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Interview With Air Show Announcer Rob Reider  * The Pixie Pilot |The whole crew is here with a special guest, discussing the wonders of air shows

USAF Thunderbirds land in Liberal * Leader and Times | Major Caroline Jensen is the right wing pilot for the U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, flying the No. 3 jet. During high school, she participated in swimming and track, serving as captain for both teams. She entered the Air Force in 1998 as a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy. Before joining the...

Flying the Blue Angels' Fat Albert is more than just a show * The Daily News Journal | I got a taste of this when the call came out for media to meet the Blue Angels' pilots and get a ride on their “work horse” show opener, Fat Albert, a Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules flown by an all-Marine crew of three pilots and five enlisted aircrew ...

Catch a glimpse: Navy's Blue Angels to fly over Milwaukee Wednesday * fox6now.com | The Blue Angels will fly the squadron's six-jet F/A-18 Hornet Delta Formation over Lake Michigan on the eastern side of Milwaukee at approximately 250 knots. A seventh jet will be flying abreast of the formation to photograph the Delta with the city in ...

Air Race Classic pilots converge on Scottsbluff (VIDEO) * Scottsbluff Star Herald | A total of 52 female pilots are taking part in the Air Race Classic this year with one of the major stops on the four-day competition at Western Nebraska Regional Airport in Scottsbluff on Tuesday. The ARC will continue across the United States tour...

Local women take on challenge of 2014 Air Race Classic * The Times Herald | LIMERICK — Three local pilots will be competing against the weather, time and unforseen circumstances as they race across the country in the 2014 Air Race Classic starting Monday. Alison Chalker, Barbara Ziegler and Linda Evans, all members of the...

Flight Experience With the Aeroshell Team Is Highlight of Cameron, MO Airshow | I went to Cameron, MO to cover their airshow just to see some great flying. Friday morning that all changed. Last year I entered the Aeroshell Aerobatic Team photo contest - not expecting to win but to share with them some of the images I had captured so they could use them to promote themselves. I thought it would be a great way to give back, as I have loved watching them fly over the years....

Warbirds to rumble over Springs for August air show  | In two months time, the skies over Colorado Springs will be filled with military planes from a bygone era. The Pikes Peak Regional Air Show at the Colorado Springs Airport, Aug. 9-10, will feature more than 40 historic aircraft, including many from World War II. Proceeds from the event will go to fund the Colorado Springs-based National Museum of World War II Aviation and the Peterson Air and Space Museum....

New acts added to air show lineup * WDTN | New acts are lining up to join the Vectern Dayton Air Show which is less than two weeks away. Two warbirds will take to the sky June 28 and 29. One is a fighter plane that helped win World War II. The other is a rare version of a carrier-based fighter...

Warbird Expo visits Fishers * Current in Fishers | “My interest in aviation probably comes from my dad,” said the younger Bennett, a Noblesville resident and member of the Indiana Wing of the Commemorative Air Force (CAF), the organization responsible for the Warbird Expo. John Bennett's plane is a...

Berlin Airshow * Blackpool Gazette | Video from the event

Pease AirFest event canceled * Seacoastonline.com | News of the Pease AirFest cancellation comes after hopes of holding a Boston-Portsmouth Air Show this year at the Pease International Airport were already lost. The BIANH announced in May that it would instead hold the scaled-down Airfest event that...

Weston Air Festival 2014: The Red Arrows, Avro Vulcan bomber and The ... * Cheddar Valley Gazette | The De-Havilland Sea Vixen, the only flying example of this magnificent naval fighter bomber, will wow the crowds, as well as the world-renowned Royal Air Force aerobatic team – The Red Arrows – who will perform a thrilling precision flying display...

Priming for the Mkuze Airshow - KZN Winter Air Tour | Airshow's have become some of the largest public participation events in South Africa, and Mkuze should be no different. The prevalent KZN Winter Air Tour is gearing up to reach the northernmost district of KwaZulu-Natal,...

WWII Bomber at Twin Falls Airport this Week * Twin Falls Times-News | Monday afternoon though, the 93-year-old Filer resident at least got to fly in one, courtesy of the Commemorative Air Force, an organization that restores and preserves historic military aircraft. “It was just fantastic,” said a happy Haney after his...

Salute To A Fallen Airmen – Walter Ray · Dave Budd , Photorecon | Photorecon along with Strategic-Beer-Command took a trip today to pay respect to a fallen airman Walter L. Ray. Walter Ray was selected as a program pilot for the CIA flying it’s then classified Lockheed...

Buckhead Bomber Girls Calendar · WarbirdsNews | Harriet Adams has come up with a marvelous and unique idea for a calendar paying tribute to aircrew from the Greatest Generation. The Atlanta, Georgia resident is pairing the daughters and granddaughters of those brave airmen with the bomber jackets their forebears wore into combat. Each month highlights a “Bomber Girl”, her relative and more importantly, “their” story. The connection these men made with their succeeding generations, and how those associations are passed down through the family, often center around that bomber jacket....

Aviation Spotlight Episode II – Tom Nightingale · Airshowvid, Photorecon.net | Episode II of Aviation Spotlight focuses on warbird ownership with pilot Tom Nightingale. Tom has been highly involved in the warbird community in Southern California of over 20 years. Our host Daniel Wotring sat...

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Guest Feature: Discovery Flight Renews Dream of Learning to Fly for Local Aviation Enthusiast | Midwest Airport Fun Days gave me a new experience and renewed passion for aviation on June 7. I have been obsessed with planes since birth. My grandparents took me to Lambert St. Louis Intl. Airport religiously and my mother followed the tradition up until the viewing area closed following 9/11/2001. Even then, I would find myself asking her just to...

Amazing close-up photos capture war planes and birds' majesty in motion * Sploid | I've seen many photos of airplanes and nature in my life, but very few photographers get close to Tom Dean's ability to capture any kind of flying bird. The...

Pilot Makes First Skydive ... Out Of Damaged Plane * Aero-News Network | Another Skydiver Hit The 182s Elevator While Exiting The Aircraft A pilot for a skydiving company became one of the jumpers recently when the Cessna 182 he was flying was damaged by one of the skydivers exiting the airplane....

Window World surpasses $1 million to Veterans Airlift Command · General Aviation News | NORTH WILKESBORO, N.C. — Window World, a replacement window and home remodeling company, has surpassed $1 million in donations and in-kind contributions to the Veterans Airlift Command (VAC), bringing free, private air transportation to wounded veterans and their families for medical and other compassionate purposes....

#Avgeeks, Let's Make it "1,000,000 Pilots Tuesday" at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh · Dan Pimentel | By now, most readers of this blog- and my loyal flock of followers on Twitter - know all about the 2014 Oshbash event this blog is hosting called the GA Power Collective, coming to the Press Tent at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh on Tuesday, July 29th 5:30PM - 7:30PM. If you are just tuning in, stop by the official Oshbash website and bring yourself up to speed. As I have developed this event, it has been very cool to watch the active #avgeek community on Twitter get behind the idea of discussing how the major aviation groups can work together with a common goal of growing the pilot ranks to 1,000,000 certificated pilots....

AirVenture tempts teachers with freebies · General Aviation News * You don’t have to be a pilot or an aircraft mechanic to enjoy the largest general aviation gathering in North America. To prove that point, Build A Plane, in partnership with AirVenture, is offering teachers a very special perk for attending the festivities on Tuesday, July 28, in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. For the fifth year, they are sponsoring Teacher’s Day to share information on how aviation can be used in the classroom to enhance STEM curriculum and engage students....

Pegasus Elite Aviation donates engine to school · General Aviation News | VAN NUYS, Calif. — Students at the Los Angeles Unified School District’s North Valley Occupational Center – Aviation (NVOC – Aviation) have a new tool to gain insight into the functioning of turbine engines, thanks to a donation of a Rolls-Royce Spey Engine – valued at $120,000 – by Pegasus Elite Aviation....

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Blue Angels arrive in Smyrna * The Daily News Journal | Additionally, John Klatt will fly in his Air National Guard Staudacher S-300. War-bird enthusiasts will enjoy when Scott “Scooter” Yoak takes to the skies in his P-51 Mustang. Static displays will include a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter, a UH-72 Lakota...

Great Tennessee Air Show event to feature the U.S. Navy Blue Angels * Columbia Daily Herald | Additionally, joining Michael Wiskus will be the Lucas Oil Skydivers, John Klatt will fly in his Air National Guard Staudacher S-300 racing, and the war-bird enthusiasts will particularly enjoy the show when Scott “Scooter” Yoak takes to the skies in...

Region set to soar with OC Air Show * Delmarva Daily Times | Leap Frogs: The U.S. Navy Seals Leap Frogs parachute team will be part of the event. • Breakfast with the Performers: This opportunity to get up close and personal with some of the pilots and others takes place at 8 a.m. Saturday and Sunday at Layton's...

Up, up and away Legacy Airshow will take to the skies Saturday * Rexburg Standard Journal | REXBURG — The Legacy Flight Museum Air Show this Saturday at the Rexburg-Madison County Airport offers a combination of new and vintage aircraft flown by pilots with a wide variety of aerobatic styles. The free air show begins at 8:45 a.m. with a...

Fly-in breakfast Sunday at James Clements Airport * Midland Daily News | Valley Aero Club, the nonprofit organization supporting James Clements Airport in Bay City, will celebrate its 60th birthday with its 60th annual fly-in breakfast on Sunday from 7 a.m. to noon. The “We Remember” event celebrates the Grant family with...

A hundred years of the Bourget Airport * Passion for Aviation (Translated) | Centenary Bourget Airport | Sunday, July 13, 2014 | Le Bourget You can attend a fifty presentations flight and enjoy the many aircraft on display on tarmac summarizing a century of aviation activity at Le Bourget. On legendary aircraft, it will Morane Louis Blériot aircraft Roland Garros, a replica airworthy came especially from USA "Spirit of St. Louis" by Charles Lindbergh to YAK Normandie-Niemen but commercial aircraft epic (DC3, Lockheed etc ...) aviation business will not be forgotten. Cars collection there will also be exhibited...

Dayton Air Show adds new act to roster * WDTN | DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – The Vectren Dayton Air Show announced a new act to this year's lineup. The U.S. Coast Guard will demonstrate search and rescue techniques during its performance. The four person team from Detroit will maneuver a helicopter to ...

Richmond CAP organizes Wings & Wheels event * Headline News - Civil Air Patrol | INDIANA -- Richmond will be a model example for car and plane owners this weekend for the 11th annual Speedster Rally, organized by the Richmond Senior Flight of Civil Air Patrol. Model T Speedsters from Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois, Virginia, Oklahoma, Iowa, Missouri, Texas, Michigan and North Carolina will be in town for a Wings & Wheels public show at the Richmond Municipal Airport that coincides with the Speedster Rally. A variety of aircraft will be on display and model airplane flight demonstrations are planned....

Webinar- Tips For Flying Into EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2014 · eaavideo.org | EAA AirVenture NOTAM Chairman Fred Stadler shares some hints and tips for reducing your pilot workload when flying into AirVenture 2014. Discussion highlighting the special requirements and procedures of the FAA issued NOTAM.

Mo’Venture: Unique Mojave Experimentals Flying to Oshkosh * EAA Airventure | June 12, 2014 - Catbird. Ol’ Blue. Wasabi Siren. Tango2. If those aircraft nicknames sound familiar, they probably should; they’re among a group of homebuilts that have emerged from the fertile experimental hotbed of Mojave, California, and they are among a group of aircraft that are assembling to fly to Oshkosh together for EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2014. EAA received word this week that six airplanes are confirmed to arrive together on Monday, July 28, and several other well known airplanes might be added....

Video: Reno Air Races to Have Festival Atmosphere This Year * KTVN | The Reno Air Racing Association is making its final preparations for the 2014 National Championship Air Races. On Thursday, officials took the time to tell us what's new this year. This year's event is set to be like a festival....

Aloft Hot-Air Balloon Festival Says It WIll Close * WLTX.com | ... festival announced today that it will cease operation, citing a lack of attendance, and is in the process of filing for bankruptcy. Check out this story on WLTX.com: http://www.wltx.com/story/news/local/2014/06/12/aloft-hot-air-festival-bankruptcy...

Thrills and skill at Aerobatics Competition | Photos * Parkes Champion-Post | Good crowds turned out to watch the round of the Australian Scale Aerobatics Competition at the Parkes Miniature Aero Club's flying field located at Nelungaloo last weekend. Pilots from NSW, QLD and Victoria took part in the event - the eighth year the ...

Veteran flies in B-17 Bomber * KLKN | The "Flying Fortress" is a B-17 Bomber Airplane, today Dick Miller, a former military pilot took a tour of the plane he once flew in WWII. At 94-years-old, Miller got a chance to relive his days in the skies. "The Germans had some mighty good guns and...

A quarter century of power · Dan Johnson, General Aviation News | In 1989 something remarkable happened. You might remember the fall of the despised Berlin Wall that separated Germany. Certainly that was a remarkable event in human history, but it wasn’t the only noteworthy occurrence that year. Not far away in Wels, Austria, something else happened that, for pilots, was also important. In 1989, Rotax Aircraft Engines introduced its 912 engine. The Berlin Wall may be gone and thank goodness for that advancement of freedom. Yet another kind of freedom was born with the Austrian company’s introduction of the 912. In 2014, the company plans a major fly-in to commemorate this history. Many, including myself, will travel long distances to be part of the celebration....

B-17 'Lacey Lady' could be on the move * KOIN.com | (The Tribune) — Southeast McLoughlin Boulevard's famous B-17 bomber will move to Aurora's airport for restoration if a local coalition's campaign can raise a remaining $50,000 needed to get the “Lacey Lady” out of the weather and 67 years of pigeon...

Facebook for my Women in Aviation Mini-Museum Project  * You Fly, Girl | Next year, I'm going to be putting a bit of my women in aviation collection into an exhibit at the Laramie County Public Library, here in Cheyenne. I've got a year to get all the pieces mounted properly for exhibit. Of course once I get the exhibits all ready to go, I want to share them with other people, and what I'm thinking of is creating a Mini Museum - renting a store front here in town and putting the collection on display....

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• Flying Over the Cornfields at Blakesburg
• Applegate Airport's 50th Anniversary Watermelon Fly-In
• Bellanca Cruisemaster Donation Progress Report
• Mike Araldi's "Rat Rod" Curtiss Junior

Special Olympics Airlift prepares for takeoff · General Aviation News | For the first time in the event’s 27-year history, the Citation Special Olympics Airlift will include Beechcraft owners alongside Cessna Citation operators flying about 700 athletes from across the country to compete in the 2014 Special Olympics USA Games in New Jersey...

Golf Open raises $90,000 for aviation charities · General Aviation News | Thanks to the generosity of 165 golfers, their organizations and the many sponsors who donated auction items, the 26th Annual Greater Washington Aviation Open (GWAO) Tournament raised $90,000, which was donated to two charities — Corporate Angel Network (CAN) and Veterans Airlift Command (VAC)....

4 Russian Bombers Flew Within 50 Miles Of The California Coast * Business Insider | Two U.S. Air Force F-22 jets were scrambled and intercepted the bombers over the Aleutians. After tracking the bombers as they flew eastward, two of the four Bears turned around and headed west toward the Russian Far East. The bombers are believed to...

Winds Push NASA 'Flying Saucer' Test Launch to Late June * Space.com | "All of the vehicle systems [and] our team were ready and prepared for all of the launch days; we were ready to go," said Mark Adler, LDSD project manager at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California. "The only thing that held us...

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Tusker Air Show Festival – 2013, Dec 14-15 2013 @ Wilson Airport | Building on a rich tradition from Kenya’s first air show in Kitale in 1956, through the Caltex Air Shows of the mid 1990’s, to the largest public show in 2002 with more than fifteen thousand spectators; the 2013 Kenya Air Show Festival will be an impressive showcase of achievement by our aviators and aviation industry over the last fifty years....

Blue Angels to fly at Star-Spangled Spectacular in Baltimore next September - Captial Gazette | BALTIMORE — The U.S. Navy Blue Angels will perform at an air show next fall during a celebration of the 200th birthday of the national anthem....

Blue Angels, T-birds book OC returns - Delmarva Now | OCEAN CITY — The Thunderbirds and the Blue Angels military jet demonstration teams are scheduled to headline the OC Air Show in 2014 and 2015...

USAF Thunderbirds set to return to Daytona 500 for fly-over - Motorsport.com | DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, known worldwide for their precision aerobatics, will return to Daytona International Speedway to perform the flyover for the prestigious 56th annual DAYTONA 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season opener on Sunday, Feb. 23...

Luke Air Force Base to hold popular air show - azcentral.com | Luke Air Force Base will revive its popular air show and open house on March 15 and 16, following the cancellation of the event last March because of sequestration budget cuts, base officials said Monday...

Season Review 2013 - UK Airshow News - Flightline UK | The 2013 airshow season was certainly a varied one in many different ways. One major plus over 2012 was prolonged periods of good weather that stretched across much of the display season. For many events like Cosford and Yeovilton it has been a long time since they enjoyed such wonderful weather. The weather also brought out the crowds with many events recording record attendances which are so important to securing the future of events though it also brought some traffic problems too!...

Retired Area 51 commander, U-2 pilot Slater dies at 91 - Las Vegas Review-Journal | ...A World War II fighter pilot, he was joint Air Force-CIA commander at the classified Area 51 installation along the dry Groom Lake bed, 90 miles north of Las Vegas from 1964 to 1968. That was during the heyday of the supersonic A-12 Oxcart spy plane program....

Osprey arrival at Air Force museum canceled - Dayton Daily News | The arrival of a CV-22 Osprey at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force on Wednesday morning has been scrubbed because of weather concerns, a museum spokeswoman said late Tuesday afternoon. A rescheduled date has not been set, according to Diana Bachert, a museum spokeswoman...

Female WWII Pilot Attends Announcement of New Air Museum - KIII TV3 | INGLESIDE (Kiii News) -A new hangar and museum will soon be built in Ingleside. It was announced Monday at a ceremony at the McCampbell-Porter Airport. The brand new hangar and air museum is expected to be completed by April of 2014. On hand for Monday's announcement was the legendary World War II pilot and instructor, Maxine Flournoy...

LGB businesses hosts Veterans Airlift Command fundraiser · General Aviation News Staff | LONG BEACH, Calif. — Aeroplex Aviation, in partnership with Signature Flight Support, will host a holiday fundraiser Dec. 11 at the Long Beach Airport (LGB) to benefit Veterans Airlift Command, a nonprofit organization that provides free air transportation to wounded warriors, veterans and their families for medical and other compassionate purposes through a national network of volunteer aircraft owners and pilots...

Libya a no-go for Curtis-Taylor and her Stearman - defenceWeb | Annette Porter, producer of the documentary following Tracey Curtis-Taylor on her epic flight from Cape Town to Goodwood in England, reports that with the exception of Libya, the intrepid aviatrix has been able to faithfully follow the flight path of Mary Heath...

Flyboy folklore - Issaquah Press | ...To help supplement the account of his career, McKee turns the pages of a memory book any museum would pine for. McKee filled its pages with personal snapshots, aerial military photographs and original copies of V-mails and Western Union telegraphs. Of particular note in his memory book are his diary entries recounting each of the 23 missions he flew. The first was aboard a B-26 Martin Marauder, the target a railroad bridge near Piazolla in northern Italy. The rest of the missions were then aboard the B-25 Billy Mitchell....

Fleet Air Arm Museum calls for help to decipher Japanese Kamikaze bomber - Culture24 | In advance of their forthcoming exhibition about the Pacific War of World War II, curators at the Fleet Air Arm Museum, near Yeovilton in Somerset, have been taking a closer look at one of their rarest aircraft. The Japanese Ohka 2 is a specially-built rocket-powered kamikaze aircraft used towards the end of the war against the US Navy...

The T-33A “Shooting Star” Of Oak Meadow Park In Los Gatos, Ca · Warbirds News | ...This USAF Lockheed T-33A “Shooting Star” ,Serial Number 53-5421,it is on loan to the Town of Los Gatos by the United and it is located in the Oak Meadow Park. The aircraft has been in the playground area since July, 1974. It was manufactured by Lockheed Aircraft, Burbank, California and delivered to the USAF in December, 1954.The two-seat T-33 jet was designed for training pilots already qualifies to fly propeller-driven aircraft. As one...

How the Mig-31 repelled the SR-71 Blackbird from Soviet skies - The Aviationist | Even if no SR-71 was lost due to hostile actions during the entire Blackbird career, the Mach 3+ capable spyplane faced an adversary that could effectively intercept it: the MiG-31 Foxhound. The SR-71 impressive mission record was reached thanks to some unique features of its airframe, such as its ability to fly at more than three and a half times the speed of sound at 88,000 feet, its small (for the time) Radar Cross Section (RCS) and its sophisticated electronic countermeasures (ECM)....

Royal Malaysian Air Force Museum — “Where it all begins” by travelforaircraft | The Royal Malaysian Air Force (Tentera Udara Diranja Malaysia in Malay) offers a museum, near the equator, on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur which is free to visit and worth the trip though a bit of planning is required...

Flying Musicians to perform at Kitty Hawk · General Aviation News Staff | The Flying Musicians Association will participate in the 110th Anniversary of Powered Flight celebration at Kitty Hawk, N.C., on Dec. 16 and 17. Members will provide music, staff an information booth, and present a presentation of why nearly 50$ of pilots are musicians with “Symphony in the Sky: The Correlation between Aviation and Music.”...

It was a good day - Apron 6 | I had a great day yesterday. The day started with the preparation of the Skyvan. Around noon we were ready for take off for a photoflight to Midden Zeeland (The Netherlands). First the Extra 300 joined up for some aerobatics behind the Skyvan and after that we had the Bronco of the Bronco Demo Team coming from the UK. It also headed to Zeeland where it will be repainted. The second leg was...

Helicopter creates rain of flares at dusk to fight winter depression in Denmark By David Cenciotti | The Royal Danish Air Force operates a fleet of six EH-101 Merlin (military version of the AgustaWestland AW.101) helicopters, for Search And Rescue tasks. According to the Flyvevåbnet Facebook page, few days ago, one of them made an impressive display for a very unique reason: after receiving several inquiries by Danish people concerned by the fact that December darkness could negatively affect everyday life the RDAF decided to try to fight this scourge, bringing a little extra light by means of a Merlin releasing flares...

Santa Express 2013 - Flight To Success | Where a whole bunch of Delta employees bring holiday cheer to kids who need a smile and some extra love this holiday season. Pictures speak louder than words ...Enjoy!

Dayton film producer buys a UAV - sUAS News | A Dayton film producer has purchased a helicopter. A very small one. Niche Productions said Tuesday it will take possession of a “Black Armored Drone” with a gimbal, or pivot mechanism, manufactured by Intuitive Aerial, of Sweden....

Birthday boy flies solo - Timaru Herald |  Tom Thorne celebrated his 16th birthday yesterday in a way few others have. The Waimate lad flew solo for the first time, in a Piper Tomahawk at the South Canterbury Aero Club. His interest in aviation began at the age of 12 when he was introduced to flying model aeroplanes. He began flying lessons at 14 and has been anxiously awaiting his 16th birthday, the age he could legally fly solo....

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Kyle Franklin, One Year Later - from AVweb Top News | Amanda Younkin Franklin died from injuries she sustained in a crash with her husband Kyle Franklin nearly one year ago, and at the 2012 Sun 'n Fun fly-in we had the opportunity to ask Kyle how he's doing. Kyle was at the back of the airshow performers' hangar when AVweb's Glenn Pew found him. The two spoke for about half an hour. Kyle still wears the...

SUN 'n FUN offers family thrills in Lakeland, aviation style - ABC Action News | The SUN 'n FUN campus showcase a world-class concentration of vintage, warbird, homebuilt, factory built, rotorcraft, ultralight, light sport, hot air balloon, aerobatic and current military aircraft that add to the memorable experiences for SUN ʼn FUN ...

AOPA Live at Sun 'n Fun 2012 - Final report from AOPA Live: Latest videos from AOPA Live | AOPA Live at Sun 'n Fun 2012 - Final report thumbnail Wrap up report from Sun 'n Fun 2012, including a B-29 flight with a WASP that flew the Super Fortress during the war, new inititatives from AOPA to improve GA, and an autopilot that won't let you stall...

"High Winds" UCAP #278-foxtrot from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast
Saturday Morning, March 31. UCAP Daily. Jack and Dave recount the past 24 hours at the 2012 Sun 'n Fun Fly-in. Recorded March 31, 2012.

Tuscaloosa Regional Air Show brings in 75000 on first day (photos) - al.com (blog) | The US Navy Blue Angels perform a demonstration at the Tuscaloosa Regional Airport during the Tuscaloosa Regional Air Show on March 31, 2012. (Chris Pow / al.com) 2012 Tuscaloosa Regional Air Show gallery ...

Tuscaloosa air show brings back memories for Tuskegee Airmen - Tuscaloosa News | 7An estimated 75000 people attended this year's show, headlined by the US Navy Blue Angels flight demonstration team. But as Carter and Richardson can attest to, the show contained much more, including the P-51 Mustangs, demonstrations by the US Army ...

RIVERSIDE: Cloud cover can't stop air show - Press-Enterprise | BY JERRY SOIFER The first jet flying in the 20th Riverside Air Show on Saturday never left the ground. Cloud cover was 800 feet at the time the air show was scheduled to start, postponing all flights and skydiving. The only planes in the air were the ...

RIVERSIDE: Friends and family greet pilot - Press-Enterprise | Mike McKee on Friday after he flew an A-10 Thunderbolt II jet fighter into the Riverside Municipal Airport for display at the Riverside Airshow, which was held Saturday. More than 20 friends and relatives including Mike's first flight instructor, ...

Aerobatics display team to perform in the skies above Hatfield - Times 24 | For organisers of the classical picnic proms have confirmed The Blades Aerobatic Display Team will also make an appearance in the skies above Hatfield Park on Saturday, July 21. The 12th annual Battle Proms picnic and firework concert will once again ...

Refunds for Air Show ticket holders - Newstalk ZB | State Highways One and Three were heavily congested as people tried to make their way to the air show today, which saw some people face delays of three or four hours. Some people were so put off by the congestion, they just decided to go home...

People Travel in From Across the U.S. for Acclaimed Night Air Show - The Ledger | For Steve Bruss, his wife and three boys, the night air show was the reason they traveled all the way from Minneapolis, Minn., to Central Florida. "We've seen the night air show at Oshkosh (Wis.), so we've seen [a night air show] before and some of the ...

The Isle of Wight's annual White Air festival - Adventure Blog | White Air – the pumping adrenaline, the reverence of one's peers and the feat of putting one over nature that's what feels about this fest. Says Phil Maynard who had a shot at understanding the extreme sports culture. Being a...

Flying museum landing in Chandler for Airport Dayz - East Valley Tribune | Sentimental Journey, a B-17G WWII bomber owned by the Arizona Wing of the Commemorative Air Force will be on display at the Chandler Airport this month during Chandler Airport Dayz. Flights: B-17 — $425 per person; SNJ — $325; PT-17 — $175; L-16 —$95.

Alaska Aviation Museum Hall of Fame inducts new pioneers - Examiner.com | A gatherthing or Alaska's most famous and well known aviation families met in Anchorage the evening of March 22, 2012 to honor the efforts of pioneer aviators. This year's Alaska Aviation Museum Aviation Hall of Fame recipients are AA Bennett, ...

Joseph Earl Regan, 88 - Kitsap Sun | He was assigned to the ball turret and on his 15th mission, February 3rd, 1945, Joe's B-17, "BIG DOG," was hit by an 88mm Anti Aircraft round and the entire crew bailed out. Joe was captured was a POW for the next 3 months. He was liberated from Stalag ...

Double Double - The Story of the Zwillingsbiber Beaver - Vintage Wings of Canada | On Wednesday, August 11th, 1954, a tired looking and disheveled Dieter Zwillingsbiber, wearing the same overcoat as he did when he was captured in 1945, was shoved out of a drab green army van in the town of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in East Germany. Waiting at the gate of the former Heinkel Flugzeugwerke factory were four former German POW Camp guards under guard by American MPs, all looking terrified and ashen in the early morning mist. This was the very spot, where nearly a decade before, Zwillingsbiber had surrendered to advance units of the Soviet Red Army, sent to capture technologies, intellectual properties and aerospace talent. Instead, they captured Zwillingsbiber....

Amandine, a fighter pilot - The Union | Become a fighter pilot is part of its ongoing skyline. Also no shortage does not go on the BA 112 "Marine Commandant-the-Meslée" where she met then Captain Virginie Guyot, future leader of the Patrouille de France...

Photos: Teterboro aviation museum opens cockpits of vintage planes, trucks - NJ.com | The Aviation Hall of Fame & Museum of New Jersey opened its cockpit doors on Saturday to give visitors a view from behind the controls of historic aircraft. As modern planes from Teterboro Airport flew overhead, ...

Old engine starts for Malev anniversary from Roger-Wilco by steve | The party took place at the outdoor aviation museum near Budapest Ferihegy airport and one of the special treats was the coming to life, after more than 20 years of silence, of the left engine on one of the exhibits, an IL-14 in the original Malev livery....

Hangar 10 faces demolition after 84 years of history - Tulsa World | Tom Clark, president and owner of Tulsair Beechcraft, said it is unsettling to watch two structures fall that are landmarks in the city's aviation heritage and a part of his family's history. "It's very emotional, but reality is reality," Clark said....

'Fly Navy' sign becomes instant landmark - U-T San Diego | The commander of all Navy air forces, a three-star admiral called the “air boss,” has his office at North Island. And the base also is home to the majority of West Coast helicopter squadrons, and a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier...

Cessna Employees Rally And Raise Funds For Wounded Veterans Mission from AvStop | Cessna Aircraft donated $25,000 on behalf of Cessna employees to benefit the Veterans Airlift Command at the Sun 'n Fun International Fly-In & Expo in Lakeland, Florida. The Veterans Airlift Command (VAC) is a nonprofit organization that provides free transportation for injured veterans. Cessna has designated a Citation Mustang, named "American...

MAPS program brings aviation history to life for students - Canton Repository | Ronald Armitage leads a group of Canton South students on a tour of MAPS Air Museum Thursday morning. By Gary Brown “You guys are the first of 1000 kids who are going to go through here,” said Kim Kovesci, executive director of MAPS Air Museum at...

Youth serves the future of the Commemorative Air Force - AOPA Pilot | A new generation is blazing a trail into history, and securing the future of the Commemorative Air Force. The organization, founded in 1957 by Lloyd P. Nolen and a small band of ex-military aviators, is reshaping an image of a group once ...

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Praise for success of airshow - gulfnews.com | Dubai: General Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, yesterday lauded the success of the Dubai Airshow. He said, after touring the Dubai Airshow 2011, "The Dubai Airshow has ...

Hawks grounded at 15 Wing due to accident in the UK - Moose Jaw Times-Herald | Flt. Lt. Sean Cunningham, of the RAF display team the Red Arrows, which are similar to the Canadian Forces' Snowbirds team, was killed on Nov. 8. His plane was still on the runway when the accident happened. The Red Arrows fly the Hawk TI aircraft, ...

Spirit of Tuskegee UPDATE – Warbird Radio LIVE! – Thursday from WarbirdRadio.com by Matt | THURSDAY – Smithsonian Curator of Modern Military Aircraft Dik Daso joins Matt Jolley with an update on the Spirit of Tuskegee!  Gerald “Hawkeye” Voigt will also stop in with a preview of next week’s Plastic Scale Modeling Hour.  Tune in at 10am (EASTERN) for the big show.

Alabama Aviation Events this Week from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | A special Association Achievement Reception in honor of Dr. Ed Stevenson is on Thursday, November 17 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm. A Birmingham Aero Club member and officer, since 1977, he is a Southern Museum of Flight Board member, and past Vice-Chairman. Dr. Stevenson serves on the Alabama Aviation Hall of Fame and is an Emeritus member of the Board, and past-Chairman. Dollar Bill Lawson of Clear Channel Communications will be the Master of Ceremony....
   
Singapore Airshow preparations underway - FlightCentric.com | by Flightcentric.com Singapore Airshow, Asia's largest aerospace and defence show, continues to attract strong support from leading industry players and thought leaders. A packed schedule of flight displays and ground tours will be complemented by ...

Early Texas aviators put their lives at risk - Hays Free Press | Far and away the most famous early aviator from the Lone Star State was Sam Cody of Birdville, now known as Haltom City, a Metroplex suburb east of Fort Worth. Though completely illiterate, in the brand-new science of aeronautical design he was a ...

First Aircraft Across the Atlantic — Curtiss’s NC-4 - Travel for Aircraft | First Aircraft Across the Atlantic — Curtiss’s NC-4 | Less than two decades after the Wright Brothers accomplished the first powered flight under control as tenuous as it was with the strong winds and staying within ground effect (which was unknown at the time) Glenn Curtiss’s company designed and built a four engine flying boat of enormous size — the NC seaplane (flying boat) — in 1919 with the aid of the Naval Aircraft Factory (NAF). Four were built (NC-1, NC-2, NC-3 and NC-4) — together they would make history — and together they comprised Seaplane Division One of the U.S Navy.  Although the USA entered WW I at a great technological disadvantage....

B-17 Bomber - San Antonio Express | An artist's rendering is on the nose end below the cockpit windows on the "Aluminum Overcast" B-17 bomber. The plane was in Kerrville Wednesday November 16, 2011. A bomb cache on board the B-17 bomber "Aluminum Overcast....

Alberta Aviation Museum fighting to save F-104 Starfighter by Alberta Aviation Museum | The Alberta Aviation Museum has located an appropriate F-104 Starfighter (2) seater and is moving forward with acquiring the aircraft for restoration and exhibit.  This is one of the few remaining available and is identical to the (2) seat version used in the Royal Canadian Air force and...

Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum and Prairie Aviation Museum Team Up to Discuss Growth Strategies from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum President Mark Nankivil and Vice Presidents Rick Rehg and Carmelo Turdo met recently with representatives of the Bloomington, IL-based Prairie Aviation Museum to discuss common issues and strategies for growth. The conference took place at Frasca Field, in Urbana, the home of the Frasca International simulator plant and the Frasca Air Museum. Along with open and frank discussion regarding the challenges faced...

Flying Tigers exhibit opens at Pacific Aviation Museum - General Aviation News | The Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor has opened its American Volunteer Group/“The Flying Tigers” Exhibit in honor of the pilots and support personnel who protected the China skies. The permanent exhibit is housed in the museum’s Hangar 79.  A Curtiss P-40 Warhawk Flying Tiger, which was one of the most popular and successful American aircraft of World War II, joined the aircraft collection at Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl...

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Year of success for RAAF Heritage Centre - Daily Advertiser | LESS than three years ago there were fears Wagga would lose its link to the nation's aviation history. But after a hard-fought battle, residents and volunteers alike yesterday joined forces to celebrate the first anniversary of the newly refurbished...

Aviation Youth Career Day; Exposing Students to Careers in Aviation - Saturday ... - Everything Long Beach | “Long Beach has a rich aviation history and Aviation Youth Career Day is a wonderful opportunity to teach our young people about their aviation roots and include them in the centennial celebration of flight,” said Curt Castagna, President and CEO of...

Retired Aermacchi to join museum's line-up - Queenstown Lakes | Shot on the wings of a Skyhawk, Wanaka's new Warbirds and Wheels visitor attraction museum has won a bid for a retired Royal New Zealand Air Force Aermacchi.  Defence Minister Wayne Mapp announced the allocation on Tuesday.  The Aermacchi will be...

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Letter to our Pilots and Aircraft Owners - Veterans Airlift Command | I am sharing with you all my husband’s recent experience flying commercially so that you all can get a better understanding of how much you help out.  My husband, Jack Zimmerman, was asked by a foundation that wanted to support him, and his hunting, on a dream...

Northrop's X-47B wins Popular Science award - SignOnSanDiego.com | Northrop Grumman The X-47B, a tailless unmanned aerial vehicle largely designed at Northrop Grumman's Rancho Bernardo plant, has been selected for the "Best of What's New" Award by the editors of Popular Science magazine. The award, announced in the...

The Ultimate Homebuilder - Frank Robinson from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | People build their own aircraft for all sorts of reasons, but high on the list is a desire for a machine you just can't buy from a factory. And that's exactly why Frank Robinson built his own helicopter. And that was 10,000 Robinson helicopters ago.

Indiana Wing Civil Air Patrol - FB | Tomorrow Indiana Wing cadets are taking part in a very special activity at Grissom Air Reserve Base! The 434th Air Refueling Wing has graciously invited us to be part of an air refueling mission on one of the Boeing KC-135 Stratotankers. We'll be livetweeting and updating during the event. Make sure you're following us on Twitter!

1 visionary + 3 launchers + 1,500 employees = ? - Air & Space Magazine | Is SpaceX changing the rocket equation?

The Candle Lighters - Air & Space Magazine | Alan Shepard was brave enough to ride the Mercury-Redstone rocket. These guys were brave enough to light it.

NASA Legends Awarded Congressional Gold Medal from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | Leaders of Congress honored astronauts John Glenn, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins with congressional gold medals in a ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda on Nov. 16, 2011. The Gold Medal, Congress' highest expression of national appreciation for distinguished achievements and contributions, was first given to George Washington in 1776.  Glenn was the first American to orbit the Earth, achieving the feat aboard Friendship 7 on Feb. 20, 1962. On July 20, 1969, Armstrong and Aldrin became the first humans to set foot on the Moon, while Collins piloted Apollo 11's command module....

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Greenwood Lake air show rebounds from hurricane, back on this weekend - NorthJersey.com | Tim Wagner, manger of Greenwood Lake Airport, prepares for the Greenwood Lake Air Show and WWII Showcase in August. The show was cancelled due to Hurricane Irene. Greenwood Lake Airport Manager Tim Wagner took a $100000 bath when ...

Swedish Skycats purr over China - The Local.se | Firstly, in addition to the pilot, there are two Swedish women dressed in catsuits who wing walk while a biplane does loops and barrel rolls. I don't think there's a need for a secondly (Did I mentions that they are young female Swedes dressed up in ...

The Plane That Wasn’t There…  from Pit Lizards, Unlimited by sandramore | “The Plane That Wasn’t There…” A wonderfully written article about Jimmy Leeward and “Specter,” written by Sylvia Sweeney, editor of the NAG RAG, October 1983. Enjoy!

WW2 RAAF Spitfire wreckage discovered - 3News NZ | The wreckage of a Royal Australian Air Force Spitfire and the skeletal remains of the pilot have been unearthed by amateur aviation historians. The plane was shot down in action during World War Two, near the French village of Hardifort in May, 1942. ...

Wreckage of RAAF Spitfire from WWII unearthed in French village - The Australian | A WWII Spitfire similar to the one unearthed near the French village of Hardifort and which crashed in 1942, killing RAAF pilot William James Smith, of Whittlesea in Victoria. Picture: The Australian War Memorial Source: Supplied AMATEUR aviation ...

Local WWII aviator inducted into Hall - Wallowa County Cheiftain | A US naval pilot and officer from Enterprise who was shot down and killed during World War II is among six new inductees into the Oregon Aviation Hall of Fame. Commander William B. Ault was shot down by the Japanese over the Pacific in 1942 when he was ...

Eclipse Jet donated to Veterans Airlift Command - BlueSky Executive Aviation News | VAC Founder and AirBoss Walt Fricke says, “Although none is needed, this is further proof that the aviation community is made up of great Americans whose generosity knows no bounds. This aircraft will supplement the work of some 1800 volunteer aircraft ...

Northolt Nightshoot X  from PPRuNe Forums by Savoia | On 6th October Phil Dawe orchestrated the tenth floodlit night-time photoshoot at RAF Northolt with the cooperation of a number of Defence Forces.  Herewith are some of the pickings:

St. Louis Cardinals Mascot Fredbird Promotes Aeromedical Services As World Series Approaches  from The Aero Experience by Carmelo Turdo | St. Louis Cardinals mascot Fredbird promoted aeromedical aviation services recently at Safety Day at Truman Elementary School in Farmington, MO.  Featured aircraft were the Air Evac Life Team Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1 Long Ranger and Arch Eurocopter EC130 B4.  The Aero Experience contributor Fred Harl provided these great photos of the event from Farmington.  The Air Medical Transport Conference (AMTC) in St. Louis has successfully concluded, and the World Series has just started.  Go Cards!

Fly With Sully And Skiles  from AVwebFlash Current Issue | US Airways Flight 1549 pilots Capt. Chesley (Sully) Sullenberger (retired) and his FO on that day Jeff Skiles will be back in the cockpit together for the first time Nov. 18 but they have some work to do first. The Miracle on the Hudson pilots will be among the crew members on a fund-raising round-trip flight from Opa Locka Airport near Miami to Charlotte, NC in the Historical Flight Foundation's DC-7B…

Did someone get the jump on this SU-27? Nah, he’s just got...  from You like airplanes, too?  Photo by Jorgen Syversen.

National rocketry event coming to Muskegon County in 2012 - Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com | By Eric Gaertner | Muskegon Chronicle Contributed photoA model rocket is launched during a Muskegon Michigan Area Rocketry club event at Muskegon County's wastewater site. The local club is scheduled to co-host the national championships in 2012 at the ...

Today in Aviation History – October 20  from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club by bikeal

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“Tora, Tora, Tora” Honored With Lloyd P Nolen Lifetime Achievement Award - Bleacher Report | The Gulf Coast Wing requested assignment of the aircraft and began developing an act for presentation at air shows, which debuted at the Galveston Air Show on June 25, 1972. A living history lesson, Tora's re-creation provides breathtaking smoke, ...

Sertoma Cajun Air Festival This Week - KATC Lafayette News | The 2011 Sertoma Cajun Air Festival will be held at the Lafayette Regional Airport October 29th and 30th. This year's air show will feature the Thunderbirds, the US Air Forces' elite demonstration squadron. "The Thunderbirds had such a wonderful...

Amigo Airsho takes the city's sky - The Prospector | In its 30th year, and fresh off last year's record-breaking 72000 attendees, Michael Guerra, Amigo Airsho president, is expecting a great year for the award-winning Golden Knight show. Putting together an air show takes time....

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Reasons for America's freedom on display at AirSho - My West Texas | There is no question that the Commemorative Air Force's AirSho is all about having fun while giving the Permian Basin a unique history lesson with each passing year, but this year's event takes on added importance as it becomes the 20-year celebration...

New jets set for historic flypast - Ipswich Queensland Times | TWENTY Super Hornet jets will fly together in a group formation over Ipswich this Friday in a fly-past that is likely to never be repeated. The formation is part of a welcoming ceremony for RAAF Base Amberley's four newest F/A-18F Super Hornets....

Indian Air Force (My First Post) from Military Photos by MADPIX | Hey guys, Here are some pictures i took when i was over in India. Was quite challenging with the extreme heat haze and sun position but an experience i won't forget in a hurry. Hope you like them...

Tuskegee Airmen To Receive Hollywood Treatment - News One | The film, Red Tails, is about WWII's Tuskegee Airmen, an all-Black aerial combat unit that rose to excellence in the face of racism and segregation, successfully carrying out missions throughout Northern Africa and Europe and helping to win decisive...

Video: Inside the Cockpit: FA-18E Super Hornet - military.com

Donated Eclipse 500 to Carry Wounded Vets - Flying Magazine | “Although none is needed, this is further proof that the aviation community is made up of great Americans whose generosity knows no bounds,” said VAC Founder and AirBoss Walt Fricke. The jet will supplement the efforts of VAC, which is currently ...

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'Gift of life' transferred during recent air show - Sparta Expositor | An emergency medical flight during the 2011 Upper Cumberland Air Show, on Sept. 17, went mostly unnoticed by the approximate 10000 attendees, because of the professionalism of airport and emergency personnel. ...

Wings Over Houston takes flight in spectacular way - Your Houston News: News | The 27th Annual Wings Over Houston Airshow took to the air Saturday at Ellington Airport with thrilling aerial performances, aerobatics and demonstrations.  The Canadian Forces Snowbirds captivated audiences with an aerial ballet of high-speed jet flight featuring dozens of formation passes...

Slideshow: Tigers burning bright in autumn airshow - Cambridge News | The Imperial War Museum Duxford hosted its annual Autumn Airshow with thousands of visitors coming to see its homage to the aircraft of the Korean War. The conflict, coming soon after the Second World War, was the first major battle arena in which jet ...

Seoul air show kicks off - Korea Times | The Seoul International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition (ADEX), better known as Seoul Air Show, kicks off today at Seoul Airport in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province. The biennial event, which will feature local defense equipment such as the ...

Awesome close up of the business end of the Panavia Tornado GR4.... from You like airplanes, too?

Dream comes true for WWII pilot - Buffalo News | He spent more than a year training on different airplanes before graduating up to the medium-range bombers, the B-25 and B-26. He was also recruited to play in a military band, despite what he says was his “mediocre” musical talent for the clarinet and...

P-51B "Lucy Gal" Project - Geneseo, New York: F/O Leland H. Pennington from fighterfund.blogspot.com | Leland "Sticks" Pennington was born in 1921, he grew up in Rochester, New York. Leland called Alma Place home, and he attended school at Monroe High. He grew up dreaming of flying, at Monroe he was a member of the aviation program. Athletics were also one of Pennington's strong-suits as he excelled in football and was offered scholarships. In 1942, our local flyer qualified as an aviation cadet, overcoming significant odds which were in place against African Americans at the time. By 1943, Pennington was a member of the elite "Tuskegee Airmen," flying the infamous P-51 Mustang. He served with the 332nd Fighter Group from this point on, until one fateful day in 1945...

Alberta Aviation Museum received it's award from the Canadian Aeronautical Preservation Association from Aviation.ca News | On October 14th 2011, the Alberta Aviation Museum received it's award from the Canadian Aeronautical Preservation Association during the annual banquet, held this year in Windsor Ontario...

Robins unit helps museum rebuild aircraft from Air Force Times | ATHENS, Ga. — The Museum of Aviation and a unique unit of aircraft maintainers at Robins Air Force Base have a perfect marriage.

MISSING; Massive Plane Disappeared During Air Exercise 50 Years Ago - Military & Aerospace Electronics | "It disappeared quietly and very quickly," said Roger A. Mola, an aviation journalist and consulting researcher for Air & Space/ Smithsonian who has done extensive research on the Sky Shield program and the missing B-52. "This was a massive machine...

The First Across the Continent - Air & Space | A 100th anniversary remembrance of Cal Rodgers and the Vin Fiz.

An Eclipse Jet Is Donated to the Veterans Airlift Command at NBAANEWS - AMTOnline.com | VAC Founder and AirBoss Walt Fricke says, “Although none is needed, this is further proof that the aviation community is made up of great Americans whose generosity knows no bounds. This aircraft will supplement the work of some 1800 volunteer aircraft...

Construction Helicopters Sikorski S-61N at Mount Vernon Outland Airport Walkaround from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo

The direction of EAA from Letters from Flyover Country by Bob Collins | A short-lived thread at Van's Air Force raised the question of what's happening to EAA's Sport Aviation. The author of the thread -- I think it was the very talented Bill Repucci -- said it's becoming too much like Flying Magazine, not surprising since J. Mac McClellan, who was the editor of Flying, is now the editor of Sport Aviation magazine...

Movie Monday - October 17 - Building Virgin Galactic from FlightBlogger | Today's Movie Monday is about commercial aerospace, but from a slightly higher altitude. This National Geographic documentary takes you inside the development of Burt Rutan's Scaled Composites' White Knight Two and Spaceship Two for Virgin Galactic. If this is your first introduction to VG, the company's goal is to achieve regular commercial space tourism and science missions with suborbital flights...

Virgin Galactic opens world's first commercial spaceport from Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin | Richard Branson blogs: "A historic day today in New Mexico as we will be opening the first commercial spaceport in the world - Spaceport America." ...

Virgin Galactic’s Private Spaceship Makes Safe Landing After Tense Test Flight - Space.com | A malfunction during the most recent test flight of the private spacecraft SpaceShipTwo sent the vehicle hurtling out of control until its crew could stabilize the craft for a safe landing.  The issue provided some heart-stopping moments for its airborne crew and ground handlers, but also...