Sunday, August 14, 2011

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Blue Angels entertain at Airsho - WDAY | Thousand of people came to watch the very anticipated Blue Angels. Fargo, ND (WDAY-TV) - The Blue Angles took over the sunny skies of Fargo. Thousand of people came to watch the very anticipated Blue Angels. The Blue Angles have performed for more than ...

Thunderbirds Highlight NH Air Show - CBS Boston | PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — The Thunderbirds are in New Hampshire. The U.S. Air Force elite flying team is part of the Boston-Portsmouth Air Show this weekend at the Portsmouth International Airport at Pease. The Thunderbirds have not performed in New Hampshire in 25 years.  Also performing are the U.S. Army Golden Knights parachute team, the Navy’s F-18 Super Hornet fighter and attack aircraft, and other ...

Oregon International Air Show 2011: Patriots Jet Team will return as headliner - Oregon Live | An expanded Patriots Jet Team will headline the 24th annual Oregon International Air Show, Aug. 19-21 at Hillsboro Airport.  The Patriots, made up of former military pilots, appeared at the show last year and in 2008. They added two jets this season, bringing the team to six, the same number flown by the Navy's Blue Angels and the Air Force's Thunderbirds.  "The Patriots fly a quieter plane; they are very spectacular. When you add two more planes to any performance, it becomes totally different," said Judy Willey, air show president.  ...

Video: Experience flight in an MX2 - Vancouver Sun | Sun reporter Mike Hager went for the ride of his life in this 22-foot MX2 aircraft at the Abbotsford Airshow.

Video: Ian Walker takes a death-defying leap of faith at the Abbotsford Air Show - Vancouver Sun | One-by-one, the SkyHawks -- who will be performing daily at this weekend's Abbotsford Air Show -- casually walked to the edge of the ramp before disappearing out of sight quicker than a shooting star. Then it was our turn. ...

PICTURE GALLERY: Planes wow large crowd at second day of Lowestoft air show - Norwich Evening News | The bumper crowd were also entertained by the Tigers parachute display team, the Blades aerobatic team, a Hawker Hunter and Team Breitling wing walkers. As the air show drew to a close its managing director Paul Bayfield said yesterday's 212000 ...

Just five days to go until Bournemouth Air Festival - Bournemouth Echo | It's just five days until the fourth Bournemouth Air Festival takes to the skies, with four days of dazzling displays on the cards. New this year is a pair of RAF Tornado jets and the Navy's Merlin helicopter, ...

Air show keeps PRC tourists out - Taipei Times | Paratroopers land at an open-house event and air show organized for the public by the Taiwanese air force at Songshan Air Base in Taipei yesterday to celebrate the 74th anniversary of Air Force Day, which is today. ...

Aviation - FAA Refuses Unlimited Air Racing Championship Airshow Approval - Autochannel | Camarillo, August 13, 2011: The Unlimited Air Racing Championships, allegedly featuring pilots with troubled histories, continues to be in suspense. According to FAA's Ian Gregor, the UARC approval request, based on an aggressive multi-plane, ...

Cheers & Jeers: WWII vet jumps at 90, DPW official goes rogue - Patriot-News | Red is a WWII veteran who parachuted into Normandy on D-Day. He's celebrating his milestone today by skydiving once again, this time at the US Army Heritage and Education Center in Carlisle. Here's to being a high flier at any age. ...

Coney Island Balloon Blast postponed until September - FOX19 | Coney Island's Navy Week celebration will include an interactive Navy Simulator and Suburban, a performance by the Navy band "Cruisers" and a thrilling jump by the Leap Frogs US Navy Parachute Team! Balloon Blast Off, presented by P&G and Frisch's, ...

Lindbergh Electric Aircraft Prize Goes to PC-Aero for Solar Electric Aircraft - Solar Novus Today | Erik Lindbergh, founder of the electric-aviation promotion organisation Lindbergh Electric Aircraft Prize (LEAP) and grandson of pioneering aviator Charles Lindbergh, today announced that LEAP has awarded its Lindbergh Prize for Electric Aircraft ...

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NASA Astronauts To Visit Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum - NewDesignWorld | (NewDesignWorld Press Center) - The last crew to fly aboard a space shuttle will visit New York City's Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum from 10 am to 2:30 pm EDT on Thursday, Aug. 18. Commander Christopher Ferguson, Pilot Doug Hurley and Mission ...

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