Watch out NASA SpaceShip Two is GO!

Mojave Spaceport, Mojave Ca. Sir Richard Branson will Un-veil SST- Space Ship Two today.  A private venture with: Sir Richard Branson Virgin Atlantic and Scaled Composites of Mojave California. The SST will...

Thunderbirds are Go!

 Las Vegas Nevada- Nellis Aviation Nation 2009 was the homecoming and year’s finale for the USAF Thunderbirds season. This year as each year was an incredible success with over 130,000 people showing up...

Jackie still flying strong

Jacqueline Cochran ( Thermal ) Airport Palm Springs California, named after one of the most distinguished female pilots of all time held more speed, altitude, and distance records than any other pilot, male or...

Discovery heading home

It was an incredible experience out on the runway waiting for the ferry flight. In almost complete darkness the shuttle atop the 747 thundered past like a freight train. Then complete silence and slowly a wave of...

Fox Field on "Station" Fire

William J. Fox Field Lancaster California was center stage for the U.S. Forestry service fight on the Morris and Station fires for the last three weeks. Under contract with the Forestry Service these aircrews...

20 years later the future of Airpower is still here

   Palmdale Ca. July 17th. The twentieth anniversary of the first flight of the B-2 stealth bomber. On hand was former chief test pilot Bruce Hinds recalling that first flight experience. It was about...

Global Hawk Flying High

  Palmdale Ca, Plant 42 AFB Production Facility  Rollout ceremony, of the new Global Hawk allowing for real time surveillance and intelligence from more then 60,000 feet and virtually...

Space Shuttle Atlantis Heading home

Edwards AFB Ca. Just a little after 8:00am PDT it was a beautiful sight-- the space shuttle Atlantis getting a lift home weather permitting back to the Cape. One scheduled stop over in Texas and sometime...

Aluminum Overcast is past Golden but not Retired

   To get a flight in a WWII aircraft is a memory I will never forget. The   B-17 G Flying Fortress built in Burbank California 1945.  I’ve flown in   all sorts of aircraft...

Yuma Blows away the Wall of Fire

MCAS Yuma  AZ.  Marine Corp Air Station Yuma--Just over 10,0000 feet The final distance on the wall of fire was 10,178.3 feet (and approximately 150 feet tall). MCAS  YUMA is sending the...

Vegas Waves the Red Flag

Nellis AFB Nevada, Operation Red Flag in full force with allied nations from around the world struting their stuff against America's Best. Electronic Dog Fighting like no other Play Station or Video game can...

B-2 Spirit Flys into 2009 with Roses

New years Day 2009. B-2 Spirit of Pennsylvania fly’s over a record crowd at the Pasadena Rose Parade after a delay due to very cold temperatures in Palmdale California. Staging out of Plant 42 for the Pasadena...

Space Shuttle Endeavour heading back to Florida

The Space Shuttle Endeavour is on its way back to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Mounted atop its modified Boeing 747 carrier aircraft, Endeavour was carried aloft on the first leg of its trip back to...

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