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Fair St. Louis and the St. Louis Arch from US Army Golden Knights by dcook | How do you get to fly through the St Louis Arch? Easy, be a Golden Knight at the 2012 Fair St Louis! That is exactly what Black Team was able to do for the 4th of July celebration, held at the world renowned, St Louis Arch. To a crowd of over 75,000 people, Black Team performed two seperate parachute demonstrations using the St. Louis Arch as our backdrop. The team stepped out over top of the Arch at our full jump altitude of 12,500 ft and put together two mass formations. On each jump, after breaking the formation, each jumper was excited to be able to fly his landing pattern around, and then through the Arch for his final approach....

Just A Few More Days Before Aviation's Eyes Turn To Wisconsin from Aero-News Network | Anticipation Building As 2012 Event Salutes Greatest Generation, Iconic Aircraft In just a few days, more than 10,000 aircraft and hundreds of thousands of attendees will descend on Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh for EAA AirVenture 2012, which begins Monday, July 23, and runs through Sunday, July 29.

Next Week At AirVenture -- Lots Of Everything from AVwebFlash Current Issue | EAA AirVenture opens in Oshkosh next Monday, and as usual, the show will overflow with airplanes and events. The afternoon airshows feature all the top aerobatic performers, and this year they'll be joined by a new act appearing at Oshkosh for the first time -- Team RV, which calls itself "the world's largest formation aerobatic team." The 12-ship team will fly in honor of the 40th anniversary of the popular Van's homebuilt...

Team RV To Fly First AirVenture Performance from Aero-News Network | Oshkosh Fly-In Is "Hometown Crowd" For World's Largest Air Show Team Team RV, the world's largest formation aerobatic team, will fill the sky for aviation fans from around the globe at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2012. With Monday and Wednesday performances, this diverse group of civilian aviators in their RV series aircraft intends to exceed expectations of even the most seasoned air show enthusiasts.

Sioux Falls Airshow Takes Off This Weekend - KELOLAND TV | The Sioux Falls Airshow, which will feature the Blue Angels, takes off this weekend at Joe Foss Field. On Saturday and Sunday nearly 60 airplanes including B-2 Stealth Bomber, helicopters and WWII era planes will hit the skies over Sioux Falls. The...

Funds, volunteers sought for 2013 air show - AberdeenNews.com | Most of the time, Darrell Hillestad's hangar at the Aberdeen Regional Airport is a place to restore his Jeep and airplane. Lately, though, the commercial pilot's hangar has become the hangout for those seeking volunteers and funds for the Aberdeen Air...

Airshow camera mistaken for 'explosive device' - gethampshire.co.uk | AN amateur photographer was arrested at the Farnborough Airshow at the weekend for taking pictures of aeroplanes. Glenn May, of Pipers Patch, was stopped by officers and detained after it was mistakenly believed his 'bullet' camera might be "an...

Two Russian Strategic Bombers to fly in the U.S. next year. And two B-52s to return the visit. from David Cenciotti's weblog | According to the reports published on some Russian media outlets, reportedly based on news provided by ITAR-TASS, two Russian Tupolev Tu-95 MS Bear planes will fly in the U.S. in 2013. According to Lt. Gen. Anatoly Zhikharev, who spoke to journalists during a press conference on Jul. 17, the two strategic bombers will fly to...

Lauderdale Air Show To Return In 2013 - CBS Local | “The Lauderdale Air Show will coincide with Fleet Week to provide for a spectacular weekend during the first weekend in May,” said Bryan Lilley, President of the Lauderdale Air Show. “We appreciate the continued support of the United States Air Force...

The eye of the tiger from Apron 6 | Probably 99% of the photographers attending the Florennes airshow has this picture. But it’s so cool I couldn’t stay behind…

World War II translator honored for service with Flying Tigers - Denver Post | John Yee, pictured last Memorial Day at Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum, is one of the last living members of the original Flying Tigers...

CSAF's 'Fini Flight' A Ride Of Remembrance from Aero-News Network  | General Norman Schwartz Joins MC-130E Crew On A Training Flight When Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz climbed aboard the MC-130E Combat Talon I at Hurlburt Field in Florida July 12, for his last flight as an active duty officer, he immediately began to reminisce on his flying career with special operations and the C-130 Hercules community. "This is more than a little sentimental for me to be back in this seat again," the general said.

Volunteers Honored For Aviation Contributions from AVwebFlash Current Issue | Several individuals and groups were honored recently by the annual Public Benefit Flying Awards, which are bestowed by the National Aeronautic Association and the Air Care Alliance. This year, the award for Outstanding Achievement in Public Benefit Flying was given to Bob Showalter of Showalter Flying Services, an FBO in Orlando, Fla., "for committed support of public benefit flying organizations in times of national...

Wings Club to honor Gen. Jack Dailey from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | The Wings Club of New York will honor General John R. “Jack” Dailey (USMC Ret.), director of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, with the 2012 Distinguished Achievement Award.

The Mach 3 Phantom from Tails Through Time by JP SantiagoIn the 1960s the development of high-performance reconnaissance cameras offered greater resolution, but at a price- many of these systems were large and heavy and the current high-altitude spyplane of the time, the first generation variants of the Lockheed U-2, were unable to carry them. One of the premier recon optical systems developed at this time was the General Dynamics HIAC-1- a long range, oblique camera with a focal length of 66 inches that allowed stand-off reconnaissance from high altitudes. The first examples of HIAC-1 were heavy- the prototype camera system weighed over 3,500 lbs, much more than any other camera system in use at the time (excepting the very big Boston Camera carried by the B-36 and C-97 in the 1950s that weighed 3 tons and had a focal length of 240 inches). The only aircraft in the USAF...

Children Can Win Ride with Stunt Pilots - Twin Falls Times-News | The essay contest — in conjunction with Jacquie B's Rise Another Star and Greg Poe's Elevate Your Life programs — is open to Magic Valley children 18 years old or younger. Winners will have a chance of riding with Jacquie B or another pilot in their...