“Glacier Girl” and other Exciting Acts Featured at 2011 “WBCA Stars and ... - Laredo Sun | Bigger, better and louder are three words that can describe the 2011 WBCA Stars and Stripes Air Show Spectacular Sponsored by CPL Retail Energy, A Direct Energy Co. “The WBCA is looking forward to this year's Stars and Stripes Air Show Spectacular. ...
Air Show Plans Taking Off - WCTI12 | The Marine Corps Air Station New River is planning ENC's biggest spectator event of the year. The 2011 “Sounds of Freedom” Air Show is scheduled for May 14-15. The show’s theme is “Soaring for a Century,” in a salute to 100 years of Naval Aviation. Featured acts include: the Canadian Forces Snowbirds jet formation team, Team Red Bull Aerobatics, an AV-8B Harrier and F/A-18 Hornet demonstration, and a ...
Poster promotes Keesler Air Show - SunHerald.com | KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE -- The poster has been released to promote the Angels Over the Bay Air Show and Open House at Keesler Air Force Base. The Blue Angels precision flying team will be the star of the show ...
Thunder Over Louisville: watch where you stand - Bellarmine Concord | Thunder over Louisville will draw hundreds of thousands of people to the waterfront on Saturday, April 16; however, this year, not all areas are free. According to an article by WHAS 11's Anna Prendergast, titled "Derby Festival to ...
Thunderbirds are go - BBC News | Organisers of this year's RAF Waddington Air Show have confirmed they've signed up the US Air Force display team, the Thunderbirds, for the event in July. These are six F-16 aircraft flown by the best fighter pilots in America. ...
'Excessive demand' predicted for airshow - gethampshire.co.uk | THE next Farnborough Airshow is predicted to be so busy that visitors are being urged to book accommodation now. With 17 months to go until the 2012 show, which is being held a fortnight earlier than normal because of the 2012 Olympics, ...
UFO’s over Homestead, Florida? from US Army Golden Knights | UFO’s over Homestead, Florida? No, its the US Army Parachute Team! Each year during winter training, the Golden Knights conduct one round of night jump operations to maintain currency and proficiency. Each demonstration team will make three to five jumps, beginning with a stack out at 4000 feet, then a canopy relative work pass,then working their [...]
Liberty Foundation B-17 and P-40 Air Tours Over Alabama from Two Locations from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | Liberty Foundation's Flying Fortress, "Liberty Belle" B-17 and their newest warbird, "Warhawk" P-40 is offering tours and flights from two Alabama locations in March. The B-17 "Liberty Belle" provides passengers an opportunity to take a step back-in-time and gain respect for the men and women who gave so much to protect our freedoms. Flight participants receive a historical briefing about the significance of the B-17 then take to the air for a scenic tour around the local area. ...
Lyon Air Museum hosts Tuskegee Airman from General Aviation News | Tuskegee Airman and author Lt. Col. Alexander Jefferson, 90, a retired U.S. Air Force officer who currently resides in Southfield, Mich., will be signing copies of his book “Red Tail Captured, Red Tail Free: The Memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman and POW,” on Sunday, Feb. 20, from to 2 p.m. at Lyon Air Museum, located on the west side of John Wayne Airport in Southern California. ...
Recap of the A-1 Triad’s Exciting Fast Taxi from San Diego Air & Space Museum Blog | After two months of preparation by our skilled volunteer craftsmen at our Gillespie Field Annex, the Museum’s Curtiss A-1 Triad was transported to Naval Air Station North Island for assembly and water operations on San Diego Bay during the Centennial of Naval Aviation (CoNA) celebration on Saturday, 12 February 2011. We ran the engine for the first time on Wednesday evening and finally launched the aircraft ...
Centennial of Naval Aviation Kicks Off in San Diego from photorecon.net
The Centennial of Naval Aviation (CONA) Parade of Flight, held on February 12th 2011, will be what I judge all other aviation events against for a very long time. It was the Kickoff event of the year-long celebration of 100 years of naval aviation. The Parade of Flight featured more than 170 aircraft in the [...]
(title unknown) from Theo Spark | A formation of AV-8B Harriers fly by the early rising moon over San Diego Bay during the Centennial of Naval Aviation Open House and Parade of Flight at Naval Air Station North Island, Feb. 12, 2011. The Navy is observing the Centennial of Naval Aviation with a series of nationwide events celebrating 100 years of heritage, progress and achievement in naval aviation. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Trevor Welsh
Vintage Warplanes up for Restoration from Warplanes Online Community | Calgary city council says it will spend $800,000 to match any money raised to restore two vintage warplanes. The city owns a de Havilland Mosquito, a twin-engine fighter-bomber, and a Hawker Hurricane, a single-engine fighter plane that have sat in pieces in storage for several decades. The De Havilland Mosquito was so successful in many different combat roles that it was nicknamed “the wooden wonder”. It was so fast and agile that it did not need gunners and gun turrets like all other bombers because it was faster than the enemy’s fighters. Its loss rate was much lower than that of any other bomber, ...
Jagdgeschwader 53 Pik-As from Let Let Let - Warplanes | Jagdgeschwader 53 – or as it was better known, the “Pik As” (Ace of Spades) Geschwader – was one of the oldest German fighter units of World War II with its origins going back to 1937. Pik-As unit participated in almost every battlefield German Luftwaffe was engaged in combat. ...
Wonderful old (almost fake looking) photo of this American... from You like airplanes, too?
Today's Photos, Wednesday February 16th, 2011 from Military Photos | GULF OF THAILAND (Feb. 13, 2011) Aviation boatswain's mates watch as an AV-8B Harrier jet lands aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2). The Essex Amphibious Ready Group is participating in exercise Cobra Gold 2011, a U.S. and Thailand cosponsored multinational exercise designed to improve interoperability between participating nations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Eva-Marie Ramsaran/Released)
AV-8B+ Harrier walk around by David Cenciotti | A recent visit to Decimomannu airbase provided the opportunity to perform a quick walk around of the AV-8B+ and TAV-8B Harrier of the Marina Militare (Italian Navy, ItNy) deployed there to perform air-to-ground training in the Sardinian ranges. The aircraft belonged to the I GrupAer based in Grottaglie near Taranto. Note the MK76 25 lbs practice bomb attached to the pylons of the single seaters.
Military ID is pass to free fun at the Virginia Air and Space Museum - Daily Press | The Virginia Air & Space Center will be offering free admission to military and their families during FREEdom Days - March 1 through 31. During March, veterans, retired and active duty military, their spouses and dependents, will receive free exhibit ...
Hang gliding and paragliding PREPARE TO SPRING - Aviation Report | Forced winter break for free flight in hang gliding and paragliding, a discipline that, although practiced all year round, it prefers the other seasons. Spring and summer, especially facing optimal conditions due to solar radiation of the soil, form generous ascending air currents, called thermals. ...
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