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Worth a Thousand Words: Blue Angel Layers - DoD Live | The US Navy fight demonstration squadron, the Blue Angels, demonstrate choreographed flight skills during the annual Joint Service Open House...

Pilots to show off aircraft at Stevens Point air show - Wisconsin Rapids Tribune | Visitors to the Stevens Point Air Show take rides in a helicopter in 2008. The air show is held every two years at the Stevens Point Municipal Airport. / Gannett Central Wisconsin Media file photo STEVENS POINT -- The Stevens Point Air Show offers...

Annual air show returns to Ocean City - Delmarva Now | SALISBURY -- Flying their F-16s in tight formation past the Ocean City skyline, the US Air Force Thunderbirds are slated to return in high style for the fifth anniversary of the OC Air Show. Also featuring the civilian Black Diamond Jet Team,...

Air show will fly, rain or shine - Guelph Mercury | The Waterloo Air Show will fly this weekend “rain or shine,” the show's organizers say. “You should know that all performers have high, low and flat shows that can safely accommodate different (even poor) weather conditions,” the show's website said...

Nearly 300 model aircraft fliers expected at Cape Girardeau event - Southeast Missourian | By Aaron Picar ~ Southeast Missourian Joe Smith of Fort Wayne, Ind., pilots his electric 3D Hobby Shop aerobatic plane Thursday at Galaxy Park. The Fly-Low-In event continues through Sunday. Model airplanes doing precision acrobatic stunts are filling...

Fort Fest 2012 from Nordo News by Rich Davidson | If you are within a hop of Ft. Parker, Texas, you should fly on over to Ft. Parker Flying Field tomorrow. Fort Fest 2012 is going on this June 2nd and it looks like it could be a lot of fun for pilots and music lovers alike.
Fort Parker is a historic site with a background story that will be recognized by many who never knew where it originated. You can read it by clicking here...

Popular Peach Festival event cancelled - Shelby Township Source Newspapers | By MATT DECEMBER The Romeo Peach Festival Fly-In and Farmer's Breakfast has been canceled after management at the Romeo State Airport withdrew support for the event in May. The fundraiser annually draws hundreds of people. As things stand, one of the...

VIDEO: Vulcan may be no show at Air Festival after engines destroyed - Bournemouth Echo | THE Vulcan bomber, one of the biggest draws at the Bournemouth Air Festival, may cancel after two engines were destroyed in an aborted training flight. Witnesses described smoke and debris coming from the giant plane as it tried to take off from Robin...

Podcast: Stallion 51 Celebrates 25 Years – Lee Lauderback – Warbird Radio | Stallion 51's Lee Lauderback joins Matt Jolley on Warbird Radio LIVE!  Lee and his team are celebrating 25 years in business and Sun-N-Fun is honoring their achievement by naming Friday’s event “Stallion 51 Day“.  Tune this Friday morning at 10am (EASTERN) and hear all the latest news from Stallion 51 and what’s in store for Lee’s Friday P-51 demonstration.   Lee will also share some information on their latest unusual attitude (UAT) training course in the L-39.  For more information on Stallion 51...

Flight in B-17 offers new perspective - Reading Eagle | By Laura Newberry Clutching the back of the B-17 co-pilot seat, with the loud drone of the engines filling my ears and the blur of the propellers in my peripheral vision, I felt my stomach move into my throat as the plane lifted off the runway...

Better than Wright — Curtiss by travelforaircraft | These exhibits are on display at the National Air & Space Museum on the National Mall and wonderfully represent so much of early aircraft development in the Unites States developed by Glenn Curtiss — the man who selflessly promoted aviation, paid his pilots above minimum wage, matured the concept of the flying boat including invention of the stepped hull and made aviation practical in the U.S. Though not intending to be a spoiler — none of which can be said of the Wright Brothers. Apologies if that upsets a comfortable paradigm but it is simply a matter of history, as has been addressed in previous posts on this blog...

The Privileged View - Vintage Wings of Canada | Ian Coristine is an aviation legend in this country. He, more than anyone, brought about the ultralight paradigm shift for recreational flying in the Canada. His love of adventure flying carried him to a place of such beauty, history and power, that he landed there and never left. His new memoir is a story about an aviator's restless heart that finally found a home.

Podcast: Transatlantic on Batteries, with Help from Drones from AVWeb Podcast - Podcast | A new company called Flight of the Century has set a goal to fly an electric airplane from New York to Paris non-stop by 2014. To solve the problem of limited battery life, the aircraft will be recharged en route by docking with drones. AVweb's Mary Grady spoke with Flight of the Century CEO Chip Yates for more details about the plan.This podcast is brought to you by Bose Corporation.

Today in Florida history... - Florida Times-Union | Aviatrix Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan left Miami International Airport today as they continued their “round-the-world” flight. The flight would end a few weeks later with the disappearance of the plane and its occupants...

Civilian Pilot Training Program from CAF Red Tail Squadron's Blog | ...In 1942, the CPTP became the War Training Service (WRS).  From 1942 until 1944, when the CTPT/WRS program ended, students – including women - were trained to fly but they had to agree to join the military once their training was completed.  Women joined the WASPs (Women Airforce Service Pilots) and served with distinction in the United States....

Airship Ventures Announces First American Female to Earn Zeppelin Pilot Qualification from WAI Connect Blog by Amy Laboda | MOFFETT FIELD, Calif., May 31, 2012 –U.S. airship industry pioneers Airship Ventures announced today Andrea Deyling joins the company’s passenger airship pilot roster, becoming America’s first female Zeppelin pilot. A licensed LTA pilot, Deyling has been training on the Zeppelin Eureka since November 2011 and officially earned her Zeppelin qualification this month. In climbing into the left seat of the world’s largest passenger airship, Deyling becomes the 22nd pilot qualified to fly the Zeppelin NT, joining a select group of airship aviators whose total number is fewer than the number of astronauts on the planet. There is only one other female pilot in this elite gr oup, Katharine Board, who had previously piloted Eureka and now pilots a Zeppelin NT in Germany...

Air Force Week in Photos from Air Force Link Top Stories | This week's photos feature Airmen around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force.

“A Supermarine Scimtar, jet fighter bomber, arrester hook... from Planeshots | Known originally as the Supermarine N.113, the Scimitar F.1 was a large single-seat, twin-engined naval carrier-borne interceptor fighter and strike aircraft for...

Veteran goes to DC to see his state pillar at the World War II Memorial - KGET 17 | Stanley was a top turret gunner with the 14th Air force, flying in the iconic Flying Tigers aircrafts in China. "You are always looking for the enemy. Of course, if I'd see them I'd tell the pilot, bandits 1 o'clock! And, get ready...

Video: Norwegian Air Force F16 from Wright Squawks by Roger Chua | The video was taken on May 9, 2012 when Royal Norwegian Air Force F-16AM serialled 80-3686 "686" in the special color scheme to celebrate the 100 years of the Norwegian military air power from Kjeller rejoined with a C-130 from Gardemoen to take some pictures from the Hercules's cargo door.

Sherlock is Back from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | ...Christine has been in my mind quite a bit, as I’ve been wondering how she was doing in Arizona. She was a Fabulous Flyer May 27. 2011, but like all the flyers they're off making their mark in the world. At the time she was a student living in Seattle, taking flying lessons and had a passion for aviation like none other. She was also one of my editors for FlightFor Control, and joined me in our Fly It Forward Events. But she left our city for Arizona. Not to chase the sun, but in pursuit of her career. Last night I came up with a great idea... "I wonder if Christine would want to write Friday Flyers for me, so I can focus on Flight For Safety." She's a talented writer. She has a passion for Aviation. She might need a part time job. I need people! Did I mention that I need good people?...

Busy June 2012 from stickandrudderWTO | This weekend kicks off my season, and if the the pre-season 'bash' at RAF Coningsby, to attend the 3 Squadron 100 year event, some weeks ago, was anything to go by, then I'm in for good time this season. This weekend involves RAF Waddington, via Folkingham, Balderton, Fulbeck, Saltby, Langar, North Witham and Bottisford, to look for signs of the 9th AF TCG. Then the big one, 'Canada' the Hamilton airshow and...

A fascinating example of an interactive book from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | I've had one book published (almost 30 years ago, and long out of print), plus several dozen magazine articles (and this blog, of course);  but they've all been in the 'traditional' style of words set in type.  Vintage Wings of Canada brings us the news of an interactive book that's available only on the iPad platform at present...

Video: Round Trip Success - SpaceX Dragon Capsule Splash Down! (May 31, 2012) from AirPigz by Martt | The SpaceX Dragon capsule was launched on a Falcon 9 rocket on May 22nd, and after spending 5 days connected to the ISS (delivering cargo on a test mission) Dragon returned to Earth today (May 31, 2012) with a successful splashdown southwest of California in the Pacific Ocean. An excellent end to an excellent mission!...