Tuesday, August 16, 2011

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Watch the practice, avoid the crowds of the Atlantic City Airshow - Press of Atlantic City | David Schultz, the air boss who has run the show since its return to Atlantic City in 2004, stressed that while practice day is fun for the crowds, it's also necessary for the pilots. Practice gives the pilots a chance to get better acquainted with the ...

Atlantic City Airshow adds tribute to US military with parade - Philadelphia Inquirer | The airshow is also one of few that headline both the Golden Knights, the Army's parachuting team, and the Thunderbirds, the Air Force's air-demonstration squad. But that's not what Vasser is most excited about. Referencing the Mr. Monopoly that jumped ...

Roulettes roll out aerobatics - Mackay Daily Mercury | More than 300 Bucasia State School students, teachers and parents will walk to Seaview Park at Bucasia to view the aerobatic show. Bucasia principal Belinda Eckford said in true patriotic style the school group would put on a show from the ground. ...

High flying: Air show delights Seacoast crowd - Foster's Daily Democrat | National Aviation Hall of Famer, Sean D. Tucker, also made an appearance at the show flying the Oracle Challenger 3, which was making its second appearance in New Hampshire skies. The all-new revolutionary aircraft is one of a kind with a 400 ...

Abbotsford 2011 Airshow soars to new heights - Abbotsford Times | In the air and on the ground, performances at the Abbotsford International Airshow were real crowd pleasers again this year. About 100000 people of all ages turned out to YXX for the three-day spectacle ...

T-50 Fighter to Be Unveiled at MAKS - The Moscow Times | Russia has been developing the jet — known as the T-50 or by its Russian abbreviation PAKFA — for some years in the hope of competing with the established F-22 US aircraft made by Lockheed Martin/Boeing and the upcoming Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint ...

Wichita Flight Festival schedule announced - Bizjournals.com | Wingwalker Ashley Battles holds the world record for the longest-duration wing walk at four hours; Kent Shockley's Shockwave jet truck earned the world's fastest full-size truck title after reaching a speed of 376 mph. Saturday night's concert will ...


The B-17G Flying Fortress  from Moose Peterson Aviation Photography » The B-17G “Sentimental Journey” is an amazing aircraft symbolizing so much about our history. But it’s a recent set of correspondence with a WWII B-17G crewmen that reminded me why I have such a soft spot for Sentimental Journey. It’s the folks at the AZ Wing of the CAF. I’ve done two air to air flights with the old lady and have another coming up shortly, and it’s the folks behind this marvelous plane that make the flights so special….

Flight museum to fly north to Ellington - Daily News - Galveston County | Volunteers were able to fly 10 planes, including the B-17 Flying Fortress, a Douglas DC-3 and a B-25 Mitchell bomber to safety just before Ike made landfall. The Texas Aviation Hall of Fame was washed away. All that remained were two model planes that ...

Profile 57 - "Nothing Much" as flown by Don Erickson  from WWII & Korean Conflict Airplane Profiles by JSM | Don flew two models of the P-51 - the C model and the D model.  He asked that I do "The D."  And so it will be.  Did you have a look at the photo in the post below?  The black-tailed Mustangs look more like sharks than they do their horse namesake.  Funny about the sharks, however - a Shark was the squadron's mascot.  The shark is a logical choice, too.  Most people have seen the white-toothed P-40 fighters of the "American Volunteer Group" (AVG) - that group was originally a bunch of mercenary pilots who were hired by the Chinese government to help repel the Japanese invaders…

Today in Aviation History – August 16  from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club by bikeal

APR Special: B-58 Derived SSTs  from The Unwanted Blog by admin | At the end of the 1950′s, the future of aviation was to be the supersonic transport. In order to get there, Convair suggested that their Mach 2 B-58 “Hustler” bomber be converted into testbeds for SST technologies and operations. Several aircraft were designed, from pure test aircraft to planes designed for combined passenger transport and recon… all the way to a Mach 3 transport capable of carrying 135 passengers 4000 miles…

Airship Ventures Zeppelin Eureka Arrives at St. Louis Downtown Airport  from The Aero Experience by Carmelo Turdo | Airship Ventures Zeppelin "Eureka" arrived at St. Louis Downtown Airport mobile mooring station around 4:45pm today following the assembling of the ground crew.  Local aviation enthusiasts, airport staff and news media gathered to view the airship as it gently touched down in a field beyond historic Curtiss-Wright Hangars One and Two near the Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum.  The Zeppelin, sponsored by Farmer's Insurance, will be at the airport through August, and rides can be purchased by visiting http://www.airshipventures.com/fly-with-us.  Here are some views of the approach and landing…

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