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Thunder Over Louisville proves again to be superb Derby Festival spectacle - Louisville Business First | More than 400000 people turned out for the Kentucky Derby Festival Inc.'s kickoff to the Derby season — Thunder Over Louisville. As Business First reported, the event brought spectators from across the region for the fireworks, air show and other ...

Thunder over Louisville 2012 from Airspeed Online by Steve Tupper | That’s what I call a weekend! I got a call about 10 days ago from Paul Wood of the Warbird Heritage Foundation and The Hoppers.  Paul asked whether I might be interested in shooting a promo video for the foundation’s A-4B Skyhawk.  Not being an idiot, I said yes.  After trading some dates back and [...]

Barksdale air show ends with high spirits - Shreveport Times | The Black Dimond jets pull a stunt during the Defenders of Liberty Air Show at Barksdale Air Force Base Sunday afternoon. / Henrietta Wildsmith/The Times Maj. Brad Boudreaux had a homecoming of sorts when he piloted the C-130J Hurricane Hunter from ...

Air shows a tradition that date to early days of Cherry Point - Havelock News | By Drew C. Wilson In a few weeks when billions of dollars worth of military aircraft and millions of dollars worth of civilian aircraft come together for the Cherry Point Air Show, perhaps 150000 people will be entertained by fantastic aerobatic ...

Planes of Fame Air Museum Airshow from World Airshow News Forum by Sandy |On Friday, May 4th Planes of Fame Air Museum will have a special Airshow 2012 Preview event. The only way to be a part of this 2012 Airshow Preview event is to visit Planes of Fame Air Museum. Visitors & Planes of Fame Air Museum members can come to the museum during normal museum hours on Friday May 4th and after entering the museum take a tram to the ramp to view arriving aircraft and watch two afternoon practice sessions. The first practice session will be between 1 PM and 2 PM and the second between 3 PM and 4 PM. Members are admitted without charge as usual and visitors pay regular entrance fees. Planes of Fame Air Museum Members can then come to Airshow on either Saturday or Sunday without charge to enjoy the entire performance.

Air Racers 3D soars into select IMAX theaters from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Air Racers 3D, the first IMAX movie devoted to the Reno Air Races,  is rolling out across the country at select IMAX theaters, including the....

Breaking Through The Clouds: Film Screening - Annapolis Capital | Documentary Breaking Through The Clouds tells the story of the first Women's Transcontinental Air Race, rife with emergency landings, damaged planes, rumors of sabotage, and plenty of public scrutiny. Commentary and a question and answer session with ...

Meeting of La Ferte Alais 2012: 40th edition from Passion for aviation by Xavier Cotton | © Romain Hugault | Time of Propellers: 40th edition | 26 and 27 May 2012 | For this 2012 edition, the Association Jean-Baptiste Salis, airshow organizer of the airfield of Cerny / La Ferte-Alais, proposes to commemorate the 40th edition of "Time of the propellers." The public can get close to the beautiful machines on the airfield through a large static display organized in the morning, before the meeting. Ground and animations themed tables are provided throughout the day to allow everyone to browse the history of aviation ....

Little Known Black History Fact: James Banning - blackamericaweb | James Banning was the first African-American male aviator to receive his pilot’s license. Born in 1899, Banning’s family moved to Ames, Oklahoma when he was a young adult. After attending Iowa State as an electrical engineering major, James Banning tried to enroll in flight schools but was rejected because he was black....

Video of P-40 Found in Desert - Nordo News | This video of a P-40, discovered in the Al Wadi al Jadid Desert, was recently published on youtube.  The two part series (part one, part two)appears to show locals more concerned with making a quick buck and grabbing the still loaded guns than selling it for big money to a collector.  Judging by...

Doolittle raiders honored at ceremony marking 70th anniversary of historic mission from Air Force Link Top Stories | The five remaining members of the famous Jimmy Doolittle Tokyo Raid were honored in a banquet at the National Museum of the United States Air Force here April 19. Four of the raiders were in attendance, Staff Sgt. David J. Thatcher, Maj. Thomas C. Griffin and Lt. Cols. Richard E. Cole and Edward J. Saylor. The fifth, Lt. Col. Robert L. Hite, was unable to attend for health reasons...

Doolittle Snapshot | One-Minute Film Provides a Taste of the Event - Hemlock Films | Well, it certainly was an eventful (and tiring) week.  The 70th Doolittle Raiders Reunion has come to a close, leaving everyone with memories, photos and videos to last a lifetime.  While we had our film "The Restorers - They Were All Volunteers" screening in Dayton, we still had time to squeeze off a shot or two.  Here is a little compilation for your enjoyment!

The B-25J “Betty’s Dream” from Moose Peterson Aviation Photography | The “Bats Outa Hell” Squadron racked up an impressive record in the Pacific during WWII. The Texas Flying Legends Museum celebrates this history with “Betty’s Dream.” “Betty’s Dream” was part of the 499th Squadron and...

‘FIFI’ under attack from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Congressman Michael Turner, an Ohio representative, is gunning to ground the only flyable Boeing B-29 Superfortress in the world, "FIFI." The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) and other leading organizations in the Warbird and general aviation communities are joining voices to oppose an amendment proposed by Turner to the House National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 4310) that, if allowed to pass, would have a devastating effect on civilian operated historic military aircraft, CAF officials said...

The F-82 Twin Mustang Zero Sum Game — USAF wins and CAF loses and loses again and may lose flying their B-29 by travelforaircraft | Reader Gene Fioretti alerted this blog to a Confederate Air Force Special Alert published on 20 April 2012 entitled, FiFi Under Attack from Ohio Congressman. It is about Congressman Michael Turner's bill amendment which, if passed as currently drafted,...

An aircraft near to my heart from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | Reader Snoggeramus writes from Australia with the news that a well-heeled aviation enthusiast there has spent upwards of $2 million (presumably Australian dollars) on restoring a World War II-vintage Bristol Beaufort torpedo-bomber. The Beaufort was developed...

Chasing Horizons The Air Race That Changed The World by Jim Bolander - Front Row Lit | IN 1924 THERE WAS A WORLD AIR RACE. THERE HAS BEEN NO GREATER RACE IN HISTORY. ITS RESULTS CHANGED THE DESTINY OF HUMANKIND. Chasing Horizons is your ticket to fly with the forgotten pilots who changed the course of history by daring to go where no one had gone before.  To experience their timeless story is to reconnect to the greatness of the American dream and the infinite expanse of the human spirit. Chasing Horizons  is the true story of the great air race of 1924 as told from the perspective of the four American pilots who took part in it.  It is a historical novel concerning a race between six countries to see who could fly around the world first:  A race that took six months to complete and was followed by every newspaper in the world....

Damaged C-17 move truly a joint effort from Air Force Link Top Stories | When a C-17 Globemaster III, recently landed and overran the runway due to inclement weather, the landing gear and other critical parts were damaged. Through months of planning and teamwork by the joint forces located on Forward Operating Base Shank, this 282,500-pound aircraft was moved with no incidents from its location after the crash to a site where the service members and Boeing employees could get the aircraft back to operational readiness...

Movie Monday: A master aircraft designer on his highest achievement -- the SR-71 from FlightBlogger by Stephen Trimble | On 24 April, 1962 -- 50 years ago on Tuesday -- Lockheed test pilot Lou Schalk climbed into the A-12 Oxcart, the CIA-funded precursor of the SR-71, and attempted a brief hop at the end of a high-speed taxi test. He nearly crashed. Schalk had intentionally turned off the A-12's stability augmentation system (SAS) dampers, only to find out almost too late that his Mach 3.2-speed aircraft is 'SOS' without them. Two days later, with SAS dampers switched firmly 'on', Schalk completed the real first flight, launching the short-lived operational career of the CIA's A-12 fleet, and the US Air Force's three-decade history with the SR-71 Blackbird....

Free Fall Record – Arthur Starnes (1941) from AIRBOYD.TV

Birthday parties take flight at the Air Zoo from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Air Zoo guests looking for high-flying fun can now choose from three customized birthday party packages...

World’s First practical personal jetpacks now in India from Defence Aviation by Pratik Sawerdekar | Martin Aircraft Company, the inventors of world’s first practical personal jetpacks have announced that they have signed an agreement with India’s M2K Group based in New Delhi to start productions of Martin Jetpacks in India. Under this agreement India will serve as the manufacturing base of Martin Jetpacks and all orders placed from sub-continent will be fulfilled by the Indian company...

Bombers, JATOs and JATO-boosted bombers from The Original Rocket Dungeon by Dick | Dark Roasted Blend has posted a new series on Heavy Bombers: Fearsome Angels of the Cold War. This post includes four awesome photos of B-47's being boosted by JATOs.  There's also a...

Space Needle Announces Finalists In Space Race 2012 from Aero-News Network | Astronaut Buzz Aldrin Will Be On Hand To Present The Winner With The Grand Prize - A Sub-Orbital Trip Into Space Eight months after announcing Space Race 2012, a program that celebrates its iconic history, the Space Needle in Seattle has chosen five lucky finalists to compete in a variety of challenges for a chance to fulfill their dream of traveling into space. The contestants will gather in Seattle next month to kick-off the last leg of the competition, with the winner being announced on May 9...

Space Shuttle's Arrival in NYC Delayed Due to Weather - WNYC | The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum may have cleared part of its deck in anticipation of the arrival of the space shuttle, but it will have to wait a bit longer. NASA's planned flight of the Enterprise, ...

Space shuttle Enterprise will be flown over Hudson County waterfront on Monday - The Jersey Journal - NJ.com | Earlier in April, the US Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron “Blue Angels” conducted a test flight over the Hudson River in advance of a flight to take place during Fleet Week in May commemorating the 200-year anniversary of the War of 1812....