Flying was his passion: tributes flow for stunt pilot Borrman - The Age, Australia
Stunt pilot Peter 'Pip' Borrman has been killed in a plane crash at Shepparton while preparing a routine for the upcoming Australian International Airshow. His wife Janet said tonight her husband of 30 years was a genuine and compassionate man, ...
Robert Bradley, aviation firm owner in Fort Lauderdale, dies - Sun-Sentinel.com, FL
By Ken Kaye South Florida Sun-Sentinel Like his father Ben Bradley, a Fort Lauderdale aviation pioneer, Robert Stewart Bradley loved airplanes. Robert Bradley learned to fly at age of 13 and later started his own aviation business at Fort Lauderdale ...
US Army Parachutes Team to Kick Off 50 Year Celebration - Systems, GA
In 1961 the Team was selected as one of three Department of Defense authorized aerial demonstration teams, along with the US Air Force Thunderbirds and the US Navy Blue Angels. Former team members, including original members from 1959, ...
Aerobatics competition coming to Spencer - Storm Lake Pilot Tribune, IA
By RUSS MITCHELL/ Special to the Pilot The half-loops, rolls and spins are still in, but a panel of judges replaces the trails of smoke when the International Aerobatic Club (IAC) brings a sanctioned, major-regional event -- the Doug Yost Challenge ...
From A B-25 To Lynx Suborbital Space Craft For Tuskegee Airman - SatNews Publishers, CA
Gillead served as a triple-rated navigator, bombardier, and aerial gunner and was assigned to the 477th Bombardment Group, which flew the B-25 Mitchell medium bomber. He was involved in the Freeman Field Mutiny, in which black officers faced court ...
19 Wing celebrates Canada's century of flight - Canada.com
"I'm really honoured to be a part of this anniversary," said Plant, a private pilot who has been volunteering at the Comox Air Force Museum for about nine years. "I just like airplanes. It's very neat. In 100 years a lot has happened.
Around the world in 11 days By Janice Wood
Scott Kasprowicz, an adventurer and helicopter pilot who, along with his co-pilot, circumnavigated the globe, setting an around the world speed record, will discuss his “grand adventure” March 21 at the Virginia Helicopter Association’s meeting at the HeloAir Hangar at Richmond International Airport. Read More→
Online Interview with Normandy D-Day Veteran and Oldest Known Military Blogger, 86-Year Old Solomon Fein from Milblogging.com : The World's Largest Index of Military Blogs (Milblogs)
Solomon Fein, is an avid blogger and a World War II veteran. We've been chatting over email in recent weeks after I read about him in the news. I was intrigued and wanted to learn more about his story. Not so much about his age, but more so about the differences in communication from World War II to Present day. In total, Solomon has 33 posts online going back to 2007. He's been kind enough to answer several of my questions (see below), and plans to send more responses soon…
Heli-Expo Sets Attendance Record from AVwebBiz Current Issue
Helicopter Association International says its annual Heli-Expo trade show will almost certainly set an attendance record despite the economic downturn. With one day still to go in the three-day event, held this year in Anaheim, this year's attendance total was just 52 people short of last year's record of 17,373. "Exhibitors reported high activity at their booths and vendors were able to interact with thousands of attendees on the floor," HAI said on its Web site.
STS-119: March launch possible via FCV replacement and MPS protection from NASA SpaceFlight.com by Chris Bergin
A launch of STS-119 prior to the Soyuz cut out in mid March remains on the cards, as managers prepare to meet on Wednesday for a launch date discussion. The meeting will also outline a plan to “beef up” the most vulnerable area of the MPS (Main Propulsion System) plumbing, which would reduce risk associating with launching Discovery without redesigned Flow Control Valves (FCVs)…
LASP to face legal challenge By Tom Norton
A private aircraft operator in the Northeast is seeking co-signatories for a legal challenge to the Transportation Safety Administration’s plan to impose new security procedures on aircraft weighing 12,500 lb and more. Read More→
LASP COMMENT DEADLINE IS FRIDAY - The TSA's proposed Large Aircraft Security Program is causing concern among the GA alphabet groups, and this Friday marks the end of the comment period on the proposal.
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Look, Up in the Sky: It's Birdman - NBC Los Angeles, CA
Borger, a member of the US Army's Golden Knights parachute team, soared for about 10 miles from 25000 feet during a world record jump at the Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona. "We were shooting to jump from 32000 (feet), to go 13 miles plus, ...
Snowbirds scope us out - Orillia Packet & Times, Canada
From flying through the sky to rolling down the highway, a change of plans for the Snowbirds meant that Capt. Steve Thompson, co-ordinator pilot with the show team, rode a car into Lake Simcoe Regional Airport on Monday rather than flying a CT-114 ...
Aerobatics tonight in Queenstown - Otago Daily Times, New Zealand
By Tracey Roxburgh on Wed, 25 Feb 2009 The Royal New Zealand Air Force Red Checkers, a formation aerobatic team, in action. Tonight the team will perform over Lake Wakatipu. Photo by AC Judith Watts. Visitors and residents in Queenstown tonight will ...
Heli-Expo'09 Attendance Could Set Record, HAI Says from www.ainonline.com
First-day attendance at Heli-Expo'09 broke another record and continued to defy gloomy pre-show predictions. Attendance on day one increased from 15,552 last year to 15,728 this year, and show organizers are speculating that the number might exceed last year's record total of 17,373. The number of exhibitors totals 585, a nearly 12-percent increase over last year's 523. Net exhibit space increased 2.25 percent, to 259,000 sq ft. This year's show also saw more families, according to Marilyn McKinnis, HAI's vice president of marketing and exhibitions. "There are more children here than normal, but they're always welcome," she said. ...
What Does 2009 Hold for Air Racing's Experienced Pilots? Part I ... - Bleacher Report
by Sheiban Shakeri (Columnist) The Red Bull Air Race enters its seventh season during April in Abu Dhabi (with the reporter being present at the event).
Rare WWII Aircraft Land in Panama City - WJHG-TV, FL
The Collings Foundation is sponsoring an exhibit of three exceptional aircraft that flew during the war: a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, a B-24 Liberator and a P-51 Mustang. Mac McCauley, a volunteer pilot with the foundation, says, "These two strategic ...
Pensacola Doesn't Look a Day Over 450 Years Old - FOXNews
... 19, touring the city of 60000 and visiting Pensacola Naval Air Station, home of the world-famous US Navy's Blue Angels aerial demonstration team. Sometimes derided as the gateway to Florida's "Redneck Riviera," - the stretch of Panhandle beaches and ...
Douglas County's firefighting airtankers reassigned to Stead airport from rgj.com
Heavy firefighting air tankers will cease operation out of Douglas County as support personnel are reassigned to facilities at Reno's Stead Airport, officials from the Bureau of Land Management announced today. ...
The news, both TV and RGJ have been reporting the last couple of days that in a cost cutting move BLM is moving it's heavy tanker base from Minden/Tahoe to the Stead facility. Planes and personel. I guess worse case scenario would be a during the races where the tankers are very active. Cool for those of us living nearby that like to see them come and go.
Flight of fancy becomes museum's gem - Calgary Herald
Like other aviation aficionados found in cities across our country -- many, like Kiser, former air force men who took to the skies as teens -- he enjoys spending time around historic and vintage airplanes.
Caribou retirement announced from AVIATION-NEWS by Marcel van Leeuwen
After 45 years of proud service, the Air Force DHC-4 Caribou will retire at the end of this year. The announcement was made on 19 February 2009 by Minister for Defence, the Hon. Joel Fitzgibbon MP, who said, "Our nation is extremely proud of the magnificent service that the Caribou has provided to the Royal Australian [...]
Airplane Aviation and Aircraft Tours of the UK from Technorati
Airplane Aviation and Aircraft Tours of the UK complete with full itineraries are just one of the 'Special Interest' tours that are offered by British Tour Plans - visit the BritishTourPlans.com website for the full selection of our Self-Drive Tours. The tours will take you to some of the best airplane aviation and aircraft museums and historic flying sites in the world. Visit 7 Day Airplane, Aviation and Aircraft Tour to see the pre-view of the 7 day aviation tour or if you prefer a 10 ...
AIR TO AIR CLIP ~ FUN VIEW from www.aafo.com
This clip sure makes me want to leave work and go fly. Looks like these guys are having a ton of fun, and great air shots.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dgNc5S8cLI
Aerospace Camp registration opens March 2 at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force from National Museum of the USAF Top Stories
Registration for three exciting aerospace summer camps will open March 2 at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. Campers who have completed grades four through eight will be able to learn about a variety of topics through hands-on activities that incorporate history, science and math concepts, as well as team-building skills. ...
F-35's second STOVL prototype ready to fly after today from The DEW Line by Stephen Trimble
The BF-2 prototype for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program should be available to start flight tests after today. This is only the third flight-worthy prototype, with AA-1 expected to return to flight soon and BF-1 entering hover pit tests next week.
New Rules Target Private Aviation - RushLimbaugh.com, CA
CALLER: Not just guys in business aviation like you, I mean people like Commemorative Air Force, the EAA, people that operate ex-military aircraft, anything that weighs over 12500 pounds are going to be subject to these rules. RUSH: Give us an example, ...
Large Aircraft Security Program - Capt Force Speaks Out from Airspeed by Stephen Force
More on LASP: HERE.
Threat Assessment from Ares by Douglas Barrie
Phantom from www.aafo.com
Virgin Galactic's WhiteKnightTwo coming to EAA AirVenture 2009
For more information contact:
David Berkley, EAA Communications
920-426-6295
dberkley@eaa.org
VIRGIN GALACTIC CONFIRMS PLANS FOR WHITEKNIGHTTWO (VIRGIN MOTHERSHIP
EVE) WORLD DEBUT AT EAA AIRVENTURE OSHKOSH 2009
EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wis. - (Feb. 24, 2009) - As the era of
clean, safe, and affordable access to space dawns, the pioneers at
Virgin Galactic and Scaled Composites have again chosen EAA AirVenture
Oshkosh as the stage for unveiling their innovations. After successfully
completing its initial flight test program, space launch vehicle Virgin
Mothership (VMS) Eve will make its world public debut on July 27 at EAA
AirVenture Oshkosh 2009.
The space launch vehicle will arrive as part of the opening-day air
show. AirVenture attendees will have opportunities for up-close viewing
of the vehicle on the ground each day until its departure flight as part
of the Saturday, Aug. 1 air show. Event organizers and Virgin Galactic
officials are hopeful to arrange additional showcase flights during the
week.
"This will be a major highlight of our event. Since the appearance of
the X-Prize-winning WhiteKnight and SpaceShipOne at AirVenture four
years ago, our members have eagerly awaited the next advancements from
the Virgin Galactic and Scaled Composites innovators," said EAA
president and AirVenture chairman Tom Poberezny.
"Burt Rutan, the chief designer of Virgin Galactic's launch vehicle and
spacecraft, truly embodies the EAA spirit. His accomplishments show how
far our passion for building and flying aircraft can go. Over the
decades, this EAA member has created some of the world's most inventive
designs, including the vehicles that will take private-citizen
astronauts into space. We're all eager to welcome Burt and his team back
to Oshkosh," Poberezny said.
"Likewise, the EAA community is eager to applaud Virgin Galactic for
employing corporate muscle and mettle to bring ambitious dreams within
reach," he added.
Will Whitehorn, President of Virgin Galactic commented: "Our new launch
vehicle, VMS Eve, is both visually remarkable and represents
ground-breaking aerospace technology. It has a unique heavy lift, high
altitude capability and an open architecture driven design that provides
for maximum versatility in the weight, mass, and volume of its payload
potential. VMS Eve is capable of lifting SpaceShipTwo, an unmanned
satellite launch or space science vehicle and also being capable of use
as an astronaut training vehicle. Its carbon composite construction also
gives unprecedented fuel efficiency and the strength to perform high g
maneuvers and parabolic flight," he said.
"Together with Scaled Composites, we are delighted to be showcasing this
incredible vehicle and demonstrating its capabilities in public for the
very first time. It is particularly appropriate that we are doing this
at the 2009 AirVenture event in conjunction with the EAA, which has done
so much over the years to support and promote aerospace innovation,"
Whitehorn added.
According to Whitehorn, Virgin Galactic plans to conduct test flights of
VMS Eve carrying SpaceShipTwo during the second half of 2009.
Dwarfing its namesake predecessor, WhiteKnightTwo is the world's largest
all carbon composite flying vehicle. The 140-foot wingspan is the
longest single carbon composite aviation component ever manufactured.
The launch vehicle's mission will include ferrying SpaceShipTwo and
thousands of private astronauts, science packages, and payload on the
first stage of the Virgin Galactic sub-orbital space experience.
EAA AIRVENTURE OSHKOSH is The World's Greatest Aviation Celebration and
EAA's yearly membership convention. EAA members receive lowest prices on
admission rates. For more information on EAA and its programs, call
1-800-JOIN-EAA (1-800-564-6322) or visit http://www.eaa.org/. EAA AirVenture
information is also available through the World Wide Web at
http://www.airventure.org/. Instant EAA news is available at
http://twitter.com/EAAupdate.
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Women's air race hit turbulence - Contra Costa Times, CA
The "girls" who participated in the first women's cross-country air race in 1929 realized there was a lot more at stake than just $25000 in prizes. The race, which crossed the skies of the Inland Empire, was dubbed "the Powder Puff Derby" by Will ...
Aviation Conferences Revisited - Airportbusiness Blog, DC
This week I speak for Women In Aviation (WAI) for the 5 th time. It will be a wonderful experience. The first time I knew only Dr. Peggy Chabrian; this year I expect to meet many old friends. This is WAI’s 20 th anniversary also, and the group has ...
Snowbirds scope us out - Orillia Packet & Times
We are "looking at security requirements for when they're here... and basically how we are going to get to and from the show site." There is a lot of work that goes into putting on an air show, so it's important for the planning committee to know the ...
WINGSUIT JUMP DELAYED BY WEATHER – AirShowBuzz.com
(Yuma Sun) It looks as if a record-breaking sky-dive jump will have to wait at least six more months. Flight conditions prevented Ben Borger of the Golden Knights from making the record distance flight. More on the Story
How 100 years of flight transformed a nation - Ottawa Citizen, Canada
For most of us, the wonder of aviation means delayed flights and overcrowded airports, inedible meals and overworked airline employees. That we can board pressurized tubes that take us to the stratosphere in their thousands at any one time, ...
Governor General to Celebrate 100 Years of Flight at the Canada Aviation Museum From Aviation.ca News
Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaelle Jean, Governor General of Canada, will attend the unveiling of Canadian Wings: A Remarkable Century of Flight at the Canada Aviation Museum in Ottawa on Monday, February 23, 2009, at 7 p.m. The Governor General...
Pensacola hopes celebration will draw visitors - Orlando Sentinel, FL
King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia of Spain set the tone with a royal visit Thursday, touring the city of 60000 and visiting Pensacola Naval Air Station, home of the US Navy's world-famous Blue Angels aerial demonstration team. Sometimes derided as the ...
AVRO VULCAN PENCILLED IN FOR THE PARIS AIR SHOW 2009 from AVIATION-NEWS by Marcel van Leeuwen
XH558 is the only airworthy Vulcan in the world. Restored to flight after nearly 15 years at a cost of £7million. She now faces grounding forever, unless an additional £850,000 can be raised in February enabling funds for another full air show season. Last year she appeared in front of over 1.5 million people. She inspires [...]
Fame's final frontier – MSNBC
XCOR Aerospace's "Legacy Flight" program will send some of those unsung heroes to the final frontier ... for free. Over the weekend, XCOR awarded the program's first ticket to an 89-year-old Tuskegee Airman. And that won't be the last ticket issued: ...
HAI Salute to Excellence Award Winners: AINonline from http://www.ainonline.com/
Tonight at its Salute to Excellence banquet and awards ceremony, HAI honors the following individuals and organizations in the international helicopter community for outstanding achievements. The fest starts at 8 p.m.
TSA BizAv Security To Face Legal Challenge from AviationWeek.com Homepage
Peregrine Jet parent firm contends Congress never gave TSA the authority to institute the Large Aircraft Security Plan
Chennault Air Museum could expand - Monroe News Star, LA
By Robbie Evans • revans@thenewsstar.com • February 23, 2009 The Chennault Air and Military Museum of Louisiana could be expanding in the near future. Louisiana Secretary of State Jay Dardenne said Monday his office has been working with officials in ...
Air and Military Museum turns to China for artifacts - Monroe News Star
By Robbie Evans • revans@thenewsstar.com • February 24, 2009 The Chennault Air and Military Museum of Louisiana could be expanding in the near future.
Planes of World War II Land in Panama City - WMBB-TV, FL
The Wings of Freedom Tour consists of a World War II vintage Boeing B-17, Consolidated B-24 liberator and North American P-51 mustang. The event is a part of 110-city tour. For a small donation, people can tour the aircraft. the B-17 is one of only ...
WWII-era planes make Panama City stop (see PHOTO GALLERY) - The News Herald, FL
On the ground, Betty rests next to two other airframes that carved their names into world history during World War II: a drab, green B-24 Liberator called Witchcraft, and the legendary B-17 Flying Fortress, the Nine-O-Nine. For the next two days, ...
Celebrating an Alabama Master Pilot- Floyd McGowin from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News
On a clear cold Thursday evening in south Alabama, pilots gathered at a grass field hangar to celebrate Alabama's most recent Wright Brothers Master Pilot recipient. Almost ninety guests gathered for warm food, fond memories and a tribute to Norman Floyd McGowin, Jr…
USS Indianapolis survivor to share historic tale - Cape Coral Daily Breeze, FL
The story of the USS Indianapolis is well-known. Equal parts tragedy and pure horror, most of the survivors have since died, causing first person accounts of the fateful day to dwindle with each passing moment. The Uncommon Friends Foundation of Lee ...
Aviation Expert to Address Fort Wayne from Headlines - Inside INdiana Business with Gerry Dick
The Greater Fort Wayne Chamber of Commerce will welcome aviation expert and Boyd Group International President Michael Boyd Tuesday. He will speak about the future of air service in Fort Wayne. Boyd believes the Fort Wayne International Airport has good access to other destinations and that could help attract new investment and jobs.
Blue Angel Solo Take-off(Very Low) from Fence Check - Shot this weekend at El Centro. Amazing to see, hard to shoot on video and the stills are killed by the heat haze.
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Canadians will fly high at air show in September, Scott announces - Belleville News Democrat, USA
BY JENNIFER A. BOWEN - News-Democrat Organizers at Scott Air Force Base have announced the aerial headliners for its 2009 Air Show on Sept. 19-20. The Canadian Snowbirds aerial demonstration team will headline the show this year. ...
Snowbirds to pay a visit to Simcoe County - The Barrie Examiner, Canada
Ahead of their June 24 show over Orillia, members of the Snowbirds aerial acrobatic team will be at the airport performing some pre-show scouting. "This is part of their pre-show protocol," said Ellen Cohen, board member with the Community Foundation ...
Up in the air for a century - Moose Jaw Times-Herald, Canada
With help from the Snowbirds, other members of 15 Wing, aircraft restorers and an aviation historian, visitors to the museum were treated to a celebration of flight on Sunday afternoon. In Baddeck, NS, site of the Silver Dart's initial flight, ...
Canadian aviation celebrated in Ottawa - Canoe.ca, Canada
By LAURA CZEKAJ, SUN MEDIA Aviation technology has come a long way since the Silver Dart was the first fixed-wing powered aircraft to fly in Canada 100 years ago today. The creation of aviation enthusiasts Alexander Graham Bell, JAD McCurdy, ...
- Royal Canadian Mint joins fellow Canadians in Baddeck, Nova Scotia to celebrate Canada's centennial from Aviation.ca News
- Canada's aviation pioneers honoured from Aviation.ca News
- Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the First Flight in Canada from Aviation.ca News
NATO 60th Anniversary
Organisers of this summer's Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire are planning to continue their strong links with NATO by staging celebrations marking the organisation's 60th anniversary.
Among the member states and partner nations already committed to demonstrating the Alliance's air power on July 18-19 are Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, the US and the UK. They, along with many others, will send aircraft representing the wide variety of tasks NATO performs. Since it was established in the early 1970s, the Air Tattoo has prided itself on being a meeting place for NATO countries, giving visiting aircrew and military chiefs the opportunity to come together and exchange ideas. ...
The Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire is to host celebrations marking the 60th anniversary of NATO. Among the member states and partner nations already committed to demonstrating the Alliance's air power at the event, ...
Fly-in zooms into Whangarei - Northern News, New Zealand
The Northland Recreational Flying Club is hosting a 'fly-in' from Saturday, February 28 to March 1. A fly-in is when flying clubs are invited to visit another club, to meet up with flying enthusiasts, trade stories and have a look at other aircraft. ...
THE GOOD LIFE via Red Bull Air Race News
Life for Hannes Arch has not been quite the same since the Austrian ace won the Red Bull Air Race World Championship. The celebrations began in Perth when he clinched the title in November in only his second season on the circuit and they carried on back home half a world away from Australia to Austria, where he received a hero's welcome at Salzburg's Hangar 8 upon his return.
- Hannes Arch News…. via Smoke-On by Tom on 2/23/09
- Austria's Arch savours life as Red Bull World Champion and prepares title defence from Aviation.ca News
There'sa women's air race coming through. That'sa very large event for the area." The all-women transcontinental Air Race Classic will be held June 23 through June 26. It will start in Denver, Colo. and end in Atlantic, Iowa, with a checkpoint at UCRA.
Saturday, May 30, 2009 - Texoma 100 Air Race, Sherman/Denison, TX from FunPlacesToFly.com Aviation Events
10:00am. Open course timed speed racing open to all propeller driven fixed wing aircraft. Classes for experimental and factory manufactured aircraft. A Sport Air Racing League Championship Point series event.
HAI Heli-Expo 2009 in Anaheim was a blast!!! Back to work today! from Blogging Pilots
What a great reunion! I ran into probably a hundred or more people I know in the business from over the years at the Expo and in some of the classes. I even ran into Don Shear from Windward Aviation. He is the nicest and most welcoming man. ...
Destiny Led Kim Jones to Tulsa Air and Space Museum - Greater Tulsa Reporter Newspapers, OK
By CHARLES CANTRELL TULSA AVIATION TREASURES: Kim Jones, curator for Tulsa Air & Space Museum, oversees the preservation and restoration of Tulsa's aviation treasures, a role in which he has spent a lifetime in preparation. Those who fervently believe ...
Flypast honours site of historic aerodrome - Essex Echo, UK
The ceremony was accompanied by a Spitfire flypast and display in honour of Fambridge's pioneer aviators, and especially the aerodrome's founder and owner, Noel Pemberton-Billing. The memorial was unveiled by Kenneth Bannerman, director general of the ...
Veteran of Tuskegee Airmen chosen for spaceflight - SmartBrief, DC
Seeking to generate buzz for space tourism, XCOR Aerospace is offering a free spaceflight to 89-year-old Le Roy Gillead, a World War II aviator who flew with the fabled Tuskegee Airmen. XCOR's Lynx rocket ship won't be ready for liftoff before 2012, ...
TSA's security plan worries operators of large helicopters - via www.ainonline.com The Transportation Security Administration's Large Aircraft Security Program (LASP) proposal has received criticism from industry groups and operators of helicopters weighing more than 12,500 pounds. Operators have called the proposal "oppressive" and have expressed concern about the future of general aviation security. One of the biggest complaints about the proposal is the weight threshold. At a public hearing at Westchester County Airport in New York, National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) president and CEO Ed Bolen said the threshold is unrealistic. "Make no mistake about it: the 'large aircraft' security program will apply to some very small aircraft," Bolen said. "The weight threshold needs to be substantially raised." Robert Truckenmiller, director of ops for Weatherstone Air, a Part 91 AgustaWestland AW139 operator, told HAI Convention News that the 12,500-pound...
Now that the Oscars are over… via AOPA Pilot Blog
…and Slumdog Millionaire swept the boards, can we please talk about aviation films?
The National Aviation Hall of Fame will screen its Reel Stuff Film Festival of Aviation next month. Thirteen films and documentaries will be shown over four days (March 12-16) in Dayton, Ohio. They'll be screening a pretty diverse selection ranging from classics (Twelve O Clock High) to more contemporary films (Always, Memphis Belle). Here's a complete list. Plus there'll be Q&A with names you know, like Cliff Robertson and Clay Lacy, and a host of others.
Movie Monday - February 23 - Boeing B-52 Stratofortress via FlightBlogger - Aviation News
Happy Monday everyone! This week's movie tracks the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress and its evolving role over the last half century from high-altitude strategic bomber of the 1960s to low-level tactical bomber of the 1970s. What's missing from this documentary is the B-52's significant role in advancing the cause of aeronautics as a flying testbed and drop ship for numerous technology demonstrators, though the examination of its military applications are important for understanding the context for its long survival as an operational bomber aircraft.
This Week In Military/Aviation History 23 February - 1 March from Warbirds Online by Tom Kwiatkowski Sr.
AirPigz Funny Money - Worth Slightly More Than The Paper It's Printed On! via Airpigz Blog
The treasurer of the Pig Pen has authorized the printing of official AirPigz money in $5 and $20 denominations. You may already know that you can earn $20 in this currency by winning the 'Caption Contest' played right here on the AirPigz site... and $5 by winning the AirPigz 'Name The Plane' game. ...
Inside the Lunar Electric Rover (LER) via How I Am Becoming An Astronaut
The Lunar Electric Rover (LER) is still going through design reviews, but here's a sneak peak inside!
Check out this link for some images on the progress of NASA's Constellation Program: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/02/progress_on_nasas_constellatio.html
Girl Scouts make rockets fly in Live Oak! - Jasper News, FL
Forty-two Girl Scouts in Hamilton and Suwannee counties gathered in Live Oak recently for the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Stomp Rocket Launch. Seven Girl Scout Cadettes from Troops 225 and 130 taught thirty-five Girl Scout ...
Patriotism Museum Reopens in Atlanta via Military Top Stories Center on 2/23/09
More than seven years later, the 9/11 attacks still bring tears to the eyes of visitors to the newly reopened National Museum of Patriotism in downtown Atlanta.
Katharine Burnette, a 17-year-old from Roswell, and her mother, Melanie Eyre, were at the museum on its re-opening day Sunday, viewing a partially finished exhibit on the 2001 terror attacks.
*Reno Air Races* on Flickr - Photo Sharing! via Google
Another Waco with a BIG engine. The act is "Dueling Wacos" Jim Franklin was one of the pilots.
Rolls inks $400M helicopter engine deal via IndyStar.com
Aerospace and defense contractor Rolls-Royce said today that it has signed a 10-year, $400 million agreement to power two types of Bell Helicopters with Rolls-Royce model 250 engines.
Daniels' damaged plane awaits fix in Ohio from www.greenfieldreporter.com
An Indiana aviation crew will head to Ohio so they can repair a state-owned airplane that was carrying Gov. Mitch Daniels when both of its windshields cracked. ...
Monday, February 23, 2009
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The centennial of flight in Canada begins - iNews880.com, Canada
And were going to re-run the program in June as part of our big celebration air fest that we do every year." Hinderks invites you and the rest of your family down to the Alberta Aviation Museum Monday night. Professor Rod Macleod will be doing a ...
Avro Arrow to spread wings in new museum - Toronto Star, Canada
The expansion received a thumbs up from actor and pilot Harrison Ford, who sent a congratulatory message by video. Ford is an avid pilot and owner of a de Havilland Beaver aircraft, the world's first successful short-takeoff-and-landing airplane.
Midnight Raiders from Air & Space Magazine
Personal Spaceflight » Remembering Tom Rogers from Google Blog Search: "Rocket Racing" by Jeff Foust
Armadillo Aerospace · Bigelow Aerospace · Blue Origin · Incrdible Adventures · Interorbital Systems · Masten Space Systems · Personal Spaceflight Federation · PlanetSpace · Rocket Racing League · Rocketplane Ltd. Scaled Composites ...
Please help save GA... write to the TSA! from A mile of runway will take you anywhere. by Steve
This isn't a normal post from me, but this also isn't a normal situation. Well the TSA may want it to become the norm but doing so could literally put an end to aviation as we know it. What am I talking about? Basically, the Transportation Security Administration is proposing a major rule change - the Large Aircraft Security Program. It would require all operators of aircraft 12,500 pounds or heavier to undergo significantly increased security and regulation due to a perceived security threat…
A Boston Tea Party for TSA from Aviation & Aerospace News Updated Constantly
The heart and soul of social media - blogging, Twitter, podcasting and a host of other new tools - is its ability to create a buzz around an issue -...
‘I’ll stop flying,’ pilots tell TSA - Pilots aren’t threatening; they’re not begging. But they are being frank with the Transportation Security Administration in their comments about how the proposed Large Aircraft Security Program would affect their flying. The common response: They would be forced to stop flying for business and pleasure. Read More >>
TSA security proposal worries Alaska aircraft owners - Alaskajournal.com, AK
By Rob Stapleton A new Transportation Security Administration proposal has Alaska pilots and aircraft owners concerned that their aircraft will be over regulated, and may force them to quit flying and scrap their planes. The regulation would require ...
Report: LASP Would Devastate Alaskan Private Aviation - Aero-News Network, FL"The reality of this regulations is that it will once again add another expense, as an unfunded mandate, require aircraft owners to check their passengers before making a flight and is ridiculous because these aircraft don't have the range to fly ...
Lockheed Ringwing jetliner from The Unwanted Blog by admin
From a brochure I picked up at the Dayton Air Show in the late 1980s…
Pic of the week (24 February) from Flight Image of the Day by Barbara Cockburn
NAS Fort Worth from Fence Check - Few from last year.
Feel the heat! from Fence Check
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