Monday, September 5, 2011

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WACDay4 from per Ardua ad Astra by Grant Piper | Overcast and cool this morning with haze.   Pleasant temperature and smooth air, for a change.   Richard flew first after the warm-up pilots and unfortunately zeroed figure 7 and had to break.   The rest of his  ...

WWII Naval aviator featured Fly-In speaker - Galesburg Register-Mail | When he was commissioned an ensign on July 16, 1943, at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla., Downey became the youngest Naval aviator in World War II. That distinction had previously been held by a young flier named George HW Bush. ...

Formation flight Sunday. One of these things is not like the... from Planeshots 

Pilots share camaraderie of Stearmans - Galesburg Register-Mail | The National Stearman Fly-In is celebrating its 40th yea. By CHARLIE GORNEY As the start of the 40th annual National Stearman Fly-In approaches, pilots and enthusiasts are trickling into the Galesburg Municipal Airport from across the country. ...

Video: 2011 Reno Air Races - Super Sport/Sport Preview from Live Airshow TV 

Minden-Tahoe Aviation Roundup Amanda Franklin Benefit - Roundup Staff | The entire community of Douglas County and the staff of Minden-Tahoe Airport are now fully entrenched in the future of air shows in the Carson Valley. This was the first time the area had seen anything at this level of air show and the smiles are still going strong a week later. With everyone working together we staged a great community event and raised money for the Franklin Foundation. Thanks so very much to: Paul & Jill McCowan-ETeam Skydivers, Team Rocket, Greg Colyer, Rich Perkins, Danny Clisham, Mark Peterson, Greg Koontz, a.k.a, Clem Cleaver and Granny Cleaver, Gale Rawitzer, Kathy Eby, Jay Rabbit, Torrey "Superman"Ward, Fred Meyrling, Jodi Lewis ... photos from the event.

Remembering the Gathering of Mustangs 2007 - Michael Kowalchuk:

Replica WWII plane makes emergency landing in France - Translated | ...French police blocked the A89 highway, near Saint-Mexant, mid-south of the country, after the emergency landing of small plane on Friday (2).  The plane was Gnatsum Jurca MJ-77, F-PSUN prefix, a replica of a North American Aviation P-51 Mustang fighter plane used in World War II, manufactured by Jerome Huret, flying from Bergerac to Bordeaux and had a crash. No one was injured, authorities said. ...

Juranich Command-Aire First Flight from Antique Airfield News | Bob Juranich has flown his Command-Aire 5C-3 for the first time this weekend out of Auburn Airport, Auburn WA. Restoration work was performed by the ...

Wet 'Bou Signs Out from Vintage Aeroplane Writer | The DHC Caribou A4-152 retired to the RAAF Museum arrived with some ceremony on the 26 November 2009. Here are some photos from the day.

Ohio Air News #164 - Charles Johnson | This one is a little late, was waiting for information that never came. If anybody has pictures from Cleveland that they want to share, send them in...

Montana native visits B-25 similar to one he flew in WWII - Great Falls Tribune | Pilot Spike McLane of the "Maid in the Shade" B-25 Mitchell bomber shows 91-year-old Edward J. Saylor Sr. of Puyallup a photo taken of the two. Saylor is one of five surviving crew men from among the 80 men who took part in Doolittle's Raid on Japan in ...

From Let Let Let - Warplanes by Robert | RIAT 2011, Flying Legends 2011, Antonovs at Aviodrome, Jets.

From Rodney's Aviation Ramblings | Rodney has been sharing pictures and details from his trip to Europe.  His latest entries cover his visit the Deutsches Technikmuseum  ...

Civil Air Patrol honors Haubstadt teen - Evansville Courier & Press | A Haubstadt teenager, who volunteered during flood relief efforts this year as a member of the Air Force's Civil Air Patrol, recently received a national award for his work as his squadron's aerospace education officer.  Cadet Maj. Aaron Evans, a 16-year-old home-schooled sophomore, became the first Hoosier to win the Frank G. Brewer award for outstanding service during the organization's national conference in Louisville, Ky., last month.  The Civil Air Patrol, created by Congress in 1941, is the volunteer arm of the Air Force. Evans said he hopes to either go into the Air Force as a fighter pilot or become an aerospace engineer. ...

Sullenberger wows crowd at Thunderbird benefit - Tahoe Daily Tribune | Since his retirement from flying in March 2010, Sullenberger has become a speaker on airline safety, developed new protocols for aviation safety and, along with Skiles, become the co-chairman of the Experimental Aircraft Association Young Eagles ...

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