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2011 Rockford Airfest still delivers despite Blue Angels scrub and high heat - Examiner.com | The air show started with some teaser performances by Sean D. Tucker followed by the Heavy Metal Jet Team. Cmdr. Mike 'Buick' Eberhardt, USN (ret.) of the Heavy Metal Jet Team flew Metal 6 during what was the teams first solo teaser performance at an ...

Cavalcade Returns to Clow Airport - Suburban Life Publications | Cavalcade 2011, the annual airshow at Clow International Airport in Bolingbrook, returned to the airport on June 4-5. The event featured demonstrations, fly-overs and personalized plane rides in a "Breezy" plane– a tandem two-seat, open cockpit ...

American Waco Club Fly-In Scheduled for June 9-12 at Creve Coeur Airport from The Aero Experience  

Pilot stable after air-show crash - The Province | A 71-year-old Vancouver Island man has been airlifted to hospital with life-threatening injuries after his homemade aircraft plummeted to the ground in front of about 1000 spectators at a Nanaimo air show Saturday afternoon. ...

Two WWII aircraft to visit Visalia airport; rides offered - Visalia Times-Delta | A B-17 Flying Fortress and a B-25 Mitchell will be on display at the airport from noon to 6 pm today and 9 am to 6 pm Tuesday and Wednesday. Visalia Municipal Airport is at 9501 W. Airport Drive. The B-17 and B-25 will be on display in front of the ...

First Doolittle Award presented to 4th Fighter Wing from Air Force Link Top Stories | The 4th Fighter Wing received the inaugural Air Force Historical Foundation Doolittle Award during a ceremony at the Air Force Memorial here June 2.  The Doolittle Award promotes the history and heritage of a unit as opposed to an individual. The award is named after Lt. Gen. Jimmy Doolittle, a Medal of Honor recipient whose surprise raid on Japan in early 1942 is generally recognized as the U.S.'s first World War II victory and helped turn the tide in the Pacific theater. ... [photo credit] 


Father and son fly together in RAF Hawk from Warplanes Online Community | Father and son pilots Sqn Ldr David Withington, who has been in the RAF since 1985, and son Brian, who both serve with 100 Sqn, RAF Leeming, enjoyed a special outing in a Hawk jet.  The Hawker Typhoon was Great Britain’s primary ground attack plane in the second half of World War II. Aproximately 3300 were built, although only one was tested by the Fleet Air Arm in 1939-1945.  It was the perfect chance for the two to take to the air together as ...

In His Name - the Dedication to Archie Pennie from Vintage Wings of Canada | Vintage Wings has recently created a program unique among vintage aircraft operators worldwide - dedicating each aircraft in their collection to a specific Canadian airman, whose personal story exemplifies both the aircraft type and the courage and commitment of the young aviators connected to them. Each aircraft in the collection now bears and elegant inscription panel with the name, rank, unit and other key information about the honoured aviator. These panels will spark the telling of their stories, engender ...

Early Air Racing By Marilyn Dash | Prior to World War II, air racing was the number one outdoor spectator sport. During this time aviation was in rapid development and it represented the leading edge of technology.  The audiences were captivated by the engineering marvels, as well as the courageous pilots.  Some things have not changed; we still do see developments made because of air racing. More likely today we use racing as a proving ground for new developments, which will slowly make their way into  ...

Denver International Wine Festival expanding to The Wings Over the Rockies Air ... - Denver Post | The 7th annual Denver International Wine Festival today announced a major expansion saying the festival will be held at The Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum in Denver. The main hangar floor space offers more than 44000 ...

VIDEO: Watch the low pass flyby to end low pass flybys - Asylum.co.uk | Recently, we brought you guys ten of the most terrifying aeroplane 'low passes' recorded on camera. They all show planes flying so close to ground it makes you want to wince/duck/huddle up into a ball – but none of them touch this beauty, ...

June 6 – This Day In Aviation History from Aviation Earth | June 6, 1903 – In Nice, France Ferdinand Ferber attempts a test flight of his glider No. 6 which fails to achieve lift and take off. June 6, 1910 – The first cross country air race held in France is won by Robert Martinet in a Farman. The race covers a distance of 27 miles [...]

First flight: Teen Flight’s RV-12 - GA News |In late 2009, a group of men in Aurora, Ore. — all successful in business, all deeply involved in aviation – were discussing a frequent lament: How to interest young people in flying? Maybe it was the expense, maybe it was some sort of cultural divide, maybe aviation seemed so remote and unreachable that teenagers just screened it out. What could be done? .... It’s called Project Teen Flight. ...