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Highlights of 2011 ICAS Opening General Session from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | -LAS VEGAS NV-The 2011 International Council of Air Shows Convention, held in Las Vegas is officially underway with the Monday morning opening general session. The session, sponsored by Jim Peitz Aerosports, was attended by the single largest gathering of air show professionals in the world....

Setting up at ICAS for the 2012 Show Season - US ARMY Golden Knights | International Council of Air Shows (ICAS) is currently underway for the 2012 show season, and elements of the Team are here representing our organization along with the other two DoD sanctioned demonstration teams, the Navy Blue Angels and the Air Force Thunder Birds. This venue is put on annually for air show organizers and performers to...

Airshows 101 at ICAS 2011 - Airspeed | I’m once again at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas for the annual convention of the International Council of Air Shows (“ICAS”).  It’s the annual event at which the airshow community in North America gets together to talk about the recently completed season, catalog the collective experience, and plan for the next year’s operations. Just about everyone who matters in the airshow industry is here in person or represented in one way or another....

Matt Younkin’s Twin Beech Routine… An Air Show Act You Can Hear & See! - Midwest Flyer | Oftentimes, when a really good air show pilot performs, he/she tries to get as low as possible, thinking that is what the crowd wants. But what the crowd really wants is to see the show plane, and size does matter. With Matt Younkin’s Twin Beech act, the crowd not only sees the plane, but hears it too, because the aircraft is powered by two huge 450 hp Pratt & Whitney R985 engines.  Matt Younkin is a third generation pilot. He is the grandson of aeronautical engineer, Jim Younkin, and the son of legendary air show performer, Bobby Younkin....

Sport Air Racing League - Media Page | Over the years several videos have been generated at the events of the Sport Air Racing League. Those videos are linked on the Race Memories page of the events where the video was shot.  This page offers a compendium of those video links for your viewing pleasure.

CAP marks 70th anniversary, honors World War II members - AF.mil | Civil Air Patrol members observed the 70th anniversary of its founding with a ceremony Dec. 1 at its national headquarters here.  During the ceremony, which celebrated the past, present and future of the official civilian auxiliary of the Air Force, CAP leaders presented Exceptional Service Awards to a pair of the organization's World War II members....

Blue Angels to return for 2012-2013 Seafair - Bellevue Reporter | The U.S. Navy Blue Angels will return to the skies above Lake Washington as a featured performer at the Boeing Seafair Air Show in 2012 and 2013. The U.S. Navy Blue Angels make two-year performance commitments and previously announced their return to Seattle for 2012....

US Air Force Thunderbirds to headline 2012 Rockford Airfest - Examiner | The US Air Force Thunderbirds have announced that they will headline the 2012 Rockford AirFest, on Saturday, June 2 and Sunday, June 3. The announcement was made yesterday at the International Council of Air Shows convention in Las Vegas. The Rockford AirFest organizers also announced the theme for the 2012 show, a 'Celebration of Freedom.'...

Republic F-84 Thunderjets in a heap - Planeshots

B-17 bomber descends into North Little Rock - Today's THV | EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wis. -- "Aluminum Overcast," the Experimental Aircraft Association's restored B-17 bomber, will descend upon North Little Rock Municipal Airport December 6-7 for one of nearly 70 tour stops scheduled for its 2011 "Salute to Veterans" national tour....

B-17 Memphis Belle® Undergoes Restoration At National Museum of USAF - Midwest Flyer | DAYTON, OHIO – As the United States approaches the 70th anniversary of its involvement in World War II, one of the most famous aircraft from that war – the B-17 Flying Fortress “Memphis Belle” – recently reached two milestones in its restoration at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. Both wings were mated and the landing gear was extended.  In May 1943, the Memphis Belle became the first U.S. Army Air Forces heavy bomber to complete 25 missions over Europe and return to the United States....

National WWII Museum Observes 70th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor with Special Line-up of Events - PR News Wire | NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The National WWII Museum is inviting the public to share a day filled with observations and an exhibition opening on Wednesday, December 7, the 70th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.  "Pearl Harbor forever changed America," said Dr. Gordon H. "Nick" Mueller, president and chief executive officer of The National WWII Museum. "It is appropriate and important that we observe this anniversary at the national Museum devoted to telling the story of our country's role in the Second World War. It is doubly so as this may be the last significant anniversary of the attack when we will have eyewitnesses to that event still with us."...

Pearl Harbor-Henry Heim was there-part 2 - The Patriot-News Videos | ...An Army Air Corps enlisted man, he was stationed at Hickam Field near the naval base at Pearl Harbor. Heim later flew B-17 Flying Fortress and B-29 Superfortress bombers in 129 combat missions in World War II and Korea.

Timeless Voices - Ralph Norton Featured - EAA Video | Ralph Norton flew TBF Avengers with Night Torpedo Squadron VTN-63 aboard the USS Kula Gulf (CVE-108) during the latter months of WWII. Recalled during the Korean War, he flew Grumman Guardians on anti-submarine patrols.

Photographer to sign copies of Goodyear Aviation calendar - General Aviation News | Aviation photographer extraordinaire John Slemp will be signing copies of the free Goodyear Aviation Tire calendars....

The 2012 Calendar - Vintage Wings of Canada | Calling all aerogeeks, airport loiterers, Flight Sim Aces, plastic model champions, history buffs and warbird photographers. The 2012 Vintage Wings of Canada calendar is ready for immediate delivery to your Christmas stocking, workshop wall or office cubicle....

Mark Hanna 1959 - 1999 - Vintage Aeroplane Writer | Following the recent post of Mark Hanna's article on flying for the Empire of the Sun film in Warbirds Worldwide, [here] I thought it might be appropriate to give a bit of background.  Mark Hanna was the son of the legendary Ray Hanna, ex-Red Arrows leader and doyen of warbird pilots. After service in the RAF, Mark joined his father in the Old Flying Machine Company and with a core...

Profile 62 - "229336" as flown by Ken Dahlberg - WWII & Korean Conflict Airplane Profiles | On October 5th, I made the post that WW2 ace and post-war entrepreneur Ken Dahlberg died - my artwork was posted in its unfinished form.  Well, it should be obvious that this post completes the picture.  Have a look.  One of the great disservices of popular culture is how it horrifies death.  Having been to a few funerals, all the talk of "Celebrating Life" is really just marketing...

Abandoned Aircraft In Airplane Boneyards Captured In Global Remains (PHOTOS) - Huffington Post | ...Over the years, as I read flying magazines and searched airplane websites, I was always intrigued by the fact that thousands of relic aircraft were parked at the Pima Air & Space Museum (in Pima County) and the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, both in Tucson. These included commercial airlines, fighter jets, cargo planes, helicopters, even dirigibles in different states of disrepair.  For airplane buffs, a visit to Tucson's aviation boneyards conjures up images of the travelers who used and enjoyed the aircraft over the years.

Late Night Visitor - MRC Aviation | The Antonov 124 RA-82074 as previously mentioned on its arrival at Ohakea duly arrived at...

EAA inks deal with Learning For Life - General Aviation News | The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Young Eagles program and the school- and career-based Learning For Life (LFL) program, an affiliate of Boy Scouts of America, have entered into an agreement that will help young people discover and explore opportunities in aviation, including orientation flights in general aviation aircraft.  Opportunities will be primarily focused through Learning For Life’s Aviation Exploring program, a...

AirVenture Oshkosh 2011 Day 6 - Other People's Airplanes | David and Damon headed towards the North 40 today to check out the warbird flight line. While there, David talked with Mike Schiffer about his Vought F4U-5 Corsair. The Corsair has always been a favorite classic warbird of David’s. Mike tells us about what it’s like to fly this iconic aircraft....