'Hometown Hero' gets to fly with the Thunderbirds - WBBM780
He's being called a hometown hero and, next week, he gets to fly with the US Air Force Thunderbirds. He's Chicago Fire Department diver ...
Schedule announced for Aug. 19 Atlantic City Airshow - Shore News Today
The Horsemen, a three-ship P-51 demonstration team, is the world's only P-51 Mustang formation aerobatic team. Other civilian demonstrations include Tim ...
Vikings Coach Flying With The Blue Angels - TheInsider.com
Minnesota Vikings head coach Brad Childress does loops, rolls and nearly break the speed of sound while flying with the Blue Angels. ...
Andersen to Host Air Show Sept. 30 - Pacific News Center
Guam - Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, is hosting an open house and air show here Sept. 30, 2009. The show will feature performances by the Air Force Thunderbirds and, for the first time outside of the US, an aerial demonstration by an F-22 Raptor.
Ag/Air show in Sioux City called a success - Radio Iowa
by Thanks to the Brownfield Network Organizers of a weekend show in Sioux City that featured airplanes and agriculture equipment say they're pleased with the turnout for the event.
Airshow of the Cascades Special this Year - KBND
The centerpiece for this years' Madras Municipal Airport's Airshow of the Cascades is the B-17. During World War II, the Madras airbase was the training facility for B-17's. Rick Allen with the Airshow says the bird coming to this years' show is called ...
Local Business to Give Away 50 Tickets to the Air Show — The ... by Michelle Ventress
The What-Were-They-Thinking-Electrical guy has 50 free tickets to the upcoming Capital California Air Show at Mather Field. Mather Field has been chosen as one of the sites for this year's popular show due to Sacramento's long history ...
To admire the 'Arrows tricolor' - Google translator
Trentacinquemila people with eyes raised to heaven, attended yesterday the performance of 'Arrows tricolori' in the skies of Falconara ...
Snowbirds Announce New Team Coordinator from Aviation.ca News
Captain Dan Rossi, 34, from Crowsnest Pass, Alberta, was appointed as Snowbird 10, Team Coordinator, for the 2010, 2011 and 2012 show seasons after a thorough selection process.
World Record Attempt – Roar on the Shore from Technorati
Subject: Roar On The Shore To celebrate the start of the More Bus Bournemouth Air Festival A world record attempt will take place on Thursday 20th August at 9.30pm This is set to be a heart-pounding, roaring, glowing, explosive event like no other. The launch of 110,000 fireworks in ...
Aviation day to replace air show at MidCoast - Coastal Courier
Though under a new name, the annual air show at MidCoast Regional Airport is still a go and planners aim to draw as much local and regional ...
Concrete from Northwest Flying Photography Blog
Let's start off by saying the Concrete is actual a place, in addition to being something you make roads (and runways) out of. This particular place called Concrete resides along highway 20 in Washington State and is home to the Skagit Aero Education Museum who, not by chance, host the annual vintage aircraft fly-in at the Concrete Municipal Airport. Concrete is a really cool place to fly into, and makes for a great back drop for some airplane pictures. ...
Aviation Heritage Week at Alberta Aviation Museum from Aviation.ca News
Only a very few are left, they are now old and gray but they are still heroes. WW2 was the largest Global conflict the world has ever seen, a time when the free world fought against the tyranny of Dictators. A...
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NEW B-17 Flying Fortress landing here about noon - Yakima Herald-Republic
... known as Sentimental Journey, is the most fully restored of the few remaining models, according to the Arizona Wing of the Commemorative Air Force, ...
WWII aircraft make stop in Sheboygan County Memorial Airport on ... - Oshkosh Northwestern
The tour has returned to the Aviation Heritage Center and will be on display through Wednesday. The tour includes a B-24J and dual-control P-51C Mustang, ...
Leap Frogs Jump Start Rodeo - Military.com
The Navy Parachute Team, the Leap Frogs, kicked off the final two days of the 113th Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo by jumping from a Wyoming Air National ...
Heads first: Amazing pictures as 108 skydivers set new freefall world record by amazingfacts
There's nothing like plunging in headfirst if you enjoy high-adrenaline sports such as sky-diving.
Which is just what this group of 108 daredevils did as they set about breaking a record in the skies above America.
Hitting speeds of up to 180mph after they jumped from 18,000ft, they had 40 seconds of freefall to find each other and complete their formation. Once complete, it was largest number of skydivers to link up while falling headfirst. ...
8/8-9 Radio Control Air Show by Aviation Dayton
When: Sat Aug 8, 2009 to Sun Aug 9, 2009
Where: Butler County Regional Airport
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: 49th Flying Circus Air Show Radio control air show presented by Greater Cincinnati Radio Control Club Times: 11:30 a.m.-4 p.m. both days Admission: Free admission, $5.00 parking More details: http://www.gcrcc.net/
School's very own air show - Henley Standard
EWELME schoolchildren were rewarded for their hard work this term with a visit from a Merlin helicopter. The craft, from RAF Benson, landed on the common ...
Meet FOD from Airspeed by Stephen Force (Steve Tupper)
So Cole Force got himself a callsign this week at Oshkosh. It's "FOD." ...
jif photojournal: Air Show, Vintage Display & Air Museum - Final Part from jifphotojournal.blogspot.com
This series took quite a while to finish... it was really hard for me to choose among hundreds of photos to post. I'm finally on the last part, sorry guys if this is getting a bit boring already for you. The photos below were taken from the museum display which consist of experimental planes and models.
Mission of Mercy - from wademeyersart.tripod.com
[view the painting by clicking above]
The client's father, Lt. William J. "Smitty" Smith, a 5th Air Force B-25 pilot with the 71st Bomb Squadron "Wolfpack", a squadron of the 38th Bomb Group "Sunsetters", drops desperately needed supplies to Australian coastwatchers on New Britain in Jan 1944. Due to bad weather several previous drop attempts had failed with other crews. The Smith crew volunteered to go in low level and do all they could to find the DZ. The coastwatchers built several signal fires to help mark their location - the release was to take place on the third one, where the men were gathered. The drop was successful and the grateful coastwatchers could be seen madly waving their arms by their fire. While discussing possible painting scenarios with the artist to honor his father's service, "Smitty" told his son that he regarded this as the most important mission of his combat tour. No further discussion was necessary, and the choice of title was obvious.
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