The “Berlin Express” P-51B Mustang achieved legendary status in an epic World War II dogfight in Paris in 1944, piloted by American Bill Overstreet, who flew the aircraft under the Eiffel Tower in hot pursuit of a German fighter.
Overstreet eventually downed the German Messerschmitt Bf 109G and eluded heavy enemy fire while escaping. Pilot Dan Friedkin will fly the aircraft and perform in the Flying Legends Airshow alongside his longtime Horsemen Flight Teammates Steve Hinton and Ed Shipley on July 8 & 9. He will also pilot the “Berlin Express” at the Royal International Air Tattoo in Fairford, UK July 15 & 16. Before the airshow gets under way, the “Berlin Express” will make a historic transatlantic flight from the U.S. to Duxford, England with Stallion 51 Corporation’s owner and USAF Heritage Flight Alumni Lee Lauderback in the cockpit. In Tuesday's markup of the FAA Reauthorization bill in the House Transportation Committee, Rep. Rick Larsen (D-WA), the senior Democrat on the Aviation subcommittee, called on his Republican and Democratic colleagues to focus on areas of bipartisan common ground, and scrap a proposal to privatize ATC. “My belief continues to be that this bill could
be a slam dunk, but for the proposal to privatize the nation’s air traffic control system,” said Larsen. AOPA has announced the names of the 23 students who earned scholarships through the 2017 AOPA You Can Fly High School Flight Training Scholarship Program. The $115,000 scholarship program, which is made possible by donations to the AOPA Foundation, is part of the AOPA High School Aviation Initiative. All this -- and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!!
Airborne 06.29.17 is chock full of info in this Daily News Episode, Thursday, June 29th, 2017... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Hosts Brianne Cross, Christopher Odom, and Laura Hutson, and is supported by ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell, Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, and Aero-Journalist Tom Patton, this episode covers:
- World War II P-51B Mustang 'Berlin Express' Making Transatlantic Flight
- Transportation Committee Democrats Oppose ATC Privatization
- AOPA Names Winners Of High School Flight Training Scholarships
- Inhofe Introduces Two Bills To Improve Oklahoma Aviation
- Aero-Community Update: Help Us Find The Coolest Stuff At EAA AirVenture 2017
- EASA Publishes Safety Information On Wake Vortices
- First-Ever Helicopter-Based Firing Of High Energy Laser Demonstrated
- NASA Completes Milestone Toward Quieter Supersonic X-Plane
- OneWeb Satellites Inaugurates Serial Production Line In Toulouse, France
- Elderly Woman Delays Chinese Airline Flight For Hours
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