Thursday, April 15, 2010

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Columnist Bryce Donovan takes to the sky with the Blue Angels — and then ... - Charleston Post Courier
Blue Angels pilot CJ Simonsen had a blast while taking Post and Courier columnist Bryce Donovan on a high-speed jet ride of twists and turns, ...

Boating Safety Zone for Blue Angels Show - WCIV
Charleston, SC - The Coast Guard Captain of the Port of Charleston will establish a safety zone in Charleston Harbor during the Blue Angels air show ...

Thunder to blast off Saturday - New Albany Tribune
The annual air show and fireworks extravaganza serves as the grandiose kickoff to the Kentucky Derby Festival. And though it's now in its 21st year, ...

Coast Guard reminds Thunder over Louisville boaters to respect river - Louisville Courier-Journal
The safety zone will be in effect during the air show and the fireworks display, Tucci said, and boats west of the McAlpine Locks & Dam that are heading ...

Central Texas Airshow - Official Site
Just some of the acts that you are going to see at Airshow 2010!

National Cherry Festival Unveiled This Year's Plans - 9&10 News
The Blue Angels will be back and the entertainment lineup will feature some big music acts like the rock band, Los Lonely Boys.

Navy's Blue Angels to put on a show in September - Honolulu Advertiser
The Navy's Blue Angels flight demonstration team will perform Sept. 25 and 26 at the Marine Corps Base Hawaii "Kāne'ohe Bay Air Show," officials said ...
 
Cape's air show - Southeast Missourian
The Cape Girardeau Regional Air Festival is returning to the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport June 19 and 20, and tickets are available online at ...

World Record Attempt Success!! Video & more pics to follow from armygoldenknights's

Magnificent pioneers and their flying machines... - WalesOnline
"The London to Cardiff Air Race finished during the Pageant, all nine entrants finished the course landing within four minutes of one another. ...

RED BULL AIR RACES

ADILSON KINDLEMANN from Mike Goulian Airshows
Red Bull Air Race Pilot Adilson Kindlemann, of Brazil, was involved in an accident at 11:50 am this morning while participating in today's training session for the race
this weekend in Perth. Kindlemann is doing well and hopes to be back on his feet in time to watch the remaining training sessions on Friday. Team #99 wishes Adilson and his Team the best. For more information please read the statement from Red Bull Air Race below:
Kindlemann says he is feeling fine after Perth accident
PERTH – Brazil's Adilson Kindlemann wanted to reassure his fans and supporters on Thursday that he was feeling fine and not seriously hurt after his MXS-R crashed at low altitude into the Swan River in Perth during a training session ahead of the weekend's Red Bull Air Race World Championship.
Kindlemann also wanted to thank the emergency rescue crews that quickly helped him after his plane impacted ...

Dramatic rescue after Adilson Kindlemann crashes from Aerial Sports Feed View Gallery

Officials won't investigate Red Bull plane crash - ABC Online
The pilot was attempting a knife-edge turn around a pylon when his plane's wing clipped the water and crashed. (Red Bull) Government air safety ...

Red Bull Air Race: Adilson Kindlemann Accident Statement by Flightline UK

Air race ace in miracle escape - The Sun
RED Bull Air Race ace had a miracle escape after his plane crashed into a river. Pilot Adilson Kindlemann was training for a contest in ...

That was Air Race Abu Dhabi from Aerial Sports Feed
Paul Bonhomme, Hannes Arch and Nigel Lamb analyse the race action from the first stage of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship in Abu Dhabi.  Watch Video

Qualifying and Disqualifying from Aerial Sports Feed
Having qualified fastest, the unlucky Hannes Arch was disqualified from the top 12 in Abu Dhabi for 'dangerous flying'. He gives us a personal point of view of the incident, as does Race Director Jim .  Watch Video

Spanish pilot Maclean describes 50 new mods to MXS-R From www.redbullairrace.com
In anticipation of this weekend's Red Bull Air Race in Perth, Alejandro Maclean has unveiled a pair of striking winglets following fast on the heels of Nigel Lamb but also boasts an array of further modifications to boot. The Spanish pilot says now is the time to showcase the team's new 2010 MXS-R in its full glory complete with the eye-catching winglets that helped Lamb to secure a 2nd place in Abu Dhabi.

Video: The Entire Unlimited Gold Race At Reno 2009 by Martt
Here's an excellent video that shows the entire 8 laps of the Unlimited Gold race at the Reno Air Races on Sunday September 20, 2009.  Watch Steve Hinton Jr and Strega dominate the race and finish as the 2009 Champion.
The video is a nice compliment to the CoolPix of Strega, and it really gives you a pretty good feel for what air racing is like at about 500mph and 50' off the ground... of course it's always better to see and hear in person!

Apparently, At NAHI, Size Matters from Aero-News Network
Large Aircraft Category Added To The 2010 National Aviation Heritage Invitational Due to the ever increasing interest of aircraft owners and restorers, and the popularity of the National Aviation Heritage Invitational, 2010 will mark the first year for the Large Aircraft Category.

Mother Daughter Air Race Classic Team Video from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News
In 1929, twenty pilots raced from Santa Monica, CA to Cleveland, OH, the site of the National Air Races in a first ever U.S. all female air race. Then called the Women's Air Derby was later renamed the Powder Puff Derby, then the Transcontinental Air Race, while today the tradition continues with the Air Race Classic.  ...

Liberty Belle, restored Boeing B-17, will visit Hillsboro Airport ... - The Oregonian
Mr. Brooks, whose father flew B-17's with the 390th bomb group during WWII, founded the Liberty Foundation; a non profit museum dedicated to preserving our aviation heritage, and funded the complete restoration of the B-17 back to her ...

Jim Suchy fires up his 1931 Laird "Super Solution" NR12048
The Original Laird Super Solution The 1930s were the Golden Age of Air Racing, when expose races were more popular, and drew large crowds, than baseball. EM "Mattie" Laird was an old plane specializer whose Laird "Solution" won the 1930 ...

The Macchi C.202 Folgore of the National Air and Space Museum by David Cenciotti
The picture shows the aircraft Macchi C.202 Folgore marked 9476 exhibited at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C. The aircraft is one of the few Italian WWII fighters that escaped the conflict and, in particular, one of the two MC202 sent to USA at the end of the war to be tested. With the help of Italian Air Force and Aeronautica Macchi, in 1974 this aircraft was given to Smithsonian Institute.
The aircraft, that I had the opportunity to see in 1994, during my visit to the Museum, sports the colours of the ...

Former WWII Pilot Donates $8 Million to Polk's Aerospace Academy By JOHN CHAMBLISS THE LEDGER
A former World War II bomber pilot and successful businessman is donating $7.5 million for a building to house the Central Florida Aerospace Academy operated by the Polk County School District. ...

Around Halfway - The Herald-Mail
The weeklong exhibit will include displays and information dedicated to preserving area aviation history. The exhibits will be at the mall through Sunday, ...

Not quite right: early conception of the "Bear" from The Unwanted Blog
A 1954 US Air Force sketch of the "Tupelov-Gurevich Intercontinental Bombardment Airplane." Clearly this is meant to be the Tu-95 "Bear" bomber, but it misses the mark in a number of areas… the fuselage is shown far larger in diameter than the actual aircraft, and of course the Bear only had four engines, not six. ...

April 15 from Cut and Paste Aviation
... 1943 -- Operation Flax is put into effect, the systematic targeting by Allied fighter pilots of Luftwaffe transport aircraft bound for North Africa.
This interdiction operation led to the April 18 "Palm Sunday Massacre". Three squadrons of P-40's assigned to the 57th Fighter Group along with one squadron of P-40' from the 324th Group were on patrol. They were off Cape Bon flying with a top cover of Spitfires. They intercepted the largest aerial convoy of transports to date. The Germans decided to try a force in mass that could defend itself. The slow Junker 52 transports were on their way with supplies to the German Army in North Africa. The accounts of the total lost on both sides differ except that the Americans did lose six P-40's and one Spitfire. The German loss was staggering. The Americans claimed fifty-to-seventy of the German tri-motors were lost along with approximately sixteen to eighteen fighters, consisting of Macchi 202s, Bf-109's, and ME-110's. The actual German loss was 51 aircraft total. Still it is a blow for the supply depot in Tunisia waiting for them.  ...

Pentagon's Flying Car Program Takes Off from Wired: Danger Room
The Pentagon's far-out research agency has unveiled more details of their plan to create a shape-shifting, multipurpose car. ...
   
Aero club fun day - Marlborough Express
The Omaka Aero Club is hosting a fun day on Sunday from noon to 4pm. Co-organiser Tony Clarry said the event was planned to allow Marlborough people to take ...


Challenge Air Phoenix Fly Day via FB
Challenge Air Phoenix Fly Day Watch this video... this IS the reason why Challenge Air is so important to our children, our families and our community. Like the video states "the ultimate satisfaction comes from going just beyond what you think you can do..." -- and for the children that Challenge Air touches, it's even more true. Please consider... volunteering to help us on April 24th!

Technical Shakedown Flight with Don from AcroCamp
Don and I took the Super D up this afternoon to shake down some of the electronics. First flight for the ContourHD camera outside the cockpit and first use of the new attenuating cable and the new M-Audio MicroTrack II for the digital audio. ...

Stinson L-5 Sentinel from Planeshots
A-20G Havoc "Eloise" from Warbirds Online

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