Jon Huertas talks flying with the Blue Angels & getting physical on 'Castle' - Examiner.com | But to celebrate this Memorial Day weekend, Huertas is lending his fame to the Navy to participate in a Blue Angels flight in New York. "They asked me to come and raise awareness on what the Navy does and how the Navy helps the public," Huertas told LA ...
Snowbirds, SkyHawks and CF-18s set for Kitchener-Waterloo show - Canadian Skies | The skies over Kitchener-Waterloo, Ont., will be filled with some of the country's most talented and daring pilots for one
weekend this summer, as the Waterloo Air Show returns with performances from the Snowbirds, SkyHawks, CF-18s and Red Bull pilot ...
Salute to Veterans Air Show - Official Site
Whiteman AFB, Home of the B-2 Bomber from US Army Golden Knights by dcook | Black Team had the unique opportunity to visit the home of America's Strategic Stealth Bomber, the B-2. The Wings Over Whiteman Air Show invited the Golden Knights to attend, once again. Black Team was pleased to, as the headlining act. Performing the night performance on Friday seemed appropriate near an Air Force base, where it's common to see "unusual aircraft" by the American Public. Friday night, Black Team exited from 12,500 feet with nine jumpers wearing our brightly lit pyrotechnic sticks, to enable spectators to see the jumpers from several miles away. After landing safely, we had...
2012 Joint Service Open House Airshow from US Army Golden Knights by Brian Karst | The Joint Service Open House Airshow held at Andrews Air Force Base is one of the highest visibility airshows of the season. There was several very impressive demonstration which included the Air Force F-22 Raptor, Stealth Bomber, Red Bull Air Force and of course the world famous Golden Knights. For all three days of the air show the Gold Demonstration Team accompanied by SFC Aaron Figel, SSG Jared Zell, SSG Reese Pendleton and SGT Jeshua Stahler performed spectacularly for the citizens of Maryland. There were a few bumps in the road along the way as the weather did not cooperate the whole time. For...
F-22 Fighter Jets Prepping for Air Show to be Stationed at MacArthur - Patch.com | By Ryan Bonner The F-22 Demo Squadron will be stationed at MacArthur Airport as it prepares for the Jones Beach air show. Selfridge Air National Guard Base Public Affairs Fighter jets are headed to the Town of Islip. Long Island MacArthur Airport to be ...
Hill Air Force Base show - Salt Lake Tribune | The show will feature the US Air Force Thunderbirds demonstration team as well as numerous other air show performers...
Air show held at Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport - Marietta Times | "We are a volunteer group that loves to share our planes and what we can do with them," said Mike Stewart, founder and flight lead of Team RV. "We also love the demographic of the (Mid-Ohio Valley) and can't wait to spend time with the people...
SA Aerobatic Champ for Swaziland Airshow - Times of Swaziland | By NTOMBI MHLONGO on May 23,2012 MBABANE - South African Aerobatic Champion Nigel Hopkins will be the highlight of the Swaziland Airshow set for Saturday. The event will take place at the Matsapha International Airport from 10am to 5pm.
Wings Over Whiteman Has Stealthy Surprise Following Day-Long Aerial Delights from The Aero
Experience by Carmelo Turdo | Wings Over Whiteman again proved itself to be a Midwest hub of aerial entertainment, featuring top civilian and military performers and an asset only Whiteman AFB in western Missouri can provide: the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber. Airshow organizers wove together a series of dazzling exhibitions in the air and on the ground, emphasizing Big Iron like the...
SC Shaw pilot to fly in Indianapolis 500 tribute - MyrtleBeachOnline.com | AP SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, SC -- A member of the Air Force's 20th Fighter Wing at South Carolina's Shaw Air Force base is taking part in a military tribute at this weekend's Indianapolis 500. Fighter Wing spokeswoman 1st Lt. Ann Blodzinski says Maj...
Virginia Beach Patriotic Fest - NBC4 Washington | An air show headlined by the Blue Angels will feature an E-2C Hawkeye flyover, a search-and-rescue demo by the Coast Guard and a F22 tactical demo on June 2 and 3. Military displays and demonstrations will also be taking place along the waterfront...
For heaven's sake - South West | Aerobatic freestyle specialists seized the airfield Rogé Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Bonus gift: the overview of the country house by the Patrouille de France. Members of the aerobatic team of the Air Force are expected this weekend...
Reno Races Good To Go - AVweb | Reno Air Racing Association Director Mike Houghton said on Tuesday the largest pylon course will be moved further away from the crowd, and some curves will be modified to decrease the g-forces on pilots. The association has hired a new safety director, ...
Reno Air Races plans to change course this fall - Las Vegas Sun | AP Organizers of the national air racing championships secured $100 million in necessary insurance and announced plans Tuesday to change the September race course for the fastest planes to keep them farther from spectators after last year's...
Airport hits turbulence over 5K race - KKCO-TV | Commemorative Air Force recruiting officer Bob Caskey said that inconsistency in security is frustrating. "But because the airport wants to show people their runways, they can all the sudden rewrite the rules for one day, throw the gates wide open?
Sinn Fein battles on in bid to rename airport after Earhart - Belfast Telegraph | American aviator Ms Earhart landed in Derry 80 years ago this week, and in doing so became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. Derry has just celebrated its largest ever Amelia Earhart Festival with concerts, a 1930s style ball,...
Memorial Day start for WWII show at Gratiot museum - NOLA.com | (AP) — Memorial Day marks the opening of a World War II exhibition at the Gratiot County Historical Museum. The museum is located in Ithaca in the central Lower Peninsula, about 40 miles north of Lansing. It's operated by the Gratiot County Historical...
This month's Flickr appeal - The Hayward Collection from RAF Museum London News | This month, another unique collection of photographs has been added to the Museum's Collection on Flickr. The prints, which are mostly dated 1915, are from the first in a series of albums relating to the RNAS/RAF career of Wg Cdr C.H. Hayward. They were found during the inventory of un-accessioned material. The other albums, including some remarkable frontline photos from Gallipoli, will be uploaded to the site over the next few months...
Tim Linn's Stearman Project Has Fabric from Antique Airfield News | Tim Linn wrote and sent photos of his project Stearman:...
Stan Sweikar's Fleet Engine Run Video from Antique Airfield News | Stan Sweikar sent a video of his Fleet project:...
Kickstart Kicks John McGinnis to Announce New Goals from CAFE Foundation Blog by Dean Sigler | A few
minutes ago, John McGinnis, designer and ongoing builder of Synergy, released the following announcement. It is based on the 385 supporters who have contributed 81 percent of the initial $65,000 goal to complete the first phase of construction on this envelope-exploding aircraft...."From the start, this project has been trending toward raising more than $100,000. But to arrive at Show Center at Oshkosh next year, one way or another we have to keep the pace, not just for a few months, but for a whole year. I'm therefore setting a new goal, one that is within reach but challenging: adding that $100K to our original goal. New goal: $165,000 in ten days....
USMC F-35B starts local area flights over Eglin AFB from The DEW Line by Dave Majumdar | The US Air Force's 33rd Fighter Wing and US Marine Corps flew their first Lockheed Martin F-35B local area flight at Eglin AFB, Florida, earlier today (22 May). But while today was the STOVL model's day, the wing's F-35A fleet is performing very well, a senior USAF official says....
Skydiver Aims To Land Without Parachute - City Talk 105.9 | A stuntman will attempt to make aviation history later by becoming the first skydiver in the world to land without the use of a parachute. A stuntman will attempt to make aviation history later by becoming the first skydiver in the world to land...
Video: Wingsuiting without parachute from Apron 6 | I have always wondered if it would be possible to land a wingsuit without using a parachute. I always thought it wasn't but Gary Connery did it… Apparently if you put allot
of cardboard boxes together and you aim well, it's possible! Now, where is the Gopro footage?
Fancy meeting you here... from High Power Rocketry | Went to JFK airport last night to pick up a family member. The airport is very large, almost like a small city, complete with it's own highway system. On the way to terminal 7, I happened to drive past a hangar with a shuttle orbiter in it! (The picture above is not mine, no time to snap a shot while driving.) Boy that thing looks huge, can't wait to see it up close when installed in Manhattan.
Snowbirds, SkyHawks and CF-18s set for Kitchener-Waterloo show - Canadian Skies | The skies over Kitchener-Waterloo, Ont., will be filled with some of the country's most talented and daring pilots for one
weekend this summer, as the Waterloo Air Show returns with performances from the Snowbirds, SkyHawks, CF-18s and Red Bull pilot ...Salute to Veterans Air Show - Official Site
Whiteman AFB, Home of the B-2 Bomber from US Army Golden Knights by dcook | Black Team had the unique opportunity to visit the home of America's Strategic Stealth Bomber, the B-2. The Wings Over Whiteman Air Show invited the Golden Knights to attend, once again. Black Team was pleased to, as the headlining act. Performing the night performance on Friday seemed appropriate near an Air Force base, where it's common to see "unusual aircraft" by the American Public. Friday night, Black Team exited from 12,500 feet with nine jumpers wearing our brightly lit pyrotechnic sticks, to enable spectators to see the jumpers from several miles away. After landing safely, we had...
2012 Joint Service Open House Airshow from US Army Golden Knights by Brian Karst | The Joint Service Open House Airshow held at Andrews Air Force Base is one of the highest visibility airshows of the season. There was several very impressive demonstration which included the Air Force F-22 Raptor, Stealth Bomber, Red Bull Air Force and of course the world famous Golden Knights. For all three days of the air show the Gold Demonstration Team accompanied by SFC Aaron Figel, SSG Jared Zell, SSG Reese Pendleton and SGT Jeshua Stahler performed spectacularly for the citizens of Maryland. There were a few bumps in the road along the way as the weather did not cooperate the whole time. For...
F-22 Fighter Jets Prepping for Air Show to be Stationed at MacArthur - Patch.com | By Ryan Bonner The F-22 Demo Squadron will be stationed at MacArthur Airport as it prepares for the Jones Beach air show. Selfridge Air National Guard Base Public Affairs Fighter jets are headed to the Town of Islip. Long Island MacArthur Airport to be ...
Hill Air Force Base show - Salt Lake Tribune | The show will feature the US Air Force Thunderbirds demonstration team as well as numerous other air show performers...
Air show held at Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport - Marietta Times | "We are a volunteer group that loves to share our planes and what we can do with them," said Mike Stewart, founder and flight lead of Team RV. "We also love the demographic of the (Mid-Ohio Valley) and can't wait to spend time with the people...
SA Aerobatic Champ for Swaziland Airshow - Times of Swaziland | By NTOMBI MHLONGO on May 23,2012 MBABANE - South African Aerobatic Champion Nigel Hopkins will be the highlight of the Swaziland Airshow set for Saturday. The event will take place at the Matsapha International Airport from 10am to 5pm.
Wings Over Whiteman Has Stealthy Surprise Following Day-Long Aerial Delights from The Aero
Experience by Carmelo Turdo | Wings Over Whiteman again proved itself to be a Midwest hub of aerial entertainment, featuring top civilian and military performers and an asset only Whiteman AFB in western Missouri can provide: the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber. Airshow organizers wove together a series of dazzling exhibitions in the air and on the ground, emphasizing Big Iron like the...SC Shaw pilot to fly in Indianapolis 500 tribute - MyrtleBeachOnline.com | AP SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, SC -- A member of the Air Force's 20th Fighter Wing at South Carolina's Shaw Air Force base is taking part in a military tribute at this weekend's Indianapolis 500. Fighter Wing spokeswoman 1st Lt. Ann Blodzinski says Maj...
Virginia Beach Patriotic Fest - NBC4 Washington | An air show headlined by the Blue Angels will feature an E-2C Hawkeye flyover, a search-and-rescue demo by the Coast Guard and a F22 tactical demo on June 2 and 3. Military displays and demonstrations will also be taking place along the waterfront...
For heaven's sake - South West | Aerobatic freestyle specialists seized the airfield Rogé Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Bonus gift: the overview of the country house by the Patrouille de France. Members of the aerobatic team of the Air Force are expected this weekend...
Reno Races Good To Go - AVweb | Reno Air Racing Association Director Mike Houghton said on Tuesday the largest pylon course will be moved further away from the crowd, and some curves will be modified to decrease the g-forces on pilots. The association has hired a new safety director, ...
Reno Air Races plans to change course this fall - Las Vegas Sun | AP Organizers of the national air racing championships secured $100 million in necessary insurance and announced plans Tuesday to change the September race course for the fastest planes to keep them farther from spectators after last year's...
Airport hits turbulence over 5K race - KKCO-TV | Commemorative Air Force recruiting officer Bob Caskey said that inconsistency in security is frustrating. "But because the airport wants to show people their runways, they can all the sudden rewrite the rules for one day, throw the gates wide open?
Sinn Fein battles on in bid to rename airport after Earhart - Belfast Telegraph | American aviator Ms Earhart landed in Derry 80 years ago this week, and in doing so became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. Derry has just celebrated its largest ever Amelia Earhart Festival with concerts, a 1930s style ball,...
Memorial Day start for WWII show at Gratiot museum - NOLA.com | (AP) — Memorial Day marks the opening of a World War II exhibition at the Gratiot County Historical Museum. The museum is located in Ithaca in the central Lower Peninsula, about 40 miles north of Lansing. It's operated by the Gratiot County Historical...
This month's Flickr appeal - The Hayward Collection from RAF Museum London News | This month, another unique collection of photographs has been added to the Museum's Collection on Flickr. The prints, which are mostly dated 1915, are from the first in a series of albums relating to the RNAS/RAF career of Wg Cdr C.H. Hayward. They were found during the inventory of un-accessioned material. The other albums, including some remarkable frontline photos from Gallipoli, will be uploaded to the site over the next few months...
Tim Linn's Stearman Project Has Fabric from Antique Airfield News | Tim Linn wrote and sent photos of his project Stearman:...
Stan Sweikar's Fleet Engine Run Video from Antique Airfield News | Stan Sweikar sent a video of his Fleet project:...
Kickstart Kicks John McGinnis to Announce New Goals from CAFE Foundation Blog by Dean Sigler | A few
minutes ago, John McGinnis, designer and ongoing builder of Synergy, released the following announcement. It is based on the 385 supporters who have contributed 81 percent of the initial $65,000 goal to complete the first phase of construction on this envelope-exploding aircraft...."From the start, this project has been trending toward raising more than $100,000. But to arrive at Show Center at Oshkosh next year, one way or another we have to keep the pace, not just for a few months, but for a whole year. I'm therefore setting a new goal, one that is within reach but challenging: adding that $100K to our original goal. New goal: $165,000 in ten days....USMC F-35B starts local area flights over Eglin AFB from The DEW Line by Dave Majumdar | The US Air Force's 33rd Fighter Wing and US Marine Corps flew their first Lockheed Martin F-35B local area flight at Eglin AFB, Florida, earlier today (22 May). But while today was the STOVL model's day, the wing's F-35A fleet is performing very well, a senior USAF official says....
Skydiver Aims To Land Without Parachute - City Talk 105.9 | A stuntman will attempt to make aviation history later by becoming the first skydiver in the world to land without the use of a parachute. A stuntman will attempt to make aviation history later by becoming the first skydiver in the world to land...
Video: Wingsuiting without parachute from Apron 6 | I have always wondered if it would be possible to land a wingsuit without using a parachute. I always thought it wasn't but Gary Connery did it… Apparently if you put allot
of cardboard boxes together and you aim well, it's possible! Now, where is the Gopro footage?Fancy meeting you here... from High Power Rocketry | Went to JFK airport last night to pick up a family member. The airport is very large, almost like a small city, complete with it's own highway system. On the way to terminal 7, I happened to drive past a hangar with a shuttle orbiter in it! (The picture above is not mine, no time to snap a shot while driving.) Boy that thing looks huge, can't wait to see it up close when installed in Manhattan.
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