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Bishop Teacher Gets To Fly With Blue Angels - KIII TV3 | It was a once in a lifetime experience for Tracy Smith, a 3rd Grade Teacher from Bishop. She flew with the Blue Angels. Her students were on hand for the experience.

Aerobatic team to fly WWII aircraft at Sky Fest in New Smyrna Beach * news-journalonline.com | NEW SMYRNA BEACH — Mark Henley’s flying schedule at this weekend’s Balloon & Sky Fest will hearken back to the training paths that many World War II fighter pilots followed. Henley, as part of the renowned AeroShell Aerobatic team, will fly in formation with three other pilots in 1940s AT-6 Texans, which were the primary training aircraft for U.S. airmen during the war....

Military aircraft will again be a no-show at Freedom Fair - TheNewsTribune.com ...For a second consecutive year, the Freedom Fair air show on Tacoma’s waterfront will be an all-civilian affair. Despite attempts to secure military demonstrations, the city’s annual Fourth of July celebration will be bereft of active duty jet fighters, bombers and helicopters. Even Tacoma’s unofficial bird, the Air Force’s C-17 Globemaster III, will be a no-show....

Slovak Air Force returns to the RAF Waddington International Air Show with a tribute to Czechoslovakian pilots involved in D-Day Operations * UK Airshow News - Flightline UK | With participation already confirmed from 9 countries, the Organisers of the RAF Waddington International Air Show are delighted to announce another addition to this year’s displays. The Slovak Air Force has confirmed that it will be making a welcome return to the show, demonstrating its L-39CM CM Albatross jet trainer. The aircraft is specially painted this year to celebrate the life and achievements of Sqn Ldr Otto Smík, a young hero of the English skies who fled Slovakia at...

British pilot Nigel Lamb: Any sports fan will enjoy watching Red Bull Air Race - Metro | Nigel Lamb is an experienced pilot who competes in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship. The 57-year-old was in the Rhodesian military as a youngster but now competes for Great Britain. He started the season with fifth place in Abu Dhabi....

CAF’s F8F Bearcat Makes Rare Flight at Palm Springs Air Museum · WarbirdsNews | The F8F Bearcat operated by the Commemorstive Air Force SoCal Wing will make a rare flight exhibition at the Palm Springs Air Museum this Saturday, March 29, 2014. The Flight Exhibition will take place following the Commemorative Program, FLYING WITH THE BLUE ANGELS, by Larry Packer. The Blue Angels, the United States Navy’s flight demonstration squadron, was formed in 1946, making it...

World's Only Flying B-29 Superfortress Landing In Valdosta Monday - WCTV | March 27, 2014 – Residents of Valdosta will witness a rare sight this Monday when the Commemorative Air Force’s (CAF) iconic Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber FIFI -- the only remaining flying example of the aircraft in the world --- lands at Valdosta Regional Airport accompanied by the famous C-45 Expeditor Bucket of Bolts and a PT-17 Stearman. The aircraft, all part of the CAF AirPower History Tour, will be on display and offering rides throughout the stop. Visitors will have the opportunity to tour the B-29. The ramp will be open to the public Monday through Wednesday, March 31 through April 2....

Michael Imhoff new executive director of Air Force Museum Foundation * National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | 3/27/2014 - DAYTON, Ohio -- The Air Force Museum Foundation formally announced today the appointment of Mr. Michael P. Imhoff as Executive Director, effective March 10, 2014. The Air Force Museum Foundation is a philanthropic, non-profit organization that raises money for buildings, programs and other initiatives of the National Museum of the United States Air Force (NMUSAF). Imhoff was previously the Vice President, Supply Chain, Real Estate and Facilities at NiSource, Inc. in Columbus, Ohio....

German Aces Speak II * Travel for Aircraft | Heaton and Lewis’s sequel to The German Aces Speak is as good as the original since it compliments and reinforces but does not repeat or rehash the Luftwaffe’s perspective of World War II by four additional aces — as well as the Luftwaffe’s rebirth due to the onset of the Cold War. The four aces treated in...

NASA s Super Guppy makes a special delivery - eTurboNews | NASA’s Super Guppy, a wide-bodied cargo aircraft, landed at the Redstone Army Airfield near
Huntsville, Ala. on March 26 with a special delivery: an innovative composite rocket fuel tank. The tank was manufactured at the Boeing Developmental Center in Tukwila, Wash...

Wagstaff teams for teaching - AOPA Pilot | “Starting an aerobatic school gives me and my instructors a chance to pass on our experience in aerobatics and upset training, and to help create more skillful and safer pilots,” Wagstaff said in the March 26 announcement. “We have already attracted students from Australia, Europe, and Canada, and we are hoping to become one of the premier aerobatic training centers in the world.”

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Ohio Air News 253 - Charles Johnson | Brantford, Ontario Air Show, Fayette County Fly-In & Urbana B-17, MERFI

Remains Of WWII Airmen Identified - Aero-News Network | Had Been The Crew Of An A-20G Havoc Bonber In 1944 | The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) recently announced that two U.S. servicemen, missing in action from World War II, have been identified and are being returned to their families for burial with full military honors...

In the Air With the CAF Houston Wing’s Lockheed C-60 Lodestar By Warbirds News | ... The outbreak of World War II saw many civilian Lodestars pressed into military service, used as fast personnel and light transport planes, and depending upon the engines and interior configuration these transports were given C-56, C-57, C-59 and C-60 designations. Later models built expressly for military service were designated by the US Army Air Force as the C-60A and US Navy as the R5O. Lodestars were also...

Rare Venezuelan Air Force’s Chinese tactical cargo plane makes an appearance in Malta - The Aviationist | On Sept. 17, a quite rare visitor made an appearance at Malta International Airport: a Venezuelan Air Force Shaanxi Y-8F-200. Wearing new special markings on tail promoting the “Bolivarian Alliance for the People of Our Americas” (ALBA) the Y-8F (with radio callsign FAV0102) is one of the eight such plane purchased by Caracas in 2012....

Yokota’s Tony — 飛燕 (Hein) - Travel for Aircraft | Hein (飛燕) means “Flying Swallow” in Japanese and this aircraft was every bit of its namesake being quick and maneuverable — so quick in fact that Allied aircraft of the day (P-40 and F4F fighters) could no longer rely on diving to escape unfavorable encounters. The Kawasaki Ki-61 Hein (Allied reporting name “Tony”) was built tough — unlike previous Japanese design philosophy — with a triple spar wing and an engine which was part of the weight bearing structure....

Stalking world's biggest planes makes for photos that say 'wow' - CNN | (CNN) -- The big stuff moves us. And for many folks who appreciate the world's biggest airplanes -- that statement is true both figuratively and literally. For 23 years at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, aircraft mechanic John Taylor left his sweat and elbow grease on dozens of C-5 Galaxies -- one of the largest military aircraft on Earth....

Company hopes new jet will save the Air Force a bundle - CNN | (CNN) -- Could the U.S. Air Force's newest warplane be something the service didn't even ask for? That's the hope of a joint venture between Textron, the makers of Cessna airplanes and E-Z Go golf carts, and AirLand Enterprises, a small company formed by former defense and aerospace executives hoping to market a low-cost aircraft to the U.S. military....

Flexjet Celebrates Learjet's 50th Anniversary With 'Legends Redefined' U.S. Tour - Aero-News Network | Will Display Lear 85 In Six U.S. Cities | In celebration of Learjet's 50th anniversary, Flexjet on Tuesday launched "Legends Redefined," a six-city U.S. tour offering guests the opportunity to experience firsthand the Learjet 85 model...

Wyle Assists High School Students During Rocket Launch At Black Rock, Nevada - Aero-News Network | Annual Rocket Safari Looks To Develop Next Generation Of Space Explorers | In a remote part of a northern Nevada desert known more where adults act like children, it is now time for children to act like adults. A small group of high school students from the San Francisco Bay area this week are joining industry experts, university students and educators to get hands-on advanced rocket operations and space exploration experience in the Black Rock Desert, where the annual Burning Man festival took place several weeks ago....

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Blue Angels Land In Valley With New Commander - Newspapper | The Blue Angels arrived in the Imperial Valley on Thursday January 3rd to begin their winter training at the NAF El Centro. There are three new members of the Blue Angels Flight Team, including their Commander Thoms Frosch #1, Lt. Nate Barton #3 and Lt....

Early alert: US Navy Blue Angels jet over Seattle tomorrow - West Seattle Blog (blog) | Seafair just announced that U.S. Navy Blue Angels jet #7 will fly in tomorrow (Wednesday, January 9) for the festival's winter planning meetings. It's scheduled to arrive on the east side of Boeing Field around 12:30 pm tomorrow, bringing #7 Lt. Ryan ...

Flying with Angels - Rankin Ledger | On July 24, 1963, the Blue Angels flew into Thompson field for the dedication of the new airport, so their return is a special anniversary present. Since then, it has been 18 years since the Blue Angels were here. “It's a pretty terrific opportunity ...

Thunderbirds fly over the Las Vegas Strip - KTNV Las Vegas | The Thunderbirds perform spectacular aerial maneuvers across the country. The Miss America pageant will take place at Planet Hollywood on Saturday. The competition will air at 9 p.m. on ABC. This site uses Facebook comments to make it easier for you to ...

Thunderbirds will fly in Westmoreland air show - Tribune-Review | The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds precision jet team will appear at the Westmoreland County Air Show April 27-28 at the Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Unity Township. “It's a little early for us to hold an air show, but we're really looking forward to ...

EAA Firm On Aircraft Appearance Fees - AVweb | EAA Chairman and Acting President Jack Pelton says the organization will not change a fundamental policy and pay appearance fees for certain aircraft to attend AirVenture Oshkosh. Pelton was commenting on a decision by Fighter Factory President Jerry ...

Fairford Tattoo flies high in top ten airshows - Swindon Advertiser | UK Airshow Review, one of the leading aviation websites which has more than 8,000 members, said that last summer's Air Tattoo will be remembered as one of the best shows in recent memory, providing iconic moments and historic appearances. Among the ...

Air Tattoo provides six best moments in 2012 - This is Gloucestershire | A leading UK aviation website, UK Airshow Review, announced this week that the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford provided six of the top 10 airshow moments in 2012. The airshow is held every summer at the airbase, and last year's show on ...

How time flies: 70 years of Ellsworth history - Rapid City Journal | Art Juhlin, retired 100th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress lead navigator, recounts his time spent training at the former Rapid City Army Air Base, which prepared him to fly strategic daylight bombing missions over Europe in 1943. 'A tradition of ...

Timeless Voices - Clarence Stearns from eaavideo.org | Clarence Stearns was a B-17 pilot with the 384th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force during WWII. He was shot down on his 26th mission in April 1944 and became a POW at Stalag Luft 1. He didn't fly again until 1986 and has since built and flies a BushCaddy.

Antique Spitfire plane collapses on UK runway - WRAL.com | Please review them prior to posting and if your message is not approved. View Comments 4 COMMENTS. Please Log In to add a comment. Latest Comments. Hope they fix it up! I have seen one fly once and it was cool! But not as cool as the B-17. lazyrebel ...

Colorful aviator Roscoe Turner's Indianapolis house falling on hard times - Indianapolis Star | ... bought a biplane and hopped from country fair to country fair throughout the South, making a living wing-walking, loop-the-looping, and climaxing with the "Falling a Mile in Flames" (a stunt that involved smoke bombs, a parachute and considerable ...

Queensland Air Museum Aero Engine Run Day - My Sunshine Coast | The Queensland Air Museum presents its collection of historic operational aircraft engines in a special display of aviation horsepower. The awesome sight and sound of a 1500 horsepower 14 cylinder radial engine powering up is an unforgettable ...

Fly Ladies Wanted - Women of Aviation | Alys McKey was the first woman to fly in the state of Idaho, all because she answered the call in a newspaper ad requesting a “young lady to learn to fly for exhibition purposes”. There are now ads up...

Be The Change from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | October 01, 2010 we met an incredible young lady: Victoria Neuville Zajko And then March 08, 2011 she dazzled us again. How much fun it is to watch and share the journey and passion with those around us, like Victoria. She just keeps moving forward in a wave of passion for Aviation. Victoria is part of Stuck Mic AvCast, The United States Team Leader of Women of Aviation Week, Writes a blog ToriaFlies and so much more...

NASA Super Guppy Take Off (2012) from AIRBOYD.TV

Pilots Without Pants returns for 2013 from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | With all the talk at year’s end about the fiscal cliff, the potential of user fees, and the end of the world — at least according to some Mayan calendar theory — there was definitely a need for some levity among the general aviation community....

This video shows that weapons release from military planes can go horribly wrong from David Cenciotti's weblog | If you thought that just dropping an inert weapon during a test to validate a specific platform or procedure was an easy and safe task, you were wrong.

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Top Air Show Solo Performers Form New Four-Ship Team Video from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | From ICAS- Team 4ce (force, get it?) has announced that they are open for business and eager to book shows during the 2013 air show season and beyond. Comprised of Matt Chapman, Jack Knutson, Rob Holland and Bill Stein, these four aerobatic monoplane pilots represent some of the finest solo talent in the air show business...

Blue Angels pilots to fly into Lynchburg next week - WSLS | Lieutenant Ryan Chamberlain (#7 Blue Angel) and Lieutenant Commander Michael Cheng (#8 Blue Angel) will visit the Hill City on Monday, December 3rd and 4th, as a pre-site visit for the 2013 Lynchburg Regional Airshow that will take place on Memorial...

Entebbe air show set for December 15-16 - eTurboNews | UGANDA (eTN) - Uganda's Civil Aviation Authority is partnering to put together a show case aviation event on the weekend of December 15 and 16, bringing together the aviation industry to give Ugandans a hands-on experience. Air Uganda has already ...

1 million airshow fans can’t be wrong from General Aviation News by GAN Staff | STORY AND PHOTOS By HAYMAN TAM Over 1 million spectators flocked to San Francisco in October to enjoy the Fleet Week festivities and watch the airshow that is the highlight of the event (although the America’s Cup attendees may have a different opinion). Anyone along San Francisco's waterfront had a ringside seat for two jet teams and the many other performers flying over show center, marked by ships and buoys in the bay. Some folks chose to watch the show from Alcatraz Island, site of the infamous prison.

“Yeah baby!” Nice shot of Sean Tucker and his... from You like airplanes, too? by marvinsmith

Air Show to Help Valley Economy Take Flight - HQ Comox Valley | Comox hasn't staged an Air Show since 2005. When the bi-annual event was first abandoned in 2007, then-Wing Commander Jon Ambler defended the decision, saying "commercial air circuses" weren't exactly a growth industry. Now though, he's happy to ...

CAP Marks 71st Anniversary from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS - Civil Air Patrol's rich history of protecting America comes full circle Saturday when the U.S. Air Force auxiliary officially celebrates its 71st anniversary...

High-flying attorney keeps his feet far from the ground - Denver Business Journal | Aerobatic competitions require pilots to complete a precise sequence of aerial maneuvers. Somewhat like ice skaters, pilots are judged on how well they fly each figure. Leach competes at the relatively beginner Sportsman level, performing maneuvers ...

Portrait of a leader from Aviation.ca News by Dave O’Malley, Vintage Wings Canada | At the start of November, Vintage Wings of Canada hosted its Third Annual Members’ Gala, enjoyed by all 150 guests in attendance. As is our tradition, the climax of the evening's festivities and formalities is the raising of a commemorative banner to honour one of Canada's great aviators of the Second World War. The honour is always a surprise for the honoured guest attending...

Aviation Community Provides Aerial Salute to Veteran at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | The greater St. Louis area aviation community came together this week to provide an aerial salute to a U.S. Naval Aviator and career commercial pilot laid to rest Wednesday at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery....

He bombed Tokyo – 1st Lt. Bob Althoff flew 35 missions over Japan in a B-29 ‘Superfortress’ from War Tales by Don Moore | Old “Iron Pants” decreed that the B-29 bombers would fly firebomb raids over Tokyo at 7,000 feet after taking command of the 20th Air Force. The “Superfortress” crews had been flying raids at 25,000 feet, Bob Althoff, pilot of one of the bombers, recalled decades later. “‘If you send those B-29s in at 7,000 feet [...]

Solar Impulse has 60 Minutes from CAFE Foundation Blog by Dean Sigler | Alexandra Gindroz, Media Relations Manager for Solar Impulse, shared this late-breaking development today. “60 MINUTES recently visited Solar Impulse, the first manned solar airplane able to fly day and night without fuel. Learn about this groundbreaking project widely recognized as a 21st century adventure with a real utility in ...

More Gee Bee 'R' Awesomeness... With Some Help From Gizmodo.com.au from AirPigz by Martt | It's true, my lifelong adoration for the Gee Bee racers is on the threshold of becoming an obsession. So we're taking another little journey into the Granville Brothers raindrop-inspired flying machines. The pic above is of NR2100, the R-1 powered by an 800hp Pratt & Whitney R-1340. This airplane was piloted by the amazing Jimmy Doolittle to victory in the 1932 Thompson Trophy closed-course race with...

The Henry Ford Museum – Part 1 (of 3) from CAF Red Tail Squadron | This is one of two entryways to the Heroes Of The Sky exhibit at the Henry Ford. That’s a DC-3 (NC21728) hanging overhead. When the aircraft was donated to the Museum in 1975, it had spent more time aloft than any other airplane in history (that record was later broken by – another DC-3!). The statistics about this...

Forward Air Controller’s Museum at Veterans Memorial Air Park from Travel for Aircraft by joseph_may | When it comes to flying, Forward Air Controller’s (FACs) have a unique blend of responsibilities and skills. FAC pilots must have situational awareness in four dimensions with regard to arriving attack aircraft which will be helicopter, fighter or heavy bomber [...]

Super Constellation low pass! from You like airplanes, too? by marvinsmith | Certainly don’t see many Connies behaving like this one!

Ben Morphew's New Piper Clipper from Antique Airfield News | ...For years I've been looking for a Clipper especially the one I flew years ago when I was still in my teens. It's supposedly in parts somewhere in Maine last time I heard. I was minding my own business lurking on the computer and ran across a nice looking Clipper. Further checking...

Barry Branin's WACO UBA NC13054 Restoration from Antique Airfield News | ...In 1932 WACO introduced the first "A" an open cockpit with side by side rather than tandem seating. The prototype airplane was powered...

Patuxent River Naval Air Museum Accepts Retired CH-46E - Bay Net | Patuxent River Naval Air Museum on November 23 accepted a recently retired test helicopter from the Patuxent River based Air Test and Evaluation Squadron TWO ONE (HX-21) "Blackjack.” The CH-46 Sea Knight is the Marine Corps' primary medium lift ...

Rare WWII-era bomber could join state's collection - The State | The S.C. Historic Aviation Foundation has located one of the rare planes in a nearby state. ... “The heritage of the B-25 is particularly unique in South Carolina and having a flying example would be a much more tangible tribute to all the airmen that ...

A treasure trove of historic aviation images from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | I was very happy to discover the image gallery of NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center. It contains images covering the last sixty years or more of aviation research, including some of the most iconic aircraft in aviation history. Most are available in high resolution, making them perfect for computer wallpaper or large-scale printing....

Itty Bitty Jets... FLS Microjet (Neo BD-5J) VS SubSonex JSX-1 (Videos) from AirPigz by Martt | It's a pretty universal dream: a tiny little jet that feels like it has become a part of you... you think it, and it does it... the perfect dream machine that'll do pretty much anything you can think of. If you really love flying and you haven't had that dream yet, I'm guessing it's just a matter of time. It's a dream first made real by Jim Bede back in mid 70's with the BD-5J: as in J for 'jet'. And now, just about 40 years later, we've got two recent videos worth watching of two airplanes that are born, to one degree or another, out of Bede's original dream machine....

Andy Schwaderer from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt Friday Fabulous Flyer | Major Andrew Schwaderer—Andy—is a C-17 pilot who is just finishing his Active Duty pilot commitment, and will start with the Reserves this winter. One of his dreams is to fly with FedEx, and I have no doubt he will make that dream come true....


Our trip to see the Defender from Wasabi Air Racing by Elliot "Stinky" Seguin | Back in 2009 we were in North Dakota to speak to engineers and pilots at UND. While we were there we couldn't resist the opportunity to hop over to Carman and check in with an aviation icon. If you haven't seen "The Defender" I assure you that you are missing out. The movie chronicles Bob Diemert and his friend Chris Ball as they design a home built airplane to defend Canada against a Russian invasion. In the course of designing and building the airplane they fundraise by restoring a Pearl Harbor Veteran Zero and deliver it to the CAF in Texas....

Author Craig Harwood Restores John J. Montgomery to the Pantheon of Aviation Pioneers with Quest for Flight from Featured by S. Mark Rhodes | Fully 20 years before the Wright Brothers flew at Kitty Hawk, N. C., a California aviation pioneer and inventor named John J. Montgomery managed to fly heavier than air craft in 1883 marking the first such flights in the Western Hemisphere. Authors and aviation historians Craig Harwood and Gary Fogel have recounted the...

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.

ACC Commander ends time as F-22 pilot confident in Raptor from Air Combat Command - ACC Headlines | After five months in the cockpit and numerous discussions with combat-ready pilots and maintainers, the commander of Air Combat Command is ending his tenure as an F-22 pilot, confident that the aircraft is safe to fly and on a path toward unrestricted worldwide operations. Gen. Mike Hostage recently completed his final flight in the F-22 during a tour of U.S. Air Forces Central Command bases....

US Navy completes first shore-based catapult launch of X-47B from The DEW Line by Dave Majumdar | The US Navy has completed the first ever catapult launch of the Northrop Grumman X-47B unmanned combat air system demonstrator (UCAS-D) aircraft at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland...

NORAD is ready to track Santa’s flight from Aviation.ca News by NORAD | The North American Aerospace Defense Command is prepared to track Santa's yuletide journey!...

Buckley AFB (KBKF) from FenceCheck Forums  | The NASA Super Guppy departing after spending the night to offload and subsequently pick up some cargo....

Starbase Indy continues to grow in audience - Reporter-Times | David Wolf, a recently retired NASA astronaut, returned and once again preached the gospel of how Star Trek has inspired the space program. The videos he presented offered an entertaining look at the space program since President Kennedy and hopes for ...

Soyuz readied for lift-off at French Guiana; Launch Reset for Dec 1, 2012 9:02 PM-ET from Spaceports  | Liftoff of the Soyuz on November 30, 2012 is set for a precise moment—11:02:50 p.m. local time (in French Guiana—initiating a 55-minute mission to deploy Pléiades 1B in a 695km. circular orbit, inclined 98.2 degrees. The launch of...

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We are wishing the GK Competition Teams good luck. Earlier this week they travel... from US Army Golden Knights's Facebook Wall | We are wishing the GK Competition Teams good luck. Earlier this week they traveled to Dubai for the World Championship. They are representing not only the Army but the US....

Super Earlybird Air Tattoo tickets on sale now - SoGlos.com | The Air Tattoo's head of marketing, Helen Webb, said: 'By introducing specially-priced Sunday tickets and enabling all accompanied under-16s to come in for free, visitors can enjoy one of the UK's greatest outdoor events next summer at an extremely ...

Photo shows pilots ejecting from their jet moments before it crashed into the ground from David Cenciotti's weblog | The following image was taken by Erwin Fuguet Gedde at Maracay-El Libertador airbase, Venezuela, where the Venezuelan Air Force was celebrating its 92 Anniversary with the Día de la Aviación....

Second Airshow Slated for October 2013 - Patch.com | The Paulding County Northwest Atlanta Airport Authority spent a fair chunk of its Nov. 21 meeting time recapping Salute America 2012, the site's first airshow, which was held last month. Brent Sparks, who will serve as director of next year's show...

Unusual air race has Bermuda in its sights - Royal Gazette | A promotional image from the World Sky Race website. The organisers have expressed an interest in Bermuda being involved in the unusual around-the-world air race. (Photo by Mark Tatem) Getting the idea off the ground: Don Hartsell, commissioner and ...

EAA Holiday Auction under way from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Each year, the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) hosts its Spirit of the Holidays online auction, with this year’s auction already under way. This year 52 items are up for auction, ranging from B-17 or Ford Tri-Motor type ratings — with the value designated as “priceless” — a special once-in-a-lifetime AirVenture VIP package,...

EAA Volunteer Advisory Committee Members Announced from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | EAA is truly blessed to have many thousands of dedicated volunteer members who not only promote aviation in their local communities throughout the year but also make the annual EAA AirVenture Oshkosh convention possible.

Remembrance Flight from Vintage Wings of Canada by DaveRemembrance Day is the one day Canadians and other nations set aside to remember, with some degree of sadness and plenty of dignity, the sacrifices of our men and women and their families in conflicts from the Boer War to the War in Afghanistan. It is a time to reflect, to honour, and to pray. It is a time of great sorrow, of deep emotions, of national pride, of sombre contemplation, of profound loss. Is it right, then, that some of us at Vintage Wings of Canada felt great joy and excitement and experienced gratification, even fun, on this saddest of days? Well, I think it is very right and fitting that people committed to remembering and honouring can enjoy doing so. Our veterans, living and deceased would no doubt agree. On Remembrance Day, 2012 pilots,...

Timeless Voices - Hank Thies from eaavideo.org | Hank Thies served in the U.S. Navy as an OS2U Kingfisher pilot for 9 months aboard the battleship USS California before transitioning into Scouting Squadron VS-50 flying the SBD divebomber during WWII. He flew combat missions in the South Pacific.

Charleston Daily Photo: Flying Tiger by Joan Perry; Sidewalk Curator | I was seated next to the speaker, Art Cobert who will turn 92 in January and was a member of the Flying Tigers. What amazing stories he had to tell. He had a video that he had put together with collected pictures from their ...

Iris Critchell from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale | ...In 1941, Critchell's became the first woman to complete the Civil Pilot Training Program at the University of Southern California (USC), where she also earned a degree in physical sciences and mathematics. As a member of the Women Air Force Service Pilots (WASP), Critchell went on to ferry military planes across the county during World War II for the U.S. Army....

Video: Flying the B-17 Flying Fortress from AVwebFlash Current Issue | The Collings Foundation's Derek "Otter" Ward sometimes serves as co-pilot aboard the organization's WWII B-17 Boeing Flying Fortress bomber Nine-O-Nine. He describes some of the aircraft's ground and flight characteristics.

Video: Giant German Luftwaffe Aircraft Wreck Found from stickandrudderWTO by G-GARY other links

The 36 “Lost” Spitfires of Burma by hogdayafternoon | There was a short piece on BBC Radio 4′s “Today” programme this morning, Wed 28th Nov, where the man who located the Spits was interviewed....

World War II Spitfires buried in Burma to be excavated by British team - Culture24 | “I am looking forward to returning to Mynamar and hope to bring these legendary warbirds back to the UK.” UK Foreign Office officials have offered to meet the group when they arrive in Burma as part of a team of conflict archaeologists, funded by ...

François Denhaut: Creator seaplane from Passion pour l'aviation by Xavier Cotton | François Denhaut inventor of the flying boat | The association "Memoirs of the Seaplane", with the help of the "Mission Memory of Civil Aviation", organized an exhibition "Francis Denhaut creator seaplane" which will be presented in the lobby of the DGAC of 20 November to 13 December 2012.  The association " The Retro-plane Argenteuil "shows a model of Donnet Leveque as well as photos of their 22 years of work for the reconstruction of a model C. Donnet Leveque...

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Video: The Amazing 'Mojave Air & Spaceport'... The Real Frontierland! from AirPigz by Martt | This recent video shows some of the reasons why the Mojave Airport is a genuine Mecca for
aerospace innovation and progress. It's like a real-world and modern day Frontierland! The combo of being literally in the middle of nowhere along with an airport management that understands how their cooperation is directly related to the success of the many companies based on...

CAP to celebrate 71st anniversary from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. – The Civil Air Patrol will celebrate its rich history of protecting America Saturday when the U.S. Air Force auxiliary officially celebrates its 71st anniversary...

FLIGHT from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt |The Movie | I've been sitting on writing anything for a few weeks because I did not want to give a spoiler alert. But I feel compelled to speak out about the movie Flight....

Scholarship to encourage more female pilots - Australian Aviation | Two categories are being awarded: the AWPA Formation or Aerobatic Endorsement (Aeroplanes) Scholarship and the AWPA PPL(A) Navigation Component Scholarship. This is the second year the scholarships have been launched. An AWPA spokesperson ...

NASA Super Guppy (2012) from AIRBOYD.TV | Video by Staff Sgt. Vanessa Reed 4th Combat Camera Squadron Air Force members from March ARB, CA, support the arrival of the NASA Super Guppy. The Super Guppy is a large, wide-bodied cargo aircraft used for ferrying oversized cargo components and equipment. Video by Staff Sgt. Vanessa Reed. Super Guppy Makes Brief Appearance via NASA

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Opening ceremonies kick off Air Force Week activities from Air Force Link Top Stories | The Air Force kicked off one of its biggest outreach programs in America's largest city Aug. 19 with a combination of opening day remarks, flyovers, interactive displays and performances by Air Force bands.  The opening ceremony at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum...

Offutt Air Show this weekend - KMAland | (Bellevue) -- A special event is upcoming at Offutt Air Force Base. On Saturday and Sunday, the base is hosting the Defenders of Freedom Open House and Air Show. Gates open at 9:00 am and the flight show begins around 12:00pm. Aircraft with the Army, ...

Air show brought out the best in everyone - Shore News Today | For someone like me, the airplanes are just part of the story at the air show in A.C. My daughter and I were local tourists a few years back. I was awed by the peaceful crowds and the orderly fashion of it all back then. Usually, I just got to hear the ...

Biggest Little Airshow draws 11,000+ from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | More than 11,000 visitors attended — for free — the Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor’s 5th “Biggest Little Airshow” on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 18-19...

Wings Over Halls enthrall: World War II-era planes and stunts captivate crowd ... - Jackson Sun | Many in attendance said there could have been no better day for the Wings Over Halls air show. Sunday marked day two of the show, which kicked off at 1:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the retired air base, now home to a museum dedicated to the years the ...

Aircraft visitation on Saturday evening - Chicago Journal (blog) | I was wrong about the Golden Knights using a C-130, though. I looked up my story in the Trib archive. I was in a C-7A. And today, the Golden Knights use a C-31A. But someone said it could very well be a C-130 that was being used for some other act in ...

Hometown Hero to fly in F-16 - WCSH-TV | "I just can't believe it," said Knobil who volunteers with the Young Eagles and ACE Camp programs. The Young Eagles program attempts to get high schoolers excited about math and science through aviation. ACE Camp stands for Aviation Career Education....

Catalina Air Show Coming Sept. 29-30 - The Log Newspaper | AVALON -- Celebrating 100 years of aviation history on Catalina Island, the inaugural Catalina Air Show will be a weekend filled with flyovers, festivals and fun. Using Avalon Bay as a natural amphitheater, the air show in the sky will take place Sept.

Photoflying days: Monday from Apron 6 | I thought the photoflying days were over, but they weren’t.
Today the last plane left…  Rest of Photoflying days HERE.

Whoooooosh - Red Arrows go blurry from Flight Image of the Day by Dominic Perry | Fresh from user vipmig on our AirSpace site is this lovely image of one of the Red Arrows...

Warbird – Veteran Navy aviator still flies his 'retired' aircraft - Marconews | The T-28 in question belongs to Mick Thorstenson of Marco Island. The airplane is retired from decades of service to the United States Navy, and so is the pilot. Thorstenson, 63, served 23 years in the Navy, retiring as a Commander, the equivalent rank ...

World War II veterans fly in restored B-17 Flying Fortress - MyFoxDC | LEESBURG, Va. -  It was a chance to relive a bit of history on Sunday as dozens of folks got a chance to ride on board a World War II era bomber....

Poem prompts tour of B-17 World War II bomber in N.J. - newjerseynewsroom.com | It started with a poem and ended with a tour of a B-17 – a World War II bomber also known as a “Flying Fortress.” Last Tuesday's newspaper included a story about the plane, then spending two days at the Trenton-Mercer Airport. Interested veterans ...

Legendary Navy aviator dies - WCF Courier | A U.S. Navy rear admiral from Waterloo and a key figure in the history of American naval aviation has died.James D. "Jig Dog" Ramage...During WWII, Ramage became commander of the carrier USS Enterprise's dive bomber squadron. He participated in 11 combat operations in the Pacific. He directed air attacks in the 1944 invasion of Saipan and was personally credited with crippling a Japanese carrier "and leaving it in a sinking condition." He also participated in the raid on Truk lagoon...

Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum's 30th Anniversary Exhibits - City Guide Magazine | Description: New exhibitions will celebrate the 30th anniversary of Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum. "Thirty Years of Collecting: Treasures from Intrepid's Collections" will showcase objects related to the historic aircraft carrier Intrepid, Growler ...

Crew Compartment Trainer loaded onto NASA's Super Guppy aircraft from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | The Crew Compartment Trainer (CCT-1) was loaded onto NASA's Super Guppy aircraft on Aug. 20, 2012, in preparation for its flight to the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. CCT-1 is scheduled to arrive at the museum on Aug. 22, 2012. A time-lapse video of the loading of the CCT-1 onto the Super Guppy is...

Bell P-39 Airacobra Live Fire Practice (1941) from AIRBOYD.TV

Tiger Moth XL-716 - Model Aviation | It’s no exaggeration to say that building Scale model aircraft is an art form. In fact, one could say that building any type of scale model is an art form. But with model aircraft there is that other dimension -flying it. At this point the art form morphs into a white-knuckle, heart pumping, high testosterone adventure.... 

Sightings: Rare PZL M28 Skytruck Special Operations Aircraft Makes Stop in St. Louis Area from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | A rare PZL Mielec (now Sikorsky) M28-05 Skytruck, one of nine operated by the USAF Special Operations Command 318th Special Operations Squadron at Cannon AFB, Clovis, NM made a stop at St. Louis Downtown Airport recently for a series of weekend training missions. The aircraft, manufactured at the...

Tanker exit could heat up fire season from AOPA Pilot Blog: Reporting Points by Mike Collins  | It’s been a brutal wildfire season in the western United States. And fewer large air assets are available for firefighting since Aero Union’s Lockheed P-3 Orion tankers were grounded last year.  10 Tanker Air Carrier (see the May 2012 AOPA Pilot article here or view the accompanying video on AOPA Live here), has modified the Douglas DC-10 for use as an airborne firefighter. Both of its former airliners have seen some service during this year’s fires. (Evergreen Aviation has modified a Boeing 747 for use as a tanker but said it has not been activated for service by the Forest Service.) 10 Tanker has...

"Gray Days at Lookout Point" UCAP #302 from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast

X-47B electromagnetic interference testing from The DEW Line by Dave Majumdar | The Naval Air Systems Command has released a new video explaining how the Naval Electromagnetic Radiation Facility (NERF) is testing the Northrop Grumman X-47B Unmanned Combat Aircraft System-Demonstrator for potential frequency interference....

NASA Shuttles Touch & Go - WFMY News 2 | ... and United Space Alliance teams delivered Discovery to the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum in Chantilly, Va., and the prototype Enterprise to New York, where it recently opened for display at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space ...

Next NASA Mars Mission Landing in 2016 from Spaceports | Launching in March 2016, InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) mission will study the Red Planet's deep interior with hopes to better understand the evolution of terrestrial planets, NASA announced today....

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Bethpage Air Show Draws Near 400000 - Credit Union Times | By Marc Rapport Nearly 400000 people attended the 9 th annual Bethpage Air Show on Long Island's Jones Beach this past Memorial Day weekend, its sponsors said. Highlights of the Saturday-Sunday event included the US Navy's Blue Angels, Royal Canadian...
New York-Jones Beach Air Show 2012 - phxspotters.com | While each day may have started out with clouds, fog, and even rain and some acts and displays showed up late it was a great weekend for an air show in New York.  All of Friday’s practice shows were cancelled due to fog and low ceilings, but the main shows on Saturday and Sunday went off without a hitch. The 2012 New York-Jones Beach Air Show was headlined by both the United States Navy Blue Angels and the Canadian Snowbirds.  The US Army Golden Knights parachute jump team, F/A-18 Super Hornet, C-130, and F-22 Raptor rounded out the military performers...

Rockford Airfest 2012 from Airplanes Channel | Chicago Rockford International Airport is the venue for the rock Airfest 2012 on June 2-3. Promoted as a “Celebration of Freedom” this family-fun event will be featuring the spectacular US Air Force Thunderbirds. Other highlights on the program include the US Army Golden Knights Black Team, Black Diamond Jet Team...

Annual Cavalcade of Planes Soars Into Bolingbrook This Weekend - Patch.com | “The ability to see the latest technology along with the history of aviation is just not possible unless you make the trip with several hundred thousand people to an event such as Airventure in Oshkosh.” He lauds the support of the many people who help...

Chuck Sweeny: 'Big, big airplanes' at Rockford AirFest this year - Rockford Register Star | From 2005, when air shows began anew after an 11-year absence, AirFest has quickly become one of America's premiere air — and ground — shows. In addition to its many famed flying acts, AirFest features something you can't see at most air shows...

WI stunt pilot Darrel Massman at Southern Wisconsin Airfest - Janesville Gazette | By GLEN LOYD Thursday, May 31, 2012 - 2:17 am I showed a little bit of Darrel Massman's spectacular stunt flying last week when I visited Southern Wisconsin Airfest. Then I learned that Darrel is from Wisconsin..Ogdensburg..and he barnstorms around the...

Snowbirds pilots land at TheMuseum Friday morning - Waterloo Record | KITCHENER — Two pilots with the Snowbirds military precision flying team will be at TheMuseum in Kitchener on Friday. The Royal Canadian Air Force air demonstration team is booked for an airshow Saturday and Sunday at the Waterloo Region International...

Diamond Jubilee Celebrations at our London Site from RAF Museum London News | To celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's 60 years on the throne the Royal Air Force Museum has put together a programme of events that celebrate Her Majesty's reign whilst commemorating the best that Britain and the Museum's site in London has to offer. Activities include the Museum's participation in the Thames River Pageant on Sunday 3rd, book signings on Monday and Tuesday (4th & 5th), whilst on Wednesday, Thursday & Friday we will be giving members of the public the opportunity to try a new sport with the best of the Royal Air Force. On the evening of 4th, look up...

Tour, fly in restored B-17 bomber visiting Missouri on Salute to Veterans tour - Lakenewsonline.com | Tour or catch a ride in the B-17 when it stops in Jefferson City on its Salute to Veterans national tour. By Anonymous “Aluminum Overcast,” the Experimental Aircraft Association's restored B-17 bomber, will descend upon Jefferson City Memorial Airport...

'Wings Of Freedom' Tour Lands In Concord - Martinez News-Gazette | Those living around the Concord airport are accustomed to the sound of planes buzzing overhead, but likely few ever get the opportunity to catch a sight of such historic aircraft, which include those most typically associated with the era: the B-17...

June events: Bard to Warbirds - The Aucklander | The NZ Warbirds Association commemorates D-Day Landings on June 6 1944 with an open day at Ardmore Airport. Stunning practice flying displays include the Spitfire, Harvards plus demonstrations by pyrotechnics and parachutists...

Woman Wise Airmanship Adventure 2012 A Fly, Play, Learn From the Masters Event from WAI Connect Blog by Amy Laboda | Christina Tindle, M.A., has created a  “One of a Kind,” fly-in symposium for women, in which she will reveal her Woman Wise Airmanship Model. The adventure shares stimulating yet practical information to encourage women to fly and revitalizes women pilots, all towards energizing today's wilting aviation industry. "How do we do that?" Tindle asks. "By making the wings fit."...

Unique Amelia Earhart Relic Found On Nikumaroro? - AVweb | Pieces of glass found a year ago on Nikumaroro Island in the southwest Pacific may add to circumstantial evidence that Amelia Earheart lived there as a castaway, but there are complications. The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR) have been on the otherwise uninhabited island searching for any evidence that Earhart crashed near the...

Shannon Recognized for Commitment to Naval Helicopter Community - Bay Net | More than 30 years ago, young naval aviator Lt. Bill Shannon piloted a helicopter for the first time. Excited about navigating the aircraft and even more so the Navy, young Lt. Shannon was unaware that he'd help shape the future of naval aviation...

The A-10 Is at War on Its 40th Anniversary - Defense Media Network | Before any A-10 reached a squadron, a very public tragedy struck: On June 3, 1977, an A-10 crashed at Le Bourget Field, France in the middle of the Paris Air Show, mortally injuring Fairchild chief test pilot Howard “Sam”...

Shaw captain named top AF fighter tactician - Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base | Chennault was commander of the famed "Flying Tigers" in World War II, whose innovative tactics made him victor in the air and a legend among aviators. His job is to prepare the 20th Operations Group's 157 pilots with the tactics they need to succeed in...

Pilot's circumnavigation attempt is up in the air - Burton Mail | David Jones, 32, from Tutbury, is set to take on the test with his friend and fellow Derby Aero Club member Jonathan Mitchell next month. A date has yet to be set for the flight, which will cover the whole of the British coastline, as the pair will...

100-year-old takes to the skies for the first time - Cambridge Network | Although our Aero Club does not have any definitive records, we are quite certain that John is the oldest person ever to fly in one of our aeroplanes, and we believe it is unlikely that few people of his age, or older have flown in an aeroplane for the...

Gone West: Modeler And Legend, Bill Northrop from Aero-News Network | Champion Free Flight And Radio Control Modeler Was 89 One of the Academy of Model Aeronautics and aeromodeling legends has passed away. Bill Northrop, 89, was a champion free flight and radio control competitor, columnist, publisher and model builder in an aeromodeling career that began in 1936, the same year AMA was founded, when he was 14 years old...

Team Plans Transatlantic Electric Flight from AVwebFlash Current Issue | A new company called Flight of the Century Inc. announced last week they intend to fly an electric-powered aircraft nonstop across the Atlantic, following Charles Lindbergh's famous route between New York and Paris. To solve the problem of limited battery life, the design team plans to use small drones that will meet up with the airplane en route and recharge the batteries in flight. "Our purpose in setting out on this very difficult path is to force innovation that drives electric flight technology forward in a significant and measurable way," said Chip Yates, CEO of the company...

Respect the Airplane, Or the Guppy Will Bite You! from photorecon.net | Michael Robinson is the newest Flight Engineer aboard NASA’s Super Guppy transport, the bulbous amalgam of 1940's aviation technology, 1960's entrepreneurial spirit, and Airbus Industries’ 1970's answer for moving large airplane parts around Europe.   NASA displayed the sole airworthy Super Guppy at the 2012 Joint Services Open House at Joint Base Andrews MD in May...

Shuttle Carrier Aircraft - Travel for Aircraft | Space Shuttles, orbiters, were able to land at several places on the planet but landed at only one of two facilities — the Kennedy Space Center and Edwards Air Force Base. Each orbiter was serviced, assembled and launched from the Kennedy Space Center so a way to transport a Shuttle to Cape Kennedy was devised by carrying it atop a modified Boeing B-747. Two aircraft were modified into Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, as termed by NASA. Obvious modifications are the additional vertical fins on the horizontal stabilizer as well as the three attachment points on the dorsal surface of the fuselage — these mated to the three attachment points on each orbiter used to join with the external fuel tank on each space flight launch....

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Two More Join AirVenture Air Show Lineup from News from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh | Two highly popular aerobatic performers have been added to the daily air show lineup at EAA AirVenture 2012, which will be held July 23-29 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh.

French team at work. Picture by Kevin Techer - Bonjour Blue Sky  

Air show preparing for April takeoff - Macon.com | WARNER ROBINS -- The air show at Robins Air Force Base is still three months away, but organizers sought Monday to whet appetites for the event.  Lt. Col. Dwayne Gray, who is in charge of the show for the base, said many notable acts have signed on, and more are interested. With other air shows for the year being cancelled, he said he has been taking many calls from acts wanting to fly in the Robins show....

US Navy Leap Frogs Take Oath from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | JAMUL CA- Chief Warrant Officer (SEAL) Keith Pritchett, officer-in-charge of the U.S. Navy parachute demonstration team, the Leap Frogs, administers the oath of enlistment to Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Michelle Turner, the team public affairs officer, during an in-air reenlistment ceremony. Last year, the team scheduled 30 performance...

Upcoming Winter Alabama Aviation Events from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | ...in Alabama there's still many aviation events to enjoy across the state. Hallmark Hall of Fame presents the movie, A Smile as Big as the Moon, a triumphant story about a special education teacher's dream of helping his students attend Space Camp. John Corbett, Jessy Schram, and Cynthia Watros have the staring roles. On January 27, ther...

TASM hosting an exhibit on African-American aviators - Tulsa Beacon | Through photographic and text panels and models of the aircraft that they flew, The Test reveals these men's stories of their struggle for equality in the Army Air Corps during World War II. Kim Jones, deputy director/curator of Tulsa Air and Space ...

Louisville Tuskegee Airman dies - WAVE3 | LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - One of the original Tuskegee Airmen from Louisville has passed away. Julius Calloway died Monday, he was 87-years-old and played a major role in aviation history.  Nearly a thousand pilots were trained at Tuskegee between 1941 and 1945 and Julius Calloway was one of them. Over the years, he touched many lives and shared his passion for being in the sky....

Red Tails Story Not Just About Men - Aero_News Network | Mildred Hemmons Carter Turned Down For WASP Due To Race | The opening of the movie "Red Tails" last week has brought the story of the Tuskegee Airmen to the attention of many who had never heard it before, and prompted a renewed awareness of that time in history. But as much as the valiant service of the Red Tails broke through barriers for American men of African descent, barriers to women in aviation, especially black women, would persist....

A Real "Red Tail" for The National WWII Museum | Institution Restores Famed Plane, a Type Flown by Tuskegee Airmen | By The National WWII Museum | With George Lucas' Red Tails soaring at the box office, The National WWII Museum announces its acquisition and restoration of a P-51 Mustang, the aircraft depicted in Hollywood's drama about the courageous fighter pilots known as the Tuskegee Airmen.  The Tuskegee Airmen were the...

Free hats given out at Chino air museum - Inland Valley Daily Bulletin | CHINO - It will be Pratt & Whitney Hat Day on Saturday at the Planes of Fame Air Museum.  A free Pratt & Whitney hat is available to the first 100 paid "general" admissions that day, courtesy of Sun Air Parts....

"The Boneyard Project" Lands in Tucson's Pima Air & Space Museum By Claire Lawton | If you're looking for the latest work by a few of the biggest international names in street and contemporary art, don't bother looking at the walls. Instead, look south, down Interstate 10 past Tucson. It's there, in the "boneyard" of retired aircraft, that a caravan of trucks and cranes is wheeling painted planes and parts to Pima Air & Space Museum....

“Sizzlin Liz” over the Sierra - Moose Peterson Aviation Photography | The P-51D “Sizzlin Liz” that belongs to Ted Conti (at the stick) is a gorgeous plane. This photograph...

Or Die Trying - Air & Space Smithsonian | After the Wright brothers flew, a handful of inventors were determined to join them | Earle Ovington meant well. “It is a peculiar fact, but nevertheless true that a man seems to think that he is able, or competent rather, to design an aeroplane, whether he knows anything about the principles underlying aerodynamics or not,” he wrote in the October 1912 issue of Aeronautics. His advice was simple:...

Family's search for WWII pilot finally over - Lincoln Journal Star | Stanley Dwyer's B-17 was shot down on May 10, 1944, in a forest near Vostenhof, near Neunkirchen, Austria. (Courtesy Kay Hughes) A 1916 dime occupies an honored place in the Geneva family room of Kay Hughes. When she and her father, Harold E. Dwyer of ...

Historic hangar used to build Concorde in Filton is denied listed status - Gazette | FILTON’S aviation heritage has been dealt a new blow after the hangar used to build Concorde was denied listed status.  Campaigners fighting to save Filton Airfield after owners BAE Systems announced its imminent closure applied to English Heritage to list Brabazon Hangar to protect it from being torn down....

Super Guppy visits Amarillo one last time ... from Black Horizon by Steve Douglass | If you were out by Rick Husband/Amarillo International Airport yesterdau - you may have witnessed a strange looking whale of an aircraft landing - Nasa's "Super Guppy."  The unique one...

The "Franken-Mirages" fly again! -  Bayou Renaissance Man | Readers are probably familiar with my detailed history (see Weekend Wings #39) of the Cheetah fighter aircraft of the South African Air Force (SAAF). All were retired from service by 2008, to be replaced by Saab Gripen fighter-bombers....

China’s J-18 Snowy Owl: Myth or Reality? from David Cenciotti | Over the past year or so, rumours on the Internet have persisted that China has been building a stealthy STOVL (Short Take Off Vertical Landing) aircraft in a similar vein to the F-35 Lightning II. Pictures of said aircraft are non existant but the rumour mill still persists that it’s either real or will be at some point in the future....

Done Right, the Purchase of Your Own Airplane Can be Extremely Rewarding - Airplanista | I have made the point many times that I believe AOPA Pilot Magazine is the finest aviation monthly on this planet. That's not kissing up, that's just a fact in my world. While some publications will eloquently explain the pros and cons of the latest mega-million-dollar bizjet or  discuss 101 ways to use a rivet, Pilot consistently delivers the GA content welcome to aviators like me who fly single-engine piston airplanes....

Day of Remembrance, 2012 from The Original Rocket Dungeon by Dick | Apollo One, AS-204, lost January 27, 1967...

FLY NASA- Where the Sky is Not the Limit from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | -NASA- Want a career that'll take you full circle? Adventure. Commitment. Leadership. Achievement. These are the core values of NASA's distinguished astronaut corps. They're also the rewards of fulfilling work. The 21st century astronaut will serve on long-duration missions aboard the International Space Station - and future deep space ...

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Former Mids Now Wear Another Navy Blue - Navy Sports | The eyes of thousands will be transfixed on the skies over the Naval Academy next week when the U.S. Navy's Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, returns to Annapolis for an appearance during Commissioning Week. Countless spectators with their feet firmly planted on terra firma will walk away from viewing the team's practice session (Tuesday) and aerial show (Wednesday) with their own heads in the clouds after gazing in awe at the precision of the pilots performing wingtip-to-wingtip formations...

Len Stevens' Sky-High Adventure with the Blue Angels - WSET | Len's whole flight with the Blue Angels was captured on video. To see a full recap of his experience, click the video clip called "Len Stevens Flies with the Blue Angels." Lynchburg, VA - It takes years of dedication and training to become a Navy pilot and even more to be part of the most prestigious flying team in the world...

Organizers, agencies gear up for regional airshow May 21-22 - WPCVA | An online timer counts down the days, hours, minutes and even seconds until the big show this weekend. The Lynchburg Regional Airshow, which will feature the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels, will be held at the Lynchburg Regional Airport from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday, May 21, and Sunday, May 22...

Balloonfest to Bring In Vintage Planes from Military Air Museum - WHMI | Authentic World War 2 aircraft will be featured at this year’s Michigan Challenge Balloonfest through a partnership with the Yankee Air Museum in Ypsilanti. Local businesses met with representatives from the museum at the Howell Chamber of Commerce Wednesday to discuss the attractions, which will include a Lockheed T-33 jet trainer and an operational B-25 Mitchell bomber. For the price of $400 apiece, the B-25 will take up to seven passengers at a time on 35-minute flights around the county...

Air show returns to GarCo Airport (July 8-9) - Citizen Telegram | Come one. Come all. The Garfield County Air Show is back and promises to be a big show. To celebrate the completion of the new Garfield County Airport, the airport staff has arranged a spectacular air show that will entertain and amaze residents and visitors alike. The air show will include aerial acrobatics, ground displays, a country music concert, kid's attractions, food, games and aircraft rides that will make this year's air show the most memorable to date...

NASA sending Super Guppy to Dayton - Indy Transponder | Dayton, Ohio – The Vectren Dayton Air Show Presented by Kroger will have a distinctive static display at this year’s show, the NASA Super Guppy. The Super Guppy is rarely seen by the public and has been in Dayton only once in the show’s 37-year history, the centennial event in 2003. The 2011 show, Dayton’s premier summer event, takes place on July 23rd and 24th at the Dayton International Airport...

Spitfire display will help Otley Show reach new heights - Wharfedale Observer | Everything from fighter planes to ferrets will feature in this weekend’s Otley Show. The Battle of Britain Experience’s display Spitfire looks set to be one of the highlights of the 202nd show, which is the oldest one-day agricultural event in the country...

IMAGES: Smoke Squadron conducts presentation Uruguay - Part 2 - Cavok | The site CAVOK Brazil was invited by the Smoke Squadron to participate in the Uruguay Mission 2011, which led the T-27 Tucano aircraft in the colors blue, green and yellow to Montevideo to participate in the celebrations of the bicentenary of the Process of Emancipation Uruguay. Yesterday disclose images of the first two days of the mission, which departed on the 16th Air Base Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul Today, we show the beautiful images of the presentation on the River Plate...

Create your own unique Paris air show web page with our exclusive MyParis service - Flightglobal | See Paris your way by deciding on the content that you want to see from this year's air show. Flightglobal is proud to offer you the exclusive opportunity to customise your very own Paris air show page, filling it with your favourite content from this year's extravaganza...

Plane crash grounds RAAF Roulettes - SMH.au | Two pilots remain in hospital after a crash which has grounded the Royal Australian Air Force's aerobatic display squadron, the Roulettes. The RAAF does not know what caused a PC-9A plane to crash at the East Sale base in Gippsland and has grounded its fleet of the aircraft pending an investigation...

Aviator's 'final flight' over Redstone Arsenal caps retiring Lt. Gen. Pillsbury's 38-year career - AL | HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- A few weeks ago, when Army Aviator and Lt. Gen. James Pillsbury was contemplating his retirement after more than 38 years in uniform, it was clear that the hours he spent with hands on the controls of various helicopters were among the highlights. "Any time you get to fly is the best day in the Army," Pillsbury said...

More than a pilot: mother and fighter - AF.mil | SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. (AFNS) -- Many children have dreams of what they want to do or become. Some dream of becoming professional athletes, some doctors, teachers or firefighters. For three women here their dreams of becoming fighter pilots came true. Today, they are three of the 58 female active duty fighter pilots in the Air Force. Currently, there are 2,689 Air Force active duty fighter pilots...

Air Zoo to open Tuskegee Airmen exhibit - GA News | On May 21 the Air Zoo in Kalamazoo, Mich., will open The Test: The Tuskegee Airmen Project, an exhibit about the first black combat aviators who served in the U.S. military during World War II. The Tuskegee Airmen were part of an effort by the U.S. War Department to determine if blacks were capable of being effective airmen...

Michigan Aviation Hall of Fame to induct 6 new members Saturday at Air Zoo in Portage - MLive | Col. Robert Warren, whose career with the Marines spanned three wars, has spent most of his life flying. Warren, who was born in Benton Harbor and attended Michigan State University, served during World War II, the Korean War and the Viet­nam War and was among the first to fly helicopters for the United States military...

Eagle Eye on AmCan: Flying back in time - Napa Valley Register | I took a ride into history on Thursday thanks to American Canyon’s John Knight. John called me last week to let me know that the Experimental Aircraft Association out of Oshkosh (B’gosh), Wisconsin was at the Napa Airport with a restored B-17 Flying Fortress, one of only about a dozen still flying. Napa was one of 70 stops on the groups salute to veterans tour...

Rimini aviation museum - MilitaryPhotos.net | Some personal pics of my visit to the aviation museum in Rimini.

Aircraft museum will stay at base - Philly Burbs | HORSHAM - It appears a large piece of aviation history is remaining at the Willow Grove Naval Air Station. On Wednesday, the Horsham Land Reuse Authority approved a lease deal, with conditions, with the Harold F. Pitcairn Wings of Freedom Museum that will allow the aviation center to stay on South Easton Road...


There's No Grounding These Guys - Huntley Patch | There are some burgers that cost Ed Gunderson a few bucks. Others a few paychecks. Both burgers are your traditional American fare, but for the Sun City resident and retired airline pilot it’s the pricier burger that makes the trip worthwhile. What with the majestic scenery at 4,000 feet on a clear day, the burger practically pays for itself...

MAAG's Blog: Brauts the Main Course for MAAG - Antique Airfield | The May meeting of MAAG was hosted by Doug and Sabrina Moler at High Point Airpark.  The weather allowed several to fly in and others to motor over by golf cart or car.  Brauts were cooked over an open fire with many side dishes and deserts to choose from.  About 40 folks attended.  Here are some photos of the fun...

VIDEO: BMW ad shows KC-135 refuelling coffee cup - Flight Blog | Is it art imitating life or life imitating art? We recently covered one Siberian man's party trick helicopter that opens bottle, balances glasses of water, and then gives a facial shave, but here's a current ad from BMW featuring a KC-135 refuelling a BMW driver's coffee cup. The ad's tagline is that with the BMW 5 Series getting up to 32 miles per gallon, "you'll need refuelling before it will".

VIDEO: Miles O'Brien Interviews Astronauts on ISS - Spaceports