Sep 25 2011
A DHC Beaver preserved at the Canadian Air & Space Museum (Photo Plismo (CC BY-SA 3.0))
The Canadian Air & Space Museum based in Toronto recently was served with an eviction notice by its landlord, Downsview Park group. Door locks have been changed and the museum has been closed to the public since September 24. Plans for the historic building are to convert it into a four-pad ice complex. Continue reading
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Sep 17 2011
The Trojan Horsemen (Photo mashleymorgan (CC BY-SA 2.0))
(Updated Sep 18, 2011 @ 21:49) One of the T-28 Trojan of the Trojan Horsemen, or T-28 Warbird Aerobatic Formation Demonstration Team, went out of control and crashed on the runway at the Thunder over the Blueridge airshow in Martinsburg, West Virginia. The pilot was killed in the crash. No spectators were harmed.
It has now been confirmed that the pilot was John “Jack” Mangan, an ex-USAF pilot and businessman who had been flying with the Horsemen for five years. A preliminary NTSB report should be available within a few days.
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Sep 17 2011
"The Galloping Ghost" at the 2010 Reno Air races (Photo Photobunny (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0))
(Updated 09/19/11 @ 23:07) The heavily modified P-51 “The Galloping Ghost”, flown by 74 year-old veteran racer Jimmy Leeward, crashed in Reno yesterday at 4:20 PM, very close to the crowd. According to a recent police report, the pilot was killed upon impact and six spectators were killed by projected debris. Another two died from their wounds at the hospital. Many more were wounded. The rest of the races have been cancelled. (September 19th update: another victim died at the hospital today, raising the death toll to ten)
The reason for the crash is unknown. Videos available on the internet show the aircraft pitching up and looping before falling almost vertically in the ground close to the crowd. Leeward was a very experienced pilot and racer, who had been running at Reno for many years.
It appears Leeward declared an emergency and climbed to leave the race pattern (the usual procedure). It’s at this point that his aircraft went on its back and dived into the ground.
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Sep 16 2011
Jets racing at Reno (Photo Dylan Ashe (CC BY-SA 2.0))
Six aircraft that were intended to compete in the Reno Air Races’ Jet class have been banned from racing by the race officials after concerns about safety emerged.
This concerns mostly the Aero L-29 Delfin, five of which have been re-engined with Rolls-Royce Viper engines to compete with the more powerful L-39 Albatros. The sixth jet is a L-39 which is believed to have a substantially modified engine.
Concerns over the safety of these aircraft emerged earlier this year during the Pylon Racing Seminar held at Reno. The aircraft should be allowed to fly next year after these issues have been solved. Most of the pilots concerned have found stock replacement aircraft to race in.
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Sep 15 2011
Steven Hinton, Unlimited Class champion in 2009 and 2010 at the Reno Air Races, qualified on Monday at 499.160 mph, flying the highly modified P-51 “Strega”. More information about Strega can be found on the Team Strega Website.
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Sep 13 2011
A PT-13 Stearman (OE-AWW (formerly N75664), c/n 75-5386) crashed during an airsgow at Backnang-Heiningen airport, Germany on Saturday September 10. The pilot was slightly injured. The aircraft’s engine can be heard sputtering and then stopping seconds after take-off on this YouTube video.
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Sep 08 2011
A recently restored Douglas DC-2 transport called “Hansin Jukka” was rolled out on September 7. The aircraft is painted in Finnish AF colours. Source (translated).
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Sep 08 2011
Air Commodore ‘Dim’ Strong, who died on August 21 aged 97, had to ditch his Wellington bomber in the North Sea; after being rescued by fishermen, he and his crew were given “a hell of a party” by officers of the Luftwaffe before being sent to a PoW camp. Read the obituary on the Telegraph.
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Sep 06 2011
B-25 "Panchito" (Photo D. Miller (CC BY 2.0))
The North American B-25 Mitchell N9079Z “Panchito” was damaged when its starboard main landing gear collapsed during roll out. Photos can be seen on the Air Show Buzz Forum.
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Sep 06 2011
Seen on AntiqueAirfield.com: James Savage converted photos taken at the Blakesburg 2011 fly-in into videos. Over 300 aircraft attended the event.
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Sep 05 2011
Rear-Admiral “Chico” Roberts, who has died aged 93, was one of the Royal Navy’s most experienced aviators and saw action in two of the last century’s major conflicts. Read his obituary on the Telegraph.
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Sep 04 2011
Bob Juranich has flown his Command-Aire 5C-3 for the first time this weekend out of Auburn Airport, Auburn WA. Restoration work was performed by the Juranich family and Bob Johnson. The aircraft now has a Continental 220 and flies well. Read the full post on AntiqueAirfield.com (with photos)
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Sep 04 2011
An RQ-4 Global Hawk in flight (Photo USAF)
The Georgia Museum of Aviation will shortly receive an RQ-4 Global Hawk UAV. The drone is a combat veteran with 357 combat sorties representing 7,074 hours of flight. It is a Block 10 Global Hawk, which has been retired in favour of Block 20 and 30 models by the US Air Force. The drone will be delivered by a C-5 Galaxy cargo to be dismantled and restored before being put on display in the Century of Flight Hangar. Source
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Sep 03 2011
Lieutenant-Commander Peter Twiss, who died on August 31 aged 90, was one of Britain’s foremost postwar test pilots and the first man to fly faster than 1,000mph. Read his obituary on the Telegraph.
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Aug 30 2011
Bruce and Douglas Warren. (Crown Copyright)
World War II Canadian fighter pilot Douglas “Duke” Warren died on Sunday August 28th, aged 89. He joined the RCAF at age 18 in 1940, along with his identical twin brother Bruce. Both served as flight commanders with No 165 Squadron in Europe, a unique situation in the annals of the conflict. Bruce, known as “Duke Mk I” was killed postwar while test-flying the CF-100 Canuck. Douglas, aka “Bruce Mk II”, survived the war and remained in the RCAF for 37 years.
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