Podcast: Palmetto Mornings: 5/31/13 John Cudahy - WRHI By Freddie Hammer | The potential to lose US Navy Blue Angels, US Air Force Thunderbirds and other patriotic air shows around the country is imminent unless we get Congress to vote down sequestration budget cuts.
Video: Museums help Air Force grads get ceremonial flyover, despite sequester cuts - FoxNews | The 
sequester cuts have grounded the Thunderbirds and other U.S. military flight demonstration teams, but it hasn’t stopped Air Force Academy graduates from getting their own ceremonial flyover....
Skip Stewart to Receive 2013 Bill Barber Award for Showmanship from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | EAST TROY, WISCONSIN, June 1, 2013 -- World Airshow News has announced that Skip Stewart is the 2013 recipient of the Bill Barber Award for Showmanship. Skip joins a growing list of honorees that reads like an airshow hall of fame...
Waterloo Air Show - 570 News | The Waterloo Air Show takes flight this weekend and the show will be teaming up with the Canadian Aviation Expo this year.The expo will be offering free flight lessons, and you can also purchase a variety of aviation accessories and products. Diana...
Flag Day, Western Music and Air Show Fly Into East County - Patch.com | Flag Day, Western Music and Air Show Fly Into East County. You made it to the weekend, now what? Patch has you covered for weekend events in East County happening June 1-2...
RARA 90 day rule from Wasabi Air Racing by Elliot "Stinky" Seguin | ...We are happy to announce that thanks to the unwaivering support of our sponsors and fans that flight testing is complete and the associated report for was submitted on May 30th, ahead of schedule....
WWII Airplanes Barnstorm Dillingham to Celebrate 100 Year of Aviation in Alaska - KDLG | Jeff Siever is with the commemorative Air force and flew in on an AT-6. "The first step in their flight training would be to fly a basic trainer, like a steerman, then step up to the advanced trainer, the Texan. This would have a lot of the same...
IAF inducts Swiss basic trainer aircraft Pilatus PC-7 MK II - Daily News & Analysis | The 
Plock Air Picnic in Poland | May want to cut/paste text to http://translate.google.com as the URL doesn't seem to work in Translator.
The Frecce Tricolori in Vasto: the event program - Translated | The official program of the first International Air Show in Vasto. The event will conclude with a performance of the Frecce Tricolori in Vasto on 22 and 23 June. Seduito of the complete program...
An era's return flight - Hutchinson News | The only B-29 currently in flight is Fifi, owned by the Commemorative Air Force based in Addison, Texas. Were Fifi to visit Pratt, today's standards would require completely restructuring the runway, Stevens said. But a flight in a B-17, some of which...
Museum slates Open Cockpit Day from General Aviation News | The Oakland Aviation Museum in California will hold an Open Cockpit Day and aviation paraphernalia fundraising sale June 16 — Father’s Day — to support its A-3 Skywarrior restoration project. The planes will be open for inspection from 12 noon to 4 p.m...
Legacy Flight Museum plans open house, free breakfast - Rexburg Standard Journal | The Legacy Flight Museum's collection of flying history is unique because all of the aircraft are in flying condition. The collection of airplanes, some owned by the city and some by private owners, are on display to show examples of civil and military...
One of the first Gold Star Wives dies - Tampabay.com | Mrs. Tedesco was one of the founding members of Gold Star Wives of America after her husband, a B-25 pilot, was presumed killed when his plane vanished over the Pacific Ocean in 1945. She served as the third president of Gold Star Wives, a group of war...
Spitfire vs Bf 109 and F-14 vs Su-27: the difference is always the pilot from David Cenciotti's weblog | Not always the best aircraft is the one that wins in an air-to-air engagement. Most of the times it is the training the pilot has received and his/her skills, experience to make the difference: that’s why a well trained pilot with a less capable aircraft can defeat a more powerful plane piloted by a scarcely trained airman....
Belgian Spitfires from Let Let Let - Warplanes by Mick | In the late 1930′s Belgium had an interest in obtaining the right to produce Spitfires under licence in their own country, so in 1937 the Belgium Government requested one example of a Spitfire from the UK, this was to be used as a pattern aircraft. After talks between the two...
Airmen inspect bomber's 'bare bones' from Air Force Link Top Stories | With a career that spans across three decades and a warfighting reputation that rivals nearly every aircraft in the Air Force's arsenal, the B-1 Lancer has established itself as one of the United States' most crucial assets to maintaining air and ground superiority...
Saturday, June 1, 2013
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Wednesday, July 11, 2012
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Blue Angels soar into Pensacola Beach for this year's air show - Press-Register - al.com | The Pensacola Beach Air Show is Saturday, July 14 at noon, but there will be four opportunities to see the world-famous Blue Angels this week on the Gulf Coast...
Get a bird's eye view for Blue Angels - Pensacola News Journal | 360 Pensacola Beach observation wheel will be spinning as the Blue Angels fly this weekend.
Flight Plan: The Blue Angels...Devils or Saints? by Lowandslow | In this morning's email inbox I found an amazing HD video a friend sent of a US Navy Blue Angels routine from the pilot's perspective. It's really spectacular, and you can see it here if you're interested in that sort of thing...
Golden Knights Practicing in New Providence - Patch.com | If this past Sunday the residents of New Providence heard music coming from Warner field, it was because the Blessed Sacrament Golden Knights Alumni Drum and Bugle Corps choose New Providence to practice. A few members of the corps are residents...
Historic B-25 "Mitchell Bomber" In Casper [PHOTOS] - K2 Radio | The Commemorative Air Force 
Geneseo airshow preview Thursday - The Daily News Online | Beginning at 6 p.m. Thursday, world champion pilot Rob Holland will perform his thrilling aerobatic routine with his MX-2 competition aircraft. Immediately after, Rochester's own Tuskegee Airman Charlie Price will be at the airport to describe his ...
Thousands brave weather for Tibenham Heritage Air Festival - Norfolk Eastern Daily Press | Part of south Norfolk took a trip back to the 1940s yesterday for an inaugural vintage airshow.
Doolittle Raiders, Tuskegee Airmen honored at Oshkosh from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Veterans from two legendary World War II military units are among the honored guests this year during the "Salute to the Greatest Generation in the Air" at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh on July 23-29 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin...
AirVenture 'Cubs 2 Oshkosh' Event Celebrates J-3's 75th Anniversary - Flying Magazine | More than 200 Piper Cubs expected to make journey to AirVenture 2012.
NASA Returns to AirVenture in 2012 from News from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh | NASA returns to EAA AirVenture in 2012 with several current space exploration projects, giving fly-in attendees a unique taste of this ever-changing field of aviation.
E-Volo, Electric Long-EZ To Visit AirVenture from AVwebFlash Current Issue | AirVenture at Oshkosh is coming up fast, less than two weeks away, and in recent days EAA has announced more details about what visitors can expect to see at the show. One aircraft sure to attract attention is the one-of-a-kind e-volo 18-rotor multicopter, which will be on display at the Innovation Hangar. The multicopter, built in Germany, is the successor to the 16-motor VC1 that achieved the first manned flight by an electric-powered VTOL aircraft last October. Another unusual aircraft coming to the Innovation...
Air Force ambassadors - This is Hull and East Riding | SURYA Kiran or the "Sun Rays" are the aerobatics demonstration team of the Indian Air Force.The Surya Kiran Aerobatic Team (Skat) was formed in 1996 to serve as the ambassadors and to...
Annual Fly-in Breakfast takes place Sunday - Vulcan Advocate | Members of the Vulcan Flying Club will be busy helping guide pilots to park their planes at the Vulcan airport on the morning of Sunday, July...
Up, up and away! - Red Bank Hub | Other options are the Greenwood Lake Air Show in West Milford, Aug. 18-19 (www.greenwoodlakeairshow.com); AirFest at NavalAir Station Wildwood Aviation Museum at Cape May Airport, Aug. 29-31 (www.usnasw.org); Open Cockpit Days at the Aviation ...
Do you wanna know if a Cold War era B-52H approaching you at low level is still a scary sight? Watch this photo. from David Cenciotti's weblog | The following picture was taken by The Aviationist’s photographer Giovanni Maduli during the opening flyover of the Day 2 of the Farnborough International Airshow 2012. The B-52H, using callsign “Scalp 99″, performed the flypast and then joined up with a KC-135 for air-to-air refueling before heading towards the U.S....
Memphis pilot to loan his vintage Curtiss Robin to Michigan air museum - Memphis Commercial 
Hightower, Elliott Attend EAA Chapter 1409 Fly-In from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | EAA President/CEO Rod Hightower and Vice President of Government and Industry Relations Sean Elliott attended the annual Tarkio, Missouri, fly-in held Saturday, July 7, hosted by EAA Chapter 1409 - home chapter of U.S. Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO).
Wreckage From 1952 Crash Found In Alaska from AVwebFlash Current Issue | Aircraft wreckage that was discovered on a glacier last month by an Alaskan Army National Guard UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter crew on a routine training mission has been identified as an Air Force Douglas C-124A Globemaster II. The airplane crashed in November 1952, killing all 52 people on board. "The plane hit the mountainside, exploding and disintegrating upon impact," according to an Anchorage Daily News story at the time. "Six to eight feet of powdered snow covered everything." Military teams investigated the...
Circa 1982: My Dad's 'Breezy' Feet Following A Piper Cub! from AirPigz by Martt | With the 75th anniversary of the Piper Cub sitting on our doorstep (and some celebration and mass arrival plans 
Walking around the Caribou — a de Havilland C-7 from Travel for Aircraft by joseph_may | Walking around the Caribou — a de Havilland C-7 35º 07′ 49″ N / 79º 01′ 19″ W De Havilland Canada had two successes with STOL aircraft so the firm evolved a more capable aircraft, in 1958, known as the Caribou or formerly as the DHC-4. The U.S. Army foresaw conflicts in ‘limited wars” on the horizon with the eventual [...]
July 10, 2012 The Great Northwest part 3 from Ely Air Lines by Linda Street-Ely | Mike: Seven one-hundredths of a mile an hour is a painfully small speed by which to be bested. Our pit crew and cheering squad (Linda’s sister Diane and her beau Willie) were tops, but the local Washingtonian whose airplane weighed 400 pounds less and with lots of speed modifications (some of which we have yet to acquire) flew a good race. While pals couldn’t console her, Linda channeled her frustration into "fix-it" mode. We knew the "Grumman Guru" responsible for giving that airplane its potential. Ken Blackmon lives just outside Seattle, only an hour’s flight from the race in Ephrata. Determination had a plan: speed doctor, Monday morning...
Aviation artist Sam Lyons hospitalized from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Facebook was the first indication something was amiss, then a call from Mindy Lyons, wife of famed aviation artist Sam Lyons, confirmed the news. Sam is at the Lakeland Regional Medical Center with what doctors think is an allergic reaction to blood pressure medication. As a result of the reaction, Sam's throat and tongue are badly swollen, so much so that Sam is now (as of July 10) on a respirator in the ICU....
Power of Community from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | ...I remember the days when pilots attended initial ground school together. We would learn from each other during discussions with our manuals as reference material. We had a real person standing in front of us, who knew the plane better than anyone. Twice a year we would return to the schoolhouse and share stories of what happened on the line. Hangar Flying. We’d listen to executives as they dropped in as guest speakers and we became connected with the breath of the organization. We would...
Air show organizer hopes for Endeavour shuttle cameo - Central Florida News 13 | Organizers of the Cocoa Beach Air Show continue to push, trying to add a former NASA spacecraft to their lineup.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
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US Navy Blue Angels announce their 2012 show schedule - Examiner | The US Navy's high-performance jet team, the Blue Angels, has announced their 2012 show schedule and will be returning to headline the 2012 Chicago Air and Water Show. The show is scheduled for August 18th and 19th and will be the only appearance for the Blue Angels in the region. There are currently no other appearances scheduled in the states of Illinois, Wisconsin or Indiana....
20 More Hawk AJTs for IAF - Siliconindia.com | This new order of 20 AJTs is to swap ageing aircraft of the Indian Air Force's (IAFs) crack Surya Kiran Aerobatic Team (SKAT). The Suryakirans are the successor of the Thunderbolts Aerobatic Team. This aerobatic team had been formed in year of 1996....
Video: To get your blood pumping… - The Pilot's Wife | Take 2 minutes and watch the following promotional video for Patrick’s air show partner, Brian Correll. Patrick will, most likely, not be flying air shows next season since he’ll be starting his Air National Guard training. This video shows off their daring flying skills and the awesome cameras!...
“Last Call For Entries” – Warbird Radio LIVE! | Tuesday – 10am (EASTERN) | TUESDAY – Matt welcomes aviation artist and historian John Mollison on Warbird Radio LIVE! It’s the final day to enter the “Honor Flight” print giveaway courtesy of Mr. Mollison....
Get a glimpse behind the scenes at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | Have you ever wondered how the parts of an airplane that have been sitting in storage for years become worthy of display in a museum? If you're curious about the aircraft restoration process, get a first-hand look during the Behind the Scenes Tours at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. Registration for tours from January through May 2012 opens on Monday, Dec. 5. The free tours take place every Friday from 12:15 p.m. to 3 p.m. Space is limited, so advance registration is required.
Victoria’s Secret Helicopter Full of Angels - Blades Magazine | Thankfully the angels won’t have to deal with some pilot eyeing them the entire ride, as we expect Gisele Bundchen to be flying the helicopter
USCG US Army Spec Forces PURPLE HALO Operations from HC144A - Military Photos | The USCG's new HC-144A platform (anyone see any similarity to the C-27?) is being used to help keep US Army Spec ops guys current in HALO drops.Video: Carrier Suit - Neptunus Lex | The Navy’s F-35C is going through EMALS-assisted catapult launches.
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Amazing NASA Video From The International Space Station - submitted by a loyal reader | Time lapse video sequences taken by the crews of Expeditions 28 & 29 onboard the International Space Station from August to October, 2011 | http://vimeo.com/32001208 | Images Courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center and The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth - http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov
Thursday, October 27, 2011
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Viper pilot at home for air show - San Antonio Express | Corrigan will showcase his skills during the F-16 “Viper East Demo” at the Randolph 2011 Air Show Saturday and Sunday. “I knew I wanted to be a pilot after I saw my first air show,” Corrigan said. “My uncle was a Thunderbird F-16 pilot. ...
Augusta Air show Takes Flight - The Bell Ringer | Originally built in Romania, the brand of engines won pilots several aerobatic championships throughout the 1980s. Connell said that during the Cold War, the engine was considered to be light years ahead of its time. For Connell's Model 12,...
Embry-Riddle Octoberwest 2011: Part 1 from PHXspotters | The first week of October the Prescott campus of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University celebrated Octoberwest, the homecoming celebrations, usually that involves some alumni coming back, having dinner, a career expo, but I never saw something as nice as this year’s since 2008. In addition to the...
Annual Cajun Fly-In Planes at Houma Airport this Saturday from Warplanes Online Community | Houma, LA — You can get an up-close look at area aircrafts and get better acquainted with the local airport Saturday at the annual Cajun Fly-In. The Experimental Aircraft Association’s event runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Houma-Terrebonne Airport. To enter the airport, take Aviation Road, off East Main Street. Newton Boudreaux, 78, a member of the local association, said the annual event, started about 10 years ago, showcases the airport and its role on the community and economy...
Video: Brian on Wings & wheels 2011 from Latest Vlog | Local South African Air show commentator, Brian Emmenis, endorses Wings & Wheels 2011.
At the airport of Villanova test pilots engaged in testing of new ... - Your Newspaper | Testing new models M-346 twin-engine two-seater and the Tricolour Arrows morning all''aeroporto "Panero" Villanova d'Albenga. A new generation of aircraft equipped with the latest technology in aviation, the attention of all ...
Golden chance: Six soldiers will join the Army's elite skydiving team - Fayetteville Observer | Presgraves began the eight-week training course with nine other soldiers who'd been accepted for consideration as Golden Knights. Injuries felled some, the program's demands another as the trainees jumped dozens of times from planes, learning how to...
WWII Spitfire lands at museum - Wyndham Weekly | A WORLD War II Spitfire uncovered in northern France last year has been donated to the Royal Australian Air Force Museum at Point Cook. The British-built single-seat fighter aircraft was discovered in the Orne River in November 2010...
Pancho Barnes - the legend of the aviatrix lives on - Edwards Air Force Base | The famed aviatrix - who during her heyday was constantly surrounded by so many - died alone. As the old saying goes, "All good things must come to an end," some say Pancho's life came to an end in 1953, the day a fire burned her ranch to the ground....
WWII vet to speak at MCC for Veterans Day - Northwest Herald | The keynote speaker will be Woodstock resident Vaughn Heidenreich, a World War II Air Force veteran who enlisted in the Air Force in November 1942. He was a lead bombardier in the war, flying 22 combat missions. In 1945, he was honorably discharged as...
'Error' in crashed World War II U.S. bomber flight record from History News Network | A US bomber which crashed in Scotland during World War II may not have been on the plane's officially recorded flightpath, according to an archaeologist. All nine crew of the B-17G Flying Fortress were killed when the aircraft clipped cliffs and crashed in Trotternish, on Skye, on 3 March 1945....
George Lentz was B-17 top turret gunner in 8th Air Force from War Tales by Don Moore | George Lentz of Rotonda was a staff sergeant in the 385th Bomb Group, 549th Bomb Squadron, 92nd Wing of the 8th Air Force in World War II. He flew 29 combat missions as an engineer and top turret gunner in a B-17 “Flying Fortress” at the end of World War II from a base near [...]
National Museum of the U.S. Air Force curators named to Academy Of Certified Archivists from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | Three manuscript curators at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force have been named to the Academy of Certified Archivists. Christina Douglass, Lonna McKinley and Brett Stolle, who work in the museum's Research Division, achieved certification after meeting strict educational and experience requirements and then successfully completing a comprehensive archival certification examination...
MiG-21 SMT - Let Let Let | Soviet military magazine ‘Krilya Rodini’ is responsible that MiG-21SMT is my favorite version of MiG-21. Most of the MiG-21 images I have seen in ’80 present light grey or natural metal and nice camouflaged machine really catch my eye. The same machine present adaptation for ground support so no wonder about the applicable camouflage pattern. SMT version is produced in limited number and it is great that Eduard choose this model for... [Other posts: Captured Brits, French colors by Agama, Militaire Luchtvaart Museum Soesterberg, Vought Corsair by Aero Journal]
Hot-air-balloon pilot gives passenger with wheelchair a flight from Aviation eBrief | Hot-air-balloon pilot Orvin Oliver took a special passenger aloft recently in Sioux Falls, S.D...
Cockpit Tour Of ANA’s Boeing 787 Dreamliner from Autopia by Jason Paur | The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is officially in service. All Nippon Airways carried its first load of paying passengers on a special flight from Tokyo to Hong Kong on Wednesday. There was plenty of pomp and circumstance
surrounding the flight and the passengers - including some who paid many thousands of dollars to be on the first flight - were all enthusiastic about flying on the composite airliner...Raw footage: Boeing 787 First Flight from Things with Wings by Rupa Haria
ANA's Boeing 787 Dreamliner touches down after first international flight (video) from Engadget by Brian Heater
Space tourists to fly in 2013 - BBC News | Sir Richard Branson's space tourism venture said it hopes to launch the service in two years time, but even that date is not fixed. The firm's commercial director, Stephen Attenborough, told the BBC that its customers' safety is paramount....
Saturday, October 8, 2011
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Fleet Week: Celebrating 30 Years in the Air [PHOTOS] - International Business Times | Fleet Week, the annual event celebrating military sea services, roars through San Francisco Friday, beginning with a Blue Angels air show at 1 pm Celebrations are likely to be spectacular. The Week not only celebrates three decades ...
Performers showcase planes during AIRSHO - Odessa American | MIDLAND Partly cloudy skies and windy conditions might have stalled the start of the AIRSHO's opening performance Friday but it didn't stop pilots from giving spectators a good, heart-stopping show. The Commemorative Air Force began ...
C-130J transport aircraft, woman sky divers at IAF show - The Hindu | Missing in action was the Surya Kiran Aerobatic Team, which has been grounded for the time being to provide training to IAF's rookie pilots in absence of basic trainer aircraft. Making its debut, the six-member woman sky-diving team jumped from an ...
Surya Kirans to fly again with Hawk aircraft: ACM Browne - IBNLive.com | Hindon (Ghaziabad), Oct 8 (PTI) The disbanded nine aircraft Surya Kiran Aerobatic Team (SKAT) of the Indian Air Force will once again take to the skies in another three years with British Hawk Advanced Jet Trainers (AJTs). ...
EAA'S B-17 ALUMINUM OVERCAST LANDS IN LAS VEGAS OCTOBER 11-12 - EAA News | EAA's B-17 TourEAA continues to offer historic flight experiences in its beautifully restored B-17G Flying Fortress Aluminum Overcast with a tour stop in Las Vegas, Nevada, October 11-12 at North Las Vegas Airport (VGT), hosted by EAA Chapter 163. Pre-book a flight aboard this iconic World War II bomber and relive the experience those brave young men had more than 60 years ago. Once airborne, passengers have the opportunity to walk around and explore the B-17's various sections, including the bomb bay, radio room, tail, and waist gunner. Self-guided ground tours are also available daily from 2-5 p.m. and cost $5 per adult, $15 per family. Active military or veterans receive free ground tour admission. While you save money when you pre-book a flight, walk-ups are always welcome. For more information, or to pre-book a flight,....
Old-fashioned air race charts a course over multiple nearby counties - Your Houston News | The Cleveland Air Race Revival is set for Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011, from 8 am to noon at the Cleveland Municipal Airport. The 150-mile race will officially start at Lake Water Wheel in Shepherd with six turn points over Liberty, Hardin, Jasper, Tyler, ...
Cleveland Air Race in Texas (Houston) on 10-15-11 from VAF Forums by Bob Axsom | On October 15, 2011 the race in the Houston, Texas area of the US will be flown over the following course:...
From AAFO: More photos from Reno 2011, A Small Reno Pics Offering, LAST SPORT RACE 2011, HEAD TO HEAD FINISH!
Gene Littlefield, Longtime Air Show Star, Passes Away - EAA News | Gene Littlefield, who flew a wing-walking act with his wife for nearly 20 years at Oshkosh and was also a stalwart for air show performer safety, died on Saturday, October 1, at his home in Wilmington, Illinois. He was 81. Littlefield (EAA 61641) was an EAA and IAC member since 1975. He was best known for the Gene Littlefield Air Shows performances in his Stearman 450 biplane, which included wing-walking by his wife, Cheryl. He began flying in the air shows at Oshkosh in the early 1980s and continued impressing air show fans at the EAA fly-in through the mid-1990s. ...
TIMELESS VOICES: SCALEVENTURE WWII VETERANS PANEL - EAA | On Saturday October 1, 2011, the EAA AirVenture Museum hosted a special moderated panel discussion featuring seven WWII veterans. Held in conjunction with the inaugural ScaleVenture model contest at the museum, the panel allowed modelers to interact with some of the veterans who flew in the very machines their scale models depicted. Participating in the panel were: Vic Bast, a P-47 pilot assigned to the 61st Fighter Squadron of the 56th Fighter Group; Bill Hartshorn, a second P-47 pilot who also flew with the 61st Fighter Squadron; John Roseberg, a B-24 tailgunner assigned to the 526th Bomb Squadron of the 392nd Bomb Group; Bill Meier, who was a B-17 bombardier with the 413th Bomb Squadron of the 96th Bomb Group; Chet Gardeski, a B-17 flight engineer assigned to the 422nd Bomb Squadron of the 305th Bomb Group; Bill Bergner, who served as a B-17 radar operator with the 327th Bomb Squadron of the 92nd Bomb Group; and John Gibbons, who was a B-17 pilot with the 350th Bomb Squadron of the 100th Bomb Group. All seven men flew their missions out of England while serving in the Eighth Air Force. They shared some of their childhood aviation memories with the audience, as well as stories of combat while overseas. Watch the video
His past was diverse, but he looks forward - Reading Eagle | ... He was a member of the Black Hawk B-17 crew, mentioned many times in the book "The Cold Blue Sky," written by fellow crew member and gunner Jack Novey. Eisenhower was on the second B-17 plane to finish 25 missions at a time when an average crew lasted only seven missions, he said. ...
Model Beginning: ScaleVenture Holds First Oshkosh Event - EAA News | EAA’s first “ScaleVenture” exhibit and competition was held last weekend, drawing 64 competitors and 283 model entries at the Founders’ Wing inside the EAA AirVenture Museum. The inaugural event featured a room full of models and attendees as hundreds of people came out to see the detailed replications of aircraft, automobiles, ships, and armored vehicles. Winners were named in 30 categories, plus 20 other special awards were presented, including Joe Simon for Best of Show for his “IJN Kongo Battleship” model....
Look: Giant Spy Blimp Dwarfs an 18-Wheeler from Wired: Danger Room | That teeny-weeny, toy-looking thing to the left? An 18-wheeler truck. The giant egg to the right? The biggest spy drone anyone has ever made. The optionally manned airship — known by the cumbersome code name of “Blue Devil Block 2” — was first inflated with air in early September. Last week, at a hangar in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, the blimp was filled with helium, and began to float. By the middle of next year, the Air Force hopes, the airship will be...
Monday, February 14, 2011
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Open House Draws Thousands of Aviation Enthusiasts to NAS North Island - Navy Compass | SAN DIEGO – Thousands of aviation enthusiasts joined active, reserve and retired military personnel and their families at Naval Air Station North Island ...
Descendants of First Navy Pilot Grace Navy Centennial Celebration - US Navy SEALs Blog & Information | Centennial Parade of Flight Air Boss Lt. Cmdr Ed Chandler said: “I'm aviator number something too big for me even to remember, and he was Naval Aviator ...
Air Wing Flyover - momentscapture.com | One of the few shots I was able to get of the entire carrier air wing of the John C. Stennis as they flew over during the finale of the Centennial Naval Celebration airshow in San Diego yesterday!
8th Annual Bethpage Federal Credit Union 2011 Air Show At Jones Beach - PRLog.Org | “Each year, hundreds of thousands of spectators convene on Long Island to view the annual Bethpage Federal Credit Union Air Show at Jones Beach headlined by ...
Aero India 2011: Asia's largest airshow show comes to an end - MyBangalore | By Staff Reporter Published: February 14 2011 The Aero India show that began here Wednesday came to a close on Sunday. The five-day exposition that had some ...
Surya Kiran signs off - Brahmand Defence and Aerospace News | BANGALORE (BNS): The Surya Kiran aerobatic team (SKAT) of the Indian Air Force (IAF) has shown their last performance from HAL HJT-16 Kiran Mk.2 aircraft at ...
Miss Demeanour brighter than ever! from Classic Aviation Worldwide | Hawker Hunter G-PSST "Miss Demeanour" has come out of the paint shop brighter than ever! Below is a picture of her during 2010 display season.
WASP HOMECOMING 2011 from WASP Museum | Annual WASP Homecoming Event | National WASP WWII Museum | Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas | Memorial Day Week End, 2011 | It is a grand day here at Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas when those precious WWII women pilots come to visit. This past May we were honored to have 17 of the 270 still living, here to reunite and help the museum raise funds for operations and improvements. ...
Part 2: The Start – Reno Air Racing 101 With Kevin Eldredge ... - YouTube (Lightspeed Aviation) | Kevin Eldredge, who races Relentless in the Super Sport Class, describes what it's like to dive down “the chute” and fight for position on a Reno Air Race. Kevin wears a Zulu headset made by Lightspeed Aviation. ...
February calls to mind African-American military contributions from Air Force Link Top Stories | February is Black History Month and is a good time to recall the vast contributions African-Americans have made throughout the nation's military history. Most are aware of the Tuskegee Airmen and their heroic contributions during World War II. Some may be familiar with the Buffalo Soldiers of the 9th and 10th Cavalry and the 38th, 39th, 40th, and 41st Infantry Regiments (later consolidated and renamed 24th and 25th Infantry) that fought during the Indian Wars and performed a primary role in America's western expansion following the Civil War. ...
Col. Benjamin O. Davis Jr. from AF.mil Photos | Col. Benjamin O. Davis Jr., as commander of the 332nd Fighter Group in Italy, with his P-47. (U.S. Air Force photo)
WW II Then and Now: 30 missions over Germany - Canton Repository | Donald Polen was a waist gunner on a B-17 bomber during World War II, serving from 1943 until 1945. By Anonymous Donald Polen, of Canton, thought he was ...
Celebrating the first commercial aviation 'experiment' - ABC Online | ... the feeling from his research that these young men who started this first commercial aviation business in Australia, really knew where they were going. ...
Operation MARHUK: The Combat Debut of the Marine's AH-1J SeaCobra from Aviation Trivia of the Day | The first US Marine Corps AH-1 Cobra gunships in action were actually AH-1Gs which were ordered by the Marines in 1967- having closely watched the Army development of the Cobra gunship, 72 helicopters were requested for one helicopter attack ...
Hot Air Balloons: An exhilarating way to fly - Manila Bulletin | Hot air balloons don't fly in the rain because balloon heat can cause water to boil atop the balloon, and boiling water destroys the fabric. 6. ...
Balloonists Fight Olive Farm Suits from AVwebFlash Current Issue
There's an undeniably California flair to a strange dispute that has pitted (sorry) an olive farmer against hot air balloonists in the state's Coachella Valley, near Palm Springs. And now the local polo club is involved. The Eldorado Polo Club is hosting a fundraiser on Feb. 27 to help pay the incidental expenses of 15 balloonists and one pest control applicator facing lawsuits from JCM Farming. A local law firm has already volunteered to represent the pilots, so the proceeds from the brunch, raffles, barbecue and, of course, tethered balloon rides will go to cover other unspecified expenses related to the litigation, according to The Desert Sun.
Valentine ’s Day trip to Kernville, CA. from VAF Forums | Not that I need an excuse to fly but I wanted to take my wife on a lunch date for Valentine’s Day (actually Feb 13th). So I posted on the SoCal RV group to see if anyone else would like to go. We had a good show (about 8 planes). The majority came as a couple. On the way back we took some air to air pictures. I think this one ...
The F-104 Patent from The Unwanted Blog | As with the Bell X-1, the configuration of the Lockheed F-104 was also granted a design patent by the US Patent Office. Note that this shows the early, pre-spike inlet configuration. Design Patent 179,348 was applied for on April 22, 1954 and granted on December 4, 1956. The first F-104 prototype flew in March of 1954, so the patent application process was well after the plane was known. ...
February 14 from Cut and Paste Aviation
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Openings Remain for EAA Air Academy Young Eagles, Basic Sessions in Summer 2011 - AMTOnline.com | EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wis. — (Feb. 14, 2011) — Unforgettable aviation memories and new friends await students ages 12-15 this summer at the EAA ...
Tri-State takes to the skies at fly-in - Daily Independent | “Our flights usually consist of flying two Young Eagles at a time. We fly to Ashland, land and allow the Young Eagles to change seats so that they both have a chance to become acquainted with the controls in flight. ...
10,000 flock to 747-8 Intercontinental debut from USATODAY.com - Today In the Sky
EVERETT, Wash. -- Boeing estimates that "approximately 10,000 guests" showed up to witness its public debut of its new Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental ...
PHOTOS : Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental from Airline Industry Review
Supersonic car draws on Hampson aerospace nous from Flight Image of the Day | The Bloodhound supersonic car moved a step closer to reality today as its designers handed over the first set of drawings to aerospace component manufacturer Hampson Industries, which will produce the rear of the car.
How many roses will Lufthansa transport for Valentine's Day? from Flight International | Did you give or receive a rose today for Valentine's Day? If so, you may have Lufthansa Cargo and its MD-11 freighters to thank. The carrier says it will have transported 34 million roses for Valentine's Day. That equates to 1,200 tonnes, enough to fill 14 fully-loaded MD-11 freighters. ...
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Saturday, February 12, 2011
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USAF Thunderbirds Make Early Smyrna Appearance - WSMV Nashville | The USAF Thunderbirds got an early look at the Smyrna/Rutherford County Airport. Capt. Kristin Hubbard and her crew chief performed a few survey maneuvers ...
Meet Team Surya Kiran - Express Buzz | BANGALORE: When pilots of the IAF Surya Kiran Formation Aerobatic Team say they are the best, there is no doubting them. As Squadron Leader K Ramji Yadov ...
Amazing Video Of The 1970 'California 1000' Air Race! (Must See) from AirPigz | This video posted by the claylacyaviation youtube account in late 2010 is an absolutely amazing historical record of a really unique air race: the California 1000. The race took place at the Mojave California airport on November 15, 1970. If you have even the slightest interest in air racing, you must watch this video. It's so ...
It's more than just flying - Deccan Herald | Her very own moment of glory arrived when she was the only woman solo flier in Air Race India 2003. Now, a name to reckon with in the field of sports ...
Tuskegee Airmen share stories of war, overcoming barriers - Tbo.com | "When I was a young person this country was racially segregated," Brown, 88, explained at the Fantasy of Flight Air Museum in Polk County. ...
Video: Former POW from Palm Harbor is honored with dream flight - ABC Action News | A ninety-one year old former WWII POW fulfills his dream by flying on a vintage B-17 Flying Fortress.
B-17 flight rekindles grit, glory for WWII veteran - Tampabay.com | CLEARWATER — The engine of the B-17 bomber began its gurgling rumble. Feeling right at home, Norbert Swierz, 90, ...
From Zed to Air Ambulance from Vintage Aeroplane Writer | On Britain's National Archives Flickr Photostream is a set simply marked 'Somalia', which covers a fascinating expedition which proved to be the genesis of inter-war air control, a concept of great importance for the RAF, the Empire and, not least, the legacy of such activities down to today. This was the 'Zed Expedition' or 'Z Force'. In the first two months of 1920, RAF units were involved in operations with the Camel Corps in British Somaliland (now Somalia) to overthrow Dervish leader ...
Hagerstown Aviation Museum to be on MPT's 'Chesapeake Collectibles' - The Herald-Mail | The Hagerstown Aviation Museum was created in 2005 to preserve and promote the region's aviation history, Seburn said. Since then, it has acquired many ...
Biograpical Sketch of Brian Shul - Sleddriver.com
... Two days after being released from the hospital, Brian was back flying Air Force fighter jet
aircraft. He went on to fly the A-7D, and was then selected to be a part of the first operational A-10 squadron at Myrtle Beach, SC, where he was on the first A-10 air show demonstration team. After a tour as an A-10 Instructor Pilot in Arizona, he went on to instruct at the Air Force’s Fighter Lead-In School as the Chief of Air-to-Ground Academics. As a final assignment in his career, Brian volunteered for and was selected to fly the super secret spy plane, the SR-71. This assignment required an astronaut type physical just to qualify, and Brian passed with no waivers. ...
A close up of 1st Lt. Jeannie Flynn, the first F-15E female... from You like airplanes, too? | A close up of 1st Lt. Jeannie Flynn, the first F-15E female pilot, sits in the cockpit as she performs engine start. 1st Lt. Flynn will be assigned to the 555th Fighter Squadron for six months of tactical training. DoD photo, released.Randy Rothhaar Photography
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Aviation mural inspires wannabe pilots - SCNow | "The mural is a part of a donation by the aviation club to do something for the local school that's participating in the Wright to Flight history program," ...
Friday, February 4, 2011
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Aerobatic team Surya Kiran set to fly into sunset - Daily News and Analysis | The Surya Kiran 
aerobatic team (SKAT) of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will perform for the last time at the biennial air show, Aero India, in Bangalore to be held from February 9-13, before being disbanded. Citing shortage of aircraft for training purposes, a source told DNA that these aircraft will ...
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Al Ain air show finally begins as weather clears - The National | AL AIN // It's all systems go as the 2011 Al Ain Aerobatic Show kicks off today at the Al Ain International Airport after being delayed for two days due to ...
MMRCA contenders will showcase full flight display at Aero India 2011 from Defence Aviation | The Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) Competition, commonly known as the MMRCA Tender that involves six contenders bidding for the deal, will be showcasing their full flight display at Aero India 2011. The MMRCA deal is an ongoing competition to supply the Indian Air Force with 126 Multi-Role Combat Aircraft in order to modernize and expand the Indian Air Force. The Defence Ministry has allocated INR 42,000 crore (US$9.11 billion) for the purchase of these aircraft’s. ...
British aerospace firms eye partnerships at air show - Sify
British Minister for Defence Equipment Support and Technology Peter Luff will lead a large defence and business delegation to the five-day air show at the ...
Wings of Freedom Tour stops in Fort Myers - Wink News | Visitors can get an up-close look at the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, a consolidated B--24 Liberator and a P-51 Mustang. The B-17 on display is one of only ...
Saturday - Saturday, Feb 26, 2011 - Mar 5, 2011 - Fantasy of Flight's NightFlight Phase 2, Polk City, FL from FunPlacesToFly.com Aviation Events | Phase 2 of our popular paranormal investigations continues as we dig deeper into the mysterious female spirit M in the Officers Club the new approach in the Carrier Deck with the cluster of Naval carrier-based aircraft the expansion of the investigation into new areas, especially the Restoration Shop and the EVP experience within the PBY Catalina. 863-984-3500, info@fantasyofFlight.com
Thursday - Saturday, Feb 10-12, 2011 - Fantasy of Flight's Legends Legacies: They Dared to Fly - Featuring Tuskegee Airmen, Polk City, FL from FunPlacesToFly.com Aviation Events | Fantasy of Flight's Legends Legacies Series continues with They Dared to Fly in honor of Black History Month. Join several of the original Tuskegee Airmen as they share their personal experiences of wartime military service during segregated America. This event features open-forum/question-and-answer sessions. Fantasy of Flight's permanent ...
Flightline UK - RAF Waddington International Airshow 2011 Source: www.airshows.org.uk
RAF Waddington International Airshow is the RAF's premier airshow of the year. RAF Waddington is in Lincolnshire, long regarded at the home of the Royal Air Force. The show is well liked by families and enthusiasts alike bring together some of Europe's top display acts alongside very strong support ...
Air show tickets on sale; Kestrel highlighted in aviation journal - Times Record | Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority officials announced this week that tickets are on sale for this August's Great State of Maine Air Show & Business ...
This is How it’s Done, Ladies and Gentlemen! from US Army Golden Knights by Rachel Medley | SGT Brandie Phillips of the Black Demonstration Team lands perfectly on the dead center after having exited the aircraft more than two miles above the earth. Brandie is one of the top accuracy shooters on Black Team, and was fourth overall best target score for the entire 2010 show season. SGT Phillips is originally from [...]
Centennial of Naval Aviation - Heritage Paint Schemes from FenceCheck Forums
Video: Freedom Flight 2011 for Able Flight from AOPA Live: Latest videos from AOPA Live
Freedom Flight 2011 for Able Flight thumbnail Disabled pilots Sean O'Donnell and Heather Schultz let nothing deter them.
Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the DC-3 - TVR Photography | For many of us, the DC-3 is seen as a tired workhorse of the skies, a third world answer for passenger and cargo transport. A fuselage full of chickens and wooden boxes might be high on the list of stereotypical thoughts. The gathering of DC-3’s and C-47’s in Rock Falls, Illinois quickly grounded that mindset and illustrated to everyone that the DC-3 is strong, active and still filling a void within the aviation community. Scott Glover's immaculately restored C-47 Dakota named 'Sky King', taxiis back to the ramp under the full moon after a nostalgic flight hosting local War Veterans. On the weekend of July 23-25, a record number of airworthy DC-3’s and military C-47 variants came together at Whiteside Airport in Rock Falls, Illinois for what would be called ‘The Last Time’. Although the ...
27 balloons to participate in Philippine Int'l Hot Air balloon fiesta in Clark - Philippine Information Agency | Tour schedules are 7:30 am, 8:30 am, 9:30 am, 3:30 pm, and 4:30 pm There will also be sky diving and paragliding exhibitions as well as rocketry and ...
P-40 WarHawk Markings - Warbird Central
Forgotten Heroes – Jesse LeRoy Brown 1st US NAVY African-American Aviator - Resurrection of the Stratford Corsair | Today I learned about a true American Hero that has all but been forgotten. What defines a hero? The “progression” is a classic story. Born Poor, Faced Adversity, Choose the Hard Road, Excel Beyond the Wildest Dreams of Your Naysayers, Loved by Compatriots, The First, Sacrificial or Tragic Death. All the makings for a great movie. Jesse LeRoy Brown (13 October 1926 – 4 December 1950) was the first African-American naval aviator in the United States Navy. ...
Good Flying: Interview with a Blackhawk pilot in Iraq - YouTube
Captain Andrea Ourada, a Minnesota National Guard Blackhawk helicopter pilot, tells the story of her first combat action in Iraq.
Celebrating Women from Flight To Success | Father's Day, Mother's Day, Valentines' Day--- 
When I was a little girl, I told my dad, "We need a kids day!" and he'd said, "Everyday is kids day." Yeah, right. I was soon to realize, some thirty years later, that we do have control our our days. We can make them anything we want. ... Women of Aviation Worldwide Week. March 7-13 ...
Women in Air Traffic Control from Roger-Wilco | My original article about the difficult road women wanting to become air traffic controllers (and commercial pilots…) faced in the early days seems to have struck a chord in several parts of the world. First there was Aminda’s lovely contribution from the Philippines then Evon Russel contacted me on Facebook with a link to an article at the Wings Over Kansas site which talks about whet they claimed was the first American female controller, Mary Van Scyoc. ...
Episode 133 – Traveling Smart with Kelli from Airplane Geeks Podcast | Kelli Jones is this week’s guest. She’s an aviation consultant, cabin safety expert, mediator, traveler, philanthropist, and a blogger at Traveling Smart. Previously, Kelli worked for a major US airline where she was a cabin equipment engineer and accident investigator, and she now works as a consultant for the FAA, the NTSB, airlines, and ...
Flying Boxcar Snares Capsule In Flight (1960) from AIRBOYD.TV by Airboyd
Remnants of a bomber crash - Maple Ridge News | After starting out on the two-engine B-25 Mitchell bomber at Boundary Bay, crews graduated to the four-engine B-24 Liberator at Abbotsford. ...
Mikoyan–Guryevich MiG-21 - War and game | “It was superb to fly, tough, simple and easy to build in large numbers…” IVAN RENDALL commenting on the MIG-21 in ROLLING THUNDER. Fast and agile. Despite having only one engine, the MiG-21 is still an exceptionally agile aircraft that is not easily matched in dogfights. However, it is sometimes susceptible to snaking, which causes stalls and surges in the turbojet engine. ....
Aging fighter jet gets new lease on life - LA Time | The F/A-18, a fixture on U.S. carriers for decades, benefits from delays on its replacement, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. The Pentagon keeps ordering more F/A-18s, which is good news to workers at Northrop and hundreds of other California firms.
Eglin's 53rd celebrates 70 years of history, cuts its cake with a sword (VIDEO ... - The Northwest Florida Daily News | The video below consists of historical footage of the American Volunteer Group the Flying Tigers who fought the Japanese in China at the outset of World War ...
"Hearts Of All Ages" - 9NEWS.com
The event, which will be at the Wings Over The Rockies Air & Space Museum, boasts kid friendly food, live music, face painters, caricature artists and more. ...
Lindbergh Foundation to Lead Aviation Green Alliance - AMTOnline.com | During its presentation at the Wichita Aero Club luncheon, the Lindbergh Foundation today announced the Aviation GreenTM Alliance ...
Boulder’s eSpace Center Wants To Make Aerospace A Startup-Friendly Industry from TechCrunch | Private sector space tech companies — from Virgin Galactic to Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) — have been doing what only government agencies were empowered to do in earlier generations, launch vehicles into space, improve the fuel efficiency of aircraft, and more. A Boulder-based incubator called The eSpace Center for Space Entrepreneurship still thinks the industry could be friendlier to startups and innovators, though. ...
The Soviet space shuttle's final ride [Spacelopnik] from Jalopnik by Justin Hyde | For nearly two decades, the Soviet Union attempted to beat the United States in the space race with its own fleet of space shuttles. Here's the story of the final Soviet shuttle's last ride.
Russia Building Its Own Super-Mysterious Robotic Space Plane [Space] from Gizmodo by Sam Biddle | Remember the US military's shadowy, unmanned X-37B? Well Russia won't just sit there and let us be the only ones flying shadowy robot planes into space—they're building their own, and it's even more shadowy. Just how mysterious is this mystery-spacecraft? So mysterious that there isn't a single image of it, and it has no name. But it's intended to mimic the functionality of the X-37B—small, light, easy to put into orbit, and able to carry a truck's worth of gear (whether it be peaceful gear or otherwise). Russia's military space chief, Oleg Ostapenko, has said only ...
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