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USAF Thunderbirds aerobatics squadron performs fly-by over Helsinki - Helsingin Sanomat | Eyes and cameras were pointed skywards on Wednesday when the US Air Force's Thunderbirds aerobatic team performed a fly-by over the Finnish capital. Six F-16 fighter jets belonging to the crack display squadron were seen in formation in the city's sky ...

Air Show soars this weekend - Warwick Beacon | John Klatt flies an Extra 300L plane just south of Quonset Point. After Klatt performed multiple stunts, HOT 106.3 radio personality Vezzy Parmesan was in awe in the front seat. This weekend, the 21st annual National Guard Air Show will take flight at ...

Skytypers in flight: Afternoon delight at the Quonset Air Show - Providence Journal | ... admission and parking, but a $10 donation will be collected at the entrance gates to support Hasbro Children's Hospital. Other performers include the Navy's Blue Angels flight demonstration team and the US Army Special Operations Command jump team. ...

Video: Runway Girl and I wrap up the 2011 Paris Air Show from FlightBlogger - Aviation News, Commentary and Analysis

No orders, but Solar Impulse the coolest plane in Paris - Globe and Mail | The Paris Air Show was the tech geek's fantasy. Entire runways and pavilions were stuffed with aircraft and gadgets whose technologies were billed as “next generation” or “game changing” or “revolutionary.” The geeks gathered by the hundreds or ...

The International Aeronautics and Space in Le Bourget Paris welcomes the general public on Friday - Translator | During the public days from 24 to 26 June (9:30-18h), aerial demonstrations will be held. Visitors can move along the track on 30,000 square meters of lawn planned for them to follow the events closely as possible.
   
Veterans sought for stunt-plane ride before air show - Battle Creek Enquirer | The Nashua, NH, aerobatic pilot, who will perform for the first time next week at the 2011 Battle Creek Field of Flight Air Show and Balloon Festival, has a practice of taking two veterans for a ride in his high performance aerobatic aircraft before ...

Video: The Aviators - Biggest little airshow from AOPA Live: Latest videos from AOPA Live | The Aviators - Biggest little airshow thumbnail The tiny town of Quesnel, British Columbia, stages its first airshow. It won't be the last.
   
Patriots Jet Demonstration Team to perform Sunday - Napa Valley Register | The Patriots Jet Demonstration Team, the nation's only civilian aerobatic jet team, will highlight the festivities for a sixth consecutive year with gloss black Aero L-39 Albatros jets and signature red, white and blue smoke trails. ...

Malaysian Pilot Killed In Crash At Padang Air Show - Bernama | JAKARTA, June 23 (Bernama) -- A Malaysian pilot was killed after the light aircraft he was piloting during an aerobatic performance at the Minang Aerosport 2011 air show crashed in an open area at Kompleks Perundam III Tunggul Hitam, Padang, West Sumatera this afternoon. ...

Women pilots make stopover at Max Westheimer Field - Norman Transcript | Late Thursday morning, the airport was swamped with female pilots who were participating in the 2722-mile Women's Air Race Classic. This year was the first time the historic race made Norman one of its stops. Originally called the Women's Air Derby, ...

Follow Plainfield student in national air race - Trib Local Plainfield | Lewis University pioneer aviators took off during the all women Air Race Classic as it began June 21 and will keep on soaring through June 24. This is the first time, Lewis University is represented in the competition. Jennifer Alicz, a senior aviation flight management major, and Natalie Kasak, 2011 flight graduate, are flying a Cessna 172 glass cockpit S model from the Lewis University fleet.  ...

World War II bomber set for Owosso visit - Argus Press | The aircraft is now housed in the Yankee Air Museum, near Willow Run Airport in Ypsilanti Township. B-17s such as Yankee Lady were sent on daylight bombing missions over Germany — sometimes 1000 planes in a single day — during World War II, ...

You like … Tiltrotors, too?! Nice propeller vortices... from You like airplanes, too? | ... coming off of this MV-22B Osprey. MEDITERRANEAN SEA (June 2, 2011) An MV-22B Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 263 (Reinforced), from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU) launches from the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19). Mesa Verde is ...

Abby Jarve Takes to the Sky from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | I don't think there has been a flying event at Renton Airport without Abby Jarve's smiling face waiting to take to the sky. She's drawn to the the airplanes and to the sky. She loves the excitement and challenge of flying and doesn't fear the hard work to get there. She's also a student at Aviation High School, and I know she's been bitten by the flying bug. Last year she also ...

EAA electric airplane challenge delayed from AOPA Pilot Blog: Reporting Points | It had been hoped to offer a $60,000 electric airplane challenge this year during EAA Airventure, but that has been delayed until AirVenture 2012. Most of the airplanes, except one, had not completed the required 40 hours of testing. Many of them fly only 20 or 30 minutes at a time. Here’s the EAA announcement:  ...