Air show launch party Friday - Dayton Daily News | Aaron is the only FAA-certified helicopter aerobatic pilot and will be performing at the 2011 Vectren Dayton Air Show. By Drew Simon, Staff Writer Updated 10:17 PM Monday, July 18, 2011 VANDALIA — Before the main Vectren Dayton Air Show festivities ...Al Ain Aerobatic Show 2012 To Be Staged Over UAE National Day Weekend! - Abu Dhabi City Guide | Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA) has confirmed that Al Ain Aerobatic Show – the Oasis City's annual aerobatics display which is held under the patronage of HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander ...
Range Regional Airshow Coming Up - WDIO-TV | The Chisholm-Hibbing Airport Authority is celebrating the airport's 80th anniversary recognizing the accomplishments of past and present by hosting the Range Regional Airshow July 22 and 23, 2011. The Range Regional Airshow will also have a patriotic ...Portraits of Honour at airshow – BCLocalNews | The display is scheduled to arrive in Cranbrook this Wednesday, July 20, in conjunction with the Cranbrook Airshow. The Portraits of Honour National Tour is centred on a 10' x 35' oil painted mural, featuring the hand-painted portraits of the 155 ...
Flightfest spreads its wings – BCLocalNews | Bob Schmitz and Case Grypma of the Nelson Pilots Association are looking for volunteers to help with this year's Flightfest, which will include flying demonstrations and an afternoon air show. By Greg Nesteroff - Nelson Star Nelson's annual Flightfest ...
Cars with wings - Burt Rutan steps up to the plate from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | I've mentioned the Terrafugia Transition 'roadable plane' or 'flying car' (take your pick) in these pages before. A prototype flew in 2009, and it's now being developed into a production version…Farther and Faster: More Electric Aviation Records Fall – IBTimes | and here we are again: a team from Stuttgart, Germany - flying an electric plane called the eGenius - has set a new milestone for electric aviation after averaging over 100 mph for just over two hours. The eGenius is, essentially, a motorized glider ...
X2 Retires, Heads For Oshkosh from AVwebFlash Current Issue | Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation's X2 technology demonstrator flew for the last time last week, and next week it will be on display at EAA AirVenture at Oshkosh. The innovative helicopter, winner of the 2010 Collier Prize, achieved a level flight speed of 253 knots, an unofficial speed record. The X2 is propelled by a unique system of counter-rotating rigid rotor blades powered by a turboshaft engine, plus a rear pusher prop. Sikorsky said the five-year research program achieved its objectives -- low single-pilot workload, low vibration, low acoustic signature, and high speed -- and will now evolve into an effort to design and fly the S-97 Raider, a light tactical helicopter for the U.S. military…
AirPigz Oshkosh Bacon Parties - Chew The Fat! #CampBacon #OSH11 by Martt | You're officially invited to stop by #CampBacon (the Oshkosh 2011 home for AirPigz in the EAA campgrounds) for free bacon strips and good avgeek times. I've planned three delicious bacon parties with sweet sizzling swine strips! Tuesday July 26th, Wednesday July 27, and Thursday July 28th... and each day they'll run from 6pm until 8pm. Check out this map for the exact location in Camp Scholler...Chinese-born aviator Wei Chen to get happy return to Memphis - Memphis Commercial Appeal | Memphis airport officials are planning a hero's welcome for Chinese-born aviator Wei Chen, who is entering the home stretch of his quest to circumnavigate the globe. The president and CEO of Memphis-based Sunshine Enterprise Inc. is due back in Memphis ...
Return of B-29 sets hearts soaring - Kansas City Star | Hayes and veterans of World War II and the Korean War — specifically those who worked on or with B-29s — and their families met the plane before a Commemorative Air Force luncheon. Kim Pardon of the Commemorative Air Force helped organize the event. ...
"FiFi," the last flying B-29 bomber, returns to AirVenture - Oshkosh Northwestern | "FiFi," owned by the Commemorative Air Force, last made a trip to AirVenture in the mid 1990s, according to EAA officials. "Having "FiFi" back is special because we've heard of B-29 bomber pilots coming here and they'll be reunited with the airplane ...
More than 60 years later, video surfaces of WWII rescue. Chris Vanderveen reports. 9NEWS at 6 p.m. 11/11/10
More than 60 years later, video surfaces of WWII rescue. Chris Vanderveen reports. 9NEWS at 6 p.m. 11/11/10
Commemorative bomber arrives Pangborn for tours today - The Wenatchee World Online | “Maid in the Shade,” a restored B-25 that flew 15 WWII combat missions in Europe, will fly into Pangborn Memorial Airport today for a three-day stopover. The plane will be on display at the airport after its arrival about noon today until 6 pm and then ...
B-17 bomber tours offered today, Wednesday in Fargo - In-Forum | The EAA returned to Fargo on Monday with its B-17 nicknamed “Aluminum Overcast,” bringing the hulking piece of history back to the Fargo Air Museum for the second time in three years. Ground tours will be offered from 9 am to 7 pm today and Wednesday. ...
VIDEO: B-17 Visits Fargo – KFGO | John McGovern was among those who came to see the flying fortress at the Fargo Air Museum. The 88-year-old Lake Park, Minn. man was a top turret gunner on a bomber in Europe. McGovern says it is "a little luck and help from the man upstairs" that got ...
Today in History Tuskegee Airmen Established Video Link from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | -from GovWin- Today is the 70th anniversary of the July 19, 1941, establishment of the first Army Air Corps program to train African-American fighter pilots, who would become known as the Tuskegee Airmen. The program had its genesis in 1939 when Congress passed Appropriations Bill Public Law 18, which granted funding for African-Americans to receive the training…
Roberta Mancino and Jeb Corliss flying their wingsuit (captured... from Bonjour BlueSky | Roberta Mancino and Jeb Corliss flying their wingsuit (captured by Barry Holubeck). Thanks Roberta for allowing us to use your pictures! :-)
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