaden. She was one of the charter members of the International Organization of Women Pilots (the Ninety-Nines)…Aviation pioneer heads to Sask. hall of fame – StarPhoenix | Bateman, already a member of the US National Inventors Hall of Fame, will be inducted into the Saskatchewan Aviation Hall of Fame tonight. Don Bateman is in the US National Inventors Hall of Fame and just last week he received the National Medal of ...
Cliff Robertson at EAA slideshow tribute from eaavideo.org - most recent by eaavideo.org | An overview of Cliff's appearances at EAA Oshkosh, originally shown at the 2011 EAA Sport Aviation Hall of Fame event.
The Measure of the Man - Gary Austin from Vintage Aeroplane Writer by Vintage Aero Writer | Yesterday was the second anniversary of the untimely death of Gary Austin. He was a remarkable man who became well known internationally in the warbird world via the WIX forum when he was working for the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) as an engineer. He was, of course, already well known to the many who'd come across him in the US in real life. But those two statements are the least of someone who was clearly a remarkable personality, an inspiration and a gentleman in his dealings on the web. As Taylor Stevenson said on WIX when recording Gary's demise we lost "a true artist in the Warbird Community"…
Females in Aviation at Air Museum; NYC Singer/Songwriter in Windsor; Ghosts in ... - Patch.com | Astronaut Susan Kilrain is among 20 female aviators participating in "Women in Flight," a program of presentations and panel discussions, at the New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks. New England Air Museum Twenty extraordinary women who have ...
Canadian Crew Member on a US Tour! from AirSpace by flyvertosset | At 6:30am the wake up call jars my mind and after a quick shower it is off to hotel breakfast. At 8:00am sharp the crew van leaves for the airport. we are 15 members and the van is packed and quiet. Arriving at the airport we check the planes and the perimeter fence and suddenly there is a crowd of excited people who are going on a 30 minute flight in either the B-17 or B-24. The B-17 is the most popular and will fly every day while the cousin B-24 could have a morning rest. We need a minimum of 6 passengers to make the flight pay for itself…
Saluting the Belle from Randys Journal | Boeing and FedEx teamed up to help dedicate a memorial to the crew of the “Memphis Belle,” the famed WWII B-17 bomber. The monument is a life-size, bronze statue of Margaret Polk. She was the sweetheart of Captain Robert Morgan, who named the B-17 Flying Fortress the “Memphis Belle” in honor of her…
B-17 Memphis Belle® undergoes restoration milestones at National Museum of the U.S. Air Force from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories by nationalmuseum.usaf@wpafb.af.mil (Sarah Swan) As the United States approaches the 70th anniversary of its involvement in World War II, one of the most famous aircraft from that war recently reached two milestones in its restoration at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. Both wings were mated and the landing gear was extended on the Memphis Belle, a Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress that in May 1943 became the first U.S. Army Air Forces heavy bomber to complete 25 missions over Europe and return to the United States…
WWII bomber tours air - Tulsa World | Joe Macri spent the trying years during World War II in a Studebaker plant in South Bend, Ind., doing his part by building engines for the B-17 bomber and other military planes. For the first time ever Thursday, ...
B-25J Walkaround from Travel for Aircraft | What is not to like about the Mitchell? It was extensively modified to carry several forward firing machine guns, even a medium caliber cannon for a time, as well as flown off of the aircraft carrier USS Hornet in early WW II — the famous Doolittle Raid against the home islands of Japan…Heads up – Sub-orbital flights are coming from Roger-Wilco by steve | Although sub-orbital flight may seem like the plaything of a few crazy bilioners, it is anything but. There is huge potential in this and it is not for nothing that so many entrepreneurs led by Richard Branson, as well as visionary airports, are getting on the band wagon. Even mighty KLM is involved, albeit only in a marketing capacity… for now anyway…
Pic of the Day: Osprey and an F-35B Aboard Wasp from Defense Tech by John Reed | Here’s a photo showing two of the Marines newest (and most controversial) aircraft operating from the USS Wasp last week. Yup that’s an MV-22 Osprey pulling up after dropping off Navy Secretary Ray Maybus with an F-35B Joint Strike Fighter in the foreground. The SECNAV was among a host of dignitaries and reporters who went out to the Wasp to watch the F-35B taking-off and landing aboard the ship…DIY Space Program Breaks Records with Airship Flight from SPACE.com | The highest airship test ever flown represents just a first step toward taking humans into space…
Today in Aviation History – October 28 from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club by bikeal
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Indy Transponder 13-OCT-2011 1000z
Lemoore High principal flying high and feeling Blue - Hanford Sentinel | Brumit experienced a 45-minute flight on one of the famed Blue Angels F/A-18 Hornet jets. (Melinda Larson, NAS Lemoore/For The Sentinel) Lemoore High School Principal Rodney Brumit got the chance of a lifetime Tuesday afternoon when he flew with Navy ...
Red Checkers to fly before World Cup semis - New Zealand Herald | The Air Force's aerobatic flying team will descend over Auckland Harbour, near the Official Fan Zone at Queens Wharf, and perform a display as a prelude to the semi-final matches. Known for their professional high standard of flying, the Red Checkers ...
Dubai Air Show to draw 55000 spectators - Arab News | Dubai Air Show, with global participants to celebrate the UAE's 40th anniversary, opens on Nov. 13 for a five-day run at the city's Airport Expo. With 1000 exhibitors and 55000 visitors expected at the show, the event is said to have enhanced its ...
Wings & Wheels takes visitors back in time with historic planes, vintage cars - The Herald-Mail | There also will be fly-bys of vintage aircraft, such as the Fairchild 22 and the Fairchild PT-19's World War II Warbirds. For a $100 donation, visitors can enjoy a flight experience in the skies aboard the museum's vintage open cockpit 1943 Fairchild ...
1951 MIG being polished up for Stuart Air Show – TCPalm | Plans call for the plane's exterior to be restored in time for the Stuart Air Show on Nov. 12 and 13. PALM CITY — Crown Car Care, Crown Collision and Special Forces team up to restore MIG. A 1951 Russian MIG UTI has joined the lineup of new displays ...
Martin County High students excited to restore MiG fighter – TCPalm | "They want to keep the authentic look of the plane," said Kinne, about the relic that will be featured at the Stuart Air Show, then go to The Road to Victory Museum in Stuart. STUART — When Martin County High School senior Jon Perez heard he would be ...
Former Area 51 Employees Reunite, Part Two from Ares by Sean Meade | In a sense, the Roadrunners' visit to Rachel had a covert, psyops dimension. The veterans and the Agency left behind umpteen copies of David Robarge's book on the history of the A-12, subtly introducing the virus of truth into the heart of the alien conspiracy theory establishment. Even after years of the programs' progressively extensive declassification, a dose of uncut reality was clearly in order: in May, a new book purporting to tell the truth about Area 51 took the fictions off in elaborate new directions…
Osprey Down: Marines Shift Story on Controversial Warplane’s Safety Record from Wired: Danger Room by David Axe | It’s an aircraft with a reputation for falling from the sky. But on at least one occasion, the U.S. military’s controversial V-22 Osprey tiltrotor — a hybrid transport that takes off like a helicopter and cruises like an airplane, thanks to its rotating engine nacelles — did just the opposite. It flew upward, out of control of its pilots…
Virgin Galactic is the Best (and the Only) Game in Town from Flight Monkeys | Now that NASA is out of the human space flight business, many space buffs and exploration believers have felt a certain void in their lives. The USA no longer has the capacity to put a man into space – and that feels wrong somehow. Have no fear FlightMonkeys (or in this case, SpaceMonkeys), there is hope on the horizon and its name is Virgin Galactic. This partnership of vision and adventure has bound the creative talent and mechanical brilliance of Burt Rutan’s Scaled Composites with Richard Branson’s long standing desire to push the potential of humanity to new heights. Well, in this case they’re doing it literally – and they’re doing it in a way that NASA never would have dreamed…
Ohio to New York: 'Give Us Your Space Shuttle' – WNYC | The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum had no immediate response to Senator Brown's letter and the challenge from Ohio. The museum refused to confirm or deny reports that they were considering building a new museum, saying only, “While we continue to be ...
What's foxy and French, and a 'Friend' of Sally B? The Fennec by shortfinals | ‘Sally B and Friends’ at the Imperial War Museum’s Duxford Airfield in Cambridgeshire on July 31st was a thunderous success. There was the thunder of heavy piston engines, with several unique formations flying by (B-17, DC-3, Beech 18, Beech Staggerwing, for example) and thunderous applause from the crowd for everything from the aerobatic displays to the period music. I was delighted to be there, and I can confidently state despite the fact that it was billed as ‘not a flying display’, that I have attended flying displays that had less flying (especially warbirds), and much less in the way of ‘ground entertainment’ including period vehicles, re-enactors in uniform and music of the WW2 era…
World War II Planes Land in Morgantown - WBOY-TV | It's a powerful, powerful thing to be a part of," explained Derick Ward, a mechanic for the P-51 Mustang and co-pilot of the B-17 and B-24. "My dad was a veteran of WWII in the 8th Army Air Corps in England, and he actually flew in these planes for, ...
CoolPix: X-47B Tailless UCAS 'Gear Up' 2Fer! by Martt | The envelope is being opened up significantly in the Northrop Grumman X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) program. It's now wheels up and throttle forward to the cruise configuration of the autonomous unmanned aircraft that's eventually headed for the aircraft carrier. These two images were released a couple days ago showing the wheels up for the first time, so I've made them available as CoolPix images for your viewing pleasure. Be sure to click 'em to make 'em big! (feel free to say 'wow' when the pix open up big)…Supersonic skidmark rocket from High Power Rocketry by R2K | There is no sound in the world greater than a big skidmark motor.
Student Rocketeers Wanted for World’s Largest Rocket Contest from AIA News | Registration for the world’s largest student rocket competition is open now through November 30. The Team America Rocketry Challenge will accept up to 1,000 student teams in grades 7-12 from any U.S. school, home school or non-profit youth organization. Sponsored by the Aerospace Industries Association, this year’s rocket contest challenges teams of three to 10 students to design and build a rocket that will climb to 800 feet with a payload of two raw eggs and stay aloft for 43 to 47 seconds. The eggs must then return to earth unbroken. The 2012 contest rules and registration information are available at www.rocketcontest.org...
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta (100 photos) from FlightAware > Discussionsby Hwyman (Posted Wed, 12 Oct 2011 21:54:52 GMT) I arrived Wednesday night. Thursday was a wash, too much wind and bad weather. Friday morning a few balloons inflated but no flying. Enjoy! Ivan www.coolairplanes.net www.floridaspotters.net
Today in Aviation History – October 13 from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club by bikeal
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