The impact of an outstanding air show - Capital Flyer, MD
By Lt. Col. Peter Doty Congratulations Team Andrews! This weekend we completed another successful Joint Service Open House. Although the attendance numbers are not yet official, I estimate the crowds exceeded the 100000 mark set last year. ...
Memorial Day Federal and Postal Holidays - Chiropractic News (press release)
This year's air show will feature the USAF Thunderbirds as well as some of the top civilian and military aerobatic performers performing today. The Washington DC 2009 Memorial Day Parade starts at 2pm on Monday, May 25th, 2009. ...
Salute To Veterans Air Show - KOMU-TV, MO
... if you plan to go out to the show, as some of the planes can get a little loud. But the weather should be great and it should be a pretty entertaining show. All eyes will be on the skies this weekend for the 21st annual Salute to Veterans Air Show.
Waukegan Air Show revived - News Sun
WAUKEGAN -- A year after the annual Waukegan Air Show was cancelled, plans are coming together to relaunch the event on Sept. 19.
Jim Stanczak, manager of Waukegan Regional Airport, said Thursday that organizers are lining up participants and seeking sponsors for the event, which drew more than 12,000 spectators to the sixth show in 2007.
Low fund-raising and high fuel costs were among the reasons cited when the show was cancelled last August, about a month before the scheduled date. Also taking 2008 off for the same basic reasons was the Milwaukee Air & Water Show.
Southend airshow to bask in balmy weather - Southend Standard, UK
AFTER a washout last year, Southend airshow looks set to be a belter with good weather predicted for the bank holiday weekend. With forecasts showing temperatures could hit 20C on Monday, it is hoped the sun will help boost attendance. ...
Wide Bay Australia International Airshow from widebayairshow.com.au
Bundaberg Airport, Queensland will be the host of this spectacular three day event! Friday is dedicated to trade. This will included demonstrating the workhorses of aviation doing what they are designed to do: short take off and landings; slow flight; maximum cargo capacity; and training aircraft. On Saturday and Sunday, the skies come alive with the very best of aviation displays, including aerobatics, warbirds, jets, formation flying, ground attack simulations, agricultural flying, heli-mustering and flying novelty acts.
F-22 'Shows its Stuff' at Maxwell - Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base, AL
The captain said the finale of the aerial demonstration is the heritage flight which includes the F-22, an F-16 Fighting Falcon and a World War II vintage P-51 Mustang flying in formation together. He said it is an "exciting sight," and the F-22 can ...
A 'great time' at Fly-In - Memorial Day salute finale for Swift ... - Daily Post Athenian, TN
Photo by Anthony Dake The Swift Fly-In has been going on this week at the McMinn County Airport. John Davis checks out on of the planes. Flying swiftly has been the theme at the McMinn County Airport this week as the Swift Foundation has been hosting ...
Red Arrows return to head TT Week airborne invasion - isleofman.com, UK
The Red Arrows will be returning to head the airborne entertainment for the crowds during TT Week, backed up by other aerobatic displays and a wing walkers formation team. A total of six shows featuring four different groups are on the menu for the ...
Low-altitude air race returns to Windsor, Ont., on June 13-14 - The Canadian Press, Ont.
The city is one of six locations in the 2009 Red Bull Air Race series - the others are Abu Dhabi; San Diego, Calif.; Budapest, Hungary; Porto, Portugal; and Barcelona, Spain. Aerobatic pilots fly at up to 370 kilometres an hour through a course marked ...
The advent of the long-range P-51 fighter support provided B-17 and B-24 bomb groups with fighter support over the target. Here we were most vulnerable in view of the long, risky bomb run to target and our deepest penetration of enemy territory. ...
Veterans prepare for a day of memories - Ocala, FL
On Monday morning, those in attendance for the Memorial Day event will be treated to the 80-piece Kingdom of the Sun band and a full color guard, a flyover of World War II Warbirds, a 21-gun salute and keynote speeches. Frank Holland, who sailed on the ...
Calling all World War II military personnel - Mirror, MI
Veterans will be given the chance to be photographed, as a group, outside the Yankee Air Museum at Willow Run Airport in Belleville. All Michigan World War II veterans, whether they served stateside or overseas, are encouraged to visit Willow Run ...
Commissioning Week at the Naval Academy - Baltimore Sun, United States
Among the events and traditions taking place are the climb of the Herndon Monument, the fly overs by the Blue Angels, a sailing review, band concerts, the graduation ball, the color parade and hundreds of Midshipmen jumping into the reflecting pool ...
Area Honor Flights Postponed Until Fall - KSAL, KS
This spring, 388 Kansas Honor Flight Veterans were scheduled to see the World War II Memorial and nine others, as well as the Smithsonian American History and Air & Space Museums. But it was not meant to be. Contracts associated with the purchase of ...
Memorial Day Surprise - The Mountain Enterprise, CA
When Bert Lee died in 2006, the family arranged a memorial service for him with the Commemorative Air Force in Camarillo, a group that collects old military aircraft. His grandson Wesley Lee, Jr. took his grandfather's ashes up in a P-51 Mustang to ...
Surviving the unfriendly skies: Bomber pilot did his dangerous duty - Auburn Reporter, WA
By MARK KLAAS Only the "skin" of the plane kept the tattered B-17 together on that long, harrowing day in 1944, and its pilot often wonders how. "We were shot up so badly that any other airplane would not have made it," said EE "Hank" Hendrickson, ...
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 ...
Delta Stories: 1940s In Flight Service from Delta Air Lines Blog by Marie Force
To celebrate 80 years of service on June 17th, we are sharing stories from the people who launched Delta and from their families about those early days. Here are memories from Sybil Peacock Harmon, one of Delta's first flight attendants in 1940. ...
Filling in the gaps from Steve's AirVenture Site Updates by EAA Staff
For the first time, I can finally say that most of the major construction, earth-moving, and building placement projects are finished on the site. I would say that 98 percent of the landscaping is completed and grass seed is planted. Now all we need is for the grass to grow! Some of the grass that we planted two weeks ago is starting to sprout. Now, sunshine and soft rain is all we need to turn
Free airplane rides on Saturday! - Saugus Advertiser, MA
By Staff reports The EAA (Experimental Aircraft Association), Greater Boston Area Chapter 106 will hold a free Young Eagles event at the Lawrence Municipal Airport located at 492 Sutton Street, North Andover, MA 01845 on Saturday, May 23 (Sunday, ...
Mazda UK Announces Sponsorship of the British Aerobatics ... - Autochannel
DARTFORD, UNITED KINGDOM – May 22, 2009: Mazda UK announces sponsorship of the British Aerobatics Foundation (BAeF) Scholarship Scheme which is set up to coordinate the fundraising that assists talented young pilots in entering the highly skilled sport ...
NASA Shares Collier Trophy from Aviation Today
For the second year in a row, NASA is part of a team chosen to receive one of the most prestigious awards in aviation. On May 28, the National Aeronautics Association will present the 2008 Robert J. Collier Trophy to the Commercial Aviation Safety Team, or CAST. This unique industry and government...
Uncontrolled Airspace #136 "Mt. Sunflower?"
It's a very casual gathering this week. The boys talk about the GPS system wearing out... slow flight... and the summit of Kansas. All this and more on Uncontrolled Airspace, Episode #136 "Mt. Sunflower?"
Air Force Week in Photos from Air Force Link Top Stories
Memorial Service Honors Fallen Heroes - 93.1 WIBC Indianapolis, IN
As always, the salvaged ship's bell from the USS Indianapolis tolled as each name was read. A riderless horse made a slow procession around Monument Circle, preceded by an honor guard from the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines. ...
By Lt. Col. Peter Doty Congratulations Team Andrews! This weekend we completed another successful Joint Service Open House. Although the attendance numbers are not yet official, I estimate the crowds exceeded the 100000 mark set last year. ...
JSOH huge success! Thousands flock to Andrews - Capital Flyer, MD
was the only word that little Gian AndrÈ Valentin-Fontanez,' 4, could utter as the US Thunderbirds went roaring overhead at the 2009 Joint Service Open House. The son of Tech. Sgt. Ricardo Valentin and Alma Fontanez-Serrano dreams of being a pilot one ...
was the only word that little Gian AndrÈ Valentin-Fontanez,' 4, could utter as the US Thunderbirds went roaring overhead at the 2009 Joint Service Open House. The son of Tech. Sgt. Ricardo Valentin and Alma Fontanez-Serrano dreams of being a pilot one ...
Memorial Day Federal and Postal Holidays - Chiropractic News (press release)
This year's air show will feature the USAF Thunderbirds as well as some of the top civilian and military aerobatic performers performing today. The Washington DC 2009 Memorial Day Parade starts at 2pm on Monday, May 25th, 2009. ...
Salute To Veterans Air Show - KOMU-TV, MO
... if you plan to go out to the show, as some of the planes can get a little loud. But the weather should be great and it should be a pretty entertaining show. All eyes will be on the skies this weekend for the 21st annual Salute to Veterans Air Show.
Waukegan Air Show revived - News Sun
WAUKEGAN -- A year after the annual Waukegan Air Show was cancelled, plans are coming together to relaunch the event on Sept. 19.
Jim Stanczak, manager of Waukegan Regional Airport, said Thursday that organizers are lining up participants and seeking sponsors for the event, which drew more than 12,000 spectators to the sixth show in 2007.
Low fund-raising and high fuel costs were among the reasons cited when the show was cancelled last August, about a month before the scheduled date. Also taking 2008 off for the same basic reasons was the Milwaukee Air & Water Show.
Southend airshow to bask in balmy weather - Southend Standard, UK
AFTER a washout last year, Southend airshow looks set to be a belter with good weather predicted for the bank holiday weekend. With forecasts showing temperatures could hit 20C on Monday, it is hoped the sun will help boost attendance. ...
Wide Bay Australia International Airshow from widebayairshow.com.au
Bundaberg Airport, Queensland will be the host of this spectacular three day event! Friday is dedicated to trade. This will included demonstrating the workhorses of aviation doing what they are designed to do: short take off and landings; slow flight; maximum cargo capacity; and training aircraft. On Saturday and Sunday, the skies come alive with the very best of aviation displays, including aerobatics, warbirds, jets, formation flying, ground attack simulations, agricultural flying, heli-mustering and flying novelty acts.
F-22 'Shows its Stuff' at Maxwell - Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base, AL
The captain said the finale of the aerial demonstration is the heritage flight which includes the F-22, an F-16 Fighting Falcon and a World War II vintage P-51 Mustang flying in formation together. He said it is an "exciting sight," and the F-22 can ...
A 'great time' at Fly-In - Memorial Day salute finale for Swift ... - Daily Post Athenian, TN
Photo by Anthony Dake The Swift Fly-In has been going on this week at the McMinn County Airport. John Davis checks out on of the planes. Flying swiftly has been the theme at the McMinn County Airport this week as the Swift Foundation has been hosting ...
Red Arrows return to head TT Week airborne invasion - isleofman.com, UK
The Red Arrows will be returning to head the airborne entertainment for the crowds during TT Week, backed up by other aerobatic displays and a wing walkers formation team. A total of six shows featuring four different groups are on the menu for the ...
Low-altitude air race returns to Windsor, Ont., on June 13-14 - The Canadian Press, Ont.
The city is one of six locations in the 2009 Red Bull Air Race series - the others are Abu Dhabi; San Diego, Calif.; Budapest, Hungary; Porto, Portugal; and Barcelona, Spain. Aerobatic pilots fly at up to 370 kilometres an hour through a course marked ...
Prep for Windsor from Team Bonhomme #55 Pit-News
Team Bonhomme have been busy again... and it's been a varied week of activity. Wade and Jim have been busy with further weight reduction as well as sorting out a cylinder that was misbehaving.
Pete McLeod Interview from Smoke-On by Tom
Team Bonhomme Pit News Update: Prep For Windsor from Smoke-On by Tom
Team Bonhomme have been busy again… and it's been a varied week of activity. Wade and Jim have been busy with further weight reduction as well as sorting out a cylinder that was misbehaving. That was sent off to be sorted and we're confident that it'll be 100% fit for Windsor. The aeroplane is now [...]
Brand New And Improved Red Bull Air Race Website from Smoke-On by Tom
Brand New And Much Improved Official Red Bull Air Race Website!!!!
Red Bull Air Race is on Hulu!! by (Allie Yeakey) [past races]
Memorial Day...Remember - MyFox Dallas, TXTeam Bonhomme have been busy again... and it's been a varied week of activity. Wade and Jim have been busy with further weight reduction as well as sorting out a cylinder that was misbehaving.
Pete McLeod Interview from Smoke-On by Tom
Team Bonhomme Pit News Update: Prep For Windsor from Smoke-On by Tom
Team Bonhomme have been busy again… and it's been a varied week of activity. Wade and Jim have been busy with further weight reduction as well as sorting out a cylinder that was misbehaving. That was sent off to be sorted and we're confident that it'll be 100% fit for Windsor. The aeroplane is now [...]
Brand New And Improved Red Bull Air Race Website from Smoke-On by Tom
Brand New And Much Improved Official Red Bull Air Race Website!!!!
Red Bull Air Race is on Hulu!! by (Allie Yeakey) [past races]
The advent of the long-range P-51 fighter support provided B-17 and B-24 bomb groups with fighter support over the target. Here we were most vulnerable in view of the long, risky bomb run to target and our deepest penetration of enemy territory. ...
Veterans prepare for a day of memories - Ocala, FL
On Monday morning, those in attendance for the Memorial Day event will be treated to the 80-piece Kingdom of the Sun band and a full color guard, a flyover of World War II Warbirds, a 21-gun salute and keynote speeches. Frank Holland, who sailed on the ...
Calling all World War II military personnel - Mirror, MI
Veterans will be given the chance to be photographed, as a group, outside the Yankee Air Museum at Willow Run Airport in Belleville. All Michigan World War II veterans, whether they served stateside or overseas, are encouraged to visit Willow Run ...
Commissioning Week at the Naval Academy - Baltimore Sun, United States
Among the events and traditions taking place are the climb of the Herndon Monument, the fly overs by the Blue Angels, a sailing review, band concerts, the graduation ball, the color parade and hundreds of Midshipmen jumping into the reflecting pool ...
Blue Angels - Annapolis Capital, MD
So when I told him that Annapolis virtually shuts down when the Blue Angels perform, his first reaction was something like, "Must be nice to live in a party town. Any excuse, huh?" (Oh, that makes him sound so curmudgeonly; actually I like working for ...
So when I told him that Annapolis virtually shuts down when the Blue Angels perform, his first reaction was something like, "Must be nice to live in a party town. Any excuse, huh?" (Oh, that makes him sound so curmudgeonly; actually I like working for ...
Area Honor Flights Postponed Until Fall - KSAL, KS
This spring, 388 Kansas Honor Flight Veterans were scheduled to see the World War II Memorial and nine others, as well as the Smithsonian American History and Air & Space Museums. But it was not meant to be. Contracts associated with the purchase of ...
Memorial Day Surprise - The Mountain Enterprise, CA
When Bert Lee died in 2006, the family arranged a memorial service for him with the Commemorative Air Force in Camarillo, a group that collects old military aircraft. His grandson Wesley Lee, Jr. took his grandfather's ashes up in a P-51 Mustang to ...
Surviving the unfriendly skies: Bomber pilot did his dangerous duty - Auburn Reporter, WA
By MARK KLAAS Only the "skin" of the plane kept the tattered B-17 together on that long, harrowing day in 1944, and its pilot often wonders how. "We were shot up so badly that any other airplane would not have made it," said EE "Hank" Hendrickson, ...
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 ...
Delta Stories: 1940s In Flight Service from Delta Air Lines Blog by Marie Force
To celebrate 80 years of service on June 17th, we are sharing stories from the people who launched Delta and from their families about those early days. Here are memories from Sybil Peacock Harmon, one of Delta's first flight attendants in 1940. ...
Filling in the gaps from Steve's AirVenture Site Updates by EAA Staff
For the first time, I can finally say that most of the major construction, earth-moving, and building placement projects are finished on the site. I would say that 98 percent of the landscaping is completed and grass seed is planted. Now all we need is for the grass to grow! Some of the grass that we planted two weeks ago is starting to sprout. Now, sunshine and soft rain is all we need to turn
Free airplane rides on Saturday! - Saugus Advertiser, MA
By Staff reports The EAA (Experimental Aircraft Association), Greater Boston Area Chapter 106 will hold a free Young Eagles event at the Lawrence Municipal Airport located at 492 Sutton Street, North Andover, MA 01845 on Saturday, May 23 (Sunday, ...
Mazda UK Announces Sponsorship of the British Aerobatics ... - Autochannel
DARTFORD, UNITED KINGDOM – May 22, 2009: Mazda UK announces sponsorship of the British Aerobatics Foundation (BAeF) Scholarship Scheme which is set up to coordinate the fundraising that assists talented young pilots in entering the highly skilled sport ...
NASA Shares Collier Trophy from Aviation Today
For the second year in a row, NASA is part of a team chosen to receive one of the most prestigious awards in aviation. On May 28, the National Aeronautics Association will present the 2008 Robert J. Collier Trophy to the Commercial Aviation Safety Team, or CAST. This unique industry and government...
Uncontrolled Airspace #136 "Mt. Sunflower?"
It's a very casual gathering this week. The boys talk about the GPS system wearing out... slow flight... and the summit of Kansas. All this and more on Uncontrolled Airspace, Episode #136 "Mt. Sunflower?"
Air Force Week in Photos from Air Force Link Top Stories
Memorial Service Honors Fallen Heroes - 93.1 WIBC Indianapolis, IN
As always, the salvaged ship's bell from the USS Indianapolis tolled as each name was read. A riderless horse made a slow procession around Monument Circle, preceded by an honor guard from the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines. ...
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