Sunday, July 29, 2012

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Blue Angels Soar High to Please the Crowd - Twin Falls Times-News | TWIN FALLS • The U.S. Navy Blue Angels left the Air Magic Valley air show attendees awestruck on Saturday with a showcase that barreled to the soundtrack of Motley Crue. And as the team's pilots maneuvered their sleek jets thousands of feet above...

An inside look into the Blue Angels' Fat Albert - KTVB | TWIN FALLS -- Air Magic Valley starts Saturday in Twin Falls. It has more than 10 different high-flying events. "Welcome to Fat Albert Airlines. I'm Captain Ben Blanton." Fat Albert is a plane used by the U.S. Armed Forces. It's a C-130 used to ...

Air Shows are Good Places for Military Branches to Get New Recruits - Twin Falls Times-News | For example, the Navy included not only a simulation lab but entertained a small crowd by having its Navy Band Northwest jam old and new rock tunes throughout the air show. “Air shows tend to be better for recruitment purposes than other events,” Witte ...

Paraplegic Hang Glider Dazzles At Air Show - KMVT | "I was with a bunch of friends flying off of a mountain up in Oregon and this Jeep came by and he was a producer of the Medford, Oregon air show, he asked if we could do something with a hang glider in the show, so we did," said Buchanan. "Buchanan has ...

Living Legends of Aviation awards conferred - AOPA | 'Skytalker' Danny Clisham hosted the annual ceremony that also serves as a fundraiser for the nonprofit Kiddie Hawk Air Academy. The academy is dedicated to sparking and developing children's interest in aviation.

AirVenture 2012 Photo Gallery from AVweb Top News  | As EAA AirVenture 2012 winds down, we make time for one last tour of the grounds — and take in the spectacular nighttime air show.

GoPro's Super Saturday by eaavideo.org | GoPro entertains aviation enthusiasts with their spectacular in-cockpit and on-wing camera angles.

EAA Airventure features rare aircraft - Fox11online.com | OSHKOSH - Aviation lovers will soon pack up and leave the EAA Airventure grounds in Oshkosh. The event wraps up Sunday with Family Day, and the final air show is scheduled for 2 p.m.. Many pilots took to the skies during the 60th annual Airventure.

Wall of Fire - Twitter | Day vs Night (click on the photos for credits)




Sully, Skiles Look Back at Flight 1549, Look Ahead to Young Eagles ... - EAA AirVenture | By Ric Reynolds. It was the splash heard 'round the world. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger and Jeff Skiles gained fame for their superb airmanship in safely guiding US Airways Flight 1549 to a successful ditching on January 15, ...

Podcast: EAA's Jeff Skiles on Eagle Flights from AVWeb Podcast - Podcast  | Jeff Skiles, EAA's new vice president of chapters and youth education, talks with AVweb's Mary Grady at EAA AirVenture about new programs in the works to help mentor new pilots and offer introductory flights to adults.This podcast is brought to you by Aspen Avionics, Aviation Insurance Resources, Avidyne, and Bendix/King by Honeywell.

Photos: OSHKOSH 2012 Continues from Flight To Success by Karlene Petitt | Women Soar... the ladies are learning, dreaming, !

Falling head over heels for a Golden Knight - News & Observer | Skydiving with the Golden Knights, the U.S. Army's professional parachuting team, brings a certain sense of safety to an activity that involves plummeting from 14000 feet, 180 mph toward the earth in a free fall. But there are always the what-ifs. Even ...

Hidden Jewels Of AirVenture from Aero-News Network | Where To Go And What To See When Your Tired Of Airplanes. Is That Possible? Though I'm sure it's rare, there may be a time when you have had your fill of airplanes at Air Venture. So what is one to do? Surprisingly there is quite a lot to hold your interest, whatever that might be. Let's touch on just a few of the hidden jewels on the grounds.

Red Arrows to to grace the Sywell Airshow - Northampton Chronicle & Echo | The spectacular Red Arrows have been announced as the headline attraction at this year's Sywell Airshow. The biannual aviation spectacular at Sywell Aerodrome takes place on Sunday, August 19, and will feature a full 30-minute demonstration from the ...

SAAB Anniversary Airshow at Linköping-Malmen airbase in Sweden - Fencecheck

Colonel (Ret.) Gaillard “Evil” Peck – Bio from Photorecon by Photorecon Staff | Colonel Gail Peck was born at Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, the 1st son of Air Corps Lt Gaillard and Lois Peck. He was raised in the military attending school in occupied Japan and the Territory of Alaska, two among many of his father’s Air Force assignments. Following graduation from Francis Hammond High School in Alexandria, Virginia in 1958, he immediately entered the Air Force Academy graduating in 1962 as a member of the fourth graduating class, known as the original Red Tags. Pilot training followed at...

B-17 gunner, POW, retiree with 27 medals - Tampabay.com | PALM HARBOR — In February 2011, Norbert Swierz slid into the belly of a vintage B-17 bomber for the first time in more than 60 years. With national media filming his every move, the thick man with a thick voice shouted over the plane's four propellers.

Nonprofit to bring restored World War II B-17 bomber to Syracuse for public ... - Syracuse.com | Liberty Foundations WWII B-17 Bomber Media Flight The Liberty Foundations 2012 Salute to Veterans tour gave media flights on Monday July 23, 2012 on the Memphis Belle, a restored WWII B-17 bomber at Landmark Aviation in Syracuse. The plane will be ...

Fernando Botelho — Brazil’s aviation champion gone too soon from Travel for Aircraft by joseph_may | Fernando Botelho — Brazil’s aviation champion gone too soon Smart people have their money work for them through investments to become further enriched. Great people use money furthering causes which enrich us all. Fernando Botelho was both smart and great. After the previous post about the flying Demoiseille replica-esque, Suzie B. of the Wings Over Miami...

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