October 2010
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T-38 is 50
April 10, El Segundo, California: Northrop Grumman marked the 50th anniversary of the first flight of the T-38 Talon, the world's first – and most-produced – supersonic jet trainer with a tribute to the aircraft's past and a look ahead to its future....
14 April 2009
‘Top Gun’ carrier may be retired early
USS Enterprise, the aircraft carrier used in the movie ‘Top Gun’ and the inspiration for ‘Star Trek’ starships may be retired from service sooner than expected, reports the US Navy Times...
Tuskegee Airmen movie to be made
George Lucas, the famed director of Star Wars, is to make a movie about the Tuskegee Airmen of the Second World War...
Aviation heritage in Lincolnshire set to soar
Lincolnshire's Integrated Aviation Heritage Partnership (LIAHP) is celebrating a £436,000 award from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), which will enable it to continue enhancing the visitor experience at the county's aviation sites...
6 April 2009
P-40 and pilot lost in USA
April 5, Melville, New York, USA: ‘Warbirds over Long Island’ vintage aircraft founder and pilot Robert Baranaskas, 61, was killed when his P-40N Warhawk crashed while practicing for an air display...
New home for Concorde at Manchester
March 25: Manchester Airport’s new environmentally-friendly ‘Concorde Visitor Centre’ – which will display the former British Airways flagship Concorde G-BOAC – was opened by British Airways Chief Executive, Willie Walsh and Manchester Airport Group’s Chief Executive, Geoff Muirhead CBE in the Aviation Viewing Park...
30 March 2009
Battle of the South Coast Airshows
Eastbourne is challenging Bournemouth to a head-to-head airshow challenge with Eastbourne adamant that ‘Airbourne’ will remain the World's biggest free seafront airshow as the Red Arrows return for all four days...
26 March 2009
East Anglia’s ‘find-a-bomb’ day
March 25: Two incidents made the headlines today when a security alert at RAF Lakenheath closed the main road outside the base and a Second World War bomb was dug up at the Imperial War Museum at Duxford...
Canadian Lancaster grounded
March 21: Canadian Warplane Heritage (CWH), operator of the world’s only privately maintained flying Lancaster, has had to ground the aircraft due to a shortage of propellers...
23 March 2009
Sea King celebrates 50th anniversary of first flight
March 11, NAS Patuxent River, USA: The H-3 Sea King helicopter celebrated the 50th anniversary of the type's historic first flight on March 11, 1959.The Sea King is a twin-engine, all-weather, amphibious helicopter used for numerous roles that include anti-submarine warfare, anti-ship warfare, search and rescue, transport, communications, airborne early warning and executive transport...
20 March 2009
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