Monday, April 23, 2012

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Thunder Over Louisville 2012 | Chilly weather doesn't deter fireworks & air ... - Louisville Courier-Journal | 2012 Thunder Over Louisville Fireworks Finale: Enjoy the last few minutes of the firework extravaganza known as Thunder Over Louisville. Flares drop as Bill Leff writes across the Louisville skyline during his aerial night show just minutes before the ...

Air show thrills fans - Shreveport Times | Defenders of Liberty: Day one of the Defenders of Liberty air show at Barksdale Air Force Base in Bossier City, La. The United States Air Force Thunderbirds perform at the Defenders of Liberty air show Saturday at Barksdale Air Force Base in Bossier ...

Mother Nature Is No Fun -- NOLA Navy Week Airshows Cancelled from Aero-News Network | Believe It Or Not; Blue Angels Performance Canceled Due To... Waves OK... we've heard every excuse in t he book as to why an airshow performance or routine has to be curtailed or canceled... and while they're usually more than valid and this one is most certainly serious... it's also the weirdest we've heard in a long time (and mind you, we've been at this for a while). Still; you have to admit canceling a much anticipated Blue Angels performance due to "High Seas" has to hurt...

New air show ready for takeoff in Fort Lauderdale - Sun-Sentinel | "We've assembled a four-hour, wall-to-wall lineup of all-star performers," said Bryan Lilley, president of the Lauderdale Air Show, which is being staged along State Road A1A between Oakland Park Boulevard and the Southeast 17 t h Street Causeway...

Vanderhoof air show returns - Prince George Free Press | “We picked that date so it wouldn't conflict with the Quesnel Skyfest, which is the week prior,” Vahi says. This year's event, he feels, will be more like a throwback to the early days of the airshow in the 1970s. “We're looking at a fly-in...

Dayton Air Show affected by AF cuts - WDTN | DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) - Air Force budget cuts will affect the Dayton Air Show. There won't be any solo performances of combat fighter jets....

CF aerial training in Comox commences - HQ Comox Valley | By Contributor: 19 Wing Comox The Canadian Forces Snowbirds and CF-18 Demonstration Team will commence preparations for the 2012 air show season when they arrive in Comox next week to finalize their annual training. The Snowbirds arrive on the morning ...

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RAF jets will wow the crowds at Sunderland Airshow - Sunderland Echo | Organised by Sunderland City Council, the airshow is now in its 24th year and widely recognised as one of the largest free events of its kind, attracting hundreds of thousands of spectators to the coastline along Roker and Seaburn...

Doolittle Reunion Coverage from American Airpower Museum's Facebook Wall | ...Thousands of people traveled to Dayton, OH this week, to witness the flight of more than 20 B-25s in celebration of the 70th annivers...

Ohio Air News #180 - Charles Johnson | In the pre-dawns early light, we gather here at Grimes Field ,Urbana, OH to witness the “Photo Event of a Lifetime”, the largest gathering of B-25 Mitchell Bombers, since the end of WWII. The planes and crew are here to celebrate the Doolittle's Tokyo Raiders Reunion...

Take a ride in the B-25 Mitchell bomber from TAKEOFF TUBE | The Planes of Fame Bomber B-25 Mitchell takes to the sky for the flight show of the Planes of Fame Monthly Living History event in March 2012.

Red Tail Squadron Exhibit to Visit Bowling Green - Aviation Heritage Park Happenings | The board of Aviation Heritage Park is excited to announce we have contracted to bring an educational and uplifting exhibit to Bowling Green—the CAF Red Tail Squadron—June 6th through June 9th.  The South Central Kentucky community has been so supportive of AHP we feel this is a way for us to give something back. The Red Tail Squadron, which consists of a P-51C Mustang, Tuskegee Airmen, and the RISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit....

WIN tickets to the Belton Spitfire Proms - Melton Times | Then during the interval, The Blades' four Extra 300 lightweight aerobatic aircraft will take to the skies to perform an exhilarating close-formation display, followed by a charity auction in aid of the Royal Air Forces Association's Wings Appeal to...

e-volvo wins Lindbergh prize from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | During AERO-Friedrichshafen, the giant general aviation show in Germany, Erik Lindbergh, grandson of Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh, revealed that the AERO 2012 winner of the Lindbergh Prize is the e-volo Volocopter VC1, a completely novel vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) system...

Hawker Hunter make-over update 21-4-2012 - xe606 | With the exception of the wheel-bays, all the under-side of the aircraft is now coated up in silver. I will give the under-sides another coat tomorrow to give it more strength and be ready for Mick Coombes due on monday. I got some of the dark green colour on this...

Pilot Meets German Who Saved His Life In WW2 - Coincidence and Synchronicity | A coincidence story today about an old soldier and how he was able to contact the person who rescued him over 50 years ago during World War 2. It was supposed to be 23 year old pilot Jack Dack's 33rd and final mission before heading back to Melbourne in Australia. As he flew over Holland on October 23rd 1944 his Lancaster bomber was shot down by enemy fire...

Found Kittyhawk from Vintage Aeroplane Writer | On this Polish forum* a set of photos were recently posted, apparently of a previously unknown Curtiss Kittyhawk Mk.Ia....

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Crash pad: $7m Beverly Hills mansion that Howard Hughes flew into goes up for sale - Daily Mail | The missing element could well be down to the fact that this dream property was once ploughed into by an experimental spy plane piloted by tycoon aviator Howard Hughes. On the maiden flight of his XF-11 aircraft on July 7, 1946, Hughes ran out of oil ...

Pearson Air Museum rolls out the red carpet – and the airplanes – for visitors - The Columbian | Victoria Quintero, seated, with her parents Tanya Quintero and Jaider Quintero, left, examines a hands-on helicopter display at Pearson Air Museum. By Sue Vorenberg • Cost: $7 adults, $5 seniors and students, free for children younger than 6...

Wings Over Houston offers scholarship for students pursuing aviation-related ... - Your Houston News | The Commemorative Air Force Wings Over Houston Airshow is accepting scholarship applications for its 2012-2013 scholarship program. The organization will award up to five scholarships ranging from $1000 to $5000 each to selected college students...

Young Eagles learn about flight at Dupont-Lapeer Airport - http://lapeerclik.com | Some lucky kids got up close and personal with airplanes Saturday at Mayfield Township’s Dupont-Lapeer Airport. Pilots Garry Butler and Victor Adamko introduced the youngsters (and their parents) to all things flight as part of the Experimental Aviation Association’s Young Eagles program. Although...

Seattle’s Museum Of Flight Welcomes First Portion Of NASA’s Shuttle Trainer from AvStop | The Museum of Flight in Seattle unveiled the first sections of the NASA Space Shuttle Trainer, three Engine Bells marking the first of several shipments of the trainer, which will be housed at the Museum’s Charles Simonyi Space Gallery. Museum of Flight President and CEO Doug King hosted a brief news conference to announce the arrival and to unpack one of the three Engine Bells, which are approximately nine feet in diameter...

NASA's Space Shuttle Museum Flights: Complete Coverage from SPACE.com | See photos, video, multimedia and more on the final journeys of space shuttles to museums.

The Last Flights of Space Shuttle Discovery from Photorecon | The web has been flooded with pictures and stories of the Space Shuttle Discovery’s move from Florida to its permanent home at the Udvar Hazy Center at the Smithsonian in Virginia.  I was there for the arrival in Virginia, I was also there for the Discovery’s last launch into space as well as its last [...]

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