Friday, October 7, 2011

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Saturday air show brings Thunderbirds to town - Alamogordo Daily News | Derek Steneman, 2011 Air Show director and F-22 pilot, said watching the demonstration team can be rewarding for both military members and civilians. "After watching the time and preparation that goes into these shows and seeing the results of these ...

Blue Angel Pilot Ready for Fleet Week - NBC Bay Area | He's now the lead soloist for the Blue Angels precision flying team. “The moment I get airborne and the canopy shuts,” said Walborn standing near his Number 5 jet, “it's like everything else in the world goes away and I'm flying. ...

Fleet Week: 30 Years in the Air [PHOTOS]  International Business Times | By IBTimes Reporter Fleet Week, the annual event celebrating military sea services, roars through San Francisco Friday, beginning with a Blue Angels air show at 1 pm Celebrations are likely to be spectacular. The Week not only celebrates three decades ...

The Blue Angels are Big Fans of San Francisco - KGO-AM | If you were anywhere near San Francisco this afternoon, there's no way you missed the shriek-and-boom of the Blue Angels' F/A-18 Hornets as they practiced their Fleet Week exhibition. KGO's Jeffrey Schaub got to talk with one of the pilots, ...

Preparations Underway for CAF Airsho - NewsWest9.com | To go along with the sights and sounds of the birds, Aaron Tippin will be performing in concert on Saturday night in front of FiFi, one of the last remaining b-29 bombers in existence. You can pick up your tickets at any 7-11, Western National Bank or ...


Planes fill skies at Tucumcari air show - Clovis News Journal | “I think we did all right, the airshow turned out pretty good,” said Bob McClelland Jr., airshow coordinator. As the crowd began to enter the gates, the clouds began to fill the skies above the Tucumcari Municipal Airport. “I was kind of worried there ...

Old-fashioned air race charts a course over multiple nearby counties - Your Houston News | The Cleveland Air Race Revival is set for Saturday, October 15, 2011, with planes flying at over 200 miles-per-hour over a 150-mile course. Building on the history of the yesteryears of the National Air Races in Cleveland, Ohio, Reno Sport Class Silver ...

Aviation Fun Day - Clarksville Online | Clarksville, TN – Outlaw Airfield, North Central Institute (NCI) will be hosting their Annual Aviation Day in recognition of Aircraft Maintenance Technicians. Free activities will be on hand for the entire family, from the youngest to the oldest, ...

Online Fundraiser Held for Air Races Crash Victims – KTVN | Almost three weeks after the deadly crash at the Reno Air Races - a fundraiser is being held online to help raise money for the victims. "My plan is to stay awake for five days and raise $1 million." Loaded TV producer Stewart Campbell plans to ...

Ross Sharp  from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | What could be the second best job to flying the newest planes of the future?  Playing with old airplanes and reliving history.  Ross Sharp, Air Show Consultant, has just been appointed consultant to the World War II Foundation, and is planning to go to Normandy next June to help with an event.  Warning!  This post contains very cool old airplane photos, compliments of Ross…

Boeing B-17G Fortress — a walkaround  from Travel for Aircraft | The Flying Fortress received its name due to the original mission for which it was built and not for its ruggedness and almost seeming indifference to battle damage. Her conventional gear and unpressurized fuselage date the design to the 1930s. Gun turrets and gun positions in windows or fuselage cut outs may have been crude in concept but the numbers of 0.50″ caliber Browning machine guns made for fearsome lethality to attacking fighters...

PHX Spotters visit KLAX.  from PHXspotters by Jason Bong | Last week Jason Bong and Kyle Boyd decided to take a flight to KLAX for a day of spotting.  We decided to catch a flight out of KPHX to spend the day at KLAX.  We caught the first flight out and were in Los Angeles at 0900. We decided to hang out at the In & Out Burger on Sepulveda Boulevard…

Free airplane rides for youth set for Oct. 8 - Times Bulletin | Area young people ages 8-17 will have a chance to take to the skies on Saturday, Oct. 8, as Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Chapter 2 hosts a Young Eagles Flight Rally at Van Wert Regional Airport, 1400 Leeson Ave, Van Wert, Ohio. ...

Young Eagles Soar over Highland - Highland Community News | That's why the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) established the Young Eagles program. An international group of pilots, with a wide range of aviation interests and backgrounds. EAA was founded in 1953 by a group of individuals interested in ...

Today in Aviation History – October 7  from Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club by bikeal

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