A big attraction is added to this month's Air and Rocket Racing Show. Tulsa Air and Space Museum Executive Director Jim Bridenstine says they've been able to secure fly bys from a B-2 Stealth Bomber. Bridenstine says he's been told Highway 169 turned into a parking lot the last time a B-2 did touch and goes at Tulsa International Airport because people were pulling over to watch. Also added to the April 24th event are two F-15 Strike Eagle jet fighters.
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Cocoa Beach, New York named host cities for Air Force Week - Florida Today
Air Force Week in Cocoa Beach will be Oct. 26 through 31, culminating with the Cocoa Beach Air Show. The designated week for New York is Aug. ...
Don't Miss the Blue Angels at the Florida Keys Airshow 4/10 & 4/11 by Beachlover
The U.S. Navy's renowned Blue Angels Flight Demonstration Squadron is to showcase its members' dynamic flying skills Saturday and Sunday, April 10-11, during the Southernmost Air Spectacular presented by Naval Air Station Key West.
Admission is free to the air show, scheduled to take place at NAS Key West's Boca Chica Field, located at mile marker 8 on U.S. Highway 1 just north of Key West. Gates are to open at 9 a.m. both days, with action scheduled to continue until 5 p.m.
The legendary Blue Angels are internationally recognized for their superb formation flying. The squadron, whose winter home was NAS Key West in the 1960s, is to perform maneuvers in F/A-18 Hornet fighter aircraft beginning at 2:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. ...
Organizers are banking on a group of pilots flying a famous World War II fighter plane to generate excitement as the headliner of this year's Indianapolis Air Show after the big-name aerial teams elected to skip this year's event.
The P-51 Horsemen Aerobatic Team is the world's only group featuring the P-51. It features three pilots flying the single-seat, single-engine planes in a variety of maneuvers.
The air show, which is held annually at Mt. Comfort Airport, has for several years been able to attract either the Air Force Thunderbirds or the Navy Blue Angels, which headlined the show in 2009. They are the most sought-after acts on the summer air show circuit. ...
12000 spectators enjoy Warbirds practice - Otago Daily Times
Recycling is being encouraged because the airshow could result in an estimated 20 tonnes of rubbish. This creates the biggest-ever recycling challenge for Wanaka Wastebusters event recycling manager Jeremy Bisson and at least 12 ...
Big names already lining-up for Lowestoft airshow - The Lowestoft Journal
The RAF has confirmed that many airshow favourites will be returning to the resort this summer to wow crowds on both days of the event, which is taking ...
Tricolor arrows back in Stintino - Alguer.it
After two years of the exhibition of the "tricolor Arrows", which was held July 13 in front of the beach of Saline at the Twentieth Anniversary ...
Carla Bruni poses with French flying squad as rumours swirl she is enjoying ... - Daily Mail
Posing in a powder blue flight suit, France's first lady Carla Bruni today met with the French aerobatic squadron, for which she is patron.
The model wife of President Nicolas Sarkozy joined the Patrouille de France, as they are known, following an exhibition in Salon de Provence, today. ...
Around-the-World Gyrocopter Heading for Egypt from Planenews Aviation News
Norman Surplus, an autogyro pilot from Larne, Northern Ireland, is poised at the southern tip of Greece, just one week into his trip around the world. He flew along the English coast in formation with four other gyrocopters before crossing the English Channel. Next he flew across France and Italy and arrived in Greece after a four-hour flight over the Apennine Mountains. His next destinations are Egypt and Saudi Arabia across the Mediterranean Sea. The plan is to cover at least 300 miles per day and to be back home in Ireland by mid-July. ...
EAAers Set 'Most Memorable Records' from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association
Do you think there are no aviation records left to set? Wrong! There are many still to be achieved, and the best of 2009 are being remembered by the National Aeronautic Association (NAA). ...
Profile 41: "OLD CROW" as flown by Bud Anderson from WWII Fighter Plane Profiles
The relationship between pilot and crew is oft-told. You can't read a biography or watch a History Channel presentation without the pilot saying something honorable about his crew. Not to be crass or anything, but it's so common, the sentiments seem pat and cliched any more.
But - those sentiments are real.
I remember Bud getting choked up talking about the service of his Crew Chief, Sgt. Heino and Armorer Sgt. Zimmerman. It was a little uncomfortable for me, because up to that point, I'd had this impression that these guys lived compartmentalized, clenched jaw lives. Like John Wayne. To hear devotion and unashamed reliance...that was new. ...
Once to the Moon, Forever in Flight - Ramona Journal
To promote the museum, Anders competed in the Reno Air Races for a couple of years. Although no longer racing, he still takes part in flight shows, ...
Curtiss Helldiver Found in Oregon Woods Twice? from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association
The discovery last month in the Oregon woods of the wreckage of a World War II-era warplane has raised questions about whether this was the first time someone has seen the wreckage. ...
Operation Goodwill 1946 from PPRuNe Forums [photos]
In July and August 1946 sixteen Lancasters of 35 Squadron went on Operation Goodwill, a trip to the U.S.A. to show the Americans some of the 'British Flyer Boys' that had helped win the war. My late father was amongst the aircrew and I have an album of photos that illustrate this trip, plus the earlier formation flying to mark the Victory Day parade in June. ...
Swanky Convair B-58 Derivative SST - Circa 1960 by Martt
The first flight of the B-58 was in late 1956, and the airplane went operational with the USAF in 1960. This first-ever supersonic bomber was expensive, complicated, and somewhat difficult to fly, but it was also a very successful hot rod in the rapidly expanding world of supersonic flight. This put Convair in a unique position of having a proven basic design philosophy that could easily(?) be manipulated into creating a supersonic platform capable of carrying passengers. ...
Spiteful AZ Model 1/72 from Let Let Let - Warplanes
Spiteful belong to the great family of fighters and it is direct development of the famous Spitfire. Very interesting to note is that first version of the Spiteful was marked as model XIV and the main reason is because it is made from the various conversion from the standard Spitfire Mk. XIV. Maiden flight was first flown on 30 June 1944 with test pilot Jeffrey Quill at controls. Introducing of the jet fighters into service limited deployment of this type into the service. Interesting to note that from this type was also developed later deck operated jet plane, Supermarine Attacker. ...
April 2 from Cut and Paste Aviation
... 1976 -- The last C-118A Liftmaster in the active inventory went to Davis- Monthan AFB, Arizona for storage.
1961 -- WW I Sopwith Camel pilot, Robert Johnstone Owen Scarisbrick, Lancashire, England. ...
Intrepid eyes NASA shuttle Endeavour for special ties to World Trade Center ... - New York Daily News
The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum is vying to get one of the nation's three remaining space shuttles for its permanent collection. ...
Spacewoman power: 4 women in orbit at same time - The Associated Press
Monday's liftoff time is 6:21 am Metcalf-Lindenburger and Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, both rookies, will become the 53rd and 54th women to fly in ...
Southern Illinois University Air Race Classic Teams - Sabrina Zwego
Four Generals from WWII from Shorpy Historic Photo Archive
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