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AirVenture 2008 comes to a close from The Oshkosh Northwestern Local News
By AirVentures close Sunday, John B. Bailey was one saturated sponge. The Richmond, Va., area resident arrived one week ago at his first AirVenture as an empty sponge here to suck up information as he prepared to build his Falconer F-11 aircraft from scratch.

EAA Memorial Wall honors those who have gone west from Aviation & Aerospace News Updated Constantly
EAA's annual Memorial Wall ceremony honors, celebrates, and offers remembrance on behalf of dearly departed EAA members and aviation enthusiasts.

AirVenture Attendance Holds from AVwebFlash Current Issue
Attendance at this year's EAA AirVenture was "on par with last year," EAA President Tom Poberezny said Sunday. He said that at the start of the show the expectation was that high fuel prices and the generally poor economy would sap attendance but the numbers have held and he credits the quality of the show itself. " I think it's been the shot in the arm that aviation has needed," he said. He said three major events, including the exhibition of WhiteKnightTwo and possibly SpaceShipTwo, have already been set for next year.

AirVenture Oshkosh 2008 through Cole's Eyes from Airspeed by Stephen Force (Steve Tupper)

Record-Setting Gathering Of Women Pilots AVweb, CT Patty Wagstaff, Julie Clark, Debbie Rihn-Harvey, Jackie Warda - all air show greats, stood shoulder to shoulder with Women Airforce Service Pilots who ...

Rocket racer videos and photos from RLV and Space Transport News
The AirVenture Video page has a segment on the Sun Aug 3 tab about Rocket Racing. Includes clips from the flights as well as interviews. Haven't yet found any other videos for the second or third Rocket Racer flights except for this brief YouTube clip of Flight 2. Will Pomerantz has posted more photos from Oshkosh: More Live Photos from EAA AirVenture 2008 - The Launch Pad - Aug.2.08.

Armadillo rocket racer test flight from RLV and Space Transport News
Jeff Foust reports that Armadillo Aerospace will do a flight test of their rocket racer on Tuesday for the FAA : More of the same at Oshkosh; Armadillo status - Personal Spaceflight. Jeff also points to this article: id Software's John Carmack stays in the game - Dallas Morning News He spends about 20 hours a week at Armadillo (and about 40 at id), and said Armadillo is finally generating a small profit after "eight years of being a money pit." That helps to explain why the time span between John's on line updates has gotten longer and longer.

Record-Setting Gathering Of Women Pilots AVweb, CT... well as engineers such as Anna Mracek Dietrich (Terrafugia) and educators, including Dr. Peggy Chabrian, President of Women in Aviation, International. ...

Martin Jetpack Video from AviationBull - Where pilots go to shoot the bull... by Ted

Count ‘em - Three P-38s at Oshkosh from Glacier Girl by Kelly
He said they brought it out on the field for the show, which made a display of three gorgeous P-38s (Glacier Girl, Ruff Stuff and the EAA 38 with “Marge” noseart) at the AirVenture show this year. There’sa list with photos of the ...

AirVenture - The Drive Home from Airspeed by Stephen Force (Steve Tupper)

10 Minutes at Oshkosh from Airspeed by Stephen Force (Steve Tupper)

FenceCheck.com - Oshkosh

AirShowBuzz.com - Oshkosh

Red Bull Air Race News

CHAMBLISS UPSETS FAVOURITES IN LONDON Kirby Chambliss scored a thrilling victory on the Red Bull Air Race World Series in London on Sunday in front of a crowd of 40,000, defeating France’s Nicolas Ivanoff in a gripping final over the River Thames after favourite Paul Bonhomme of Britain hit a pylon in a preliminary round.

Kirby flies to victory in air race News ShopperKIRBY Chambliss thrilled 40000 spectators with his victory in the Red Bull Air Race World Series at Greenwich today (August 3).

IVANOFF BACK ON THE PODIUM

FAVOURITE BONHOMME HITTING PYLON IN PRELIMINARY ROUND

ARCH FINISHING THIRD IN LONDON

ANOTHER PYLON HIT ON RACE DAY IN LONDON

FIRST PODIUM OF THE SEASON FOR IVANOFF

ARCH CONGRATULATING IVANOFF

CHAMBLISS DEFEATING IVANOFF IN A GRIPPING FINAL

COMPETITOR HANDSHAKE ARCH AND CHAMBLISS

Scenes from the Blue Angels’ finale at Seafair 2008
JayDee caught five of the six Blue Angels during a flyby at Costco on 4th Ave. S., a Blue Angels-viewing spot that’s been discussed here before. As for us, yes, the Museum of Flight one more time - for the up-close-and-semi-personal look before and after the airshow: Fat Albert, the Blue Angels’ support plane, is a U.S. Marine Corps C-130, and it flies just before the Angels; as it taxis before and after that flight (which ends with a thrilling nosedive landing at Boeing Field), a crew mem

Virgin Galactic Unveils the Mothership in Mojave from Telstar Logistics by Telstar Logistics

Rare planes restored at Pensacola naval air museum Bloomington Pantagraph, USA By Melissa Nelson AP PENSACOLA NAVAL AIR STATION, Fla. -- Ed Ellis steps across the National Naval Aviation Museum into the aircraft that was Pacific Fleet ...

Milestones of Flight: 8/3 from Cut and Paste Aviation by KenInfinite

The Spruce Creek Fly-in Community in Florida from Aviation Blogs from Aviation Answers
The Spruce Creek Fly-in Community is the world's most famous residential airpark. With a 4,000 ft lighted runway and a GPS approach, the private airport at the center of the...

WWII aircrafts draw crowd Canada.com, Canada Crowds lined the tarmac, witnesses said, to see one of the only restored Avro Lancaster bombers in flyable condition and a B-25 Mitchell bomber circle the ...

WWII planes coming Aug. 11-13 Dayton Daily News, OH The Collings Foundation, which organizes and sponsors the tour, plan to fly in the B-17, B-24 and B-25 bombers and the P-51 Mustang escort plane. ...

USS Indianapolis survivors gather to remember lives lost WTHR, IN Indianapolis - Survivors of the USS Indianapolis paid tribute to those who were lost at a memorial service along the canal Sunday. ...

300 attend USS Indy memorial on Canal from IndyStar.com - Top Stories
About 20 of 73 remaining survivors from ill-fated ship were on hand.

Hundreds turn out for USS Indy memorial service from thestarpress.com - Local News

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