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Thunderbirds ready for Travis - TheReporter.com | The skies over Solano Air Power Expo will feature not only performances by the Air Force's premier aerial demonstration team but also a T-33 demonstration by Greg Colyer, a T-34 demonstration by Julie Clark, a P-51 demonstration by Eddie Andreini and ...

USAF Thunderbirds 2011 Schedule

F-15 E Eagle Strike jets arrive in Pasco to prep for air show - KNDO/KNDU | The preparations for the 2011 Water Follies are underway, and the director of the air show, Scott Meyer is excited about a new performance by the US Airforce, bringing in two F-15 E Eagle Strike Jets in. "This is the first time we're going to have them ...

Atlantic City Airshow adds Canadian SkyHawks to this year's lineup - Press of Atlantic City | This year's Atlantic City Airshow “Thunder Over The Boardwalk” will be an international show with the Canadian SkyHawks Parachute Team joining the current lineup of show performers. “Each year we work with Airboss David Schultz to make sure the ...

16th FAI European Gliding Championships: Revving up... from Fédération Aéronautique Internationale - FAI | The towplanes are revving up and trundling across the grass towards the grids where the four glider classes are lined up and ready to go. ...

Lockheed SR-71. “SR-71 on the Ramp at Beale AFB... from Planeshots

CONFIRMED: This summer's best air show will be ... from The DEW Line | ... not here. As much as I'm digging getting buzzed by the only fly-able B-29 in the world here at Oshkosh AirVenture, it's not the best air show in the world this summer -- by far. Neither does that distinction belong to last month's Paris Air Show, which was unusually bereft of debut appearances by military aircraft. No, that honour goes to the MAKS 2011 air show outside next month. Why? ...

Highway to the danger zone: Air Museum's F-15 hits the road, on way to Chico - Enterprise-Record | Moved by the crane, "It was nice to see it in the air," said Rosene, a member of Chico Air Museum. The aircraft is a two-seat model built in 1980. Rosene was among those who worked for a number of months to win the aircraft for the Chico Air Museum. ...

An unusual Voodoo — the JF-101B from Travel for Aircraft | While at the Air Force Armament Museum* I photographed this McDonnell F-101 Voodoo armed with Hughes AIM-4 Falcon missiles. During the time I did not notice anything unusual, and I photographed the information plaque to read later, as I had many aircraft to see and this would be the first of four Voodoos I would see on that day — tick tock. ...

McDonnell XF-85 Goblin from I n f o r m a t i o n 2 S h a r e | The McDonnell XF-85 Goblin was an American prototype fighter aircraft conceived during World War II by McDonnell Aircraft. It was intended to be carried in the bomb bay of the giant Convair B-36 bomber as a defensive parasite fighter. During World War II, Luftwaffe fighters provided stiff opposition for Allied bombers. The XF-85 was a response to ...

Jet World Masters at Air Force Museum through August 6 - Dayton Daily News | Last Sunday during the Vectren Dayton Air Show, a storm blew in and damaged half a dozen RC planes that were under a huge tent. Two of the South African team's models were beyond repair. The team obtained materials to rebuild. ...    
'Perfect Storm' survivor at New England Air Museum - Danbury News Times | Graham Buschor, one of two pilots who survived the storm upon which this movie was based, will give a talk July 30 when the New England Air Museum marks Extreme Flight Day. Lt. Buschor and another pilot ditched in the Atlantic Ocean and spent five ...
   
Kid-Friendly Fun: Airplanes and Playgrounds - Patch.com | A Blue Angel jet is also featured at the Quonset Air Museum. One of North Kingstown's best kept secrets for family fun, the Quonset Air Museum hosts a bounty of aircrafts, ranging from World War II planes to more modern crafts … all ...

Uplifting memories of derby still excite pilot - Lebanon Express | (LEBANON EXPRESS) Almost to the day 50 years ago, Evelyn (Rackleff) Lohr, of Lebanon, prepared to participate in her first Powder Puff Derby, an air race across the continent. She was the first Oregon member of The Ninety-Nines, the international ...

Breaking Through the Clouds: The First Women's National Air Derby Documentary ... - PR Web | National Aviation Hall of Fame inductee PATTY WAGSTAFF, aerobatic pilot JULIE CLARK, aviation historians, including Dorothy Cochrane, Curator of the National Air & Space Museum, round out the interviews giving perspective of the women's amazing ...

On This Day in Aviation History: July 27th By Matt Molnar 
   
Will aviation art show take off? - Boston Standard | Aviation Heritage Lincolnshire launched a competition for aircraft artwork - open to youngsters aged six to 22 - in September. A team of specialist signmakers from county firm Allen Signs and saw engravers then put the artwork onto the aluminium bases. ...

Strongman prepares for plane pull - Rockhampton Morning Bulletin | Mr O'Shea has registered to compete in the Leukaemia Foundation's Mission to Cure Plane Pull, the only difference being that he will compete by himself instead of as part of a team of 10. The Sunshine Coast dad is not completely crazy, having trained ...