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Texas Flying Legends Museum - Saint Barths Airshow 2011 - Cockpit Cameras | Come fly with the Texas Flying Legends Museum as they do low passes over the St Barths airport and SY Marie at the 2011 St Barths Bucket Regetta. Pilots are: Warren Pietsch - P-40K, Robert Odegaard - FG-1D and Casey Odegaard - P-51D.

Whitsunday Airport 50th Birthday from the Whitsunday Islands and Coast: Whitsundays Airshow |
Whitsunday Airport celebrated its 50th Birthday in style on Sunday May 1, 2011.

Ride in a B-29 bomber! from www.cincinnatiwarbirds.org | The Cincinnati Warbirds will be hosting the B-29 "Fifi" at Lunken Airport, 262 Wilmer Avenue in Cincinnati, OH Friday, June 10th through Sunday June 12th, 2011. The objectives of the B-29 display are to honor the veterans whose sacrifices paid for our freedom, and to preserve this part of our heritage by keeping these warbirds flying. Ground tours and rides will be available for a monetary donation. (See the CAF website for details) Your donation will support the continuing operation of this airplane so that future generations can share this experience.  ...

Upside-down helicopter ride from AOPA Pilot Blog: Reporting Points | Nothing in my flying experience prepared me for flying with Red Bull’s Chuck Aaron, the only helicopter pilot approved by the FAA for low-level aerobatic helicopter demonstrations.  Our short flight on Friday, April 29, included loops and rolls — familiar maneuvers in fixed-wing aircraft — but totally foreign in a helicopter. ...

Naval Aviation Day at Museum of Flight from General Aviation News | The Museum of Flight in Seattle launches its celebration of the U.S. Navy’s 100th year of aviation May 14 with a full day of special activities sponsored by Honeywell. Events include lectures, a panel discussion with World War II navy fighter aces, vintage navy aircraft flights and fly-in displays. ...

Korean War veterans join others on Honor Flight - The Coloradoan | Deppe, who will turn 89 on May 11, was one of hundreds of WWII and Korean War veterans who gathered Sunday at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Loveland to take part in the sixth running of the Honor Flight of Northern Colorado. ...

Dale to honor WWII veteran, grandfather with memorial flight - Community Impact Newspaper | The B-25 is known as the Devil Dog and is preserved and maintained locally by the Devil Dog Squadron, a volunteer organization of the Commemorative Air Force. The plane is hangered at the Georgetown Airport. The event is open to the public. ...

Vietnam War helicopter pilots reunite in Slidell after more than 40 years - NOLA.com | Andrew Hover doesn’t talk about his experiences as a U.S. Army helicopter pilot during Vietnam.
   
Registration for AFA's 2011 Air and Space Conference & Technology Exposition ... - Air Force Magazine | Arlington, VA – The Air Force Association today announced the 2011 Air & Space Conference and Technology Exposition, to be held September 19 - 21, 2011, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center on the Potomac, in National Harbor, ...

Wei Chen - Around the World Flight for Hope -- MEMPHIS, Tenn., May 2, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ - Mr. Wei Chen is a Memphis business man and adventurer who will be the first Chinese Citizen to fly around the world in a single-engine plane. Mr. Chen intends to spread his message of kindness, opportunity and hope and as an unofficial ambassador of Memphis, Tennessee to China and the world. Mr. Chen hopes to raise over $250,000 for St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital through his journey. He will encourage youth to greatness by sharing his personal story of giving and inspiration on stops along the way. ...

'Synergy' Project Revealed - EAA News | Unveiled Friday, April 30, at the CAFE Electric Aircraft Symposium, the double-box tailed Synergy aircraft is a potential breakthrough in aircraft design. View the photo gallery. April 29, 2011 — It's not very often that a true ...

WWII Time Portal: Classic US Aviation Articles from ASB.tv | What if you woke up one morning, sat down for breakfast and coffee, got out the newspaper, and realized that the newspaper was dated in the early 1940s?  Now that would be odd!  However, if that sounds appealing and you don’t mind reading on your computer screen, we’ve got you covered for the next several days!  This is not your typical World War II history lesson.  This is World War II as it appeared in newspapers throughout the United States.  We searched online at NewspaperARCHIVE and compiled some of the most impressive aviation-related articles from the World War Two era.  Enjoy! ...

Jet trainer added to aviation museum - Honolulu Star-Advertiser | The Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star became the Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor's 28th aircraft last week after it was transferred from Honolulu Community College to Hangar 79 on Ford Island. ...

Castle set to show off Navy jet - Modesto Bee | ATWATER -- As a restoration team towed Castle Air Museum's recently refurbished RF-8 Crusader out of its hangar, Navy veteran Denny Baker, wearing his flight jacket with a patch on the back reading "Unarmed and ...

From Spitfires To Mosquitoes - Military & Aerospace Electronics | In January 1940, the first eight British women were admitted, and by 1942, American aviatrix Jackie Cochran was actively seeking American women to join the ranks in England. The ATA served as the blueprint for Cochran's (and Nancy Love's) later ...

Flying dangerously over the Hump - The Times of India | GUWAHATI: The hilly and thickly-forested northeast that forms the eastern flank of the Himalaya has always been pilots' nightmare since WWII.  According to aviation experts, the hilly terrain, coupled with sudden change in weather pattern, has always been a big challenge for pilots flying in the region. Incidentally, the erratic weather system and terrain have brought down many aircraft and choppers in the past in the region.

Grissom boom operator spends 10K hours in flight from Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind. | The average worker on a Monday through Friday schedule will work 260 days each year. During those days, the average employee spends 8 hours working.  Using those numbers, one of Grissom's in-flight refueling technicians has spent almost five years working at over 30,000 feet. ...

1 May 2011 Newsletter - Roadrunners Internationale

Today in Aviation History – May 2- CRUFC

REPORT: RQ-170 spied over Osama bin Laden's bed last night from The DEW Line | The National Journal's Marc Ambinder got the scoop about 1am this morning, when he tweeted: "US Joint Special Operations Command SMU -- from DEVGRU (Navy SEALs), did the shooting. RQ-170 drone overhead. JSOC spotters on ground."  In confirmed, this would be the first operation directly linked to the secretive RQ-170. Although the USAF has acknowledged its existence, it has never released an official photo. The UAS has been glimpsed only through a series of photos released by spotters around the US airfield at Kandahar, Afghanistan.   ...

Boeing XPBB Sea Ranger Test Flight (1942) from AIRBOYD.TV

Maine Pilot Wins Alaskan Airplane from Aviation Blogs | May Day for Maine pilot James Schoenmann ended in a way that he never expected. Schoenmann received a telephone call from Alaska Airmen’s Association President Adam White informing him that he had won the grand prize in the association’s fundraising raffle, a refurbished and highly modified Piper Super Cub valued  ...

One Plane. One Rope. One Great Cause. The ALS Ontario Plane Pull to Help Those ... - SYS-CON Media | The ALS Ontario Plane Pull is an opportunity for corporate and community organizations to lend their support by entering teams of ten people to undertake challenging and entertaining pulls of a Bombardier Q400 NextGen airliner. ...

Endeavour’s Last Mission Delayed from Warplanes Online Community | NASA announced that Space shuttle Endeavour’s final launch has been delayed until at least the end of the week because technicians need to replace a switch box in the engine compartment.

Commemorative Air Force & Texas Flying Legends Museum Join Forces to “Rise Above”

MIDLAND, TEXAS (April 27, 2011) – On Wed., April 27, 2011, the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) and Texas Flying Legends Museum (TFLM) announced a sponsorship agreement that will bring the CAF Red Tail “Rise Above” Mobile Exhibition and Education Tour to reality. The TFLM has committed to donating $1 million to the production of this traveling exhibit.

“The CAF ‘Rise Above’ Mobile Exhibition and Education Tour is an important and exciting step for the Commemorative Air Force and we look forward to educating people of all ages on the historical impact of the Tuskegee Airmen - and all of American Military Aviation - on the freedoms we enjoy today,” said CAF President/CEO Stephan Brown. “The generous support of the Texas Flying Legends Museum will give us the opportunity to share the inspirational story of the Tuskegee Airmen with a new generation, in a powerful presentation. Across the country, this mobile exhibition will share the story of their achievements through overwhelming adversity, to encourage and inspire today’s children to overcome their own challenges in life.”

The CAF, with the support of the TFLM, will bring to fruition the “Rise Above” exhibit that will be housed in a 53-foot mobile exhibition and use the Airmen's story as an inspirational example of how today’s youth might reach beyond their grasp to attain new levels of achievement as the Tuskegee Airmen did in World War II, and "rise above" the challenging circumstances in their lives. 

“It is exciting to see the CAF ‘Rise Above’ Mobile Exhibition become a reality,” said Brad Lang, CAF Red Tail Leader and Pilot, and son of a Tuskegee Airman. “I am proud to be associated with this exhibition which celebrates and honors the difficult path that my father and all Tuskegee Airmen took to fight for their country. This exhibition brings their story to life and gives us a greater opportunity to reach young people at aviation and non-aviation events.”

CAF Red Tail was started in the 1990s as a “project” by a group of volunteer members from the Commemorative Air Force Minnesota Wing.  The group lead by pilot and entrepreneur, Don Hinz, wanted to restore a P-51 that would create interest in the history and legacy of the first black military pilots who flew this type of airplane during World War II, the Tuskegee Airmen.  In 2001, the restoration was completed and Tuskegee Airmen took to the skies, but tragedy struck just three short years later. During a routine fly-by, a catastrophic engine malfunction brought the plane down and Don Hinz, who was at the controls, lost his life. Even as they grieved for their friend and leader, the members of the CAF Red Tail never wavered. The group rallied and with the guidance and leadership of Doug Rozendaal, Hinz’s friend and fellow visionary, they rebuilt the Mustang and now continue their mission to use it as a tool to create interest in the Tuskegee Airmen's story.

"I met Doug Rozendaal on my first trip to go see what turned out to be the museum's first warbird purchase,” said Chris Griffith, president of the Texas Flying Legends Museum.  "That evening…I learned the story of the Red Tail and Don Hinz's vision. Doug's steadfast dedication to the Tuskegee Airmen and his friend's vision of carrying their message forward, combined with our organizations’ common message of inspiration and honor, made this partnership with the CAF something that had to happen. We are thrilled for the youth of America everywhere!"

“Rise Above” will tour the country approximately 40 weeks each year. Tuesday through Thursday each week, it will be at schools and other places where young people congregate. The exhibition will join with the CAF’s P-51C Tuskegee Airmen on weekends at aviation events and other public venues.

The “Rise Above” Tour will bring public awareness of the Tuskegee Airmen by taking their story off the airport to the young people and exposing them to an immersive educational experience. When in “downtown” venues, the exhibition will feature a 30 to 40-minute documentary.  When at public venues the exhibition will feature a shorter five to seven-minute version to accommodate more visitors.

About the Texas Flying Legends Museum: 
Based out of Ellington Field in Houston, Texas, the Texas Flying Legends Museum (TFLM) flies their growing collection each spring to North Dakota, every summer to Maine and back to Houston every fall.  The museum's mission is to acquire the best flying WWII aircraft available today, and campaign these Flying Legends with a message of inspiration and honor. These planes are great representations of the qualities that each member of our U.S. Armed Forces carried with them during a period of time when our country needed them most. The Texas Flying Legends Museum is here to remind our younger generations of these qualities that have been shown throughout our country’s history, and to remind them it is now their time again.  The museum's pristine warbirds provide a sense of inspiration for those who are not aware or involved in the great history of our country, and most importantly honor the many that are.  For more information visit www.flyingfreedom.us.

About the CAF: 
Collecting, restoring and flying vintage historical aircraft for more than half a century, the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) ranks as one of the largest private air forces in the world. The CAF is dedicated to Honoring American Military Aviation through flight, exhibition and remembrance. A non-profit educational association, the CAF has more than 8,000 members and a fleet of 156 airplanes distributed throughout the country to 74 units located in 27 states for care and operation. For more information, visit www.commemorativeairforce.org or call (432) 563-1000.