Wednesday, August 8, 2012

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Abbotsford Airshow's 50th féte gleams gold - Abbotsford Times | Abbotsford Airshow's 50th féte gleams gold. The Times August 7, 2012. The Abbotsford International Airshow and 50th anniversary celebration is set to soar this weekend. As always, the premier international event will feature a vast array of Canadian ...

Guernsey air display VIP tickets to entice new friends - BBC News | Guernsey Air Display organisers have offered the prospect of VIP tickets and souvenir Red Arrows pin badges in an effort to make up a funding shortfall. The annual display, featuring the Battle of Britain memorial flight and various aerobatics teams...

Photos: Canada Remembers Air Show in Saskatoon - Star Phoenix | The Canada Remembers Air Show was held in Saskatoon on August 4 and 5. It included a tribute to veterans.

Kent Pietsch hurt in airshow crash from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Veteran airshow performer Kent Pietsch was injured after he crashed his Interstate Cadet shortly after a performance Saturday in an airshow in Canada. According to a report at AVweb, he is in the hospital, but is not thought to have suffered life-threatening injuries. His planned performance at the upcoming Rocky Mountain Airshow has been cancelled, officials there report...


'We've got to remember' fallen heroes of war - StarPhoenix | Many of them want to see the high flying stunts of the Snowbirds or check out of some of the latest military and law enforcement equipment on display. Still others are likely enticed by smell of hotdog toppings and deep fried foods. But beneath the ...

Sandy Air Cadets meet the Red Arrows - Biggleswade Today | Youngsters from the 22 (Sandy) Squadron were spending a week at RAF Valley in Wales when the Red Arrows Aerobatic Display Team visited the station. The cadets also went to several units that are based at the RAF station. Additionally there was time for ...

SCOTTISH AIRSHOW PERFORMED 'VITAL' ROLE from Royal International Air Tattoo News | Hot on the heels of helping organise the world's largest military airshow at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, a team from the Royal International Air Tattoo headed up to Scotland to help stage its national airshow.

Walking in the air - Eastbourne Herald | The world's only formation wingwalking display team is renowned for dazzling spectators at events throughout the UK and Europe. Official supplier to the aviation world, Breitling is the leading manufacturer of high quality luxury sports watches ...

Fly-in breakfast in Taylor to be held Saturday, Sept. 1 - White Mountain Independent | In cooperation with the Taylor Sweet Corn Festival, the Show Low Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 586 will be holding a fly-in pancake breakfast from 7-10 a.m. at the Taylor Airport Saturday, Sept. 1. The airport is located approximately 10 ...

2012 Airventure Fly-in - Oshkosh, Wisconsin - TVR Photography | Photo Gallery

Model aircraft fly in own air show - OregonLive.com | The Oregon Miniature Aircraft Squadron will sponsor its 31st annual Radio-Controlled Model Aircraft Air Show on Aug. 11 and 12 at the OMAS Flying Field.

Ferocious Frankie flying in for World War II re-enactment at Bournemouth Air ... - Bournemouth Echo | WITH three weeks to go until this year's Bournemouth Air Festival, organisers have announced a new event for 2012. Display director Ian Sheeley is staging a World War II re-enactment, featuring a downed airman, Me109, Spitfire and P-51 and, the star of ...

‘Sentinmental Journey’ at Lewis-Clark Air Festival from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | The World War II B-17G bomber, “Sentimental Journey,” will be on display and available for rides and tours from Aug. 9-13, at the Lewis-Clark Air Festival in Lewiston, Idaho.

WHAT: Collings Foundation Wings of Freedom Tour - Evening News and Tribune | COST: Ground tours are $12 for adults and $6 for children 12 and younger. Flight experiences on the B-17 and B-24 cost $425 per person, while a 30-minute flight experience on the P-51 costs $2200 and counts as flight-instruction time. Flight experience ...

SNCASE S.E.2010 Armagnac from Planeshots

The Visitors - Vintage Wings of Canada | by B. Reid | A visit to the Vintage Wings of Canada hangar is frequently rewarded with one or several of our aircraft standing proudly on the ramp. It is not unusual to show up on some random weekday and witness quite a bit of aviating activity with the rumble of vintage engines and slipping of surly bonds being witnessed by pretty much just yourself....

Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. announce Military Awards winners from Air Force Link Top Stories | Tuskegee Airmen, Inc., announced the winners of the Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. Military Awards at the organization's 41st annual convention here Aug. 1. The annual TAI Military Awards recognizes four service members who have logged continuous achievements that parallel the spirit, goals and ideas of the Tuskegee experience. The awards are named after Tuskegee Airmen, who not only answered the nation's call, but distinguished themselves during the process. The awards were presented during TAI's military luncheon...

Out in the Heat - Local Projects, Cessna 170 and T-6 from Another Time by Dan Linn  | This past weekend was a typical summer weekend in Texas. Triple digit heat and a south breeze that felt like a hot hair dryer blowing all the time!  My schedule was wide open for the day on Saturday so I planned to visit a couple of different airports to see some friends. First stop was my home airport, Northwest Regional. I did some planning ahead for my annual next month and did a little cleaning on my 170. The 170 would stay parked in the hangar and I resorted to air condition transportation for the day!

Foundation awards scholarship from General Aviation News by Janice Wood  | The National Air Transportation Foundation (NATF) has named the first winner of its new Navigate Your Future Scholarship: Sebastian Perez, an upcoming freshman at Broward College in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

I normally don't like the recovery segment of on-board videos from The Original Rocket Dungeon by Dick  | But here is a cool stop motion video made from 297 images taken by the Curiosity Mars Descent Imager (MARDI). This covers...

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