Friday, May 25, 2012

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Blue Angels Buzz Long Island - Patch.com | By Chris Boyle With the 9th Annual Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach just days away, the US Navy's acclaimed Blue Angels air stunt team has temporarily set up home base in Farmingdale's Republic Airport. The skies over Jones Beach will be the setting of... 

Possibly the best New York’s Fleet Week photo so far: the Blue Angels fly over the Parade of Ships from David Cenciotti's weblog | On May 23, the Parade of Ships  marked the first day of the
Fleet Week New York. During the parade, 23 Tall Ships and Warships made their way from The Statue of Liberty, past the World Trade Center site to Manhattan’s West side....

Air show to generate $12.3M for Long Island economy - Long Island Business News | Cantor believes that of the 350000 people the state parks department is expecting to attend the air show, each of them will spend an average of $15, whether it be for food, drinks, sun tan lotion or any other expenses. That works out to $5.3 million in...

Weather delays Jones Beach air show practice - Newsday | Weather delays Jones Beach air show practice Originally published: May 25, 2012 10:32 AM Updated: May 25, 2012 10:37 AM By JOHN VALENTI john.valenti@newsday.com Low cloud cover Friday morning forced the delay of practice...

Air show is ready to fly - Columbia Daily Tribune | Demonstration pilot Michael Rambo flies a T-6C aircraft over southern Boone County Thursday in advance of this weekend's Salute to Veterans Airshow at Columbia Regional Airport. Events get under way at 9:30 am Saturday. Shuttles will begin running from...

2012 IndyCar: US Military To Be Saluted At 96th Indianapolis 500 - PaddockTalk | The flyover will be provided by the Air Force Heritage Flight Foundation (AFHFF), which honors the legacy of US air power and supports the United States Air Force's recruiting efforts by flying today's state-of-the-art fighter aircraft in close...

Sunset Symphony will include an air show and legendary Memphis group - Downtown Memphis | This year's event will have an air show from the Commemorative Air Force. In honor or this memorial weekend the show will consist of vintage WWII and concept aircraft such as the Corsair, Hawker, Stearman and Russian Yak. The pilots will perform aerial...

Janesville's AirFest event to draw crowds over holiday weekend - WISC Madison | When AirFest moved to September last year organizers also increased ticket prices. As a result they saw a large drop in attendance. They had an estimated crowd of 14000 for the weekend event last year. At it's peak in 2009 attendance reached nearly...

Red Arrows to fly as a seven for Bournemouth Air Festival - Bournemouth Echo | THE Red Arrows have received the green light to display in Dorset this summer – but will be appearing as a seven formation rather than their usual nine. Following rigorous training throughout the winter, final authority for the world-renowned scarlet...

"Ostia top view" - The Crowd | And less than a century later, the acrobatics of the Tricolour Arrows to brighten their days on the beach hundreds of miles of Romans. It 'full of photos, trivia, anecdotes and stories of places that the show opens Monday, May 28 and...

Wings over Waukesha Air Show to Celebrate Centennial of Flight in Waukesha ... - The Leading Aviation Industry Resource for News, Equipment and | WAUKESHA, WI, USA (May 24, 2012) – Mark your calendar for the return of the Wings over Waukesha Air Show on August 25 and 26, 2012, at the Waukesha County Airport. This year's air show will again feature top national aerobatics acts,...

One of the last B-17s flies into Hondo for airshow - The Bandera Bulletin | One of the last flying B-17 Flying Fortresses came to the Hondo Airfield Friday and Saturday, May 19-20, in time for Armed Forces Day and the Hondo Fly-in of the Commemorative Air Force. There were 12700 B-17s built between 1935 and 1945.

WARTIME FLYING BOAT OFF TO AIRSHOW - Avionics Intelligence | One of the only airworthy Catalinas in operation has flown out of Prestwick Airport, Ayrshire and is heading for Iceland where it will be displayed at the Reykjavik Airshow. The Catalina was an allied multi-role aircraft used during the Second World...

After nearly 70 years, WWII vet honored - Fox11online.com | Donald Huempfner, a member of a B-25 crew in the South Pacific, went down during a bombing run on Aug. 18, 1943. Initially, the crew was listed as missing in action. A few years later, in 1946, the crew was declared dead. Huempfner's name was not ...

My Father Celebrates Armed Forces Day With Some Heros and Southwest Airilnes - Seattle Post Intelligencer | He is also a retired Naval Aviator who flew on the EA-6B. When Southwest Airlines reached out to see if I would be interested in covering a story about celebrating Armed Forces Day with a group of wounded warriors, I knew my dad would be a perfect fit....

Castle C-119 in the California Sun by travelforaircraft | This Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar stands worn but proud at the Castle Air Museum with plenty of room to walkaround and study her lines....

Classic Aviation Worldwide:

OAN186 - Charles Johnson | Two men fly the 88 counties in ohio, Andy's photo's from "Warbirds Over The Beach", Liberty Foundations OLD- NEW, what's up a tree in my back yard?, and the answer to last Issues question of how many B-25's in the picture.

All you ex Harrier guys.. DON'T LOOK! Such a sad sight from PPRuNe Forums by NutLoose

Dropping Into Madrid from CAFE Foundation Blog by Dean Sigler | Solar Impulse HB-SIA, flown by project CEO Andre Borschberg, crossed the border into Spain after flying over mountainous terrain for over 17 hours on the first leg of its Payerne, Madrid, Rabat trip.  During the flight, the prototype crossed from Switzerland into France at an...

An electric-hybrid airliner? from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | It seems as if Boeing has come up with an airliner equivalent to hybrid automobiles like the Prius.  It's purely a concept at this stage, but that may change over the next couple of decades.  Back in 2010, Boeing released this report...

Friday Flyer... from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | To all future pilots ... This is to honor your passion, effort and potential. May the gift of flight take you farther than your wildest dreams, and the pot of gold be waiting under your rainbow...

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