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F-22 Performances cancelled for remainder of 2011 Air Show Season - International Council of Air Shows | Officials at U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command announced this morning that all air show performances of the F-22 Raptor during the 2011 air show season have been cancelled. This action will permit F-22 wings to focus all flying activity toward returning the F-22 to mission-ready status. The Air Force currently plans to return the F-22 to a full air show performance schedule during the 2012 air show season.

It's a Bird, It's a Plane ... It's Mom! - Patch.com | Jane Wicker, mother and budget analyst, dusts off her alter ego to walk on wings Sunday for the Aerobatic Air Show in Ocean City. By Douglas Bergen Jane Wicker, a 44-year-old mother from Manassas, VA, will be one of the featured acts of the Aerobatic ...

Second Snowbirds show cut short by storm warning - Guelph Mercury | Aerial acrobat and comedian Kent Pietsch was a hit again this year, with his bright yellow 1942 Interstate Cadet. Pietsch caught the attention of the Snowbird pilots during his “dead stick” routine where he powers off the plane when  ...

Greenwood Lake Airport Air show returns in October - NorthJersey.com | David Windmiller, a part of the United States Unlimited Aerobatic Team since 1999, started flying at age 14. His father was 100 percent against this. When his parents thought he was delivering bagels he was learning to fly at Zahn's Airport in ...

IMAGES: The "Black Eagles" ROKAF by Katsuhiko Tokunaga from CavokBlog | A team of Air Force aerial demonstration of the Republic of Korea (ROKAF), the "Black Eagles", changed the standard orange and white paint of their T-50 aircraft to a glossy black, white and yellow of the new aircraft T-50Bs for demonstrations of their 2011 season. The magician military aerial photography, Japanese Katsuhiko Tokunaga then was called to photograph the aircraft in flight to the publication CodeOne Lockheed Martin. The result you can check below. ...

Les Chevaliers du Ciel from Latest Vlog | Something for the weekend!

17th FAI European Hot Air Balloon Championship from Fédération Aéronautique Internationale - FAI | The 17th FAI European Hot air Balloon Championship will take place in Lleida, from September 15th to September 23rd 2011.

Monterey Park remembers Flying Tigers - Pasdena Star-News | MONTEREY PARK - A silk map, aviator uniforms, a small statue and more than 2,000 other artifacts from World War II China were donated by private collectors Monday to the to the Pearl Harbor-based Pacific Aviation Museum during a small ceremony at Monterey Park City Hall.  The artifacts will go a long way in commemorating the relationship between China and the U.S. during WWII, noted retired Adm. Ronald Hays, who chairs the museum's board.  The items will be flown later this week to Ford Island, Hawaii, where, on Oct. 27, the museum will unveil an exhibit dedicated to the contribution of Chinese and Chinese Americans during WWII, especially those of the Flying Tigers unit.  The Flying Tigers was the name give to a volunteer group of American and Chinese aviators that fought the Japanese in the Pacific. ...

Vintage Harvard flypast tribute to his late father - London Free Press | The trailing aircraft will peel away in a classic missing man flypast. The salute is for Gil Ruston, killed in a crash in his Harvard Mark IV, 40 years ago to the day during an air show. Riding in the first yellow plane will be Dean Ruston, 48, ...

Grumman F8F Bearcat from Travel for Aircraft | Along with the F7F Tigercat, Grumman’s F8F was a late WW II design. Inspired by the small yet powerful design of the German Fw 190 the firm was also desiring an improvement of the successful F6F Hellcat.  The Hellcat was superior to the Japanese Mitsubishi Zero but the kamikaze attacks were increasingly becoming effective so the F8F became a hot rod Hellcat. It was 20% lighter, smaller and faster, but — perhaps most importantly — could climb 30% more quickly. The weight and size savings resulted in less ...

Caribous for HARS, Amrock Aviation by australianaviation.com.au | RAAF Caribous are set to return to the skies with Defence announcing that two of the aircraft are being acquired by HARS (the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society), and seven going to Brisbane based Amrock Aviation.  The Illawarra based HARS will preserve its two Caribou in flying condition, with the support of Australian Aerospace, which provided deeper maintenance and through life ...

42-96864 – PQ-8A-CL from Warbird Central | Seen along side a C-78 Bobcat  at Mokuleia Airfield, Oahu, Hawaii  1945.  Lots more, Here.

History of the Grey Geese - Capital Flyer | Pioneering the world's most iconic bombing platforms such as the B-17 Flying Fortress ,B-29 Superfortress and the B-52 Stratofortress, as the 11th Bombardment Group “Grey Geese,” the 11th Wing's ...

Leaders say the USAF B-2 has a bright future ahead from CavokBlog | The leaders of the U.S. Air Force visited Whiteman Air Force Base last week to discuss the future of B-2 Spirit bomber. The Steering Group General Support B-2 to Whiteman was to discuss challenges and solutions to maintain the fleet of B-2 operating conditions and in full operation for the next year.  Ann Mitchell, director of facilities, logistics support and mission of the Global Strike Command U.S. Air Force, discussed the plans for supporting and maintaining the fleet of B-2, and the role of the group to keep it running. ...

Today in Aviation History – September 16 - CRUFC

Tipsy Nipper Crash Video from Fear of Landing  | A few years back I wrote about this Tipsy Nipper going into a flat spin. I didn’t realise it at the time but a few months after my post, the pilot posted his video of the spin to YouTube with commentary. You have to watch this! The spin was supposed to be a normal erect spin to the right, but for various unintentional ...