ICAS Opens Strong
from Airspeed Online by Steve Tupper | ICAS formally kicked off this
morning with a keynote by Pittsburgh Steeler and Vietnam veteran Rocky
Bleier. It takes a major personality to stand in front of a room like
the convention room at ICAS, but a guy with four Super Bowl rings is
probably just about right. Bleier spoke for about an hour, recounting
[...]
Kyle Franklin Reveals 'Dracula' Airshow Biplane - Flying Magazine | After the tragic loss of his wife Amanda in an airshow accident, Kyle Franklin will return to the circuit with a dramatic new airplane. Revealed this week at the International Council of Air Shows (ICAS) convention in Las Vegas, “Dracula” is a highly ...
USN BLUE ANGELS SCHEDULE
USAF THUNDERBIRDS SCHEDULE
CANADIAN SNOWBIRDS SCHEDULE
US ARMY GOLDEN KNIGHTS SCHEDULE
VFA-122 AND VFA-106
**Thank you FenceCheck!
Navy's Blue Angels to return to Baltimore for War of 1812 finale - Baltimore Sun | The Navy's Blue Angels precision flying team announced Tuesday that it will perform in the skies over Baltimore for the finale of the War of 1812 commemoration in the fall of 2014. Star-Spangled Spectacular will be held Sept. 6-15, 2014, and also will ...
Navy Blue Angels to highlight return of Spirit of St. Louis Air Show ... by Kyle Quick-Publisher | Photo courtesy of Spirit of St. Louis Air Show ST. LOUIS, Dec. 11, 2012 –Tuesday The Blue Angels, the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, will perform in St. Louis on May 3 & 4, 2014, the team recently announced...
Thunderbirds will return in April - Sun-Sentinel | The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds will be returning to South Florida as part of the 2013 Lauderdale Air Show, organizers announced Tuesday. The precision jet demonstration team, now in its 60th season, will provide high-flying highlights during the show, ...
Thunderbirds to return to Dayton Air Show - Dayton Daily News | The air show announced Tuesday the storied six-jet demonstration team will make a return engagement in a shortened U.S. performance schedule. The team of red, white and blue F-16 Fighting Falcons, headquartered at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, ...
Air show's a go for Flathead Valley - Daily Inter Lake | The USAF Thunderbirds fly east of Bucharest, Romania on June 7, 2011. The demonstration squadron will fly at air shows at Glacier Park International Airport July 20-21, 2013. Posted: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 11:46 am | Updated: 11:53 am, Tue Dec 11, ...
June 2013 set as target date for proposed air show - Cedartown Standard | Chairman Cleve Hartley said an air show provides entertainment for the entire family and could be an added attraction at the airport. However, he emphasized that agreements must be reached and a promoter secured before it can become reality. Two air ...
F-18 Gladiators to perform at St. Cloud Air Show - St. Cloud Times | St. Cloud Air Show officials found out Tuesday that the the Navy's F/A-18 Strike Fighter Squadron 106, known as the Gladiators, will perform at the show this summer. The Gladiators will join the U.S. Navy Blue Angels on July 20-21. The group serves as ...
Video of Golden Knights world championship - Fayetteville Observer (blog) | Video of Golden Knights world championship. Tweet · comment(s). I can't promise this will be the coolest video you'll see on the Internet today, but I can swear it will be MUCH better than any Gangnam Style parody you might find. Related: Fort Bragg's ...
Engine malfunction to blame for fiery air show crash in 2010: Report - Sun News Network | An engine malfunction caused an CF-18 Hornet fighter jet to crash at an Alberta air show in 2010, a report has found. Capt. Brian Bews was injured when he ejected from the demonstration plane at the Alberta International Air Show in Lethbridge, Alberta ...
Flying the Curtiss Pusher from General Aviation News by Jamie Beckett | The twin airfoil canard out front looks like a box kite, one of the prominent building materials is bamboo, and there was never a Pilot's Operating Handbook of any kind produced for the airplane. However, when Kermit Weeks lines the Curtiss Pusher up on a 5,000-foot grass strip to take his first hop, heads turn and attention is being paid. It's not every day you see an airplane from the earliest days of powered flight take to the air. The airplane arrived at its new home at Fantasy of Flight in central Florida just recently to join Weeks' ever-growing aircraft collection. Weeks and his crew of top-flight mechanics wasted little time assembling it and getting it ready to fly...
Killeen: Retired Aviator Flies 50 Aircraft For 50th Birthday - KWTX | Killeen: Retired Aviator Flies 50 Aircraft For 50th Birthday. KILLEEN (December 11, 2012)--Belton resident and retired Army aviator Levi B. Noguess will fly fifty different aircraft for his 50th birthday Saturday. The aircraft will be flown within a 12 ...
Where are all the women of Alaska aviation? - Alaska Dispatch | According to a 2010 study investigating the lack of women in aviation, the top reasons that more women aren't involved in flying -- either recreationally or as an occupation -- may be attributed to the cost, "a lack of readily available female mentors ...
Wichita pilot recognized for decades of flight - KFDI | John Riggs, 88, is a member of the Commemorative Air Force Jayhawk Wing. He has logged more than 13,000 hours and 2.8 million miles flying airplaines. He still holds a current medical certificate and a private license. He flies his Piper Tri Pacer and...
Army Aviation Museum Gets $18K Donation from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | Fort Rucker- According to WTVY, a man, who fought for our country in World War ll, is continuing to give back. Selden Bailey, a retired army colonel, has donated stocks to the army aviation museum at Fort Rucker. The value is close to 18 thousand dollars. The museum is putting the money toward an expansion of the building...
Flightline TV cleared for take off from General Aviation News by Janice WoodThe Flightline, an aviation-themed magazine television show, is making its national debut Jan. 5, 2013 on Discovery Communication’s Velocity network. The Flightline is set for a 52-week run as part of the Saturday morning programming on Velocity...
Secret shuttle launch: Air Force sends mystery mini-shuttle back to space
from RGJ.com by MARCIA DUNN,AP Aerospace Writer | CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The military's small, top-secret version of the space shuttle rocketed into orbit Tuesday for a repeat mystery mission, two years after making the first flight of its kind.
X-37-C Human-rated Mini-Shuttle in Works? from Spaceports | Arthur Grantz, chief engineer of Space and Intelligence Systems' Experimental Systems Group at Boeing, indicated last year that the U.S. Air Force and Boeing are already on the way toward developing a manned Shuttle replacement based on the X-37B robot space plane....
The Physics of Santa's Flight Confirm Annual Sightings from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | Have you even wondered about the physics behind Santa's annual round-the-world flight? Check the link below, and you may be surprised at how he pulls it off! (OK, a little magic may be needed to get things rolling). Enjoy! Merry Christmas!...
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Blue Angels Homecoming Air Show to feature Big & Rich - Pensacola News Journal | The Blue Angels Homecoming Air Show has added a star-studded music lineup to an already fun-packed 
weekend. Country music's Big & Rich will join the weekend's festivities, along with Cowboy Troy, Bradley Gaskin and the New Orleans Navy Band.
Boshear's Skyfest, fundraiser walks planned for weekend - The Augusta Chronicle | Augusta will be flying high and pounding the pavement at several outdoor events this weekend. The 20th annual Boshear's Skyfest at Daniel Field will likely draw more than 10,000 today and Sunday. Attractions include performances by aerobatic pilots and ...
The wings Italian aviation history in Calusco d'Adda - Bergamonews | Among the initiatives aimed at spreading the culture of the 97th Air Force Club Frecce Tricolori, October 20 to 28 in Calusco d'Adda is an exhibition "Emotions in the sky - The wings Italian" one hundred years of aviation history through .. .
Snowbirds soar over 15 Wing - Moose Jaw Times-Herald | The Canadian Forces 431 Squadron, better known as the Snowbirds, wrapped up their 2012 season with a final demonstration for friends and family at their home base, Moose Jaw 15 Wing, on Friday. “Typically, this show has always been for family and ...
Georgetown AirFest on November 3 - City of Georgetown Texas | Take a once-in-a-lifetime ride in a World War II-era aircraft. Get up close to dozens of classic planes and helicopters. It's all happening at the third annual Georgetown Airfest at the Georgetown Municipal Airport on Saturday, November 3. The hours ...
The Air Boss from CAF Red Tail Squadron's Blog | If you enjoy air shows, you know the drill: As the clock inches toward show time, folks find a good spot to sit and settle down well before the 
airplanes start flying. Cameras are readied, sunglasses and hats put firmly in place, and heads prepare to swivel. The announcer revs folks up with his pre-show patter and then the airplanes start flying – one after another with minimal time between acts. At every air show the...
Tim Weber flying to his own Music Air Expo 2012 JBLM - Warren Buffet News | Tim Weber Flies the GEICO Extra 300S Tim Weber discovered aviation at the age of 13. Having moved to within bicycling distance of Turf Soaring School in Phoenix, Arizona, it wasn’t long before Tim was a regular visitor to the airport. By the time Tim was 14 years old he had gone from being the kid looking through the fence to becoming a line-boy, trading work for flying lessons. Tim’s aptitude for flying was ...
“Soaring with the Warbirds” at the Tillamook Air Museum - Tillamook Headlight Herald | The Tillamook Air Museum is had recently started offering a membership program to it's patrons. Membership comes with an extraordinary incentive: individuals, depending upon their level of membership, are being offered plane rides on some of the rarest ...
Bombers over Hickory - Hickory Daily Record | The B-24 Liberator landed at Hickory Regional Airport for the Wings of Freedom Tour that features Witchcraft, a B-17 Flying Fortress (Nine O Nine), and Betty Jane, a P-51 Mustang. Ray Bolon is on the brink of turning 89. He was still excited at seeing ...
WWII Plane Replica Painted for Marion Native Turned into Camp Dodge Exhibit - Patch.com | new_asset_attachment_attributes. The plane that came to represent the "Flying Tigers" attack on Japanese forces in China during World War II is now part of the collection at the Iowa Gold Star Museum at Camp Dodge near Johnston. On Wednesday a replica ...
Spitfire WWII Fighter Planes In Myanmar Excavation Could Flood Vintage Plane Market from You Fly, Girl by Cathy GaleYANGON, Myanmar — As many as 140 World War II Spitfire fighter planes – three to four times the number of airworthy models known to exist – are believed to be buried in near-pristine condition in Myanmar. A British-Myanmar partnership says it will begin digging them up by the end of the month. The go-ahead for excavation came earlier this week when the Myanmar government signed an 
RAF picture special - beauty and the beast from The DEW Line by Craig Hoyle | ...First up is beautiful Hawker Hurricane IIC LF363 from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF), captured close-up seconds before passing above Buckingham Palace during Her Majesty the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations earlier this year....
Faux MiG in Blue and Grey — a Marine Aggressor from the Snipers from Travel for Aircraft by joseph_may | Like the famous US Navy Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor program (also known as Top Gun) the US Marine Corps also trains its pilots using adversary aircraft flown as potential threat air forces would — as [...]
Second British F-35B delivered to Eglin--flown by a British pilot from The DEW Line by Dave Majumdar | The UK Royal Air Force's second Lockheed Martin F-35B Joint Strike Fighter was delivered to Eglin AFB, Florida, on 19 October. The short take-off vertical landing (STOVL) aircraft,
Flying a smaller, safer blimp at Hindenburg site from The Kathryn Report | LAKEHURST, N.J. (AP) — At 178 feet long and 56 feet high, the massive airship dwarfed members of the ground crew Thursday as they strained to hold on to tethering lines like so many Lilliputians trying to control Gulliver.Inside the gondola of the Navy's MZ-3A, pilots Mark Kynett and Larry Chambers made the final checks, and then — with two powerful engines roaring at their back — aimed the blimp
The Light Aircraft Company creates new aerobatic biplane - PilotWeb | Image courtesy of The Light Aircraft Company. The Light Aircraft Company (TLAC) has created what it says is the first British series production manufactured biplane with aerobatic capabilities since the de Havilland Tiger Moth. The company has ...
Branson Leverages Baumgartner's Record Jump from AVwebFlash Current Issue | The ever adventurous and publicity-savvy Sir Richard Branson Thursday recognized Felix Baumgartner's Red Bull-sponsored record freefall by also telling the world his company once considered a jump from 400,000 feet -- and might consider it, again. In a blog post at Virgin.com Branson says his people were approached in 2005 by an individual who wanted to use SpaceShipOne for...
Secretive X-37B launch may be delayed by glitch - NBCNews.com | 18 at the Air Force Association's 2012 Air & Space Conference and Technology Exposition at National Harbor, Md. "On the 16th of June, we completed the second orbital test vehicle or OTV mission with the X-37B. OTV-2 spent 469 days on orbit," Shelton ...
Felix Baumgartner's first TV interview since Red Bull Stratos jump from Aerial Sports Feed | The Red Bull Stratos media tour began in New York City on Friday with a stop at 'CBS This Morning,' where Felix spoke about the fear he felt 24.5 miles above the Earth.
Friday, September 28, 2012
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Blue Angels fly over Waikiki - KHON2 | The navy's flight demonstration squadron flew past Waikiki this afternoon on its way to the Marine Corps Base in Kaneohe. It was pretty impressive nice formation we won't be able to go over to Kaneohe to see 'em so we're glad we got to see em while we...
Chico Air Show 2012 starts tonight - Mercury-Register | At 10 a.m. Saturday, six-time member of the U.S. Aerobatic Team and the first woman to win the U.S. National Aerobatic Championship Patty Wagstaff will be greeting the public. On Saturday and Sunday, the gates open at 9 a.m. and close at 3 p.m. The air ...
Canadian air show team arrives - Enterprise-Record | CHICO — The Chico Municipal Airport's gates open at 4 p.m. today, and 9 a.m. Saturday and Sunday for Chico Air Show 2012. A variety of aerobatic teams, solo performances and parachuting will be featured over the weekend, accompanied by dozens of ...
Third Annual Air Show Comes to Leesburg - Patch.com | A fly-over of the C-17 Globemaster transport aircraft from Dover AFB, Del., 11:30 a.m.; Aerobatic and wing walking performances. Airshow performers include Kirk Wicker and his “Flying Farmer” routine, wingwalker Jane Wicker and Charlie Schwenker's ...
McConnell Air Force Base Air Show This Weekend - KAKE | Planes are arriving and setup is almost complete for Wings Over McConnell, the air force base's annual air show happening this weekend. This year will feature the Air Force Thunderbirds and Army Golden Knights, as well several other displays and ...
An Unforgettable Ride on the Blue Angels' C-130 Fat Albert by Tim Gray | A few weeks back I was asked if I'd like to take a ride on the Blue Angels' C-130 transport-aircraft the Fat Albert, at the Grand Junction Air Show -- I.
Kirby Chamblis from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | ...“Chambliss has been flying since age 13. He became the youngest commercial pilot at his U.S. air carrier at 24. By the time he made it to 
captain at 28 he was already polishing his aerobatic skills, an interest acquired during aerobatic training for his job flying a business jet. Chambliss has won five U.S. National Aerobatic championships....
The DH98 Mosquito Lives Again - Bravo Avspecs! First Flight 9-27-12
from AirPigz by Martt | Here's an awesome pic from the Avspecs Limited facebook page of the Mosquito in the air near Auckland New Zealand on its first day back in the sky, Thursday 9-27-12. Could and airplane look more pefect than this?! The caption for the pic on their page: The DH98 Mosquito lives again! What a day! 3 flights and all home safe and sound....
EAA's Aluminum Overcast to Land at Dothan Alabama from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | Take a flight aboard EAA's fully restored B-17 bomber, Aluminum Overcast-coming to Dothan Alabama. Aluminum Overcast, the Experimental Aircraft Association's restored B-17 bomber, returned to the sky to nearly 30 planned destinations for the 2012 "Salute to Veterans" national tour. The national B-17 tours have taken place every year since 1994....
WWII B-25 bomber lands at Topeka airport - Topeka Capital Journal | All money goes to operate the aircraft, and members of the Commemorative Air Force, Arizona Wing, are volunteers. Advertisement. By Steve Fry. THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL. WWII B-25 bomber lands at Topeka airport. Steve Fry. September 27, 2012 11:04 PM ...
Free summer Fly Day - Mukilteo Beacon | The B-25 debuted at FHC last summer and is recognized as one of the most accurately restored WWII bombers in existence. This war-bird is a twin-engine medium bomber manufactured by North American Aviation, used in a wide range of roles by Allied air ...
Anton Newspapers Military Heroes Essay Contest: Sy Buckner Among B-17 ... - Farmingdale Observer | Anton Newspapers Military Heroes Essay Contest: Sy Buckner Among B-17 Flight Guests. Friday, 28 September 2012 00:00. The following is the first half of the essay submitted by Janice Buckner, writing about her father, Sy Buckner of Roslyn Heights. This ...
Flying Tigers earned their stripes - ReporterHerald.com | In order to impress the Japanese opposition, they painted eyes and sharp teeth on the plane's conical nose to make it look like a tiger shark, thus the name "Flying Tigers." The Tigers were constantly short of repair parts, fuel and occasionally pilots ...
Medal of Honor Recipient CWO Michael Novosel served in 3 Wars: WWII, Korea & Vie... from IASAR - Indiana Air Search and Rescue's Facebook Wall | Medal of Honor Recipient CWO Michael Novosel served in 3 Wars: WWII, Korea & Vietnam. He flew B-29 bombers and he served his first tour in Vietnam flying medevac helicopters (Dustoff) with the 283rd Medical Det. His second tour was...
Centenary congratulations to the Royal Norwegian Air Force from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | The Royal Norwegian Air Force celebrated its centenary with an air show on September 1-2, 2012, in Oslo. Back in July we showed an F-16 of the RNoAF that had been given a special paint job to celebrate the anniversary. It was part of a large number of aircraft taking part in fly-pasts to commemorate the occasion. Here's a video of the fly-pasts, featuring aircraft ranging from historic to contemporary.
Morristown Municipal Airport celebrates 70th anniversary from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | By STEVE SCHAPIRO On Friday, Sept. 21, an extraordinary aviation event took place in Morristown, N.J. It didn’t include any aerial demonstrations or engineering feats or new products. What took place in Hangar 6 at Morristown Municipal Airport was a celebration of the airport’s 70th anniversary. Having grown up around aviation, this simple event for the airport community was refreshing. Too often airports are defending themselves against the surrounding community, which was usually built up after the airport. In New Jersey, more than 50 airports have closed in the past 60 years...
Supersonic target — Ryan’s BQM34F Firebee II by travelforaircraft | Ryan developed the Firebee II as a supersonic drones which could be flown as missile targets and carried electronics to imitate radar signatures as well as rate missile scores. Catapulted from a rail or dropped from a mothership it could fly as low as 50 feet (15.2m) and be controlled from as far away as 200 miles (320km). Recovery was the same as with the subsonic Firebee drones, suspended from a parachute and snatched by a helicopter — with recovery from water was a back-up plan....
Air Force Week in Photos from Air Force Link Top Stories | This week's photos feature Airmen 
Former CAP National Commander Elected President Of IACE Association Board from Aero-News Network | First Woman To Hold The Position In The Organizations 65-Year History Maj. Gen. Amy S. Courter, Civil Air Patrol’s national commander from 2008-2011, is the newly-elected president of the International Air Cadet Exchange Association Board of Directors – the first female to hold the position in the association’s nearly 65-year history.
Stow: Young Eagles flight rally | Community Advocate by Community Advocate Staff | All those between ages 8-17 will have a chance to take to the skies Oct. 13, from 9 a.m. to noon, as EAA Chapter 196 hosts a Young Eagles Flight Rally at...
Third X-37B Launch Expected, Few Details from AVwebFlash Current Issue | The Air Force has announced that one of its 29-foot long X-37B unmanned space planes will launch on another classified mission in October and this time has left some faint hints of what the aircraft's activities might involve. Previous missions of X-37B space planes ended in December 2010, after 255 days, and in June 2012, after 469 days. Both of those flights landed at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, and ...
"Why a Duck?" UCAP #305 from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast
Deadline extended for Whirly-Girls scholarships
from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | The Whirly-Girls
International has extended the deadline for its 2013 scholarships to
Nov. 1. The total worth of the nine scholarships is more than $45,000.
Video: Red Bull Stratos | An Animated View from Aerial Sports Feed | On
8 October 2012, or on the days following this date (depending on
weather conditions) Felix Baumgartner will attempt a record-breaking
freefall jump from 23 miles above the earth as part of the Red...
Space shuttle arrives home for one last 'endeavor'
from Air Force Link Top Stories | For the Edwards community who has
been actively involved in NASA's Space Shuttle program since flight
testing began in the 1970's, it was a bittersweet day when Space Shuttle
Endeavour arrived one last time Sept. 20, piggy-backed on NASA's Boeing
747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft.
Photo: An F-35A test aircraft flies over Space Shuttle Endeavour at Edwards Air Force Base
from
David Cenciotti's weblog | On Sept. 21, the space shuttle Endeavour
mounted atop a Boeing 747 SCA (Shuttle Carrier Aircraft), from Edwards
Air Force Base to Los Angeles International Airport overflying the most
iconic places in the LA area. On arrival at Edwards AFB from...
The Best Shots From the Space Shuttle Fleet's Final Flight
- PC Magazine | Enterprise has been delivered to its new home at the
Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City, while Discovery
now resides at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center of the Smithsonian
Institution's National Air and Space Museum in Virginia. Endeavour ...
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RFD welcomes Thunderbird #8 ahead of AirFest 2012
- WREX-TV | Thunderbird #8 arrived at the Chicago Rockford
International Airport around 2:00 pm, and the airport is expecting many
more planes over the next two days as it prepares for the year festival.
Some expected arrivals include a C-40 Presidential Jet,...
Wings Over Gillespie takes off in El Cajon this weekend
- U-T San Diego | Spectators watch the Wings Over Gillespie Air Show
from under a World War II-era A-26 Invader. “The Pacific Princess,” a
B-25 bomber, takes off at the Wings Over Gillespie Air Show at Gillespie
Field. Howard Lipin • UT photos For the 17th annual Wings...
USO Patriotic Festival Virginia Beach Oceanfront Air Show
- The Virginian-Pilot | Patriotic Festival Presents Virginia Beach
Oceanfront Air Show Featuring US Navy Blue Angels Flight Demonstration
Squadron (Air Show Center at 18th Street & Oceanfront, 11:30am-
4:00pm) Parachute teams, amphibious demonstrations, Geico Skytypers...
Wings over Waukesha to celebrate centennial of flight
from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | The Wings over Waukesha Air
Show in Wisconsin will celebrate the centennial of flight in Waukesha
County with an expanded airshow. The show is slated for Aug. 25-26 at
Waukesha County Airport (UES)...
RAF Gets Ready For RIAT
from AVIATION-NEWS by Marcel van Leeuwen | RAF display teams have
launched the start of the Royal International Air Tattoo Diamond Jubilee
celebrations. The Queen’s anniversary will be the main theme for this
year’s event, the world’s largest military air show, from 6th to 8thJuly
at RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire. Flight Lieutenant Phil Bird was born
in Fairford 32 years ago and now...
Fairford flies the flag for tattoo
- This is Gloucestershire | Air Tattoo chief executive Tim Prince said:
"We have an exceptional line-up of aircraft. "As well as a special mass
fly-past of Hawks in an EIIR formation, the tattoo will feature seven
aerobatic display teams including Al Fursan, a newly-formed team...
Air Force showcases skills in rehearsal
- China Post | TAIPEI--The Air Force showcased its flight skills in a
rehearsal Wednesday in Hsinchu, as a preview for an air show to be held
Saturday in the northern city. Highlights of the rehearsal at the
Hsinchu air base included a 30-minute performance by the...
Air shows at RMAF Subang base
- New Straits Times | Royal Malaysian Air Force's Smokey Bandits team
performing an aerial display with MiG-29 fighter jets at an airshow in
Singapore in February. File pic The highlight will be an aerial display
of the air force's fighters, comprising a Sukhoi Su-30MKM...
Crew Preparing Diamond Lil for Ferry Flight from EAA
- The Experimental Aircraft Association | The Commemorative Air Force's
B-24 Diamond Lil is being prepared for a ferry flight back to Addison,
Texas, after a hydraulic malfunction last Saturday that caused the
vintage World War II bomber's nose gear to collapse during a scheduled
passenger flight at Charlotte Douglas International Airport in
Charlotte, North Carolina. CAF reported no injuries to the 16 people
(passengers and crew) on board and minimal damage to the aircraft.
WWII veteran reunites with B-17 bomber - Stars and Stripes | It's hard for John Campbell to talk about his history. When he relives different events now that bring back memories of the war, he changes the subject. "Every time I think about what is missing, I start choking up. We had lots of good times together and we had lots of bad times," the 88-year-old Odessan said Saturday. For three years during World War II, he served as a flight engineer and top gunner with the Air Force and flew in 35 missions over Europe on a B-17 bomber....
World War II vet talks to Hoffman Estates students
- Chicago Daily Herald | But it also brought him some enjoyment, both
socially and in the action of being the tail gunner of a B-17 during
World War II in Europe. Hofmann, 86, of Palatine shared his experiences
with about 45 AP US History classmates of his grandson,...
Former RAF man remembers coronation flypast of 1953
- Buckinghamshire Advertiser | There were thunderstorms all over the
sky and the flypast had to be postponed several times. Eventually the
weather improved at around 5pm and we took off. We flew along the Thames
Estuary but there were no navigation aids in our planes so the
leaders...
Bringing back 1981 from Photorecon | She once felt the wind rushing against her airframe as she was thrown with a controlled violence into the blues skies of the Pacific Ocean, off of the USS Midway CV-41. Number 1981 was a McDonald Douglas RF-4B Phantom II, and a member of VMFP-3, a U.S. Marine Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron that was assigned to...
Lindbergh’s goggles on display at San Diego museum
from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | The goggles worn by Charles
Lindbergh during his historic flight across the Atlantic in 1927 are
now on display at the San Diego Air & Space Museum in honor of the
flight’s 85th anniversary...
June events at Grissom Air Museum - Kokomo Perspective | Wednesday, June 6th at 9:00 AM, the restoration team from Yankee Air Museum in Ypsilanti, Michigan will be flying in with their C-47 for a tour. 5.) The Lafayette Family YMCA will be visiting us on June 13th at 10:30, and the Boys and Girls Club of...
ICON Aircraft Demonstrates Historic Safety Achievement
from PR Newswire: Airlines/Aviation | ICON AircraftLOS ANGELES -- ICON Aircraft announced earlier this year that it
successfully completed spin-resistance testing of its A5 amphibious
Light Sport Aircraft to the standard specified by the FAA for Part 23
certified aircraft. This historic...
Fighter pilot for a day - Fox News | Who can resist the cool flight suit, the aviator sunglasses --and let's not forget the flying. Sky Combat Ace in Henderson, Nev. let's you pretend you're a fighter pilot high above desert --and you better buckle up because you're about to have the...
Allison Rupp: Farragut man receives flight award for 50 years of flying
- Knox News | If it's nice outside, most people might go for a bike
ride or take a drive with the windows down. But Chris Linn of Farragut
boards his small plane with his wife Judy and takes flight instead. "We
like to fly regularly, especially in the summer and fall," Linn said.
"Sometimes it's three or four times a week. If it's a nice day, I say,
'Let's go flying.'"...
Former Scranton bishop still serving diocese, flying planes
- The Times-Tribune | ...the 84-year-old bishop emeritus wants to
continue his more than 50-year hobby of flying small planes, he will
soon undergo surgery to correct a heart murmur that could ground him if
he fails a physical required by the Federal Aviation Administration...
Program will help future pilots take off with aviation career
- mydesert.com | A large and looming commercial pilot shortage inspired
a group of Coachella Valley aviators to offer a free training program
to students interested in careers in aviation. Boeing, the world's
largest aircraft manufacturer, projects an additional 460,000 pilots
will be needed in the next 20 years to facilitate the worldwide movement
of cargo and people...
Free flights, big smiles - Airdrie Echo | Gray Goode thanks pilot Lester Block after being taken on a free flight as part of the Airdrie Flying Club's COPA for Kids Junior Aviator Day on Saturday at the Airdrie Air Park. By Chris Simnett — Reporter Gray Goode's smile was as big as the sky...
Hypersonic Flight
from AirSpace by The National Air and Space Museum | The day is
Thursday, February 24, 1949; the pens on the automatic plotting boards
at South Station are busy tracking the altitude and course of a rocket,
which just moments before had been launched from a site three miles away
on the test range of the White Sands Proving Ground. The rocket is a
V-2, one of many brought to the United States from Germany after World
War II. By this time launching V-2s had become almost routine for the
crews at White Sands, but on this day neither the launch nor the rocket
are...
X-37B to land in June
from RLV and Space Transport News | Vandenberg Air Force Base has
released a statement stating that theX-37B vehicle, denoted as the
Orbital Test Vehicle mission or OTV-2, will return to earth "during the
early- to mid-June timeframe". The vehicle...
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Abu Dhabi Air Expo kicks off tomorrow - emirates247.com | The Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) will officially launch Abu Dhabi Air Expo tomorrow (Tuesday) at Al Bateen Executive Airport. The expo running from 6th until 8th March, will be open daily from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, to visitors and exhibitors to witness exhilarating performances by the UAE's Al Fursan Aerobatic team, the Emirates Sky Diving team and daring aerobatic displays by the famous Captain Zoltan Veres, the recipient of five Guinness world records....
Waterloo Air Show welcomes back the Canadian Forces Snowbirds and CF-18 Demo - Exchange | Breslau - Kick-start your summer by experiencing amazing aerial displays at the 2012 Waterloo Air Show, June 2 & 3, 2012. Aviation is showcased both in the air and on the ground. Highlighting the show will be spectacular displays by the Canadian Forces Snowbirds, Canada’s CF-18 fighter jet, daring aerobatics, warbirds and more....
Pilot thrilled to be a part of home airshow - Standard | A FORMER Farmor's School pupil will enjoy a flying visit to his old stomping ground later this year when he gets to take part in the Royal International Air Tattoo. Flight Lieutenant Phil Bird, 32, is a regular spectator at RIAT, but this year will be the first time he has had the chance to take part. ...
Girl, nine, talks down U-2 spy plane at Fairford - BBC News | A nine-year-old girl from Devon has 
Ellie meets U-2 pilot at RAF Fairford - YouTube
Heritage Flight Conference - Crosswind Images | photo gallery
Airshow Announcer Rob Reider – Audio Episode Show Notes - Airspeed | Rob Reider is one of the busiest airshow announcers in the country. Since going full time in 2006, he has announced 135 shows and 2012 is shaping up to be as busy as ever. We talk about what it takes to be an announcer, what it’s like to be an announcer during peak season, and even what happens when the worst happens....
NVAHOF joining CCAA Open House - On Saturday, March 31, NVAHOF will participate with the Clark County Aviation Association in its 5th annual open house at the North Las Vegas Airport. NVAHOF will set up a table along with various poster displays of interest to promote NVAHOF and support the CCAA. NVAHOF staff, members, and friends will make this a family affair to mix with the attending students and general public. NVAHOF staff and volunteers will offer NVAHOF membership to new members wishing to support NVAHOF in its endeavor to further student education and recognize the legends of aerospace and aviation in Nevada....
Rock Schaller's Stick Chief from Antique Airfield News | Rock Schaller sent a couple of photos about his
Fark Photoshop Thread - The Unwanted Blog | This was Freakin’ High-larious....
WWII Vet Plans To Take Honor Flight - KULR8 | A Montana World War Two veteran is ready to embark on a new journey. Bill Woolston is a World War Two veteran, he was stationed in Germany, Austria and France from 1943 to 1946. Peggy, his wife of 68 years, is also a veteran, she served as an officer in the women's auxiliary corps in WWII....
Aviation enthusiast, wife land in Greenville - Greenville Online | Mike Helsel is a frequent flier in more ways than one. Helsel is a longtime traveler. And when the California native decided to leave Houston in late 2010, he and wife Sandy began making plans to retire in what would be their 10th city in 40-plus years of marriage. Careers in marketing, engineering and procurement have taken them to northern and southern California, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and two locations in Texas....
F-111 on tour Down Under - Flightglobal | Although Australia has had a little bit of a difficult relationship with its retired General Dynamics F-111Cs of late - most notably burying a whole bunch of them in a landfill - it has retained one of its Aardvarks for posterity. Pictured here is aircraft A8-142 on a road trip from RAAF Base Amberley, Queensland, to RAAF Base Wagga, New South Wales....
Close Encounter: Typhoon and Rafale - AviationWeek | The RAF's No. 3(F) Sqdn. dispatched two of its Eurofighter Typhoons from Coningsby to France to visit the Dassault Rafale 1/7 Sqdn. at the Saint-Dizier air base....
The Air Force's Mysterious X-37B Spaceplane Celebrates Its First Full Year in Orbit - POPSCI | 
National Space Club Announces 2012 Award Recipients - Space Ref | The Dr. Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy is the Club's preeminent award and it is given to recognize significant contribution to United States leadership in the field of rocketry and astronautics. This year's award will be presented to The GPS...
Space Shuttle Enterprise Heads to New York - WFUV | The Space Shuttle Enterprise takes off for its new home aboard the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum next month. On April 23rd, the NASA orbiter, which is currently on display at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Virginia, will arrive at John F. Kennedy International Airport atop the space agency’s shuttle carrier aircraft. “We are immensely excited about Enterprise’s landing at JFK and are readying the Intrepid for her arrival,” Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum President Susan Marenoff-Zausner said in a news release....
Friday, January 6, 2012
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37th Annual Cable Airshow takes place next weekend - Highland Community News | The 37th Annual Cable Airshow and Car Show will be held Saturday, Jan. 7 and Sunday, Jan. 8 at the Cable 
Museum’s ‘Living History’ Flying Day Saturday from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | The Planes of Fame Air Museum’s Living History Flying Day Event, Saturday, Jan. 7, will feature “pre-war” fighters, with the only airworthy Boeing P-26A “Peashooter” fighter in the world taking flight....
Former Tuskegee Airman, NCCU dean dies - WRAL.com | He was commissioned as a second lieutenant and pilot in December 1943 and served as a B-25 bomber pilot for the rest of the war. His all-black 477th Bombardment Group was preparing for deployment in the Pacific theater when the war ended in 1945....
LUCAS' 'RED TAILS' SALUTES TUSKEGEE AIRMEN - ASB | NICASIO, Calif. – George Lucas is many imposing things. Billionaire lord of a sci-fi empire. Passionate early-education philanthropist. Northern California land baron. But drill down to his core and Lucas is still the same fiercely independent kid from rural Modesto who grew up enamored of fast machines and great movies. Those simple roots help explain what otherwise might seem like a puzzling cinematic move: why a 67-year-old white guy has spent $58 million of his own money to produce Red Tails, out Jan. 20, an action-adventure film about World War II African-American aviators known as the Tuskegee Airmen....
Alaska Reserve group gets early ‘Red Tails’ viewing - Alaskajournal.com | “Our 477th Fighter group is a direct descendant of the 477th Bombardment Group in which the Tuskegee Airmen were training in B-25 bombers during World War II,” said Col. Bryan Radliff, commander of the 477th. This training originated in Alabama and...
Indiana GA airport prepares for Super Bowl from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | The Shelbyville Municipal Airport (GEZ) will be busier than ever this Super Bowl season and will need additional support, according to a report in the Shelbyville News. “I’m going to need a lot of volunteers at the airport to make things run,” airport manager Darrell Shrader said...
North American Aviation XB-70 Valkyrie engines - High Power Rocketry | The Valkyrie is one of the most insane jets ever made, in some ways more extreme than the SR-71. It was expensive, huge, dangerous to fly, and ultimately not particularly useful as …
New U.S. Air Force Recruiting page on Facebook - U.S. Air Force Live | Do you have questions about Air Force career fields or joining the U.S. Air Force? Well check out the new U.S. Air Force Recruiting Facebook page that focuses entirely on answering your questions about joining.
Helicopter to fly in new Ocean City inlet tower - The Baltimore Sun | ...Instead, it's likely to be a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter airlifting a new tower to the jetty at the Ocean City inlet, replacing the 
old tower that was destroyed by last summer's Hurricane Irene. The new tower will be used for marine navigational purposes...
MNF KC Flight - Vans Air Force | Got the finished snap shot back from the ESPN DVD, 7 RVs over Arrowhead Stadium on Monday Night Football.
Back to business - Boeing | …The end of year totals also revealed even more amazing news about the 737 MAX. We’ve now topped 1000 orders and commitments from 15 customers. I’ve said 2012 will be the “Year of the MAX” and these latest numbers show we’re already heading in that direction….
X-37B spaceplane 'spying on China' - BBC News | The unpiloted vehicle was launched into orbit by the US Air Force in March last year and has yet to return to Earth….
The Return Of Microsoft Flight from AVwebFlash Current Issue | Microsoft shut down the group responsible for its popular Flight Simulator X (FSX) in 2009 and by 2010 announced that a new game, "Flight," was in the works -- now it says that game will arrive this spring and it will be free (with limits). Microsoft Flight will be available free via download and will include "flying challenges," and "a variety of exciting missions" limited to the a setting that mimics the Hawaiian islands. Extra content, including...
Orbital Space Junk Will Make Private Space Travel Impossible - Moonandback | In previous weeks, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s company Stratolaunch Systems unveiled its plan to launch rockets into space using a specially-designed airplane by 2016. This comes on the heels of news thatSpaceX‘s Dragon capsule will be the first privately-made module to dock with the International Space Station and Virgin Galactic’s plans to start launching into space as soon as next year….
Our View: Virgin Galactic: Moving workers is good sign - Las Cruces Sun-News | Ten, nine, eight, seven …. The countdown continues as Virgin Galactic preps for space tourism flights from Spaceport America that could possibly begin in 2013. The latest positive step has Virgin Galactic relocating some staffers — formerly based in the United Kingdom — to an office off Roadrunner Parkway. 
Official Site: Virgin Galactic Spaceport Overview
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
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Canadian Snowbirds 2011 Schedule
US Navy Battle Cats Land at American Heroes Air Show - Helicopter Association International | Buckle up for high-flying excitement when the US Navy HSL-43 Battle Cats arrive from their base in San Diego to team up with the American Heroes Air Show – just one part of the admission-free American Heroes Weekend at the Texas Military Forces' ...
Valiant Air Command Airshow 2011 - Classic Warbirds | The Valiant Air Command hosts an annual airshow in Titusville Florida each spring. In the past (20 years ago) it was one of the 3 or 4 top airshows in the country. It’s still a great show and has a long standing name “TICO” and is a contraction of the name Titusville Cocca Airport Authority. ...
Cosford Air Show to get sneak preview of aerobatic display team routine by Flightline UK | Visitors to this year’s Cosford Air Show will be treated to a first look at the new moves of aerobatic flying team The Blades. Comprising four Extra 300 stunt planes flown in an array of intricate manoeuvres, The Blades – now in their sixth consecutive display season – take aerobatic flying to the next level. ...
New SUN 'n FUN sign has 'em soaring - Lake Wales News | It used to be when a person drove into the SUN 'n FUN facility at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport, he or she would be greeted by a standard outdoor sign — the type seen adorning highways. Not anymore. Now an actual 1950s-era jet, ...
Thunder Over Michigan - A Formula for Success from Vintage Wings of Canada | Now class, I want to bring your attention to tonight's homework... calculating the formula for Fun! TOM 2010 = 8 B-17/11 X 1 B-24/2 +7 P-51 + 1 F-100 = FUNN Perhaps this may seem like an advanced calculus formula, but it’s not scientific at all. Just ask people who are regulars at air shows across North America - they are already familiar with the theoretical formula: The Sum of FUN So what was so much fun exponent to the power of "n"? Answer: the Thunder Over Michigan (TOM) air show last August 7-8 at the historic Willow Run ...
Rare chance to step inside historic aircraft - shropshirelive.com | During 'Open Cockpits Evening' members of the public will have the chance to see inside a number of cockpits including the Hunter F4, Buccaneer, Phantom and a Gnat T1 as previously used by the world famous Red Arrows team and get a feeling of what it ...
Point Cook's wonderful warbirds - Leader News | RAAF reserve officer Peter Clements checks a P-51 Mustang that, with the adjoining Spitfire, was among veteran aeroplanes visiting the RAAF Williams Point Cook Base last Thursday. The occasion was the RAAF's 90th birthday celebrations. ...
Fighting the Flying Circus from Planenews Aviation News | This is the WWI memoirs of Medal of Honor winner, Capt Eddie Rickenbacker. He fought in and eventually became commander of the 94th "Hat-in-the-Ring" Squadron, which ended the war with the highest number of air victories of any American squadron. The circus mentioned in the title refers to the German squadron commanded by the famous Red Baron, Manfred von Richthofen. ...
Debbie's Deals: Visit The Wings Over The Rockies Museum Free - KMGH Denver | The Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum is in the Lowry neighborhood at 7711 East Academy Boulevard in Denver. The air & space museum features a B-52 Stratofortress, Star Wars X-Wing fighter, B-1A Lancer and a RF-84K Thunderflash Parasite. ...
National Museum of the U.S. Air Force may close due to government shutdown from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | With the possibility of a federal government shutdown, the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, as a government facility, may temporarily close beginning April 9, 2011. All museum events and activities would be suspended until further notice. ...
Sun n Fun n Fun n More Fun from Life on the Road as a Pilot | Well, I'm back in town, if only for a little while. I drove back from Florida on Sunday and Monday - did you know that Lakeland, FL, to Lakewood, OH, is over 1000 miles and more than 18 hours of driving time? Yikes. I was so ready to get out of that car! I was returning from the Sun n Fun Fly-in, also known as "Spring Break for Pilots." I first went to this airshow (founded in 1974) two years ago which I ...
Task Force Odin pilot recalls being among first female Army combat aviators - Clarksville Online | It was then that she realized she wanted to be an aviator. It was around this time that the Army was beginning to open opportunities for women to become pilots. Jarrell, currently a C-12 pilot with Task Force Condor, Task Force Observe, Detect, ...
Cold War: Lockheed C-5 Galaxy from About.com Military History | Designed to replace the C-133 Cargomaster and complement the new C-141 Starlifter, the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy (right) began development in 1961. Moving through nearly a decade of design, the new type first took to the air on June 30, 1968. Entering service late the following year, the C-5 became a key airlift asset for the US Air Force. The largest plane ever flown by the USAF, the Galaxy ...
Looking Back: Hitting Libya in 1986 from About.com Military History | ... Departing on April 14, American F-111Fs (right) flew from Britain against targets in western Libya while US Navy aircraft suppressed the Libyan air defenses and moved against targets in the east. Striking around 2:00 AM on April 15, they hit their target and withdrew losing one aircraft. The attacks were successful in damaging their targets, but did little long-term to discourage Gaddafi from continuing his support of international terrorism. This support later aided in the bombing of Pam Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988. ...
Ciara Thompson, Why I Want to Fly from Flight To Success | When I was young, my dream was to be an engineer. With my mother’s help I was introduced to WAASPS, an aircraft building and flight training centre in Kpong, Ghana. That was the beginning of flying for me. My name is Ciara Thompson and I want to fly. My first flight experience was in an X-air Falcon with the registration number 9GZAA. That day was just another day for me. I did not expect anything. It was just going ...
April 6 – This Day In Aviation History from Aviation Earth | April 6, 1890 – The Dutch aircraft manufacturer and designer Anthony Herman Gerald Fokker was born in Kediri, Java. He designed and built several notable aircraft including the Fokker D-VIII which was one of the greatest aircraft of WWI. He later became a citizen of the United States and he designed the Fokker T-2. This [...]
Sunday, March 6, 2011
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Video: Second Spitfire unable to make flypast celebration - Daily Echo | THE second Spitfire due to be at Southampton Airport today has been cancelled due to adverse weather conditions. The aircraft, flown by Peter Teichman and which flew in more than 40 combat missions, was due to touch down today to join in ...
Episode 58: Avalon Quick Cast #5 from Plane Crazy Down Under | It’s day 5 of the Australian International Airshow and Aerospace & Defence Exposition (aka Avalon 2011) and it’s the first whole day open to the general public. The PCDU team have had one of the most amazing days of their lives with time in the venerable B52, ... chat with Squadron Leader Matt Harper ....
Dominican aviation celebrate 100 years with Air Show - Newspaper Firsts | Caribbean Air Show 2011 is endorsed by the International Council of Airshows (ICAS), international non-governmental organization present in 30 countries, which fulfills the mission of advancing knowledge and facilitating collaboration in the sector ...
Lyon County Fly-In scheduled for May 21, 22, 2011 - My Fernley News | Fuel for Young Eagles Pilots – these pilots donate their time and their plane to make this the largest Young Eagles fly-in in the state. Children's Area and Activities – coloring books, Styrofoam planes, face painting, ...
Saskatoon air show revived - Prince Albert Daily Herald | After a year off, plans are in motion to bring back the Cameco Canada Remembers International Air Show. Organizer Brian Swidrovich says the air show is important to the community and to military veterans in particular. This year's event, scheduled for ...
Florida air show guide -- Thunderbirds, Blue Angels and other show schedules - JACOB LANGSTON, ORLANDO SENTINEL | It's a bird! It's a plane! To be precise, it's a lot of planes. Almost any time of year in Florida is prime time for air shows and the two big players in the air show circuit have several Florida stops in 2011. ...
Bessie Coleman trained in Paris to become first female African American pilot from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale | Chicago Sun Tims: Bessie Coleman trained in Paris to become first female African American pilot | In 1920, Bessie Coleman (1892-1926) became the first African-American woman to earn a pilot’s license, after traveling to Europe to attend flight school. Born in Atlanta, Texas, Coleman moved to Chicago in 1915, and here she discovered her passion for aviation. However, as a black woman she wasn’t allowed to train as an airplane pilot in the United States. Robert Abbot, publisher for the African-American newspaper the Chicago Defender, urged Coleman to learn French and enroll in France’s Caudron School of Aviation. ...
Pioneer World War II pilot Betty Wood forgotten in Auburn from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale | Auburn Journal: Pioneer World War II pilot Betty Wood forgotten in Auburn | (This article from Feb 4) From time to time, this reporter would bump into a sun-splashed photo of Betty Wood and her story – or at least the partial one that was available at the time. It’s in a bound copy of Journals from 1943. The page on which her photo reposes is burnished orange at its edges now. But the story of her death remains compelling. It was published on the front of the Sept. 30, 1943 edition of the Auburn Journal. ...
Monument Profile: American Legion Post 365 in Collinsville, IL from The Aero Experience by Carmelo Turdo | American Legion Leighton Evatt Post 365 in Collinsville, IL features memorials to service members, including a Bell AH-1S Cobra and ...
Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum Helps Scouts Earn Aviation Merit Badge from The Aero Experience by Carmelo Turdo | The Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum helped area Scouts earn their Aviation Merit Badge today. Here are some images from the day's activities: ...
Air Force heroes recognized at Dawn Patrol breakfast in Ottawa from Aviation.ca News | The Air Force Association of Canada hosted its annual Dawn Patrol breakfast in Ottawa last week in memory of the most famous combat mission flown by William Avery “Billy” Bishop, Canada’s most renowned aviator from the First World War –...
Swiss-Nepalese Team Wins Golden Hour Award from www.ainonline.com : Latest News | This year’s Eurocopter Golden Hour Award went to a rescue crew formed by captain Daniel Aufdenblatten and rescue specialist Richard Lehner of Air Zermatt, Switzerland, and captain Sabin Basnyat, chief pilot of Fishtail Air, Nepal. On April 29, 2010, the team successfully rescued a party of three Spanish mountain climbers stuck aton a steep slope of Mount Annapurna, the world’s second highest mountain, at an altitude of 22,800 ft. ...
March 5 from Cut and Paste Aviation | ... 1913 -- Army Field Order No. 1 officially organized Headquarters 1st Aero Squadron (Provisional) in a field near Texas City, Texas. The unit was the first created to conduct aircraft operations. 1912 -- Bob Fowler flies from Los Angeles to Jacksonville, Florida. The west to east coast-to-coast journey has taken four months to complete. ...
Dream of Flight Within Reach for Scholarship Winner from WAI Connect Blog | The roar of jet engines filled the Grand Theater at Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nev., Feb. 24. As the curtain rose, the blinding lights of a two-thirds scale airliner illuminated the crowd. Women in Aviation International President Peggy Chabrian and AOPA President Craig Fuller waved from the cockpit of the giant replica and climbed down the stairs to welcome attendees at the opening ...
FAA, EAA Data Shows Success For Young Eagles - Aero-News Network | New data compiled by the FAA and EAA shows that the EAA Young Eagles program is making a significant impact in creating aviators. The results emerged from a joint EAA/FAA project that matched the names of Young Eagles, now ages 15-34, ...
Coming in 2013 from the makers of CARS: PLANES - DVDTOWN.com | "Planes" features an international cast of the fastest air racers around in a comedy that stars Dusty, a small-town dreamer who longs to enter the most epic around-the-world air race . . . despite his fear of heights. With the help and support of a ...
Spaceplane OVT-2 Now in Low Earth Orbit from Spaceports | The Orbital Test Vehicle 2 (X-37B OTV-2), an American unmanned robotic vertical-takeoff, horizontal-landing (VTHL) spaceplane launched aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral on Saturday, March 5, 2011 at 5:46 PM EST to low Earth orbit. It is the second operational test of the USAF military spaceplane. ...
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
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Snowbirds jet damaged in landing - CBC.ca | A formation of the Snowbirds in flight is seen in this file photo. (Department of National Defence) A Tutor jet, part of the military's Snowbirds aerobatic flying team, was damaged during a landing at 15 Wing Moose Jaw Tuesday afternoon. ...
International airshow unveiled in Australia - People's Daily Online | An international airshow exposition is on display in Victoria Australia, rallying the world's state-of-art aircrafts including the Stealth F-22 Raptor Fighter. The Australian International Airshow and Aerospace and Defence Exposition 2011 commenced on ...
Raptors roar at Avalon - Geelong Advertiser | The same aerial qualities made two red-hot Raptors conspicuous attractions on the tarmac at Avalon's Australian International Airshow yesterday. The sharp and lean single-seat craft became the focus of countless photographs and an unprecedented ...
Warplanes on display above city this week - Arizona Daily Star | The annual Heritage Flight Conference - a refresher course of sorts for pilots on this year's air show circuit - takes place this weekend at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. Changes in jet noise levels and flight activity will be evident now until next ...
Karlene Petitt aims to inspire 2,000 girls and women - Women of Aviation Worldwide Community | During WOAW week, Delta Air Lines A330 pilot, Karlene Petitt aims to motivate and inspire 2,000 girls and women to consider the many careers that the aviation industry has to offer them.
Legislation Introduced To Honor CAP World War II Veterans from Aero-News Network | Would Award A Congressional Gold Medal To The Auxiliary Vets Bipartisan legislation has just been introduced in the 112th Congress to honor World War II members of Civil Air Patrol. ...
Great Reno Balloon Race organizers to offer preferred parking from Latest news updates from RGJ.com | Organizers of the Great Reno Balloon Race are readying plans to open 150 parking spaces a balloon’s length or two away from the action for a $20 fee.
Flying Gypsies from General Aviation News by Dennis Parks | Dennis Parks is Curator Emeritus of Seattle’s Museum of Flight. Ever since the conception of the light airplane in the 1920s, the magnitude of flights achieved by pilots using light planes never ceases to surprise, especially when used for around-the-word tours. Such trips would seem to be in the provenance of larger, higher-powered aircraft, not small, low-powered aircraft. ...
Chocks away for aviators - Portsmouth News | The year is probably 1913, the year the newspaper announced a £5000 prize to the first aviator to successfully fly around the British coastline. The proposed route ran 1600 miles, starting at Cowes before heading east along the south coast, ...
Today in Aviation History – March 2 from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club | In 1918… Lloyd Andrews Hamilton becomes the first American to receive a commission in the British Royal Flying Corps when he is assigned as lieutenant with No. 3 squadron in France. ...
Video: ICON A5 Light Sport Aircraft from Latest Vlog | Will 2011 be the year of the flying car? It could be with stories being published on aviation websites such as Aviation Central where they recently covered a story on the Terrafugia Transition! (Also featured on SFTV here.) Joanne Colan from the TV program "Dean of Invention" takes us down to California we she carries out her feature story on the ICON A5.
X-37 ready for another go? from Black Horizon | Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Mar 2, 2011 The 45th Space Wing is set to launch an Atlas V Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle from Space Launch Complex 41 on March 4, 2011. The rocket will carry an Air Force X-37B Orbital Test ...
Social Media Savvy Astronaut to Host DC Tweetup from AllTwitter | He was the first person to check-in from space. He’s posted pictures of the earth as seen from the International Space Station on his Twitter account. And with almost 100,000 followers, he’s the most popular astronaut on Twitter. NASA’s Doug Wheelock will be ...
