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Service Credit Union Boston-Portsmouth Air Show swoops into Pease this ... - Foster's Daily Democrat | More awe and amazement will be provided by pilot Jane Wicker with her daring midflight wing walking stunt. Wicker acquired her first wing-walking role in the Flying Circus where she became the primary attraction of the event for more than a decade....

Blue Angel Lt. John Hiltz Returns “Home” along with more than a Dozen Local Servicemen - Vectren Dayton Air Show | Dayton, Ohio – The Vectren Dayton Air Show Presented by Kroger takes off on July 7 & 8 at the Dayton International Airport. Headlining the event will be the US Navy Blue Angels and for Blue Angel #2, right-wing pilot, Lt. John Hiltz, the show will be a homecoming of sorts as he hails from Ft. Mitchell, KY. The 1998 graduate of Covington Catholic High School will be joined by three other Blue Angels from Ohio: AM1(AW) Damien Hurrier and AM1(AW) Chris Simon of Cincinnati along with AM1(AW) Joseph “Bo” Tullis of Miamisburg. Along with these four Blue Angels, a dozen pilots or crew members with local ties will be participating in the 2012 Vectren Dayton Air Show. Those individuals include the following:...

Professor to Fly with The Blue Angels - Augustana College | As a kid, Dr. Timothy Sorenson always wanted to be an astronaut. He'll soon get a chance to experience the next best thing when he flies with the U.S. Navy's famous flight demonstration squadron, the Blue Angels, ...
AirVenture On The Horizon from AVwebFlash Current Issue | EAA AirVenture is coming up fast, with opening day set for Monday, July 23, and EAA said this week visitors already have started to arrive in the camping areas. The current Notam, essential reading for pilots who are flying in, has been posted on the Airventure web site. The website also offers discounts on advance ticket sales, through this Saturday. AirVenture provides the usual packed schedule, with top airshow performers...

AIRSHOW NEWS: Black Eagles to perform ‘Friendship Formation’ with Red Arrows at Waddington from Flightline UK | The Black Eagles, Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) sole aerobatics display team, will make their debut at the international stage in the UK, starting with RAF Waddington International Air Show from June 30th to July 1st. The Black Eagles are composed of eight supersonic T-50Bs, domestically manufactured aircraft in partnership with the US Lockheed Martin. The jets are flown by ROKAF’s best pilots, who have been through countless rigorous trainings, and will demonstrate 24 breath-taking maneuvers during a 30 minute display...

Aircraft old and new wow the crowds - This is Somerset | More than 25000 spectators were treated to impressive aerobatic displays from crowd favourites including the Red Arrows, the RAF Hawk and the Royal Saudi Air Force's Saudi Hawk team. Second World War veteran the Spitfire attracted large applause, and ...

Crowds converge on Air Day 2012 - Yeovil Express | Among the star attractions were the thrilling Red Arrows and the Saudi Hawks, while a special visit was made by the massive Russian Antonov cargo plane...

Cabanas Aerobatics Performs Reynosa, Mexico from Key West Biplanes - Waco or Pitts Biplane Rides by Cari | It’s always a great time when we get to head south of the border for some fun flying with friends, Roger Buis and Gary Ward at the Reynosa Mexico Globofest. They sure know how to treat their pilotos!

Fred Speaks at LoPresti’s First Saturday Event from Key West Biplanes 

Rare birds - Helena Independent Record | Ryan's was one of several Helena-area aircraft enthusiasts who took to the skies in one or more of three classic World War II aircraft — the Mustang and B-17 and B-24 bombers. The Stow, Mass.-based Collings Foundation flies the planes around the... 

Seeing Where We’re at on the Project - Benoist2014 | Here’s a short video that will kind of recap what it is we’re planning and why, as well as showing you the progress we’ve made to date. Our own Ken Kellett has put in a lot of hard work already, but there is lots more to go. Have a look at just how much...

Benoist XIV - Wikipedia | The Benoist XIV was a small biplane flying boat built in the United States in 1913 in the hope of using it to carry paying passengers. The two examples built were used to provide the first heavier-than-air airline service anywhere in the world, and the first airline service of any kind at all in the United States....

Memphis Belle's Co-Pilot Came from Connecticut - Patch.com | Captain James A. Verinis of Woodbridge was the co-pilot of the most famous B-17 of World War II — a plane that has been the subject of two movies...

Grumman HU-16 Albatross - travelforaircraft | Much has been written about this aircraft and pasting "Albatross" into the search window will bring you to some of it, as well as more photos of other HU-16s and their kin. Ungainly looking on the ground but beautiful in the air as well as on the water. Annual fly-ins for Albatross aircraft and pilots are held in Boulder CA (not CO) where type...

A Sign of Summer – The Stearman from Moose Peterson Aviation Photography | Flying over the Kansas countryside, this gorgeous PT-17 Stearman takes flight on a gorgeous summer’s eve. After WWII, seemingly thousands of Stearmans were turned into drop dusters and then when other aircraft took their place, they were salvaged, buried or left to rot. Luckily many have been restored and fly...

Pacific Coast Air Museum director resigns - Santa Rosa Press Democrat | The executive director of the Pacific Coast Air Museum announced Wednesday he will resign effective Aug. 31.

Five Major Moments in the History of Flight - Traveling with MJ | Most people consider the Wright brothers' flight to be the beginning of aviation history but it started decades previously, when a glider built by Sir George Cayley took to the air near Brompton Dale in the U.K. The 1853 flight ...

Vulcan makes a low pass from Planeshots 

Crash site of C-124A "Globemaster" discovered on Alaskan Glacier from Aero Pacific Flightlines by Michael Carter | The wreckage of a military plane found this month on an Alaska glacier is that of an Air Force plane that crashed in 1952, killing all 52 people aboard, military officials said Wednesday.  Army Capt. Jamie Dobson said evidence found at the crash site correlates with the missing C-124A Globemaster, but the military is not eliminating other possibilities because much investigation still needs to be done....

WWII RAF bomber raid memorial to be unveiled by the Queen - BBC News | A £6m memorial to the 55573 airmen of Bomber Command who died fighting Nazi Germany is to be unveiled by the Queen....

Glamorous aviator set town abuzz on his glitzy wedding day - This is Total Essex | CHELMSFORD got "film star" treatment 100 years ago when Britain's best known aviator of the day thrilled spectators by landing his bi-plane on the lawns of Hylands House to claim his ...

Grannies Skydive For Veterans from Aero-News Network | Hope Next Jump Will Be With President George H. W. Bush Two eighty-something great-grandmothers from Ohio took a giant leap this past weekend to benefit a veteran's food pantry in Northwest Ohio...

Humpback Whales Offer Clues To Improved Helicopter Maneuverability from Aero-News Network | German Scientists Flight Test A New Main Rotor Blade Developed After Studying The Leviathans Modern helicopters could be significantly faster and more maneuverable - if aerodynamics did not impose limitations on them. That's the conclusion reached by researchers at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) in Göttingen, who earlier this year discovered and flight-tested a way to increase maneuverability using an idea they got from observing humpback whales...

Cessna to Conclude 'Discover Flying Challenge' at AirVenture from EAA Airventure | Cessna's first-ever "Discover Flying Challenge" is on, pitting nine high-energy college aviation program grads in a competition to see who can generate the most awareness and hands-on experience in their airplanes ...