National Aviation Hall of Fame to honor Navy's Blue Angels flight ... - Daily Journal | AP DAYTON, Ohio — The National Aviation Hall of Fame in Ohio is giving the US Navy's Blue Angels flight demonstration team an award recognizing exceptional contributions to the advancement of flight. The annual Milton Caniff "Spirit of Flight" award ...
Ford "Blue Angels" Mustang to Be Sold at EAA AirVenture 2011 - EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, WI - For the fourth straight year, the Ford Motor Company has created a unique, "one of one" aviation-themed vehicle for auction to benefit the EAA Young Eagles program. The one-of-a-kind 2011 "Blue Angels" Mustang GT will go to the highest bidder at the Young Eagles Auction during EAA AirVenture 2011, which will be held July 25-31 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh…Details released for 2011 ESL International Airshow - News 10NBC | The Blue Angels will be one of the high-flying attractions this year. The Canadian Skyhawks will also be dropping by. ESL President and CEO David Fiedler predicts this year's show will be a great success. “We're looking forward to the Blue Angels ...
We made it to Texas, Y’all! from Air Race Classic by ejackson | Hey everyone Lanie here! The day began with a pre-take off briefing in Alliance, Nebraska. The new start time was 12:00 o’clock local time. As we lined up to wait for take-off the excitement began take over. We were now in race mode! After all the briefings we completed in the last 4 days nothing could prepare me for what was about to occur!...
We made it to Texas, Y’all! from Air Race Classic by ejackson | Hey everyone Lanie here! The day began with a pre-take off briefing in Alliance, Nebraska. The new start time was 12:00 o’clock local time. As we lined up to wait for take-off the excitement began take over. We were now in race mode! After all the briefings we completed in the last 4 days nothing could prepare me for what was about to occur!...
Nebraska, Kansas, Texas from Air Race Classic 2011 by Jo Alcorn and Michelle Bostick | We started the day with a look at where we ended up in Hemingsford, NE...The Patriot Inn. A quiet place run by sisters-in-law who had several fainting goats. We loved it. After greeting the goats and their mistress we headed to the airport for a takeoff about 1pm....
Women's air race taking off from Alliance - Houston Chronicle | The 35th Annual Women's Air Race Classic has been scheduled for takeoff in Alliance. Gaylene Jensen, of Heartland Aviation in Alliance, told Alliance radio station KCOW that weather and other issues forced the race to start in Alliance instead of Iowa ...
Confirmed: Pilot's flight over Taunton river was upside down - Fall River Herald News | John Klatt gives Herald News reporter Kevin P. O'Connor a ride in his aerobatic plane. Piloting the single-seater is Bill Kerns. By Kevin P. O'Connor The first sign of home came moments after John Klatt pushed his plane into the air...
A 2013 air show proposed for Burlington is in mayor's hands - BurlingtonFreePress.com | Free Press file photo An air show proposed for the Burlington waterfront scheduled in 2013 circles back to Mayor Bob Kiss for approval after winning support from a city commission. Kiss has suggested such air shows be made greener and become less ...
Night Air displays will shine even brighter - Bournemouth Echo | ORGANISERS of Bournemouth Air Festival have announced details of this year's Night Air displays, which are being extended. The dusk show was a highlight of last year's festival and, as a result, there will be flying on the Thursday ...
Licensed to Loop: America's Only Aerobatic Copter Pilot - Wired | ICAS (the international council of airshows) does issue a “ACE” card (aerobatic competency card), which is required to fly in airshows where the normal rules are waived in the “show box”. My question is, was something different done here? ...Wings of Freedom tour awaits B-24 Liberator - Peninsula Daily | Dave Seaton, left, and Lad Libera, both of Port Angeles, fold their arms while posing for a photo in front of the B-17 Flying Fortress “Nine-O-Nine” at William R. Fairchild International Airport in Port Angeles on Wednesday...
Smokin T-6! from Moose Peterson Aviation Photography | The smokin T-6 act of John Collver in War Dog at the Wings over Gillespie airshow was outstanding! The T-6 was a WWII trainer for fighter pilots. All aspects from being a tail dragger to its handling in the air prepared thousands for taking the controls of such legendary aircraft at the P-51 Mustang…
Skydivers drop in on Jobbie Nooner - Detroit Free Press | The Red Bull Air Races were held in recent years in the Detroit-Windsor area and the people welcomed the pilots. When we heard about the Jobbie Nooner, it just made a lot of sense. A: The athletes will jump out of the aircraft with each competitor ...Tornado Hits Train Carrying Boeing Parts from AVwebFlash Current Issue | A train carrying subassemblies for Boeing from Tulsa to Everett, WA was hit by a tornado earlier this week and, based on this video posted to YouTube by StormChasingVideo.com (it's the first 40 seconds) it seems likely there will be, at a minimum, some supply chain disruptions at the Boeing plant. As the storm chasers mention in the video, the train was carrying Boeing 737 fuselages (yes, we are struck by the irony, too) but the aluminum tubes appear to have escaped a direct hit. However, an AVweb reader who works at the Tulsa plant has told us that the train was also carrying wings for Boeing's new flagship 747-8. He told us the railway is still tallying up the damage…
Warren Beatty Wants An All-Star Cast For His Howard Hughes Biopic - Cinema Blend | They've also got a list of the actors Beatty has been meeting with, and weirdly enough, it includes Alec Baldwin, who played a major character in The Aviator. It also includes a laundry list of interesting up and coming actors-- Andrew Garfield, ...
Ride of a Lifetime - MV-22B Osprey at Marine Week St. Louis from The Aero Experience by Carmelo Turdo | Aero Experience contributors Carmelo Turdo and Mark Nankivil had the "Experience" of a lifetime while flying aboard an MV-22B Osprey of VMM-161 during Marine Week St. Louis. The day began around 07:00 (pretty late for Marines) at St. Louis Downtown Airport in Cahokia, IL as those scheduled for media flights began to assemble for the pre-flight briefing. Prior to the briefing, St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay was honored for the city's efforts in the preparation for Marine Week St. Louis:
Maine does away with aircraft sales taxes - Boston Herald | By AP PORTLAND, Maine — A new law eliminating sales taxes on aircraft and parts should give aviation businesses a boost and improve Maine's image as a tax-hungry state prowling after out-of-staters who fly in for visits. Buried deep in the state's new ...If you’re coming to Oshkosh, get ready for Airplanista Magazine’s new #Tweeplechase game from Av8rdan's World of Flying by Dan Pimentel | Airplanista Magazine, a popular new media, online publication, is launching a fun game for three days during EAA Airventure Oshkosh. Called #Tweeplechase, this new event will lead players on a clue-by-clue hunt to win prizes as they follow the #tweeplechase hashtag on Twitter. The game is scheduled to be played Thursday, July 28th, Friday, July 29th and Saturday, July 30th…
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