Soaring over the Swiss Alps
For those of you who are interested in finding out more about soaring or sailplanes, this is an excellent video that shows soaring over the Swiss and Austrian alps. If you would like more information...
View ArticleThe Flying Yacht!
London, England (CNN) — Need to get your superyacht from the crystal-blue waters of the Caribbean to the glamorous Mediterranean in a hurry? Not a problem when your luxury vessel transforms into a...
View ArticleReady to book your ticket for space? Just contact Virgin Galactic.
Spaceport America, currently under construction in New Mexico. Click on the picture above to watch a short video about it. If you are ready to venture into space and have the resources to do so, you...
View ArticleAviation Going Green
Electrical Cri Cri The first electric Cri-Cri airplane was airborne Thursday – for all of seven minutes. The all electric aircraft, jointly developed by EADS Innovation Works, Aero Composites...
View ArticleReno Air Races 2010 – the final results
 Due to high winds on Sunday afternoon, officials for the Reno National Championship Air Races had to cancel the final race – The Breitling Unlimited Gold Race because of winds gusting out of the...
View ArticleFirst Looping Accomplished for Jetman!
Yves Rossy performs a loop over Lake Geneva in Switzerland today. Photograph: Laurent Gillieron/Reuters News item from www.jetman.com. Friends of Aviation kindly thanks Yves Rossy for being able to...
View ArticleWhy We Fly!
Note: The following article by Andrew Walter is a great account of what the experience of soaring and flying is all about. If you are new to aviation and soaring, read the footnotes and definitions at...
View ArticleLiving Legends of Aviation Event
8th Annual ‘Living Legends of Aviation’ ® Awards to Honor Captain James Lovell, Delford M. Smith, Lynn Tilton, Clay Jones, Congressman Sam Johnson, Frank Robinson, the Doolittle Raiders and others....
View ArticleLiving Legends of Aviation 2011
Beverly Hills, 21st January 2011 Friends of Aviation Press Release: Last night on January 21st many Hollywood and aviation celebrities gathered for the 8th annual Living Legends of Aviation Awards at...
View ArticleEntrepreneurs and Aviation – Living Legends of Aviation.
Each year at the Living Legends of Aviation event, the awards of “Aviation Entrepreneur of the Year” and the “Lifetime Aviation Entrepreneur” are given out.  Joe Clark, who was the recipient of...
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