Hinton Scores Fifth Straight Unlimited Gold at Reno - EAA | Steve Hinton grabbed his fifth consecutive Unlimited Gold championship Sunday at the 50th National Championship Air Races in Reno, Nevada, flying the P-51 Mustang Voodoo an average speed of 482.1 mph to edge arguably one of the best racing fields in the event's history.
Reno Air Races – a few minutes with the new CoolPix P7800 · Bill Pekala | One of the pleasures of my job is the opportunity to shoot some of our newest gear. Last week Nikon announced a new CoolPix P7800 and since I was headed to.
Fourth annual Grass Strip Foundation Fly-In set · General Aviation News Staff | The fourth annual fly-in for the Grass Strip Foundation at the Berg Park Aerodrome (9GA2) in Midway, Georgia, will be held Saturday, Oct. 19. The force behind the fly-in, Steve Berg, said he hopes to attract between 300 and 500 people to this year’s event...
Video and photos: Cromer carnival aerobatics flight winners loop the loop - Norfolk Eastern Daily Press | Both winners flew with Wildcat Display Team pilot Willie Cruickshank, experiencing an intense combination of dynamic aerobatic manoeuvres including loops, barrel rolls, figure of eights and stall turns which subjected them high roll rates and extreme ...
Timeless Voices - Bill Raney · eaavideo.org | Bill Raney served as a multi-engine flight flight instructor in B-25s at Pampa Army Air Field before joining a B-29 crew as a flight engineer during WWII. He flew 8 combat missions to Japan with the 768th Bomb Squadron of the 462nd Bomb Group.
The Long and Winding Road of the City of Calgary’s Mosquito Finally Leads to a Restoration By Warbirds News | Calgary Mosquito Society CoverIf we had to name one warbird that has grabbed headlines this year, it has to be the de Havilland Mosquito. From the historic airworthy resurrection of a Mossie, orchestrated by Jerry Yagen and the Military Aviation Museum of Virginia Beach, Virginia, the restoration of another to flying condition by Victoria Air Maintenance, near Victoria, Canada, or the still-nascent efforts of The People’s Mosquito project in the UK, which...
Airport commemorates B-17 pilot through new fuel system · General Aviation News Staff | U-Fuel has installed one of its “Box” fuel stations at the Lee County-Butters Field Airport (52J) in Bishopville, S.C. The airport took advantage of the new installation to honor the airport’s namesake...
The Roar of Four - Vintage Wings of Canada | By Dave O'Malley There are not many man-made 
Scorpion tales - Flight Image of the Day · Dominic Perry Now, whether or not it ever racks up any sales is a slightly different matter, but it’s not every day that you see an all-new (budget) strike aircraft unveiled, so, Textron AirLand’s new Scorpion jet is interesting on that basis alone. It’s...
Sean Tucker settles into new role as Young Eagles chairman · General Aviation News Staff | OSHKOSH, Wis. — Hall of Fame aerobatic pilot Sean D. Tucker is beginning to settle in as the new chairman of the Experimental Aircraft Association’s Young Eagles program. Tucker, who was introduced as chairman last month at EAA’s AirVenture fly-in in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, is an active participant in Young Eagles, which has provided free introductory flights to more than 1.8 million youth ages 8-17 since 1992....
NASA Confirms Voyager on Star Trek Spaceports | After decades of exploration, Voyager 1 has been confirmed as reaching a historic milestone for mankind--interstellar space over 11-billion miles from Earth. Voyager's journey past the heliosphere and into the interstellar medium is one of the most astonishing and moving feats of human exploration.
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
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Friday, September 13, 2013
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Retired Canadian Forces Snowbirds Commander To Be Honoured - Ottawa Citizen | TORONTO, ONTARIO– Recently retired Commander of the Canadian Forces Snowbirds, Lt.-Col Maryse Carmichael, will be one of six women honoured at the fifth annual Northern Lights Award Foundation Gala on September 27, 2013 in Toronto...
Photos and Video: Wings Over Gatineau-Ottawa air show - Ottawa Citizen | The press conference for 
Local wing walker set to soar at the Gatineau Airshow - CTV News | Carol Pilon has two very different jobs. For most of the year she is the Produce Manager at her family’s grocery story in Masham Quebec, north of Gatineau. But for a few weekends each summer she takes to the skies as Canada’s first, and only, professional wing walker. As the name suggests, she literally climbs out of the cockpit of a two-seater biplane and walks out onto the wings freehand, striking poses as the plane dives and rolls through the air...
Airport Festival and Air Show in Ocean City this weekend - shorenewstoday.com | OCEAN CITY — As the shoulder season gets into full swing in Ocean City, there is no lack of weekend entertainment. The annual Ocean City Airport Festival returns 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sept. 14 at 26th Street and Bay Avenue and includes ground displays of unusual airplanes...
Two-day beach air show in the works for fall - PNJ.com | Island Authority OKs event without go-ahead from Blues | With an eye to fill hotels, restaurants and Casino Beach during one of the slowest tourism months of the year, the Santa Rosa Island Authority board voted unanimously Wednesday to spend $117,000 to $170,000 on a two-day air show in November. The board is gambling on the chance the Navy’s Blue Angels may be able to fly during the show, even though there’s been no official word that the performance flight team, grounded by sequestration, will do so....
Thirty years in the air - Novato Advance | Wings Over Marin will celebrate women in aviation at its Sept. 21 event at Novato’s Gnoss Field, which is home to 295 aircraft, from bi-planes to private jets. The event will feature a seminar with female pilots from...
Annual Fly-In at Wilkes County Airport is Sept. 21 - Wilkes Journal-Patriot | The annual Fly-In at the Wilkes County Airport on Airport Road in Hays, organized by the Mountain View Ruritan Club, is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 21. In addition to a variety of aircraft and classic cars on display, the event will include airplane rides, food, drinks, live music and paratroopers jumping from a plane at 11 a.m. and noon. The Wilkes County Flying Club will hold a drawing for one free ticket for an airplane ride every hour for five hours...
14th Annual Fly-In set Sept. 12-15 - Carthage Press | It’s a fun and unique event for those who enjoy having their heads in the clouds. Ernie and Alice Baugh, along with the Sho-Me Chute Flyer’s Club, will host the 14th Annual Fly-In Sept. 12-15 at Baugh Flight Park, in Reeds, Mo. There will be all kinds of aircraft keeping locals’ eyes looking up...
Simsbury Fly-In Promises Fun for Enthusiasts, Families by Kaitlin Glanzer | There’s plenty of givens for the 2013 Simsbury Fly-In. There will be airborne demonstrations, a close look at an aviation controversy, plenty of viewable aircraft and cars, food and a host of family fun....
Crossville Memorial Fly-In set Sept. 28 - Crossville Chronicle | CROSSVILLE — The 2013 Crossville Airport Open House and Fly-In, scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 28, will have an AH-1 Cobra Helicopter on display. The Cobra, which is a two-bladed, single engine attack helicopter, will 
October air show adds performers, Canadian Hornets - Rome News-Tribune | The Wings Over North Georgia Air Show will feature the Canadian Forces CF-18 Hornet Demonstration Team along with the Black Diamond Jet Team, GEICO Skytypers and Aerostars. The teams will be performing at Richard B. Russell Regional Airport on Oct. 12-13...
Folkestone Airshow to return with new backing - yourcanterbury.co.uk | Show was cancelled this year but will return in 2014 with new management and funding in place.
Video: Stunt pilots take Rob for a spin - channelonline.tv | Islanders have been getting a taste of life as a stunt pilot in Guernsey today. Aerobatic display team The Blades took passengers into the air with them today for barrel rolls, corkscrews and other expert manoeuvres. The Blades are all former Red Arrows pilots and tomorrow they will be taking part in the annual Guernsey Air Display, which supports the RAF and commemorates the Battle of Britain. That display will begin at 11am.
The Push and the Pull - Fly with Amelia | During a skydive, the threshold of an aircraft door is the shortest, yet widest, distance between frozen fear and unbridled flight. Crossing that threshold for the first time is uncomfortable, unnatural, and for most, unnecessary. Unnecessary? That’s right. You can stay right where you are. You can absolutely stay belted in. Often the first leap is the toughest… that comfort zone sure is cozy. Come to think of it, it’s crowded, hot, loud and common. In this blog, I suggest we allow ourselves to ask for a little push, or maybe a little pull to help with kicking that threshold out and really seeing the world for what it really is… a place to be experienced....
Boeing Delivers Last C-17 Globemaster III To USAF - WARBIRD RADIO | According to new release earlier today, Boeing delivered the 223rd and last U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III airlifter today, fulfilling the production contract more than 20 years after the first delivery. The aircraft left Boeing’s Long Beach facility to fly to its assignment at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., where a ceremony will mark its arrival...
AOPA to focus on grassroots events in 2014 by General Aviation News Staff | The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) has decided to suspend holding its annual Aviation Summit next year in favor of reaching more members “where they fly.” The association’s Aviation Summit in Fort Worth, Texas, from Oct. 10-12, this year will be held as planned, according to officials. “We are on track for thousands of members to join us and the exhibit hall is nearly sold out, with new exhibitors still signing up,” officials said in a prepared release. “But convention plans for 2014 have been cancelled.”...
Lambeau opener will have flyover - FOX11 | ...The planes will be from the Aeroshell Aerobatic team. The air team is a regular at EAA Airventure in Oshkosh and Thunder on the Lakeshore in Manitowoc....
Up and away! aviator attempts to cross Atlantic with 370 helium-filled balloons
- The Telegraph | An aviator has begun a world first attempt to cross
the Atlantic Ocean, dangling from 370 helium-filled balloons, in a
real-life version of the Disney film 'Up'.
Video: Voyager 1 becomes first human-made object to leave solar system - CNN | Voyager 1 becomes first human-made object to leave solar system...
Thursday, April 25, 2013
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Auburn-Opelika Air Show takes flight - The Corner News | Supported by the Auburn Opelika Tourism Bureau, Auburn Chamber of Commerce and community sponsors, the air show is the first in Auburn since 1984. Beth Witten, coordinator of the Auburn-Opelika Air Show, is excited about the event because it is ...
CAF's Red Tail Squadron Rise Above Exhibit Returns from News from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh | The Commemorative Air Force's Rise Above traveling exhibit returns to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh this year, honoring America's first African-American fighter pilots during World War II, the Tuskegee Airmen. This year the exhibit will relocate to Scotts Warbirds Alley....
Frecce Tricolori, an air show to the delight of the Maremma - the Nation | Tricolor arrows in the sky of Orbetello. Here is the two-day program MICHELE CASALINI. Share. Double click on any word of this article to see a definition taken from dictionaries Freeman. Email Print ...
Vintage plane's $30000 scratch at Fly-In a mystery - Tbo.com | Lakeland police are trying to find out who is responsible for putting an 18-inch-long deep scratch in a vintage plane during this month's Sun N' Fun Fly-In. The B-25 plane, named “Panchito,” was parked near the beer tent during the event, which was ...
“What Might Have Been” The Piper PA48 ENFORCER – Photo Tour - Warbird Radio | When you walk into the Research & Development Gallery at the National Museum of the United States Air Force (NMUSAF) one of the airplanes that jumps out at you is the Piper Enforcer. The Enforcer is one of those “what might have been” projects from the 80′s. On the surface it’s reminiscent of the P-51 but on the inside...
A Look Back at the B-17's Long Beach Years - Patch.com | Introduced in April 1938, the B-17 secured its place in history as a long-range, high altitude heavy bomber used to great effect against Germany in World War II. The sturdy Flying Fortress was developed by Boeing but produced by rival companies like ...
B-17 Memphis Belle Cockpit / Warbird Photo Gallery from Keith Breazeal Video Productions
Duke of Edinburgh plane 'could fly once again' - BBC News | "In 1959 His Royal Highness the Duke
of Edinburgh flew it. In 1960 it was raced by Prince Philip's equerry, a retired air vice marshal Sir John Severne and he won the King's Cup Air Race." Although the aircraft has been dismantled and is now in a ...Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star - Crosswind Images
Michigan Chapter April 2013 Newsletter from Antique Airfield News
Ralph Hood to Spread Word About Aviation History from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | The Tennessee Aviation Hall of Fame has engaged the nationally renowned aviation speaker, humorist and writer, Ralph Hood, CSP, as part of a statewide effort to raise awareness of Tennessee's extraordinary aviation history and those who have contributed to it. His first appearance will be at...
NASA Urges to Fly Along with Voyager from Spaceports | Voyager 1, the most distant human-made spacecraft, appears to have reached this last region before interstellar space...
Friday, March 22, 2013
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A world tour of aerobatic - AeroBuzz.fr | Of course all the major military formations are present with 
Neuvo Tango To Attend from Mojave Experimental Fly-In
Scaled Composites will have reps at the event from Mojave Experimental Fly-In
The Society of Air Racing Historians 29th Annual Conference - The Society of Air Racing Historians is holding its 29th Annual Conference which features a visit to the recently renovated Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum followed by air racing presentations, dinner and key note speakers, John and Mary Ann Jannazo who will discuss the 
life of their uncle Tony Jannazo, a local pilot, and his fatal crash (on his brother's wedding day) in the 1947 Thompson race held in Cleveland. The Conference will be held April 27, 2013, starting at 10 AM - 9 PM at the Holiday Inn Cleveland Airport W. 150th St., Cleveland, OH.
- Invitation
- e-Golden Pylons, their newsletter. I didn't find a way to link to it off their website, so we saved it and shared here.
Whitehead "First Flight" Claims Stir Critical Backlash from AVwebFlash Current Issue | Critics that include the National Aviation Heritage Alliance (NAHA) and a senior curator for the Smithsonian Institution have refuted claims made this month and supported by Jane's All the World's Aircraft that Gustav Whitehead piloted a powered aircraft years before the Wright Brothers. The claim, which specifically stated that Whitehead first flew his original powered monoplane by at least 1901, was recently promoted by Australian aviation historian John Brown. Brown's evidence...
Mighty Eighth museum changes name to reflect national mission - Savannah Morning News | “This is an announcement that I believe signifies really a new era in our museum,” Skipper told a group of museum supporters gathered in front of the iconic B-17 Flying Fortress that serves as the centerpiece of the museum's Combat Gallery. “The Mighty ...
Jensen Back At EAA from AVwebFlash Current Issue | As we told you Monday the popular head of EAA's homebuilder section Chad Jensen was dismissed from that position but EAA was still hopeful of finding a place for him in the organization. That apparently happened and Jensen is now Homebuilt Technical Specialist through EAA's Member Services team. Read Jensen's post on the Van's Airforce Forum site here.
Ohio Air News 223 - Charles Johnson | Includes a great tribute to MAJ. Thomas C. “Tom” Griffin - Doolittle Raider.
The first man to set foot in France on D-Day . . . from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | ...Jim Wallwork, who has died aged 93, was the pilot of the first glider to land in the coup-de-main on the bridges across the river Orne and the Caen Canal; catapulted through the Perspex canopy on touching down, he was able to claim to be the first Allied soldier to set foot on French soil during the D-Day landings....
Fokker G-1 cruiser yacht - Part 2 from Let Let Let - Warplanes by Nico | When the Fokker G-1 book Part 1 was introduced in August 2011 work on the second part on its operational career was progressing well and the second part was expected to be published after a year.
New images of the weird, futuristic “Project Zero” All-Electric Tilt Rotor unmanned aircraft released from David Cenciotti's weblog | The revolutionary AgustaWestland “Project Zero” all-electric tilt
rotor technology demonstrator, designed, built and tested in twelve months, was officially unveiled on Mar. 4, 2013, just prior to the Heli-Expo 2013 in Las Vegas, USA.... Charles AA Dellschau Dreams of Flying: The Amazing Story of an Airship Club ... - The Atlantic | They called themselves the Sonora Aero Club and, over time, they counted some 60 members, possibly many more. Their ranks included great characters, such as Peter Mennis, inventor of the Club's secret "Lifting Fluid," later described as "a rough Man ...
The 11-year itch…scratched from General Aviation News by Ben Sclair | ...Suffice it to say, she was ready in flash and was excited to get in the air. The picture above says it all....
Surf, Sand and [Plane]Spotting: Where "Low Flying Aircraft" Takes on a More Urgent Meaning from Airplanista Aviation Blog by Dan Pimentel | There are only a tiny handful of places in our aviation world that are "must see" locations for any licensed pilot or aviation enthusiast. ... But one not-so-obvious stop that we in the aviation family must check out is a fairly non-descript sliver of sand under the approach end of Princess Juliana International Airport's runway 10 on the island of St. Maarten. It is Maho Beach, and all that separates it from the TDZ is a tiny two-lane road and a chain link fence....
Voyager-1 Still on 'the magnetic highway' from Spaceports | "The Voyager team is aware of reports today that NASA's Voyager 1 has left the solar system," said Edward Stone, Voyager project scientist based at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif. "It is the consensus of the Voyager science team that Voyager 1 has not yet left the solar system or reached interstellar space. In December 2012, the Voyager science team reported that...
Video: Next Station Crew in Kazakhstan for Launch from Spaceports | International Space Station Expedition 35/36 Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov of the Russian Federal Space Agency, NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy and Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin arrive at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and prepare for their March 28, 2013 Soyuz launch to the International Space Station.
Sunday, January 27, 2013
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World-class coach takes to skies with Blue Angels - Imperial Valley Press | Starrett, a world-renowned athlete and coach, took to the skies with Blue Angels No. 7 pilot Lt. Ryan Chamberlain as part of the Blue Angels Key Influencer rider program. The program allows a flight to select individuals because of their presence and ...
This Husky is a Thunderbird - Pueblo Chieftain | Riley, 31, is a captain with the U.S. Air Force who just completed a two year stint flying at air shows with the Thunderbirds, that prestigious group of 
Auckland air show off to flying start - 3News NZ | Auckland has a new anniversary weekend event, with the first New Zealand International Air Show being held over three days at the North Shore Aerodrome. Stunt couple Melissa and Rex Pemberton opened the show with a small-scale version of their wing ...
Stuntman allows parachute fail for ultimate display - New Zealand Herald | Berry is back up today, along with Swiss "Jetman" Yves Rossy, vintage and model aircraft displays, and aerobatic performers including 28-year-old blonde bombshell Melissa Pemberton, who flies with her husband Rex. The day ends with competitive air ...
Diversity on display this Australia Day - The Australian | Free events were being held across the city at Federation Square, Docklands, the Sidney Myer Music Bowl and the Kings Domain Gardens, where the Royal Australian Air Force Roulettes performed an aerobatic display. Melbourne will cap off its Australia ...
WWII vet to fly one more time - Cape Coral Daily Breeze | The B-24J Liberator, along with the vintage Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, which served as heavy bombers, and a North American P-51 Mustang, which flew escort on their missions, will be part of a unique display at Page Field from Monday to Wednesday of ...
The Goodyear Trophy, 1947 - IPMS | The years between 1929 and 1939 were hailed as ”The Golden Age of Air Racing” - an era of invention and adventure, when innovative individuals could build an 
Flying is a family thing - Kansas City Star | He would take to the skies easily, and became part of the air racing circuit — the NASCAR of his day. On one cross-country dash, the wheel of his plane broke when it hit a gopher hole in a field in Utah. He jury-rigged a replacement out of found...
Spitfire nursed back to life after 11 year restoration (With Video) from The Kathryn Report | An expert team of technicians from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight restored the rare 'low back' MkXVI Spitfire to flying order at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire....
Alouette III auctioned at Artcurial from Passion for aviation by Xavier Cotton | I have previously announced auction aeronautical will be held Sunday February 17 11H and 14H in Artucurial (exposure - 7 roundabout Champs Elysées 75008 Paris) On this occasion an Alouette III (lot 470) of the Irish Air Corps is exposed in the courtyard Marcel Dassault for Friday, January 18. Here is the complete catalog of sale (527 lots)...
[Video] China’s brand new military airlifter makes first flight from David Cenciotti's weblog | Coded 20001, China’s large military transport aircraft designed Y-20 made its first flight from Yanliang flight test center on Jan. 26....
January 2013 Young Eagles Report - EAA Chapter 242 | Fog was threatening on January 12th but cleared in time for distant pilots to make it in and we had a productive morning. Twenty three kids and several adult (Eagles) had a wonderful airport and flight experience. Thanks to the everyone who 
de Havilland DH.95 Flamingo from Planeshots
Man VS Machine from Apron 6 | Another two pictures from the Connie. Two pictures in which man and machine blend in each other. During the two days I really wanted to photograph the people who worked on the Connie as it’s not often you get the opportunity to photograph an iconic plane with the mechanics working on it. And after all, [...]
Pilot Hit By New Year's Gunfire from AVwebFlash Current Issue | A Florida pilot has uploaded a YouTube video detailing how he was hit by a bullet while flying with his girlfriend over Jacksonville on New Year's Eve. Graham hill was apparently grazed by what may have been celebratory gunfire as he flew a rented Cessna 172 over the city to view the midnight fireworks display. "I heard a loud pop," he said. He didn't immediately realize he'd been hit. After checking to make sure his girlfriend was OK, he said he scanned the cockpit for anything that had been shattered and just as he noticed the hole in the pilot side window he felt blood running down his neck...
SkyCar going into production in 2014 from Spaceports | Moller International is now apparently $80 million closer to putting the SkyCar into production with the financial backing of Athena Technologies, LLC of Harbor City California. The goal of the newly formed JV is to establish co-production for its aircraft in the US and the People's Republic of China....
CoolPix: Space Shuttle Discovery Up Close At The Udvar-Hazy Center from AirPigz by Martt | The first day of the AirPigz National Air and Space Museum MeetUp was agreat success! 13 people in all
Russia Advancing 2015 Moon Lander, China to Land Moon Surface Rover in Late 2013 from Spaceports | Russia's Federal Space Agency Roscosmos plans to launch automatic interplanetary station "Luna-Glob" in 2015 from the new Vostochny spaceport. According to the head of the Federal Space Agency, Vladimir Popovkin, "Luna-Glob" will become the first spacecraft to be launched from the spaceport in the Amur region of eastern Russia. The station will also become Russia's first lunar probe of the 21st century....
10 Billion Miles From Home - Air & Space | More than 35 years into their mission, our farthest-flung spacecraft are not finished yet.
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
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Entebbe air show set for December 15-16 - eTurboNews | Air Uganda has already offered to fly disabled children on a special flight on their MD 87 aircraft while the general aviation community from Kajjansi, the Kampala Aero Club, MAF aka Mission Aviation Fellowship, and Ndege Juu will join hands with their...
Al Ain Aerobatic Show postponed for a year - The National | Al Ain Aerobatic Show postponed for a year. Thamer Al Subaihi. The 2012 Al Ain Aerobatic Show has been postponed until 2013. When asked about the reason for the delay a spokesperson for the Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority, the air show's...
Rare Mosquito confirmed for airshow - Stuff.co.nz | Airshow director Tom Williams said securing the Mosquito was a major coup for the event. "The Mosquito was one of the fastest operational aircraft in World War II and the only one to be constructed almost entirely of wood. ''Its significance to World...
Blue Angels Arrive in Lynchburg to Prepare for May Air Show - WSET | Lynchburg, VA - The Blue Angels are in town, flying through the sky and touching down in Campbell County this afternoon. 
It’s Official, Kristal, the french team, is now the new... from Bonjour BlueSky | freefly World Champions. Congrats D...
Oldest Fly-in Breakfast Club to land at GMU from General Aviation News by Janice Wood |
On the morning of Sunday, Dec. 9, The South Carolina Breakfast Club will be landing at the Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU). They have been traveling to airports, in and right around South Carolina, since 1938, ceasing meetings only during World War II when there were restrictions on aviation fuel. The club has no dues, no attendance requirements and no bylaws; they have just one rule “Safety First.” Breakfast is about $6 a plate and is ready at about 9 am. It’s that simple...
Advance Purchase Ticketing Opens for AirVenture 2013 from News from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh | Advance purchase admission tickets and camping are now available for the 61st annual EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, scheduled for July 29-August 4 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh. Daily and weekly admissions are available, as is the ability to join EAA and immediately receive the best possible admission prices available only to EAA members...
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2012: Orbis International DC-10 Flying Eye Hospital from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | One of my top priority assignments in covering EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2012 for The Aero Experience was to visit the Orbis 
International Flying Eye Hospital, a 1971 McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 airborne eye health training and surgical center. The importance of this feature to our team stems first and foremost from the use of aviation to perform humanitarian work around the world...
Reminisce Posters - TVR Photography
Rare WWII-era bomber could join South Carolina collection - Charleston Post Courier | The S.C. Historic Aviation Foundation has located one of the rare planes in a nearby state. ... “The heritage of the B-25 is particularly unique in South Carolina, and having a flying example would be a much more tangible tribute to all the airmen that...
OV-10 Bronco Association museum at Veterans Memorial Air Park from Travel for Aircraft by joseph_may | OV-10 Bronco Museum at Veterans Memorial Air Park 32º 48′ 12″ N / 97º 21′ 15″ W During the Vietnam War the Forward Air Control (FAC) mission evolved into Light Armed Reconnaissance Aircraft (LARA) — which was a specification issued by the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps for a two crew aircraft which could [...]
Japanese WWII Aircraft Event - AirShowVid.com | PLANES OF FAME AIR MUSEUM’s DECEMBER LIVING HISTORY EVENT | The Planes of Fame Air Museum had their last living history event for 2012 Dec. 1 at the
museum’s Chino California location. This living history event was focused on Japanese WWII aircraft and featured two of the museum’s Japanese aircraft the Aichi D3A1 (Val) Carrier Bomber Val replica, used in the movie Tora!Tora!Tora!. We will be flying the Val (in actuality, a modified Vultee BT-15 Valiant) and on static display will be a Yokosuka D4Y-3 Type 43 Suisei (Judy) that is currently being restored to operational taxing condition....
Explore California’s Castle Air Museum from Airplanes Channel: Aircraft, Pilots, Heritage, Photos, Video, Events, News by Editor | Located in Atwater, California, the Castle Air Museum originated with the closure of the Castle Air Force Base in 1994. A group of aviation enthusiasts in the area decided to take steps toward preserving the collection of aircraft at the base, and the non-profit organization, Castle Air Museum Foundation, Inc. was formed. The goal behind assuming custody of the aircraft was to restore them and make them available to the public to view. Through the...
Larry Howard's Sopwith Pup from Antique Airfield News | Addison Pemberton was out visiting yesterday and sent us these photos: A visit to Sky Meadows and Larry Howard's shop in Spokane yesterday shows amazing progress on Larry's Sopwith Pup project...
Colorado and Texas Chapter December Newsletters from Antique Airfield News
Solar Impulse On '60 Minutes' from AVwebFlash Current Issue | Solar Impulse, the record-setting solar-electric aircraft built by Bertrand Piccard and his team in Switzerland, will visit the U.S. next year, according to a 60 Minutes report that aired on Sunday. The aircraft will launch from California and fly across the country to Virginia. No details have been released about the planned itinerary or public displays. Piccard's team is on track to attempt an around-the-world solar-powered flight in 2015, according to the report. That flight will take 20 days and 20 nights, in a new second-generation aircraft now under construction...
Dulles at 50: The 1970s - Leesburg Today | It was promoted as the world's largest air show featuring the new wide-body planes, high speed trains and the latest automated transit systems. More aviation firsts were to come, with Concorde supersonic service starting in 1976. On May 24 of that year...
Aviation: The Gift That Gives from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | ...She is funding this scholarship by donations. But this is a donation with a twist. Ruth has a talented friend, Brett Wilson, who designed a Christmas Card and Ruth wrote a poem (both are copyrighted). With this Christmas campaign you are able to donate on the behalf of someone else, and send them this priceless card. Your...
NORAD provides website, apps to track Santa from Air Force Link Top Stories | Children of all ages will be able to track Santa Claus on his annual journey, thanks to the North American Aerospace Defense Command.
Sun 'n Fun Offers Flights for Kids - The Ledger | Sun 'n Fun is offering free airplane flights for 12 children in a program called the Twelve Flights of Christmas. The flights are offered for children ages 8 through 18. Relatives, neighbors or friends may nominate children through Dec. 20 using a form...
NASA’s spooky plane on the way back to the U.S. after Tour of Duty in Afghanistan from David Cenciotti's weblog | After completing a BACN deployment at Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan, one of the NASA’s last two flying WB-57Fs is on its way back to Ellington Field, Texas. Wearing the typical white color scheme, used to keep a “low profile” and appear similar to general aviation aircraft during its rather clandestine mission, the highly modified Canberra registered N926NA arrived to RAF Mildenhall, UK, from Souda Bay, Crete, on Dec. 2 and left the British airport to Lajes field, Azores, on Dec. 3....
Calling all Band Nerds -- Join the WAI Jazz Band from WAI Connect Blog by Pat | Imagine a group of women who are all passionate about aviation – great, smart, fun women – who wouldn’t want to hang out with them? But there’s a bonus. These women also share your passion for music. Gather them all together and you have the Women in Aviation, International Jazz Band. We’d like you to come be part of the band.
The Association of Space Explorers celebrates Women Of Aviation Worldwide Week by Intl Team Leader | ...With a worldwide pilot population standing at less than 1 million, pilots are pretty special as they stand at less than one in 7,000. Female pilots are rarer: approximately one in 175,000 human beings. However, given the current world’s birth rate, a pilot is born every half hour and a female pilot is born every half day. There are even rarer individuals among us: cosmonauts and astronauts....
Voyager's Ride on the Magnetic Highway from Spaceports | NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has entered a new region at the far reaches of our solar system that scientists feel is the final area the spacecraft has to cross before reaching interstellar space....
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Indy Transponder 17-SEP-2012 2345z
Courtland Air Show set for Sept. 29 - The Decatur Daily | Younkin will perform in his 1943 Twin Beech 18 doing loops, rolls and “Cuban eights” — aerobatic figure-eights — in a night performance. His Beech 18 is equipped with 17 spotlights and 13 strobes, allowing the top of the plane to glow while the ...
Airport planning air show for July 2013 - Escanaba Daily Press | ESCANABA - Though the event is not until next year, organizers are hoping for big crowds as they continue planning the Northern Flights Air Show's "Thunder Over Delta County" July 27-28, 2013 at the Delta County Airport. According to Assistant Airport ...
Sept. 17, 1930: Edmonton cheers its first air show - Edmonton Journal | “Oh, just loosening up, nothing really worthwhile, you know,” the ace of the Edmonton Aero Club explained when he brought his aircraft down after its dizzy gyrations. Burbidge made his little machine waltz and dip. One swoop took him within three ...
In pictures: Leuchars Airshow - BBC News | In pictures: Leuchars Airshow. Red Arrows RAF Leuchars held its Battle of Britain airshow on 15 September. Photo by Abbey Charlton. Planes performing an acrobatic stunt in the sky Brendan Murphy, from Coatbridge, said: "The shot was far from planned...
The "Women of the air" will stand on the airbase Saturday - The Dauphine Libere | ... Aviation business or leisure that may fall prejudices "said the president Michèle Magnien. With godmother, Virginie Guyot, former leader of the Patrouille de France, will host the conference throughout the day. It ...
VIDEO: Lancaster taxi run at East Kirkby Airshow - This is Lincolnshire | Lancaster bomber,
NX611, 'Just Jane' impressed crowds with two taxi runs at the East Kirkby Airshow in Lincolnshire on September 15. The Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre at RAF East Kirkby is home to the historic aircraft and the display attracted ...The Caproni Ca.113 and Mario De Benardi from Let Let Let - Warplanes by Nico | The Ca.113 was a two-seat advanced trainer and aerobatic aircraft developed and built by Caproni in Italy. It made its first flight in 1931 and was manufactured on a relatively small scale to fulfill orders from Peru and Portugal. Most Ca.113’s were license produced in Bulgaria by the Bulgar-Caproni factory at Kazanlak. It was used by the Bulgarian air force until the outbreak of the war...
Leaders issue Air Force birthday message from Air Combat Command - Top ACC Stories | Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James Roy issued the following message to the Airmen of the United States Air Force: As we celebrate the United States Air Force's 65th birthday, we salute all of the dedicated Airmen who serve or have served in our Nation's youngest and most innovative Service...
General aviation in Alaska celebrated today from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | ANCHORAGE, Alaska — More than 100 pilots, aviation enthusiasts and state and local officials gathered today in Anchorage for a Celebration of General Aviation in Alaska...
Another Chinese fighter breaks cover from The DEW Line by Craig Hoyle | Our good friend and Singapore-based colleague Greg Waldron filed a story this morning about the emergence of another new Chinese combat aircraft, which appears to pull together design features from both the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor and F-35 Joint Strike Fighter; although that of course could be entirely coincidental...
AOPA Live This Week now available on Roku from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association’s (AOPA) “AOPA Live This Week” video magazine is now available on its own public channel on Roku, an Internet-enabled box that allows viewers to stream content instantly on their televisions...
Largest paper airplane: Arizona Museum sets world record (Video) - World Record Academy | TUCSON, AZ, USA--The Pima Air & Space Museum launched a 45-foot long airplane paper airplane which glided at about 100 mph for 7 to 10 seconds before falling to the ground - setting the new world record for the Largest paper airplane, according to ...
Better than Timex watches — the Voyagers by travelforaircraft | “Takes a licking and keeps on ticking” understates what the two Voyager interstellar travelers continue to accomplish. Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 each survived the shock of their individual launch in 1977 and simply continue to operate to this day. Think of it, a each machine switched on over three decades ago still functions in its travels...
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Indy Transponder 22-DEC-2011 2030z
ONLINE ADVANCE PURCHASE TICKETING NOW OPEN FOR EAA AIRVENTURE 2012 | Advance purchase admission tickets and camping are now available for the 60th annual edition of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, providing greater convenience for those travelling to “The World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration.” The week-long 2012 event will be held July 23-29 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh. Advance admission ticketing is made possible through support from Jeppesen. Both EAA members and non-members can purchase tickets in advance via...
Something Much Louder and Faster than a Sleigh with Reindeer will Thunder Over the Skies of Sacramento in 2012 | Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than locomotives, able to soar beyond our airspace in mere seconds -- the superheroes of the United States Air Force Thunderbirds Jet Demonstration Team will thunder into Sacramento headlining the 2012 California Capital Airshow (CCA). Airshow organizers announced today that the Thunderbirds along with an exciting array of thrilling jets, world-renowned aerobatic performers, and historic aircraft will captivate the crowds and inspire both young and old to dream big this September 8-9 at Mather Airport. “The Thunderbirds are more than just the colorful Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting...
LIMA 2013 to be held in March, not December - The Sun Daily | They will have more money to spend earlier in the year," he Ahmad Zahid also said Malaysia's first professional aerobatics team, Krisakti, launched by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak on Tuesday here, has received requests for eight ...
The Voyager: Twenty-five years after the record flight from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | Friday, December 23, marks the 25th anniversary of the Voyager's landing at Edwards Air Force Base to complete the "last first in aviation" - the first nonstop flight around the world without refueling.
Miss the B-17 on Pawn Stars? See it Online! from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association
If you missed seeing EAA's B-17 on Monday's (December 19) episode of the History Channel's hit 
Walking In The Air: Jokke Sommer's 360° Video - Redbull.com | As if shooting through the sky in nothing more than a flying squirrel suit wasn't impressive enough, wingsuit ace Jokke Sommer has started filming his superhuman flights with a 360° camera...
England: Duxford 3 1 - 360 cities | This is a view taken inside the American Airforce Building in The Imperial War Museum Duxford. The building was....
CIA Pilot BrigGen Dennis Sullivan enshrined in Wisconsin Aviation Hall of Fame by TD Barnes, 
Early Boeing B-17 Raids I from War and Game by Mitch Williamson | Early in 1943, the Boeing B-17E began to be replaced by the B-17F. In February 1942, just as Sir Arthur Harris took over Bomber Command, the advance wave of what would become a flood of hundreds of thousands of officers and airmen arrived in England from the United States. The Americans had arrived. That [...]
Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron HSM-41 " Seahawks" from Military Photos by HadesssLoakoon | Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 41 (HSM 41) is the Navy’s Fleet Replacement Squadron dedicated to training new MH-60R pilots and aircrew. When commissioned on January 21, 1983, as Helicopter Anti-Submarine Light 41 (HSL-41) it was the Navy’s first Light Airborne Multi-Purpose System (LAMPS) MK III squadron and flew the Sikorsky SH-60B helicopter. HSL-41 trained pilots and aircrew for the west coast HSL squadrons in San Diego, Hawaii, and Japan....
Pilots for Kids from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | Pilots for kids is a group of pilots that 
visit the children who are the hospital during the holiday months. Today we made some little bodies smile, and I recruited a couple future pilots, too. "This is where the picture of a cute little girl, holding her cockpit panel poster with her ladybug pillow pet. But I was just notified I cannot post it unless I had written permission. Her mother had said it was alright, but I didn't know the written rule part. She was a doll. Next time I'll know better."...
Thursday, September 15, 2011
The National Aviation Heritage Invitational Celebrates the 25th Anniversary of ‘Voyager’
In tribute to this 1986 world record-breaking flight, this original commemorative artwork was developed by acclaimed aviation artist Joe Jones and presented by Executive Director, Ken Perich and Charlie Marks, Director of Operations of the National Aviation Heritage Invitational, to fittingly honor Voyager's pilot Dick Rutan and his historic flight. Rutan and a small group of people set out to achieve the impossible on ‘a wing and a dream’.
Posters are avialable for sale for $20.00. For an additional $15.00 th eposters will be signed by Dick Rutan and Joe Jones.
"It is difficult to believe 25 years have passed since that milestone flight. Looking back, I am still amazed at the 'perfect storm' of volunteers and vendors, who appeared from seemingly nowhere, who truly made Voyager's non-stop, unrefueled flight a reality. This wasn't a flight done by a couple of people with a dream, it was a success because of the those who created the wind under the wings, and who believed in the impossible. For them, I will always be grateful." - Dick Rutan
This unique aircraft was constructed almost entirely of lightweight graphite-honeycomb composite materials and laden with fuel. "Voyager" lifted off from Edwards Air Force Base, California, at 8:01 a.m. on December 14, 1986. It returned nine days later at 8:05 a.m. For their record-breaking flight pilots Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, designer Burt Rutan, and crew chief Bruce Evans earned the Collier Trophy, aviation’s most prestigious award. Both Burt and Dick Rutan would later be enshrined into the National Aviation Hall of Fame for this and other aviation achievements.
"Bathed in the warm late afternoon sunlight over the seemingly endless ocean, ultimately, I wanted to simply capture the sheer grace and beauty of this extraordinary aircraft as her brave crew press ahead fully committed to the challenge" ~ Joe Jones - Official NAHI Artist
The National Aviation Heritage Invitational allows aircraft owners and restorers from across the U.S. to showcase their flying testaments to aviation history. As in years past, owners of 45 years or older antique aircraft fly their restored planes nto Stead Field on the outskirts of Reno to compete for the coveted Rolls-Royce Aviation Heritage Trophy.
Visit us at www.heritagetrophy.org and on Facebook at National Aviation Heritage Invitational.
Thursday, July 14, 2011
DEFENCE MINISTER TO CHRISTEN VOYAGER
Secretary of State for Defence Dr Liam Fox and Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen
Dalton will be at the Royal International Air Tattoo for the first official public appearance of the RAF’s future strategic tanker aircraft, the A330 ‘Voyager’. Voyager is the longest and widest aircraft in the RAF’s fleet with an impressive wing span of more than 60 metres. It has been designed to carry a payload of up to 45 tonnes, which can include up to 111 tonnes of fuel, eight standard NATO freight pallets or 291 passengers. The aircraft will operate from RAF Brize Norton.
The A330 will be flown for air-to-air refuelling and air transport missions, but will also have an aeromedical capability, enabling it to carry up to 40 NATO stretchers and three critical care patients. The Voyager fleet, which will replace the VC-10 and Tristar, is based on the A330-200 commercial passenger aircraft with twin-engines, a wide-body and twin-aisles produced by Air Tanker.
AirTanker's contract with the Ministry of Defence will see them provide 14 purpose-built A330 tanker and transport aircraft, as well as the associated support services, including training, maintenance, infrastructure, flight operations and ground services.
AirTanker has five shareholders who are also subcontractors for the programme. They are Babcock, Cobham, EADS, Rolls-Royce and Thales.
The name Voyager, follows the heritage of a number of RAF tanker aircraft, with the names beginning with V, specifically the Victor and the VC-10 Tanker aircraft.
Air Tattoo Chief Executive Tim Prince said: “We are delighted that Dr Fox and Sir Stephen will be ‘christening’ an aircraft that will play a big part in the RAF’s future capability. The Air Tattoo has a proud history of showcasing new aircraft and we are delighted that we can now add to that list, the A330.”
Friday, June 24, 2011
RAF’S BIGGEST AIRCRAFT TO TAKE AIR TATTOO BOW
THE first public appearance of the Royal Air Force’s largest and newest aircraft will take place at the Royal International Air Tattoo next month.
The much-anticipated A330 tanker will feature on static display at the airshow at RAF Fairford on July 16-17 and will take part in an official naming ceremony to confirm its prestigious title, Voyager.
It will be the longest and widest aircraft in the RAF’s fleet with a wing span of 60 metres.
Voyager has been designed to carry a payload of up to 45 tonnes, which can include up to 291 passengers or 111 tonnes of fuel for its air-to-air refuelling or air transport missions.
Dave Mitchard, Managing Director for AirTanker Services Ltd – the company delivering the fleet to the RAF at Brize Norton - said: “We are delighted to have the Voyager aircraft on public display for the first time this year.
“The Air Tattoo provides the perfect showcase for the RAF’s future tanker and transport aircraft and we’re thoroughly looking forward to bringing it into service towards the end of this year.”
AirTanker’s contract with the Ministry of Defence will see them provide 14 purpose-built A330 tanker and transport aircraft, as well as the associated support services, including training, maintenance, infrastructure, flight operations and ground services.
Dave continued: “We’re going to provide a step change in capability for the RAF.
“We are using a new, modern aircraft, where traditionally the RAF has used existing aircraft and converted them for specific usage. Voyager will therefore have all the benefits associated with a new aircraft such as better fuel efficiency, greater reliability and quieter engines, which is particularly good news for those living in the local area.”
The first two aircraft within the Voyager fleet, which will replace the VC-10 and Tristar, have been converted by Airbus Military in their purpose-built facility near Madrid, Spain. Once the aircraft have been certified and qualified, they will be owned by AirTanker and leased to the Royal Air Force. 
AirTanker has five shareholders – all well-known names within the defence and aviation sectors - who are also subcontractors for the programme. They are Babcock, Cobham, EADS, Rolls-Royce and Thales.
The A330 will also have an aeromedical capability, which will enable it to carry up to 40 NATO stretchers and three critical care patients.
The name Voyager follows the heritage of a number of RAF tanker aircraft, with the names beginning with V, specifically the Victor and the VC-10 Tanker aircraft.
Squadron Leader Kevin Latchman, 30, who will be one of the first pilots to operate Voyager when the first of 14 A330s come in to service in the autumn, said: “This is a completely different way of doing business for the Royal Air Force and it has the potential to revolutionise an existing capability. The aircraft is brand new and being one of the first pilots to fly it is a very exciting prospect.
“I’m looking forward to seeing the Voyager at RIAT, especially because it will start to focus the mind on the fact that the aircraft will soon be entering service.”
This summer’s Air Tattoo will be marking its 40th anniversary and hosting a gathering of specially-decorated ‘Tiger’ aircraft from the NATO Tiger Association. ‘Tiger’ aircraft come from NATO squadrons that have a Tiger or Big Cat in their emblem and their association marks its 50th anniversary in 2011. The ‘operational’ spotlight STAR 11 will focus on aircraft and equipment involved in the roles of Strike and Reconnaissance.
Tickets are available by visiting www.airtattoo.com or calling 0800 107 1940. All tickets must be purchased in advance. All accompanied under-16s go free.
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Indy Transponder 23-DEC-2010 1130z
Navy helicopters dip in Lake Tahoe - San Diego Union Tribune | Retired Navy F-14 pilot and San Diego resident Steve Diamond called the punishment just, but "a crushing blow" for an aviator. ...
Navy instructors punished for dipping $33 million helos in water from Warplanes Online Community by Jobelle | Two Navy instructor pilots have been stripped of flying status and two student pilots will have to repeat training because of a September incident in which they dipped two $33 million aircraft into Lake Tahoe while trying to take photos for the squadron's Facebook page, a Navy official said Wednesday…
Blue Angels To Perform In Brunswick This Summer - WMTW Portland | BRUNSWICK, Maine -- The Blue Angels, a Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, are coming back to Brunswick this summer. Although the Navy will have already ...
MCAS Miramar Air Show - KGTV San Diego | ABC10, and our sister station Azteca America San Diego 15, are proud to be the television sponsors of the Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar Air Show. ...
Video pedia World - 2010 MCAS Miramar (Twilight) Air Show ... by sky | 2010 MCAS Miramar (Twilight) Air Show - Shockwave Jet Truck.
Airshow coming back to Hamilton in 2012 - Digital Forum by james99 | Airshow coming back to Hamilton in 2012 News, Weather, Sports and Anything Else.,,
Spitfire Comes To Texas from Aero-News Network | Scale Manufacturer Moving From Australia The website of the Texas Aviation Association indicated that the manufacturer of a two-place scale replica of the Supermarine Spitfire is moving its operation from Brisbane, Australia to Cisco Municipal Airport (3F2) just west of Ft. Worth. A hangar to accommodate the manufacturer is being built this winter…
Give extreme flight - Examiner.com | The thrill ride is customizable and includes loops, rolls, spins, and other common air show maneuvers - all at speeds over two hundred miles per hour! ...
Waddington International Air Show nominated as finalist in business awards - This is Lincolnshire | RAF WADDINGTON'S annual international air show is a proven regional number one for pulling in visitors. And, while thought to be worth a minimum of £12 ...
Exhibit remembers fallen soldiers from war on terrorism - Lincoln Journal Star | Roy White, of Smith Center, Kansas, walks through the "Remembering Our Fallen" exhibit at the Strategic Air & Space Museum in Ashland Monday. ...
Rutan Voyager from AirSpace by The National Air and Space Museum | On December 23, 1986, nine days, three minutes, and 44 seconds after taking off, Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager touched down at Edwards Air Force Base, CA, in the Rutan Voyager aircraft to finish the first flight around the world made without landing or refueling. Rutan's brother Burt had designed Voyager but it was the availability of carbon-fibers coated with epoxy allowing Burt to design an airframe that could lift more than ten times its flying weight (including 3,180 kg, 7,011 lb, of fuel) that made the flight even possible…
More on SpaceShipTwo testing from RLV and Space Transport News | The Aviation Week article on SpaceShipTwo tests that I mentioned earlier is now available in their open section: SS2 Glide Tests Exceed Expected Progress - Aviation Week - Dec.22.10.
The first M-346 "Master" and its future in the Frecce Tricolori display team by David Cenciotti | On Dec. 21, 2010, the first Alenia Aermacchi M-346 advanced trainer from the first batch of six aircraft for the Italian Air Force rolled out at Alenia's factory at Venegono Superiore, during a ceremony attended by both company executives and representatives of the Aeronautical Militare (Italian Air Force, ItAF) and local authorities…
How Aleksandr Yakovlev's Rivalry with Pavel Sukhoi Did Him In from Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago | The 1950s and 1960s in Russian combat aircraft development were marked by intense rivalries between the various design bureau (OKBs) heads. Nowhere else was this seen than with the rivalries between the respective OKBs of Artem Mikoyan, Pavel Sukhoi, and Aleksandr Yakovlev…
Today In Aviation History – December 23 from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club by bikeal | In 1907… The chief signals officer of the U.S. Army, Brig. Gen. James Allen, issues specification no. 486, the first military aircraft specification for which commercial tenders were invited. The specification is written around the capabilities of the Wright Flyer and, though published for bids to conform to army requirements, only the Wrights are expected to respond by the closing date of February 1, 1908…
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
MAJOR GATHERING OF RUTAN-DESIGNED AIRCRAFT EXPECTED FOR BURT RUTAN TRIBUTE AT EAA AIRVENTURE 2011
Afternoon air show on Thursday, July 28 to feature variety of Rutan designs
EAA is working with builder, owner, and pilot groups to encourage a major gathering of Burt Rutan-designed aircraft at AirVenture 2011, and will also create a special parking area for them on the flightline. Well-known Rutan aircraft designs will also be on prominent display and serve as a backdrop for various presentations during the week, as well as featured in the afternoon air show on Thursday, July 28.
More features, programs, and attractions paying tribute to Rutan will be announced as they are confirmed.
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