Honolulu, HI – “Miracle on the Hudson” pilot Capt. Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger, who piloted US Airways Flight 1549 to an emergency water landing in New York City’s Hudson River, will be this year’s guest speaker at Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor’s 8th Anniversary Dinner Gala on Saturday, December 6, 6:00 to 10.00 p.m. Themed “Destinations & Dreams,” the evening is the Museum’s annual fundraiser for its Education and Restoration projects. Emcee for the evening will be actor, journalist and TV host David Hartman.
Honoree of the evening is the Museum’s past Chairman of the Board Admiral Ronald J. Hays, whose dream was to make the Museum a world-class destination. As Chairman for the past 13 years, ADM Hays has championed the work to restore the historic hangars, the Ford Island Control Tower, and the Museum’s aircraft collection.
Museum Executive Director Kenneth DeHoff promises “This will be an evening of tribute as we recognize and honor Admiral Hays for his leadership, and welcome Capt. Sullenberger as our guest of honor.”
The evening will be filled with camaraderie alongside military and community leaders, a book signing by Capt. Sullenberger, fine dining, and entertainment by Cathy Foy, all in the Museum’s 89,000 sq. ft. WWII Hangar 79. Participation as a sponsor or table host helps support the nonprofit’s Education programs which reach 10,000 young people each year, and the Restoration projects that bring history to life.
Sullenberger became internationally renowned on January 15, 2009 for what has been dubbed the “Miracle on the Hudson,” when he and his crew safely guided their US Airways plane to an emergency water landing in the Hudson River, New York City. The Airbus’ two engines had lost thrust following a bird strike. Sullenberger and his crew received international acclaim for their actions, including the passage of a Congressional resolution recognizing their bravery. Sullenberger was ranked second in Time magazine’s “Top 100 Most Influential Heroes and Icons of 2009” and awarded the French Legion of Honor. Currently, he is an aviation safety expert and accident investigator, CBS News Aviation and Safety Expert, and founder and chief executive officer of Safety Reliability Methods, Inc., a company dedicated to management, safety, performance, and reliability consulting.
For information and tickets, visit www.PacificAviationMuseum.org or contact Director of Development Carol Greene, 808-441-1006, Carol@PacificAviationMuseum.org. The Museum is located at 319 Lexington Boulevard on Historic Ford Island at Pearl Harbor.
Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor is a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization. Its mission is to develop and maintain an internationally recognized aviation museum on Historic Ford Island that educates young and old alike, honors aviators and their support personnel who defended freedom in The Pacific Region, and to preserve Pacific aviation history.
Friday, October 24, 2014
8th Anniversary Gala to Feature Capt. “Sully” Sullenberger At Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor’s Fundraiser
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
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F-22 Raptor arrives for weekend's Oregon International Air Show - The Oregonian - OregonLive.com | Captain John Cummings and the U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor arrived at the Oregon Air National Guard Base. The F-22 Demo Team is here in advance of their first-ever Oregon flight demonstrations at the Oregon International Air Show Sept. 20-21 at Hillsboro Airport....
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8th Anniversary Gala to Feature Capt. “Sully” Sullenberger At Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl
Harbor’s Fundraiser | At Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor’s Fundraiser Honolulu, HI – “Miracle on the Hudson” pilot Capt. Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger, who piloted US Airways Flight 1549 to an emergency water landing in New York City’s Hudson River, will be this year’s guest speaker at Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor’s 8th Gala on Saturday, December 6, 6:00 to 10.00 p.m..... More HereCommunity Day at Carolinas Aviation Museum | On Saturday August 23rd, the museum opened its doors for free to the general public for Community Day. Why did we do this? Often we hear from people who live in this area that they didn't know that Charlotte had an aviation museum. We even won the Best of the Best Award last year for being the best kept secret in Charlotte! It's great to win an award, but that is not quite the honor you want bestowed upon you. Obviously there are still lots of folks that don't know that this museum exists and that it's an educational resource for them. So...
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Thursday, August 1, 2013
Embry-Riddle, Kiddie Hawk Air Academy/Living Legends of Aviation Announce Partnership at Oshkosh
University to Provide Exclusive Academic Support for Higher Education, STEM Programs
OSHKOSH, WI -- Aug. 1, 2013 – Today at EAA AirVenture air show in Oshkosh, the world’s leader in aerospace and aviation higher education Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and Kiddie Hawk Air Academy (KHAA), a nonprofit dedicated to sparking a love of aviation in children, announced an exclusive partnership to lead educational and STEM (Science Technology Engineering Math) programs for the next generation.
Emceed by air show announcer “Sky Talker” Danny Clisham, the joint announcement took place Thursday morning at the Kiddie Hawk/Living Legends of Aviation display in KidVenture at Oshkosh. It featured Embry-Riddle’s Prescott, Ariz., Campus Chancellor Dr. Frank Ayers, one of the newest Living Legends of Aviation and only FAA-certified acrobatic helicopter pilot in the Americas Chuck Aaron and longtime Living Legend and founder of Fantasy of Flight in Polk City, Fla., Kermit Weeks. Earlier in the week, KHAA received the AirVenture Oshkosh 2013 Service Award.
Kiddie Hawk organizers and special guests travel around the country to air shows, schools, hospitals and other events to educate children ages 4 to 9 about the world of aviation. The partnership with the university expands this outreach via programs within the university’s STEM Academy, summer camp opportunities for school-age children, and university and KHAA volunteers and staff coordinating as mentors.
Embry-Riddle is the world's largest, fully accredited university specializing in aviation and aerospace as a nonprofit, independent institution offering more than 40 baccalaureate, master's and Ph.D. degree programs at its residential campuses in Daytona Beach, Fla., and Prescott, Ariz., and more than 150 locations around the globe as part of Embry-Riddle Worldwide.
This relationship also connects the university to KHAA’s annual fundraiser the Living Legends in Aviation Awards, which has honored such aviation notables as astronaut Buzz Aldrin, entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson, actor/pilots Harrison Ford, Tom Cruise, John Travolta and Morgan Freeman, commercial pilot Sully Sullenberger, pilot/author and Embry-Riddle alum Barry Schiff and Emily Howell Warner, the first woman to pilot a major American passenger flight.
“It’s an honor for our university to team with Kiddie Hawk and the Living Legends,” said Embry-Riddle Vice President of Marketing and Enrollment Management Bill Hampton. “We share a common goal of bringing that love of flight not just to our current students and alumni, but also to children who come to air shows like this and say: ‘One day, that’ll be me.’ This partnership will help make that dream come true, and continue to foster generations of talented pilots, astronauts and innovators for many years to come.”
KHAA produces its annual fundraiser the “Living Legends of Aviation” Awards gala each January in Beverly Hills, Calif. The Living Legends are defined as aviation entrepreneurs, innovators, record breakers, industry leaders, astronauts, pilots who have become celebrities and celebrities who have become pilots. Two recent recipients of this year’s award were astronauts Neil Armstrong (Carol Armstrong accepted) and Gene Cernan. As the Living Legends “Official Ambassador of Aviation,” pilot/actor John Travolta will host the 2014 event.
“Kiddie Hawk Air Academy and the ‘Living Legends of Aviation’ are extremely excited to be partnering with such an amazing educational institution as Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University,” said the nonprofit’s Executive Director Stacey Elsner. “I have had several conversations with our Legends regarding this partnership and every one of them has expressed their support and excitement for the potential that this partnership will create. This partnership gives Kiddie Hawk, Legends and Embry-Riddle the ability to have a substantial impact on today's youth to create the Legends of tomorrow through inspiration and education."
Kiddie Hawk is displaying in this year’s Oshkosh in the KidVenture area at D7 with its airplane Trainers, kinetic motion flight simulators specially designed for children, as well as the newest addition to their fleet, the Kiddie Kopter. Also at the display is the “Legends and Guests” stage where aviation Legends and special guests will be on-hand throughout the week to answer questions, offer mentor and informational forums for children (schedule available in EAA Daily). Embry-Riddle’s tent at Oshkosh in the Education and Interactive Zone includes aircraft from its training fleets at both its residential campuses in Daytona Beach, Fla., and Prescott, Ariz.
About Embry-Riddle
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, the world's largest, fully accredited university specializing in aviation and aerospace, is a nonprofit, independent institution offering more than 40 baccalaureate, master's and Ph.D. degree programs in its colleges of Arts and Sciences, Aviation, Business and Engineering. Embry-Riddle educates students at residential campuses in Daytona Beach, Fla., and Prescott, Ariz., and through the Worldwide Campus with more than 150 locations in the United States, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. The university is a major research center, seeking solutions to real-world problems in partnership with the aerospace industry, other universities and government agencies. For more information, visit embryriddle.edu, follow us on Twitter (@EmbryRiddle) and facebook.com/EmbryRiddleUniversity, and find expert videos at YouTube.com/EmbryRiddleUniv.
About Kiddie Hawk Air Academy/Living Legends of Aviation Awards
Founded by aeronautical engineer and pilot William “Bill” Marcy in 1996 the goal of the Kiddie Hawk Air Academy is to introduce children to aviation by incorporating the Trainer, a kinetic motion flight simulator specially designed for youth, and a curriculum that includes aviation mechanics, history and career opportunities. The goal of the program is to spark a passion as well as develop a sense of appreciation and interest in aviation that will carry on into their adult years. With this, KHAA also strives to inspire kids to achieve academic excellence in order to enter into aviation-related careers. In 2008 the Kiddie Hawk Air Academy assumed the production of the “Living Legends of Aviation” Awards Gala each year as its annual fundraiser. Past winners of the awards include Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, Sully Sullenberger, Sir Richard Branson, John Travolta, Harrison Ford and Morgan Freeman, who in his acceptance speech called the award “the Academy Award of Aviation.” For more information on KHAA, visit Kiddiehawkairacademy.org. For more on Living Legends of Aviation, go to livinglegendsofaviation.org and follow the Legends on Twitter (@AviationAwards).
Tuesday, July 2, 2013
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Catch 'Miracle on the Hudson' pilot at AirFair opening ceremonies - Tahoe Daily Tribune | TAHOE/TRUCKEE, Calif. — Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger, III is best known for saving the lives of 155 crew and passengers as Captain during the “Miracle on the Hudson.” He believes passionately in giving back to communities and supporting youth organizations. On Saturday, July 6 at the 2013 Truckee Tahoe AirFair & Family Festival, Sullenberger will address the crowd during the Opening Ceremony at 11 a.m. As the...
Field of Flight Air Show: The Field of Flight Air Show & Balloon Festival event will run from July 3 through July 7 at W.K. Kellogg Airport for the Battle Creek festival. No military aircrafts will be on site, but the event will feature the first Michigan Mile, magic shows, musical guests including Matt Giraud, the Great Lakes Timber Show and the Funland Amusement Park and carnival.
Macomb Fly-in/Drive-in Brings Out 2000 People - WGEM MACOMB, Ill. (WGEM) - Why eat breakfast at home, when today you could eat breakfast with some pilots. Macomb Airport held a Fly-in/Drive-in breakfast as a part of Macomb Heritage Days today. Roughly 2,000 people came out to support the event. Free rides in the planes were given out including rides in a B-25 bomber. Board Chairman Bill Butcher said this helps people know Macomb does have an airport...
Clare fly-in breakfast draws hundreds - The Morning Sun | People from all over Michigan and the country came to the Clare Municipal Airport Fly-In Breakfast on Sunday to help support the airport’s courtesy car. The car is used by people who fly-in and would like to visit the surrounding area, but have no mode of transportation besides their plane...
Air fair flys high - Kenai Peninsula Online | The organizing committee for the 13th Annual Kenai Peninsula Air Fair would like to thank all those who participated and made our event extraordinary! ...Great weather all around the peninsula contributed to another successful Kenai Peninsula Air Fair and Poker Run. Thirty-seven pilots, family, and friends participated in the poker run enjoying a delicious breakfast cooked by the Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 975 in the MARC hangar at the Soldotna Airport....
World's Only Flying B - 29 Superfortress Coming to Nashville - The Leading Aviation Industry Resource for News, Equipment and | ...The B-29 will be accompanied by the P-51 Mustang Gunfighter and other historic military airplanes including a C-45 Expeditor and PT-13 Stearman. The aircraft will be on display at the airport through July 7 for cockpit tours and rides...
A Celebration of Life for Jane Wicker - WDTN | DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) - A Celebration of Life for Jane Wicker is scheduled at 2 p.m., Tuesday, July 9 at the Flying Circus Aerodrome in Bealeton, Virginia. Wicker and her pilot, Charlie Schwenker, were killed in an accident at the Vectren Dayton Air Show June 22. For those wishing to fly in for the celebration, you should flight plan for Warrenton Fauquier County Airport (KHWY) located a few miles from the Aerodrome....
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EAA Airventure Preparations Underway - WGBA-TV | OSHKOSH -- As one big event wraps up in Oshkosh, another is getting ready to take flight. EAA Airventure is less than a month away and organizers are already working hard to make sure everything is in order for opening day. "Well there's a million little details that all have to be taken care of. There are hundreds of tents that go up on the site. There are volunteers that continue to come in. The campground opened last Friday so we're having some campers already move in," says EAA Spokesman Dick Knapinski...
GA Awards Presentation Details Announced - Alabama Aviator | Oshkosh WI - The General Aviation Awards Program and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently announced that the General Aviation Awards presentations will be held at the AirVenture FAA Safety Center beginning at 11:15 a.m. on Thursday, August 1, 2013. This is the first time this indoor venue will be used for the presentations....
Flying car to hit the skies at Wisconsin airshow - Paxton Record | OSH KOSH, Wis. — The Terrafugia Transition — a prototype of a flying car created by Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School graduate Sam Schweighart — will make its first airshow appearance at the Expiremental Aircraft Association’s AirVenture event at Wittman Regional Airport in Osh Kosh, Wis., from July 29 to Aug. 4...
Why Oshkosh Matters (With CoolPix Marathon - 19 Hi-Res Images) · AirPigz | Oshkosh 2013 is fast 
Red Arrows will grace the skies at Waddington Air Show - The Lincolnite | The RAF Waddington International Air Show 2013 begins this weekend and it wouldn’t be the same without the Red Arrows display. The nine-strong, striking red aerobatic team will be flying over Lincoln and Waddington skies at 2pm on July 6 and 7, celebrating two landmarks. Not only will it be their 4,500th display, but it will also be their 49th season since their conception in 1965....
Thrilling line-up announced for Flying Legends ... - airshows.org | Over 50 aircraft are booked to appear at the Flying Legends Air Show, on Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 July, in a spectacular aerial celebration of historic aviation.
Embry-Riddle Female Pilots Prove Best at Women's Air Race Classic - PR Web (press release) | For the second year in a row, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University pilots from its Daytona Beach, Fla., and Prescott, Ariz., campuses have earned top spots in one of the country’s oldest and most prestigious all-female, four-day transcontinental flight competitions....
Emotional visit to Swansea airshow for RAF fighter pilot's Second World War girl - This is South Wales | WHEN the Second World War Battle of Britain Memorial Flight appears in skies above Swansea, as part of this month's Wales National Airshow 2013, you can forgive one onlooker if she becomes a touch emotional. When Gowerton-born pilot Oscar Griffith, known as Griff, climbed into the cockpit of his Lancaster Bomber, on Christmas Eve 1944, the thoughts and prayers of his fiance, May Ledson, went with him - sadly they were not enough to prevent the brave RAF flier's aircraft becoming shot down over the German city of Cologne, resulting in the death of all on board...
Video: World War II Veterans Take Ride On B-17 Bomber - KPLR St. Louis | CAHOKIA, IL (KTVI)– They called it the ‘flying fortress,’ but most people know it as the B-17 bomber. And one of the few still able to fly is in St. Louis to serve as the lead plane in the Fair St. Louis air show on July 4. The plane is not a replica; it is a fully restored, fully functional B-17, named the ‘Aluminum Overcast.’...
Alaska's first air show proved popular, but sponsors lost a bundle - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner | On July 3, 1913, James V. Martin took off from what is now the Weeks Field area near the Noel Wien Library and ascended a few hundred feet on the first airplane flight in Alaska. He flew for about 9 minutes, landed and took off again for a 7-minute flight. He made a total of four more flights on July 4 and July 5, all of them fairly short...
William Guy Arnot Jr - Breckenridge American | William Guy Arnot Jr. passed away on Feb. 16, 2013, at the age of 90 in Fort Worth... Bill is most remembered in Breckenridge for his love for aviation, and his cherished vintage plane, a WWII B-25 bomber, named the Silver Lady. He flew in airshows all over country, as well as participating in the Reno Air Races. Along with Howard Pardue, Jimmie McMillan and Nelson Ezell, Bill hosted the Breckenridge Air Show for many years...
Warbirds recall WWII heroics - Cody Enterprise | As it descended from a clear sky and touched down at Yellowstone Regional Airport on Friday, a restored Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress took viewers back seven decades....
Howard Hughes Sikorsky S-43 Disassembly and Move to Fantasy of Flight - Part 1 - Kermit Weeks Videos | Kermit Weeks and crew travel back to Brazoria County Airport in Houston Texas to disassemble his Howard Hughes, Sikorsky S-43 and prepare it for its move back to Fantasy of Flight in Central Florida. Part 1 of a 2 part video, shows the five days disassembly and prep...
New WWII planes arriving at the Air Museum - Headlight Herald | The Tillamook Air Museum, in cooperation with owner and operator Jack Erickson, announced the acquisition of a WWII B-17G Bomber “Chuckie” and a German Focke-Wulf 190 to its growing collection of historic flying airplanes. The B-17 made its journey from the East Coast to Tillamook this week. The FW 190 will soon follow....
Va. Beach aviation museum owner: We're fine for now - hamptonroads.com | A gleaming silver and banana-yellow B-17, a vintage bomber from World War II, rolled past the window behind David Hunt. It's up for sale. Seated at his desk inside the Military Aviation Museum in Pungo, Hunt, the museum's director, reiterated Saturday that the business is fine - for now. Although the museum won't close soon, some of the facility's planes, worth anywhere between $20,000 to $7 million each, may have to go to keep the operation aloft....
Skyraiders at VMHM - Travel for Aircraft | The Vietnam Military History Museum (Bảo tàng Lịch sử 
Hero helicopter pilot Michael Campbell's first thought crashing into the ... - New York Daily News | Hero helicopter pilot Michael Campbell said Monday he heard “a huge noise” moments before he was forced to make a splash-landing in the Hudson River. “I initially thought a bird or other aircraft hit us from behind,” Campbell told The Daily News. “I thought, ‘Is this really happening?’ It was one of those days.” Campbell, who spoke a day after he saved four passengers — and his own skin — by successfully landing his stricken chopper in the drink, said everybody on board knew they were in trouble...
Is this the lightweight fighter of the future? - The DEW Line | In the latest issue of the US Air Force's Air and Space Power Journal, Col Michael Pietrucha, a veteran Boeing F-15E Strike Eagle pilot, argues for a new generation of lightweight fighters. But there is a catch...
Young pilot completes solo flight around the world · General Aviation News Staff | FRESNO, Calif. — On June 29, Jack Wiegand completed his mission to break the current Guinness World Records title and became the youngest person to fly solo around the world. The Fresno, Calif. native, 21 years 7 days, broke the current record held by James Anthony Tan of Malaysia who was 21 years 344 days when he took the title in May 2013....
First Flight and Flight Testing! - Teen Flight | N212TF made its first brief flight on the morning of June 6, 2013 at the Portland Hillsboro Airport with Mr. Dick VanGrunsven at the controls...
Friday, October 5, 2012
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Alliance Air Show - Fort Worth Star Telegram | The Thunderbirds arrive at Alliance Airport in their Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcons on Thursday October 4, 2012. The Alliance Air Show runs this weekend. Air Show Advance. Star-Telegram/Ron T. Ennis. The Canadian Snowbirds fly their CT-104 ...
Embry-Riddle ready for Homecoming fun to start - Daytona Beach News-Journal | Events start Sunday and end after Embry-Riddle's free Wings & Waves Air Show on Oct. 13 and 14 at the shoreline in front of Hilton Daytona Beach Oceanfront Resort, 100 N. Atlantic Ave. The Homecoming theme is "Embry-Riddle Homecoming: Topping the ...
Apache Longbow to Appear at Copperstate from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | Visitors at this year's Copperstate Fly-In and Aviation Expo will get a rare, up-close look at an Apache Longbow, one of the most technologically advanced attack helicopters in the world as the event convenes October 25-27 at Casa Grande Municipal Airport (CGZ), Arizona.
RIVERSIDE: March Field Air Museum holds annual fundraiser - Press-Enterprise | March Field Air Museum is hosting its 28th annual MASH Bash on Saturday, Oct. 13. Advance tickets are $45 per person and $55 per person on event day. The 1970s “M*A*S*H” television series continues to be one of America's favorite sitcoms because of its ...
No aerobatic team display at Air Force Day this year from The Kathryn Report by Kathryn | There will be no aerobatic team display at the Indian Air Force (IAF) Day parade this year as the famed Sarang helicopter team is out of action and the Surya Kiran formation team was disbanded last year.The 80th anniversary celebrations are scheduled to be held at the Hindon air base next week.While the IAF has kept a tight lid on the issue, sources said the helicopter display team is out of...
Would-be pilot revisits WWII B-29 - Tulsa Beacon | Other World War II era aircraft from the Commemorative Air Force joined FIFI throughout the weekend including a North American P-51 Mustang and a Beech C-45 Expediter. In conjunction with FIFI's visit, the Tulsa area Food Truck community collected ...
Veterans relive war memories on B-17 flight - Dothan Eagle | Virgil Fenn stands near the B-17 bomber "Aluminum Overcast" late Wednesday evening on the Aero-One Aviation ramp at Dothan
Regional Airport. Fenn, who began flying in the 1940s, flew this particular B-17 extensively for Dothan Aviation Corporation in ...B-17 Bomber Lands in Dothan, Honors Local WWII Veterans - WTVY, Dothan | Arthur sat as the 'Ball Turret Gunner,' in order to be the gunner and fit in the small spot you had to be no taller than 5'6. "The ball turret is very uncomfortable," explained Osepchook. WWII Veteran Fred Fellows also flew on B-17's over Germany. "We ...
Victims of WWII Plane Crash Finally Identified from Warplanes Online Community by yna | After 68 years, the remains of seven U.S. servicemen who went unaccounted for after their aircraft crashed on an island in Vanuatu during World War II were finally identified and returned to their families. Vanuatu was a former French-British Condominium located east of northern Australia, it is now known as Republic of Vanuatu. On April 22, 1944, a team of seven marines were conducting a night training mission aboard a PBJ-1 patrol bomber, the military variant of the North American B-25 Mitchell. It...
Historic New Mexico Aerodrome Being Restored from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | Almost a century after its founding and 35 years after it was closed, the First Aero Squadron Aerodrome and Columbus Airport are undergoing a rebirth in Columbus, New Mexico.
Photographer makes P-51 shine from AOPA Pilot Blog: Reporting Points by Al Marsh | Here’s a shot we all wish we could make. I’ve never seen pixels shine like this before.
Famous Aviators from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | ...Amazing the number of women aviators that we never heard about in school. This beautiful young lady was told that she "would never make a flier."And yet, she achieved greatness. What did she do?...
Respect and affection, nearly 70 years on by hogdayafternoon | ...The first two films were recently discovered and were special for a couple of reasons, the first being that they were shot in colour, most unusual for that time and the second and most special reason was that they were shot by aircrew. They were home movies, a personal record of life on a USAAF/RAF air base in the East of England. East Anglia, as this area is known (for us English were once known as “Angles” in ancient times) was turned into one huge American airfield, predominantly bomber bases. Col. Jimmy Stewart flew from an airfiled 10 miles to the north of where I type this and within a 5 mile radius were numerous other airfields that were the home to B24′s which were gradually replaced, as action intensified, by B17′s. Other bases were gradually equipped with P51′s and P47′s, the “Little Friends”. Memorabilia is everywhere, if one chooses to seek it out...
Estelle Wingster: A vintage airplane with a modern message from General Aviation News by Meg Godlewski | In 1953 Ken Miller of Van Nuys, Calif., was a college student. He went to the airport with two friends and met a man who was giving rides in his Cessna 150. “The guy said he would take each of us up for $10 a piece,” Miller recalled. “I had $20 in my pocket. The first guy goes but doesn't have any money, so I paid for him. Then the second guy goes and he doesn't have any money so I pay for him too and then I told the pilot I was out of
Mike Newman aiming for grand slam speed records on land, sea and air - Power Boat - World | Mike also holds a Guinness world blind aerial acrobatic record; gained as part of a team record whilst flying the most consecutive loops in formation with The Blades Aerobatic Team in 2011. After successful trials in Leicestershire and Devon, Mike ...
New cameras for winners of the Air Festival photo competition - Bournemouth Echo | THE winners of the Daily Echo/Castle Cameras Air Festival 2012 photographic competition have collected their prizes. Judges sifted through hundreds of entries before selecting Geoff Taylor to win the adult competition and Matthew Le Riche the junior ...
Former Young Eagle Receives Flights of a Lifetime from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | A flight package offered for auction at the Gathering of Eagles held at EAA AirVenture 2011 became a weekend to remember for pilot and former Young Eagle Tyler Stargardt, of Marshfield Wisconsin, at the grand opening weekend for the Fagen Fighters World War II Museum in Granite Falls, Minnesota.
Kids can discover aviation on Oct. 13 - The Trentonian | TRENTON—The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Chapter 176 is sponsoring “Young Eagles Day” on Saturday, Oct. 13,from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Trenton-Mercer Airport. CONTRIBUTE. Story Ideas. Send Corrections. All children ages 8 to 17 will have an ...
'In Descent Proposal' Pilot Flies for a Living from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | On Monday, when EAA first posted the story about the viral YouTube video showing EAA member Ryan Thompson's feigned in-flight emergency ruse to propose to his girlfriend Carlie Kennedy, the video had garnered just more than 1.4 million views.
"Jetpack" Sets "Record" from AVwebFlash Current Issue | The president of Jetlev Southwest, Dean O'Malley, flew (tethered to a floating powerplant and not without stops) over 26.2 miles of open ocean from Newport Beach California to Catalina Saturday, September, 29, to promote the company's jetpack product. The promotional stunt aimed to set a record for longest jetpack flight. Jetlev manufactures a jetpack that uses water pressure for thrust. The water is pumped from a floating power unit through a hose to two downward facing nozzles attached to a backpack worn by the pilot. The system handled the trip in about four hours but its 200 hp four-stroke marine engine emptied the craft's 22-gallon fuel tank twice along the way, with varied results.
Thursday, October 4, 2012
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'Sully' to ride along with Blue Angels today - San Mateo Daily Journal | Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, the Danville pilot known for safely landing a disabled US Airways jet in the Hudson River in 2009, will be riding along with the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels today. On his website, www.sullysullenberger.com, the famed pilot...
Hummelstown native named 2013 Blue Angels team pilot - Patriot-News | HUMMELSTOWN -- Navy Lt. Nathan Scott Barton, a 1998 Lower Dauphin High School graduate, has been selected an F/A-18 demonstration pilot for the 2013 Blue Angels, the U.S. Navy has announced. Barton, of Hummelstown, is assigned to Electronic ...
All Biplane Fly In to Land at Ozark from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | Ozark Biplane Fly In - Saturday, October 13- The free Ozark All Biplanes Fly-In is set from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, at Ozark Blackwell Airport- 71J. The fly-in is in memory of Curtis Pitts, the inventor of the small Pitts Aerobatic biplanes, designed more than 70 years ago. Pilots from...
End of season airshow Old Warden 7-10-2012 from stickandrudderWTO by G-GARY | Sunday, if the weather behaves !! will be the last airshow outing of the year and that will be it till 2014-15 unless something 'exotic' rolls-up, never say never !! If the weather is good, I shall be attending to get a last look at the 'Harry Tate' and the 'Hun' thingy. But it's the birthday of...
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Editorial: Reno Air Races 2012: Remembering a Tragedy and Experiencing a Rebirth
T-6 Class Gets Stronger at Reno 2012
Contrails - October 2012 - Bucket Lists and Bob Hoover
Julie in the Sky with Pilot: Korey Wells from Julie in the SkyJulie in the Sky by Eric James Swearingen | Julie in the Sky interviews pilot Korey Wells while at the Warbirds over Paso Air Show about his recent wins at the National Championship Air Races in Reno NV. All while being continually buzzed by the North American Aviation N9MB flying wing preforming during the air show. Korey shares his experiences of flying the Wildcat [...]
B-29 Superfortress, other World War II-era planes on display in Oklahoma City ... - NewsOK.com | The B-29 is operated by the Commemorative Air Force, a nonprofit educational group that preserves and flies historic aircraft across the country. The group offers tours and sells rides on the planes to help pay for the cost of preserving them. David ...
World War II-era planes scheduled to arrive in Queensbury today - The Saratogian | The “Wings of Freedom” tour features a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress “Nine O Nine” heavy bomber, a consolidated B-24 Liberator “Witchcraft” Heavy Bomber and a P-51 Mustang fighter. The planes were scheduled to arrive in Queensbury at about 1:30 p.m. ...
War Eagles Air Museum flys Vintage B-17G bomber over Las Cruces - Las Cruces Sun-News | Lorraine Kubala, of El Paso, Texas, sits in the nose section of the World War II B-17G bomber
"Sentimental Journey" on Tuesday after landing from a 30-minute flight. The ride took her toward the Las Cruces area and back to Santa Teresa Airport. The ...Historic aircraft lands in Cambridge - ITV News | The 1943 Beech Staggerwing was flown by William Charney, an American aviator and Vietnam veteran, who restored the aircraft over a period of five years with a team of experts in New Zealand. Although originally built for the US Navy, the Staggerwing's ...
Video: Amazing POV for a Corsair Flight from Warbirds Online by Scott WRG Editor | Planes of Fame’s F4U-11 Corsair flys at the 2012 Planes of Fame Air Show...
Elmendorf P38 Lightning from Air Force Link Top Stories | Flying through a January sky in 1945, U.S. Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Robert Nesmith was piloting a P-38G Lightning - one of the Air Force's best aircraft during World War II. The plane, equipped with two engines and relatively long wings, was a beautiful sight, and Nesmith worked hard to be in a position to fly it across the Pacific...
CoolPix: Avspecs de Havilland Mosquito In The Air - Bravo! from AirPigz by Martt | Words aren't
needed here... just click this CoolPix to open it up big and savor the amazing work done by the people of de Havilland over 70 years ago, and the restoration work ... Good wood revival: Kiwi Mosquito gets airborne from The DEW Line by Craig Hoyle | It's great to see the beautiful de Havilland Mosquito back in the air, following a painstaking restoration project performed in Drury, near Auckland, New Zealand.
Macchi M.C. 72 Uploaded by Bomberguy | The Macchi M.C. 72 was an experimental seaplane designed and built by the Italian aircraft company Macchi Aeronautica. In 1933 and 1934 it set a world record for speed over water.
Grumman Northrop E-2 Hawkeye bonus from Travel for Aircraft by joseph_may | Grumman Northrop E-2 Hawkeye bonus Previously this week the post on the Hawkeye was posted and during the research phase a number of photographs from U.S. Navy photographers was found. Here are a few of them
...Aviator Continues To Spread His Wings In Prototype Lites - PaddockTalk | Aviator Continues To Spread His Wings In Prototype Lites. Few could predict that the piloted g-force of a tactical jet exiting an aircraft carrier could translate to racing cars. But according to Jim Garrett, a former Naval Aviator and current Cooper ...
How to follow the mission | Red Bull Stratos from Aerial Sports Feed | With the launch date of Red Bull Stratos just a matter of days away now, here's all...
Red Bull Stratos | Weather plays a vital role from Aerial Sports Feed | One of the primary factors affecting the success of the Red Bull Stratos mission is the weather. It's...
Sunday, July 29, 2012
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Blue Angels Soar High to Please the Crowd - Twin Falls Times-News | TWIN FALLS • The U.S. Navy Blue Angels left the Air Magic Valley air show attendees awestruck on Saturday with a 
An inside look into the Blue Angels' Fat Albert - KTVB | TWIN FALLS -- Air Magic Valley starts Saturday in Twin Falls. It has more than 10 different high-flying events. "Welcome to Fat Albert Airlines. I'm Captain Ben Blanton." Fat Albert is a plane used by the U.S. Armed Forces. It's a C-130 used to ...
Air Shows are Good Places for Military Branches to Get New Recruits - Twin Falls Times-News | For example, the Navy included not only a simulation lab but entertained a small crowd by having its Navy Band Northwest jam old and new rock tunes throughout the air show. “Air shows tend to be better for recruitment purposes than other events,” Witte ...
Paraplegic Hang Glider Dazzles At Air Show - KMVT | "I was with a bunch of friends flying off of a mountain up in Oregon and this Jeep came by and he was a producer of the Medford, Oregon air show, he asked if we could do something with a hang glider in the show, so we did," said Buchanan. "Buchanan has ...
Living Legends of Aviation awards conferred - AOPA | 'Skytalker' Danny Clisham hosted the annual ceremony that also serves as a fundraiser for the nonprofit Kiddie Hawk Air Academy. The academy is dedicated to sparking and developing children's interest in aviation.
AirVenture 2012 Photo Gallery from AVweb Top News | As EAA AirVenture 2012 winds down, we make time for one last tour of the grounds — and take in the spectacular nighttime air show.
GoPro's Super Saturday by eaavideo.org | GoPro entertains aviation enthusiasts with their spectacular in-cockpit and on-wing camera angles.
EAA Airventure features rare aircraft - Fox11online.com | OSHKOSH - Aviation lovers will soon pack up and leave the EAA Airventure grounds in Oshkosh. The event wraps up Sunday with Family Day, and the final air show is scheduled for 2 p.m.. Many pilots took to the skies during the 60th annual Airventure.
Wall of Fire - Twitter | Day vs Night (click on the photos for credits)
Sully, Skiles Look Back at Flight 1549, Look Ahead to Young Eagles ... - EAA AirVenture | By Ric Reynolds. It was the splash heard 'round the world. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger and Jeff Skiles gained fame for their superb airmanship in safely guiding US Airways Flight 1549 to a successful ditching on January 15, ...
Podcast: EAA's Jeff Skiles on Eagle Flights from AVWeb Podcast - Podcast | Jeff Skiles, EAA's new vice president of chapters and youth education, talks with AVweb's Mary Grady at EAA AirVenture about new programs in the works to help mentor new pilots and offer introductory flights to adults.This podcast is brought to you by Aspen Avionics, Aviation Insurance Resources, Avidyne, and Bendix/King by Honeywell.
Photos: OSHKOSH 2012 Continues from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | Women Soar... the ladies are learning, dreaming, !
Falling head over heels for a Golden Knight - News & Observer | Skydiving with the Golden Knights, the U.S. Army's professional parachuting team, brings a certain sense of safety to an activity that involves plummeting from 14000 feet, 180 mph toward the earth in a free fall. But there are always the what-ifs. Even ...
Hidden Jewels Of AirVenture from Aero-News Network | Where To Go And What To See When Your Tired Of Airplanes. Is That Possible? Though I'm sure it's rare, there may be a time when you have had your fill of airplanes at Air Venture. So what is one to do? Surprisingly there is quite a lot to hold your interest, whatever that might be. Let's touch on just a few of the hidden jewels on the grounds.
Red Arrows to to grace the Sywell Airshow - Northampton Chronicle & Echo | The spectacular Red Arrows have been announced as the headline attraction at this year's Sywell Airshow. The biannual aviation spectacular at Sywell Aerodrome takes place on Sunday, August 19, and will feature a full 30-minute demonstration from the ...
SAAB Anniversary Airshow at Linköping-Malmen airbase in Sweden - Fencecheck
Colonel (Ret.) Gaillard “Evil” Peck – Bio from Photorecon by Photorecon Staff | Colonel Gail Peck was born at Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, the 1st son of Air Corps Lt Gaillard and Lois Peck. He was raised in the military attending school in occupied Japan and the Territory of Alaska, two among many of his father’s Air Force assignments. Following graduation from Francis Hammond High School in Alexandria, Virginia in 1958, he immediately entered the Air Force Academy graduating in 1962 as a member of the fourth graduating class, known as the original Red Tags. Pilot training followed at...
B-17 gunner, POW, retiree with 27 medals - Tampabay.com | PALM HARBOR — In February 2011, Norbert Swierz slid into the belly of a vintage B-17 bomber for the first time in more than 60 years. With national media filming his every move, the thick man with a thick voice shouted over the plane's four propellers.
Nonprofit to bring restored World War II B-17 bomber to Syracuse for public ... - Syracuse.com | Liberty Foundations WWII B-17 Bomber Media Flight The Liberty Foundations 2012 Salute to Veterans tour gave media flights on Monday July 23, 2012 on the Memphis Belle, a restored WWII B-17 bomber at Landmark Aviation in Syracuse. The plane will be ...
Fernando Botelho — Brazil’s aviation champion gone too soon from Travel for Aircraft by joseph_may | Fernando Botelho — Brazil’s aviation champion gone too soon Smart people have their money work for them through investments to become further enriched. Great people use money furthering causes which enrich us all. Fernando Botelho was both smart and great. After the previous post about the flying Demoiseille replica-esque, Suzie B. of the Wings Over Miami...
Saturday, July 28, 2012
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P-40 Hat Trick Brings Three to the Show - EAA AirVenture | Warbirds in Review visitors were treated to the rare spectacle of three diverse Curtiss P-40 fighters parked tightly for inspection while pilots and restorers described the aircraft Friday.
Love is Blue With This PV-2 - EAA AirVenture | Lockheed's ultimate taildragger patrol bomber was 
A-36 Debut from TVR Photography.com | An extremely rare, newly restored A-36 Apache making its first public appearance at Airventure 2012.
Tuskegee Airmen Share Patriotism, Passions With AirVenture Crowd - EAA AirVenture | They were America's first black airmen. And there are fewer every year. Several Tuskegee Airmen shared stories with AirVenture visitors Thursday at the EAA Welcome Center. The men were illuminating and patriotic as they related tales of combat, racism, and success.
Women Soar Inspires Girls to Pursue Aviation Careers, Interests - EAA AirVenture | Inspire. Motivate. Educate. Challenge. That's what the Women Soar You Soar program is all about. Open to high school girls, Women Soar exists to introduce girls to career opportunities in aviation and to encourage them to pursue their dreams in aviation and beyond.
Sully, Skiles Look Back at Flight 1549, Look Ahead to Young Eagles, Eagle Flights - EAA AirVenture | It was the splash heard 'round the world. Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger and Jeff Skiles gained fame for their superb airmanship in safely guiding US Airways Flight 1549 to a successful ditching on January 15, 2009, a landing known as the 'Miracle on the Hudson.'
EAA’s 2012 AirVenture celebrates 75 years of the Piper J-3 Cub from photorecon.net by Dave Budd | 
Oshkosh Day 5: AirVenture Photo Album by Garmin | We've had a fun week at AirVenture. And as the show comes to a close this weekend, we couldn't resist sharing some of the pictures we snapped of avionics, airplanes, airshows and more. Tell us! What was the coolest thing...
"The Day After" UCAP Daily #298-echo from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast | Still recovering from the awesome UCAP Tiedown Party, Dave, Jeb and Jack, take a few minutes to update each other on what's been happening at AirVenture Oshkosh 2012.
Auction raises $2.3 million for Young Eagles - AOPA Pilot | The gala gathering was hosted by EAA 
New planes added to air show line-up - Clacton and Frinton Gazette | The King Air and RAF Tutor are the latest additions to the programme for the 21st air show in the town. They will join a host of other planes at the event, including the Vulcan, the Hawk and the Red Arrows. The King Air is a twin engine plane which ...
Air racers return to Boundary Bay Air Show - Surrey Leader | And on Saturday (July 28) the pair of experienced aviators will show their skill at guiding their Harvard warbirds around an air race demonstration course as the Boundary Bay Air Show makes a return after a hiatus in 2011. The pair—Keith is a retired ...
Solar Impulse HB-SIA Returns Home, HB-SIB Under Construction from CAFE Foundation Blog by Dean Sigler | Solar Impulse crossed from Toulouse, France to Payerne, Switzerland on July 25, completing an epic intercontinental voyage for the giant solar-powered craft. Its itinerary consisted of a flight from the Solar Impulse home base in Payerne, Switzerland to Madrid, Spain, followed by a jump across the Strait of Gibraltar, for the first time linking Europe and Africa by solar flight...
UK: Bill Ramsey on The People's Mosquito - Global Aviation Resource |
Mosquito crash memorial update 27-7-2012 Bunny UK from stickandrudderWTO | In April of this year, I was lucky to see the remains of a crashed DH Mosquito HJ767 belonging to 60 OTU, which crashed at Bunny near Nottingham UK on the 16th of June 1944. Graham Norbury was kind enough to show me the remains and the crash-site area. This autumn should see a scan of the crash area, when harvesting has took place. Meantime, Graham has informed me that he has been to the Public records office at Kew gardens, to do some research, and came across some new details. On Remembrace...
Wright State alumnus' aviation documentary wins Emmys - Upstart | A Wright State alumnus has won two regional Emmy awards for a documentary about a restored B-25 bomber that participated in the famous Doolittle Raiders bombing run of Japan. Director and Wright State grad Adam White and producer Kara Martinelli ...
Red Flag 12-4 in Review from photorecon.net by Dave Budd | Attending the media day last week allowed us the opportunity to go between the runways during the USAF Red Flag 12-4 training exercise. Visiting for the first time was the Colombian Air Force with their advanced KFIR C2 aircraft. These aircraft landed with a drag chute and they need a bit more time vacating the runway which didn’t really seem to slow the recover at all...
Oxygen Failings of F-22 Now Solved, Pentagon's Little Says - San Francisco Chronicle | “It is promising that consultation with NASA and the Navy appears to be pointing the Air Force toward a potential solution to the F-22 oxygen-deprivation issues,” the lawmakers said, while urging that disciplinary actions pending against pilots who ...
Friday, March 30, 2012
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Blue Angels practice attracts big crowd at Pensacola's Naval Aviation Museum ... - al.com | The US Navy Blue Angels practice for a crowd of thousands at the National Museum of Naval Aviation in Pensacola, Florida on Wednesday, March 28, 2012. (Dennis Pillion / al.com) The Blue Angels ...
Blue Angels arrive for Tuscaloosa Regional Air Show (photos) - al.com | The US Navy Blue 
Businesses, fire crews prep for bomber visit - Springfield News Sun | ... and I hope we have enough room for everybody,” White joked. The event is meant to honor the surviving members of the Doolittle Raiders. In 1942, 16 B-25s launched from the USS Hornet and attacked the mainland of Japan in retaliation for Pearl Harbor...
WAI's Shining at Sun 'n Fun from WAI Connect Blog by Amy Laboda | Are you listening to Sun 'n Fun Radio? Just one click in the morning around 10:05 am eastern time (UTC +5) and you can hear Women in Aviation members talking about their outreach. You might get a few good ideas of your own on how to grow aviation and make it better!...
Aaron Tippin let's Rosie Maria fly his plane at Sun-n-Fun! - The Ledger | What an honor to have the privilege to actually fly this WW2 plane with Aaron Tippin on the first day of Sun-n-fun. He allowed me to fly all over the area and take him back to the airport. What a great experience...
"Kate and Barry" UCAP #278-delta from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast | Wednesday Afternoon, March 28. UCAP Daily. The boys are joined by Kestral's Kate Dougherty, and Former FAA Acting-Admin Barry Valentine, at the 2012 Sun 'n Fun Fly-in...
Aerobatics over harbour by Red Checkers on Monday - Scoop.co.nz | The Air Force Red Checkers team will perform an aerobatic display over Wellington Harbour on Monday 2 April as part its national tour to celebrate 75 years of the RNZAF. April 1 2012 marks 75 years of service to New Zealand for the Air Force as an ...
Air show back this year - Times of Swaziland | MBABANE – After a two year absence, the much loved Swaziland Air Show is back again and will take place on May 26. This is the same weekend of the MTN Bushfire Festival. Air show Director Lyndon Hermansson said they do ...
Air Show boasts fighter jets and vintage aircraft - Voxy | Gates open to the public at 8.00am on Saturday 31 March 2012, with displays beginning at 9.00am. In the event of bad weather, the show will take place on Sunday 1 April 2012. Visit www.eventfinder.co.nz and search 'Air Force Air Show' to buy tickets...
A380 Wows Air Show Spectators in Santiago - International Business Times | Aeroplane enthusiasts and many everyday Santiago citizens were delighted to see the world's largest commercial jetliner circling over their city Thursday (March 29) as the Airbus A380 soared at the 2012 Fidae International Air Show in Chile's capital ...
RIVERSIDE: Airshow could attract 100000 fans - Press-Enterprise | Riverside Airshow coordinator Tom Miller has high hopes for the 20th edition of the show, which will feature 200 aircraft Saturday at Riverside Municipal Airport. If the skies are clear, attendance could surpass the record of 95000 set ...
Promoter adds Lauderdale to triple crown of air shows - Sun-Sentinel | Performing pirouettes, corkscrews, dives and loops will be the Air Force's Thunderbirds, the Navy's F-18 Hornet, the Navy Seals Leap Frogs and aerobatic daredevil Rob Holland, among other aerial acts. "We bring together multiple armies of people to be ...
Stallion 51's Flying fleet - Warbird Radio | All of Stallion 51's flying fleet will join in on the 25th Anniversary celebration at Sun 'N Fun on Friday for STALLION 51 DAY!..(via FB)
Rare WWII aircraft on view at Ellington until Friday - Your Houston News | It's the Collings Foundation's Wings of Freedom Tour, and it flies into Ellington Airport with the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress “Nine O Nine” WWII heavy bomber, Consolidated B-24 Liberator “Witchcraft” WWII heavy bomber and the P-51 Mustang...
Swiss solar plane to attempt 48-hour flight to Morocco from Pilot News Magazine | The Swiss sun-powered aircraft Solar Impulse will attempt to fly from Switzerland to Morocco in coming weeks, in its longest flight to date, organisers said Wednesday. “After its inaugural flight to Paris and Brussels in 2011, Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg’s solar airplane will attempt, for the first time ever, to fly over 2,500 km (1,550 miles) without using a drop of fuel, finally landing in Morocco,” said the project in a statement...
Lindbergh Foundation to present awards Thursday from General Aviation News by Janice Wood
The Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation will present the Lindbergh Award and the Lindbergh Spirit Award at a celebration at Fantasy of Flight in Polk City, Thursday. Legendary inventor Forrest Bird will receive the 2012 Lindbergh Award and Florida businessman-philanthropist James C. Ray has been named recipient of the Spirit Award...
Aviation Museums from Business Aviation | Looking for an Aviation Museum to visit? The Iowa Aviation Museum celebrates Iowa's remarkable aviation heritage, from the state's first recorded flight in 1910 to its native...
“Sully” Sullenberger and Scott Skiles Checkout in the Douglas DC-7 from All Things Aviation by JetAviator7 | Several airlines were still operating the Douglas DC-7 aircraft when I was learning to fly while attending Michigan State University. We always had to be careful to not taxi too close behind those 4 engine behemoths to avoid being blown over by the “prop wash”. Believe it or not, this was in the mid-60s while [...]
F-15 crashes in southwest Asia; pilot killed from Air Force Times - News | The Air Force has identified the F-15 pilot killed Wednesday in southwest Asia as Capt. Francis D. Imlay...
F-22 Fighter Ready for War Despite Mystery Problem: Air Force - ABC News | In nearly two dozen cases in the past four years, pilots have reported experiencing "hypoxia-like" symptoms in the $143 million-a-pop stealth F-22 Raptor. Though the incidents are extremely rare, the Air Force is so 
The Designing Life - airspacemag.com | This year’s National Air and Space Museum lifetime achievement award winner, Burt Rutan, talks about music, golf and his favorite chair.
AOPA backs 'Kids Across America' campaign - AOPA Pilot | On March 28 at Sun 'n Fun, AOPA joined forces with the nonprofit education organization to support Kids Across America, a new initiative to help children 18 and under get to EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis. With the program, aspiring aviators will raise ...
Thursday, February 23, 2012
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Valkaria AirFest prepares for takeoff at South Brevard airfield | 6th annual event features rides, displays and demonstrations - Florida Today | Things are looking up at the Valkaria Airport, as evidenced by recent improvements and exciting plans for Saturday’s Valkaria AirFest. Sponsored by the Valkaria Aviation Association, the sixth annual event will feature aircraft rides, displays and model rocket and aviation demonstrations. But it also will give...
Authors, veterans sign books at Bomber - Oregon City Online | A handful of military pilots and other Northwest authors will sign copies of their books at a Feb. 25 fundraising open house at the Wings of Freedom Museum (next to the Milwaukie Bomber). The event is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., as part of the monthly Veterans Coffee Club gathering celebrating its 10th anniversary....
Avenger goes "feet wet" from MRC Aviation by Mike Condon | As many will be aware, TBM Avenger ZK-TBM/1, which was a resident in NZ during the 1990's with the Alpine Fighter Collection before export to Australia in 1999, is on its way back to NZ to be stable mates with Spitfire ZK-SPI at Ohakea with Brendon Deere....
Flying the DC-7 Featured - EAA Video | Jeff Skiles and Sully Sullenberger take you inside the cockpit of Historical Flight Foundation's DC-7B as they learn to fly the vintage airliner and earn their second-in-command type ratings.
British test pilot marks milestone in the Joint Combat Aircraft from AVIATION-NEWS by Marcel van Leeuwen | People on this side of the Atlantic Ocean tend to look twice when they see the “c” replacing the “s” in the British version of the word “defense.” Now, those on the other side of the Atlantic might look twice when they see the “c” entered into the Royal Air Force’s flight log. On 
Harold Pitcairn - x planes | “Harold Pitcairn flies his Autogiro Windmill from...
A passion fueled by flight - Smith Mountain Eagle | Escape to the sky. Don Fink and other pilots have been doing just that for generations. The Smith Mountain Lake civic leader has penned a somewhat autobiographical glimpse of life in the cockpit in a new, 350-page book entitled “Escape to the Sky.” Its protagonist, Ben, a disenchanted,...
The Libyan MIRAGE OF MALTA RETURN HOME - Military News (Translated) | The two Libyan Mirage F1 aircraft that had landed in Malta since one year ago at the beginning of hostilities in Libya, following the defection of the two pilots, were distributed today to return home. The two aircraft arrived in Malta exactly one year ago yesterday, the commands Colonel Ali al-Rabti and Colonel Abdullah al-Salheen AWOL after refusing to attack the civilian population of Benghazi....
Fourth Part of 787 Dream Tour to Feature Stops in Canada, Mexico and U.S. - Airlines and Destinations | Boeing will begin the fourth segment of its six-month 787 Dream Tour on March 1, with visits to cities in the United States, Canada and Mexico. In addition, the Dream Tour aircraft,...
Sterling HS students already flying high - ABC local | Take to the skies with the Flying Tigers. They're students at Sterling High School. This year's program has put out the largest number of high school solo pilots ever. It's the only program of its kind in the state, and for these students, it's life changing....
Astronauts4Hire and Vital Space Team Up for Biometric Monitoring Flights - News Release | Tampa, Florida – Astronauts4Hire and partner company Vital Space will test a new biometric monitoring system designed for use by spaceflight participants on a May 2012 reduced gravity parabolic flight campaign in Houston, Texas. They will undergo up to four flights with 40 parabolas each granting 25 seconds of near zero-gravity. The project is facilitated by NASA’s Flight Opportunities Program, to which Vital Space and Astronauts4Hire submitted a successful joint proposal chosen by NASA in October 2011 titled, "A demonstrated application of a cost effective and novel platform for non-invasive acquisition of physiologic variables from spaceflight participant candidates."...
Thursday, December 8, 2011
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Pearl Harbor veterans honored in Las Vegas - KTNV Las Vegas | Jason Koltes, a USAF Thunderbirds pilot and operations officer said the connection to the past is very much in the present. He told those gathered, "We all have relatives and friends and members of our church who were in World War II, ...
Salinas Airshow ICAS Marketing Luncheon Clip - YouTube via TVR Photography | From OnBoard Images ICAS 2011 Marketing Luncheon Opening Video
Red Arrows return to the Skies by Flightline UK | From Red Arrows website. The Service Inquiry investigating the circumstances of the death of Flight Lieutenant Sean Cunningham, Red 5, at RAF Scampton on Tuesday 8 November 2011 is still ongoing. However, sufficient technical and safety advice has been provided to allow the MoD to release all Hawk MkT1A aircraft, including those of the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, The Red Arrows, back into service. The Red Arrows will, weather permitting and following a short period of staff continuation training, resume display training for the 2012 display season at the earliest opportunity....
Warbird Radio | It's CAF Week. If you missed the air times when great guests have been on the show, don't worry. They are saved as podcasts! Listen in.
GA Flight Honors Pearl Harbor Day - AVweb | In commemoration of the day, the current owner of the Cadet, airshow pilot Kent Pietsch, flew a reenactment flight on Wednesday morning, with his brother Warren flying the world's only active Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero fighter. Kent Pietsch flew the Cadet ...
Fellow World War II veterans meet for the first time - Auburn Journal | Nearly 70 years ago, Colonel Clarence “Bud” Anderson and Lt. Colonel Nelson “Bob” Cockrum assaulted enemy aircrafts in World War II together, but Wednesday the Auburn-area veterans met officially for the first time. With airplanes flying overhead, but no enemy fighters in sight, Anderson and Cockrum exchanged war stories at the Auburn Municipal Airport in an environment drastically different from the war fields of Europe. Mutual friend and retired Placer County Sheriff’s Lt. Nick Mileur, 73, of Auburn, arranged the visit for the two retired Air Force pilots. ...
Video: Breitling Jet Team East Mediterranean Tour 2011 - Takeoff Tube
Celebrating 100 years of aviation - New Straits Times | Inside the terminal, the New Straits Times Press held the 100 Years Of Aviation Pictorial Journey expo which showcased the country's aviation history. DCA director-general Datuk Az-haruddin Abd Rahman, who launched the festival, said the civil aviation ...
Aviation group to mark centennial of Wilbur Wright’s death - Dayton Daily News | KETTERING — An organization dedicated to preserving the Dayton region’s aviation history will begin a year-long community tribute this month to aviation pioneer Wilbur Wright, to mark the 100th anniversary next year of his May 1912 death....
Wright brothers historian to speak at LSA Expo from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Darrell Collins, chief historian and interpreter at the Wright Brothers National Memorial in North
Carolina, will tell the remarkable story of Wilbur and Orville Wright’s 1911 flight that lasted 9 minutes and 45 seconds and is regarded as the first soaring flight at next month's U.S. Sport Aviation Expo in Sebring, Fla...This Airplane Thing Really Got Started When… from Flight Monkeys by Chief Monkey [wVideo] | This airplane thing really got started when two brothers from Ohio hatched an idea in their heads that men could fly. Then they did the impossible – they proved it. The story of Orville and Wilbur Wright is truly inspirational. Some of the best scientific minds of the day were in the race to design, build, and fly the first heavier than air machine. But it was two bicycle mechanics from Ohio...
Ohio Air News #171 Please Vote - Charles Johnson | Please vote for three of the 12 photo's , best, second best, third best, maybe their not " the best" but ones that you like....
Former Tennessee air base now site of Veterans' Museum - WBIR Video | Each year, visitors come to the Veterans Museum in the western Tennessee town of Halls (in Lauderdale County). The museum has exhibits honoring all of the major conflicts since World War I. "The museum is located on a former B-17 training base," says Pat Higdon, director of the museum. "During World War II we trained crews for it's final phase of training before they went overseas."....
First black pilot to fly around world talks to Oklahoma students - Relat... | www.smartbrief.com | Pilot Barrington Irving set two records when he flew around the world in 2007 at 23 -- one as the first black pilot and one as the youngest...
The Aviators - Destination Wichita from AOPA Live: Latest videos | The Aviators - Destination Wichita thumbnail 'The Aviators' visits the 'air capital of the world,' where general aviation began.
McMinnville's Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum to add lodge, construction in the spring - Oregon Live | A nearly $20 million lodge addition to McMinnville’s Evergreen Aviation
and Space Museum complex on Highway 18 is expected to begin construction this Spring. The nearly 100 room, five story Red Hawk Lodge is tentatively set for its grand opening in the Summer of 2014....'Draft Sully' Petition To Be Submitted to White House from Aero-News Network | More Than A Gag... The Movement Says Much About The Troubled State Of Aviation As the song goes, "We need a hero..." and that sentiment seems to be the basis of a unique move that first came to light last night with a blog post, some tweets and, now, a White House petition to nominate Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger to be the next Administrator of the FAA. and you know what? We could do FAR worse. The blog that instigated this burgeoning movement (anonymous for the moment, but we have a good idea who started this), notes that, "Draft Sully is grassroots effort to draft Chesley Sullenberger for FAA Administrator, begun by members of the aviation community who care about restoring the FAA as the world's gold standard in aviation safety. We are not associated with Mr. Sullenberger, but we believe that he, as a man of high integrity, is the perfect candidate for this job."
PICTURE: Reaper spotted at secret CIA UAV base from The DEW Line by Stephen Trimble
