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Blue Angels pilot says team likes to do shows in smaller cities - Mankato Free Press | By Robb Murray Free Press Staff Writer MANKATO — Blue Angels pilot AJ Harrell wasn't born and raised in Minnesota, but he lived in Brooklyn Park long enough that when the team flew up north from its Florida base for the Mankato air show, ...

Reporter Tags Along With Stunt Pilot - KEYC TV (video) | By Molly Miles, Reporter - email Blue Angels pilots are preparing for flight. They will have a practice run of their weekend performance at 2:30 Friday. Blue Angels pilots are preparing for flight. They will have a practice run of their weekend ...

Murray: Air show coverage leads to air sickness - Mankato Free Press | By Robb Murray Free Press Staff Writer “Do you want to do ride along with one of the aerobatics planes coming for the air show?” I hesitated. Aerobatics. That can't be good. I can't even go on a Tilt-A-Whirl without having Gold Cross on standby...

OC Air Show Set For This Weekend - The Dispatch | OCEAN CITY – An incredible line-up of the nation's top military and civilian acts is getting reading to hit the beach in Ocean City for the 5th anniversary of the OC Air Show. The latest news is the addition of another impressive military aircraft ...

SUMMER SKY SPECTACULAR CELEBRATES FIVE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY - Ocean City Today | Mike Wiskus in the Lucas Oil Pitts. And, in this photo, Team RV, the world's largest air show team. (June 8, 2012) Organizers of the 2012 OC Air Show, set to take place this Saturday and Sunday, are expecting the fifth annual event to keep spectators ...

MN Air Spectacular: Organizers Prepare for Heat - KEYC TV | AP Sports News Video By Brittany Larson, News Reporter - email The highly anticipated Minnesota Air Spectacular air show is just around the corner and organizers are doing their part to make sure attendees have a good time while staying safe...

Annual air show ready for 'take-off, eh?' - Petoskey News-Review | While there will be plenty of aerial acrobatics performances and vintage warbirds, modern military and civilian general aviation aircraft, this year's show has several new attractions and demonstrations enjoyed from a ground-level perspective....

Spectacular stunts wow thousands at Dover's military tattoo - This is Kent | Pictured is the first of the Flying Tigers landing. Phil Medgett. Military Tattoo held at Connaught Barracks Dover. Pictured are the White Helmets Display Team. An aerial display by the Tigers Parachute Display Team and death-defying tricks including ...

The Patrouille de France in front of thousand young Secours Populaire in Prouvy - La Voix du Nord | PH ARCHIVES Yes, judging by the fact that their home every year Pierre Deprez, the organizer of this great annual event since 1987. "From the start, as I saw that the Patrouille de France arrived the day before to train, ...

Cannes Airshow takes off! - The Riviera Times Online | The sixth consecutive edition of the Cannes Airshow, the only General Aviation Exhibition in France and southern Europe's leading aviation exhibition, is underway. The event will showcase a super collection of aircraft models while aiming to reunite the main players of the aviation industry....

Air to the throne - This is Kent | But thanks to the hard work they and Mr Barber's group put in, the Red Arrows, Tucano, Spitfires and more swooped back over the seafront again on Saturday. Ms Laing said: "When Katie and I heard the Red Arrows, we looked at each other and had tears in ...

Woodspring Wings model air show to land at North Somerset airfield - This is Somerset | One of the country's biggest model air shows will land at a North Somerset airfield next month. The Woodspring Wings show, now in its 20th year, attracts thousands of visitors every year to watch displays, buy from stalls and talk with fellow ...

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. View the slideshow.

Historic war plane lands in Connecticut - WTNH | "FiFi," a B-29, and a P-51 Mustang are at Bradley International Airport until Saturday as part of a New England Air Museum special exhibit run by a non-profit called the Commemorative Air Force. There is a B-29 at the New England Air Museum,...

Tour a World War II B-17 bomber at Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum - Denver Post | By The Denver Post Note: Our article pages automatically refresh every ten minutes. We cannot change this. If you start writing your comment on this page, please refresh the page before you do so — this will reset the ten-minute counter...

Podcast: Exempting History from AVWeb Podcast - Podcast | How you experience historic aircraft may soon change. AVweb's Glenn Pew spoke with Collings Foundation director of marketing Hunter Chaney about an FAA exemption -- currently under review -- that Collings says it depends on to bring historic aircraft to the public.

WWII Tuskegee Airmen member to tell his story - Spartanburg Herald Journal | By Dustin Wyatt For former Army aviator Dr. Leroy Bowman, his biggest challenges serving in War World II did not occur on a mission in the sky. His toughest foes were the racism and discrimination that surrounded him. “It was like I was fighting in two...

WWII heroes to share war stories at local event - OCRegister | By JAIMEE LYNN FLETCHER / THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER Two Orange County WWII veterans will share war stories and meet the public at an inaugural event that will bring motorcycle buffs and historic plane enthusiasts together at the Lyon Air Museum...

Veterans Remember History Behind Planes in 'Wings of Freedom Tour' - Livermore Independent | It's difficult to imagine the thoughts of all who have gazed at the B-17 Liberator named “Nine 0 Nine,” a World War II flying fortress whose famous nose art shows Christopher Columbus riding a bomb while thumbing his nose at the Nazis.

Historic return to the skies - Rockdale Citizen | Roy Reid, who was a B-17 pilot during World War II and was shot down during the bombing of Pearl Harbor, was behind the controls of a B-17 again Thursday at DeKalb-Peachtree Airport. Reid boarded the Memphis Belle as part of the Liberty Foundation's ...

Cancelled: Vertical Flyer - airspacemag.com | The Coléoptère was one weird-looking aircraft. | It only took forty years after the invention of flight for the world to get fed up with airports. The French magazine Docaéro complained that runways “constitute the nightmare of modern aeronautics. [I]n addition to tying up considerable tracts of land for their construction, they demand enormous amounts of time and money.”...

Teenager become world's youngest gliding contestant - PilotWeb | A 13 year-old boy has become the youngest person in the world to compete in a national aerobatics contest. Robbie Rizk won the beginners class of the UK National Glider Aerobatic Contest - which was held at Buckminster Gliding Club (Lincolnshire) on ...

EAA Chapter 1414 Fly-In/Drive-In Breakfast & Young Eagles Rally - WIFR | Enjoy the view of our grass & paved runways and the wide variety of planes that fly in. Bad weather got you grounded? Drive on down; breakfast will be here waiting rain or shine. Free airplane rides for ages 8-17 (with parental consent) offered by the ...

Space Shuttle Enterprise arrives in New York (+video)  - Christian Science Monitor | Hundreds of spectators turned out to watch the Space Shuttle Enterprise arrive by barge at New York's Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum. By Keith Herbert, Newsday / June 7, 2012 Riders onboard a New York Water Taxi get a close-up view of the space ...

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