Today is my father’s birthday and to celebrate, and since he was air crew on Skywarriors in VQ squadrons during the 70s, here is a picture of an A-3 Skywarrior from VQ-1 over the South China Seas.
A-3 Skywarrior of VQ-1 over the South China seas. USN Photo
Flying Heritage Collection flew its new IL-2 for the first time in the United States today! It was flown by Steve Hinton and has to put on a few hours of flight testing for the FAA before its public debut on September 15.
Report and picture by WIX member Jason Fortenbacher
I’ve never seen a trailer for an airshow but this one makes me think all airshows should make one.
This is a trailer for the 2012 Flying Legends Air Show at Duxford Airfield in Cambridgeshire, UK. The show will be held on Saturday 30th June and Sunday 1st July, for more information and to buy tickets go to www.fighter-collection.com
The nation’s airworthy warbirds have survived, for now, another attempt to knock them out of the sky.
Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.), co-chairman of the House GA Caucus, worked with AOPA, EAA, and many other organizations to rally opposition to a potential amendment that would have banned the transfer of military aircraft to civilian operators who planned to fly them. The amendment would have jeopardized existing agreements and grounded all American warbirds.
In 1991 the Confederate Air Force (now the Commemorative Air Force) partnered with the Don’t Mess With Texas Campaign to create an Anti-Littering Commercial.