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Video: Up Close Look at the Blue Angels - WTKR | NewsChannel 3′s Mike Mather gets a close look at the famous Blue Angels who are preparing for a busy weekend at Oceanfront.

Combat missions complete, pilot enjoys entertaining at air shows - Herald Times Reporter | Air show performer Lt. Col. John Klatt, right, inspects his airplane's propeller with Todd Kurth, crew chief. The show begins today and Sunday at 1 pm at the Manitowoc County Airport on Freedom Way. / Charlie Mathews/HTR When: Today and Sunday, ...

Flares! Flares! Flares! The BAF F-16 solo display during the Rome International Air Show from David Cenciotti's weblog | On Jun. 2, the Belgian Air Component F-16 solo demo team performed a pyrotechnic air display during the rehearsals of the Rome International Air Show 2012.

Waterloo Air Show - 570 News | There are also ground displays, aircraft to explore up close, educational ground displays, a kids amusement area, interactive family activities, food, a beer garden and much more. Gates open at 9 am both days with the air show itself running from 1:00...

The Blue Angels are back Oct. 27 - Liberty Vindicator | This year's show features the US Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, famously known as the Blue Angels, performing daring displays and challenging maneuvers. Other popular performances include the Tora!Tora!Tora! reenactment of the World War II attack...

Royal International Air Tattoo to salute Queen's 60-year reign - Stroud News and Journal | A SPECIAL flypast to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee promises to be among the highlights of this year's Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) at Fairford. In an aerial tribute to Her Majesty's remarkable 60-year reign, more than 20 Hawks will be ...

Brunswick fly-in draws die-hard aviation fans - Kennebec Journal | By Beth Quimby bquimby@mainetoday.com BRUNSWICK — Predictions of heavy rain this weekend kept down the visitors, planes and helicopters on day one of the two-day Second Annual International Brunwick Fly-In but die-hard avaiation fans didn't stay away.

Share Your Wings Over Gillespie Airshow Photos - Patch | Santee gets an up-close-and-personal view of the annual Gillespie Field airshow, and this is the place to share all those great photos.

CAP members support air show in spite of weather | Janesville, Wis. – A rainy weekend dampened the spirits and attendance of 2012 ABC Supply Southern Wisconsin AirFEST held at the Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport in Janesville on Memorial Day weekend. Members...

No B-24 at Hamilton from stickandrudderWTO | Heard via FB that the damaged B-24 due to attend the 2012 Hamilton airshow, will not, now be attending the show, as repairs will not be completed in time. Sorry to hear this.

Open house barbecue raises funds for veteran air show - News Talk 980 CJME | The Royal Canadian Air Force Association hosted an open house and barbecue on Sunday, to raise funds for the "Canada Remembers" air show and veteran's tribute. "We're trying to raise about another $25000. That way we can bring back the drill team from ...

Will it be 2014 until we see the Red Bull Air Race return? - Raceplane.com | ...According to an interview with the big boss Dietrich Mateschitz, the RBAR was growing fast but it was not growing correctly in the areas that were required to see the air races stay successful. Host cities, ticket sales, sponsorships and TV contracts topped the list. Mateschitz ends by saying that he foresees a return no later than 2014...

Final race preparations - Vectors Wild | Above is the race route - all the way from Arizona to Ohio! yeehah | To recap for anyone not familiar, the Air Race Classic is a transcontinental air race for teams of two women pilots, and has been raced in one form or another for more than 80 years. The race is a speed race requiring that each team fly their airplane in max power configuration, and teams are scored on their performance relative to their individual handicap. Each year the route is different, but it is always a VFR (visual flight rules) race in daytime across approximately 2400 nautical miles, that must be completed in 4 days. To find out more about the 2012 Air Race Classic, as...

Latest from Evanflys | Hi all my aviation friends!  School is almost over for me and I start high school in the fall! I went to Livermore last weekend and saw the Collings Foundation planes - here is my write up.  My dad and I helped out our friend Doug Day with a pinup photo shoot there..... hope you like the photos! :) My dad has been super busy with his video stuff and is getting really popular.  Here's his latest videos - including one of the pinup models! | Pinups | My favorite - Hollister Air Show | This one went kinda viral | Evan 

Ladies Love Taildraggers - and have fun, too! from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | Miss D. and I have just got home from the Ladies Love Taildraggers (LLT) annual fly-in in Savannah, Tennessee this weekend.  You can read more about it at the LLT blog.  Miss D. will doubtless write about it herself in due course.  (If you aren't familiar with the term 'taildragger', see here.)

Emmett WWII veteran's memorabilia brings in thousands at auction - KTVB | The memorabilia included war medals, a flight jacket and a flag from the Flying Tigers. They were all possessions of Colonel Charles Sawyer from Emmett. He willed them to his late wife, Edith Sawyer. Kent Corbett, of Corbett Auctions said the relics ...

Great Thurlow man celebrates 100th birthday with flight - Haverhill Echo | He flew the retired forester in a Cessna 172 of the Cambridge Aero Club. After his flight, Mr Archer said: “It was so wonderful seeing places I know from the air.” Mr Holloway said: “John had always wanted to see his native village from the air.

Chasing Tornadoes In A 182 from AVwebFlash Current Issue | Kansas City, MO pilot Caleb Elliott broke what many pilots consider a cardinal rule and he said he hopes to continue doing it for the rest of the tornado season. He and fellow storm chaser Skip Talbot, along with videographer Phil Bates spent three days at the end of May trying to get as close as they could to tornado-generating super cells in a Cessna 182 piloted by Elliott. "I definitely don't recommend that anyone do this," Elliott said in a podcast interview that will appear on AVweb on Monday. He said he's been chasing storms on the ground for almost 20 years and understands how they work and that's how he and his passengers...

It's All Your Fault - Part 1 from Nordo News by Rich Davidson | ...You know what I’m talking about. Alphabet groups that constantly sell us out and answer our questions with condescension. Is it really that hard to find one person with some decent management experience who really is on the side of aviation? Is it? I’m not being flippant. I’m serious. How damn hard can it be for one true aviator to make to the head of either of our groups?...

Command of an aircraft by Maurice Farman Tabuteau from Passion for aviation by Xavier Cotton (translated) | Command of an aircraft by Maurice Farman Tabuteau © Denys Tabuteau
As evidenced by this letter that Denys Tabuteau kind enough to send me, it's February 9, 1910 that Mauritius Tabuteau (1884-1976) ordered his plane with Maurice Farman, he was a Bi-cellular level rear engine (Renault V-8 cylinder 50hp at 1800 revs / min), propeller, elevator rear, two rear steering rudders, ailerons or warping but four or vertical bulkhead, metal landing gear cushioned by springs, castors...

SR-71 Vertical Fin On ebay, Condition "Used"? from AVwebFlash Current Issue | eBay seller, "stevessupercoolstuff" says it's an "original SR-71 Blackbird vertical tail rudder," the "buy it now" price is $1,000,000 (you'd be responsible for shipping and handling), and he or she will accept PayPal. For the asking price, the seller's posting Friday offered one picture and a four sentence description. Two of those sentences don't describe the item, but the seller is inviting queries via email. The picture shows a fin decorated with a Lockheed Skunkworks insignia and the numbers 17955, which, if authentic, links the part to a specific aircraft and its history...

Here it comes again The Alberta Aviation Museum Air Line Pull! from Aviation.ca News | July 7th starting at 10am you and 20 of your friends vs 68,000 pounds (31,000kg) of Boeing 737 Airliner. Each team will pull using manpower only and a rope the Alberta Aviation Museums Boeing 737 Airliner over a measured 100...

Going Clubbing, the General Aviation Way. from Flight Monkeys | Nestled into the T hangars at Valkaria Airport on Florida’s Space Coast is Aero Club Valkaria. The fleet consists of a Cessna 172, and a Piper Super Cruiser, which is also known as the PA-12. But it’s not the aircraft that separate this club for the many others dotting the countryside. Nope, what makes this flying club different is that they openly advertise themselves as a social flying club. And that makes all the difference in the world...

One ISR Airship Ready To Fly, but Others Deflate - Aviation International News | A year later, Northrop Grumman LEMV vice president Alan Metzger gave a bullish presentation at the Paris Air Show, saying that the “revolutionary capability” was on schedule and also offered great potential for cargo airlift...

"Alan Smithee" UCAP #288 from Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast

Virginia 'SpaceCamp' to Start June 5 from Spaceports | The Wise County (Virginia) School's technology department, in conjunction with NASA DEVELOP, the Sky-Tech Aerospace and Rocketry Team and the University of Virginia's College at Wise astronomy professors are hosting a Rocketry and Astronomy Camp on June 5, 6 and 7, (Tuesday to Thursday) for all Wise County, Virginia students grades four, five, six, seven and eight.

Space Shuttle Enterprise On Last Leg Of Trip To Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum - WFMY News 2 | The shuttle was placed on a barge Saturday and readied for a slow journey through the harbor to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum on Manhattan's West Side. Then, on Tuesday, a tugboat is to move the Enterprise to the Intrepid, a decommissioned...