A historic Gloster Meteor jet fighter took to the skies over South West England’s Gloucestershire today. But rather than flying it made the journey slung under a Royal Air Force helicopter. Hundreds of people gathered this afternoon to watch the amazing scenes as the aircraft was lifted from Imjin Barracks and transported 1.5 miles over the rooftops of [...]
Three critically injured patients need immediate transfer to a medical facility outside of Afghanistan. One has a shot to the head, the other has missing limbs and the last has an open abdominal wound. Without a mobile intensive care unit, these patients will not make the flight out. For members of the U.S Air Force [...]
1912 – Englishman Denys Corbett Wilson makes the first aeroplane crossing from Britain to Ireland. 1924 – Birth of William Harry Allen, U.S. Army Air Forces World War II fighter pilot who scored five victories on a single mission. 1939 – First flight of Lockheed Vega Starliner. 1948 – Introduction into service with the U.S. Air Force of [...]
The husband-and wife team of Mark Marino and Sandra Ettestad doesn’t shy away from a lofty challenge. The Duluth couple is spearheading an effort to build from scratch a nearly authentic working replica of a 100-year-old airplane without the benefit of any surviving components or written plans. Their only guideposts? A handful of photographs, some basic [...]
After a long delay, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved battery system improvements for Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner on Friday. The manufacturer said the move clears the way for it and its customers to install the approved modifications and will lead to a return to service and resumption of new production deliveries. “FAA approval clears the way for [...]
1883 – Birth of James McKinley Hargreaves, Scottish World War I flying ace and one of the first aces in history. 1916 – First Zeppelin raid on the United Kingdom by the German Navy. They bomb the towns of Great Yarmouth and King’s Lynn in the UK, killing more than 20, in the first major aerial [...]
With fire season set to begin, the U.S. Forest Service is arming itself with a high tech tool born in a NASA laboratory. ABC7 News in San Francisco, Calif., climbed on board a one-of-a-kind airplane, a Cessna Citation 550, that’s helping to save homes and lives. The U.S. Forest Service has a lot of airplanes, [...]
Fairbanks, Alaska, residents are anticipating the return of their most iconic aviation artifact to Fairbanks International Airport this fall. The 1923 Curtiss Jenny flown by aviation legends Ben Eielson and Joe Crosson was removed when the terminal was expanded and it settled into a lengthy refurbishment under the care of the Pioneer Air Museum and chapter 1129 of the Experimental Aircraft [...]
