Fly Air

• N.M. Boy, 9, Becomes Youngest to Fly Hot-Air Balloon Solo

TOME, N.M. - Nine-year-old Bobby Bradley floated into history early Saturday, taking off solo in a hot-air balloon and landing perfectly about a half-hour later to become the youngest trained pilot to accomplish such a feat. Showing maturity and composure well beyond his years, Bradley proved any doubters wrong as he strategically touched down on a dirt road - exactly as his parents had instructed. Some among a small crowd gathered for the event then doused the boy with non-alcoholic champagne and silly string as he knelt to drink his celebratory glass.

• Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
• June 07, 2011

• In-State Air Service Unlikely to Fly: Alternative to Private Automobile Travel

A consultant has determined that in-state air service is not economically feasible. The Boyd Group International of Evergreen, Colo., was hired earlier this year to figure out if commercial air service linking far-flung cities within West Virginia makes economic sense.

• Charleston Daily Mail
• November 15, 2011

• Other Acts Eager to Fly in Shriners' Air Show

As soon as news hit that the Navy's Blue Angels had canceled their Shrinersfest appearance, other air show acts responded to the empty slot in force. Shrinersfest Chairman Vernon Stevens and events coordinator Patty Cox spent the weekend reviewing acts in hopes of finding a group to step in for the Blue Angels for the June 9-12 festival.

• Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current)
• June 30, 2011

• Speech Takes Flight Among Pilots and Tower Personnel

When you think of speech technologies in the travel industry, a likely image that comes to mind is of a frantic business traveler in a cab on his way to the airport, calling his carrier's interactive voice response system to check the status of his flight. Of particular note are speech recognition technologies that are helping pilots fly planes and air traffic control tower personnel more safety monitor and communicate with planes, both in the air and on the ground waiting for clearance to take off. Speech is also being used in flight and air traffic control simulators to train new pilots and tower personnel.

• Speech Technology
• Vol. 15 Nbr. 3, May 2010

• Fly by Night: ; W.Va. Air Guard Members Bring the Big Bird in Smoothly

STILL ON GUARD The W.Va. National Guard's continued role in the East ABOARD A C-5A GALAXY, CROSSING THE ATLANTIC OCEAN - At 29,000 feet and about dusk along the Eastern Seaboard, 1st Lt. Nathan Mueller pointed out thunderstorms to the north.

• Sunday Gazette-Mail
• June 13, 2011

• Richard Simmons Helps Get Air New Zealand Passengers Fit to Fly.

LOS ANGELES -- Air New Zealand's safety ambassador for its new inflight safety video is US fitness legend Richard Simmons. Starting today, Simmons wi...

• Business Wire
• March 28, 2011

• Leavin' On a Jet Plane; As the Air Force Prepares to Fly Away From New Mexico's Cannon Air Force Base, the Town It Helped to Build Won't Let Go

At [Merle Haggard]'s third annual UFO Music Fest, held on July 3 in the 100-degree heat outside Clovis, N.M., Haggard stops in the middle of the song "If You've Got the Money, Honey," and shouts, "Hey, along with all the honky-tonks, they want to close the Army bases. What's that all about?" The crowd raises beer cups and Stetsons, and roars in appreciation. A few yell out, "Air Force! Below the surface, it's not hard to find the current of hurt and anger common to Western communities dependent on large industries that suddenly pull out. While the nation pours billions into the war in Iraq, the military wants to pull up stakes and leave this community, and the irony is not lost on the people of Clovis. Many are looking for a scapegoat. "It looks like maybe somebody's got some hea...

• High Country News
• August 05, 2009

• Not cleared to fly: worries about mid-air collisions keep civilian drones grounded.

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] SAN DIEGO -- Local governments and unmanned aircraft suppliers look forward to the day when legions of drones can fly over th...

• National Defense
• Vol. 92 Nbr. 654, May 2008

• Paradise Tree Snake Can Fly Through Air

Question: Warning: If you're afraid of snakes, this one could cause you nightmares for a lifetime. What's the decidedly eye- catching trick of "Chrysopelea paradise"? Answer: The "paradise tree snake" can actually climb a tree and then, jumping from a high point, glide toward the ground, says Jearl Walker in "The Flying Circus of Physics." It can even alter its glide path during flight to take advantage of a new target (let's hope it's not you!), such as another tree.

• Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
• April 09, 2009

• Pilot in Crash Was Air Force Veteran, 'Loved to Fly' ; Edward L'hommedieu Was Completing an Aviation Job When His Plane Plunged Into a Biddeford House.

Edward L'Hommedieu of North Yarmouth, the pilot who was killed in Sunday's plane crash in Biddeford, earned his pilot's license as a teenager - before he got his driver's license - and went on to earn two Distinguished Flying Crosses in the Air Force. He spent 20 years in the Air Force, encompassing the Vietnam era, before holding several jobs in private aviation, including running his own small airline, operating airports and serving as dean of a British aeronautics school.

• Portland Press Herald
• April 14, 2011