Zoom and boom of air show thrills tens of thousands - Sioux Falls Argus Leader | The “Power of the Prairie” air show attracted an estimated 100000 people over two days at Joe Foss Field, said Lt. Col. Reid Christopherson, a spokesman for the South Dakota Air National Guard.The event celebrated 150 years of the South Dakota National ...
Airshow Draws Spectators On And Off Base - KELOLAND TV | Air Show attendees may have been hiding under a wing or behind an umbrella, but there was quite a crowd at the Sioux Falls Airshow this weekend. They aren't taking any counts of how many people there on the ground, but the Blue Angels have been to ...
Pilots arrive in formation to EAA with friends - Appleton Post Crescent | The clinics are held at locations throughout the country and give pilots a chance not only to learn how to fly in formation, but also to form bonds with those they'll be flying with to AirVenture. Once the groups take off from their departure airport ...
Following the goings on in the South African camp site at Camp Scholler HERE - (Thanks Apron 6!)
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The Gut-Wrenching Agony of Missing ‘Oshkosh,’Day 0 - Let's Get This Party Started! from Airplanista Aviation Blog by Dan Pimentel | I have been to EAA Airventure Oshkosh a total of six times, and this is the first year in my recent past that I will have to miss the world’s biggest aviation celebration. I have some major family obligations this summer that while wonderful and glorious, will preclude my annual pilgrimage to visit my other family…my aviation family....
Flying high: Sunderland airshow is a soaraway success + VIDEO - Sunderland Echo | From the swift agility of the Red Arrows to the spectacle of the wingwalkers, it was an event brimming with highlights. Among those who flocked to the seafront for the annual aircraft extravaganza was Sunderland-born Tornado pilot Bill Bohill. The ...
Million visitors turn out for city air show - The Northern Echo | THE sun finally appeared for the million or so visitors to the 24th annual Sunderland International Airshow. Visitors from across the region and beyond flocked to the Seaburn and Roker seafront to enjoy some of the finest flying displays around.
GALLERY: Thousands turn out for Rhyl Air Show - Daily Post North Wales | ... this year's Rhyl Air Show where a whole host of adrenaline-fuelled manoeuvres were performed. The event included The Blades Aerobatic Team who combined speeds of well over 400mph with daredevil pilots flying just 12ft apart for some nail-biting tricks.
Aerobatics and poignant services mark Armed Forces Day in Lowestoft - Norfolk Eastern Daily Press | Lowestoft Armed Forces Day featuring an aerobatic display by Nigel Wilson in YAK 52, and a drumhead ceremony led by Rev Andrew White. Pic Mick Howes. Scores of people descended on Royal Green on Saturday to indulge in the military pomp and ...
St. Ignatius "Fly-In" a good time for all ages - KTVQ Billings News | ST. IGNATIUS- The "biggest-little fly-in" at the St. Ignatius airport brought lots of families, airplane enthusiasts, and empty stomachs to the runway. More than 50 airplanes were on hand to show people more about smaller aircraft. Anyone who showed up ...
Balloons will fly in Morton - Peoria Journal Star | For years, the launch of hundreds of orange, helium-filled balloons by children has symbolically signified the start of the Morton Pumpkin Festival. But it appeared the tradition for the opening ceremony was a goner last month because of a global ...
Japanese Zeros shot down his B-24 bomber down from War Tales by Don Moore | “Glamour Girl” is what Lt. Joe Hart and his B-24 “Liberator” crew were going to call their World War II bomber. But they never got a chance to paint it on the nose of their four-engine plane because they were shot down by Japanese fighters over China on their second combat mission during WWII. Hart, [...]
1910 London To Manchester Air Race - Chew the fat | In 1906, only three years after the Wright brothers had made their famous first flight, the British Daily Mail newspaper offered a £10,000 prize for the first aviator to fly between London and Manchester, with no more than two stops, in under 24 hours. The newspaper's proprietors were keen to stimulate growth in the industry; two years later their newspaper offered £1,000 for the first flight across the English channel, and also £1,000 for the first circular one-mile flight made by a British aviator, in a British aeroplane. About four years later,
two men accepted the newspaper's earlier challenge; an Englishman, Claude Grahame-White, and a Frenchman, Louis Paulhan....High honour for aviator - Clarence Valley Daily Examiner | THE inventor of the modern hang-glider, John Dickenson, has been awarded aviation's highest award, putting Grafton firmly on the world map as the birthplace of hang-gliding...
NAS Tillamook Air Museum from Travel for Aircraft by joseph_may | NAS Tillamook Air Museum My recent visit to the Moffett Field Museum and its metal construction airship hangar, called Hangar One, reminded me of the wooden construction airship hangar at the Tillamook Air Museum. There are a few posts about Tillamook and how its hangar was built and they can best be found using the search window, just...
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