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Embedded with The Hoppers: Battle Creek 2011  from Airspeed by Stephen Force (Steve Tupper)  If it's Independence Day weekend, you can be pretty sure that you'll find me in Battle Creek, Michigan for the Field of Flight Airshow and Balloon Festival.  This year is really special. Several months go, I made arrangements to embed for a couple of days as media guy with The Hoppers… 

Aviation Roundup in memory of Amanda - Only seven weeks from now Minden-Tahoe Airport will be hosting an outstanding event to celebrate the life of Amanda Franklin and to raise money to offset medical bills and loss of income for the great Flying Circus pilot Kyle Franklin. We are so fortunate that the air show family has stepped forward in such a dynamic way to help in this effort…

Balloon pilots wait on weather - Battle Creek Enquirer | John Grap/The Enquirer The middle part of the day Saturday was a success at the Battle Creek Field of Flight Air Show and Balloon Festival. The early morning and late evening, not so much. Winds and the threat of thunderstorms forced organizers of the ...

American Heroes Air Show cancelled | Helihub - the Helicopter ...  by HeliHub.com Editor | Additionally, several Search & Rescue teams and aircraft with long-time ties to the American Heroes Air Show have declined to attend so they can be on active standby for any issues that may arise due to increased traffic ...

Goodwood flypast for Vulcan TODAY - MSN Cars UK | The Vulcan To the Sky Trust hopes the Goodwood fly-past will help raise further essential funds for the last flying example of the 134 Vulcans built. Receiving no funding from government or the RAF, the Vulcan is kept in the air with donations from the ...

Tribute to Capt. Eric “Dirk” Ziegler  from photorecon.net | U.S. Air Force officials have identified the pilot involved in an aircraft mishap near Caliente, Nev., June 28 as Capt. Eric Ziegler, an operational test and evaluation instructor pilot with the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base. Capt. Eric Ziegler, aged 30, is a 1999 graduate of West Fargo High School [...]

Airshow - Wake&Jam 2011 - Murten (CH) from AirSpace by Grimmi | I can proudly present the Swiss Air Force's PC-7 Team in the new coloration - welcome to 'The golden PC-7 Team' : 

Kids take to the skies above Newton – KWCH (NEWTON,Kan) — Triple digit heat did not keep the crowds from the 48 th annual “Fly-In” held at the Newton airport. Planes of all shapes and sizes were not only on display on the ground but also in the sky. “Young Eagles” was one of the most popular ...

Helping The Disabled To Achieve Their Dream Of Obtaining Their Pilots License  from AvStop » Helping disabled pilots learn to fly has become a mission for German LSA producer, Flight Design. In conjunction with Able Flight and Purdue University's Department of Aviation Technology. Flight Design and its Colorado dealer Peak Aviation supplied a CTLS with an installed Flight Design hand control system to allow students to earn their…

Original Tuskegee Airman reflects on WWII - ABC7Chicago.com | George Porter was one of the original Tuskegee Airmen, which was the first all black US military unit of World War II pilots, navigators, bombardiers, mechanics and others. "We didn't know we were making history at the time. But I tell you what, ...

Rose Church, Flight Nurse to Mercury and Gemini Astronauts, Will Be NASA Guest for Last Space Shuttle Launch Next Week  from The Aero Experience by Carmelo Turdo | The St. Louis aerospace community is proud to announce that Rose Church, "Flight Nurse to the Astronauts" during the Mercury and Gemini space programs, and space program advocate, has been invited by NASA to be their special guest for the final Space Shuttle launch scheduled for July 8…

Weekend Wings #41: South Africa's "Franken-Mirages", Part 3 of 3  from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | This is the third and final article of a series describing the aircraft and systems developed by and for the South African Air Force (SAAF) during the 1980's and 1990's. In Weekend Wings #39, we described the Cheetah upgrade program for the SAAF's Mirage III fighters. In Weekend Wings #40, we looked at the Atlas Carver indigenous fighter project. This week, we'll look at efforts to re-engine the SAAF's Mirage F1 fighters (and later the Cheetahs as well), and examine some of the weapons and other systems developed to equip them...

A380 at Manchester Airport  from I Love Planes by Rafael | If I were to venture a guess, I’d say this is an Emirates A380. I love how the wings swoop up on this plane.  Also, that plane is huuuuuge. I’d love to see one in person, let alone fly in one…