Re-post - Tomorrow is the Fly-in Music Fest!

First-Ever Fly-In Musicfest

National Event Brings “Stimulus” Home to Spinks Airport, Fort Worth / Burleson

Fort Worth, Texas: The Flying Musicians Association's first major event, the Fort Worth Spinks Fly-In Musicfest on November 7, 2009, is shaping up to be a fun and spirited economic stimulus for the Fort Worth / Burleson area.

Flying Musicians from around the country will showcase live music on two stages. National names as well as local talent (from pros to talented schoolkids) will provide nonstop entertainment. The Fort Worth Songwriters Association will be running two jamming tents where impromptu jams will take place throughout the day, so bring your instrument or your voice! And plan on watching -- or even participating in -- a Native American Flute and Drum Circle.

It’s an aviation theme – how could it be otherwise? – so there will also be excitement in the skies, as well: Aircraft flying, aircraft to look at, photograph, and sometimes climb into, and aircraft rides will be available. The John L. Terry Heritage Foundation will have their WWII-era B-25 Mitchell bomber, Pacific Prowler, and the C47 Dakota (known to civilians as a DC-3) Southern Cross, on the ramp for tours and flights all weekend.

The local Experimental Aviation Association Chapters will be giving free rides to kids (ages 8 through 17) on a first-come basis as part of their Young Eagles program, which has already introduced well over a million kids to flight. There will be vendors, food, aviation seminars, and music for the whole family.

A special guest, Ravi the Aviator (who is also a flying musician) will give his presentation “Making General Aviation Sexy” which he presented at the big Sun ‘n Fun and AirVenture airshows (and which he will be presenting in Florida at the AOPA Summit convention in October). Ravi might even play a few tunes for us as well!

Spellbinding Florida-based author Denis Murphy, who wrote the true thriller, PAN, PAN, PAN: A Survival Story, will be talking with us and signing copies of this book.

If you’re already hooked on aviation, Judy Tarver with FltOps will tell how to land an airline job.


And don't leave early! Fireworks will erupt as the final act performs.

Fort Worth is a destination all in herself: Fly or drive in on Friday and visit the historic Fort Worth Stockyards, the Texas Motor Speedway, the Bass Performance Hall, the Fort Worth Zoo, the Botanical Gardens, the fabulous museums, and resplendent downtown area. Visit www.fortworth.com for more information. Stay at one of the three hotels within walking distance of the airport and dine at the numerous restaurants. Enjoy the event on Saturday, relax with music and fireworks on Saturday night, then have a relaxing trip home on Sunday.

The Flying Musicians Association, Inc. was formed in 2009 by blending two passions, flying and music. Founded by two pilot/musicians, John Zapp and Aileen Hummel who have made it their quest to encourage, promote, educate and support these two passions, and especially to encourage adventure, awe, and experience through flying and music, generating and fostering the yearning for both amongst young people.
To join please visit http://FlyingMusicians.org.

Free Titan Aircraft Factory Tour on Nov 21

The Women's International Air And Space Museum is sponsoring a tour of the Titan Aircraft Factory, located in Northeast Ohio.

Titan make aircraft kits: T-51 Mustang (High performance 3/4 scale P-51 replica with 2 seats, dual controls, retractable landing gear, and aluminum construction), Tornado I (A single seat hign wing pusher with full cantilevered wing and aluminum construction.), Tornado II (A two seat high wing pusher with full cantilevered wing and aluminum construction), Tornado S (A two seat high wing pusher with stretched fuselage, full cantilevered wing, and aluminum construction) and Tornado SS (Titan Tornado Super Stretch: 1200 lbs gross weight, 560 lbs useful load).

WHERE: Titan Aircraft Factory, 1419 State Rt. 45 S. Austinburg Oh. 44010
WHEN: Saturday, November 21, 2009, 10:00 am
COST: FREE!
HOW TO GET THERE: Everybody just drive to the factory and be there at 10:00.

John Williams, President of Titan and IWASM member, will take people through the factory.

You must make a reservation with the museum to participate in this event!

Email Heather at halexander@iwasm.org to make a reservation.

A Shout Out for Sgt. Kimberly Munley - hero of Ft Hood

New info added 11/7/09

Where does misinformation come from? A few days ago we were told definitely that Kimberly Munley had been the one who shot Hasan. Now it turns out it wasn't her but rather a male officer. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iWR3iVSmwTu1W4GFlFUN7krKo5BgD9BQUE200. Hey - he's a hero, no question. And Munley is still a hero, though not quite as much as one as before. But what I want to know is, why is this info just coming out now??? Did someone decide to "make" Munley the hero, and invented some facts and hoped the real despatcher of Hasan wouldn't come forward, or what?

Below is my original post as written.

(from her Twitter page)

She was only doing her job, but that doesn't make her any less heroic.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_re_us/us_fort_hood_shooting_officer

FORT HOOD, Texas – The top commander at Fort Hood is crediting a civilian police officer for stopping the shooting rampage that killed 13 people at the Texas post.

Lt. Gen. Bob Cone said Friday that Fort Hood police Sgt. Kimberly Munley and her partner responded within three minutes of reported gunfire Thursday afternoon. Cone said Munley shot the gunman four times despite being shot herself.

Officials said Munley was in stable condition.

Cone said, "It was an amazing and an aggressive performance by this police officer."

Cone also said he was inspired by a woman who helped carry a wounded victim and used her blouse as a tourniquet, then later realized she'd been shot in the hip.

The suspected gunman, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, is hospitalized on a ventilator.

Not a lot of details. I'm sure they will come out, and of course severals writers probably already have five-figure book deals to write about this terrible incident. But for now, just another hero (I dislike the term heroine!) to add to the pantheon of women role models.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6906278.ece

A police officer who intervened to stop a shooting spree at America's biggest military base was hailed today as a heroine as she received treatment for the wounds received in a shoot-out with the gunman.

Major Nidal Hasan, an army psychiatrist due to be posted to Afghanistan, shot dead 13 people and wounded 30 others after opening fire with two handguns at Fort Hood yesterday afternoon.

But the death toll from the rampage could have been far worse had it not been for the actions of Sergeant Kimberly Munley, a civilian police officer stationed at the base who was the first on the scene as Major Hasan picked off his victims.

Sergeant Munley managed to hit Major Hasan four times but was herself hit by a bullet that passed through both her legs, according to witnesses.

Colonel John Rossi, briefing reporters at Fort Hood this morning, said that Major Hasan's victims, who were killed in a part of the base used to process soldiers for deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan, had all been unarmed. Sergeant Munley had been the first armed person on the scene and had immediately taken him on.

"Her efforts were superb," he said.

Colonel Steven Braverman, commander of the base hospital and Major Hasan's supervisor, said that Sergeant Munley was in a stable condition in a nearby community hospital.

She is likely to return home to a hero's welcome, although her Twitter page – which features a picture of her with the country music star Dierks Bentley at the Fort Hood "Freedom Fest" on July 4 – suggests she is not the type to have her head turned.

Her Twitter biography reads: "I live a good life ... a hard one, but I go to sleep peacefully @ night knowing that I may have made a difference in someone's life."

It emerged today that Major Hasan, a Muslim who had argued with his comrades against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and had been trying to get out of the Army, shouted "Allah akbar" – Arabic for "God is great" – as he launched the attack.

Lieutenant-General Robert Cone, the base commander at Fort Hood, said that soldiers who witnessed the rampage heard him shout out the invocation as he opened fire.

General Cone told NBC's Today programme that Major Hasan was not known to be a threat or risk at the base. Colonel Braverman said the same.

See link above for complete article

Christmas presents for the female aviation enthusiast

Every pilot deserves to get pilot-related gear for Christmas of course (or whatever holiday observance one celeberates in late December), but since this blog is dedicated to women in aviation, they're the ones I'm concentrating on!

Whether your daughter, girlfriend or wife, or even sister, is an armchair pilot or a dedicated flyer, she'll probably enjoy some of the items below. And get your daughter started on a life that soars with some good role model material, too!

Got the very first newsletter from PowderPuff Pilot yesterday, announcing some of their new items. Everything's in pink.

Pink-tinted sunglasses from Scheyden Precision Eyewear :
Palisades - Radically Cool - Size: 48 x 17

Avalon - Grace, Power, and Speed - Size: 48 x 17

Avalon Wrap - Grace, Power, and Speed - Size: 53 x 17

No one will ever pick up your sunglasses by mistake again, and vice versa!

Watches
The Abingdon E68 watch styles are Jackie and Amelia


Clothing
T-shirts, scarfts, fleece jackets with the PowederPuff logo

Pilot Stuff
Logbook with a pink cover, pink headseats

Books
Fiction and non-fiction books for adults, dedicated to aviation, and Sue Hughes' own children books with Claire Bear.

Calendar
The Woman in Aviation desk top calendar - get ready for next year!

Miscellaneous for kids
Patches and stickers

Yankee Lady Flies Again

and other videos from the Women's International Air and Space Museum



History for People With Short Attention Spans

Harriet Quimby



Ruth Nichols



Clara Livingston



and related videos of pioneer women fliers

Jean Garbo - Garbo of the Skies

OT: Misrepresenting the goods

I have always watched TV commercials with a sensitive eye...some might say over-sensitive... is this commercial giving a good or bad impression of women, is my grading criteria. Of course, 99% of commercials these days give bad portrayals of the adults - the husband's a doofus, the wife's a bossy know-it-all, and the kids, no matter how young they might be, are 100% smarter and sassier than their parents and I just want to slap them all.

Anyway, about 4 pm today I was watching Law and Order: SVU on the USA channel, and there came an advertisement for a push up bra from Victoria Secret. It would increase the appearance of women's breasts by two cup sizes. The commercial itself showed these tall, long-legged, skinny models prancing up and down a catwalk, all with not very large breasts. I can't remember the verbiage, but it was something about, "Now you can be a bombshell and make your breasts look up to two times larger."

Now, I've got to admit I've never understood the reason for wanting to look more endowed than you are. Because it's all about getting a guy into your bedroom, isn't it. (Or these days, into a quiet area under a bush or in a car...) In any event, he's sexually attracted to you because he think you're a C-cup, you take off your pushup bra and it turns out you're only an A, isn't he going to be a wee bit disappointed that you don't measure up? Of course he'll stay for the sex anyway - guys are guys, after all. (Here's a tip, ladies. Guys are guys. If you make it clear you want sex, he'll give it to you, A cup or C cup. No need to pretend.)

Calling all Clevelandites to the International Women's Air and Space Musuem

Clevelandites and anyone who wants to head on over to Cleveland this Saturday, November 7, can take part in their first Aviation Book & Memorabilia Sale.

We will be selling donated aviation and military books, vintage models and toys and other aviation memorabilia at the sale. Admission is free and all proceeds benefit the museum.

Here's the address:
Burke Lakefront Airport
1501 North Marginal Road
Cleveland, Ohio 44114
(216) 623-1111

In addition, the Amelia Earhart exhibit has been extended, so check that out as well.

And also mark your calendars for November 27.

http://iwasm.com/iwasm_news.htm

Do you know that there is an aircraft factory right here in Northeast Ohio? Come tour the Titan Aircraft Factory with us on November 21 and see a 3/4 scale mustang, T-51 that is currently being built. John Williams, President of Titan and IWASM member, will take us through the factory. You must make a reservation with the museum to participate in this event!