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Pilot Dies In KC Air Show Crash - KMBC | ... At a news conference, officials identified the pilot as Bryan Jensen, a pilot who flew at air shows and similar events across the country with his company, Beast Air Shows. According to the company website, he was originally from Iowa, went to the University of North Dakota's Aviation College and has flown for Delta Air Lines. His death was the first fatality in the history of the Kansas City Air Show. ...  [Photo: Bryan's YouTube promo]

Red Arrow pilot John Egging killed in crash at Bournemouth Airshow - Daily Echo | He has been named as 33-year-old Jon Egging, who joined the team this year as Red Four. The former Southampton University student, who had supported troops in Afghanistan, was married to Emma and lived in Rutland. His plane came down on a riverbank at ...

Profile: The Red Arrows - BBC News | In its first year the team flew 65 displays in the UK and Europe, and was awarded the Britannia Trophy by the Royal Aero Club for its outstanding contribution to British prestige in the field of aviation. The displays comprised seven aircraft at first, ...

Morning storms force Air and Water Show rain delay - Chicago Tribune | The air show will not happen unless the clouds break up a bit. To our readers: Registration is required before your comments can be posted. Constructive and respectful comments related to the topic of the story are welcome; abusive, crass or vulgar ...

US Army Golden Knights parachute in to KC Air Show - Shawnee Dispatch | In dark and frigid air about 12500 feet above land, six US Army Golden Knights dove out of an airplane Friday with flames shooting from pyrotechnic packs on their ankles, a night-jump ...

Bill Poehler at the LPGA Safeway Classic: Hillsboro airshow introduces noise ... - Statesman Journal | A few miles from Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club in North Plains, planes performed routines at the Oregon International Airshow at Hillsboro Airport. From some of the greens you could see the planes doing their acrobatic tricks and the noise came and went as ...

In plane sight - Port Huron Times Herald | The Air Show and Open House events at the base run today and Sunday. / MARK R. RUMMEL/TIMES HERALD By JULIANNE MATTERA Bob Shenefect of Birmingham takes a picture of his children, Nick, 5, and Grace, 10, in front of the Abrams M1A2 SEPv2 tank Friday at ...

Crunch time arrives for air show planning committee - Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier | Construction crews are working to complete paving on the apron at the Waterloo Regional Airport ahead of the Thunder in the Valley Air Show on Aug. 27-28. Officials hope to attract 50000 or more people per day to the show. ...

MAKS-2011:trends in global aviation - The Voice of Russia | Besides, the salon made a spectacular sight, stunning thousands of viewers with aerobatic stunts by The Swifts, Russian Knights and Falcons of Russia. The next MAKS air show will take place in two years.

LIVE: Shoreham Airshow. UPDATE - Shoreham Today | All eyes are now on The Blades stunt team, the only full-time aerial display team in the UK, made up of former Rd Arrow pilots. * The Shoreham Herald will be reporting from the airshow all weekend, keep checking back for updates.

Brothers pass on piece of history to Malmstrom Air Force Base - Great Falls Tribune | Jack Gamble, of Belt, an aerial engineer and gunner on a B-17 bomber in World War II tells of his unit's exploits at the conclusion of a ceremony where brothers from California donated a Norden bombsight to the Malmstrom Air Force Base museum. ...

National Wings of Freedom Tour Coming to the North East - Collings Foundation Newsletter | Get involved  | All of us who work out of the Foundation’s Stow, MA headquarters look forward to this time of year. This is the opportunity to see the tour we have all been planning and talking about over the course of the year. Check on our online schedule or call us for confirmed dates and locations.
We are looking for WWII Veterans local to the Worcester / Central Massachusetts area for interviews and participation in the Wings of Freedom tour, Battle for the Airfield reenactment roundtable discussion, TV programs and projects.   We are organizing a WWII Veteran meet and greet through the stay Worcester Regional Airport September 23rd to 28th. Telegram and Gazette and other local media outlets would like to conduct interviews prior to the event. If you are a WWII Veteran or know one that would like to participate please contact Hunter Chaney at: 978-562-9182 or email hchaney@collingsfoundation.org  More Collings Foundation News   ....

84-year-old great-gran walks on plane's wing for charity - Scottish Daily Record | Isobel first did a wing-walk in 2007. She said: "I saw somebody on the wing of a plane and I thought to myself, I can do that." She took to the skies again last year, jumping out of a plane at 10000ft.

Profile 57 - "192" as flown by Don Erickson from WWII & Korean Conflict Airplane Profiles | ... That black tail really does it for me - menacing, sleek; it's a mean machine.  Though I do have a certain loyalty to yellow tails and blue noses, this single P-51 of the 75th FS, 23rd FG  is my best to-date.  But in comparison to some of the more colorful birds of the past, it's rather unremarkable.  No victory markings, no pin-up girls, no clever name painted across the cowl... just the black tail and the last three numbers of the machine's serial number stenciled onto the nose. ...

Daytripper: Charles Lindbergh's Boyhood Home - Patch.com | The park named after the famous aviator is about two hours from the Twin Cities. By Mike Wilkinson Charles A. Lindbergh's childhood home. Minnesota Historical Society LITTLE FALLS — Arguably the most famous aviator in history was born and raised in ...

Aviation High School Groundbreaking Will Be Tuesday At Museum Of Flight - Waterland | Aviation High School will break ground on its new campus on the grounds of The Museum of Flight this coming Tuesday, Aug. 23rd, complete with student alumni flying five or more planes to the site, and a student-built robot assisting with the first shovel of dirt. ...

D23 Expo: Jon Cryer to Voice DisneyToon's Planes
ComingSoon.net | Planes takes off with an international cast of the fastest air racers around, in a comedy packed with action and adventure starring Dusty, a small town dreamer who longs to enter the most epic around-the-world air race... despite his fear of heights. ...