EAA Reshapes for Growth - EAA Video | EAA President/CEO Rod Hightower highlights how 
EAA members and aviators will benefit from the organization's changes announced last week.
Chapter Leaders Get Update on EAA Reshaping - EAA | EAA President/CEO Rod Hightower and EAA Founder Paul Poberezny today jointly sent a letter to the leaders of EAA's nearly 1,000 chapters, outlining the reshaping and strengthening moves originally announced by the organization last week. In the letter, Hightower and Poberezny highlight how EAA members and aviators will benefit from those changes....
Foundation event to celebrate 100 years of Marine Corps aviation - Havelock News | While the Eastern Carolina Aviation Heritage Foundation’s annual gala will serve as a fundraiser, the Jan. 27 event will also serve as a celebration of 100 years of Marine Corps aviation....
Red Arrows honoured at RAF Akrotiri - British Forces News | The Red Arrows have again been honoured at RAF Akrotiri as a new lounge for junior ranks was opened in their name. In one of his last acts before leaving the post as Station Commander, Group Captain Barrie Thomson officially opened the Reds Lounge....
Air Show now on May 26 - Swazi Observer | THIS year’s Air Show will be held on May 26 at the Matsapha International Airport. It was originally supposed to be held last year. The decision to 
North Pole - x planes | “Pathe cameraman filming the Josephine Ford as it was being prepared for flight to the North Pole. The...
Happy New Year Everyone!!! - Turbine Toucan | Well it appears that the Reno Air Races will continue, which is a VERY good sign for the entire industry. The Reno tragity has had a profound impact on a few contract potentials we had in the last six months. We are starting to become active in continuing our efforts to get this bird out of the cage and on the airshow circuit. As we've always said, we won't do it until we secure the right title sponsor....
Looking Back: B-17 turret found under porch a perfect fit - Springfield News-Sun | URBANA — Part of the forward fuselage is from Yucca, Nev., and part of the aft from 20th Century Fox studios. The tail is from a target practice plane, and the equipment to retract the rear wheels was rescued from a 50-year-old crash site in Alaska....
A Little Aero-Humor Among Friends -- Dan Gryder Guitar Lesson On YouTube - Aero-News Network | Video Prompts Request For Advice From Jack Pelton | Dan Gryder is a Delta pilot, also an instructor and airshow performer in the DC-3. But he's also a bluegrass musician known for putting together jam sessions at his campsite at Oshkosh each year. Recently, Dan posted a video on YouTube, offering an introductory lesson to guitar players who'd like to learn finger-play. He linked it on his Facebook page, which prompted a humorous exchange with former Cessna CEO Jack Pelton....
Hypersonic jet set to run on clean fuels by 2050 - Silicon Republic | Plans for a hypersonic jet that could reduce your flying time from Tokyo to Paris or Tokyo to LA in less than 2.5 hours by 2050, and which would also run on clean fuels such as biofuel and liquid hydrogen, have been unveiled at the Paris Air Show this week....SPITFIRE RESTORATION HANGAR RE-OPENING Written by Vintage Wings of Canada | Vintage Wings of Canada will be re-opening their western facility at 19 Wing Comox on Friday, 20 January at 2:00 p.m. The event marks the completion of an extensive hangar renovation where a rare Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX is being restored to flying condition....
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012
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Friday, March 4, 2011
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Blue Angels to soar in B.C. - Battle Creek Enquirer | The USAF Thunderbirds had been a staple throughout the years and, while there are some similarities in hosting a jet team, Haluszka said organizers also have to adjust to the requirements of the Navy team. "When you have hosted the Blues you are ...
SJAFB announces two more bands to perform during Wings Over Wayne from Seymour Johnson AFB Photos | SEYMOUR JOHNSON AIR FORCE BASE, N.C. -- Free concerts by Aaron Tippin, The Garage Boys band and The North Carolina Revelers Orchestra have been added to the Wings Over Wayne community appreciation open house line-up. Mr. Tippin will perform April 16. The Garage Boys band and The North Carolina Revelers Orchestra will have shows April 16 and 17. (U.S. Air Force graphic) Download Full Image
Airport manager: No Cape Girardeau air show in 2011 - Southeast Missourian | Difficulty booking the performers event planners wanted is the main reason there will be no air show in Cape Girardeau this summer, said airport manager Bruce Loy. Organizers wanted to put on a good show with quality performers, but weren't able to ...
Planes of Fame Air Museum will hold event on March 5 - Fontana Herald-News | The event will conclude with a flight demonstration by Tom Camp's General Motors-built Grumman FM-2 Wildcat naval fighter plane. The Planes of Fame Air Museum is located at 7000 Merrill Avenue, No. 17 in Chino. It is open to the public from 10 am to 5 ...
Plans to bring seaplanes back to Windermere for anniversary - Westmorland Gazette | A VISION to bring a seaplane to Windermere to mark the maiden flight of an aircraft that made aviation history is beginning to gather pace. Windermere Town Council wants to bring a seaplane to the town to mark the centenary of a plane ...
Curtiss P-40 "Warhawk" F-AZKU from Passion pour l'aviation by Xavier | Lors du meeting annuel de 2010 de l'Amicale Jean Baptiste Salis sur le plateau de Cerny à la Ferté-Alais, j'ai pu voir le Curtiss P-40N-5CU "Little Jeanne" immatriculé F-AZKU (matricule 42-105915) avec George Perez aux commandes…
Dave Morss and the Turbine Toucan from Turbine Toucan by David Kervinen | Greetings Everyone, We wanted to point out a great article on teammate and test pilot Dave Morss. It's a great read, especially for anyone ready for their first flight. Go Dave!! http://www.sportaviationonline.org/spor ... pg=34#pg32
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
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This Thanksgiving holiday, women from all over the country and the world gathered at Skydive Arizona, in Eloy, AZ to attempt to build the world’s largest vertical formation of all women. SGT Jen Schaben represented the Golden Knights by joining 40 other women to build this record. Ladies started arriving on Monday, to jump at [...]
Sky-diving is his profession - Omaha World-Herald
Staff Sgt. Matt Acord, as a member of the Army's Golden Knights parachute team, does just that. He comes about as close as a human being can to knowing what ...
In June 2011 in Gelnhausen Air Classics - Sonja Sahme
Hopefully, good summer weather, do the leaders of the Aero Club Gelnhausen eV write this weekend in the truest sense of the word 100 years of aviation history at the blue sky. From the early 20th. Century to the present range of the planned air show attractions: The exhibits aircraft between yesterday and today, from biplanes and warbirds are to modern gliders and microlights. We fly solo, or in formations are presented as Corso, and aerobatics, impressive stunts. ...
ROBERT MEYER FINER AKA: BOB "SNAPPER" FINER (1953 - 2010) from Turbine Toucan
... Bob was closely involved with the Turbine Toucan project and was a personal mentor. His highly contagious, upbeat attitude and incredible discipline for safety made him a perfect fit for our little circle. Once in a lifetime do you meet someone like Bob, who has had a profound effect on my life. You will be missed is simply an understatement. ...
Norman Recounts His Day at the Flying Show by The GYROX Team
(Norman has returned home to Larne, Northern Ireland, after visiting the ‘Flying Show’ at the NEC, Birmingham, UK. He has written about his day at the show where he was able to meet up with aviator friends old and new as well as many fans of his adventure.)
"The trip to Birmingham was a fantastic opportunity to meet up with many of my UK gyro flying buddies. The first person that I encountered was Gyro stalwart and fellow “expeditionary raconteur” John Butler, who had accompanied me to Duxford for the launch of our Global Challenge at the ...
P-51 vs P-38 from Fighter Pilot University
Sorry, but we just can't get enough of Robin Olds here at FU. This an awesome interview with Robin where he compares flying combat missions in the P-38 verses the P-51 in WW II. He was asked by the interviewer if there was ever a time he was caught with his pants down, and in typical Olds fashion he gives a one word response--"NO." The pure love of flying that this aviation hero had should be contagious.
U2 Spyplane Chase Car from Atcbox
Women in Aviation – Making history! - Right Seat
Aviation is such an amazing world! This last decade has seen so many celebrations and historic events recounted. On December 16th, 1903, the Wright Brothers made history with the first recorded powered flight! ...
There’s nothing quite like standing aboard an aircraft carrier gazing down its flight deck that is spotted with warbirds from every generation – with the New York City skyline in the background no less!
The USS intrepid (CV-11) is one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the U.S. Navy. Her notable achievements include being the first U.S. carrier to launch aircraft with steam catapults, and serving as the recovery ship for Mercury and Gemini space missions. During the war, ...
Technikmuseum Speyer from Let Let Let - Warplanes
The Technik Museum Speyer is a technology museum in Speyer (Rhineland-Palatinate), Germany. It was opened in 1991 as a daughter of the Sinsheim Auto & Technik Museum and is run by a registered alliance called “Auto & Technik Museum Sinsheim e.V.”. As of 2004, it has more than 2,000 exhibits and an exhibition ...
Trade Names: SkyShots Photography - Richmond Times Dispatch
Instead of seeing the opening kickoff at the new University of Richmond stadium from the bleachers, photographer Tom Stiles watched the action on the field from an airplane.
Stiles spent hours in the sky Sept. 18 capturing more than 1,000 images of game day for Bob Black, UR's assistant athletic director/communications.
"He did a great job," Black said. "He understood what we were looking for. He not only got great aerial shots of the stadium and the game in action but also the surroundings, tailgating and buildings."
Stiles started ...
An afterburner glows on an F-15 Eagle engine following a repair during an engine test run November 10, 2010, at the Florida Air National Guard base in Jacksonville International Airport, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Shelley Gill)
Consolidated Model 36 cutaway, yet again from The Unwanted Blog | A less artsy but much clearer view of the Model 36 cutaway shown here.
X-15 Crash Landing from Uploads
Courtesy: NASA Langley Research Center Footage of the X-15 in an emergency situation. Just after launch the pilot is unable to obtain more than 30% thrust. A plan has to be made, fast. Procedure calls for a landing on a dry lake bed under the flight path.
November 30 from Cut and Paste Aviation
“Social Networking in Aviation” video discussion panel from Greg Brown's Flying Carpet Blog
I had the pleasure of participating in a “Social Networking in Aviation” video panel last month at AOPA Summit in Long Beach, hosted by Rod Rakic of MyTransponder. Others on the panel included Lynda Meeks of Girls With Wings and recent CFIs of the Year, Max Trescott and Jeffrey “MossY” Moss. ...
Deadline looms for Wolf grant proposals from General Aviation News
The Dec. 15 deadline is approaching for Wolf Aviation Fund grant proposals. Each year the fund provides help for innovative projects that “promote and support general aviation.” ...
Frame that shirt tail from General Aviation News
Most pilots know about the tradition of cutting off a new pilot’s shirt tail at the conclusion of their first solo flight. Sporty’s wants to help preserve the memory of this accomplishment by professionally framing the shirt tail as a keepsake. ...
Breakfast club: Local pilots meet for weekly flight, meal - Journal-Courier
Through the doors of the Jacksonville Municipal Airport, Ted Birdsell sits with a Styrofoam cup of coffee, waiting for everyone to arrive, occasionally contributing a one-liner to the aviation banter of pilots who have already arrived.
The group gathers at the airport every Saturday to check the weather and notices to airmen. They usually determine where they are going ...
NP club puts planes in the air - Lansdale Reporter
Technology education teacher Mike Voicheck has formed his own group of young Wright Brothers through the North Penn High School Model Aviation Club, ...
Flying Car company wins contract to help develop four-place ‘Humvee’ helicopter from General Aviation News
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has launched a $65 million program to develop a four-person flyable and roadable vehicle. Terrafugia, Inc., developer of the Transition Roadable Aircraft, or “Flying Car,” is the largest subcontractor to one of two winning teams, led by AAI Corp. and comprised of other Textron companies. ...
In April, the Air Force launched into orbit its brand-new X-37B robotic space-plane, a maneuverable vehicle capable of spying on earth — and on other spacecraft — for nine months at a time. Now America’s private space companies want their own speedy, reusable space-plane in the vein of the X-37. To get it, late last ...
Construction delay at Spaceport America from Personal Spaceflight
Spaceport America officials have stopped work on one of the facility’s buildings until as late as next spring in order to reevaulate the design of its interior, the Albuquerque Journal reported Tuesday. The Air Rescue Fire Facility (ARFF), a building that will be the spaceport’s fire station as well as host the spaceport’s administrative offices, was 70-percent complete last week when officials ordered work on it halted. Rick Homans, executive director of the New Mexico Spaceport Authority, said the work stoppage was designed to ...
Will space tourists fly next year? - msnbc.com
That feat won the $10 million Ansari X Prize for the project's backers, and earned SpaceShipOne a place in the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum. ...
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Saturday, October 2, 2010
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Salinas hero flies with Thunderbirds before Airshow - The Salinas Californian | Plenty of El Sausal Middle School students will be at the Airshow, as the school received free tickets. The school decided to give them away to students in ...
Great Georgia Airshow at Falcon Field Oct. 9-10 - Newnan Times-Herald | It's the 13th Annual Great Georgia Airshow. With a lineup of events featuring gravity-defying jets, thundering jet trucks, vintage warbirds and a ...
Gearing up for Redlands Air Show - Contra Costa Times | "This will be a very high quality show, especially for the lack of large admission at the gate," said air show boss Dennis Brown. "We're only charging $2, ...
Airshow officials keep their promise - Martinsburg Journal | MARTINSBURG - Thunder Over the Blue Ridge Inc. board members promised they would turn over the profits from the airshow to the community, and on Friday, ...
DASARA AIR SHOW AT HELIPAD THIS YEAR - Star of Mysore | Mysore, Oct.2- The Dasara Air Show will be held at the helipad opposite Lalitha Mahal Palace instead of Bannimantap grounds. According to City Police ...
Watch Miramar Air Show 2010 Replay and Highlights - Robosaurus F/A-18 Afterburner Passes 9:00PM Spectacular Fireworks Display Great Wall of Fire – An Incredible, Intense Inferno Announcers: Rob Reider and Sandy Sanders. watch miramar airshow highlights replay 2010 ...
2010 Michigan Air Tour flying into Bay City's James Clements Airport this weekend - MLive.com | Nancy Smith of Hampton Township, a member of the Bay City-based Valley Aero Club, said the planes are scheduled to land at James Clements Airport between ...
Civilian Fly In at the Edwards Air Force Base attracted thousands of people - Examiner.com ... them were in a pristine, like-new condition. This fly-in was considered a "pilot" event. With the popularity it attracted, it might be repeated once a year…
The Millionaires' Unit Documentary Film from millionairesunit.org | Welcome to the web site dedicated to the First Yale Unit and the documentary film - The Millionaires' Unit: America's Pioneer Pilots of the Great War. Here you will discover the history of the elite group of Yale students who, in 1916, formed a privately funded air militia that became the nation's first air coast patrol unit and whose members were among the first to ship overseas and fight for their country in World War I. The story of the First Yale Unit paints a representative picture of America coming of age in the 20th century and the American experience in the First World War…
Yankee Air Museum rebuilt - The Detroit News | Six volunteers who noticed the fire risked their own lives and rescued the irreplaceable aircrafts in the hangar -- the B-17, B-25 and C-47. ...
Tecnam MMA from Flight Image of the Day by Will Horton | Airborne Technologies market the Multi Mission Aircraft (MMA) version of the new Tecnam P2006T Twin ISR (intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) aircraft and have just announced the sale of the first aeroplane to Russian operator ChelAvia…Balloonists' survival 'unlikely' - BBC News | Two US balloonists who went missing over the Adriatic Sea while taking part in an endurance race are unlikely to have survived, race organisers have said. Richard Abruzzo and Carol Rymer-Davis disappeared in a thunderstorm on Wednesday off the east ...
Gary Johnson will not fly in Balloon Fiesta race - The New Mexico Independent | Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson will not be flying in the America's Challenge gas balloon race next week, ...
Blimp Collides With Aerostat In Storm from AVwebFlash Current Issue | An unmanned aerostat was struck by a manned airship at roughly 9:15 p.m., Thursday, in high winds, during a heavy rainstorm at Elizabeth City, N.C, leaving one man seriously injured. The accident took place at a TCOM facility…
Notable Activity :: RE: Antonov AN-225 in Charlotte, NC, October 1, 2010 from FlightAware > Discussions: First Native American Astronaut Is Honored Guest at San Francisco Fleet Week 2010 from PR Newswire: Aerospace/Defense | NOVATO, Calif., Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Astronaut John B. Herrington will be a VIP guest at San Francisco Fleet Week's "Navy in Space" exhibit. In 2002, He flew on Space Shuttle Endeavor's STS-113 mission logging in over 330 hours in space, including 3 space walks totaling 20 hours. As a registered…
Cebu Pacific: How to get passengers to pay attention to the safety briefing from Aircrew Buzz by B. N. Sullivan | Cebu Pacific Air flight attendants demonstrate a novel way to get passengers to pay attention to the safety briefing:
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Monday, May 3, 2010
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In this post: Air show news, Young Eagles, Fly-In, Turbine Toucan, Aerotainment, John Klatt, Frecce Tricolori, WACO, Aluminum Overcast, Pearl Harbor, Tora Tora Tora, Thunderbirds, Golden Knights
Air show looking up - Tuscaloosa News
“We figured it would be a great success if we had 50,000 people,” said Tuscaloosa Department of Transportation Director Tera Tubbs. “Everything was overcrowded and over capacity.”
The Tuscaloosa air show returns Saturday featuring the Blue Angels, the U.S. Navy's precision flight team, in addition to other aerobatic acts and attractions on the ground. General admission is free. Reserved seats are $20 and a seat in the tent area is $50, which includes a box lunch and an on-site parking permit.
The Blue Angels will arrive Thursday and will practice Thursday and Friday. ...
Video: Pilot John Klatt spoke to The Star after a press flight Thursday, April 29, 2010 in St. Joseph, Missouri. Klatt's aerial acrobatics will be featured this weekend at the Missouri Air National Guard Open House - Sound of Speed Airshow at Rosecrans Memorial Airport May 1 and 2, 2010. Todd Feeback/The Kansas City Star
Sharp Water Donates Water To OC Air Show - WMDT
The 2010 OC Air Show will be headlined by the US Air Force Thunderbirds and will provide a sensational show with many other performers! ...
Crowds love the loops at air show - Fraser Coast Chronicle
Running the show: Hervey Bay Model Aero Club president Laurie Mudle from Hervey Bay took along his Habu jet to the air show. TWISTS and turns, loops and ...
Farewell Falcon - "Con La Diana Sul Petto" - F-16.net
The well known "Frecce Tricolori" flying with the Aermacchi MB.339's were also present. Becoming a good tradition in Italy, on special events one or more ...
Airport to host fly-in - The Brewton Standard
When Brewton Municipal Airport fixed base operator Freddie McCall met someone who didn’t even know Brewton had an airport, he figured it was time for an introduction.
7/9-11WACO Military Experience from AviationDayton™ Events Shared by you
When: Fri Jul 9, 2010 to Sun Jul 11, 2010
Where: WACO Air Museum,1865 S. Co. Rd. 25A, Troy OH 45373
Event Status: confirmed | Event Description: See Military aircraft and military vehicles, historic re-enactors and interpreters, military dealers, displays and collections, veterans organizations, and the WACO Air Museum. Time periods from The French and Indian War to the present; including home front and adversaries are represented. WACO Biplane rides available. Admission: Adults $6, $5 with Veterans or Military IDs. Age 7-17 $3, Age 6 and Under Free. Free parking. More details: More details: E-mail admin@wacoairmuseum.org or phone: 937-335-9226. Website: http://www.wacoairmuseum.org
EAA's B-17 - Aluminum Overcast from www.b17.org
EAA is offering historic flight experiences in its beautifully restored B-17G Flying Fortress “Aluminum Overcast.” This aircraft is an example of the American heavy bomber that helped turn the tide of battle in World War II. Fly a mission back in time and feel the might of this magnificent aircraft, just as those brave young men did more than 50 years ago.
Meet the Aeroshell Team at the Salute to Veterans Corporation Air Show, May 29-30, 2010 from The Aero Experience Meet the Aeroshell Team between performances at the Salute to Veterans Corporation Air Show May 29-30, 2010. As you can see, they are always willing to greet their fans!
Pilot helps recreate Pearl Harbor attacks - Ultimate Woodlands
They seem to appear out of nowhere, a tightly-packed group of aircraft circling, swooping and diving.
Then, the sound of guns, the heat of fire, and the sudden realization it's only a fraction of what really happened during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.
Tora! Tora! Tora! is an air show that recreates the attack by putting planes in the air and a pyrotechnic team on the ground.
Douglas Derr, 49, flies the Green Val, a single-engine dive bomber.
"It's fun to fly the old airplanes," said Derr, who lives in Cochran's Crossing. "They're a hoot." ...
B-29 “FIFI” Update – Warbird Radio LIVE! – Tuesday from WarbirdRadio.com
TUESDAY – Christopher Trobridge from the Commemorative Air Force’s B-29/B-24 Squadron joins us with a full update on the world’s only flying B-29. Hear the latest news on FIFI’s progress tomorrow morning at 10am (EDT) on Warbird Radio LIVE. For more info on FIFI and the B-29/B-24 Squadron…a Quick Link is provided below. To join [...]
Golden Knights participate in North Carolina Head Down record from armygoldenknights's
On Saturday 1 May 2010 SSG Joe Abeln of the Tandem Team and SSG Reese Pendelton of Gold Demonstration team represented the U.S. Army Parachute Team at Raeford Parachute Center in Raeford, NC to attempt the State Head Down record. The Record was completed with ...
Delta’s Pat Malone inducted into Hall of Fame from Delta Air Lines Blog Pat Malone, former Delta Flight Operations leader and aviation legend, was posthumously inducted into the Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame in Warner Robins, GA, on April 24, for her outstanding and lasting advancements in aviation. ...
Light Sport Circumnavigation Launched from www.avweb.com
Two Swiss airline pilots left their home base of Sion Friday on an around-the-world flight intended to promote "ecological and economical general aviation" and encourage young people to take up flying. Yannick Bovier and Francisco Agullo are also marking the 100th anniversary of the first flights in ...
Welcome True-Course Aviation Insurance Services!! from Turbine Toucan
... Over the weekend we had the wonderful honor of hosting the crew of Aluminum Overcast, EAA’s B-17G which is campaigned all over the USA. They drove all the way to KSQL to see and visit with the Turbine Toucan team members, a great day it was. If you get the chance to fly with them, I would HIGHLY recommend it, this opportunity won’t be around forever and it’s a wonderful experience.
Now that the our workload is no longer at full capacity, we will continue to actively develop our marketing communication packaging for the Turbine Toucan for the 2011 season. We’re now in the midst of setting up more sales meetings with CMO’s now that we have turned the corner economically speaking. ...
An Evening with Test Pilot Robert K. Smyth
For More Webcasts: www.nasm.si.edu General Electric Aviation Lecture An Evening with Test Pilot Robert K. Smyth Thursday, October 25, 2007 Former test pilot Robert K. Smyth will keep the audience on the edge of their seats with ...
Fokker T.V “Luchtkruiser’ History, camouflage and markings from Let Let Let - Warplanes
Another very interesting new book in the DUTCH PROFILE series was released by the end of 2009. Just like the earlier described Fokker D.XXI volume it is a book on aircraft types used by the Dutch air force and naval air service. This new publication is written by mr. Frits Gerdessen, also author of the earlier D.XXI book and a specialist on Dutch military aviation. This new release gives an in-depth story on the Fokker T.V bomber. The author gives in the first part of this book a short overview how the Dutch military forces were organized at a ...
May 3 from Cut and Paste Aviation
... 1994 -- The Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona, received the last Boeing B-52G for storage. That transfer left only B-52H models in the active U.S. Air Force inventory. ...
Aviation Day at Paine Field offers free admission for all and free flights for kids from www.heraldnet.com
An upcoming event at Paine Field will offer children the chance to fly for free with a licensed pilot, while giving everybody a close-up view of vintage aircraft.
General Aviation Day on May 15 is sponsored by Snohomish County and the Washington Pilots Association. The event is in its 15th year. Admission is free.
“It’s not an air show, but we do have demonstration flights,” said Les Smith, president of the Paine Field chapter of the Washington Pilots Association. “One of the things we’re proudest of is what we call the Young Eagles flights, which are free flights for kids ages 8 to 17.” ...
Learn to Fly Day Event Goes Beyond With Flying Car from Planenews Aviation News
An invitation to take someone flying May 15 was all the prompting the Fitchburg Pilots Association (FPA) needed to reach out to its community with a large-scale event that includes everything from a classic Piper Cub to a cutting-edge Terrafugia Transition roadable aircraft.
Free ILTFD Tickets Hit 10,000 from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association
On Saturday, May 15, more than 300 events throughout the nation will help people "live the dream" of learning to fly including many organized through PilotJourney.com, a strong supporter of the International Learn To Fly Day concept. ...
Computer programmers team wins Augusta plane pull - Macon Telegraph
It was the second year in a row that Ipswitch, the team of computer programmers, won the FedEx sponsored plane pull at Augusta Regional Airport. ...
Planes of Myrtle Beach from Parrothead Jeff
... As we all move on, move forward, and continue in life, it’s nice to remember those men and women who served in a location that many of us only think of as a resort town. For all the frivolity and happiness that a beach town invokes, this base stood as a reminder of a more solemn and somber world. ...
Airco (de Havilland) DH.9 from Planeshots
Vultee XP-54 “Swoose Goose”, circa 1943 from x planes
Central Texas Airshow 2010 - Temple - 04/30/10 from FenceCheck ForumsVideo: Awesome prop tip contrails from The Kathryn Report
Video: Beech 18 emergency landing gear test from The Kathryn Report
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
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Blue Angels In Traverse City - 9&10 News | A Blue Angel fighter jet is already in Traverse City making sure it's a go for next summer's Cherry Fest. The number seven jet flew into Cherry Capital ...
Introducing the Twister Duo from Flightline UK | We are very proud to announce the start of a new display act for the 2010 season – THE TWISTER DUO. Using the beautiful Silence Twister, the team will be performing an exciting dynamic display, combining synchronized and close formation aerobatics to highlight the Twisters excellent handling and agility…
Museum of Flight from Comments on: December 2009 Roadrunner News by Museum of Flight | Tip-to-Tail Tour: Blackbird Saturday, Dec. 26 – Saturday, Jan. 2, 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., The Museum\'s M-21 Blackbird is unique. The history of this plane and others in the Blackbird family of Mach 3 aircraft are explained by a docent during this tip-to-tail tour.
Hellcat raised from the lake from Diamond Pilots by Diamond Pilots | Welcoming party has special connection to World War II fighter. WAUKGAN -- A historic World War II F6F-3 Hellcat fighter plane was raised from Lake Michigan on Monday and was greeted by the CEO who financed the operation, the grandson of the pilot and the son of the man who built the airplane to challenge Japanese Zeros…
Happy Holidays from Infinity Entertainment & Team Turbine Toucan by David Kervinen | Greetings and Happy Holidays! We continue to be swamped with work, mostly in the marketing and brand arena the past few months. Working with Chiat|Day has been a real pleasure. I am hopeful that we throw a few more projects their way soon; they are a great group to work with…
Massey Air Museum Open Hangar Party from Diamond Pilots by Diamond Pilots | Special Program: Massey Air Museum Open Hangar Party, Sunday, December 6, 1 – 5 p.m., Massey Aerodrome, 33541 Massey Line Rd., Massey - Come see the progress made at the Massey Aerodrome, a museum airport dedicated to grass roots aviation, during this kid-friendly open house. Bring an appetizer to share.
World War II plane crash on Mt. Tamalpais recalled 65 years later - Contra Costa Times | NOVATO — On a blustery night 65 years ago, Frank Sutliffe and Richard Heimann heard the roar of airplane engines over their Mill Valley ...
Jetliner Dreams in a Mechanical Wonderland from Av8rdan's World of Flying by Dan Pimentel (editor's note: This is part two of two. Part one is here.) In part one of my post on my recent factory tour of Boeing's Everett Assembly Building, I gushed over the completely awesome scene of looking down on actual 747s being fabricated right before my eyes. I tried to put into words the sheer size of this facility, certified by the good people at Guiness (the book, not the beer) as the largest building in the world by volume.
US Secret Plane Uncovered [Airplanes] from Gizmodo by Jesus Diaz | Remember the secret plane spotted in Kandahar? The one that looked like a Nazi stealth plane? Well, it's been spotted again, but this time the picture is crystal clear, and it doesn't look like anything in the US arsenal. There's a possibility that it may have a canopy above the nose, which means it could be a very small manned plane instead of a UAV. On the other side, it could just be the air intake. Its buttocks look like those of the P175 Polecat, a design by Skunk Works—Lockheed Martin's Advanced Development Programs. Whatever it is, I want one for xmas. [Flight Global]
Air Force's X-51 WaveRider close to first flight from AviationDayton by editor@aviationdayton.com | WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The first "captive carry" flight of the Air Force's revolutionary X-51 WaveRider is scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 9, in California, a spokesman said today. It will be a major step towards an eventual free flight of the experimental craft early next year and an attempt at an engineering first – reaching six times the speed of sound on the power of an air-breathing engine burning jet fuel. If achieved, it could open the door to a new class of high-speed weapons and quick-response, airplane-like space lifters.
Twelve Days of Christmas – FlyAbout DVD movie for Aviation Lovers from Max Trescott on General Aviation by Max Trescott | Vincent, of the Plastic Pilot blog, published the first of a series of posts on gifts for the twelve days of Christmas. As part of that series, I'm posting my recommendations for the "Second Day" of Christmas…
Aviation Nation 2009 Gallery Open from Defence Talk Forum by Scott | I'm a little late posting, but give me a little time & will have quite a few photos posted. Nellis staff did an outstanding job pulling the show together in spite of cancellations by Raptor & Strike Eagle demo teams that were performing in Dubai. Fighter Weapons School fielded a Raptor, Eagle, Viper & Warthog. A-10 West demo pilot put on a great show and Phantom in Heritage Flight made a few solo passes. Patriots L-39 demo team supplemented the precision excellence that is the hallmark of the Thunderbirds. Lots of Warbirds in the pattern from both WWII and Korean War. Great show - link to gallery below.
Nemesis NXT photo-shoot - Aviation Airshow Air Race Photography Discussion
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Irish aviation took off with the help of car enthusiasts - Irish Times | LAST MONDAY the National Aero Club of Ireland joined with the Royal Irish Automobile Club to unveil a plaque at 34 Dawson Street to herald the launchof the ...
Purple Heart Recipients Participate in American Veterans – TransWorldNews | Participating in the conference have been such legendary veterans as the Doolittle Raiders, Band of Brothers, Flying Tigers, and Tuskegee Airmen, ...
Hangar Talk : A plane for a son from The Biplane Forum Part #1
Hangar Talk : A plane for a son from The Biplane Forum Part #2
Aerospace art convergent evolution from The Unwanted Blog by admin | In the early 1960's, the General Dynamics art department produced this piece to illustrate their F-111B naval strike fighter:
On This Day in Aviation History: December 2nd by Phil Derner Jr. | Space Shuttle Enterprise heads upward to repair Hubble in 1993 while its Aircraft Carrier brother becomes the first nuclear aircraft carrier to see combat in 1965. An Air France Concorde ends and around the world trip in 1986, th Boeing 747 SCA makes its first flight in '76, and New York's LGA begins service!
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Sunday, September 20, 2009
Dave Morss completes 200th Air Race
Congratulations Dave Morss!
Dave Morss has been at it for a while now. Today, he completed his 200th air race at the Reno National Championship Air Races in the P-51A Polar Bear in the Unlimited Bronze race. Dave was also scheduled to fly later in the Sport Class in his #99 Martin's Legacy, a Lancair Legacy.
Dave Morss is a test pilot when he is not at the air races. We've mentioned Dave in other articles on the Indy Transponder. Dave is the test pilot for the "built from scratch" Unlimited air racer, Wildfire, which we hope to see at Reno next year. (Wildfire: Get it Done for Dad)
Air show fans who have been awaiting the arrival the Turbine Toucan at a local air show can tell you that Dave was the test pilot for that remarkable air plane also.
Without a doubt, we'll be reading more about Dave in the future!
Additional info:
Dave Morss webiste
Morss Interview by Robert Jones Racing at Reno
YouTube - Turbine Toucan Test Flight #2
Dave Morss - Sport Aviation’s Go Anywhere, Fly Anything Test Pilot
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
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Historic air race begins today in Colorado - Denver Post, CO
By Kevin Simpson Thirty-seven-year-old Longmont resident Marijke Unger, who is participating in her first Air Race Classic this week, says the cross-country competition proved that women "could compete on the same playing field as men. ...
Arkansas women among pilots in transcontinental race - SmartBrief, DC
Two Arkansas women will be among 35 teams to compete in the all-female 2009 Air Race Classic, the world's only all-female transcontinental air race, taking place tomorrow through Friday. The race dates back to 1929, when 20 female pilots, ...
ERAU students flying in 2400-mile competition - Daytona Beach News-Journal, FL
DAYTONA BEACH -- Two Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University students will join more than 60 other women today in taking off on a four-day air race. Pilot Marisha Falk and co-pilot Hannah Northern are scheduled to leave Denver this morning on a zigzag ...
Silver City Realtor to compete in women-only Air Race Classic - Silver City Sun News, nm
Pecotte will fly with her partner, Sandy St. John of Forney, Texas, in the 33rd Annual Air Race Classic, an all-women s transcontinental air race beginning today. The two will pilot St. John s 1959 Beechcraft K35 Bonanza plane 2714 miles from Denver to ...
Turbine Toucan Makes Appearance at Hiller Aviation's All Helicopter Show "Vertical Challenge 2009" from Turbine Toucan by David Kervinen
Greetings All, This past weekend was another small little milestone for Infinity Entertainment, and it all happened serendipitously. Hiller Aviation Museum was having its annual Vertical Challenge Airshow at hour home airport in San Carlos Ca. It is the US’s largest all helicopter show with civilian and military hardware just about everywhere. The day before the one-day event one of the guys at Hiller Aviation asked if I would be interested in leaving my hangar open to display the Turbine Toucan. I gave it some thought and figured what the heck. This was actually the first time the Turbine Toucan would be exposed to the general public. Unlike the AOPA show in San Jose, which focuses on like-minded aviation professionals and pilots, the Vertical Challenge really is a family event. Most know little to nothing about aviation, they just want to be entertained…
Rhode Island Will Soon Be Seeing Snow. - Jun 22 The Canadian Air Force Snowbirds that is. OK so maybe that wasn’t what you wanted to hear in the midst of all this wet and rainy weather we have been having. So, hopefully it will come as consolation that so far the weather looks clear for the air show. Sorry no photos of Snowbird yet, they will not be here until sometime on Wednesday afternoon.F-22 RaptorWe are now less than a only 5 days (counting today) away from the Rhode Island Air show at Quonset Poin...
Dueling planes at Legacy Air Show - Rexburg Standard Journal, ID
Nationally known pilots Greg Poe and Kent Pietsch showed up with vastly different airplanes: Poe's super-fast stunt plane and Pietsch's utility plane that apparently can fly with a missing aileron, or hinged surface on the back of the wing that eases ...
Airshow - June 21st, 2009 Goto commentsLeave a comment There was a small airshow out at the Olympia airport today. I stopped by and got a few pics… Tho I missed some of the better stuff. Nebsphotography
Crowds hit 90000 for Margate's Big Event - Yourthanet, UK
Tens of thousands of people made their way to Palm Bay near Cliftonville and watched aerial displays from the likes of the Red Arrows. The stunning sight of a Lancaster Bomber accompanied in the air by craft such as Spitfires and Hurricanes wowed the ...
Wide Bay airshow in doubt - Bundaberg NewsMail, Australia
FINANCIAL pressures on the Wide Bay Australia International Airshow 2009 have sparked warnings from its chief executive officer that the future of the event could be in doubt. “The position we are in at the moment is untenable,” CEO Richard King-Siem ...
Is it a bird... is it a plane? - The Sun, UK
A SQUADRON of the world famous Red Arrows races across the skies yesterday - hotly pursued by a fearless MAGPIE. The bird seems to be catching up with the jets in Kemble, Gloucs, a day after they flew over the Grand Prix at Silverstone. ...
Reno PRS ‘09 from Reno Air Races blogs
Holly cow…where does the time go? Back in the office after a killer, killer time at the Reno PRS (Pylon Race School). While the new pilots learn the Reno Air Race coarse (just north of Reno at Stead Airport), 25 of the best aviation photographers are brought in to photograph the whole event. I’m incredibly fortunate to get in as a volunteer working the Nikon NPS booth who are there to support the photographers. This is the GREATEST bunch of photographers! Besides the fun, quotes from every air...
The Right Stuff - No doubt about it - my favorite local airshow is the annual Vertical Challenge helicopter airshow at the Hiller Aviation Museum at San Carlos Airport. In addition to this annual airshow being a whole lot of fun, there are lots of sentimental memories for me at San Carlos. My Cherokee 235 was based at the Skyway Building tiedowns for several years. On Saturday, as in years before, I walked by within a few feet of where I used to preflight her - just the perfect parking place! Before that…
12° Gruppo F-2000s deployed to Trapani from David Cenciotti's weblog - the most visited Italian Aviation Blog by David Cenciotti
The mini-airshow held in Trapani on Jun. 8, 2009 to celebrate the first 1.000 flight hours of Maj. Salvatore Ferrara and Maj. Maurizio De Angelis (to read more about the event click Part 1, Part 2) provided the opportunity to take some pictures of the Gioia del Colle F-2000s temporary deployed to Trapani to perform firing activities in the Sardinian range (Trapani is ideal for such a kind of activity since it is located on the coast and the armed aircraft can reach the ranges overflying only the sea). The aircraft belonged to the 12° Gruppo of the 36° Stormo. During the afternoon of Jun. 8, one of them suffered a minor failure during the firing activity and was compelled to return to Trapani and perform an emergency landing as one of the pictures, taken by Giovanni Maduli, shows.
San Diego air museum will house replica of German stealth prototype - San Diego Union Tribune, CA
By Diane Bell, Union-Tribune Columnist The San Diego Air & Space Museum will display a replica Horten 229, an aircraft discovered in a top-secret German facility toward the end of World War II. (John R. McCutchen / Union-Tribune) - The National ...
Hitler's Stealth Fighter National Geographic Channel from channel.nationalgeographic.com
Indeed, some of the Germans’ innovations in military technology would prove extremely useful. Nazi Germany’s advances in rocketry such as the V-2 guided missile, for example, would accelerate American efforts to develop ballistic missiles and send manned missions into space. And today’s B-2 bomber bears unmistakable design similarities to the Horten Ho 229, a German jet still under development at the war’s end, whose swept-back single wing and radar-shielding carbon-impregnated plywood skin might have made it the first stealthy aircraft.
Historic planes take spotlight - Seguin Gazette-Enterprise, TX
By Tucker Stephenson KINGSBURY — There were many impressive aircraft on display at the Pioneer Flight Museum's AirFair 2009 event Saturday, but any time an exact replica of the plane flown by the Red Baron is present, it tends to steal the show. ...
Historic Aircraft Trump Modern Planes from All Things Aviation by admin
It is interesting to note that with the decline in the economy visitors to air shows are paying more attention to antique and vintage aircraft than the brand new hardware on the ramps. At the Paris Airshow this weekend large crowds of people discovered, hidden among the shiny new military and civilian aircraft, some very interesting…
Journey into the past: WWII veterans take flight in B-17 bomber - The Missoulian, MT
Jim Dennison was a longtime charter pilot before joining the Commemorative Air Force seven years ago. Now he's on one of eight flight crews that rotate into the cockpit of the Sentimental Journey during its summer touring season. ...
Wings of Freedom Tours at Tri-Cities Airport - KNDO/KNDU, WA
A B-17 Bomber, B-24 Bomber, and a P-51 Mustang fighter plane flew into the Tri-Cities Airport at Bergstrom Aircraft. All the planes have been restored and fly all over the country. Very few of these aircrafts from World War II are in such good ...
PLANES: Wings of Freedom planes arrive today - Mid Columbia Tri City Herald, WA
Vintage and rarely seen planes, like the World War II B-17 Flying Fortress, the B-24 Liberator and the P-51 Mustang fighter jet, will be on hand. “Visitors will also be able to experience a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to actually take a 30-minute ...
Yet more about the WK2 fly over at Las Cruces from RLV and Space Transport News
Here's a Spaceport America press release about the WK2 fly over: Virgin Galactic Mothership "Eve" Flys Over Las Cruces - Spaceport America - June.22.09. And here are a couple of nice photos they distributed with the press release:..
Away with the Heat from THE FLYING PENGUIN by Wicked Penguin
…Instead, I headed on down to the Naval Aviation Museum, laptop in tow. I figured, it's free, it's air conditioned, and it's full of airplanes. There are worse places to write about real aviation and about ficticious aerial adventures in times long past…
Century Hornet from Technorati Search for: Airshow
A F18 Century Hornet in celebration of 100 years of Canadian Flight, St Thomas airport for the wings'n'wheels airshow June 2009
Oshkosh 2009 Could be 'Electric' -- Chinese Company Bringing Electric Plane from Aero-News Network
Hopes To Show E430 To The U.S. At Oshkosh It might not be time for Lycoming or Continental to start looking over their shoulders, but with the first flights of the Yuneec E430 electric-powered aircraft in China last week, there may soon be an alternative powerplant in the LSA market.
EAA AirVenture Makes Wishes Come True from News from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh
Dreams of aviation will come true at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2009 as the "The World's Aviation Celebration" hosts five Make-A-Wish children and their families on Saturday, August 1.
Uncontrolled Airspace #140 "Air America" from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast
Jack's in Las Vegas this week overlooking the McCarran GA ramp. The boys talk about secret airlines, really big fire-bombers, and the new FAA boss. All this and more on Uncontrolled Airspace, Episode #140 "Air America"
Aviation Geek Night - 6/23 from FlyerTalk Forums by hermanfish
I wanted to see if anyone else is going to the aviation geek night. I happened to stumble onto the ticket giveaway on Twitter last week and am really looking forward to this special event. The description says that we will get to try the flight simulator and slide down one of the emergency slides (which will be awesome)…
RNedAF Airshow Volkel 19-6-09. Part one - The aircraft. - Stick and Rudder from stickandrudder.ning.com
Stick and rudder did attend the 2009 airshow at RNedAF Volkel on friday the 19th of June. Arriving to the show after a over-night stop-over at the Apollo Hotel Breda, we went from Breda by train to Oss via Tilberg, where at the station there we were taken to the base by free shuttle-bus in around 35-40 minutes. Due to illness we had to leave slightly eaerlier than planned, missing the Polish Mig 29UB demo at the end of the show. We never saw this Mig at the show on the grounds that it was not on show like the other aircraft on the line, but in hardened shelter on the other side of the airfield. The airshow was wonderful...
RNedAF Volkel airshow 19-6-09 -Part two-The airshow people. - Stick and Rudder from stickandrudder.ning.com
These are some of the RNedAF airshow at Volkel airshow people, taken on friday the 19th of June 2009
Air University Leader Presents Honorary Degree To Apollo 8's Frank Borman from Aero-News Network
Moon-Orbiting Astronaut Receives Honors The commander of the first mission to orbit the moon received an honorary doctor of science degree by Air University officials for his contributions to aviation and space exploration at the Air Force Test Pilot School June 13th.
Vulcan Display at Kemble 2009 from PlanesTV (BETA) - Aviation Action by Iain PlanesTV
Fresh back from its trip to the continent, AVRO Vulcan XH558 puts in a dramatic appearance at Kemble Airshow.
Spitfire and Hunter Display at Kemble 2009 from PlanesTV (BETA) - Aviation Action by Iain PlanesTV
A fitting finale to the 2009 Kemble airshow was the Rolls Royce Spitfire PR Mk XIX and Delta Jets' Hunter T.7B formation routine.
United States - Indiana - Indianapolis Air Show 2009 - Indianapolis - 06/06/09 from FenceCheck Forums
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United States - California - Father's Day Fly In - Columbia - 06/19/09 from FenceCheck Forums
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2009-0620-Vertical Challenge 2009 Airshow at Hiller Aviation Museum - a set on Flickr from http://www.flickr.com/
An "OK" airshow this year. Especially missed the Showcopters (JimCheatham passed away earlier this year)and Henry 1 from Sonoma CountySheriff's. Also missed seeing the USCoast Guard this year. CHP, CDF106, andAirship Eureka made things interestingthis year! And, of course, the finale -Chuck Aaron's aerobatic helicopterroutine for Red Bull!
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