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FUTURE AIRVENTURE DATES: 2010: July 26-August 1; 2011: July 25-31; 2012: July 23-29
All other Aerotainment news is below:
and don't forget - AirVenture's official website
Didn't make it this year? Start planning!
FUTURE AIRVENTURE DATES: 2010: July 26-August 1; 2011: July 25-31; 2012: July 23-29
2009 Seafair Schedule Includes Blue Angels 2009 Schedule - Associated Content
Practice shows for the Navy's Blue Angels have already started taking place over Lake Washington, and with the dangers to drivers paying too much attention ...
It's the final weekend of Seafair - Seattle Times
The Blue Angels rehearse for their weekend Seafair appearance Thursday over the waters of Lake Washington. What? There's been a giant summerlong celebration ...
Blue Angels « Pete's View from petemcd.wordpress.com
It's the annual Seafair Weekend in Seattle. The Navy comes to town with a few ships the public can tour, there are a lot of special events, there are the hydroplane boat races (those things are scary fast) and the Blue Angels show. Truth be told, it's the Blue Angels which draw the most attention and generate the most excitement. With few exceptions, everyone likes the Blue Angels.
Why? Well, there are a lot of reasons but one is the amazement at how precise they are in their work. Imagine flying at fighter jet speed just inches from your team and performing complicated maneuvers. And, the slightest slip or error means death.
Let's be honest, this is really pretty easy stuff…NOT. To be a professional pilot performing at these levels takes years of study and practice. These professionals trust each other. They demonstrate all the elements of trust:
'Better than a roller coaster': Going weightless in Blue Angels ... - Seattle Post Intelligencer
A group of media, military and community members walk toward the Fat Albert C-130 before it joined the Blue Angels air show. (Kailani Koenig-Muenster) We ...
The Blue Angels rehearse for their weekend Seafair appearance Thursday over the waters of Lake Washington. What? There's been a giant summerlong celebration ...
Blue Angels « Pete's View from petemcd.wordpress.com
It's the annual Seafair Weekend in Seattle. The Navy comes to town with a few ships the public can tour, there are a lot of special events, there are the hydroplane boat races (those things are scary fast) and the Blue Angels show. Truth be told, it's the Blue Angels which draw the most attention and generate the most excitement. With few exceptions, everyone likes the Blue Angels.
Why? Well, there are a lot of reasons but one is the amazement at how precise they are in their work. Imagine flying at fighter jet speed just inches from your team and performing complicated maneuvers. And, the slightest slip or error means death.
Let's be honest, this is really pretty easy stuff…NOT. To be a professional pilot performing at these levels takes years of study and practice. These professionals trust each other. They demonstrate all the elements of trust:
'Better than a roller coaster': Going weightless in Blue Angels ... - Seattle Post Intelligencer
A group of media, military and community members walk toward the Fat Albert C-130 before it joined the Blue Angels air show. (Kailani Koenig-Muenster) We ...
Airshow ready to take flight - Liberty 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 Wheeler Downtown Airport each year.
The airshow benefits the Mid-America Youth Aviation Association, which awards six scholarships a year to youth interested in pursuing a career in aviation. This year's college scholarship amount was raised to $2,000 each.
Golden Knights Open Binghamton Air Show - WBNG-TV
by oldbaritone (Subscribe) The US Army Golden Knights thrilled spectators at the Binghamton Air Show this weekend. Here, a Golden Knight brings in the ...
The weather is Palavas shorten the Patrouille de France - Midi Libre
They were right of the Patrouille de France and its eight pilots, to the chagrin of the spectators, were proposed yesterday afternoon that two small flyovers ...
WWII bomber offers tour of Hartford - Hartford Courant
Still, the bombers gained a reputation for being reliable planes that could take extreme punishment from the enemy before going down, earning the B-17 the moniker "the flying fortress." "They were able to take a tremendous amount of battle damage and ...
Memories touch down - East Oregonian
The Arizona Wing of the Commemorative Air Force received the airplane as a donation in 1978 and began restoring it. "It took a million man hours to restore ...
It's Happening Here - Tidewater News
Old dominion squadron meeting: The Old Dominion Squadron, a unit of the Commemorative Air Force, will hold its next monthly membership meeting at 10 am Aug. ...
Branscombe air show loses £8k - Devon 24
THE future of Branscombe Charity Air Day and Classic Car Show is in jeopardy after organisers made a loss of £8000. Only 2500 people attended the event on ...
Plane "runs away" at Legacy Flight Museum - KIDK
When it hit the fence at the airport it flipped and that killed the engine," said Brad Debow, with the Legacy Flight Museum. Despite severe damage to the ...
A remarkable story from the Pacific War - Examiner.com
... the United States was about to meet a member of the first official US attack on Imperial Japan -- Staff Sergeant "Jake" DeShazer of Doolittle's raiders. ...
Mission to solve mystery of how pioneer aviator disappeared - guardian.co.uk
Aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart, who vanished in 1937 while attempting to become the first woman to fly around the world. Photograph: File/Schlesinger ...
Marine layer grounds hot air balloon at Santa Paula festival - Ventura County Star
... the fleet at the Second Annual Citrus Classic Balloon Festival, preventing more than 25 pilots from soaring up and racing their hot air balloons. ...
Young aviation fans soar over Norridgewock - Central Maine Morning Sentinel
They had gathered at the tiny rural airport to share their love of aviation, at the 13th annual Everything That Flies fly-in, a day of free plane rides to young people from ages eight to 17.
Aviator, teacher Harshbarger dies at 91 - Whittier Daily News
Arthur A. Harshbarger rose from an obscure rural beginning to become one of astronaut John Glenn's naval aviation instructors. ...
Royal International Air Tattoo - RIAT 2009 - RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire from FenceCheck Forums
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