The Earth sits still, and your eyes soak up the newly unfamiliar landscape. The nearly invisible propeller adds a touch of soft-focus blur to the trees and roads below.
A stencil in the cockpit of Rob Holland’s aerobatic airplane, the Window World MX2, reads “Fly it like you STOLE it,” but the statement belies the care and precision with which Holland, a professional air show pilot and aerobatics champion, guided me through a series of maneuvers high above the Pioneer Valley this week. ...
Ocean City increasingly says: 'Now a word from our sponsor' - Delmarva Daily Times
The OC Air Show brings sponsorship from GEICO, Coca-Cola and Best Buy. An annual car show gets sponsors like Ford Motor Co., XBox and Pepsi. ...
Summerside to host 2011 Atlantic Air Show - Metro Canada - Toronto
Canadian Forces Skyhawks, CF-18s and the Snowbirds will participate in the show's air displays. Shearwater Airport in Halifax used to be the show's ...
Oklahoma Legends Honored At Fly-In - KTUL
Oklahoma's favorite native son and a famous Sooner aviator were honored this weekend on the anniversary of their deaths. Humorist Will Rogers and Pilot ...
MAAG's Blog: Annual MAAG Fly-In Successful from Antique Airfield News
The weather gods smiled on Halstead, Kansas today and kept the wind and rain away during the MAAG Fly-In, though temperatures again hit triple digits. A total of 51 airplanes were registered, including 7 antiques, 21 classics, 14 contemporary, and 9 homebuilts. ...
In pictures: Red Arrows at the Bristol Balloon Fiesta - BBC News
The Red Arrows display team lifted the gloom at the Bristol Balloon Fiesta with a daredevil display on Sunday afternoon. The aerobatics team put on their ...
Weather halts balloon mass ascent - BBC News
Fiesta organisers said Sunday's weather is expected to improve for the Red Arrows aerobatic display at 1630 BST and the mass balloon ascent at 1800 BST. ...
Special reserve in thick of action at Bournemouth Air Festival - Bournemouth Echo
AROUND one million people are expected to head for Bournemouth Air Festival (August 19-22) and some locals will be in the thick of the ...
Assumption: Tricolour Arrows in Lignano, 100,000 spectators - ANSA.it
Lignano (Udine), Aug 15 - The Tricolour Arrows animated today on the coast of Lignano (Udine), before about 100,000 people, the classic air ...
AIRSTRIPPED.COM proudly presents: THE RNLAF F-16 Demo Team!
from AIRSTRIPPED.COM Production Blog
We are very happy to inform you, that the Royal Netherlands Airforce F-16 Demo Team is now part of the AIRSTRIPPED.COM production!
It’s a special honor for us to have the Dutch Team with it’s orange lion aboard our film. The pilot Cpt. Tobias “HITEC” Schutte is assigned to the 323 Squadron and has gained more than 1100 hours on the F-16 since he started his flying career in 1999. ...
Wounded Warrior in the Air Again from US Army Golden Knights
Wounded Warrior Chad Watson took to the sky like a soaring eagle circling high over his family below. SFC Michael Elliott took Chad out for his first jump after losing his leg below the knee while serving in Iraq. Chad had made five jumps prior to his departure to Iraq serving his country. [...]
On August 13, 2010, two bomber boys who flew in the B-29 Superfortress met each other for the first time in Idaho Falls. I have known Marshall Dullum for three or four years, but only recently found out about Dean . Marshall trained in bombers in WWII, but did not fly combat. He did, however, fly in the Berlin Airlift and in the United Nations peacekeeping action in the Middle East. He flew combat missions in a B-29 during the Korean ...
Book Review: 'Last Roll Call: The Adventures of a B-17 Tailgunner, 15th Air Force, 97th Bomb Group, Amendola Italy" from Remembering World War Two Airmen
I had the good fortune recently to read a book by B-17 tailgunner Kenneth S. Tucker, who flew with the 97th Bomb Group in the 15th Air Force in World War Two. I also had the pleasure of communicating with his daughter, Wanda Tucker Goodwin, who helped her dad write the book. Though I've read literally hundreds of books about the air was in Europe, I was surprised at how much interesting information was in Mr. Tucker's book that I did not know about. ...
Learning about flying at the Western Development Museum - Moose Jaw Times-Herald
Children could take part in a scavenger hunt to find out about Saskatchewan's aviation history as well as make an airplane or helicopter to take home. ...
361st FG Museum Bottisham 15-8-2010 by Gary Watson
Myself and Chris Reynolds, went to a 'working-day' at the building where the new museum dedicated the the 361st FG in Bottisham village. Got the 'two-tone' wall colours done, and to our minds, did quite well. Highlights was having a 'sniff' at some of the exibits for it opens and wow, are there some 'gems'. Hope all goes to plan for the opening in either september or october. Sally-B made an appearance around 15.00hrs, maybe going to Rougham. And as for 'G.I. Baldy' very quiet indeed !!
RC aircraft show at Air Force museum from General Aviation News
Giant-scale models of jets, warbirds and helicopters will land on the runway behind the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force from Sept. 3-5. The 15th Annual Giant Scale Radio-Controlled Model Aircraft Air Show is scheduled during Labor Day weekend and features aircraft from all eras of aviation history. Nearly 200 pilots will entertain audiences as they perform aerobatic maneuvers with RC (radio-controlled) aircraft. ...
Air Force Museum Gets Full-sized DSP Satellite Mockup - Airforce Magazine
Northrop Grumman has shipped a full-size model of a Defense Support Program satellite to the National Museum of the US Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB, in Dayton, Ohio, for display there. "We are honored the Air Force has accepted our model to celebrate the 40-year history of DSP's robust performance as one of the nation's vital missile early warning systems," said David DiCarlo, Northrop's general manager for space systems, in the company's release. The 35-foot-long replica is the only true-to-size model of a DSP spacecraft. Northrop created it to celebrate the satellite's decades of service. A C-5 transport carried it from southern California to Wright-Patterson in July. The Air Force placed the first DSP satellite in space in 1970; the final one assumed orbit in 2007. Space Based Infrared System satellites will supplant the DSP constellation starting in 2011.
On This Day in Aviation History: August 15th from NYCAviation.com
On this day in 1945, Japan announces that it is surrendering to the Allies; in 1957, a USAF F-104 hits a new altitude record; the FAA is created by Congress, and more...
V-J Day - Victory Over Japan Day - August 15 - NYCAviation.com ...
On This Day in Aviation History: August 15th. August 15th, 2010 • By Matt Molnar. 1937, Lufthansa launches seaplane service between the Azores and New York, with help from seaplane tenders stationed along the route. ...
August 15 from Cut and Paste Aviation
Young Eagles Flight Plan: A Guide To The Left Seat by Jim Shorts
Goal Is To Encourage Young People To Consider Aviation Careers The Young Eagles Flight Plan rolled out recently by the EAA is a series of new programs the organization says is designed to encourage young people to consider flying and ...
Red Bull Stratos and Jonathan Clark from RLV and Space Transport News
A reader points to this article about the Red Bull Stratos project, which aims to allow Felix Baumgartner to dive safely from a balloon at 120,000 ft (36.6 km): The Man Who Would Fall to Earth - Esquire (Single page version).
The article actually focuses mostly on space medicine expert Jonathan Clark, whose wife Laurel Clark was killed in the Columbia accident. Dr. Clark is the medical director for the Stratos project, which he sees as contributing to research into high altitude escape systems.
With shuttles becoming museum pieces, cities vie to land one - FOX43.com
New York's Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum rallied supporters to dress up in spacesuits and ride the train to call attention to its bid. ...
This Week in Space: August 15, 2010 from RLV and Space Transport News
Here's the latest episode of This Week in Space with Miles O'Brien. Topics include:
Spacewalkers continue working on repairs, an interview with EVA'er Dave Wolf, success for Atlas 5 rocket and a new shot from Hubble.
Armadillo Aerospace in ZERO-G from RLV and Space Transport News
Here is a video by Matt Ross from the ZERO-G flight with John Carmack, Armadillo Aerospace members and others: ...
Sully’s Miracle on the Hudson IFR Approach Plate from The Mach 1 Blog
Amazing, great footage!! Airbus A380 Contrail as seen from Cockpit Boeing B747
from The Kathryn Report
CAPVine: The CAPvine team was at Airventure Oshkost 2010 and took ... - CAPVine
Thunder Over Michigan 2010 - Belleville - 08/07/10 from FenceCheck Forums
Grissom crew takes flight, refuels C-17 from Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind.
A KC-135R Stratotanker and aircrew from the 434th Air Refueling Wing recently took part in an aerial refueling mission connecting with a C-17 Globemaster III from the 437th Airlift Wing over the Appalachian Mountains. ...
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