Video: LiveAirShowTV Will Take YOU To The Reno Air Races! (+ Precious Metal DeskTop Pix) · 
Updated NAHI entries * NAHI | Here is the latest—it’s always subject to change. The Yale and the P-51 dropped out, but we added another Stinson. Can’t believe it’s almost ‘time’!
The annual Fly-in and Car Show is Saturday at Hunt Field Airport in Lander - County 10 | (Lander, Wyo.) – The Annual Fly-in and Car Show is scheduled for September 6 at the Hunt Field Airport in Lander, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. with FREE admission. Start the day with a pancake breakfast ($5), and then view the antique and experimental planes plus a collection of antique and muscle cars...
Cleveland hosts first UAS air show; will Dayton follow? - Dayton Business Journal (blog) | ...Several companies involved in the unmanned systems business came together to show off what their craft could do at the Cleveland National Air Show, which was headlined by the U.S. Navy Blue Angels and the U.S. Army Golden Knights Parachute Team....
World War II-era plane at Salisbury airport - Delmarva Daily Times | The plane, built in 1944 and nicknamed the "Sentimental Journey," has been at the Salisbury-Ocean City: Wicomico Regional Airport since Mondayand will be there until the morning of Monday, Sept. 8, when the crew will make its way to the next destination, said loadmaster Pat Beals....
Hannes Arch* GoPro Video | Video of the Day! Red Bull Air Force pilot Hannes Arch takes us on a wild ride over the beautiful landscape of the Austrian Alps...
Fall Home School Day set for Oct. 6 * National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | Home school students can explore the world's largest aviation museum and learn about aviation history and STEM topics during Fall Home School Day on Oct. 6 at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force....
The Navy’s X-47B Compled Its Final Test Aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt * WarbirdRadio.com | WARBIRD RADIO – The Navy’s X-47B completed its final test aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) Aug. 24 and returned to its home base at Naval Air Station Patuxent River after eight days at sea. According to a recent news release, the X-47B flew in the carrier pattern with manned aircraft for the first time […]
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Thursday, September 4, 2014
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Wednesday, August 27, 2014
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Blue Angels Plan Advance Photo Shoot Over Cleveland - ErieTVNews | The Blue Angels are scheduled to fly the squadron's six-jet F/A-18 Hornet Delta Formation around the city with a seventh flying abreast of the formation to photograph the Delta with the city in the background...
Lt. Cmdr. John Hiltz, Right Wing, Blue Angels - FederalNewsRadio.com | If you've been to an air show, you've seen them: The Blue Angels. They're the Navy's flight demonstration squadron zooming in formation in meticulously painted F-18s. Tom Temin caught up with Lt. Cmdr. John Hiltz, number 2 pilot and right wing, on the Federal Drive as the Angels prepare to receive new recruits. He told Tom about the crew of 130 that make the show happen day in and day out...
Get ready Texas – the Red Bull Air Race is coming * Red Bull World Series | The fifth round of the
Red Bull Air Race might have only just wrapped up, but the racing is stepping up a gear and taking it to the next level with the next stop in Texas, USA just over two weeks' time. The Texas Motor Speedway in Dallas - Fort Worth will welcome the sixth stop of the Red Bull Air Race as the action hots up and there's everything to play for... and only limited points left to be won...UAS Challenge latest addition to National Championship Air Races * News4 | RENO, Nev. (MyNews4.com & KRNV) -- In addition to drone displays, National Championship Air Race fans can now fly UAVs this coming September. "Incorporating UAS into the National Championship Reno Air Races has been a huge push for us," said Vice Chair of Sponsorships Mary Beth Sewald....
A Look Back at EAA AirVenture * eaavideo.org
Fort Bend Radio Control Club air show to benefit ADA - Your Houston News | The Fort Bend Radio Control Club will host its 16th annual Model Air Show and Model Aircraft Fly-in on Saturday, Aug. 30 at the club’s flying field in Rosenberg. The program is held to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Fund (Jerry’s Kids)...
Thunder in the Valley · U.S. Army Parachute Team "Golden Knights" | Over the past weekend Gold Team participated in the Thunder in the Valley Air Show in Waterloo, IA conducting 3 shows. On Friday, the team did a mass formation with SSG Roman Grijalva, fresh out of Senior Leaders Course, jumping into the show first and then narrating for Children’s Appreciation Day. There were hundreds of students, which came from...
World Champion Golden Knight’s 8-Way Team · U.S. Army Parachute Team "Golden Knights" |
Monday morning at the 2014 World Parachuting Championships in the Czech Republic. The 8-Way Formation Skydiving Team has completed their eighth and final practice jump out of the L-410 Turbolet aircraft. The L-410 is extremely different than the UV-18 Twin Otter aircraft that the Golden Knights primarily train from. The turbojet door is... A Sentimental Journey aboard a B-17 - Fredericksburg.com | The Free Lance-Star Photography Department shares the stories behind the photos. One of the last flying WWII B-17 bombers, “Sentimental Journey,” will be available for cockpit tours and flights at Culpeper Regional Airport, August 25th – 31st, 2014. The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress was the primary bomber used by the American Air Force against the industrial strength of Nazi Germany, and is widely acknowledged as having turned the tide of World War II. Of the...
Five World War II aircraft scheduled here Aug. 29-31 - Princeton Union Eagle | The Commemorative Air Force-Minnesota Wing, based in South St. Paul, plans to bring five World War II aircraft, including the, to the Princeton airport for the public to inspect for free on Friday, Aug. 29, through Sunday, Aug. 31. Miss Mitchell was flown during World War II, serving with distinction as part of the 12th Air Force, 57th Bomb Wing in Corsica, Sicily and Italy, and completed more than 135 missions with no serious injuries to her crew...
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Dan Rossman, who piloted B-25 that sank in Lake Greenwood in 1944, dead at 90 - Greenwood Index Journal | The late Daniel Rossman is associated with an often-talked-about incident in Greenwood’s aviation history that occurred on the same date as D-Day, the invasion of then German-occupied France, during World War II. Rossman was one of two Army Air Service students in training in the Upstate, under the guidance of an instructor, when a B-25 bomber went down in Lake Greenwood....
Potez 29 Squad 1 Indochina * Xavier Cotton | Here again is a picture of Jacques Hemet collection. To
the question on Aéroforum Lucien Morareau who participated in the book " The French Air Force in Indochina 1910-1945 "Christophe Cony Michel Ledet replied. This photo was...F-4D Phantom II Cockpit Resurrected from the Dead · WarbirdsNews | The hobby of collecting aircraft cockpits first really took off, so to speak, in the UK, where hundreds of people are involved in their collection, restoration and display. These range from just the actual cockpit section, all the way up to entire forward fuselages of aircraft types as large as an Avro Vulcan bomber. Typically, the...
Wingfoot One ushers in new era for Goodyear Blimps· | AKRON, Ohio — The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company’s newest blimp, Wingfoot One, was
christened Aug. 23 by Robin Roberts, the co-anchor of ABC News’
“Good Morning America.” Wingfoot One officially joins Goodyear’s fleet
of blimps, ushering in a new era of technologically-advanced airships....Flying On The New Goodyear Zeppelin Is Unlike All Other Flying from Jalopnik | I've flown on many aircraft types, from modern widebody jets to vintage turboprops, helicopters and even a military transport plane. But of those hundreds of flights, nothing I've flown on in the past compares to the Zeppelin LZ N07-101 I flew on Saturday. It's Goodyear's newest airship, dubbed Wingfoot One....
Museum to begin restoring massive Titan 4B rocket by Sarah Swan, National Museum of the U.S. Air Force | DAYTON, Ohio -- It sits in gigantic pieces in a World War II era hangar at Wright-Patterson Air Force. Acquired in 2005 from Lockheed Martin, this important space artifact has been waiting in storage for restoration specialists to bring it back to life. Now, as the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force prepares for its new 224,000 square foot fourth building, the time has finally come to begin restoring the Titan 4B space launch vehicle....
Women in Aviation expands youth outreach · General Aviation News | Women in Aviation, International (WAI) has announced that the association’s “Bring Your Daughter to the Conference Day” held for the past three years during WAI’s annual conference has been expanded to include an international day to attract girls to aviation planned for Sept. 26, 2015....
Young pilot named finalist in Entrepreneur contest · General Aviation News | At just 19, John Hill already has three years under his belt working the front desk at an FBO. A passionate pilot — he
earned his ticket at age 17 — Hill divides his time between his work at ProJet Aviation, the FBO at Leesburg Executive Airport (KJYO) in Virginia, and his studies at George Mason University...X-47B night ops by suas News • Along with its successful mission of flying with a manned aircraft, the X-47B team also completed “Night Taxi Ops.” The team successfully maneuvered X-47B around the...
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Friday, November 22, 2013
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Relocation will allow air show to expand, organizers say - Post-Tribune | FAIR OAKS — Air show enthusiasts will have to head about 45 miles south next summer when the South Shore Air Show relocates to Fair Oaks Farms in Newton County. The unique partnership was announced by the two entities in a news conference Thursday and shifts the focus of the air show from the shoreline to the only agritourism venue of its kind in the state...
St. Tammany CAP participates in regional fly-in, salutes veterans - CAP | LOUISIANA – The St. Tammany Composite Squadron of Civil Air Patrol recently participated in the St. Tammany Regional Airport Fly-In, which included a salute to U.S. veterans. Sixteen single and multi-engine civilian and prior military aircraft landed at the airport. “It was an honor to serve the pilots, especially the veterans,” said St. Tammany squadron Cadet Chief Master Sgt. Sarah Nogueras. Joining the St. Tammany squadron at the fly-in were the Billy Mitchell Senior Squadron from New Orleans and the Ponchartrain and Alvin Callendar composite squadrons.
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013: L-39 Albatross Is the Jet of Choice for Airshows - The Aero 
Experience | Airshow organizers across the country faced a dilemma during the 2013 season: what jet aircraft performers to offer in the place of the idled USAF Thunderbirds and U.S. Navy Blue Angels jet teams. In some cases, the entire event collapsed for lack of a suitable substitute for the excitement of these military jet team headliners, while other airshow organizers persevered with innovative civilian jet teams and solo acts that successfully...
Video: Big jet that landed at wrong airport takes off safely - WTHR | WICHITA -The Boeing 747 jumbo cargo jet that mistakenly landed at a small Kansas airport yesterday evening, instead of at a nearby Air Force base where it was supposed to land, took off safely Thursday afternoon. The runway at the airport in Wichita is just 6,100 feet long -- much shorter than it should be for the takeoff of a plane like that. But airport officials said the plane should be able to take off....
'Flying Tigers' exhibition celebrates ROC-US air squad - Focus Taiwan News Channel | Taipei, Nov. 22 (CNA) An exhibition opened Friday to commemorate military cooperation between the United States and Republic of China during World War II, marking 70 years since the establishment of the Flying Tigers air squads. The exhibition, which features photos, relics and even a combat flight simulator, memorializes the contributions of the squads of American and Chinese pilots -- and brings back old memories for some...
Andre is Pilot of the Year - Kormorant | Hartbeespoort paragliding pilot, Andre Rainsford-Alberts, was awarded the coveted Lewis-Lang Trophy at the annual Aero Club of South Africa Awards function recently. This trophy is awarded to the 'Pilot of the Year'. This is the first time a ...
The Birth of American Aerobatics - Hiller Aviation Museum | In January 1910, the first air show in the United States was held at Dominguez, California, just a short road or rail journey from Los Angeles. Over a quarter million people flocked to the meet, with most seeing an airplane fly for the first time in their lives...
San Diego Air & Space Museum receives Atlas rocket film collection - San Diego Source | Lockheed Martin and United Launch Alliance have donated about 3,000 reels of 16-millimeter film on Atlas space launch vehicles and missiles to the San Diego Air & Space Museum. The collection will be digitized and put online for public access...
Meet Fitz Fulton - Air & Space Magazine | The photograph shows a boy of five or six, jug-eared and happy, holding on to the wing strut of a biplane. Taken in rural Blakely, Georgia, in the early 1930s, the image captures the joy afforded by small pleasures during hard times. But what boy would not be cheered by being close to a real, honest-to-goodness airplane? His mother evidently sensed the effect on her son, for she labeled the photo “1st. Love.”...
CAF Officially Votes to Relocate Headquarters 11/21/13 - KOSA | Midland - Officials with the Commemorative Air Force have confirmed that the headquarters is leaving West Texas. CAF members had to vote on the proposal earlier this year, for it to become final, 75 percent of the votes had to be in favor. Well the numbers are in and according to CAF President Stephan Brown, it passed by 75 point one percent, passing by only two or three votes...
Navy X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Completes Carrier Tests - Aero-News Network | The Navy concluded another round of carrier testing Nov. 19 to further demonstrate and evaluate the X-47B unmanned air system integration within the aircraft carrier environment. Tests aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) included deck handling, carrier approaches and landings in off-nominal wind conditions, digitized ship systems interfaces, and concept of operations development...
Zee.Aero's flying car concept would fit in a standard parking space - Gizmag | Zee.Aero, a small company located near the GooglePlex, home to Google, is working on a flying car concept that can take off and land vertically using a plethora of small electric motors turning four-bladed propellers. According to illustrations ...
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
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RV Pilot's Group Attempts World-Record Formation Flight - Aero-News Network | Planes Flew Over Arrowhead Stadium In Kansas City, MO Prior To Chiefs Game A group of RV airplane enthusiasts appears to have set a world record for a formation flight with an overflight of Kansas City's 
Arrowhead Stadium Sunday before the Kansas City Chief's game...
Government Not Required · Rich Davidson, NORDO News | If you haven't heard about it yet, a group of RV'ers recently got together to set a world record for the largest aircraft formation. Sounds like fun hu? Well, what number did you think of when I said "group"? 49, that's the correct answer. I believe they started out hoping for 45 or 46 but ended up with the greater number of 49. Whatever the case, I have to admit, the formation is something to see. It's not their first record though...
Ga. air show postponed due to government shutdown - The Associated Press | AUGUSTA, Ga. Organizers of an air show set for this weekend in Augusta say they've postponed the event due to the partial federal government shutdown. The Augusta Chronicle reported Tuesday that the 21st annual Boshears SkyFest has been rescheduled to April 26-27....
French aerobatics team gives perspective on World Championships - KXII-TV | DENISON, TEXAS -- They make it look easy, but there's precise techniques behind these flawless maneuvers. One of the teams that understands that well is the award-winning French aerobatics team. "When I flew it once, I said, 'Wow, I want it more ...
AV Air Show Recap « 910AM CBS Sports | We had the pleasure of attending the Apple Valley Air Show on Saturday October 12, 2013. The Just in Time Sky Divers were parachuting through the air to open the two shows.
SLIDESHOW Duxford celebrates 40 years of flying high with autumn air show - Herts and Essex Observer | The Autumn Air Show also celebrated the aircraft restored and flown by IWM Duxford's flying partners, who have been an intergral part of Duxford's flying heritage for many of the past 40 years. A four-ship of elegant aircraft saw David and Mark Millers ...
B-17 bomber plane 'Aluminum Overcast' comes to Trenton-Mercer Airport in Ewing - nj.com | From the communications system to the image of a blonde woman in a red dress riding a lightning bolt, almost everything on “Aluminum Overcast” is original. In addition to the crew members — pilots from the Experimental Aviation Association — and civilian passengers, there’s one noticeable difference: Aluminum Overcast’s new navigator, a brand new iPad mini sitting atop the control panel, stocked with maps and charts...
'Memphis Belle' B-17 Takes Flight In Savannah - WSAV-TV | Our B-17 mission for today is to educate the people of America about the courageous WWII veterans, and remember those brave aircrew who never made it home. "Memphis Belle" is a living museum, our heritage not in mothballs or the pages of a dusty book, ...
Ride in World War II B-17 bomber is unique experience - The Trentonian | World War II veteran George Prezioso offered preflight insight Monday before an Experimental Aircraft Association World War II vintage B-17 revved up for takeoff out of Trenton-Mercer Airport. “It's cool and it's loud,” shouted Prezioso, 94, a former ...
VIDEO: B-17 to offer flying tours of Savannah this weekend - Savannah Morning News | Corey Dickstein/Savannah Morning News Retired Marine Corps Maj. Bill Barnes, a veteran of the Korean War, looks at a photo of the original crew of the B-17 The Memphis Belle hung up inside a B-17 painted to look like the legendary bomber that was the...
Flight up memory skies: WWII veterans take to the air in historic planes - Star Community Newspapers | Other featured aircraft were Sentimental Journey, a B-17 Flying Fortress; Devil Dog, a B-25 Mitchell (PBJ); a P-40 Warhawk; and the only remaining Curtiss SB2C Helldiver. Of course, Harper's choice was Diamond Lil, a B-24 Liberator. “There aren't too ...
Hunt for Amelia Earhart's Plane Back On - news.yahoo.com | A new search for the wreckage of Amelia Earhart's plane will launch in 2014, according to an organization that has already launched several expeditions to the Pacific island of Nikumaroro.
Sharing Dornier footage with the world - Kent Online | Great Horwood C of E Combined School England, Canada Aviation and Space Museum, The Air Force Museum of New Zealand Museum plus the Pima Air & Space Museum/Arizona Aerospace Foundation to celebrate the launch of the exhibition. Visitors to ...
Whatever Happened to That Bücker? · Rich Davidson, NORDO News | A while back a fellow antique aviation nut posted a very unique photo online. I was immediately drawn to it. Obviously taken in WWII, the image was unlike any of the other hundreds of thousands of photos you've seen; a Bücker Jungmeister in American paint. Andy Heins, most commonly known for his love of Wacos, isn't one to turn away from any biplane. Vintage flying machines are something he connects with. And judging by what he told me about these photos, it runs in his family. For a great video of a Jungmeister flying in Germany in 1939, CLICK HERE. Here is Andy's response to my request for more information about the photo:...
The Sky Siren Flies · Rich Davidson, NORDO News | Mark Lightsey and his guys at Aerocraftsman have another success on their hands. The Sky Siren has flown. Friday, October 11th, marks the first flight of this highly modified Travel Air. Having been on the radar of “antiquers” for several years, its mods and paint scheme are things you can’t ignore. When you see it in person, you’ll be blown away...
[Photo] An unusual paint scheme on an ex-Polish Fishbed: Adversary Mig-21s have reached Florida - 
Tiger, Tiger, burning bright - Flight Image of the Day | Great picture here sent in by reader George Empson showing a Eurocopter Tiger attack helicopter operated by the Australian army during a flight display over Brisbane. Love the reflections of skyscrapers in the windows.
X-47B Aircraft Recognized With Breakthrough Innovator Award - Aero-News Network | First Navy Program To Be Cited By Popular Mechanics Magazine The Navy's Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstration (UCAS-D) Program ’s X-47B aircraft has been recognized by Popular Mechanics magazine as one of its 2013 Breakthrough Award recipients in an Oct. 9 announcement. According to Popular Mechanics, the X-47B is the first U.S. Navy product or program to be recognized since the awards began in 2005.
Red Bull Stratos FULL POV - Multi-Angle + Mission Data - www.youtube.com | Watch the full length Red Bull Stratos documentary only on Rdio: http://bit.ly/18T82Pd See through the eyes of Felix Baumgartner as he completes his world re...
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
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EAA Chapter 50 slates last fly-in at SKY · General Aviation News Staff | With great sadness, the Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 50, will hold its 17th — and final — annual Fly-In Pancake Breakfast at Griffing-Sandusky Airport (SKY) in Ohio. Since 1937, The Griffing family owned and operated airport has provided international services to the North Coast of Ohio, including...
Weatherman does it again with Hurricane prediction for Air Tattoo - Swindon Advertiser | ...In fact there will be a Hurricane at the Air Tattoo at Fairford on July 20 and 21, part of the RAF’s Battle of Britain Memorial Flight which will perform a special flypast with an RAF Tornado from 617 Sqn to mark the 70th anniversary of the Dambusters Raid...
ARROWS TRICOLORI: Between Heaven and Sea AIR SHOW - Translated | Great return in Chioggia acrobats of the sky, the Frecce Tricolori aerobatic team (PAN) Italian Air Force. The PAN consists of 9 planes in formation and one soloist, is the most numerous and the most appreciated in the world. The fantastic riders delight us with their aerial acrobatics. Sunday, July 14th...
Aviators plan RC fly-in to Libby airstrip Saturday - The Western News | Their airplanes may be smaller, but to say these aviators pamper their planes less than their full-scale aircraft cousins would not be accurate. These pilots are radio-controlled fliers and their planes come in all sizes and colors. Many are World War II-era replicas. One kit of a B-17 Flying Fortress features a five-foot wingspan...
The 2013 race entries have been posted on our website. As we receive more entrie... · Reno Air Race Association | ...we will be updating the list. Hope you find your favorite on the list.
Flying Tigers reunion to take place in King of Prussia - The Times Herald | The Flying Tigers "Last Dance Reunion" of the veterans who served in China, Burma and India during World War II will take place Aug. 9, 10 and 11 at the Valley Forge Casino Resord, Radisson Hotel Valley Forge, 1160 First Ave., King of Prussia...
US National Museum of the Marine Corps Unveils Ambitious Expansion Plan - Warbirds News | In furtherance of it’s long-term expansion plans, the National Museum of the Marine Corps of Triangle, Virginia, has unveiled the ambitious plans for it’s latest expansion. We recently reported on the restoration of one of the planes planned for the new exhibition space, a McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 
First Air Force One plane decaying in Arizona field By AP staff, Associated Press | TUCSON, Ariz. - The first plane to be designated as Air Force One now sits in a southern Arizona field that's part of Marana Regional Airport. The aircraft that once spirited President Dwight D. Eisenhower on cross-country voyages is nearly forgotten on a 10-acre parcel, decaying under the relentless glare of the 
Restoring history - Bomber taken from Alaska to Livingston County for restoration (with photo gallery and video) - Livingston Daily | Crash-landed in Alaska, scavenged for parts, abandoned for 44 years and overgrown with trees, the B-25 Mitchell bomber would have been forgotten.Brighton Township residents Patrick Mihalek and Todd Trainor made sure that didn’t happen to the World War II-era plane....
Aces High: A Heavy Metal Tribute to WWII Fighters - Warbirds News |Spitfire TE311 of the RAF’s Battle of Britain Memorial Flight performing a flyover for the crowd during Iron Maiden’s June 15th concert at Donington Park, UK.
A different kind of flying by General Aviation News Staff | Ryan Southwell Films has released a short film about flying powered paragliders in Glamis Dunes and Salton Sea in California earlier this year.
Women Rule the Skies - New America Foundation (blog) | History is full of bold and charismatic aviatrixes: Amelia Earhart, the first female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic; Bessie Coleman, the first African-American to earn a pilot’s license; Beryl Markham, the British-born Kenyan adventurer; and (to name just one more in a long and lively list) Elinor Smith, the “Flying Flapper of Freeport,” who in 1928, at the age of 17, became the first and only pilot to fly under New York City’s four East River bridges, a stunt she did on a dare...
Double amputee, veteran to skydive into, speak at Beartooth Rally - Billings Gazette ..."I do a lot of things other people don't do," he said in a Tuesday telephone interview with the Gazette. "We all have our disabilities and not everyone can land on target. Your disabilities are the things you think you can't do." And Bowman should know. He's a retired sergeant first class who served as a Green Beret in the U.S. Army and a double-amputee who has spoken at more than 1,000 events and continues to skydive after losing both of his legs 19 years ago in a skydiving accident...
Naval Aviator mentors youth in Houston - DVIDS | HOUSTON – A Naval Aviator took time to mentor youth interested in becoming aviators at two separate events July 12-13, in Houston. Lt. Cmdr. Mike Jackson, attached to Navy Recruiting District Houston, spoke with high-school students July 12, at the Aviation Sciences and Technology Center at Texas Southern University. The students, who were attending an aviation summer camp, listened to Jackson as he offered advice, shared personal stories and talked about aviation opportunities in the Navy....
X-47B fails fourth trap attempt · Dave Majumdar | The US Navy confirms that a Northrop Grumman X-47B unmanned combat air system-demonstrator (UCAS-D) aircraft made a fourth unsuccessful attempt to make an arrested landing on the aircraft carrier USS George H W Bush on 15 July, 2013....
Thursday, July 11, 2013
Indy Transponder 11-JUL-2013 1045z
Photos: Blue Angels Back In The Skies Over Pensacola - NorthEscambia.com | The Blue Angels 
The air show must go on - pnj.com | Pensacola Beach will not let the federal budget cuts that grounded the Blue Angels cut out one of its biggest annual events. The beach air show is set to go on this week without its main attraction, the hometown Navy flight demonstration team.Twenty-four civilian aircraft whose pilots will be performing two hours of gravity-defying aerobatics will take to the sky Friday and Saturday....
CAF and EAA Announce "Heavy Bomber Weekend" - PR Web (press release) | In an unprecedented and rare gathering of historic World War II aircraft, the CAF and EAA are joining forces for a “Heavy Bomber Weekend” in Madison, Wisconsin the weekend before EAA AirVenture. The event starts Friday, July 26, 2013 and will feature the world’s only airworthy B-29 Superfortress FIFI; the B-17 Aluminum Overcast; and the B-24 Diamond Lil. Other attending aircraft include a P-51 Mustang, C-45 Expeditor, SNJ-5, PT-26, PT-17 Stearman and T-6 Texan. Most of the airplanes will be available for ground tours and rides. Additional ground tour aircraft include an Air National Guard F-16, and UW MedFlight Helicopter...
Remote Control Air Show In Buder Park This Weekend - fox2now.com | (KTVI) – The skies over Buder Park near Valley park will be buzzing this weekend. We saw the airshow over Fair St. Louis, but this weekend, it’s flying model aircrafts that will take off. Kurt Sieter is a safety officer with “Show Me R.C.” air shows. He talks about what viewers can expect...
Aviation Roundup | The Minden-Tahoe airport has issued a challenge to all aircraft owners’ groups, 
i.e. Cessna Pilots, Piper, RVs, etc. to see who can have the best showing at the Aviation Roundup on October 5 at Minden-Tahoe Airport.
B-25 flight like ‘stepping back in time’ - Livingston County News | John Makinson has had many aviation adventures in his decades of flying. He’s flown bush planes in the Canadian Arctic and the wild’s of Alaska — possibly the only place you can fly a plane with wheels, skis or floats all in one day — where he’s landed and taken off from glaciers and landing strips not much longer than a football field. But none of those experiences compare to the thrill Makinson, 50, gets from flying a B-25HMitchell bomber with veterans on board...
Concord resident recalls days as World War II bomber pilot - Contra Costa Times | CONCORD -- When American bomber pilot Russell Lynn Clanin set off for the skies above Germany for the first time during World War II, victory for the Allies in Europe was just over the horizon. But danger was ever present, even if the enemy was not...
Mobile Navy Aviator, Missing Since 1942, May Have Been Found - WPMI Local 15 News | MOBILE, Ala. (WPMI) It was the day in 1945 that war weary Mobilians had eagerly awaited. VJ Day! It's the day Japan finally surrendered to the United States during WWII. Midtown resident Katharine Phillips Singer knew she would soon see her brother, U S Marine Sidney Phillips, along with two uncles and two cousins who also served in the military...
Nebraska Residents Fly in Historic Planes - 1011now | Grand Island, NE Some people in Grand Island had a chance to fulfill a life long dream while learning a little bit about history. Flying a World War II B-24 or P-51 is a life long goal for many pilots and fans. One is Margie Kohler who had been planning to fly in a B-24 for twenty five years. "I taught in Liberal, KS and that was a B-24 base so I learned about the B-24 and a lot of things about the war and what an important impact it had on the war so I wanted to go up in one. And this is the only one left flying so I figured this was my chance," said Kohler...
CAF Dixie Wing’s P-63 Kingcobra Restoration Update · Warbirds News | Pop Wilson from the CAF Dxie Wing has sent us this video showing the test performed on the Wing’s Bell P-63 Kingcobra’s front landing gear. This historic aircraft has been in restoration since 1999 so this test marks an important milestone...
Rare, restored World War II fighter on display at Pima Air & Space Museum - Arizona Daily Star | The Pima Air & Space Museum, 6000 E. Valencia Road, has added a newly restored aircraft, recovered from a New Guinea jungle, to its Pacific-theater WWII hangar: the rare Bell P-39N Airacobra. Manufactured at Bell Aircraft's New York factory in 1943, the plane was shipped to the 5th Air Force in New Guinea, where it served until it crashed at Tadji Airfield. It was stripped of useful parts and, for 30 years, lay undisturbed as the jungle grew over it....
"Disney Pins On Wings" exhibit one of the high points of the National Museum of the United States Air Force - Jim Hill | When (thanks to the very nice folks at Walt Disney Animation Studios as well as Ron Kaplan, enshrinement director at the National Aviation Hall of Fame) Jim, Gary and I got an absolutely spectacular tour of the National Museum of the United States Air Force. I don't know how many of you folks are already aware of this amazing facility. So let me give you the Reader's Digest version: The National Museum of the United States Air Force is the world's largest and oldest military aviation museum. It's located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, OH....
Battle for the North Atlantic — remarkable ·Travel for Aircraft | ...The aviation dimension is also thoroughly addressed — especially how radar and longer ranged patrol aircraft both made detection of submarines beyond visual range possible as well as the closing of the gap in mid Atlantic. Impacts of the air war component are nicely summarized, including the effectiveness of Axis as well as Allied aircraft ranging from raider based floatplanes and the Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Kondor (which was highly effective though not often discussed in other texts) to Short Bros. Sunderlands and Consolidated B-24 Liberators....
Colorado governor declares July General Aviation Appreciation Month · General Aviation News Staff | Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper’s has proclaimed July “General Aviation Appreciation Month.” This proclamation is the third of its kind by Governor Hickenlooper, who also named June 2011 and 2012 “General Aviation Appreciation Month.” The industry contributes $2.1 billion each year to Colorado’s economy....
Video: Unmanned X-47B Makes First Carrier Landing - Very Successfully! - AirPigz | On May 14,
Space shuttle Enterprise reopens to visitors - Wall Street Journal | NEW YORK — The space shuttle Enterprise has reopened to visitors after an 8-month hiatus caused by damage from Superstorm Sandy. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Wednesday on the flight deck of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum to unveil the temporary pavilion housing NASA's retired shuttle....
Thursday, May 23, 2013
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Kokomo Air Show Moves Forward Despite Cuts - Inside INdiana Business | The annual Wings and Wheels airshow in Kokomo will take place this year despite recent sequestration cuts that have forced 
the cancelation of similar events. Organizers say they are still looking for sponsorship to help cover fuel and attraction costs ...
Chinook to Showcase New Manoeuvres at Wings & Wheels from Flightline UK - UK Airshow News | Not seen at the airshow since 2008, Wings & Wheels is delighted to confirm the Chinook helicopter will be gracing the skies above Dunsfold Aerodrome once again on Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th August. The Chinook, now synonymous with combat operations in Afghanistan, will have its power and manoeuvrability demonstrated by members of the display team which is made up of personnel from 18 and 27 Squadrons from RAF Odiham...
The Alberta International Airshow will be held once every two years - globalnews.ca | Changes are coming to the Alberta International Airshow. Officials announced Wednesday the Airshow, which takes place at the Lethbridge County Airport, will happen once every two years. Airshow President, Brent Botfield says it was a difficult decision.
The Solar Impulse solar-powered plane has set off on the second leg of its trans... from Pilot News Magazine's Facebook Wall | ...its trans-American journey. It took off at 04:47 local time (12:47 BST) from Phoenix, Arizona on Wednesday, bound for Dallas, Texas. The craft will also stop over in St Louis and Washington DC before heading to New York in early July....
Want to See History? Astronaut Buzz Aldrin to Be at Balboa Park Wednesday - Patch.com | Astronaut Buzz Aldrin will meet with fans at the San Diego Air & Space Museum Wednesday. Aldrin will sign copies of his new book, Mission to Mars: My Vision for Space Exploration, along with co-author Leonard David,...
The Mighty B-52 – The WIX Warbird Show – Episode 90 - WARBIRD RADIO | It’s B-52 time! Join Zane Adams as he visits the 93rd Bomb Squadron at Barksdale Air Force Base for this episode of the WIX Warbird Show. Be sure and look through the PHOTO TOUR
Another Biplane Returns to the Air - Nordo News | Not that long ago, we discussed some of the interesting vintage aircraft projects getting close to returning to the air. Among those planes was a WACO owned by Steven and Tina Thomas of Poplar Grove. It is now our pleasure to share the news it has flown. The video below, produced by Steve, does a nice job of documenting the journey.
Amelia Earhart Lands In Ireland - All Things Aviation | It’s 1932 and Amelia Earhart has just completed the first solo transatlantic flight by a woman, exactly 5 years to the day Linbergh did it. Ms. Earhart departed Newfoundland flying to Europe some 2,000 miles away and landed in a field in Ireland in slightly less than 15 hours....
Spit Bits from Vintage Wings of Canada by Dave | In 1944, a slow-moving, rust-stained freighter, perhaps of the Empire class, braved the cold, dark and U-boat infested waters of the North Atlantic 
Museum Receives “Operation Sun-Run” McDonnell RF-101C Voodoo Print Collection from News | The Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum received a collection of limited edition prints depicting the McDonnell Aircraft RF-101C Voodoo flown by then U.S. Air Force Captain Ray Schrecengost on “Operation Sun-Run,” a successful bid to establish three transcontinental speed records. The prints were...
Nevada Governor Proclaims June Aviation Appreciation Month
- SAJ | Governor Sandoval, in recognizing the important role that
aviation as a whole plays in the economy of Nevada, issued aproclamation
stating June as Aviation Appreciation Month. A recent report prepared
for the Airports Council International-North America says Nevada
airports are better...
Still Time to Apply for EAA/Ninety-Nines Flight Training Scholarship from EAA | What's your price for flight? For some deserving young women between the ages of 16 and 20, it could be nothing, as EAA and the Ninety-Nines continue to accept applications for the Karen Johnson Solo Scholarship, which can cover training costs through the first solo flight.
‘Airpark’ aims to connect kids with aviators from General Aviation News by Ben Sclair | Getting the next generation of aviators inspired to fly and out to the airport is the focus of Tony Pfau, Stephen McKissen and a group of student filmmakers. “The show will be a family oriented TV show to attract youth to aviation,” said Pfau in an email to General Aviation News.
Drones used to save rhinos from General Aviation News by Ben Sclair | Rhino poaching is a big deal in Africa. Drones are a big (and getting bigger) deal everywhere. Anton Kieser is using helicopter drones to try to save the African rhino from poachers.
Free flights for youth to be offered on International Young Eagle's Day - Bay Net | The EAA Aviation Foundation's Young Eagles program has introduced young people to the world of flight since its founding on July 31, 1992. The program recorded one million Young Eagles flown by Dec. 17, 2003, the 100th anniversary of the Wright ...
X-47B carrier ops video from General Aviation News by Ben Sclair | The Navy just made the first catapult launch of an unmanned X-47B from a carrier at sea; then did a touch-and-go on the deck a few days later (May 14 and 17). Frederick A. Johnsen of Airailimages.com put together a short video using U.S. Navy imagery.
Where Have All the Shuttle Engineers Gone? - Air & Space magazine | Michele Kocen is good at math. She is also very good at computer
programming, trajectory analysis, and rendezvous navigation. Add these
talents to her 25 years of experience in mission control at NASA’s
Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, and you have the ideal engineer
for a human spaceflight program....
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
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Memorial Day at the CAF Bring the B-25 Devil Dog and FREE Fun - Permianbasin360 | MIDLAND -- This Memorial Day, Mon., May 27, 2013, join the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) for a celebration honoring those who fought for our freedom. The event begins 11 a.m. at the CAF where families can see the B-25 Devil Dog and enjoy traditional...
Airshow To Return To Cape Girardeau - KRCU | Acrobatic aerial stunts and the roar of airplane engines will return to the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport this summer. The airport will host an airshow on Friday, June 28 and Saturday, June 29. This will be the first airshow in Cape Girardeau since 2010.
YARS announces plans for 2014 air show - Youngstown Air Reserve Station - Youngstown Air Reserve Station | YOUNGSTOWN AIR RESERVE STATION, Ohio -- The 910th Airlift Wing is planning to hose an air show here in late Summer, 2014. The purpose of the event is to thank the community for their support, build awareness of installation capabilities, ...
Their favorite week of the year… from General Aviation News | The folks at Calhoun Air Center in Texas have posted a video on their favorite week of the year…WOAW 2013.
New Orleans FBO hosts B-17 from General Aviation News | NEW ORLEANS – Hawthorne Global Aviation Services, an FBO at Lakefront Airport in New Orleans, will host the Texas Raiders, an authentically restored World War II B-17 Bomber owned and operated by the Commemorative Air Force, on the weekend of June 1-2....
Summer plans and Melissa Pemberton - Apron 6 | ...Below another pic from the Sanicole ’11 album. I had the luck to photograph in front of the crowd line, between the planes. It gave me some nice photo opportunities like this one: Melissa Pemberton ready to take the Extra 300 for a spin. I tried to be subtle with the HDR (except for the clouds).
A flight of remembrance - Canton Daily Ledger | This year was a special one for the Fly-in Drive-in as a B25 Mitchell Bomber performed its first show of Canton. The B-25 Bomber, the type of plane that had dropped bombs on Japan during WWII, was part of the Commemorative Air Force - Missouri Wing....
F-35B vertical takeoff video from The DEW Line by Dave Majumdar | At long last, Lockheed Martin
has released the video of the first F-35B vertical takeoff on 10 May. For whatever reason, NAVAIR and the F-35 Joint Program Office would not clear this for release at the time of the event... Mc Donnell Douglas YC-15 (part 4) from The Lexicans | In January 1978, the same day the AMST program ended, the C-X (cargo experimental) program began. The CX program was needed because formulation of the Pentagon’s RDF (Rapid Deployment Force) in the late 1970s. CX would serve as RDF’s airborne transport. In short CX combined the roles of strategic and tactical airlifters...
Video: X-47B touch and goes onboard USS George H W Bush from The DEW Line by Dave Majumdar | The Northrop Grumman X-47B unmanned combat air system demonstrator (UCAS-D) made its first touch and go onboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) on 17 May.
Hot air balloons collide in Turkey - CNN | One person was killed and at least 18 were injured when hot air balloons collided in mid-air in Turkey.
CAP cadets headed to Air Force Academy from Headline News - Civil Air Patrol | NEW MEXICO/NEW JERSEY -- Hanson Oxford, a cadet in the Socorro Composite Squadron of Civil Air Patrol New Mexico Wing, and Stefan Curcic of the New Jersey Wing’s General Jimmy Stewart Composite Squadron, based in Sayreville, have received and accepted appointments to the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. Oxford, a cadet captain, and Curcic, a second lieutenant, will begin their Air Force Academy training in June.
Mich. teens get to experience the thrill of aviation from Headline News - Civil Air Patrol | MICHIGAN -- Eight area teens experienced the thrill of aviation, through orientation flights with Civil Air Patrol at Abrams Municipal Airport in Grand Ledge. The cadets’ hour-long flights in single-engine Cessna aircraft introduced the cadets to the science that makes flight possible. They learned about navigation, weather, aircraft instruments, flight maneuvers, and more. While aloft, the cadets got to handle the controls, during the non-critical stages of the flight.
Friday, May 17, 2013
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Dark Clouds Hang Over Air Shows After Budget Cuts - ABC News | "This is as American as apple pie," said Sean Tucker, another top aerobatic pilot, from Salinas, Calif. "It's the Indianapolis 500, the Fourth of July, and 'Top Gun' rolled into one." Air shows pump about $1.5 billion into the economy and draw nearly ...
Red Arrows back with nine-plane displays after safety sign-off - The Independent | Sir Stephen said: "The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, the Red Arrows, have designed a display of precision formation flying that encapsulates the agility and demonstrates the pure flying qualities required in the Royal Air Force. "The Reds are an...
Facebook campaign 'not enough to save airshow' - This is Kent | THE setting up of a Save Folkestone Airshow Facebook page, liked by hundreds of people within hours, is not enough for this year's event to proceed, organisers have confirmed. The page was created on Saturday, the day after the news of the cancellation...
Last flying B-29 bomber stops in Birmingham - WBRC.com - WBRC | The B-29 along with a lot of other warbirds will be available for rides and tours through Sunday evening. The aircraft are owned by the Commemorative Air Force in Addison, TX. Follow the signs at Birmingham Airport to Kaiser Aircraft Industries. For...
Evans Elementary Fun Fly day | Our second trip to Evans Elementary with the Evans Flyers and Rotors and Props members in attendance. Kids earned points for good behavior and those that reached at least 50 points in the month got to attend. 300+ students over TWO sessions!
Dambusters memorial from Flight Image of the Day by Dominic Perry | With the 70th anniversary of 
Warriors of the Night Disc 2 from Travel for Aircraft by joseph_may | Warriors of the Night Disc 2 Warriors of the Night Disc 2, 2003, DVD, 90 minutes Warriors of the Night is a three DVD set produced by the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum – the mission of which is to keep history relevant by maintaining aircraft and flying them. The museum has a number of aircraft and…
Final Hog Sortie in Europe. from The Lexicans | The Cold War ended more than 20 years ago and things like this still make me realize just how much things have changed....
Video: Spend Some Quality Time With The X-47B (Carrier Suitability Testing) from AirPigz by Martt | The video of the X-47B making the first-ever unmanned-aircraft launch from an aircraft carrier a few days was very impressive, but the one above, released a few days ago by Northrop Grumman, is also great because it gives you a much more in-depth look at both the X-47B itself and the rock-solid flying characteristics of this amazing unmanned aircraft. It's a compilation of the work done this Spring conducting the 'carrier suitability testing'....
Air Force Week in Photos from Air Force Link Top Stories | This week's photos feature Airmen 
More about the Mythbuster's third JATO rocket car episode from The Original Rocket Dungeon by Dick Stafford | I just noticed that the TRF thread on the episode has been joined by Rick Maschek, who was involved with the making of the rocket motors. He has two Facebook albums that are viewable: Building the motors; and, on the playa. In the thread, he confirms what I thought I had observed - that 38mm motors were used to ignite the P motors...
Cadet surprises date, also a cadet, with helicopter ride to prom from Headline News - Civil Air Patrol | MICHIGAN – Civil Air Patrol Cadet 2nd Lt. John Garcia of the Livonia Thunderbolt Cadet Squadron had a surprise for his prom date and girlfriend of two years, Juliette Lundberg, a cadet second lieutenant in the Kalamazoo Cadet Squadron. Garcia is...
Seminar set for women weighing aviation careers - Toledo Blade | Shelby Beauregard, a licensed pilot and member of Women in Aviation International, will discuss various aspects of becoming a career pilot and answer questions about the aviation industry. Attendees also can 'fly' in a full-motion flight simulator and...
Get lost in space Saturday at Virginia Air & Space Center's first Sci-Fi Fest - Daily Press | The arrival of a new "Star Trek" movie provided a launch pad for a new event at the Virginia Air & Space Center in Hampton. Sci-Fi Fest is a one-day gathering of the intergalactic clans that seeks to spotlight both cutting-edge science and way-out ...
Thursday, May 16, 2013
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Everett-Stewart ready for Airport Expo - Weakley County Press | There will be a business expo set up on the grounds as well as airplane displays, a petting zoo, activities for youngsters and food vendors. The airport has scheduled fly-in displays as well as aerobatic demonstrations during the afternoon as part of ...
LEGENDS OF AIRPOWER AND ARMOR WEEKEND | Featuring flying by The PBY-5A
"Catalina Flying Boat", The B-17G Flying Fort, The Republic P-47
Thunderbolt, The FG-1D Corsair, Douglas C-47, North American AT-6, and
much more!
Truckee Tahoe AirFair to support youth programs - Tahoe Daily Tribune | Other highlights include The Red Star Formation Flying Group; helicopter and T6 plane rides for a cost, along with the Commemorative Air Force's P51 Man O' War with rides also available for a fee. Radio-controlled giant scale planes will fly throughout ...
Hundred of Pilots Propel to Valdez Fly-In - youralaskalink | Started in the front seat at 7, went solo at 16 and got my license on my 17th birthday,” said Jacob Williams of his decade spent navigating the skies. The Valdez Fly-In signifies the beginning of summer tourism for the community, according to some locals.
Air Tattoo to salute the Dambusters from Flightline UK - UK Airshow News | The 70th anniversary of one of the Second World War’s most audacious bombing missions will be commemorated by a special flypast at this summer’s Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in the Cotswolds...
The man behind organizing the Durban Airshow, John Neilon - KZN Winter Tour | John Neilon, is one of the KZN Winter Tour organisers and has been involved with the Durban Airshow for the past 15 years. As Flight Director, John’s responsibilities include putting together the adrenaline-pumping, dramatic airshows that have been entertaining spectators for years. This year sees the implementation of a brand new airshow programme and other showstopping demonstrations that will have the crowds begging for more....
Disbandment of Swiss Air Force display team could make its “Flat Eric” yellow puppet mascot
Have You Ever Seen a Helicopter Doing Backflips? Here's the Awesome Video - TheBlaze.com | According to Red Bull, “Malibu” Chuck Aaron is the only helicopter pilot licensed to perform such aerobatic tricks in the U.S., making him one of only three internationally. He is also the first helicopter pilot to receive the Art Scholl Showmanship...
Blue Baron tells of his aerobatic exploits - The Reporter | Pilot Tony Alder can often be seen soaring through Toowoomba's skies in his Pitts S2C aerobatic plane. Dave Noonan. A FREESTYLE flight over the Darling Downs in a plane famed for its aerobatic prowess is how career pilot Tony Alder likes to unwind.
Report details pilot's last moments before Flagler air show crash - Daytona Beach News-Journal | As far as anyone knows, the plane he was piloting at the Wings over Flagler air show in 2011 descended sharply during a stunt and he couldn't pull out of it. Horrified spectators watching the air show saw flames and billowing smoke from a distance...
Step Back in History- Fly Onboard the B-29 on Armed Forces Day from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | BIRMINGHAM AL- Make this Armed Forces Day the one to remember with a flight onboard the only flying B-29, FiFi. Arriving on Thursday, May 16, FiFi will be at the Birmingham Airport on the Kaiser Aircraft ramp through Sunday, May 19. Accompanying the B-29 is a fleet of CAF warbirds and the Dixie Division Military Vehicle Club will have a large static display. It is the AirPower History tour of the National Air Tour of Historic WW II Historic Aircraft offered by the Commemorative Air Force....
B-17 flights coming to Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport in Broomfield - Broomfield Enterprise | The Memphis Belle, a restored World War II B-17 bomber, will take to the skies to offer public flights and ground tours May 25-26 at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport in Broomfield. The Memphis Belle bomber first flew in 1942. Today, the B-17 serves ...
Moore County to get glimpse of World War II-era airplane - Fayetteville Observer - Fayetteville Observer | The Carolinas Wing is one of the oldest wings in the Commemorative Air Force, a volunteer, nonprofit group that honors American military aviation history by maintaining a "flying museum" of classic military aircraft. Steve Brown, the CAF's president ...
Crowdsourced Fundraiser Hopes You'll Help Pay For Blue Angels Air Show - SFist | The government might not have enough money to put on their yearly show of airborne superiority, but one effort hopes local fans of American naval power will pitch in enough of their own cash to make sure the show gets off the ground this year. The ...
Airport to bring Snowbirds to air show next summer - Fort McMurray Today | As a part of the Fort McMurray Airport Authority's grand opening of their new terminal building, the first air show in the city since 2007 is set for the weekend of May 30 to June 1, 2014, and will feature the Snowbirds as well as the CF-18 Demo Hornet ...
Spitfire and B-17 part of Dublin city flypast - Irish Times | Thousands expected to line quays as 30 aircraft take part in event. A World War II Spitfire and a B-17 Flying Fortress will take to the skies above Dublin city as part of an international flypast...
Solo 2013 | At 20 years old, Jack Wiegand is preparing for the flight of his life to break the Guinness 
World Records™ title, something he has been working toward since his first flight at the age of 13. In May 2013, this record-breaking journey will take him from his home in Fresno, California, to exotic destinations he has dreamed of since childhood. Rome, Egypt, Bangkok and Tokyo are only a few of the locations he will travel to on his flight around the world....[note: you can track his progress...almost half way now]
Westchester Native Flies High in Kansas - Patch.com | She and two women classmates (one other pilot Tonya Hodson whom she'll trade off with) and one back seat navigator, Karen Morrison, will be among the 47 teams in the Air Race Classic in June. From June 18 to 21, the three women will fly a 2,500 miles ...
From Antique Airfield News
- Video from Cawley's South Prairie Fly-In
- Pre-Registrations Coming in for 2013 Fly-In
- John Cuny's Seabee Project Off to the Paint Shop
- Northwest Missouri Chapter May Newsletter
- Registration Now Open for the 2013 Fly-In
Potez 567 marine colors of Vichy from Passion pour l'aviation by Xavier Cotton | Here's another
picture from the personal collection of Jacques Hemet, there is a Potez 567 of the Navy to Vichy colors (red and yellow stripes on the engine covers and drift). It is a three seater tow target with 2 engines of 240 hp Potez 9EO built 22 copies for the French Navy....Salty Dog 502 — U.S. Navy creates a niche and make UAV history by travelforaircraft | The U.S. Navy made history on May 14th, just two days ago, with the carrier launch of an Northrop Grumman X-47B UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) off the deck of the USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77). Salty Dog 502 (call sign for this mission's X-47B UAV) created a niche where one had not existed that day — an autonomous drone carrier launch. Soon, by 2018, the U.S. Navy carrier groups will have autonomous aircraft capability with the X-47B type which can fly programmed missions at high subsonic speeds over 2400+ miles (3900+ km) or up to 12 hours of loitering....
US SENATE HEARING: "Partnerships to Advance the Business of Space" Today@10 from Spaceports | The U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Science and Space today announced it will hold a hearing on Thursday, May 16, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. titled “Partnerships to Advance the Business of Space." The hearing will be webcast live via the Senate Commerce Committee website. Refresh the Commerce Committee homepage 10 minutes prior to the scheduled start time to automatically begin streaming the webcast....
SNC Dream Chaser Testing Begins at NASA's from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | NASA-It's a
busy week for NASA's Commercial Crew Program (CCP) and its partner Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) Space Systems. On the west coast of the United States, NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, Calif., welcomed the Dream Chaser flight vehicle, also known as an engineering test article, today to begin tests of its flight and runway systems.
