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Thunderbirds back after 25-year gap - Foster's Daily Democrat | Civilian aerobatic stars will also be featured at the event, including National Aviation Hall of Famer Sean D. Tucker, New England native Michael Goulian, and Jason Newburg. Aerobatic teams performing include Team AeroShell with their four AT-6 "Texans ...

Pilots and crews for Atlantic City Airshow get star treatment, and a chance to ... - Press of Atlantic City | The ballroom on the top floor of Bally's Atlantic City was filled with nearly 300 people — a mix of Atlantic City Airshow organizers, pilots, local officials, executives and community leaders — all enjoying big band music, drinks and dinner. ...

Chicago Air & Water Show ready to take flight - SouthtownStar | In addition to an assortment of military planes, civilian pilots set to perform aerial stunts include Sean D. Tucker and Team Oracle in the Oracle Challenger, and AeroShell Aerobatic Team in their World War II North American Advanced Trainer. ...

Thank you fans, volunteers and sponsors! from Fargo AirSho | What an amazing weekend it was. Fair weather, stunning aircraft, amazing flights, interactive static attractions and even a record setting Strong Man – we could not have ...

Air show returns to Broomfield Aug. 26-28 - Broomfield Enterprise | It is a cliché marketing tool to promise an event is bigger and better than ever each year, but in the case of the 32nd Annual Rocky Mountain Air Show, which lands in Broomfield next weekend, promoters believe they are walking the bigger-and-better ...

'Wings over Waukesha' adds B-25 Bomber to show - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | "Wings over Waukesha," the first full air show at the Waukesha County Airport in decades, has added a fully restored World War II era B-25 "Mitchell" bomber and a C-130 transport plane to join the ...

Selfridge air demonstrations to rumble the skies above Lake St. Clair - New Baltimore Voice Newspapers | The Selfridge Air National Guard Base Open House and Air Show, which officially kicks off at 8 am on that Saturday, will feature a Navy F/A 18 Super Hornet and a civilian show that will produce plenty of fire in the sky. "Everybody is looking forward ...

Airshow takes flight this weekend (with photo gallery & video) - Livingston Daily | The club is hosting its Hamburg Flyers Festival Airshow this weekend. / A gas-powered helicopter buzzes through an aerobatic routine under the control of Hamburg Township resident Gary Whitlark. ...

Russia air show hosts best of world fighters - Times of Malta | Held in the small science town of Zhukovskiy, in the Moscow region, the biennial Aviasalon, as it is known, does not only offer an update on what is happening in aviation and space technology but also displays by some of the best aerobatic teams in the ...

Airshow takes off - Bundaberg NewsMail | THE skies over Bundaberg will be a tantalising preview of what is to come at this weekend's Wide Bay Australia International Airshow with huge numbers of aircraft expected to touch down this afternoon. The plethora of planes will be arriving ahead of ...

Sponsors sought for EAA Warbirds fly-in - Green Bay Press Gazette | The third annual fly-in and display of the EAA Warbirds Squadron 6 is set for Saturday, Sept. 17 at the Oconto Airport. Organizers are seeking sponsors for the event, which is planned to promote aviation to area families and benefit area businesses. ...
   
Golden Hawk to make return to city - Times and Transcript | One of the planes flown by the military aerobatic flying team which was a fixture in the area during the late 1950s to mid-'60s will be making a stop in Miramichi for the first time in over 40 years. It will arrive mid-morning tomorrow, ...

Black Team Wows Boston-Portsmouth Air Show from US Army Golden Knights | The Boston-Portsmouth Air Show was a delight, for Black Team. From the 12th through the the 14th of August, this past weekend. Black Team enjoyed entertaining hundreds of thousands of spectators in the New Hampshire and Maine area. Along with observing several world class stunt pilots and enjoying two separate jet teams, patrons gazed in [...]

Four Barrington-area women jumping with Golden Knights - Barrington Courier-Review | Nicknamed “The Golden Knights,” the team is the Army's official aerial demonstration team. It travels around the country performing parachute demonstrations at air shows, professional football and baseball games and special events, connecting the Army ...

UARC Race Program Continues to 'Crash and Burn' from Aero-News Network | The Gang That Can't Get Their Facts Straight, Also Can't Fly An Air Race It may rank as one of the weirdest series of stories we've done in quite the while (though the Cirrus/COPA mess is promising to beat it by a fair amount... shameful details to come), but the bizarre saga of the Ultimate Air Race Challenge appears to have been based on little more than hot air... and quite a lot of people either did, or should have, known it. ...

Hall announces Australia-wide aerobatic tour - Australian Aviation | Red Bull Air Racer Matt Hall has announced the start of an Australia-wide tour, giving crowds in up to six states a taste of the former RAAF fighter pilot's dynamic aerobatic routine. Beginning this weekend, Hall will perform at Bundaberg's Wide Bay ...

Flying the Beech Glider - Vintage Wings of Canada | There I was... Thinking, “what a beautiful day” – a solid blue sky and the tranquility of near silence as the wind softly whispered past the cockpit... Wait a minute! There's something wrong with this picture! This isn't a glider. This is a twin-engined Beech 18. It all started earlier, when I was "volunteered" to do a test flight. It was November 12, 1968 and aircraft 2313 had just come out of maintenance after a major inspection and an engine change. At the time I was an instructor in the Royal Canadian Air Force, at #3 Flying Training School, at RCAF Station Portage La Prairie, where advanced training in multi-engine and instruments, to wings standard, was conducted. We taught on the venerable ...

Foundation preserves three pieces of World War II air history - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | The Collings Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to helping people experience iconic aspects of history, brought a B-17 Flying Fortress, a P-51 Mustang and the world's only fully restored and flying B-24J Liberator to the Allegheny County Airport in West ...

Flying Fortress Makes Pit Stop In The Valley - WFMZ Allentown | But it's not every day that the "bird" is a B-17! The Experimental Aircraft Association brought the "flying fortress" to town as part of its 2011 "Salute to Veterans Tour." "This is really a tribute to the veterans of World War II. ...

See and fly in vintage warplanes at Paine Field - HeraldNet | Or maybe it's more your style to be "Maid in the Shade." Those are the names of the two vintage warplanes on display at the Flying Heritage Collection. The B-17 Flying Fortress and the B-25 Mitchell will be there through Sunday. ...

Video of At 91, This WASP Can Still Sting at growingbolder.com | [Editor note: Betty was on Warbird Radio this morning! Great personality. It was wonderful hearing her stories. So, I did a quick search, and found this video. I really enjoyed the story of her flying the F-16!]   Betty Wall Strohfus was one of a handful of female pilots in World War II. After the war, she thought that part of her life was over.  She was in her 70s when she felt compelled to honor her fellow WASPs by telling her story. Now at 91, she's more proud and passionate than ever, and she's one of the feistiest people you'll ever meet! ...  [Another note:  Here's the podcast on Warbird Radio!]

Next Week is Women of the Air Force Week from RAF Museum London News | Women have been integral to performance of the Royal Air Force since the formation of the Women's Royal Air Force in 1918. To celebrate the contribution that women have made to the Royal Air Force throughout its history, the museum will be showcasing 'Women of the Air Force' a display which talks about and  ...

A Tribute to World Reknown Aviation Photographer – Frans Dely from photorecon.net | Today some very sad news came across the wires. Frans Dely,one of the leading international aviation photographers, was killed in a plane crash over the weekend. The crash occurred in the Limpopo province of South Africa, officials say they have found the two Piaggio P. 166S Albatross aircraft that disappeared Sunday in the Escarpment area [...]
   
Become a Pilot With A Just "Plane" Aviator Weekend Getaway Package From ... - MarketWatch | The Aviator Package includes: With no official viewing areas and very few places to stop and look at the runway, the Renaissance Concourse Atlanta Airport Hotel's overlooking balconies and Concorde Bar make this the perfect spot for any plane ...

NASA Astronauts To Visit Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum - IEWY News | 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 Specialists Sandra Magnus and Rex ...