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Let’s celebrate them !!! Ohhh yea !!!! 5 Black Aviator Females, all coast guards. Flew in to Moton Field, Al, to celebrate (Tuskegee, Alabama historical monumen...tal occasion... 1. LCDR Jeanine Menze C-130) 2.LCDR Lashana Holmes( H-65) 3. LT. Angel Hughes (C-144) 4. LT Chanel Lee (H-60) 5. LT Ronaqua Russell (C-144) See more

Chuck Yeager, the most famous test pilot of his generation, who was the first to break the sound barrier and, thanks to Tom Wolfe, came to personify the death-defying aviator who possessed the elusive yet unmistakable right stuff, died on Monday in Los Angeles. He was 97. His death, at a hospital, was announced on his official Twitter account and confirmed by John Nicoletti, a family friend. General Yeager came out of the West Virginia hills with only a high school educatio...n and with a drawl that left many a fellow pilot bewildered. The first time he went up in a plane, he was sick to his stomach. But he became a fighter ace in World War II, shooting down five German planes in a single day and 13 over all. In the decade that followed, he helped usher in the age of military jets and spaceflight. He flew more than 150 military aircraft, logging more than 10,000 hours in the air.

On the morning of December 7, 1941, very few American fighter pilots were able to get airborne to fight the Japanese attackers. Ken Taylor and George Schwartz were two of them. Second Lieutenants Kenneth Marlar Taylor and George S. Welch took two Curtiss-Wright P-40B Warhawk fighters from a remote airfield at Haleiwa, on the northwestern side of the island of Oahu, and against overwhelming odds, each shot down four enemy airplanes: Welch shot down three Aichi D3A Type 99 Val dive bombers and one Mitsubishi A6M2 Type 0 (Zero) fighter. Taylor also shot down four Japanese airplanes. During the War, Welch flew the Bell P-39 Airacobra and Lockheed P-38 Lightning on 348 combat missions. He had 16 confirmed aerial victories over Japanese airplanes and rose to the rank of Major.

Santa will be visiting from Hiller’s 747 (from a safe, social distance) this Saturday!

Hey airport fans. One of our airplane spotter friends captured this short video of air tankers flying out of Redmond Airport Oregon. Pretty cool stuff. Let us know if you like it.

Friendly Visitor Series Hello airport fans! Our Friendly Visitor Series is back in full force today. We'd like you to meet Ronan and his dad Brian. They were out at the airport today to do a little airplane spotting as little Ronan loves airplanes! Brian is a former U.S. Marine Corps C-130 pilot and currently flys with the airlines. Brian, thank you for your service sir and Ronan we look forward to seeing you in the pilots seat in the very near future. Ronan and Brian, come back and see us anytime and as always, thanks for the story!!

Good morning airport fans. I took this picture of our Control Tower during the height of the coastal fires and thought i'd share it with you. Its hard to picture it looking back as being this thick! If anyone has a nice local area picture of the day the sky was dark and red please email it to me and I will share it. Here is the email address. [email protected] Our friends at Hiller Aviation Museum submitted this red day photo!

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Wondering why the sky is orange? Half Moon Bay Review has the answer...

Today's Aviator Spotlight: Elizabeth "Bessie" Coleman, the world's first black woman pilot. Bessie is a true aviation pioneer and influential proponent of women... and African American acceptance in the field of aviation. Read more here: http://ow.ly/Tpg950zHnUW. . . . #WomeninAviation #AviatorSpotlight #AviationHistory #BessieColeman #FirstBlackWomanPilot #CoffmanAssociates See more

Hi Airport fans! Today is throw back Thursday and I wanted to post a nice aviation related story. The anniversary for this one was actually Yesterday on Wednesday but I thought you would enjoy it! 2 September 1978: The ten women in this photograph, members of Pilot Undergradute Training Class 77-08 at Williams Air Force Base, Arizona, along with their 36 male classmates, received their Silver Wings on 2 September 1977. They are Captains Connie Engel, Kathy La Sauce, Mary Donahue, Susan Rogers and Christine Schott; First Lieutenants Sandra Scott and Victoria Crawford; Second Lieutenants Mary Livingston, Carol Scherer and Kathleen Rambo.

Thank you to the residents of California for your well wishes and support during the #2020FireSiege. We stand ready to protect your community. #OneTeamOneFight ...California Governor's Office of Emergency Services California National Guard California Highway Patrol FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency See more

Hello airplane buffs and airport fans. Good news is it looks like the coastal fog is really helping with the firefighting effort! That said here are today's batch of CalFire aircraft for you to enjoy,

Hello all! here are a few more Cal Fire planes that are working hard for our safety!

Hello airport fans! The Cal Fire folks have become part of our everyday news feed lately so we thought you may like a little information about the aircraft they fly. I for one, did not realize that they owned and flew such a wide variety of fixed and rotary wing aircraft. Over the next few days I will post some of the cool firefighting aircraft they operate. Enjoy!

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