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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Aug 29 2011
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Group Captain Billy Drake, one of the leading British Commowealth aces of World War II with 20 enemy aircraft confirmed destroyed, six probable and nine damaged, died on August 28, aged 93. He fought in France, the United-Kingdom, West and North Africa and Malta, flying Hurricanes, Spitfires and Tomahawks. Read the obituary on the Telegraph.
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Aug 28 2011
Photo Sam Bulger
The West Houston Squadron of the Commemorative Air Force flew its C-60A Lodestar “Goodtime Gal” (s/n 2478) for the first time on August 26 after an eight-year restoration period.
The flight crew for the flight was composed of Aubie Pearman (pilot), Stan Bloyer (copilot), Jim Placette (flight engineer) and Stan Turner (observer/scanner). Ulf Brynjestad acted as A/C coordinator. Continue reading
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Aug 22 2011
F/L Jon Egging † (Photo British MoD)
The Daily Mail has run an article suggesting that the crash that killed F/L Jon Egging last Saturday might be due to a total loss of power after a bird strike. The article also suggests that the pilot might not have been able to eject due to excessive G forces as he turned his aircraft away from housing. Read the article on the Daily Mail.
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Aug 21 2011
Photo Richard Bramlette (CC BY-NC 2.0)
Aerobatic pilot Bryan Jensen was killed yesterday when his highly-modified Pitts Model 12 biplane impacted the ground during the Kansas City Air Show. Bryan Jensen was a very experienced pilot with 23,000 hours of flight time. When not flying as an airline captain, he was performing aerobatics at airshows. The causes of the crash are not known. Continue reading
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Aug 20 2011
Photo Elpidoforos Papanikolopoulos (CC BY 2.0)
(Updated Aug 20, 2011 @ 2016): One of the Red Arrows’ aircraft crashed early this afternoon at Bornemouth Air Festival in the UK. It would appear the pilot was able to eject but was killed. The causes of the crash are unknown.
The MoD has confirmed that the pilot involved was F/L Jon Egging, aged 33. Known under the callsign “Eggman” with the Red Arrows, he flew as “Red 4”.
Witness reports at this time give conflicting versions of what happened but photo evidence does seem to show he ejected from the aircraft at low altitude. It appears F/L Egging tried to guide his airplane away from the airfield and any housing, sacrificing his life in an attempt to protect that of others.
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Aug 17 2011
The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence, announced yesterday that the Government of Canada has restored the use of the historic designations of the three former services: the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), the Canadian Army (CA), and the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). The Air Force had been designated the Canadian Forces Air Command since 1968.
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Aug 17 2011
AT-6D Texan N7435U crash-landed in a pasture on Saturday, after its engine quit due to fuel starvation. The pilot was able to walk away from the crash scene and suufered only minor injuries. The accident occured a short distance from Franklin County Airport, Ohio. Source
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Aug 16 2011
A-4C Skyraider BuNo 149606 successfully flew its first flight on August 5 . The aircraft was restored by Skyhawk Venture LLC and the first flight appears to have been successful.
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Aug 15 2011
Tom McLean (Crown Copyright)
The legendary aerial gunner Thomas Joseph McLean died on July 20, aged 89. He is arguably the highest-scoring gunner, his DFC citation crediting him with seven confirmed kills as well as two probables. Postwar research indicated the two probables were actually destroyed, giving him a total of nine aerial kills, but McLean always limited his tally to what was officially awarded to him. Continue reading
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Aug 15 2011
(Photo Feggy Art (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0))
Two men were injured in the crash of their Stearman shortly after taking off from Fabens Airport on Sunday morning. Their lives are not endangered but both sustained important injuries and have been hospitalized. Engine trouble might be the cause of the crash. Source.
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Aug 09 2011
Grant Leisz has posted a nice video of this year’s EAA Airventure at Oshkosh. Enjoy!
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