Olney Fly-in starts June 6 - Olney Enterprise, texas
On Saturday, David Martin and several friends, including some of the members of the US Aerobatic Team, will hold a practice session at the Olney airport. Martin is considered one of the top aerobatic pilots in the country, and lives nearby at Possum ...
Annual Stearman Fly-In set June 13-14 - McCook Daily Gazette, NE
FRANCIS -- The 27th annual "Stearman Fly-In" is scheduled Saturday and Sunday, June 13 and 14, at the Cheyenne County Airport in St. Francis. The free event features Stearman aircraft, World War II-era open-cockpit, fabric-covered biplanes powered by ...
Susanville Air Fair - Cross Country magazine, UK
The Susanville Air Fair takes place at Susanville Municipal Airport, California, USA, on 15 August. Organisers invite you to "Fly your plane, drive your car, or ride your horse into the friendliest little airport in the west! ...
Saying Good-bye: B'ville to host last biplane expo this weekend - Bartlesville Examiner Enterprise, OK
Paul Tibbets Jr. who, flying the B-29 Enola Gay (named after his mother), dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, essentially ending WWII; and Travis Hoover, a member of the Doolittle Raiders that flew B-25s off the aircraft carrier USS Hornet on April ...
OC Air Show 2009 from www.ocairshow.com
TheOC Air Show is thrilled to host the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds and theUSMC Harrier Demo this year! Ocean City is one of only 10 shows this season that will feature the Harrier and the only waterfrontshow where it will perform this year!
Airport Day celebration planned - Mt. Carmel Daily Republican Register, IL
The event will begin with a fly-in/drive-in breakfast at 7:30 am On display will be aircraft new and old, including antique, warbirds, helicopters and experimental aircraft. The Prop-Buster Club will display RC (remote-control) aircraft, and emergency ...
Paris Air Show 2009 - The Surprise Will Be That There Are Few, If ... - Gerson Lehrman Group, New York
The 2007 Paris Air Show was perhaps the peak of aerospace activity until a slowdown emerged last year. This years show will be surprising because there are very few, if any rabbits for anyone to pull out of their hats. From the 2006 Farnborough Air ...
Aviation industry to mark 100th anniversary of Paris Air Show - SmartBrief, DC
Cessna and Gulfstream won't be exhibiting this year, but organizers of the Paris Air Show say they don't expect a sizable decline as the event celebrates its 100th anniversary. The Boeing 787 and the Airbus A400 are too far behind schedule to make ...
Royal International Air Tattoo set for sell out - Forester, UKCessna and Gulfstream won't be exhibiting this year, but organizers of the Paris Air Show say they don't expect a sizable decline as the event celebrates its 100th anniversary. The Boeing 787 and the Airbus A400 are too far behind schedule to make ...
At the launch chief executive Tim Prince urged aviation fans to buy tickets 'sooner rather than later' to the aerial extravaganza with star turns including a display from the restored Vulcan bomber XH558, a mass flypast of Fleet Air Arm to celebrate ...
Tickets may run out, organisers claim at Air Tattoo launch - Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard, UK
By Andy Woolfoot » THE Royal International Air Tattoo may be a sell out this year for the first time in its 39-year history with organisers claiming the disappointment of the last minute cancellation in July has led to a 25 percent soar in ticket sales ...
By Andy Woolfoot » THE Royal International Air Tattoo may be a sell out this year for the first time in its 39-year history with organisers claiming the disappointment of the last minute cancellation in July has led to a 25 percent soar in ticket sales ...
Air show tickets now on sale - Airdrie Echo, Canada
The Canadian Forces Snowbirds, who have not flown in the Calgary area for more than a decade, will perform acrobatic aerial stunts. "The Snowbirds haven't been in the region for over 12 years and who knows when they'll be back," Iverson said. ...
COMPETITION: Win Biggin Hill tickets and activity vouchers - News Shopper, UK
WORLD famous RAF Battle of Britain fighter station, Biggin Hill, will host its air fair for the 46th consecutive year on June 27 and June 28. The five-and-a-half-hour flying display will include the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Display Team, ...
2009 Airshow from Technorati
This past weekend, Peeps and I went to the Rochester Airshow. We've been a few times over the past few years – it's just really neat. And loud. This year, the show was really, really early – you may recall that last year's airshow was at the end of July. I think there was some sort of scheduling conflict or something – I'm not sure what the deal was.But it must have been serious, because not only was the show scheduled 2 months earlier than usual, it wasn't at the airport – it was at Charlot
Historic Spanish tall ship arrives here today - Pensacola News Journal, FL
The Juan Sebastian de Elcano will be greeted with a flyover by the Blue Angels, cannon fire and a 21-gun salute. The ship is expected to arrive at 9 am It is part of the city's 450th anniversary and the 60th annual Fiesta of Five Flags celebration. ...
Spanish ship to arrive in Pensacola Bay - MiamiHerald.com, FL
A Blue Angels flyover will greet a Spanish naval-training ship that is expected to arrive in Pensacola. The Juan Sebastian de Elcano will arrive in Pensacola Bay amid cannon fire and a 21-gun salute on Wednesday morning. The ship is part of the annual ...
A Blue Angels flyover will greet a Spanish naval-training ship that is expected to arrive in Pensacola. The Juan Sebastian de Elcano will arrive in Pensacola Bay amid cannon fire and a 21-gun salute on Wednesday morning. The ship is part of the annual ...
TCHS teacher wins Navy SEAL challenge - Star Community Newspapers, TX
They want the event not only to attract competitive people that want to test their skills, but also families. The US Navy Parachute team, the Leap Frogs, will be on hand doing live demonstrations at 9 am Saturday and noon at the event site.
Media invited to experience the Red Bull Air Race action Wednesday through Sunday in Windsor WINDSOR, ON, June 3 /CNW/ - The Red Bull Air Race World Championship, a thrilling aerobatic motorsport showcasing speed, precision and skill, reaches full ...
Crews Gear Up For Windsor Race from Smoke-On by TomWWII Bomber Returns To The Skies from Aviation & Aerospace News
WINDSOR, Ont. — They have yet to trim the weedy, knee-high grass overrunning Windsor's waterfront parks, but crews working for Red Bull have been busy gearing up for the Air Race on June 13-14. With striking city workers in Dieppe Gardens peering through the metal fencing erected overnight last week, crews began unloading large shipping containers on the civic terrace and [...]
Nigel Lamb: Out Of Reach? from Smoke-On by Tom
Lying in 4th place 9 points behind the leader and 6 points behind 3rd is not where we want to be right now. True, it's the best start we've had so far but, in previous seasons, we clearly had an uncompetitive machine. Not so this year. Given that the third dimension makes the race line invisible, it's simply not [...]
Pete McLeod enters second Red Bull Race - Aviation.ca (press release), Canada
The dream finally became reality for the four new pilots who made their race debut at the inaugural round of the 2009 Red Bull Air Race World Championship in Abu Dhabi in April with two of the newcomers securing all-important championship points. ...
Planes in the Air Race include the Edge 540 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge_540) & Extra 300 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extra_300)
by RedBullWindsor (RedBull Windsor)
Red Bull Air Race World Championship, June 13-14 in Windsor by London_events
Flight The Culmination Of A 28 Year Restoration A North American B-25J "Mitchell" World War II bomber returned to the skies today after a 28 year restoration performed by volunteers...
The Greatest Generation - Ypsilanti Courier, MI
Harry Wildfong looked at the ball turret on the B-17 bomber at the Willow Run Airport before turning to pose for a picture with the plane taken by his wife. Wildfong flew out of England in a similar bomber as a ball turret gunner, and his crew was one ...
Patient transfer service offers veterans airshow rides - St. Catharines Standard, Canada
Second World War veterans are being offered free transportation to a weekend airshow by the Niagara Regional Patient Transfer Service. The Friendly Foes Above the Falls show, featuring vintage aircraft, takes place June 6 to 7 at the Russell Aviation ...
Top Gun pilot speaks at NASW - Cape May County Herald, United States
By On Deck Staff The museum will host Philadelphia native and decorated Navy Aviator CDR Samuel J. Paparo discussing "Naval Aviation in Today's Combat Operations." Paparo will be flying into Cape May Airport in a special 30th Anniversary F/A-18. ...
Exciting Day for Alberta Aviation Museum from Aviation.ca News
Sunday June 7th will be a special day for the Alberta Aviation Museum when it celebrates the 90th Anniversary of the First Western Canadian Commercial Flight in Canada.
Vintage jet fighter at warplane museum - Hamilton Spectator, Canada
Hawk One is done up in the colours of the Golden Hawks aerobatic team. The team was formed in 1959 to celebrate the 50-year, or golden anniversary of flight in Canada. The Golden Hawks performed for more than 15 million people at air shows between 1959 ...
Above and Beyond: Too Much, Too Soon from www.airspacemag.com
In 1941, When it appeared that Britain's battle against Germany might fail, the U.S. Army Air Forces called for a bomber that could fly 10,000 miles with a 10,000-pound payload. Northrop responded with the XB-35 Flying Wing; Consolidated offered the XB-36 Peacemaker.
Lighter Than Air from www.airspacemag.com
An illustrated history of balloons and airships.
Skunk Works Flies Plastic Plane from Ares by Graham Warwick
It looks like a Dornier 328JET. It was a Dornier 328JET - but not all of it still is. Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works has just flown the Advanced Composite Cargo Aircraft (ACCA), built for the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory. The aircraft made its first flight on Tuesday from Palmdale's Plant 42. ...
Young girls encouraged to take their dreams to the skies - Coon Rapids Herald, MN
For every three female pilots, there are 97 male pilots, according to Lynda Meeks, founder and president of a national organization called Girls With Wings that has a mission of having women in aviation inspiring young girls to achieve their full ...
Nasa's F-15 Program from Aviation Earth
There are few fighters that capture the imagination in the same way that the F-15 Eagle does. Almost all the pilots who flew the Eagles in peace and in war, acknowledge that it was a completely 'different beast'. Its handling capability and its sheer power will be difficult to duplicate in a platform-era base. To [...]
X-37B news from Dick's Rocket Dungeon
Space.com reports that the USAF and Boeing plan to launch the X-37B OTV-1 in January 2010 atop an Atlas V EELV. I like the following photo from the drop tests performed back in 2006.
Annual hot balloon festival takes flight this weekend - Zanesville Times Recorder, OH
By JAN MYERS • Correspondent • June 3, 2009 COSHOCTON - Hot air balloon pilot, Joe Zvada says flying a balloon is a rather surreal experience. He is looking forward to coming to Coshocton for the Frontier Power Hot Air Balloon Festival this weekend. ...
Radio-control pilots to stage air show to help Kosair - Louisville Courier-Journal, KY
This weekend, the skies over EP "Tom" Sawyer State Park will be busy with planes like Buck's during the 11th annual Wings for Kids Air Show held by the River City Radio Controllers. The event will benefit Kosair Charities. The air show is scheduled for ...
Uncontrolled Airspace #137 "Back-Taxiing on the Active"
Revisiting MoGas... Congestion on the eastern seaboard... The pros and cons of alternative Av fuels... An inexpensive personal airplane... and Jack reviews the SFM Ragwing Fly-in. All this and more on Uncontrolled Airspace, Episode #137 "Back-Taxiing on the Active".
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Legends Over Madera Airshow 2009 Photo Gallery - kbvp.com
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