Frame Grabs from the JATO Ride in the Blue Angels' C-130, Fat Albert from Airspeed
by Stephen Force (Steve Tupper)
The highlight of the day was a jet-assisted takeoff (JATO) ride on the Blue Angels' C-130, known as Fat Albert. [photos] ...
Air-to-Air with Billy Werth of Grayout Aerosports at the Indy Airshow
from Airspeed by Stephen Force (Steve Tupper)
Matt Kryger of The Indianapolis Star was kind enough to send me some pictures from yesterday's photo flight with Billy Werth of Grayout Aerosports. I'm the guy in front operating a couple of cameras and an MP3 recorder. ...
Stephen Force (aka Steve Tupper) Twits the Indy Air show!
Indy Air Show from photos.indystar.com
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Thousands enjoy thundering air show - Deseret News, UT
Greg Poe of Boise, piloting a Fagen MX-2 prop plane, said via his radio and loudspeaker during his performance, "What a huge crowd it is" that he saw on base below. The two-day air show is the culmination of Air Force Week and is expected to draw as ...
Thunderbirds, other performers keep people looking up - Salt Lake Tribune, United States
The aeronautic event kicked off at 10 am with the "Wings of Blue" parachute jump team from the Air Force Academy and ended nearly eight hours later with a performance by The Thunderbirds, the Air Force's famed air demonstration squadron. ...
It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a Thunderbird show - Salt Lake Tribune, United States
But the Hill Air Force Base chaplain said a military air show has added benefit for him: "I love that everyone is looking up." Indeed, nearly 200000 people were expected to have their eyes glued to the Utah sky during HAFB's open house and air show ...
Everything from jets to hot air balloons at Manitowoc County air show - Green Bay Press Gazette, WI
By Charlie Mathews • Gannett Wisconsin Media • June 6, 2009 MANITOWOC — From jet fighters' ultra-loud wall of sound to the quiet of hot air balloons flying over farm fields, the air show at the county airport has something for almost everyone. ...
Fly In The Picayune Item - Picayune Item, MS
PICAYUNE — Phillip's Aviation's 24th annual Old Timer's Memorial Fly In brought in a number of personal aircraft from the southern region. Phillip's Aviation owner Wayne Phillips said the event started in Diamondhead and has since moved with the ...
Blue Angels practices open to the public - Gulf Coast Newspapers, AL
PENSACOLA, Fla. — The Blue Angels confirmed they will practice this Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday behind the National Naval Aviation Museum aboard Naval Air Station Pensacola. An F/A-18 Hornet is capable of speeds up to 1400 mph, enabling pilots to ...
Yuma experiment to air Wednesday - Yuma Sun, AZ
In February, popular television show "Mythbusters" teamed up with the Blue Angels and the air station to conduct the test in a section of the Barry M. Goldwater Range used for supersonic flights. Two Blue Angels F/A-18 Hornets made multiple supersonic ...
Look up - look waaaaay up - Winnipeg Free Press, Canada
The Canadian Snowbirds, seen here at a performance in Louisiana last month, are also making an appearance at Canadian Forces Days. (CP) Still, the highlights are all in the sky, with the Snowbirds, the SkyHawks parachute team, the CF-18 Hornet demo ...
Women compete in airplane race - LimaOhio.com, OH
Today, this is the only all-woman transcontinental air race in existence. "A lot of the ladies look forward to seeing each other," Anderson said. "One lady calls it 'fly camp.'" Anderson earned her pilot's license in 1945 and made a career out of ...
Remembering D-Day - WDIO-TV, MN
Twice a week he gives tours at the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Hanger 101 Museum. It houses thousands of artifacts that date back to the World War I. The museum has been around for three years and serves as an important tool in the community, ...
Georgians Remember D-Day - MyFox Atlanta, GA
"B17's and B24's echelon on the right of us, hitting our prospective targets along the beach -- beaches. And hey, it worked," said Lundberg. Lear and Lundberg said, that day, they understood the significance of their work. As Mary writes in her book, ...
D-Day invasion notes its 65th anniversary - Dubuque Telegraph Herald, IA
By CRAIG D. REBER TH staff writer BELLEVUE, Iowa -- Ed Dunn was 26 when he piloted a loaded B-17 "Flying Fortress" bomber off a busy airstrip in southern England on the morning of June 6, 1944. Today marks the 65th anniversary of the famed World War II ...
Transformation of a soldier - Manila Bulletin, Philippines
"American bomber Jacob deshazer was eager to strike back, and the following April 18th, he flew his B-25 Bomber on a dangerous raid over Japan. After dropping his bombs on Nagoya, deshazer lost his way in heavy fog and ejected as his plane ran out of ...
Great individuals make up our Greatest Generation - Gwinnett Daily Post, GA
After several months of training on B-25 bombers, Bob became a mechanic and crew chief, but flew only one combat mission on that aircraft. One day, he was promoted to Tech Sergeant and informed that as of that moment, he was a gunner and engineer on a ...
Medford Public Library presents 'The Three Famous Earharts' on June 11 - Medford Transcript, MA
Join local historian Morris for a look at this time in the lives of the famous aviatrix and her family. This lecture is co-sponsored by the Friends of the Medford Public Library and Grace Episcopal Church.
CEA Jodel DR. 1050/M-1 'Sicile Record' from Shortfinals's Blog by shortfinals
Following the Second World War, much of French aviation industry was either bombed flat, or still producing German designs, continuing on from Luftwaffe contracts. Edouard Joly, who ran an aviation repair business, and his son-in-law, Jean Delemontez, designed and built a light single-seat aircraft, the D.9 Bebe. This little plywood gem, with distinctive dihedral outer wing panels, first flew in 1948, and a whole series of developments and varients of what became the Jodel family of aircraft flowed from this, and were were either built by licencees or home-built. ...
Teen to wing her way to Wisconsin for aircraft academy - WTOP, DC
The EAA Air Academy allows young people ages 16 to 18 to meet and work with aviation professionals while living and learning the art, science and lore of aviation in both classroom and workshop settings. Justice is a member of EAA Chapter 524 at ...
Airshow Extravaganza - WTAP-TV, WV
The Blennerhassett Area Radio Control Club had it's annual "Airshow Extravaganza," but the organization made this year a little different by making it into a charity event. Food and donations were collected for some local charities. ...
Cloud Jockey's annual Air Show - WLFI.com, IN
LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) - The clouds stayed away from the Lafayette Cloud Jockey's Air Show. The Lafayette Radio Controlled Model Airplane Club flew a variety of Radio Controlled Airplanes, Helicopters, Gliders, World War One and World War Two planes. ...
This Weekend's Photos - June 06 / 07, 2009 from Military Photos
British paratroopers from the 3rd Parachute Battalion land in a field outside the village of Ranville, near Caen, Western France, Friday, June 5, 2009, in a re-enactment of D-Day landings in World War II.
The Bartlesville Air Show was fun today by (StricklandPhoto)
C-130 Hercules from FenceCheck Forums
Red Arrows at The Heart of Scotland Airshow, Scone, Perthshire, Scotland. by (Sandy Stevenson)
Harrier (Harrier, Sea Harrier, AV-8 etc) from FenceCheck Forums
Maybe Someday? from Neptunus Lex
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