Welcome back, Blues - PNJ | More than 100,000 turn out for 2-day spectacle at Pensacola NAS | Even with about 101,000 people in attendance, the Blue Angels Homecoming Air Show went off without a hitch. "We couldn't have asked for a more perfect day," said Patrick Nichols, a spokesman for Pensacola Naval Air Station....
Daring stunts highlight first day of Aviation Nation air show - Las Vegas Review-Journal | Spectators watched a safe and flawless performance at the Aviation Nation air show at Nellis Air Force Base on Saturday with little concern of a repeat of the tragedy at the Reno air races. On Sept. 16, a souped-up World War II-vintage P-51 Mustang nose-dived into the crowd at the Reno-Stead Airport, killing 74-year-old pilot Jimmy Leeward and 10 spectators....
Tribue Flight - Photorecon | The Tribue Flight is a 77-day mission flown in a specially modified aircraft bearing th names of the American and Coalition tropps killed n Iraq and Afghanistan...
Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey to Make Dubai Air Show Debut - PATUXENT RIVER, Md., Nov. 13, 2011 – The Bell Boeing V-22 Program, a strategic alliance between Bell Helicopter, a Textron Company [NYSE: TXT] and The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] announced that the V-22 Osprey titlrotor will be featured at the Dubai International Air Show in the United Arab Emirates from November 13 – 17....
In Praise of Fly-In Fun - Flight Monkeys | Nothing elevates the mood of an aviation enthusiast like a 
Hero pilot Capt. Sully to fly out of Opa-Locka for charity - Orlando Sentinel | Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, the hero pilot who guided US Airways flight 1549 to a safe landing in the Hudson River after an engine caught fire in January 2009, will take to South Florida skies on a charity mission. Sullenberger, 60, now retired as a speaker on aviation...
Aviation enthusiats keep history alive and flying high - SoMdNews | Tom Long of Benedict said that as a boy he built model airplanes and “always wanted to be a pilot.” Long, a licensed flight instructor with an airline transport pilot license and a mechanic with an inspection authority grade, now owns a few 1940s- and ’50s-era planes, some in flying order and others in stages of restoration, which he does himself. He is especially proud of his World War II Valiant BT-13, a two-seat bomber trainer he purchased in 1998 and hauled on a trailer home from California. He then spent two years restoring it....
Toy drive gets air support - Suffolk News Herald | They might have come to see the airplanes that filled the sky above a small airfield in Chuckatuck, but more than 500 people who turned out for the Hampton Roads Radio Control Club’s Fun Fly on Saturday gave a big boost to the Toys for Tots program in Suffolk....
PHX Spotters Day 2011 - PHX Spotters | Our second annual PHX Spotters day 2011 was a complete success. The staff at PHX Spotters started planning this event about 3 months ago. We decided to plan the event for November 5th, 2011. Even with there being a couple other events in the surrounding areas of Phoenix we decided the day must go one. Invites sent out via Facebook and Twitter. There is no turning back. The day before the event and the weather is not looking to good for our event. The forecast for Saturdays event was an expected high of 69 degrees and sunny. Well the morning of the event, I open the garage and all I see is dark clouds and the smell of new rain is in the air. But like I said the show must go one. There is no way this can be cancelled...
New World War II memorial unveiled in Wichita - KSN | ...Boring was a gunner on a B17 during the war. He fired .50 caliber machine guns, many times in the dark. “You had to clean them and put them together blindfolded,” he recalled. Boring and his fellow servicemen now have a memorial in their honor at Veterans Memorial Park....
Veteran shares story of WW2 air raid, escape, time with Yugoslavian partisans - Fort Worth Star-Telegram | BENBROOK -- Working a .50-caliber gun from the top turret of a B-24 Liberator, Dale Hulsey fought in one of the most dramatic air battles in U.S. history and still the single most decorated mission in Air Force history. He survived the bombing run and the anti-aircraft fire, survived a crash landing when a German fighter jumped his plane, survived a frantic run into the woods to evade the enemy who had seen the bomber go down.
Restored World War II Era Aircraft On Display In Tulsa Saturday - NewsOn6 | TULSA, Oklahoma - The Tulsa chapter of the Commemorative Air Force is planning a big day Saturday, full of vintage aircraft and big band music. There's an opportunity to take a look at the plane that served as a basic training vehicle for all Army Air Forces pilots in World War II....
Vintage Flying Machines - I Love Planes | Ever since Orville and Wilber Wright realized their dream of building and piloting the world’s first gasoline powered flying machine, the world has been fascinated by airplanes. These days, people flock to air shows to see history come alive, as vintage planes take to the air once again. These are a few of the best vintage flying machines ever built. The Fokker DR 1 Triplane was made famous by the World War 1 German flying ace, Baron Manfred von 
British Carrier Deck - Planeshots
World War II: Tirpitz Sunk - Military History | ...Later that month, Tirpitz was severely damaged after being attacked by two X-Craft midget submarines. Repaired, the battleship was intensely bombed by British carrier aircraft in April 1944. Work to restore Tirpitz continued through the summer. In September, the ship became a target of Royal Air Force Avro Lancaster bombers which began raids using massive Tallboy bombs. Damaged in one attack on September 15, it was finally sunk in another on November 12. Capsizing, the wreck of the battleship was salvaged after the war.
Golden Triangle aviation history told in new book - The Dispatch | Somehow, Stuart Vance of Starkville knew that recording the history of aviation in the Golden Triangle was going to be his "thing." As a founding commissioner of the Golden Triangle Regional Airport (GTRA), he has been 
Aeromarine 39-B - Planeshots | “On 26 October 1922, Lieutenant Commander Godfrey de Chevalier, USN, flew his Aeromarine 39-B on to the flight deck of the United States Navy’s first aircraft carrier, USS Langley (CV-1), while cruising off Cape Henry, Virginia.”
Dubai Photos: C27J Spartan - Aviation Week | Alenia Aeronautica's C27J Spartan has returned to the Dubai Air Show. Here's a compilation of some photos captured during practice flying on Friday.
Burt Rutan Is Up To Something… - Autopia | Burt Rutan is up to something. He isn’t saying much about it, but whatever it is, you know it’s interesting. There’s been plenty of speculation within the aviation world about whether Rutan would stop designing airplanes now that he’s retired from Scaled Composites. Imaginative and prolific, Rutan has been at the leading edge of aerospace design since the 1970s, and few thought he would simply play golf all the time. True to form, Rutan is working on a new aircraft design....
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Sunday, November 13, 2011
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Thursday, October 13, 2011
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Lemoore High principal flying high and feeling Blue - Hanford Sentinel | Brumit experienced a 45-minute flight on one of the famed Blue Angels F/A-18 Hornet jets. (Melinda Larson, NAS Lemoore/For The Sentinel) Lemoore High School Principal Rodney Brumit got the chance of a lifetime Tuesday afternoon when he flew with Navy ...
Red Checkers to fly before World Cup semis - New Zealand Herald | The Air Force's aerobatic flying team will descend over Auckland Harbour, near the Official Fan Zone at Queens Wharf, and perform a display as a prelude to the semi-final matches. Known for their professional high standard of flying, the Red Checkers ...
Dubai Air Show to draw 55000 spectators - Arab News | Dubai Air Show, with global participants to celebrate the UAE's 40th anniversary, opens on Nov. 13 for a five-day run at the city's Airport Expo. With 1000 exhibitors and 55000 visitors expected at the show, the event is said to have enhanced its ...
Wings & Wheels takes visitors back in time with historic planes, vintage cars - The Herald-Mail | There also will be fly-bys of vintage aircraft, such as the Fairchild 22 and the Fairchild PT-19's World War II Warbirds. For a $100 donation, visitors can enjoy a flight experience in the skies aboard the museum's vintage open cockpit 1943 Fairchild ...
1951 MIG being polished up for Stuart Air Show – TCPalm | Plans call for the plane's exterior to be restored in time for the Stuart Air Show on Nov. 12 and 13. PALM CITY — Crown Car Care, Crown Collision and Special Forces team up to restore MIG. A 1951 Russian MIG UTI has joined the lineup of new displays ...
Martin County High students excited to restore MiG fighter – TCPalm | "They want to keep the authentic look of the plane," said Kinne, about the relic that will be featured at the Stuart Air Show, then go to The Road to Victory Museum in Stuart. STUART — When Martin County High School senior Jon Perez heard he would be ...
Former Area 51 Employees Reunite, Part Two from Ares by Sean Meade | In a sense, the Roadrunners' visit to Rachel had a covert, psyops dimension. The veterans and the Agency left behind umpteen copies of David Robarge's book on the history of the A-12, subtly introducing the virus of truth into the heart of the alien conspiracy theory establishment. Even after years of the programs' progressively extensive declassification, a dose of uncut reality was clearly in order: in May, a new book purporting to tell the truth about Area 51 took the fictions off in elaborate new directions…
Osprey Down: Marines Shift Story on Controversial Warplane’s Safety Record from Wired: Danger Room by David Axe | It’s an aircraft with a reputation for falling from the sky. But on at least one occasion, the U.S. military’s controversial V-22 Osprey tiltrotor — a hybrid transport that takes off like a helicopter and cruises like an airplane, thanks to its rotating engine nacelles — did just the opposite. It flew upward, out of control of its pilots…
Virgin Galactic is the Best (and the Only) Game in Town from Flight Monkeys | Now that NASA is out of the human space flight business, many space buffs and exploration believers have felt a certain void in their lives. The USA no longer has the capacity to put a man into space – and that feels wrong somehow. Have no fear FlightMonkeys (or in this case, SpaceMonkeys), there is hope on the horizon and its name is Virgin Galactic. This partnership of vision and adventure has bound the creative talent and mechanical brilliance of Burt Rutan’s Scaled Composites with Richard Branson’s long standing desire to push the potential of humanity to new heights. Well, in this case they’re doing it literally – and they’re doing it in a way that NASA never would have dreamed…
Ohio to New York: 'Give Us Your Space Shuttle' – WNYC | The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum had no immediate response to Senator Brown's letter and the challenge from Ohio. The museum refused to confirm or deny reports that they were considering building a new museum, saying only, “While we continue to be ...
What's foxy and French, and a 'Friend' of Sally B? The Fennec by shortfinals | ‘Sally B and Friends’ at the Imperial War Museum’s Duxford Airfield in Cambridgeshire on July 31st was a thunderous success. There was the thunder of heavy piston engines, with several unique formations flying by (B-17, DC-3, Beech 18, Beech Staggerwing, for example) and thunderous applause from the crowd for everything from the aerobatic displays to the period music. I was delighted to be there, and I can confidently state despite the fact that it was billed as ‘not a flying display’, that I have attended flying displays that had less flying (especially warbirds), and much less in the way of ‘ground entertainment’ including period vehicles, re-enactors in uniform and music of the WW2 era…
World War II Planes Land in Morgantown - WBOY-TV | It's a powerful, powerful thing to be a part of," explained Derick Ward, a mechanic for the P-51 Mustang and co-pilot of the B-17 and B-24. "My dad was a veteran of WWII in the 8th Army Air Corps in England, and he actually flew in these planes for, ...
CoolPix: X-47B Tailless UCAS 'Gear Up' 2Fer! by Martt | The envelope is being opened up significantly in the Northrop Grumman X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) program. It's now wheels up and throttle forward to the cruise configuration of the autonomous unmanned aircraft that's eventually headed for the aircraft carrier. These two images were released a couple days ago showing the wheels up for the first time, so I've made them available as CoolPix images for your viewing pleasure. Be sure to click 'em to make 'em big! (feel free to say 'wow' when the pix open up big)…Supersonic skidmark rocket from High Power Rocketry by R2K | There is no sound in the world greater than a big skidmark motor.
Student Rocketeers Wanted for World’s Largest Rocket Contest from AIA News | Registration for the world’s largest student rocket competition is open now through November 30. The Team America Rocketry Challenge will accept up to 1,000 student teams in grades 7-12 from any U.S. school, home school or non-profit youth organization. Sponsored by the Aerospace Industries Association, this year’s rocket contest challenges teams of three to 10 students to design and build a rocket that will climb to 800 feet with a payload of two raw eggs and stay aloft for 43 to 47 seconds. The eggs must then return to earth unbroken. The 2012 contest rules and registration information are available at www.rocketcontest.org...
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta (100 photos) from FlightAware > Discussionsby Hwyman (Posted Wed, 12 Oct 2011 21:54:52 GMT) I arrived Wednesday night. Thursday was a wash, too much wind and bad weather. Friday morning a few balloons inflated but no flying. Enjoy! Ivan www.coolairplanes.net www.floridaspotters.net
Today in Aviation History – October 13 from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club by bikeal
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
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Chabrian To Be Honored at Wright Brothers Memorial Gala from WAI Connect Blog by Amy Laboda | Dr. Peggy Chabrian, President and founder of Women in Aviation, International, will be presented with the Amelia Earhart Award at the 84th Annual Wright Brothers Memorial Gala and Golf Tournament, which benefits the GMAA-Bachelor Aviation Scholarship Fund, Inc. The award will be given at the Gala, being held at the Doral Golf & Country Club in Miami, Florida, October 22nd.
Video: Re-enactment of first Balloon Fiesta includes original pilots - KOB | A re-enactment of the first Balloon Fiesta back in 1972 made it off the ground Friday morning from Coronado Center, the site of the first fiesta. The re-enactment of the first Balloon Fiesta was a success, even though not all the balloons made it off the ground. The winds delayed the initial 6:45 am lift off, but about an hour later, balloonist Mike Rice was one of several pilots that made it into the air. Rice's balloon is the official Albuquerque International Fiesta Balloon. On Sunday he will take part in a tribute for the fiesta's creator Sid Cutter, who died earlier this year. The Balloon Fiesta board began planning this ...
Podcast: CAF Week Day 1 – CEO Stephan Brown from WarbirdRadio.com by Matt | We’re devoting the entire week of programming to the Commemorative Air Force in honor of AIRSHO 2011. Commemorative Air Force CEO Stephan Brown ...
Aviation Heritage Center at Sheboygan County airport gets a piece of history - The Sheboygan Press | Crews mount a Lockheed T-33 jet fighter outside the Aviation Heritage Center of Wisconsin at the Sheboygan County Memorial Airport last Saturday. The 1950s-era plane was restored over the last six years and will be formally unveiled Saturday in a ...
Hopewell to construct aviation museum at Twin Pines - NJ.com | Somewhere amid the jumble of junk collecting cobwebs in the ramshackle hangar at the old Twin Pine airfield lie a set of wheels from the personal plane of famed American flyer Charles Lindbergh. At least that’s what Bill Weasner thinks. The 85-year-old former owner of the airport remembers Lucky Lindy as a ...
Howard Hughes Lockheed Jetstar Refreshed at Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum from The Aero Experience by Carmelo Turdo | The Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum is sprucing up its Lockheed Jetstar once owned by Howard Hughes. Members of EAA 64, who meet at the Museum's Curtiss-Wright Hangar 2 at ...
Jet Age Air Fair Thrilled Huge Connecticut Crowd in 1959 - Patch.com | ... display of the airshow was the precision flying performed by the Thunderbirds, the aerial demonstration team of the United States Air Force. At the time, the Thunderbirds were flying the F-100C Super Sabre. ...
Newark air Museum 2-10-2011 - Stick and Rudder | Shots showing EE Lightning T.5 being worked on. Grey 'primer' coat started and when complete it will back in the 'camo' scheme it was in before the problems with the paint-film. Also Harvard cockpit section restoration in hangar 1. Also GAL Monospar still coming along nice. Also better look at the F4 cockpit section. ...
View Of the Plane Cemetery From Your Apartment from English Russia | Central Aerodrome at Khodynka Field built by N. E. Zhukovsky, was the first aerodrome in Moscow. May 9, 1945, early in the morning, a plane landed there carrying the German Instrument of Surrender. Now, Khodynka Field is a big residential …
Dreamliner on display at Museum of Flight from General Aviation News | Boeing's first 787 Dreamliner will be on public display at Seattle's The Museum of Flight's parking lot Oct. 9 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
A Helicopter Display Team | Movie Monday from Leaving Terra Firma by Matt Everett | If I had to guess, I’d say a lot of people are familiar with Chuck Aaron and the Red Bull BO-109. His act is spectacular, but what could you do with something smaller and more mundane? I don’t know, something like a Robinson R22? If you’re curious, today’s video will interest you. It features a display team founded by Jim Cheatham, the Showcopters, formerly based out of Salinas, California. I say formerly, because unfortunately, as I found in ...
Pennsylvanian Firm Wins Largest Aviation Prize In History - iWeather Online | Image NASA-Bill Ingalls NASA has awarded the largest prize in aviation history to Pipistrel-USA.com, a company based at State College (Pennsylvania). The CAFE Green Flight Challenge, sponsored by Google, was created to inspire the development of more ...
NASA Awards Historic Green Aviation Prize from AVIATION-NEWS | NASA has awarded the largest prize in aviation history, created to inspire the development of more fuel-efficient aircraft and spark the start of a new electric airplane industry. The technologies demonstrated by the CAFE Green Flight Challenge, sponsored by Google, competitors may end up in general aviation aircraft, spawning new jobs and new industries for [...]
Berlin celebrates largest ever commercial aviation event - Breaking Travel News | A record number of senior industry figures and delegates have arrived in Berlin as the city becomes the centre of the aviation world for three days. The annual World Routes event will be attended by more airlines and airports than any previous event, ...
With New York’s Intrepid Museum Dealing with Issues, Texans Make Another Play for the Space Shuttle from UnBeige | If you thought the battle between museums over space shuttle ownership being over with had long since ended, you are sorely mistaken. Though NASA announced back in the spring which museums would receive the now-decommissioned space craft, and then offered a very thorough report back in August about how it came to pick which lucky museums would get one, late last week the fight revved back up again. The ...
Friday, July 1, 2011
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Flying with the Blue Angels - WWMT | (NEWSCHANNEL 3) – The Blue Angels have been putting on spectacular air shows since the 1940s. If you've ever seen one, you know what the Blue Angels can do. The team also gives some civilians the opportunity to ride along with them, and Newschannel 3's ...
Patriotic state of red, white & blue - Tampabay.com | Aviation buffs won't want to miss two other aircraft-oriented attractions. Wings Over Miami Air Museum at Kendall-Tamiami Executive Airport features an F-14 Tomcat, a cutaway of a F4U-1 Corsair engine and a re-creation of a World War II communications ...
Weekend Navigator: Fireworks and festivals mark Independence Day - TheNewsTribune.com | Featuring live entertainment, amusements for kids, race cars, World War II B-17 and B-25 aircraft rides and tours, helicopter rides, and the Smoke 'N' Thunder Jet Dragster, 11 am-5 pm Sunday, Tacoma Narrows Airport, 1202 26th Ave. NW, Gig Harbor. ...
South Shore Air Show Takes Off July 15, 16, 17 - nwitimes.com | GARY | The 12th Annual Gary's South Shore Air Show will be held on July 15, 16 and 17 on the beaches of Marquette Park and Beach in Gary, Indiana. Dozens of military and civilian acts will perform over Lake Michigan in a festival environment complete ...
Meeting The Patrouille de France in Luxeuil - Alsace. Fr | And to close the airshow on Saturday and Sunday, the evolution of the Patrouille de France. DR The basis of Luxeuil in Haute-Saône home for two days an air show with the highlight being the famous Patrouille de France. ...
Airshow: global audience in sight - SunLive | The Tauranga Airshow returns next Auckland Anniversary weekend with rare and unusual flying displays planned with the hope of them drawing a worldwide audience. Named 'Classics of the Sky', the airshow is expected to be bigger than the 2010 ...
Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager to Attend AirVenture from News from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh | One of aviation's true living legends, Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager USAF (ret.), has confirmed his plans to attend AirVenture Oshkosh 2011. Gen. Yeager is scheduled to arrive Tuesday, July 26, and depart Sunday, July 31, with numerous special appearances throughout the rest of the week.
Thunder to be shown to military worldwide - Louisville Courier-Journal | Highlights of the 2011 Thunder Over Louisville fireworks and air show will be broadcast worldwide over the American Forces Network to more than a million American military and Defense Department personnel and their families serving overseas, ...
Saturday - Sunday, Aug 20-21, 2011 - Selfridge Joint Open House and Air Show, Harrison Township, MI from FunPlacesToFly.com Aviation Events | Selfridge Air National Guard Base invites General Aviation Pilots to fly to our base and join us for the 2011 Selfridge Joint Open House and Air Show August 20-21, 2011. This year's them is ‘Youth and Technology in Aviation'. Enjoy special events as we celebrate and renew community friendship! Permission to land is on
Saturday - Sunday, Oct 15-16, 2011 - Wings Over Houston Airshow, Houston, TX from FunPlacesToFly.com Aviation Events | The 27th Annual Wings Over Houston Airshow takes flight Saturday, October 15 and Sunday, October 16 at Ellington Airport with thrilling aerial performances, aerobatics and demonstrations. The Canadian Forces Snowbirds will captivate audiences with an aerial ballet of high-speed jet flight featuring dozens of ...
Breitling Wingwalkers 2011 - YouTube | http://www.planestv.com/ UK based AeroSuperBatics have been specialists in display flying for over 27 years and operate one of the best known and loved civili...
Flying Heritage Collection adds perfect B-25 - Snohomish County Business | So the B-25 allows much more visibility for inside detail.” The FHC's B-25J has a glass nose that shows off the bombsight and nose guns; Side guns and the tail gunner's position are also clearly visible. Since B-25s were often used for ground strafing ...
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Nellis F-16 crash site found from Air Force Link Top Stories | Air Force officials here announced June 30 that search and rescue teams have found conclusive evidence the pilot of an F-16 Fighting Falcon, which crashed at approximately 5:30 p.m. June 28, did not survive. At the time of the accident, the single-seat F-16, based at Nellis Air Force Base, was participating in a ...
Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey from I n f o r m a t i o n 2 S h a r e | The Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey is an American multi-mission, military, tiltrotor aircraft with both a vertical ...
Gameloft Release Warplanes: A History of Aerial Combat – And a Contest! from 148Apps | Gameloft have released a new app today, not a game, but an app. Their Warplanes: A History of Aerial Combat is an interactive look at warplanes of the world. We’re teaming with them to celebrate that game with a contest! ...
Thursday, June 23, 2011
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National Aviation Hall of Fame to honor Navy's Blue Angels flight ... - Daily Journal | AP DAYTON, Ohio — The National Aviation Hall of Fame in Ohio is giving the US Navy's Blue Angels flight demonstration team an award recognizing exceptional contributions to the advancement of flight. The annual Milton Caniff "Spirit of Flight" award ...
Ford "Blue Angels" Mustang to Be Sold at EAA AirVenture 2011 - EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, WI - For the fourth straight year, the Ford Motor Company has created a unique, "one of one" aviation-themed vehicle for auction to benefit the EAA Young Eagles program. The one-of-a-kind 2011 "Blue Angels" Mustang GT will go to the highest bidder at the Young Eagles Auction during EAA AirVenture 2011, which will be held July 25-31 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh…Details released for 2011 ESL International Airshow - News 10NBC | The Blue Angels will be one of the high-flying attractions this year. The Canadian Skyhawks will also be dropping by. ESL President and CEO David Fiedler predicts this year's show will be a great success. “We're looking forward to the Blue Angels ...
We made it to Texas, Y’all! from Air Race Classic by ejackson | Hey everyone Lanie here! The day began with a pre-take off briefing in Alliance, Nebraska. The new start time was 12:00 o’clock local time. As we lined up to wait for take-off the excitement began take over. We were now in race mode! After all the briefings we completed in the last 4 days nothing could prepare me for what was about to occur!...
We made it to Texas, Y’all! from Air Race Classic by ejackson | Hey everyone Lanie here! The day began with a pre-take off briefing in Alliance, Nebraska. The new start time was 12:00 o’clock local time. As we lined up to wait for take-off the excitement began take over. We were now in race mode! After all the briefings we completed in the last 4 days nothing could prepare me for what was about to occur!...
Nebraska, Kansas, Texas from Air Race Classic 2011 by Jo Alcorn and Michelle Bostick | We started the day with a look at where we ended up in Hemingsford, NE...The Patriot Inn. A quiet place run by sisters-in-law who had several fainting goats. We loved it. After greeting the goats and their mistress we headed to the airport for a takeoff about 1pm....
Women's air race taking off from Alliance - Houston Chronicle | The 35th Annual Women's Air Race Classic has been scheduled for takeoff in Alliance. Gaylene Jensen, of Heartland Aviation in Alliance, told Alliance radio station KCOW that weather and other issues forced the race to start in Alliance instead of Iowa ...
Confirmed: Pilot's flight over Taunton river was upside down - Fall River Herald News | John Klatt gives Herald News reporter Kevin P. O'Connor a ride in his aerobatic plane. Piloting the single-seater is Bill Kerns. By Kevin P. O'Connor The first sign of home came moments after John Klatt pushed his plane into the air...
A 2013 air show proposed for Burlington is in mayor's hands - BurlingtonFreePress.com | Free Press file photo An air show proposed for the Burlington waterfront scheduled in 2013 circles back to Mayor Bob Kiss for approval after winning support from a city commission. Kiss has suggested such air shows be made greener and become less ...
Night Air displays will shine even brighter - Bournemouth Echo | ORGANISERS of Bournemouth Air Festival have announced details of this year's Night Air displays, which are being extended. The dusk show was a highlight of last year's festival and, as a result, there will be flying on the Thursday ...
Licensed to Loop: America's Only Aerobatic Copter Pilot - Wired | ICAS (the international council of airshows) does issue a “ACE” card (aerobatic competency card), which is required to fly in airshows where the normal rules are waived in the “show box”. My question is, was something different done here? ...Wings of Freedom tour awaits B-24 Liberator - Peninsula Daily | Dave Seaton, left, and Lad Libera, both of Port Angeles, fold their arms while posing for a photo in front of the B-17 Flying Fortress “Nine-O-Nine” at William R. Fairchild International Airport in Port Angeles on Wednesday...
Smokin T-6! from Moose Peterson Aviation Photography | The smokin T-6 act of John Collver in War Dog at the Wings over Gillespie airshow was outstanding! The T-6 was a WWII trainer for fighter pilots. All aspects from being a tail dragger to its handling in the air prepared thousands for taking the controls of such legendary aircraft at the P-51 Mustang…
Skydivers drop in on Jobbie Nooner - Detroit Free Press | The Red Bull Air Races were held in recent years in the Detroit-Windsor area and the people welcomed the pilots. When we heard about the Jobbie Nooner, it just made a lot of sense. A: The athletes will jump out of the aircraft with each competitor ...Tornado Hits Train Carrying Boeing Parts from AVwebFlash Current Issue | A train carrying subassemblies for Boeing from Tulsa to Everett, WA was hit by a tornado earlier this week and, based on this video posted to YouTube by StormChasingVideo.com (it's the first 40 seconds) it seems likely there will be, at a minimum, some supply chain disruptions at the Boeing plant. As the storm chasers mention in the video, the train was carrying Boeing 737 fuselages (yes, we are struck by the irony, too) but the aluminum tubes appear to have escaped a direct hit. However, an AVweb reader who works at the Tulsa plant has told us that the train was also carrying wings for Boeing's new flagship 747-8. He told us the railway is still tallying up the damage…
Warren Beatty Wants An All-Star Cast For His Howard Hughes Biopic - Cinema Blend | They've also got a list of the actors Beatty has been meeting with, and weirdly enough, it includes Alec Baldwin, who played a major character in The Aviator. It also includes a laundry list of interesting up and coming actors-- Andrew Garfield, ...
Ride of a Lifetime - MV-22B Osprey at Marine Week St. Louis from The Aero Experience by Carmelo Turdo | Aero Experience contributors Carmelo Turdo and Mark Nankivil had the "Experience" of a lifetime while flying aboard an MV-22B Osprey of VMM-161 during Marine Week St. Louis. The day began around 07:00 (pretty late for Marines) at St. Louis Downtown Airport in Cahokia, IL as those scheduled for media flights began to assemble for the pre-flight briefing. Prior to the briefing, St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay was honored for the city's efforts in the preparation for Marine Week St. Louis:
Maine does away with aircraft sales taxes - Boston Herald | By AP PORTLAND, Maine — A new law eliminating sales taxes on aircraft and parts should give aviation businesses a boost and improve Maine's image as a tax-hungry state prowling after out-of-staters who fly in for visits. Buried deep in the state's new ...If you’re coming to Oshkosh, get ready for Airplanista Magazine’s new #Tweeplechase game from Av8rdan's World of Flying by Dan Pimentel | Airplanista Magazine, a popular new media, online publication, is launching a fun game for three days during EAA Airventure Oshkosh. Called #Tweeplechase, this new event will lead players on a clue-by-clue hunt to win prizes as they follow the #tweeplechase hashtag on Twitter. The game is scheduled to be played Thursday, July 28th, Friday, July 29th and Saturday, July 30th…
Saturday, June 18, 2011
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Thunderbirds opposing solos perfect symmetry (it’s also a matter of observer’s point of view) from David Cenciotti's | The following picture, taken by contributor Giovanni Maduli, were not Photoshopped. They show the Thunderbirds opposing solos F-16s performing their famous mirror passes (belly-to-belly calypso pass and inverted one) at Jesolo Air Extreme 2011. From his very unique point of view, slightly different from ...
Denton Airshow Takes Off - NBC Dallas-Fort Worth | But, the airshow came to town, I fell in love with aviation, and I made it a goal of mine to become a pilot," Dover said. Dover now pilots the F-16 Viper West and is part of the single ship demonstration team that travels the nation. ...
'Plane Fun' set to take off June 18-19 - FOX Toledo Online | MILLBURY, Ohio - Interest in aviation will take flight Saturday and Sunday at the Plane Fun Fly-In 2011, to be held at the Toledo Executive Airport. The annual event raises funds for the non-profit Experimental ...
Photo Wing Walkers Peggy Krainz Boeing PT-17 Stearman OE-AWW - PlanePictures.net
Air show, road race proposed for Fort Lauderdale beach - Broward Politics | A group of promoters want to resurrect the air show next April. They propose a scaled-down version of the annual event that long drew tens of thousands of people to the beach to watch stunt pilots and view fighter jets and bombers. ...
Indiana State Team Leaves For Air Race Classic - MyWabashValley | The Air Race Classic, a 4 day, 10 stop race that takes place in the skies of America... ISU student Kay Brown flew in last years race... "Last year was a lot of fun. Really stormy last year as well, we had a lot of weather that we had to deal with but ...
50 women pilots to compete in the 35th Annual Air Race Classic - Patch.com | Prior to the race, there will also be festivities Saturday, including free plane rides for kids, BBQ and dance By Hope Nealson | Email the author | 5:49pm Terry Carbonell touches down Wednesday at the Iowa City Muncipal Airport for the first Air Race ...
Organizers, Pilots Preparing for Reno Air Races - KTVN | This year's Reno Air Races are still about three months away, but this week pilots at the Reno-Stead Airport are earning their wings to participate in them. The pilots are participating in what's called pylon racing seminars to become certified air ...
Wright "B" Flyer's newest airplane flies from AviationDayton | SPRINGFIELD, Ohio – A one-of-a-kind airplane designed to showcase Dayton’s aviation heritage around the ...
Group works to restore, preserve historic plane - Community Impact Newspaper | Dale, a US Army veteran, and his father, Alan Dale, flew aboard a World War II-era B-25 bomber May 6 to honor US Marine Cpl. Stanley Dale, who flew in a B-25 for nighttime missions during the war. The Devil Dog aircraft is hangared at the Georgetown ...
Aviation Stories for June 17, 2011 from aroundthepattern.com | ... And one last item – This week is the Pylon Racing School at Reno-Stead Airport. There were 116 pilots and crew members registered for the event this year. There are a lot more jets in the course this year than I have seen in the past. ...
Video: Treetop Flyer – The Classic Low Level Flying Video from AviationChatter.com | A word of caution to would-be daredevils: do not try this at homeThis is one of my favorite flying videos. It has all the elements: low level flying, speed, a great airplane and the perfect soundtrack. The airplane pictured appears to be a Van’s RV-4, a popular and fun ...
Father's Day Treat for WW2 Event - WGME | The New Hampshire based non-profit provides veterans with free travel to Washington so they can visit the monuments and reflect on their service. Carr, age 90, served as an Air Force mechanic during WW2 aboard B-24 bombers. ...
Castle Air Museum to celebrate 30 years with swing music - Merced Sun-Star | ATWATER -- Castle Air Museum supporters will be able to jive Saturday when the museum celebrates its 30th anniversary by hosting a free concert for all the museum's patrons. "This concert is to celebrate 30 years of being open to the ...
Intrepid Sea Air and Space Museum Aerial Image from Helikopter Hysterie | ... The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum has five helicopters on the flight deck: ...
A whole different world - Baldwin County Now | Orange Beach resident and Foley native to take off at Balloon Festival | Ellis Calvert is an active hot air balloon pilot and has been a fanatic of the activity for 20 years. The Orange Beach resident calls it a hobby, one that he started because he was "looking for something different to do." "I went one time and got hooked ever since," Calvert said.
The 63-year-old is one of 45 pilots participating this weekend in the seventh annual Gulf Coast Hot Air Balloon Festival, an event he thinks shows the strengths of the South Baldwin Chamber of Commerce. ...
Lucky charms and bullet holes in Afghan helicopter from WTHR | The Army medics had just dropped off a Marine wounded in a bombing when one reached over and handed me a scribbled note inside the noisy U.S. helicopter. ...
V-22 flew Osama’s body to USS Carl Vinson from Warplanes Online Community | ... A V-22 Osprey aircraft ferried Osama bin Laden’s body to the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson after he was killed in a U.S. raid May 2 in Pakistan.Representative Norman Dicks, a Democrat from Washington, talked about the tilt-rotor aircraft’s mission as the House Appropriations Committee was considering the 2012 Pentagon spending bill. ...
A fascination for airports made first female Emirati co-pilot pursue aviation - gulfnews.com | Soon, she realised the responsibility that's been put upon her shoulders; it was when she saw her name in a book titled 100 Greatest Women in Aviation. "I realised I'm not just representing Salma anymore. I'm representing my family, my company and my ...
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Thunderbirds announce 2012 officer selections - ACC.AF.mil | NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- The commander of Air Combat Command, Gen. William M. Fraser III, has officially selected the officers who will be joining the United States Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, "Thunderbirds" for the 2012 demonstration season...
Preparations are Underway for the 2011 Rockford Airfest (with Video) - My State Line | Workers have just hours to get the stage set for the 2011 Rockford Airfest. That means coordinating parking, assembling tents, and drawing lines for the weekend show. The Airfest boasts 15 performances of both military and civilian aircraft performing high flying...
Editorial: We're ready for the 'Thunder' - HTR News | Let's get ready to rumble! The skies over Manitowoc and the surrounding area are about to get loud. Military warplanes and other, smaller aircraft will be the highlight of the 19th annual air show at the Manitowoc County Airport, called Thunder on the Lakeshore. The actual shows will be held on Saturday and Sunday afternoons...
Tornados to make first ever appearance at Bournemouth Air Festival - BH Beat | Bournemouth Air Festival organisers say they are thrilled to unveil a brand new addition to this year’s flying display line-up. Making its first appearance at the Bournemouth Air Festival is the Tornado GR4 Role Demo, displaying on Saturday 20th August...
When the Airshow Needs Help, Black Team Steps Up - Golden Knights | Millville’s Wheels and Wing’s Airshow had a full line-up for this last weekend! However, Thursday morning brought bad news. Their headlining act cancelled, leaving the entire airshow in a bad position...
B-17E “Desert Rat” - Warbird Rescue | Join us tonight at 8PM EST to listen to the Mike Kellne and Bill Stanczak of the B-17E “Desert Rat” Restoration. This is the story of just a small group of volunteers putting a rare version of the B-17 back into the air. We can also talk about what else Bill is working on!
Accident involving a B-25 Mitchell in France - CAVOK | A bomber of World War II B-25 Mitchell made a forced landing on May 31, 2011 in France, near Melun-Villaroche, southeast of Paris. The aircraft is the B-25 F-prefix AZZU (s / n 44-58811), known as "Russell's Raiders," and well known events in the air in France...
Future Osprey basing makes Japan nervous - DOD Buzz | The Marine Corps confirmed this week that it plans to replace the CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters at its base in Okinawa, Japan with its MV-22 Osprey, reports Stars & Stripes, and Japanese officials are very uneasy about that...
Flypast: Eclipsed by the jetliners - Skyport | A bare-looking Bristol Britannia, devoid of airline livery, at London Airport in the winter of 1956/57. A FRIEND looked at this photograph and said: "Aha, the Bristol Brabazon." At first glance it's an easy mistake, I suppose...
Think Tank Proposes USAF, Navy Tech Roadmap - Defense Tech | DT’s sister site DoDBuzz just reported on a very interesting call by the Heritage Foundation for the Pentagon to develop a technology acquisition road-map aimed at synching big ticket Air Force and Navy weapons buys with long term strategies...
Global Hawk Lands in Grand Forks - Aviation Today | The first RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system (UAS) arrived at Grand Forks Air Force Base, the second main operating base in the United States for the aircraft. The Global Hawk arrived from Beale Air Force Base, Calif., on May 26, Northrop Grumman said...
Wittman airport officials working with FAA to allow charter flights to return to Oshkosh during AirVenture - The Northwestern | Wittman Regional Airport officials are working with the Federal Aviation Administration to allow charter flights to return to Oshkosh during AirVenture 2011...
Win $3500 and Learn How to FLY! - Flight To Success | “Have you ever dreamed of being a pilot? This year, the Arlington Fly In is awarding a $3,500 scholarship to a teen that would love to learn to fly...
Vintage biplane tours now at GMU - GA News | “Many cities, like Atlanta, are home to companies that offer vintage airplane tours; and the Upstate of South Carolina has some spectacular aerial views,” stated Williams. “A desire to bring this exciting experience to my home town, along with my love of aviation convinced me...
100 years of inspiration: Life’s an adventure for Pelham woman - Niagara This Week | When learning about the life of Pelham’s Dorothy Rungeling one can’t help but be inspired. The accomplished pilot, artist, author and Order of Canada member celebrated her 100th birthday May 12 and on Tuesday friends and the community gathered at the Pelham Public Library to recognize her 100 years of accomplishments...
Nazi Flying Saucer Shock Horror - Aviation Week | The book is “Area 51 – An Uncensored History” by Annie Jacobsen, and it was put together to accompany a National Geographic documentary about the secure flight test facility at Groom Lake in Nevada. Most of the book is based on interviews with long-retired engineers and test pilots...
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