Updates from Sun 'n Fun 2011 - EAA | Long lines were reported this morning at the gates of the Sun ’n Fun Fly-In after a major storm yesterday caused widespread damage to aircraft, exhibits, and tents at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport, Florida...
High Winds Damage 69 Airplanes, Several Buildings at Sun 'n Fun - The Ledger | LAKELAND | Destruction at the Sun 'n Fun Fly-In in South Lakeland was the most visual evidence of the tornadoes that tore through Polk County about noon Thursday. At least seven people were taken to Lakeland Regional Medical Center with minor injuries...
NWS: Tornado Likely Hit Sun 'n Fun - AVweb | "It looks like there was a small tornado" among the straight-line winds and downbursts that hit Sun 'n Fun on Thursday, a National Weather Service spokesman told AVweb on Friday morning...
AOPA renews platinum-level sponsorship for Sun ’n Fun 2012 - AOPA | In the wake of a powerful storm that swept through the grounds of the Sun ’n Fun fly-in, AOPA President Craig Fuller on April 1 announced that the association has signed on to be the Platinum Sponsor of Sun ’n Fun for 2012...
UPDATE: Spangdahlem A-10 crashes - U.S. Air Force | SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany (AFNS) -- An Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II crashed about 3:57 p.m. local time April 1 north of the city of Wittlich, Germany...
A-10 Thunderbolt Crashes in Germany - Wired | Bad news for the A-10: a Thunderbolt belonging the 52nd Fighter Wing crashed over Germany on Friday. Flying from Spangdahlem Air Base, the Thunderbolt was on a training mission when unspecified conditions brought it down.
Want to know who'll be flying at this year's Bournemouth Air Festival? - Daily Echo | IT'S back and bigger than ever. That was the promise from Bournemouth Air Festival bosses as they launched the 2011 event this morning. Favourites like the Red Arrows will return, alongside the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight...
April edition of the Heartland Warrior now available - Grissom Air Reserve Base | The April issue of the Heartland Warrior is now available. The official E-Paper of the 434th Air Refueling Wing includes eight pages of stories, photos and features pertaining to Grissom and the U.S. Air Force...
Todays Photos - Friday, 1st April - Non-prank version - MilitaryPhotos.net | I'll start a new thread for the daily pix...
Richard Branson purchases Pluto with hope to reinstate it as planet - Flight Global | British billionaire Sir Richard Branson is hoping to set a can-do example for "struggling entrepreneurs facing setbacks" by purchasing Pluto, his Virgin company has today announced...
Strange But True Aviation News - Aviation Week | British Airways has some explaining to do. A pregnant woman took exception to British Airways' attempt to downgrade her from business class to coach after the airline allegedly...
UAV crashes at Edwards AFB - Air Force Dad | A Global Observer unmanned aircraft crashed at approximately 2:30 a.m., April 1, near the southwest corner of Rogers Dry Lakebed...
Lightspeed Aviation Foundation Announces Finalists for 2011 grants - Vertical mag | Lakeland, FL. -- March 31, 2011 -- The Lightspeed Aviation Foundation has announced the names of 20 charities, selected from hundreds of nominees, that will benefit from grants to be awarded this year. The Foundation is in its second year of partnering with the pilot community to identify worthy causes, give pilots a voice in who they will support and make a lasting difference...
"Vintage" Airliners - MRC Aviation | The following images represent what could be deemed "vintage" airliner action at Auckland Airport on 31 March.
Friday, April 1, 2011
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Tuesday, March 29, 2011
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A Wild Ride | Movie Monday - Leaving Terra Firma | No doubt many of you are familiar with Fat Albert Airlines, the all Marine crewed support aircraft for the US Navy blue Angels. In addition to carrying everything and everyone required to keep the Blue Angels doing what they do, the Fat Albert Airlines crew put on a great show that shows why the Hercules, a 60 year old aircraft, is still in production and service worldwide...
Lindbergh Foundation to emphasize green aviation at Sun `n Fun - AOPA | The Lindbergh Foundation Day at Sun `n Fun on March 31 features top leaders from general aviation talking about the pressing issues facing the industry. Forums run from 9 a.m. through 2 p.m. in the cafeteria at the Central Florida Aerospace Academy on the Sun ’n Fun campus...
Blue Angels Featured at Lakeland’s SUN’n FUN - Osprey Observer | Pilots, aircraft owners and other aviation enthusiasts planning to attend this year’s SUN ’n FUN International Fly–In & Expo have a great deal to look forward to as this year’s event offers one of the strongest schedules of aircraft, people and programs in recent memory. The 37th annual “Spring Break for Pilots and friends” will be held March 29 – April 3 at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport in Lakeland...
Canadian Forces Day at 15 Wing Moose Jaw cancelled - Moose Jaw Times | The 2011 Canadian Forces Day at 15 Wing Moose Jaw scheduled for August 6-7 has been cancelled. This includes the scheduled performance of the Snowbirds Air Demonstration Team at 15 Wing as they have been re-tasked to participate in the Cameco Canada Remembers International Air Show to be held in Saskatoon, SK...
Podcast: Uncontrolled Airspace Episode #228 "Big Mess o' Fun"
Union college admissions video - Wasabi Air Racing | Elliot Seguin's Formula One class air race team based out of Mojave, California. Pylon racing at the National Championship Air Races in Reno Nevada. Eight airplanes racing head to head around telephone poles in the desert. Mojave is the best place on the planet to...
Lone Star Air Rally, May 14th - Vand Air Force | New details on the May 14th SARL air race at Scholes Field in Galveston. Please take a look...
Secret X-37B Space Plane Spotted Again by Amateur Skywatchers - Space.com | After an intense search, a crew of amateur satellite sleuths has spotted the U.S. Air Force's second X-37B space plane – a robotic spacecraft that launched into orbit March 5...
WWII: Then and Now - Staff Sgt. Roy Kirby served as surgical technician - Canton Rep | Roy M. Kirby was a son in a Gold Star family from Shawver Mill in Tazewell County, Va., during World War II. He lost a brother — Albert Sidney Kirby — in the fighting when the B-17 bomber, on which the Army Air Corps flight engineer served, was shot down over Italy in 1943...
Latest leak - photos of Chinese "Global Hawk" - Black Horizon Saturday, March 26, 2011
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nation-wide program of high-energy, precision aerobatic air show performances. Performer, John Klatt, will be flying his Air National Guard Panzl S330-weighing just under 1300 lbs with a 330 horsepower Lycoming engine and a roll rate in excess of...

in Augsburg, Germany. During the first flight, performed by former Scaled Composites test pilot and engineer Jon Karkow, the Elektra One climbed to more than 500 meters (1,640 feet) and used roughly half of the 6 kilowatt hours available in the batteries. The second flight, which took place on Wednesday, was performed by...

Tuesday, March 22, 2011
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Project Equine - Air & Space Magazine | In the early 1950s, the Central Intelligence Agency and Lockheed were working to bring the U-2, an unprecedented high-altitude, long-range aircraft, into reconnaissance operations. The CIA’s young Dino Brugioni was instrumental in establishing the agency’s National Photographic Interpretation Center in Washington, D.C. In this adaptation from his latest book, Eyes in the Sky—Eisenhower, the CIA and Cold War Aerial Espionage (Naval Institute Press, 2010), Brugioni describes the early years of NPIC. ...
Permission to land from Letters of Note | With the Vietnam War coming to a close on April 30th of 1975 and the U.S. evacuating as many people as possible from South Vietnam in Operation Frequent Wind, crew aboard the USS Midway were surprised to see a small two-seat Cessna O-1 Bird Dog approach the vessel and then circle above. Flying that plane ...
USAF General Dynamics F16 Fighting Falcon from MRC Aviation | In addition to the two RSAF F16's, the USAF deployed three F16's to Avalon 2011 with one aircraft used for air displays.
Lockheed Martin F22 Raptor from MRC Aviation | The United States Air Force deployed two F22 Raptor "fifth generation" fighter aircraft to Avalon 2011 from Elmendorf AFB, Alaska supported by KC135 tankers and a C17 Globemaster III. Regretably these aircraft remained static for the duration of the show, the result of insufficient display qualified pilots.
F-22 Photo Gallery from Aviation
Libyan crash site frozen in Google Earth image from Flight International | While the Libyan conflict has rendered uncertain the progress of the Afriqiyah Airways A330 crash investigation, an eerie reminder of the accident has emerged from aerial photography over Tripoli. ...
The Beast of Kandahar from Aviation | This mysterious UAV dubbed "The Beast of Kandahar" has surfaced in many photos in recent years. It first appeared in the skies of Kandahar, Afghanistan in 2009 and the US Air Force confirmed that they did indeed operate a stealth drone called the Lockheed Martin ...
Lockheed Martin from Latest Vlog | The F-35 STOVL by Lockheed Martin. Enjoy this montage of this highly advanced fighter aircraft!
Friday, March 18, 2011
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Angels Over the Bay Air Show is Saturday and Sunday - SunHerald.com | The skies will be busy over Biloxi on Saturday and Sunday as Keesler Air Force Base presents the Angels Over the Bay Air Show and Open House to celebrate the base's 70th anniversary. During the free air show, the public is invited to watch the Navy's ...
Seymour Johnson Air Show in Goldsboro salutes NC’s “Unwavering Support,” April 16 & 17 from Wings Over Wayne |Goldsboro, N.C. - Commanders of Seymour Johnson AFB expressed appreciation to North Carolina for ‘unwavering support’ as Colonels Patrick Doherty and Shawn Pederson extended invitations to attend an extraordinary air show - Wings Over Wayne County – April 16-17. This rare assembly of aerial and ground attractions includes the Air Force Thunderbirds, Seymour Johnson’s F15-E Strike Eagle Demo Team, the US Army Golden Knights Parachute Team, the F-22 Raptor, Tora! Tora! Tora! WWII reenactment, the MIG 17, F-4, A-10, P-51, and many more technological marvels for a fascinating weekend of family exploration and fun. ...
Singing star Alexandra Burke lands at Air Tattoo - Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard | THE Royal International Air Tattoo has landed one of X Factor's biggest star's this summer as Alexandra Burke will perform live at the show. Visitors to the Fairford show on Sunday, July 17 will be able to enjoy lunchtime entertainment ...
NAF El Centro Air Show 2011 [w photos] from photorecon.net | The 2011 United States Air Show season kicked off this last Saturday down at Naval Air Station El Centro. Performers included The Blue Angels, Viper West F-16 team, Navy VAF-122 F-18 team, and other civilian performers. There were many classic war birds on static display. Thousands came out to kick off the new season. Following [...]
Pietsch to take flight - Minot Daily News | The four planes in the St. Maarten trip and possibly two other planes will be on display at the Dakota Territory Air Museum in Minot when it opens May 14. The planes will remain there for about two months. ...
Pipers, planes and putt-putts - ABC Local | The RACV 'Fly the Flag' tour will be stopping off in Echuca on March 30 with local car enthusiasts looking forward to more than 200 vintage vehicles being on show. And for those who enjoy a faster mode of transport, the Airshow is set for April 3.
Take a Ride in a B-25 from Air & Space Magazine
Tuskegee Airmen subject of two novels from General Aviation News | Thanks to reader John Bradberry, who told us about author John Gibson, who recently appeared at the Sulphur Springs Municipal Library to discuss his two novels, “A Sparrow Has Wings” and “Higher Heights.” The fictional accounts are historically correct, and deal with the historic Tuskegee Airman, according to the author, who told those attending his lecture that he felt the Tuskegee Airmen had never received credit for their historic service, so the focus of his work has been giving these brave men recognition. Both of Gibson’s books are available at Amazon.com
Volunteer organization Aviation Trail Inc. to honor member - Dayton Daily News | Aviation Trail Inc., a volunteer organization that promotes aviation heritage, plans to honor one of its own members, Stephen P. Brown, for years of work on aviation preservation projects. Brown helped to develop and complete the Aviation ...
Allied Aircraft in Korea from Military Photos | Bombers, fighters, carrier ops and more.
RIVERSIDE: Docent brings history to life at aircraft museum - InlandSoCal.com | March Field Air Museum docent Bob Mauger likes to tell stories. And he has a lot of them. As a volunteer at the Riverside museum for about 10 years, he's had many visitors listen to his tales -- which are well researched and sometimes ...
Jack Harmon Rhew - LubbockOnline.com | During WWII, Jack was a Flight Engineer and top turret gunner on a B17 bomber that flew out of Horham, England. As a Staff Sgt., he earned the Distinguished Unit Badge with two oak leaf clusters, good conduct medal, European campaign medal and WWII ...
Airfield walk- RAF Newton, Nottingham 17-3-2011 by Gary Watson | Whilst in the area on work matters, and having the 'box-brownie with me for that purpose, I stopped-off by the roadside at Newton, Nottinghamshire, to view the former RAF Newton, where many years ago, I flew from during my ATC days with 209 West Bridgeford squadron, back in the good-old days. This afternoon, thanks to the grass-runway,now being a public right of way, and home to several hundred Derby County fans ...
Open Cockpit Sundays at the Air Museum; Spanish guitar at Joregensen; Art ... - Patch.com | On March 20, you can sit behind the controls or experience simulated flight at the New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks. The museum's Open Cockpit Sundays allow visitors to climb into the pilot's seat of up to 12 vintage aircraft, a full-motion ...
Viggen at Lelystad from Let Let Let - Warplanes | The Saab 37 Viggen was a Swedish single-seat, single-engine, short-medium range fighter and attack aircraft, manufactured between 1970 and 1990. Several variants were produced to perform the roles of all-weather fighter-interceptor, ground attack and photo-reconnaissance, as well as a two-seat trainer. The AJ 37 was designed to carry two RB 04E anti-ship missiles on the inboard wing pylons with an optional third ...
the Northrop YB-49 from x planes
A history of Predator from the ultimate insider from The DEW Line | On 3 March, the US Air Force accepted the last MQ-1B Predator (shown above) from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., closing the book on a paradigm-breaking 16-year run. Frank Pace was one of the original employees of Abe Karem's Leading Systems, which designed Amber for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency in the early 1980s. The Amber was modified to become the GNAT 750, which was modified to become the Predator after Leading Systems went bankrupt and its assets were acquired by Neil Blue's General Atomics. ...
Pilot AMX Italian Air Force is the first Italian to fly an A-10C Thunderbolt II from CavokBlog | Captain Maurizio De Guida, AMX pilot of Italian Air Force, became the first Italian rider to fly an aircraft A-10C Thunderbolt II U.S. Air Force. (Photo by Airman 1st Class Joshua Green / US Air Force) Captain Maurizio De Guida grew up in Italy at the head of the runway at Capodichino International Airport of Naples, and saw the aircraft coming in for landing daily. Now he is one of three pilots in the U.S. exchange and the first Italian to fly an A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft made for a similar function, but much larger, the AMX, the aircraft that he flies in Italy. ...
Must Have Book: American Secret Pusher Fighters of World War II by Gerald Balzer from The Aero Experience
The Nano Hummingbird: Even James Bond Would Be Jealous from ASB.tv | There may be a new species of bird flying around in the near future. However, this one runs on batteries and bares no scientific name. It is the Nano Hummingbird, a pocket-sized drone developed by the Monrovia firm AeroVironment Inc. for the Pentagon that would even make James Bond jealous. ...
Lt. Col. Herbert W. (Bill) Powley, 2010 Scott Crossfield Aerospace Education Teacher of the Year from AVWeb Podcast | The annual Crossfield educator award honors teachers who inspire kids to learn about aviation. Lt. Col. Herbert W. Powley was chosen for introducing more than 4,000 students to flying over 19 years, producing on average eight first solos and two new pilots every year. He talks with AVweb's Mary Grady about his project, how it got started, how he keeps it going, and what the Crossfield award meant to him.
Air Force pioneer speaks at women's conference from Air Force Link Top Stories | An Air Force pioneer, who is now serving as the top-ranked woman in the Air Force, shared lessons learned during her 34-year career March 16 with more than 170 Airmen at the Joint Women's Leadership Symposium here. ...
Women's History Month: DM honors women warriors from Air Combat Command | Airmen at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., kicked off the beginning of Women's History Month by hosting a question and answer panel of female military members on base March 7. The seven distinguished guests shared a wealth of information and experiences from wars both past and present. These women are legends and heroes to many. They are battle hardened combat vets that experienced the worst that humanity had to offer, and helped pave the way for women in the military. Some of them fought in World War II, while others are still in active duty and continue to fight in current military conflicts. ...
NASA Launches Website to Honor Women in Space from SPACE.com
NASA marked women's history month yesterday (March 16) with a new website devoted to women at the space agency.
Women in Space, Then & Now: Q&A With Space History Curator Margaret Weitekamp - Space.com | And there have been women in aviation since then. In terms of spaceflight, especially in the space shuttle era, women have been an active part of that, both behind the scenes and as astronauts. Astronauts become the public face of spaceflight that ...
First spacecraft to orbit Mercury already has postage stamp - collectSPACE.com | Giancola, who is known for his book cover illustrations for science fiction authors including Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke, worked on the stamp under the direction of Phil Jordan, a former art director for Smithsonian AIr & Space magazine. ...
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
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Sri Lanka air force jets crash during air show rehearsal (1st Lead) - Monsters and Critics.com | Colombo - Two fighter jets crashed on the outskirts of Sri Lanka's capital Tuesday after a mid-air collision during rehearsal for an air force celebration, the military said. One of the pilots was killed in the crash in the Yakkala area, 30 kilometres ...
Opening of the Australian International Air Show - Scoop.co.nz | I also acknowledge and thank the sponsors of the Air Show. It is a pleasure to join you for the official opening of the Australian International Air Show and Trade Exposition. This year's Air Show also coincides with the celebration of 90 years since ...
RSAF takes part in Australian Airshow - Straits Times | THE Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) is participating in the 10th Australian International Airshow and Aerospace & Defence Exposition, also known as the Avalon Airshow. This year's airshow also celebrates the 90th anniversary of ...
Facebook Photo Contest: Pose with your Aircraft! from Warplanes Online Community |
Relieve the glory of aviation by joining our Facebook Photo Contest: Pose with your Aircraft! This March, Warplanes is doing a Facebook Photo Contest where lucky aviation fans get to win five scale ...
2 Utahns honored for WWII heroism - Deseret News | The Standard-Examiner of Ogden reports that Sersland was a B-17 aerial gunner for 35 bombing raids over enemy-occupied Europe from October 1944 to March 1945. The Daily Herald of Provo reports Allan was the co-pilot of a B-24 that was shot down on Sept ...
Michael J. Vadella Jr - Evening Observer | He was a WW II veteran serving in the Army Air Corps as a B17 bombardier. For over 40 years, Mike was employed in the ice cream industry with Dunkirk Ice Cream, Louden Hill and Dolly Madison. He was the father of three children, Mike's oldest daughter ...
News and notes — Christchurch II from Travel for Aircraft | A bit of good news — the director of the Air Force Museum of New Zealand, Mrs. Thérèse Angelo, replied to my inquiry as to the heath of the museum staff and the museum. Here is what she wrote: ...
Bell AH-1S Cobra Front View from Helikopter Hysterie - The Helicopter Blog | There are about 1676 horsepower between the R22 from a few days back and today's Bell AH-1S Cobra. I took this picture in early January at the Pima Air and Space Museum. We're looking at a true front view of this helicopter, which I took ...
A piece of aviation history is rediscovered from Bayou Renaissance Man | The BBC reports that the dilapidated wreckage of a World War I seaplane lighter has been discovered in England. ...
Today in Aviation History – March 1 from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club | In 1912… Capt. Albert Berry makes the first parachute descent from a powered airplane in America when he jumps from a Benoist aircraft that is being flown by the company pilot, Anthony Jannus. The aircraft is flying at a height of 1,500 ft. over Jefferson Barracks in St. Louis, Missouri, and Berry uses a static line parachute. ...
New Facebook Page For Gyrox from The GYROX Team | Anybody who is active on Facebook will know that there is a limit to how many friends you may have on one account. At the moment this stands at 5,000 and Norman’s Facebook page is rapidly approaching that cut-off number. Therefore we are happy to announce that Norman and the Gyrox experience now have their own Facebook Page which you can find [here] … This type of page allows for an unlimited number of followers ...
Two Flying Tigers movies in the works from Flying Tigers News | Two movies about the Flying Tigers are in the works, according to Deadline.com, with John Woo and Terence Chang getting off the tarmac first with their saga. But New Regency, 20th Century Fox, and Tom Cruise are still fighting the good ...
Black Ops 'Dark Deltoid' VTOL Caught Flying In Texas Hangar from AirPigz w Video | It's hard to believe something so small, light, and inexpensive could look so stinkin' cool in the air, but this little Dark Deltoid RC model is all that and more. I've seen a lot of nifty RC ideas in the last couple years, but nothing makes me wanna get active again more than this little thing. And no, it's not really 'black ops' material, and technically the building isn't really a hangar, except for when a group of electric modelers take over and bring their airplanes inside. ...
Skylab – the early days part 2 from The Unwanted Blog | Artwork of more or less this configuration was shown previously; here are a few simple diagrams. This wet-lab Apollo Applications Program orbiting workshop was the clear antecedant of Skylab, with obvious differences, most obviously the solar panel configuration. ...




