EAA News - Rebuilding the Prototype XP-82 Twin Mustang from http://www.eaa.org/ Not long ago, Tom Reilly, EAA 802376/Warbirds 552913, and his warbird restoration group got started on a restoration that, when finished, will resurrect one of the rarest airplanes in the world: the Merlin-powered North American P-82 (Twin Mustang) prototype, the only one of an estimated 60 built planned to fly…
B-29 left side gunners view of escorting P-51s from Planeshots | B-29 left side gunners view of escorting P-51s:
The North American P-51D Mustang from J Clark | One airplane which has always mesmerized me was the North American P-51D Mustang. Truly, the airplane and the pilots who flew her into combat were in a class of their own. When I started flying in 1971, I came across my first issue of Trade-A-Plane. I would learn Trade-A-Plane was the primary publication for those seeking to become aircraft owners or who were just dreaming. I was amazed at the number of used aircraft available for sale throughout the United States. I will never forget underneath the column, North American Aviation, finding flyable P51-D Mustangs for a mere $15,000…
Another Cure for Range Anxiety from CAFE Foundation Blog by Dean Sigler | Or at least an approach to provide angst-free cross-country flying, as Michael Friend explained in his Electric Aircraft Symposium presentation last April at Rohnert Park, California. Friend, a Boeing engineer closely tied to the company's early fuel cell work, is the owner and pilot of N787M, one of the earliest production kit Silence Twisters.
"What was the slowest you ever flew the Blackbird?" from ExpressJet Forum by BMD | "What was the slowest you ever flew the Blackbird?" | Brian Shul, Retired SR-71 Pilot, via Plane and Pilot Magazine | As a former SR-71 pilot, and a professional keynote speaker, the question I'm most often asked is "How fast would that SR-71 fly?" I can be assured of hearing that question several times at any event I attend. It's an interesting question, given the aircraft's proclivity for speed, but there really isn't one number to give, as the jet would always give
you a little more speed if you wanted it to. It was common to see 35 miles a minute…
Women In Aviation Announce Pioneer Hall Of Fame Inductees For 2011 from avstop.com | Women in Aviation, International has announced the new members of its Pioneer Hall of Fame. These women will be inducted into the Pioneer Hall of Fame during WAI's 22nd Annual International Conference which will be held on February 24-26, 2011, at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada. The ceremony will take place at the closing banquet on Saturday, February 26, 2011…
F2Y Sea Dart — Part 2 from Travel for Aircraft by travelforaircraft | Part 1 posted previously on 12 January and described the Sea Dart design as well as listing where the four remaining examples are located — thankfully, three of them are on public display. This post serves to illustrate the unique hydroskis or the Sea Dart, one of only two waterborne jet powered fighter aircraft to fly. These hydroskis gave the Sea Dart its potential to be based almost anywhere in the world whether the location was a tropical isle, an estuary or inland water body…
Greg Baker from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | Far too often local heroes go unnoticed--- They're just too busy doing their hero stuff to stand up and take a bow. Today I'm celebrating a local hero: Gregory Baker. Pilot and part owner of Classic Helicopter Corp / SeattleHelitours.com Greg is probably cringing at the thought of the hero status I've given him, but he deserves it…
Flying the S.79 over the Mediterranean Sea (the Damned Hunchback vs Royal Navy in WWII) by David Cenciotti | Nicknamed "Gobbo Maledetto" (Italian for "Damned Hunchback") for its distinctive fuselage "hump", the S.79 "Sparviero" is one of the most famous Italian aircraft of WWII. It was originally designed as a passenger transport aircraft and was used by the Regia Aeronautica in the bomber and torpedo-bomber…
Today in Aviation History – January 14 from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club by bikeal
Long March 2F from High Power Rocketry by R2K:
NASA Updates Shuttle Target Launch Dates For Two Flights from Aero-News Network | February, April Now Most Likely For Next Missions NASA is targeting 1650 EST on Thursday, Feb. 24, for the launch of space shuttle Discovery's STS-133 mission to the International Space Station. The liftoff of shuttle Endeavour's STS-134 flight is planned for 1948 EDT on April 19, from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida…
SpaceShipTwo glide flight picture from RLV and Space Transport News | Virgin Galactic posts a picture of SpaceShipTwo and its contrail from the water dump during today's glide test flight: Glide Flight 04: Successful Test Flights Continue - Virgin Galactic. Update: Leonard David reports on the flight: Virgin Galactic's Private Spaceship Aces Another Glide Test - Space.com
Friday, January 14, 2011
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Rare Twin Mustangs preparing for flight from Aviation Blogs
World-Famous Team Viper To Hit New Heights At Al Ain Aerobatic Show - Middle East Events
Team Viper, the world's only Hawker Hunter fighter jet display squadron, has joined the impressive list of international aerobatic and display teams that ...
Bob Hoover in his Aero Commander Shrike - YouTube
Bob Hoover is a pilot who served in World War II, later becoming involved in aerobatics. He is credited for flying next to Chuck Yeager, who was flying the Bell X1 on the mission to break the sound barrier. This video here is very famous and widely distributed.
While doing research this week on some of the finest pilots ever behind a stick, The Tuskegee Airmen, I ran across some wonderful videos of an aviation legend, and personal friend, that was so inspiring that I just had to smile and share. I can hardly manage to think that humanity will ever know a more skilled aviator than the incomparable Bob A. Hoover! Amazing--Watch Bob do his touchdown, roll, touchdown, all done
Classic Aero-TV: Best Seat in The House -- 'Inside' The AeroShell Aerobatic Team from Aero-News Network
Yeah.... This IS A Really Cool Job When ANN's Nathan Cremisino took over the lead of our Aero-TV teams, he knew he was in for some extra work and a lot of extra responsibility. Still... with all that, there ARE times when its good to be the top guy.... like when our friends at Aspen Avionics call over and ask if we want to put one of our Aero-TV videographers aboard a formation aerobatic flight with the world famous Aero-Shell Aerobatic Team. At such times, its good to be in a position to say... "Hey, I want to go..." and go. ...
Classic Aero-TV: Tsunami Air Racing -- Rebuilding A Legacy from Aero-News Network
A Tragic Loss May Someday Be Returned To Flight Status It was one of the most aggressive efforts to energize American air racing... an one of its greatest tragedies... Tsunami, the first original homebuilt unlimited racer built since 1939, was designed for speed record attempts and air racing until its loss on September 25th, 1991. Tsunami crashed while on final approach to Pierre Municipal Airport in Pierre, South Dakota killing pilot John R. Sandberg, due to a mechanical control failure that resulted in an irrecoverable flight condition. ...
2011 starts BIG for Airplanista with best issue yet from Av8rdan's World of Flying
As our fourth issue hits the streets, I find this wonderful project on a serious roll. Readership is exploding, interest is high, and great content is coming in all over the place.
Let's take a quick tour of the January issue, which can be viewed here on Saturday, 01.01.11: ...
Dick Audet from www.acesofww2.com
Dec. 29, 1944 - Audet gets 5 kills in under 5 minutes (an RCAF record), then, 3 weeks later, becomes the only RCAF pilot of the War to destroy 2 jet fighters ...
Pilot Officer John G. Magee Jr. from Air Force Link Top Stories
"High Flight" has become an aviator's anthem, and an epitaph. Its author, Pilot Officer John Gillespie Magee Jr., was an American serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Battle of Britain in 1941, when he reached out "and touched the face of God."
Magee was born in Shanghai, China, in 1922, the son of missionary parents. His father was an American and his mother was originally a British citizen. He came to the United States in 1939 and earned a scholarship to Yale, but in September 1940 he enlisted in the RCAF. He was only 18. He entered flight training and within a year was sent to England and posted to the newly formed No. 412 Fighter Squadron, RCAF at Digby, England. He was qualified on and flew the Supermarine Spitfire Mk1 fighter. ...
Lansing's 'Rosie' dies at age 86 - LSJ
Her face became the symbol of women's empowerment, and her death is the end of an era.
Geraldine Hoff Doyle of Lansing, the woman behind an iconic image of a bandana-clad, muscle-flexing Rosie the Riveter during WWII, has died, according to her family. ...
“Rosie The Riveter” 1941-1945 - pophistorydig.com
“Rosie the Riveter” is the name of a fictional character who came to symbolize the millions of real women who filled America’s factories, munitions plants, and shipyards during World War II. In later years, Rosie also became an iconic American image in the fight to broaden women’s civil rights.
After the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor ...
A Promise Kept: The Eastern DC-7B Story - Source: nycaviation.com
In a world when a person’s word can be broken and a handshake is no longer binding, there are people you can still count on. Carlos Gomez and Marc Wolff, by keeping Joe Kocour’s dream alive, are examples of such people. Joe is not with us today, but his beloved Eastern DC-7B is once again flying abo
What a sight this will be at any air shows it might attend!!! Who could have ever known the treasure these things would become. ...
F-86 Sabre from FenceCheck Forums
Covering The Albatros DVa - The Vintage Aviator
"Applying the fabric to the Albatros DVa was a painstaking task, but it had to be done using authentic methods and authentic components."
Museum gains accreditation - Wapakoneta Daily News
The family traveled to the museum from Bluffton, Ind. Staff photo/ Jennifer Tangeman By WILLIAM LANEY The Armstrong Air & Space Museum, along with five ...
Deutsches Technik Museum Berlin. By Dietrich Bojko from Pixdaus: Popular Today Pics
These Are the 11 Prototypes of the Doomed Concorde [Imagecache] from Jalopnik
Here, decades ago, the Concorde stood in prototype form. The plane, even as a small model, was a a symbol of future travel—the way we'd all luxurious fly supersonic someday. Half a century later, that dream's dead forever. ...
December 30 - This Day In Aviation History - Planes, Flying and ...
December 30, 1905 - The Wright brothers sign a contract for one million francs with Frenchman Arnold Fordyce for the sale of a powered flying machine capable of flying a nonstop distance of 31 mi. ...
FREE Film! Flyabout - Chicago Area Aviation Meetup Group (Bensenville, IL) - Meetup
January 15th and 16th at 1pm Aviation World and the Village of Bensenville will present 2 FREE screenings of the documentary film Flyabout at the Bensenville Theater (9 South Center Street). Monika Petrillo, the filmmaker will be on hand to introduce the film and ...
As you move through the first quarter of 2011, you are likely considering what you want to accomplish in aviation this year, and how you will keep your skills sharp. One proven and fun way to both advance your skills and stay current is to work on your next rating or certificate. ...
Ross Airfield and the Arcadia Balloon School
This exhibit delves into the period nearing the end of the Great War (World War I); 1918 in Arcadia. Our City was the home of Ross Airfield and the Arcadia Balloon School on the site of today’s Arcadia County Park. What did Arcadia look like in 1918? Who was at the balloon school? What was the purpose of these giant balloons that hung in our skies? Is there any trace left of the school and its brave men? Find the answers at the Museum. The ...
Boeing 747-8 undergoes extreme testing - Boeing
It's been dragged, dropped, soaked, and forced to hover, shudder and flutter. VERY interesting video on the new Boeing 747 Freighter.
Roundup of 2010 Roundups; 2011 Predictions from Space Prizes
11 Things Americans Will Be Doing in Space in 2011 from SPACE.com
From private spaceflights, to NASA missions to the moon, Mars and beyond, here's a preview of coming attractions in U.S. spaceflight for 2011. ...
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