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WATCH RIO RED BULL AIR RACE LIVE from Mike Goulian Airshows by Jenn | Watch the Rio de Janeiro Red Bull Air Race LIVE right here!  The race will be taking place at 11:15am Sunday, May 9, in Rio (10:45am EST in the U.S). Make sure to watch and cheer us on as we race for the podium! You can also join in on the fun and make comments on the "Live Blog" now and during the race. CLICK HERE to post comments. On the "Live Blog" page, you can scroll to the bottom to watch the actual times of each pilot's results during practice on Friday, Qualifying on Saturday and Sunday's Race.

TEAM #99 HAS NEW BRAZILIAN SPONSOR from Mike Goulian Airshows by Jenn | Team #99 is proud to announce that they will be representing the Petroleo Brasileiro S.A, or Petrobras, beginning in Rio de Janeiro. Petrobras is a multinational energy company headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Petrobras is a world leader in development of advanced technology from deep-water and ultra-deep water oil production. They are not only the largest company in Latin America, but also the largest company headquartered in the southern hemisphere. Team #99 is happily sporting their new green and yellow colors. The new partnership with Petrobras will continue for the upcoming races in Windsor, Ontario and New York City. Make sure to cheer on our newly decorated green and yellow Team #99! For more information about the sponsorship, please click here or visit www.redbullairrace.com For more information on Petrobras, please click here or visit www.petrobras.com.br

One Step Forward, Two Steps Back from Kirby Chambliss » Feed by JocelynTC4 | RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – A cruel twist of fate has left American pilot Kirby Chambliss with a low power engine despite huge efforts to install an improved powerplant for the Rio round of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship. After successfully swapping to the newly tuned Lycoming for the third round at the start of the week, tech Jason Resop was left with no alternative but to re-install the old engine after complications arose during flight testing…

Getting it right behind the scenes from Aerial Sports Feed by noreply@redbull.com(Red Bull Staff) One of the essential parts of Air Race is stewarding. Our expert, Steve Jones, takes us on a tour to understand the judging process in the Red Bull Air Race and he explains why the decisions made in

Red Bull Races Have Different Winners from Pacific Flyer by PacificFlyer | Defending champion Paul Bonhomme secured the first trophy of the 2010 Red Bull Air Race World Championship with a hard-earned victory in difficult weather conditions in Abu Dhabi at the end of March. The British ace also made the uncomfortable discoveryÊahead of the second race in Perth, Australia (April 17-18) that unlike last year there is not only one rival to worry about but at least a half dozen challengers…

Aerobatic Pilot Flies Above the Rest - Massapequan Observer | He was a part of the United States Aerobatic Team, a team of the top five fliers in the US, and competed against the best fliers in the world. ...

Thunder from the skies on tap for Shawfest - The State | The United States Air Force Aerial Demonstration Squadron, commonly referred to as The Thunderbirds, was sight-surveying the airspace around Shaw Air Force ...

Blue thunder in blue skies - Tuscaloosa News | But the stars of the day-long show remain the Blue Angels, which first performed in 1946 and is currently the oldest flying aerobatic team. ...

BLUE ANGELS HIT THE SKIES - Tuscaloosa News | Carson Moore, 14 and stunt pilot Greg Poe fly over Tuscaloosa during a flight in a Fagen MX2 ethanol-powered stunt plane in Tuscaloosa on Thursday. ...

May 27, 2010: Flying Musicians to Appear at Quiet Valley Ranch from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale -- Come Jam with Us -- Fort Worth, Texas –May 6, 2010: The Flying Musicians Association, Inc., a non-profit organization, will land at the Quiet Valley Ranch for the Kerrville (TX) Folk Festival, an event held annually at the Ranch 9 miles south of Kerrville on Hwy 16. Starting on Thursday, May 27 and continuing for 18 days (until June 13), the Festival will host performances by more than 100 singer songwriters and their bands. Interspersed between weekends are workshops in songwriting, blues guitar, and harmonica…

Weekend Air Show/Hurricane Hunter « WVUA-TV Weather Blog by sky7weather | Weekend Air Show/Hurricane Hunter. I wanted to share this bit of information I collected from the Tuscaloosa Air Show Website: The WC130-J Hurricane Hunter aircraft will be a part of this weekends show. The aircraft provides vital ...

Flying Circus to add museum - AOPA Pilot | The weekly Flying Circus airshow, a lovingly corny revue of Stearmans and Wacos, wingwalking and formation flying, aerobatics and ride hopping, has realized ...

Annual Flying Man Festival to be held in Pocklington - The Press, York | The Real Aeroplane Company from Breighton will be heading to Pocklington this weekend with some famous historic aeroplanes – the Miles Magister, ...

Historic bombers visiting Long Beach - Long Beach Press-Telegram | Wings of Freedom will take people aloft from the Long Beach Airport today through Tuesday aboard the World War II-era B-24 Liberator, the B-17 Flying ...

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Record Setting Test Pilot Dies from Pacific Flyer | A retired Air Force major general and former test pilot at Edwards Air Force Base, Fred J. Ascani, has died at the age of 92. Ascani set a world speed record in an F-86 jet fighter in 1951 and later oversaw the development of the XB-70 supersonic bomber. Ascani, a B-17 pilot during World War II who flew 53 combat missions, died of lung cancer at his home in Alexandria, VA., said his son, David…

Soaring Above Europe: The Memphis Belle by eastofeton | Memphis Belle was the nickname of a B-17F Flying Fortress during the Second World War that inspired the making of two motion pictures: a 1944 documentary film, Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress, and a 1990 Hollywood feature film, Memphis Belle. It was the first U.S. Army Air Forces heavy bomber to complete 25 combat missions. The plane and crew then returned to the United States to sell war bonds. The original airplane is undergoing extensive restoration at the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio…

B-17 visits Napa airport for tours and short flights - Vallejo Times-Herald | NAPA COUNTY -- After dropping explosives on Nazi Germany, returning B-17 Flying Fortresses sometimes had another load to drop. ...

Vintage WW II bombers to visit Prescott Airport Friday through Sunday - Prescott Daily Courier | Pilots with the Commemorative Air Force Arizona Wing Museum are flying a pair of authentic World War II-era American bombers into Prescott this ...

WASP aviator to appear at museum event - The Desert Sun | Pearl Judd, one of fewer than 300 surviving Women Airforce Service Pilots or WASPs, is scheduled to make an appearance Saturday at the La Quinta Museum in ...

From WASP test pilot to airport greeter from General Aviation News by Meg Godlewski | Many airports have an official greeter — someone who meets the airplanes at the GA terminal and drives the passengers to where they need to be. At Sebring Regional Airport (SEF) in Sebring, Florida, the person behind the wheel of the six-person golf cart is 90-year-old Barry Benson Smith. She works long hours during the U.S. Sport Aviation Expo in January or when the races are underway at the Sebring Speedway across the street from the airport…

Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum - Daily Journal of Commerce | After closely following weather patterns, a crew carefully placed a Boeing 747 atop a steel structure at the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum in ...

X-51A Waverider Tests Set for Late May 2010 from Spaceports by jack@jackkennedy.net (JackKennedy) In the last week of May, thousands of square miles of airspace above the Pacific Ocean will be cleared to make way for a skinny, shark-nosed aircraft called the X-51A, reports New Scientist.

Green Flight Challenge Competitors Come Together on Perlan Project from CAFE Foundation Blog by Dean Sigler | The Cafe Foundation's Green Flight Challenge, scheduled for 2011, has drawn some impressive competitors with its $1.5 million prize.  Two of these, Greg Cole of Windward Performance, who will field a two-seat motorglider, and Einar Enevoldson, leader of the PC-Aero team, which will launch its Elektra One (see "PC-Aero's Elektra One," April 11, 2010), are working together quite collegially on a challenge of their own…

AvGas On The Way Out? from Pacific Flyer | The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says it may be planning what could be a disaster for anyone who owns an airplane that uses avgas. Basically, the EPA says it has formally begun the regulatory process that may require the industry's transition to use pure unleaded aviation gasoline, instead of 100 LL as used now…

International Learn To Fly Day: Bringing the Joy of Flying to Everyone from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | Frederick MD- On Saturday, May 15, people around the world will celebrate the first-ever International Learn to Fly Day. The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA), which originally announced this special aviation day at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2009, and the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) are teaming up with other leading aviation organizations to support community events aimed at getting future pilots up in the sky for their first flight…

Video: Huge RC A-10 Warthog Looks Real In Flight! by Martt

A-4 / T-4 (Skyhawk / Scooter) from FenceCheck Forums - Few shots of it in 2008.  Mike did a great job on her! TA-4J N518TA Serial Number: 14291

Air Force Week in Photos from Air Force Link Top Stories by afnews@dma.mil | This week's photo highlights feature Airmen around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force.

May 6, 1937 – The Hindenburg Disaster from Airships: A Hindenburg and Zeppelin History Site by Dan (Airships.net) On this day in 1937 the Hindenburg burst into flames at Lakehurst, New Jersey, ending the era of passenger airship travel. The Hindenburg had been launched on March 4, 1936, and had completed 62 successful flights, including multiple crossings of the North and South Atlantic, before crashing at the American naval base at Lakehurst while attempting to land.  The accident killed 35 of the 97 passengers and crew aboard the airship, and one member of the ground crew…

On This Day in Aviation History: May 7th by Phil Derner Jr. | The Soviet Union proves that they shot down a U-2 spy plane after an American attempt to cover it up, Pacific Air Flight 773 crashes after a man shoots both pilots, Varig is founded, the Lockheed L-1011-500 enters service and more!...