Columbia Air Show completes second day of events - Columbia Missourian, MO
BY John Springli COLUMBIA — Sunday was the second full day of the 21st annual Columbia Air Show at the Columbia Regional Airport. Spectators were treated to shows from the Canadian Armed Forces Skyhawk Parachute Team, who descended to the crowd after ...
Veteran at air show relives WW II training - Columbia Daily Tribune, MO
SALUTE TO VETERANS The AeroShell AT-6 Demonstration Team loops in formation during the Salute to Veterans Memorial Day Weekend Air Show Saturday at Columbia Regional Airport. By Janese Heavin Jim Wilson was seated on the ground as the World War II-era ...
Jones Beach air show a crowd pleaser - Newsday, NY
BY KEITH HERBERT | keith.herbert@newsday.com As an A-10 Thunderbolt fighter jet streaked above the Atlantic shoreline Saturday at the Jones Beach air show, Keith Johnson of Brooklyn held his camera to his eye and followed right along. ...
2009 ESL Air Show on tap - MPNnow.com, NY
The event features the Canadian Snowbirds, the premier demonstration and aerobatics team of the Canadian Forces Air Command. Advance adult tickets are available at all Wegman's locations and online at www.eslairshow.com with an added $1 convenience fee ...
Air shows offer cheap thrills - The Spokesman Review, WA
"Compared to other types of entertainment, air shows still represent a good value," said Bill Hamilton, general manager of the Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, Calif., where paid attendance at the annual air show last weekend was 20000, ...
War birds swoop into the Bay Area, bring a touch of nostalgia to ... - Contra Costa Times, CA
The planes, a B-17, B-24 and P-51, flew into Livermore Municipal Airport on Sunday and will be in town through Tuesday. The rare World War II-era aircraft will be on display at the airport from 10 am to 4 pm today and Tuesday. The planes then will head ...
Thunderbirds airshow in Helena gets second wind after nearly ... - The Missoulian, MT
By EVE BYRON of the Helena Independent Record HELENA - It was touch and go for the past few days, but the decision was made Friday to go full speed ahead with Helena's Thunderbirds air show. Bill Beaman, the air show's treasurer, said tough economic ...
F-22 'Shows its Stuff' at Maxwell - Maxwell Gunter Dispatch, 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 ...
6th annual "Salute to the Troops" three-day show - The Desert Sun, CA
Other events begin at 10 am Details: The flower drop will be made at 1 pm by a B-25 Mitchell bomber to honor veterans who died defending the United States. White carnations will represent those who fought in World War I, World War II, the Korean War ...
SAVE THE SKYRAIDER! from Parrothead Jeff by Parrothead Jeff
I apologize for not posting this the first time I saw it, but thankfully loyal reader and commenter Kath emailed it to me and reminded me about it.
Here's the basics of the story - An American purchased a vintage aircraft from an owner in France. This aircraft is an AD-4N Skyraider. Skyraiders flew in both Korea and Vietnam where they proved to be invaluable due to their long loiter time and ability to get low and bring the hurt to the enemy, especially when it came time to protect downed airmen so that they could be rescued.
This is not something abnormal. Warbirds may be expensive, but the ones owned by civilians are unarmed and as harmless to the general public as a Cessna or any other civil aircraft.
That didn't stop the Department of Homeland security from seizing this aircraft almost immediately after it arrived in the U.S. ...
A Memorial Day Story From WWII from Airline Pilot Central Forums by vagabond
From Seattle Times:
It's hard to say which part of Joe Moser's story is most amazing:
Is it the fact that he bailed out of a flaming fighter plane over France in World War II and survived not only being shot down by Germans, but living 60 days in Buchenwald, a brutal Nazi concentration camp?
Or is it that he was spared from certain death by, of all people, officers of the German Luftwaffe, his sworn enemies? ...
Retired Cold War spy plane needs a new home - Statesman Journal, OR
Parties interested in acquiring the Montana plane include Oregon's Evergreen Air & Space Museum, which is affiliated with Evergreen International Aviation Inc. and has Hughes's Spruce Goose, the largest plane ever built. The curator of the museum in ...
Kraftei with stub wings - Google Translator
... The replica of a Messerschmitt Me 163, the first 1944 set up missiles deployable aircraft in the world, had in Manching (Upper Bavaria) stationed EADS Heritage Flight a real rarity for this weekend after flying Laucha brought. ...
Review: An Aviation Film That's NotJust an Aviation Film from Av8rdan's World of Flying by Dan Pimentel
At it's very core, Monika Petrillo's film Flyabout is aimed squarely at pilots. Come on, what aviator wouldn't want to ride along on a 30-day circumnavigation of Australia in a flight of GA planes, chasing dreams, making lifelong acquaintances, and possibly dodging a few wayward kangaroos?
In this documentary – which premiered at the super-cool SXSW Film Festival in Austin in 2006 – Petrillo is a freshly-minted 25-year-old VFR pilot who embarks on a dream flight of a lifetime around the entire Australian continent. It is a film about a journey any GA pilot would cherish, so let's look at the synopsis from the flyaboutmovie.com site: ...
Dago Red has a new owner - Aviation Airshow Air Race Photography Discussion
I was over at Hollister today to see parts of Dago Red depart for Chino today. I was told that Dago has been sold to Frank Taylor. Frank used to own her many years ago. The info I have heard is that Frank will race her but she may not be ready for 2009. I'm hearing that Skip Holms might be the new driver. Here are a few pictures I took just be for Dago left for Chino.
He kept saying, 'More, more' - Dubuque Telegraph Herald, IA
Cameron was one of three Hills & Dales residents afforded the opportunity Saturday to ride in the Experimental Aircraft Association's Young Eagles program at the Dubuque Regional Airport. Young Eagles volunteer pilot Bill Fitch conducted three plane ...
New aviation college to fill need for maintenance engineers - Jamaica Gleaner
Aircraft to be used for flight training by the new Caribbean Aviation Training Centre. - Photo by Avia Collinder Instructors for the new Caribbean Aerospace College (CAC) in Kingston will complete their training and graduate at the end of this week, ...
USS Oriskany 1970 from Parrothead Jeff by Parrothead Jeff
I was cruising through YouTube when I found these three videos. I'm pretty sure they're just home movies that are now being shared with the world due to the invention of the Internet ...
By Steve Gorman EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, California (Reuters) - US space shuttle Atlantis capped an extended 13-day mission to rejuvenate the Hubble Space Telescope on Sunday with a flawless landing at Edwards Air Force base in California.
Atlantis safely lands in California from How I Am Becoming An Astronaut by Damaris B. Sarria
Shuttle touches down in California - Globe and Mail, Canada
The Atlantis crew returned with two Hubble instruments earmarked for the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum -- the telescope's wide-field camera, which took the first deep field image of a tiny sliver of sky to reveal a cornucopia of ancient objects and a ...
NASA Managers Praise the STS-125 Mission and Crew on Return at Edwards AFB Video from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News
EDWARDS AFB CA- Before leaving Runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base in California, Commander Scott Altman spoke for his crew to thank everyone for getting them safely back home.
"At last! I didn't realize it was going to be so hard to get back to the Earth, landing here just felt great to everybody," said Altman.
"We're all thrilled to have the mission complete and it was a testament to the teamwork and cooperation of folks all across the country."
The STS-125 astronauts will be honored with a welcome home ceremony that will be held at 5 p.m. Tuesday at Houston's Ellington Field. ...
Smokin' Tailwheels in the Twilight
Sparky Barnes Sargent of Washington, Oklahoma kicks off this week's festivities and joins the select ranks of our two-time "POTW" winners. (Sparky took the top spot back in 2006 with a Sun 'n Fun photo that still makes us regret never making it out to the night-time air show.) ...
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Planes of Fame Airshow 2009 - Chino - 05/16/09 from FenceCheck Forums
Military Aircraft at Williams-Gateway Airport from FenceCheck Forums
Watsonville Fly-in & Air Show 2009 - Watsonville - 05/23/09 from FenceCheck Forums
Shuttleworth Collection May Evening display, 16th May 2009 from FenceCheck Forums
First pass of todays airshow photos : The Red Arrows by dannynic (Danny Nicholson)
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