Plans Announced For Thunder Over Louisville - WFPL, KY
The official kickoff of the two-week festival draws about 750000 people to the Ohio River banks for an airshow and fireworks display. Festival President Mike Berry says the tough economic times have forced organizers to cut the pyrotechnics budget by ...
Derby Festival announces Thunder sponsors - MSN Money
The Kentucky Derby Festival Inc. Thursday announced that E.On US LLC, Horseshoe Casino and Hotel, Meijer Inc. and United Parcel Service Inc. will serve as official sponsors of Thunder Over Louisville, the kickoff celebration for the Kentucky Derby ...
Economy forces changes in Thunder 2009 - WAVE, KY
The Kentucky Derby Festival Inc. Thursday announced that E.On US LLC, Horseshoe Casino and Hotel, Meijer Inc. and United Parcel Service Inc. will serve as official sponsors of Thunder Over Louisville, the kickoff celebration for the Kentucky Derby ...
Economy forces changes in Thunder 2009 - WAVE, KY
Historic World War II planes visit Hattiesburg - Hattiesburg American, MS
Crew members flew a B-17, B-24 and a P-51 from Panama City to Hattiesburg as part of a 110-city Wings of Freedom Tour sponsored by the Collings Foundation, a nonprofit educational foundation. Fred Lewis, pilot of the B-24 named "Witchcraft," said he ...
US Navy Blue Angels F-18 Hornet Flies into the San Diego Air ... - AMTOnline.com, MD
SAN DIEGO -- The San Diego Air & Space Museum is offering a very special and rare peek into the Blue Angels 2009 season as they unveil their newest addition, Blue Angel aircraft #1. The Museum's new exhibit highlights the Hornet, military flight ...
Aero-TV Profiles A Show Stopper! Art Nalls' Civilian Harrier (Part 1 of 2) from Aviation & Aerospace News
For The Guy Who Must Have EVERYTHING... You must have heard the rumors... a VSTOL Harrier "JumpJet" in civilian hands!! Well, rumor no more, ANN and Aero-TV is proud to...
Just plane wonderful! - NW Evening Mail, UK
IT was a privilege to travel with Flight Lieutenant Paul Alan Rose and his 128 Barrow Squadron to the Red Arrows base at RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire. There I witnessed first-hand the stunning, articulate manoeuvres performed by the display team. ...
Wings and Wheels to return to north Suffolk - Norfolk Eastern Daily Press, UK
The Team Guinot wing walkers will return to the event and the Tiger Club Turbulent Team, flying vintage Tiger Moths in aerobatic displays, will make their first appearance. The big top Circus Masquerade, which features clowns, high-wire acts and ...
Lakes air show gets £2000 boost - NW Evening Mail, UK
Mayor of Windermere, Councillor Bill Smith, said: "We have to be mindful that the air show has been a very important part of the town for the past few years for bringing people here and boosting the economy. "I feel the community would welcome our ...
Early school start causes problems for Air Show, Paris Fair - Paris Star, Canada
A likely early start to the school year has prompted the Brant United Way to cancel the popular air show held the Wednesday before labour day weekend. The announcement was released late last week following word from the Catholic and Public School ...
HAI: 'Heli-Expo'09 a Resounding Success' from www.ainonline.com
Despite all the gloom about the recession, this year's Heli-Expo in Anaheim, Calif., easily exceeded all expectations when it ended on Tuesday, with record attendance of 17,995 people, up from last year's record total of 17,373. ...
NC Aviation Museum Expecting New Jet Fighter - Greensboro Telegram
The gull-winged goliath came to the museum thanks to the generosity of owner Doug Matthews of Wellington, Fla., as well as the efforts of Air Associates' owners and longtime NCAM supporters Dave Turlington and Glenn Ball, and manager Jerry Jeffers.
Replica Gemini 3 to land at NY's Intrepid museum - Newsday
NEW YORK - A replica Gemini 3 space capsule is expected to land in Manhattan _ at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum. A crane is slated to lift the replica Gemini onto the famed World War II aircraft carrier-turned-museum on Thursday morning.
Poster ace sets sights on air tattoo - Swindon Advertiser, UK
For years the Swindon and Wiltshire skies have been home to spectacular aircraft taking part in the Royal International Air Tattoo at Fairford. Work is already going on ahead of this year's event. And the first fruits of that labour have gone on ...
Air Force Combat Camera Airman on Oprah today from Air Force Live by Air Force Public Affairs
We got word that today's Oprah Show (Feb 26) will feature military women in war, and Stacy Pearsall—former combat photographer with the 1st Combat Camera Squadron from Charleston AFB, SC—will be a part of the show.
Mythbusters, Blue Angels come to Yuma range - Desert Warrior, Arizona
Mythbusters co-host Jamie Hyneman listens to Petty Officer 3rd Class Peter Carnicello, of the Blue Angels public affairs office, as he explains the effects of a sonic boom on a trailer Feb. 19 on Yuma's Barry M. Goldwater Range east of the air station. ...
How to Provide B-25 Flights at MacDill AirFest 2009 Air Show from www.ehow.com
The 6th Contracting Squadron at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., is looking for an organization to provide aerial demonstration flights of a World War II B-25 Bomber in support of AirFest 2009. This How To article provides information on what is required. ...
Red Flag 09-3 exercise begins from Milcom Monitoring Post by Larry
Southern Nevada residents may have notice increased military aircraft activity as the latest Red Flag exercise began Feb. 23.
Red Flag is a realistic combat training exercise involving the air forces of the United States and its allies. The exercise is conducted on the 15,000-square-mile Nevada Test and Training Range, north of Las Vegas. Red Flag is one of a series of advanced training programs administered by officials at the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center and at Nellis, through the 414th Combat Training Squadron. ...
Under the wing of the B-17 from Earning My Wings: a video blog about learning to fly by Brady Lane
I went over to the hangar yesterday to check on the plane. I learned the replacement windshield will be here next week, which means soon I will be back in the air!
While I was there, I was also able to witness Aluminum Overcast's first flight of 2009. After months of winter maintenance by EAA staff and volunteers, it's great to hear those four Wright 1,200 horsepower engines fire up. The sound, the smell and the sight of the B-17 leaping off the runway is amazing! ...
Tragic airman Pip Borrman put safety above all else - NEWS.com.au, Australia
THOUGH Pip Borrman routinely performed breathtaking aerobatic stunts, few would describe the brilliant airman as a daredevil. Friends and family yesterday remembered the Shepparton pilot as a fastidious man who put safety above all else during every ...
Column: LASP is "dagger in the heart of general aviation" - SmartBrief, DC
Snyder says it is "laughable" that this airplane should receive the same security treatment as a commercial jetliner. "This would put another dagger in the heart of general aviation, an industry that has already taken more than its share of pain this ...
- Large Aircraft Security Proposal Threatens to Strangle General ... BNET
- State House Unanimously Supports Anti-LASP Resolution KTVA CBS 11 News Alaska
- Lawmakers Want Postponement of New TSA Rules KSRM
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For you pilots who are near southwest Missouri, we could use some help taking Young Eagles this year. We have 80 eager kids waiting for an airplane ride. These kids will have all completed reading all 20 books in this year's Mark Twain Reading Program, and an airplane ride is part of their reward for reading all the books and making book reports. We combine this with the Young Eagles Program and it works out really well. These are 6th, 7th, and 8th graders. ...
Wealthier nations bid for Branson's Galactic - The Australian, Australia
Virgin Galactic has already had two "secret" flights of the Burt Rutan-designed White Knight Two mothership and expects to fly it publicly soon. White Knight Two is the world's biggest all-composite aircraft, boasting the wingspan of a Boeing 757, ...
Flying Car Reaches New Milestone. from Planenews Aviation News Portal
The designers behind a car that flies with the aid of a parachute, say they have reached another milestone in the project, flying in the skies over Africa...
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