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• Iskra Jet Passes 50 Sparkling Years In Service

  In air racing, europe, Reno / 5 January 2014 / Comments are Disabled

  

  Poland’s TS-11 Iskra is a training aircraft that was produced by PZL Mielec (Poland’s State Aircraft Works located in the city of Mielec) during the height of the Cold War.  The design has been operational for half a century with the Polish Air Force, primarily as the country’s initial jet and armament trainer.  There are few military aircraft designs around

  

• Flying Yankees Begin A New Mission in 2013

  In air force, military / 11 October 2013 / 4 comments

  

  The 103rd Airlift Wing (AW) of the Connecticut Air National Guard (CTANG) celebrates 90 years of flying heritage in 2013. This milestone takes place as the Wing transitions from a period of uncertainty to a new mission in a new type of aircraft. The “Flying Yankees” publically unveiled their first of eight C-130H Hercules transports on Saturday October 5th. The

  

• Radom’s Superlative 2013 Air Show

  In europe, featured, military / 3 September 2013 / 2 comments

  

  Radom is a city a little more than an hour’s drive south of Warsaw, Poland.  On the southeastern edge of town is the Radom-Sadkow airport; home to a Polish Air Force training base.  Originally built in the late 1920s as Poland’s first civilian pilot training field, today it houses Poland’s 42nd Aviation Base School, instructing fledgling aviators on PZL-130 turboprop

  

• NASCAR Teams Descend Upon New Hampshire

  In post / 6 August 2013 / 3 comments

  

  Since 1990, the New Hampshire Motor Speedway has hosted one or two major NASCAR auto races under the Busch/Winston/Nextel/Sprint series banner.  These are the biggest races in the New England states, and attract spectators from the northeastern U.S. and Canada.  Since the races began at the track in 1990, race teams have flown an array of aircraft from their bases

  

• American Bonanza Society Flies-In to Savannah GA

  In assignments, post / 24 May 2013 / Comments are Disabled

  

  The American Bonanza Society (ABS) convened its Spring 2013 Fly-In in the historic and elegant city of Savannah Georgia during the long weekend of May 16th through the 19th.  The more than 200 registered participants (pilots, spouses, friends and family) attended both social activities and training sessions designed around owning and flying the Beechcraft, and/or enjoying the charm found in

  

• Pease Greeters Welcome Their 600th Flight

  In military / 6 May 2013 / 4 comments

  

  The Portsmouth International Airport at Pease has earned its’ International”  moniker hundreds of times over during the past eight years.  The location of the airport in New Hampshire’s Seacoast region  (and near the Maine and Massachusetts coastlines too) is advantageous as a refueling and replenishment stop for military-chartered passenger flights.  These civilian airliners can’t air-to-air refuel or fly nonstop between