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Blue Angels, 'Fat Albert' dazzle crowds - Annapolis Capital, MD
By EARL KELLY, Staff Writer With the public address system blaring the song "Who do you love," Fat Albert Airlines opened the Blue Angels show yesterday at the Naval Academy and environs by flying in low and fast from the west…

Army Jumpers Let 'Er Rip Over Lady Liberty - New York Times Blogs, NY
Lee Photographs: Ángel Franco/The New York Times Members of the Golden Knights, the Army parachute team, jumped from a plane over the Statue of Liberty on Thursday morning. The United States Army parachutists stood huddled on the plane, briefing for ...

Air Show needs your support - The Lowestoft Journal, UK
If we don't get the response from the public there may not be another air show.” Mr Hartley said a meeting on Wednesday revealed a number of ways to make some initial savings, which could come into play during the forthcoming show, ...

Jones Beach - Newsday, NY
Civilian performers include Sean Tucker and Team Oracle, named a "Living Legend of Flight" in 2003 by the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum; pilot Bill Reesman in the Red Bull mig-17F; aerobatic pilot Matt Chapman; and the Red Bull Helicopter doing ...

Air Force Week ready to fly - Salt Lake Tribune
Air Force Week -- an annual celebration of the nation's highest-flying military service -- will come to Salt Lake City from June 1 to 6. A week of performances, demonstrations and educational events will culminate with an air show at Hill Air Force ...

Naval Academy Grads Prepare For Final March - WJZ, MD
The Blue Angels will fly and President Barack Obama will be the key note speaker, but as Alex DeMetrick reports, Thursday was given over to an older tradition. All four thousand midshipman are called to march. But for a thousand graduating seniors, ...

Air Show Delights Lowcountry Crowds - Systems, GA
Guests were able to see several aerial demonstration acts such as Patty Wagstaff Aerobatics Champion, the F-15E Strike Eagle demonstration team, Skip Stewart, the Canadian Air Force CF-18 demonstration team. There were other performers as well, ...

Historic flights over Simcoe County in June - Alliston Herald, Canada
On June 23 the Snow Birds flight demonstration will also fly overhead. The exact times of the flights haven't been determined yet, and won't be available until closer to the event. The first flight in Canada was in 1909, when the Silver Dart took off ...

Hannibal airport pursues stunt pilot - Belleville News Democrat, USA
"Mike and John and I are thinking about building a brand new aerobatic airplane," said Merchant. "We've put together something that would be absolutely revolutionary for the air show industry. With our design, engineering and fabrication skills that we ...

Warning over fate of Lowestoft air show - Norfolk Eastern Daily Press, UK
13th Lowestoft Seafront Air Festival is coming together, with major crowd-pullers like the Red Arrows already lined-up, and hopes are high that the Avro Vulcan bomber will repeat last year's high profile appearance. The Rt Hon Hugh Crossley, ...

Detroit's Red Bull air race - Examiner.com
Red Bull Air Race 2009 in San Diego, photo from AP The Red Bull Air Race World Championship features the best race pilots in the world. Evaluated on speed, precision, and skill, pilots fly at speeds reaching 230 miles per hour in some of the fastest ...

A great view of the Toronto skyline, upside down at 6g - National Post, Canada
Pete McLeod, the first Canadian and youngest person to compete in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship, stopped at the Toronto City Centre Airport yesterday to promote the event. Pilots at next month's competition in Windsor, Ont., ...

USA. Coast Guard Safety Zone; Red Bull Air Race, Detroit River ... BYM News, Spain
This zone will restrict vessels from portions of the Detroit River during the Red Bull Air Race. This temporary safety zone is necessary to protect spectators and vessels from the hazards associated with air races. This rule is effective from 9 am on ...

75 years of aviation on display at RAF Mildenhall - Bury Free Press, UK
Around 1000 invited guests, including local dignitaries, military personnel, base staff and their families, were invited to the celebrations on Friday, which also commemorated the 75th anniversary of the epic Mildenhall to Melbourne Air Race. ...

Weekend activities observe the Memorial Day holiday - The Desert Sun, CA
A B-25 Mitchell Bomber will drop 3000 carnations on the tarmac behind the Palm Springs Air Museum. White carnations are in honor of those who fought in World War I, World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. Red carnations are in honor of those ...

Vintage Aircraft To Land at the Livermore Airport - Livermore Independent, CA
The planes, a B-17, B-24, and P-51, will arrive at around noon on May 24 and depart May 26 from the Livermore Airport. Possibly, the “new” German World War II ME-262 jet (world's first) fighter, will also land in Livermore. The B-17 was made famous in ...

Last Huey Makes Final Landing at Battleship Park from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News
MOBILE, Ala. - History was made recently when the last Bell Huey helicopter operated by the U.S. Navy made its final flight and landed on May 7 at USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park, reported the Baldwin County Now. This HH-1N had most recently been used as a rescue helicopter stationed at Naval Air Base Fallon, NV, but was removed from service and then loaned to the park for use as a static display by the National Museum of Naval Aviation in Pensacola…

Enrollment Opens for Summer Aviation Academy - KFBB NewsChannel 5, MT
By KFBB News Team If you are a Montana student interested in aviation, there is a unique opportunity available to you this summer. The Montana Department of Transportation Aeronautics Division is sponsoring a 3-day Aviation Career Academy for sixth, ...

Celebrities lined up for aviation dinner in Dayton - Bizjournals.com, NC
Comedian and impressionist Rich Little is scheduled to serve as master of ceremonies at the National Aviation Hall of Fame 48th Annual Enshrinement Dinner and Ceremony July 18 at the Dayton Convention Center. Arnold Palmer, Nick Clooney and astronauts ...

Falcons and Red Arrows - Jordan Times, Jordan
Their Majesties King Abdullah and Queen Rania watch on Thursday an air show performed by the Red Arrows and the Jordanian Royal Falcons Aerobatics teams. The air show, which was organised by the Jordan Armed Forces (JAF) in cooperation with the British ...

Jordanian Royals Attend Air Show - His Majesty King Abdullah II and Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah and their children, Prince Hussein, Princess Salma and Prince Hashem attended on Wednesday an air show which was organized by the military in cooperation with the British Embassy. The air show was to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the King’s accession. The royals watched...

Past and future of 'New Space' - msnbc.com
Scaled Composites' Burt Rutan has benefited from government contracts as well as investments from billionaires such as Paul Allen and Richard Branson. Robert Bigelow, a billionaire himself, is hoping government business will eventually help sustain his ...

Women's International Air and Space Museum from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale
Visited the WIASM today.... got there too late to have a lot of time to browse at the gift shop...it closed at 4 pm. But I spent a lot of tme walking through the exhibits (that doesn't close til about 7 pm)…

This week in 1932: Amelia Earhart becomes first woman to fly solo across Atlantic from Flight Image of the Day by Barbara Cockburn
Aviatrix Amelia Earhart became the first woman to make solo flight across the North Atlantic, from Harbour Grace in Newfoundland to Derry in Northern Ireland. flying a Lockheed Vega…

Museum exhibit wins Air Force honor - Macon Telegraph
ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE - The Museum of Aviation's retelling of D-Day and the World War II invasion of Europe through the eyes of the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment has won the 2009 Air Force History and Museum Program's Air Force Heritage Award.

Big bucks lift facility's visibility - Press-Enterprise, CA
Helped the Planes of Fame Air Museum, one of the airport's highest profile tenants, promote its annual air shows in 2008 and 2009. The county gave the museum $100000 in each of the past two years. The county receives money back based on attendance and ...

VIDEO/PHOTOS: Snowbirds, Pilots, Princesses at CFB Greenwood - Nova News Now, Canada
These milestones of Canadian aviation were marked by a day of family activities culminating in an airshow by the Canada's own Snowbirds and the "Centennial Hornet" CF-18 out of CFB Cold Lake (Alberta). Queen Annapolisa and her retinue of Apple Blossom ...

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United States - California - Planes of Fame Airshow 2009 - Chino - 05/16/09 from FenceCheck Forums

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