Thursday, May 17, 2012

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2012 Andrews Air Show Scheduled To 'Take Off' May 18-20 - Avionics Intelligence | The skies over the National Capitol Region will ring with the sound of freedom May 18 - 20 as the US Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, celebrate 100 years of Marine Corps aviation at the 2012 Joint Service Open House here.

Annual Fly-In event successful - Brewton Standard | Even with the threat of rain, hundreds of visitors filled the tarmac at the Brewton Muncipal Airport for the annual Brewton Spring Fly-In event. Freddie McCall, airport manager, said the participation by exhibitors and visitors made for an enjoyable ...

North Georgia air show adds attractions - Rome News Tribune | (Contributed photo) JLC AirShow Management announced Monday that the US Army Silver Wings parachute demonstration team, Red Eagle Air Sports and Liberty Jump Team have been added to the show — which will feature the Royal Canadian Snowbirds and Black ...

EBACE: Notes on the back of Learjet cocktail napkin ... from Flightblogger by Stephen Trimble | Conventions such as Europe's biggest aviation gathering always have two purposes: meet customers or show us new products. In the last few years at EBACE, there was less of the former and almost none of the latter. For the (ahem) wags churning out the event's three show dailies, which depend on almost exclusively on product announcements, EBACE was becoming uncomfortably like the stereotype of Geneva's many diplomatic missions: all talk and no action...

The Fleet Week Air Show Announces the Addition of the FA-22 Raptor to its... - MarketWatch | Along with the FA-22 Raptor, Fleet Week's air show will feature the ever popular and remarkable United States Navy Blue Angels http://www.blueangels.navy.mil/ . We are also pleased to welcome the Royal Canadian Air Force CF-18 Team ...

'Stunning and patriotic' Farnborough Airshow for 2012 - gethampshire.co.uk | “The amazing Red Arrows, Breitling Jet team, The Blades, vintage flying machines, jets, aerobatic formations and wing-walkers will take to the skies to thrill the crowds. “To mark the 60th anniversary of the Queen's accession there will also be a ...

AIRSHOW NEWS: Enjoy a taste of the past at Flying Legends’ new Vintage from Flightline UK | Flying Legends encapsulates nostalgic charm with its evocative combination of iconic flying aircraft, period music and immaculately- attired Second World War living history groups. At this year’s Flying Legends (Saturday 30 June and Sunday 1 July) we’re taking the period feel further with the new Vintage Village, where you can relax in 1940s comfort and watch the world go by...

U.S. Army Golden Knights fly the Washington, D.C. area skies (Includes ... - DigitalJournal.com | Over the weekend the US Army's Golden Knights Parachute Team took to the skies and gave a dazzling performance in Manassas, Va. Performing at the Wings, Wheels & Warriors Air Show on May 12, the Army's Golden Knights team was one of the highlights of...

Lake Jackson Land of Enchantment from US Army Golden Knights by ddixon | The United States Army Parachute Team Golden Knights, Tandem Team jumped over thirty-five Centers of Influence in support of the US Army Recruiting Battalion Houston. Commanded by Lieutenant Colonel David Nguyen, ROTC, and Family Life Church who hosted the facility and grounds for the spectacular event. Brilliant blue skies, huge puffy white clouds, cool breezes, lots of...

Navy team to parachute into Miller Park - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | By Jackie Loohauis-Bennett of the Journal Sentinel Organizers of The Milwaukee Air & Water Show and The Stars and Stripes Honor Flight (SSHF) have joined to bring the US Navy Leap Frogs Parachute Demonstration Team for a jump into Miller Park Stadium ...

AirFair will return to Truckee Tahoe Airport after 16-year hiatus - Sierra Sun | The Old Glory B-25 will be featured at the AirFair, along with the P51 D Man O' War, static displays, fly-by demonstrations. Plan on a full day of family fun to benefit area nonprofits. TAHOE/TRUCKEE, Calif. — Aircraft enthusiasts and festival ...

SCU starts free ticket offer for Portsmouth Air Show - Foster's Daily Democrat | PORTSMOUTH— A free ticket offer to the Service Credit Union Boston-Portsmouth Air Show begins this week. Any Service Credit Union member with direct deposit can receive up to four free tickets to the air show and be admitted into a VIP tent where a ...

Take-off is delayed for air show - This is South Wales | Details for the event, named Carmarthenshire Air Show, are currently being drawn up — and it was hoped the spectacle would be staged at Pembrey's airport and racetrack in July. But finances have proven a stumbling block for organisers, who now say the ...

Hunter Flying attracts aerobatic display teams to St Athan - eGov monitor | Chief Engineer John Sparks, who runs the company with his wife Nadine, said the air show season starts at the end of June and aerobatic training is now getting under way at their base. "The Russian jets which date back to the 1970s are a new addition ...

One of the last of his kind - Dothan Eagle | Costagneto is one of the last Vietnam War aviators still serving in the Army. WEBB — Larry Castagneto said he was 12 when he saw his first (UH-1) Huey aircraft at a military event with his father, a World War II veteran. Eight years later, Castagneto ...

WWI pilots topic of Planes of Fame event - Contra Costa Times | CHINO - A program on pilots of World War I will be the Planes of Fame Air Museum's monthly Living History Flying Day Event on Saturday. The museum opens at 9 am, and the seminar starts at 10 am with the Stearman flight demonstration at noon...

Cornelia Fort: Debutante, Aviatrix, Pilot During the Pearl Harbor Attacks - The Mary Sue | by Susana Polo | 11:06 am, May 16th Strange History.net brings us the movie-worthy story of Cornelia Fort, an upperclass girl from Nashville, Tennessee whose father made one critical mistake when he called his three sons into his study and made them ...

International Women's Air & Space Museum Remembers Life Trustee Evelyn Bryan Johnson! from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale | ...IWASM would like to express our deepest condolences to the family of Evelyn Bryan Johnson. An IWASM member since 1991, Evelyn was truly an amazing person and an inspiration to all she met. Never giving up and never giving in, she logged over 57,000 flight hours (making her the highest-time female pilot), administered thousands of checkrides and managed an airport for decades. She has received numerous...

Sweetwater's WASP Museum opposes its proposed neighbor: a county jail from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale | ...The museum is a simple metal hangar surrounded by plenty of flat, open spaces, with billowing grass and minor brush. Except for a nearby VFW post, the WASP occupies its own little world, celebrating the wartime efforts of an all-female organization of pilots that operated from 1942 to 1944....

Fitchburg pays tribute to first woman to fly across English Channel - Sentinel and Enterprise | When she began flying, she wore a purple satin aviatrix suit that looked like a dress but could button up into pants during the flight. Quimby originally planned to make the 21-mile flight from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in a plane made ...

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Air Museum Hopes to Spread its Wings - Patch.com | The Delaware Valley Historical Aircraft Association added an A-10 Thunderbolt to its display and hopes to expand its public viewing space. By Theresa Katalinas An A-10 Thunderbolt is now on display at the Wings of Freedom Museum in Horsham.

Another chapter of the “USAF Hangar Foam Party” saga. from David Cenciotti | After the F-15, F-16 and A-10 submerged by foam at Eglin AFB, Florida in 2009, and the C-17 at Charleston AFB, South Carolina, last year, here below you can find some pictures of another Air Force’s fire suppression system filling a hangar with foam I received from a member of the 457th Fighter Squadron “Spads”...

Podcast: International Society for Aviation Photography from WarbirdRadio.com by Matt | International Society for Aviation Photography President Larry Grace joins Matt Jolley on Warbird Radio LIVE!  Tune in for news about ISAP’s upcoming annual symposium.  This year’s big event is being held in Virginia Beach… and just wait till you hear the details![...]

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