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Snowbirds shake it up – StarPhoenix
For me, it was the Snowbirds. When those jets came howling over the stadium barely high enough to clear the stage, 38000 people were blasted out of their ...

Warbirds to star at city air show - Windsor Star
Windsor may begin to look and sound like a mobilization site for a major military operation over the next few days as aircraft of all descriptions converge ...

Thunderbirds rule Oregon's Air Show: Old friends, new features ... - Hillsboro Argus - OregonLive.com
Wagstaff flies one of the most thrilling low-level aerobatic routines in the world, giving spectators a front-row view of her smooth, aggressive style. ...

• Hillsboro cop named 'hero' jet flight winner - Hillsboro Argus - OregonLive.com
Hometown Hero flights showcase American people doing amazing things in their communities, according to a Thunderbirds press release. ...

Advanced ticket sales hope to land more Air Show fans - Hillsboro Argus - OregonLive.com
The thrust of the 2009 Oregon International Air Show ticket promotional is to prevent local families from taking off to traditional vacation spots and ...

Summer Takes to the Air - Hillsboro Argus - OregonLive.com
Once again it's air show week in town. Despite the fact that the first official show isn't until Friday evening, the excitement picks up long before as ...

ROCK RETURN FOR RED ARROWS - Gibraltar Chronicle
The famous Red Arrows aerobatic team will make a return visit to the Rock this September after 16 years. The last time they were here ...

Amigo Airsho announces 2009 lineup - El Paso Times
Executive Director Terrie Todd speaks Wednesday about the 2009 Amigo Airsho. (Ruben R. Ramirez / El Paso Times) The Amigo ...

Blue Angels Performing This Weekend At Offutt – WOWT
The Navy's Blue Angels will be headlining the weekend's events. They will be joined by at least 15 other aerial demonstration teams performing throughout ...

Conditions ideal for annual airshow - Sun Tribune
From the first takeoff to the final landing, it was a smooth flight this year for the 2009 Kansas City Aviation Expo and Airshow. ...

Vulcan wows thousands at "best ever" Shoreham Air Show - West Sussex Today
Other favourites included the Blades aerobatic display team, the wingwalkers from Team Guinot and the simulated airfield attack and Spitfire and Hurricane ...

» Up, up and away! - Omaha World-Herald
John Klatt has been a pilot for more than 20 years; he's flown three combat tours over Iraq in the F-16 fighter jet he wields on behalf of the Minnesota Air ...

AOPA and WAI Announce Collaborative Agreement - Aero-News Network
Representatives of AOPA and Women in Aviation, International (WIA) announced a new joint venture Thursday to increase the membership ...

Flex-fuel plane shows off in skies over Lincoln - Lincoln Journal Star
Reporter Cory Matteson (left) and pilot Greg Poe pass over Memorial Stadium on Wednesday during Poe's demonstration of the flex-fuel plane's capabilities. ...

Chico's Top Gun - Chico News & Review
“We've been happy with every show to date,” Parker said, “especially last year's show, when we were able to get the Snowbirds, the Canadian Air Force flight ...

Historic air race 'flies' again, as University of Liverpool marks ... - Liverpool Daily Post
... was among the 500000 thrill-seekers who flocked to the French town of Reims in the summer of 1909, to see the world's very first international air race. ...

Aero-News Featured Aero-Casts For Thursday 08.27.09 - Aero-News Network
ann's Paul Plack talks with airshow performer Ross Granley about his time with the Royal Canadian Air Force and the Snowbirds jet demo team, ...

Underused land, a little more green - Salt Lake Tribune
Some of the aircraft and model aircraft on display at Hill Air Force Base's air museum. The museum will soon be taking donations of ...

Dad Takes Son To First Day Of School In A Helicopter from Aero-News Network
Unfortunately, He Forgot To Tell The School School officials at East Ridge High in Clermont, Florida, were less than thrilled that Bart Sutherin rented a helicopter to take his son to his first day of classes Monday. Southerin landed the blue-and-white Schweizer/Hughes 300 helicopter behind some portable classrooms at 0700 Monday morning.

Congratulations Lyle, The only guys that have had it longer are the Nazis - Aviation Airshow Air Race Photography Discussion from http://www.aafo.com/
Even though the 528.329 MPH, 3 KM World Speed record will have it's 20th anniversary tomorrow, 1999 Motorsports Hall of Fame Inductee Lyle Shelton and The Rare Bear crew of 1989 set the World Record twenty years ago today. Lyle would be the first to point out that he could not have set the record if were not for the hard working crew that supported his effort and the financial support of Jack DeBoer. The record was a high water point in his racing achievements. Lyle also still holds the time to climb record that he set with Rare Bear 37 years ago. Every crew member prior to the 1989 record can feel they made a contribution to refining the airplane to get it to it's goal that day…

WWII Flying Fortress comes home - Chico News & Review
The “somebody” in Klamath Falls turned out to be members of the Confederate Air Force—renamed the Commemorative Air Force in 2002—a nonprofit outfit out of ...

Gone, but not forgotten - Charleston Post Courier
--Sam Whitehead, of Whiteville, NC, was piloting his B-17 over Germany on a bombing run to Leipzig. Flak severed an oil line on one of the plane's engines, ...

Ohioan pursuing veterans' autograph collection - Allentown Examiner
... airman, POWs, the last World War I veterans, generals, US Presidents, USS Indianapolis survivors, Holocaust survivors, and even German soldiers! ...

Airport Open House features tours, fly'ins - Ramona Sentinel
A variety of other aircraft will be on static display, including World War II-era Classic Warbirds. Aerial displays will include simulated rescues by the ...

Balloons to fill Plainville skies - Bristol Press
PLAINVILLE — Hot air balloons will once again fill the skies over town this weekend as the Plainville Fire Company presents its 25th annual ...

On This Day in Aviation History: August 27th

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