Follow us!
Feedburner
RAF Red Arrows Incident on 8th November 2011
MARTIN BAKER:
On 8th November, there was a fatal accident involving the Red Arrows Hawk aircraft XX177 following the ejection of a Mk10B seat.
We have had the opportunity to examine the seat and, while not wishing to pre-empt the… Continue reading
Ground incident claims Red Arrows pilot Sean Cunnigham’s life
It is with sadness that the MOD must confirm that Flight Lieutenant Sean Cunningham, of the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, the Red Arrows, was killed when he was ejected from his Hawk T1 aircraft on the morning of Tuesday… Continue reading
International Red Cross and Airbus make second Somalia hunger relief flight
Nairobi, Kenya bound A340 to deliver 41 tons of food.
Blagnac, 02 September 2011
An Airbus flight on behalf of the International Red Cross took off this morning on route to Nairobi, Kenya, to help support hunger relief efforts in… Continue reading
New Chinees Aerobatic Team
Aerobatic team “Hongying”, meaning Red Eagle, practices aerobatic flight in Beijing, Aug 25, 2011. The team, along with “Tianzhiyi” (Sky Wings), is a new aerobatic team of China’s Air Force and will perform in an air show in Northeast China’s… Continue reading
Red Arrow crashed in Bournemouth
A Red Arrow aeroplane has crashed in Dorset following a display at the Bournemouth Air Festival.
 Flight Lieutenant Jon Egging  – Red 4 –, has been killed, he was 33-year-old from Rutland.
Eyewitnesses reported the plane seemed to be guided away… Continue reading
Red Cross AMS of South Africa Adds a Fourth AW119Ke and One Grand Helicopter to Its Fleet
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that the Red Cross Air Mercy Service (AMS) of South Africa is expanding its emergency medical services operational capabilities by introducing into service a fourth AW119Ke single engine helicopter and one Grand… Continue reading
Red Bull Air Race pilot Alejandro Maclean killed during training flight
Spanish aerobatics pilot Alejandro Maclean was killed when his plane slammed into the ground as was performing stunt, said a spokesman for the airfield in Spain where the accident occurred.
Alejandro “Alex” Maclean 41, two-time Spanish aerobatics champion and for several… Continue reading
Paul Bonhomme Worldchampion 2010 Red Bull Air Race
For the second time in line Paul Bonhomme won the Red Bull Air Race Championship today in Lausitz, Germany.
Qualification
The day started with the qualification for the top 12 after the bad weather of yesterday. Michael Goulian and Sergey Rakhmanin… Continue reading
Qualification Red Bull Air Race EuroSpeedway Lausitz, Germany cancelled by rain
Due heavy rainfall at the Qualification Red Bull Air Race EuroSpeedway Lausitz, Germany only seven of the fourteen pilots able to complete their flight in the track before conditions worsened and the session was cancelled. Race officials will make a decision Sunday… Continue reading
Arch confident he can beat Bonhomme to win 2010 title
Paul Bonhomme, archive
LAUSITZ, Germany – Austria’s Hannes Arch said on Wednesday that he felt confident he could win the weekend’s Red Bull Air Race’s 2010 season finale at Germany’s EuroSpeedway Lausitz and with, a bit of luck, even overtake… Continue reading
Paul Bonhomme wins Red Bull Air Race New York
Paul Bonhomme wins for the second time this year an Air Race. Bonhomme stopped the clock in 1:10.01, the day’s fastest time on the 5.5-km track of 13 Air Gates set up on the Hudson  river. That was a full… Continue reading
Qualification Red Bull Air Race New York June 19
Arch, who has won three straight races, set a track record time of 1:08.18 in the 5.5-kilometer long track. Arch wins the 1 point and is now 1 point behind Paul Bonhomme in the World Champion Standings. Bonhomme was 0.52… Continue reading