Fleet Week to open in S.F. with a roar * SFGate.com | ...This year the event begins with a roar around noon Thursday when the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels precision flying team begins its practice runs over San Francisco and the bay. The Angels fly again Friday, Saturday and Sunday as part of an air show over the waterfront....
Photos: Team Oracle stunt pilot Sean D. Tucker flies over the Bay Area * San Jose Mercury News 
media center | Team Oracle stunt pilot Sean D. Tucker and Bay Area News Group reporter Theresa Harrington fly over the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Calif., on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014. Tucker has been inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame and...
Watsonville Fly-In celebrates 50 years * Contra Costa Times | WATSONVILLE >> The 50th annual Watsonville Fly-In and Air Show will kick off Friday with special activities for children and the traditional spaghetti dinner. Watsonville Municipal Airport's premier event will run through the weekend with skydiving and...
HALL AIMING FOR A WIN IN AIR RACE SERIES * NBN | There are two rounds remaining in this year’s Air Race Series – and Merewether’s Matt Hall has set himself a goal of winning at least one of them. Currently fourth overall, Hall resumes his campaign in Las Vegas on Sunday...
The ride of a lifetime: Inside a Red Bull Air Race plane * Las Vegas Weekly | The moment I send the email, I regret it, but what's done is done: I've agreed to a fly-along with Red Bull Air Race pilot Kirby Chambliss in a two-seater aerobatic plane. The one-sheet explainer on the experience includes a parachute briefing and...
The fastest sport you've never heard of * CNN | Look out NASCAR, one of the world's fastest motor sports wants to steal your fans. We're talking about air racing, where powerful, small planes compete on a looped path in the air, reaching speeds between 200-500 mph. This thrilling sport is...
Video: The Athleticism of Aerobatics · General Aviation News | Cirrus Aircraft has released the latest in a series of videos spotlighting aerobatic star Michael Goulian. Called The Athleticism of Aerobatics...
Community invited to Bryce Canyon Airport for fly-in and open house * Suindependent | As part of the inaugural Bryce Canyon Fly-In, pilots are invited to land their planes at the airport for free and then take a shuttle to visit the red-rock vistas of Bryce Canyon National Park. Pilots will also be treated Friday evening to an opening...
Variety of aircraft to see at Fly-In * Times-Enterprise | THOMASVILLE — Aircraft from all over the Southeast will descend here this weekend for the 47th Thomasville Fly-In, an event sponsored by the Thomasville Aviation Club. More than 300 airplanes and more than 3,000 spectators are expected if the weather...
The Lee Bottom Fly-In Review Part 5 - The Ultimate Review · Rich Davidson NORDO News | After 
everything was said and done, everyone had flown away, and the last box of fly-in "stuff" was put away, Ginger and I felt pretty good. The event had gone off rather smoothly. Attendance at the fly-in was better than we expected. The flow of people never seemed to stop. It was a good crowd but it wasn't crazy. A plane would land and a few minutes later so would another. That's how it went...
The making of an air show * Florida Times-Union | For the 2014 NAS Jax Air Show, scheduled for Oct. 25-26, a diverse team of professionals joined together with a shared vision to create what is expected to be two spectacular days of high-flying entertainment for hundreds of thousands of spectators...
Wattisham Apache wins Army photographer the ‘people’s prize’ * Daily Free Press | A spectacular picture of one of Wattisham’s Apache attack helicopters hovering in front of a fireball was voted by Facebook users to be the Best Overall Image in the Army’s annual photographic competition, it was announced today...
A Record Mojave * Kitplanes | Copy of article from Kitplanes posted on the Mojave Fly-in site.
Pilot Charlotte Zeederberg flies The Great Tiger Moth Air Race * Ladies Love Taildraggers | The first Tiger Moth Air Race was run in 1977, in order to test the airman-ship of the many pilots who took part. Since the first Tiger Moth Air Race there have been 13 air races, the last being in 2003. The James Strong Memorial Great Tiger Moth Air Race revives this tradition and brings pilots and machines from all over the country (Australia)...
NWOC 2015 Registration Open · WarbirdsNews | Registration for 21st National Warbird Operator Conference on Feb 26-Mar 1 in New Orleans, LA is now open.The world’s largest gathering of warbird owners, operators, maintainers and suppliers will soon meet at the 21st Anniversary National Warbird Operator Conference...
Boulder park to be named after Col. Bill Bower, who served in WWII * Boulder Daily Camera | ...Bower participated in the famed Doolittle Raid on Tokyo in 1942. The Doolittle raid was the first strike by the U.S. against Japan after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Bower flew his B-25B bomber off the deck of the USS Hornet and helped bomb Tokyo before ditching his plane in China and making his way back to the U.S...
10 Years After The Yankee Air Museum Hangar Fire * WEMU | Ten years ago Thursday the Yankee Air Museum's hangar went up in flames, destroying everything the museum had, except for its three flying aircraft. And if not for the heroic work of several museum volunteers, the planes might have been lost, as well...
magneticNorth builds World War II archive for American Air Museum * Prolific North | magneticNorth has built the most comprehensive digital archive of the American servicemen who served from the UK during the Second World War. It was commissioned by the American Air Museum, part of the Imperial War Museum. american air museum...
SIPA 121 # 51 in Essey-lès-Nancy * Translated | Recently I told you about the MS472 "Lapwing" stationed in Essey-les-Nancy in the 1:36 Erala heiress CERO307 stating that they were gradually replaced by SIPA S111 / 121 from 1957. Here is a picture above, it is the SIPA 121 No. 51, recognizable by the antenna of the radio compass in the rear of the canopy. According to the badge visible on the plane, even if it is upside down compared to the usual representations, we can say that it is the 3/38 Erala Tours outcome of CERO 311...
French Air Force celebrates 50th Anniversary of Strategic Air Forces with three stunning special colors * The Aviationist | On Oct. 3, with a ceremony held at Istres airbase, the French Air Force celebrated 50 years of French deterrence by the Forces Aériennes Strategiques which are responsible for Paris’s nuclear weapons....
Are those F-117s? | Check out this post from The Aviationist
Pilot dies in air tanker crash at Yosemite fire * CNN | The pilot of an air tanker battling a wildfire at Yosemite National Park died after the tanker crashed Tuesday, Cal Fire said. The tanker was being used to help battle Dog Rock Fire when authorities lost contact with its pilot Tuesday afternoon, Cal Fire spokesman Daniel Berlant said in a statement...
National Air and Space Museum releases free children’s app · General Aviation News | A new iPad app from the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum helps children learn about airplanes and rockets through four games inspired by the history of early flight. Pilot Pals, the museum’s first app, also enables children ages 4 to 6 to personalize their experience by naming their hangar and choosing a Pilot Pal to accompany them...
NASA helicopter test a smashing success · General Aviation News | HAMPTON, Va. — The successful crash test of a former Marine helicopter could help lead to safer civilian and military helicopters, according to NASA aeronautics researchers. The full-scale test sent the fuselage and its 15 dummy occupants crashing into the dirt at NASA Langley Research Center’s Landing and Impact Research facility in Hampton, Virginia, at about 30 miles an hour...
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Air Show: A pilot's-eye view of Toronto - CBC.ca | Aerobatic pilots are soaring in formation and performing daredevil stunts high above Toronto this weekend for the 64th annual Canadian International Air Show....
Video: NAS Oceana Night Show Highlights - WARBIRD RADIO – Check out the awesome wall of fire from the NAS Oceana night show!
In pictures: Airshow at Portrush - News Letter | Crowds flocked to Portrush for the event which featured vintage aircraft as well as brave wing walkers.
Sedona Airport's 2013 Family Fun Day - Sedona.biz | Sedona AZ (August 31, 2013) - Arizona’s “Airport in the Sky” will host a their “Family Fun Day”on September 21 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and the admission is FREE! A host of interesting and historic aircraft – from old military, antiques and restored aircraft to new, modern, state of the art airplanes with full glass cockpits will be on display along with a hundred classic automobiles in the Sedona Car Club’s annual car show....
Simsbury Fly-In set for Sept. 15 · General Aviation News Staff | The 28th Annual Simsbury Fly-In and Car Show, the largest event of its kind in New England featuring displays of over 600 airplanes and cars of every vintage and type, will be held Sept. 15 at Simsbury Airport (4B9) in Connecticut, with a rain date of Sept. 22...
Ferndale plays host to annual 'fly in' - KPAX-TV | FERNDALE - Riding in planes is either something you love or something that absolutely terrifies you - and we met two young brothers who couldn't be happier to take a plane ride. Sunday marked the fourth annual Fly In at the Ferndale airfield, where 
dozens of youngsters took to the skies; many of them for the first time ever...
2013 Airventure Fly-in - Oshkosh, Wisconsin - TVR Photography | Photo Gallery
Podcast: New for Reno from Mojave -- The Wasabi Racer - AVweb | Aircraft designer Elliot Seguin got together with some friends from around Mojave, many of them fellow employees at Scaled Composites, with the goal to create an airplane that could compete in the Reno Air Races. Their Wasabi Racer now is flying, and...
Stunning video shows C-130 pilot’s view of the California’s Rim Fire The Aviationist | Recorded from the cockpit of a 146th Airlift Wing’s C-130J on Aug. 22, 2013, at 5.50PM, the following video provides a stunning view of California’s Rim Fire near Yosemite National Park from the California Air National Guard‘s firefighter pilot’s point of view.
Lockheed Electra to fly to Museum of Flight Sept. 21 · General Aviation News Staff | SEATTLE — The fly-in arrival of the Museum of Flight’s 1935 Lockheed Electra, one of only two in the world, is scheduled to arrive Sept. 21 at 1:45 p.m. The rare airliner is the same type as Amelia Earhart’s famous plane, and it will be the center piece of a permanent Earhart exhibit opening in October...
The Airman’s Insurance — Edo’s A-3 Lifeboat - Travel for Aircraft | United States overwater rescue aircraft were known as Dumbos as were there rescue missions. Many aircraft were used (initially PBY Catalinas and B-17 Flying Fortresses) but late in the World War II several Boeing B-29 Superfortresses were converted for these missions and they could deploy the EDO A-3 lifeboat (Edo went on to make many aircraft floats after World War II). During the Korean War these dedicated aircraft were...
Kansas governor proclaims September Aviation Appreciation Month | · General Aviation News Staff | Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback signed a proclamation Aug. 23 declaring September as Aviation Appreciation Month. The proclamation celebrates Kansas’ aviation history and recognizes the inaugural Kansas Aviation Expo that takes place at the National Center for Aviation Training from Sept. 26 to 27....
Teens to build plane through aviation club - beauregarddailynews.net | For the past several weeks, six high school students have spent their Tuesday and Thursday nights putting together the rudder for a Zenith STOL CH750 airplane at the Beauregard Regional Airport. The enjoyment and challenge provided by that small project has spurred them forward, and now the students are taking on an even bigger task - building the entire plane...
Saturday, August 10, 2013
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Chicago Air & Water Show adapts to loss of Thunderbirds, other military acts - Chicago Tribune | Vintage aircraft and elite parachutists will slice through the skies above North Avenue Beach next weekend during the Chicago Air & Water Show, but it's not enough for Chris Connelly. Without military headliners like the Air Force Thunderbirds roaring through the air, the father of two says making the trip from Palatine isn't worth it....
Simsbury Fly-In Will Not Disappoint - Patch.com | Written and submitted by Bill Thomas, manager of Simsbury Airport | ...As with any Fly-In, much of the enjoyment is anticipating what airplanes might arrive for viewing. But none will disappoint. There are always antiques dating back to the 20's, many homebuilts, classics from the 50's, helicopters, light sport, and small warbirds. The car display is just as diverse, featuring everything from very old cars, trucks, fire engines and ex-military 
Stunt Pilot: Flying for Regatta different than other shows - Madison Courier | Stunt pilot Brett Hunter has been flying airplanes professionally for 25 years, but his head has been in the clouds for longer than that. Hunter's first memories are of sitting in the cockpit of his father's Piper Tripacer...
Video: Rare Aircraft in town for Air Museum Ground Breaking - Valley News Live | Some of the rarest aircraft in the world have landed at the Fargo Air Museum for a big weekend and a big ground breaking. Ground will be broken Saturday at 10am on the brand new Beck-Odegaard Wing of the museum. The new building will be 100 by 150 feet and house a variety of aircraft, the museum currently has to store elsewhere throughout the region....
The Hartman & Hilt Show – Post Oshkosh Recovery – Episode 11 - WarbirdRadio.com | Recovering from EAA’s AirVenture is something like a hangover. For about a week you’ll feel extremely tired, depressed and general withdraw symptoms. For some flying helps…for others it only makes the feelings worse. Several noted pilots believe petting baby kittens and drinking water purified from the heat of volcanos is the only cure. For the rest of us, there’s the Hartman & Hilt – Post Oshkosh Recovery Episode.
biplanes with only a small harness, the
Breitling Wingwalkers stunned crowds at the Sunderland Airshow 2013 with
an astonishing display of aerial acrobatics. The distinctive orange
biplanes sped past the Sunderland coastline in front of thousands of
spectators at the Sunderland Airshow 2013. The two lycra-clad gymnasts
climbed to the top of the stunt planes in mid air and performed a
dazzling routine as the planes swooped low above the crowds and went
upside down.The Red Arrows will perform at Cowes Week tonight. - Daily Echo | A BREATHTAKING show by the iconic Red Arrows display team will bring the world’s biggest regatta to a close tonight before spectacular fireworks light up the Isle of Wight skies. The action-packed programme of events will bring to a close the annual Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week which has seen hundreds of boats, thousands of competitors from across the world and tens of thousands of spectators descend on the island...
Vulcan coming to Bournemouth Air Festival - Bournemouth Echo | THE Vulcan is coming. Today the Daily Echo can reveal that the crowd-pleasing Cold War bomber will be at the Bournemouth Air Festival this year. Fundraising efforts by the Bournemouth branch of Vulcan to the Sky and donations from Merley House and Stephen Young, Lord of Westbury and Waxham, have secured the plane’s appearance on Sunday, September 1....
Pilots to compete in aerobatic contest in Chatham-Kent - Chatham Daily News | Loops, rolls, spins and various combinations of those maneuvers is how Bill Ludwig describes precision flying. As a professional pilot, Ludwig has been participating in aerobatic competitions since 2006 and said it has added “a whole new level” to his flying experience. “Suddenly you’re flying in three dimensions rather than two,” he said. “It requires considerable discipline to fly an (aerobatic) sequence in the correct order, in the right direction.” Ludwig referred to precision flying as a cross between figure skating and platform diving, and it’s these complex plane aerobatics that will be coming to Chatham-Kent on August 23-25 at the municipal airport....
COMPETITION WINNERS FEEL SKY HIGH - Royal International Air Tattoo News |Last month
we gave you all the opportunity to enter a fantastic competition to win the flight of a lifetime. Up for grabs were four seats in a Catalina PBY-5A, and one seat in Tracey Curtis-Taylor's Boeing Stearman! On Thursday 8 August we went along to meet our winners and see the smiles on their faces as they took to the skies...Timeless Voices - Paul Poberezny Interview Part 4 · eaavideo.org | In this fourth of a multi-part series, EAA Founder Paul Poberezny reflects on the founding of the organization in 1953, its growth and expansion and the resulting HQ location changes, and some of the issues that EAA has faced over the years.
Photo gallery: B-17 bomber tour a reminder of bygone era - Military Times | WEST LAFAYETTE, IND. — Charles Ormsby can describe his experience as a flight engineer in B-17 bombers during World War II in three short words. "Cold as hell," he said. On Thursday afternoon, Ormsby and a handful of others got a preview of what awaits those who visit "Aluminum Overcast," a traveling B-17 bomber plane maintained by the Experimental Aircraft Association...
View from the gun turret of a WWII Lancaster bomber as it soars over London - The Aviationist | The Royal Air Force Battle of Britain Memorial Flight’s Lancaster PA474 once again took part in the Queens Birthday Celebration fly past over London 15th June 2013. The UK Ministry of Defence shared two extremely interesting videos captured from aboard the WWII plane that was famous for its attacks on German dams...
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Erik Lindbergh Keeps Aviation Pioneering In The Family - Translogic | LEAP, the Lindbergh Electric Aircraft Prize, encourages high school and college students, as well as corporate engineers, to let their imaginations soar. Among the ten LEAP winners so far are the Antares 20E electric aircraft and e-volo, makers of ...
Amelia Earhart admits she's not kin to famed aviatrix - Denver Post | Denver’s Amelia Earhart, a traffic reporter for KUSA, has always claimed a distant family relationship with her namesake. On Friday she admitted they’re not related....
McCurdy in Art by travelforaircraft | ... The 1911 vintage image is of J.A. Douglas McCurdy with a Curtiss Pusher in West Palm Beach. McCurdy was a Canadian destined for fame and importance. He was a party to Alexander Graham Bell's Aerial Experiment Association (AEA) as early as 1907 and greatly assisted Glenn Curtiss in his early days. He was Canada's fist pilot, the first British subject to fly and flew from Florida to Cuba in 1911 (no mean feat given aircraft reliability of the day). He was awarded the McKee Trophy in 1959 for his 1909 flight with the AEA Silver Dart (one of the first successful aircraft of the AEA)...
Rare Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece at National Air and Space Museum · General Aviation News Staff | WASHINGTON, D.C. — Leonardo da Vinci’s “Codex on the Flight of Birds” will be exhibited at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum for 40 days this fall, from Sept. 13 until Oct. 22....
Watch this: Superscooper plane water bombing a truck - The Aviationist | Canadair CL-415 water bomber aircraft are not only used to support ground firefighting activities in case of forest fires. The “Superscooper” planes can be extremely useful when you need to extinguish fire following a car crash and your firefighting trucks are several miles away. The following video shows a CL-415 water bombing a truck who caught fire after colliding with a bulldozer on the Trans-Labrador Highway...
Monday, July 15, 2013
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Parachutists, simulated bombing runs highlight Geneseo airshow - The Daily News Online | GENESEO — Sunny skies, plenty of action, an abundance of food and crowds to enjoy it all. The 2013 Greatest Show on Turf had it all. From parachutists and simulated bombing runs to thrilling aerobatics and the silent flight of glider pilot Manfried Radius, the Greatest Show on Turf lived up to 
Photos of Geneseo Air Show - Rochelle
Cortland AirFest 2013: Wings & Wheels - Photos from syracuse.com
Fly-In milestone - Evening Observer | Begun in 1963 by John J. Nalbone, then manager at the Dunkirk Airport, the Fly-In Breakfast has become a community tradition. This year was the 50th time the annual event has been held. In 1973, the Rotary Club began organizing and serving the breakfast. The proceeds go to charities the Rotary supports....
Take off in Hillsboro by Jim Redden | High-flying visiting stunt teams and pilots traditionally generate the headlines at the Oregon International Air Show. This year, the Patriot Jet Team, aerobatic performer Lt. Colonel John Klatt and Red Bull stunt pilot Kirby Chambliss will attract much of the attention at the show, scheduled for July 26-28 at the Hillsboro Airport...
Wings over North Georgia comes to town - Calhountimes | The Black Diamond Jet Demonstration and AeroStars Aerobatic Flight Teams will take to the North Georgia skies above the Richard B. Russell Regional Airport in Rome, Ga., on Oct. 12-13 as headliners for the 2013 Wings Over North 
WWII Triple-Ace Bud Anderson Biopic to Premiere at EAA AirVenture 2013 · Warbirds News | Based upon the autobiography of World War II triple-ace, Colonel C.E. “Bud” Anderson, To Fly and Fight, An American Life, there will be a new movie that makes it’s debut at EAA Airventure 2013
in Oshkosh, Wisconsin on Monday, July 29th with an encore showing on
Saturday, August 3rd at the Airventure Museum’s Skyscape Theatre....
There's a flying start to the holidays for 10,000 children at the Royal International Air Tattoo | With many families experiencing rising costs and tight budgets, Air Tattoo organisers believe more people than usual will take advantage of the offer that there is no limit to the under 16s that ticketholders can world’s greatest airshow at RAF Fairford....
Red Arrows treat Bournemouth to impromptu formation - Bournemouth Echo | THE glorious sunshine wasn’t the only thing in the skies above Bournemouth and Poole this weekend. Bournemouth Airport was the temporary home to the Red Arrows from Friday, who were performing at various festivals and events across the weekend. And eagle-eyed fans spotted them flying over the town on their way to Yeovilton and Goodwood Festival of Speed before they returned to Bournemouth Airport on both days...
Per Ardua - Vintage Wings of Canada | ...Family and friends assume the returned aviator will be overjoyed and grateful to have survived the tribulations, deprivations and obscene lethality of total war. They cannot fully understand the stresses felt by a young man or woman returning from all-out 
Tomcat out of its den — an F-14 walkaround by travelforaircraft | The Wings Over Miami Air Museum has often been written of in this blog, along with its variety of aircraft. Recall, as well, that this is a dynamic museum with aircraft visiting for shipping assembly or disassembly, restoration and even simply renting space in the hangar — making it worthwhile to drop by from time to time....
A water-bomber, up close and personal · Peter | Russia's Beriev Be-200 is the only purpose-built jet-powered water-bomber in the world. Built originally as a general-purpose amphibian aircraft, it's come to be used almost exclusively in the fire-fighting role.
You Don't See That Every Day - nordo news | I've always wanted to see this done. The practice was somewhat common during WWII and to my knowledge nearly every plane had it spelled out somewhere as to how to do this. The only other video I've ever see of this starting method was of a DC-3. It was done with a boot over the end of the prop, as were most WWII aircraft, and the pull cord was elastic. Yet, here is a great example of how to do it today. Enjoy.
Sunday, June 2, 2013
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Photos: Wings Over Gillespie Air Show from Planeshots
Air show inspires future pilots - Waterloo Record | A pilot since 2000, Marek said that the statistics on women in aviation havn't changed much — only five per cent of pilots are women. Marek pointed out that the Waterloo airport was honoured with the third-place standing as the most female-pilot...
National Biplane Fly In Attracts Thousands To Junction City's Airport - WIBW | JUNCTION CITY, Kan. (WIBW) -- Thousands flocked to Junction City this weekend to see pieces of aviation history up close. The National Biplane Fly In brought biplanes, experimental and fixed wing planes from across the country to Freeman Field in...
Commemorative Air Force Celebrates Military History - Northland's NewsCenter | Duluth, MN (NNCNOW.com)-- The Commemorative Air Force-Lake Superior Squadron is celebrating their annual open house...
from National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Smithsonian's Facebook Wall | Today in 1993: Patty Wagstaff donated her Extra 260, in which she won two U.S. National Aerobatic Championships, to the Museum. Wagstaff was a six-time member of the U.S. Aerobatic Team until her retirement from aerobatic competition in 1996.
Photos: Fire Bombers (fixed wing) - 2013-Current Postings from FenceCheck Forums
OV-10 Bronco In Perspective from The Lexicans by themavf14d | Found this vid out on the interwebs tonight. It has some of the best Bronco footage I’ve ever seen. Flight, weapons and development test, combat in Vietnam (including VAL-4 “Black Ponies”), a subsystems overview and a performance and specification summary....
NASA’s F-8 Digital Fly By Wire Program (part 1) from The Lexicans by themavf14d | ...A system of
pulleys and cables enabled the Wright Brothers were the first to take to the air in controllable flight on 17 December 1903. Aircraft of World War 1 methods to control aircraft remained basically the same cable and pulley system. Pilot control inputs through stick and rudder pedals were transmitted to the control surfaces via pulleys and cables....The 'sky port' that made it big - Chicago Tribune | It wasn't until World War II that the airport drew their interest, he said, when military planes — fighter planes and B-24 and B-25 bombers — were using the airstrip regularly. He wasn't alone in his attraction to the airport. The Tribune reported in ...
Morocco desert museum for Little Prince aviator-author - MENAFN.COM | (MENAFN - AFP) Battling the wind in his World War I biplane, a French pilot landed on a sandy Moroccan airstrip. Nearly 90 years on, a museum honours his stay and the world-renowned book it inspired. "Antoine de Saint-Exupery the writer was partly born...
This is one of the coolest images I’ve seen in years: cockpit view as Marines F-18 fires live missile from David Cenciotti's weblog | The following image is going viral on social networks. The reason is
obvious: is an absolutely stunning photograph, just released by the U.S. Marine Corps, showing Capt. Christopher Prout with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 232, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing as he shoots an AIM-7 Sparrow missile from an F/A-18C Hornet near Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, on May 16, 2013....Wednesday, August 29, 2012
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Tillsonburg ready to welcome the Snowbirds - London Free Press | The Royal Canadian Air Force's 
US military missing in action this Air Show - Toronto Star | This year, however, the Canadian International Air Show's aerobatic stunts will be left to the Canadians, after budget constraints forced the United States Air Force to halt funding for nearly all of its air demonstration teams. Where organizers have ...
Warm weather, clear skies for weekend's air show - Register Pajaronian | Visitors heading to the 48th annual Watsonville Fly-in and Air Show should expect clear skies with low clouds clearing up by late morning or early afternoon, Cross said. Thousands of people will descend about the Watsonville Airport from Friday to ...
Wild West Air Fest highlights Labor Day weekend in Steamboat - Steamboat Pilot & Today | This weekend, Stout will be in Steamboat talking about Colorado's aviation history and other interesting airplane tales during the eighth annual Wild West Air Fest at Steamboat Springs Airport. “I think it's a great way for families to get introduced ...
Air show skydivers will jump into PV-Assumption football game - Quad City Times | Fans attending Thursday's high school football game between the Pleasant Valley Spartans and the Assumption Knights will get a taste of the Quad-City Air Show during the pre-game festivities. Ken Hopper, president of the Quad-City Air Show, has ...
Fundraiser pre-airshow dinner and concert for Wounded Warrior Project - News Sentinel | Fort Wayne Air Show, Sept. 1-2, will hold a fundraiser pre-show dinner and concert, Friday, to assist service members who have been injured in the line of duty. All proceeds from the dinner and concert will be donated to the nonprofit organization ...
40000-plus attended air show at former Navy base - Boston.com | Steve Levesque from the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority says attendance tracked closely with expectations for the second show since the closing of Brunswick Naval Air Station. Last year, about 25,000 people attended the first post-Navy air ...
Video: Winston Salem Air Show Highlights from PARADISE AIRSHOWS
Come along and enjoy the Bournemouth Air Festival - Bournemouth Echo | Families from Bournemouth and the surrounding area looking for free entertainment in the last week of the school holidays are being invited to join in the fun at this year's Bournemouth Air Festival . The event – with the strapline “by the sea and ...
An In-depth Interview with Farnborough International Airshow's Operations ... - Event Industry News | The Farnborough International Airshow attracts exhibitors and visitors from across the globe, bringing together the cream of the commercial aerospace and defence industries and showcasing the newest and most groundbreaking developments in aviation ...
Deteriorated parts blamed for Reno crash from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Transportation Safety Board has determined that deteriorated locknut inserts found in Jimmy Leeward's P-51D that crashed during the 2011 National Championship Air Races in Reno, Nevada, allowed the trim tab attachment screws to become loose, and even initiated fatigue cracking in one screw. This condition, which resulted in reduced stiffness in the elevator trim system, ultimately led to aerodynamic flutter at racing speed that broke the trim tab linkages, resulting in a loss of controllability and the eventual crash, NTSB officials said...
Fort Bend Radio Control Club fly-in benefits MDA each year - Houston Chronicle | When Lin Moore was growing up in North Carolina, he'd take things apart in an attempt to understand how they worked. He couldn't always put them back together, which frustrated his parents. "They understood, I guess - they let me live," he joked...
World War II translator honored for service with Flying Tigers - Scoop.it | But the 90-year-old American citizen — one of the last remaining members of the original Flying Tigers still living today — said the evening was beyond his imagination. Former Veterans Administration Secretary Jim Nicholson ...
A legend of air - South West (translated) | Despite its immense experience in the Patrouille de France or as an 
Northwest Flight to Blakesburg: The Low and Slow Contingent from Antique Airfield News | While the antique biplanes get most of the attention, I think the Cubs and a Stearman in our group that are flying low and slow are possibly having more fun. Today most of the group flew from Bozeman, MT to Spearfish, SD, with a few folks peeling off to fly a northerly route via Miles City, MT and over to Pierre, SD....
Presidential TFR Still Predicted for Saturday September 1 in Des Moines from Antique Airfield News | The Tuesday Presidential TFR for Des Moines is complete and has been taken down. Although there is no TFR NOTAM posted for Saturday September 1 as of Tuesday evening, the news reports and Obama campaign website still say a Presidential visit will be occurring in Des Moines Saturday September 1. We will post the NOTAM as soon as it becomes available....
Going Commando — Curtiss C-46 walkaround by travelforaircraft | Curtiss-Wright took the success of the Douglas DC-3 and mixed it with the innovation of the Boeing B-307 Stratocruiser to make the first pressurized cargo aircraft. Though not pressurized in the production version it was the largest twin engine aircraft at the time and could deliver a heavy load to distant unimproved airfields....
Video: Over The Alps With No Engine, Whatcha Gonna Do? Enjoy The Ride : )
from AirPigz by Martt | Soaring is still relatively unknown to the
average avgeek... I wish I knew what to do to change that. Sailplanes
are a fantastic and exhilarating way to fly, and flying some of them
over the Alps as this video shows makes for an incredibly amazing
adventure. One thing you sure don't need for this adventure is an
engine!...
AF C-130 firefighting efforts reach milestone from Air Force Link Top Stories | Air Force Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System-equipped C-130s reached a major mission milestone Aug. 24 by dropping the 2 millionth gallon of retardant for the season. MAFFS 5, assigned to the Air Force Reserve Command's 302nd Airlift Wing here, dropped the record-breaking gallon during its third sortie of the day battling the Halstead fire north of Stanley, Idaho....
NASA's Moonwalking Apollo Astronauts: Where Are They Now? - Space.com | He retired as a brigadier general from the Air Force, and left NASA in 1970 to work for the U.S. State Department, and then to become the director of the Smithsonian's National Air & Space Museum. In 1980, Collins left the Smithsonian, joining the LTV ...
Thursday, August 23, 2012
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CMSAF Roy helps wrap up successful Air Force Week in New York from Air Force Link Top Stories | Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Roy spoke to New York City civic leaders during a Heroes Luncheon sponsored by Operation Homefront on Tuesday, Aug. 21 to wrap up Air Force Week in New York City...
Air show tradition carries on at old Brunswick Naval Air Station - Seacoastonline.com | In 2000, he 
was responsible for logistics for the Bangor show, which featured the Navy Blue Angels, flying legend Chuck Yeager, stealth aircraft and aerial showmen like Sean Tucker. It was a joy to see kids' faces as they watched the performances...
Brunswick air show up for the challenge - Morning Sentinel | BRUNSWICK — There was a post-air show joke after the Maine National Guard hosted 75000 aviation enthusiasts in Bangor: That was a blast but let's not do it again anytime soon. click image to enlarge. The Air Force Thunderbirds will make their first...
Canadian Snowbirds To Fly Wings Over Waukegan - GazeboNews | 23, 2012) The Royal Canadian Air Force Snowbirds will be performing at Wings Over Waukegan, Waukegan Air Show, Saturday, September 8. This 2012 year marks the 42nd season for the Snowbirds, lead by the Commanding Officer, 431 Air Demonstration...
Snowbirds show cancelled by fog - Yarmouth County Vanguard | Although it was starting to get brighter over Yarmouth harbour by 5:30 p.m., the fog and cloud ceiling was still too low and the visbility was still to poor to allow for the Snowbirds show over the Yarmouth harbour to go forward. This morning...
The 2012 Fort Wayne Air Show takes flight September 1st through September 2nd - Virtual-Strategy Magazine | The Fort Wayne Air Show presented by the 122nd Fighter Wing, Fort Wayne Air National Guard Base takes flight Saturday, September 1, 2012 through Sunday, September 2, 2012. The air show will take place at the 122FW Air Guard Base in Fort Wayne,...
Rocky Mountain BalloonFest debuts at Rocky Mountain Airshow this weekend from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | The Rocky Mountain BalloonFest debuts this year in conjunction with the Rocky Mountain Airshow, which takes off Aug. 24 at Rocky Mountain Metro Airport in Broomfield, Colo...
Plymouth Airshow set for Sept. 2 - Wicked Local | Plymouth Aero Club will host the Plymouth Airshow from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 2, at the Plymouth Municipal Airport. There will be shows in the late morning and afternoon. The featured performer will be Dan Marcotte and his Ultimate 10-200...
"Thunder Over the Valley" flying through Santa Maria this weekend - KSBY San Luis Obispo News | It's an event that draws thousands each year to Santa Maria. "Thunder Over the Valley" is taking place this weekend. The Santa Maria Museum of Flight has been putting on this air show for more than 15 years and it features vintage and modern-day warbirds.
Fly-In Drive-In event to take place Saturday at Worthington Municipal Airport - kwoa | WORTHINGTON – A Fly-In Drive-In Missionary Aviation Benefit will take place Saturday from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Worthington Municipal Airport, with proceeds going toward Proclaim Aviation Ministries in support of the Armstrong family's ...
Gold Team Opens The “Thunder Over The Boardwalk” Air Show from US Army Golden Knights by
Hawkeye draws crowd at air show - Ventura County Star | Photo by Andrea Howry / Lighthouse Lt. Steve Lamoure of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 113 tells a crowd about the E-2C Hawkeye at the Wings Over Camarillo air show Saturday, Aug. 18. Olivia Erhardt, 21 months, checks out the ...
Barnstorming! Historic Fliers Land at Pioneer Airport from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | EAA's Pioneer Airport in Oshkosh never looked better late Wednesday morning as 12 golden age airplanes from the American Barnstormers Tour made a special pilgrimage stop on the turf runway in Oshkosh.
Bournemouth Air Festival set for memorable displays - Bournemouth Echo | BOURNEMOUTH'S skies will be lit up once more this year with dazzling air displays as dusk falls. The popular Night Air programme will be back bigger than ever at this year's air festival, due to take place between August 30 and September 2. The dusk ...
Saint-Brieuc. On Friday, a cuckoo Patrouille de France with François - Ouest-France | François pussy is mechanically the Patrouille de France. While it joins Perros-Guirec exhibition where it is Saturday, his Alpha Jets fly over Ploufragan and Saint-Quay-Portrieux inhabited parents of Francis. A little wink ...
AFA's 2012 Air & Space Conference Upholds Air Force Heritage - The Herald | HeraldOnline.com | At the Air Force Association's 2012 Air & Space Conference, members of the aircrews from the 1950s' Korean War will lead a panel, describing their experiences flying F-80s, F-51s, B-29s and B-26s in Korea, amidst the brutal cold of winter and the ...
Searching for History: Fantasy of Flight Seeks Letters from WWII from WAI Connect Blog by Amy 
Remembering a special aviator - Tri City Times | According to my Five Year Diary of the 1930s, 1935 was the year of Almont's every five year Homecoming. On August 17th of that year, I had my first airplane ride. I have probably told you the story before but, oh well! As I watched the jet streams...
Charles Lindsay Campbell: Australia's forgotten aviator - Merredin Wheatbelt Mercury | On July 27, the Campbells attended a Royal Aero Club of WA meeting at Jandakot Airport which was dedicated to Charles Campbell, 100 years since the first Australian aviator was killed in an aviation accident. Mr Campbell said he knew nothing of his ...
2012-08-13 - Nineteen Flights In One Day from Articles | Record For F-35 Program
10 Tanker Air Carrier DC-10 "911" from Crosswind Images |Up close and personal with an amazing firefighting asset. Thank You to Trish Manning and pilot Kevin Hopf for arranging this visit.
Scholarship Winner Meagan's Application Essay from Life on the Road as a Pilot | We are so excited to present to you the application essays from the two Girls With Wings Summer Scholarship Winners! The Girls With Wings Scholarship Program provides funds for flight training to selected individuals with a willingness to be superlative GWW role models. Winners show potential to continue her interaction with the GWW organization, via the website and events, so she can assist GWW in encouraging more young girls to...
Thursday, July 26, 2012
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Doolittle Raiders share memories of their exploits at EAA - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | As the first Americans to strike Japan's home islands during World War II, Cole and Thatcher found that the ack-ack-ack of the flak guns did little damage to the 16 B-25B Mitchell medium bombers that achieved fame as the Doolittle Raiders. It was only ...
Orbis DC-10 Flying Eye Hospital from eaavideo.org | The ORBIS aircraft, a modified DC-10 airplane, flies around the world working to save sight through hands-on training, public health education, and improved access to eye care in developing countries.
Alphabet soup from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | OSHKOSH — On Wednesday morning at AirVenture, the heads of general aviation's top alphabet groups met to discuss how they are “stronger together.” Speaking to a crowd at the EAA Welcome Center during AirVenture, EAA President Rod Hightower said, “this group of people does a tremendous amount of work to protect our freedom to fly.” Joining...
Phillips 66 raffling Young Eagles rides on Tri-motor from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Young Eagles visiting AirVenture this week can stop by the Phillips 66 Aviation tent and register to win a flight on EAA’s meticulously restored Tri-Motor. Winners will be announced daily at 2 p.m. A Ford Tri-Motor was one of the original corporate planes for Phillips 66 Aviation...
AirVenture 2012: Full Coverage - Flying Magazine | ... founders Paul and Audrey Poberezny, celebrations of the 40th anniversary of the Van's RV and 75th anniversary of the Piper J-3 Cub, military salutes to the Tuskegee Airman and Doolittle Raiders and the ever-popular Night Air Show on Saturday ...
More AirVenture News HERE
From NBVC to the Blue Angels - Ventura County Star | As a “newbie,” he'll travel with the Blue Angels for the rest of the show season, which includes four West Coast air shows later this year — including the Fleet Week performances in San Francisco Oct. 6 and 7 — before starting intense training with ...
Red Arrows Flypast To Mark Olympic Opening - EdinburghGuide.com | The RAF's famous aerobatic
display team The Red Arrows will fly over Edinburgh to celebrate the Olympic Games Opening Ceremony on Friday (June 27). Scheduled for 12.30pm, the flypast will see nine aircraft flying in the famous 'Big Battle' formation ...In photos: Red Arrows thrill air show spectators on Brean Down - Burnham-On-Sea | These were the colourful scenes on Monday when the Red Arrows performed a high-flying display during the annual Weston Air Show. The planes roared through the skies, watched by crowds of onlookers on Brean Down. Tens of thousands of people ...
The 2012 Bournemouth Air Festival - Easier | 30 August sees the start of the annual Bournemouth Air Festival, when the skies above this seaside town will be alive with displays from the Red Arrows, the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight and Sea King helicopters. Now in its fifth year, this is the ...
Activities & Events: B-17 Bomber in Chehalis, Blueberry Festival in Mossyrock - Centralia Chronicle | Activities & Events: B-17 Bomber in Chehalis, Blueberry Festival in Mossyrock. Story · Commenting. Print: Create a hardcopy of this page; Font Size: Default font size: Larger font size. Blueberry Festival in Mossyrock. The Chronicle, file photo ...
Amelia Earhart: Why the mystery continues - myfoxny.com | Today Google celebrates the 115th birthday of aviatrix Amelia Earhart -- and one of the great unsolved 20th-century mysteries. Sorry, Amelia, no birthday present this year. But it's not been for a lack of trying. Throughout the years there have been a ...
We're grateful for women who show us how to soar - Mid Columbia Tri City Herald | Air Race Classic 2013, a national cross-country race for women pilots, will start at the Tri-Cities Airport in Pasco. Bergstrom Aircraft will play host to the start of the race on June 18, which is expected to draw at least 200 people, including pilots ...
Bombing the Blaze: Fire Stopper or Air Show? - OnEarth Magazine | A slurry bomber drops retardant on the 2010 Fourmile Canyon fire in the mountains above Boulder, Colorado. The fire destroyed 169 homes. Nine years ago, I marched onto a mountain set aflame. The blaze was called Bluebird, but the color I associate with ...
Intrepid Museum Opens Two Temporary Exhibitions Celebrating the Museum's ... - City Guide Magazine | Thirty Years of Collecting: Treasures from Intrepid's Collections and Thirty Years of Excellence: An Intrepid Museum Celebration -- new exhibitions that celebrate the 30th anniversary of Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, located at Pier 86 (46th Street ...
AIA Salutes the Legacy of Sally Ride | Aerospace Industries Association - www.aia-aerospace.org | Sally Ride was a true American hero who never stopped building on the legacy of being our nation’s first woman in space. We will remember her as a pathfinder, who through her entire life’s work inspired millions of young people – most especially young women to dream big and aim high.
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
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Victorious Victory Junction from US Army Golden Knights by ddixon | Members of the US Army 
Organizers call weekend air show a great success - Seacoastonline.com | PORTSMOUTH — Approximately 65000 people attended this weekend's Service Credit Union Boston Portsmouth Air Show, according to a preliminary estimate of attendance released by organizers....
VIDEO: Blue Angels Soar Over Seacoast - Patch.com | The Boston-Portsmouth Air Show was held this weekend.
Breckenridge 4th of July Brings First Ever Airshow - Mtn Town Views | With the cancellation of fireworks just about every where in the state you can still look up to see something exciting in the air this 4th of July! Breckenridge is bringing Rower Airshows and Wild Horse Aviation to present Breckenridge, Colorado’s first ever airshow at 11:30 a.m. on July 4, 2012. Pilots intend to perform at over 10,000 feet above sea level for what they say will be the world’s highest airshow.
Rare Ju 52 Makes Brief Stop in Oshkosh from News from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh | The 1939 RIMOWA Junkers Ju 52 tri-motor airplane that will be on display at AirVenture in three weeks paid a short visit to Oshkosh just after noon on Saturday, June 30 - a planned waypoint on its journey across America to the West Coast.
Wings Of Freedom Coming To Salina - KSAL | A sight seldom seen since the 1940's, the Wings of Freedom tour is scheduled to stop Salina with circa WWII aircraft including the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress "Nine O Nine" Heavy Bomber, Consolidated B-24 Liberator "Witchcraft" Heavy Bomber and P-51 ...
Hodson pilots KSU to 2nd in 4-day air race - Marion County Record | Tonya Hodson, formerly of Marion, and co-pilot Nicole Lordemann placed second in the collegiate division of the 4000 nautical mile cross-country Air Race Classic, an all-female competition honoring women in aviation. “It was four straight days of drive ...
Dear Amelia… from Amelia Earhart | 75 years ago today, Amelia Earhart embarked upon her final flight… a flight that would go down in the world’s history as one of the most calculated risks, most 
Local women aviators pay tribute to Amelia Earhart - St. Louis Beacon | Libby Yunger, president of the local chapter, has researched Earhart extensively for talks she gives to area groups about the history of women in aviation. “I am interested in Amelia because she is such a modern woman,'' Yunger said. “She was not the ...
A handful of Aces at Oakland museum from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | "A Handful of Aces," a symposium discussion with four surviving World War II combat fighter pilots, will be held Saturday, July 7, at Oakland Aviation Museum at Oakland International Airport in California. Q&A session and autograph signing will follow the symposium, which is scheduled for 5 to 9 p.m. Cost: $35 per person (non-members); $25 per person for members...
Last ‘Spruce Goose’ crewmember passes away from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | John Hayes Glenn, the last crewmember of the one and only flight of the Hughes Hercules HK1, "Spruce Goose," passed away June 20. He was 94...
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An Aviator's Last Father's Day from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | ...One of the most cherished aviation memories of my dad involves the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA). He and I were very fortunate to spend some quality aviation time together at AirVenture 2010. Since he was already too frail for the kind of walking required to see everything, a golf cart piloted by me became his magic carpet. Like every visitor, he was awestruck by the aviation wonderland he saw as we whirred around the grounds. We offered a lift to many, who gave us a lift in return by sharing their own aviation stories....
Rare "dual unrelated engine failures" caused Virginia Beach F-18 crash. from Black Horizon by Steve Douglass | By Ian SimpsonWASHINGTON, July 2 (Reuters) - The Navy on Monday blamed a
rare two-engine mechanical failure for the April crash of an F/A-18D fighter into a Virginia apartment complex that caused minor injuries...
MAFFS-equipped C-130 crashes in South Dakota from Air Force Link Top Stories | At approximately 6 p.m. MDT July 1, a Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System equipped C-130 aircraft supporting firefighting missions crashed in the southwest corner of South Dakota. The aircraft was supporting the efforts against the White Draw Fire....
A-10 first aircraft to use alcohol-based fuel from Air Force Link Top Stories | On June 28, the 40th Flight Test Squadron made history here flying the first aircraft to use a new fuel blend derived from alcohol. "The A-10 is the first aircraft ever to fly on this fuel," said Jeff Braun, Chief for the Air Force Alternative Fuel Certification Division, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio...
An AvGeek Day Out In A Kansas Field … Now This Is Fun! from Flying With Fish | ...There is nothing quite as fun as watching a Bombardier Challenger 604 being stripped, standing inside an engine cowling, sitting in old Boeing 727-100 first class seats … complete with an AirPhone, crawling through an old cut up DC-8 or climbing in the complete stripped shell of a carcass of an Embraer E-170 that over ran an runway before being scrapped. Crawling through a Republic of Liberia aircraft and stepping into an Air Malawi plane, where else would one get to do this?...
Stuck Mic AvCast: Flyabout Interview from Toriaflies | A great documentary + a great podcast = one great interview!
Parachuting from 120000 feet - Boing Boing | From Air & Space (Jay Nemeth photo):
“Basically we want to instrument Felix just like he was an airplane,” says Jon Clark, a former NASA space shuttle crew surgeon and Stratos' medical director. Baumgartner will be wearing a physiological monitoring... A Plan For Airships That Might Finally Take Off from POPSCI |Sky Captain and the World of Today | "Some kids wanted to be firefighters," Igor Pasternak says. "I always thought about blimps." Pasternak grew up in Lviv, Ukraine, near a weather station. When he was six, he convinced the Soviet meteorologists there to let him launch one of their balloons. "I was hooked," he says. "I wanted to build airships." We are standing in the vast wood-beamed hangar where one such vessel, a 400-foot-long "variable buoyancy functional cargo airship" called the Aeroscraft, is being assembled. The looming aluminum and ...
Sunday, December 4, 2011
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In wake of Reno crash, feds to probe air show, race safety - USA Today | RENO, Nev. – A federal hearing will examine the safety of air races and air shows after a horrific crash killed 11 people and injured more than 70 at an event in Reno. The hearing announced Friday by the National 
Transportation Safety Board is not solely related to the Sept. 16 disaster at the National Air Race Championships, but the 47-year-old competition will be included in the review, agency spokesman Terry Williams told The Associated Press....
NTSB To Investigate Air Show Safety - AVweb | The NTSB will hold a hearing next month to gather information about the safety of air races and air shows, the board said on Friday. During a one-day meeting on January 10, the board will hear from regulators, aviation organizations, industry groups, and airport authorities to learn about safety practices, procedures, and protocols. The board also will gather information about the safety regulations and oversight in the planning and execution of these events. In September, a pilot and 10 spectators were killed in an accident at the Reno Air Races, and several performers died in U.S. air show accidents over the last season....
Penny Wise/Pound Foolish??? USAF Reduces Air Show Support In 2012 - Aero-News Network | A major draw for air shows large and small is the ability for the public to see military aircraft much closer than they would probably be able to otherwise. But looming defense budget cuts may spell at least a temporary end to the displays by Air Force planes at many shows, often seen as an effective recruiting tool....
Innovators Recognized at Air & Space Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony - Scoop San Diego | (Mission Times Courier, San Diego, CA) - He’s a six-time World Series champion, a Hall of Fame baseball broadcaster and an integral figure in the San Diego community. Coleman’s biggest accomplishments, however, lie outside of the baseball diamond, he says. “I’ve done a lot of great things in baseball. There’s no question about that,” said Coleman, who’s served as a radio broadcaster for the Padres for nearly four decades. “But nothing surpassed that day (April 1, 1944) when I became a naval aviator and the second lieutenant in the [U.S.] Marine Corps,” he said, while boasting a smile. Coleman isn’t the only person to have taken pride in his military feats.On Nov. 5, the San Diego Air & Space Museum recognized him, and several others, during its 48th Hall of Fame Induction Celebration, Legends of Flight, an...
WASP First Day Cover - You Fly Girl | A First Day of Issue Cover or First Day Cover is a postage stamp on a cover, postal card or stamped envelope franked on the first day the issue is authorized for use within the country or territory of the stamp-issuing authority. Sometimes the issue is made from a temporary or permanent foreign or overseas office. There will usually be a first day of issue postmark,...
First Responder F-15 Gets New Home - PacificFlyer | More than 1,000 people attended the unveiling last month of the 9-11 First Responder F-15A at the Pacific Coast Air Museum (PCAM), the fighter aircraft that patrolled the skies over New York City after the attacks began. This F-15, 77-0102 ("102") is now on permanent display in a one-of-a-kind exhibit at the museum, located at Charles M. Schulz-Sonoma County Airport in Santa Rosa, Calif. During a somber ceremony ...
Flabob Salutes Vets - PacificFlyer | In a series of touching ceremonies reminiscent of life in this country 60 years ago, Flabob Airport in Riverside, Calif. honored America's veterans on Nov. 12. Despite some early showers, thousands of people from the surrounding communities turned out to dine in a military mess tent complete with SOS (officially it's known as "creamed chip beef on toast," but if you don't know what SOS stands for, ask a vet....
Alberta Aviation Museum fights the clock to buy fastest plane in Canada - Edmonton Journal | EDMONTON - The Alberta Aviation Museum has only 10 days left to raise $47,000 for a fighter jet that’s a major part of the province’s aerospace history. For seven years, the museum has been looking for a Starfighter F-104, the fastest plane ever operated in Canada and a key part of Edmonton’s aviation repair industry. They just found one, at a cost of $70,000, and have collected $23,000 in donations so far....
APR issue V3N2 now available - The Unwanted Blog | At long last, Aerospace Projects Review issue V3N2 is now available....
