Tickets already on sale for chance to see Air Force Thunderbirds in 2012 - Bangor Daily | The 
2012 Great State of Maine Air Show is scheduled for closer to next Christmas than this one, but tickets are already on sale for a show that has the United States Air Force Thunderbirds booked. In its decades-long history, the air show — which until last summer always was organized and manned by the U.S. Navy — has welcomed the Thunderbirds to Brunswick only once. The Thunderbirds, a flight demonstration and military recruitment tool, performed at 70 air shows in 2011. In Brunswick, they are expected to fly F-22 Raptors, according to Marty McMahon of the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority, the group overseeing the civilian redevelopment of the now-closed Brunswick Naval Air Station, which is now called Brunswick Executive Airport....
Hill Air Force base to hold Thunderbirds air show - Herald Extra | Hill Air Force Base officials announced this week that an open house and air show featuring the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds will be held at Hill on May 26-27. The two-day event, which is free and open to the public, will include aerial demonstrations and displays to provide the public a personal look at the Air Force and its airmen. "Open houses and air shows serve as premier platforms that enable us to showcase the Air Force mission and the extraordinary things our Airmen do every day," said Col. Sarah Zabel, 75th Air Base Wing commander. "This is significant to our recruiting efforts, but also essential to educating the American public on the training and capabilities of their Air Force."...
Thunder Over The Blue Ridge Moves On - Aero-News Net | A West Virginia airshow which closed early this year following a fatal T-28 crash will be back for 2012. The website for the Thunder Over The Blue Ridge Open House & Air Show in Martinsburg announces, "The 167th Airlift Wing, West Virginia Air National Guard will once again partner with the local community and Thunder Over The Blue Ridge, Inc., to host the 2012 Thunder Over the Blue Ridge Open House and Air Show. The event is scheduled for September 15-16, 2012....
Leuchars Airshow will be held in 2012 - Fife Today | THE RAF Leuchars Airshow will definitely take place next year, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed. In a letter to North East Fife MP Sir Menzies Campbell, Armed Forces Minister Nick Harvey said the annual event would be held on Saturday, September 15. However, Mr Harvey warned that the future of the Airshow beyond 2012 could not be guaranteed...
With skyscapes painted on the tops of our wings… - Flying With Amelia | Every pilot I meet seems to want to put into words the vigor and excitement that flying brings to the table. Photos, words, videos… all of these options come close to personifying our need to soar into the big ole blue sky, but there was always something missing. Until now. I am excited to share the videos that we took today during our....
Aviation Nation 2011 – Sunday - Parrot Head Jeff | It’s Christmas Eve and I’ve been working on 
getting a whole bunch of photos edited and ready for uploading. Oh, I’ll have some pics from...
A Rare Opportunity for an Up Close Look at the F-22 Raptor - Airplanista |"Congratulations," the email started, "you have been selected to attend our first Lockheed Martin Tweetup". That led to frantic trip planning, and a bunch of excitement. Twitter and these 'Tweetups' have given me an incredible number of experiences that most could never imagine, something I'm very thankful for. My first Space Shuttle launch at STS-129, visiting...
The San Joaquin Siren: Another Great Pilot Story - Fly Me Friendly | I really enjoy reading aviation books (funny that) and especially (auto)biographies that give me an insight into the experiences of the times, from growing up to learning to fly and then on to surviving various aviation adventures. With that in mind, it was a pretty even bet that I’d probably enjoy reading The San Joaquin Siren, An American Ace in WWII’s CBI by William M Behrns & Kenneth Moore. Not only did I enjoy the book, I loved it. It starts with a...
Combat Air Museum features P-51 fighter - CJ Online | Holiday visitors to the Combat Air Museum can view a World War II-era fighter on display. The P-51 fighter is valued at $1.8 million, said Gene Howerter, chairman of the museum’s board of directors. The P-51 Mustang originally was part of the Royal Australian Air Force....
a couple of amazing T-6 Texans. I photographed another of his T-6 a few months backed and love its color scheme which is authentic for the field in which he flies out of, Falcon Field, AZ. One of the many training fields around the country, that kind of living history is just cool....Ice Pilots' Buffalo Joe down to earth - Times Colonist | Buffalo Joe McBryan is a hard man to pin down. The head of the Northwest Territories' long-standing renegade airline Buffalo Airways and gruff centre of History Television's hit reality TV series Ice Pilots NWT is sitting in his cluttered Yellowknife office on an relatively warm December morning. (It's roughly -10 C.)...
Soyuz reentry over Europe (not a comet) - High Power Rocketry
Astronaut Cady Coleman To Visit International Women’s Air And Space Museum - Aero-News Network | The International Women’s Air & Space Museum, in partnership with NASA Glenn Research Center, will host a special guest appearance from astronaut Catherine “Cady” Coleman on Tuesday, January 3rd. Cady (pictured) will provide a post-flight mission briefing with a question and answer session. Following the presentation, there will be an informal meet and greet and autograph session....
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