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Blue Angels arrive in Salinas for Airshow - The Salinas Californian
Gates open at 4 pm Friday. Other attractions include a fireworks show, Robosaurus, the Wall of Fire, and the Golden Knights parachuting team.

Blue Angels, one last time: Yes, they're really gone - West Seattle BlogThanks to David DeSiga for sharing, via Facebook (with permission to republish here), his photos of the Blue Angels' departure from Boeing Field a little ...

Veil of smoke altering activity across the valley - Penticton Western
The Canadian Forces Snowbirds are lined up on the tarmac at Penticton Regional Airport as an Eclipse Helicopter ...

Red Arrows set to wow Northern Ireland Air Show - Coleraine Today
By Staff reporter By Margaret Gilmore THE world famous Red Arrows will again wow the crowds at next month's Northern Ireland Air Show. ...

Visits of Red Arrows are eagerly awaited from http://www.thisisexeter.co.uk/
We are very often given an impromptu display before they land and when they leave, which I have been led to believe is a little thank you to their supporters and their hosts. I think you will find that their overnight stays generate a good income for the local economy as well as the airport.

Local man helps keep T-birds flying - Warren Tribune Chronicle
The Thunderbirds' pilots will be responsible for the jet demonstrations in the air, but the job of making sure they stay ...

Old Fly-in is a blast from the military past - KCBY.com 11
-A bit of military history flies into Lakeside over the weekend, for the third Annual Old Plane and Old Military Vehicle Fly-In and Exposition. ...

Large turnout for Fly-in Breakfast, Fine Arts Show - Cresco Times Plain Dealer
By Sara Daehn The 28th Annual Fly-In Breakfast and the 48th Annual Cresco Fine Arts Show both drew large crowds last Sunday. A total of 38 pilots signed in ...

Oshkosh: Orbital Virgin Galactic? ; Pilgrim's journey; Attendance up from RLV and Space Transport News

VIDEO: Does Branson have an orbital customer? from Hyperbola by Rob Coppinger
At 2min 41s in the video above, care of Experimental Aircraft Association, Burt Rutan asks Sir Richard Branson about the prospects for developing an orbital system and Branson gives a cryptic answer. Rutan first spoke of an orbital version of this WhiteKnight, SpaceShipX launch system way back in 2004 when he visited the Royal Aeronautical Society. Thanks to Flightglobal freelancer Jeff Decker for pointing Hyperbola to this video

The flew, they flew out -- and in between they, and time, flew, too... from UCAP Fodder by Dave Higdon
Whatta week, whatta hoot, whatta blast. Sitting back in my office in Wichita, it's difficult to conceive that Oshkosh 2009 is over...it's over, I'm out. So much fun, so much flying, so many old friends, so many new...and so great to see so many of you great folks there...and so great hearing from so many who couldn't make the trek….

Electric Airplanes Impress at Oshkosh Air Show - Popular Mechanics
By Jeff Wise There was electricity in the air at this year's EAA Airventure air show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Literally. Video: A final look back at EAA 2009 WLUK

Aerobatics and Publishing from Technorati
I took a few days off from publishing and marketing the new book last week to go up to the Oshkosh AirVenture 2009 in Wisconsin. It was great to get away from all that is happening here. The weather was great, there were new friends to be made and all in all it was a great time. The largest commercial aircraft was at the show – The Airbus A380 double deck airliner. The new Virgin Atlantic VMS Eve, the aircraft designed to deliver the first commercial spaceship to orbit. The spaceship will be…

Within The Limits from Team Bonhomme #55 Pit-News
The re-acquaintance with my original Edge was a pleasure and I spent a couple of afternoons roasting around getting my muscle memory topped up with Edge roll rates and feel. This Edge is set up as original and there is something very satisfying about flying an aeroplane that is as the designer intended. There is nothing wrong with my race Edge but it is set up for exactly that: racing, whereas this older Edge in standard trim is a joy to fly. Meanwhile we've been playing with engines... we've yet to get the confirmed details but it seems that we've not been running with the power that we thought we had. Several components do not seem to have been tweaked as advertised and we've had to sort out various clearances which were costing us some power. Whilst we will still not have a huge increase of power for Budapest, at least we've tidied the engine up and know that it will run within tolerance. The engine was dyno tested yesterday morning and it is virtually identical to my last engine (which was tested last week) which is a little disheartening... I'm looking forward to the official report on what was actually inside my engine. Budapest... the track looks like fun and could suit our aeroplane (emphasis on ''could'')... and watch out for the incorrect knife-edge penalties because on each run of the course there are four knife-edge passes. The real challenge will be the bridge this year if we're allowed to fly under it. There is a water level limit which will determine whether we start under or over the bridge... so the weather in Europe will be the deciding factor... lots of rain and a high running Danube and we will probably be over the bridge like last year. If we do go under the bridge we will have the added challenge of monitoring our speed as well as missing the bridge. Previously we didn't have the start speed limit so we could concentrate 100% on the bridge and water but this year will be different. If you meet a pilot during race week, don't be surprised if they have shifty eyes... it'll just be habit from swapping views from the bridge to the speedometer to the water 100 times a second (which let's face it... you'd do if you were going to squeeze between a bridge and a river by 3 metres either side at 370 kmph!)

Capt. Clifford D. Jolley from Air Force Link Top Stories by afnews@afnews.af.mil
On Aug. 7, 1952, Capt. Clifford D. Jolley, flying an F-86 Sabre "Jolley Roger," became the 18th jet ace of the Korean War, and the first Air National Guard "ace" of the war. Many Utah ANG members were called to serve 21 months during the Korean War. Captain Jolley shot down seven Soviet-made MiG-15 aircraft, earning his ace status. Jolley learned to fly in 1942 and first began flying P-51 Mustangs with the California Air Guard in San Bernardino in 1947. He transitioned to jets in 1948 at Williams Air Force Base, Ariz., and joined the Utah Air National Guard in 1949. During 1951 he toured the country with his Guard unit, putting on firepower demonstrations. more...

Restored B-17 bomber to appear at Arnold Palmer airport - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
By AJ Panian Charlie Hawkins learned about B-17 bombers as part of a flight crew guarding America's Atlantic coast from German submarine attacks during World War II. "I was the bombardier. We were in the air 12 hours a day for more than two years," ...

Wathen Aviation HS Students Attend airventure 2009 - AMTOnline.com
Oshkosh, WI - It took a lot of bake sales and car washes, but seven members of the dedicated Aviators group from Wathen Aviation High School, made it to Oshkosh. The group's one-word summary for a week's immersion in airventure: “great”. Video: A final look back at EAA 2009 WLUK

Flying Cole from Let's Go Flying by Steve Tupper
I’ve been a little quiet here on the blog, but with good excuse. I spent the last couple of keeps either getting ready for AirVenture Oshkosh or being there with tens of thousands of my best friends. But now I can take a little time to reflect on some of the experiences there…

Air Race Photogrpaher Don Souter - Aviation Airshow Air Race Photography Discussion from http://www.aafo.com/
Hey all, I'm really sad to have to report the news but one of our own air race photographers was lost in a crash yesterday. Don was a fixture at Reno with his Cannon and radio in hand. He was also a very dear friend to a lot of us. Blue skies forever.....we will miss you Don! -naomi
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United States - Wisconsin - EAA AirVenture 2009 - Oshkosh - 07/27/09 from FenceCheck Forums - Is there such thing as too many P-51 shots?

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