Saturday, August 1, 2009

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AirVenture hosts all female air show - Fox11online.com
Some have seen it before, others watched the daily AirVenture air show for the first time. "It's amazing I've never seen anything like it," onlooker Carol Zevenbergen said.

Oshkosh Waning Days from tcpatton
In about 26 hours we'll start for Milwaukee and from there back to the beach. Tomorrow's going to be a long, long day, and I've never been able to sleep on a plane. That may change on the flight from Milwaukee to Charlotte. As the Oshkosh Odyssey draws to a close, I have a few more picture to share. I walked over to Fightertown today, where they were recovering the P-51's following the daily airshow. You will never find a larger concentration of warbirds than you will at Oshkosh, ...

aeroshell Square -- Full Of Surprises - Aero-News Network
aeroshell Square offers visitors to Oshkosh the opportunity to see dozens of different aircraft ranging from the Airbus A380 to Warbirds and lsa's There is ...

Podapalooza Goes Off Without a Hitch from Airspeed by Stephen Force (Steve Tupper)
Podapalooza 2009! It went over well and everyone had a pretty good time. It's getting big in terms of the number of podcasters and shows represented, but it's not unwieldy yet.
Here, Bill Williams, Kent Shook, and Rob Mark set mic levels and prep for the show. I took along my usual assemblage of cables and adapters and we patched together a good sound rig in something line 30 minutes. David Allen, who's volunteering with EAA Radio this week, coordinated the broadcast with the studio and it sounds like it went off seamlessly. ...

AirVenture Oshkosh 2009 from Airspeed by Stephen Force (Steve Tupper)
We're here! A little late for that announcement, but it's true.
Finally got to run around the show grounds today. White Knight II flew a few passes while we were having lunch and both Cole and I dropped our food and started snapping pictures. The sun is in a pretty good position for photography, even though the cloud cover was a little heavy. ...

Vietnam vet brings pyrotechnics business to Oshkosh air show - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Another extended warbirds show featuring Gibson's explosions is scheduled for Saturday afternoon as part of the daily air show. Gibson learned how to handle explosives in the Army and spent a year in Vietnam disarming booby traps.

Photos: The big air show in Oshkosh by Tech_Channel

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How Not to Fly Straight and Level - Wired Blogs
He's the son of famed airshow pilot Sean D. Tucker, and he's been at it since he first learned to fly. Father and son fly together with The Collaborators ...

Blue Angels share more than high-flying stunts at Air Show - Belleville View
Major Miller, a US Navy Pilot, and other members of the Blue Angels Flight Demonstration Squadron visited the MIAT campus July 17 between practice flights ...

Oberto's host Blue Angels viewing party for 100 strangers - KNDO/KNDU
It all began when a senior bus got lost looking for a place to view the Blue Angels' air show. "Some how this bus full of Seniors ended up in the driveway," ...

The Blue Angels have come to town - Examiner.com

Airshow ready to take flight - Sun Tribune
The 2009 Kansas City Airshow will take flight Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 22 and 23. The event draws visitors from throughout the region to Kansas City's ...

The Patrouille de France to star in Habsheim - Google Translator
Less than two months after overflew Strasbourg, at the summit of NATO, the Patrouille de France will show its over Mulhouse, tomorrow at 11 am, prior to 15 am at the major air show marking the centenary of the 'aerodrome Habsheim-Mulhouse.
Of the eight pilots who perform aerobatics aboard their Alphajet, two elders of the BA-132 Meyenheim Colmar, which has just been closed: Captain Ludovic Bourgeon, the solo leader, and Captain François Breton, l outside left. The number two team, the Virginia Guyot, is the first woman pilot of the Patrouille de France.
The association's centennial, which includes the three flying clubs based at the airfield and 500 amateur drivers, expects the arrival of 20 000 to 30 000 spectators, and hope the weather does not spoil the party. The aviation enthusiasts can take flight demonstrations of several legendary aircraft as the P-51 Mustang, the P-40 Curtins, the Japanese Zero and the Boeing P 17.

RIAT: Show returns with multi-nation support - Flightglobal
Anniversaries will provide two of the themes for this year's Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT), to be staged at Royal Air Force base ...

Reno Racing Preview 2009 - The Pylon Place
It looks like 2009 will be a great year for air racing. Lots of new and returning pilots and new and returning race planes will be in attendance. I've got lots to cover, so let's get started.
International Formula 1
In IF1, five of their top six finishers from last year will return providing some great racing in the Gold. In addition they will have 4 Rookies competing in their first race. ...

Wing-walk king at 89 - Mirror.co.uk
A grandad aged 89 has become the oldest man to wing-walk over the Channel - doing 100mph at 1000ft. Tom Lackey's flight, on the centenary of Louis Bleriot's ...

T-37s retire from AF.mil Photos
The last seven T-37 Tweets in the Air Force inventory, including the two pictured here, took off one final time July 31 as part of the aircraft's retirement ceremony. Four of the aircraft will make the journey to the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., while the final three will go to the Utah Test and Training Range in Utah. ...

EAA sets May 15 as International Learn to Fly Day from AOPA News
EAA President Tom Poberezny announced EAA's first International Learn to Fly Day, which will be held on May 15, 2010. "Our goal is to grow aviation and do it in a collaborative way," he said. "We're here collectively to promote aviation."

Event preview: Bristol International Balloon Fiesta, Bristol - guardian.co.uk
Every day offers a range of air and land-based extravaganzas, and on Saturday the Red Arrows display team take to the skies, followed by the Night Glow show ...

Washington - Seafair 2009 - Seattle - 07/31/09 from FenceCheck Forums
Air Show, Frecce Tricolore - Flickr
PHOTOS: Friday's Blue Angels Practice Flight - The B-Town


Wolf, other astronauts back on Earth - WTHR
Cape Canaveral, FLA - Indianapolis native David Wolf and six other astronauts returned to Earth Friday morning after 16 days in space. ...


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