**Membership entitles you to vote at our AGM, and gives you FREE admission to 6 other Signature Museums in Manitoba. • Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum — Brandon, • Costume Museum of Canada — Winnipeg, • Manitoba Agricultural Museum — Austin, • New Iceland Heritage Museum...
More than 60 years after it went crashing into Lake Michigan, a Navy F6F-3 Hellcat fighter plane was lifted from the water Monday morning.The plane was covered with sludge but largely intact.“Relatively speaking, having been down there since 1945, it’s in pretty darn good shape,” said Mark Kish, who works for Larsen Marine in Waukegan, Ill.The lettering on the side and the gauges...
The Hughes H-4 Hercules (registration NX37602) was a prototype heavy transport aircraft designed and built by the Hughes Aircraft company. The aircraft made its only flight on November 2, 1947. Built from wood because of wartime raw material restrictions on the use of aluminum, it was nicknamed the “Spruce Goose” by its critics. The Hercules [...]
From USA TODAY's Airport Check-in column: SeatGuru, a website that provides aircraft seat information, has selected the top five domestic airports "to be stuck at" during holiday travel delays. San Francisco International is noted for Boudin Bakery (and its sourdough...
AlohaWe arrived in Honolulu from Vegas 3 days ago and have just found a good internet cafe which will hopefully allow us to upload some photos. We're staying at a quirky hotel a bit 60's about a 5minute walk from the main strip which is very built up. We like our hotel because it's quiet it's literally on the beach from where we can sit and watch fabulous sunsets and it serves great food. Wha
Every week in this space, we’ll take a look at the news and offer our own incisive blend of commentary, analysis, and poop jokes. The news you need, from a voice you can trust, in the 90 seconds you have to spare: that’s Woot Weads the Wire. ADDIS ABABA , Ethiopia ( UPI )— A 35 -mile-long rift in the desert of Ethiopia could rip open, creating a new sea in just days, scientists say....
Dyagilevo is an air base in Ryazanskaya region, located 11 km to the west from Ryazan. There is the Distant Aviation Museum on the base where we will travel today. Let’s start our excursion from TU-95, the soviet strategic missile bomber, one of the fastest planes that became a symbol of the Cold War. Russian Bear was made to attack anytime of a day, at any weather. read more..
Meet KAI's UAV Line-Up -- The DEW Line Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI) made a big splash at the Seoul Air Show a couple of weeks ago, showing off an Avenger-like unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV). KAI also released a video that introduces several new design concepts for unmanned air vehicles. Read more .... MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS Rumors Fly About JSF Second Engine -- DoD Buzz Pentagon...
Hi Everyone Phew - we are back from our holidays - we had the most wonderful time and the weather was just perfect. For the whole week we didn't need to wear our coats at all. The sun just kept on shining. Not bad for the time of year. We went to Portsmouth and had a fabulous day, although this was our second trip to Portsmouth as the first time we went on the Sunday it was all closed off because of...
FORT RUCKER — A single event of “intense personal sacrifice” threatened the life of retired Command Sgt. Maj. Benjamin Lee Reynolds and others in Vietnam in 1968.
Norfolk & Suffolk Aviation Museum, Flixton, nr. Bungay Final Day of Sale of Bricabrac, Books, China Sunday 1st November 2009 Time: 10.00 - 4.00 pm Contact: 01986 896644 Admission Free Refreshments Note: Museum Winter opening times : We shall open on Sundays, Tuesday and Wednesdays from 10.00 until 4.00, commencing 1st November 2009. For Christmas, we close after Tuesday 15th December and reopen...
New writer: Noel Ballantyne Noel is from Sligo, NW Ireland. He is a very active member of the GE BBS forums, and loves to travel, especially to concerts when band’s tours do not visit Ireland. A common topic of conversation for most kids in school goes along the following path: “What is the tallest/smallest/fastest/slowest/most expensive?” etc. [...]
For years, an Ohio aviation museum believed it was displaying a hair sample from famed pilot Amelia Earhart, but a DNA analysis has revealed otherwise.
Norfolk & Suffolk Aviation Museum, Flixton, nr. Bungay Hangar Sale of Bricabrac & Books Sunday 25 - Thursday 29 October 2009 Time: 10.00 - 5.00 pm Contact: 01986 896644 Admission Free Refreshments Museum open as usual Ian Hancock N&SAM - Flixton See more on www.aviationmuseum.net